The New York Herald Newspaper, September 4, 1871, Page 6

THE CONDEMNED COMMUNISTS Sketches of the Sentenced Prison- ers, Lullier and Ferre. The Seven Who Are To F Im- prisoned for Li®- THE OTHER UAFORTUNATES. | The Veraai)’* Now that the examination of the prisoners and we evidence Jor and against them 1s over I can- got help remarking Mat, anless im the case of according to ihe testimony of two with frinqvet, who, witnesses, was seen to shoot a man ver, there is no evidence to establish again any one of them a common Jaw cr arvitrary arrests. Colonel Merlin—a yoo’ 1 am sure—soinetimes gets quite angry wink that perhaps after ail he has noi got th mgt criminals before him. Occasionally h weats the prisoners at te bar as nurser mnaids do chilaren when they say hy res —— erin, | have done it.” “We know,” says Coione) Hat most korrible murders were commitied 1 3 correspondent of the London Daily News, spessing With special refecence to the Com- prisoners Whose sentence has just been an- They all deny any participation im murder, arson or even man | NEW Y 18 for & capital sen- wf att the others won't be thmks it would be a disgraceful justice Were @ single one Of ther to get off, excePt Luiner, whose brot her she points oat to the Gereral, a8 she holds a gild bag of cnoco- jate bopeons before him and begs itm to heip him- self. et ao pprecents Yo inform bee ile ve sre are respect people, ana fate the best society. what be asks She tw mink tence, and shot as well? miscarriage 2 FERRE’S HISTORY. Théophile Ferre, twenty-nine y: accountant, described as a man of “bad political antece- As far back as 1868, at tne Baudin manifes- tation, it 18 part of the accusation of the Frenen re- pubucan government (!) that he raised the cry of “Vive ja républigue! la Convention aux Tuileries! ja Raison & Notre Dame!” With regard to his participation in the insurrection, the acte daceusa- Gow states that he was at the Rue des Rosiers on the morning of the 18th March, became a mewber of the Commune on the 26th March, and signed several prociamation incitings to civil war. 01 the Ist May he became Procureur o! the Com. mune, and on the 14th was nominated Delegate of | the Pretecture of Police by his frend Raoul Regault m twe place of Cournet, of whom they were not | quite sure, Tn this later capacity he was accused {or having directed the execution of several ser- | geants de vilie and of being personally and omeiaily | pean at the murder of the Archbishop and owner Ostages. The Life Prisoners. Urbain and Trinquet are the only pnsoners sen- tenced to imprisonment for life. In the tra) of Urvain the chief witness for the defence was Mme. Leroy, the prisoner's acknowledged mis- et wo) we | tress, Had she been his wife the Court could ne | not have taken her testimony; but, a8 she Y- | merely “lived with” Urbain there was no legal objection to ner giving evidence for her i, lover. And a very exceilent witness the lad; Pans, that public monuments and private buildings | proved to be, Young, good looking, dresses were get fire to; and you one and all say you | quietly and in excellent taste, not pe @ word Know nothing about 1%." Tue Coloue), in he | oo much nor yet jeaving out anything of un- to get tw the bottom of the dark affair, se portance, she took both the Court and che sometumes to forget that he hus before him on} @ very stall section of the persons suspected of Un @irocities iu question, aud 1b may well be that not audience by surprise, and certainly left an im- pression on the minds of both that the ugly, viigar looking prisoner was perhaps not quite so e one © “mis guilty. Of course there 1s NO Ques- | black as the other evidence had painted bim, vou that hole seventeen are guilty of an | This Madame Leroy, who 1s stl] detained as a allempt [ t the exisung form of govern- | prisoner, will, unless 7 am much mistaken, some ment and levy civii war, Bat it is @ curious | day or other turn out @ very notable character; she fact that while the French papers represent the | has in ber all tue qualities that, in France, would prisoners, one and Bumén beings, the long aud patient search madi into their antecedents bus But ni for robbery, fraud or "assau oners, and every one of them who acted asa im Paris produces respectable Witaesses who spea ‘Wilh gratitude and in the most empuatic manuer « pervices rendered by the indiv:duals to whom they @p vealed. Lallier, the Condemned. Lutiier, who, together with Ferve Las been col g@emned to death, is thus described by the London Times’ correspondent; When the tusurrection broke out on the 18th March he took command of the National Gaard, and | gi ccement for a Jew days, in the general confusion, acted, or) ofed he was acting, the part of military Gctator, Th appeurs to have given nce to tne Comite Centr woo had him arrestea, released, he remuined the avowed enemy ot the Comite aud the Commune, and stil! entertaii for (liem a dsiike and contempt which Ue ds at pains to conceal. One day Court into convulsions of laughter, In Which e the grave President could not beip joinin, by the indignant vel phee With which he co; 1 LIS OWn activity duriug (he imsurrecton W: ho all, as the very worst of tman- jud, as brutes not even worthy to be ranked as produced against | any one of them a single instance of a conviction | On the contrary, an every case Witnesses—many of them clergymen— testify to the private good Character oi the pris- Mayor 10, hough subsequently he threw the whole elevate her speedilp to the rank of a herome, During the Commane the mistress of the self-elected Mayor ol the Seventh Arrondissement seems to have acted as a Sort of political leader in the district, and to have been quite as much as her lover the governor of What in its normal state is the most aristocratic part o! Paris, containing as 1t does the legiumist quartier of the Faubourg St. Germain. URBAIN’S HISTORY. Raoul Urbain, thirty-four years, Chef a'Institu- ic | x of | ton, 18 @ mao of & higher stamp, who took several parts, and was especially noted jor nis advocacy of tne shooting of hostages in revenge for murders commit- ted by the Versaillais, He was also @ constant \*habtué of the clubs, and belonged to an early | Comité Centrai that existed ana was dissolved | before that of now historic name was born; became | an active member of the Committee of Vigilance of | Under the Commune, and was maire—with his | mistress as ms lieatenant—in the seventh arron- TRINQUET. ndre Louis Trinquet 1s, perhaps, the purest = Communist his Alex | type of any beside mim of the Pa jf { and agitator of an imferior order to those ol e been the leaders. A man of med)- wd yearanee, intelligent, but, of one nuea 4 s, the worshipper of Gambetta in his paimy opposiuon days, When he Was not so nigh as ‘Nhe is uow, outef the range of popular intimate i) | vision, the araent follower and admurer of genius ns ‘as Rochetort’s and Jules Valles’, he is one nh 4 wate : i | tre must have predestined ‘for Paris, ~ eual sloth Of his colledgues. One of the a | tLe rasnioned into a street ana ¢ politician, cused had msmnated that Luler bad been i part | irq a orm helever In the intallivitity of barricades, Lie caure Of his OW arrest in’ consequence of 18 | po him, like 80 many others of tis class, street maveqnonapin conan AcE Aare? downer (Gi | nguting, the tearing up of pavements and the Fee ea ee Me may vudee | DlOCkiNg UD every avenue against the legitimate slag iy ‘geo i power of the moment comes as natural as the quills from tis conduct im Court, does not require 4 Of the porcupine, Being interrogated by the Pre- a@rudcial stimulant: io excite him, so he rose a declared that during four days he had only ve bours—the frst day, one hour upon a chair; the sident, he repiied:— T have been occupied tn politics before the insurrection; in * : delays 18¢¢ I was condemed to six months’ impnsoument for cry- second, one hour upon a chair; the third, two hours fog “Vive in Republique!” and for carrving # revolver upon @ sofa; and during this time Wal | during the elections of Gambs and Rochefort; were they doing at the Hotel de Vili’ | was inade commandant of a battalion in the National Taey* were jaughing, they were SIDg- ard Uith March; I took part in a’! the decrees, and ing, while young caniintires, “vien choistes assisted at all tne seances; 1 approved of the formation of the eS out im deep draughts tue wine of triamp ne? Ve suudenness of the attack, the quarter {rol which Itcame, from ihe midst Of the men ther weives attacked, and, above ail, tne energy ol the orator’s tones and delivery, wt epoke as if he bad been ap ancient prophet iashing the vices of a degenerate age, would have veen too much for the gravity of apy Court, and the who. room WENT INTO ROARS OF LAUGHTER. The amusement was naturally not erisis, with youu proves! nat he had no spare in such proceeding: and knew nothing about them. bin he is allowed, ana reaily deserves, consiaeral Deere. The contrast between lis maniy, outspoken protession of faith and tne contemptibie quibolir aud shirking ol the prisoners who is, t use a Cant phrase, avow bis share in the contrary. he glories 1n it 4 his element us he gave insurrection. and On seemed thorough ponduct as commauuer-ip style Mamself—entering into the fullest «etails, an making ont agaist himself a better case ndignant diminishea when ap elderly, Dighly respectable looking con- spirator, thus accused Of dallying, at @ greai State cantmieres, Tose inaignantly to ‘This is no: the frsi time that Luther nas upset the gravity of tne Court, preceded bia positively reireshing. Luilier has not for a moment attempted to dix Come du Balut Public; was delegate of the muirie of the ‘Twentieth arrondisnement, and afterward of the Surete Genera.e; a8 delegates of mairies we bad full ngbt to make perquisidons; I made one with the Abbe Petel and another priest. M, le CommIseAT2E—Also in the churches ? JouRDR (interrupting)—In the Church of Menilmontant it was necessary to search for arms and provisions, M. le PRESIDENT—It was a curious idea always to goto m n= 10 le search for arms ang provisions at the priests’. TRINQUEY reinterrogated—There was no actual vote as to the hostages, but a copfused discussion ; had I been present I would Voted the destruction of the column, but not M. Thiers’ house, but was not present; I was present at one execution in'the Twentieth urrondissement—tbat of M. Roques, arrested by the Comite Central for refusing to fre upon whe Versuillais; be was shot in the court; we performed murriages at ihe mairies, M. le PRREIDENT—I thought marriages were abolished ? TRING Not ut all, The money found on me Hf.) is part of a vegacy left me in 1854 i. le PREGIDENT to Jourde—Ali the members deny re- ceiving the },000f. You say you gave each one ? JOURDY—Among those who are bere I only see four to 1 iy-elght received it, which I have put in © produces. einterrogated—Being named a member of the my duty; I fougbt upon the barricades; my e were pierced with balls, and I will say Tow ave been killed than remain to witners the apectacie of colieagues not daring to sustain the cause for which they have fought; I am an insurgent and wished to fight by arms, but uot to use fire, nor am 1 guilty vt assas- sinations, Ss, le a4 Pringuet ue Wan the Judge Advocate contessed he could have wns He is not ea or even sus- The Seven. pected, any offence .discreditabie irom a c y, Regere, Grousset, Ver- Porat or Don-politcal point of view. Nobouy was | 488% Bullioray, hart e more eo) ant than ne at the arrest of General Chanzy, who his strenuous efforts, as he declares, drawing m he at once did his utmost to release, a j | dure and Ferrat were sentenced to deportauion and continement in a fortress. SSI. upon him the suspicion of tue Com central, and contributing Preubsequenstly t is own Assi is decidedly handsome, and in his answers , = knew noe of the assassination of | showed self-command and ability. Tne atutude Generale Lecomte and [homas until it was over, i is ms nd deciared that Lad he Leen there it wouid never | nity Hees, J MARTY / AUC AENECS. -. HUA: Ree Dave happened while he remained alive. “It would | tures are varied and animated whenever there heen the Bot have at, With revolver in hana, ave alone checked rush of @ maudened mob cager lo commit @ crime.” and tere is #umetuiog sbout his manner which makes one e| that Le not only means Ww! says, but does a too. Indeed, he & very fine abiinal—brave, generous, energetic. frank and Guent—with but one quailty wantir him a wselu) and even a distinguished member of society — that Lumble quailty, co sense. is So paln- iuence betrayed enenues have some the 1s wad, oF at Tuliy deficient tn it, und is in conse into acts so ridiculous, that bis JouLdation for the charge th “ORAC His friends substitute but. whatever their esumaie of is aud honesty, none could have apy to him as @ colleague. He has enough to command, or discipline to ol two or three times got into disgrace in for is UubrEly conduct, and Was at ast tne milder term “flighty,” courage on is occasion for anmation. It is a pity. tat nis utterance is not more distinct, and that he does not better concea: nis efforts to atutudinize. Assi’s mother Was standing opposite to him during his interrogatory. She signalled to him two or three times her satisfaction at his demeanor, Though she was dressed in the deepest mourning, she did not seem in any way castdown., On the contrary, ene comported herself like @ Spartan mother, and smiled encouragement to her son not to show the white feather, She gave an English lady near her yesterday history of assi’s life. “poor boy. she said, “he is a splendid work- man and an honest patriot. If | had only known what staf there was in himT would have made a Gesperate effort to give him a little eaucation. Whatever he Knows, he picked up, J can’t tell how, for he was apprenticed at the age of eleven, and he hail pay. His maduess, if such it be, takes te “ form of vanity, ana during the insurrection nis | Bas ed ean sti art oiag - a head was evidently turned vy the chance o! playing | MANS estate To ret mechauic: In haly he military dictator. comic, hall sad to ob- | 82 _ excep! iy 2 y serve the unction wi tive and policy a* commané ad roils out such higb-sc m Biat Major, mon Général de phy: cally a fine, powerful mau, a 1 bas unusual com- is upon his earned seventeen francs a day, and bis lodgings were provided by his employer. To ree himain the Oock one would never think that nineteen years of his life were passed 1D @ Iorge. ASSI’S HISTORY. Aaolphe Alphonse Assi, eV € r f 7 ed thirty, mechanician, miata Of Jauuage, ever ney atine 1 the THK | comes trl In tipnavetioal order, ai Me i iso pef- twrough every corner of the large tall. Altogerber, | B&DS first in strengia of mina and importance. A ove cannot raw materia! and genuine manly stuit be so wasted, and tat ie only use ove can put such a Man is to Jock him up. fay noting of the mischievous example of letting should to. which nim go free, he i8 too dangerous @ Db animal w run Joose in so combustible @ country as France. In Engiand he mignt find harmless vent tor his saper. Muous energy and eloquence by thundering at Sunday mobs in Hyde Park. LULLIBW’S HISTORY. Charles Luliier, thirty-one years, ex-leutenant in the Marines, 1s one Of those unsortunate men whos oharacter alone ought to hang him. Expelled from the Nava! Senool for disobear e and an frascibie chara , he was afterwards noted © board we Au iz for his violent bepavior and Wes in consequence removed and detained @ mont On Woard the Admiral. Twice in five bad to endure whe severe sentence Of suspensio from service, In 1864 a coast o! inguiry again re duced hun to half pay. Several ume: he was sentenced to nd imprisonment {¢ help regretting that so much first rate Bat, to the House of Lords in alscursion forums or haranguing years he has iver that mere working engineer at Creuzot, he first came into notice asa leader of strikes, though he ad- mits veipg guilty of partaking In only one, the object of which was simply fnavcial. In July and August Jast year he was ‘in trouble” respecting one that bad Just occurred, ana was tried in Paris, but acquitted. Seeking employment, then, and being unable to find it, owing to his reputation as An agftator, he set about planning secret military objects at Paris for a Jivelihood, in anticipation of We eiege Of Paris. The 4tn September had just occutred, and on the siege actually occurring he Decame officer of a tree guerilia corps of the Iste of France. Needy in pocket and ambitious by nature, he sought distinction or celebrity rather than glory on the fieids outside Paris, and became a meinber of the Comité Central, which was then in course of formation, be being already, of course, a member of the Internationale. Of this com- mittee he Soon became @ prominent member, was one of the most active promoters of the defence of Montmartre, and advocate of the right of the Garde Nauionai to keep the cannon in their own possession: became commander of the the 1021 bat laion on the 17th March; apd on the 19th March n e n or rere soley, onthe tae ae aud, Otences | found himself ‘governor of te Hotel de Ville—at republican and the intimate friend of Fiour Cwlst | the absolute head, for the moment, of the most Rocheforl, Arrived in Paris cLly @ few days no, | formidable insurrection of any time. He became fore the 1st)i March, Flourens seized upon hive ase | 82 elected member of the Commune; and though Tuan Of Action, and he Whe elected Genetarat the | He eventually lost the confidence of his coadjutors Garve Nauonal, which post he oc canted toc scm and Was imprisoned on parole, be eventually re- days. His own account of the 1th, eh, turned to service, and was superintendent of the Qh, 2st and 22d March 18 enough to condemn un of participation in the imsurrection without His Career, however, came to an benefit of clergy. dgoomunious end by his early arrest and conf ment ju the Conciergerie. Escaping trom custod, However, in that curiously “sesame” fashic which mang of whe Communisis prisoners wdopted, he turned up again oa We 14th of April ~acmiral of the Commune feet, Again opposing bir superiors at the Hotel de Ville, ne was on more arrested, sent to Mazas, and again escaped had manulacture of the munitions of war up to the end of the Commune reign. = BILLIORAY, On Friday, when Billioray was ender trial, one of the witnesses for the detence—a respectabie- looklog, ¢iderly man, of the small shop-keeper class—Was cajled into court. Betore he wok the oath to speak the truth the President put the usual qnestion to him:—“Are you related to or connected with the prisoner’ “No,” Was the answer, ‘‘the prisoner 1s no relation or co ection of mine, but he is the father of my grand- e- y. on ce in tie seine hocuspocus Way. Frow this moment his | cniydren.? + ” Presi Pry cureer as A Coramonist Was ended. He entered tuto | fu" your sonitniawen, GNot remed tie act uch with Versailles, and proposed W | ness’ “ne is nol my son-in-law, but he itves errevolauon. His object, however, with my daughter.’ And the avowa) was made ge, end | failed, and he wii) now ve | with not the least shame, as much as a matier cictmen's, ali umvelving severe and | of course, as if the speaker, a respectable middie. pus oment. claes man, merely named an every-day common _ occurrence Which could not possibly shock apy Ferr rson's feelings. “ Strange to say, had Billioray , . i a, | been le 8 SON-ln-lnw the witness cor 4 Lovion 2 wes thus describes Ferré, | ev) give testimony either for or seaiusts but qe! to Gie With Luluer:— as the prisoner was ay “the father of his yacré has something In bis look whicl gets ove | grandcliidrem” aud “lived with his daugnter,” winesue of worst types of Houndsuitch or the | the witness wae sworn, and his evidence accepted, Guerto, His nose i* thin, violentiy aquiline, and Alphonse Edguard Wiilloray, fifty-unree ye: Sipe ove’ @ short, black Moustache into a mouth | artist Ip painting, was unknown in the democratic fet wills avarp, camine teeth x cers and euiggers at the witnesses, | to take part in tite clubs. His arrondissement rapes Cert et), veutioes, and close to each | niade iim a mesber of the Comité Central. On the other. The orebead is not baw but there are some | Ist March be openly aesisted in the insurrection, very sinister nes about the brow. A genera sri- attended at the Hovel de Ville, became member of ng neur me tele @ jady that he is sure tobe | pre Commune int cuaws of the 26th of March, shot ‘a revolutxin does pot release hin frow , ved to the Commission of Finances, and . before pnt appeg! comes belore ihe | on she of May when a.vacaney ip the Seiut Bo of cCassauou.>, fue jady We deiighied | Pubsq occurred, w Yoren $0 It at his own | which he constanhy work! of in politic? notl during the siege be began solicitation. CHAMPY, Louis Henri Champy 18 @ cutler by trade, and answered to the questions put to bim:— 1 National d the siege ; my bat- was a simple Garde National, during. the alege; my bat. talion took part in a uary; wasa déleyué to the Comite Central; every one be- Lieved the republic lost, and I thought we could save 1 avd wi arrange ‘Versailles; I was too much occupied else- where to attend all sittings of Commune ; did not tak: in any vote on th and believe and the burn! trarily without any decision of the Commun made requisitions and took money thus Ministry of Finance; on the 2let May, w! ‘the troops had entered I the day at the Hotel file; on the 22d lwas at the Halles Cevtrales arranging provisions; ‘onthe 2341 went tothe Hotel de Ville. but did n there; op the 24th I heard the Hotel de Ville was on fire, that the government caine to take refuge at my mairie ;'th Jourde gave me 1,000 francs, appointed for each of M. Brunel on that day I attempted to take precaut: arrest the liames; we sent a delegation to the to ask them to at » and it was arrested: op the Friday, 26th, having left the 11th mairie a quarter of an hour, [returned and found {tin Sames; on the Saturday all was ‘in contusion ; the 1th mairie was’ evacuated and I hid for some days with my triends; T cannot explain why the nompiers did not come to put out the fire; I was never party > assussmations or arrests REGERE. Régere ts better educated than either of the two preceding ones, and, it is sald, belongs to a family of some standing ip his native department, Whilom editor of a provincial paper, and by profession a veterinary surgeon, he has before now been convicted of political offences. Amnestied, however, on condition of his leaving Bordeaux, where he was & journalist, he found reluge, of course, at Paris, and the events of the war, the first eiege and the insur- rection gave him full scope for his peculiar abilities, He was especially retained under the Commune in the Pantheon and the Luxembourg quarter, and 1s accused of actively Pcie in, and actually ordering some of, tue burnings, He Was the intimate of the advanced politicians, such, for instance, as Muiliere. It will be seen that at the close of his interrogatory a little episode occurred between the Commissaira and the pri- soner’s counsel, M. Dupont du Bussac, on the ldtter pointing out to the Court that “complicity’’ wus hardly acrime till the act itself was proved. Finally the counsel gat down, despairing of making himself understood. A better example could not be afforded of the absence ol all ordinary legal rules in this *yadicial’’ inquiry. re first explained his antecedents at Bordeaux and then proceeded: — Iwas acquitted of the affair of the Slst October, and was elected to the Commune on the 26th March ; I accepted the oflice of delegate to the Maine because others had al doned it; T was one of those who voted for the form tion ot the Comite du Salut Public; I permitted mai aires not to fight, and gave luisser pusern to leave Paris; perquisitions were ordered under my control; money was sentto the Finances, and objects of reigion placed in eafety ; they have, been refound since T was elected bya majority of $000 voices, and it long before & Uke majority will be obtained; M Commissaire may laugh, but some importance exists in eo great a number of votes; I tried to stop the burnings, and was especially auccess{ul in preventing that of the Luxembourg; when the stroggle was impossible I tried also to stop the fighting. GROUSSET. Paschal Grousset has also, like Luilier, proved an honorable exception to the Communist leaders who nave been piteously struggling to wrigzle out of the responsibility of acts and decrees of which they were once so childishiy proud. He has the appear- ance and bearing of a gentieman—aon excep- tional position among the accused—and his defence Nas been vt once able and dignified. He does not attempt to shirk his share of responsivility in the rer policy and proceedings of the Commune. le accepts even his responsibility of decrees with which personally he had nothing to do— decrees passed, perhaps, at meetings which he did not attend—declaring that they, at any rate, emanated from a body to which he belonged. This 1s in striking contrast to the defence of other Lge who have been trying to plead that | atsuch and such a meeting tey were not present; that at another they wade @ remark which, if the Journal Ofciel had only published it, would have proved their dissent from the views of the Majonity;‘that this or that signature is not theirs, and soon ad nauseam, in_ the tace of the general lact that they still remain members without protest, and stil without a murmur draw the pay of the body by whom all these acts and decrees were passed. Paschal Grousset has only been anxious to clear himself of one or two minor and incidental charges discreditable from a moral point of view; such, tor instance, as that he took property or kept money to which he was not entitled, and in this lie id been completely successiul. He also indig- antly repudiates any compiicity in the burning of Pans or the massacre of tne hostazes; and here also his defence is avle if not exactly unanswerable. As for the massacre, in the first place he argues that the prisoners massacred never really were hostages; that the Commune marked out for hostages, not priests or non-combatants, but soldiers taken with arms in weir hands, and secondly, that even those thus set aside were never really destined todeath. The act was intended merely as a menace of reprisals to put & stop to the executions of federal prisbners, which were then thought to be gofhg on at Versailles. He declared that, so far from the Commune being bloodthirsty, 11 had ordered only one execution— that of a colonel found guiity of cowardice before the enemy—and that even that sentence had not been inflicted. With regard to the burning of a part of Paris, Paschal Grousset was asked whether the Commune aid not know what, indeed, was a Matter of public notoriety, that his party repeatedly threatened to burn down Paris rather than let the Versaillais get possession of it. He admitted having often heard these threats, but declaced that he had never taken them aux serieux, or expected for a moment that they would be exe- cuted. The same threats had been over and over agaim repeated during the Prus- sian siege, but they came to nothing when Paris capitulated and the Prussians entered. He solemniy affirmed that neither the Commune as a body, nor, so far as he knew, its members inuividu- ally, ever meditated ‘the destruction of Paris, On the whoie the defence was conducted with both ability anu dignity, and seemed to produce a° favorable effect. : VERDURE AND FERAT. Augustin Joseph Verdure, accountant, a “philan- thropist,”* indulging in vague and Utopian theories rather than an active republican, has drifted where he now stands. Paul Ferat, forty-five, calis himseif a literary .nan, but is unknown in that world, aud is solely indebted to the clubs during the first siege Jor any notoriety in the political world. The ‘‘Deported.” Two of the prisoners, Rastoul and Jourde, were sentenced to simple deportation, RASTOUL. Paul Emile Barthélemy Rastoul, doctor of medi- cine in the Tenth arrondissement, 1s a practitioner long and well known and respected in his locality. It is dificult to ciscover how such a man can now occupy his present position of prisoner, but the fault may be mainly laid to the political clubs, From them he reached the Comité Central, and then sacilis esi descensus averni, AS& member of the Commune he was always mild compered to bis fellows. He denies now that he actually took part inthe Chamber, but unhappily it was discovered that he partook of the 15! per diem that each deputy earned. He was also present atthe fail of the column and when the decree for the execution of the hostages was passed. Beyond these construc- tive acts, however, Dr. Kastoul 1s not esteemed very criminal. He was chief surgeon of the Commune amouiances, untti some differences with Dombrow- ski obliged nim to resign. . JOURDE. Jourde is a pale-faced, hollow-cheeked, mild- eyed young man. He is Cleariy entitiea to a ved in the hospital instead of a place in the dock. His long, bushy, fair hair and big foreiead seemed to have sucked all the strength from the rest of his body. I am not phrenologist enough to say if he 1s deiiclent in the bump of number. His accounts when he was Chancellor of the Communal Exchequer were peculiar in so far as the payments came to upwards Of 3,000,0001. over and above the moneys he raised by means of requisitions on the Bank of France and the cash hoxes of the railways and octrois, Where did these 3,000,000 come from? Were they the proceeds of the gold and silver vessels and ornaments taken vut of the churches, or of private plunder? These ques tions are not yet answered, Bat Jourde has de- nied having ever tried to replenish the exchequer ey negotiatin, the sale of the pictures in the Louvre. le Was offered, he admits, 50,000,000 francs for some works of art in that museum. But he does not know the names of those who made this offer, Which must have been a tempting one to the Commune. The Versaillists, of course, do not believe in Jourde’s ignorance on this potni, and will have it that he and the Prussians were in league to transfer the Louvre collection to Berlin. With regard to the charge of firing the Ministry of Finances Jourde’s counsel feeis confident that he Will prove, to the satisfaction of the foreign press (the French press has already made up its mind on the subject), that 1t was burned by the shells of the Versuillists. The fre began m the top stories, which Would not have been the case if the building had been destroyed by pytroleurs. He and Billioray seem to be men who have fool- ishiy followed in the footsteps of others, ratner than been themselves the originators of any systematic revolution. Both aver that they worked for a government which, with that per- version of mind #0 common to Frenchmen, they believed to be the legitimate overn- ment of France. Of the regular finances of nce, it 1s said, J know not with what truth, Jourde has used up or caused to disappear unaccountably a gum OF some 10,000,000 francs; most likely through the help of bis servants and empioyés, who of course saw at once that Jourde dia not nuderstand what he was about, and made hay actively on their own account, COURBET. Courbet, sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of 500f.,*i8 thus described: The great realistic painter fol'ows with keen In- terest the depositions of the wimesses and the answers of his fellow prisoners to the questions of the President. His is @ fine robust physique. He frequently passes a handkerchief over its eyes, and then shakes his head, as if mentally won- dering what brought him to have a finger in the Communal pie. Sometimes, he appears to be studying the mountain of faces on the journalisty’ benches and the wers of forms where the favored holders of pi tickets are allowed to sit or stand, If he fet out be will certainly give the world some of Ifis dock timpressions, It has been Often a matter of regret to me when I hear friends of order rail at the Communals for their ugtiness, that heaven has demed ws the power of seeing What manner of man (or woman, ‘or that matter) is revealed to us in the looking+ giass. Rerhaps the eye of Courbet will reveal to some of those dreadfully plain people in front or him Whar juayuer of persons they are, and the ORK HERALD, MUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1871.—WITH SUPPLEMENT impotence of modiste or tallor to give them comeli- ness, He is an older man than many of those around him, having been born more than fifty years ago ‘at Oneang, in the Doubs Department; hence ttle, tre d’Ornans, A pupil of the celebrated casuist, the Abbé (since Cardinal) Gousset, he was sent to Paris ip 1839 vo any 18%. Ld ret of hy 80 rev eeeet up to the study an empectal Ing nearly ul elee for the Flemish an Venetian models, all the world knows the realistic school of which he is the great master, if not also the founder, here. It is @ little singular that the revolution ‘of 1848 had incidentatly as favorable @ consequence upon him in his artistic career as that 01 1870 8 likely to be detrimental. for in that year his pictures met with an unexpected success at the position. Since then he has veen treated as a master, and an original one—a teacher on canvas of the sentiments of reality a8 opposed to the oid reugion of the ideal, How Courbet became connected with the Commune must, Qs with so many others of his feliow prisoners, be traced to the 4th of September and to the Prus- sian siege. With him it was the revolution of last year, Added to his love of art and appreciation of art treasures, that brought him out prominently among the peliticians he has been wrecked among. The men of the 4th of September sought his art, and 80, it would appear from his evidence, aid the surgents. « CLEMENT, A most touching history, and one which drew tears irom many eyes, 18 that of the prisoner Clement. tie is a journeyman dyer, and for three, years vefore the Commune was foreman to a, Master, a- most respectable and intelligent man Who gave evidence in his favor. This master Hallu by name, said that when the Pruasian bombs fell in the Vaugirara quarter, where he lived, ali his workmen left him but Clement. He helped him to take his property down to the cellar, and slept in the cellar with him. He should feel eter- nally grateful to him for it, One day Clement said there was no wine for the wounded in the hospital hard by, and he begged to be allowed out ef his Wi to for six bottles out of hig master’s cellar, The master took his money and made up the dozen as a contribu- tion. Three weeks after Clement was electea to the Commune and Mayor of the Fifteenth arron- dissement he called upon his old master and dined with him. Conversation naturally turning upon the Commune, Clement said, ‘1 am afraid they are abad lot, They are a set of Jacobus and will do no good; I wish I were again in my wooden shoes.” The master asked him why he did not leave and come oack to his work, and he answered that, having undertaken to be Mayor of his arrondisse- ment, be could not leave it, as he might prevent a great deai of harm. Witnesses innumerable proved that Ulement protected —_prieste, nuns and churches with extraordinary zeal and conrage. Priests especially spoke with eloquence in his favor, and said he was the "pe of an honest and honor- abie man. His counsel, M, Gatineau, who nosts more of witnesses of this class at the door, renounced calling them to save the time of the -Court, saying that they would merely prove a series of xl actions on the part of Ciement. When the Versatilist troops entered Paris and the Commune was finaliy conquered Clement called on his old master, Hallu, and confided to his care a sum of 10,600f., the balance, of the funds in the Mairie. ‘‘I'nis money,’ he said, “helongs to the poor of my Arrondissement; Heavén knows What will become of me; but I can trust you to give this sacred deposit to the legally constituted authorities.” The master said the only thing he could say against Clement was that his head was turned by the Socialist theories of Prouduon. The indictment bears very lightly upon Clement, and the President interrogated him with marked consideration. But 1 was shocked to learn from & counsel, of whom I asked what was the lightest sen- tence the court martial could pass upon him, that there was no alternative between acquittal ana transportation for life, Clement was sentenced to only three months’ im- prisonment. THE LONDON TIM: ON THE COREAN DIFFICULTY. The Shanghae correspondent of the London Times writes as follows:— The guestion now is, what next? The ‘Coreans show not the slightest au dale of coming to terms; on the contrary, these refugees afiirm that 3v,000 men are gathered between the coast and the capi- tal, The force at Aamiral Rodgers’ disposal 1s evidently insuficient to attempt an advance agalust such odds; besides, Ms instructions will not carry him so far. He was ordered to escort Mr. Low to negotiate an amicable treaty. He was fired on im the attempt to open communications. The {nsult has been avenged, and now it remains for the United States government to decide on further operations, {n the meantime it is likely that the tleet will return to Cheefoo, and that the Monocacy and Palos will come down to Shanguae to be docked, both having uurt themselves badly on the rocks 1n the Kanghoa Rtver. The matter cannot be allowed to rest where it ts, for the Cureans will consider the retreat of the feet a victory, as they did in the case of the Frencn in 1866; and the similar belief which they will impart tu the Chinese will be most damaging to foreign prestigs at a ume when we can il afford to have this farther weakened. Peopie here—Americans especially— hope to see a force of 6,000 men and several hght draught gun vesseis arrive Leflore winter sets in, destined to compel the Corean government to listen to reason. RBugiand hus had al! the work of opeuing China, and America bas derived equal advantages. It is her fair turu to act in Corea. SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE ON THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. . The members of the Exeter Workingmen’s Conservauve Union met by invitation at the Pynes, the Devonshire seat of Sir Statford Northcote. Upwards of six thousand per} persous assembied on the grounds, and before part ing cheers were given for Sir Stafford. In the course of his speech, acknowledging the compliment, the right honorable Baronet said:— 1 thank you for the reference that has been made to my recent visit to America. (Cheers.) Ican as- sure you that the sentiments 1 have found to pre- val among the great inass of the American people with whose views Inad the opportunity of becom- ing acquainted Was an earnest desire 10 be on friendly terms wiiit the people of tnis country. There may pe asmail section of Americans who cherish feelings of groundless bitterness against this coun- ury; bul that is not the feeling of the great mass of the intelligent and respectable community of America. (Cheers,) Their desire 1s to be on terms of hearty triendsuip with this country, and I believe that this year 1871 and this Treaty of Washington, in tue accomplishment of which it was my high privilege to co-operate—(cheers)—will be a landmark in the progress of a treaty feeling of good friendship among the Anglo-Saxon family, and that it will tend in a remarkable degree toward the agreement and advancement of the peaceiul rela- Uons Of the greatest nations in the worid. FOREIGN MISCELLANEGUS ITEMS, The Courrier of Tarn et Garonne states that there have been a few cases of cholera at Montauban, in tuat department. Of the 3,090 persons under arrest for “denouncing”? Others, and thus exposing them to the violence of the Commane, at ieast two thousand ure women. They will be tried. Apart of the household of the ex-Emperor has arrived at Arenenverg, It is sail his ex-Majesty proposes to purchase the neighboring chateau of Salenstem anu others. On the passage through Lyons of the Swiss who took part in the Macon festival the demagogues par- ade: the red flag in their honor, Stgmiticant. The Macon festival lasted from tne oth to the Sth. The “Order League,” composed of the friends of order, law and religion, !n opposition to the Inrer- national, Commauism and Atheism, is rapidly ex- tending its organizations throughout France. It is proposed to call it “The Christian Association jor the Velence of Soctal Order.”? The great Roumeltian Ratiway is being rapidly proceeded with. By the end of November 102 kilo- metres of the line from Uscup to Salonica will be opened for traffic. Already trains with materlais for construction proceed a distauce of more than sixty Kilometres along the line, ‘The Carlists in Spain are very active, but very closely watched. The YY incipal leaders are of opimon, and insiractions have been tssued accord- ingly, that no movement of an armed? nature should take place this summer, ‘Those of the second rank are dissatisied with this decision, and think every- thing promises success if a movement be com- menced without fur.her discouraging postpone- ment. While the new frontier between France and Ger- many was being drawn a stone was found, be- tween Gravelotte and Poncourt, which bears upow one side the inscription “Serre de France, doubtless formerly served as a landmark. It stands exactly on the jinc marked by Kiepert as the former frontier of the German bishopric of Metz, and was to all appearance erected before 1552, when that city became French. It is to be hoped that the stone will noW be preserved as an interesting his torical memorial. The police of Paris have adopted an imaginary, and, agit turns out, @ very successful, plan of re- gaining some of the art easures and other valua- pies which were stolen irom the rightful owners during the reign of the Commune. A notice was placarded tn various streets tc tne effe cious stones and the like could be dispose Jactor'ly at a certain shop ina certain street. The ‘Uneves fell into the trap; went to the street named; ortered their plunder jor sale, and were, a8 & conse- quence, deprived of it, and of their Liberty at one and the same time. It is known generally that M. de Tréveneue and some of his pariiautentary colleagues have proposed the formation of a National Assembiy at Bourges, to be composed of the presidents of the department com- mittees, in case & revolution shonid overthrow the Assembly now 1n session at Versailles, Lo Guenne Of Bordeaux, commenting on this, observes that it roves the existence of apprenensions, and that it hooves the Assembly rather to concert measures for its defence and protection ‘ainst revolution than to cast about for a place of refuge aud @ con~ tnuance of legitimate authority, under aificuivves which it should sgorgusly prevent, if 4b aesires to dg its duty, | bee taken to the M IRELAND. Tho French Visitors—Meeting in the Rotunda— Irish Disloyalty—The Queen’s Name Hissed. Duin, August 18, 1871, Our French visitors continue to be recetved with the most cordial enthustasm by the inhabitants of this great city. Whenever they appear in the streete they are followed vy great crowds, who cheer lustily; before their hotel numbers of pertons may be seen standing during the entire day, and, 1t may ‘be presumed, during a good part of the night—all anxious to see and cheer the most illustrious group of French visitors that ever landed on our shores, At the general meeting of the Irisn Ambulance Com- mittee, held yesterday in THE ROUND ROOM OF THE ROTUNDA, they received quite an ovation, their entrance on the platiorm being the signal for a loud burst of popular applause, the whole audience rising en ‘masse and according to the illustrions strangers & reception of the most enthasiastic nature. The magnificentroom was beautifully decorated with fiags of French and Irish colors, and was crowded to excess by a most fashionable audience of jadies and gentlemen. The Lord Mayor of Dublin presided, and in opening the proceedings said that the immediate business” of the meeting was to receive the French noblemen and gentlemen who had come there to receive the report of the Irish Ambulance Commtttee, and to thank the Irish people for what they had done for France. There were common sentiments between the two coun- tries, and the present was a fittung occasion for them to express such sentiments, The following address was then read to the Count Flavigny:— THE IRISH ADDRESS, Honored Sir—The Irish Committee in ald of the sick and wounded defenders of France bid you and your companions a cordial welcome to Lreland. You come among us the bc Mie of a generous emotion, We accept your visit as an assurance that France has deemed worthy of remembrance such poor services as onr country Was permitted to offer her in an hour of bitter trial and misfortune, These services were given 1m no mere spirit of gene- Yal sympathy or abstract philanthropy. No doubt most of them availed for all suiferers—friend ana foe. Amid the victims on the vattie field or im the hospital we pause not to discriminate be- tween the wounded invader und the wounded de- fender of the country we loved. But, assuredly, it ‘was to mark thelr devotion to France, the ancient ally and benefactress of Ireland, and indig- nantly to disassociate themselves from the seltis| apathy of ungrateful Europe, that the Irish people hastened with their humble offerings of aid, such as they were. It was all that was permitted them to do. Their hearts were with France and with France alone. The darker were her musfor+ tunes throughout that chapter of disasters the more freely would Lreland have bled by her side. When you return tell France that, Janding upon our shores, you found yourself among a kindred peo- pie. Tell her that her benefactions in past umes and in our own day tosuffering Ireland have not been forgotten by the ancien compatrioies of MacMahon. Trelunu’s faith is unshaken in the speedy resuscita- tion of your gallant nation in the future of power and giory. The sun of Victory shail once more biaze upon her banners, and Europe shall do homage to France as the champion and defender of religion, civilization, order and trne liberty. RESPONSE OF COUNT FLAVIGNY. Count Flavigny, in replying, remarked that after the enthusiastic demonstrauon made yesterday in honor of France by the population of this splendid capital they were nappy to express to, the citizens of Dublin their protound gratitude, Tfle Imsh peo- pie had done much to mitigate te miseries of war, ana they bad done It in a manner the most delicate and generous, Other nations Lad done France simi- lar services, but Ireland alone had rendered them with affectionate partiality. Their physicians never neglected the wounded Germans any lore than they neglected the wounded French. and if the actual organization of that committee was'aevised owing to the circumstances of the hour it was most desira- bie that it should be transformed into a permanent society. ‘That orgamized charity was the boolest conquest of modern times, the fairest triumph of humanity and civilization, the most potent protest against war. ‘The red cross, conceived by M. Du- mant ana sanctioned by the convention of Geneva, had become the recognized emblem of charity in the military world, He and his friends had come there to thank tne Imsh people in behalf of their so- viety, and he must tell them that the French gov- ernment was taht apres to confer on them puplic testimonies of well-earned gratitude. Unhappily the brevets for conferring the decorations of te Legion of Honor had not yet been prepared; for they knew tnat the Palace of the Legion and its offices baa been burned down, and that circum- stances lad naturally caused some delay in Pi out the official documents; but they could be assure that they would very soon receive, and in the most friendly manner, provis of the gratitude of the French government. The Count, during the delivery of his speech, was frequently applauded. a “THE PLIGHT OF THE BARLS.” Mr. A. M. Sullivan, holding an exquisitely bound volume in his hand, next came forward, and said that the sons of the great Irish pubiisher, Mr. James. Duffy, had deputed him to present \bat volume, which recorded the fight of his ancesters froin Ire- land, in the retgn of tiizabeth, to the Count O'Neilk deTyrone. The book is writven by Father Mi M. K. I. A., 18 enutied ihe “Fi contains a record of the Count’s forefathers, which, in tne language of Mr. Suilivan, “the olgest royal dynasty In Europe would envy.” ‘The Count re- ihe in French, which was interpreted by Father velie, BISHOP DUPANLOUP AND THE IRISH FEELING. A letter was read from the celebrated Bishop of Orieans, Monseigueur Dapanioup, in which he ex- pressed his regret at his inabiity to attend the ban- quet of the Ambulance Commitice In Duplin. Since the bishop exposea the wrongs of Ireland in his celebrated sermon in Paris some seven or eight Years ago be has been a great favoriie with we ople Of this country; and, with the exception of jarsval MacMahon, no Frenchman would receive a More hearty welcome at our hands. Had the Mar- shal put in wn appearance ou Wednesday night the people, | firmly believe, would have gone wild with enthusiasm. As it was 1uey were enthusiastic enough; but if more fuel had been added to the fire 1t18 Impossible vo savy What would bave hap. pened, A crowd of persons on the evening of the arrival, When going down Bag: ot street, cried out, “Down with the Engitsh government!” ‘“MacMahon is coming !"? ‘To hell with the Queen ” “Bah ! for the Prince of Wales,” and other such expressions m the hearing Of the police, iver since our iustrious visiturs came among us the most disioyal and in- sulting language uas been made use of in our streets respecting the Queen and the other members of the royal family, The police have had to bear with @ great many insults from the crowd, and in several places they have been attacked with sticks and stones; tany of them have been severely beaten, knocked down and kicked—a punishment, I suppose, infilcted by the way of retaliation tor their own brutal attack upon the people in the Phemx Park, ‘These assaults, | have heard, would have been car- ried much farther had Marshal MacMahon been one our visitors; for it Is sat that the mob would consider his presence among us as some sort of a license for disorder, thinking that so powerful a snbject ofa foreign State would screen them from the consequences of their acts. The Marshal, bow- ever, did not come, but sent a letter, which was read at the meeting amid the most enthusiastic cheers. The following is a copy of his leiter MARSHAL MAOMALION'S LETTER. GENTLEMEN—i am excessively touched with the compti- Committee wishes to pai net which will ¢. Task you sired to pay hy " ent Lewnnot quit Ver- eailtes. [regret thal it is not in my power to goto Ireland, aa you desire ine. Receive, gentlemen, the arsurance of my high consideration, P. MacMAHON, At the close of the meeting the people who were in the body of the bail rushed toward the platform and contended for the honor of SHAKING HANDS with the French noblemen. The Connt de Pia- vigny, the Duc de Feitre and the Count O'Neill de Tyrone complied with their wish, and shook nands in the most affectionate manner with several hun- dreds of persons. ‘The banquet last night in the Hxhibition Palace was numerously attended, and many eloquent speeches were made; but | cannot say 11 Was a success. All the bisiops and noblemen invited to attend found rome excuse for absenting themselves, so that those present belonged, for the most part, to the na- ona! party, Who organized the whole movement. The Lord Mayor presided, and when His Lordship proposed the néaith of the Qneen and the royal family hisses and groaus were heard in all parts of te room. Alveming Potato Blight. The olight hus spread to such an extent in Ire land that it 18 feared the po'ato crop will be almost ruined. In some fields in Tipperary fully nine- tenuis ave rolted already, and the remainder aired of In tact, there has not been s v Hation since the great famine tweniy-fve years ago, and were it not for the favorapie condition of the cereal crops the con- sequences inipnt be as disustrous a8 then to the peasantiy. he neighborhood of the potato land the air is im disagreeable from the oppressive odor caused Wy the bight. TEMPERANOS OBLEBRATION IN JERSEY cITY, A grand parade of the Father Matthew of Hudson county took place yesterday i Jersey City. The procession was reviewed by delegates from societies In_several other parts of the State meeting Was afterward held at St. Michael's use, Corner Of North Seventh aia Grove streets. A TILL-TAPPBR CAUGHT. At about eight o'clock yesterday morning Joseph Fisher, seventeen years of age, tapped the till of Louis Schneider's bakery, No, 46 Morrell street, Wil lamsburg, aod secured $27. He was caught by OmMicer Humuiiton, and surrendered We mopey On TOL BLL OCL SLALOM NOUsGe WHO WILL WIN? Jersey’s Great Gubernatorial’ Grab Game. A Muchly-Mixed Muddle on Both Sides—Th® Chances of the American Tailor and the Eng- lish Locksmith-Weakening on Walsh, Turning aside from the terrible trank tragedy an@ the other New Jersey horrors transplanted ai brought to frightful finales in New York, the next and certainly more agreeable topic ‘which abgor! public opinion in the Jittle State is the great scrul race for the Governorship, which will be regularly and formally tmaugurated nex< Thursday. On that day the Renan Convention will meetin Trenton and choose a can didate. Within a week alterwards—on tl! 13th—the Democratic Convention will be held at th same place, when the opposing candiaate will chosen, As both conventions are now close ati hand the question foremost on everybody's ‘tongue’ Up 1s, of course, “WHO WILL WIN 1? The situation in the republican camp is decidedly igjointed—more so, in fact, than has been knowa in the party for years past. ‘This Is a fact which no, republican tries to disguise. It is the result of divers causes. In the first place, the party is de moralized mm consequence of the glaringly traudi lent and corrapt record of the party leader when in power in Trenton last winter. Tne Infamous character of the Erle swindles, Bumsted ovtrage and many other lke legislative excres< cences, the resultof the unscrupulous republicam majority led by Mr. Bettle, President of the Senate, have already been dilated upon in the HERALD, and in even the more respectable of the republican press. Added to these causes of demoralization, which have driven tne conservative element from the party,/ are TH SECTIONAL DISRUPTIONS which prevail throughout the State, Soutn Jersey Wants the nommation, North Jersey wants it and, Essex wants it, and, at ali hazards, each seems dex termined vo nave it. The more intelligent republi« cans are agreed on this point, that of the four candi. dates now prominently named—Cornelius Waish, 01 Newark; General Kilpatrick, of Sussex; John David. son, of Lage and Colonel Scovel, of Camden—the first named has unquestionably the inside track. Nine men out of every ten independent political thinkers would say now in Jersey that Walsh will (ee the nomination. ‘There reasons, however, jor thinking that politicians, like white men, are very uncertain. leace it Is not wise tu-say posi- tively that Walsh will be the winning man next Thursday. Among the republican papers there is already cropping out au inclination towards KNOW NOTHINGISM, and the fact that Mr. Walsh ts an Englishman ts being ominously discussed. Mr. Walsh is a highly successful locksmith, who during the past avecada of years has done an immensity of work for the party without even once having reaped any oficial venefit. Last winter he showed great strength against Frelinghuysen for Senator. As a compro~ mise, 1¢ 1s claimed, he was promised the gubernato- rial plum. He 1s regarded, however, outside of ts ‘Wealth and prominence in the Metbodist Charen, A VERY WEAK MAN, and the party ts just now In no trim to pick up such aman; todo itis almost certain defeat. Witiin the past few days, in view of these facts, a strong current has begun to set in in favor of ‘Honest’? John Aull, who 1s decidedly THE STRONGEST MAN to-day the Jersey republicans have. In the Conven» tion he may be sprung on the party aad nominated by acclamation. Relative to the democratic situation there neea not now be much sail, Mr. Nehemiah Perry, THE NATTY NEWARK TAILOR, is vigorously pushed just now, and has now bevond doubt the inside track. All depends, however, at the action of the republicans next Thursday. Waish is nominated the democracy will continue to cling to Perry, and will nominate him. Shouid they take up Bill, however, the democrats will doubtless follow suit and execute A COUP D'ETAT on the candidates and the party by unanimously nominating Joel Parker, who went Into the guber- natorial seat nine years ago witn the highest major- ity ever achieved by any candidate—i4,507. Juage Bedie would undoubtedly run splendidly; but 80 long a3 his connection with Governor Kandoiph Temains in sfa‘u quo, without being disclaimed or repudiated, his prospects of even the nomination are of the most dubious character. There is ample tme to speculate on the result of the election; but, throwing candidates entirely aside, the democratic party, a8 @ party, is to-day in the finest fighting trim. Their victory is simply a question of leaders, RUNNING NOTES—POLITICAL AND GENERAL. September Elections and State Conventions, Four State elections this month, to wit:— SEPTEMBER 5.—Wyomine—Legisiature, SEPTEMBER 6.—California—Congressmen, nor, part of Legislature, &c. SEPTEMBER 11.—Matne—Governor and Legislature. SEPTEMBER 11.—New Mexico—Legislature. State conventions to be held this month:— New Jersey—Kepublican, Trenton, September 7. New Jersey —Democratic, Trenton, September 13. Massachusetts—Democratic, September 12. Ilinols—Repubitcan, springfield, September 20. Minnesota--Republican, St, Paul, Sepremper 20. Massachusetts—Republicad, September New York-—-Republican, September 27. William J. Bacon declines to be considered a cane didate for State Senator from the Oneida district, He goes for Mr. Lowrey, and avers that he is a firm, friend of General Grant and opposed to Tammany, Morris Winslow, State Senator from the Jefferson and Lewis district, will, itis said, be renominated by the republicans without opposition. It is alleged that his palm has never been troubled with the Tammapy itch. General Butler says he will ‘‘make his canvass for Governor of Massachusetts acar of juggernaut.’ The pronibitionists want to know if he means » “jug-or-not.” Js it not ea little singular that there should be so much excitement in New York about the “social evil’ ata time when the island of St. Thomas has suffered so dreadfully by a physical upheaval ? It is stated that Mark Twain has gone to Hartford to reside permanently. Why has he deserted El- mira? What has she been doing? Mark had better take care or he may tind himself sewed for some breeches of promise. But, may be, he wants to be- come a member of the Wooden Nutmeg Legislature. In the rumpus for place and power among the re- publicans it is conceded that William B, Woodin. will be renominated for Senator in the Cayuga and Wayne district. Both republican and democratic papers in this State are urging their friends to send their best men to the State conventions. Some of the vest men im both parties are considered better than most other men, for they are betting men and kuow their bet- ters—in the roulette sense, Witness Saratoga and other fashionable haunts. 4 While the Northern republicans ate prating about harmony the Southern negroes just now are more concerned about their hominy, And a very kensible and thoughtful concern it is, too. A New Hampshire paper flies the name of Colfax. at the head of its leading column for President, while Colfax files the track altogether, According to all appearances the Republican State Convention at Syracuse will have no Jack of candl- dates for the honor of nomination, Here are @ few: For Secretary of State—Wiitiam E. Dodge, Jr., of New York; A tus Frank, of Wyoming; Tieoaore M. Pomeroy, of Cayuga; Francis 8. Thayer, of Rens-- selaer, For Comptrover—James A. Bell, of Jeferson; Moses H. Grinnell, of New York; James 0. Putnam, of Erie; David Rumsey, of Steaben, For Attorney Gencral—Matthew Hale, of Albany; Willan W, Goodrich, of Kings; Frank Hiscock, of Gover> Ononday Hamilton Ward, of Allegany; Henry Sinith, of Albany David 4. Mitchell, of Onondaga; Wiliam A, Woodin, of Cayuga. For State Treasurer—Thomas Raines, of Moaroe;. ‘Thomas J. Chatfeld, of Tioga; Truman G, Young- love, of Saratoga. Oye ot eare iurineer—C. W. Wentz, of Albany; John C. Robinson, of Broome; Edwin A, Merritt, of St. Lawrence, General Lestie, Governor elect of Kentucky, wilh be inaugurated: on the Sih instant, FIRE IN WILLIAMSBURG. rhe file factory of Harvey Pease, sitvated im Aisle street, near Tenth, Willlameburg, took fire between two and three o’clock yesterday morning, and was damaged to the extent of $1,500. The establishment was fully insured in various compa. mies. AN ASSOCIATED PRess MRsseNGER ONE oF ron Vierims oF THE Monn BxXPLOSION.—Stepnen Snow died yesterday at o'clock. He had tor some time past been messenger for the New York Associated Press, and altiough bat abont f | Years of age had Won luis way to the es confidence of his employers.—AModile Trivwie, Au | gust ay