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NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1874.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. ABT AND BISMARCK, eee eeceeraidl Conplete Text of the Parisian Correspondence. TheCount’s Complaints and the Chancellor's Severity. ROTHSCHILD’ Aninterview with M. Thiers on, the Situation. | D. MM. NIAL. eee TE Empress blow we publish the full text of the principal upublished letters which passed vetween Vount Va Aroim and Prince Gismarck during tne time | t} former was Minister of Germany at Versailles, T substance 0! tuese letters shows, on the one nd, how extremely dificult it was for the Am- weador to maintain the position desired by the athorities in Kerlin, and, on the otuer hand, bow alicate were thé relations existing between the mnister and the Chancellor, The first letter, com- | Piping of the conduct of Mme. de kothschild, | Aving been previously published in substance, 7 do not repeat it here; but the second letter of cunt Arnim on this point will prove of general derest, Count Arnim’s arguments in favor of | famce and her abilliy to pay tne indemnity de- | nanded by Germany have already appeared in te HERALD, 10 our special cavie despatches, im- nediately alter the sentence o1 the Court in Ber- | in, Count Arnim's complaints of general ruue- 1ess afd impolireness toward Germans are fully set forth in his letter to the Prince Chancelior, dated January 22, 1873, Paris, May 6, 1872, ‘To His HiGHNES8S PRINCE BISMARCK, Kerli During my last couversauon with M. ralers the | latter repeated to me, in the warmest terms, how | sincerely aud ardentiy ue Was wisbing for peace, for a long peace, since France was presently un- | able to wage apotuer war. He was trying bs best t avoid all complications and embarrussmenis wherever they nuight urise. said, when France would have regained strength, | ‘there Would, 0; couse, urise & desire 10 recover Gamages Jor tie losses Sustained, aud if Germany fy then get into ‘difficulties with otner Pow- | ers the moment for revenge would arrive. but tor ail toat it Was by nO means certain that in such ® cuse France would have to rise against jermany. it ungut very well be the case that in woh case Gerinany would be inclined to secure an dluaace with France by coucessions or compensa- tons Whico inight render war unnecessary, but he bmeel! (1uiers) would Wand hot live to see ths. He was tired, old, sick, and 80 mucu dis- wted with the stupid and ungrateiul attisude of tt National Assembly that ue had no other , thuoght but to tree is country from hostiie occu- | paton and then to retire. trepiied to the President that I coulda not doubt the siucerity of his ucterunces, since they were adapted to matters ofiact. But his personal wisdom and his personal love of peace could give us only JibtiC assurauce, as long as neither tue duration of hig Srm of office nor the character of his succes- sor Were certain. te might quarrel with the Na- tuona Assembly and fling pis porttolto at their feet everyday. Who should we iook for then? M. Ibiers reputed that the Assembly could not Wish t¢ quarrei with nim. But ifit snould nuppen, or uf heshoula die sudcenly, in bis opinion neither Henry Y, nor the Duke of Aumale, nor Gambetta | ‘Would be tis successor, but an honest bourgeuis— tor instanve, Casimir-Perier. Napoeou, he suid, Was out 01 the question; besides, General Fieury had assured him ata recent interview that the | Bonapartis6 renvunced all and any conspirations | during his kresidency. Although they would re- tor some future day, they tor M, Tolers, Jv is the ‘opinion of all those who know, not only Paris but ae) vhe country, that he misunderstands the situ- tion. ‘There is a widespread conviction, [ may say, that @ general vote can have only two results— either Gampetta or Napoleon, omitting trifling variations, As to the sormer, it canuot be denied that be is maxing daily picnics in the provinces, especially in the south. jaliem and radicul democracy are contiuually gaining grouna, espe- ctally among the country population, ard ‘vhings Dave gove 30 jar that peasants are more radical than Parisians, Wherever public opipion is mani- fested it 1s in Javor Of Gambetta anu a radical re- public. Even the army nourishes similar senti- ments, a8 Marshal Bazaine says. He thinks the army 18 thoroughly corrupted, and has no dowot that it will Dot resist, out join the prevailing cur- rent. MacMahon, he thinks, will not be able to Maintain order. The only counterpoise against the overwhelming power of aemocracy—waicn, | by the way, is only for the moment identified with Gambetta—can at present be found in the infu | ence of the name of Napoleon. «Marsha! Bazaine | thinks that to-day the Empire might still ve strong enough to grasp the reigns of goveroment. There is no doubt that the aristocracy and all persons of means, who Have no confidence either 10 Aumale, Casimir Perier or Gambetta, wouid not hesitate to seek protection under the wings of the Kmpire. However, it is not an easy thing to manage events so that the Empire can tane tae Jead at the right moment. The Bonapartist agents calculate that the National Assembly will create a dictator m case the President's chair should be- | come vacant, Tms dictator, they tuink, must be MucMahon, General Cissey or General Vinoy. All Ihese toree, it is said, have buund themseives to | cal lor a pléviscite, which, so think the imperiai- ists, must resuitin tae call tor Napoleon. | but how i the National Assemvly should not choose @ dictator? Or il they should choose Au- | male or Casimir Perter for president? Here 1s tne point where the Bonapartists expect that we. in ‘our own interest, will come to their assistance by | demanding irom the tuen dictator or unreliable | president aform of government that will guaran- | lee peace, and be a check to the spread of revolu- tionary tendencies. As have stated on previous occasions, it 18 my opinion that we | should not reiuse the solicitations o1 the Bona- | partists to join then. So much less, since on | tne oue hand they have no intentions of intriguing against the present government; and because, | on the other, iney ure the only party that openly covets our assistance and takes reconciliation | with Germany into its programme, while all other large and small iractions are caretully avoiding | any imtercourse with us aod write “war of re- | venge against Germany” on tueir banners, | recognize the canvass ior the Duke of Aumaie to | De just as dangerous as that Jor Gambetta, and the 80-callad “decent” Republic, as it would be repre- sented by Casimir Perier or Grevy, would soon | ive Gambetta the jead. Kven the system of turers this very moment is supported only by his constantly increasing intimate relations to Gam- betta, Therefore the most desirable wevelopment | Ol the present political situation 1s, in my opinion, | that which, on the one band, will leave us time to effect an agreement with the present government | with regard to a speedy settlement of those three miuliards, and which, on the other hand, will ac- celerate the unavoidable change of government in time for us to exercise a aecisive influence in the crisis by the presence of our troopsin the country. VON ARNIM, INTEREST IN THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. {May 13, by Courier Confidential.) BERLIN, May 12, 1872, To His Excellency Count VON ARNIM, Ambassador oi tne German Empire, Paris:— Your Exceliency's lavor of the 6th inst. concern- ing the situation aud prospects of parties in France nas greatly interested me. Your observa- tions only confirm what | have already heard from | private sources—viz., that the Orleans princes, especially through their dealings in money mat- ters, are continually losing ground in France ; and also agree with Your Excellency \uat Germany has no reason to desire their coming into power, bat that among the several contending parties the | Bonapartust bkanpire is probably tae only one | irom Which tolerable relations between Germany | and France can ve boped. Our pripci- | pal task, of course, remains to support the present government as long as it represents to us a tencency to laithiully maintain peace, Whatever comes after it will have to be examined | by us from tunis same standpoint. We have no oc- Casion, in this respect, to exclude the Bonapart- 18t8, aNd therefore mo reason to do anything that might injure them, lower them in the vpinton of | tue nation or embarrass their situation. Bnt this | would surely be tue case ii We should take their part or favor them by our reserve. From this point o1 view | beg you will also ob- serve what I have said in my rescript of tmis date concerning Marshal Bazaine. BISMARCK. THE EMPRESS 4NpD Mm. OPPRESSED, Pants, Jan. 22, 1873. ‘Zo His Highness Prince BismaRnck, Cuaucelior of the German Empire, Berjin :— A few days ago some one related in my presence, | wt the resiuence of @ foreign lady spending the Winter here, that Her Majesty the Empress Queen had sent to Mr. Guizot repeated expressions of her regret that sabe bad not found occasion to Jorm the acquaintance of that venerable states yoan, Her Majesty had—so it was said—implied & ‘wied to learn Mr. Guizot’s opinion by what means the hatred existing between Germaiy and France might be mitigated. Mr. Guizot 18 ‘said to have replied that time only could soothe these feelings. This story brought about a discussion of the 1 tion of Mr. Ginizot's answer, Some agreed with him; others, however, maintained that tine— |, any period that conla be taken imto cai enlation—couid not change anything in the pres. | ent Jeeiings o/ tue Frened. ‘Their ieellngs, it was | | GUIZOT—GERMANS Alter many years, he | 0 | Which it requires @ high degree of philosopiical | teudency to avenge @ great calamity by trifes | efforts would certainly not change anything. | might betore last, else i should have beiore recog- | ter, in order to show said, were even more malignant now than a year | ago. and the evacuation of their territory, instead as calming their passion, would set it perfectly Be, Ishare this opinion without emphasizing it. I do not expect appeasement irom time. There is even a better caauce that the antivatuies of the French, under the influence of some event or o1 a ma a may suddenly within twenty-four hours take another direction. But netther the one nor the other is probable, [his state of affairs has very disagreeable consequences for the private 1- tercourse between French and Germans, Mer- chants who have to give up business (with a lew somewhat my- te lous exceptions), Mechanics who cab no longer earn a living and toat very numer- ous class of Germans who have to remain here .or the sake of gain or of their daily bread are ali ina deplorable, nay ol'en miserabie, condition. The sympathy witi) those wuo remain here cavnot | eltner be covered wilh tae remark thas they are at liberty to return to their country, Must of hem canot afford it, and have nothing leit \ut to suffer daily humiliations in order to port tuemseives and their families. course, learn only one-haudredtn of all a8 most Germans have hidcep, aud may also ve aware that I cannot help them. For, in spite of | all our victories aud our ariny of occupation, Lt Canuot compel a private Frenchman to treat a | German witi deceucy; nor can I in every case 3U) press injustice on the part of minor oilicuais, even i I hva timely ana substantial information of it, For unjust treatment may go a long way beiore 1. violaes jaw. This deplorable state of affairs—to mention unly one instance—ts most deeply felt in echo ols, Principals wul either retuse to admit Gerv an pupils altogether, or forvid them, under pcoisbmeut, to use their own languave eveu durin, their hours of recreation. Most Ger- man children will .orget their native tongue tn a short time, aud thus vecome more or less French by compulsion, the individual German, in bis private life, does not derive any benellt irom the fact that the Ger- man Kmpire is the domineering Power o1 Europe. On the contrary, us position is even more bumili- ating than it was velore, since ne 18 as needy as he Was iormerly, aud yet misses the acknowiledg- ment wurch he was wont to enjoy irom the French. There is absolutely no remedy for this, except, perhaps, a resolution of tne German Km- Pre toreadeem [row Ssiavery its subjects. But it ever the misfortune of another war snouia befall both countries, aud God snould again grant os victory, a pew peace would duve to secure for tie Germans an exempt position and their own jurise diction, like among barbarians, Rising irom the depth of the working masses up into the educated classes, livera: y aud proessional people for instance, you will find a similar con- dition, | believe there are nut many Germans | here that veiong to tis category. Those tew Whom | know aud who have good reasons tor liv- ing in Paris complain bitterly of che diticulties they have to meet. A chemist temporarily resid- ing here has veen forcibly preventeu irom expert- Menuog in a Krench proiesser’s laboratory, be- cause the siudents threatened destruction to tne latter's instruments if he allowed the German to use them. Similar things will probably occur whenever there is an occasion. Sure enough, ex- ceptions may be ound within these spheres, vut | they are rare enouga to be specially mentioned every time. About the condition of affairs in the highest oMcial and aristocratic spheres I bave previously reported, !huse persons, with wnom | come in cial Contact, a8 Well a8 those Closely connected with the government are as poitte and agreeable in cheir jorms as can be desired. But outside of | this very narrow circle there is, with very rare ex- ceptions, neituer hppoliteness nor politeness. Nay, | Must coniess tiat even mside of this circle My person is sometimes blandly iguored. For I be- hheve that men like Marsuai MacMahon ana other generals are not quite inuependeut in cuoosing | their acquaintances, After all, the tact remains, twat secretly only two—I have counted them—and publicly not one rrenchman hus crossed my thresh- old who had not been directly or indirectly paid jor it. Meetings On neutral ground, ior instance at the residence 0! the Austrf™. Ambassador, who is deeply grieved by this French obstinacy, are ‘Ys governed by the same forms which are observed | by decent people who want to ignore one another, im the passengers’ room oi a railroad depot. Ladies, I presume, add a gvou duse of mpertinence vO Lbis passive attitude, but | am too near-sighted | wo Stute apy particulars trom my own observa ion, The younger Members of the embassy, as stated before, ace aiso suffering from this in @ certain way, being deprived of a multitude of enjoymenis resignation to replace, Besides ihe memvers of the German Embassy I have not yet seen any German from out of the higner circies 01 societ Day a Visit here, however short, without a sufi- cient excuse, or covet French politeness. In a word, to Wuatever Class of society a German resi- | dent of France may beiong, be will never enjoy the pleasant jecling vi betug a member ofa vic- torious nation. It 1s only within certain small circles, aud ior very obvious reasons, tnat the spares my own person. 4 snouid iorbear reporting about this state of | affairs irom time to time 4 1 diu not Occasionally | receive DID(s, irom Walch | mast conciuve that in Berlin ana cisewhere opinions opposite to nme are prevailing. Perhaps one or the other privaie correspouden:8 may, oxpress. an opipion that tongs are Dot SO bad alter all and that the French mmight be won by politeness and cuncessions. 1 , have been told that { might try to make acquaint. | ances, the same as, lor instance, Prince Orios, | who was coorting the French, Now Prince Oriof may do many things which I cannot do without exposing myself at once to the suspicion Of being, aiter all, better ana milder than iny cruel government. It is also impossivie ior we to run alter the Frencu, whom I know to inteo- tionally ignore me, and who sre periectly justified in not desiring my acquaintance. Besides, oe 11, in order to improve my personal stauding, were to admit and deplore that su many clocks bad been stoien by Bavarian troops, if | were to listen with silence and regret to discussions of the Catholic question, I might, peruaps, lor a week or s0, be thought to be an exceptionally agreeabie German. Alterwards, however, the disappointment would be so much greater for tue discovery that 1 was neither able to restore the clocks nor to reinstate the Pope. If I shonld resort to tricks like these I should be irom step to step in danger of being denounced a8 & Conspirator against My Own government. Alter all, what advantage wou.d it be io us if I should virtually succeed to become more intimate within the wore or less sacred haus of the Fau- bvourg St. Germain or in tue gloomy apartments of the Rue Lafitte? The charm exercised by the Frencu aristocracy, I shuuld thiuk, can only work upon the inhabitants of provincial towns and petty residences, woo draw Jalse paralleis, One iorgets there that in France those classes of society Waich ior the lust two centuries have been Making Paris the centre of resplendent iife are living in Germany dispersed all over the coun- try, thanks to the justice and indulgence of tue Prussian kings, thinks to thelr own practical | sense, and tnat’ they are here and vhere eyen ruliog lite principalities as whole or partial sovereigns. Tue hotels of the old and new French aristocracy and the wealth concen- trated there nave made Paris a very agree- able abode. But the Frenonu ‘istocracy has not gained apy distinction by, it, Their influence throughout the country is comparatively tnsigni- ficant. There are still in Germany many per- sons in hereditary or acquired positions whose in- Muence, based upon thelr own privileges, cannot be jguored by goverument witnout injuring the | country, Such positions and persons I fai to find in France, notwithstanding their wealth and the good sound O1 sume Of toeir names. | am, there- jore, at a loss to see what iuterest on earth I | should have to run after people who cannot assist | me in my official capacity ana whose acquaintance | in private life is littie desirable. If the French aristucracy snoula ouce more get possession of the central telegraph 1 remaius to be seen 1! they | Wil enter upon official and social intercourse with the same urbauity which characterizes my relations to the present government, I beg Your Highness will paraon the length of this report, whicu repeats somewhat what | nave said belore, or rather states that things have turned Worse rather than better. I should proba- bly have still more Irequent occasions to write the same over agai, but I find tuat many influences, interests, varieties of taste, inveterate teelings and sometimes even the most pecultar petty per- sonal motives combine to obscure tie truth, And the truth 18 that this war of 1870 has created be- tween the two great neighboring countries rela- tions bearing a certain analogy to those in waich Austria and Sardinia were existing, one beside the other, betore 1859. A correct and colorless view Of the situation js greatly in our interest. It is my duty to keep it tresh, even ti 1 8nould some- times repeat myself. | shall not be silent eitner, if unexpectedly @ change should occur, VON ARNIM, ARNIM AND MME. ROTHSCHILD, PARIS, January 7, 1874, To Hts Excellency Prince BisMAROK, Berlin: Lregret not to bave had the honor to receive the communication irom Your Kxcellency until niged the necessity of compietia; the case of Mme, Rothscniid. honor, in reply to this cowmunication, to observe that the Duc Decazes replied to my note imme- diately by tue private letier which is enclosed. [ found this letier on December 12 as | returned from the Duc Decazes to my nouse. It 18 evident that be answered my letter which Was dated the 11th but did not reach the Foreign OMice until th 12th. If | have not alreaay mentioned this circum- stance in my report, i618 simply, as 1 beg to ex- muy reports on have now the plain, because [ attributed no importance to the letter of the AMtnister im comparison with the overtures made by him on the 18th. Besides, the Dake requested gme to keep secret the correspondence which had taken piace between him and me. Nevertheless | de- sired to acquaint you with the contents of my let. oo in what light T ba looked at this affair. [did mot so much care to obtain satisiaction as (0 use the current news- paper reports for the purpose of announcing to the oMcials, at the beginning of tue winter season, that | would not hencefortn tolerate the numerous sights Which I nad reasons tor over- looking during the government of Mr. Thiers. Icourd not demand satisiaction for the insult which the newspaper report accredited me with having received, because this report was a tissue of jaisehoods, and which knew to be falsehoods, 4 that had occurred 1s confved to & fovilsh. remark of a lady who 18 gonsiuered toolah by = the circle of her acquaintances, [t ts possibie that she expressed her intention of being untadylike, Al all event# she was not enabied to carry oat this purpose, akd np till to-day tt has been im- nogeivie to detexming as to what she really had | nice can be said on this point,” | ment of M. thiers, with whica he concluded a | his own Ministers by his general conduct aud by said. She herself denies having used any imperti- | that it might consider him the rightful successor missioners, hent expression, and the ladies who knew the con- nection in which she spoke disclaim ali kuow euge of %. The Duc Decazes might bave auswered my letter by stating that the report in question as rée- gards Mme. Rothschild was as untrue as that cor cerning Mme. de Larocheioucauid, He gid not care, however, to take reuge venind mre or- malities, and as | pad assured him that there was some truth in this maiter, he has in conversation With me, accepted the view o1 it wmch | took tn my letter and acknowledged tbat these petty Social rudenesses must cease. He dia tus with @ soemnity which I did not sufficiently emphasize in my letter of December 20, I met him on the evening of the 15th at Lord Lyons? uouse, an be requesteu me to hame tbe da) and hour when! wouid receive nim for the purpose of receiving a commanication wiicn be desired ‘0 wake to me in the name oO Marshal MacMahon. As we Were alone in tie salon | re- questea him vw save nimsel! tue journey frowu Ver- sailles to Paris on the next day and to make tie explanation then and tnere. | should consider \t as though it had been made at my own house. He then expressed the regret of the Marsoai, as L had the bonor to report ou the 20th of las’ month. He even ent farther han he was justified in doing, jor he took for granted the rud ne«# of Mme. Rothschild, while it cannot be formaily proven, as | have already had the noner to report, On the same day the Marshai, a I only Jearned on the 10th of iast month, had sent his secretary, Count Smanuel d'Harcourt, and . Rothschild in order to reproach tuem witb their conduct and to advise them to dv Wuat was nec sary to place 'hemseives in the might positon beiore us, Mme. Roths bid bas denied the uffence with which sue was ciaurged. Whether he was Fight 1D doing 80 cannot ve ascertaimed, ag all wi nesses refuse to testiy, And tle lying op the part o! a lady is, 1m Most cases, oniy equal to an apology. Mr, Korhsciuls denies all knowledge ol the affair, and, under the circumstances, 1t may be quite possib.¢ that be knows nothing of it. As iar, bowever, as the second part is conce! le the request to put verseif in the proper position beiore me, she complied witn it immediately, Mr. Rothschiid has repea ediy, since these explaia- tions were made, sought toe opportunity of veing int.oduced ty me, and the Dac Decages did really mMtrocuce bim to me at the house of tue Count Apponyi, Waoereupon Mr. Rothschild subsee quently paid me a visit, Asi have gone into society only once since December 4 1 do not | know whether the statement is correct that Mr. Gustav Rothscoild has been received in oMetal salons. | bave seen & hat Of persons who have been at the house of the Duc Decizes. But I | thought that Mr, Alpbouse Kothsctulld was tne one in question, This does not, wowever, watter, ag he Marsnal and Ws Miaiaters have no louger occasion to exciude him, since ne bas changed nis atutude toward me, agreeabiy to the Wises of the government. | Your Excellency says:—‘I do not find the guar- antees, which \ our Exceliency demanded in order to secure to the Ambassador of His majesty the | Emperor the proper cunsideration, quite sull- cient,” 1 must beg permission to observe that I did not | express confidenve. I said, 10 my report, “It now remains to be seen wnether the Marshal will ve better abe to Keep Frencn society in order tian Mr, thiers could.” And, ‘urther on:—"it remaing to be proved whetner the influence of the official | world fs great enough 10 so Change the munuers as to make them conforim, i DOt to amiability, at jeasi to decency, For the present nothing daeti- I did not demand definite guarantees in the explanation with the Due Decazes, which was occasioned by false news- paper report. 5 My object was only, a8 I have already empia- sized, to give the Marshal and his government | notice that if land my wie ae not treated properly where we Dave to appear officialiy all social Contact must cease. Thereupon tue Mar- sbal replied, through his Minister, that he recog. nized the justice of my demand and would do all | thatlay in bis power to see It complied with, | Even if vnis promise 18 carried out our Closer reia- tions with French society wril yet net bear the cuaracter Of periect intimacy, but, at all events, 1 shal be protected irom iusolence aimed at my official functions, If the Marsha! cannot fulfll iis promise, then the condition which nas siready existed de facto jor the list two years will be rec- ognized and | shall pave to ieave tue decision as to the necessary steps to His Most High Majesty. Your Excellency says:—“i recommend to you, alter naving received the instructivus of His .Maj- esty the Emperor, to dispense even, fora time, With apy visits to oficial Frenca houses.” By this report Your Excellency wili be miormed ot vie littie change in tue situation since Deceiver 20, Alter having declared to tue new government that Isnould forego all contact with its members ii 1 could not be received im their houses with oidi- nary politeuess, and after having received tne most solemn promises to thac effect, it uught not be quite advisabie for me to close all social rela- tions, sligut as they already are, without having first made another triai. 1 beg you will favor me with your opiuion on tus point, I should particularity desire to receive explicit instructions as to whether the house of the Mar- Shal is included among the ‘official houses,” and whether His Majesty the Emperor, our most Gracious Master, Was of the opinion that 1 should decliné mvitations to his house. He gives on the l4tn @ great /éte. I think that the absence of the German Ambassador might create an expression 1n the political world such as Your Excellency does not desire. 1 beg, therefore, that you will most graciously instruct me on this point by tele- graph. DIFFICULTIES WITH THIERS AND THE ASSEMBLY. Paris, Jan, 22, 1872, To His Highness Prince BisMARcK :— The quarrel between toe National Assembly and the President was of leas absorbing interest than was generally supposed, as it was settied from the start that nething would remain of the govern- mental crigie but the universal endeavor to recou- cite and be reconciled. Dueliists have trequently discovered on the very figuting ground thatit would be wiser to moisien their powder with the tears of emotion than to piuuge into danger. ‘then Mutual explanations are offered which are apt to make both parties appearin a ridiculous light beiore the public. This 18 the Case in this imstance. M. Thiers has given a new prooi of bis inability to govern himseli or others, During & aiscussion which lasted eighteen days he spoke seventeen | times in order to represent himself to tue Asse.a- biy, With his sincere overestimation, a8 the only infallioie knower of all things of which he really | knows notaing. He nas quoted figures which are proven to be false; he hus advanced theortes | which did not find a singie supporter in the As | sembly; he has given the assurance tlat be pos- | sessed the consent of the cabinets to a modifica- | tion of the tarif, while not a single cabinet gave its consent; he hag lost himself in childish trivi- ulities which have no bearing upon tue present question, and, floally, he made out of these errors, false assurances, trivialities and prophecies, in imitation of his colleague in infallibility aod wiih truly Papal irascipiliy, # dogma, a series of de- | crees O| conscience, 80 that only a strategy based upon circumvention is to mm, and he must beat A recreat, witr ery, “Non possunus ultra” Thus he turned everything topsy-turvy, and forced the Assembly, which bad not completea and could not complete anything, to abase itself beiore him with an humble coniession o1 its im- potence. There has been much weeping, much Nghting in the air, much lytug and mucn recrimi- | nation. The clearest result, however, is the Maniestavien of the complete State of auarchy in which that jumble of people once calied the great Frencd nation now exists, The question before us is whether the govern- = } peace, and which is to represent us belore France, has been materially weakened by recent events. in my Opinion there is po doubt that such is the case. tu addition to his quarrel with the Assem- | bly M. Thiers has prodaced dissatisiaction among | his interference with their departments. Io regard vo tats point f will oniy state that the President has arbitrarily changed the tariff sub- | mitted by is Finance Minister, and with- out giving him notice of his inteniion of so doing, more especially the provisions relating to the old | duties. M. Pouyer Quertier had, consequentiy, Tepeatedly tenaered his resignation severui da) 8 belore the ciisia, but was finally induced to re- main by his desire to close the payment of the in- demnity. But this example suffices to demon- strate how the continuance of the present govern- ment depends on tue urbttrary whims of the President, and hence on mere chance, il is an important point that in the last crisis the lear of Germany was a powerlul inducement ior avoid- | ing combinations that mignt be obnoxious to us, | ‘rhe simmation, however, is now so that che Presi- dent will undoubtedly Qefend pet theories of his | With tie same obstinacy which he showed tn deal- | ing with the tari question, tieories tne reauza- tion of which we cannot desire and cannot even tolerate. Hence a new quarrel between the President and | the National Assembly may arise, in wuich ne will not receive uur syimpataics, In case oi such an event the thin veil which prokects the present condition irom degenerating into a civil war may | be tora, ii France snould yet be capable of so | healthy a sign of lite asa civil war would be tn comparison with tne present “swamp aa GAMBETTA'S TOUR THROUGH THE PROVINCES. PARIs, April 22, 187 His Serene Highness Prince bisMARcK, Ber- n:— | 1 have received from the Consul, Mr. Gramatzkl, | A report on the recent visit of Gambetta to Le Havre, the gist of which 1 beg to submit to Your Exceliency. The newspapers have given full reports of his tour through the provinces during the vacation of the Legisiature, and of his speeches iu Angers and Le Havre; put it is, nevertheless, not without interest to hear irom a trustworthy eye-witness what an impression the republican party chief created in the respective places. His sudden re- appearance on the political stage, atter his reu- | cence im the Chamber during the last lew weeks, | had almost been regarded as an intention of retir- — ing aliogetber, and the moderation of his language | has probably not falied to produce the antic | pated impression and to remind the Rignt that it will have yet to pattle with this opponent. Wuhtle Gambetta emphasized his solidarity with the policy ot the President, with the exception of his | political economy, he branded the aasertion that the Republic was an enemy of tamily. property | and religion as a base livel, and in support ox this | position he reminded bis hearers that the ma- jority of the French people owed tuese possessions: solely to the first giorious revoiuiion, Whe he finaliy loudly proclaimed that the army must be | newly reorganized, as it Was lo be tue means oF bringing back (o hie Patherland its lost children, | the Jormer Dictatay tried to convince’ ile couniy To Mm | Simon Deutsca, as VON ARNIM. | Of 1he present President, as be offered the same guarantees of peace and repose, and at the sume time ne wouid loxe no opp. riunity of commen! ing Upon the Dational question a8 only a party camer could dv, Ide not presume to decide the question atthe close Of M. ae Gramaizkis report as to whether the admission of German subjects to domiciary rights (adiniss.on en drow de domictle) would be harmless, and 18 rater to oe favored, | and preier to request Your Excellency to gra- clously Instruct me On this poiut ior the benett of tue imperial Consul, WE>VESLEN, A FINANCIAL EXPOSE. Under date of Decemper 1, 1872, Arnim writes to the Foreign Omice in beri on the subject of Freuch Onances, and more especiatiy of the war taxes to Le imposed aon tue French peo te, smounting to 175,0u0,0001, The des; atch shows Coat he Nas studied the minurest vetuts of the French budget, but fas uo s ectal bearing upon the reiations of the two countries or the bis marck-Arpun controversy, WATCHING NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS. Panis, Dec. 2 1872, a Lay Excellency Privy Couucilor VON Baan, erin i— ! extended review of the Pire De. Pariment matter, las aiready been puvlisned in the H/ RALD, abu 80 fur there has ben no atiempt 10 auswer ‘be charges of favoritism, carelessness and nepotiam (li no worse) in the management, NEW YORK CITY. » 304 West street, had his ankle broken yes'erd, Nernoun om pier No. o2 North River. A skid tell upon him, He was sent to Bellevue Hospital, Jobu Kostiark, @ resident of No, 128 Kast Rous- ton sirevt, fel of a Dry Duck car yesterday aiter- noon, at the corner of avenue D and Puird street, While intoxicated, and broke bis thigh, Ata meeung of the Board of Police Justices yes- terday it was decided that alter the 1st 0’ January the severai cierks of the Pohce Vourts shouid be shuted Irom Lime tO ume, iD tue BAmMEe Manuer as the justices are, Mr, Muses Goodkind, Supply Clerk of the Depart. John Crawiey, of » Your Excellency will not have overlooked that | the Frenen repuviican and official press has of late reverred Lo cer ain swalier Vicona papers iu order to demonsiraie the #ympatues of Luro.e. (tis bot uniuteresting w Kuow, iD convection with une Saiees, Voat the sae Mr, Hufuer who, as { have already :eported, wrives the st ongly demo- craug Paris letvers of tue Augeburger Aligememe Zettung, also Works (or the /ayes,resse. The Wan- derer 18 repiesented by a certain Cervacy, sband OF the plauiste Claus, WhO rece.ves uly Misylrutions from the same coterie, Tne old Vienna Presse re- celves Its reports irom 4 certai Cohen, wno, belore JaneSke Was secured Ww tie Newe reve Presse, ported lor the latver journai, One of the prin: chpal Me.Jums oO the relutions becweeu the Ger- map and Frencn democratic anu progressive press 13 one simon Veucacu, who even during the bin- pire yave the radical party pecuniary aid. Darog | | the war Simon Deutsci was in Vieona, where ke | tried to iufuence popular opiuton i tavor of | France. la Feoruary of 1s71 ne returned to Paris, and oecame 4 )remiveut memoer of the luterna: tunale, Councillor 0} the Commune und Snancial facto um oF te “Finance Minister,” Jourde. Alter tbe fa of the Commune Simeon Veutsch was arreste:, liberated tavough the intervention oc tme Austrian Minisier and expelled irom France. A short time aiter he was cpabied, thanks to tue iutervention of the Deputy Laurier, | auéer 6jo O1 M. Gambetta, (0 reiura to France. He tas an interest 01 $60,00ui. in Gambetta’s paper, ue Prancdise, and 18 ou iuumate Repuotiqt | terms Witu the editor of the Neue Freie Presse, Mr. Ktlenne, more especially since the time when ento: tie Prince Mustapua hed Considerable amounts of fazy) Pascha, contro! money. A certain Hirsch, who was last employed Chemuitz on Che socialistic organs, 18 also activ | lu the German sociaustic press ip beball of the radicals of Pass, As regards Hainer, I must not forget to mention that he also corresponus ior Wie Hainburger Nach- richten and the Berner Bund, His lewers are en- urely inspired by Gamoetta, ARNIM, AN IMPORTANT INTERVIEW WITH THE DUC DB BROGLIE. {Telegraphic Gpeparond ‘Anis, Oct. 17, 1873. To His Serene Highness Prince Bismarck :- 1 neid yesterday, iu compliance with instruc- tions coulained In edict NO, 189, @ lengthy inter- view with the Duc de Brogie. it Was my cuty, I told him, to umpress him with tne effect which the language of Lie press aud of some prominent per- sons like the Bishop oi Nancy must needs nave on the relations existing between tue two countries. The situation engaged tie attention o. my govern- Iuent [rom two points of view, On the one aana, it couid not be denied tnat the passions, if co Ligualiy excited, must lead to an erkit ana eventu- aily endanger peace. On the other, it could not be overiooked that the French government had as yet done nothing to demonstrate beiore the wivole wurid, ia contradiction of the language 01 these journals and Oi certain persons, that 1 dio not only desire lo preserve tue peace in general aud for the mo- ment, but was aiso anxious to prevent anything calculaved to stimulate the present bitter ieeling against Germany. Yes, 1 did not even un- equivocally disclaim responsibility jor the atti- tude 0 certain newspapers which are geveraily congidered a8 organs of the government. He, the Duke, had, ina well known speech, ais- avowed the ideas wich had given rise to the sus- picion that the government was intent upon great reactionary measures, But in regard to tue Joreign policy 1 yet missed a similar energetic ut- terance, and here the Ganger was certainly still preater. [ bexged wim to just look at toe situa- W0n im its true hight. \__“We are imbued with the most sincere wish to remain ou tue best ol terms witu France, now that the war is over, We have had successiul wars With other countries aud ure Dow on the best of terms with tueir governments, Tuere is notning to prevent the relauuons between France and Ger- imany irom being of the most irieadiy nature.” “But we can only remuin at peace with France and with such @ Frenen government which, oy its entire attitude, will give us guarantees that it | regards the present map of this part of the world as definite, “.he present boundaries of France and the poll- tical constitution of Germany and her allies are, irom Our potnt of view, the basis (and are no | longer capaple of discussion) on which the Ruro- pean Staves and nations, in their international relasions, must maintain their interests. He who accepted this basis wituvut any secret motives Would be able to consider Germany as a friend) well disposed Power, He who obdjected would not. 1 Jeft it to htm to say whether the feeling of the parties now in power was iavorabie to the condi- | ton under whica peace between France and Ger- Mauy Was possidie. ‘Tue situation resembled, in reality, more a truce which France was ready. at the first tavorable Moment, to break. I would not acknowledge the force of the objection that the press, which was | mnnuenced by tne imperial goverument, exhibited @ platonic predilection for republican institutions and for the French radicais, and thereby added to the difficuities of the Freuc: government. This Was not the way to put the question. If France desired to recall ber former royalty 1% was her business only. Buvif the only question was the restoration in the interior of France, while the restoration of the kingdom might be the signal of political activity wuose object was to revoin- tionize every work of the past ten years, it might become of an international significance, and people in France shvuid not wonder at the tears entertained by all other countries, Neither could 1 alow him to dismiss my com- Plaint with tae objection so trequentiy urged—Qu’il Jala t etre indulgent pour les vaincus. In tact, it now looked as thougu I mignt soon be situated de r un peu @indulgence pour les vain- ‘8, and 1 must ask him serionsiy to put hia- Sell inte our place aud to decide as to whether I could much longer remain witness of the fact that tue newspapers under the influence of tne govern- Ment, despite the state of siege, printed articles such as those oi to-day in relation to the corre- spondence of His Majesty with the Pope. He might speak in reply of the compensations which the war nad given us, But! was compelled to tell him that these compensations were by no means sufficient if, instead of the certainty of a lasting Peace, we had taken into tne bargain the chances of a new war. The irritation was, in his opinion, merely a superficial one. Well, then, ww would be all the easier to. cope with these symptoms of an artificial stimulation, so that the disease might not penetrate irom the peripnery to the centre. 1 would remind him of the words of an illustrious statesman—‘‘Que les choses pas mendes ménert a la guerre.” (This is an expression of the late Duc de Broglie, fatner of the present Minister.) in conclusion, | must return to the same point, Every goverament whicn did not only speak of its love of peace in general terms, but did what lay in its B geen to accustom the natives to the thought of remaining witu us permanently at peace, migit be sure of our sympathy. Butif we saw that the government would not or could not give guarantees in this respect, then we must try to secure the Certainty Of peace through other means. . The Duke received my views without percepti- ble irritation, but with congideradle emotion, ‘His replies are contained in the above résumé of my communications, so that [ neeo not specially Tepeat them. He abstained from violent coin- plainis about the German press. He only men- tioned with some bitterness the recent entre jilet in regard to the Duc d’Aumale. He was pained by it, as the Duke wanted to travel incoguito to Metz. | He, the Minister, considered it more loyal to ask the tmpertal government frst, and now the Duc d’Aumale was charged with total want of tact on account of a demarche, of wich he was periectiy innocent, As faras the means of influencing the press Were concerned he was somewuat embarrassed. He had frequently issued warnings, which ha however, proved useless, aS most of the journals of which I had complaived would even oppose nim if the present Cabinet were not the resuit of a coali- tion, He was, as I knew, reaily the dete notre of the Exaltados, He would, however, demonstrate to the entire world, either by a diplomatic vinci ostensivie despatch to Goutaut Biron) or by a dis- course, an occasion for which might arise, that he eutertained in regard to the relations between France and Germany exactly the same views that 1 had presented to him. He Was also convinced that the present political constitution of Kurope was a definite one. If the detoroned princes ana His Holiness himacif hoped that France would lend herseli to gratily thotr aum- bition they would be sadly disappointed. He con- cluded with an expression of gratitude for the severity with which [ had called his attention to the diMicuities of the situation. J’en suis pro- Sondément tmpressionn’ et jen tiendrai le plus grand comple. ARNIM. FIRE DEPARTMENT AfFATRS. At Fireman’s Hall atairs remained unchanged yesterday; but it was evident to the most casual observer that ‘uneasy rests the head that wears a crown,” or, in other words, that any moment the oMcial axe might fall and the valuable se tie Fire Commissioners be Jost Lo the et y forever. At the City Hall it was stated that no changes would take piace nntil aiter the accession of Mayor Wickham to ofice, ab which time tne Com- Missioners of Acconnis’ would iay beiore His Honor sich an @cpord of the department as would | vropaply cause che removal of the present Com | ment of Charities aud Uorrection, tendered his resignation yesterday to the Board, to take effect to-day, abu It was accepted, His successor will probably ve appointed at once, A carpenter, named Joun Mealy, whose resi- dence is at No. 325 Third street, was seriously burt yesterday aiternoon, while he was working at No, 63 Ferry sireet. Some tron pipes fe upou im, | He was taken to the Park Hospital. Dr. Leo, Deputy Coroner, yesterday made an autopsy On she euild’s body found In Dr, De Moer’s possession, He judged it had been alive at birth, as is stated im the afMldavit of Kate Etzei, tue mother, wo. charges De Moer, the father, Wit baving caused its death, Dallas, the Torouto defau ter, after being locked ‘Tp at toe Central Poiice station, voluntarily ex- Dressed his willingness to go quietly back to Canada and meet the charge ayalust tum without the deiay :equisite to varry bim thather on striculy legal papers. It is uow said Mulson’s Bank will ouly lose 3200 by the transaction. The Police Commissiouers yesterday discassed plans (or tue reorganization of the detective force, bug came W no distinct conclusion except to look Ciosely inte the present system and weed out its deiects, and te fully consider the character and bistory 01 the present mMemovers Of tue secret ser- vice squad in order that uo unsound material suall be retained. It will provably be severai week: lore tie CommMissiovers Wil Compiete the pian of the new orgauization. Coroner Woitman yesterday postponed indef- Diteiy (he inquest Into the death of James Stewart, in consequence ol a beating he received, om the 8th 01 December, at No. 215 West street. Both the accused men ure coniined in the Pemtentiry tor assault aud battery, and Warden Liscomp reiuses Ovedience to the Coroner's warrant to bring the culprits beiore bia. It i8 ap open question whether it is requisite for the Corouer to sue out a writ of habeas corpus in order to insure their presence tu Court, or whether his own warrant 13 sumicient. Ex-Governor Arny, of New Mexico, an old and experieuced Indian Agent, is in the city, with a number oi Navajo [udians, one of the most Sormidable of our native tribes, and has consented tu jecture on “The Aztecs, their Manners, Cus- toms, Cerewonies, Arts and Lnuustries,”’ and aiso togive an explanation of bis method of solving tae indian probiem. One Of their chiets wil spesk through an interpreter. Short speeches wiil be made by other gentlemen speciaily interested in the Indian question, The oMcers of the United States Darien Survey- ing Expedition, consisting of Lieatenant Frederick Coilins, commanding ; Lientenant James G. Eaton, Lieutenant J. [. Sullivan, Lieutenant 8, C. Paine, ces of | Assistant Surgeon Norfleet and Ensign s, seabury, | arrived im Uns city yesterday, anu bave taken passage on the Acapuico, ior Aspinwall, which sauls on Saturday. jot the Canandaigoa, wich will furnish trans- Sportation to the Gull of Uraba and up the Atrato , Kiver to the Napipi, and will provide such men } and mavertal a8 may oe required Jor the prosecu- | Uon Of the survey, Lhe party will retarn in about | find months pence. NEW JERSEY. ‘The trial of Kienen, the defauiting cashier of the Hoboken Bank, was set down yesterday for next Monday. Tae Court announced that tt would positively come of that day. been made in Hamilton’s case, The verdict of the Coroner’s jary in the cdse of the tour men killed on the Delaware and Lacka- wanna Railroad isso sweeping in its censure that ex-Mayor Sawyer intends to bring a civil sult on the part of the heirs against the company, laying damages at $100,000. The case will also be taken into the Grand Jury room. THE LATE GENERAL SMITH. The body of the late General Morgan L. Smita Tematned yesterday in an undertaker’s store on Grove street, Jersey City, and will be taken at nine o'clock this forenoon to the Pennsylvania Railroad depot and sent thence to Washington ior iuterment. The remains will be enclosed in | a rich rosewood casket, heavily mounted with gold. Whether he died trum apoplexy or from heart disease nas not been dctermined. {tts probabie that he had been dead | au entire day when the door of his room in Tay- lor’s Hotel was forced open by the proprietor. His | Jamuy are in Washington. Tne most touching triputes were paid to his Memory yesterday at Taylor's Hotel by some of bis old ¢om- panions in arms. Tnere was but one opinion among those woo had known him, and that was the country never produced a braver man, He Was about sixty years ol aye. PLYMOUTH PRAYER MEETING. REVIEW OF THE PAST YEAR—ITS EFFECT ON MR. BEECHER, Plymouth lecture room was much better filled last night than on the previous Wednesday, but, | alter all, failed to come up to the usual attend- ance. Mr. Beecher’s stand was ornamented by a very beautiful basket of Mowers, After the cus- tomary exercises Mr. Beecher said:—In the last Meeting of tne year it is natural that we should cast @ backward eye over our experi- ences. Tnat we are in the body, that | We of necessity attend to the practical wants of ite, that we are obliged to use our physical nature is the substratum of life. Soin all ages the tendency to act with reference to the visible and temporal is universal, even when we know that our spiritual man fs the real man and our flesh the temporal, and that all should be judged by the higher manhood, and that is bad which robs our bigher manhood, and that 1s good Which tends to elevate it, w, if you wish to | Judge by this standard, can imagine a meeting of tne Church, in which the breturen were to tell their year’s experience, One would rise and say, “This has been a durk year, there has been @ great deal of sickness and suderiug, and | can say little except that God's haua has been heavy.” And | can imagine an angel rising aud saying, man all the year. When [ took bold of him ne was ail body; but I have trained him, cut off | shoots here and there, till now there is a pruspect of his making quite ‘A PRESENTABLE VINE.” Tcan imagine anotuer brother rising and saying, “Tats has been a heavy year. [have been ground up by cares, but the Lord has sustained me. Lam | tuankiul it is no worse.” And I can imagine | sm anget saying, “That man was too prosperous; he Was gruWing hard. 1 have given him triais ail the year, and I think there are germs now that show that he is going toward spirit life.” ican | Imagine anotoer saying, “I have been very much blessed; my wealth has increased; the Lord bas | been good,” and he sits Gown, and an angel says, | “Tuis has been the worst year tiat man has had for ten years; le has nut grown stronger; he has not grown in patience; the man has not grown larger.” Now, i we judge ourselves in the year | that has gone by God's aealings in outside things we may make a: great mistake. The question is, What aoes the Christ nature bear wit- | neas in regard to the last year? Wuai has been | the effect of your experieaces? Have you grown | in calmness, courage, hope and faith in the reality | Of invisible things, and in patience and humility ¢ AM { BTRONGER in those qualities which make the higher nature ? | Tcan say in regard to my own seli that this has | been @ prosperous year. I have rolied of a great many burdens, and I have had a good deal more | Yest than in yeurs past. It has pieased God to | give me @ larger sense O/ consecration. I don’t | Know that I should exactly say that 1 have con- | Secrated mysei! m the ori hodox acceptation of the | term; but I find @ spontaneous consciousn | of my thoughts and Hings, not rising tow: | ambition and pleasure, bu. towards the righteons- ness that wil make the world vetter, and | bear | witness that tuis fas been a year of great con- | Secration, Then | think I can say | have been con- eclousily weaned from the world, and wnat I jeel most gratitude jor is, that under circum- stances that woud naturally tend to provoke | ANGER AND BITTERNESS | Loan say I have been spared (rom vbat, and that [ am sweet-hearted. | don’t harbor a feeling of an- | ger against any one. I have had momentary whiffs, but all Is gone. My sky is without clouds, | and f count it an unspeakable biessing wo g through triais aud come out a sweet-bearted/‘man and caruest Christian as | am, so that this year has been prosperous to me. 1 have | REAYKD AND GARNERED | enough for five y 1 feel that God has oeen good and meretiui to me, ‘ several brethren oered remarks when Mr. eecher had fuished, aiter Which whe meeting Was osed With # L¥mD aud benediction | 1 | At Aspinwall the party wi!l | No assignment has | THE TRANSIT GF VENUS, Work of the Observers at the Sand- wich Islands. enti | Suecess at Some Pcints and + Orho~ Others. Failure a | Captain Tupman’s Report of the Phenomena. The Time of Internal Contact Later Than the Almanac Calculations. HONOLULU, Dee, 12, 1874. The agony is over! Venus nas maue ner transit of the sum, and seems none the worse for her temerity. She was a little tardy, Sex may ac- count for this; that is, if we accept the “British Nautical Almanac” as authority, TIME OF INTERNAL contact, The time of internal contact was two minutes fiity-iour seconds later than the almanac maker hato it. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER. We had cloudy, dull days for two months before the 6th, and many ofus had misgivings as vo the likelihood of the success of our ovservers; bus when the day dawned ail douvta were dispelied, for we had a day made tor the occasion, Telescopes, opera glasses, bits of window glass—in fact, anytning that was transparent—bad been prepared over smoky lamps; and long before the hour for the phe- nomenon thousands of persons, young and old, were on the lookout for sometning to happen, THE FIRST CONTACT. When the first contact was detected a feeling of disappointment came over the masses, for they had expectea something more pronounced, Tt them it was @ tame affair. WORK OF THE BRITISH OBSERVERS, To the observers stationed here by tue British government the sensation was quite different; for them it was @ full reward for years of pasient study and preparation. A local writer givds the Jollowing graphic account of the scene within the enciosure erected by the British observers:— What @ moment, and what a sense of responsi- bility tor three thoughtfui, studious men, who have to deals with a great crisis 1D @ iraction of & second, while the audience of an enlightened, expectant world 13 sympatheticaily presenti Faitniully the heavenly traveller comes, as firat foretoid oy Kepler, and the chiei observes the first external con’ act of disk and disk at 3h. 7m. 18., and Lieutenant Novie at 3h, Tw. 38., according to local mean soiar time. The agreement 13 singu- lar, but must be regarded as pureiy accidental. But this, 18 not the crisis Of greatest mo- went; it is when the periect rounded orb of the planet is wituin the suo, and the edge of its disk at the moment oi leaving the muer circle of the luminary indicates tue in- ternal contact, tue most imterestiug pomt vo be observed 1p ail this transit puevOwenva. As the body oO: tue planet wus tudeuting tue sun’s rim, aod advancing on toward immersion within tte body, the cutef, who Was now Watcu.ng Lrough & micrometer, saw THE COMPLETE DI3K OF VENUS aefined about thirty seconds be.ore tue actual in- terual contact was determined, aud ior a witile he imagined he had missed the critica phase of the phenomenon; but this revelation o/ the complete | circle of the planet, betore actual internal contact had taken piace, Was owing to the effulgence of the corona or outer flame waves of the sun, which illuminated the whoie surface of Veuus some time before compiete immersion— & phase of the phenomenon never observed beiore, and its detection on thts occasion is due to tue opucal perfection of tue telescopic instruments employed. Lieutenant Noble couid distinguish the couipiete disk of Venus tully five minutes beiore internal contact. And Mr. Jounson, observing at Waimea oo the Island of Kauai, saw (fis compiete disk no less than twelve minutes vefore the com- plete entrance of the planet. This iuminous pre- sentation of the iui round body of Venus, wnen still only partially across the sua’s circle was cal- culated to dazzle and deceive our astronomers; | but lige faithiul watchers, they neglected not one Moment’s Observation, and as they scrutinized the advancing planet they discerned approximately the phase of internal contact, which tne chiel re- corded at 3h, 36m. 56.78., and Lieutenant Noble at ah, 36m, 54.48, AMATBUR ASTRONOMERS. We had several parties of amateur astronomers who made observations, which, for accuracy, astonished the professionals. Mr. C. J. Lyons, of our Coast Survey, with @ surveyor’s tneodolite and a iriend to record the time by chronometer, gave the time of internal contact at 3b. 35m. 538., while Captain Danie! Smith and our Chronometer Doctor (VD. N. Flitner) with better instruments nit quite near; in fact, Captain Smith noted his time as 3h. 35m, 54.88.—within four-tenths Oo! a secona of the time of Lieutenant Noble. Of the success of the more juvenile observers I | must say 1t was Of a different kind; pe: haps, how- “I nave blessed this | ever, quite as satisfactory tu taem; certainly 80 to a louker-ou. In the anxiety to have the first look the smoked glass was placed to their eyes smuked side in, Eyes would water from steadiness of gaze and naturally fingers would ruo, regardiess of siut, the grand result being luaicrously begrimed faves. ‘ CAPTAIN TUPMAN’S REPORT, The result of the observations, to the profes- sional opgervers, may be summed up in the lan- guage of Captain Tupman, as iollow: ‘ue atmospheric conditions Were javorable— exceedingly so at times, One hundred and fifty measures Of cusps and limbs were obtained and sixty pholograp A totally unexpected appear- ance presented itself at mternal contact. The disk of the planet became visible 4s an entire circle minutes beiore contact. From then to soe complete establishment no definite ov sudden phase was Observed. No black drop alter inter- nal contact.” This much was known to a favored few the day atter the transit. On the 10ta the tollowing facts were given Irom the same sou:ce:— Twenty out of the sixty photographs have been developed. All are biurred by the phenomenon known as “boiling”? or ‘“aancing” caused by the sun's heat, possiviy within the imstrument; some * are better than others; valuable resuits are to be obtained, nowever. ‘Tne Janssen apparatus failed totally. THE WATCH AT KAILUA, At Katlua Proiessor Forbes and party were sadly diguppointed, as the day was cioudy aud uo obser- Vation of the contact was possible. ‘the Professor obtained valuavie measures with the micrometer, 80 that Bis time Was nut lost. GREAT SUCCESS OF THE OBSERVATIONS IN NEW WASHINGTON, Dec, 30, 1874, The Smithsonian Institution receivea a tele- | gram to-day from Protessor Airy, astronomer of the Royal Greenwich Ubservavory, stating that the ohservations of Professor Peters, one of the American observers of the transit of Venus at New Zealand, were a great success, and that 237 photographs were made of the first contact, A COMPLIMENT TO GOVERNOR DIX, The Shipowners’ Association of the State of New York have sent to Governor Dix the toliowing ad- dress: To His Excellency, JouNn A. Dix, Governor of the State of New York. Str—The undersigned have been designated by the Shipowners’ Association Of the State of New York to address Your Excellency apon yeur ap- proaching retirement from oftice, and, on behalf of \ne commercial interests of this port, to express our gratitude Jor the inteidigent solicitude you have shown to promote the prosperity of New York commerce, par- ticularly by selecuon apd ment of those State oMcials whose do bring them in immediate contact wit shipping merchants of this port, We desire to bear our cheeriul testimony to the satisiactory manner in which Departments of Harbor Mas- ters and Port Wardens have veen conducted under yOur administration. Tae Commissioners of Quarantine who have been piaced tn charge by. you of that most important branch oi State gov- ernment have proved to be gentlemen of oigh character and thoroughly grained, for their duties; white your retention of Dr. 8, Oacley Van- derpoel, tm the post of Heaith OMicer of the Port, has preserved to us ana to tlie State the services of one whose scientitic quahficauons and whose emcient and laborious devotiun to the duties of his responsible post lave enabled him to fill that ouerous and dinicult position in a Way which we believe it would be impossible to sur; Ivi8a8@ simple act of justice to Your Exee! lency, and without the intention of Es nls Be your predecessors, that we bear witness that no Governor of Jace years has thus administered the powers of his office to the complete satisiaction of the mercantile 1uterests of New York. We are, with the hignest respect, your obedient, servants, ROBT B. MINTURN, Committee. AMBROSE SNOW, EDWARD HINCKEN, 4 GUSTAVES A. BREI, President. D. R. NORVEL:, Secretary. New York, December. Ixia