The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-05 00:00:00

ATTACK ON A CITY BY DESPERADOES.

NEW YORK. Noy. 24.

A large band of desperadoes attacked Bear City,
Nebraska, on Saturday, intending to plunder the
town, but they were repulsed by the citizens.

THE WAR IN HAYTI.—THE INSURREC-
TION IN CUBA.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.

Advices from Hayti state that the Cacos are con-
centrating their forces for an attack on Gonaives.
In Cuba great dissensions had arisen among
the insurgents, who arc now reported as
acting on the defensive. The report of
the capture of Puerto Principe is contra-
dicted. General Balmseda bad notifies,' to
the insurgents that if they surrender within three
days a pardon will be granted them. In conse-
quence of this notification several insurgents have
laid down their arms.

Intelligence received from Mexico statos that
Eaeobedo's troops, after being defeated by Vargos,
have joined the insurgents in large numbers, who
now hold nearly the entire State of Tamaulipas.

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(ROY OUR OWN OORRICIPONDILWr.)

PARIS. Funny Err.Nrsn.

The hurried account which I gave yesterday of
the preparations made by government for the
great Baudin anniversary, so far from being
exaggerated, was far under the mark. The whole
garrison of Paris was under orders to turn out at
a moment's notice, from and after 6 o'clock in the
morning. /forces were harnessed to twelve
Lattcnes of artillery at Vincennes. The Western
Railway Company was warned to be in readiness
to transport the Imperial Guard from Versailles
to Paris. All the sergents-de-ville on
leave of absence were recalled for the great occa-
sion, and as many as 1,300 were on duty in the
precincts of the Montmartre cemetery. A more
ridiculous mare's-nest than the whole thing was
never known. I cannot say how many arrests
were made. The Figaro says 300; the Franco, a
journal whose stock in trade is moderation, re-
duces the number to 00. But whether more or
less, almost all the prisoners have been enlarged
to day because there was nothing whatever
against them, except that when hemmed in by
a crowd they were not able to get out
of the way fast enough when orders were
given to clear the streets. A wine-merchant
named Millot, who gives his address 2, Rue
Richelieu, writes to the Opinion Nationale that,
while passing along the Boulevard de Clichy to
go home, ho was collared by a policeman, who
dragged him to a station-house, where he was
kept for eight hours with a stifling crowd of
fellow-prisoners, and that, when he asked for a
glass of water, ho was told derisively by his
gaolers that they were not there to wait upon him.
Ilis request to be allowed to find ball, or to write
to his wife, was refused. At half-past 2 in the
morning he was brought before a judge of instruc-
tion, who treated him civilly and set him free.
Ex Imo dive omnes. This is the story of all the
arrests yesterday, with the exception of some few
young men, true gamins de Paris, against whom
nothing worse can be said than that they jeered at
the police. None of the leaders of the demo-
cratic party were near the cemetery. They
systematically kept away in order not to afford
the government the desired opportunity of
making a little coup The police fought
with shadows. The crowds which they roughly
dispersed consisted entirely of inhabitants of the
populous neighbourhood. naturally attracted to
see what was going on by the wonderful display
of sergents-de-ville's cocked hats.
There are rumours noticed by the Nerd and
the Indt'pendanre Beige that the government did
think of pulling a good haul of journalists out of
their beds at night, but it would seem that the
project was abandoned.
M. Rouher, it is said, proclaims now that ho
had nothing to do with the Baudin prosecution
and is sorry for it.
M. Paul de Cassagnac, the " model govern-
ment journalist," as all agree to call him, says
this !evening be knows of a certain opposition
paper which is the property of a widow,
and which widow received at one time
a nun of money from "secret funds" when
he, Paul do Cassagnao, was an attache of the
the Marquis de La Valetta, Minister of the In-
terior. If the journal in question persists in at-
tacking
the Page M. Paul do Cassagnao threatens
to publish the name of the lady. If the useless
demonstration of physical force made yesterday
were the grand* Inflame of the government, M.
Paul de Cassagnao's sally may be called the petit*
mores.
M Rode de Girerdis annenacee in the Liedrte