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The New York herald., 1871-12-19
The French Assembiy-Thc Threat OF Il,
Lcgitimists.

The French Assembly-Tho Threat OF the
Lcgilimists.
According to one of our latest cable
dispatches eighty of the extreme legitimists in
the French Assembly have declared 1t to be
their purpose to secede from the monarchical
party in the event of the Duo d'Aumale being
chosen as their leader. This does not much
surprise us. 1t is only q day or two since we
said that the legitimists must be counted out
of the future fight. When the eighty secede
from the majority of the monarchical party
what will they do2 Will they retire from the
Assembly, or will they sit as dummies ? In
either case they will not affect the situation
seriously. The difficulty will begin when the
legitimists transfer their votes, for the trans
ference must be in favor of the republic or the
Bonapartists; but how can the legitimists vote
for the one or the other 2 The simple truth
must be told. The French National Assembly
numbers somewhere about seven hundred
members. OF these fully two-thirds are
known to be legitimsts. The eighty legiti-
mlsts who threaten to retire will, by retiring,
kill the cause of Henry v. Their main objec-
tion, 1t seems, is to the Duo d'Aumale. 1t Is
not, therefore, we think, unreasonable to con-
clude that the object Of the forthcoming fight
is narrowing ITSELF and that the question soon
to be decided by the French people, in regard
to their future form Of government, lies more
and more between the republic and the en-
pire. If the monarchists divide their cause
is lost. AS Bourbaki said, some days ago,
ssThe salvation of France rests with the re-
public or the empire"
The New York herald., 1871-12-19
O@oaai Picki.ss and seeslisgs-A NeedeA
Reform.

O@caaI Pichiass aad seeslisgs-A NsedeA
The nice little pickings steallngs-per-
tanning to our municipal ofaces are now
gradually leaking out. The position Of Collec-
tor OF Assessments appears to have been
pretty snug affair. The duties of that officer
are not much more laborious than those
Of day laborer, and he receives two and
half per cent for all the moneys he collects
and two per cent on all he does not collect
owing either to non-payment or remission.
The incumbent is Henry Starkweather, who
has held the Office from May, 1867, and his
fees from that time to July, 1874 period Of
four years-have reached the comfortable
sum Of $544,2 96. AS this and several
similar berths are in the gift Of the Commits
sioner of Public Works, William M. Tweed,
it is not dificult to. understand
how the 'sBoss" secures so many
friends. One of the most important
reformatlons looked for in the new charter is
the abolshment of all these feed Offices in the
city government and the payment Of fair and
even liberal salaries in their place. The
Sheriff, it is well known, makes nearly two
hundred thousand dollars a year. The Regis
ter receives for very light duties about seventy
thousand dollars year, and as this office is
now passing into the hands Of reformer he
will, of course, be eager to prove his honesty
in the cause Of honest and economical gov
ernment by urging the reduction of this
sbamefully exorbitant pay. So long as the
city Offices yield such enormous profits, all OF
which come in one shape Or another out Of the
pockets Of the people, It will be impossible to
deprive them of their political character. In
any new charter we may have the emolumeuts
of every public Office should be fixed at q
reasonable amount and and We shal! then then have
them filed by competent men and not by po-
litical tools. n
GEORGIA ELECTION. special election
In Georgia for Governor takes place to-day,
the democratic candidate being James NJ.
Smith, the republican James Atkins. The
Atlanta Sun seems to have been surprised
at the announcement Of the lattsrs nomaina-. nom :.
tion, its editor having been informed In
Atlanta that the republicans intended to ruo
no candidate, and was only undeceived on the
subject by paragraph in Northern paper.
Is our Georgia contemporary losing his political
sagacity2 Has he been SO long In public
life and not yet learned that small politicians,
like one Of the class in New Orleans lately,
are in the habit Of making statements $50 near
the truth they are worse than falsehoodsa"
1t is too bad to bamboozle an old political
stager in this manner, and the radicals who
were guilty Of it deserve the contempt Of
every true son son Of Georgia. In the meantime
the chances are that Colonel Smith will be
elected to-day. What is Acting Governor
Conley. who seems to regard himself as glued
to the gubernatorial chair. ''going to do
ahout it?"
The New York herald., 1871-12-19

NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway between Prince On
Houston srees.-BiACK CROOK.
The New York herald., 1871-12-19

B0wERy THEATRE, Bowery-FATE-BRorHrR BILL
AND BROTHER BEN.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Fourteenth strecL-THE OrEnA
FAUST.
The New York herald., 1871-12-19

OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway.-TmE BALLET PAM
ToMIMR or HUAPrY DuAPrY
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15
PROssER,

Prosser has notified Golladay that he
will contest his seat in the next Congress,
He places his claim on the ground that
the late election was illegal, and that the
present State Government is bogus. The
Union and American says that Colonel
Prosser has heretofore professed to be a
fair man, but he shows that he possesses
all the instincts of the carpet-bagger.
He clutches at Office with a death-grip,
even after an appeal to the people has
been decided against him. He made
the impression during the canvass that
he would abide the verdict of the people
at the ballot-box, but true to his Radical
instincts, he will do no such thing, now
that the result is against him. When
ever Radical gets beat in q contest
before the people, he appeals to Congress
to give him the seat to which he was not
elected, but we are at loss TO know
how Colonel Prosser could ask Congress
to perpetrate so gross an outrage upon
the people among whom he has taken up
his residence, as to disfranchise them by
giving him the seat to which they elected
Colonel Golladay.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15
MELANCHOLY.

In the House of Representatives yes
terday, during the discussion of the West
Point affair
Mr.. Butler, Of Massachusetts,, said the
West Point Academy had deprived him
of the command Of the Army of the
James, had sent him home in disgrace,
and had prevented him from entering the
capital of the enemy.
We have not observed for years more
appropriate occasion for national out
burst Of tears, signs and sobs than is az
forded by the above. In the first place,
the individual wronged is an especial
idol Of the nation. This idolatry springs
from no common cause 1t is the tribute
that virtuous party owes to its mos
virtuous man. That man was kept from
entering the city Of Richmond in ri
umph. he was sent home by West Poin
in disgrace. His wrongs cry to HEAVIER
for revenge. His meek soul sinks as.hs
thinks Of what he might have been, how
high he might have SCARED, bounding up
ward from the corpses Of rebels whose
hearts he would have cut out in the city
Of Richmond. But here comes Yves
Point and like a chill frost, cuts th'
budding flower Of his fame. IT'S evei
thus from, etc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15
PEACE.


Peace, &c not now arranged between
France and Prussia, will be arranged
within the space Of few days The in
vincible Prussian army will march in
triumph through Paris, will astonish the
French by the splendor Of its equip
ments, the magnitude of its power, and
then take up the line of march for the
banks of the Rhine. How silent will
France be when the foot of the con-
queror is lifted from her territory She
will lie in desolation, dream awhile, and
then rosss herself to the contemplation
of all she has suffered End all she has
lost. Everything is 70 be reconstructed.
The beginning must be radical. Every
thing is to be done at once First of all,
bread is to be obtained to meet the de-
mand Of hunger. Private fortunes are
to be reclaimed. tavHs 10 be rebuilt, and
public works to be restored. But this
may be only a question Of time, But
France has sustained one loss that can
not srestored her power and pres
tige are gone. Art, nor genius, nor in
dustry can restore that for many years,
IL ever
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

The caison of the East river bridge,
on the Brooklyn side, is almost com
pleted. The interior is nearly filed
with stone and concrete, making it now
one solid mass of masonry inside. Work
on the outside is progressing rapidly;
huge blocks of granite are being laid
one over the other in most substantial
manner. Work on the New York side
was begun sometime since, and is pro-
crossing as rapidly as possible under the
circumstances. The caison is being
built at Hunters Point, and it will be
aoated into its place near Roosevelt
street asIsoon as spring opens.
Yesterday afternoon, while Mr.. A. d.
Gordon, of the Star newspaper, was pro-
ceeding through Twenty-sixth street, he
was assailed by two robbers, who felled
him to the ground, and after beating and
kicking him, robbed him of four hundred
and eighty dollars, with which they es-
capped. One of the assailants, named
Thomas Gilbridge, known to the police
as very hard character, has been ar
rested.
The fund in aid of the starving French
has reached seventy thousand dollars.
The rumor that large number Of
Crispins have lately been discharged is
authoritatively denied. A few have been
dismissed, merely because business was
extremely dull, but there is no concerted
movement on the part of employers
against the Crispins.
At special meeting of Sorosises yes
terday resolutions were adopted on the
death Of the late Miss Alice Carey, in
which feeling illusions were made to
those virtues which characterized the
poetess and the genius which command
ed the admiration of her friends. Ex-
pressions of sympathy were also made
to the bereaved and lonely sister of the
deceased.
The severe storm has had the effect OF
almost entirely suspending business.
The heavy draying traffic of the city was
entirely suspended yesterday afternoon,
and the losses resulting therefrom are
severely felt by the business community.
The cars and stages of the different lines
throughout the city ceased running after
four o clock, Il, being impossible to make
any Roadway. Nearly all the inbound
trains we're much delayed, and the mails
several hours behind 1t will be some
time before business is thoroughly re-
stored. The snow is lying in immense
piles in the streets. The weather this
morning is pleasant and clear.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

Even Spain puts our Government q
shame. Austria did 1t long ago Every
nation that has an opportunity to shame
It will sprinkle its cheek with bushes
and fire its heart with rage The Cuban
rebels are caving in, probably starved
out. Starved they would have been long
since if sympathy from this Government
had been necessary to their existence.
They are surrendering to the authority
of Spain under a proclamation OF COM
plete amnesty from the new Governor
General. They have simply to lay down
their arms and resume their old places
and rights as Spanish subjects. That is
all the reconstruction necessary. Spain
does not hold them as prisoners of war
and place them beneath the negroes,
There is nobility, manhness, in such a
policy. The result win be the utter
break down of the cause Of the insur-
gents and the tranquilization of the
island. Spain knows what the r9 lers OF
this country have yet to learn-that 1t
won't do to treat sore with kicks.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

For the first time in ten years there
are now 24l members of the National
House, l22 of which make a quorum
This leaves but three vacancies-one in
Ohio. oansed by Schenck's resignation,
one in Pennsylvania, caused by Covode's
death, and one in Georgia, arising from
contest. Should the Senate to-day
decide to admit Senator-elect Miller, Of
Georgia, every State in the Union will
be represented for the first time since
1860.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

Our readers have, perhaps, read as
much Of the shocking details of the late
railroad disaster on the Hudson river as
they care to read, but the conduct Of the
populace, at ths scene, should be de-
nounced in every journal from day to
day until the vandals can hear nothing
but denunciation. The Washington
Patriot, in allusion to the subject, holds
this languages
If we had read of q RAILROAD accident
in the South, marked by circumstances
Of extraordinary horror, and demanding
attention Of the utmost promptitude and
assiduity from all who could approach
the scene, and then had found that while
women and children were burning in oil
drenched cars, mangled bodies were
sipking through the ice of the stream,
and numbers Of wounded we're scream
ing for help, the bystanders were en-
gagged in rifling trunks, and the railroad
officials and hands in coolly repairing
the broken bridge and saving the pieces
of the cars, ETC., we would have grieyed
10 confess a proof of barbarism going
far toward excusing the calumnious re-
proaches With which people in the North
are induced TO indulge the expressions
on the South Of their POLITICIANS in Con
gress. Yet such is the scarcely exag-
gerated picture given by. New York
papers Of the abominable brutality ex-
hibited by the inhabitants and railroad
psple of the populous and cultivated
Valley Of the Hudson. No event has
ever happened in the South for which
the Christian people Of this Christian
nation could blush deeper red.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

The annual statement from the New
York Mercantile Agency of the number
Of failures and amount of liabilities re-
ported during the past year shows an in
crease Of 20 per cent. in failures, as con-
pared with 1863, and 80 per cent, as
compared with 1868. In 1869 the num-
Der Of failures were 27s9, and the amount
Of liabilities $f5.O54, 600. In 1870 the
failures were 23,55l, and the amount Of
liabilities SIS, 243,OO0.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

The CINCINNATI Times takes very
cOOlly the i'll luck of that city. 1t says:
"The gods seem to frown upon us. Not
only does the Kentucky Senate forbid US
the pleasure Of expending ten millions
in that State, and thus give one-third Of
her people railway advantages, bat the
Chattanooga and Alabama railroad. by
which we were to have through deliver
anee to New Orleans, has utterly failed
in depOsiting the required securities for
the Endorsement by the State Of Alabama
of her bonds. The State has indorsed,
but it is now proposed to annul the in
do-sement because the company has ut
terly failed in its par. Of the contract.
Bat we shall survive all our affections,
which are but for a moment"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

TIE Knoxville Wing and Register
says: In the Federal Court, on Thurs
day, the jury rendered a verdict Of
$500 damages in the celebrated preach
er-whipping case, in which Rev. Jacob
Smith, minister Of the Msthodiss Epis-
copal Church South was most hrutally,
cruelty and outrageously whipped in
BlOunt county in 1863. This was one Of
the most damnable outrages that has
ever blackened with infamy the fair
name Of our State, OR disgraced the civ
ilization Of the present age. There is
no language with which 1t can be fttingly
stigmatized, no excuse that can be rem
dered for such infamous conduct A fne
is a small punishment for such an out
rage.
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FRANCE.

fhANCEs
Paris, February I'm. Fayre hal
been depnted by the French Government
TO ask that further extension of the
armistice be granted by Germany. He
has been granted full powers to negotiate
the extension with the German Govern
ment, and will proceed Immediately to
Versailles in
VERSAILLES, February 10. The French
forces within the city Of Belfort have
accepted the armistice, and Che fortress
now offers to capitulate to the German
troops.
BORDEAUX, February l5.-Gen. Carl
baldi, in presenting his resignation to
the Assembly yesterday, wished to inn
press fully the reasons for his resigning
his commission and Withdrawing from
the cause of France. The General several
times attempted to secure himself a
hearing, which, however, the majority of
the Assembly refused to listen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

IT is believed that secret negotiations
for the settlement of the Alabama claims
have been going on at Washington for
some time, and that satisfactory adjust
ment has been virtually reached. In
stead of having the honor Of settling
these claims himself, Mr.. Schenck is
likely to be merely bearer of dispatches
in the question. But he seems to be
having something to do with the fishery
business.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Republi-
cam says that the income tax has been
merely kept up to assist the Secretary Of
the Treasury to carry out his preposter-
Gus idea Of depicting the earnings Of the
country in the interests Of our foreign
bondholders No one can deny the
truth of that proposition.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

HoRAcE GREELEY, whili seeming it too
soon by a year to discuss the chances Of
General Grant or any one else for the
Presidency, says, so far as he can judge,
the Republicans are generally satisfied
with General Grants administration, and
inclined TO renew his lease Of power"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

Hon. GEoRGE W. Booker, of Virginia,
who has been all along acting with the
Radical party, has just left the concern.
In a private letter, an extract from
which the DanYille Times is permitted
to publish, Mr.. Booker says;
For my own part have washed my
hands of the concern 1.-THE Republican
party in Virginia.. | intend hereafter
to act with the Democratic party. |
never intend to be party to proceed
ing which viii hand my people over to
the tender mercies of set of vagabond
adventurers who have come here to fat
ten on the misfortunes of the country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

VARIOUS reasons are assigned in ex-
cuse of Minister Schenck's delay in sail
ing for England, but none Of them are
true. The fact is, Robert is getting
timid in his old age, and is trying to
stave off the voyage until after the vernal
equinox. He need have no fears Of a
watery grave. A man born to be, etc,
will never be drowned.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

IT is reported that Gen. SiOkles is to
be recalled from Spain and appointed
Collector Of New York, to heal the diff
culties between Senators Conkling and
Fenton. Il must Be an offensive wound,
indeed, which such a plaster Is neces-
.,,-,r -. h..1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

EIGHT years ago Philadelphia was 4
Democratic city, and its debt was nine
teen thousand dollars. Philadelphia has
ever since been under Radical rule, and
il now owes forty-eight millions. Truly
loiliy is an expensive luxury.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Divorces.- Absolute Divorces legally OBJ
tanned in New York. Indiana. Illinois. and
other States. for persons from any State OF
county. legal everywhere; desertiOn. drunk
enness. non-supPort. etc.. sufficient cause; no
publicity. No charge until divorce is OBJ
tanned. Advice free. Address
MOORE &RICHARDS0N.
Counsellors at Law.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15
DIED.

SOMERS-In Collieryille. Tenn, on Thurs
day, February 9. 1871, Mrs. Maria Ewell Som
ers, aged 26 years, months and days,
beloved wife Of DR.. w. u. Somers. and
daughter Of Mrs. Emily NJ. and the late James
B. EWell, Esq, formerly Of Prince Williams
county, Virginia.
North Carolina and Virginia papers please
amy
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15
CUBA.

HAVANA, February l4.-Captain Gen
eral Valmaseda will start in two or three
days on a tour of inspection to Santa
Clara, Cienefeugon and Trinidad.
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ATTORNEYS.

t. r. BRAMLETTE. R.T DURRETT. c.M. BRIGGS
Late Governor of Ky.
BRAMLETTE. DURRETT & BRIGGS,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
Office Al los east side Fifth street. between
Market and Jefferson streets,
Louisville, Kentucky.
TINE ABOVE LAW FIRM, COMPOSED OF
OK. Governor Thomas Il. Bramlette, X. T
Durrett and @. NJ. Briggs, will practice in the
following named courts in Louisville: The
Louisville Chancery Court, the Jefferson Court
of Common Pleas, the Jefferson Circuit Court,
the Jefferson County Court, the Louisville
City Court. the United States Circuit Court,
and the United States District Court. in which
last-named Court all matters in bankruptcy
are adjudicated. They will also give partic-
ular attention to cases in the Court Of Appeals
ut Frankfort, Ky.
Special arrangements have been made for
the collection of debts not only only in Louis
vile, but throughout Kentucky, Tennessee,
and other Southern States. With reliable cor
respondents, selected with the utmost care
from among the best lawyers at all points for
which business Is undertaken, speedy collec-
tions and prompt remittanees are assured.
We have removed our Office to No. 105. on
the east side Of Fifth street, nearly opposite to
the courthouse. ll-lSs-f
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lOl-l2-lOO 80 Broadway, New York City.

Forrsst'sJuniper Tar-For Coughs. Groups.
HOarseness. WhoOping Cough. Splitting Blood.
Bronchitis. and all diseases Of the lungs.
Parties purchasing should be careful. as there
are two or three counterfeits resembling tho
genuine calculated TO mislead all in want Of
this preparation. The genuine Is warranted,
or the money refunded; and this is prepared
BY DR.. JAMES Mason FoRREsT 4 Co.. since
1862. Price reduced to twenty-five cents.
GOODYEAR a. HILLS.
Gilt 2sl Main st.. Sole Agents. Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

THE Nashville Banner says in several
of the quo pasrdRto cases at Knoxville
argument was heard Tuesday by Judges
Emmons and Trigg upon the motions to
quash the indictments. As it appeared
to the court that the questions could not
be satisfactorily discussed by counsel, or
considered by the court, in the short
time allowed, and with the limited nnm-
Der Of authorities on hand, as we learn
from the Knoxville Chronicle, the mo-
tons were disallowed, with leave to par
ties to rely upon the defenses upon trial.
Several of the cases were continued, and
time given all defendants until Monday
within which to make up the pleadings.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

Avoid ouacks.-A victim Of early indiscre-
ton, causing nervous debility, premature
decay. etc.. having tried in vain every adver-
tised remedy. has a simple means Of self-cure.
which be will send free to his fellow sufferers.
Address J. II. FUTILE, Is Nassau street.
New York. 107-l2-106- eOd
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-15

The Knoxville Press and Herald has
this reference to the lovely Stokes: Rep
resentative Stokes, of this State, is a
candidate for Sergeant-at-Arms Of the
next House of Representatives. 1t is
understood that he is trying to make
capital by proclaiming that his life would
be in danger if he should return to Ten
nessee. The Washington Patriot thinks
that this plea will not work well, and that
Stokes is doomed to disappointment and
defeat. If Radical is to be elected to
the position, we cheerfully commend
sweet William. He possesses rare
courtesy and manners Of polished grace.
Don't it2