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The New York herald., 1871-03-21
Crushing War Indemnity Upon FRANCE


With all the other dreadful disasters and
humiliation France has to bear as the result OF
the war the indemnity imposed upon her by
Prussia is enough to keep the nation crushed
to the earth and must add greatly to the diff
culties of maintaining stable government.
The debt Of France is about So, 0O0, coo; 900.
The indemnity imposed by Prussia will in
crease this $4,000, 900, ,O00-that is, the Ger
mans demand 81, 900, 600, 600 cash, and France
will not be able to raise this probably, at
more than fifty cents on the dollar. Indeed, it
is calculated that when France pays off all her
ing from the war and her debt shall be cast up
two or three years hence the total will hardly
be less than six thousand millions Of dollars
nearly three times the amount Of our interest
bearing debt France is rich and populous
country, and the people are Industrious and
economical, it is true, but such stupendous
burden is fearful to contemplate and very hard
to bear Poor France! She pays dearly for
indulging her ambition and vanity for military
glory. She now has to eat the bitter fruit she
was too ready to make others taste, and which
she thought to make Prussia take. Let us
hope the lesson may teach both France and
other nations not to be over presumptuous, and
that she NAV vet overcome the difficulties that
lie before her
The New York herald., 1871-03-21
L r | p l. E S III EFT
CONTENTS OF TO-DAY,S HERALD.

PAGE. S'S~~~~
acknowledgements
x-AdvertiSementS,
S-News from Washington: Interesting Proceed.
Ings OF Congress-Amusements- the
hhle-Sunday School Work-New Hampshire
rpohucs miscellaneous Telegrams
A-Ine Royal Marriage: Princess Louise, Of Eng
land, to be Welded TO the Marquis of Lorn
To-Day: History OF the Match and Sketches of
the Bridegroom and Bride; The Wedding Cos
tunes British, Irish and the Garb OF Old Gaul-
Notorious PickpOcket Sentenced-The FISH
cry yExcitement-Brooklyn Municipal Anairs-
me Gallows: Execution OF Henderson Oxen
ulne. North Carolina outlaw; Scenes and
Incidents at the Execution-The Pneumatic
tuDnel-SpontaDeous Combustion.
S-Proceedings in the Courts-The Williamsburg
Mystery-American Aid in the War-Anoher
Landmark Going-The Boston, Hartford and
Erie Railroad-New York City News-Found
Drowned-Naval Orders-Financial aud Com
mercial Reports-Marriages and Deaths.
6-Edtorials Leading Article, "The New Reign Of
Terror-Is Paris Still France 2'-Personai In
kligence-The High Joint Commission-Poets
1.-THE Pans Revolt: Herald Special Reports from
the French Capital: Proclamation by the
Insurgent National Guard; Details OF the
Murders OF Lecomte and Thomas; The In
The New French Loan-The Constitution of
the French Republic Modelled on the Roche
fort Plan-The French Assembly and the
Sums OF Paris-Arrival OF Napoleon In Eng.
land-Miscellaneous Observation-Disclosures No.
tees.
S-Real Estate NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ministers on
Amusements-Advertiseme
9-Adyertisements.
1O-News from the state Capital Proceedings in
the New York Legisature-The Coal Strike
grazi-Dominion OF Canada-Shoals OF
Seais- European Markets-1he New Jersey
Legislature-shippinc Intelgence-Adver-
tlsements.
l1-Adverrisements.
observation-disclosures.
The New York herald., 1871-03-21
Personal Intelligence

Mrs. President Grant. Miss Nellie Grant and Miss
Felt OF Galena, arrived yesterday afternoon at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The party Of Japanese noblemen who have been
soJ0urning at the Metropolitan Hotel have left for
San Francisco on their way to Yokohama.
Ex-Governor Stanford, OF California, Is stopping
at the St. Nicholas Hotel.
General ClinQman, Of North Carolina. mas taEen
quarters ut the Grand Central Hotel
Mr.. George W. Childs, proprietor OF the Phlladei-
phia Ledger, is stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
General A. b. Middleton, Of Philadelphia, is tenn
porarily at the ST. Nicholas Hotel
Mr.. J. V. L. Pruyn, ex-member Of Congress, OF
Albany, has arrived at the BrevO0rt House.
Mr.. A. ]. Drexe, the prominent banker oi.Pha-
delphta, Is at the Fifth avenue H0nei.
The New York herald., 1871-03-21

THAT MYSTERIOUS MURDER Of the man found
In Walabout Bay, and who proves to be Mr.
Edward L. Conkiin, of Brooklyn, will afford
the police an opportunity of exercising por-
ton Of that diligence which they appear to
have been wasting in the endesvor to secure
innumerable and imaginary ''Nathan mur-
derers' all over the country. Here is the
case of poor gentleman who seems to have
been fouIy murdered, under circumstances
which are still shrouded in mystery. 1t is a
good case for the police TO work up and we
hope that they will expend little of their
energy and astuteness in tracing it out. We
will moi say that they knew ali about the
Nathan murder long ago. or that this wild
goose chase in search of the Nathan murderer
il a mere blind We will say nothing OF that
kind but we suggest that there is good case
for the detectives skill in this murder o
Mr.. Conklia.
The New York herald., 1871-03-21
Tho Fishery Quesifon and tho Joint Hisk
Com mlnissiou.

COmml1slOus
The Joint High Commission has entered
upon the third week of its deliberations, aud
does not seem to have reached any more
advanced stage than mere informal converse
ton upon the various topics before it, The
fishery question seems to be principally under
discussion, thus informally, and it il said that
the British Commissioners are disposed to
allow us everything that we nsay feel inclined
to demand on that subject, in order that they
may feel better authorized to insist upon their
settlement 1t is not believed in Washington
that Great Britain is willing to forego her
imaginary claims for damages to Englishmen
during our civil war, and that her Commits
sioners intend to press these strongly before
conceding our long standing demands on the
score of damages by the Anglo-rebel cruisers.
With this end in view, and with true tradi-
tional English diplomacy, they waive point
or two in the matter of the Canadian fisheries,
confident of making it up in more important
particulars.
The gentlemen who conduct our side Of this
argument must not forget that the fishery
question is, after all, small matter, and,
although the present High Commission grew
out of it, the Alabama claims question has
become the higher and more important sub
ject of negotiation. The whole interest in the
fishery question is confined to New England,
and mostly to Gloucester, Mass, in Ben
Buffers district, and the interest in the
Alabama question extends along our whole
Atlantic and Pacific seaboards, throughout
the full length of every commercial pathway Of
the ocean, and over every wave Of the sea that
washes the keel Of an American merchantmen.
In fact, so far as the interest in the fishery
question is concerned, it appears that our
fishermen took only about one-ffth of their
catch-or say, about sixty-six thousand bar
rels of mackerel out of total catch Of four
hundred thousand-in the waters east Of
Maine last year, and, under the Reciprocity
treaty, only about one-twentieth of the whole
catch--say twenty thousand barrels--were
caught inside the three mile line. 1t is repre-
sented, also, that the Canadians suffer more
by their contumacy in this matter than our
fishermen do. They have to depend on the
Yankee nation for bait, and, in great degree,
upon the Yankee nation for the sale of their
fat mackerel, because it cannot be cured for
expectation to a warmer climate. The truth
is, when the Canadian fishery matter is
thoroughly sifted, that the Canadian fisher
men fare great deal worse than ours do;
that it is only the malicious spirit of the dis
appointed and cruelty snubbed Provincials
that has made them attempt to annoy our
fishing interests, and that they arc biting of
their own noses and spiting their own faces
chiefly in the operation. Our Commissioners
must not suffer themselves to forego any,
diplomatic advantages in the settlement Of the
Alabama claims for the Insignificant compen-
sation of remodelling of the Canadian Fishing
laws.
The New York herald., 1871-03-21
NapoleOn's Arrival and Reception i'm Eng
Iaud.

Nap0lcOu's Arrival and Reception i'm Enx-
land.
The arrival Of Napoleon in England and his
enthusiastic reception by French refugees
have occurred almost simultaneously with the
mad outbreak of the reds in Paris. Unques-
tonably second opportunity is offered to the
nephew Of Napoleon the First to hold himself
in readiness to exchange exile in England for
imperial power in France. Notwithstanding
his terrible defeat at Sedan and his recent
formal deposition by the Assembly, it viii not
he the greatest in the series of surprises which
constitute his own biography and the contem-
poraneous history of the French people if he
is shortly recalled to the throne by the pif6is-
cite which has more than once ratified his
first election as Emperor The apparition of
the spectre rouge will startle millions into
remembering and desiring the peace and
the greater part of his reign of
nearly twenty years. Whatever judg-
ment may be passed upon his coup Rftaf,
which involved the violation of his oath and
the overthrow OF the republic of IS4S, it must
be admitted that no monarch since Louis XIV.
has governed France more splendidly and
successfully than Napoleon ILL., His restora-
tion to the throne would be far preferable in
the interests of humanity and civilization to
the anarchy into which such lilip6tian Robes
perres as Blanqul and Flourens and Rocchfort
would fain precipitate the nation. Whatever
ridicule the personal enemies of the ex-
Emperor may fling against him on account
Of the sudden collapse of the empire can be
no greater than that which he safely
braved after his memorable failure at Stras-
bourg and Boulogne. In fact, ridicule affects
only the more intelligent minds in any COM
munity, and its effect is utterly lost upon the
masses of men. 1t would even be compare
lively easy to convince the majority of French
men that the disasters which have lately be-
fallen the ex- x-Emperor are due TO the ministers
and generals vino deceived him, and therefore
entitle him to sympathy rather than indigna-
tion and contempt. But the imperial cause
needs now but little effort on the part of
Bonapartst agents 1t is scarcely necessary
to suspect that the latter have been active in
fomentng the insurrection in Paris; for any
such activity wonld have been work of
supererogation. so blindly bent were the
reds on effectually working together
to injure the cause Of repubIicanism
while protesting to be devoted to it. The
JournM des Debats is right in asserting that
they have already done more harm than aJJ
the Bonapartes; and it might have added
that they have done more than all the Bona
partists toward restoring and re-establishing
the Bonaparts dyuasty. II anarchy is again
followed by despotism the reds win be
chiefly responsible for it. and the world will
witness fresh and striking exemplifcation Of
the profound remark of De Mastre-that "a
people has always the government which it
mer it's
The New York herald., 1871-03-21
THE JOINT HIGH C0MMIsslOS.

An Unusually Long Sessi0a-Earl Ee 'Greyya
Dinner to senator Sumncr-
WASHINGTON, March20, 1871
The session OF the Joint High Commission to,das
was the longest yet held. The comm.kree met for
business shortly after twelve O'Clock, and remained
in council until after I'VE O'Clock.
This evening Earl de Grey gave dinner al his rssi-
dence. which was attended by Senators SUMMER VII
son and Bayard Judge Bradley, Baron AlSenslehen,
Secretary of the Prussian Legation; Mr. A. Mazel,
the Netherlands Minister; Henry Howard, a&eicne
of the British Commission; Colonel Bernard. GEN.
era ]. Van Allen, Sir Edward Tharnton, Sir Stafford
Northcote, Professor Montague Bernard, Lord Ten.
terden viscount Goderch, two sons OF Sir Stafford
N9rthcote and Mr.. ID. Cremer.
The New York herald., 1871-03-21

the admission is made that a new plebiscite,
fairly conducted, will restore Napoleon the
Third. We will not say how it may result,
but we cannot refuse to admit that the chances
OF the House of Bonaparte are not only greater
than those Of the republicans and the monarch
lists, but more promising than they were two
weeks ago.
Much will depend on circumstances which
we cannot foresee. 1t is possible that the
excesses OF the mob Of Paris will so disgust
the order-loving people all over that France,
"a one man, will rally around the person of
President Theirs. The revival of the Reign
OF Terror has no attractions for the French,
properly so-caled They will have any
thing--ihe Germans in Paris-rather than
that. On tic other hand, however, it is also
pos b!c that apparent success won in the
name af lhc republic may communicate q
dangerous Impulse TO the large cities, and so
dsmorallze the grea, mass of the soldiers.
Once mor,. we think il must be admitted that
Paris is i curse 10 France. Ii President
Theirs can coniriye 20 keep the Assembly
together and away from the mob he may,
without the assistance of Prussia, succeed in
restoring order. Blu; France seems to stand
on the edge of a smouldering volcano and We
must wait for results.
The New York herald., 1871-03-21

The PNEUMATIC RAILROAD BILL gldes
along as smoothly in the Legislature as if it
were in its own pneumatic tube. A motion to
recommt it, in order that the committee
could hear the arguments Of citizens opposed
TO it, was defeated in the Senate yesterday by
a vote Of 4 to l6. The petitioners who ask a
hearing against the bill are the heaviest
property owners on Broadway, and their argu-
ments are at least worth hearing The rapid
transit project that ought alone to be car
ried out in this city is not one that the property
holders in its immediate vicinity are likely to
oppose. It must meet the wishes of the peo-
pie and be more an actual benefit than job.
All others will be fought out of existence by
the law of injunction, even if tho law pass the
Legislature and the Governor.
The New York herald., 1871-03-21

A STORMY MARCH. over the United
States this month OF March has been remark
able for its rains and storms and now comes
the report OF another of those fierce Western
illinois, involving the destruction of life and
property. The iower Mississippi bottoms are
flooded, the upper Mississippi tributaries
are booming. the New England lakes and
rivers are fuli, aud from the mountains OF
Oregon to the coast range of Southern Cali
forna heavy SHOWS or abonuding rains have
been and are the order of The day, and more
are coming. Very good. They are laying q
good foundation for the wheat, corn, cottoT
and other crops Of 1871.
The New York herald., 1871-03-21

TnE ALBANY .Tourna! (republicau) is MOI at
ali despondeot at the political situation. IL
SAYS chose who indulge il gloomy prognosli-
cations iust now forget the irresistible bonds
which mus. still unite ali patriotic men. II
il had said all parry men we should have
known what il meant The irresistible
bond" which keep that class OF men together
Is the cohesive power Of public plumber.
The New York herald., 1871-03-21
POETS AND POE TRY.
yre,aud.s Birds IIiry.rntea.

Nile. Rosa D'Erna gave her second concert az
Steinway Hall last night Though the elements were
unpropitious the rosebud OF the Emerald Isle was
received nv large and most enthusiastic audience
The genius OF the aratste shed Its bright lustrc
over the enrapt assemblage. and the delighted peO-
pie manifested their appreciation round upon
round of applause. sitting in her green and lowing
silk sortened by a mulsitudinous variety OF tuls
trimmings, she looked IKE an aegory OF her coun-
try.
The irrepressbe and indefatigable agent was
everywhere al any moment aud kept order aud at
rention fastened on She point OF attraction
The New York herald., 1871-03-21

GLAD To HEAR IT-That the administra-
fion has no notion Of giving hundred mil
lions, or fifty millions, or anything of the sort,
Tor the island of Cuba. ST. Domingo, offered
us for million or two, has at least knocked
in the head all these other and more expen-
so long we can wait little longer for Cuba
The New York herald., 1871-03-21
COnaress Yesterday-Dcbate on the Ku
Klnx Question.

Klnx Question.
The debate on Southern affairs has fairly
commenced in the Senate, Mr.. Bayard, demo-
'cratic, leading off yesterday in refutation Of
Mr.. Sherman's charges Of lawlessness and
crime in the South. The bill under discussion
is not Mr. Sherman's bill for an anti-Ku Klux
law, but Mr.. Anthonys resolution to
limit the business of the session to
legislation on Southern affairs. It is
impossible to tell when debate
fairly under way in the Senate may cease
Every one has the right to speak indefinitely,
and this discussion upon Limitation of the
business Of the session is as likely as not to
stretch the session out to an indefinite length.
1t ia more than likely, however to prove
brilliant one. The subject is fruitful, and the
opposing debaters are fiery and earnest In
their opposing views.
The discussion on the same question is also
agitating the House, but it is a kind Of dis
sharp retort and heated word-bandying style
of argument which seldom enlivens the pom
derous dulness Of the Senate. Mr.. Dawes
and Mr.. Butler had it yesterday, and
the wit and sarcasm that was struck
out in the encounter was worthy Of
q comedy. Butler was worsted from
the start. Mr.. Dawes besides the satisfaction
of crushing the Essex champion, also had the
qualification Of having his proposed substitute
for the Senate resolution for an investigating
committee in the South passed by vote of
l27 to 60. The substitute improves upon the
original mainly by giving the committee
greater powers, allowing them to report at the
next session and providing for the payment of
their expenses out Of the contingent fund Of
the Senate. After the vote Mr.. Wheeler re-
newed his motion to adjourn sine die on March
23 which was carried.
The New York herald., 1871-03-21

THE BILL FOR THE iNCospoRATtoN OF the As
sociation of the Bar Of New York, introduced
in the State Senate yesterday, is the initia-
tive OF movement on the part of the respecta-
BILE lawyers of this city which has long been
needed. A hearty cooperation OF the decent
members of the profession will serve to clear
away the shysters and bummers who infest
the courts, swindliug their clients and de-
grading the law
The New York herald., 1871-03-21

THK AMERICAN LEGATION LEAVING PARIS
On yesterday Secretary Fish received a tee-
gram from Minister Washburne, dated in Paris
on Sunday, announcing the revolutionary
movement and its success. Minister Wash
burne adds that he intended following M.
Theirs government to Versailles, to which
city the whole Diplomatic Corps was going
1t is evident from this abandonment of Paris
by Mr.. Washburne that the situation in the
French capital is much graver than even the
dispatches describe After remaining in
Paris during the siege, exposed to the double
horrors of starvation and the Prussian shells,
we doubt if Mr. Washburne would leave now
unless the prospect was decidedly threaten
ing
The New York herald., 1871-03-21

81 WOULD Nor DIE IN SPRING Tine
Song sung by honest Tom Murphy at a social
gathering of the LII. DIS the other evening.
The New York herald., 1871-03-21
Tho Keno Raid.

The police have done very well in suspend
ing, even for q time, the operations of the
keno houses by the arrests made on Saturday
night of eight hundred people who were de-
tected in the enjoyment of that fascinating
game; but no one supposes that the practice
will be abandoned on that account. The
owners of these establishments were set at
liberty on trifing bail, which, of course,
they were ready to furnish. They have, no
doubt, gone back to their keno globes again,
and are working away as vigorously as ever.
One weeks profit can cover the bail, so that
their pockets not severely oppressed.
Whether they shall ever be called to trial de-
pends upon the District Attorney, and we
doubt not that he will do his duty as far as
the law gives him power. The great mischief
Of these keno houses is that they are seductive
places Of pleasure for the youth Of the city
Boys Of tender age, who do not frequent
billiard rooms or the faro table. are led by the
temptation of keno, which involves only the
investment Of small sums, while it furnishes
all the excitement of higher class of gam
bling. Hence there is, perhaps, more danger
to the morals Of the community in the Obscure
keno den than in the luxurious gambling house.
We observe that this famous raid, with its
comparatively obscure places. II the police
would exercise their vigilance in the vicinity
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel and around the
regions Of Twenty fourth street they would
find much higher game to strike than ''Fatty
Welsh or the miserable crowd who were
swept into the police stations on Saturday
night. Why do they not pnt their claws on
the faro banks that are as thick as black
berries all over the city, every one of which is
known to the police2 Let us not go back to
the aristocratic principle which establishes
one law for the rich and another law for the
poor.
If Superintendent Kelso is in earnest in this
matter he should not stop at suppressing the
keno houses. He will find plenty of good
work to do in putting down the higher class of
gambling houses, Of the existence and the
location Of which--each and every one Of
them-we presume that, as an efficient officer
and experienced detective, he is fully aware.
We hope therefore. that the raid on the
gambling houses will be carried out to the
whole of them without hesitation, fear or
favor II will not do to nibble at the base Of
the structure and at the same time permit
the gorgeous temple Of iniquity to stand
ATTEMPTED SERvnE INsURREOTIoN IN
BRAZIL. have some news of plot dis
covered among the slaves in some OF the
mining districts for rising and blow for
their liberty. The government OF Brazil
cannot under any circumstances expect much
longer to maintain its institution Of African
slavery, with the knowledge diffused among
the slaves of the total abolition OF slavery in
the United States. The wisest course, there
fore, ON the part of Brazil will be to abolish
slavery at once and absolutely as the only
sure preventive of an otherwise almost
inevitable St. Domingo insurrection when
least expected.
THE BILL FOR THE iNCoEPORATtoN OF the As
.~t. Il
The New York herald., 1871-03-21

.'GooD LORD, DELIVER Us. What has be-
come of Senator Lords bill for the removal of
the State capital from Albany to the Metro
polis9
The New York herald., 1871-03-21

WALL STREET AND THE REVOLUTION IN
PARIs.-The ''bulls' in the Gold Room en-
deavored yesterday TO get up an excitement
over the news from France similar to that Of
July last, when Napoleon declared var against
Prussia: but the move was dad failure.
The fact is, France has no influenc whatever
upon American finance. The wal last year
sent gold up to l20 for few days. because it
was feared that Prussia, in the exyencies of
the war, would send us back our fiN-twentics,
which she aud Germany together iold to the
extent of not less than three or for hundred
millions. But France has had YER little in
terest in our securities. In fact hey were
only put upon the list at the Pas Bourse
within year, and were only rar,y dealt in.
The important consideration about his French
ironble is that it win make Johl Bull draw
tighter his purse strings as regads loans to
the French nation, and keep in Lndon large
quantities of capital and coin 1at would,
With peace IN France. 60 across Il Straits,
The New York herald., 1871-03-21

The LEGISLATURE will probably adjourn on
the Sth OF April. Boss" Tweed has intro
duced resolution to that effect, and we may
consider the thing settled
The New York herald., 1871-03-21

LIMA EDwIN's THEATRE. y2o BROADWAY Ling ARD
ShETcnRs-NAyAL ENoAGEMENTs 40.