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New-York tribune., 1871-04-07
TrR,S or THE TRIBUNE.
aetp-ll Dailu Gributte,
FRIDAY. APRIL z, 1S7
"TRIP l. K S III E Z I.

The Pmi, Insurgents eth hold Forts D'Issy and
Vanyres and continue to lombard the Government posi-
tons at Chaton The msmg gents have suffered another
repulse al tie Fridge OF seyIes. Tuiers has proposed
compromise 10 the Commune. levy en- pGSSe has been
ordered IN PaI and two churches have been III aged
= The Princess OF Wales has given birth to another
boy == Spain officially announces that her colonies
not for sale.
The House Of Representatives. passed the KuXlux bl
Yesterday. The state Senate passed Twced's Two
per Cent Tax bl. = Tie Society Of the Amy Of the
Tennessee are IN session in Cincinnati. =- The Wei
land Canal IS open. == The town of ST. Mary's Mis-
son in Kansas. has been nearly destroyed 10y fire =
The Presbyterian trial concluded In Philadelphia
yesterday and the case given to the jury
WIN. NJ. EyaFts, Henry Ward Beecher, and Others adj
dressed political reform mass meeting at the Cooper
Institute. -= Judge BatchfOrd maintains the imis-
dcton Of the United States Court in this District IN the
Culver Penn bankruptcy case Cold 1lOi 1lO2, 1105
Thermometer, SO, SO, 400.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

The World speaks of "our narrow escape
"from defeat in Connecticut Is MT that
putting rather too fine point upon it The
returns of the late election in Connecticut
show
An undisputed Republican majority on four
out of the five candidates on the State ticket
of from $50 to $40.
A Republican majority g to y Of the Repre-
sentatives chosen to represent that State in the
present Congress
A Republican majority on the aggregate
popular cote for such Representatives;
A Republican majority (l3 to s. in the State
Senate
A Republican majority in the aggregate cote
for Senators;
A Republican majority (of 21) in the Repre-
sentatives chosen to the next Legislature.
Now call the vote on the GOvernorship tie
(and it seems definitely established that the
small plurality counted for the Democratic
candidate--17 votes in poll of over $4,000
will be more than balanced by the
scattering ballots, so that the Repub-
lcan Legislature is sure to have the
choosing of Republican GOVERNOR
(and there can hardly be fifty average majority
either way in poll of over $4,000 votes)-is it
not clear that "tbe narrow escape from defeat"
is just no escape at ALI Take the aggregate
vote cast by each Iarty for erery office, and it
shows a decided Republican majority whereas
the average aggregate vote of each party at the
three preceding State Elections shows Demo-
cratic majority of nearly 1000. And the vote
cast is the heaviest ever polled in Connecticut
at State Election.
When you get thrashod, why not own it'll
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

the matter the marrow Of their speeches
their exposition of the deep disgrace and dis
credit orr misgovcrnment has brought upon
ia. and their suggestions of the remedy to DO
appliod 70 avert still greater disasters. III was
tbe nracticaI word and not the rhetorical flour
isb which WAS surost of round of applause
from thoso honest and serious voters, who
went 10 the meeting, as an expression OF Their
deep concern, and who did not drop the SUD
icct from their thoughts when they lett the
hall.
We will not be too sanguinc OF the results
TO be achieved by this latest movement in
favor Of political reform. Former efforts have
been made by gentlemen of the highest char
acter and ability. to dixie the flood of corrup-
ton which has been so long and steadily
rising. and made apparently without effect (;
but there seems now a really promising symp-
tom of instruction against the vulgar despOt-
ism that has so long robbed us at It's own
vile will. AS long as the movements
for reform were confined to tho esti-
mable gentlemen who wero prominently
in them, they of course accomplished
nothing, because they had no depth of earth.
But when the spirit of alarm and revolt begins
to be generally diilused among the people, the
days of dcspOtism are numbered. Because,
after all, the men of good will arc the greater
number, and if they wish they can drive these
uncean creatures from the places they pro-
fame. They viii do this as soon as they clearly
see the necessity for it; and the meeting last
night affords ground for lively hope that
sense of this necessity is beginning to pene-
trate our apathetc society.
Ii is high time this awakening should come.
1t was perhaps necessary, before the final
effort for reform should succeed, that the evils
under which VIC suffer should become intolera-
BILE. But since we have arrived at that point
there is no use in waiting any longer. The
robbers OF Tammany have thrown off all re-
straints. They now boldly demand the full
control of the public purse without let or
responsibility. servile and dishonest Legisla-
ture gives it to them; and so powerful
are the influences this coarse gang of conspir-
aiors can bring to bear in New-YOrk that
many worthy citizens, and some reputable
newspapers, have TRANQUILITY accepted the situ-
alton, and say that peradyentwe Mr.. Tweed
and his brother scamTs, now that
they have stolen large fortunes, may
he intending to turn honest and to
give us good administration This
puslanimous bdcatiOn--whether it arises
from corrupt influences, or merely from lgno-
rance and imbeciity-is alike unworthy and
fatal. The thousands of good citizens who
met in general committee on tho state of the
country, last night, seem determined TO reject
these counsels of apathy and Incidence, and
TO try conclusions at once with the brigands
whose hands are at our throats and in our
rockets.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

A solid Republican vote in the House, yes
terday, adopted the amended Ku-Klux BILL
One hundred and eighteen Republicans stand
arrayed on the record opposed to ninety-one
Democrats, who voted against the bill with
unanimty that indicated how vital party
measure they considered it. This result is
gratifying for several reasons. 1t ar
rays the two parties In Congress
upon this question, so that no one
can fail to understand that Republicans favor
the protection of citizens and the enforcement
of the laws, and that the Democrats oppose
any legislation for such purposes because it
damages their party prospects. 1t serves to
indicate also that upon the grave issues be-
fore the country the Republican party Is
still unit. Further than that, and
more important still, it advances this
most momentous legislation, and, as
we believe, insures its success in
the Senate and ia its application at the South.
1he example Of the House in thus promptly
-tdoRting this bill must not be lost upon the
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

| Mr.. Tweed makes certain concessions to
public opinion which are recOunted in orr
Albany report, but they will not satisfy the
people. Sectarian schools are to have no share
of the taxes under the new Tax Levy; but the
new bill itself has passed the Senate. The
amount conveyed" in the Water Act has been
reduced from five millions to one million dollars;
but, as the modest Mr.. Tweed had 10 higher
hopes when he first introduced the bill than to
make a million or so out of it, he will probably
be content to get the measure passed in its
present shape, and laugh while he tckles the
public by this show of reduction. They
are discreet creatures these men of Tammany,
and, like practced knaves, prefer rather to
steal frequently and from many tills than
largely from any one. Other concessions to
maintain the rapidly declining credit of the
City were made, but these were done less in
the public interest than Tammany's; for if the
public credit fails where are the stealings to
come from7 Tammany does not mean during
its lease Of power to Kill the goose which lays
its golden eggs, nor quite make the City bank
rupt until it discovers that power and its oppor-
tunities for fraud are slipping away from its
grasp.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

Peace has not yet come to Paris. The in
surgents continue to hold two of the forts
south of the city and these must be reduced
before the Government troops can enter. The
insurgent forces are still outside the walls,
but are impotent for any offensive movement,
and if the forts fall the rabble army cannot
longer defend the Capital. Meantime within
the walls the widest excitement pre-
walls; prominent Communists are pro-
scribing each other, aud their councils are
divided and weakened. The Theirs Govern
ment still seeks to conciliate and thus avoid
bloOdshed and we are glad to believe that
this policy will assure success and peace. We
publish, in addition to the latest dispatches,
full and interesting letters descriptive of early
scenes in the rebellion, including picturesque
account from our own correspondent Of the
massacre in the Place Nend0mc, which he
witnessed from his chambers overlooking the
dreadful scene.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07
4 VARNING TO TINM4NY.

The meeting last night, at Cooper Institute,
was one of great interest and significance. 1t
was full of comfort and hope to the decent
citizens of New York, who recognize the state
of degradation to which misGOvernment has
brought us, but who have thus far seen no
prospect of rescue from the ignOble thralldOm
in which we are held. There are moments
of gloom and encouragement in the lives of all
those who wage an honest warfare against crime
and fraud in high places, in which it seems
impossible to rouse the public conscience to
an appreciation of the fatal dangers that i'm
pend over society. There is nothing so lethar-
gic as prosperous community which is making
so much money that it does not suffer materially
by being plundered. In the revolutions of the
past, it has usually been the stimulus of hun
ger which has pncked on the masses to de-
mand of their rulers an account of their
stewardship.
But it only required a glance at the great
hall of the Institute last night to see that the
neople of New-York are beginning to take a
serious view of the condition of our politics,
and of the individual responsibility of every
citizen for the conduct of affairs. 1t was not
an audience of dilettanti, who went for an
evenings intellectual amusement; nor was it
n gathering of the masses, properly so called,
bnt rather a meeting of respectable and hon
est citizens, mostly men of middle age, men
of conscience and some stake in the welfare
of the country 1t was one of the audiences
that form the delight of speaker Of energy
and convictions, and every utterance OF the
able and eloquent gentlemen who occupied the
stand last night was rewarded with quick and
intelligent appreciation. 1t was not the intel
lectual skill displayed in the clear and cogent
statement of Judge Barrett, in the poiiShed
and impressive speech of Mr.. Evarts' IN
the fiery eloquence and electric appeals
of Beecber and of Bellows, that elected the
hearty applause OF the audience. 1t was
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

There was a refreshing frankncss of speech
in the Senate discussion yesterday, in Execu-
tive session, on the late nominations for this
city, which We are not disposed to dcpTecate.
Plain talk is likely to lead to a better under
standing before the country if not also III the
Senate; and it is quite time that such
an understanding be reached. For our
selves, believing the Republican party IN
this State to be already quite small
enough, we have preferred to dis-
courage efforts at making it smaller, whether
by deliberate prescription at Washington OF
anybody's friends, or by reOrganizations" at
home, that can have no object save to or
ganize one wing out and another in. What
the first promises may be gathered from yes
terday's debate in the Senate; what thcken-
ing troubles the other has already brought us
may be seen in the report of proceedings last
night at the Republican General Committee.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07
A oontlo beinp in California ia on trial for

A gentle being in California is on trial for
numbering former lover in an excess of
jealous rage at seeing him seated between his
wife and child on ferry-boat She seems to
have been woman of most liberal and atfec-
tionate disposition, as she states in Court that
she has already had four husbands. She made
them all too happy for this world, for as she
naively confesscs, two of them died and two
committed suicide. The marriageable Cali
fornians are placed in singular dilemma in
regard to this destructive angel. 1t is equally
fatal to marry her or to decline.
"FrOm furious Sappho scarce milder fate
Killed by her love or pist0led by her hate"
If she is not triumphantly acquitted by a
sobbing Judge and fearful Jury, it will
simply be because they are afraid she will
marry them all if she is turned loose.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07
ALBANY.
ANOTHER VICTORY FOR TAMyrANy

h.'Oi HEN NBDs Oibi TUX IAmnAhY.
TwEEDS TWO PER SENT TAX BILL Rusuyr,
THROUGH TIE seNATE-THE T.NMANY
LEADERS SHOWING A LITTLE RESPECT YoR
PUBLIC OPINION.
ALBANY, April 6--Tweed Sweeny, and tbs
other Tammany leaders, show signs Of uncasness a tie
shape which public opinion is now taking On proo, Of
this, tho 1axLeyy bill, which was passed through ,be
Senate to-day, was amended by Senator Bradley. e.
cudng al the sectaran dcnOminatonal schooIs from
any share In tho proceeds oi the taxes Of the next ~
years. Furthermore, tho limit to the annual expen6L
TO one million by an amendment which has passed bota
Houses Lastly, tho Baokweli's Island Queens Conn
y" Bridge blll amended, in the Conference Com
mlttcc, 20 that Hctlcr New York Queens County
have authority to subscribe for dollar OF the stock
bonds OF the Company. These changes are all ~
the city and county Londs. Mr Clcamcr stated, in the
senate, during tho debate tl0 Tax Levy, that only
S-25OOttO would he raised by tax, and also publicly
bounced that he had abandoned his bill in
may be regarded as n concession to pubic
opinion The Connecticut election has surely brought
sauary Influence 10 bear in the councils u Tammany
Az usual great variety OF amendments were offered %
the Ttx-Leyy bill By the Republicans One Of thfrn
proposed to submit the OF Board Of Apuortio
nent 10 the Board Of Supervisors, and give the latter
propraton but the s)caed Democracy a ,sOuiely r.
fused 10 give officers ee ted BY the paope the fe.t
power over the acts Of Messrs Tweed, Hall and Com
molly. Even senator Hardonb, r. D. who bas % often
m NcwYOrk voted for the O.igarcLy The distngu.bed
Senator from Orange and suyar, afr. Graham was in
bis seat, and voted with Mr.. Tweed every time Tho bin
was pas 5ed by q strict party vote u 4 'olf.
The passage II tbe-Iax Levy bll was celebrated N
royal style Tonight by Senator Graham IN and around
tho Congress Han bdrrOOm.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

FALSE SYMPATHY WITH FRENCH REBELS.
A "Social Democrat complains that we have
never conceded the right of the Parisans to
elect their own municipal officers and of the
National Guards to choose their commanders.
We have not felt that we were specially
called upon to admit self-cvident proposition
which nobody denies. The right was wrested
from the Parisians by the Empire, and was
not promptly restored by the new provisional
government of NJ. Thiers-a very grave error,
as we admit; but it was not irreparable, and
in all probability would have been considered
in the formation of new and stable govern
ment. We do not deny this right of
the Parsians, but we deprecate their
violent method of enforcing it. We
have supported the "men of order"
because they were the only party of order and
of peace in Paris. We have no moro sympathy
for this fraction of the French people in revolt
against their own Government than we enter
tanned for the whole French nation lately in
wrong as against Germany; and we shall re-
joice as heartily to see the right prevail and
injustice defeated now as after Sedan We have
not cared to mince words or conceal facts, though
a Social Democrat" and many other incon-
siderate persons have apparently been offended.
Let us consider the facts of this rebellion of
the Paris Reds" When the Germans entered
Paris the Communists of Montmartre and
Belleville fortified themselves in their districts,
remote from the part of the city occupied by
the enemy, and loudly declared that their
streets should not be polluted by the tread of
the Cosquerors. When the Germans were
gone the Communists refused to disperse
peacefully to their homes, and the Theirs
Government, unwisely, as it proved, but with
undoubted right, sent detachment of the Ma
tional Guards to take the guns from the in
surgents. These made show of defense. and
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

We print elsewhere a disreputable exhibit
showing how the City is sued and defended
by its unfaithful servants In twelve I'M
portant cases judgment was given for the
plaintiffs because the defendants anwers were
"frivolous :" in six judgment was given by
default. The City pays over $1,000 in costs.
Mr.. OGo Gorman and his friend, Mr.. Purser, keep
things pleasant and sociable and doubtless to
them. as to the ancient Pistol, profits do
"accrue.n But we doubt whether the tax
payers will find their amiable system entirely
satisfactory.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

The assassination of Mr.. j. Q. Dickenson in
Mariana, Florida, which we record this morn
ing, is only one of hundreds of painful illus
trations of the need for the early application
of the contemplated bill for suppressinG the
Ku-Klux. This man, the last leading Repub-
lican in county in which sixty Republicans
have been murdered in two years, was shot
dead on Monday night, for no other ohense
than that of being Republican and an office
holder. In the face of facts like this-and we
publish others on the fourth page of this issue
can the Senate long hesitate in the duty now
clearly before it
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

Elsewhere arc some tolerable and some not
so toleranle excuses for absences from their
posts by Albany legislators on the occasion OF
an important vote. We invite the attention
of honorable gentlemen to them as admirable
samples of what 'front.' serve second
turn. 1t is possible Though by no means
certain) that the worst pieces of party
spoliation now threatened at Albany can be
carried by Democratic votes alone but we
demand that no Republican shall, either by
vote or absence, aid in the cOnsummation.
Gentlemen! from this day till the end of
the session it is your business to be
in your seats in season and out
of season. Headaches stimulated by last
nights bad brandy at the Delavan House /;
social engagements; bad colds; absence at the
tbeater; ignorance of the fact that important
matters were coming up, will no longer
excuse you. The Republican party expects
every man, sick or well, to be at his post;
and the Republican who is too sick to vote at
every stage of the Two Per Cent bill and
kindred iniquities has a constitution 700 infrm
for the trials of political life, and should be
left at home Gf his constituents are even will
ling that he should live among them agaln)
forever afterwards.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

The Spanish Colonial Minister has denied in
the Cortes that the United States Government
had made any proposition to purchase Cuba
and Porto Rico. Of course this diplomatic
language does not deny what was really as
serted, that Spanish agents had proposed to
sell these possessions to the United States.
Spanish honor may forbid the sale, as the
Minister declared, but Spanish finances just
now demand the laying aside of such scruples.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

Senate. II is not such bill rs those who
recognize the strength and animus of the new
rebellion at the South and the need of its
early and thorough suppression, have wished
to sec adopted; but under it as it stands much
can be done to insure tranquility at the
South and protect our fellow-citizens there.
Much of its effectiveness will depend on the
disposition which the Senate displays IN dis
cussing it, Let us have brief debates, prompt
action, and united vote in its favor.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

Garrulous Garrett is incOrrigible. He in
sisted yesterday, on explaining his quarrel
with Mr.. Butler to the Senate, every decent
member of which would have been only too
happy to forget the disgraceful scene. 1t
should be patent to every Congressman, as it
certainly is to every sensible person out of
that body, that the man who attempts to
silence Mr.. Butler by scurrility undertakes his
opponents peculiar qualifications.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

The Mississippi yet means to forsaSo Vicksburg,
which 80 long vexed it's passage to the sea, and
natural causes promise 10 make the channel which
an army in vain attempted. Tho river threatens TO
sweep over tho low icyre opposite Nioksburg. and
thus leave the cii uuud. Time, which is said -
bring its revenge, copld b.ing none stranger S~gn
this.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

The details of the preparations for the Ger
man Peace Festival, which we publish else
where. indicate an imposing display. The
Germans have great cause for rejoicing over
the recent triumphs of their countrymen, and
the celebration promises to be worthy OF tho
occasion which calls for it.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07

The concluding letter of the series from one
of our correspondents who accompanied the
Santo Domingo Commissioners is published
on our first page. AS q detailed account of
the observations which led to the conclusions
already set forth in brief and graphic form in
the report of the Commissioners, this final
letter is still well worthy of perusal.
New-York tribune., 1871-04-07
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New-York tribune., 1871-04-07
Cnelnces Noilrcs.

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as explosion De, lC ~ died "n his ruIis on e lia He bad
s.oe,s seed Jce fr 5OoOin TrAvElrR Lrs AND Acc
Insurance. ANY Of ardori 'oIn ana 'o0 P'' "S pau
jar. 2i.
Mr siL Lvvls r OF - Abans vt was kio Jan 49, by the
accidental d,ch.e OF bis Mr. Lewis Led general accident
policy Of $500 ga tie Ta,yLERs LE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
Co~PANY. which vas rad Feh. ~.
w,LrxR II FonrsH csq Buffalo " burned to death
Feb IN Nea-nsulugh lie held acHdeut policies in
the TsAvEIx, ACCIDENT INURANoE COMPANY amounting
10 5000 vhi;1 7ail MarA /.
Nr WILLIAM CvRHY Cashier ~ TIE Second National Bank OF
Re Penn wss burned death New.IaHburgh He held IN
accidental pole, O. $1,000 So tho TrAvEtERs LFE ACCIDENT
INsuRAScs Covrs,,. vii,a paid March 20
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terms Of The rore.
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poorrs for 5eab injury by accident for evey ~oAhs
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