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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27

commanded by the greatest captain Of the
age? General Trochu has done all that could
be done with what he had at his command.
He made the most Of the situation. He gave
the armies Of the provinces time to organize.
If he could not overcome impossiblities let us
not condemn him unjustly, but rather pity him
for the embarrassing position in which ne was
placed.
Diminishing the situation in Paris with these
views, let us look to the provinces OF all the
and Luxembourg frontier Longwy alone re-
manned in possession Of the French until
Wednesday, when, after heroic struggle, it
too surrendered, but not, however, until the
town was nearly destroyed. 'The Iron Gate
Of France" as Louis XIV. once termed it,
has been thrown open 10 the Germans,
and they have entered. Bourbak In
the east, Chanzy In the south and Faidherbe
in the north still preserve their armies and
hold their pOsitions but of what avail are
these considerations now, when the grand
centre to which they all directed their efforts
is becoming day by day more Ineffective?
Famine stalks through the streets Of the CAPT
tai, and this dreadful ally of the German
Kaiser will secure the terms Of capitulation
which scarcely anything else could command
With the fall of Paris falls France, unless
madness seizes the leaders in the provinces to
urge the people to continue a struggle which
is hopeless, and the people are blind enough to
follow snch teachings. France to-day is help
less, and she ought to acknowledge 1t. 1t Is the
duty of her leaders not only to believe that
this is her position at present, but to tell the
people Of France that it is so. The dreadful
tragedy is drawing to close, the final scenes
are being performed, and the impending ca
pitulation of Paris alone delays the climax
which is inevitable.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27

IHE NEw MAP OF EUROPE. Events move
rapidly in his most extraordinary era Of The
worlds history. Paris has not yet given forth
the last sigh Of its death agony, and yet we
can almost behold one Of the most. important
Of the Sun Al r States OF Europe unrolling its
own wiLd NJ sheet and arranging its limbs to
the attitude OF an easy dissolution. Denmark
speaks Of coming alteration of the map of
Europe. her legislators acknowledge. in
parliamentary ass mbllge, that~''the small
States viii sooa disap ear" or that, if they
are anxious fDr continued life, they must
fight for their Independence" Such is the
substance Of cable telegram which reached
us from Copenhagen llst night. A promi-
nent Danish political | ader says the small
States win be obliterstsd. The Danish Miu-
ister of War asserts tb y may ''be forced to
fight The Statesmen q ID mark have thus
warned the Old Void cope p, rhaps the
new map IL ready ven pow for publication in
Berlin.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27

THE STATE SENATE has agreed to adjourn
at the end OF hundred day session, which
will be about the last Of April. The 'sBoss'
evidently takes no pleasure In working with SO
siip majority.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27

The CHANCES FOR lS72.-Sunset Cox gave
dinner last evening to Frank Blair and ex-
Senator Hendricks, and there was fine
gathering of democratic bigwigs present. The
question of the next Presidency was discussed,
and Hancock and Hendricks seemed to be the
leading candidates.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27

WALL STREET succumbed to the rigors Of
the heavy snow storm, and the topic Of the
hour was rather the severity Of the season than
the merits of Central or Erie. Even the
shouts Of the newsboys proclaiming the sur
render Of Paris failed to penetrate TO ears that
were mufled to deafness by swathes Of coat
collar and beaver.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27

The Snow SrogM.-The heavy fall Of snow
which we experienced yesterday, and which
continued up to late hour last night, is no
doubt the opening Of a long sleighing season.
We are quite likely to have another severe
fall Of snow within short time. It would
appear, from our weather report, that the
storm prevails all over that part of the Cont
nent east Of the Ohio river and north of North
Carolina. There has been an unusually heavy
blockade on the railroads running into the
city, the Washington mail being the only one
due last night which has yet reached here,
and it came in five hours behind time. The
Boston, Erie and Pennsylvania Western mails
are still behind.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27
knUSERfsTs THIS EVENING


khUsEHEsTs THIS Evening"
LIMA EDwIE's THRAYgk 7ao BroaJwsy-HuNrrp
Down; Or, TnE Two LIVES MANY on LrIGH
GRAND OPERA HOUSE. corner OF s,h sv ana sad st.
la PKLICEoLE
OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway. PANToMIar or
WIFE WILLIE NINKIr
BowERy THEATRE, gowery.-RiouARp uI-srr.
Jaw.
WOODS MUSEUM Broadway, corner soth ,,.-Perform.
"nces every afternoon ana evening.
GLOBE THEATRE. 7aS Broadway.-yAmtgs Esrrz
NEW YORK sTADr THEATRE, Is Bowery.-sEEpAcp
WITH AVENUE THEATRE. Twentyfourls street
NARAToGA.
BOOTHS THEATRE. ssd s.. oe.weea N ana 9Th
RIoHELIfU.
.EIBLo's GARDEN BroAdway.--THF SPECTACLE or
iliS BLACK Crook
vwAL4aoK's THEATRE, srosdyay and ,s.s street.
FAINT HIATT NEVER WON FAIR LADY-UsED Up.
MRS Y. B. coNwAy's PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn.-
SOLOS sHISaLE-LyE INDIAN.
o. G TIs s OF mysIG Eosssnia FreeaLroTuHH
sTEINwAY HALL, Fourtecn,h streei-GRAND COS
oEkT.
TONY rAsroR's OPERA HoUsE, sI Bowery.-vA.
nIEaX ENTEnTAINNESr.
THEATRE coMIQUE 5l4 BroaaWAy.-co,sto voc =.
Ism, NFeEo Ae1s 6o.-THE FIRE FIrsD.
sAN FRANCISCO MINSTREL HALL. ss5 Hroa way
HNGGo MINsrGELsy, FAnozs. BUe .Eequrs, &c.
BRYANgps NEW OPERA HOUSE, asi Ill., between eh
ana IN SYs-SEG2o MiSerHELsY EooESTAIolTIEs, &c.
APOLLO HALL. corner ssh street and RfondVav-
IL. SokEf's DloaANA or lgELAND
NEW YORK CIRCUS. Fourteenth stree.-scEsgs IN
11K EIN6. AcEoBATs, so.
HooLEGiS OPERA HOUSE, Rr9cEiVr.-- Hoolry,a Am
KELLY Icons MTSsTRELs
BRooEi.yN OPERA HoUsE--wRLcn EuaHY. 4
WHITES MiNsTRELs CAREY THE NEWS MARY.
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, SIG Broadway
SCIENCE ART.
DR.. KAEN's ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 7f5 Broadway
SCIENCE
New York, Friday, January 90, 1871.
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BowERy THEATRE, Bowery.-RlouAsn Iu.-sr,
Jaw.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27

LIMA EDWIE'S THEATRE, 72O Broadwsy.~HuN1
DOWN; or, TIE Two LIVES MARY LrIGH.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27

OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway. rHE PANToMInr o.
WE WILLIE MIHKrr.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27

WOODS MUSEUM Broadway, corner s0th .,-perforn
ances every afternoon ana evening.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27

GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner OF s;h s3d st.
la PKLICEole.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27

NEW YORK sTApr THEATRE, Is Bowery.-ssEpAcu
Is G2rsEiDis
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27

t Gso9E THEATRE 7s' BrOadway-yAnrrsr EsrrI
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-27

and dazzling the Imagination of the people
with the prestige Of Great Britain's power
But the inheritors of Sir Robert Peel's policy
and the representatives Of the radical party
another word for the peace party-in the
Gladstone Cabinet far outnumber the others,
and we should be surprised if Lord Granville
would receive for any bold policy the sustain
Harrington and Lord Halifax, neither of whom
is a man of weight. But while Lord Granville
is wing, he has not any of that disposition,
so constantly exhibited by Lord Russell, to
upset the ministerial coach. He is concilia-
tory not only in manner, but III character of
mind, and, unless on some very grave point Of
principle, will follow the opinions of the ma
jority of the Cabinet, and there would be, we
should fancy, but little difficulty in acceding
to Russias demand.
But another huge difficulty looms up. AS
the Anglo-Russian complication has really
grown out Of the Franco German war, 1t is
very likely that the logical power, which is
the browning grace of the Teutonic mind, may
preside over the Conference, and Will endeavOr
to resolve the question of the Treaty Of Paris
by putting an end to the vicssitudes which
brought IL about. Much will depend upon
Bismarck's action in permitting Jules Favre to
go to London, or whether, If permitted, the
French Minister would, as stated In our tele-
gram yesterday, refuse to go. Then Jules
Favre as the representative of nation, the
government of which is not officially recog-
nizcd by the sovereigns whose plenipoten-
tiaries meet at the London Conference, would
be actually powerless, 80 far as the voice of
France is concerned, in the consideration of
the Treaty of 1856. The unwillingness OF the
Emperor of Germany to recognize the French
government for the national defence as
the sovereign and lawfully constituted
authority Of the French nation must
,aake him equally reluctant to facilitate
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-31
support tho Common schools.

We commend these facts to the at
tention of our readers, and especially
to the careful study ofjournalists, who
have it IN their power to turn them to
profitable account. We need not tell
them how great an influence for good
or evil it is their privilege to WELD.
We would only remind them that one
of their gravest and most pressing du-
ties is to encourage by all possible
means the establishment and support
of common schools, and through them
universal education. In so doing they
are promoting not only the national
welfare, but their individual profit also
Newspapers cannot live in an illiterate
community; as the number of readers
increases, their subscribers grow. They
are helping on another most desirable
consumation-the cheapness of pos
tage. AS intelligence spreads, the ne
cessities of the community require
more frequent tintercommunicatien and
that this will follow is sufficiently
shown by the figures we have given
above. The reduction of one cent in
the postage Of letter would amount
to $400 day in the city of Boston
alone-enough to pay the salary o.
one hundred teachers of the common
schools.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-31
A Mad Judge.

A Judge out in Western Pennsyl-
vania went into the river to battle the
other morning, and, while he was
swimming about, some abandoned
scoundrel stole all his clothes, except
his hat and umbrella. We won't un-
dertake to explain how mad the Judge
was. because, although the English
language is copicus, its most efficient
and vigorous adjectives are entirely
unequal to the expression of certain
degrees of emotion. But he stayed
in the water about four hours expert
menting with the different kinds of i'm
precautions, and endeavoring to select
two or three of the sturdiest ohiuga-
tions for application to the thief After
while he came out, and, after mount
ing the high hat, he opened the UNI
brella, and tried to cover his retreat up
the street toward his house. 1t ap-
peared to the Judge that all the female
pupils of the boarding school, and the
members of the Dorcas societies, and
one Woman's Rights Convention,
were out promenading that day, and
the Judge had an awful time going
through the Zouvrve drill with that
umbrella When he reached home he
heard the thief had been captured
The Judge is now engaged in writing
out his charge to the jury in advance
of the trial. Those who have seen the
draft say it is the most picturesque law
paper ever drawn up in that county.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-31
The State Canvass.

The canvass in this State is yet in
its incipiency, but the elements which
enter into it are sufficiently developed
to justify an analysis of their probable
results in their Obtober election. Be
sides the confidence with which the
Republicans placed their State ticket
in the field, on the 21st of June, sew
eral incidents and developements Of a
political bearing since that time, go
decidedly to confirm the certainty of
our carrying the State by an increased
majority. The utter failure Of the
new departure is fully apparent. The
Democratic press have abandoned the
attempt to make party capital out of il,
and the Democratic stumpers who do
not treacherOusly desert the standard
of the departed Vallandigham, are
omniously silent upon the issue. Since
Vallandigham's death no lcad,r ie
mains to rally the party to the strange
and incongruous position to which he
succeeded in committing it; and not Il
single Republican has been tempted
from his allegiance by the specious
promise of future Democratic loyalty.
Besides, the opening of the campaign
ON the Demo Ocratic side has been sin
guarly weak and ineffective. Colonel
McCook's first effort proved him inca
pable of sustaining his position as the
Democratic standard -beareE, either
with credit to himself or advantage TO
his party. His personal canvass will
excite no enthusiasm, and rally no new
support. The Democratic candidate
for Governor may be set down as
dead weight to the side he represents.
On the contrary, the incipient Repub-
lican ''new departure in Cincinnati
has subsidized into harmless county
debating club; and the well known
eloquence and personal magnetism of
General Noyes, backed by the host of
Republican speakers of ability and
reputation who will support him in the
canvass, give promise of one of the
most stirring, lively and enthusiastic
campaigns which Ohio has ever seem
There is and can be no question as to
the success of our State ticket. That
may be set down as fact not to be
altered by anything likely to happen
during the progress of the canvass.
The favorable condition of the State
canvass will of course help the County
and Legislative tickets in all doubtful
districts. But it is impossible to figure
up, at this moment, a clear and certain
majority for the Republicans in the
next Legislature. The chances are in
our favor, but various contingencies
throw the result into doubt, and make
a close and careful canvass necessary
to success. 1t is generally conceded
that Hamilton county holds the bal
ance of power, and will determine the
political complexion of the next Leg
islature. The Republican majority of
nearly three thousand gwen by that
county for Sherwood, as Secretary OF
State, in 1870, ought to secure the re
turn this fall of full Republican dele
gation.-[ Cleveland Leader.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-31
Spirit of the Press.

The Toledo (Ohio) Commercial
says: "Denial of the charges of
wholesale fraud by the Tammany Ring
is not thought of; but various silly
lodges are resorted to divert attention
from this great wrong"
The New York Tribune says: owe
believe it possible to elect worthy, up
right men TO fill our municipal offices
on the naked issue of honest, frugal
rule against rapacity and theft. At all
events, we trust that the attempt will
be made"
Harper's Weekly says: 'Not the
with the disclosures of city frauds
made by the Times is the utter folly
and futility of the replies and explana-
tions that have been published. They
are beneath contempt
The New York Herald says: "The
appointment of and the acceptance of
the position by Mr.. Adams as the arbi-
traitor of Gen. Grant we regard so en-
tirely satisfactory that we are fully con-
fdeIit of settlement of the claims to
the satisfaction of both countries and
all parties concerned in q settlement
jlst and true"
The Chicago Times says: "The
people of New York ought to be con-
vinced by this time that caucus pack
ages are apt to be bad lot, and that,
though labeled Democrats or "Re-
publicans," the contents may turn out
to be thieves, and that considering all
the facts and unsatisfactory experien-
ces resulting from the election of
thieves to public office. it is high time
to take new departure"
The New York Times says: Among
the facts already elected in the in
quiries as to the cause of the explosion
on board the Westlfeld are these -
Incompetent persons were placed in
charge of the machinery; the boiler
was at best a dangerous one, and the
engineer was asleep at the time of the
explosion. These are not pleasant
things for people to reflect upon who
have to make daily journeys upon the
rivers or bay. tits not wonderful that
this explosion occurred, but it is very
wonderful that similar disaster does
not happen once or twice a week"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-31
Wants and Needs of Democ

The Democratic party wants power.
1t needs. patriotism.
1t wants free trade.
1t needs more home industry.
1t wants more repeaters at the cleo
ton.
1t needs more honesty at the ballot
box.
1t wants ignorant and submissive vo-
ters.
1t needs educated and Independent
thinkers.
1t wants unlimited control of pub
lie affairs through the supremacy of
States.
1t needs practical and cheerful sub
mission to the supreme laws and con-
stitution of the United States.
It wants the disfranchisement and
restoration to practical slavery of the
negro.
1t needs the Acknowledgement of its
followers from the ignorance and ty
ranny of oligarchical leaders.
1t wants to be trusted.
1t needs to Re distrusted.
1t wants moro Ku KluX.
1t needs more hangmen.
1t wants more whisky.
1t needs more water
1t wants to repudiate.
1t needs to be repudiated.
1t wants the votes of traitors.
It needs the appreciation of loyal
citizens.
1t wants to govern the country.
1t needs to be governed to save the
country.
It wants rebel leaders.
1t needs loyal followers.
It wants a new departure
1t needs a new conscience.
1t wants to restore the dead past.
1t needs to appreciate the living
present.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-31

while they talk in favor of free trade
and strictly revenue tariff, and all
that kind of thing, they have always
voted in favor OF protecting any par
ticular industry or manufacture that
might be in the interest of their State
or neighborhood- Cheers
TARIFF MIGHT BE REDUCED.
There is a division of opinion in the
Republican party on the subject of the
tariff as there is in the Democratic par
ty; but when they attempt to make
capital against the Republican party
by setting up different views, and by
pretending that the tariff is oppressive
and unfair, we must inquire what they
are in favor of, and when we do so,
we find they have no definite idea up
on the subject at all. Now, my friends,
say the tariff ought to be revised, and
have voted in favor of it in the Sen
ate. The tariff on many things is too
high, higher than it need be; too high
for revenue; and l am in favor of re
ducing it in these cases. l am oppos-
ed to what is called a prohibitory tar
iff, one that absolutely keeps out for
eign productions. 1t is an obsolete
idea, and-I do not know any one in
favor of it, but when tariff is raised
for revenue-and all agree we must
have II tariff for revenue-there is no
man in favor of direct taxation. All
parties are in favor of q tariff. We
have always had one from the time the
Government was established, and
xvbarovor %bic riff for raUe0uo CoO bo
so adjusted without imparlng it's great
purpose, that is for raising revenue, to
give protection to our own industries,
l am in favor of SO adjusting it. Zap
plause.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-31
DepIorabIe Accident.

On Tuesday last, daughter, eight
or nine years old, of DR.. Ewbank, Of
Port William, in attempting to build a
fire, preparatory to getting dinner, used
coal oil, and it is supposed there was
fire in the stove from which the coal
oil was ignited and the flame comnuni-
Gated to the can containing about a
half gallon of oil, which exploded and
scattered the burning fluid over the
clothing of the girl. Her mother at
tempted to smother the flames by
throwing the folds of her dress around
her, and from that the mother was badly
burned about the hands and arms
Two men came to the rescue, and by
means of bed clothes the flames were
smothered, but not soon enough to
save the life ofthe daughter, who lin
gered until Wednesday morning at 2
o'clock, when she died. We learn that
Mrs Ewbank, although badly burned
is not necessarily dangerously so, but
though fright and grief her friends are
very uneasy about her condition. The
accident is a very deploroble one, and
the family are entitled to, and receive
the heartiest sympathies of their many
friends Wilmington Republican.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-31
I Es

If we could only read each others
hearts, we should be kinder to each
other. If we knew the woes, and bit
terness, and physical annoyances OF
our neighbors, we should make allow
ances for them which we do not now.
We go about masked, uttcring stereo-
typed sentiments, hiding our heart
pangs and our headaches as carefully
as we can; and yet we wonder that
others do not discover them by intui-
ton. We cover our best feelings from
the light; we do not so conceal our
resentments and our dislikes, of which
we are prone to be proud Life is q
masquerade at which few unmask,
even to their very dearest. And
though there is need of much masl ing,
would to Heaven we dared show oul
real faces from birth to death, for then
some few, at least, would truly love
each other.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-31

They do say that Gen. McCook was
too general Thursday evening, and ex-
hidited to his admirers of Chillicothe
the peculiar forte of Andy johnson.
A special to the Commercial says that,
attempting speech, he found himself
too full for ttcrancc, and broke down
in a maudlin tale of a ''poor cuss with
two babies" His friends attempted to
restore him with peppermint, but failed
when last seen he had one foot on the
table, and was declaiming that the Uni
ted States had, sir, n population of
thirty-eight million dollars. Times and
ChrOaicIe.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-31
Theodore TiIton,s Golden !

- Theodore Tilton's Golden Age
having come out for one of the Claflin
women for President, the great female
has also come out for herself She is
sending to all the newspapers a circu-
lar announcing her candidacy for
President, opposition to the Irish can
didate, George f. Train, and every
body's candidate, Horace Greely.=
There is some confusion about the
name of tins famale candidate that had
better be settled before the day of
election. On recent trial in which
her mother as the prosecuting wit
ness against one of her husbands. she
testified that she had been divorced
from Woodruff, and had married Blood
but was living with and supporting
both. She calls herself Victoria g.
Woodhull, but says that she is married
to DIR. Blood, and divorced from
Woodruff, and that her maiden name
is Claflin. If she is married to Blood
why does she not call herself Victoria
G. Blood, or V. G. Woodruff Blood !?
Her admirers and followers will be
confused unless this mystery is clear
ed up, and in voting for the wrong
name have their ballo.s rejected, which
may cause the defeat of their Candi-
date the woman whose life her bottle
holder, Tilton. says "has been guided
by pure motives, and has flowered in
to rare worth. = Chicago Tribune.