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France.

PARIS, July l5.-An official note is publish
ed to- day warning agrcultursts and others
against cmigrating without making inquiry OF
the Administration in reference thereto. 1t is
stated In the note that this course is pursued
because number of emigrants have made APP.
plication to the Government for assistance to
enable them to return to France, particularly
from Philadelphia, where the promises held
out by the emigration agent have not been re-
allied.
PARIS, July 15.-Debate on NJ. Magpe' s
tax proposals was continued in the Assembly
to-day. The Minister, referring to the vote on
salt tax accused the Republican Deputies of
subordinatiug the financial interests of the
country to political considerations. This was
followed by scene Of tumult aud disorder
which com PEELED President Buffet to temper
arily suspend the sitting. Subsequently the
Minister'S proposition to increase certain taxes
was rejected by 335 to 2jG. This result ln-
wolves the defeat of NJ Magues eotlrefnahclal
plans.
NJ. Ventaron, Reporter of the Committee of
Thirty, read report on various constitutional
propositions referred to the committee. 1t
states that the committee recognize the ire
vocabiIity of President MacMahon's powers,
but declares a septennate merely a peace to
PARTIES tor seven years. The committee decide
to set aside NJ. Perier's bill, and substitute
their own, which consists OF six clauses. Tie
first maintains the title of President Of the Re-
public; the second establishes Ministerial re.
spons bility; the third confers legislative power
upon two Chambers, the appointment OF mem
bers of an Upper House or Senate to be the
subject of future bill; the fourth provides that
the President alone is authorized to dissolve
the Lower House or Chamber of Deputies; the
fifth preseribes that Congress Of both Cham
bers shall provide for continuance of the Gov
ernment, iu case Marshal MacMahon dies, re-
signs, or reaches the end!of his term Of Office;
the sixth says no modification of the constitu-
tioual laws is to be allowed unless first propos-
ed by the President.
The Assembly appointed Monday next for
debate 90 the report.
The parliamentary parties are disappointed.
The Left considers that the committees bill
aims at dictatorship without putting an end
to party agitation. The Legitimists and lm-
periaists are also against it, and its rejection is
considered certain.
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Z pMMINIcATtll

BLACK SHEEP. O.Iy >;X pr4t;$<ed h.itcpI>
were elected members OF the Glty CouocII, YET
iu the election held by thai body 'Iu'> Jay
stripe, who were candidates FIR positions. IT
ccivri nine votes though good and efficient
white CouscIvarlv. Were running IN nrfn>l-
ton to them. Where lid III" three extra votes
come from? Tie x election Of Il Council
TICKET will tell
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Weather rcporr lur )ule. 1874: This month
has beeu ab Ill average for this climate
Tie hottest day was the .yth thcrmoinrtcr
in the Shade. % the rcX; hottest day was the
9th 90. III" cnui'-; mnrnlng was the Sd =
thermometer j.. There were only four DAYS
that the lharmonr:',r rose above 90. The
amount oi' raln tall ior the month was ,. -
inches, and icll upon different iays-th 4;h,
9TH, It'll 10. Ii, lih it. h. IT h. 37th ant 3o,h.
Comparis II: june. 1874. ) 81 H.. May, ) e.:
April, so. Total, b. II inches. June Isl,
30 in.; May. 4o April 30. Total. 50
inches. At O.naha. the hottest day was the
1th--thcrmomcter 81
The country is dry now everywhere on bo,h
sides Of the Aileghary MOUNTAINS, and within
three or four huodrcd miles, and ali the
streams very lew. In the far West it is not 50
dry Oats aud corn are looking badly within
this mountain region. hut look well West with
in the Mississippi valley. &. GILLlNGII,N.
ACCnTlNk, VA, july Is.
INSANE Man AT LARGE. A manufacturer
of Patent Pth Pipe Stems, residing with Mrs
j. Cowan Of this city. hired horse from Mr.
Eli. Burke on last Saturday and went 10 Green.
Vile and vicinity where he frightened Il mum
Der OF uusuSpcclng citizens by sundry war-hkc
! cmnnStralrlis eotrrinS houS : aud threaten
| lug the lives OF The inmates with drawn pl>
toll. He also went to Mr. 1'rcc'S orchard
where The crnIict> were working on The ralE
road and drove of ihc guard aud told the men
| 20 get OUT al there, change their clothes and
| travel. None o! the hands however, obcycI
his COMMANDS He was ovcrhaulcd at Mr..
Crowbarg.r :, taken t. Grccuvillc, where he
was confined over nght aud brought to Staun-
| ton on Sunday lnor:,ing, and turned over to tAn
authorities VITO rrlnaEdcG hlln 10 the " c>tcru
Luua'ic Asylum Iru:l which institution hr he'd
been released Il few months ago. .Sttnoton
Spectator.
Petersburg l. much excited over the question
whnth: the city S.al purchase the Interest OF!
Prc.ltn Reuben Rl;Iatd IN the Petersburg
and Weldon r0ai Ii has elected Il Wild IT,
vcrsity OF opionion> among the leading citizens
of the place, and meetings nave been called 10
consider it, Mr., Ragland asks 500 ~ per
share for his stock
TIE MoSBY v EDDERBURN LETTER \
Richmond letter says, there Is how IN the
city copy Ul u letter from Col. NlsOy t. Wad-
dcrburn, which is couchcl in mos crU-!ir
terms, an would produce Il >tiI If II cnu.d 50.
the light Il. il will, probably before many days
James II piatt has been rrn minated Ter
Congress hy Radical Convention whIcH r.c,
al Hampton Oh TUESDAY.
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THE EDUCATIONAL CoNvENTIoN.--Th
ninth annual session of the Educational Asso
citation of Virginia met 10 Norfolk on Tuesday.
The Association was welcomed by the Mayor,
}. B. Whitehead, il very handsome address
which was replied to by Prof. GildersIeeve,
Colonel Lewellen Hoxton, of the Episcopal
High School, the Corresponding Secretary,
made an informal verbal report. The standing
committees were announced and the convention
adjourned till Wednesday.
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The Kings County Court yesterday decided
that Lizzie l.. King, alias Kate Stoddard ,charg-
ed with the murder Of Chas Goodrich is in
sane, and ordered her to be sent to the insane
Asylum.
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James II piatt has been rrn minated Ter
Congress hy L Radical Convvuron whicA met
al Hampton Oh Tuesday.
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THE MoSBY " EDDERBURN LETTER - \
Richmond letter says, there Is how IN the
CITY copy ol' d letter from Col. Ma>Oy Il WnI-
dcrburn, which is couchcd in mos cru>lic
terms, AN! would produce :. ,ti. if il caud So
the light, II, il will. probably before many day.
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4 Visit to the EnfisfnS.

To tie editor Of the alexandria Gu.dte:
suppose your readers are aware that the
President elect OF the &. S. before is iGaugu-
ration asked Of the Society OF Friend, through
it's secretary of the Indian Concern, icnjamin
HallowrlI,) 70 take charge Of some "i the In
dian tribes, in the following language:
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE u. S.,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. Is, 1869
Benjamin HaNoneN ,Sauoiy Spring, Md:
Sixteen. Grant, the President eject de
sirous of inauguratng some policy to protect
the Inlans 10 their just ri ehs, and eniorce III
tegrty in the administration OF their affairs, a.
well as to improve their general condition, aud
approaching fully the friendship and Interest
which your society has ever maintained 10 their
behalf, directs u" to request that you VIII send
him list of names, members Of your society,
whom your society will endorse as suitable per.
SOUS for Iudiau Agents. Also TO assure you
that any attempt which may, or can be made
by your society, for the Improvement cduca-
ton and christianZation OF the Indians under
such agencies, will receive from him, a. Prc>l-
dent, all the encouragement aud Er election
which the laws Of the u. 5. will warrant linn
in giving.
P,ll III
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Steamer EAirTc :, Baltimore, t" jos Br
K Co
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uerlng craSll- anu was tucIcullEF Hal ulicSS, d
shout from fifty thousand threats rose hlgh
above the ccnhagratiou.
While this building stood the brunt and on
slaught of what might be called Overwhelming
odds, a four story brick house, apparently out
of all danger, on the corner of Wabash avenue
aud Van Buren, street, took fire from the St.
James Hotel. An upper window had been
left open, aud the curtain was set on hre by a
stray spark. ln moment the whole interior
was filled with fiamas, and it seemed that now
two more squares must fall a sacrifice, but Tor
tunately the flames were confined TO that and
the ABIDING buildings, and The fire had reached
its northern limit
Having hitherto Stunned Michigan avenue,
the hre now turned upon it, making its way
along Congress street, land consumed the Ocean
lc bulldog. a structure once occupied as the
fremont House, and two others, aud then was
finally and etfectuaily Squeched, Just in time to
save those noble structures. the Matteson and
Gardner Houses, aud the Exposition building.
The wooden cupoa of the German Evangeli-
cal church, corner of Scotland and Third aven-
ues, was set on fire By sparks, and the church
was almost destroyed, and the flames reached
wooden buildings Immediately south of it.
At this point an effort was made to blow up
some buildings under the direction of Mark
Sheridan, COL Lippiucott and Capt. \. Me
Cloud 4 key of powder was placed IN No.
Is Polk street. a two story frame building. The
destruction of the building was complete. Pow
der was next placed in a building at the south
west corner Of Polk street and Third avenue.
By this time, however, the flames were so close
that before the place could be cleared out they
had crossed the street and broken out north of
Polk street. Several attempts were afterwards
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New-York tribune., 1874-09-10
Juoef TO advertisements.


LNrsyMI,Srs- giath Paoe-4th. 6th. and 9th columns.
RANKNG AND FISANcIAL-Ei0hh PG0e-Sd column.
BoARp AND ROONs-Ninh Pdge-2d and 81 columns.
BUsINRss NoTICEs-Fowtt Pa0e-lst column
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DIVIDEND NoIICEs-EiOhh Pd0e-6th column.
DRY GOODs-Ninh Page-2d column
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FINAsCIAL-EiGhh Page-5th and 9th columns.
FyRNITuRR-Nillth PdQe-2d column.
HELP WANTED, MALEs-Ninh Pcge-6th column.
HoIEIs-NinA Page-2d column.
HOUSES AND FARMS WANTED-Serenh PG0e-4th column:
HORSES. CARRIAGES. HARNESS. &c.-hinh Page-2d
column.
INsTRrCrIox- Pdoe-3d 4th 5th and 9th columns
Ninth Po0e-1St column.
Law sCHoOLs-Ninh PGOe-15t column.
LEGAL NOTICEs-ktghh Pd0e-6,h column.
MARBLE AND SLATE MAETELS-Et0hh Pd0e-oth coiuinn'
MARRIAGES AND DEATHs-Ftfth Pdge-6h column.
hIsCELIANEoUs-SerenhP Pa0e-3d columns Tenth Page
-4th: 5th and 9th columns.
MUSICAL lSsTRUMESTs-Ninh Pdge-6th column.
NEW PuBLICATIONs-SLTth Pa0c-2f and Sd columne
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE-CITY-Sepenh Pdge-4th col
umn: BRooKLYS-Sepenh Pd0e-4th column NEW.
JBRsEY-SeUeHh PdOe-4.h cOumn C0UNTkr-Sepe"ue
umn; 10 ExcHANGE-Sepenth Pa0e-4th column.
SALES by AuCTIoN-Ntnth PG0e-2d column.
SPECIAL NoTICEs-Fifth PdGe-6th column
SAVINGS BANKs-Eighth Pdge-6th column. -,
columns; FEMALEs-Hinh Pdge-4th, 9Th and 6tnlcol-
STEAMBOATS, AND RAnRoADs-Serenh Page-5th and 9th
columns.
STATIoSRRY-Ninh Pd0e-2d column.
SUMNER RETREATS-NiHfh PGge-Sd column.
TEACHERs-Ninth Pd0e-1st column. - -
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columns; BROOKLYN - SepenM Page-3tn Column !;
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New-York tribune., 1874-09-10
THE LIBERAL STATE CONVENTION.

IF to be dissatisfied with the policy and
conduct OF. the Administration party and at
the same time to have no confidence In the
nromises nor any faith in the character OF
the Democracy is to be ridiculous it Is quite
certain that ridiculous people in the country
are respectable in point of numbers at
least. There seems to be an impression
among partisan newspapers, from which
the gentlemen who support the Consti-
tuition in Custom-houses and Post-Ofi1ces
are not entirely free, that the hight OF ab-
surdity In politics is not to belong to one
or the other of the two great parties. The
gentlemen who met in Convention at Albany
yesterday and adopted platform of princi-
ples were doubtless very well aware that they
nut themselves in a position to be jeered at
and derided 1t has not yet come to the pass
that their right to assemble peaceably
for the discussion of political ques-
tions is denied, but the spectacle of
a confessed minority acting independently OF
both parties, with no expectation of spolls and
no hope of accomplishing anything more than
the setting before the people and the two
parties body of political doctrine in which
they believe and which they propose as a test
surd that the party managers almost burst
with merriment over it.
1t has no doubt occurred to the minds of
many thoughtful persons who are not In
active politics that at o time when both
parties are equally unworthy of public trust
when both have forfeited tho confidence Of
the people, and neither can state single i'm
portant question upon which it is not divided,
the position Of minority party, acting
independently, may be entitled to some con-
sideration and respect. That large majority
of the people of the country are thoroughly
dissatisfied with both the great parties We
believe to be a fact; that at least dissatisfac-
ton is general and criticism loud and icOn-
slant will hardly be denied by any one.
Senator Fenton gave expression to a per-
vading belief when he said in his speech
at Albany on Wednesday evening that to him
it seemed plain "that by whatever varying
political designation they may be known.
New-York tribune., 1874-09-10
PUBLIC OPINION.
a letter as that

Some of the people down South will find
ont after awhile that every Niger" Is kllled
in their section new blood Is infused into the veins oil
,ne artru@3ted Republican party OF the NOrtn'-iCln-
cinnati Inquirer Uem)
Our true financial policy is to get back to
specie payments TO retire the greenbacks as soon as
practicable and dyorcing the Government from the
business OF banks OF Then. with specie payments
established, let US have free bankng.-trroy Times
(Rep)
If the President, while ordering troops into
the South to put down awiessness aua soienee Woua
instruct TO clean out some nests OF carpebiggrrs In
south Carolina and Louisiana. he would 90 the country
aud the cause OF law ana oruer d rea se''ee'-IN0n
natl Commerclal tihdJ
The great error of the reconstruction policy
has been In dealing mildly with the exReOels They
have mistaken the leniency OF the Government ior
~ ,arrrsm down there scarcely less appalling than that
which existed before the wsr-lindIanapohs Journal
(Rep)
of all the politicians brought to the surface
nv the Reform movement Gov DIX Is almost tue only
one who managed TO strengthen instead OF impsir
ing bis good fame while IN oftee and ne Is almost sno
only man who, Ia NewYOrk City, would call out what
we might call the respectable and disguised vote
[rhe Nation llnd)
The Southern people must learn to punish
"young men of good family who commit homicide Jass
as vigorously as they would OF poor white fof
the same ofense Until human life becomes dearer than
it now the South fear that the unfortunate sse
tion will know but little peace Or ProspeIiy'-to@ A"u'
Republican QndJ
All patriots should rally around the Repuo-
can hdg. the nag OF Union anu OF equal rights
n ss right of surage 20 the enfranchised colored
men Ths the lesson that the condition OF the soun
ia teaching In thunder tones stand by the Republican
nag ~iKsnnebec Nfe) Journal tRepJ
The only relief for the people is to be found
In a speedy return 20 specie payment 10 may DO true
meas and this be true how widespread tho
evil Of Republican paper currency system. IL shows
Sss driven out the good money -(springaed all H~s
Ater lDem1
New-York tribune., 1874-09-10
THE FALL IN WHEAT.

We regret that the Western farmers are
holding back their wheat They will do well
to send it forward freely to take advantage
of the two months still left of the season of
lake and canal navigation, and also of the
low ocean, lake and canal freights now ruling,
and which cannot be expected to continue
through the Winter.
We print below two tables which, inter
preted by the light of well-known facts, settle
the average or permanent price of wheat for
the next ten months beyond cavil. We know
to moral certainty that Great Britain,
France, Germany, Turkey, Russia California,
and the North Western States, all have crops
of wheat larger than the average, and, with
the exception of Great Britain, all these
countries have wheat TO export. We have the
opinion of Mr.. ii. Kains-Jacksen that
4,2OO 600 900 pounds of wheat and wheat -four will
be an extreme estimate for the quantity re-
quired from foreign countries by Great
Britain during the next twelve months, and
also that S110,0 900 is fair estimate for the
price to be paid for it, including freight and
shippers profit. Mr.. Jackson's estimate of
the official average price of British wheat is
sos. y quarter, to which he expects 1t to fall
within two months. Placing reliance on the
great authority of Mr.. Jackson, we select from
the subjoined tables the years 1899 and 1870
New-York tribune., 1874-09-10

could have been much in love with Govern.
ment which meddled only to mismanage and
derangei
OF course we cannot go on In this way for
ever. The Republic will not always submit
to blundering or to an unfOrgiving policy,
persisted in merely that the prosperity and
power of a party may be perpetuated. But
the Southern man who sits with folded hands
and bent brow, bewailing the past, swearing
at the present, hopeless of the future, only
doing sometimes what had better be left un-
done, is but playing into the hands of those
who do not love him, however much they
may love what little money he has left
New-York tribune., 1874-09-10
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REAL ESTATE FRAUDS.

The real estate frauds exposed in The
TRIBUNE yesterday and to-day are OF
singular and dangerous character, and the
Importance of the capture OF the three
prisoners can hardly be Overestimated.
Whether we have got to the bottom of
the conspiracy cannot yet be known. In
yestigation may reveal thousands of bogus
deeds held by honest purchasers of city prop
erty. Under the present system of searching
and registering it is not more difficult to forge
and sell deed to property than to utter and
collect forged check; hardly more than to
pass counterfeit bank-note. The name of
the grantor of the property Is all that 1t Is
necessary to forge, and as the Register is not
required to know the signature to be correct,
even this need call for no special skill. The
forger adds perjury to his other Offense, and
the work is done. With such forged paper,
properly registered and attested, man may
90 into Wall Street, or any insurance company
or bank with funds to invest, and obtain loans
without hesitation.
This fraud came to be exposed only by ac-
cident. sagacious clerk in the office OF
lawyer dealing largely in real estate dis
covered the fraudulent transfer of dead
clients property, and acting promptly in the
matter, secured the forgers. Such an accident
may not happen again in an age, for the
reason that the transfers of real estate in this
city, in other words the records of the Regis
ters office, are treated practically as the
Registers private property. This is prob
ably the only city in the Union where the
public are denied access to the records, or
in which the newspapers are prevented from
publishing what is essentially public intelli-
gence. Under the Ring the records were kept
as private as possible in order to conceal the
operations of the leaders in making real
estate corners, opening and widening streets,
and the transactions of the various referees
of the corrupt judges then in power. Under
the Reform government the list of transfers
is sold for $500 year to weekly paper
without circulation except among real estate
dealers but this information is without prac-
tcal value to the general public. Where
the utmost publicity should be given by
daily publication of the transfers of property,
this system of cOncealment is maintained, and
we see what an excellent thing it is for the
rORueS,
New-York tribune., 1874-09-10

as the type Of the exports, prices, &c, which
the producers of this country now have to
encounter in the British market, which also
rules our home markets
In Interpreting the tables the reader will
bear in mind:
1. That very full crop of British wheat
supplies nearly two-thirds of the whole guam
tity consumed by Great Britain.
O. That the controlling circumstance which
determines the imports and prices is the
ouantity sold in the British market towns OF
home grown wheat which will be found LII
the second column of Table l. For the cur
rent harvest year that quantity cannot be
expected to fall below 1,4oO,0O0,0OO pounds.
The table contains four years above and five
below this figure. Of those above, the only
wear in which the value of the imports ex-
ceeded $1OO,OO0,OOO is 1871, and in that year, 1t
will be seen by reference to Table H., there
were no imports from France, showing the
harvest there to have been bad one, which
this year is not the case.
3. The United States in 1862, 1873, and 1874,
sent to Great Britain direct, and through
Canada, over 26,0OO,00O cwts of wheat and
wheat -four each year. To do that the current
harvest year we must undersell the French,
Germans, Russians, and Turks; but IL our
wheat is held back, and the French, Germans,
&C., are allowed to take possession OF the
British markets, we may not export more than
Is, 100000 cwt, which would leave us with an
enormous stock to depress prices next year.
TIBLEJ-uD Snoring the number Of thousand pounds OF
British Wheat sold in $50 market to~ns; t2 NE num- run.
imported INTO Great Britafn is) me optc,dt deerdge
,rice per quarter Of British Wheat aud a. the rat,e
Of hs Imports Of Whea and Wheat fto~' v,,,.o,