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1863 and 1864, after which he held no-office. 

 Mr. Jones was a firm and consistent Democrat 

 of the old school of Jefferson and Jackson. 

 During the feuds occasioned by the antisla- 

 very agitation he sided with the Barnburners 

 and Free-soilers, and in the war of the South 

 he was ardent and patriotic in his support 

 of the Government ; and his counsels at the 

 close of the war tended most powerfully to 

 keep the Democratic party in this State true 

 to its allegiance to the national cause. In 

 social intercourse Mr. Jones was singularly 

 amiable and unassuming, the model of an 

 American country gentleman. For about a 

 year he had been in ill health, and had recent- 

 ly returned from a tour in Europe. 



FKANCE, a republic of Europe. Presi- 

 ident, Adolphe Thiers, elected August 81, 

 1871 (see THIEES). General Secretary, Bar- 

 thelemy St. Hilaire. The ministry, at the close 



of the year 1871, was composed as follows: 

 Minister of Justice, Dufaure ; Minister of For- 

 eign Affairs, Charles de Re"musat; Minister 

 of the Interior, Casimir Perier ; Minister of 

 Finances, Pouyer-Quertier ; Minister of the 

 Navy, Vice-Admiral Pothuau ; Minister of 

 Public Instruction, Worship, and Arts, Jules 

 Simon; Minister of Public Works, De Larcy; 

 Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, Victor 

 Lefranc ; Minister of War, General de Cissey. 



The National Assembly consists of 738 

 members, elected on February 8 and on July 

 2, 1871. President, Jules Gre"vy; Vice-Presi- 

 dents, Vitet, Benoist d'Azy, M. S. M. Girar- 

 din; Secretaries, Bethmont,VicomtedeMeaux, 

 Johnston, Baron de Barante, Marquis de Cas- 

 tellane, De Remusat; Questprs, Baze, General 

 Martin des Pallieres, and Princeteau. 



The budget of the ordinary and extraordi- 

 nary expenditures in 1871 was as follows : 



At the close of the year 1871 it was not 

 possible to give a detailed statement of the pub- 

 lic debt. It was supposed that, after paying 

 the expenses of war, and the indemnification 

 to Germany, the principal would exceed two 

 thousand million francs. Accprding to the 

 budget of 1870, the principal of the national 

 debt amounted to 12,923,718,073 francs, while 



the expenditures required by it were fixed at 

 490,462,297 francs. In the revised budget of 

 1871, 143,572,395 francs were allowed as a sup- 

 plementary payment on account of the nation- 

 al debt. 



The revenue and expenditures in the cor- 

 rected budget (financial law of September 16, 

 1871) are given as follows : 



