family also expect to leave about the same 
time. 
It is positively stated here in diplomatic cir¬ 
cles that the Viscount Treilhard, the new French 
Minister, has become non compos mentis, and is 
now confined in the National Asylum here. 
BREVITIES. 
The Washington Republican says that a larger 
amount of business was t ransacted at the Patent 
Offlce during March last than for a similar period 
since the organization of the office. 
It is said the San Domingo Commissioners' re¬ 
port will show that no deposits of coal have 
been discovered on tho Island; that what was 
reported to be coal turns out to be useless lig- 
thecitizensof the Territory, who, since the with¬ 
drawal of the troops arc left to the mercy of the 
Apaches, has been published. The memorial is 
accompanied by the affidavits of one hundred 
persons, who have each witnessed from one to a 
dozen murders and robberies by tbe Apaches 
within tbe past two years. 
a correspondent of the Herald, writing 
from Paris, says:—An alarming report has 
reached me that Bismarck has spies and report¬ 
ers in every capital of Europe, in ever* manu¬ 
facturing town and chief city, and that the 
Doited States are filled with his correspondents, 
some traveling and others resident. These mem 
it is said, are charged with missions to vaunt the 
importance of Germany; to secure the fidelity 
of every emigrant to l he fatherland and (q 
spread, by Jesuitical influences, German Camr- 
ism in the same manner ns the Church had 
profited by a powerful and concrete meolinnism 
of espionage. It is claimed that Germany, copy- 
lngafter the olden tactlcsor the Homan Church, 
seeks a pro-eminence for her institutions, and 
while seemingly smiling on the United States, 
she really looks to her as a future dependency of 
the German Empire. 
His Serene Highness Prince Gortchakoff is the 
title by which the eminent Russian statesman 
and Minister is to be known in the future. The 
honor is marie hereditary in bis family, by order 
of the Czar. In addition to the honor which the 
Czar has conferred on Prince Gortchakoff, his 
Majesty has granted to Von Brunnou 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
CongroKHlonal. 
NOMINATIONS. 
April 3, tho President sent the following 
nominations to the Senate; 
Addison W. Laflin of Herkimer, to be Naval Officer 
at New York City. 
William A. Darling, to be Appraiser of Merchan¬ 
dise at New York oltr. 
Lockwood U Doty, to be Pension Agent at New 
York city. 
William I. Smith, to be Surveyor of Customs at 
Memphis, Tenn. 
Postnuittir.* -Thomas Blodgett, at Cooperstown, 
N. Y.; Joseph H. Speed, at Marlon, Ala. 
April 4. the following nominations were sent 
to the Senate: 
W. A. Elftng, to be Consul at Stockholm. 
John Bowles, to tie Surveyor of Customs at Savan¬ 
nah, Gu. 
William G. T.iimIIow, to he Assessor of Internal 
Revenue for the Thirl) -first District of New York. 
TUI? SAN DOMINGO REPORT. 
April 5, the President sent to Congr 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
P.VRis, March 31.—A proclamation hearing the 
caption of the “ Federation National," urges the 
. citizens of Paris to prove for themselves and 
their descendants the value of liberty, and they 
will surely assist in founding the “ Universal Rc- 
i public." 
There hits been a good deal of severe fighting 
about Paris and near Versailles the past week, 
between the Communists and the government 
troops. Conflicting reports come to us of the 
results. But those reports indicate the defeat of 
the Communists April 3 and 4, with beuvy 
slaughter the 4th on both sides, and a lose by the 
Communists of several thousand prisoners. 
Gustave Ilourens and Gen. Duval are reported 
killed. I'he army of Versailles now surrounds 
Paris. Order is established elsewhere la France. 
The German troops, it Is reported, have been 
notified to be tn readiness to enter Paris. The 
Versailles government announced April 5 that 
Oon. Vinay would enter Paris the «th. M. 
Thiers, in the Assembly, April 4, said tlm Gov¬ 
ernment would deal harshly with the ring- 
lenders of t he insurrection, but. leniently with 
their dupes. The sontiment. was received with 
applause. 
Telegrams dated April li state that Prince Bis¬ 
marck has informed M. Thiers that all restrio- 
Uous concerning the number of troops lor 
Paris are removed, and that lie may occupy the 
city with 150.000 men if necessary. He also'tells 
M. Thiers that the present indecisive policy 
must end, and that tho insurrection must etui 
or Germany will march into the Capital and rc- 
| tain it until a stable Government, be established. 
The information from Paris Is t lmt churches 
have been sacked, priests lusulied. arrested and 
maltreated: convents entered at night and 
searched; i.hat (he funeral of the insurgent 
dead of the Into battles was a most cxtranrili- 
oarv scene. One huge grave was made for all. 
t he bodies were lowered one at a time amid tlm 
shrieks of the women, and the shout sol the men 
for vengeance on “the assassins of Versailles.” 
IVre la < liaise was one muss of people swaying 
with passim), and screaming " 17tv la Hcpuh- 
U'iue :' ” FTiv In Commune!” The losses of the 
Communists create great grief 1 n the eitv, mixed 
with flitter animosity. 
As tho Government troops occupy all theronds 
leading to Versailles, it is considered probable 
that the whole of Gen. Bergeret's troops are 
prisoners. 
I’ho Deputies of Paris have agreed in princi¬ 
ple, and will draw up u manifesto to the people 
ot France, demanding the maintenance ot the 
Republic, and claiming for the municipal body 
ot Parts tlm right of deeldi - - all questions rela¬ 
tive to flic organization of i! • clt\. particularly 
as regards Instruction, tlnnuoes and public wor- 
* hip; and that, os a basis of cunpHhUion, the po¬ 
sition ot the National Guard as the Guard of 
Paris musl ... recognized. A proclamation k- 
sued by the lomtmuio announces that ret*1 lit¬ 
tery measures will be adopted as regards pris¬ 
oners. 
England. 
TtiE University Boat Race, April 1, between 
the Oxtora and Cambridge orens, resulted in a 
victory for Cambridge by three lengths, over the 
old course lrom Putney to Mortlake. 
Sweden. 
THE Queen of Sweden, whose death we an¬ 
nounced Inst week, was a daughter of William 
Frederick, a member of Die House of Orange 
and uncle ot the present King of Holland. She 
•ess a mes¬ 
sage, in which he states the causes which induced 
him to negotiate the treaty with San Domingo. 
11" was repeatedly approached by representn- 
fivtv of ».!: *t. Island ere he took any steps what¬ 
ever. ilv sends tho report, of the Commission 
finally author zed by Congress (for which we 
have no space, md says concerning it" 1 1 will 
be Observed tl. this report more than sustains 
all that I have I. etoforo said In regard to tin* 
productiveness ana healthfulness of the Repub¬ 
lic of Santo Domingo, of t he unanimity of the 
people lor annexation to the United States, and 
ol’ their peaceable character." Concerning the 
character ol* the CmnmlssJon, he says It "was 
constituted, under authority of Congress, con¬ 
sisting ol gentlemen selected with special refer¬ 
ence to their high character and capacity for the 
laborious work intrusted to thorn, who wore in¬ 
structed to visit t.lio spot and report upon the 
facts. Other eminent citizens wore requested to 
accompany tho Commission, in order that the 
people might, have the benefit of their views. 
Student- of science and correspondents of the 
press, without regard to political Opinions, were 
invited to join tho expedition, and their num¬ 
bers were limited only by the capacity of the 
vessel. The mere rejection by the Senate or a 
treaty negotiated by the President, only indi¬ 
cates a difference of opinion of the Government, 
without touching ttic character or wmindiiigihc 
pride ol'either. But when such rejection takes 
place simultaneously With charges openly made 
of corruption on the part ol' Die President or of I 
those employed by him, tho case Is different. 
Indeed, In such case, the honor of tho Nation 
demands investigation. This has been necom- i 
Minister 
to England, the rank of Count of the Russian 
Empire, and to General Ignatielf, Minister to 
Turkey, the Order of St. Alexander-Newsky. 
A rmnnr comes from Bordeaux that Gam- 
betta was recently challenged to mortal combat 
by Gen. Cluscrct, and that the former declined, 
on the ground that lie could not. meet on equal 
terms a military charlatan and an unprincipled 
adventurer, 
A London dispatch, April 4, says:—Algernon 
Swinburne, tho port, is dangerously ill. His re¬ 
covery Is considered extremely doubtful. 
Marshal McMahon's fortune before the war 
wni< estimated at l5.Ooo.otKi francs. 
Emperor William of Germany concludes a 
letter to thcCzarof Russia thus :—"I remain, 
your Imperial Majesty’s very affectionate cousin, 
brother, uncle, and friend.” 
April 5, the Princess of Wales gave birth to a 
The Plttstmrgh (Pa.) Lender says:—“The firm 
ot Geo. P. Rowell & Go., is the largest, and best 
Advertising Agency in Die United Slates, and 
we can cheerfully recommend it to Dioatton- 
fion of those who desire to advertise their busi¬ 
ness scientifically and wtmatlcally in such a 
way: that is, to secure tho largest amount of 
publicity for the least expenditure of money." 
ommcrci 
des Moines, April 4.—A man named David 
Snyder, of Livingston Co., III., was shot and 
robbed of $200 about three miles from this city, 
yesterday. His wounds are considered fata). 
ffltu uesotK, 
The St. Paul Press, April 2. gives an account 
of a riot on the Pacific Rond, at Swede Grove, 
where a party of Swedes, partially intoxicated, 
attacked a man named Potter, a grain weigher 
on the road, who was nearly beaten to death. 
They proceeded to Litchfield, searching for more 
victims, but all the stores and houses remained 
closed against them. They finally dispersed. 
The next morning a dead Swede was found on 
Die track. The trouble originated by the officers 
of the road informing on t he wood stealers. 
Mlaaourl. 
The Democratic city and county ticket is 
elected in St. Louis by about 2,00U majority. 
Rocentiy, a party of hunters discovered in the 
vicinity of Parksvillc a cave which is supposed, 
from articles found therein, to be occupied by 
counterfeiters. Several boxes with padlocks to 
Diem, rolls of bank note paper, and also dies, 
inks and other appliances and fools, such as 
might be used in the maim Picture of counter¬ 
feit money, were discovered. 
Kentucky. 
Postmaster-General Crkswell has ordered 
a resumption of the postal service on tho Louis¬ 
ville and Lexington Railroad, which had been 
suspended for some time, on account of an as¬ 
sault upon the route agent employed on that 
lino. The Secretary ot War reported to the 
Postmaster-General that troops hud been placed 
along the line of thnt road in order to prevent 
any farther trouble, and that it is deemed snfe 
to resume the service. Tim colored man upon 
whom the assault was made has resigned, ami a 
new agent has been appointed. 
Florida. 
The Rev. Charles Beecher of Georgetown, 
Mass., and a younger brother of Henry Ward 
Beecher, has heen appointed Superintendent of 
8 chools for the state of Florida. 
Kansan, 
Topeka, April 5.—Tbe residence of Mortimer 
Cook was burned yesterday morning. Mr. Cook, 
who was asleep with three children when the 
house took fire, was awakened by the noise, and 
passed two of his children out of the window, 
when lie was suffocated by tiie smoke and faint¬ 
ed, and was pulled out of the house by neigh¬ 
bors, leavinga little girl three years old, who was 
burned to death. 
Colorado. 
A number of soda lakes have been discovered 
recent!}’, twelve miles south of Denver. The 
grounds comprise sixty acres, and the water and 
the soil contain nearly thirty-three and a-hnlf 
percent, of sulphate of soda, forming the base 
of carbonate and bi-carbonate of soda. 
Utah. 
A Chicago dispatch, April 5, says a rumor is 
current there of the death of Brigham Young. 
Montana. 
Omaha, Neb., April 3.—At Blackfoot a miner 
named John Martell shat and killed a Chinaman 
named Ah Sin in a quarrel about a water-ditch. 
The Chinese chased Martell into the town, firing 
at him thirty or forty times without effect. 
California. 
San Francisco, March 31.-Several ot the 
Lower California colonists who escaped from 
the expedition reached here to-day, and de¬ 
nounce the whole affair ns an infamous swindle. 
San Francisco. April 5.-The heaviest rain of 
the season commenced at three o'clock this 
morning, and continues with unabated abun¬ 
dance. It will be worth millions of dollars to 
California. Such a rain fall is unusual so Jate in 
the season. 
The San Francisco bar will make an overland 
excursion to the East in May, and there will be 
a two months’ recess of all courts. 
Arizona. 
A memorial of the Ai-izona Legislature to 
Congress, setting forth the helpless condition of 
MONEY AND TRADE AFFAIRS, 
Nsw York, Saturday, April 8, 1871. 
Business through the past week has been active 
in nearly all departments, favored by measurably 
line weather and a good demand for Drv Goods 
and General Merchandise from the country. The 
Importations into New York are on a large scale, 
and with a corresponding movement at the out 
ports, the consumption of Foreign Goods for the cur¬ 
rent fiscal year which ends June jo, will prove the 
heaviest in the history of our Foreign Commerce. In 
return we are marketing abroad an amount ol Do¬ 
mestic Produce which, with tho help of the Gold and 
Silver Bullion annually produced in the Pacific 
States, t'airiy balances the general account with 
Europe. The revenues in Gold derived by the 
Treasury from Customs Duties on Foreign Merchan 
disc for the fiscal year are estimated, on the basis of 
nine months receipts already known, at $208,000,000, 
or $210,000,000. which ample result will contribute 
largely to the expenses of the Government, after 
providing for the Interest and Sinking Fund of the 
Public Debt to which the revenues are first specifi 
cally pledged, The amount of Foreign Merchandise 
marketed in the United States for the year is esti¬ 
mated at $490,000,000, the Customs averaging about 
A 2 /^ I? cent, lor the whole year—although under the 
revised duties on Sugar, Coffee and Tea. and the en ■ 
largeraent of the free list since January’ 1. the present 
average is only’ about 40 cent. 
The first of April report of the Public Debt of the 
United States shows a further reduction in the Prin¬ 
cipal of $11,011,351, and a reduction in the Annual In¬ 
terest of $5*5 i 537- The Funded Debt now amounts 
to $1,914,344,250, and the Gold Interest thereon per 
annum is $112,714,982. The Circulation of the Treas¬ 
ury, including Gold Certificates of Deposit and 
Greenback Certificates of Deposit, amounts to $353,- 
971,981 after deducting Cash on hand, of which $105,- 
697,800 is in Gold, The proposed further reduction 
of the annual iuterest charge upon the Public Debt 
by refunding, are as follows: 
By exchange of $500,000,000 U. S. 6 $ cts. 
for new 5 $ cts. of 1881.$5,000,000 
By exchange ot $300,000,000 U. S. 6 ^ cts. 
for 4)^ ■'fd cts. ot t886... 4,500,008 
By exchange of $700,000,000 U. S. 6 $ cts. 
lor 4 $ cts. of 1901 — .... ... 14,000,00c 
Total saving per annum by refunding.$23,500,00c 
The rates for Money are 6<g>7 cent on loans sub¬ 
ject to being called in without notice, and 7 p cent, 
on time negotiations 3o@6o days, and on mercantile 
paper running from 30 to 90 days. The present con¬ 
dition of the New York City Banking movement is, 
briefly, as follows: 
Capital, National and Local. $86,570,800 
Loans and Discounts. 291.082,927 
Gold Notes and Greenbacks. 71,246,235 
Deposits, all classes. . 222,138,095 
National Bank Circulation. 31,583,398 
As compared with our last report the rates for 
Money are x u 1 cent higher, and the Deposits in 
Bank have gone down $3,636,307. Of this sum $1,- 
641,315 was drawn out in Gold to pay Customs, and 
$1,641,315 in Greenbacks for other purposes. 
The price of Gold has undergone little or no 
change. The last sales were at nojj ^ cent. 
The Stocks of the United States also rule very 
steady, and the price of 5-20S is mK< 3 n u % for the 
July and January classes, and for Lht 
May and November. There have been some con' 
sidcrable fluctuations through the week in the sale, 
ol Railroad Stocks in Wall street, but at the close the 
prices were, on the average, quite as high as on our 
last report. 
PRICE Ot- STOCK’S AND BONDS. 
N.y. State 7S- 108 Virginias, old.69K 
Missouri 6s.92J&' Do., new. 71K 
Tennessees . .65M North Carolinas,old. 46# 
South Carolinas..... Ct‘4 Do., new.... ... . 24 
U, S. Currency 6s.. .115^61 Louisianas. 68 
Central Pacifies. 95« N. Y. Central Scrip.. 92# 
prohibitory la w substituted. The bill tu restore 
the prohibitory law was rejected by 97 yeas 
against 112 nays. A proposition to repeal sec¬ 
tions of the act of 1870, Die effect of which would 
be to retain the prohibitory law, with cider ex¬ 
empted, was rejected by 80 yeas against 80 nays. 
Two Seventh-day Baptistsot Boston, who carry 
on their business—photography—every Sunday, 
were arrested on a charge of Sabbath breaking. 
When placed on trial they pleaded their creed in 
extenuation, and the Court at once dismissed 
tho case. 
Boston, April 6.—Father Taylor, the venerable 
minister of the Seaman’s Bethel, died at, mid¬ 
night, at the age of seventy-seven. 
Connecticut. 
Anriy Wilkie, who was a domestic in Die 
family of Mrs. Breed of Norwich for forty years, 
and survived her mistress but ten days, left all 
her earnings ($3,000) to the American Home Mis¬ 
sionary Society. Mrs. Breed provided generous¬ 
ly for Iter, having willed her the interest of 
| k »>■ k 1 x t; hi iciiu u f>iw,inru u u 11 utt ijj , ** 11 IULA 
was only tire interest on $2,u00,000 at live per 
cent. Placing the value of the* land at $1 per 
acre, it would leave over $38,000,000 worth of 
land to aid the railroad. The length of tho line 
from Lake Nipissing to the Pacific would lie 
about 2,500 miles, of which 700 miles wore in 
Ontario. It was expected that the Ontario Gov¬ 
ernment would give a grunt of 0,000.000 acres of 
land to aid in the construction of the road. The 
Government did not intend either to construct 
the road or to aid it to any extent, tiy a money 
grunt. The Government, however, was pre¬ 
pared to aid the company undertaking Die con¬ 
struction of the mud with $1,5()0,WKI per annum, 
being interest ut five par cent, on u capital or 
$25,000.1)00. He estimated the cost of the road 
at $100,000,000, and pointed to the necessity of 
having the Pacific seaboard, if ever tire Domin¬ 
ion was to become a great power ou the conti¬ 
nent. 
Ottawa, March 31.—In the-Senate the Post¬ 
master General stated that the claims of Canada 
tor Fenian raid expenses had been submitted to 
the Joint. High Commission at Washington. If 
they were not entertained, the Government 
would press them on the attention of the Impe¬ 
rial Government. 
urenton, April 5.—The Senate lias killed two 
bills forbidding the manufacture and sale of 
adulterated liquors. 
Pen nsylvania. 
Philadelphia, April 5.-William F. Hughes, 
President of Die City Bank, died this morning. 
He leaves a fortune of $600,000. A year since ho 
had a life-size statue cast, designed ns a monu¬ 
ment for his grave. 
Ohio. 
George Sohnkiller and Matl.iasHentz quar¬ 
reled overagame of cards in Cincinnati on Mon¬ 
day night, 2 VpriI 3, and Hent 2 shot ri. Sehneiller, 
burning his face with the powder. The two 
were then separated; but next morning thev 
