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. L HERAL .Jolihd E'very wedniesdayat* WF'hV.AVB OR o , S. C UESI'OWITES & WILLIAMS TERAMS-N ADVANCE. One Copy one year, - $ 3 00 Five " ' - - 12 50 e ' ... %44 2500 Ol rp, I laggers is. Sca~flyawg Tli prescit editor of the Washing. nuChrobiole is a Nor thern mali, who came South after the war, and pub ahed a.epublianpaper in -South Carolina, from whqce lie retuoved to V1tV carg4 of the Chroniolo. Ire doubtloRs learined a great deal while in the Palmetto State about the na tive politicians, and thus defends the alpet-bag fraterity-of which he - wa one- by c' ntrasting them with 'the 'rative-born Radicals, whom hi - hajalles without gloves: "lBeano somo infamous scampi h !: como to the surface in the politi. S f1 reonst ruction of the South, a few of them are Northern mei, the total 1'riseality of the inew goverinients, in definitely exaggerated is heaped on the heads of 'carpet baggers.' "The fact is, that among the mean. est and the worst of scoundrels ir public life in all the Southern Statet ahe nattivo born Southern men. Fot this we can vouch in North Carolina 'Wdd in South Carolina. We aver it, 'too, 'from perional knowledge and with porgoonl abhorrence. We know tho' men Und despise them." There Now ! What have our pat riotic fellow-citizehs, sometiies do. nonihiated ,,,(alawags," to say tc that I 'Will they not resent the in. suIt thus offered thei by declarin1 wnr upon tbe carpet-baggers I A Loll, Walk-Wcaton Outrivaled. The A agusta Chronicle states that on Mondiy morning a pnrty from oui side of the river mnado his appearanot at, the toll bridge and told a m1os1 *wondorful narrative to the bridge k~ecper. le stated that ho was from Nova 'Sotia, in the Doninion oc ("anita, and had made the trip from Nova Scot i. to that plaeo entirely on foot, Ile said that he left home a fqw days after Chrittmas, and had been oii the road over sineo. H1 was on h is way to Alabama, whero lie ex. peed to siop. By the route which ie caoii the distance cannot be less than two thousand miles, and proba. ly nearer twenty live hundred than two thonisanid. If thisstntemuent he true the great. pedestriain Weston, has cer taiiily lost his lairols, for the Nova Seotia wialkist has certainly relpsod any ot' IO lerfurnnnCes. But thie most iraculous prt of the story ii yet to cone. )lo not only claims tc have walked from Nova Scotia te (leorgia, but seems to have madc the trip without having any money. I] stated that lie did not have a cent it the world, and left the impression that he lind tint had any money in momo tie. This part of the story, A dds th . hroniole, up.ets the whoe 1.itio. A man might walk from Nova Scotia here, but under no possi bIo circutailncli es croild le (Ilsueeze thronh New 1it.laund withont an~ iiimps in hi iis p~ckett. WhtV llt.1101 eotuiity Thinks. The1~ yearly nectxmnts and lie La xe with have to, he paid at the saeine time anid btiL few will he able to meat these dead iu.hout sellinig--bit they muse he met. Thna the plainters of 'Sot.tl C(rin ia will be put aet thie niirey of thi< mie lits th 5 sLi. peenletors and iho tax th:ge and inist e of thio cottol 4arkt tjtg I ruem t)dtoher'unt il A pril. it will be. cld in i w' ~ eeks--thie r..ghebcrop 'oreed upon41 lie mairket ii i in ip., aiid, as a coniseqnience hie P irhg (i bi; oie howeat nhi; *The r.i o of thu (Ioheiibia Utnion display: 2 ltyniOrance~i of ,thie Peop'll of thi, State ~~theli r f,fiaanl, consliton, when h< psy that they are in a better conditioi ~y v it oveinber i.han any othe heSniIrosei4 thiat .wcatiso nms h'4. .Q ,n is sold before Christmia ' e rht ndie.rs hanye wore mnoney a Scottoin then sold is for e le expres ,Pitisiei 9 mteetimg t he yearly paymnti tt i )ml?!and micechndi,o. But hitth e imt, is,1neces-s ry for thies puif~egi u4 spos'dl of util the last 4 ji ir., .an uhin g lei'ebruiary an MIar i, 'whlen the t axe.wore forin'orl catlled for. T1Iae piiiw law~ wvill force thI whole crop lue intiimrker.i Once, anO lealve th''# ldnti I~'ne to "tLry Lih rvi bcquiltil Allegor y, ,f.r. drittondbn, of Kentucky, 'was erio time engit ! ii' defend ing ma~n who badhbeeninidiod for a capi tieL funso. ; 'fter ab elaborato ani pow~.ftul :defenso, lie cliosed his effort Withi' the following-strikinig'a&nd .beau :,anihun od lin :his'eternal oeutic Oqjiniee 't ho-thoutgh t 4f mttti's Otrea iea, he.bialledto 'him'Sh'e thtree titlo i4LIse hoema ib. etnstanltly uponi thy tdutoneJ8the T1rnth and Mere~.. atnskbhhs iaddrreed ihieo : 'Shall w a'hke'uin ? , Then'said Justice, '0 (iodjtngke hisehdt1 for he 'will- tram' llehpon thy lews.' Truth mnade an. swortialso, '0,' (hd, . nake bimi niot for 1 heil.polhtiu ethy antuaries. I)ut14veyd droppilng upon ber'.knget '4ch roterbiw~wth my okre throdgl all the dark paths whie bhemay have to *'e-id.' Then.ed made man, and 6 d ti4iO ln~, hu art the e #dd r~y gq~nd deal with thy wqt @Fe heop AheIt .coa~Letions bo p,i:94 ord ick of snoutbui 4. 'I he Pri Iple of minority Aspresent loa. Our vonteoq or ry of ' Cl tes. New', in ,e of the -Obvious AIf. ulti conn t6d with apy effort ,to 1Ottietkuffrage iu this 0 Untry, 59. Jg gests niinority or $roportlonal repre. sontation as furnishing the desired check upon an irresponsible majority. This principle of voting we bae al I ready.uplained and commendedsln these ol uMns. The suggestion of the Noes, that it may be' applied to palliate the evils of our situ ation, at this period, is not ill timed. We are tatisfied that proportional represen. tation is a wise ayateu, and that not only here but elsewhere in the coun try it should always bq linked with unlimited suffrage. This and this alone will make such snfirage consist ent with the public welfare. - We do not affirm that the application of the principle of minority representation would alone redeem the State, but thoroloan be no doubt that iti would materially correct imany of the evils inoident to more majority rule.- Col. II8WJ iz. Wednesday Morning, April 27, 1871 A Vrank confession of State JIasakruaptcy and the Co. solidation and Scaling oft.se I state Debt not Repiudiation, bait slinple Justice and lon esty. We trust that the \lay Convention will urge Cumulative Voting no a means of scouring Minority Repro sentation upon the fears of our pros ent vilo and rotten State government, AS A SECURITY that the property holders and tax pa!yera of the State de mand for the future. But they also need A RE MEDY FOR THE PRES ENT. And as such, this paper, leav ing national politics to the States of the North, is perfootly willing to go before the people of the State, both white and colored, in 1872, upon these two distinct propositions, '0 rather upon this bingle proposition of two branches : "Soalo the public debt down to three millions, and ap propriate the million dollars of au nual interest thus saved, and now an.. uually paid to speculators upon our misfortunes, to the establishment of a system of State Education that shall be worthy of the name and adequate to our nocessities." All iunudies which really meet the necessities of a desperate ease, are apt to startle, when first announced ; and before the people have examined into the reasonableno~s and justnessof the above proposition, tl'ey may be surprised, and may regard it as too ,meepinig inl ils policy. We are elu- 1 an1Itg to debate it. lIt. We daro the State govern ment to make a clear and clean ex pose to the May Convention, glving names and particulars, of who now own anid how long they have owned the six teen or twenty million of State bonds upon which a people impoverished by unsuccessful war are now paying over a million dollars interest annually in gold, wrung from their poverty by taxation. THE PEOPI.E DEI.avE the bonds are, to the extent of nine tenths at least, owned bY THOSE wnO nlA vE sPrECUL A T ED ON .T HEIR 31:SFOR' -rUSES both within and outside of the State. Tihey have been bought for about twenty cents on the dollar, and some of them for less, and twenty cents on the dollar, and on some of them, leSs, is about all that the people of So)uth Carolina honestly and justly r owe on themi to their present holders. L2. Again, it is absolutely certain that that portion of the State bonds now in the hands of Radicals in this e State, or wohich have passed through a Radical hands, even though not new owned by them, has been bought by money taken, in the shape of extrava. 3 (11 .atusalrips, and othertwie, our oF y Tus STA1a-TnEASUNY, and thus tho e State has teaally PAIb TN F.Dt ALnRADY, soaf ouglit rnot, in justice, to be called npon to pay them again. $. The most honorable of men have found it necessary, after thsis tear, to confess bankruptcy, and pay only what they could to their crodi tors. Why should not the State of $outh Ctrolina do the same, and send disappointed and unreasonable credi tors to the Fe'deral authorities for a reniedy I 1Vor it is Cgogress tlaat has bankripted.by wer and by legislation after tho war, our unfortuanto State. 4. The-most just of governments, that of England, found it albsolutely nuessary, after a long war, is order to be honest, to consolidat, and scale its publie debt. Every other :gotorn mentiin the world, after ethnvolsiots ana reklutiou, haa done tag samo. 819i1) *e lasarg o wisdom frota tee precedents sa~d shall we nobtdd1cover the trrte prihelples, of justle to the present genueration and to posterity frc~t th~'cm1 ne, "'N.at needs aq #oNeat &ytn9r .. jmea~oe, nd it cmnsethear. tle tilanfordhiusp~o6o and{ pay Evet' I million d ollars of inter 6 atriintf ," . --__._I'____ Oob ikawel "watered" debt,' to job bora, speoulators, railroad %pen, state fioIls, in short, to use a compendious and pungent anglo-saxon expression, rO TIIlEVES, at the same time. Shall *6 forego education, and "keep the publio-faith," and "preserve the fi nancial credit and honor of the Stato'for the benefit of-THEVEs (our rsdors must excuse us, but that strikes us as TIE ExACT WoiID) and with no benefit to ourselves, white or black, or to our children I This is'a grave question. Let the people pon der it. And let those who shall at. tend the May Convention seriouly consider it. For if they are boid winked, and guiled bj pretended comj promise, and cheated by tomporiiang and insincere trickeryand by tresh. erous deception, TE PEOP.E WIL., CURsE TIllM, and the people wi:1 find other champions to redrees their wrongs and to secoure their rights. It is a serious thing to not for the people. Cumulative Voting thle Eteme The Press of the State of all par ties now seein uiatoineously to favor the carrying into tiffect in South Carolina the principle of Minority Representation us effected by the method of Cunaulative Voting. We have expressed ourselves in favor of this most practical remedy for all of our political trouble over a year ago, and very often since. The Columbia P/wnix first gave prominence to the subject of late years, in this State, and if it be adopted, as we now hope it will be, to Colonel J. P. Thomas will be due home considerable pro. portion of the mci it that belongs to its introduction. This plan of voting wif' secure to the property holders and white people of the State five out of every eleven minbers of the Legislature that nay be elected, and by its general iitflueice, will perhaps cause even the t.on-property-holdors to elect four re.pecuablo mncu out of the eight that their numbers will ena blo thon to elot. out of every eleven. But parties und populatiun do not promise to stand at the present ratio long. The negroes, we believe, will vote for minority ieprusentation now as a compromise recommended by. their parrt.y l eide~s 13ita a mtasuru of peace to propitiate the spirit of analchy. But if they were capable of a glance into the futiue, they would also vote ftr the measure as one that will give them a. voice in. their local governinent, wICU the r4 tio of black and uhite population shall have been chatiged, and when they can elect but five or evn* a less number out of every eleven members of the Legislature. Would it not be singular if they, the poor, ,norant, senii-civilised negroer, shoul make, In 1872, such a wihe use of tI~e ballot as wvill inaugurate the practical work. inig out in Armerica, and i theo State South Carolina, which northern ven. geance has str iven to hard especially to humiliate amd degrade, anim provenment upomn Re peresenitat ive G ov ernment as lheretoforo known and practised, as great in the judgment of many deep and earnest thinkers, as the Steam engine is, as a motive pow. ar, to the antiquated wind-mill ? It is at least a biigbt anticipation to hope so. We will 01os0. by suggesting that an amendment emibodying the privile~ge of Cumulative voting be passed by two thirds of the Legislature, at its next Session, aend that it be submittcd to the vute of the people in 1872, as the quiekost and least expensive method of amending the Constitu tion, for a Convention, wvhich we lately suggested,. before all parties had unanimously pronouneed In favor of Cumulative Voting, will be a great expense to the State. Reforsnor Ulevolutionu. We have called for a Constitutional Con vention in the hope that we may get it, and that even if it shall be composed of a majority of Republi cans, the issues before it will be so very grave, that they will not dare longer to trifle pith the white minori ty in the State, b~ut will devise a way of giving to them. an effectual voice in shaping its legielation amie policy. 'fTe white minority cannot longer consent to be the na re ganme of politl. cal plunderers ; arid even if the waste, and extagj.ce, 'end jobbing, and corruption, atid Iriber y, be cheek. ed, this is not veoulh. Much essen tIal legislatIon is now neglected, and the Intelligent citizens of the State jtsstly domand that it be attended to, avd by a Legislature more Intelli gent, and naore competent, than the p enehne. We do not depend alone h gere, utpon persuasion, or plain t(treyt, to bring at~ouit refornia.. The effort topersada-negvress, (as *o- saw last year) aometimes-sitsply increas th'lW4mgbitte dha4 mit id ob. a )(bil14ty, ndistriest of whit, peoplO, atid self-itportance, and general rottennegs, and iiter ini. capacity for dealing' reason lly witli any subject whatsoqver, at least for the next half century, and ubtil they acquire some property and education. It is rather upon their fears, and the fears of their leaders and advisers, and upon their fears alone, that the best hope for the State can be built. If they prefer strife, and lynch-law, and - assassination, and cursing, and hatred and violence, with the certain ty of finally going under, they can refuso to do justice to the whites, with whon they thust live, and by whom they imast ultimnately be gov. erned. If they desire peace, the sooner they do justice, the better. That in the esiiple i:uo beforo them. The whites make a reas. nable de.. mand, and they are determined to obtain it. They will not play b3 po crite. They will not profess what they do not beli.ve. They will not degrade themzselvcs. But they must, and th~cy will have a voice in their local government, by minority repre set.tation, or by soeie other means. Rxetiuag of Merchunts. The mterohants of Winusboro as sen1 !.l -it The.,pian Hallon Monday eve 11, April 17th. On motion, Mr. Jas. V. Law was called to the Chair and T. Ros Robertson reqnest ed to act as Secretary. The ChAirman stated the object of the meeting. It had been called to in vestigate a charge made in a recent is sue of the WiNNaoo NEws, against sonic merchant of the town, involving him in an atttempt to obtain Counter. feit Money from New York. On motion, a Committee were ap pointed to invnstigate the matter and report the facts of the case to the meeting. The Chair appointed on this Committee, Messrs. A. V. Ladd Pierre Bacot, W. IV. Ketcjin, Jas. A. Brice and John McIntyre. The Committee, after a short eonferenoa, reported the following faets: "Th t on the 29th March last, a box was re ceived by tho Express Agent at this place, sent C. 0. D., to J. 0. Bong, from Win. Wade & Co., New York, for which Mr. Bong paid the sum of One Hund:ed and Ten Dollars." Ciraulas fro~ Wo. zd & Co., were then exhibited to the meeting by parties who. had received ttem, showing that the business of Wm, Wade & Co., was the- distribution of Countelfil Aoney.. Upon the report of the Committee, and the receipt of the above informna tion, Messts. Bacot, McLaughlin and Flenniken were appointed a Commit. tee to wait upon Mr. Boag, and state what facts had come to the knowledge of the meeting, and request his at tendance thereon. After a short absence the Comnit. tee returned, accompanied by Mr. Bong. The Chairman then stated to Mr. Bloag the objects of the meeting, and the facts that had been presented to it by a Committee of investigation, and the evidence and cIrcumstances coinnected with the matter under con sideration. Mr. Bong, thereupon, arose and confessed to those assembled that he was the party referred to as having attempted to obtain C'ountefifet Mon ey ; that lie had psid the Express Agent the sum of One Hundred and Ten Dollars for a box supposed to contain Countertrit Mloney; that lhe deeply regretted the act, and felt at the time that he was comnmitting. a wrong, but htad intended to send the money to thte authorities at Washing tont, if he had received any. Ont motion, Mr. Bag was request ed to publish a communication, no knowledging himself to be the guilty party, and exonerating the other merchants' from the charge made against 'them, and that he deliver his conmmuniention to a Conmittee ap pointed ly the meeting for approval or dlisaipproval. A motion was adopted that, in ease Mr. Hong failed to- publish such a eommunientlon, the entire proceedings of the meeting be placed in public print. On motion the meeting then ad journed. JA8. W. L AW, Chatirman. T. Ross ROBERTomy, Seeretary. Editor Winnsboro News: SiR-I would request the use of your coluains to make the- following statement in justice to myself and the cause of truth. With regard to the meeting and its object., recently held In the Thespian Hall, I received a package from New York, by express, It contained nothing but shavings and some old iroh. If I had refleated a mnoment, I would have refused to take It out and 'eadaped the e~av esponse. Clrrealar a yb"'ebipi a *or tlbejan,dir,,ete~totthe baI. bepo residentaof-towns and ,ilIptnma inoluding professlonal characters at olergymen, making promises-Yanki vagabon4 promises-that are wort loss and the carrying out of whi< would to dishonest. It is said th; some bills of this kind have been r ceived by a person in business here. Query. Who got them I Who o dored or brought them? Throng whose hands did they come? WI not investigate the matter, as this is day of investigation? Perhaps son of those who are so active against it can tell. The follow who malloos st thief, loudest, is in very apt to be tl thief himself. The whitewpilhed b peerite who oried out loudest again the woman taken in adultery, was better, and, probably a great de worse !haun khe wias. "Let him tb thiiketh that he standeth take be< lost le fall." I intend to earn a subsi tancoe by honest industry and ob dience to the laws of God and a country, as I have done hitherto. refer to my general habits, to my ii dustry, economy, sobriety and devot< attention to my own business, to n peaceable deportment and non-inte ference with the business of my neig bots, as the best exponents of my di position and character. I am con dent they are willing to do me ju tiee, and that they will not forg that "false weights are an abomio tion to the Lord." I am respectfully, JA8. 0. BOAG. Sherman Don't Want to be President, [Proceedings Army oi Tennessee .Mr. Ii"uwland then remarked that I did i.ot know how he could atone f< the blunder he h-Ld made in introdu ing General Sherman, unless it was 1 nominating him for President of tl United States. The General jumped to his feet b, fore there could he any nianifestatic of applause and said : "No, no ; ni present office is worth more than ti 'residency. Mine is a life ostat while that of the President is on) for four years. The retort was received wit cheers, and the General sat down we satisfied with his honors. The South Carolina Dead it Gettysburg Mrs. M. A. Snowdon, accompanic by several other ladies from this cit delagates from the Ladies' Memori Asseciat-n of thi y . Baltimore, on Saturday last, on the way to Gettysburg, Pa., for the pu pose of making final arrangements fi the removal to tbis State the remains of all South Carolinial who fell in the memorable battle i that place. Mrs. Snowden and h< patriotic party, accompanied by sev ral ladies of Baltimore, expected I leave that city yesterday (Tuesiday for Gettysburg.-Charleston Courie The admirable speech, delivere in the House of Representatives c the 4th of A pril, by Hion. 8. S. Co: of New York, on the Ku Klux bil has the following text from Mirabes on thbe front ispiee: "TFoo often are bayonets the on) remaredy applied to the convulsion< oppression. Bunt bayoneta never ra establish but the peace of terror, th silence of dcspotism. Alh I the pea ple are not a furious herd which mnna be kept in cbains. Always qtiiet an moderate when truly free, they am violent and unruly under those go' ernmrents where they are systemat cnlly dlebased, in order to have a pr< text to despise them." If it were necessary to cite a case show how advertising pays, we mig' mention howv last week this paper all' ded to the income of A. T. Stewa amounting to the sumi of $2 92 psr mi ute. In less thana 2.4 hours half a dz men called ait has establishment. to be row his incoame (or a few minuttes. I was down towna at. the time, or he nmig! haaie granted their reques.-N. 2 Dem.ocrat. 'A dleafcofnm one of onr city cl..nreht a fewv days since took to task a lail membs r of the congregation. who r sides some distance ini .he counrtry. I attending evenmg~ services more regul: ly, and inquired into the whys al w herefo~res of the feemaing niegfigent "WXVell," said the lady, ''the truith is I a so busy, and live so far away, that is all I can, possibly do to get time to to the theoat re." The Unzrnwell Journal says: colored youth named Pomnpoy, fro the upper portion of the county, at who ran away fromn home several da aince, and wias in the vioinity Blackville for a day or two, was t over by a freight train about a mti below that place on Monday last, hw head being completely severed fro his body. A lease recently recorded at Lowe Mases., gives the use of certain prom sea for "the terma of her natural life, and fuarthaer down exacts 'a pledg from the lessee, thtat she will "qu and deliver up the said proeails peaceably and quietly at the end the term." Western lover says f Ms pati from his adored one : "11er la words fell, like. groat rooks, Into tI sea of my sorrows, and splashed tI briny water Into my eyes.' Emperor W1llirn chluded speech at Berlina, In the followia words : "BEIng ,ats. old .man, nrely lay the foundation of an .or plra ewhloh ",y .suc .sso tns, TeletgEm .0. 0 UEAPE A lilEWS h ItA ThST AD.SUV. it PAnis, April 17.-A Communist a- decree provides for a methodical re - quisition U pon the inhabitanta of r- aris street by attiet, -Aaoth ei J6 b cree convokes the 3sj$a. mtbgra in order to draft ets idA' aban 'y doned workshops, and arrange for their a re-opening by werkmen who are not t proprietors. 0 The government troops carried the Chatteau Brecon, uhleh commttands P Asnieres. ie The fight at Neuilly is progresing, V. and seems, frot sound, nearing Paris, - It is rumored the diploinuts o' the o United States, England and Italy, are jointly urging the Commune to a truce. it lFiring all night, which continues d this morning. The red flag was placed on the sum. mit of Church Neuilly yesterday of tot noon, by a youth sixteen years old, Y amid a shower of balls. I LoWzoN, April 18.-The Times has a special from Paris, stating that it is d reported Prussia will intervene in the affairs of France in case the Commune y should be victo: ious over the Versail r- le Government. I. The Prussians have advanced to s. Auberillieres. The Daily News has a special dis patch from Paris, which says the Com. -mune has in its hands cash to the )t amount of thirty-eight millions francs .. paid by the Bank of France, for un sold bonds of the city of Paris. A dispatch from Versailles, says the Prussians agree to stop revictualing Pat is by way of St. Denim. The Ineurgents now oocury the greater part of the woods of Colom bee, beyond Asnieres. LONDuoN, April 20.-Advices from >r Versailles of to-day report that the 3 fighting btill continues at A.,niercs, where the Insurgeits are waking l desperate and bloody attempts to re gain their lost position. The Versailles trops have succeed ed in obtaining posse,sion of Asnieres, n and found the suburbs had suflfred y severely from the pillage and maraud i ing of the Insurgent troops. The streets were lined with fitniture and y articles of wearing apparel. h An ettempt was made by Dombros ki to rally the Nationah, but it re sulted in a failure. Several of the of ficers of his staff have becu arrested on snspicion of treachery. d The Versailles troopsshow no sign of wavering, and keep their advan tage of position. They have recover ed with ealmness and dete- MInat ... r A!l the roads are nniw commanded by the Versailles troops, and the In r surgents witl be unable to re eive , supplies of provisions from outside the city. VESAILLEs, April 2%-Canrobert is heie and the troops who surrender ed with him are en route hither: Toe Itsurgents' fire is gradually slacking. PARis, April 20.-Dombrooki re. ports that his troops re-occupied cer d tai positio a, with provisions and n pri oners. Ileadquarters asking re inft reemeonts, that the battle contin ueo' and Okolo witz maintains his po u aiuion as Asnieres, against all the efforts of the Versaillists to dislodge him. f LONDoN, April g1.-The House of Lords to-night passed the meeting e bill. In the [louse of Commons seve .ral nmmbers gave notice of motions ,adverse to Lowe's financial plans. d The anbiject .of the declaration of e Pat is, of 1850, against privateering . and the establishment of the principle . that a neutral flag covers the enemy's .goods, came up. lBentruok argueod in favor of the withdrawal of Eingland from the agreement,, and advocated ~o resunption of the rights of search. it lie believed the United States and - other powers would disregard the rt. declaratiop~ in case of war. Roundall, i- lmer, Stephens, Cave and others, a spoke to the same effect. The Attor r- ney-General replied, defending the [e Paris declaration. He said it was t impossible to escape its obliajtions, r.~ Dieracli lamented that the subject had not beeni introduced earlier, so that it igiht, have bee9 brought to ~' the attention of the recent conference Y' of powers in London. It is agreed ' that the declaration is injurious to ar England, but it must be respected r'' until it is formally revoked. Gladstone id insisted tl at th~e declaration was bind '. ing, ad Itevoelati was not to be m thought of. it Ens.x5AsLK, A pril 20.-Brinot, a ~o PariaIDeputy, proposed to the Asem. ly that a gomm~ittee of twventy-five pA be appointed to treat with the Paris Dl Government for conciliation and arm 4j istice. In the nudantime, amidst ye great uproar, the previous question gwas carried against a considerable a minority. le Sv. Derets, April 20.--There are is indientions of. the Prussians leaving a thle forts, which will be given up to the regular Governme~nt. The Prus siansu wIll retiro to Rheims. ,l '7,000 troops have reaced Versailles l,- from Switzerland,, and 82,000 are ready to leave the sawo. quarter for 0 Versailles. it PA ass, April 21--Evening.--..The was fighting all day. The Versailles of troops arc me~ssidng for a grand attack. The discipline of the Nationals is bad. Men placed on guard at the postern gate coolly left whlhout ordere. The Vorisaill es troops have . established a trong batteries to tbie left 'of Val. erlots. Gen. Clusorot offered his reiga nation, as the domninlnite have run~ a iatq excesses,. but.the resignation was g not aoooptedi At N.~ailly, to-chy, the s-wlthin #i9 yarde-of Paris, i2tragglea am mnpre bo~ys of sixtoen'retitreedy dirty, rigged and daispiied e cr mandant of the fortiefiations at Rue des Ternes was shot through the shoulder. The Nationals have just attempted to retake Asniers but fail. ed They seem to prefr fghting under fortifioations. Dombroski has disappeared ; it is supposed he is dead or wounded. At lat_, aqop4nts the 'Versaillists Were within 156 yards of 'h' nnonsisng itwoon Clichy and Neuilly is incesseant. It is ex poeted a general attack by, the Ver saillists will soon- be commenced. The Commune is making .immense prepirations for defence inside and outsaide of the ramparts. - VvssAli.mEs, April 21-hvening. The Versailles army holds all the offensive positions~ from Chatillon South to Gennevilliers, North of Puris close to St. Donis. VEnSAILL.8 April 22-Morning. News unimpartaut. A slight can. n-nade Is progressing. A decisive battle is imminent. Neuilly has been fired by shells., and is burning. Bnuss., April 22.-It Is reported that a portiori of the atmy of Ver. sailes has occupied St.. ,Denis, and communication with . Parts ' by the Northron railway is interrupted. VEnsAim.i.Es, April 22.-- 4 cannon ado is now in progress at the advanced posts. A decisive battle is imminent. No truth in the rumors of ministerial modifioation and su-plementary eleo. tions to the Assembly. President Thiers visited the wounded Govern. ment soldiers. -A mutiny is reported to have occurred among the Commu nists troops. LoN DON, April 22.-A special des. patch to the Times, from Paris, says the Commune has delegated its power to a committee of nine members. A company of mronauts is being formed in Paris. The Times correspondent at Versailles says it is reported the Prussians will surrender the forts still held by then to the Versaillist troops on Sunday. Paris will shortly be isolated. Shell from insurgent bat. teries fall short of Valerien. A Daily News special despatch from Paris says there are serious diesensions among members of the Commune. Conminunication with the provinces is cut off. All citizens under fifty-five years of age are obliged to tervo. The Telegraph'd special dispatch from Versailles says the Prussian are pre paring to evacuate Charenton. Gen. Duorot has arrivod at Versailles, with 20,000 men of the late imperial army. It is announced that Menotti Gari baldi will at once return to Italy. fWs liens. MrASHINGTON. April 21.-Th.e jint commitLee ,If Congress, on Southern oul.rages, met. to-day organized, by the appointment of Senator Scott as chair man. A permanent secretary was also appointed. It wan decided th-it the next meting of the committee will be held May 17th, but a sub-committee of seven, composed of four members of the House and thi ee Senators, is arrang. ed to meet on the 10th of May, the same day on which the extra session of the Senate is called. The four members of the House are Maynard, Scofield, Waddell and Voor. hees, and the three Senators wvill be designated from Senators who may be here on the 10th. This sub-committee will lay out a plan for investigation., and will submit it to the full committee en thme 17th. it mae thought best not to hasten the beginning of tie invesui a tion, but to wait till theoeff'ect ofthie lawv just enacted could be observed. [t 14 left an open qutestion whether different places in the South shall I e visited th rough sub-committees, or 'whether all testimony shall be taken in Washing ton.. BoSTON, April, 22.-Four fishing schooners belonging to Glouicenter, with all aboard, were lost In a gal4' on the 2d. The crows aggregate thinf. Catani.RBtoN, 'A pril 22.---OiT the port, bark Sterling, Phwni*-hes. Sail. ed--steamers=Champon, ' New York ; Maryland, Baltimore ; sohoouers My. rover, New York M. C. Hat,"P41l Riyver IIARTJ'oRD, Arpril 22.--.Tlue 'offieial canvassers give English: twenti-'l9e nnjority. The Legislaiu,'o, ko~eour, will Ihave fihal judgem~ente uporf 'iadme alleged irregnlariiies, which, if all st-e dlecided in favor of Jewelht will elect him by ninety majority. -The' 6andaet. ema give the LitutenantGoverfior-'ti Treasurer to . the Rephblican's.VThIe people failed to elect a Seretiry 6f Sttt' or Comptroller. ---. [ Next boet to Gerig'p Shop.] leffer to the pub'. Sle a carefusily se lected stoek oft the Ibest quali'.p Drugs, Med elnes F I an-ey Articles, -' Stationery, &e 4 Pricesoes low as Jket Lib~qri). de dues ion, inr o te physlilus purchau n b the qiAitily. Store anti wll jive'M at stdIon i soribinK and compouiddiag Meddiak.a ap1 22. .. O10OBBV.Mg 0. A'r J. 0. BOAG' S 1)Jatest stles of Hats, Bs6es Sun'downs. Also a full stock of Grooerig~~ OG&n, IBacon, &o. I ' Oysters,' Family. .Boap,' Caddies,> b'inokcuf and Qbeln 1 - , .oAl.