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Show LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH LAST NIGHT. Ratifications of the Treaty Exchanged The Germans expected to Evacuate Paris to-day. GREAT EXCITEMENT Ei PARIS, Congressioual Intelligence Riiliiii through, liliis. GENERAL NEWS. The Southern P. li. It. to be "Talked to Death." John Bull Proposes "a Little Bill" to Jonathan. FOREIGN. London, 2. The French indemnity is payable in three injiallments. a milliard in 1 -i7 1 tirr, milliard.: in 1 S7- and two milliards in 1S73; interest only payable on the last installment. Al--ace and Lorraine is estimated at half a milliard, and the cost of the eastern French railways will be deducted. A treaty of commerce was not mooted. Paris, 2. On Wednesday night the Germans occupied the quarters assign- d them. Perfect tranquility reigns, v ersailles, 2. Favre' has notified Bismarck of the vote of the As.-embly, and Bismarck replied he was ready to exchange ratifications. The Emperor has already signed the treaty. London. 2. In the Commons, Patten, Pat-ten, resuming the Irish debate, urged the withdrawal of the Westmcath in-juiry in-juiry and a return to the policy authorizing author-izing the government to suspend the habeas corpus. The government had confessed the failure of the Irish policy. Gladstone objected to this course, Dased on exaggerated statements. He was w'dling to see Disraeli try the supposed sup-posed superiority of the Tory policy that of conquest. In the meantime, government might postpone the in quiry, if it found" it untimely or premature. prema-ture. New York, 3. The Tribune's correspondent, cor-respondent, Smallcy, telegraphs further particulars of the triumphal march of the Germans into Pans. The precautions precau-tions against popular disturbances seem piimnlpte and nerfn.-t. T non entering the city, one of the German divisions stacked their arms and picketed their i horses opposite the Palais de l'lndus-trie. l'lndus-trie. The me'i threw themselves upon ihe eround, aud the Parisians, mo.-(ly f the lower clashes, gathered about them, went up to them, examined their accourtrements and couvetsed with ihem. The fears of pillage, which had been sediously circulated, the Parisians now believe entirely eroundleis. London, 3. The French authorities are endeavoring to make such arrangements arrange-ments as will hasten the evacuation of Paris. It is believed the Germans will leave this evening or, at the latest, 10-morrow morning. There is great exci'ement in Paris. Crowds" of Parisians observing some Prussians in the courts of thu Louvre nd Place Carousel vestorday, attempt ed to use force for their expulsion, but were kept back by a line of troop, and pieces of c'oth were hung over the gate to hide the Prussians. Conflicts are expected if the Germans do not I soon evacuate. Some Germans wished to pass the hue and shake hands, say- j ing ''Now peace is conc'uded wo are i friends;" but were repulsed with the reply: '"We are conquered; with the j conditions imposed by Bismarck we i nevershall be friends." Liguised Prus- sian officers penetrated the city and were recognized aud their lives en- j dansered; but were protected by the ! authorities and reconducted to the German lines. The populace is less j calm than yesterday. , Paris, 2. Favre has gone to ersailles er-sailles to-day to demand au lnimcfi'ate evacuation of F-iris by virtue of the terms of the convention. - Lrfindon,2. A league is being firmed at Havre to prevent the return of German Ger-man emp'oves, Bordeaux, 3. A despatch from Paris on the evening of the 2nd, says the ratiScations of trea'y of peaeo was exehaneed to-day. iaro fias return ( from ersailles. ' Tans i- tranquil The Prussians evacuate to morrow. j in the States of Tenn., Ala. and Cal Davis moved to lay the bill and the an-rr-imects on the table. Sherman said he would regard the vote as a test of the Senate and called for the ;.eas and nays, when the motion was carried and the subject was thus disposed of. j Ayes. SO ; nays, 2. Cole submitted the report of the conference emmitree on the army appropriation ap-propriation bill, which was read and laid aside informally. Howard from the conference com- ! mittee on the Southern Paeine R. K., submitted a report which he explained! He sr.ii the bill as amended by the conference con-ference coruruittee was substantially the House bill with the addition of two branches at the ea-tern and western extremi'jes of the main trunk, known as the New Orleans branch, and the Southern Paelric K. R. of California, both of which were provided for in the Senate bill. The length of the latter road, as now proposed, was some two hundred miles less than as described in the original Senate bill. By the 1 other amendments the company wa-required wa-required to make annual reports and the name of the corporation was changed to the Texas Pacific R. R. Co., thereby avoiding any confusion in the negotiation of bonds, there being already three Southern Pacific railroads. rail-roads. HOtSE. heeler, from the committee of conference on the Southern Pacific R It. bill, made a report that the House agreed to chance the title of the company com-pany to that of the Texas Pacific R. R. 1 lie Senate agrees to the House substitute sub-stitute with two additional sections, one providing for a similar grant of public lands in Loui-iana, to aid the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Yieksburg R. 11. Co., at its eastern terminus by way of Alexandria; and another for a similar grant to aid the Southern Pacific Pa-cific Pu.ad, by way of J,gs Angles, at or near the Colorado river. Wheeler briefly explained that by the new sections the grant of land would be increased, by between four and six million ot acres. He did not believe a project of such rrreat impoitance should ba longer delayed by such a consideration. Holman moved to lay the bill on the table, which was negatived, the House refusing eren to order the yeas and nays on it, The conference report was then agreed to, yeas 124, nays 01. Os motion of Axtell, the Senate bill to create ports of delivery at Eureka Eu-reka and Wilmington, within the collection col-lection district of San Francisco, Cala-fornia, Cala-fornia, was taken from the Speaket's table and passed. A large number of pension bills was reported and passed. The bill removing political disabilities disabil-ities from certain citizens of Texas was passed. Garfield moved to su-pend the rules and pass the Senate bill for the re-issne of bank notes. Agreed ; M to 75. i |