VlTi rm E(RRAF hi LLil VOL. XIV NO. 1G. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. FIRST EDITION HE WAR IN EUROPE. Princo Napoleon. the Tart lie Will Take. ho Career of "Plon-Flon," i pinions of tho French Tress. L Clianco ioi I?ola,ncl. cning Scenes of llio Campaign. tie Province of Westphalia. c, Etc. Etc.. Etc.. Etc, inn war in Eunoru. TRIXCE NArOLEOy. loB-Plon," and Rumors About Ilia Part In he Struggle A Sketch of Ilia Career HI lobulations wlih Ilia Imperial Coualn. hat the Emperor's cousin, Prince Napoleon, will aln a quiet spectator of the exciting events In ope la not to be presumed. lie has been at rds' points with the Emperor so often that the tire of the latter to entrust him with some lm- kant ofllclal functions would Indicate a distrust iIb loyalty to both France and the head of the apartc family, when the present trouble with Hsla was sprung upon Europe by the candida- of Prince Leopold for the Spanish throne, the lice was on his way to Norway ; but as soon as uitivcu ill mm umioui wuuur, ituu count De munlcated with by telegraph, he was summoned the Emperor to Paris. Yesterday he ar- M at the French capital, and had a Interview with his august cousin, and now it is brted that an army corps will be Immediately bed for the especial purpose of affording him a tary command commensurate In Importance h his nearness to the throne. Previous to his ar il In Paris, however, it was rumored that he ud be entrusted with an important special mis k to the court of his father-in-law, King Victor fennel. His meagre military experience would to Indicate that the latter employment would ke most suitable for him ; but If he were placed Important military command, he would be sur- hded by so many skilful soldiers as to render a Las blunder Improbable. I poleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, Prince ranee, general of division and ancient repre- littve of the people, Is a first cousin of the Em- tof the French, being the second son of Jerome ier of the first Napoleon, and the Prlneess erika Catherine, daughter of the King of Wur- erg. lie was born at Trieste on the 9th of Sep- ler, 1822, and is consequently In the forty-eighth of his age at present. His youth was passed in ma, Trieste, Florence, and Home, with occa ll sojourns In Switzerland, England, and Spain, r as in Rome with bis grandmother, Madame la Bonaparte, in 1831, when the insurrection of Romagna, In which two ol his cousins the pre- Emperor and his eider brother were corupro- a, compelled him to emigrate to Florence. In Le went to Switzerland, remaining two years in 1)1 at Geneva, and entered in 1837 the military Li of Loulabourg, In Wurtemberg. elncation ending In 1840, he refused to bear for any country except France, and started his travels. During five years he visited Ger- k England, and Spain, where he remained for time under the regency or Espartero. After tal fruitless attempts he gained from Minister o in 184B, the privilege of visiting Paris under ame of the Count de Montfort; bat his relations the democratic party and his progressive ons soon caused him to be suspected by the rnment, which at the end of four months sent m an order to Instantly leave the country. ; time after the Chamber of Deputies having re- Id with favor a petition from the ex-King ome, he waa permitted to enter France provl- lally with his father. This was in 1847. u February 24, 1848, the day of the fall of Louis lippe, Pilnce Napoleon hastened to the Hotel de , and two days later he wrote a letter, which published, in which he placed himself at the lice of the Provisional Government, declaring it was "the.duty of.all good citizens to unite ti the republic." lie was most explicit in his alll- with the republican principles in his profes to the electors of Corsica as a candidate for Constituent Assembly. as elected by 30,229 votes, and became In the mbly the leader of the extreme republican party wn aa the "Mountain," voting for the propor- a l impi st, the two Chambers, the institution of presidency, the expedition to Italy, the Bateau osltlon, the death penalty, etc. ; bnt he pro- iced with the minority against the banishment is family of Orleans. I the 10th of February, 1349, he was appointed later Plenipotentiary to Madrid, but was recalled tly afterwards for having quitted his post with' being authorized. This act of severity threw Into the democratic opposition, and during the relative Assembly, in which he represented lea, he was found seated upon the k hes of the Left, supporting this party until At tnat epocn ne abstained more iuently from taking part In the bay discussions which marked the close of the mMy and retired into private life after the coup v This retirement was, however, not of long ition. At the end or the year 18SS, after the re ktlon of the empire, he was called eventually to hereditary position, and, by virtue of. the Senatus mltut of Hie 23d of December, he took the title of ice of France and the right of a place la the fete and In the Council of State. At the same be received the Insignia of the Grand Cross of fusion of Honor, and without ever having served ie army, also the grade of general of division. 1864 he was appointed to a command in the ex lion to the Crimea, and commanded an infantry ion of reserve at the battles of Alma and Inker- Cin OYAnnnt rt hfa nrfrian rft.iramtnt. trnm lioat, Ill-health being the excuse, the soubriquet t Um-rUm waa given him by bis countrymen. Ice Napoleon is said to have furnished lnforma Vor a pamphlet reflecting on the conduct of the leratlons of the council of war which decided k the Crimean expedition. Though it was Inane ly suppressed br order of the French Govern t, It was published at Brussels, and was forth. translated into English. I860 be was named President of the Imperial mission of the Universal Exhibition, and proved keif atealous and efficient member. In June, , be was placed at the bead of the new ministry llglers and the colonies, but speedily resigned Appointment. married the princess uotuae, daughter of Victor Emanuel, now King of Italy, January 80, is," 9, by whom he has two sons, Napoleon Victor Jerome Frederick, born July 18, 1SC2, and Napoleon LonlH Joseph Jerome, born July 16, 1864. In ttie Italian campaign of 1SS9 he commanded the French army of reserve in the south of Italy, but was not engaged in any of the great battles. In th" Senate In 18A1 he made an attack upon the Orleans family, which was answered with spirit by the Duke d'Aumale. Prince Napoleon, to the dis gust of a great portion of the French army, declined to accept the challenge sent him by the Duke on that occasion. He was President of the French Commission to represent France In the Great Exhibition at Ken sington, In 1SC2. In 1SG5 Prince Napoleuu was ap pointed President of the Commissioners for the Universal Exposition at Paris, of 1SC7, but resigned the post in consequence of a reprimand which he received from the Emperor for a speech delivered in Corsica at the in auguration of a statue to the first Napoleon, nitty 27, 1SC6. ne waa dismissed from the Vlce-Preeldi.u"y of the Privy Council, to which he had been Ap pointed not long btforc, and for two years was obliged to remain In obscurity. It was only iu io; that he emerged therefrom to accept finally the Pre sidency of the Commission at the Universal Ex position. He did not again appear prominently be fore the public until the Senatus Consultum of Sep tember, 1869, aiTorded him an opportunity to deliver a bold, liberal, and sensible speech, which had a powerful effect upon the country, and tended to re store a measure of nia lost popularity. Prince Napoleon bears a much more striking re semblance to his "uncle" than the other "nephew" does. He is endowed with many brilliant gifts, is witty and pleasing in conversation, has read much, and has an easy and impressive delivery as an ora tor, in which capacity, being troubled by but few scruples and but little delicacy, he says all that comes Into his head, and is as unsparing towards Ideas as towards persons. But with all his rare gifts and exalted position, he has never been quite suc cessful la forming a party of his own. Just at pre sent, however, he Is on good terms with his imperial cousin, and that is better than playing the role of a politician successfully. WESTPHALIA. The Opening Scene ot the French Campnlgn. Westphalia, tae German province throutrh which. according to the telfgrapn despatches, the French propose to entei Germany, has been since lsisouo 01 llie IWU wemeiu iPiuviuteaui i iudkiu. mis name has been bestowed at different perloas upon portions ol WeBtern Germany, differing materially In extent and location and in the form of tlielr government. The territory between the Klune and the Weser is that to which the name properly belongs, and It is said to be ucriveu irom ine wesipiiaicti, an ancient Snxon tribe who inhabited the territory. The "Duchy of Westphalia," or "Sauerland," comprised rio portion of the above district, but lay between the Wi ser and the Elbe, and was made ud of a larirn part of Brunswick and Hanover, and some of the smaller States. In 1S09 it was ceded to Hesse-Darmstadt. The "circle of Westphalia" lay between the Rhine and tne ,eser, and comprised a number of bishoprics, principalities, duchies, counties, seigniories, abbeys, and free cities. This circle ceased to exist In 1800. The "Klnedoni of Westphalia" was created by Nano- leon in 1WJ7, as one of the States of tue Confedera tion of the Khlne. It comprised all of Prussia west of the Ilbe, and the territories of the Electors of Hesse and Hanover, and the Duke of Brunswick. To this kinsrdom Napoleon gave a constitution, and placed over it his youngest brother, Jerome. Asa consequence of the battle of Leipsic, it was occu pied by Prussia, but in the following year reverted to Its former proprietors. Westphalia proper, as it now exists, is ooumiea north bv nanover: E. S. E. by Schaumbnrg-LlDDe. Hesse- Cassel, Lippe-Detmold, Brunswick, Hanover, Wal deck, and Hesse-Darmstadt, south by Naiaau, south west and west by Rhenish Prussia, and northwest by Holland; area, 7619 square miles; population in 1868, 1,606,441, of whom about 864,000 were IJonian Catholics and 16,000 Jews. It Is divided into the administrative districts of Muuster, Mlnden, and Arnsberg. The surface is hard or mode rately undulating In the north, with extensive marshes, ana mountainous in me soutn and east. It is drained by the Kuhr, Llppe, Ems. and Weser. There are mines of iron, copper, lead, and mineral and saline waters. .Linen, cotton, ana woollen goods, broadcloths, tobacco, leather, hardware, cot ton, paper, and glass are manufactured. The prlncl- al crops are corn, flax, tobacco, hops, and potatoes, arge numbers of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine are reared, and the Westphalia hams have a high re putation. The prinolpal towns are Munster, the capi tal, the fortress of Mlnden, Iierford, Blelefeii, l'a derborn, .soeBt, Dortmund, and Iserlohn. The "Pub lic Peace of Westphalia" is a name given to an agree ment made between the Emperor Charles IV aad the German States in 1371, for the purpose of nian talnlnsr neace in the empire. The "Treaty of West phalia," which terminated the Thirty Years War, consisted iu reality of two treaties, one signed at Osnabruck and the other at Munster, in 1648. A C11AKCE FOB POLAND. The Franco-Prussian War and Polish Indepen dence. The Poles favor France, Prussia having Joined with Russia and Austria in crushing out Polish inde pendence and in partitioning l'olaud among theni selves. The desire for the Independence of Poland has been sacredly kept alive lu the Polish breast, and several times manifested in desperate but heroic struggles against overwhelming numbers of her foes. There are 4,000,000 of Poles nnder Prussian sway. These 4,000,000 have, In spite of all the efforts of Prussia, steadily refused to . assimilate with the Prussian population, but have preserved their traditions, customs, religion, and aspirations. Five thousand Poles In the Prussian army, forced thereby the conscriptive system, and though under ordinary circumstances obedient soldiers, they sym pathize almost to a man with France, and will un doubtedly desert to the French should a favorable opportunity oiler. There are 12,000,000 Poles under Russian rule. These hate the Russians with an Intensity of hatred. and have on two occasions attempted, single-handed, to free themselves from her yoke. Should Russia join Prussia, there will be 16,000,080 of Poles under the domination of those two powers, but hating them Intensely, ardently desiring to shake on" tnelr yoke. There are 6,000,000 of Poles under Austrian sway. But this fact would not retard Austria from giving her sympathy if not her aid to France particularly, and this belief seems prevalent among the Poles, as Napoleon would orter territo rial compensation to Austria, taken from Prussian dominions, in case she should be obliged to allow Gallcia (the Austrian part of Poland) to go with Prussian and Russian Poland. By this plan a war like people, numbering 84, 000,000, would be raised up a powerful barrier against Russia on the west, and a terrible thorn ou the east In the side of Prussia. FRASCE AND PRUSSIA. Opinion, of the Frenrh Preaa Irom the Lateat lUall Fllra. From Le Cauleis, Friday, July 8. There was no longer an extreme Left, there was no longer a Right, nor were there any more Centres. In the Chamber, yesterday, there were only French men. Alter the declaration of M. de Gramout a declaration notably patriotic there passed over the assembly a thrill of warlike and excited feeling. The entire Chamber rose and clapped their hands. Ladles in the galleries waved their handkerchiefs, and men suouteu nurrau. i ne emouon was inues crioable. HONOR U 81FI ! "For the first time since the 2lst of February the Ministry has to-day spoken the only language worthy or a French Cabinet, worthy of the country which listened." "The applause which broke out on every side during the declaration of M. de Gramont will find Its echo in the nation, and we have Bome right to ex pect that these acclamations will suttlce to recall M. de Bismarck to a just appreciation of what we really are." "Let us go back a little. Prussia accomplished the expedition to Bctileswig-llolHtein, and we laid nothing. Prussia accomplished Sadowa, and we held our peace. Prussia made fresh annexations, and we were still silent. Prussia made treaties wlthWurtem berg aud with Baden, and we Bald nothing. Prussia was the occasion of the serious dituculty about Luxembourg, and we were found conciliatory. Prussia enthroned a Uohenzollern In Houinania, and we said nothing. Prussia baa on several late occasions shown that she no i longer respected the treaty of Prague, and we said noinicg; ana as a recompense tor this silence, complacent almost to folly, M. de Bis- marck has prepared for us a Jarnac candidature for the throne of Spain, making due preparation to cut our ham-strings at a given moment, and to hold ns between him and the Spaniards, as he held the Aus trians between Germany and Italy. If we had ac cepted this last affront, there is not a woman in the world who would have accepted the arm of a Frenchman. To-day our honor is sare. " From La iVwse, Friday, July 8. WAR I "What Is wanting to this declaration is the echoes of the applause which accompanied it- The Cham ber, ereet to a man, and quivering with patriotism, applauded the language In which It discovered the accent of our old pride and our national tradition. And yet it was war in all its lineaments, at once odious and sublime, whicn appeared In the midst of the deliberations of a free assembly. It was war which ruled the debate, and hold empire over these souls or Frenchmen who once more found themselves face to face with it, and not one of whom failed to recognize it. The resolutions of the Imperial Government are, Indeed, so well de fined, and are expressed In such perfectly explicit terms, that we may justly say the future is no longer ours. We have bound our will, our honor, and our strength to an ultimatum which we cannot with draw without disgrace, and which from this time engages our soldiers to defend it to the death. For the first time in four years, France, humiliated by 1806 and Prussia aggrandized thereby, find them selves face to face no longer in the secret interviews of diplomacy, but publicly at the bar of public discussion, having two worlds as spec tators. All the suppressed anguish that was occasioned arming us by the result of Sadowa, all our sadness and all our pride, found vent yesterday. The long suppression of public opinion has ceased. We no longer felt ourselves vanquished ; we became rivals once more. And that is the explanation of the patriotic shout that greeted the declaration of M. de Gramont. O France, generous nation, daughter of speech, and of the sword, rise up now! You must await the coming hour erect. Gather up the fragments of your arms broken at Waterloo. If destiny orders, thou wilt still show to an astonished world what lightnings reside in the weapons wielded by thy heroic hands. Thy name will flash over new lieldB of battle under the radiance of thine ancient glory." THE PAWTUCKET MURDER. A ITInn Instantly Killed, and his Daughter Frightfully Hurt. The Piovidenco (K. I.) Journal of yesterday gives the particulars of the awful affair lit Faw tucket, of which news has been received by telegraph. Tho Journal says: A murderous and fatal stabbinjr affray took place Sunday evening at the corner of Pine and South Union streets, Pawtucket. Charles E. Kent, a conductor on Pawtucket horse car No. 4, stabbed and instantly killed Joseph B. Whiting, about fifty-five or sixty years of age, and stabbed, with serious if not fatal effect, Whiting's daughter Louisa. Tho parties resided in a two-story house, at the corner of Pine and South Union streets. Whiting's family occupying tho lower and Kent's the tipper portion of the house. There have been family bickerings between the female members of the family for some time, and these bickerings have tended to create hostile sentiments between the male members. About half-past ten the parties met. A melee appears to have followed, in which Louisa Whi ting and other members of Whiting's family took part. During the affair Kent came down stairs from the house and went out on the scene. The old man Whiting also went out to stop the difliculty, saying: "Boys, this won't doj this must be stopped! ' Kent, who had been struck several times with stones, made a motion as though he were push ing the woman, Louisa, aside. The girl cried, "lam stabbed;" and Kent then made a lunge at old Mr. Whiting, who fell and died Instantly, the blood flowing from his left side. Between one and two o ciock last night csro- ner Clapp empanelled a jury, and after listening to six or seven v. itnesses, a verdict of "wilful murder" by stabbing was returned against Charles K. Kent, l esteraay momma: Kent was arraigned in the Pawtucket Court of Magistrates on a charge of murder, pleaded not guilty, waived examination, ana was commuted to await the action of the Grand Jury, September term, Court of Common Pleas. The murdered man was fifty five or sixty years of age, strong and heulthy, a grocer by trade, and leaves a family. Louisa, bis daughter, is about thirty years of age, aud unmarried, ivent, wnen urougm up in tne court-room yesterday morning, appeared to have been very badly beaten in the affray. He had a scalp wound on the left side of the back of bis beau, tne lett eye was oaaiy swelled, and the right eye had been somewhat injured. His clothes were saturated with blood from the wounds on his head. These injuries appear to have been inflicted with stones before the stab bing. Another statement is to the effect that Kent had been at home but a short time from his last trip to the city and back, when this quarrel on the street, in front of the house, between young Whiting and his brother-in-law. Wilson, at tracted bis attention, and ho went down stairs and through the gate on to the street, when he was struck in the left eye by young Whiting, and knocked down, as he supposed with a stoiie held in the hand, and struck again when down on the back of the head with somt hard sub stance, which blow produced a severe contusion and bled freely. He got upon his feet again and began to use the knife or dagger which he took with him when be went down stairs, and first struck Louisa Whiting in the breast, making a severe cnt, and In the abdomen low down on the left side; Louisa 6houted that she was stabbed, and Kent turned upon the next person he saw, which was young Whiting, and cut out his pantaloon pocket on bis left side, but did not reach his per son. Mr. Joseph B. Whiting, the old gentleman, was then attacked by Kent, and received but one stab in the back, but that was a fatal blow that killed him almost Instantly, and he fell to the ground and died without speaking a word. The blow was a fearful one, completely severing a rib and breaking the point off the dagger, cutting off the great artery from the heart, penetrating nearly through the body, and cut ting tcrnwy tne vital organs ana intestines in its courte. The surgeon said death must have ensued in a few seconds from bleeding, and the ground in front of the house was saturated with blood for some distance from where he fell. A singular fatality seems to attend this Whiting family. A daughter of Mr. Whiting, a school-teacher, was shot and killed by a young man named Wales, in South Franklin, Mass., some five or six years ago, and Wales, after shooting Miss Whiting, immediately killed him self. It was partly on this account that Mr. WhitiDg sold bis farm in Franklin and moved to Pawtucket some three years ago. BATTLE OF GIAXTS. A locomotive on the Kampa e. An accident, causing considerable alarm and no little damage, occurred on the Wilmington and Reading Railroad at Coatesville yesterday. The train south from birdsboro was lying on the switch, and the 11 o'clock train north from this city was about due, when It was found neces sary to send another locomotive (No. 6) down the main track toward it to get on anpther side ling. A flagman was, of course, sent ahead, but it is alleged that be failed to do his duly properly, and the approaching locomotives bad not suf ficient warning. The engineer on locomotive No. 0, seeing locomotive No. 1 with the north bound train rapidly approaching him, reversed bis engine, thus breaking tne force of the col lision. The engineer either jumped or was knocked off, leaving his engine reversed, which started rapidly backward and ran into the loco motive No. 5, attached to the Birdsboro train, considerably damaging both of them. Though both trains were filled with passengers nobody was hurt, and the only damage done was to the locomotives. No. 1 was slightly damaged; but Is Btill on duty; No." 5 is considerably injured, and No. 6 badly crushed. Both are disabled for service and will require extensive repairs. Wilmington Commercial, July 19. SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. Startling from Washington. Suicide of ZTrevost-FaradoL CABLE WAR NEWS. Tlie Opposing- Armies Irish Demonstration for France. Great Meeting in Dublin. The Police Attempt to Suppress It. Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.. Etc. FROM WASniJVQTOjV. Hulclde of the New Frenrh Dllnlatea, Prevost iaradol. Despatch, to the Associated Frees. Washington, July 20 Prevost-Paradol, the new French Minister, who arrived here last week, and was received by the President on Saturday, committed suicide at 1 o'clock this morning by shooting himself with a pistol. He has been very busy since his arrival, and yes terday his mind seemed wandering and dis tracted, though he was somewhat engaged with his affairs till early in the afternoon. It Is thought he took his life while laboring under temporary insanity brought on by fatigue and the extreme beat. The facts will bo brought out at the Coroner's inquest. Additional Farts Relative to the Sad Adair. Despatch to the Associated Frens. Wasbington, July 20 The fatal act wa9 committed In his chamber, the front room of the second story, and the circumstances attend ing it show that it was premeditated. The in mates of the house at the time were his house keeper and a French servant-man. The former heard the report of the pistol, and rushed to his room, where she found him lying dead upon the floor bleeding from the left breast, the ball having entered immediately over the heart and no doubt produced death. Messrs. Harvey & Marr, undertakers, were sent for this morning early, it not being known outside of the house that he had killed himself until after daylight. When he committed the rash act he had pre pared for bed, but had evidently been sitting in his room meditating upon the deed. He had nothing on but his night-shirt and slippers, and shot himself while standing in front of the fire place, and near the centre of the room. He was found lying upon his back, with one leg drawn up and his left arm stretched out above his head, as he fell. He took possession of the house last Friday, and on Sunday evening sent his eon and daugh ter, who accompanied him to this country, to Newport, R. I., where he intended to join them in the course of a few days to spend the sum mer. Paradol left a note Baying, "I will kill myself. M. Berthemy, come back and stay." All the members of the French legation are absent from Washington with the exception of M. de Jardin, the chancellor. This gentleman, as soon as he heard the sad intelligence, com municated the same to Secretary Fish, who, after expressing his surprise and profound regret, suggested that a coroner's inquest be held, to which M. de Jardin assented, and 7 o'clock this evening was fixed by the Coroner for that purpose. The entire community is ehocked at the event. The Paradol Suicide. tpeeiai Deevatehto The JSvening Telegraph. Washington, July 20 Prevost-Paradol, French Minister, who shot himself this morning at his residence in this city, left a note to his family that his body should be sent to France. Secretary Fiah had Invitations out for a state dinner this even ing in honor of M. Paradol's recognition to the position as Minister of France to the United States. limner Particulars of the Suicide of Prevost Paradol. Sp 'c'al Despatch to The Evening Telegraph, Washington, July 20 The facti about the suicide of M. Paradol, the new French Minister, are as follows: Since his arrival here be has been much excited over the news of the war in Europe, and has run around a great deal in the sun. Yesterday be complained of being unwell, but .ho was still able to attend to his duties, and wrote a num ber of letters and despatches. During the day, in company with M. de Jardin, member of lega tion, M. Paradol went out and purchased two pistols of the kind known as Colt's Derringers. He said he wanted them for self-protection, as he did not know what might happen, be being a stranger here, and not familiar with the people. It was with one of these that he ended bis life. He returned last night rather early, hU valet leaving him about ten o'clock, wishing him good night and a Bound sleep. About one o'clock the servants and the valet, the only persons in the honse (the family hiving gone to Newport last Sunday), were awakened by the sound of a pistol, and rushing to M. Paradol's room on the second floor front, found him lying on the floor gasping his last. He was in bis night dress, which was saturated with blood. In a few seconds he expired, without uttering a word. He had shot himself through the heart. The servants being all French, and strangers in the city, were afraid to go out to call assistance, and so they remained with the body until day light, when they managed to Inform some other members of the legation. The body was embalmed this morning, and will be sent to France. Telegrams were sent to M. Berthemy, the late Minister, who was about to sail from New York, and the son and daughter of M. Paradol, informing them of the suicide M. Paradol was t have dined this evening with Secretary Fieb, in company with some other diplomats. The Breeklya, I at Philadelphia, has been ordered to bo ready lor her officers, etc., by the 15th, even if extra time has to be employed. A Nevr Naval Board. Secretary Robeson has appointed Rear-Admiral Thomas O.Selfridge, Commander William N. Jeffers, and Commander Robert F. Bradford to comprise a board to meet at the Navy Depart ment for the purpose of drawing np a system of routine in the vessels of the navy. Ilonorn to American Onicere. There have been transmitted to Surgeons Charles II. White and A. L. Gihon and Lieutenant-Commander A. R. Yates decorations and letters-patent, tendered 'them by the King of Spain and King of Portugal in recognition of humane services rendered officers of their re spective navies. The French and Prussian Nnvles. The American naval officers In Europe have been instructed by the Secretary of the Navy to make observations of the armament and operations of the navies of both France and Prussia and to report to the department, with a view of giving our navy the tcucftt of such improvements as may have been made in the navies of the powers now at war. American Neutrality. Instructions with reference to the preservation of American neutrality were issued from the State Department on Monday to our principal diplomatic representatives abroad. FROM EUROPE. FRANCE. Prince Napoleon. Paris, July 20 It is rumored that Prince Napoleon will go to the Baltic, and with his land force co-operate with the fleet of Vice Admiral Count Bovet Willaumez in occupying the territory of Hanover. Capture of Spies. A number of spies have been captured on both sides of the Rhine. French Minister to Austria. Prince de la Tour d'Auvergno has been ap pointed French Minister to Austria. The Opposing- Armies. London, July 20. A gentleman just returned from a trip up the Rhine tells his experience in the London Times of this morning. He says the German army is quiet, grave, anxious, and resolute. On the other band, the French are yelling, drinking, swaggering, and literally "spoiling for a fight." He says further that for every German soldier ho saw a hundred French. Telegraphic Communication Destroyed. London, July 20 Telegraphic communica tion between France and Germany has been destroyed by the authorities. The Bank or France. Paris, July W The officers of the Bank of France annoumo an advance in the rate of interest to Z)4 per cent. Custom House Seized. Cologne, July 20. Tho French troops passed the frontier near Soarbruckenlast evening, and seized the Custom House. ENGLAND. The Channel Squadron. London, July '20. Admiral Milne has been recalled from the Mediterranean in order to command the Channel squadron. PRUSSIA. North German Parliament. Berlin, July 20 The Reichstag, or North German Parliament, met yesterday afternoon. The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerln was chosen President. Vehement cheering followed the Count von Bismarck's announcement of the declaration of war by France. The King then opened the session with a speech which was greeted with the wildest enthusiasm. IRELAND. Demonstration In Favor of France In Ireland. Dublin, July 20. A great popular demon stration in favor of France was made in this city last evening. More than 100,000 people, with 20 bonds of music, were out On parade. The French and Irish colors were carried intertwined. The police charged the procession and captured the flags, but the mob rallied and recaptured them. Intense excitement prevailed. TURKEY. The Reserves Called Out. Vienna, July 20. Turkey has called out her reserves and stopped the telegraph in all direc tions. GERMAN V. Ilarmony Between the North German States. Berlin, July 20. The most perfect harmony exists amongst the Governments of the North German States. In the Saxon Chambers yester day, Baron de Frelz, Minister of Finance, made a speech, telling the Deputies that France was anxious for war, and that she should have It as sharply and severely as possible. His remarks were greeted with enthusiasm. In the North German Parliament, after the King's speech had been delivered, a loan of 120,000,000 thalers was carried unanimously, amidst the wildest expressions of enthusiasm by all parties. Tbe War One of Kings, Not of Peoples. Frankfort, July 20. The Gazette, iu an editorial, asks how the cause of the war con cerns the people of France or Germany, and intimates that the question is one between the monarcbs of the respective countries, and one that the people do not feel at all interested in. SWITZERLAND. The Swiss Commander-in-Chief. Zurich, July 20 John, Count Dorgan, has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the forces of Switzerland. FROM JVJSW I ORK. "Bull Run" Russell. New York, July 20. The Sun has engaged W. II. Russell, the well-known London Times' war correspondent, as its correspondent for the Franco-Prussian war. Specie Shipments. New York, July 20 The steamer Java takes out fl, 800,000 in specie, and the Colorado tbOO.OOO. New York Stock and RIaney Market. Nw York, July so. btocks very wealc Money, e37 per cent. Gold, m V. 6-Ws, 112, coupon, ltte 'i j do. 1S64, do., 108; do. 18i5, do., 109; do. 18(15, new, 11171. An. 11T. 108: do. 1808. 108V! 10-40S. 11WWJ. Virginia sixes, new, 67; Missouri sixes, 91 v ; Canton r-. T. . fiinitwrlAnil nrfttelYAii. All? N aw Vnrtr lyUUJPailJ.W, L""' r- 1 , - rvntrui knd Hudson River ,'.W V ; Erie, 82 : Keadlair. Mtfl Adams Express, 65)4; Michigan Central, us; Mleulgan BoutUern, 92; Illinois Central, I32.'i ; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 10T)tf iCblcafro and Koulc laiand, HIS; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, Western tniou xeiegrapu, o. Tbe Paris Jardin des Plantes now contains 1300 animals, not including its great number of reptiles. Tbe French government allows It only ft 100. 000 Der annum from which to pay sixteen professors and numerous keepers and feed all the inmates 01 tne concern. FINANCE AMD COJIJIEUCG. . EvENrsn Tkt.iobaph OFrtor,) Wsdnssdsr, Jul SO, 1870. The war excitement in Europe continues to agitate the public mind in this country, and tho heavy transactions In gold, and tbe advance In the premium, give Increased firmness to the loan market. Tbe shipment by steamers to-day from New York are expected to oe very heavy, being estimated as high as t8,000,000. which, with the early demand for currency irom the West, give firmness to rates for call and time loans, especially to the latter. On call the rates are 4Cg 6 per cent., tho latter being the rate on stock collaterals. Discounts are active and strong, the range being from 68 per cent, for prime bills. Gold continues excited and unsteady. Sales opencflat 121 declined to 121 , and again advanced to V, where it stood about noon. Governments are excited and slightly weak. The business at the Stock Board this morning was exceedingly light and prices are steady. In City Sixes there were sales of the new bonds at 101. Lehigh gold loan changed hands at 89. Reading Railroad was active, with sales ranging from 47 regular to 48 b. o. Penn sylvania was weak, selling at 57jf. Oil Creek and Allegheny sold at 45, and Camden and Am boy at 110. The balance of the list was over looked. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE 8 ALES. Reported by De Haven A Bra , No. 40 S. Third street. FIRST BOARD. 11000 City s, New.ioi' lH) sh Read..ln.hno. a scuuu Len goia ti.is. stf 100 1000 do C. 89 100 418 sa Penna R. .Is. C7 400 800 sh Reading R, . . 47;,' 300 do 41 Ti do C. 47-81 do Is. 4T)i do.. 18. blO. 47-81 J at Cookb & Co. quote Government securities a follows: U. 8. 68 Of 1881, 118?J3113 0-808 Of 1802, 108109)f dO,, 1864, 109i109; do., NOV. 1865, 108Vdl09; do. do., July, 107;410R5 do. do., 1867, 108108.V; do. 1868, 108HaUC8-; 10-408. 106 '? loeJPaclocfljlliMdlllV. Gold, my. " Mbssrs. Di Haven a Broths a. No. 40 8. Third Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations t U. 8. 68 Of l&Si,112K(4U87S da, 1868, 108(9109; do, 1864, 1089109; aa I860, 108(109; do. 1866, new, 1079108; da 1867, da 104108 v, do. 1868, do., 108'i9io8x; 10-40S. I06vdi06.: D. a 80 leai 6 per cent. Currency, Uloui yt Due Com p. Int. Notes, 19 Gold. 182i22f5 BUver, 111(4114 : Union Paclflo R. R. 1st More Bonds, 826 4845; Cen tral Paclflo R. R., 3308G0; Union Paolflo Land Grant Bonds, 1700(4786. Messrs. William Painter A Co., No. 96 S. Third street, report the following quotations : U. S. 6s of 1881, 112'i4112;i;6-80S Of 1862, 108;4109; do. 1864. 109109'i; do. 1865, 10S109; da, July, I860, 107?i(a108; da, July, 1807, losiosi,'; do. July, 1868, 1089108) J 68, 10-40, 106 M(410;'i ; U. 8. Paclflo RK. Cur. 6s, Hl.tlllX. Gold, 182',(4122J,'. Nark & Ladnek, Brokers, report this morning Gold quotations aa follows : 10-00 A. M 121S,IV85A. M. 122 10-10 100 10-63 .121)4 11- 42 " 12- 08 P. 12-30 4 12-45 122 . .122 ..122? ..122 M. 10t6 " ..122 Pblladelplila Trade Report. Wednesday, July 20. The Flour market Is less Active, but prices are more sustained, owing to the light receipts and greatly reduced stocks, The sales foot up 1900 barrels, Including superfine at I5-C5; extras at 5 -756; Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family at fa-C07-25; Pennsylvania do. do. at $77-60; Indiana and Ohio do. do. at ST97-70, and fancy brands at f 83-75, as In quality. Kye Flour commands f 5-50. In Corn Meal nothing doing. The demand for Wheat has not subsided, and with limited offerings holders are not disposed to make concessions. Sales of 3500 bushels Pennsylvania red at 11-70, and 400 bushels Ohio do. at II-6X. Kye ranges from $1-05 for Western up to $110 for Penn sylvania, Corn is strong and there Is less activity. Sales of 8000 buBhels at 1 14l-ia for yellow and 11-10(3.1 -12 lor mixed Western. Oats are flrraly held, and 2000 bushels Pennsylvania sold at 66(467a In Barley and Malt nothlDg doing. Bark In the absence of sales we quote No. 1 Quercitron at t-'SO per ton. Whisky is quiet, but holders are firm In their views. Sales of 100 barrels Western Iron-bound at tl 05, and some Pennsylvania at tbe same figure. A colored man who had killed a white man in Beaufort, S.C., has been found guilty of mur der by a jury composed entirely of negroes. A Chicago paper Is responsible for the story that a few days since some boys In that clfy dropped an anvil weighing 200 pouuds out of a fourth story window on the head of an African who was passing, and he had them arrested. He said he was willing to let the boys have fun, but when they jammed a 4,gemman's" hat down over his eyes and spoiled it In that way, the law must take its course. LITEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. For additional Marine Newt see Inside Pages. (By Telegraph.) New York, July 20. Arrived, Bteamshlp South America, from Rio Janeiro. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA -JULY 80 BTATS or thermometer at the evening telegraph OFFICE. T A. M 82 1 11 A. M 85 I P. M 88 CLEARED THIS MOKNING. Steamship Com. Adams, Long, Norfolk, C. Ilas lam & Co. Steamer Ann Eliza, Richards, New York, W.P.Clyde A CO. St'r Mars, Crumley, New York, W. M. Bilrd A Co. Brig Scotland, Cook, Genoa, Warreu & Gregg. Schr D. Davidson, Smith, Brewster, Sinulckuon A Co. Schr J. J. Worthington, Perry, Greenport, do. Schr William Wilson, Jenkins, Halem, do. Tug Thomas Jefferson, Allen, Baltimore, with a tow of barges, W. P. Clyde fc Ca Tug G. B. llutchins, Davis, Havre-de-Grace, with a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde k Co. ARRIVED THIS MOKNLNl. Steamship Whirlwind, Hherman, 36 hours from Providtnce, with mdse. to D. 8. Stetson A Co. Steamer J. 8. Shrlver, Webb, 13 hours from Balti more, with mdse. and passengers to A. Groves, Jr. Steamer Bristol, Wallace, 24 hours from New York, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde A Co. N. G. bark Johann Benjamin, Gerdlen, 47 days fm Liverpool, with mdse. to D. O. Stetson & Co. Betir J. 11. Bartlett, Harris, from Providence. Schr North Carolina, Morgan, from Georgetown. Schr Mary Augusta, Worteu, from Deep Creek, With lumber to Norcross & Sheets. Schr Senara, Koss, from Chester, with railroad ties to Collins A Co. Schr C. C. Morris, Richards, from New York, with salt. Tug Hudson, Nicholson, from Baltimore, with a tew of barges to W. P. Clyde A Co. Tug Chenapeake, Merrlhew, from Havre-de-Grace, with a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde fc Co. MEMORANDA. Bbip Maid of Glanwern, Thomas, hence, arrived at Liverpool 6th inst. Ship Jamestown, Call, for Philadelphia, sailed from Liverpool 8th Inst. Ship PosHldon, Kundson, for Philadelphia, sailed from Liverpool 7th Insu Br. steamer Colorado, Freeman, for Liverpool via Queenstown; steamers Cleopatra. Phillips, for Sar vannah, and Niagara, Bhnkwood, for Richmond ana Norfolk, cleared at New York yesterday. Steamers San Salvador, Nlckerson, from Savan nah; Champion, I.ockwood, from Charleston ; El Cut, Nlckerson, from Wilmington, N. C. ; and Saratoga, Couch, from Richmond and Norfolk, arrived at New York yehterday. Bark British America, Lockliart, hence, arrived at FltiHiilngSth Inst. Bark Centaur, Foster, henee, at Antwerp 7th Inst. Balk Queen or Soots, Smith, for Philadelphia, 8 'Id from Antwerp 4th inst. . Bark Fha nix. hence, arrived at Bristol 6th Inst. Bark Chief, Harding, hence for Stettin, at Elsinore 6tBarkt"Bloomer, Culberg, hence, arrived at Gib raltar 27th ult Bark Prrduaes, Broulard, hence, arrived at Hel voet 7th Inst. ,. Schr A. E, Sanford, Powell, hence for Pawtucket, arrived at New York yesterday. 6clirs Thomas Boaa, Harper, from Providence for Philadelphia; Annie May, May, from Norwich for da; Fannie J. Warner, Dickinson. Middletown for do. ; Horace Nlcol, MoCue, New Haven for da ; Madi son, Holmes, hence for New Haven; Cornelia, Car roll, do. for New London; and Hamburg, Weacoit, do. for South Norwalk, passed UeU Gate yesterday.
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