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VOL. XIV NO. 18.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
2? tuition of the Prussians.
The Fortress of Coblentz.
Their Great Naval Station.
Lccfohl's Candidature.
OyjositioE to it in Spain.
LC&vre's Assault on OHivier.
An JLt-t-uoiitiOfi of Swindling
Etc.
litC.
LtC. I'tC, VAC,
THE WAR Ilf EUROPE.
COB LENT Z.
t fBntrnton f the Prussian Armr llclnrrn
t'oMrntz and fllayenoe The Strength of Its
Position The Strimsle for tlie Control of the
.llvm-lle.
Tiie latest despatches received last night
stated that the Prussian army which had been
massed between Treves and Saarbruek h;id fallen
back, with the view of concentrating between
the strongholds of Coblentz and Mayence. Its
position between these two fortresses will be
one of great strength, and will ensure, so long
.is it is maintained, the control of the
ifouth of the river Moselle, while
the French, by their fortifications
at Metz, around which one of their armies is
concentrating, hold firm possession of the upper
course of the river, which thus becomes a dilli
cnltlineof operations for the army of either
combatant. The great facilities, however,
which the Moselle affords for further operations.
ei:her northward or southward, when once
f.:irly wrenched by either antagonist from the
other, render it worth the struggle, and the
earlier conflicts of the two hostile armies will
doubtless be directed towards the object of se
curing entire control of this important water
course. Wc have already described the location of the
river Moselle and the Trench stronghold of
Metz. Yesterday we gave a description of
Mayence, by which one flank of the Prussian
army in its now position is placed in security.
The Stronghold of Coblentz.
which guards it on the other extremity, is the j
capital of the Prussian Rhine province of the
same name, and is situated at the conlluence of
the Moselle with the Rhine, from which circum
stance is derived its name, a corruption of the
ancient title of Confluenies. Exclusive of its
garrison, it has a population of about 23,000. A
gothic freestone bridge of 14 arches and 1100
feet in length, erected in the fourteenth century,
crosbes the Moselle, and one of boats, four hun
dred and eighty-live yards long, across the
Khine, leads to the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein,
on the opposite bank.
During the first French Revolution, the
emigres made their headquarters at Coblentz,
many of them settling permanently in the city,
which consequently contains a larger infusion
of French blood than perhaps any other Rhenish
town. In 1794, it was taken by the Flench,
alter an obstinate resistance, and made the capi
tal of the Department of Rhine and Moselle,
under the first Empire. It was the birth place
of Frince Metternich and of Henrietta Sontag.
The Fortification
are constructed partly on the system of Carnot,
partly on that of Montalenibert, and are capable of
accommodating 100,000 men altogether. The city
itself is surrounded by a strong wall, which is
pierced on the land side by only two gates, and
ta se are secured by casemated towers. The walla
of the town, however, cannot be reached without a
struggle, for on the same side, both of the Itliine
and of the Moselle, are the two strong forts, Alex
ander and Constantino, supported by a third work,
which Is quite small. Fort Alexander Is the strong
est and most important point In this vicinity, except
fihrenbreitslem. Jt lies on the Karthause Hill,
about 320 feet higher than the city, and would natu
rally be the object of the hrst attentions of the enemy
in case of a siege, since Fort Alexander
having been captured, Coblentz would be no longer
tenable, and a stronger lire coald be concentrated
upon the rivr as well as land side of the works
across the Moselle and Rhine. Fort Irauz, c n the
lett bank of the Moselle, occupies a moderate eleva
tion, and commuds the railroad along the Kbiae,
and the cari I age roads to Cologne, which is situated
4'J miles to the N. NV., and Treves,besides forming,
together with the three smaller works, a sort of for
tined camp for a large body of troops. All of this
lies under the guns of
Ehrenbreitstein,
the most formidable fortress of Prussia, ami the
strongest defensive point on the Rhino. It is ac
cessible from Coblenta, directly opposite which It la
situated, by the bridge of boats already referred to.
Ehrenbreitstein is an elaborate fortress, laid upon,
or Hewn into, a rocxy bluff, which proudly lifts itself
370 feet above the right bank of the river, and over
looks a large landscape to the west aud south, on
the northeast, however, are higher bills, which as
cend gradually from the foot of Ehrenbreitstein,
and nom which the fortress can be bombarded
with great facility. Two or three lines
ot bastioued works have been skilful v
engineered and thoroughly built on the
weak side, so that the Prussian engineers pronounce
It as strong as the faces more furored by nature.
The western face has also an evident element of
weakness in the high walls, built of small and irregu
lar bumk,w cujui go me tu .- ui mo lortress and
to present a more regular iront. These walls are
not calculated to resist modern projectiles, and will
Burelj be battered down with despatch as soon as the
enemy s guns get into position within range.
Whether such damage would aifcct the tenabilitv
or only the beauty of the fortress is an open ques
tion. The bomb-proofs are represented as yery
strong, and would perhaps not be weakened though
all the artificial walls were broken up and rolled
down into the Rhine. It Is ominous, however, that
admi&kion to all of the interior covered parts of the
ion ib reiuneu iu a'iugeiB.
Part of the fortitications lie at the foot of t.ha. hiu
468 feet in height, and almost perpendicular; but
aince it was taken by the French in 1769, its fortified-
lions nave neen treujeu ana quadrupled in strength,
and the entire hill has been turned into a fortress.
Jthas been thought unnecessary to scarp the steep
idea, though it is on record that a Uritish toui'lsr.
a :ecmpanied by a terrier, made the ascent, to the
iniense nswuisuuicui " seuiry.
In 1631 the French entered the fortress fram the
northeast hide with very little diitlculty, having first
-ieated a diversion lor the garrison. Later, in
i iv, tne jjireotory lata siege to tue stronghold, and
after three failures finally captured it. We are
given to understand that a failure of tuDDUes was
toe occasion of the surrender. Hut some persons
ay that Colonel Paber, who commanded the place
uring the siege, acknowledged that the French
aiinou had wrought irreparable mischief, and made
tiiepost untenable, and that the failure of supplies
fcoartely hastened the surrender. The French blew
i p tee wrso.e fort upon thcr evacuation, after whieu
ri fc!tion of the works, io that now tnoy ought to
survive as mnch fire as did Kort Snmter. Ktiren
hreltstein admits a garrison of fourteen thousand
men, and Its magazines will hold provisions enough
for thisforee for live years. A well In the rook fur
Dishes an unfailing supply of water, In addition to
which there a-e vast arched cisterns capable or
holding a three years' supply. Ehrenbreitstein Is
mounted with sis hundred pieces of artillery, and
its linos cost f:i,7.'0,000.
At the foot of Ehrenbreitstein. at the waters
eila, Is a new easeniated work nearly finished,
which is Intended to bo bombproof, and is designed
to sweep the river at short range, where the guns of
the fortress would be harmless on account of the
fireat depression of aim required. Tort Asterstelu
iesonthe same side of the river, a little to the
south. It is a separate fort of considerable strength.
Is situated on a moderate elevation, and Is itself
supported by three small outworks.
Cnpnrltv of the r1rt Mention.
An army of lOO.noo men can encamp under cover
of the various forts about Coblentz. They can com
municate easily between the opposite banks of both
rivers, by means ot the railroad and pontoon bridges
across the Hhine, and the permanent railroad and
carriage bridges across the Moselle.
This strong position could be turned by crossing
theKtiineat icnwied the point where Ca?sar Hr.st
crossed and advancing directly northward by a
macadamized road through the Westerwald. This,
however, would be a perilous undertaking, and
though the passage should be made without inter
ruption, a line of eoaiinunlcations could not possibly
be kept open so near to Coblentz.
LEOPOLD'S CANDIDACY.
The Announcement of the One de C.ramont la
the French Chamber An Inciting Scene
Jules l'"nvre Amines the (Government of
Withholding 1'ncta for Swindling on ibe
liourse.
It was on Wednesday, July 0, that the Due do
Gramont, the French Minister of Foreign
Allaire, in answer to inquiries made the previous
day, stated in the Corps Legist atif that it was
true the crown of Spain had been offered by
Prim to Trince Leopold of llohen.ollern. aud
that the latter had accepted it. M. Picard de
manded that the Ministry should lay before tho
Chamber all the diplomatic documents that
might throw light upon the subject.
The Ministry successfully resisted this
demand after a scene of great turbu-
lenco, but on
elTort was made
the following
by M. Picard,
day another
supported by
dines ravre, to extract iroin tne .Ministry iv
statement of what had transpired between the
Cabinets of Paris and Berlin since the declara
tion of the Due dc Gramont. If the Government
had received an answer to their ultimatum, it
was contended that the country should imme
diately be apprised of it. The following excit
ing scene then ensued:
Jules Favre having demanded that the public
should not be kept In a state of suspense, and that
the discussion upon the subject should be fixed for
the following day, M. Emile Olllvier rose and begged
of the Chamber to adhere to the decision whictut
had adopted in the previous day s sitting, and to
postpone the debate.
M. Jules Favre Yes; to postpone it indefinitely,
in order to atrord an opportunity for tripotnge (swin
dling) at the Bourse (Loud protestations at the
Centre and Right, and cries of "Order!")
President Schneider I cannot allow to pass
Ha ron de llenolst Order! Order! This is odious I
President Schneider 1 cannot allow to pass with
out the recall to order an imputation which seems
to bear directly against the oovernment an Impu
tation that 1 cannot admit to any degree, (Ap
plause.) A Demitv It is infamous.
M. Emile Olllvier, Minister of Justice M. Jules
Favre has a habit of manifesting great suscepti
bility when any one takes the liberty of qualifying
his words. I content myself with asking him to
whom he addresses the terms which he has just
used.
M. Jules r avre I address them to all who specu
late, i Fresh excitement.) I maintain what I have
said, and I explain it. 1 say it is the duty ot the ad
ministration not to allow to remain suspended over
the country a state oi uncertainty wnu n is its work,
and for which it is consequently responsible, or to
let that uncertainty serve all sorts of evil plans, and
which are revealed precisely by the specu uiious of
the liourse. (Interruptions from diil'crcnt parts of
the Chamber.)
M. tJranier de Cassagnac Alhms lo,u. It is only
you who are capable of entertaining such ideas.
l ne .Minister oi o usuue me eiuuarrassea expla
nation hlch you have just heard (iiurmurs on
the Left; applause on the Xtight and Centre.)
M. Jules Favre Embarrassed !
The Minister of Justice .Suraees to judge the
words which, to say the loaat of them, are strange.
M. Jules Favre Judge them as you please, Mon
sieur ; it is no affair of mine. (Exclamations and
murmurs from a great number of benches.)
A Voice on the Right It Is the atlair of the
Chamber.
The Minister of Justice The Honorable M. Jules
Favre is correct: I have no right to judge him, and
1 do not judge him, but I have the right, when he
utters words touching or at least having the pre
tension to touch, if they are not of an inexcusable
levity that which is most delicate in the conscience
of honest men I have the right, I say, to take them
up, as I have done.
Numerous Voices Yes! yes! you are right.
W. Cornellle It is now or never the opportunity
to say, like those gentlemen of the Opposition, "The
country will judge."
The Minister of Justice I have begged of the
C hamber to maintain its decision of yesterday.
When the Government thinks it is in a position to
otter useful information to the Chamber, it will itself
provoke a discussion. It will leave to no one the
privilege of demanding that a day shall be fixed for
the purpose, (Interruptions on the Left)
M. Magnin It is the history of Sadowa.
The Minister of Justice assuredly, if there is
a reproach which cannot aiiect the present Govern
ment, it is that of dissimulating anything in this
Chamber, for it has suillced for an Interpellation
from one of its members for him to the extent to
which be could speak, to explain himself regarding
an event which, for him, had only a few days' date.
(Applause.) The Chamber and the country may
rest assured that we shall know how, in this circum
stance, as in others, to ally firmness with modera
tion; that we shall not forget what the Chamber or
what the country desires, but we refuse to engage
ourselves, before the proper time, la rash aud luoon
slderate discussions. (Applause.)
M. Jules Favre What is important above all
things is that the country and the Chamber shall
not be distanced by events which, once accom
plished, will chain us completely and prevent us
taking, perhaps, a salutary resolution. The Minister
Said yesterday that war would not be declared with
out the Chamber being informed of it beforehand.
W hall ask Is that it shall be equally advised re
garding the events which may prepare the way for
war; that is to say, that he shall not learn it in igno.
ranee of facts which, from their gravity and nature,
may trouble the peace of Europe. That lu just
where we are now. Yesterday a state of things was
announced to us as consummated in which we could
pronounce an opinion independent of any kind of
appreciation on the future, consequently the Cham
ber, at least according to my view of the case, will
be falling in its duty if it does not lix at once the
day on which It desires to resume the discussion of
the iuteipellation.
The clese of the incident ieiug called for, the
President put it to the vote and it was carried.
The Flr.t Cabinet Council In Spain
on the
suoieri.
On Sunday, July 3, a council of the Spanish
Ministers was held, presided over by Prim, and
lasting four hours. Prim then communicated to
his colleagues that Prince Leopold Ilohenzol-lern-Sigmarlngen
had accepted in principle the
oiler which had been made to him of the
crown of Spain, piovlded tbat the Cortes ratified
it. The discussion which followed was long and
stormy. Certain Ministers believed that
It was . dnugerous to seek the alliance
of Germany, because of the geographical
pobltion of Spain. They were afraid
tbat this alliance might one day cause Spain
serious embarrassments. Others pretended that
this alliance was preferable to that proposed by
a large party in paiB, w ho desire rather au
alliance with France, now that the Iberian
Lniou Is no longer possible The ministers
separated after deciding that they would repair
to the Palace of La Granja on the following
evening, to bold a council under the presidency
of the Kegent. At that meeting, as already
tated by the cable despatches, Prim's course
v.-s i-iiicvcd I, lis Iti'i'xl ax.d Lis u.iwj-.
Hew Prim Kept Ilia Secret.
The Madrid correspondent of the New York
Times, writing on July 6, says.-
From the information I have been able to gather,
and which Is from a good source, it appears that
neither M. Olozaga, nor M. Rascon, Spanish Ambas
sador at Berlin, nor even the Regent, nor the col
leagues of General Prim, had Information of these
negotiations any more than the diplomats In Paris,
who only heard at the last moment of Prince Leo
pold's acceptance of the oftVr of the crown sent by
lilm to General Prim. M. Malazar dc Mazarrodo,
Prim, and the Prince were the only persons who
wcie In the secret.
The Protest of the French minister.
The same correspondent says:
The French Ambassador at Madrid had in the first
place an interview with General Trim, and then one
with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Allaire, at
which he protested, in the name of the French
Government, against an election which Franco
would be just ified iu considering as a serious attempt
against the balance of power In Europe, and which
she would energetically oppose. It appears that the
French Ambassador grew rather warm with the
General, so much so that the latter is reported to
have said to his friends that unless he was more
moOerate in his language he would write out his
passports and take them to him himself.
8panlh Hostility to Prince Leopold.
The Paris correspondent of the London Tele
graph, on tho 7th, transmitted the following
communication from Madrid, which, he 6ald, had
Just been received by the Imperial Govern
ment: Our city is in a state of great agitation, and events
of vital importance are expected to occur ere long.
If my information la correct and 1 (irmly believe
that it is confidential agents, expresBly accredited
by Marshal Prim, have secretly quitted Madrid for
lionn, .in Prussia, and have offered the Spanish
Crown to Prince Frederic of Uohenzollern-blgma-rlngen,
and the Prince accepts the oiler with the
greatest tagerness. This act of Marshal Prim has
greatly surprised his friends, who are holding meet
ings to concert measures for averting, if possible,
this disastrous catastrophe. We Spaniards, of all
shades of opinion, cannot forget that the Prince of
llohen.ollern is grandson of a Princess belonging to
a family which is execrated in Spain as having
caused torrents of the purest Castillan
blood to be shed. He is by the
maternal side descended from that Murat who bom
barded Madrid during the war of independence,
which filled every Spanish household with mourn
ing, from San Roque to Irun, from the Bay of Biscay
to the Mediterranean. No wonder that the name of
Murat should be execrated throughout tho length
and breadth of Spain. A Ilohenzollern Murat will
never be accepted by the Spanish as their king; but
the opinion is entertained in the highest diplomatic
circles that should by any fatality which God fore
fend! a Ilohenzollern be thrust upon the throne,
our unhappy country would be Isolated as regards
the great Europeas powers ; order and tranquillity
would be overthrown, and commerce would be re
duced to a mere shadow of what It is at present.
GREAT PKISSIAN XAVAL STATION.
A Pupllcntlon of Cherbourg How the4Jerinnn
Const ftlny be Affected by the War The His
tory of an Old Military (Stronghold.
The telegraph brings the information that the
mouth of the river Weser has been closed by
sunken hulks to prevent the entrance of the
vessels of the French navy. There is no doubt
that this news is correct, but no one should
wonder if the same measures for the better
defense of the German coast were also applied to
the mouth of the river Elbe.
Inasmuch as it is generally conceded that she
is not a match on the ocean for France, whose
navy exceeds the Prussian about fourfold, the
latter power has but littlo left save to close her
commercial harbors voluntarily, by sunken
hulls, torpedoes, etc., and thus keep the in
truder out. This she can do the more effectively
because tne coast an aiong mere is low, marshy.
and diilicult of approach, very much like that of
Holland, ana exceedingly daugcrous in foul
weather, eo that there is but little
danger from a landing, except iu a
sheltered spot like the mouth of a
river. hat the Prussians are going to do in
the Iahde Buscn for the defense of their future
great naval station, lahde, remains to be seen.
This spot was originally, and as early as 1811,
selected by Napoleon I for a naval station, he
being then in possession and controlling the
whole of that part of Germany's coast, and he
had it not only surveyed lor that purpose, but
had already erected some fortifications when his
downfall put an end to the scheme
Prussia, anxious to create a navy, and without
a suitable spot of her own, bought this same
Iahde in 1854, on the strength of the old French
surveys (the only ones then in existence), for
the sum of 500,000 thalcrs from the Duchy of
Oldenburg, to which it then belonged. After
thorough and exhausting surveys, Prussia finally,
about lour years later (.in 1858), commenced to
build and fortify a marine harbor on the largest
scale, and has ever since, and in spite of the
greatest dilliculties, pushed her work forward,
so that It Is now very near completion.
The basins are large and capable of floating a
fleet of the largest iron-clads. The fortifications
are extensive, and tho barracks already built
and building will comfortably accommodate a
respectable army. Two of the greatest draw
backs of this establishment are the want of good
water, and the circumstance that the ebb tide
falls fully twelve feet, thus preventing the
largest size men-of-war from entering the har
bor at all except at high tide. The channel is
also diilicult, but that, in time of war and as an
additional means of defense, is rather desirable
than otherwise. France will make her fleet
blockading the mouth of the Weser and that of
the Kibe near by strong enough not only to
effect, this purpose but also to keep in check
any number of war vessels the Prussians may
have available in the neighboring bay of Iahde
to raise the blockade.
There are three points of the greatest impor
tance to Prussia to be defended along the Atlan
tic coast. The mouth of the "Weser, with the
opulent city of Bremen and its seaport called
Bremerbavcn which is situate about half way
between Bremen City and the mouth of the
river and connected with the city by railroad.
West of the mouth of the river Kibe, is situated
the wealthy city of Hamburg, the former queeu
of the Ilansa, and un to this day the home of
Germany's proudesfmerchant princos, who are
the owners of great fleets of vessels; and not far
distant the bay of Iahde with its naval station,
which Is dettined by Prussia to become her
principal marine harbor in fact, a second Cher
bourg. And Prussia, if she wants to give relief to her
Atlantic coast, must send her navy from the
Baltic. Therefore, unless a decided movement
of Prussia's navy from her Baltic ports is heard
from, a naval engagement on a large scole Is not
to be expected. It Is of course probable that
France will attempt to take possession of the
harbor of Iahde, but the defense of Prussia will
then be simply by means of her forts, for the
waters of the basis or bay are far too shallow
and the channel too narrow to admit the iname
vring of war vessels.
" ''ARMED KEUTRALmV'
Austria, Italy, and Kuania Will They Partlcl.
Mate In the eirulo f Their Armies uud
INavirs.
Any moment may bring information of coali
tions between tne great powers on the contl
. - c n T1 i r .
ncnt ox .urupo. x.acu ui uiem nas either a
supposed grievance to redress, or some portion
of territory to acquire. Should Austria seize
on this occasion to seek to retrieve the disaster
ot eadowa, or Italy renew wltli trance the alli
ance of 59, it becomes Important to know the
strength ot their armies and navies.
The Austrian Army and Navy.
According to otllcial returns, Austria pc
Besseu ui me commencement oi last year a
standing army numbering 278,470 men on the
peace footing and 883,'iOOon the war footing.
organizcu us tuuunt:
PartfonCg,
...155,578
... 35,793
.. 25,6.58
War f'Htfi,
597,003
58,794
03,774
45,134
Infantry
Cavalry
Artillery
jengineers ana train. .
9,806
138
7,JO0
6,200
4,.V)0
5,WK)
7,700
Arsenals, military stores, and
buildings 3,joo
Army Btuds 5,800
Military police and gensdar'e 7,700
Total
The trcneral staff of the
.278,470 833,700
rmy, on native ser-
vice In 1809, comprised three Field-Marshals, 18
Generals of Infantry (Feldz.eugmcister) and
Generals of Caluary: 73 Generals of Division.
and 111 Generals of Brigade. There were be
sides non-active, 28 Generals of Infantry and
and 193 Generals of Brigade. .
By tho terms of the "compromise" come to
between Austria and Hungary, on which was
based a new army organization, which came
into opciation last year, tho military forces of
the whole Empire are divided into the standing
arm, the Landwehr or militia, and the Land
sturm. The regiments of the standing nrmyare
under the control of the Minister oi War of the
Empire, and the Landwchr under the control
of the Austrian and Hungarian Ministers. All
orders relating to the great concentrating
movements of troops must emanate from the
Emperor, who is the supreme chief of the whole
of the military forces of the Empire.
The standing army Is formed by conscription,
to which every man is liable who has reached
his twentieth year. The term of service is ten
years, three of which the soldier must spend in
active service, after which he is enrolled for the
remaining seven years in the army of reserve,
(juite distinct from the standing army is the
Landwchr, the term of service in which is twelve
years, but with duties limited to the respective
divisions of the empire frpm which it is drawn.
The entry into tho Landstrm, or general levy, is
compulsory only in Tyrol, and is nude up of
volunteers in the rest of the empire.
The naval forces of Austria consisted in April,
1809, according to ollicial returns, of 45 steamers
and 10 sailing vessels. The steamers consisted
of 2 iron-clads, the Lissa and Kaiser; 7 iron-clad
frigates, 4 screw frigates, 3 screw corvettes, 10
gunboats, 3 screw sloops, and 15 paddle
steamers, carrying altogether 414 guns. The
sailing vessels carry 109 guns.
The population of Austria is 35,000,000. She
has 24 fortresfes of the first and second rank,
namely: Comorn, Carlsburg, Temesvar, Peter
wardeln, Eszek, Brod, Carlstadt, Canove, Arrat,
Munkacs, Cracow, Gradieca, Olmutz, Leopold
stadt, Prague, Brixen, Theresienstadt, Kufsteln.
Linz. Salzeburg, Buda, Rai'tisn, Yara, and Pola,
The last-named is the chief naval fortress of the
Empire.
In the naval engagement during the German
Italian war of 18IW, between the Austrian and
Italian fleets, in which the former were victori
ous, the Austrian fleet was divided into three
divisions, the firs. consisting of seven iron-clads,
under command of TegetnofT; the second of
seven heavy wooden vessels, under Commo
dore Petz, and the third of seven light wooden
vessels.
The Italian Army and Navy.
The Sardinian law of conscription forms the
basis of the military organization of the king
dom of Italy. According to it a certain portion
of ail the young men of the age of twenty-one,
the number varying from 40,000 to 50,000, is
levied annually for the standing army, while the
rest are entered in the army in which they have
to practice annually for forty-five days, and are
then sent on unlimited furloughs, out can be
called permanently under arms at the outbreak
of a war.
The standing army is divided into six corps
d'armee, each corps consisting of three divi
sions, and each division of two brigades; four
or six battalions of "oersagllcrl," or riflemen,
two regiments of cavalry, and from six to nine
companies of artillery. The actual strength of
the army at the commencement of last year was
as follows, according to an omciai return:
rcasc Fbotina.
H'r Foo'inq.
303,123
36,175
25,709
35,304
3.607
10;605
19,038
8,215
3,904
Infantry of the line.... 118,850
Berfagheri 14,727
Cavalry 16,105
Artillery 17,203
Corps of Engineers 3.104
Military Train 2,454
Carblnleri 19,628
Administrative Troops. 4,403
Military Instruction . . 2,964
Total 199,557
455,509
The army was commanded, m lbb'J, by 14.797
ofliccrs, not included in the above returns. Of
tnese, 8.0 formed the stall, while 5967 were at
tached to the infantry of the line, 890 to the
Bersagllerl, 789 to the cavalry, and 905 to the
artillery. Every native of the kingdom Is liable
to the conscription, and to be enrolled either in
the standing army or the reserve.
lne navy of tne Kingdom ot itaiy consisted,
at the commencement of last year, of 99 ships
of war, armed with 1033 guns. They were
classed as follows:
Gun.
273
508
123
130
Iron-clads 23
Screw steamers 35
Paddle steamers 33
Sailing vessels 9
Total 99 1,033
The navy was manned in 1809 by 11,913 sailors
and 060 engineers and worklnsrmen, with 1271
officers, of whom 3 were admirals, 5 vice-ad
mirals, li rear-aamirais, ana 1U4 captains, lne
marines consisted of 2 regiments, comprising
234 ofliccrs and 5o88 soldiers.
The Russian Army and Navy.
But rumors that Russia also will participate
in the struggle, taking sides with Prussia, are
still current, and are gaining credence In Eu
rope. If she does, an almost unlimited supply
of soldiers will be at command, in case of a pro
tracted contest. At the beginning of the year
ltoti, the latest date at which ollicial details are
accessible, the regular military establishment of
Russia consisted of 30,507 officers, general, staff
and line, and of 695.137 under-oilicers and
soldiers, divided as follows:
Infantry 538,887
Cavalry 03,440
Artillery 80,173
Engineers 14,683
J3Total soldiers
oilicers .
697,137
30,507
Total army 737,644
Of irregular troops mere were also 133 regl
ments ana -it oauaiions, witn aiu tains, on a
peace fcoilng, the nominal strength of the army
at present Is about 830,000; aud on a war foot
ing about 1,140,000, to which must be added the
130,000 Cossacks In the military service.
A recent account of the military aud political
power of Russia gives a glowing account of her
army and Its improvements In tactics and man
agement. In Europe Russia Is said ts have 47
divisions, each of 4 regiments of intantry, with
an aggregate of 493,000 men; 30 battalions of
riflemen, eoual to 20,000 men: regular cavalry.
33,000; artillery, 141 batteries, 1138 guns, 28,000
men. and engineers, 11,500 men making the
sum total In Europe 584,500, with 1138 guns. If
to this add 103,000 men and 176 guns now In
Cuca?Ia she wields a force of 688,000 regular
combatants, with 1304 guns, excluding all the
men employed in the administrative, sanitary,
Quartermaster and other departments.
The fleet of Russia on January 1, 1808, was
composed or so iron ciaas, 210 otner steamers,
and 37 sailing vessels a total oi Jt7 vessels,
exclusive of the coasting vessels. Since then,
the number of steamers nas been increased to
about 260. The number of guns carried by them
amount to aoout w.
An Insane youth in Sacramento became
possessed with the idea that he belonged to the
canine species, but as he at the same time
claimed a s trance ladv standing in the depot as
his mother, his conduct was regarded as in
sulting, and he waa arrested, lie is, however,
Topographical survey 12ij
Commissariat and clo'g dep. 3,70
Sanitary department 1,291
SECOND EDITION
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
CABLE WAR NEWS,
PriiHsia. sxticl Bavai'ia,
French and Prussian Forces.
tier-man-American Steamer Service.
Jllnoiss ol" IVtipoleon.
TO-DM'S WASHINGTON NEWS.
Funeral of Frcvost-Iaradol.
The Case of the Forward.
i:tc I)tc, Etc.. Etc., Etc.
FKOM W.1SHIJVGTOJV.
The Firate Forwnrd.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Washington, July 23. Commodore William
R. Taylor says in regard to tho Mohican's at
tack on the Forward, that Mr. Isaac Slsson,
United States Consul at Mazatlan, asserts that
the Forward was decidedly piratical; that be
sides the raid upon Guaymas she attempted the
capture of a conducta from some place In tho
Interior, which barely escaped; that she
was flying the San Salvador flag, though acting
under the orders of the Mexican revolutionist
Slega, who had made .no pronunciamento, nor
was any revolution In progress, and that San
Salvador was at peace with Mexico. The Consul
further states that Commander Low
decided upon his course of action after
free conference with Governor
Rubi of the State of Sinaloa, General Darius,
commanding the forces in that State, and him
self, and that the attack was made at the re
quest of those Mexican authorities. He asserts
his conviction that it was the inteation of the
commander of the Forward to attack and cap
ture, if possible, one of the Panama steamers,
and perhaps the Continental which runs between
Guaymas, Mazatlan and Ban Francisco.
Ofllclal List of Killed and Wounded.
On Mohican James Donnell Cox, killed;
Jonathan M. Wainwright, ensign, wounded In
right side of chest, ball passing through, also
wound of right forearm, passing through flexor
muscles he has since died; Frederick Town
row, second assistant engineer, contused wound
of left arm; William Higglns, private marine,
wounded on neck; John Welsh, seaman, flesh
wound in thigh; Charles B. Scott, seaman, left
hip, severe; Ihomas Daly, seaman, left hip,
severe; John C. Maclntyre, landsman, foot, ball
entering great toe and its exit through the little
toe, fracturing them severely.
Naval Orders.
The Iron-clad Mlantonomah, which sailed a
few days since from New York to Boston, will
there go out of commission, her officers ordered
to other duty, and most of her crew transferred
to the Worcester, which has been rapidly re
paired there and is now about ready for sea.
The Sabine will reach Boston in a few dars
from her extended tour With the last year's gra
duatlng class of midshipmen, and most of her
crew will also be transferred to the Worcester.
The Funeral sf AI. Paradol.
The funeral services over the remains of M.
Paradol, the late French Minister, took place
this morning at 10 o'clock. A detachment of
marines escorted the body from the late resi
dence to St. Matthew's Catholic Church, where
the burial service of that faith was performed,
and a discourse preached by t ather Wnite.
Among those present were members of tho
Cabinet, officers of the army and the navv, and
members of foreign legations stationed here
The coffin was wrapped In the French flag, and
the carriers were composed of Frenchmen resi
dent here. The Prussian and British Ministers
were present at the Church, but did not accom
pany the remains to the depot.
Accompanied by the servants and the under
taker, the body left on tho noon train for New
York, where it will be received by the French
Consul-General, and Immediately sent on board
the steamer Lafayette, which leaves to-morrow
for France.
. FR OM CAPE MA T.
The Reception of the 5th Maryland,
Special Vthvalcht-o The Jtoening Telegraph.
Cai'e Island, July 23. The military fever Is
very high: the 5th Maryland are expected to
arrive at the depot at three o'clock this after
noon. The Committee on Deception have made
all the necessary arrangements, in which they
have been ably seconded by Colonel Charles
Duffy.
Major Miller, on behalf of the City Council,
w ill welcome the strangers. They will then
march to the Stockton Hotel, and, previous to
going Into camp, partake of a grand banquet,
which has been provided by the proprietor.
The Philadelphia Committee on Reception con
sists of John W. Fraley, Esq., Thomas T. Tas
ker, Esq., Colonel Forbes, Colonel D. W. C.
Moore, Charles W. Potts, Major Lilburn Har
wood, Jr., Colonel Michael Weaver, and Colonel
A. Deeilver.
General Van Vllet, who was serenaded by
Dodworth's Band last night at the Stockton
House, will review the 5th Maryland to-morrow.
The reception hop comes oft' at the Stockton
House to-night. The leading hotels are crowded.
A 8unday-6chool excursion, numbering some
five hundred, came down this merning. The
weather is delightful.
New York Htock and Money Market.
New Yor, July ii. btocka strong. Monej strong
at 1 per cent, (iold, 119'.,. 6-20b, lxii, coupon, loa ;
do. 1SC4, do., 10s ; do. 1866, do., 10 ; do. ltxifi, new,
107 do. ltXST, 10IX; do. 1868, 10a', J 10-40, 106,.
Virginia sixes, new, 62; Missouri sixes. 8s; Canton
Company, 6'2: Cumberland preferred, 84 ; New York.
Central and Hudson liiver, 93 '.' ; Krie, iii V ; Heading,
96 ; Adams Express, 4J4' ; Michigan Central, US' ;
Michigan Southern, 91'. ; Illinois Central, lH0)tf;
Cleveland and Pittsburg, 82)tf j Chicago and Koek
),ant, 113; Pittsburg and Fort Wayue. 93;
FROM EUROPE.
Arrest of nn EsnlUli War Corresosndeai.
London, July 23. According to the Daily
Xewi this mornlng,the war correspondents the
London Times was arrested on Wednesday at
Metz by the French authorities on suspicion of
.being a Prussian spy. He was thrown Into prison
and kept there all night. Next day he was sent
out of the French lines.
An English Collier I'lred on by Frenrh Cruisers.
A Tyne collier arriving at Newcastle to-day
reports having bcn firod upon by French
cruisers at sea.
The Prussian Troops.
Advices have been received here to the effect
that the Prussian troops have retired from their
position between Luxembourg and the Palatinate,
and are now massing between CobiccU and
Mayence.
Suspension of Ormnn-American eteamer
service.
Berlin, July 22. The North German Lloyds
to-day announce tho suspension of the feteamer
service to America. .
Austria Not Armlnar-Frenrli and Prussian
Holdlers l:oiniured.
Lospoh, July 23. Austria is not arming.
The belligerents begin with about aquarter of a
million of men each. The French have already
been made soldiers by their recent service in
Africa, while tho Prussians are mere militia.
France puts an army in the field; Prussia is
only an armed people.
Illness or napoleon.
Paris, July 23. The Emperor is ill At St.
Cloud. He will not, therefore, join the army
for some days.
Prussia nnd Bavaria.
Berlin, July 22. The King of Prussia re
cently notified the Bavarian Government that,
according to the treaty, he Intended to., assume
the command of the lattet's army, embodying it
in tne 3d Corps. Bavarinjimmediately assented,
nnd forwarded a letter congratulating the Prus
sian King, and issued a patriotic exhortation to
the army.
This Morning's Quotations.
London, July 22 U'30fcV. M. Consols 90 for both
money and account. American securities steady.
I'nlted States 6-208, 1862s, 81; 1866s, old, 81 y. ;
1867s, 81 ; 10-40S, 80. btocks steady. Erie, l&X ; Illi
nois Central, 104; Atlantic and Great Western, 21.
Livkri-OOI., July 22 ll-8'.t A. JU. Cotton quiet;
middllDg uplands, 8?d. ; middling Orlcaus, 8 VI. The
Bales of the day arc estimated at 10,000 bales. The
sales of the week ihave been 43,000 bales, 1000 or
which were for export and 3000 for speculation.
Stoi k 607,000 bales, or which 8i 8,000 are American.
Receipts of the week are 67,000 bales,25,000 or which
are American.
London, July 22 11-30 A. M. Tallow Cna. Re
fined petroleum, is. 6u. Common rosin, 6s. 6d.
FROM THE PLAINS.
General Fheruian The Crops.
San Francisco, July 22 Advices from l'res
cott, Arizona Territory, to July 9 have been
received here. General Sherman had arrived
at that city and assumed command of the
Department of Arizona. His first order was one
to post commanders to regard all Indians as
hostile.
Governor Safford was visiting Prescott. Kain
had fallen and tho crops were improving.
The mining news was favorable.
The Weather nt the Peaihore.
Atlantic Citit, July 239 A. M Wind
E.; clear. Thermometer 65.
Cafe Island, July 22-9 A. M Wind N.
clear. Thermometer 79.
N.
E.;
FIXAXCIZ Aftl CQ313IEKCE,
Hvenino Tet.uojuph Omcz,)
FricUr, Jalj J, ltiTtt. J
The apparent dilatoriness in the operations of
France and Prussia on tho Rhine Is having the
effect of steadying tho financial markets, whilst
increasing tho stagnation prevailing in nearly
all departments of trade. Some people seem to
regard the slow movements of the two armies
as an indication of unwillingness to open hos
tilities, and that peace might possibly be re
Etered without bloodshed. Wc do not believe
this possible, but it tends to check operations
until the future of the war shall nave been bet
ter foreshadowed than at present. The result
of the first battle will have a great deal to do
with the future of the financial markets, and its
announcement Is awaited with great impatience.
The loan market continues comparatively
active and rates firm at 5(6.0 per cent, on de
mand and at 0(a8 per cent, on short-time paper
well endorsed.
Gold opened at 119, advanced tollQV, and
closed at noon at 119.
Governments are quiet but K stronger.
The stock market was dull and prices un
changed. The new City Sixes sold at 101'.
Reading Railroad sold firm at 47 Lehigh
Valley changed hands at 575, Philadelphia
and Erie at 274, and Oil Creek and Allegheny
at 45.
Canal, Bank, and Passenger Railway shares
attracted no attention. .
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven Jt Bro , No. 40 S. Third street.
FIRST BOARD.
11:00 city 6s, N.ls.loi v
100 ah Read R....C. 474'
100 do 101.V wo
I10O0 Read deb bds. 200
Of 1893.... 831 SCO
11400 Leh li In.. .is. 91 vi 900
38 eh Leh V R..ls. 67 200
100 8)1 I'll 4 E R.D60 89
gCOlh OCA A ft. IB 10O
b60.... 46K
d0..1S.D60. 48
do....la.c. 48
do is. 48
dO...lS.s30. 4M
do .18. 830 n 48
do Is. 4
do 47 V
Jay Cooki & Co. quote Government seonrl les as
follows: U. 8. 6s of 1831, 112(113: 6-208 of 1862,
10fel09; do,, 1864, 10s;i109; da, Nov. 1866,
lOS'iglOd; do. do., July, 10TV&108; do. da, 1867,
107?(bU08: do. 1868, 108V(Ht'8s; 10-40. 106
107 ; Pacifies, U0; , 111. Gold, 118,'.
MX88K8. Di Havin Jc brotbib, No. 40 8. Third
Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations :
U. 8.6S0f 1881,112(112'8'; do., 1862, lOSaiOi);
do. 1864, 10848109; ao. 1S66, 108"4100; do, 1666,
new,107Vi; do- 1ST, do. 107.4107 J do. 1868,
do., 108ai0S, ; 10-408, 106st'i8i06,; D. 8. B0 Year
6 per cent. Currency,; no:&m; DueComp. Int.
Notea, 19; Gold, ; Silver, lnm,
Union PaclDo R. R. 1st Mort. Bonds, tsiOutSD; Cen
tral Pacific R. R., S4o&s60; Union Pacific Land
Grant Bonds, 7.v3i5.
Nabk fc Lapmer, Brokers, report this morning
Gold quotations aa follows :
10-O0A.il , lt 10-48A.M. m?
10-01 " 11. I" " U9,
10-40 U8. 10-63 " H9tf
10-42 1KVU1U P- M H9-.
I-liilailcIpliIa Trade Report.
Fbiday, July 82. There is nothing- doing In Quer
citron Bark. Holders continue to ask 30 per ton for
first quality No. 1. ' .
In Cotton there la a flrmer feeling, with sale of
middling upland at 20 cents and tinlf at 20 v.0
In Coffee, Sugar and Molasses there is a firm feel
in or, but no great degree of aetlr ity.
The activity in Flour noted yesterday baa mate
rially aubsUlHd in consequence of the fall in gold,
and there is evidently less liriuness in prl:ea. The
sales foot up too barrels, including superfine at
t-i-t 0(96-76; extras at 16; bprtng Wheat Extra Family
at6-60s7-25; Pennsylvania da Uo., at 7 7 60; In
diana and Ohio do. do. at f77-76; and fan. y brands
at fcx s-76. Rve Flour is scarce and held at :,7$
g In Corn lileal there la no movement.
There is lets doicg in V heat, and leas firaane.s in
prices, Halea of 1 4u0 bushels Pennsylvania at $ 1 -70 ;
loooo bushels Western on same terms ; and looo
bushels Ohio do. at 11 -68. Rye 1b steady at tl-lM
1-14. corn is very dull. iSalesof yellow ati-is aud
2000 bushels ml led Western at 11-10. cuts are
steady, and booo bushels Pennsylvania aold at C6uti;
WhisKyls mil;t, Soles of lWU-'fOflB'-l baiKH