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VOL. XIV NO. 28.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1870.
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FIRST EDITION
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
The Latest News by Mail.
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! N The Korth German Parliament
Response to the King's Speech.
The Interview at Ems.
Two Versions of the Affair.
Sou Hi Gci'iuaiiy'N Support.,
t Berlin on the Eve of Battle.
The Boy Soldier of France.
Paris Hushing to the Front.
How Enthusiasm is Manufactured.
England, Belgium, and Rome.
WAR HEWS PY MAIL.
ADVICES TO JULY 2.
By the arrival at New York of the steamship.
City of London, we have advices by mail from
Europe to July 22. We give below copious
extracts from our European exchanges, In detail
.of the cable telegrams published up to that
date.
GERMANY.
T5ie Interview net wren Kins Wllllniii and
Count Kenedcttl nt Luis Pull Particular.
The official Staats-Anzeiger, of Berlin, of
July 17, publishes, under reservation of further
communication, two ofliclal documents, in order
to explain certain statements put forward by
the French Minister In the sitting of ths Legis
lative Body held on the 15th inst.
The first document, which has been drawn up
under the Immediate superintendence of the
King himself, states that M. Benedettl demauded
on the 0th instant that the King should order
the hereditary Prince of Ilohenzollern to with
draw his acceptance of the Spanish crown. The
King, however, declared, that not having
ordered the Prince to accept the crown he could
not order Mm to renounce it. In a second au
dleuce, on the 11th Inst., M. Benedettl endea
vored to put some pressure upuu me iimg,
demanding that he should impress upon the
Prince the necessity of renunciation, but his
Majesty replied that the Prince was free to act,
and also was abroad. On the public promenade
at Ems, on the 13th instant, the King handed to
M. Benedettl an extra sheet of the Cologne
Gazette, containing a private telegram in refe
rence to a renunciation of the Prince of Ilohen
zollern, his Majesty adding at the same time
that he himself had not yet received any letter
from Sigmaringcn on the matter in question,
Thereupon M. Benedettl declared that what he
meant was a renunciation, and asked, on the
part of France, that the King should distinctly
promise never again to consent to the nomi
nation in question. His Majesty firmly de
clined to comply with this demand, but M.
Benedetti, nevertheless, insisted upou a third
audience in order to resume the topic. The
King refused to grant this audience, on the
ground that no further reply was necessary, and
that all negotiations should pass through the
hands of his Cabinet. The wish expressed by
M. Benedetti to leave was granted by the King,
and on his journey to Coblentz, in going to the
station, his Majesty courteously saluted M.
Benedetti. The second document contains a
report by Prince ltadzlwll, ald-de-camp to the
King, in reference to the manner in which he
Intimated to M. Benedettl the King's message
declining another audience. The document de
clares that the whole of the audience In question
was merely of the character of private conver
sation, since M. Benedettl never stated that he
acted by authority or as negotiator. The Staats
Anzeiyer eavs, in conclusion, that the French
Government was well aware that Baron Werther
was not recalled from Paris, but had merely re
ceived leave of absence, and had delegated his
functions to Count Solms-Sonnenwalde, as on
former occasions, and that he informed the
Government of the matter.
Another Veralon of the Interview at Em.
The Horning Post is "assured, on the autho
rity of a letter from Ems. from a person on
whose information it implicitly relies, that the
tcene between the King and M. Benedetti, which
the public have generally believed in on the
faith of some newspaper correspondents, did
not occur, and adds: "The French Ambassador
sever addressed the Klag, and his Majesty
never requested his aid de-camp to tell the
French Ambassador that he would hold no
further communication with him. The
statement of King William, published yes
terday, refers to the one and only interview
which ever took place on the promenade at
Ems. It was on the 13th the Klnir, In the Kur-
caal Gardens, spoke to M. Beneiettl, and
handed the Cologne Gazette to him with the
news of the step taken by Prince Anton. 8u
senuentlr. at a later date, the French Ambasa
dor pressed for an audience, upon which the
KiDsr sent Prince lUdzlville to decline it. When
M. Benedettl left, the King, accidentally meet
ing him on bis road to the station, saluted him
courteously, and the personal relations between
the monarch and the French representative
w ere never otherwise than excellent. The story
of the outrage offered to the King, and the snub
to tue Ambassador, may tuereiore be relegated
to the list of the iugeuius compiler of "the his
tory of facts that never took piace.
Jteply of the North Uruiaa Parliament te the
KSu'e Mueer.h.
The following is the address of the North
(lehnan Parliament in reply to the speech from
the throne on the l'Jth of July, which was pub-
nhd In The Telegraph vesterdav:
Tue elevated language in which your Majesty ad
drea sad the North German Parliament has found a
powerful echo In the uermau nation. One single
thought animates all German hearts. It was with
joy and pride that the nation learned the earnestness
And dlifLltf with whlcH your Majesty repelled the
uq; eard-u presumption of Frauoe. The Uermau
people desires to live at peace with those nations
which respect its independence. As at the time
of the wais of liberation, a Napoleon forces
- ua Into a lacred struggle. Now, as then
calculations baaed upon the unfaithfulness of
ttie German btates will be shattered by the
force of the German people. The misguided French
nation will recognize wneu it is too late rue Dad seen
it is wiug, now that the most reasonable portion
Cf their fellow-countrymen have failed to avert a
Kl liatloifcu UlUie. A ilu U Uggle
to before ns. "We rely upon the valor of our brothers
In arms, who will not bend the knee before a foreign
invader. We place our truBt In our old and heroic
King, to whom Providence has granted that he
should in the eve of life bring to a close the war In
which he fonght in his youth. We plae our trust
finally In God, who will surely punfsn the wicked
audacity of the Invader. The people have risen
unanimously, and public opinion throughout the
world recognizes the justice of our cause. Friendly
nations see In our triumph a prospect of deliverance
from the Bonapartlsts' lust for power, and the Injus
tice to which they have been subjected. The Ger
man people will attain Its unity on the Held of bittlc.
In which are also at stake the honor, freedom, and
peace of Europe and the welfare of peoples.
The address was adopted unanimously, and
the deputies heard it read standing. Count Bis
marck then laid on the table the papers relating
to the war, and said that from the French Gov- 1
eminent he only possessed one document
namely, the declaration of war of yesterday's
date, lie produced the telegram published in
the newspapers, which bad been described a a
diplomatic note by the French Government, the
statement of the facts of the dispute recently
published by the Prussian Official Gazette, and
a report dated the 12th instant from Baron
Werther, detailing a conversation with the
Duke de Gramont. Count Bismarck
said he did not lay this last despatch
before the King, as the demand therein made
for a lctterof apology from his Majesty appeared
to him ridiculous. The other documents pre
sented were England's offer of mediation and
its rejection by Prussia, the French declaration
of war and the Prussian circular to the German
Governments relative to the outbreak of war.
The North German Parliament reassembled the
same afternoon, and Dr. Simpson, the Presi
dent, announced that the address had been pre
sented to the King at noon. On receiving it his
Majesty expressed his thanks and said: "I look
upon it as a pledge of success in the tasks which
lie before me, before us all; It affords me a con
vincing assurance that we shall accomplish these
tasks, which the nation will never cease to pur
sue with unflinching perseverance."
The Popularity of the Klnc.
The Gotha, July 16, correspondence of the
Manchester Guardian says:
As you have heard ere this, King William,
who has been enjoying his annual holiday and
drinking the waters at his favorite watering
place in the Latin valley (where a month ago he
was enjoying the company of his relative, the
Czar), bad decided to return to his capital. I
happened to be at the Ems railway station when
he arrived on Thursday evening, after hla fare
well visit to Coblentz. Under ordinary circum
tances he would have becu allowed to drive off
with marks of silent respect, but the occasion
was by no means ordinary. The particulars of
the scene with the French Ambassador were
generally known. The conduct of the King
was universally appreciated and admired
by his subjects. Personally, King Wil
liam is one of the most beloved of
European sovereigns, and his present policy
is certainly identified with the feeling
of the nation. It may be truly said that the
heart of Prastia at this crisis beats not respon
sively merely tD the government, but in unison
with it. No wonder, then, that a crowd imme
diately collected as his Majesty entered his car
riage, a simple open barouche. He was gratified
by the heartiness of his reception, and the ex
pression on his face showed that he understood
it perfectly. He appeared to be in excellent
health, and might v ell be supposed ten years
younger than he really is. In bearing and quiet
dignity of demeanor he is "every inch a king,"
and no admirer of Carlyle would be disap
pointed with the appearance of this descendant
of the chieftains and kings of whom that histo
rian has written with such passionate admira
tion. King William, although he understands
his century, is a true son of Freiderich Wilhelm,
who "fleeps with the primeval sons of Thor,"
and whose tomb tourists can see, side by side,
with that of his famous son in the garrison
church at Potsdam.
The North t.erman Galleon Rich Prizes for
rrench urn liter .
Shields' correspondence of the London
Times, July 18, says:
There are about 100 Bail of North German
vcsEels detained in the northeastern pcrts. and
none of them are likely to leave until the ter
mination of hostilities, unless they are sold to
owners belonging to neutral ports. German
owners bought largely of American tonnage
during the war in that country, and it is quite
likely that some of the handsome Bremen
vessels now in our ports may sail under the
Stars and Stripes. There is a large number of
German seamen already employed in the British
mercantile navy in connection with the Tyne;
Dut it is not Known wnai will be done with the
crews of the vessels now detained in this and
adjacent ports. Several vessels have sailed
from the Tyne for Hamburg, and among the
vessels which left the river coal-laden on Satur
day was a French ship bound to Hamburg. It
is stated by North Germ in shipmasters that
within the next month above forty sail of largo
North German vessels mar be expected in the
Chops ot the Channel, laden with valuable car
goes from South America, for Hamburg and
other places; and as the masters of these will
have no knowledge of the outbreak of hostilities
between France and Prussia, they are likely to
laii easy victims to tue cruisers ot the lormer
country, who, no doubt, will be on the look-out
lor tnem.
How the Berllnera Behave on the Eve of Battle.
The Berlin correspondent of the London
DaUy News writes as follows on July 11):
Last night, on account of the Sunday amuse
ments, the bustle at what may be called the po
litical Bourses of the town had somewhat
abated, but to-night it has set in again with in
creased vigor. It Is a very strange life which
we now lead here. It is the life of a great
capital, oi a watering place ot large dimensions,
and of a camp combined. The proiulneut fea
tures of a watering place are owing to the gene
ral flight from the Khine. The gay company
who diverted themselves but a few days back at
Baden-Baden, Wiesbaden, Ems, etc., has been
Eplit into two one part flying westward, and
the other eastward. Of tne latter, many are
Here, ine proprietors ot places ot public
resort and amusement certainly have
hitherto been no losers by the pros
pect of one of the most sanguinary
wars that ever menaced Europe, uerun counts
the retpectable number of twenty-three thja
tres, most of which have had a double exist
ence as winter theatres under cover, and as
summer theatres in the open air. Of these
places of amusement ouly the opera and the
Johansplelhausbave closed. All the others are
keeping on with vigor, and are full to the brim
every evening, though the accommodation for
the public In each of them is very extensive.
4nd the numerous music gardens, of still larger
dimensions, are also filled. The sadden chauire
wbUh has taken place in the character of the
tneatricai representations as well as in the per
formances of the bands of music la remarkable.
NothiDg but patriotism and war are cultivated
now. Subjects taken from the Seven veara
War, and from the war of 115, have driven
away ine operetta oi uueuoaeu.
Fruaala Receive the Cordial Support of South
The London Daily News of J uly 19 savs:
The rulers of South Germany have compre
hended that in such a war as this they could
occupy no neutral position; either they must
frankly and unreservedly cast in their lot with
the defenders of the common country, or accept
the miserable part assigned to them by the first
Napoleon to Lis German dependants, and take
sides v ith France against their brethren.
Of the countries thus summoned to declare
themselves, Baden exposes a front of territory
one hundred and fitty miles in length, extending
fiiin Itufila in f a n n a! in t f lcVarwu fsiin urhtvri
i U1M to w v uouuauj w a aauwv. as viu TV uiaA
, it is divided by nothing but the Khine, which
: here is not the deep and full river it becomes in
l it uiiduig toui&v. Ti iiirti u portion ui iv-
rla, the most powerful of tho three South Ger
man States, is covered by liaden and Grand
Ducal Hesse; but the Bavarian Palatinate is on
the left bank of the Rhine, between the Rhine
province of Prussia and the river, and
lies open to France, except as it may be
considered to be protected by the fortress of
Landau. The governments of these two
States rive an undubitabie proof of their sin
cerity when they join Prussia in the defense of
tne common cause: lor, besides pledging their
exertions to their ally, they expose their
countries to the brnnt of the attack. Baden has
lost no time in responding to the i rench sum
mons: she replies by blowing up her end of the
fine railway bridge which at this point forms a
communication between trance and Germany.
When Baden was a member of the late Ger
manic Confederation Rastadt was the fortress
on which its defense rested, and Kehl, although
it had been fortified by Vauban, and formerly
Etood some memorable sieges, was dismantled.
lhe alliance ot Havana, Wurtembcrg, and
Baden with Prussia at once increases bv
8,000,000 the population which was previously
committed with all its resources to tho prosecu
tion of the war with France. It gives to the
King of Prussia the command of armies num
bering 209, 000, of whom it is not rash to assume
that 80,000 or 90,000 are already under arms.
It adds Rastadt and Landau to the number of
fortresses opposed to the trench advance, and.
last!, it extends the theatre of war.
trance:
The Boy Soldier-now the Prince Imperial
my h nis run.
GalignanV8 Messenger has the following in
teresting item about the -"boy soldier" of
France:
Ills Majesty gave a grand dinner the evenlnor be-
fore last, at tne Palace of St. Cloud, to the oillcers
quartered there in garrison Lancers of the Guard,
Voltigcnrs, and Cent-Gardes. The guests, to the
number of eighty, dined at a table In the form of a
uorse-Biioe. . lis wajeBir tun'reu uio room at ( .10,
amidst enthusiastic cries of "Vive l'Kmpereur!"
"Vive rimperatrlcel" "Vive le Prince Imperial!"
"Vive la France !"' and the repast at once began.
The dinner was calm, cordial, and particularly
noticeable for the absence of all ceremony. At the
dessert, suddenly, without any order having been
given, the band struck- up "The Marseillaise," and
the effect was electrical. At the first notes the oill
cers looked et each other In amazement, unable to
understand tne auuacitv oi m. cnencK, tne band
master. The Emperor was evidently much pleased,
and the enthusiasm became beyond description, and
It would have needed very little for the guests to
have joined with their voices In the famous chaut.
The Kmperor then rose and went to compliment the
musicians, and afterwards the party repaired to the
garden, where coffee was served. The Em
peror anu n.aipie88 nuxcu witn tne
diilercnt groups, conversing with the
oillcers. All at once the young Prince was
looked for, and search was about to be made for him
when he was seen coming la, dragging something
after him, and which was at last found to ba his
campaign-bed. lie set it out, put his things in
order, and lay down on it, to the great amusement
of the military men present. Ono of them, how
ever, remarked to his imperial Highness that for
a sub-lieutenant his baggage took up too much
room, but the Prince excited much laugh
ter by replying that it was not at all the
same thing for him, as ho belonged to the stair.
He was also glad to prove that he spoke German
well, and enteed into a discussion in that lan
guage with an ofllcer from Alsace, as to the use
fulness of the lance. Meanwhile, the Kmpress pre
seiited to Captain Marty, or the 2d Voltlgenrs, two
of her proteges the son of llaron Lambert and the
brother of her reader, both jiint engaged as volun
teers In that oillcer s company. (Questioned as to
his departure, the Emperor gave no decided reply,
but the Prince, less circumspect, said that it would
be perhaps in about live or six days. This news was
somewhat disappointing. "Why, it will be all over."
exclaimed one oillcer. "Do not be uneasy," said his
Majesty, "you will still find plenty to do." About 10
the company retired.
ttapoleon'a "DelUht" nt the Patriotic Senll-
menta oi ms senate.
The following is the reply made by the Em
peror to the address delivered to him by M.
Rouhcr on July 16, when tho Senate went
"spontaneously" and in a body to St. Cloud and
laid "at the foot of the throne the expression of
their patriotic sentiments:"
"Messieurs les Senateurs I was delighted to learn
with what lively enthusiasm your assembly received
the declaration which the Minister of Foreign
Anairswas cnargea to maKe to it. in an tne cir
cumstances concerning the Interests and honor of
Fr&nce I am sure to una in the senate an energetic
support. We are entering upon a serious struggle.
The country requires the co-operation of all its chil
dren, and 1 am giaa taat tne urst patriotio cry should
have been raised by your Chamber, for it will be re
echoed by the whole nation."
These words were received with loud cries of
"Vivel'Empereur!" "Vive l'Imperatrlcc! "Vive
l'Prlnce Imperial!" and after some moments'
conversation the senators toon tneir leave.
How All Parle Uuahed to the Front-One Side
ot the Story.
The Paris correspondent of the London Daily
Telegraph writes as foUows:
A sort of sullen calm hangs over Paris to-day,
like that which we feel in the air before the
bursting of a great thunderstorm.
Clever and experienced men who ought to
know better assert that there is no enthusiasm
in France. The Parisians think differently. "It
is '92," said an Invalide. "It is like the days of
my youth," eald an old general of the first em
pire. I saw the excitement before the Crimean
and the Italian campaigns, and, compared to this
they were failures. I wish the unbelievers in
enthusiasm in Paris had been with mo last night
at the Strasbourg station. We got there at 10
o'clock, and found the boulevard packed with
pcoplo. My friend, a French diplomatist, and
myself penetrated into the ranks of the people
for of such those ranks were composed who
willingly made way to give us the front rauk.
Then we found that the 72 d of the line was
marching into the station. French troops are
allowed on these occasions to march very
much "at ease;" and so we were not
surprised to find every rank and file to have two
or three friends clustering round them. As the
defile proceeded, it was accompanied by cries of
" Vive la France !" " Vive la Ligne " and then
would break out a long-forgotten chorus of
"Alourir pour la Fatrie." Here there was a
halt, and conversation tooic place; tne populace
was, as they say in the shires, "quite free-spoken
and an witn us. several mouses couteuuea
that war, though terrible, was inevitable; and a
confidential cobbler every other man in a
crowd is a cobbler and a politician Informed
me that it is a pity this war had not taken place
six months ago. Advance the 21 Division. The
Colonel and his alde-de-ciunp appear, and are
met with cries ot "Live the Hue. aud their coun
try." Two oiticers are nearly pulled oil their
norses by snaking bands, and tho aide-do-camp,
a kind, mild-looking boy was affected to
tears. Now breaks out a very tempest of cries
of " 1 toe i Jiiinnereur ! ' aud the welkin wnat
ever that may be, for I am not at all sure was
obscured with fiats.
It was the advance of the Eagle, and, as we
saluted the standard ot t ranee as It passed us,
there arose a shout of "Long live the Umpire,"
which the Prince Imperial might almost have
heard at St. Cloud. The by-play too, was very
interesting; each soldier, for instance, had at
least two mends to carry his arm aud bis Kit.
The right thing was for the civilian to change
caps with the soldier, and then go ott arm in
arm summer the "Aiarscuiause.
But the last scene I witnessed outside the
station I shall never torget. It was a triumph
of hospitality. Two ladles wished to treat a
corporal to drink, but had evidently overdrawn
their banker's account. They looked blank, and
be looked serious. "Well, said the taller one,
"he shall not be disappointed to-night. I will
pawn my crinoline aud get a pint." And then
and there she took it oft and proceeded to a
fan re.
About this time there was a great noise the
train came. It was the retreat of the army of
tourists of liaden. witn all their beavy baggage.
i "iLote Ihj I dies which we kuow o well." i'bea
there was a shrill whistle; the regiment formed
In a way to delight the eyes of an adjutant,
were shut up in a train, and went off to Stras
berg, singing with heart and soul "Monrir pour
la Pa trie." Men who go off singing in that
manner seldom lose battles.
The fame correspondent gives the following
description of the French soldiers marching
through Parii to the station:
As these regiments march through the streets
on their way to the railroad termini, some pecu
liar features of the French military system are
visible. That discipline appears to be a combi
bination of the very strictest rules In material
points, combined with the utmost toleration in
minor matters, and the practical working of
the system would appear to be eminently suc
cessful. There is a plentitude of powder, but a
well-nigh total absence of pipeclay. The sol
diers are allowed to march anyhow arm-in-arm
with their relations, friends and sweethearts,
who insist on carrying the packs, the shelter
tents, the intrenching tools, and cooking uten
sils. The principle adopted seems to be that
the soldiers are going in for real hard work, and
that to the childish pedantry ot the drill-ground
and the orderly-room, there may be a tem
porary surcease. The shop-keepers on the
line of march press on thej troops
and load them with bottles of wlue,
bundles of cigars, and strings of sausages. You
may see one gallant defender of his country with
an entire sugarloaf tucked beneath hU arm,
which some patriotic grocer has bestowed on
him, while another hugs a huge melon; for M.
Prudbomme, gthe ep icier, has a heart, and a
very warm one on occasion. As for tobacco,
the outgoing regiments seem to be supplied with
a sufficiency to last them six months at least.
Everything is done with mathematical strict
ness; but in contradistinction to tho English
military rule of "silence in the ranks," the
troops are allowed to sing "La Marseillaise"
and "Mourir pour la patrie" uatil they are
hoarse. Are not sailors encouraged to sing as
they work the capstan? And so, with this fare
well, they are borne away to the distant land,
to return God knows when.
Per Contra How the Demonstration In Favor
of the War was Kept Up In the French
Cnpltal.
The correspondent of the London Daily JVctos,
writiDg from Paris cn the 18th ot July, thu9
peaks of the manufacture of popular enthusi
asm by the Imperial Government and of indica
tions of a counter sentiment among the people
of Paris:
"I have heard that the Prefect of Police ha3
spent no less than four hundred thousand francs
within the last four days in payment of the
bands employed to howl for war in the streets of
Paris, lhe 'patriotic' demonstration is now
considered to have gone far enough, for at 11
o'clock last night tho Prefect Issued a proclama
tion (wnicu nas already worked wonders! statlnir
that, after the 'first explosion of the national
sentiment,' it was desirable that the streets
should resume their usual calm and orderly
aspect. The great expense of keeping up the
demonstration, and the fear of still more serious
trays and disorders than those which have
already occurred, are not the only motives for
the Prefect's extinguisher upon enthusiasm.
There have been counter manifestations, the
repetition of which it was desired to prevent.
On Saturday evening as many as five thousand
people, carrying a ling, marched in a body cry
ing 'reace.' ine bigaro, alluding to this cir
cumstance, asks that the proclamation may only
be put in force against 'Prusso-philes,' and that
the 'sound' part of the population should, as
heretofore, be allowed to manifest their glorious
sympathies without impediment."
An Abortive Plan of Campaign.
The Paris Liberie, of July 19, publishes a plan
of campaign which has been communicated to
the editor. A dash into Hesse is to ba made in
order to neutralize the three Southern powers.
Frankfort is to be disengaged, fortified and oc
cupied. Westphalia Is afterwards to ba entered,
tne irenen lett leaning on Hanover and Den
mark. Prussia driven back across the Elbe, as
after Friedland. the German Confederation Is
to be re-established minus Prussia and Austria,
ncitber oi wmcn powers are oerman.
ENGLAND.
Earl Granville on the Policy and Course of
i.1 ...
In the nouse of Lords, on July 18, Eirl Gran
ville, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the
course of his response to the inquiries of Eari
Russell, said:
It is too true that yesterday evening the de
claration of war was forwarded from France to
Berlin a fact that will necessitate an immediate
proclamation of neutrality on our part. I am
happy to eay that a fortnight ago our relations
with France, cpain and rrussia wereoi tne most
friendly character. During the last ten days
we have used to them the strongest language
compatible with their dignity and our self
respect; and I am happy to think that that lan
guage bas not anected those mendiy relations.
VV batever may be tne babit ot iree discussion
in this country, I am quite sure your lordships
will think that her Majesty's government are
bound to maintain that dignified and calm atti
tude which will best enable us to maintain our
rights as neutrals, to behave with perject justice
and impartiality to all concerned, aud finally,
when these clouds give signs of disappearance,
to act with most effect for the purpose oi restor
ing peace. (.Cheers.)
JTlr. Gladstone Getting Ready for "Contln-
geuciea."
On the same evening, Mr. Gladstone, ,in
answer to questions put to him in the House of
Commons, Bald:
With regard to the question whether, in ac
cordance with the recommendations of the
Royal Commission of 1SC3, it is our intention at
once to introduce a measure to ameud the exist
ing law, and to strengthen the hands of the ex
isting government, in order better to enforce its
observation, we have taken into our considera
tion the recommendations of the Royal Com
mission of 1808; and, without pledging the gov
ernment to precise terms, it is our inteution to
introduce a measure tor the more complete iui
filmed of the obligations that may be considered
to attach to us in whatever contingency may
arise under the law of nations with regard to
ships departing from our ports.
Parliament I'med to Reticence.
The London Times urges that, taklug the war
as a fact, and looking to the future rather than
the past, it will be wise for Parliament at least
to keep itself free from any appearance of taking
a side. It may be Impossible for individuals to
refrain from sympathy with one combatant or
the other. But, so far as men of position, who
either are or may be ministers, commit them
eelves to partisanship, so far will the influence
of England be weakened when the time for its
exercise comes.
BELGIUM.
The Question of Nruirulicy-A Warning from
Kriiuco.
Several of the Paris papers contain articles
casting doubts' upon the neutrality of Belgium
in the approaching conflict, aud among these
journals is the seml-oillclal Fatrie, which says:
While negotiations were pending between
France and Prussia, Belgium, lnnueuced by a
natural anxiety for the observance of her neu
trality, adopted certain measures of a defensive
character. Since all hope of continued peace
has been lost these preparations have become
more strongly marked. Movements of troops
have beirnn: the Belgian army, which amounts
on paper to 00,000 men, a considerable force for
a neutral Stale, has been placed upon a war
footing. Forces bave been massed at Antwerp,
and it is even asserted that detachments of en
glneert are pooled ioug the Frnch ixo&Ucr at
Quievraln, Dinan, and Mouscron. In this
movement of troops, and in placing them
upon a war footing, Belgium, we are con
vinced, has but one object in view absolutely
to insure her own neutrality. We con
gratulate her upon it, but King Leopold and
his newly-chosen ministers must not forget that
this neutrality must be energetically and equally
enforced against all powers, and that the
means of defense against both sides should be
absolutely identical. We, for our part, do not
believe the reports which attribute to the Bel
gian crown or ministry any word or act showing
that they have inclinations which a neutral
country ought not allow to appear, or even "to
entertain. As sovereign of a nation whose
foreign sympathies are still more widely various
than their opinions upon domestic politics, the
King's duty in the first place, and his interest in
the second, roust enjoin him to a strict and ab
solute neutrality, so that neither his subjects
nor neighboring nations should be able even to
infer the sentiments of the King or his family.
Preparing for the Worst.
The Jndependance Beige contains the following
announcement:
The concentration of th8 troops of certain
garrisons on Antwerp is certain. The Belgian
Government is taking other measures which the
situation enjoins. These steps are the result of
the new law as to the organization of the army
and the service prepared by the War and Public
Works Department for mobilizing aud concen
trating troops in case of need. Great as is the
reserve which we have determined to maintain
under these circumstances, we think that we
may state that two corps d'armce are about to
be formed, one of two and the other of three
divisions, and that one of them will be under
the command of Lieutenant-General Baron
Chazal. We believe, also, that everything is
ready to summon to the standards, if necessary,
the three classes of militia.
HOME.
The Preliminaries of the Recent Evacuation
The Papal government Glvea ll Assent.
The Roman correspondent of the Allgemeine
Zeiiung says tbat tbe French ambassador, M. de
Banceville, has handed to Cardinal Autonelli a
note from his Government relative to the occu'
pation of Civita Vecchia by French troop 3.
In tliis note tho French Government states
that it has been urgently requested by Italy aud
other powers to put an end to the French occu
pation of Rome, and that before giving a defi
nite answer to those demands the Duke de
Gramont thinks it necessary first to consult the
Holy See, as the most interested party, on the
subject. He therefore invites Cardinal Auto
nelli openly to state whether there is any ground
for fearing attacks on tho integrity of the Papal
territories in the event of a withdrawal of the
French troops, in order that France may be
enabled to take an accurate view of the situa
tion, and regulate her policy In pending ques
tions accordingly. To this Cardinal Autonelli
replied tbat complete peace now reigns in all
parts of the Papal States, and that the Papal
Government bas a force at Its disposal which is
more than sufficient both to prevent any dis
turbance oi puonc peace in tne interior of the
country, and to repel all attempts at Garibaldian
or Mazzinian invasions from without. The Car
dinal concludes by observing that although, if
the Papal territory were attacked either by
regular troops or by volunteers, directly or in
directly supported oy tne Italian Governmeut,
they could be easily disposed of by the Papal
militia, such a campaign could not fail to dis
turb the public peace, and thereby endanger the
object of the French occupation. The Cardinal
hopes that no such event will occur, even if
France were to withdraw her troops, and that
no serious danger to the peace of the Papal
States and the security of tho Holy Father is to
be apprehended.
TREYOST-PAR IDOL.
The London "Times" Upon the Death of the
f rencti itliulster.
An editorial article in the London Times on
the suicide of M. Prevost-Paradol has this final
paragraph:
"We have ppoken of M. Paradol as he was a
prominent power in the politics and literature of
France ; but we cannot deny ourselves the privilege
oi recording our more personal rotations witn nun.
We may us far depart from the custom which
happily distinguishes English journalism as to
acknowledge that the powerful criticisms on French
politics from 'a Parisian correspondent,' which
appeared at weekly intervals In our columns
nnlil a few months since, were contributed by M.
Paradol. It Is not for us to dilate on tho
merits of style and the force of thought
which adorned essays still fresh in the
memories of our readers. They showed his singular
mastery of our language, aud that knowledge of our
institutions which enabled htm to illustrate his judg
ments on tbe ailairs of his own country by references
to ourselves. Ills gifts and graces, his natural
energy, and his acquired treasures of knowledge and
thought are now lost, and lost under circumstances
that must ever perplex and sadden us. Suddenly,
in the full plentitude of his powers, when vet at the
threshold of life, having barely accomplished forty
years, ne nas ia&en nimsen away irom us. we can
not but mourn Buch a catastrophe, whatever iudir
nient we may be compelled to pass on the act that
E reduced it if, indeed, M. Paradol were master of
is reason at the moment when he terminated his
earthly existence. "
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PORT OF PHILADELPHIA AUGUST 3
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CLEARED THW MOHNING.
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Steamer M. Masse v. Smith. New VorK. do.
Br. brig Union, Le Brocq, Uaspe, L. Westergaard
Si CO.
Schr Mary Klrkpatrlck, Yost, Troy, Slnnlckson & Co.
Schr barau uiarx. nmuo, r an itiver, ao.
Hcbr WeBt End. Towusend, Fall Hiver, do.
Scbr Maggie Cummins, Smith, Cohasaet, do.
Schr Mary H. Westcott, Handy, Lynn, da.
ARRIVED THIS MOHNING.
Steamship Whirlwind, iSherman, ao hours from
Providence, with nidse. to U. rt. Stetson & Co,
Bteanier Fanlta, Freeman, 20 hours from New
York, with mdse. to John F. OhU
Steamer J. 8. Shriver, Webb, 13 hours from Bait!
more, with mdse. and passengers to A. Groves, Jr.
Scbr K. 1'i' kHp, liowen, from Baltimore, with coal
tft Hartlett & PhtlliDS.
Schr fclea Queeu, ltosebrook, from Calais, with
... i 111 L! . . . .
Wilis W J. W . uom a. ouiib.
Scbr Maggie M. Weaver, Weaver, from Ilallowell,
Me., with ice to ts.nicKeruocK.er ice uo.
Hchr Harriet N. Miller, Miller, from Fall River.
Schr Reading Kit. No. 47, Reed, from Hartford.
Hchr Moruiuir Light, (timinous. fin Ktppaiaunock
ltai-ge Artbur D. liUsell. U lia. Jr., 21 days from
Buffalo, N. Y., with fl,33i) feet walnut lumber to
Patterson fc Lippiueott.
8POKEN,
Whaling brig R A. Small, or Provlncetown, was
spoken July 'a, lat.su so, long. 73 40, by brig Ro
anoke, at tins port
Special Despatch, to Th Evening Teleijraph.
HAVHB-mc-UKACB, Aug. a. The following boats
left this morning in tow :
jonn sad iiarry, wim imuuer m i. .vuoivcrwu.
U O. Trump, with lumber to Trump A H
J. H. McConkey, with pig iron to Cabeen 4 O
Co.
Captain Jacksou, wuu com, ior ueaier.
MEMORANDA.
Ttr. ateamers Manhattan. Frayth. and Cuba,
Moodle, lor Liverpool; and steamers Cleopatra, Ftiii
lips, for Savannuh, and Niagara, lilakeuiau, for
Jticbmona, cieareu at new iun jenwjnmjr.
Hr. aleamer Russia. I.olt. f roia Liverpool J uly 23,
and (Jueeustown Uih, with Vii pasaeiigers, arrived
at New York yesterday. July 81, lat.43 11, long. M
39, raased yacht Hanpuo, Dounu west.
stMiniera Sun Salvador. Mokorson. from Savan
nan. and Champion, Loekwood, from Charleston,
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Capture of Saarbrucken.
Victoiy for the French Arms.
Lofs light on Both Sides.
Nlore Indian Outrages.
Advices from the Pacific.
The Alaska. Seal Fisheries.
Etc.. Etc.. Etc.. Etc.. Etc.
FROM EUROPE.
Capture of Saarbrucken.
London, Aug. 3. Saarbrucken was taken by
the French this morning. The loss was slight
on both sides.
The Snnrbmcken Affair.
London, Aug. 3. The following is the Prus
sian account of the affair at Saarbrucken:
"The fortifications at this phtce (Saarbrucken)
were attacked by a column of French infantry
yesterday evening and the troops repulsed."
fSaarbruck, or Saarbrucken, the scene of the
first determined encounter between tbe two
armies, is situated forty miles 8. 8. E. of Treves,,
and three miles from the French border, on the
river Saar, a stream rising in the Vosges Moun
tains and joining the Moselle near Treves. The
Saar is crossed by a etone bridge at the town, by
which it is connected with its suburb St. Johann.
Tbe population Is about 9000. The town was
founded in tne tentn century, was given by the
Emperor Henry III to the Church of Metz, and
sunsequeniiv governea oy its own uounts until
1380, when It came by marriage into the family
of Nassau.. It was afterwards fortified and suf
fered much during the wars which have been
waged in its neighborhood. In 1676 it was
almost entirely destroyed by fire, and its fortifi
cations dismantled, so that it has but little stra
tegic Importance, the fortifications taken by the
French being merely of a temporary character.
Another Sktrmlah.
Berlin, Aug. 3 The following is ofllciah
A reconnolssance was made yesterday by a body
of Baden light horse and Prussian hnzzars.
The force engaged a French scouting party near.
Stargerbrunn. One ofllcer was killed and sev
eral wounded on the French side. Two Prus
sians were slightly wounded.
to Change In the Situation.
Paris, Aug. 3. Reports from healqaarters
received up to 1 o'clock this morning say that
there Is no change in the military situation.
Death of a French General.
The Figaro of to-day announces tho death of
General Gaujol, commanding a sub-division at
Strasbourg.
The French Fleet.
Berlin, Ang. 3. The Prussian Government
has summoned a levy en masse to defend tho
coast from the threatened attack by the French
fleet. ,
FROM THE PACIFIC COAST.
Printers Strike.
San Francisco, Aug. 2. The principal
newspapers on this coast, with the exception of
the Morning Call and Bulletin, of this city, and
the book and Job oflices, have temporarily
acceded to the demands of tho striking printers
for an advance from sixty to seventy-live cents
per thousand ems. The Morning Call and Bul
letin have telegraphed East for workmen, and
in the meanwhile are struggling along, having
firmly resolved not to accede to any of the prin
ters' demands.
The Far Trade.
The steamer Alexander has arrived here from
Sitka with 87,000 fur skins.
General Davis had been on a visit to the
lelandsof St. Paul and St. George to Investigate
the reported maladministration in those islands.
It is said that be found matturs in a terrible con
dition, through collusion of the Government
agents and Hutchinson, Coylo & Go. The seals
killed are not restricted to the number allowed
by law. Other malpractices and the restrictions
on the tales of liquors and ammunition have
driven the Sitka Indians to the English posts for
trade.
Freah (.'old Diaeoveriea.
Gold In paying quantities has been discovered
in the river Henry.
Volcanic Eruption.
The volcano on Nanlvock Islani is in a state
of active eruption
FROM THE PLAINS.
The Indiana In Wyeoiln Territory.
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, Aug 2 A
telegram from Fort Fetterman says: An Indian
runner just in reports tbat the Sioux, Cheyenne,
and Arrapaboes are encamped In the vicinity of
Rosebud and Tongue rivers. The chief, "Man
afraid of bis Horses," has fifteen hundred lodges
of Sioux with him. They all profess to be
peaceable, and say they have no war parties out.
There are no Indians near the Big Horn.
Wytinlng Politico.
The Eepublicans held a meeting last night to
select delegates to a Territorial Convention to
be held at Laramie City soon, for the purpose of
nominating a delegate to Congress. Tbe session
was stormy, and the result was unsatisfactory
to many Republicans, who declare their inten
tion of voting the Democratic ticket. - Tho
weather la warm.. . -- . . - k. ,.. . :
Specie Mhlpunenta. t
New York, Aug. 3. The steamship Cuba
takes out 1770.745 and the Manhattan 1178,000
i ki rpcie Urday