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VOL. XIV NO. 31.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST C, 1870.
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flHh WAn IN tUHUTt.
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Tne uerman aiuaenis.
hriicir EntHxiNisxsm.
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the Railroad System.
in Ramiiications.
(American Ideas.
Adopted by the Belligerents.
The Mitrailleur a Theft.
The Jlontigny and (Jailing (inns.
Etc., Ktc. Etc.. Etc.. Etc.
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
GERMANY.
The Enthualaein at the tTnlveraltle.
A correspondent of the Boston Journal,
A-riting from Heidelberg July 17, says:
I am now here in Heidelberg, comparatively
lone. Three days see hundreds of students on
heir way to grasp the eword, and God knows
liow many of my bosom mends wuoui 1 lett
mid tears l shall ever grasp again by the hand.
4hey have now left their duelling swords to rust,
na marcn to me greater auei between tneir
ihtherland and its insulter. A few weeks ago
the students resolved to honor by a great meet
ijng the departure of the celebrated Professor
ioldschmidt to his place among the highest
judges of the North German Confederation, but
!iule thought they thaton the evening appointed
nany would meet each other lor the
ist time. Saturd-iy 200 departed, but still in
ho evenimr the huure hall was crowded and the
V-xeitement tremendous. As soon as the for-
nalities were fluished the meeting wasnolonger
private leave-taking, but a political storm.
page Professors gave vent to their feelings like
lot youths. When Germany s name was men
ioned the hurrahs burst forth, the glasses rang.
nd the voices of fiery youth poured forth na-
lonal songs which must soon give courage on
he field of battle. The "prorcctor" of the Uni-
ersity, the eminent Bluntschli, and several
ther aged Professors, were as if again young,
Vhite hairs covered now no quiet brain, as the
ced man with quivering lip and flashing eve
ecounted the injuries of his country and ex-
orted the students to their duty.
am tne granaesi 01 an was uiu spcecu 01
Treitscbke, the most noted political authority in
Germany, and the idol of the students. He was
absent, and the students awaited impatiently his
expected arrival. At last there was a movement
at the door, and amid the thunder of applause
' and cheer on cheer, he advanced smiling to the
Table of the faculty. Every one who admires
eloquence should bear Treitschke, for, though
f almost completely deaf, and in consequence
tuuch troubled in speaking, every word pierces
Ao the heart. He takes his place; a proud smile
f is on his face as ho eees the strength of Ger
I many before him, burning with patriotism. A
tie enters upon the great subject the smile
jiasees away, the features become rigid, the black
t-ye flashes, the breast heaves, and the words !
I low the cold blood rushes through the frame
s one sees that noble form and listens to his
burning eloquence ! Those words will ever re
main fixed in my memory, and the German stu
dents on the field will not forget them.
The Pruealan System of Tactics.
In the campaign of 18ttdthe Prussian forma,
tion of the company column was to the military
student an object of interest only second to the
needle-gun. Every Prussian battalion consists
f lour companies, each numbering SoO men.
.'he company is formed into two divisions or
elotons, lour subdivisions, eight sections; bat it
e company numbers as many as sixty-lour
les, it is cut up into four divisions, eight sub
visions, sixteen sections. J ho company
lumn is a column oi subdivisions, eight in
mber (if the company be on a footing of
r strength), drawn up in two ranks, the
I j original third rank of the company when
I I acting in line now forming an extra division
I I for skirmishing purposes. The battalion,
when ordered to form column of companies re
presents a line of four columns, each column
showing a front of at least eight men and a
depth of sixteen men, the two centre companies
sometimes forming a double column. The com
panies act Independently of each other, some
times being at an interval of a hundred yards.
The captain is at the head of his company lu
front, each subdivision being led on its right
flank by a .. subaltern or by a non
commissioned t ofllcer. The colors are
in rear of the seventh subdlvison
of the third company. Thus formed, the Prus
sians believe 250 men, led by a Prussian captain,
can do all that a whole battalion of another
army otherwise formed can effect. The French
tacticians find great fault with this system,
alleging that it causes confusion from the crowd
ing of the rear subdivisions, and taat the attack
resolves itself into a number of isolated eniraire-
ments sustained by leaders of companies, the
coinmanaer oi tue oauauon losing ail supervl
tion over his men. This opinion is held also by
tome Prussian officers of experience who served
in the war of 1800.
The North (iermai merchant Fleet Laid Up In
the ori of New York Nlu rMeinHbpa and
Twenty-coven Bailloc VeaaeU blockaded.
There are at present in the port of New York,
awaiting orders from Europe, nine steamship.
and twenty-seven sailing vessels, who may
neither pnrsne their homeward course nor go
into the coasting trade. The following em
braces the entire list:
iTEAMKHIPl
HamaaoBia, Hamburg Co. Hno.r. Bremen Oo.
uimDria, Hamburg (Jo.
Westphalia, Hamburg Go.
Uaton, broine Co.
America, Bramaa Oo.
aaiusa
W titer. Bremen Co.
i'r.ukiort, Bremen Co.
Uennana, Bremen Go.
VSHSELa. ' V
Jenny, bark, Bremen,
lieraubul. .bio. Mainburir
Moaca. brig. Elsurth.
Cap.Ua, bark, Broin.n. (
Jubaoo, aliip, Bremen. '
Juhann.a, bark, lir.uien.
Luuim, bark, AocbaM.
alaow Klaaow.brig, Wiunar.
Ciraba KigrpiiauMu, bark,
rruaai.
Rir.ua. bark. Prusiia.
Cedar, bark, Bremen.
Marco Pole, bark.Bremen. Lavioe, brig, B lumen thai
Kvuhara Dolma, bark, Jure- Aclunu,bark, i ruau..
Ben,
Fvert-ard, bark, Bremen.
Charlotte, abip, Bremen.
Ceerupe, bark, Fruaaia. V
Frederick eualla, (jerk.Prua.
Neptuue, .tiii). Bremen,
Kolxa, bark. Hoiuourg.
tuiur, amp. Bremen.
Harzburg, bark, Breiuaa.
Gutenberg, abiu.Uaiubarg.
Klwiue Kiapun, baxk.frua-
Pbake.pearobip.'Hamburg.
braiileire, bark Broaea.
These vessels and their' crews are, of course.
giving their owners lunch anxiety and involve a
great expense. For instance, the six steamers
of the Bremen Company, averaging 3000 tons
g'-h, rrmt about f .r(HXI rr dn aud the t'irne
belonging to U ittuumv line about I3.VX),
niiltt UJ twekty-iH)va Milisg vewel nuiy ba
aggregated at S'fiOOO. The agents of the compa
nies, according to marine international law, can
not dismiss the crews in this or any other foreign
port. They, however, can send them back by
other vessels and pay the expenses; but
as it is expected that the war will not
be of long duration, some reluctance is felt in
dismissing a body of able seamen, speaking
German, whose places may not easily be sup
plied. There were some hopes during the hesi
tancy evinced to open hostilities that trade
might be resumed, and both France and Prussia
would mutually agree not to molest the mer
chantmen of their respective antagonists; but
this hope has died away, as it is evidently the
policy of the French Emperor to maintain a
strict blockade of all the North German porta,
and thus destroy a commerce which has hitherto
been annually increasing at a most satisfactory
rate.
FRANCE.
An Oinclnl Esiianltlan-nar Oonrlllatery
aires" The Turning Point of the Controversy.
The Journal Offlcicl of July 20 says:
Avoiding all recriminations, we have not fo-
B reached Prussia with her conduct towards
enmark, which still asks in vain for the dis
tricts of Schlcswig which were assured to her
by the treaty of Prague, nor with the audacious
innovations by means of which she has endea
vored during the last four years to render purely
nominal the independent sovereignty of the
South German States. Our conciliatory desires
bave induced u to abstain from raising upon
that qucsticn an irritating controversy, and,
instead of appealing to the letter and
the spirit of treaties and to the essen
tial conditions of the general equilibrium,
as we had a right to do, we limited the
question to the object which we had in view
when we commenced the discussion. Requiring
nothing from Spain, whose susceptibilities wc
desire not to wound, nor her independence to
question, and only acting in respect to the
1'rince of Ilobcnzollern as we considered him
to be covered by the King tf Prussia, it was to
that sovereign that our diplomacy addressed a
legitimate appeal. Our tequlrements were not
excessive, We contented ourselves with asking
for a guarantee to show that the renuciation of
the Prince or ilobenzoiiern was detinltive aua
that the incident which had so justly excited us
should not occur again at any moment, roiitl-
cal precedents warranted us in larding
against such an eventualitj'. What occurred la
respect of the Danish Duchies cannot be forgot-
i er Tlxr it jlrtnimw.nt nf'iMinil f VrarL-fr,rt nn
November 30, 185i, the head of the family of
Augustenburg, "upon the honor and faith of a
prince," renounced all his pretensions to the
Duchies in consideration of a sum of 1,500,000
double rix dollars, which were duly paid to him
by Denmark. Nevertheless, some years after
wards the son of the Prince claimed the succes
sion to the Duchies, but not offering to return
the amount that had been paid lor the renuucia-
tion of those rights. But, in short, upon what
does the present dispute turn A foreign power,
lor the lurtnerance ot us views ot aggrandize
ment and power, to the injury of our honor and
our interests, sought to disturb the balance of
power in Jturope. w nat nave we asKed uniy
oBe thing ac. assurance that a similar attempt
shall not be repeated.
As was remarked bv the Marou'is do Talhouct.
the reporter of the commission in the sitting of
July 15, the Emperor s Government, Irom the
commencement of the question down to the
latest moment, has pursued loyally the same
object, without any extension or modification.
I ho lirst despatch addressed to our ambassador,
who bad proceeded to Ems to communicate
with the King of Prussia, concluded vith this
sentence: lu order that the ronup''.ation may
be ellectual It is necessary that tuo "r should
join in it, and should give you an assurance
that he will authorize no future renewal ot the
nomination." Thus the question which has
proved to bo the turning point ot the whole con
troversy was stated at the very outaet. What
has been the response to our moderation ? A
haughty rupture of the conferences (pourpar
lers) which on bur part had been most loyally
conducted.
The French Boldlcr'a Outfit and UU Camp
l omioria.
The I'ctit Journal of Paris, among other de
tails respecting the Army of the Rhine, congra
tulates the French soldiers on the care taken of
their comfort. Before joining the army, Bays
ibis paper, tne equipment ot cacti soldier is in
spected, and, it necessary, renewed, shoe-leather
especially, as unices this is perfectly supple and
good tne greatest Buttering may ensue. The
soldier receives two pairs of shoes, which he has
towearalittle while before bis departure. He also
receives a complete outnt ot nnen. tie takes with
him a quilt, canvas, and a pole for camping out,
a wooden bowl and spoon for 6oup, a supply of
needles, thread, buttons, etc.,. for mending
clothes. As Boon as the campaign is entered
upon, the soldiers mess together in companies
of ten or twelve. This association is called a
ft y l- a . dainli m an tn f Via tttha tiaa trt oaf s annplr
the lazy are mercilessly driven away. "Who
ever will not wctk snail not eat, is tue favorite
motto, it a soldier shirks work, his ration is
put on one Bide and he may cook it as he can.
Each tribe has an iron pot, a can, and wooden
bowl. cn corporal receives a conee mill and
a hatchet for cutting wood and repairing:
the sharp points of tent poles. The soldiers
obtain far more substantial comfort by living in
common ana cooking tneir tooa together than
tbev could singly enioy. The dally ration con
sists of sugar, coffee, rice, meat, salt, and
bread or biscuits, in sucn proportions as repre
sent a money value of 44 centimes. The sol
diers always receive the sugar, coffee, bread or
biscuit in Kind; the rest ot the ration they re
ceive in money whenever they are in a country
altording lacllltles tor obtaining food. The
tribe then caters for itself, and lives well if one
of its members happens to be a culinary penlus.
During the campaign the soldiers' pay amounts
to m cen.inies a day, paid every nve days. , (
WAK MISCELLANY.
American Ideaa Knropeaa Warfare, ,
The Army and Navy Journal of to-day eavs:
Already we recognize in the conduct of thp
Franco-Prussian preliminaries an occasional in
spiration from our experience. Prussia, probably
least prepared for an immediate contact, most
immediately avails herself of the lessons taught
bv the American struggle. .Like the Coniede
rates, she lorthwith extinguishes every beacon
on her coast and removes the light-boats and
buoys from her channels, following the
L nion precedent at Charleston and the Itebel
at savannah, sue torbids approach to
freighted crafts at the mouth of the Elbe and
V t ser. On land she proposes, it is said, to re
produce onr earthwork system, the territory of
the Rhine provinces "being covered with im
provised works ef this description." Her peo-
Ele likewise, outside of the armed population,
ave caught the blessed conception of American
humanity, and are forming sanitary and relief
associations, whose merciful action is largely
fcustakied by contributions from Germans in the
United States. The inauguration of a general
gunboat service oa the Rhine, and its prospect
ive use on other German rivers, is an obvious
adoption by France of an American precedent:
and, as we show In another article. France is
also Indebted to us tor the idea oi her much
vaunted mitrailleur not to speak of the iron
clads which bhe has obtained from an American
uip-jrru.
Profiting further by the experience of Amerl
can warfare, the French troops at Chalons have
for three years been drilled in the nse of the
spade. Last summer the Imperial Guard, la
camp at bt. -Maur, was practised in throwing np
etteiter trencues, or rine-piis, as we are accus
tomed to cull them. The use of frew'iuea a';rfg
' is bow a recognized feature In the French ser-
vice, tUiUU Ui7 da uol scera to Lave settled
npon any satisfactory plan for providing their
troops with the necessary implements for in
trenching. A recent clever French writer, a cap
tain of Infantry, objects to the addition of the
spade to the weight of the soldier's equipments,
and deprecates tno slowness of an advance with
the spade as destructive of French dan. Austria,
who learned at Sadowa so sharp a lesson of the
necessity of providing her troops with means of
protection against breech-loaders and shell
guns, has adopted the spade among her military
equipments. &vcry third man in the Austrian
infantry now carries a short-handled and broad
bladed spade, called the Llnncman, on his left
Bide, en bandouliere
During some of the marches of the Array of
the Potomac which we witnessed it was the offi
cers and not the men who carried the spado.
Kxpcriments In the Austrian encampment at
Bruch showed that with the help of the Llnne-
man a company could in five minutes shelter
itself completely with a row of rifle mantlets.
The French Irlltrallleur-It In a Direct Theft
from American Ingenuity The Alontltrny and
(iatlinff Cnn.
The Army and Xavy Journal of to-day has
the following editorial article:
The favorite subject of telegrams, Just at present,
is the mitrailUiir, and the last piece of lnteilisrenoe
as to this wonderful French "machine gun" is to
the ellect thut Frankfort otters 500 Dialers, or
about (300, to the first captor of one of them. So
far as this new engine of destruction Is concerned,
we have the best reason for assuming that Prussia
is quite as well supplied with it as France. There
are two types of the Invention in Europe the
Fiench one, about which so much fuss Is made, and
a Belgian affair claiming to be its superior, designed
by M. Montlgny. In suggestion both Inventions are
due to the original Idea of Dr. Gatling, and there is
indeed very little question as to the French
mitraillnir being a direct theft from the
American. In the autumn of 1SC3 the atten
tion of the Imperial (iovernment was drawn
to the Gatling gun, and Emperor expressed, through
the usual media, "a profound Interest" In the in
tention. The tune, however, was not opportune for
further study of the affair, or the Kmperor's
thoughts, on peace intent, were not la frame for the
adoption of a new destructive engine; at any rate,
the invention was, for the time being, declined.
Shortly afterwards mysterious whispers began
to circulate of a wonderful gun, with which
experiments had been made under the eye
tf Napoleon. As time pocsed on, It began
to ic Known tnat tne rrencn army was to nave the
ute of "a machine Bun.-' a mitrailleur. The fact
of the Gatling gun having been presented to, and,
so far as any opinion at all was advanced, ap
proved oy ine imperial inspection, is persuasive
evidence acalnst the French originality of tha
initraillmr i but there are even stronger indica
tions of the theft in tne mechanism of the machine
itself, which has indispensable features exactly
Identical with the Gatling. In a forthcoming num
ber we purpose to clve a faithful Illustration and
careful description of the American Invention,
wnicn is far superior to cither of its Kuropeau imi
tators, between which, by the way, there seems
very little difference. The recent stories sug
gested by the terrible execution of the mitrail-
leur npon a crowded abattoir of broken-dowa
horses, and the announcement that each bat
talion is to have m tirailleur on its tianks, bears In
terna) evidence of being Intended for moral etl'oct
on the enemy. The comparative accuracy of Ame
rican and Ki-.ropean machine guns is best illustrated
by the tril results. In experiments, for instance,
with the Montlgny gun, upon a target 97 feet long
and 26 feet high midway, at a distance of
430 yards, out of 870 cartridges placed in
the gun, 40 were miss a res, 27$ struck, and
t'i altogether missed the target. At 650 yards
the hits were in a proportion of about 50 per cent. ;
and at 1100 yards, for some reason, the trial was
given up. Compared with such execution the ope
ration or the Gutltng gun Is really marvellous. At
a target 10 feet sqnare, 600 yards distance, there was
not one lost out of HO shots. At the Bame target, 1000
yards, 76 per cent, of the shots struck. Other ex
periments have demonstrated, under proper direc
tion, tne scattering powers or tue gun upon a more
extended olijei t.
We shall be disappointed, however, if the French
obtain any such results from the mitrailleur as the
newspaper reports would have us believe. They are
far too much inclined to advertise its virtues to con
vince us that they have much faith In It themselves.
It will undoubtedly do sufficient service In certain
situations to Justify Its use ; but that it will have any
decisive influence on the conduct of war, we do not
anticipate.
The Jtallrofida InterMFCtlna the Heat of War
DlMnnrcM of the 1'rlnctpal (stations Trout
Each Other.
The following are the stations and distances
on the principal German and French railroads
which intersect the scat of the present European
war. The Rhenish Railroads run in a north
westerly direction along the left bank of the
Khine lrom Blngerbrueck at the mouth of the
Nabe river to Cologne, having a length of nine
ty-five miles. The following arc the principal
stations on the railway and their distances from
the Etarting-point: Bingerbrueck, Bacharach,
8 milee; Oberwesol, 12W miles; 8t.
Goar. VZ miles; Bopard. 26 miles: Cappellen.
85 miles; Coblentz, miles; Neuwield, 46','
miles; Andernach, 49 miles; Brohl, 535 miles;
jSd. Ereissig, oo miles; Blnzig. 5'J miles; Kema
gen. til miles; Rolandseck, 66 miles; Mehlera,
68 miles; Godesberg, 70 miles; Bonn, 74 i
miles; Bolsdorf, 78 miles; geehtem, 8Z
miles; Brnehl, 85 miles; Cologne, 95 miles.
From Neunkirchcn in Rhenish Prussia east
the railroad stations and distances are: Kaisers
lantern in Rhenish Bavaria, 29 miles; Neustadt,
48 miles; Ludwigsbafen, 67 miles; Worms, 81
mnes. me rauroaa irom uermersneim to
Spires, in Rhenish-Bavaria, near the Rhine, is 7
miles in length. From Frankfort-on-the-Main.
south, along the Main-Neckar Railroad, the sta
tions ana aistauces are as roiiows: uarmstadt,
WA tniles! Zwlno-enhnro'. 2fiV milfR- Ansrhnnh
' r ni j ...
28 unlet; Bensheim, 80 miles; lieppenhelm, 33
miles; weinneim, vv mnes; rnedrichsield,
A U mllaa. IfAmknlm In U A KOI t ,
From Kent, in Baden, on the Rhine, opposite
Strasbourg, the railroad stations to the
east with their distances are: York, 23 g
miles; LegclshtirBt, 4 miles: Appenweler
i junction), 7 miles, Irom Manhelm in
iaden, south along the Baden railroad, running
nearly parallel with the Rhine, the principal
stations and their distances are: Heidelberg,
lla miles; Langenbrucken, 2& miles; Bruch
sal, 32 miles; Carlsruhe, 46 miles; Ettllngen,
50 miles; Muggensturm, 56 miles; 11 as tad t, 61
miles; Cos, 66g miles; Buehl, 69 miles; Achern,
79 miles; Rcnchen, 83 miles; Appenweier (junc
tion), 8u miles; Offeuburg, H2 miles; Friburg,
131 miles; Basle, Switzerland, 170 miles. From
Stuttgart, in Wurtemberg, northwest, the eU
tious and distances are: Lud wigsburg, 9' miles;
Bietigheim, 15 miles; Muehlecker, 29 miles;
Maulbronn, 'A"Z miles; Bretten, '.Vili miles;
Bruebsal, in Baden, 49 miles. From Paris, north
east, the stations and their distances are:
Rbeime, 99 miles; Charlevillo, . 153 miles;
thence southeast Sedan, 163 miles; Moutmedy,
291) miles; Unguyon, 214J miles; ThlonvUle,
France, 2413 1 miles.
From Paris, east, the stations and their dis
tances are: Nancy, 220 miles; thence, north, to
Metz, 2U miles; thence, east, to 8U Avoid,
275J, miles; Forbach (France), 287 miles.
From Paris, east again, the . stations and dis
tances are: Lunevllle, 240 miles; Avrlcourt,.2"5
miles; Sarrebourg,- 268 milee-; Saverne, 385
miles; Strasbourg (Francn), 8123 miles. From
Strasbourg, across the Rhine, to Kehl, the dis
tance Is 12.' miles. ' .
i War Item.
M. Chassepot has received a Russian patent
for an improvement on his rifle.
The young Duke de Feltre, Marqnis Roche
fort, Viscount Sainte Marie, and M. Georges de
Jleeckeren are named among the recent volun
teers for the French army.
The Queen of Prussia has issued a laconic ad'
dress, in which she says "the Fatherland expects
that every woman will do her duty. Jn the first
place, send help to the Rhine."
An ordinary rifle ball costs in France about
a cent, while an explosive one costs about forty
five cents. This is considered a stronger reason
for not using the explosive balls than the la
tense suffering they cause.
General Cbapgaruier, in an essay written two
years ago on the Prussian victories in the
AiiMrinn war, cviclud'jd that they wor rlun to
a concurrence of circumstances which it is an
likely ill ever occur again.
Count Bismarck sent a despatch to the repre
sentative of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg,
saying: "In reply to your telegram, 1 declare,
in the name of the Confederation of the North,
that she will respect the neutrality of the Grand
Dnchy as long as France respects it."
As an instance .of the delays attending the
movement of troops, it is estimated that the
French Eastern Railroad Company would re
quire ten days to move a force of 40.000 men,
with horses, ammunition, etc., from Chalons to
the frontier, even if a train could be despatched
every hour.
M. Emiie Ollivier, the French Premier, Bald
recently to a committee of the Corps Legislatif,
when the question of the publication of war
news was before them: "Make what observa
tions you like, and voto as you please; but you
will not prevent us from killing the journals
which would embarrass and kill us."
The France says of the American built iron
clad Rochimbeau that she is regarded in sea
men's language as "formidable and irresistible,"
and Is evidently destined to render 'important
services in the present war. 8he is manned by
500 men, the guns alone requiring 280 to attend
them. Her armament weighs 600 tons.
Great Britain annually exports merchandise
to the valne of $110,000,000 to Germany, and
receives from her products amounting to f85,
000,000. Germany is the best customer England
has, and as an exporting country is the fourth
on ber list. The German trade Is very largely
indirect, and represents goods intended for
Austria. Hungary, and other parts.
The progress in marine guns during the last
decade has been very great. In 1869 the 68
poundcr cast iron gun was the most powerful
weapon. At present there are 600-pounder 25
ton "guns, beside 18-ton, 12-ton, 9-ton, and 63
ton guns. The lightest of these is more power
ful than the 68-poundcr. and could pierce 43
inch armor on a ship's side at 200 yards, while
the 25-ton gun would probably pierce most
Iron-clads at a range ot two miles.
It is said of the mitrailleuse (which, however,
is to be proved) that bullets may rain around,
bursting shells may fill the air, still its thirty-
seven barrels will shoot like one man, and at SOO
or 1000 yards will pour volley after volley of
deadly concentrated fire into a circle of from 10
to 12 feet In diameter. No boring or fixing of
fuses is required, and the whole operation is
performed so rapidly that two steady, cool men
could maintain a fire of ten discharges per min
ute. On the other band the mitrailleuse could
not well compete with the field gun, and it is
with this weapon it will assuredly be met. Its
bullets would have comparatively Blight effect
at the ranges at which field artillery projectiles
are perhaps most effective, while its size would
oiler a very lair mark to the gunner.
LADY TIIORNE'S ACCIDENT.
Her I.ndTohlp Not Herlounly Injured.
The Buffalo Courier of yesterday says: Spe
cial despatches from Rochester, published yes
terday afternoon, announced that the (iueen of
the 1 urf, Lady Thome, had injured, herself by
slipping while getting into a car at that city for
transportation to Buffalo. It Is with feelings of
the greatest satisfaction that we announce the
facts in the case. Lady Thome was going into
the freight car in the Rochester depot, yester
day morning, and had to walk up an inclined
plank which had no railing. There was a crowd
about, anxious for a glimpse at the great flyer.
Fiightenedat the novelty of the situation, she
started back when part way up the plank, her
hind leg slipped and she fell off, coming down
on her hip. The fall was less than a foot and a
half, but she struck on a bone which corresponds
to the "crazy bone" In the human arm, and was
temporarily lamed, so that she hobbled on three
legs. Dan Mace, who had her in charge, was
naturally alarmed, and thought she was ruined.
ana this lact, added to ner going out oi the
depot as she did, and the lack of competent
veterinary skill in Rochester, accounts for the
despatches sent early in the day. Before the
old mare got back to her stable she was using
the leg. wunam tsomervine, the veterinary
surgeon of Buffalo, was telegraphed for, and
went down by the afternoon train. As soon as
he saw the Lady he assured Mace that the injury
did not amount to anything, and last evening at
Rochester she took her exercise as naturally as
usual. She is as certain to trot next Friday over
tne aunaio tracK as u sne naa never stopped in
i;ocne6ter.
Pittsburg, Pa., has two brothers named
Moore, who bear such a remarkable resemblance
to each other that the lawomcers recently failed
to discover "which was which." One of them
was "wanted" on a charge of abandonment, and
the officer arrested the wrong man. When
brought before the much-abused wife, she scru
tinized him closely, and could not be certain
that it was not her husband until be spoke.
; latest smrrrao intellioence
For additional Marine Netet tee Inside Paget.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA AUGUST 6
ST1TX OF THXRHOMITBR AT THB BVKNINO TBLSQRAFB
- OFFICK.
T A. M 76 1 11 A. M 80 18 P. M 97
CLEARED THIS MOKNINQ.
Steamship Whul wind, tSuerman, Providence, D. 8.
. (Stetson a, uo.
Steamship Norfolk, Piatt, Richmond and Norfolk,
W. r. uiyae uo.
Steamer New York, Jones, Georgetown and Alex,
andrla. W. P. Clvde k Co.
Steamer Ann Eliza, Richards, New York, W. P. Clyde
& Co.
Sclir Louisa Crocker, Flanders, Boston, Audenrled,
Norton a uo.
Schr J. A. Gallagher, Boyle, Norfolk, do.
Schr Georgo H. 8qutre, 'f'lrnraons, Boston, do.
8ehr Juhre Hopkins. Gallagher. Richmond, do.
tichr Alexander, Baker, N. Haven, Sinulckson & Co.
Schr Klcnard Miner. Armstrong, ran uiver, uo.
Schr W. A. Piatt. Pratt. Danversport, do.
Tug Hudson, Nicholson, Baltimore, with a tow of
barges, w. r. uijae & co
Tug Fairy Queen, Wilson, navre-de-Qrace, with a
tow oi Darges to w, r. cijuo a, lu.
ARRIVED THIS MOKNING.
Steamship Volunteer, Jones, 84 hours from New
York, with mdse. to John F. Ohl.
Hteamsltip Aries, Wiley, 43 hours from Boston,
with mdse. to 11. to tnsor A Co.
Steamer Diamond State, Wood, 11 hours from
gassairas luver, witn mdse. ana passengers to a.
(Proves. Jr.
Steamer H. L. Gaw, Her, 13 hours from Baltimore,
with mdse. and passengers to A. Groves, Jr.
Steamer G. 11. Btout, Ford, from Georgetown and
Alexandria, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde & Co.
Steamer Bristol, Wallace, 84 hours from New York,
with mdse. to W. P. Clvde A Co.
Bcli r Express, Pansy, from Maryland, with rail
road ties to viutiani! kk. uo.
Schr Armada, Palmer, ft days from City Point,
with lumber ta Chaa. H&slara Co.
Schr Mary L. Vanklrk, Walker, from Newbern, N.
C, with lumber to D. E. Trainer A Co.
tfchr Isabella Thompson, Endlcott, fm Providence.
Near Ann i. Kauorn. rowers, irom rawmoneu.
Schr Ma'r. Stower. from Potomac Hive.
Sehr Anna Mvriclf. Richards, from Provlnoetown.
Tug Tbos. Jefferson, Allen, from Baltimore, with a
tow or barges to w. r. uiyae uo.
Tog Fairy Queen, Wilson, from Havre-de-Graoe,
with a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde Co. ,
MEMORANDA. 1
Steamer Fanita, Freeman, heuce, at New York
Ktesmer Leonard, hence, at Boston 5th Inst.
Bark Clara Eaton. Herritnan. waa at Bonaire 3d
nit., loading, to sail lor Ualmes' Hole or Delaware
Breakwater for orders.
Brig Alva, Robinson, for Philadelphia, cleared at
pi. oonn, im. B. , 4in insi.
Bria Callao. Cogglna. hence, at Boston 6th Inst
Schr Margaret Powell, Frntou, from Trenton for
New Haven, with coal, In tow, with two other schra.
of tugboat Niagara. 6th mat., struck a rock la Hell
Gate, and after being towed as far as South Brotner
sunk, and will be a total loss.
Hcbra Reading KK. No. 4'. Bartlett. from Port-
Chester for Philadelphia, and Julia B. Wllleta, Bay
lis, hence for New Haves; and Gust, Martin, from
TreDton tor rrovuienoe, pasaea neu urn yewjruT.
l.m ii is t i i: i t. i mil. iruni i.umui'1 ror i-ui-
I ladetptila, and John gtroup, do. for do., at Holmes'
Hoi P. M. iih lmt.
SECOND EDITION!
LATEST B7 TELEGRAPH.
WAR REPORTS BY CABLE
Weissenburg.
The Prussian Victory.
JS. JTreiioli. Versions
"Overwhelmed" by the Foe.
10,000 Prussians Hors de Combat.
jY. Doubtful Rumor.
The Town Recaptured.
lute, Etc., Etc.. Etc. Etc.
FliOM EVROPE.
Particulars of the Battle of Welaaenbnrc.
Paris, Aug. C. The Journal OJitid of this
morning says that the French troops who, to
the number of seven or eight thousand, were
engaged in the affair before 'Weissenburg had
to contend with two rrnssian army corps, in
eluding the picked troops of the Prussian
Guard. The Journal adds, in spite of the
inferiority of their numbers, onr rogiments
resisted the assaults of the enemy for several
hours with admirable heroism, when they
were forced to give way. The loss of the
enemy was so severe that he did not dare to
pursue. While at saarorucK we nave brokon
the Prussian line, our own remains intact.
The Prussian Advance.
Caelsrtjhe, Aug. i. The army of Baden
yesterday passed the French frontier, and ad
vanced to Lauterburg, where it has esta
blished headquarters and seized some boats
in the river.
The French loss at Neuklrchen was three
killed and one wounded. They shelled S t,
Jean Station.
Waiting for News.
London, Aug. C 7 A. M. No war news of
interest has been received since the account
of the battle at Weissenburg. The mail de
tails of that affair have not reached here.
Kecaptnre of Wtlaaeabarg Hrported.
Pabis, Aug. 6. La Liberte this morning
publishes a private despatch, sent at midnight
last night from Strasburg, reporting that
Marshal McMahon beat the Prussians yes
terday evening. The latter have evacuated
Weissenburg, and telegraphic communication
with Weissenburg has been re-established.
La Liberte says McMahon moved yesterday
towards Weissenburg. He was but two hours
march from that point, and his men marched
at quickstep. He has between CO, 000 and
70,000 men. To-day there will be about
150,000 men concentrated near Weissenburg.
The loss of the Prussians in the recent
engagement reached ten thousand five hun
dred in killed, wounded, and prisoners. The
French forces defending the town were but
eight or ten thousand, while the attacking
party numbered fully forty thousand. The
enemy waa so severely crippled that he could
not follow the French when they retired.
This Mornlnc'a Quotations.
London. Aog. 6 1130 A. fiL Consols opened at
89 for money and for account. American secu
rities are firm. United States C-20B of 1862, 83; of
1865, old, 83; of 1867, 82 ; 10-4OB, 8L Stocks are stead?.
Erie Railroad, IB ; lmaois Central, 101; Great West
ern, 19.
Liverpool, Aug: 6 11 80 A. M. Cotton opened
nutet. Middling uplands. 7'id.t middling Or nana.
8d. The sales of the day are estimated at bow
bales.
London, Aug. a. xanow auu.
Antwerp, Aug. a.--Petroleum opened quiet.
FROM TUB STA TE.
Miner Killed by a Premature Blast.
ftnnrfol Damatck to The Evening TeUaravK
Scbanton. Pa.. Auff. o. A miner namea Pa
trick Gallagher was instantly killed at the Gipsy
Grove works of the Pennsylvania ioai com
pany yesterday, by the premature explosion of
a blast which be had lust ignited. The men had
retired to a place of safety, and after the explo
sion returned to tne cnamoer ana louna the
hndv of Gallagher near the place of the blast.
nhnwlnc that the explosion had taken place
while he was engagea lniiguung tne aiatcn.
FROM TUE WEST.
Fire la Claelaaatl.
Cincinnati, Aug. C A' fire this morning
destroyed the four story brick building on Cen
tral avenue, owned by Albert Kroeger, and oc
cupied by Kohmann & Bro., manufacturers of
furniture, and Bhroyer & Co., manufacturers of
6eoling wax. The damage to the building was
110,000; Insured for t4O00 In city offices. Loss
on stock from tl5,(XW to f m.wo. no insur
ance.
New York Stock aad Money Market.
NxwYoits, Aug. 6. Stocks steady. Money '8(4
per cent. Gold, 181 J. 6-208, lss. coupon, Ultf
rin. 14. da. iiu4 : ao. lsea. ao.. Jiu". ; ao, ltxn, new,
luttmdo. 1MI, X0; do. 186a, lov; l-os, 10T4;.
Virginia, sixes, new. 69: Miaaourl sixes. 90: Can
ton Co., es; Cumberland preferred, SO; New York
. i .r..i. Ti, . i. r is . -J Ofii'. T
Ing, r','; Adams Express, 7V; Michigan Central,
li; ; Miciiii'fn Southern, 90 ; lliiuol Central,!-! ;
i Chicago and Kock Isiand, 113' . ; Pituburg and Port
1 YYajue, ns i Wwtera uuoa 'iUtgraa, u,.
washixqtox.
Postmaittera Annotated.
Dt'patck to the AisociaUd rrtee.
VA8iiiNGTOit, Aug. 6 The President has re
appointed John Kensler postmaster at Conners
vllle, Indiana, and D. C. Hyde postmaster at
Dunkirk, Mew York, vice Patterson.
Sprcial Despatch to the Evening Telegraph.
Surgeon E. R. Dodae. IJ. 8. N.,
of Bunbnry, Pa., was yesterday placed upon the
retired list.
PaTDiRHter Appointed.
The President has appointed James E. Cann.
of Erie, Pa., an assistant paymaster in the navy.
i ne unrepean fleet.
Secretary Robeson, on account of the Bmall-
noss of the European fleet, has revoked the
order to Rear-Admiral Radford to return in the
Franklin, npon being relieved of command, to
he united tatcs,a9 previously reported in The
Telegraph, and he is to turn that vessel over to
Rear-Admiral Glisson, who will hoist his flag
npon her and she will continue the flagship oi
the squadron.
The Weather at the Henshore.
Ann. A. M. Win,!. W.nihtr r
Atlantic City N.W,.... Clear 75
TUE NATHAN MYSTERY.
The Police Puzzled and Nothing: Dlacovered
Wnahlngton (Nathan Indlrated Hie Cbarar.
If r, Habits, and Demeanor Before and on the
Morning of the Murder.
From to-day'e A". 1'. Iltrald.
It was anticipated that in this issue startllnc
developments would be made in regard to the
horrible murder which has been the all-
cnirrossinff subject of conversation for a
week past. However, since the inquest all
has remained very quiet, ana at police head
quarters no stir is discernible.
Kelso and Jourdan, who are completely worn
out with acting and listening, heard all
patiently and dismissed them with Chester-
lieldlan politeness, until a cadaverous ghoul
entered and declared that he had
STARLING INFORMATION
to communicate. Kelso politely escorted him
to his private room and invited tne ghoul to be
seated. Mr. Ghoul dropped himself into a chair
and Kelso seized a pen, dipped It into his ink
bottle and prepared to write.
"1 bave come to ten you mat i nave discovered
the Nathan murderer," said the ghoul mechani
cally. "lou have : exciaimca kciso. "it is more
than I can do. Let us hear what you have."
Kelso asrain dipped his pen in lnK and put it
to paper.
"1 bave just returned from a visit to a distin
gulchcd clairvoyant, Mr. Kelso, and"
"What!" exclaimed Kelso, throwing his pen
upon the table, "do you come here with clair
voyant's stories? Get out as soon as possible. I
have some well arranged cells down stairs. I
require no clairvoyant sells from you."
WASHINGTON NATHAN VINDICATED.
A Etatement was yesterday obtained from Mr.
Joseph A. Arenson, which may throw some
lirriit upon tne perplexing aamness now over
shadowing the charges against Washington
Nathan. In the first place the reader should
remember that this young man had been se
lected by
THE POPULAR INDIGNATION
ns a victim. He has simply been available. In
the wild tumult of passion which has raged
since the dreadful assassination a feverish injus
tice has sougut a murderer, in one was more
convenient than an inmate of the Twenty-third
street house; none was more dramatic than a
well-bred, handsome, and high-born son. But
why should a reckless and bold denunciation
niarK wasnington Hainan as tne assassin more
than any other son of the deceased ? For these
reasons only:
First. Because ne was tue last to reach home
at night and the last in bed.
Second, rsecause ne was tne nrst to discover
the murder in the morning.
Third. Because he said the front door was
open five minutes before the ofllcer said he saw
it shut.
Judire Dowung has stated that he will certify
that no evidence of intemperance or criminality
against Wasnington imnancan De louna on the
records of his court, and he offers a written
document to that effect. Senator Creamer is
also ready to vindicate the afflicted son. As for
TBI LADT AT THE HOFFMAN HOUSE,
it has been ascertained that she is one of charac
ter and social standing, and the hotel Itself is
enough to establish this fact without inquiry;
and so tne proprietor oners to tesiiiy to tne
character of the lady against whom the slanders
were printed. So all these outrageous fictions
are torn into tatters when examined. Mr.
Nathan was never stern, harsh, nor unkind to
his sons. He gave them what they desired, and
they in turn respected and loved him.
nothing more iorcioie nas oeen advanced in
this case than the slender form and
PUNY STRENGTH OF THB BUSPKCTED BON.
He is small boned, his feature are regular and
his shape is not muscular. To see - him is al
most a proclamation of his innocence. Wash
ington has not yet reached his twenty-third
year. He was on good terms with his father,
had frequent access to the safe in the library by
his father's knowledge, and was net a dissolute
man.
On the morning of the murder Mr. Arenson
heard of the crime while passing down in a Fifth
avenue stage, at fifteen minutes to nine. He
immediately sought the house and saw Fred
erick almost crazy with grief. He exclaimed
' KEEP AWAY FROM ME.
"Keep away from me." Washington was sad
and gloomy, but quiet. Washington then
stated, in answer to an inquiry of his friend,
that he had bolted and chained the door in the
evening, but found it open in the morning. Mr.
Aranson further states that he has seen Frede
rick since the day of the murder. He explains
the confusion about
WHICH BROTHER ROSE FIRST IN THE MORNING
of the fatal day. Frederick says that upon that
morning he woke up at half-past five and stood
' at the window in his night shirt, hardly think
ing it worth while to retire again. In this
dress be left the third story front hall bed-room
by the side door, and instead of passing into the
ball went through the communicating rooms
to Washington's room, which was the third
story back, and entered this apartment by aside
door; then at that hour (half-past five A. M.) he
aw. ,
WASHINGTON ASLEEP WITH HIS LEGS CROSSED
on the bed. He did not awaken him, but re
turned to his (Frederick's room. In a short
time Frederick went back by the same way,
avoiding the ball, not wlsulng to make a noise,
and just before six be stepped again into Wash
ington's room and simultaneously Washington
awoke. Frederick said be would go and awake
his father. Washington said no, that he would
go, aud started down stairs. Boon Frederick
heard
TnE OUTCRIES OF WASHINGTON
and jumped down stairs to his father's corpse.
It is ascertained that Mr. Nathan had dis
charged a coachman six or eight months ago,
aDd he was afterward put In the lunatic asylum.
It was a mania with this maa to believe that he
would be assassinated. Is not this
A FEARFUL THING
to scense a young man of brutal paraclde when
he has a fair name, a spotless character, aud
tr-e world before h'in, oci- fither
I been slain under the same rwi mat cover the