A VOL. XIV NO. 33. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY AUGUST 9, 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS, i . - I I"; FIRST EDITION THE WAR IN EUROPE. in UPei'il. Its Means of Defense. Thnir Ornnil Armament. The Feeling in France. Preliminary Diplomacy. Tic Etc. Etc.. Etc.. Etc. PARIS IN PERIL. The Dancer of the French Capital, and the Means at Command to Ward It Off The For tification of the City A Historical Outline Its Internal Organization The General situa tion and Us Dancer. Last night's cable telegrams from the scat of war are taken up principally with details of the recent battles, and there is practically no change in Tim Hltuntlon since we fully explained it yesterday. The most important item of news is the rumor given currency by the Paris Temps of last evening, to the effect that Marshal Bazaine is to be placed in chief command of the army, with General .Trochu as Major-General, instead of Marshal Le Boeuf. The position of Major-General in the French army is similar to that of Chief of the General Staff in the Prussian army, which is held by the veteran Von Moltke, and the incum bent of it has charge of the general outline of the campaign. As Marshal Le Boeuf's plans have been signal failures thus far, it is quite likely that the Emperor is anxious to get rid of him. General Trochu, his reported successor, is regarded as the most accomplished strategist in the French service, and it is even claimed that he is the equal of the Prussian prodigy, Von Moltke. If a change is made, there is likely to be a material modification of the French plan of campaign, and an approximate return to the system ot the First Napoleon of fighting the enemy in detail with a superior force, Instead of attempting to annihilate the whole German line at one and the same time. The reported Illness of the Emperor may, per haps, have something to do with the report that. like "the noble infant" Louis, he has had enough of war himself, and is willing to turn over the imperilled fortunes of France to a man who is a soldier by profession, and has enjoyed some thing of a reputation as such by .making Marshal Bazaine Commander-in-Chief. The only other points worthy of special notice in last night's despatches are, that the Prussians have occupied Forbach, a few miles from the border on the railroad from Metz to Saarbruck, which enables them to menace St. Avoid and Metz, and that Marshal MacMahon continues his retreat along the line of the railroad from Stasburg towards Nancy. The French army in general, it would seem, is endeavoring to effect a concentration in the passes of the Vosges, with Metz and Nancy as the points d'appui, for the defense of the approaches to Paris, and .a general battle is considered probable to-day. The Peril of Paris. The position of affairs tends to give credit to the cable telegram which came from London yesterday afternoon to tbe effect that "the con dition of Paris is believed to be dangerous.' This announcement was fully warranted by the J official circular issued by order of the Empress Regent on Sunday morning, and signed by the leading members of the Cabinet, in which it was announced that, "in order to facilitate the execution oi military preparations we declare the capital in a state of siege." On the same day the Journal Officiel gave its recognition to the perilous position of the capital by summarizing the forces which could be mustered for its defense, while a mani festo issued by the Minister of War yesterday pounds still another note of alarm, although professing to express the belief that the mea sures wnicn are being tauen wui sutnee to save the city. The Fortifications ol Paris. We gave yesterday an outline of the different routes by which Paris could be assailed by a hos tile army from Germany, and the obstacles which it would encounter on each. But the most formidable obstacle would prove to be the laborate fortifications of the city. It was re ported a short time since that the Empress, on ber return from the visit to the fleet at Cher bourg, toasted M. .Thiers, the leader of the Orleacist party, because the so-called impregnable fortifications of the city were constructed while he was at the head oi Louis Philippe's ministry, The Orleanist King and his Prime Minister were greatly interested in the completion of the worKs, ana maae special exertions to accom plish the task, which was finished about thirty years ago. In 1811 an appropriation of about 130,000,000 was granted for completing the de fensive works, making a. total of about flOO, 000,000 which has been spent upon them. They comprise a wall 83 feet in height, bastloned and terraced, the escarpment faced with masonry, and embracing - both banks of the river Seine, with a continuous enclosure 23 miles in circuit and presenting 94 angular fronts This wall Is lined with a fosse, or ditch, about 20 feet In depth, and strengthened by out works or detached tofts to the number of 17, which include the principal suburbs of the city and even a great portion of the surrounding country, and command the approaches la every direction, within the loruncations is a con tinuous carriage road, and still within that a railroad connecting with the five grand lines radiating from Paris to the boundaries of France The limits of the city proper are traced by the old octroi walls, about a mile and a half within the new military wall, erected at a much earlier date for fiscal purposes, but which would serve to assist in keeping an enemy at bay after tbe outer walls bad once been penetrated. In this inner wall are fifty gates or barriers, at which the octroi, or duties .levied on goods imported into the city, are collected. Many of these bar riers are magnificent structures. Beyond- the barriers and their connecting wall there Is a large zone, 17 miles in length, which makes nearly the entire circuit of the city, forming an excel lent promenade, and affording an admirable opportunity for the rapid movement of troops. This zone is called the Outer Boulevards, to distinguish it from the Boulevards proper within the old wall, which form the most animated and attractive thoroughfares of the French capital. The Armament and Htrensth of the Fortlflca- tion. To fully prepare the new fortifications for the ass aults of an enemy requires an armament of 2700 eun-carrlaees. 575 rampart guns, 2333 mortars or cannon, and, at least, 20,000 soldiers. Of late there has been in and around Paris ordinarily a well-disciplined armv of 100,000 men; but the exegences of the present war have cut this force down to a much smaller figure. The Journal Officiel on Sunday declared that it would require an army ot half a million of men to invest the fortifications, while 30,000 men would Bulllce to defend them. There are troops enough, said the same authority, now in and around the city to furnish the necessary garri son; while, by counting on the assistance of sailors from the fleet, the Garde Xationale, the Oarde Municipal, and the Fire Brigade, a force of 100,000 could be gotten together. From this hopeful view the Journal Officiel drew the in ference that "Paris Is free from danger." The Minister of War, in his manifesto issued j-esterday, takes the same hopeful view of the situation. Although it is necessary to garrison the city with fresh troops, the Minister declares that "Paris will not be taken unawares." The exterior forts received their armaments some time ago, and the walls are now being armed, and in a few days the entire circuit of the walls, as well as the exterior torts, will be in a condi tion to withstand a regular siege. Additional works for the defense of the capital are to be com menced to-day, to facilitate the construction of which the state of siege, or martial law, has been declared. "The National Guard," says the Minister of War, "is. to defend the ramparts. Forty thousand men taken from its ranks and added to the present garrison will be more than enough to make an active and vigorous defense against an enemy occupying an extended front. The defense of Paris then will be assured" an opinion in which the Prussian army will be likely to coincide, in case they should follow up their recent successes and lay siege to the capital in due form. The Danger From Within. But the danger from within will be almost equal, even If not greater, than from without. But littlo reliance is to be placed in the patriotic professions of the republican element of the population of Paris. If the Emperor were lead ing a victorious army to fresh triumphs, Paris would stand like one man at his back. At the head, or rather in the rear, of a defeated and demoralized army, and driven from point to point by the enemy, the disaffected element of the capital will undoubtedly become intractable, and quite as dangerous to the security of the government as on enemy encamped about its walls. But the days of the barricades, as proved by the Rochefort emeute of last Febru ary, are numbered. Baron Haussmann, at an enormous outlay, straightened the crooked places and widened the narrow ones, rendering a popular demonstration almost futile, unless characterized by absolute unanimity. Iude pendently of the military forces which are at command to suppress any disturbances, there is a formidable civil force which, in times of peace, is amply sufficient t preserve order. The gov ernment of the city is administered by the Pre fect of the Seine which position is at 'present filled by M. Henri Chevreau, the successor of Baron Haussmann assisted by a municipal council of sixty members, and by the Prefect of Police, all these officers being ap pointed by the Emperor. For certain details the city Is divided into twenty districts, each of which has a mayor and two deputy mayors, subordinate to the Prefect of the Seine. These districts are again divided into quarters, in each of which resides an inferior magistrate, subject to the Prefect of Police and styled a commls saire de police. Under the control of the Pre fect of Police are 4590 agents, composing the ordinary municipal police, of whom 8700 are sergens de ville, or simple po licemen. Auxiliary to these are 4000 gendarmes, and the regiment of the Garde de Paris, numbering 2000. In addition there is a well-trained military force of 1300 officers and men for firemen's duty, making a total muni cipal force of nearly 13,000 men for the preser vation of order and property, all of whom, in case of emergency, could be called upon to do duty in defending the city from an outside enemy, provided the people were sufficiently united to keep down the disaffected element. A Historical Outline. As long ago as the time of Louis XIV, Van- bau said of Paris : "This city is to France what the head is to the human body ; it Is the true heart of the kingdom.' The centre of tbe wealth, culture, power and proverbial unsteadi ness of France, Paris has long been the virtual dictator to the rest of the country, and the royal or republican adventurer who could gain con trol of it has become through necessity the virtual ruler of the nation. Dynasties have been effectually overthrown simply by driving their representative from the city, and new regimes inaugurated by winning Paris, by fair means or foul, to their support. It dates origin back to the days of Julius Caesar, who found a tribe settled on its Eite under the name of the Parlsil. The original name of the town, however, was Lutetia, which rose, during the five centuries of Roman dominion, to be a place ot considerable importance and the capital of Northern Gaul. During the fifth ceutary It suffered much from the incursions of the north ern hordes, and falling ultlmitely into the hands of Clovls, was made by him his residence in the year 508. after bis conversion to Christianity. Under bis descendants it became the capital of tbe kingdom of Neustrla, and sinee 087, on the accession of Hugh Capet, it has been the capital of France aad the residence of the Kings and Emperors who have ruled that turbulent coun try. Under Charles V the city was surrounded by new walls and ditches, for the purpose more especially of guarding against the Incursions of tbe English, who were accustomed to amuse tlemtelies by inroads Into the faubourgs. These fortifications, however, were, soon found inadequate to the defense of the city, j for In 1420, during the reign of Charles VI, the English made themselves its master and re-' malned in possession for sixteen years. To go into the subsequent history of the city in detail would be impossible in this connection. Almost every revolution which has transpired in the country has originated and been consummated in the city, and both the Napoleons have not been backward in recognizing that Paris is the head and heart of France. About the close of the twelfth century Fhilip Augustus built a new wall about the town, enclosing G25 acres. In the times of Louis XI, the latter part of the fifteenth century, the city extended over 1414 acres and contained a population of about 300,000 souls. In 1793, the population reached 550,000; In 1817, it was 715,000; In 1846, it had increased to 1,034,196; and in 1861, to 1,007,841; while at present it has an area of 18,315 acres and a population of about 2,000,000. WEISSENBURG. The Captured French Portree. Weissenburg, the French fortress which was captured on the 3d inst. by the troops of the Crown Prince of Prussia, has a population o about 5250, and is the seat of local governmen in the department of the Lower Rhine. It is a well-built town, situated on the right bank o! the Lauter, at the foot of the mountains. It was originally the seat of a Benedictine abbey founded in the seventh century, in connection with which there was a school under the charge of the monks. This was still flourishing in the eighth century. In 1247 Weissenburg joined the burgher alliance of the Rhine cities, and sub sequently obtained its charter as a free imperial citv. It suffered ereatly In the peasant war of the Reformation; in the Thirty Years' War it was occupied by both Swedes and Imperialists. and in 1077 a terrible fire reduced it almost to ruins. It was reduced so that the inhabitants quitted it; and when the treaty of Westphalia ceded the district to France there remained but one hundred and fifty souls in the ruined town. In 1705 it had its share of frontier hostility during the war of the Spanish succession, and in 1793 it was again a base of operations for botn contending parties. The fortifications date back to 1746. The lines of Weissenburg, which were laid down by the great .Marshal vuiars, iormed a series ot re doubts from the town to the foot of the neigh boring hills, and extending back to Lautcrburz. It is a place of considerable trade, and has several manufacturing establishments. THE PENALTIES OF WAR. o Nome of the Inconveniences of the Straggle The Proposal to Establish a Paper Cur rency. A correspondent of the London Times writes as follows from the French capital on July 25: In Paris we begin to experience some of the inconveniences of war. People old enough to remember the time when silver was almost the exclusive currency in France, and when, if one drew 1000 francs at a bankers, he had either to pay a high premium for gold or to carry home the lumbering dollars, will appreciate the incon venience implied by the announcement that we have returned to very nearly the same stata of things. The Bank of France now makes its payments only in silver and paper. Gold is at five per cent, premium at the money' chancers'. There is an enormous accumulation of gold in the bank, but it is not put into circu lation. There is fear of its being exported to England and Belgium, thence to be taken to Prussia. I bear that a Paris banker has recom mended the Government to establish a forced taper currency. The objections to this are tfovious, and we have only to look back to 1866 for an example of the evil effects of 6uch a measure. In Italy the compulsory paper was immediately at a heavy discount, while the ex change on foreign countries rose in proportion. rue consequence, oi course, was ttiat every' thing brought from abroad rose greatly in price, ana tnis reacted on nome produce. Throughout Italy everything became dearer, and although the premium on gold not long afterwards fell to five per cent., and has even, I believe, since been as low as three per cent., shopkeepers' prices, servants' wages, and in general all the necessaries and luxuries of life, have never since fallen again ki proportion. A forced paper currency is a real curse to any country, entailing also the issue of innumerable small notes in Italy they have been down to half a franc, miserable little shinplasters; while tbe local banks issue twenty-cent notes, which do not pass out oi tneir own town or district; for when there Is no silver or gold the copper also disappears. . Meanwhile the Bourse is well supported, con sidering that we are on the brink of a terrible war, and financial men here speak cheerfully of its prospects. There have been no catastrophes yet, and we are hoping that the next settling day (July 31") will go off as well as the last, wheu everybody paid up. My own conviction is that there is hardly a moneyed man, a banker, mer chant, or tradesman who would not Gladly have averted the war, but, since it is inevitable, they put the best face on it, and gird themselves up to support the burdens it must inevitably en tail. To quote their own proverb, "The wine is drawn and must be drunk," bitter though the draught may be, and more akin to wormwood than to grape juice. One class of persons upon whom the war imposes a heavy tax is that of fathers of families whose sons are to draw in tbe next conscription, and who are not disposed to let inem serve. A case came to my Know ledge two days ago, that of a friend of my own, whose son is studying for the bar, and who is not disposed to let him break off these studies and be converted into food for powder. lie tells me that If (be young man draws a number low enough to Include him in the levy he shall Lave to pay 5,000 francs for a substitute. The usual price in peace time is about 1,500 francs, or lime more. THE FEELING IN FRANCE. Public Opinion la the War Hectlons of tho ouatry ''franco ittuat Do and Is United." The war correspondent of the London Daily Ntws, writing from Metz on the 24th of July, thus notes the attitude of the population: I have by this time gone through a large sec tion of France the war section. It is true that having only travelled by rail, the view I have bad is but as a habty cutting up this portion of the country; still I find opinions too clearly and evidently marked to make me personally doubt ful ol tbe state of public opinion. First. Br the officers the war Is received as at once their due and as the greatest boon the r.mperor could bestow upon them. oe;ona The soldiers with the celors accept it wi h en thusiasm, in many cases witn pleasure, lhird Tbe reserves who have been out on unlimited leave take it as a terrible duty which It Is their hard luck to have to discharge; rapidly their opinions merge in those ot their comrades serv- ing with tbe eagles. Fourth. Tbe upper classes, commercial, educated, etc., all talk of la France, bow the Prussians must be beaten, how t la France should be and is united, how' It is not patriotic to abuse the Govern ment. This being settled, they immediately pull the Government to pieces. - "Mexico was tbe cause or eaaowa; we should have louirut in '06: Bismarck outwitted our Government in '66; the pretext of war Is a bad one, we should not nave sought nntu lei; stui tne war was mevi table, and la France must be and Is united Fifth. The peasantry and tbe lower eUei of 'Alsace;' their attitude is plain and unequivo cal; they elect the war; their homes may be burned, their crops and cattle taken by requi sitions, although ft must be said that they firmly believe this will happen to their German neigh bors over the border; still they acclaim the war; they fete the soldiers. Most of them talk Ger man as well as French. To be sure that is not saying much. Still, as Thiers Says, the wise policy of Colbert has made of them the best Frenchmen in France, and the larger number of the men who speak their own tongue, that fall in the first battle, the better they will be pleased. PRELIMINARY NEGOTIATIONS. ninorlant Diplomatic Correspondence The oi iseiicrenis ana neutrals. The British correspondence respecting the negotiations preliminary to the war between France and Prussia was issued late on the even ing of July 26, in London. The following Im portant details of this correspondence have just been received by mail: The correspondence opens with a leleerratn from Mr. Layard, dated July 5. announcine that the Spanish Council of Ministers had decided upon proposing the hereditary Prince of Ilohen- zoliern eigmanngen as a candidate lor the Spanish throne; and a despatch from Lord Lyons, at Paris, of the same date, stating that the Due de Gramont had informed him of the same fact, adding that France could not permit such a state of things, which would oblige her, in tbe event of war with Prussia, to keep watch on 8pain. Earl Granville, in his reply, states that he has seen the French Ambassador, who urged the Uritisn uovernmeni to use its influence with Prussia and Spain to put a stop to the proposed installation of the Prince. The following day, the 6th, Earl Granville writes to Lord Loftus, at Berlin, instructing him to urge on the King ot Prussia and his advisers effectually to discourage a project fraught with risk to the best interests of Spain; but adding that the .British Government had not in any measure admitted that the assumption of the Spanish throne by Prince Leopold would justify the immediate resort to arms threatened. On the 7th of July Earl Granville instructs Mr. Layard that he has advised the Spanish Ambassador to press on the Spanish Govern ment, in terms scrupulously compatible with their dignity, tne wisn ot ner Majesty s Govern ment that they should not give effect to the proposed step. Lord Lyons reports to Earl Granville on the 7th of July the result of the interview with the Due de Gramont, who stated that the accession of tbe Priuce of Hohcnzollern would lead to war, but added that he trusted much to the influence of tbe British Government on the courts of Madrid and Berlin. On tho same day Lord LyonB reports that the Count de Solms Sonnen walde, tho Prussian Charge d'Affaires at Paris, told him he thought it probable that neither the King of Prussia nor Count Bismarck knew any thing of tbe Prince's candidature. On tbe 8th of July Lord Lyons reported that the Due de Gramont informed him that the silence of Prussia rendered it Impossible for the French Government to abstain any longer from making military preparations. A voluntary renunciation on the part of the Prince would, tno uue ae urammont thought, be a most for tunate solution. On the 9th of July Lord Granville wrote to Lord Lyons that the Italian Minister had in formed him that the Italian Government was prepared to unite in the efforts for the preser vation oi peace. On tbe 0th of July Lord Loftus wrote to Lord Granville respecting the Interview of Mr. Petre with uerrvon ihiie, who stated that the Prus sian Government considered the succession to the throne of Spain was a question with which the rrussian Government had no concern what ever. On the 10th of July Lord Lyons writes to Earl Granville that the Due de Gramont had assured him the French Ministers were following, and not leading, the nation. On the lath ol July Lord Lyons writes that the Due de Gramont had told him the Ministers were already being reproached with want of spirit, and that there were military considera tions wnicn counselled immediate action. Lord Lyons adds that it is quite true the nation is ex tremely impatient. On the same day, after the receipt of the news of the relinquishment of the candidature of Prince Leopold, Lord Lyons writes than the Due de Gramont had told him it was doubtful whether tbe ministry would not be overthrown if they announced that the affair was finished without limner satisiacuon from Prussia. On the 13th of July Lord Granville exoresses to Lord Lyons the trreat disappointment of her Majesty's Government at the Due de Gra mont's language in tbe Corps Legislatif; and on the same day Lord Lyons represents to the Due de Gramont the immense responsibility which the French Government wll incur if it enlarges the ground of the quarrel, and does not at once declare itself satisfied with the renunciation of Prince llobenzollern. On tho same day Lord Lyons reports that the Due de Gramont had said the French Govern ment had, as yet, received literally nothing from Prussia. On the 15th of July Lord Granville writes to Lord Loftus, at Berlin, the result of a conver sation with Count Bernstorff, in which the latter said any further concession oa the part of Prus sia would be equivalent to submission to the arbitrary will of France. On the same day Lord Loftus reports to Earl uranvuie an interview with (Jouut Bismarck, who said that tbe extreme moderation displayed by tbe King of Prussia was producing through out Prussia extreme Indignation. On July 15 Lord Granville writes to Lord Lyons, stating that her Majesty's Government suggests to France and Prussia, in identical terms, that before proceeding to extremities they should have recourse to the good offices of some friendly power. On the previous day, July 14, Lord Lyons had written to Lord Granville stating that great ex citement had been produced in Paris, by the news of the alleged affront to M. Benedettl at Ems, and adding that he cannot give any hope that war will now be avoided. On the same day Lord Granville suggests by telegraph that if France waived her demand for a guarantee for the future, the King of Prussia might communicate to her his consent to the withdrawal of the acceptance of Prince Leopold. Lord Lyons, In reply, reports a conversation he had witn the Due de uramont alter the dcclara ration of war. In the subsequent correspondence. Earl Gran ville Instructed Lord Lyons to nee his efforts to secure the observance of the treaty of 1S56 re specting the rights of neutrals; and Lord Lyons reports negotiations with this obiect. Letters from Mr. Buchanan at Sl Petersburg announce that M. Fleury has endeavored, witu out success, to induce Prioce Gortschakoff to Bide with France. Other despatches relate to the refusal of the French Government to allow newspaper corre spondents to take the field, the negotiations at Vienna with a view to the preservation ot peace, and tbe efforts of the British Government to cecurethe neutrality of Holland and' Switzer land. On the 20th of July Baron Brnnnow proposed to Earl Granville a protocol, to be signed by the great powers, recording the renunciation of the Spanish Crown by Prince Leopold. The an nouncement already published respecting the rights of neutrals aud tbe treatment of Prussian subjects residing in France concludes the corre spondence. A female factory operative of Watervllle. Me., died a short time since from tbe use of jute switches. Tbe autopsy revealed the fact that ibu fkull hud bern perforated by vermin, aud me uraio pnui!y eaten aay. SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. WAR REPORTS BY CABLE OIV TO PARIS! Battle of Woerth, Important Official Despatch Tie Prussian Victory Complete. The French Evacuate Rome. LATE DOMESTIC NEWS Arrest of the Nathan Murderer. Etc.. Etc.. Etc.. Etc.. Etc. The French Evarnate Rome. Home, Aug. 8. The last of the French army of occupation left Civita Vecchiato day, in the steamers Magellan and Panama, for Marseilles and the seat of war. After the Great Battle. London, Aug. 9. The following official despatch is dated at LTomburg, in the Palati nate, 9 "45 A. M. August 8: 'Yesterday, after the battle of Woerth, the enemy retired in the greatest disorder. The French artillery endeavored persistently to make a stand at Neiderbrnn, but that town was taken by the Bavarians. The enemy retired en route to Bitsche. The cavalry of Wurtemberg captured the enemy's stores and four pieces of artillery at Reichs hofen. Dead and wounded covered the route of the retreating army. "This morning we have occupied Ilagenau, evacuated by the enemy. The German troops hold both sides of the Saar, having occupied Saargnemines and Forbach, after a slight resistance by the French." Peace to be 8 son Restored. Liteepool, Aug. 912 M. The buoyancy in the cotton market is attributed to the Prussian successes. The general impression here is that the Prussian viotories augur a speedy restoration of peace. The King of Bavaria on the Brittle of Woerth Munich, Aug. 9. The King of Bavaria makes the following report concerning the battle of Woerth: "Early on the morning of the 7th inst., just as our troops had left their bivonao to march on Erzolzheim, the thun der of cannon was heard. "Our movements were hastened, and we soon came up with the 1st Corps, which was engaged with the enemy. The Bavarian troops were placed in action at once, and participated in the assault upon the heights of Guomene, which were carried about 5 o'clock, the French being repulsed in dis order and with heavy loss. The action was severe and sanguinary." The King has issued a congratulatory order to the 2d Corps thanking them for their splendid conduct and gallantry. The Excitement In Paris. Paeis, Aug. 9. There is an immense up rising of the people of France ta repel the Prussian invasion. It is said officially that two millions of men are ready to inarch, and that the reserve corps will number one mil lion. The people are clamorous for organi zation and leaders. This Mornlac'a-Quotations. Londok, Aug. 9 11-39 A. W Consols. 90i for moDey and 9uV for account. American securities steady. United States &-2os of lsea, 85; of ls&t, o d, 86; of 1867, 84; liMos, 83L Stocks, steady. Illinois Central, 104 ; Great Western, 20. London, Aug. unseed on dull. Antwkkp, Aug. 9. Petroleum opened nominal and unsettled, the price ranging from 47f.50o. to&of. Bkkmkn, Ang. 9. Petroleum closed dull yesterday. Hambuko, Aug. 9 Petroleum closed firm yester day at 13 marc banco, 14 schillings. Liverpool, Aug. 911-80 A. M. Cotton opened quiet. Middling uplands, 8.VL; middling Orleans, SXd. The sales of the day are estimated at 12.CHW bales. FROM THE PLvilXS. Indians on the War Path. Helena, Montana, Aug. 9. A report from the Crow Agency, on the Yellow Stone river, says that the Sioux attacked the Crows on the bunting grounds, driving them Into the agency, where they claim the protection of the Govern ment. There are some seventy lodges of Sioux on the river, about 70 miles from the agency, aBd 1000 lodges at the old Fort C. F. Smith. They have burned the grass behind them, and are driving the game ahead. Colonel. Baker will defend tbe Mission Crows, who will un doubtedly come over iato Gallatin Valley, If followed by the Sioux. What the latter may do then It is hard to tell. . . , , Fort Bhnton, Aug. 8. A large party of Ple gan Indians have just arrived here.. They appear to be nearly all drunk. FROM TUeTyESI. Kansas Pad So Railroad. Denveb, Col., Aug. Five and a quarter miles of track were laid on the Kansas Pacific Fallroad yesterday. Tbe cap is only 1 miles wide now. TLe wu:lier. is FROM WASIILXGTOX. Startllnc Rnmor Kepwrtod Death of the Em prror Napoleon. 8pteiaX Despatch to Th4 Evening TcUyrapK ' ' ' " 1 Washington, Aug. 9. Much excitement was created here to-day by a report that the Assist ant Secretary of the Treasury had received from New York a private despatch announcing the death of Napoleon. Inquiry elicited the fact that the rumor was without foundation. The inference among Treasury officials was that this was started with the design of having it telegraphed to New York papers for stock jobbing purposes. . Observation of Storm. Dt-rpatch to tht Associated Press. WAsniNGTON, Aug. 9. A commencement has been made of the "observation and report ot storms by telegraph and signal for the benefit of commerce." Under authority of the Secretary of War the chief signal officer of the army is empowered to enlist a number of suitable persons, to be ap pointed non-commissioned officers in the army, for the duty of observation and report of storms by telegraph and signal for the benefit of com merce on the Northern lakes and seaboard. The character of the observation to be had at different stations and throughout the country, and meteorological reports to be made, render the duty upon which these non-commissioned officers will be employed interesting as a branch of scientific study, and the knowledge acquired will be valuable hereafter. . The opportunity thus offered is a rare one for young men of good education desiring to devote themselves to reading or to the study of a pro fession, the duty being of such a nature, as with care and diligence, will permit time to be de voted to study. - The number of candidates being necessarily limited, each candidate will be subject to an examination. Applications setting forth character, acquire ments, and fitness, with testimonials, may be addressed to tbe chief signal officer of the army, Washington, D. C. The New Naval Reirulatlons. Special Despatch to The JSvenimt Telegraph. Washington, Aug. 9 The Fourth Auditor, with the approval of the Second Comptroller, has issued a circular to disbursing officers of the navy, calling their attention to the extracts from tne navy ana army appropriation acts of July 15, 1870, which were intended to go into effect on the 1st of July. The law, after prescribing the pay of naval officers, provides that it shall be full and entire compensation of the several offi cers therein named, and no additional allowance shall be made in favor of any officers on any account whatever, and all laws or parts of laws authorizing any such allowance shall on the first day of July, 1870, be repealed. But this shall not be construed as repealing existing laws allowing rations and travelling expenses to officers, and their travel ling expenses in foreign countries shall be con sidered to include such expenses of transporta tion of baggage as were necessarily incurred. But no charge for transportation of baggage in connection with travel in the United States shall be allowed. It further provides that ex penses incurred by any cflicer of the navy for medicine and medical attendance shall not be allowed unless they were incurred when he was on duty and the medicines could not have beea obtained from naval sup plies, or tbe attendance of a naval medical officer could not have been had. . Nor shall any funeral expenses of a naval officer who died . in tbe United States, or expenses for travel to at tend the funeral of an officer who died there, be allowed. But when an officer on duty dies in a foreign country the expenses of his funeral, not exceeding his sea pay for one month, shall be defrayed by the Government and paid by the paymaster upon whose books the name of such officer was borne for pay. It is not perhaps generally known that it has been the custom of the Navy Department to bear tbe expenses of interring its officers who have died in this country, agreeably to General Order No. 76, dated July 7, 1866, which states that "whenever it shall become necessary for the Government to defray the funeral expenses of an officer of the navy or marine corps, an amount not exceeding one month's sea pay of such officer will be allowed tor that purpose, to be expended under the direction or with the approval of the commandant of the nearest naval station, the commandant of a squadron or of a single vessel when not in communication with a superior officer." But the reoent law, as will be seen, prohibits the department from doing so hereafter. Rations will not be allowed to marine officers under any circumstances, and to naval officers only on sea service. The tax will be deducted as heretofore from all salaries and mileages which accrued prior to August 1st, 1870, without reference to the time of payment, and all Fourth Auditor's cer tificates, as directed upon the face thereof, but for tbe tax on salaries and mileages accruing after August 1st, 1870-, disbursing officers will take no cognizance. In conformity with an opinion of the Attorney-General, the Fourth Auditor expects dis bursing officers will use great care in making all payments to see that they are made from funds drawn from appropriations for the year in which the indebtedness occurred. U. H. Hteamer Sabine. The crew of the 8abine at Boston have been granted ten days leave of absence, to report on us expiration at New York, and thoss desiring leave in New York will be brought there by the Tallapoosa. , FROMXE W YORK. Arrest of the Supposed Murderer of Mr. Nathan. New York, Aug. 9. A man supposed to be the murderer of Mr. Nathan was arrested at Nyack last night. lie will be brought here this morning. Hallway Injunction. Fisiikill, Aug. 9. Sheriff Ken worthy was to-day served with an Injunction restraining him from proceeding with the sale of the pro perty of the Boston, Hartford, and Erie Railroad Company ia Ducthess county. It was issued by Judge Tappan. Hot Weather. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 9. The mercury reached 98 in the shade yesterday. FROM THE WEST. Severe tl all Mtorm. Tekke Hactb, Ang. 9 A very severe hail storm visited this city last night. Many of the stones were six Inches in circumference. No great famage is reported. Obituary. C. II. Eckert, father of General T. T. Eckert, of tbe Western Union telegraph Company, died at Fequea, Ohio, yesterday. Herman Kejeletaffs. Detroit, Aug. 9 Tbe news of the Prussian victory excited the greatest enthusiasm among the German citizens. At the several German halls in the evening the Prussian flag was dis played, and there were several large and en thusiastic gatherings. At Arbelter Hall seve ral thousand persons were assembled. Speeches were made and resolutions adopted pledging aid to the widows aud orpbaus ol the Pru-feUua
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