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T11E DAILY EVflNUSO TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1870.
SECOND EDITIOIN
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
WAR REPORTS BY CABLE
Great Strategical Movement
A Sortie at Strasburg.
'Yeiicli Again Repulsed.
Eugenfev Going to England.
The Battle of Woerth.
Particulars of the Fiffht
The Retreat a Rout.
Kap&leon's Growing Unpopularity.
The Excitement in 37aris.
FROM EUROPE.
Toe Crrnt Rattle.
1'jtrus, Aug. 175 A. II. The .Journal
Ofiiad bas jnst appeared, but it has nothing
cf the great battle.
The Gaulois, however, states that inipor-
ttxt and satisfactory despatches were received
litre yesterday.
Marshal Rnzalne
insists npon secrecy being observed so far as
movements are concerne J.
Ktiiort that the Prussians Deuiund an Ar
mlstlee. Jt is reported that Prince Frederick Charles
Lr.s pent a flag of truce, demanding an arinie
tke, in order to bury his dead, which was re
fused by the French commander.
A tireat Strategical .Movement.
There is no doubt that hard fighting has
been going on since Saturday last, the French
being engaged in a great strategical move
ment involving a scries of engagements. As
the operations are carried on in a place
wbere communication is difficult, the tele
graph wires having been cut, news necessarily
comes forward slowly.
The Excitement In Paris.
The city is greatly agitated. All night long
great crowds surrounded the Ministry of the
Interior and other places where news is
posted. Many rumors are circulating, but
without ofricial advices they cannot be traced.
An Affair nt Strnsburg.
London, Aug. 17. Last evening the gar
rison at Strasburg made a sortie toward Ou
yard, but were driven back with heavy loss.
Tfcey also lost three guns.
ruffenle to go to Knsland.
The rumor that the Empress Eugenie has
applied to the Belgian Government for per
mission to traverse that country on her way
to England is confirmed.
Parisians Anxious lor War News.
Paiuh, Aug. 17. In view of the public im
patience to know the result of the late battle,
the Conntitulloand this morning publishes
11 n article saying that "the brave generals now
risking their lives in defense of their country
cannot, while tbns engaged, know all the
results gained; besides, it is inconsiderate, in
view of operations so multiplied and compli
cated, to give partial details which might
prove to be premature.
"We engage that citizens will await the
result with confidence. The Government
vill be faithful to its promise and will com
municate immediately all that comes to it.
It will be more than ever prompt on this
occasion." Other Paris journals have articles
rJmilar in tone.
Napoleon' Unpopularity
London, Aug. 17. The growing unpopu
larity of the Emperor at Paris, is altogether
due to his interference with the army, instead
of leaving it to the command of military ex
perts. Telegraph Wire Cut.
The Post Bays that telegraphs have been cut
in the rear of the Prussians.
The French are chary of news at present,
and lighting seems to be good for a week
without a decisive result. The French are
ready to fight till the end. Paris thus far is
unadvised of army reverses. If the Prus
sians approach Paris a revolution is inevitable.
How the Jiuiperor wm Misled.
The Times says the Emperor now knows
bow grossly he has been misled as to the war
establishment, and how the public money
Las been squandered. He can also see how
be has been misguided as to the anti-Prnsaian
feeling in Ilanover, Bavaria, Saxony, etc
Napoleon's Personal E fleets.
It is said that boxes containing Napoleon's
private property are arriving at Madrid, and
Kimilar stories are telegraphed here from vari
ous points in Belgium.
The A flair at I-a Vlllette-Tbo Attack on the
Parka 1ro lrla-e.
London, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 1870 The Tri
bute's special correspondent at Paris writes on
Moday (15th): "For the first time for years
the iy,b of August ha not beea celebrated.
Tbe cood scnec of tbo peoplo protested in an
ticipation against the u-ual demonstrations,
though holding themselves ready in the event of
victory to be enthusiastic. Moreover, 3-cst?rday
afternoon, in the remote corner of La Vlllctte, a
sanguinary onslaught was made upon a post
occupied by a company of pompiers
the 'Unmerciful' fire brigade. About 4
o'clock nearly forty individuals, armed
with revolvers and poniards con
cealed, having marched down the Rue d'Auber
vllliers, suddenly drew up in line in front of No.
l)t Boulevard de la Yillctte, and summoned the
man on duty to surrender his post. The sentry,
seeing tbcm about to make a dash through the
open door, placed himself across it. One of the
group drew a revolver and shot him dead. A
sergent-dc-ville hearing tbe report, rushod up
to ascertain the cause, received a bullet in the
breast, above the heart, and also fell dead. The
occupants of the post rushed to the windows,
but the assailants, drawn up in doublo line, fired
a volley en masse, then rushed iuto tbe guard
house and seized four Cbuescpots aud two cartridge-boxes.
"Having accomplished this murderous feat,
llie baud made a precipitate retreat, shouting
' Vine la llipuhl'ui'tc.' A lieutenant named Cot
trez was inside when tho group came up. As
soon as he saw the men he demanded their busi
ness. Their reply was a shout of 'Vive la iJe
puhUqle., The lieutenant then ordered his men
to go inside, shut the door and load their
guns. Seeking to gain time, he asked the group
again what was the obiect of their demonstration,
Their leader, a small man very well dressed,
unswered, 'We are going to proclaim a republic.
Give us your guns and come with us to the Corps
Lcgislatif.' 'Come, come!' said the lieutenant,
still aiming to gain time: 'Are we not soldiers ?
You know we don't lire upon the people, but is
it not our duty to march off with you, if you
want to proclaim a republic ? Just go on a little
further.' The leader of the bund answered,
'We know a trick worth two of that. Hand us
over your gnus.' 'Never!' exclaimed the lieu
tenant. 'Then we hall take them,' was the
rejoinder; and at this moment the whole group
drew out their revolvers and discharged them.
The sentinel fell. A corporal named Labon
received two wounds from bullets and one from
a stab. The lieutenant was not injured.
"The report of firearms brought out people
from their houses, who rushed upon the band.
These wretches then began toue their revolvers
right and left aBd to stab every one within
reach. Sergents-de-ville now appeared upon
the pecne, and, sword in hand, endeavored to
surround the madmen. One of the former re
ceived a bullet, and having fallen was tram
pled to death by the band. A girl six years old
was killed in her mother's firms. The fight now
became general; men were falling right and left;
some were running away and others were in pur
suit. The Commissary of Police of the Rue
Tangier now exclaimed, 'Whoever will follow
me, now come on !' Citi.ens upon this rushed
upon the rioters, who, having no more ammuni
tion and seeing themselves likely to be over
powered, immediately lied, followed by the
people exclaiming, 'They are Prussians. Kill
them !'
"Besides two men killed, three police agents
received severe wounds. It is feared that many
inhabitants of the neighborhood were injured.
The leader of the band was almost immediately
apprehended. A tall, well-dressed man was also
arrested at night. He called himself an English
man, but spoke with a strong German accent.
He had a number of sovereigns and gold 'Frede
rick' pieces. A number of arrests have been
made, including the originator of the plot.
"Paris beiDg in a state of siege, this act comes
under the head of offenses to be tried by mili
tary law. A military tribunal will sit this even
ing, it is next to certain that the men who
have been taken red-handed will have short
shrift. It was a cowardly, wanton, purposeless
attack. It is certain that the republican party
has nothing to do with these atrocious ruffians."
Details of the Battle of Woerth-Mac.llanon's
Unreal a Kuut,
London, Aug. 16. A special correspondent
on Thursday from the headquarters of the
Crown Prince sends an account of the battle at
Woerth, thus:
The swift and skilful movement against Wetssen
burg, resulting in the complete success of oar arms,
was but a foretaste of Die storm which threatened
the northern part of Alsace. On the second
day after Weissenburg came the battle of
Woerth, and the Crown Prince gained a
great victory over the ablest general in the French
army. It Is admitted that the French fought
with reckless courage, and that they inflicted
heavy losses on their opponents ; but the fact of this
hard lighting and of this heavy loss shows how
serious a defeat was sustained by MacMahon. I
traversed the little lield while the dead still lay un
buried on the trampled ground, and could form a
good idea of how the fi glit had gone by the ghastly
evidence which remained. Woerth Is at the bottom
of a fertile valley, between two ridges of cultivated
ground. There Is a quantity of wooded land In the
neighborhood, and especially behind the French
fobition, or on the western side of the volley, there
s a strip of forest, which forms a cover for retreat
ing troops. The little river Bruden, not big enough
in summer time to tloat a skiir, flows through ttie
village, and a high road comes winding down to
wards the village on the eastern side of the valley,
flanked by trees.
Here was the Prussian position, stretching far to
the right and left. Along the road were heaps of
spiked helmets to be seen, aud cartloads of needle
guns collected under the trees at a distance. The
French musketry had told more heavily than the
Prussian, and 1 heard that tho French artillery had
been well served, Bur, though the hurying parties
were busy with the German dead on the eastern side
of the Woerth, there was more than an exchange of
the slaughterous work on the western side.
Here the Prussians and Bavarians had pushed for
ward in strong force, and their tire had told fear
fully upon the French. The high spirit and rigid
discipline of the one army had been more than a
match for the desperate resistance of the other.
Whole companies of Frenchmen had been moved
down in their wild attempts to check the enemy's
advance. It had been a tolerably equal tight in some
places, for the ground was strewn with German dead ;
but more and more Frenchmen had fallen in propor
tion. The black Tnrcos ami wide trowsers Zouaves
lav thick at inanvpoiuts, and the Cuirassiers had
suffered much. There were steel oreastplates and
trass helmets scattered thickly on the line of the
retreat; while the dead horses In all directions
might e counted by hundreds. And so westward
through the wood went the traces of increasing dis
aster oilicers and men lying grimly where they had
lalleD, some of them in (iiite shady places, as though
they were picnickers aBlecp.and pools of blood where
the wounded lay.
This Morning's Quotations.
London, Aug. Knao A. M Consols opened
at 91.V for money aud account. American securities
tlnn. United States 5-i08 of i86i, &ii4 ; of isij5, old,
; of ISO?, &5 U ; 10-4-is. S3. Stocks quiet; Erie,
Ik; Illinois Central firmer at 110; Atlantic and Great
Western, 23.
Livkhi'Ool, Aug. 1711 'SO A. M.-Cotton opened
firmer; middling uplands, S,!vi. ; middling Or
leans, b7t(S9d. The hales are estimated at li.000
bales. Red Western wheat, 6a. lid.
FROM THE PACIFIC COAST.
Treasure Itemlttanees.
San Francisco, Aug. 10. The treasure re
mittances last week overland to New York
amounted to 38.2,000.
Arizona Polities.
In Arizona Sylvester Mowry is stumping the
Territory against MeCormlck.
Indiana Killed.
The troops have killed thirty-three Indians in
the past three months.
Tho Mines
are flourishing, and the quartz crushers are f filly
employed, acd the placers vigorously worked.
FROM UMSIfLYGTOX.
a
Pale of Mcran Iron.
Special DtApaUh to The Koening TrUyrapK
Washington, Aug. 17. There ie shortly to
be a sale of a large quantity of scrap iron at
Ihe Washington Yard, . under the Bureau of
Steam Engineering.
The V. t. Steamer H'nbmh
is to be docked at Boston.
He spect to Farrncut.
The Navy Department closed at noon to-day
out of rcFpect to the memory of Admiral
Farrngnt.
Ppecle Shipments.
New York, Aug. 17. The Idaho takes out
f85,000 and the China tl,3'.Ki,ti!M) in specie
to-day.
CITY l.tTIlLLKiRAICii.
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Fatal Railroad Accident. Francis Hobb,
a blacksmith, residing at No. V23 Coates street,
was fatally injured on the Philadelphia, Ger
m an tow n, and Norristown Railroad on Monday
evening, under the following circumstance':
He had been attending the festivities at the
Scbuctzen Park, Indian yueenlane,and indulged
rather too freely in drink during the afternoon.
While returning to the city at about 7 o'clock,
he amused himself by standing on the platform
and throwing out his arm even striking at ob
jects along the route. This conduct he
kept up until tbe cars were passing
the 7 P. M. np train for Germantown, at
Turner's lane, near Oakdale, when he was
knocked between the passing trains. The up
train badly mangled him, cutting off his right
arm and crushing his right leg to a jelly, and
cutting him about the head. The Injured man
was picked up by the Germantown train and
conveyed to Town Hall, where all that surgical
and medical skill could avail was afforded him.
his arm was amputated, but before the same
operation could be performed on his leer he
began slowly to sink, and expired at about 11 P.M ,
less than four hours after receiving his injuries.
The deceased was about 35 years of age, and
leaves a wife, but no children,
Assault and Batteries. Last evening
Policeman McNnlty, of the Seventeenth district,
arrested one John Gamble for disorderly con
duct. John turned on the policeman and han
dled him pretty roughly. For this he was held
to answer by Alderman Bonsall.
Louis Johnson (colored) got into a quarrel
with another colored man last evening at
Twelfth and Market streets, which ended in a
fight, in which Louis hammered his antagonist
severely. Louis was then arrested and bound
over by Alderman Jones to appear at court.
Cassandra Dubosq had an atercatiou with
Julius Gibson last night at Seventh and Shlppen
streets. Cassandra had an axe, which she used
over the head of Julius. A policeman pre
vented fvrther damage, and Aldermao McClos
key accommodated the belligerent Cassandra
with quarters at the County Prison.
A Female Swindler. A woman, small in
stature, dressed in black, and giving thd name
of Mrs. Kleiner, has been swindling the resi
dents of Camden within a few days. She has
been falsely representing that she is" the widow
of a man who was killed in a. foundry in that
vicinity, and has a dead child in a hospital at
Twenty-second and Locust streets, in this city.
She states that unless she obtains $9 the ch'ld
will be interred in the Potter's field. She also
plays upon the feelings of those from whom she
Is seeking alms by stating that she is an attend
ant at tbe church to which they belong, and that
her children attend the Sundav-school. Yes
terday she succeeded in obtaining sums from
several families.
Market Thieves. Michael Powell was ar
rested this morning, between 3 and 4 o'clock,
while in tbe act of carrying off a basket of
potatoes, which did not belong to him, from the
Spruce street market. At the same time and
place John Shaffer was captured with a basket
of plums which had been "purchased by another
party. Both prisoners were locked up in the
Third District Station, and after a hearing be fore
tbe magistrate were sent to prison.
Sergeant Gilchrist, of the Seventh district,
arrested at 5 o'clock John Slang, who was ap
propriating to his own use a basket of potatoes
which he had taken from a stand at the foot of
Vine street. Alderman Tolaud held John to ap
pear at court.
Beck's Band Excursion. The excursions of
Beck's Philadelphia Band, No. 1, have become
so popular that it would be unnecessary to give
them more than a passing notice, were it not for
the fact that the committee who have them in
charge are constantly devising some new plea
sures for their many patrons. Evidence of this
will be shown by perusal of the advertisement
in another column of the excursion of to-morrow,
on which occasion they will give their
friends an opportunity of seeing the famous
Central Park of New York, and comparing it
with our own. An excursion of this kind is not
an every-day occurrence, and we say to all who
have the time to spare, "make the most ot it."
A Swindler. A night or two since a man
giving the name of Charles Walter introduced
himself to John Reimer, residing at No. 230
N orth Front street, and represented himself
without money or friends. Mr. Reimer took
bim in, led him, and accommodated him with
lodgings for tbe night. Next morning the host in
troduced Charles to a tobacco dealer named
Francesco Luis, who gave the latter a quantity
of cigars and to dispose of on commission. He
was also provided with a license. Since then
Charles has not been 6een, and it is imagined
that he has reciprocated the kindness 6hown
him by decamping.
Mundv's Moonlight Excursion Mr. D.
II. Mnndy, the active and efficient agent of the
Camden and Atlantic Railroad, gives his thir
teenth annual moonlight excursion to Atlantic
City on Saturday evening next, the last boat
leaving Vine street wharf at 8 o'clock P. M.
Mr. Mundy's excursions have always given the
utmost satisfaction to tbe large number of par
ticipants that are sure to patronize them, and
the one announced for Saturday evening next
cannot fail to be equally successful, and afford a
delightful and enjoyable time to all who avail
themselves of the pleasures of the occasion.
Fire. At 4 o'clock this morning a policeman
of the Fourth district discovered smoke issuing
over the transom of the door of the dwelling No.
120 N. Seventh street, occupied by Samuel Mid
dleton. He broke open tho door, and with the
assistance of the firemen, succeeded in extin
guishing the flames, but not until the first flight
of stairs had been destroyed. The fire originated
from the Intense heat created by a smelting fur
nace located in the adjoining building. The
familykof Mr. Middleton were out of town.
Thursday Excursions. The steamer John
A.I Warner, with a band of music board, will
make an excursion up the river every Thursday,
starting from Chesnut street wharf at &7 A. M.,
and stopping at Beverly, Burlington and Bristol.
The price of excursion tickets is only 30 cents,
and the publio are thus enabled to make enjoy
able trips to she beautiful villages on the Dela
ware at a price so small that it is scarcely worth
mentioning.
A Highwayman Last evening a gentleman,
while walking along St. John street, tiear Wood,
was approached by a fellow, who, without say
ing a word, drew a blackjack and struck him
over the head. The cries of the injured man
attracted the attention of a policeman, who ar
rested one John Keen. The prisoner had a
bearing before Alderman .Cahill, who bound
him over in 400 bail for trial.
Casualties. William Miller h.d a thumb
cut off yesterday afternoon, while working at a
hay-cutting machine in an establishment at
Twenty-fourth and Bucknell streets.
It. J. lladcliffe was badly cut about the head
and body yesterday, by falling through the
hatchway at an egg-packing store on Callowhlll
street, near St. John.
TirB Bkatek. Matthew Yost, living at
Front and Otter streets, has been held by Alder
man Shoemaker to answer the offense of Elating
( Lis wife laet evening.
Dhmi.veti's War Mat. A very cheap and
convenient war map bas lost been published by
Desilver, which will be found handy to havo In
the house by those who wish to follow the
movements of the hostile armies. There is a
complete map of Europe, with separate maps of
Germany and France, all on the same sheet.
An Ungrateful Son. James Lynch, aged
sixteen years, bas been arrested on a charge
preferred by his mother of stealing from her a
silver watch and chain, a wedding ring, and a
gold pencil. Alderman Pancoast heard the case
and sent the boy to tbe House of Refuge. .
SuprofKD Drowning Case. At midnight,
Lieutenant Smith, of the Delaware Harbor
force, found a Kossuth hat and a dinner-kettle
on Vine street wharf. The articles are supposed
to belong to some one who has drowned him
self. Attempted Rorbert. An unsuccessful at
tempt to rob the cigar store of Daniel Baker,
To. 1514 Ridge avenue, was made at 2 o'clock
this morning. The noise made by the thieves
awakened the inmates of tbe establishment.
An Owner Wanted. Six pieces of gingham
were picked up last night on Broad street," near
tbe Masonic Temple. They are at the Sixth
District Police Station awaiting an owner.
i inAcfi: and conMi:ntE.
KVENIKO TXLKORAPH OFFTCB,
Wedoexlar. A air. 17. 1S7U.
The money market, on tho whole, is emphati
cally dull both on business and speculative ac
count. The demand for call loans is extremely
light, reflecting the absence of spirit at the Stock
Board, but business men are beginning to fore
cast the future In view of a pressure for money
smd a consequent stringent market. Business
paper is offering more freely, though the supply
is only limited. Rates are not materially
changed but firm.
Gold is quiet but stronger. Sales opened at
117).j and closed at 117, an advance of
Government bonds are also dull and weaker.
Theatock market was not very active but steady.
In State loans there were sales of the war cou
pon fis, at 103. City Us were moderately
active, with sales of the new bonds at 1013 a-
Sales of Reading Railroad at 48r948'31. b. o.
North Pennsylvania at 40J, and Lehigh Valley
at 57.3; Pennsylvania was quiet but steady;
sales at 58. 31.' was bid for Catawlssa pre
ferred and 27 for Philadelphia and Erie.
In Canal shares there were sales of Lehigh at
83, with 17 bid for Schuylkill preferred. The
rest of the list was quiet bnt steady.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven & Bro., No. 40 s. Third street.
FIRST BOARD.
ftinoocity 6s, New.wijtfi 58 sn Pennan..ls. 6S
IllftOO do 18.10'.
$2000 Fa K Con m bs
Op.. BE
$1000 Pa k N Y V 7s 92 V
fiOOOPa 6s W L...103
300 UiAin es.'SO
lots.... 96
1200 Sell N 6S. 88.. 72
lM)0I.chC8, D7.... MV
4ono Leh ConL.... 78
30 sh N Pa K 40s?
400 do. . .trf.ls. 6SV
200 eh Read K 4S
20
1.00
200
9W1
SS
100
100
do...ls.sao. 4S
do 0. 43
do..ls.b60.S-31
dJ..ls.b60.. 49 if
do 4S
do b3. 48
do ...ls.2d. 48
ZRhLeh v R $1
100 sh Luh N St.... 33?.'
Nark & Laokkr, Krokera,
Gold quotations as follows:
report this morning
10-00 A. M 117.11-09 A. M 117M
10-10 " lnjg'U-lO " U7S
10-15 " UTKilVlfi " TIT V
10-10 ' 117;V 12-20 P.M 117tf
Jay Cookk & Co. quote Government securities as
follows: U. S. 6a ot 1881, 114 VAlMj ; 5-20S of 18C2,
112(H2j: do. l&'W, lli($inv; do. Nov. 1815,
1U1112: do, do., July, 109U0v; do. da, 1S7,
iio'.qiio3;; do. ih68,iioxrnciB'; 10-103, I08a
10SV( ; PaclDes, Ulam. Gold, 117,
SIesshs. Dz Haven & Brother, No. 40 S. Third
street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations;
IT. 8. 6s of 1881, 114,V114 ; do. 1862, ll2tf'")H23.,' ;
do. 1664, 111(3111?; ; do. 18C5, llltf(Sslll?4' ; do. 18M,
new,110,-ill0 ; do. 1867, do. 110VH0Ji i do. 1868,
do. novcano.vf ; lo-40s, i08j-aii08,-. U. 8. 30 year
6 per cent Currency. Ill)tf(aili2; Due Comp. Int.
Notes, 19; Gold, 117J.'(117? ; Silver, 111(3114;
Union Pacific Kallroad 1st Mort. Bonds, 820(4930;
Central PaciOo Railroad, 865870; Union PaciUo
Land Grant Bonds, 7B&770.
LITEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCEf
For additional Marine Neu tee Inside Page.
(By Cable.)
Liverpool, Aug. 17. Arrived out, steamship
Ville de Paris, from New Yorfc.
(By Telegraph.)
New York. Ang. 17. Arrived, steamships Den
mark, from Liverpool, and More Castle, fm Havana.
PORT OP PHILADELPHIA AUGUST IT
statb of thermometer at tub evening telegraph
office.
7 A. M 73 1 11 A. M 81 1 3 P. M S3
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Nor. bark Gaunemede, Neilson, Copenhagen, L.
Westergaard & Co.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamer MillvUle, Renear, from New York, with
mlse. to W'hitall, Tatum & Co.
Steamer Guiding Star, McDonough, from Norfolk,
with lumber to captain.
Br. schr Sybil, Almeida, 32 days from Rosarie, in
ballast to Isaac Hough & Morris.
Schr M. Vassa, Kelley, from New Bedford, with
mdse.
Schr H. Blaekman, Jones, fm Warren, R. I., witn
muse, to White & Co.
Schr E. B. Shaw, Shaw, from Boston, with ice to
captain.
Schr P. R. Laird, Ireland, 5 days from Boston,
with Ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Schr Dolphin, Rose, from Leechville, N. C, with
BhitiRles to J. W. Gasklll & Sons.
Schr James M. Malloy, Russell, 5 days from Bos
ton, with ice to Penn lee Co.
Schr James Ponder, Hudson, from Kennebec, with
ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Schr Lena Hunter, Perry, from Kennebec, with
ice to KnicKerbocker Ice Co.
Schr William Tlee, Tlce, from Kennebec, with Ice
to Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Schr Haven's Wing, York, from Boston.
Schr Mary Weaver, Weaver, from Boston.
Schr Casper Heft, Shoe, from Richmond, Va.
Schr L. & A. liabcock. Smith, from Boston.
Schr Henry Croskey, Potter, from New York.
Schr A. S. Cannon, Cobb, from Boston.
Schr William Walton. Hunter, from Boston.
Schr Saliie S. Godfrey, Godfrey, from Boston.
Schr Julia Nelson, Cavalier, from Wareham.
Schr D. Davidson, Smith, from Boston, with mdse.
BELOW.
Off the Lightship, brigs Ida, frcm Porto Rico, and
Sanmd Welsh, from Bost.in. Off Bombay Hook,
schr J as. Satterthwaite, fm Boston, and Nellie Star.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
IIavrk-db-Gracb, Aug. 17. The following boats
left this morning in tow:
J. Dubois, witn lumber to Patterson & Ltppinootc.
Verona, with coal, for Chester.
Wm. K. McLaughlin, with coal, for Delaware City.
Minnie, with coal, for Darby creek.
MEMOdtAXDA.
Ship City of Hamilton, Phillips, hence for Dantzic,
was spoken July 25, lat. 50, long. 31.
Br. steamers China, Macauley, for Liverpool via
Queenstown; Idaho, Price, for Liverpool; and Vir
ginia, Andrews, for Havre, cleared at New York
yesterday.
Bark Destah, from Boston for Philadelphia, was
spoken 14th lust., off Nantucket.
EDDINQ AND ENGAGEMENT RINGS
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The Victorious Prussians !
The French Demoralized
A Disastrous Retreat!
TO-DAY'S WASHINGTON NEWS.
Humors of Cabinet Changes.
The Reduction ct the Debt.
Klc, Flc. UtC. IHc, lUc.
Tbe PriiMlaa Advance.
Nr.w York, Aug. 17. The Tdtgvain has
received the following special despatch:
London, Ang. 17. This morning the ad
vance of the Prussians continues almost
without serious interruption.
A Wot de tirnre.
At Metz the French army received a coup
de grace, and has since fallen back upon Ver
dnn in a demoralized and shattered condi
tion. The DIftroHB Retreat.
The retreat has been most disastrous.
Even individual soldiers were rendered des
perate by the agony of the situation, and
denounce in unmeasured termq the incom
petency of their generals.
The Empersr .
is believed to bo the actual commander of
the army.
Ship News.
LiVEnrooi., Aug. 17. Tbe 6teamer St. David
has arrived out.
This Afternoon's Qootatlong.
London, Amr. 171-30 r. M. Consols, 91V for
money and 913,' 'or account. American seem itics
qnier. Stocks quiet. Erie, 18: Illinois Central, k'9,tf;
Atlantic and Great Wesr.ern, 22'.
Liverpool, Aup. IT 1-30 I. M. Cotton tends up
ward. The sales are estimated at 18,000 hales. Hed
Western wheat, ss. 10d.s. lid. ; winter, SK lod.(A
10s.
FROM IK'lSiriJYGTO.Y.
Despatch to the Aexcciated Press.
Washington, Am?. 17.
The United State Steamer (Shenandoah,
Commander Wells, which was put in commis
sion at Boston on Monday, will reinforce the
fleet in European waters.
Important Army Order.
The War Department to-day issuod an order
quoting paragraph Ot'd of the revised regulations
for the army of 1803, as follows:
"If any disbursing officer shall bet at cards,
or any game of hazard, his commanding ollicer
shall suspend his functions aud require him to
turn over all the public funds in his keeping,
and shall immediately report the case to the
proper bureau of the War Department."
The order adds: "In every ca9e where an
ofiicer intrusted with the care or disbursement
of public funds shall violate this regulation, he
will be brought to trial before a general court-
martial by the department commander, and will
not be assigned to duty or aaiu put in posses
sion of public funds subsequent to his trial,'
without tho approval of the Secretary of War.
Cabinet Changes.
Special Despatch to The Ecenina Te'etjraph.
Washington, Aug. 17. Rumorsof Cabinet
changes are again afloat here, and are to the
effect that Secretary Fish is to retire, and also
that Secretary Cox, of the Department of the
Interior, is to go to Berlin, vice Bancroft, to be
recalled. Of course these rumors lack cwnQr
mation, but there appears to be an understand
ing in official circles that changes of some cha
racter will be made within the next month or
two.
Reduction ot the Debt.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury has
written a letter stating that the aggregate re
duction of tbe interest-bearing portion of the
public debt from March 1, 1809, to August 1,
1870, was $147,257,245 29. The letter says that
by a comparison of the debt statements of
March 1, 1S09, and July, 1870, the bonded debt
bearing interest in coin might appear to have
increased, because up to that time bonds pur
chased and held by the department had not been
deducted from the outstanding debt, but were
called funds on band and deducted from the
sum total of the debt. In the August statement
these bonds do not appear iu the account of
bonds outstanding, having been cancelled and
destroyed.
Indian Allaire.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Washington, Ausr. 17. The agent for the
Pueble Indians, of New Mexico, writes to the
Indian Bureau that they are quiet and generally
engaged in tbe cultivation ot their lands. The
aneut at Fort Craig, Now Mexico, July 31, says
he has not heard of tbe commission ot auy
dopredatious during that month by the Indiaus,
who are yet on tbe war path. The agent at the
Kansas agency says during the entire month the
Indians have been quite destitute of-provisions
of all kinds.
In consequence ot this they have become
very restless, and tbeicfore it was impracticable
to keep them ou tbe reservations. Two compa
nies of them paid visits to tbe Osages to trade
for or beg ponies, but had very poor success, as
tbe Oages were not at borne. Another com
pany went on a visit to tbe Iowa Indians, and
returned with twenty-three ponies and colts.
These and some of their former stock they have
traded for provisions. The wagons purchased
have been a help to tbem in procuring subsis
stance, cutting and hauling wood to the town
and on railroad.
FROM JTEW YORK.
. . Honors to l-'arrasut.
New Yohk, Aug. 17. Tho Mayor has ordered
tbe municipal flags to be displayed at half-mast
to-day and bells to be tolled for halt an hour, iu
respect to tbe memory of the late Admiral
Farragut. The Custom House will be closed at
noon for tbe same reason.
New York mock and Money market.
Nkw Yohi, Aug. IT. Stocks strong. Money
easy at 8c percent. Gold, 111;. 6-oa, lbitf, coupon,
li,; do. 1SC4, ,do., Ill ; do. 1663, do., MIX; do.
1866, new, uos' ; da isci. no v ; da lata, no ; lo-tos,
lKi,'. Virginia sixes, new, 03; Missouri sixes, 90 i;
N. Y. Central and Hudson Kiver,95?4'; Erie,
Reading, tl; Adams Express, 68; Mlchtgaa Cen
tral, 118; Michigan Southern, 92 ; Lliuols Ceutral,
las ; Cleveland and I'ittsburg, 10fiM ; Chicago and
Rocilsiand, 114'; Pittsburg and tfort Wayne, i;
Western Union Telegraph. 'UXA.
New York Produce Market.
Niw Yoax, Ang. IT Cotton dull ; sales 400 bales ;
prices nnchange't. Flour steady ; sales Sooo barrels.
V beat qniet; sales 30,000 bushels No. 2t 11-18(41-23;'
Winter red atl-40l-4i. Corn steadj; sales sooo
buBhels new mixed Western at Mvsc. Oats steady.
Provisions iet aud steady. Whisky steady at Jc
Balttssoro Prorfoeo OTarftefc.
Baitimokk. Aug. n. Cotton nnensngei. Flonr
qiuctsnd su-ady. Wheat firmer for clinic amber;
other pradps dull : ambrr, fl roif mo; good to prime
red, t -aotAl -46; common, ti-irxil -SO ; whits, l-40
IfB; Western, I1-4W46. Corn Whli, gltrfliO;
yellow, KS1-0&. Oats, 4.y4So. Kye, TsSS5o, Mes
Pork quiet at 130-76(431. Bacon quiet; rib sides,
lT.18e,; clear do., lHVi'CMRjtf'c,; Hioiilclers. i&W
16 V, Hams, M Lard dull at 17(011 'jo. Whisky
unchanged
took Quotations by Telegraph a P. l.
Glendinn'ug, IrvIb A. Co. report through their New
York House the following
N. Y. Cent. Had R iPaelfloMsIl Steam... 88
Con. Stock s,' Western Union Tele 84
da serin. 1 U Toledo A Wabash R. 63
N. Y. A Erie Rail ... . Vi Mil. A St. Paul TCcora 00;
Ph. and Rea. R 6 Mil. HtPaul R.nref. 77
Mlch.8onth. A Nl.R. 2" AdAms Kxprefw ex-d. 6S
Cle. andPltt. R.cx-d.HWwellB,FargoAOo.... 13 5
ChL and N. W. com.. 82 j United States 41
ChLandN. W. pref.. Tennessee Osnew... 61V
(hi. and R.1.R U3' Gold 11TV
1'itts.F. W. & ChU R. I Market dull.
THE CAPE MAY FIRE.
HI range Case of Inrenrilnrlnm An Ex-Wash-Innionlan
Implicated.
The Cape May Wave of Monday savs the Are dis
covered in the provision storoof Wilson fc Co. on
Saturday morninc proved to be the work of an In
cendiary. W ilson was subsequently arrested on a
ehanrc of having set Bro to th build. ng himself.
The case had a hering the same morning before the
Mayor anil Alderman, who bound him over In the
sum of 15000 to appear at the September frm or
court. It Is stated that the accused man, Thomas
li. Wilson, formerly kept a store In this city, and
afterwards hail a store under the I'nlon Club Ilonse
In Ualtimore. The ('ape May correspondent of the
Baltimore Ua;'tte writes:
Air. Wilson occupied a provision shop on Wash
ington street, east of Ocean Btrcet, and not far from
the Columbia House, which he had taken for the
season, and where he was pursuing his usual busi
ness. Like all buildings at Cape May, It was of
frame, and, in Itself, not very valrable. It was
proved that the framework of the building, where
the the had tikon hold, had been saturated in spots
with inrtannnable oil, and an oil can containing
kerosene was found close by the spot. Fortunately
the fire was extinguished in a few mrmnts. Mr.
Wilson during the whole of it had been lying on
a cot on the ground floor, near a window, in a state
of appari-nt semi-stupefaction, as If he had been
drugged or heavily drtnkinir. It was almost impos
sible to arouse him, notwithstanding the racket and
noise, and alter he arose and left tho premises, he
went over to the Washington House, across the way,
and lav down there again In the porch. His two
boys, Henry Hcholt and Patrick MeCuen, were sleep
ing at the time of the lire in the third story. If the
fire had got well under way they would have been
stifled, unless they could have saved them
selves by jumping from the windows. On
Saturflay morning Mr. Wilson was arregted,
and a number of witnesses were examined
before Mayor Miller. The most Important evidence
was that of Mom s Frlsby, a colored man, who testi
fied thai he sw Mr. Wilson between one and two
o'clock walk around the ground door of the building
with a lantern, then go up stairs, and then come
("own again and lie down on his coat About two
minutes afterwards he saw a light, aud remarked
that '-either that man Is going to have an illumina
tion, or there is a Die;" and In another minute he
heard the cry of a.-e." Wilson's own story is that
he snows nothing of the circumstances; that he
wasstupeiicd until the next morning, when he found
his pockPts cut and his pocket-book gone, which
contained Jtsno or $700. He was himself quite uncer
tain as to the amount. His stock was insured for
100 in he Franklin Firemen's Insurance Company.
At the time of the lire it was not worth over i0,
consisting principally of watermelons, but then a
man may have a shopful of provisions. In the morn
ing, and have little left of a perishable nature at
niirhu It is almost Imposplble to conceive that a
man of intelligence should have undertaken such a
thing when he had so little to gain, and run so great
a risk of being found, out, Aluch sympathy Is ex
pressed for the family or the prisouc'r, his wife and
children being here for the summer.
DAN. GARDNER IX GRIEF.
A HhrrlfT In the (show Banlne-i.
Sheriff Myers, of this county, received authority
from parlies In Philadelphia to levy upon tho circus
depiirtmentof Gardner .leForepaugh's "Model Circus
and Monster Menagerie," which was announced to
exhibit in this city this afternoon and evening. Ac
cordingly, yesterday he despatched Deputy Sheriff
Hess to Reaiiistown, where It then was, and where
the execution was served. The deputy at once took
charge of the concern and accompanied it to this
city. The exeiution Is against Dan Gardner and
Jnhn Furcpaiigh, and amounts to aitout 114,000.
Inasmuch as the show was advertised for
this city. Sheriff Myers did not feel disposed
to "be rough" on the parties, but allowed
them to llli their bill for this afternoon and
evening, and at the close of the performance will
take charge of all the horses and appurtenances be
longing to the concern, when an lnveur.ory will be
taktn, the stock advertised and then sold at sheriff's
sale, unless an arrangement is effected In the mean
time. It is proper to state that the collection of ani
mals, or the menagerie department, is not BUbiect
to tbe execution, as it belongs to other parties. The
Deputy .Sheriff accompanied the caravan In its
march through the streets this morning and at
tracted considerable attention. It Is probably the
first time In the history of the sheriffs of Lancaster
county that one has been called upon to run a show
on so extensive a scale. Lancaster Exprcst, last
evening.
LXSClAXi INTELLIGENCE.
Trial of Counterfeiters. '
United Slates District Court Judge Cadwalader.
This morning the Court was engaged with the tria
of two cases, iu which tlie cbaige was that of pass
ing counterfeit, money. The first was that in which
Charles Frederick was the accused, aud though the
evidence was direct la proving that la January he
EBHsed a counterfeit one dollar note at a tavern in
eaver Valley, Columbia county, yet he had to be
acquitted by the directions of the Court, because
Columbia county is In the Western district, and
therefore tho oileiise was uot cognizable here. He
will, however, be recaiued In custody, and be sent to
Pittsburg for trial.
Tbe next case was that of Henry Ream, charged
with dealing in counterfeit money "a la" ihe boodle
game. Tbe defendant was tried in the (Quarter Ses
sions a few days since upon the charge of highway
robbery In tho perpetration of this very game, and
was acquitted. The evidence was to the effect that
he and another man, who is also under Indictment,
arranged to have a meetiug with one Jacob Zoll, a
butcher, for the purpose of selling him blank paper
under the guise of counterfeit money; and at this
meeting Ream showed oil some excelleut counter
felts of bank notes, mr.de, he said, froui plates ob
tained from the Treasury, aud offered to sell him f 1M
for 4f good money. Zoll, however, could not buy
then, but upon meeting hlra later in the evening told
him he had only (40 then, and therefore could not
make the purchase. Ream then suatched the money
out of his hand, tripped him to tba ground, aad ran
away. The policeman who arrested Rea n said the
latter told him he had been Indulging la the boodle
game. The case is ytt on trial.
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e sh Bk of N Am. 225
lull Phil Bk 102
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