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FIRST EDITION
THE WAR III EUROPE.
The Latest Situation.
Napoleonic Stratcg-y.
The Battle of Yesterday. ;
The Latest Advices by Mail.
Uapolcon's Justification.
France Fighting Bismarck
The German Frontier.
A German Sanitary Corps.
Will History Repeat Itself?
EtCt ' Etc.. Etc.. Etc.. Etc.
THE SITUATION.
Last Right's Dti patches No Additional Light
The Orand (strategical Movement of the
French.
Last night's despatches throw no light on the
present situation between the Moselle and the
Mense. The journals of Paris are quite as
much in the dark about the recent movements
as we are, the only advices being too confused
to render any explanation possible. The only
news of an official character is . that
bulletined by the French Minister of War yes
terday afternoon, to the effect that the proposed
movement of the army is being carried out;
that two divisions of the Prussians who at
tempted to Intercept the French march were
repulsed, after a brilliant conflict, on Sunday
night, the 14th: and that there had been a seri
ous engagement on the 16th, near Gravelolle, a
email village six miles southwest of Metz, and
two miles west of the Moselle, in which the
French claim to have gained an advantage, but
acknowledge a heavy loss. The move
ment first referred to Is probably, as we stated
yesterday, the transfer of the Imperial army
from the line of the Moselle to the line of the
Meuse! Reports speak of a retirement upon
Verdun, and a, concentration at Etaln, twelve
miles to the E. N. E. of that stronghold, but
they are toolndeflnlte to give any clue to the
actual situation. Meanwhile, the Emperor
is actively engaged in organizing the raw
levies at Chalons, and doubtless
every effort is being made to send them forward
to the front as fast as they are ready for the
field. From London come reports, said to bo
confirmed, that the French entered npon the
recent conflict in a starving condition, which Is
quite likely, because of the merciless manner
in which their communications have been inter
rupted.' As matters now stand, the Prussians are In
almost undisturbed and unquestioned possession
of the French territory north of Strasburg and
east of the Moselle. The only positions still
claimed to be he held by the French in this sec
tion are the small fortress of Mtehe, twenty-five
miles southeast of Saarbruck und but five miles
from the Bavarian frontier; and the third-class
fortress of Pfalzburg, in the Vosges,
twenty-five miles northwest of Strasburg
and about the same distance southwest
of Bitche. King William, it would appear, re
gards the Prussian occupation of this territory
as likely to continue for some time, and has ac
cordingly appointed two of his commanders to
act as Governor-Generals of Lorraine and Alsace,
respectively. The Prussian forces, however,
are only in undisputed possession of the eastern
section of the ancient province of Lorraine and
the northern section of Alsace.
TUB LATEST.
Great Battles Between Metx and Verdun Con
flicting Kep.ru of the Results.
Our cable telegrams received at noon to-day
state that great battles have been ffought in
the neighborhood of Metz. Official Prussian re
ports state that the French were attacked on the
line of their retreat towards Verdun, and, after
severe fighting lasting twelve hours, were driven
in upon Metz, in spite of their greatly superior
numbers, the losses on both sides being heavy.
There also comes a telegram from a town four
teen miles northwest of Metz which states that
an obstinate struggle occurred yesterday near
Mars-la-Tour, a small town about twelve
miles directly west of Metz, and on thedliect
road from that city to Verdun. The report,
which is unofficial, . states that travel
lers report that a vast body of - Prussians
have been thrown back upon the Moselle. In
view of these unsatisfactory reports, the details of
the contest will be awaited with eagerness; but
at present the result of the battle looks as if It
had been a decided Prusplaa victory, as we
would be apt to have reports of a French sua
cess from Paris as soon as they could be re
ceived from other points. '
WAR XXX2W8 BIT XVXAXXY,
THE RHINE FRONTIER.
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A Weak Snot on the U.rwaa Berder-Where
Fraaee Alight Have Invaded, the Kaeair'a
Territory.
A military work on the Rhine fortresses, by
Herr von Wlddern, is much talked of just now
at Berlin, says the Pall Mall Gazette. The author
says that the Rhine from Basle to the Murg is
not fortified at all, and that the only defense of
South Germany and ' Austria against a French
attack in that direction is the strong fortress of
Liu, occupied since looo py a mixed force of
Bavarians and Wurtembergers, amounting to
10,000 men. This force could in case of war be
augmented to 25,000 men, and 25,000 more could
be stationed In an intrenched camp within the
walls of the fortress. Rastadt, which, it is ex
pected, will present a formidable obstacle to the
French advance, lies in a valley through which
runs the river Murg. ' The defenses of the town
consist of three large forts, which command the
surrounding country, and are united by walls.
The southern and western forts, called "Leo
pold" and "Frederick," are on the left bank of
the Murg: the northern fort, called "Louis," on
the right bank, where there is also an intrenched
camp capable of holding twenty-five thousand
men. Kastadt is four miles from the Rhine,
and the intervening country is covered with
woods, so that the fortress could not prevent
an army from crossing at that point. The next
fortress is Landau, which formerly consisted of
three forts, one to the south, one to the east,
and one to the northwest, separated from the
town by marshes on the banks of the little
river Quelch. The southern and eastern forts
have been recently abandoned, and the only
one kept in a state of defense is now the
northwestern. The most important and best
situated fortress in this district is GermerBhelm,
on the banks of the Rhine. It commands a con
siderable stretch of the river on both sides, and
practically closes it to an enemy as far as May-
ence ana cooientz. it woma greauy iaciiuaio
the advance of troops into the Rhine palatinate,
as two or three bridges might be thrown across
the river, besides the floating bridge which
already exists there, under cover of its guns. It
would also form a basis of operations for the left
wing of an army posted on the line of the river
Queich. Mayence, one of the most Important of
the Rhine fortresses, is commanded by some ot
the adjoining hills; this has rendered it neces
sary to multiply the lortincations in the town,
and there is, in consequence, hardly room
enough for a large garrison. The whole of the
country between Mayence and Bingen is now
strongly fortified, and between it and the mouth
of the Main (on the opposite bank of the Rhine)
there are three large intrenched camps. As to
Coblentz, Herr von Wlddern says that it would
require a force six times as large as the garrison
to besiege it with any prospect of success. An
enemy would probably begin the attack by
opening fire on Fort Alexander from the hill
known as the Kuhkopf, where his troops would
be sheltered by the woods.
SANITARY.
The North German Hanltarv Corps.
A correspondent of the New York Eveninq
Post writes as follows from Frankfort-on-the
Main:
The Sanitary Corps connected with the North
German army is excellently organized, and It is
probable that never before did any army go out
so well supplied with all the means of science
and humanity for the relief of the suffering on
the battlefields. The Italian war of 1859, when
thousands of men died from sheer neglect on the
battlefields, has taught a lesson to Europeans,
and America gave the example how to organize
sanitary measures, une or. tne most remarkable
sights is to see, in the tremendous military trains
that are passing hourly to the scene of battle,
one or two wagons entirely occupied by white
hooded sisters, Catholic or Protestant, going
with the regiments to eare for the wounded.
Such a train is a study, i irst are forty or more
cars filled with horses and men; then a few
cannon and ammunition wagons all beings and
weapons of destruction and closiHg up with
ambulance wagons and Sisters of Mercy agents
of preservation. The saultary corps of
the army is composed of more than
two thousand legalized physicians men who
for the most part have been in the wars of 1864
and 1860, ana have had great experience. Aid
ing and supporting these come the surgical cory
phea of the German universities, who as con
sulting general chlrurgists are prepared to give
Help ana counsel wnerever required, Dcsides
hundreds of madlcal students, and the voluntary
am irom societies ana ine innaoiianis oi tne
districts. In regard to the arrangements of
the field sanitary service the troops are pro
vided, to every army corps, besides the
regular army physicians and assistant bear
ers of the wounded, (1) three sanitary
detachments, consisting of three officers
and seven physicians, one neid apothecary, eight
hospital assistants, and one hundred and fifty
bearers of the wounded; () twelve field hospi
tals, with two ordinary and three assistant phy
sicians and suitable nurse personnel for two hun
dred beds; (3) reserves for hospitals for the
permanent hospitals. All these institutions are
fitted out with the best materials, tried in the
experience of the late wars In Europe and
America. We do not mention here the volun
tary care of the wounded and - sick, which, in
most respects, will resemble that developed in
our own war.
SAARBRUCK.
After the Fljtht Edmond Abont's Description
ol tne aiue-nia oi tne first uncouatcr.
In a letter to the Paris Soir, M. About de
scribes a visit to Saarbruck the day after the
battle:
My carriage is stopped by the sentries I can
go no further. Why, if the town is oors? It is
not a simple sentry who can reply to that ques
tion. I see on the left a kind of a cabaret, in
which our cannon have made two very visible
breaches, one on the ground floor and the other
in the roof. Near that, a little higher up,
are six pieces of twelve, carefully directed,
which are sending platonie salutations to the
city and the railway station. An artillery camp
occupies the position which we yesterday
won from the Prussians. Uow was it they
allowed it to be taken ? It is difficult to under
stand that regular and well-armed troops should
have yielded so capital a position. I make
inquiries, and I learn that the platform occupied
by our artillerymen is the field of battle of yes
terday and the real fractus belli. Our troops
with lively ardor carried the height which over
looks Saarbruck; they drove in the enemy on
the plain and up the woods which rise.amphl
theatrically on the other side of the Saar. The
Emperor and the Prince Imperial arrived
at a fixed point about 11 o'clock
to open ore. At nau-past one the attair was
over. Our mitrailleuses swept away many men,
our Chassepots did their work well, our shells
caused some fires. I can see from here several
burnt houses, and a large extent of blackened
eround some acres. We command the town.
therefore it is ours, but we do not occupy it yet;
it has not surrendered, and besides, it is pro
tected by scruooy wooos in wmca the enemy
may have concealed inousanas oi snarpsnooters.
To take Saarbruck at the moment would be
easy, but dangerous. Moreover, it is known that
certain houses are occupied by the soldiers or by
volunteers, and it Is indispensable above all to
clear the woods in front upon the right bank of
the Saar.
Every instant the report of a needle gun tells
ns that those woods are inhabited. Uhlans can be
seen galloping from them, making a cloud of
dust; then comes a shot from a Chassepot, and
they prudently retire. The fusillade never
ceases; every minute shots are fired, but I do
not see that anybody is much the worse for
them. As I have been fasting since daybreak I
take advantage oi the appearance ol some beer,
A woman from Saarbruck ascends the height.
bearing a small round cask on her head. The
artillerymen and some foot Chasseurs at once
surround her, and the question is who shall
empty the first glass, or fill the first can. By
dint of money I confiscate the barrel. A glass
is sufficient for me, and the remainder belongs
to our soldiers. The first glass is drunk off by
the seller, she thus proving that we shall not
be poiboned. We drink after her. She
goes away. We remain in a group, listening
to the intermittent firing, surveying the Uhlans
on the other bank, but a ball, coming very pro
bably from the town, whistles by our ears, and
then, ma rut, what a scamper! soldiers ana cm
liana, at full speed, retire behind the poplars
which border the artillery camp. We remain
there for half an hour in safety as far as may be.
but it seems impossible to remain U so anxious
' a position until the evening. I am very hungry.
I run off to r orbacn, wbere I snail una a morsel
of bread and cheese, if it should please Deus
Sabaoth the God of Battles. I met on the road
seven Prussian prisoners in uniform, of whom
one only wore a helmet, and ten or twelve civi
lian prisoners. An Adjutant Major of the 00th
of the line tells us that his regiment has lost four
officers.
' PRUSSIAN GUNS.
The Krnpp Cast-Steel Oon, as Used on the
Prnaslan Iron-Clads.
' In Prussia all military matters are conducted
with the greatest care, so also the invention of
Mr. Krupp, of Essen, in Rhenish Prussia, and it
may have created some surprise when, in 187,
at the Paris Exhibition, Mr. Krupp exposed a
gun of his own manufacture. This gun, being
made of the finest cast-steel, has a weight of
about twenty-five tons, and by this weight
cannot well be adapted to land warfare. But,
for the same rcasou, it is deemed very practi
cable fr the arming of the iron-clad steamships,
and the following, viz., the King William,
Crown Prince, Prince Adalbert, and Armlnius,
have each two or four of these heavy guns
on board. It Is a muzzle-loader, and consists
of five rings superposed, which construction is
calculated to give it an enormous power of re
sistance, and guarantee it against explosions.
The entire length of the cannon is about twenty-
five feet, and at the muzzle it has a diameter of
fifteen inches. The projectile is about tour feet
In height ana weighs, without tho lead mantle.
850 pounds. The Prussian artillery authorities
say that, in giving this enormous piece thirty or
thirty-five pounds of powder, they are certain of
hitting the targets, or any other object, at a dis
tance of 9000 feet about one thousand feet
more than any other gun known at present can
do. As mentioned before, the whole structure
is of the finest cast-steel.
A Prussian Mitrailleuse.
To oppose the French mitrailleuse, of which
the plans and particulars were known In the
Prussian War Office shortly after it had been
invented by the Emperor Napoleon, in the year
1868, and of which the French papers made so
much ado at that time, the celebrated inventor
of the needle-gun, Mr. Dreyse, of Socmmerda,
submitted another gun to the competent autho
rities. This new invention is said to consist of
a small, handy two-barrelled cannon, throwing
shot at a prodigious distance with an accuracy
equalling even that of the famous rifle-guns first
nsea in the Italian war in lao'J by the D rench.
But this invention is kept carefully secret, and
it seems that the Prussian commanders have not
till now thought It advisable to bring it into
practice, as nothing has been mentioned about
it as yet. So, of course, nothing can be said
about it now, and we must wait for further par
ticulars.
Superiority of the Needle-gun.
The Berlin journals, under the heading of
"The Last Affair," publish the following: Yes
terday, at half-past 7 in the morning, the needle-
gun furnished a new proof of its superiority
over the Chassepot. aix sharpshooters ot the
17th oi the MecKicnourg janaweur stopped, at a
distance of 1800 metres, the whole corps of
Marshal MacMahon, which was debouching
from Sarreguemines. After a well-sustained fire
our men, noticing that it was dinner time, sat
down by common accord, During their meal,
which lasted about twenty-five minutes, they
raw the French bullets fall harmless at their
feet. Not a soup-tin was touched, but the object
of this reconnoitring expedition was fully
attained, ine six men disappeared.
1792 AND 1870.
The Prnsslan Campaign 'Afnlnst Frnnee
In
17'A Will History aenMl itself
A correspondent writes as follows to the New
York Times:
In 1793 Prussia invaded France. At first her
armies achieved two signal victories at Long wy
and Verdun. Subsequently the invaders were
repulsed, pursued into their own territory, and
severely punished, it the sons are worthy of
their sires, may not France again reverse the
triumphs of her ancient foe ?
it was in iuiy, iiwi, that tne mtionai Assem
bly declared France to be In danger, and called
upon her children to meet the emergency with
a vigor equal to the great occasion, nut Eng
land, Holland, and Sweden had not then entered
npon hostilities. Russia had dismissed the
of Spain and Sardinia threatened France from
the Pyrenees to the Alps, and the armies of Aus
tria and Prussia, seconded by 5000 French royal
ists under the Prince of Conde, Invaded France
by way of the Low Countries, Germany, and
Switzerland. Besides these external enemies
approaching from every side, France had to
contend with civil war in several of her own
departments. She had in arms only 35,000 men
in the south and tw.ooo in the north and east,
to oppose to more than 200,000 foes.
On the 22d of August the Prussians entered
Longwy, and Verdun fell September 2. But
eighteen davs later General Dumouriez defeated
the itatteoi urunswicic at vaimy. subsequently
the Prussians were repulsed from the "defiles de
. r - . . . :
lArgonne," sometimes called the ".Trench
Thermopplae" and were compelled to retire
beyond the Rhine. In the meantime General
Custine had invaded the Palatinate, and had
taken Worms and Mayence, and the armies of
the south had invaded Savoy and the country of
Nice.
On the 6th of November, the French, under
Dumouriez, deieated the Austrians at Jem
maws. On the 14th the same force captured
Brussels, and soon after added Malines, Ant
werp. Liege, and JNamur to their triumphs,
Thus in less than three months the young armies
oi the itepuuiic, caiiea in aerision oy the 1'rus
elans "t armee aes avocats," had driven from
their soil all the forces coalesced against France,
ana naa invaaea we low countries, the rata
tinate, Savoy, and Nice.
After the battle of Valmy, while the allied
armies were still occupying French soil, the
Duke of Brunswick sought to open negotiations
for peace. But the National Assembly answered,
as the French people are answering; now. "We
will not negotiate with the enemy until he shall
have been repulsed from France." They made
good, their words, animated by the spirit of
their fellow-countryman, Beaurepaire, who,
commanding at Verdun a short time previously,
wnen some oi his own omcers were nrgtu
him to capitulate, replied: "J have sworn not
to surrender while alive. Survive to your shame,
if you dare! As for me, faithful to my oath, I
die iree to save my honor:
Such were the i renchmen of 1793. Ilave their
sons degenerated in eighty vears of civilization?
If not, why should they not carry on the parallel
to the end of the current chapter? Again, in a
new war, the Prussians have begun with suc
cesses at Saarbruck and Weissenburg the
LoDgwy and Verdun of the pending campaign.
Who shall say that the French nation, aroused
and stung by these reverses, will not turn npon
and rend the now triumphant invader, inflicting
upon him many another Valmy and Thermo
pylae ? ' ;
Certainly the lesson of 1793 should at least
teach us to accept with caution the idea that
because Prussia has won a buttle or two France
is to be overrun, humiliated, and disgraced.
What evidence have we that her people have
fallen so low that they can accept national
degradation at the hands of only one of the
several powers against which they waged sue
ceseful war at a time when their resources were
as limited as sow they are profuse, their poverty
us great as is now their wealth ? Possibly
France, in the future despite all her glory and
renown is to lose her position as a first-class
power, and take rank with Portugal or Den
mark. But it is not probable that tier people
will accept that late without many a struggle.
compared with which the battle of H&guenaa
will be only as the first droppings of a summer
snower.
FIGHTING BISMARCK.
The Emperor's Jastlfloatloa-The War Wscsd
oy ranee against ifismarcK.
The following is the article in the Journal
Qfficiel already referred to by the cable reports,
concerning the object of the war:
It is not againBt Germany that we wage war: it Is
against Prussia, or rather against the policy of 1
Count von Bismarck. Accepting patriotic senti
ments and respecting the principles of nationality,
the Emperor ana nis government never bad any
other than friendly attitude towards the great Ger
man race. When arresting at Villa! ranca, the
triumphant march ot the French troops, his Majesty
was desirous, above all things, of sparing himself
the regret of being obliged to light with Germany
for the freedom of the peniriHiila. When, In
lfWO, the Kmperor visited Baden, he met
there King w uiiam, men rnnce itegent of rrussia,
the Kings of Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Saxony, and
Hanover, the Grand Dukes of Hesse-Darmstadt,
Baden, and !Saxe- eimar, the Dukes of Coburg and
Nassau, and in giving them the most emphatic as
surances he offered those princes his own friendship
and that of France. When, In October, 1801, King
William Melted compelgne, he met a warm and
courteous reception. Before Sadowa the Emperor
wrote to M. Drouyn do l lluys, then his Minister of
Foreign Affairs, a letter which promulgated a pro
gramme favorable to the prosperity of the
Gerroanio Confederation; to the aspirations
and rights of the German nation : to grant to Prus
sia all satisfaction compatible with the liberty, Inde
pendence, null equuionum oi uermany : to maintain
for Austria her grand position among the Germanic
populations ; to assure to secondary titates a more
Intimate union, a more potent organization, a more
important roie nucn was ine pian proposed by his
Majesty. The realization of these ideas, so unfa
vorable to the wishes and the Interests of the Ger
man populations, would have been the triumphal
law and justice ; It would have spared to Germany
all the misfortunes of despotism and war.
Let us compare with this programme of the Em
peror those theories wmen the Count von Bismarck
has succeeded in reducing to practice. For long
years profound peace had existed between all Ger
mans; for this peace the Prussian Minister substi
tuted war, destroying the Germanic Confederation,
and sinking an abyss between Austria and France.
By excluding from Germany a monarchy which
was one of Its principal forces, Mi de Bismarck
has betrayed the common country. To en
large Prussia it has sensibly lessened Ger
many, and the day is not distant when
from the other side of the Rhine all true patriots
will make bitter reproaches for her action. Not
content with rending asunder the ties which united
l"rus8ia to the Germanic Confederation, she did not
fear to brutally despoil princes whose sole fault had
been fidelity to federal obligations. Let the countries
annexed to Prussia compare their actual condition
with their situation before 1866. Trannuti. rich.
honored, lightly taxed, they prsented the image
of moral and material prosperity. To-day these
countries deeply regret their princes. Crushed
under the burthen of excessive taxes, ruined in their
commercial and Industrial life, obliged to entrust
agricultural employ to their women they have been
forced to lavish their money and their blood for a
policy whose violence they detest. Hanoverians,
Hessians, Inhabitants of Nassau and of Frankfort,. It
was not euuugu ior yuu 10 oe ine vicums or M. do
Bismarck's ambition; the Prussian Minister wants
you to become his accomplices. You were worthy of
a better cause.
It is a melancholy reflection thus to prove how far
a sovereign may be drawn on, who, In place of obey
ing the Inspirations of his own head and mind, places
himself under the domination of au unscrupulous
minister.
Where is now that time when King William said.
when accepting the regency, "Prussia can only
make moral conquests in Germany?" If any one
had told that prince, whose intenlons were then
loyal, and who had such respect for right, that a
day would come when be would violently, and
without cause or pretext, dispossess the most res
pectable princes of Germany, when he would seize
not only the crown, but the private fortune, of a
sovereign as irreproachable as the King of Hauover:
when he would; smite the ancient free city of
Frankfort on the cheek with the secular glories of
Germany never would he have given credit to such
a prophecy.
Vlll he never lose confidence in a minuter who
dared to reproach him only yesterday for having
granted a courteous reception to the .representative
or t rance, ana wno maintained to ine British .Min
ister that such conduct was exciting in Prussia a
general indignation ?
If we have seen with regret the excesses com
mitted against the princes of Northern Germany,
we nave not ueen less anuctea oy tne treatment to
which the princes of the Bouth have been subjected.
Would the populations of Southern Germany be
right to entertain Indignation against France ? Did
not Bavaria, after Sadowa, address herself to us to
Bave the Integrity of her territory, and did we not
hasten to comply with her wishes ? Who demanded
for tne Ktates oi tne fcoutn an independent national
existence? Who demanded that the sovereigns
of these countries, Instead of being transformed
Into crowned prefects, should preserve all the pre
rogatives of a real sovereignty, which would have
been the guarantee of Independence and liberty to
their States? Full of respect for the qualities of
these brave, honest, and laborious populations, we
know that as they would have willingly entered on
a truly national war, so they are grieved at making
a purely Prussian war. Our traditional sym-
fiathies for the Southern States survive war
tself, and we hope that the day will come when
tne people wui perceive mat we were their
true friend. The Emperor said In his proclamation
that he wishes the countries which compose the
great German nation should freely dispose of their
own aesuuies. to aeuver uermany irom Prussian
oppression, to conciliate with the rights of sover
eigns the legitimate aspirations of the peoples, to
stop the excessive armaments which are a menace
to Europe, to preserve the Danish nationality from
complete ruin, to conquer an equitable and desirable
peace founded on moderation, upon juatlce.and upon
right; such is the general thought that presides
In the present contest. ' The war
now beginning Is no war of ambition,
it Is a war for equilibrium. It Is the defense
of the week against the strong, the reparation of
great Iniquities, the chastisement of unjustifiable
acts. ar irom obeying dictates or natred, of hatred
and revenge, we have the calmness conferred by the
accomplishment of a duty. We appeal In all coufl
dence to public opinion arbiter of peoples and of
kings. We desire that Germany, in place of putting
her forces to the service of Prussian ambition and
selfishness, should follow a course of wisdom and
prosperity. The future will prove the elevated
views of the Imperial policy, and Germans them
selves will finish by rendering justice to the loyalty
of France and her sovereign.
NOTES OF THE WAR.
How military
Blunders am
1'ruaala.
Punished In
A correspondent writes as follows to the New
York Tribune from Berlin:
The following piece of information, which no
German paper dare publish, I give by way of
Illustration of the manner in which military
blunders are regarded by the authorities. The
colonel ot a regiment quartered near Alayeuce
thought fit a few days ago to parade his regi
ment under a broiling sun, and to make it go
through some difficult movements. The result
was that no less than five soldiers died from
over-exhaustion. No sooner was the intelli
gence of what had happened communicated to
the uoioneis superior wnen an inquiry was
instituted, and the Colonel was deprived
ol his command, and was transferred to
Coblentz, there to occupy a subordinate
position. Something of the same kind recently
happened In England. I have heard of English
soldiers dying through what appeared to be the
stupidity, negligence, or inhumanity oi tne
commanding officer, yet no one has ever been
punished. The German system has this to re
commend it, that the soldiers ieei assured mat
those who treat them badly will not go scot
free, and thus they repose confidence in the
authorities which English soldiers can hardly be
expected to ao. ,
Tho First Blow In the War.
The Daily News thinks it was wise of the
German Commander-in-Chief to give the South
ern Army the honor of striking the first blow la
this war. The Crown Prince has shown that
frappei vite et frappe fort is a Prussian maxim.
uioaiing over carnage ts jureign to tne uerman
character. There is a frankness about ' tbe
Prince's language that commends itself to Eng
lish taste, which always values truth more than
effect. The nature of tbe country on the
French side of Weissenburg, and the position
of the French fortified posts, do not favor the
opinion that the Crown Prince thinks of making
the sceae of his first battle the base of his next
operation. 11 it be true that Prince Frederick
Charles is at Treves preparing to attack the
French left between Metz and Thionvllle, then
one of the reasons for this attack, which must
convince the French commander that he has a
resolute antagonist on his right, is apparent.
1 he Crown Prince will probably, in that case,
have effected a most serviceable diversion.
I'.nalnnd's Duty ts Belalnm and Herself.
The Spectator declares that the mere cost of
faithlessness to Belgium would in few years be
greater than the cost of fidelity; while the cost
in character, in independence, and in the best
results of our insularity would be incalculable.
If we abandon Belgium, the one European spot
not our own which the Continent expects ns to
defend, we must recede from the Continent for
ever, must retire from our place ia the civi
lized family of mankind and either Blnk Into
the position of a larger and more pauperized
Holland a Holland full of great estates and
people with too little to eat or confine our
selves to the task of civilizing Asia sink, as it
were, without willingness and without en
nobling faith, from statesmen into missionaries.
No one will trust us, for we shall have broken
an obligation we acknowledged because it was
Inconvenient to fulfil it. '
The Emperor's IMnnders.
The Spectator observes that while the Em
peror was wasting time in a scenic attack on an
open town held by a Prussian major and a few
infantry troops, an attack apparently designed
mainly to show his little boy "War," and in
spirit bis army by accounts of an easy victory
the Crown Prince was inflicting a real substan
tial blow on hL. position. Bv another strange
Irony of fate, on one day Napoleon In his Jour
nal OJJiciel declares that one grand object of the
war was to deliver Bavaria from Prussian op
pression, and on the very next the Crown Prince
of Prussia, at the head of Bavarian soldiers,
drives a French division from the field; but this
movement is but an incident in that great con
centric advance of which the object is Nancy or
Lnnevllle, or it may be even Chalons, and In
which a battle must be fought at almost every
step.
The Emperor and Germany
The Daily News comments on the declaration
of the Journal Offlciel that the nephew of the
conqueror of Jena Is making war. not against
Germany, nor even against Prussia, but rather
against Count Bismarck's policy. It is acknow
ledged, however, that in order to prevent the
unity of the common country, the old Germanic
Confederation which has so long disorganized
and paralyzed the national forces was to suffer
a transformation which would have laid Ger
many helpless at the feet of the Invader. It was
the old scheme for the disunion and division of
Italy, by forming a federation under the presi
dency of the Pope, applied with some necessary
modifications to. Germany.
Enthusiasm of the French People.
The Daily News says a French contemporary
is at great pains to discover a sullicient motive
for the enthusiasm of the French people in the
present war, and it arrives at the conclusion
that France in 1870 is gone out to fight its old
enemy of 1792, the chief ot the monarchical
coalition against the first republic. Whatever a
calmer philosophy may have to say about it a
few years hence, the war with Germany Is at
present to be considered as a revolutionary war.
It is the French Revolution against the succes
sors of Brunswick. France declines to believe
that Count Bismark will give liberty to Ger
many, but is fully persuaded that he would take
Alsace and Lorraine n he could.
GRANT IN CLEVELAND.
The President Comes out of III (Shell for the
Benefit mt the Hooslera and Ulves Ills Opi
nions on a. Variety of Subjects.
In a recent visit to Cleveland General Grant
seems for the time to have abandoned his usual
reticence. The Leader of Wednesday has a
long article extolling the President's urbanity,
and detailing his conversation and opinions. A
few extracts will be found of interejt:
TUB FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
subject came up during a short cessation of in
troductions,, and tne president stated that
throughout the country be had witnessed the
greatest entnusiamin iavor or uermany. lie
observed that he had been somewhat surprised
at the little success that had attended the French
arms. He had expected that
PRUSSIA WOULD TRIUMPH
in the end, but that she would also meet with
some reverses during the campaign. He was
surprised that a ranee naa met witn so many
ana sucn severe reverses at once.
THE NEEDLE AND CHASSEPOT
cruns. he said, were both inferior to our breech
loaders. They bad been examined by our
ordnance committee, and among some twenty
other djuereni moaeis naa Deen mrown one
side, no preference being accorded to either of
them. The much-talked-of mltrallleur was
nothing more than eur Gatling gun with some
slight changes. When it was exhibited at the
Paris Universal Exposition, the Emperor took
it to Versailles and bad it tried in the presence
of a number of officers. No opinion was given as
to its merits, and it was not again heard of
until it appeared under the pompous title of
mltrallleur.
THE DEPOT.
At a few minutes before 12 o'clock the Presi
dent, Dr. Sharp, C. W. Fard, and a reporter of
tbe Leader entered a carriage ana roae to tbe
Union passenger depot, a large crowd surround
ing the carriage and following it. The short
I . 1 n n nann4 Im flAn ITflHnH Al, In ukt.li Ka
I 1UO WOO (JMDOU AU VWUf VIOOWVU, AU Tf UKU tUQ
President engaged freely, raanifestiag none of
his reputed taciturnity, lie made several in
quiries of a practical nature concerning our
piers, depots, and the heavy retaining wall
being constructed at the foot of Bank street.
These questions showed the practical character
ot the President's iron mind. The building of
Stockley's old pier, a few piles of which now
only remain, tbe time mat the piles have been
driven along tbe lake shore, the use of all the
depots, the condition of the Government pier,
the changes being maae in tne oia ugnt-nouse,
were all Inquired into by the rresident.
RECRUITING
in Cleveland came up. and the President ex
pressed his surprise that about two hundred
troops could be raised here almost dally. He
thought the army a very good - place ' for
"roughs " and bard cases, it quieted them
down. But for "good boys it was a bad place.
"For such fellows as Ford," said the President.
with a jovial smile, "it is an excellent place. It
rnuld do him no harm."
On arriving in the car it was ascertained that
the party was thirty minutes too early, - Offer
ing a cigar to each of tbe company, the Presi
cent took a seat and began a conversation about
NEWSPAPERS. " ' ' '
General Grant was Informed that four daily
Republican sheets, the Leader (Evening),
Herald, and Wactiter am Erie were printed here
to one Democratic paper. One member of the
party had once heard ot a Democratic paper
named the Cleveland Plaindtsaler, but he sup
posed It had gone to its grave before this time,
w informed tha nartv that It still led a preca
rious existence, but was slowly approaching Its
end. ' ' - ' '
General Grant thought it a very significant
fact that there was only one Democratic morn
ing paper a New York, and that was kept alive
)v lewtn? black tua.iL Tbe city always went
strongly Democratic, and yet could support but
one avowed uemocrauc morning paper.
JOHN CHINAMAN. ' ' '
; President Grant's opinions off John Chinaman
are very decided, lie thinks tbe agitation
against John la caused bv demagogues more
than through any reasonable objection to John
himself. To their importation in companies
and as human freight he is strongly opposed.
To their arrival as immigrants and In the
natural tide of immigration he thinks there can
be no reasonable objection. Tbe question Is
yet new to the country. The Chinamen in
California should not be cited as an illustration.
No men have come there yet with their families,
all coming alone and with the Intention of re
maining only until a few hundred dollars had
been acquired, which, in their country, was a
fortune. The women who came, he said, were
all of the vilest trash and the worst of the
Chinese population. He thought their coming
to this country the same as other emigrants
could not be objected to.
LEGAL iriTELLIOUrJCD.
The "Boodle Dame" Again.
UnUtd States District Court Judge Cadwaladtr.
This morning, In the United States District
Court, Jacob Stahi was placed npon trial,
charged with being accessory to the "boodle
game pracusea npon Jacob zoli, oi which
crime Henry Ream had been convicted yester
day. A Jury was empanelled and sworn, when
his Honor stated that the defendant and Ream
bad been indicted jointly for the same offense;
the testimony In both cases was the same; and
Ream having been convicted, there was a legal
reason well understood by members of the bar
why Htabi could not be convicted under the
present form of Indictment. Tho jury were
directed to render a verdict of not guilty, which
was accordingly done. The Judge directed that
Stahl's bail would be continued until the end of
the present term, when further action might be
taken in the case, possibly in the form of a new
indictment.
Fraudulently Secretin Goods.
In the case of T. Slater Smith, charged with
fraudulently secreting goods, he having been ad
judged a bankrupt, his Honor was desired to
increase the bail, which hvd been fixed at f 2500.
the Judge said he naa no disposition to Inter
fere with the case at present, and would.reserve
his decision until Monday. ,
Several Cnses
called and not responded to were continued for
tbe term, and the court adjourned until to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
FINAL CIS AMD COMMEttCE.
KvxHrwa TrxioRAPH Omcntl
Thursday, Aug. 18, U70.
The money market remains in a condition
about midway between stringency and ease, but
the indications all point towards an active and
not a well-supplied market towards the close of
the present or tne opening or the coming
month. There is very little doing In call loans,
though they are still In greaf favor with all
classes of lenders. The rates range from 6 to 7
per cent, on choice pledges, and discounts are
current at i'J per cent lor first-class names
only.
n"v . 1 .1 1 a I At l .
ine Ku luarnei ia cuujparauveiy quiet DUl
steady, tho sales ranging between 110 and 117
closing at noon weak at llo.
uovernment oonos move rather slowly, but
there is a slight advance on a portion of the
list owing to the character of the foreign news.
mocks continue dun but nrm. city sixes
sold at 101 for the new bonds.
Reading Kallroad sold at 48S48g b. o.; Penn
sylvania at 58; Lehigh Valley at bVX: and
Philadelphia and Erie at 26. 37 was bid for
Catawissa preferred and 45 for Oil Creek and
Alleghany.
Canal shares were quiet. 176 was ofiered for
Schuylkill preferred, and 33 for Lehigh.
Commercial uanK sold at w: Uank of North
ern Kentucky at 118, and North America at
221. No further sales.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven & Bro., No. 40 S. Third street.
FIRST BOARD.
11000 W & Frank 7s 84
loo ah Read R..b30. 48V
100 do 9d. 48
l sh Bk of N Am. aai ye
loo sh Phil IKK., U
2C5shPennaR..la. 58
400Lenes, i4.... ta
$1000 Cltv Ss, New. 101 S
W sn lom i bk.... eo
SshNBk of Ky.,118
2 sh Leh V R 67X
Messrs. Willi ah Painter A Co.. No. 88 8. Third
street, report the following quotations : U. 8. 6s of
1881.114 &(U5; 6-W)SOf 1862, 112?i113: do. 1864,
lll4ili; do. 1866, mrtiiia; do., July, 1866.
1l0)icU0Ji : do., July, 1867. 110X110V; do. July,
lses, iio,giiu : os; iu-4u, iusxcios)4;u. g pacific
RR. Cy. 6s, 112112. Gold, 117117.V-
Nabk kLADNBB, uroKers, report this morning
Gold quotations as follows:
10-00 A. M 6 iH-23 A. H 117
10-01 " 116 11-82 " H6V
10-03 " ,..W 12-20 P. M
1104 " 11 W
Stock Quotations by Telegraph-3 P. .11.
Glendinnlntr, Davis a. Co. report through their New
i orx liouae vub luuowiug
N. T. Cent. & Hud B
Paolflo Mall Steam, sti
Con. btocx
do. scrip. 90
Western Union Telei 84 &
Toledo ft Wabash R. 6ftf
mil ft 8c Paul R.com eov
MlLft 8 1. Paul Rpref. 1ti
Adams Express ex-d. 67?
Wells,FargoCo.... la
Tennessee 6s new. .. 60
Gold m
Market weak.
N.Y.A Erie Rail. 82X
Ph. and Rea. R 5
Mich. South, ft NLR. Six
Cle. and Pitt. R. ex-d.106
CM. and N. W. com.. 817
ChLandN. W.pref.. 86 '
Chi. and R.LR..,...1133
P1U8.K. W.kChUR. 94V
LITEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marin Newt set Tnsids Pogts.
PORT OF PHTTiA DEI J? HIA AUGUST 18
BTATH OP THIRVOSftTIR AT THI IVENINO TXLIORAFB
or Fiua.
T A. M 74 1 11 A. M 83 1 1 P. M ,.s
rrr v ktWk mm a unvimrn i
Steamship Centipede, WUletts, Amesbury Point,
John S. HUles. . . .
Steamer Leopard, Hughes, Boston, do.
Tng Thomas Jefferson, Allen, Baltimore, with a tow
of barges, W. P. Clyde & Co. . -
Tug U. 5. Hutchlns, Davis, Havre-de-Grace, with a
. tow of barges, W. P. Cljde ft Co. -
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamer Vanlta. Freeman. 24 hours from New
York, with mdse. to John F. OhL .
Steamer J. S. Bhrlver, Webb, 13 hours from Balti
more, with mdse. and passengers to A. Groves, Jr.
Steamer Diamond State, Wood, 19 hoars from
Sassafras River, with peaches and passengers to A,
Groves, Jr.
Steamer unsioi, waiiace, nours rrom new York,
with mdse. to W. P. Clyde ft Co.
bctir M. M. Enowles, Small, 18 days fm St. John,
N. It., with laths and pickets to Patterson ft Llppin
cott vessel to Souder ft. Adams.
Schr Clyde, Gage, 10 clays from Bangor, with lum
ber to D. Trump, Son ft Co vessel to Knight ft Sons.
Schr Ada Andrews, neiiy, iu aays irom wenmona,
Me., with ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co. vessel to
Knight ft Sons.
boor j. M. iiajvon, iiioiiias, i uaj i rum smyrna,
Del., with grain to Jan. L. Bewley ft Co.
Schr Favorite, Clark, from Lane's Cove, with stone
to Masonlo Temple.
i Schr James 11. Moore, Nlckerson, from Boston,
with mdse.
Schr Annie Magee, Yonng, from Gloucester.
Schr M, D. Craumer, Craumer, from Boston.
Schr K. J. Irvin, Johnson, from Providence.
Schr W. M. Wilson, Brown, from Dlgnton.
Schr Annie Msy, May, from Providence.
Scbr Gussie Williams, Lincoln, from Boston.
Schr Jesse Wilson, Connelly, from Boston.
Schr J. Porter, Burrows, from New London.
Schr Caroline Youug, Young, from Fall River.
Scbr Aid, Malta, from Fall River.
Schr R. J. Shannon, Dllki, from Boston.
Schr Hannah Little, Crawford, from Gloucester.
Schr M, LI. Westcott, Gandy, fiora Lynn.
, Kchr A. C. Cranmer. Cranmer, from Wareham.
Scbr George R. Murney, Murney, fm New Haven.
Hchr Index, Garrison, from Plymouth,
i Schr VirgU, Payne, from Nanticoke River.
Tog Hudson, Nicholson, from Baltimore, With I
tow of barges to W. P. Clyde ft Co.
Tug Chesapeake, Merrihew, from Havre-de-Grace
with a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde ft Co.
MEMORANDA.
Steamer India, from falasgow for New York, pot
back to Greenock 13th tost., with machinery slightly
disabled, and will sail again Soth with her original
cargo on board. Her passengers were transferred
to steamer Cambria, which sailed from Glasgow on
the lath for New York.
Br. steamer Helvetia, Griggs, from Liverpool and
Queensiown, arrived at New York yesterday.
Steamer Volunteer, Jones, hence, at New YOU
yesteiday.