TEDS Pi VOL. XIV NO. 45. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. T1SILM (G-jR AFHo FIRST EDITION THE WAR IN EUROPE. The Present Situation. Contradictions and Doubts. Ea:ains's Reported Escape. His Possible Scheme. The Latest Advices by Mail. The Field of Woerth. X&acl&ahon's OCIcial Report. Fiench and English Accounts. Irismarcii in tho Parliament. His Views on the War. to Moltke, the Strategist. tftc, i:tc, utc, r;tc, i;ie THE SITUATION. tt'OBtrniltriory Heparin of llnv.tilne'n Position nnd lovonioiitM-!ll Reported F.cite from yietz, noil Koundnbout 01 arch to the West ittacMahon and tho (Iroivn Prince The AUI Inne of the Neutral Powers. Where i9 Bazainc? Where is MacMihon? Where is the Crown Prince ? Where Is Frede rick Charles? The despatches of last night, although very voluminous, render it quite as difficult to answer any of these questions as if wejwere entirely without news. Reports from London still insist that Bazalne was completely isolated by the battle of the lSlb, audjeut off from all his resources, and this view was sanctioned by tho Journal OfflcUl yesterday morning in a statement by authority that no despatches had been received from him for two entire days. Later in the day, however, it was announced in the Senate that, after a suspension of communi cations for forty-eight hours, the Government bad received a despatch from Bazaine confirm ing the previous despatch to the effect that, after a battle of nine hours on the 18th, the French commander continued to hold his ori ginal position. Despatches to the New York Times, written under similar in spiration, declare that the series of battles con cluding on Thursday only resulted iu giving the Prussians control of the roads between Metz end Verdun which diverge at Gravelotte, Mx miles west of the former place, while Bazaine Etill maintained his communications with Thion Yille, and the main body of his army had suc ceeded in withdrawing from the neighborhood of Metz by way of the last-named place, and thence to the northwest along the railway which rnns parallel with tho Belgian frontier through Longuyon and Moutmedy to Meleres, a strongly-fortified town on the Meuse, not more than ten miles from the Belgian frontier, and forty-seven miie3 N. E. of Itheims, with which it is connected by rail. La Liberie of Paris states that Bazainc, after the encounter of the 18th, succeeded lu reaching the railroad to Montmedy and Mezieres, by which he received all the supplies that ho stood In need ot. These supplies, according to La Liherte, had been pushed for ward as far as. Sedan, a fortified town on the Meuse, eleven miles . S. . of Mezieres. The Timv despatch, however, goes Into more details, and reports Bazaine himself at Spiucourt, near Montmedy, the latter place being a fortified town on the Chiers, a tributary of the Meuse, 25 miles due uorth of Verdun, 45 miles N. W. of Metz and GO miles N. E. of Chalons. The Tinf correspondent theu proceeds to speculate upon Bazaine's fu tare movements, and his speculations are reasonable enough, provided the report of Bazaine'e escape by way of the frontier line litrue. Bazaine's purpose was. thought to be to cross the Meuse near Stenay, ten miles W. 8. W. of Montmedy, then to move across the plateau ot the Argonnes and strike the Aisne at Vouzicres (the morning papers make horrible work with the spelling of nearly all these proper names), about twenty-five miles etill further to the W S. W. From this point, a inarch of some thirty-five miles up the tortuous course of the Aisne or of only twenty miles if a direct routo is practicable would bring him to the neighborhood of 3ie. Menehould, where the Auve joins the AUne. &te. Menehould is u'O milc-B E. N. E. of Chalons and 23 miles W. S. W. of Verdun. To continue the speculation, MacMahou is to effect a junction with Bazainc at this point, and a grand stand is to be made again.-t the Prussians near the spot where Dumouriez and Kcllermann headed off the Pru-sian luvaUoa under the Duke f Brunswick in 17ft2. But this plausible programme, even if it his been entertained by tho French commander, depends fur its success on various c ontingencies. The inactivity of Prince Frederick Charles and Von Btcinmctz is altogethr improbable during the roundabout march of Bazaine from Metz by way of Thionville, Montmedy, and Vouzieres to Ste. Menehould, a distance of soma 123 miles, while the distance straight across the country due west Is under 00 miles. The Prus sians would have but half the distance to make to reach the confluence of the Auve and the Aisne that is contemplated in the sup posed scheme of Bazaine, of which they are jrobably 'pile hj wcU adylsed as Jbe Parjij cor respondent of the New York Timrf. MacMahou must also come to tlmo, and, like Bazainc, he Is reported from London as being surrounded by the army of the Crown Prince. Some reports place his headquarters at St. Dizlcr, on the Marne, 35 miles southeast of Chalons, where the Prussian pickets where said to have appeared, while others credit him with marching to the relief of Bazainc, and state that the camp at Chalons has been raised, and the troops formerly, there ordered to take positions along the line. Meanwhile, there is no confirmation of the reported battle near Chalons, and both the people and authorities of Paris are impressed with the belief that the Crown Prince is making his way towards tho capital as fast as possible by way of the valley of the Aube, midway be tween the Marne and tho Seine. Impressed with this belief, tho preparations to stand a cicge arc progressing with the utmost rapidity. The country people are again urged by tho authori ties to bring their provisions to the capital, and the Minister of the Interior publishes another circular calling upon the country to "arm with out delay." He continues, 'We are in a crisis when all must come forward for the defense of the country." In tho midst of all come reports that Prince Napoleon at Florence and the Marquis de la Vallctte at London are endeavoring to secure the mediation or interposition of England and Italy, while there are doubtful rumors of a grand league of all the neutral nations for putting an end to the conllict or averting anarchy in France in case of a complete overthrow of the Bonaparte rt'jimi: TUB LATEST. C'ontrntlirtory Reports of ISaznlne'n Move inrDtn nud l'urponen A Humored Junction or the I'l iiiHtiin Armies. The despatches which we publish in our Second Edition do not tend to throw much light on the situation. One report from Paris states that Bazaine was yesterday at Metz, "master of tho situation," while another declares that ho has effected his escape by way of Montmedy, as asserted by the Paris correspondent of tho New York Times. The Crown Prince and Prlnco Frederick Charles, it is also reported, have effected a junction to the west of Metz. THE lUITLli OF WOEKTII. Mnrlinl Miu-.Mnhon'a Olllclnl Report to the r.uipervr. The following is tho ollicial report of Marshal MacMahou, respecting the battle of Froschwil ler, addressed to tho Emperor: Saveknk, Aug. 7. Sire: I have tho honor to report to your Majesty that on the 0th lust., after having been obliged to evacuate the town of Wis eemuurg, the 1st Corps, with tho view of cover ing the railway from Strasburg to Bitche and the principal roads communicating between tu,e eastern and western portions of the Vosges Mountains, occupied the following positions: 1 he 1st Division was thus posted : The right wing In advance of FroBchwiller, und the left in the direc tion of Reichshofen, leaning on a wood which covers this village. It detached two companies to Neuu wlller and one to Jagerathal. The 3d Division occupied with its 1st Brlgale a counter position which springs from FresMiiwiller and ends In a point near Unersdorir; the 2d Brigade rested lis ielt on Frescliwiller, and its right on the village of Elsenhausseu. The 4th Division formed a broken Hue with the right of the 3d Division, and its 1st Brigade laelug t.unetertt, and its lid being opposite the vlllago of Norsbronn, which it. had not been able to occupy lor want of sullicient forces the division of Dtimisuii, of the 2d Corps, which had rallied rny troops lu the morning, was piaccd behind the 4th Division. The 2d Division placed behind the 2d Brigade of the 3d Division and 1st Brigade of the 4th Division, were held in reserve. Finally, further back, was the brigade ot light cavalry, under the orders of General deSeptcuil and his division of the Cuirassiers of General Bonnesniains; the brigade of Michel's cavalry, under the orders of General Dutiesme, was stationed iu the rear or tne right wtug or tne4Ui Division. At 7 o'clock the enemy showed hini3elf beyond the heights of (Juersdorff, and commenced the action by a caunonade, soon followed by a sharp discharge of musketry, against the 1st and od Divisions". This attack was made with sullicient force to compel the 1st Division to make a chauge in the front, so as to cover its right wing, and to prevent the enemy from turning the general position. A little later the enemy greatly iucreased the number of hU batteries, and opened fire upon the centre of the positions which we held on the right bank of the Bauer back. Although much more serious and more determined than the first, which, moreover, was still going on. this second demonstration was only a false attack, and was repulsed with great spirit. Toward noon the enemy commenced an attack near our right. Clouds of sharpshooters, sup ported by large masses of infantry, and covered by more than sixty pieces of cannon piaccd on the heights of Guustedt, rushed upon the 4th Divisiou and upon the :id Brigade, which occu pied the village of Elsenhausscn. In spite oi the vigorous counter charges, seve ral times repeated, iu spite of the well-directed fire of our artillery, and the several brilliant charges of the Cuirassiers, our right was out flanked after many hours of the most deter mined and obstinate resistauoe. I then ordered a retreat to be made. It was covered by the 1st and od Divisions, which showed a bold front, and thus permitted the other troops to retire without being much hraed.J The retreat was made npon Saverne by the way of Nieder bronn, where the division of Guyot de Lespart, of the .1th Corps, which had ju-l arrived there, tool: up a position and did not retire till night closed in. Be pleased to receive, Sire, the homv.re of the profound respect of your very devoted and very faithful subject, the C'oiumander-in Chief of tho First, Fifth and Seventh corps d'armre. Marshal MacMahov. A Trench Correspondent' Account of the Unit I e. The following particulars are from the pen of M. Amedte Achard, of the Moniteur: "On the morning of the day of battte, the Marshal occupied in person, with a portion of his troops, a straight line belore Reiclistioien, in trout of the enemy. The remainder of hU divisions were divided Into two corps of equal strength; one on the left, occupying Woerth, the other on the -right, the villaye cl Eberbach. The line of battle represented a triangle, the Htut of which was turned toward the frontier. Aoout lu o'clock, a Prusnan mm d'arme-t, sixty tiiousaud strong, appeared to threaten the position occ upied by the Marshal and to endeavor to puss between ftetchliofeu and Woerth. It arrived by the road from Klederoroua. Alter the Urst eu pavement oi the tirailleurs, speedily followed by a second attack, the Marshal eaued un the corps placed at Kbeibach. and piaced it lu battle order In front of ttie enemy, wnotn oechecked, and soon alter obliged to execute a backward movement Tuereupcu a fresh forpa a tirrnee, also sixty tiiousaud strong, issued irotu tne lorest oi w oei tit, which had con cealed its march, and threw its dense columns upon the regiments placed in front of the villaze of v oertu. Twenty-three thousand men thus found themselves iu the presence of 120,000, provided with an uiimeur-e amount of artihery. The buttle had already lusted several hours without the posi tious occupied ty t lie .via a. in hating been forced, when in the atternoou, about 6 o clock, a third t orm a'ariun, this time seventy-four thousand strong, arrived, and passing behind Kberbich, which had been abandoned, Bought to swump the Marshal's decimated divisions and to cut or) the line of retreat upon lluguenau and tsaverue. The 1st r'n-uch Corps was taken between three Ores. The Marshal de cided upon giving op the battle-field, covered with dead, where numbers bad triumphed; but, in order to be able to bring together the rerumns of his dlvislooH, which wre lu part now not more nume. ' rous than brigades, he threw a regiment of culra sierg against the enemy a avant yard. These men ' of iron knew tet they were doomed to death, It wan the first time that they had ever fonght. Men of their branch of the army had never been seen on a Held of battle since Waterloo, but they recollected what their fathers had done, and from the first blow they renewed the legendary charges of the hollow road of Ilonalu. In spite of the batteries, In spite of the mitraiUcuHen, notwithstanding the confusion oc casioned ny the men and horseffalllng around them, the culrasMers reached the front of the Prussian regiments, broke them, crushed them, charged on aiid on, till the avant panir, shaken through in entire thickness, went backward. But other and more numerous battalions brought the assistance of their weight to the Prussians who could no longer advance, and what remained of our cnir&ssierg dig appeared In a whirlwind of enemies. The 1st Corps had had Its route opened during an hour; another hour was neressary to accomplish Its re treat. The Marshal had at hand a regiment of chasseurs. Th safety of an army was at stake ; he made a Sign; the regiment started oif; and the pro digies of valor achieved by the cuirassiers were re newed by the chasseurs. In their turn they made a frightful onslaught, and the French army, thus enabled to rejoin the bulk of th'j forces, was saved. The chasseurs were all killed. In the thlokost dart of the bat-tie the IHnrshal sent a despatch to General de Failly, ordering htm to send two division1 to Lam bach to attack the Prussian array In the rear. The telegraph wrote Ilausbach, which is In an opposite direction, and General de Fallly's divisions, full of ardor, of course found no one on arriving at the lat ter place." The nntrle wan an Accident. The correspondent of the London Ti;is writes as follows: Soi ltz i.ks Fouets, Aug. 7. Everything confirms the Impression that the great battle of Woerth was an accident, and the belief gains ground that Mic Jilnbon, like Douay, had no Idea of the force to which he was opposed wheu he attacked It. At the Prussian headquarters it was a surprise, and the outpost firing, which extended along the ridge over the Woerth rivulet (a few yards broad and a vard deep), was not considered serious till the French displayed a great line of artillery on the ridges and opened a furious cannonade. Had the corps on the Prussian left kept more In front, and had the Bava rians coming from Weisscnburg passed on more rapidly and come on the French left, their escape would have been almost Impossible. As it was,when the heavy cavalry were repulsed in their charge round through the battalions In the rear, masses of men threw down their arms. Tnelr fighting at Nechwiller was grand. The Prussian gene rals say they never witnessed any thing h more brilliant. But the Prussians were not to bo denied. With tenacity as great, and a fiery resolution, they pressed on over the rivulet, up heights where the vineyards dripped with blood, and, checked again and again, still pressed or with a furious Intrepidity which the enemy could not withstand In that desperate flight ot six long hours, during which the battle raged in full vengeance, lc lasted, Indeed, for thirteen hours, and at one time the French gained ground and got down on to the ridge on the left; but the main stress of the day was on a narrow front of some two and a half miles aiong tae stream at each side of Woerth, and the final stand was made by Kcichshofen and Neohwlller, from which the French retreated by several roads through a very difficult country, by Niederbronn, eta, on Bitche. The victory of Goeben at Saarbrucken opens the road to Metz ; but Bitche, with a strong citadel, still intervenes between his left and the army which ought to complete his communication, viz., that of Prince Fiederick Charles. The German losses are cennlnly exceedingly heavy. In the 7th Regiment, out of 84 oilicers, 70 arc killed or wounded ! So it is said. A company of a regiment, perhaps the same, lost 200 men. But the French were utterly routed, and the story of two divisions vanishes with the numbers on the caps of the prisoners. BISMARCK. The "linn of Iron nnd Illood" In tho North ;r rniiin Parliament Ills anntlo Severity on the Alleged Cauies of the War. The meeting of the German Federal Parlia ment in Berlin has given occasion to many scenes of profound interest. In the session of tho second day Count Bismarck presented a summary view of the situation, commenting with caustic severity on the alleged causes of tho war, and exposing the deceitful pretensions of the Imperial Government. A spectator of tho l roceedihgs "of the occasion "gltfeS aeTra matic fckctch of Bismarck iu a letter to a Vienna journal: "The President had already closed the session, and the members were about leaving the hall, when he rose, and requested them to again take their scats, as the Chancellor of the Confedera tion had a communication to make to the House. A general murmur was heard, and the crowd pressed into tho galleries, in order to gain a bet ter sight. Bismarck then made his appearance, his cheeks pale and deep furrows under Ills eyes. A broad-shouldered, strong-boned figure, in the uniform of a cavalry colonel, dark blue with yellow. The yellow of his uniform collar con trasted strangely with the deadly paleness of his face, lie took Ms place to the Jen ot the President. Near him lay a black leather portfolio. In tries was concealed the fate of two nations. Ho searched for the key, and opened the littlo brass lock. 1 hen be are w out a lew sheets of. paper sheets in which lay the dreadful war that was to destroy so many thousand lives, and bring so many families to ruin. He gave a hasty glanco at the first, and then began to speak. There was the stillness of death. Count Bismarck is no orator, in the usual sense of the term. He speaks without fluency, and with little pathos. lie has nothing less at heart than this. His words come out in a broken form. Ho expresses what be has to say only in snort sentences, lie often hesitates, lie makes pauses, and then bes.tatcs again. His language never flows in a living stream. His speeches, which read as if they came irom a single gusn, arc always iragment ary when they fall from his lips. You see that he labors as he speaks, une wno heard him to-day for the first time might believe that the burden of the feelings which weighed upon his heart almost took away his breath, that every word was wrung out lroin the depths ot- his inner man. Jet lie aiwa3's speaks in tins way, AVhile he expresses himself with tho utmost facility iu private conversation, his language becomes slow and dillicult as Boon as he addresses a public assembly. What he said to the excited and eager members of the House is already known to every one that reads the newspapers. It was the keenest and most subtle criticism of the pretenses on which the French Government had gone to war. A slight vein of irony ran through his whole dis course, the effect of which on the hearer was heightened by the subdued tone of its delivery. Not a line in the countenance of the Chancellor was altered as he took up one sheet after another and declared its contents. No mocking con traction of the mouth accompanied the points which he made against the cabi net of Napoleon. No trace of approval or of disapproval betrayed his per sonal interest iu the subject. In the same quiet, business-like manner he called the declaration of var 'the only ollicial communication which he had received from the Imperial Government in the whole affair;" analyzed the private nego tiations which had been entertained between the Ministry and the French Ambassador; cha racterized the interview at Ems; and, finally, referred to the uusuccessful attempt at media tion by England. The last sheet was tho French original ot the declaration of war a piece of paper like all the rest distinguished by no special ciark us Bismarck there took it in his hand not even by the slightest change in his features, or the least wavering of his tone; he coldly remarked that the text of the declaration of war was already known in the German trans lation, and asked the Parliament to excuse him for the unfinished sketch of a circular to the foreign minister; this was the last word of Bis marck in the session, at which no one could have been present, without beta" penetrated with the power and wide bearing of acts which it took but twenty or thirty minutes, and six or seven pieces of paper, to make unchangeable. We who have hitherto become acqualBted with historical documents only after they have grown mouldy iu the archives, here had them before us in their fresh odor and their modern aspect. There is nothing there to be seen of sentimeut or enthusiasm; all this comes afterward after the flow of tears and blood. And of these, we fijutfl Ms time haye no Jack," TON MOLTKE. The ('rent !ermna Ntrntejclat and fcl re- cuiiarme. A correspondent of the New York Tim-s writes as follows from Berlin: The leading spirit of the army, the "fa-n'ULw j)rfic'5," is Count Moltke. lie was born in 1800, but at the first dance, neither his looks nor bis deportment seem to betray him, and a casual observer certainly would give him no more than fifty years. I had the good fortune of being his vis-c, tit at dinner for two consecu tive days. It Is needless to say that etiquette forbids "interviewing" in thia part of the world. Moreover, any attempt in that direction would have proved, under aoy cir cumstances, a dead failure, inasmuch as his .reticence has become almost a by-word. Although, like many other Renerals, Count Moltke is little inclined to be talkative, he is considered as one of the greatest linguists in Prussia. I had the fullest opportunity of closely observing and minutely scrutinizing this great, man, and I confess I was literally charmed. The mien of modesty and his retiring manner were extremely winning. In my peregrinations through the world I have often had occasion to observe, and even to admire, the calm and apparently unconcerned man ner diephyed by great heroes or prominent statesmen. But on further examina tion, I have invariably been doomed to disap pointment. Simplicity turned out, as it were, merely a matter ot education; tne taciturn and retiring demeanor proved to bo the result of mannerism. In fact, I had to learn that these men thought and felt like other mortals. But I was forcibly impressed that this must be other- wise with Count Moltke, and I was irresistibly reminded that no man was ever great without Rome decree of divine Inspiration: "Nemo vir magnns sino attlatualiquodivinonuneinamfait." persons wno hesitate to oeueve that Prussia is fully prepared to meet the dangers of the im pending struggle, will find in the mien and de portment of Count Moltke unmistakable evi dence that nothing has been neglected to render the position of hi6 country invincible. Tney will find that he carries with him the conviction that his army is unconquerable. AU that fore thought and human skill can devise has b9en provided for. He is contented to leave the rest to the Lord of Hosts. THE HORRORS 01' WAR. (Srnphlc Scenes Delineated by P. d mo nil Abiut -'The Keveme of the inedal-The Prince Imperial I'nder Fire. Mr. Edmond About is by Jail odds the most graphic and brilliant correspondent who has made his way to the front. He contributes to the Monitrur da fioir a letter entitled by an Inglish translator "Tho Reverse of tho Medal,' in which, from Forbach, Saarbrucken, and Saar guemines, he gives a number of interesting anecdotes and describes the scenes by the way. lie says: "Now one begins to 6cc the reverse of the medal, and tho features of the war are not so smiling as last week. As the carts ale past, a young officer seated before tho Cafe Francais recognizes the face of one among the wounded. He rises, draws near, and cries, "You? Islt you, here?" The other, who carries his arm in a sling, and seems to suffer cruelly, scarcely ap pears to notice this warm sympathy; he mur murs a few words confusedly, and lets his head fall forward. The cart goes on. "Among tho number was a boy, at most eigh teen years old, with a bright and quick expres sion of face; and what fire there was in his large black eyes! One of the townspeople approaches him and says. 'You enlisted as a volunteer?' 'Yes,' he replies, and lets himself fall npon the bay of the wagon. Another, not net twenty years old,is carried-otr-a truck; he s hit in both legs, and seriously. This one makes jokes, but only he; all the others are already in a state of stupor. Sometimes a man struggles against his fate; witness, for instance, that little foot soldier whose right arm is broken, and who cries, 'Give me my rifle ! I can kill them very well with the left hand.' But alter twenty-four hours of the hospital, pain overcomes the most heroic natures. "Three Prussians are in the convoy. The face of one Is livid and swollen, like that of a man who has been fifteen days in the water; a CbaEsepot bullet has gone through his mouth: drink is given him through a straw; he docs not complain. This poor creature, who has no longer any leature ot tne human lace, seemed indie fcrent to his lot. One of his comrades,, the day before yesterday, came to Forbach on the same band-truck with the lieutenant of iranc-tirours, tvhn waft killed under fira. Tha lfvlniv man leaning on his elbow beside the dead, looked alternately at the corpse and at the inquisitive crowa without groaning without moving a muscle. "Nothing is more touching than the care of the French soldiers for the wounded, whether friends or enemies. Those who can walk they help; the others they carry with the gentleness of a mother. The men of the railway,- bumble soldiers who also risk their lives without any hope of glory, are equally attentive. They brcaK tne winuows oi tne carriages lest tue wounded should want air; they provide them with fresh water; they ask permission to re main with them to relieve their wants on the journey. "The honor of the day, it is only right to do clare, belongs to the Prince Imperial. Tho sol dier is no courtier; you will know how to ap preciate at Its just value this little dialogue which I caught in passing: " I say the Emperor was jolly plucky.' " 'Parbleu ! it's his business. " 'But the vounsr one I saw him: he w is In the hottest of it, and didn't duck to the bullets'' "'luat, now that s good! "Another story, of charming simplicity. It is of the Prince: " 'But, General,' he said, 'they're firing at us!' " 'Yes, your Highness,' replied General Fros- earu. "think of the maimer in which princes are brought up, the homage with which they are wearied, the thousand proofs which establish in their eyes the doubly sacred inviolability of their little persons; measure the profound astonishment which must rise in a princely ureusk i wo biui oi iuee projectiles, ui which the very least, in falling so near, com nuts the crime of high treason, and then say li war is not an admirable school, and it em perors are wrong to oiler their sons to the enemy. A good lessen ol equality, followed by an example of courage, ''thus, then, there are men so daring as to lire upon the 1'rince im perial?' 'Ouite so, your Highness.' 'Very well let us see.' And the boy stands still in the midst of tho bullets. When I say tbo boy I mistake; he was a man when he returned from the field. "Sarreocemikfs, Saturday 3 P. M. Details are not wanting of this miserable day of Wels- Benburer, but 1 leave to others the care of In structlug you. 1 bad some acquaintance with General Abel Douay. I passed a day or two with bim at the Convent of St. Odille in the autumn of 181)5. He was a flue, worthy sol dier; very firm, but very gentle; devoted to France; more strongly attached to duty than to life. It is believed here mat he went to seek death in the midst of the foe rather than drag on to the crave the shame of a defeat. "Although I am terribly new in war, and al though my studies of our armies have to be made in the face of a thousand oppositions, I have already been enabled to learn many details and to collect a lew ideas. fcltif a ..,.itt.J than Y,tk fiwst . 1 1 1 . m r lit Id 2 for invasion. It is we who declare war, and yet we wait at borne until the others make war upon us. For twenty days now we have been playing the fool this aide the frontier, instead of dasljng at, vbe enemy. ye were co; redy admitted; fcai were tho Prussians better pre pared? "I have watched how these twenty days havo been employed; they have been wasted in un less marches and countermarches, which havo bored our soldiers. Many have marched more than was right, have weakoncd themselves-, and scarcely recruited their strength. Tho order for distributing rations in the field has only arrived to-day. The?e fatigues and these privations, h.vl they any object ? Was the soldier's llesh th is chastened to lead him to certain victory ? Was there any plan ot the campaign at all ? It would bo excusable to doubt it; tlio corps which go backwards and forward?, as if haphazard, on the frontier, do not seem to be grasped in a firm band. Perhaps nnityof direction nnd command was wanting. "The generals are they all voting enoncrh? It is said not. As to the soldiers, manv of tUain are too young and too new to the service M.tny of the reserve still have to learn how to manage the Cn.iBscpotJthcy are only acquainted with tho fild-fashioned piece. These men arc drafted oil into other companies, which they weaken instead of reinforcing. Such conscripts tire at random like wild things; they arc subject to panic, disorder, and demoralize tho old sol diers." -NOTES OF THE WAR. The Threatened Collnpne. The Pull Mall Uauttv of tho 10th thinks tho French Empire is in danger of immediate col lapse. This apprehension is based upon a belief that the emperor is to all intents and purposes beaten already, and that within a very brief period the Germans will be on tho way to Paris It is thought we now only repeat what wo hear that even if the Germans 6hould bo de layed, the Empire canrot live. The Govern ment has been unuer tue necessity ot arming the Parisian population as national guards. Now the groat m iss of that population, though undoubtedly very patriotic, hates the Empire, and is republican at heart, which promises as much for the ovorthrow of tho Emperor as the discomfiture of his enemies. England and Belalnm. The London Times says it does not appear that Belgium itself has been in any way con sulted about tho supplementary agreements. We propose that if one belligerent violate Bel iian neutrality, the other should co-operate with us to expel the intruder; but what if Bel gium should prefer to have no second belligerent within her borders, lrom tho wholesome appre hension that, oneo within, he might not so readily retire again ? Belgium is an indepen dent, if neutral State, and if Belgium, appealing to tho obligations of l&i'.t, called for the assist ance of a guaranteeing neutral, aud rejected the aid of a, belligerent, tho guaranteeing neutral could not decline because tue belligerent was warned off. The War nnd t:iiHntlnt)lty. Tie Pall Mall aa tin says: "It is no i;asy task to reconcile war with our notions of Chris tianity, and every allowance should therefore be made for those whoso duty it is to frame prayers which, without being offered up for either eide, are applicable to both; otherwise it would bo easy to poiut out that the form of prayer recommended by the Bishop of Londou as a help to private devotion during the con tinuance of the present war deals very tenderly with tbo combatants, and places the strife on such a footing that if the prayer is heard it will probably become a long, ictrcrlng warfare, conducted in such a mauner as to make fighting not only popular, but rather creditable than otherwise. The Bishop proposes that we should pray to tho Almighty to 'restrain the passions of the combatai ts inspire the con querors with wcrcy, nnd the vanquished with submission to His will.' An immediate cessa tion of the war would to some persons seem a more desisable object for prayer than that mercy should come after conquest and resignation after defeat." The Crown Frlnce'a Speech to the Ravnrlan. The Crown Prluce of Prussia travelled very rapidly through Bavaria. At Ingolstadt, how ever, he left his carriago, and after tho oilicers had been presented to him, ho spoke as fol lows: "Gentlemen, I introduce myself to you as the l,ommanacr-in-uinci ot tuo Bavarian army. I cannot tell you how greatly honored I leel at your King having intrusted tuis post to me. we will not conceal irom ourselves that wc are about to enter on a diflicult contest, but the general enthusiasm which we find in every district of Germany induces me to hope that, by the help 01 goci, it win no a victorious contest, which will lead to a lasting pcaco and the pros perity of Germany, Let us, therefore, depend on our good cause and on our good 6 words. An Austrian Opinion. The Vienna A'eite 1'n ie 1'rensc has on article on tho chances of Napoleon III, from which we take the following passage: "War is a gamo of dice for both parties. Ono difference, however, exists, a single victory is not decisive for Napo leon. The war which has united all political parties in Germany is a national undertaking, aud the will of a nation is strong aud enduring. On the other band, the first defeat will become a domestic danger to the present ruler of the French. Even his undo had to leave the country when he was unsuccessful. The French separated their destiny from his, to save what they could. Such are Napoleon's chances in this war, and whoever becomes bis ally will share them. In opposition to tho possible ad vantages which may be gained, stands the chance of being abandoned by napoleon, as soon as he thinks he no longer requires un ally. This is theprospect in case of a common victory. In the caso of a defeat, his friends will fiud that they have entered a ship with which Napoleon intends to blow up a powdcr-magaziac." JAIL DELIVERIES. A modern Baron Trench la Ijnncattter, l'a. The Laucaster IntelUm-neer of last evening ays: Frank Le Barren, convicted ot burglariously entering tho residence of Mrs. Rogers, in Duke street, and, in conjunction with Harry Uimcs, tying and robbing her of a large auiouut of money and bonds, escaped from our County . . O X 1... .. -.1 4? 1... 1 riSOU OU nuuuuu-v ujuir ui ciiv uu ouuuay morning. Le Barren was confined in iron-clad cell No. 53, on the second floor, bciug the samo cell from which Hamilton, the outlaw, escaped some time ago. It will be romembcrcd that Hamilton escaped through tho window by cuttlDg away several inches of the boiler iron with which it was lined, and chiseling off 'a portion of the granite sill, thus making an opening large enough to admit of the passage of his body. The cell had been very imperfectly repaired by screwing an addi tional plate oi oouer iron over tne one mat nau been cnt away by Hamilton, the heads of the screws being three-eighths of au inh square, and standing in bold relief above the surface of the boiler iron. Le Barren's mode of escape was easily determined. It was to remove the plate of boiler iron and saw off one of the pointed iron spikes that prevented egress through the window. The neecssary tools, a small saw and wrench, were doubtless furnished him by an accomplice, and his task was soon com pleted. He then made a rope of his bed-clothing, attached one cud of it to one of the pointed spikes in the wludow-bill, and swung himself to the ground. Harry llimes occupies tho cell im mediately beueath Le Barren's, and it is said as the latter descended his rope he stopped at 1 limes' window aud bid him good-by o. He was now iu the prison yard, but had yet to scale tho stone wall, which is sixteen or eighteen feet high. He was evidently not long in finding appliances to effect this ob ject. There was a wooden trough, some fourteen or sixteen feet in length, and ubout six inches wide, which had been laid down in the jail yard for the purpese of carrying off tho wai',? waver lrm wa&b -Iwtwe,, A 'x.'tttjr ladder could scared' be tlcsired. Le Darren "op-ended" it, placed it against tho wall, aud walked to tho top. How ho got down is not certaiuly known, but it is f-npposed he walked somo yards along tho top of tho wall and then jumped off, alkhtlng ou a pile of stable m inure outside the wall. Wholeanlo Eacapes Iron a Delaware Prison. On Wednesday morning the insecurity of our jail at Dover was again made manifest by the escape of eight prisoners, via.: Henry John son, colored, convicted of burglary at last court nnd sentenced to nine years imprisonment; Nebuchadnezzar Pratis. colored, convicted of burglary; Henry Campbell, colored, ouvictcd of stealiDg; Daniel Cubbage, colored; William Collins, colored; Jacob D:-vi, colored; Charles Roberta, email colored bcy; and James Thorne, colored, for assault, awaiting trill. They effceted their escape by sliding down the chute leading from the water-closet to the cesspool, a loathsome avenue to liberty, but the only one available, it seems. Johnson took his leg irons with him, and one of tho other prisoners a pair of handcuffs. None of tbo prisoners have been recapturod, and it is believed they all escaped into Maryland. This jail has long been noted for its rottenness and insecurity, and several times prisoners have escaped without any great trouble. Wtirainyton i.'viiinitri'ial, lait revning. riXAXCU AND C'OJIJlEttCB. Evexi'o TrxtaiuPH Omctl Tuesday, An. 3, 1870. J The exhibit of the city satlonal banks issuod last night is again unfavorable to the market, all the principal items showing a falling off as compared with that of the previous week. The deposits arc less by $707, W0, legal-tenders bv JS1.073. and specie by &lu8,003. On the other hand, the loans have been contracted 1503,810, indicating a caution among the banks to which wo have occasionally referred during the week. It is likely that wo thall have to record a further advanco in rates before long, though to-day there was no apparent change worth noting. Gold opened strong, with sales at 110, de clined soon after the opening to 115J.J', and then advanced up to 110;, dosing at noon at about llbY. Government bonds arc dull, but advanced with gold, showing that the market is less than usual under the influence of the foreign operators. The stock market was a shade more active, but wc notice no change in prices. In State loans there were sales of the Gs, first scries, at WM. City rs, new, sold at 101J4'. Beading Railroad was steady, with sales at 47;;, regular, and at 4K, b. o. Pennsylvania improved, selling at 57J;. Sales of Littlo Schuyl kill at 43, Lehigh Valley at 57?4Y.'67, aud Northern Central at H'.'. Canal shares and the balance of the list attracted littlo attention, but they were steady. A sale ol Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank at 12i. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by Do Haven A Bro., No. 40 S. Third street, FIIiST BOARD. fwocity 69, e;id...ici'1'. sen sh Read R....c. 4l?i IMMXlClty 6s, JNew.loiv- 6 no in. 48 f.iOt) u iS a 111 os, sj t'o run do..ls.b). 48'.' S'JOO do ltt U0 do iVi IMOOPa CS 1 SC. Is. do b). 48'.' l)5..107Ji 100O dO.....b60. 48'.' 1 Bll Lit Sell !(.... 42 j 100 do T7 43 sq Fenna R M'.'i a sa Leh V R 67 v K0 do b0. M'ii 24 do 67'i ISshN Cent R.l. Uy. Vi do la. 67ji 11 Sli FA M lik..lB.la3 i Jay Cookk & Go. quote Government secnrl'Jes aa follows: U. S. 63 of 131, H4;cll4,v ; 6-20s of 186, lti2,Vll2X! d0- ls' ini'lilj; do. Nov. 18i, WVnxyr, do. do., July, liouov: do.do.,l8C7, 110.', (4 110;!, 5 do. 1SCS, m-iftCX 10-4JS, 10H 4 ion ; I'aeincs, 111,',112. Cold, lis;;. Philadelphia Trade Report. Ti'emuy, Aug. 23 The de mand for Flour con tinues limited, there being no disposition on the part of the hume consumers to purchase beyond their Immediate want j. A few hundred barrels changed bauds, Including superfine, at ts S0t8-62x ; extras at t.v7t(G 25 ; Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra rauiilyat tc-2ri 6-75; Pennsylvania do. do. at t7$70; Indiana and Ohio do. do. at t77-75; and fancy brands at InSS-C', as in quality. Rye Flour mav be quoted at fCiSG-ia. ; Kk) barrels soi l at the latter rate. Prices of Gorn Meal are nominal. The Wheat market is quiet, but prices remain without change. Sales ef I'jik bushels choice new Pennsylvania red at 1 4?.;rfV4-i; new Western do. at Jl-iUlMU; and white at tlft'Ol'tiO. Rye is dull at 96ta;9be. for new U extern. Corn U without im provement, tjalcs ot Pennsylvania yellow at li(3; 1000 bushels Westum do. at 9&99j.; and uouo bushels Western mixed at P0-rf95c. Oaa aro un changed. Sales of M) buahcls Pennsylvania at Mo. ; and 0000 bushels Western at 47(5lc. Nothing dointr in Barley or Malt. Bark in the absence of sales we ejno No. 1 Quercitron at i tun. Tanners' Bark ranges from lis to 19 V cord. Whisky Is dull. 75 barrels Western iron-bound sold at 97c288c., and patent at 90c. litest smmxtt lvtelligenceT For additional Marine .Vua tee Iiuid Panics. By Telegraph.) New Yori, Aug. -Arrived, Bteamsh'p Holland, from Liverpool. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. AUGUST 23 BTATI Or THiKMOMITIR AT TBI IVBN1XG TELEGRAPH Oh TICK. T A. M 70 1 11 A. M SO I 3 P. M 6ft CLEAR KD THIS MORNING. Steamer E. O. liiddle, itcejue, Kew York, W. P. Clyde ft Co. Schr M. 1. cranmer, Horner, Boston, Weid, Nagle & Co. Bcbr fc. E. Jones, Haudy, Boston, do. honr I.. A. Burliugsaic, Jjurliugaiue, Boston, do. Schr Rising Sun, Joue, Boston, Kepplier, tiordou & Co. Schr Gen. Grant, Coulburn, Richmond, Va., do. l.. . U'lU. Ai'Af I'-f-hrnf.lul Vti .1.. Schr B. L. Simmons, Gundy, balem, Sinnicks n & Co, Schr YouDg Teaser, Slocuui, Biistol, do. 1)0. Schr M. McDougal, James, New York, U..I.I. 13 T Kimrwfi'i I lr,Tl v. New II a von do. do. do. do. Jon a Bohr Susan McDcviit, McDevitt, Noank, Schr I'augusselt, Wup.es, Boston, Schr W. B. Thomas, Wiusmore, Boston, Scott & Sons. Schr C. L. Herrlck, Baldwin, Salem, Schr B. F. Lovell, Leawttli, I'ortsmouth, t , . ..... ..I I. I irr.l.rl.l.i,! .10. do. reur v. d. tauuuu) vui . do. Tug Thomas Jeitersou, Allen, Baltimore, with a tow of barges, W. P. Clyae x Co. Tug Chesapeake, Mernhew, llavre-de-Gra je, with a tow of barges, W. P. Clyde ic Co. ARRIVSD THI3 MORNING. Steamer Dlauion't h'ate, Wood, 11 hours from Sassafras River, with muse, aud passengers to A. Groves, Jr. Steamer Ann Eliza, Richards, 24 hours from New York, with mdse. to K . v. c. l.vde & Ca. Schr Oukakl, Bryan. 3 ou from Choptauk River, With railroad tics to J. I.. Bewley A Co. Schr Aurora, Artis, 1 day from i'rederica, Del., with grain to Christian A- C u. Schr Restless, Baxter, 5 days from Boston, with ice to Knickerbocker Ice Co. Schr R. K. Vaiighn, RlsUy, from Cuincy Point, with granite to itai ktr & Bro. Sclirl- Frazlcr, toteiuiun, from Boston, with ice to Pe un Ice Co. SchrB. I.. Adams, Nic-kerson, 5 days from Boston, with inose. to capu a. Schr Julia A. CiuwforJ, Young, from Greeuport. Sctr C. S. Watson, Aduius, from Nantuoket. Schr Georjre Nevicger, Smith, Irom Jios'.ou. Schr A. Bui tlett, bai t.ett, fuuu Uoaton. Schr . M. Lee, Dukee, from liyetou. Schr Roanoke. Barrett, from New London. Schr Rebecca W. HuddeP, Waloy. from Norwich. Tug Hudson, Nicholson, from Baltimore, with a tw of barges to W. P. Clyde Jk Co. Tug G. B. llutchiuB, Davis, from Havre-de-Graw, With a tow Of barges to W. P. Clyde & Co. Fptdal lkpaU to Tht Evento Ttleyraph. UAVKK-UK-GRACi, Aug. The following boats left this morning In tow : Harry, with lumber to Rice t Co. lteveiiue, with lumber to Paiti rson k Lipplneott. , wrle (tfl't timer, With coal, for cheater. '
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