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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. '