LD" H H A VOL. XIV NO. 54. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. " r FIRST EDITION THE WAR IN EUROPE. French Organization. Trcclm's Views ia 1867. French Barbarity. Hie Savage African Corps. French Incompetency. The Blunders at Tcrbach. FrenchAggrandizement Napoleon's Tender to Austria. At Weissenburg and Woerth. Etc., Ltd . Etc., Etc.. lac, W. AEOLT'S JOURNAL. Adventure of the French Aiitlior-Tlte Ilnttle of Forbach-OIHolal Incouttietency. M. Edraond About Rives In the floir "Tho Journal of a Journalist," ia which he describes the battle of Forbach, or rather the mismanage ment which allowed things to take care of them selves, and left generals of brigade and of divi sion without orders until the corps d arnice was nearly destroyed. The journalist had loft his wife and children nearS-tverue, and lie suddenly hears that MacMauon is there and ii waiting for the enemy. In haslc to place his family in eafety, he hastens in a carriage towards Savernc, and on bis way bears dilierent rumors. At length he comes in sight, hali-way from i'lalzburg, of the 47l.li of the Line, or rather wli.it is left of them. An ollieer who has scon sorao service says he never saw anything like the battle: thirty-two ollicers of tho regiment are hom le combat. At Pfalzburg he unds the gate shut, and has to make his way rouud. Jlo say3: From Ffalzburg to near S.iverne 1 mn a long pro cession of laggards culrassieis without cuirass, lusillers without guns, horsemen on loot, and infan try on horseback. Here is a small body who still march In good order; it is a company of the 17th Uat talion of Foot, Chasseurs. "I congratulate you, my friends; your company has not guttered much." A soldier replied, with a sad smile, "It is tlio battalion you see. All the rest lie yom'er." A dead ' horse lies there on the roadside, and they cut two pieces of liesh oat of lis Hughs to eat. Ju proportion as we advanced the read became wore narrow for us, and tho wave of men which sweptupon Tfalzounr seemed, ho to speak, to swell under one's eyes. We were j as c passing a regiment of infantry in a pltUWo condition, and min gled with other uniforms, and had prrtdeutly placed ourselves on the descent which leads down towards the valley of the Zorn, wheu a real hargo of cuirassier, galloping liker.tal, npt my brso in the ditch and broke the springs of the carriage. The nnrortunate horse got up again wua a bound, hut the carrhige, horribly dimmed, imme diately began to tumble about zig-zag, Urst ' to the lelt among the cuirassiers, and then to the right towards the infernal d.tch. We jumped into the road in the middle of thn galloping cohort. One stopped the horse, anoiher punned the carriage into a hole in detaching the traces, and w u discovered ourselves journeying unencumbered with a horse without a carriage and a carriage without a horse, find all onr luggage In the midst of the great retreat Of the 1st Corps. A benevolent woodman whose house was near came to our assistance, taking the horse nnder cover and hiding the luggage. We left the carriage in the ditch, and wen- utiua foot to wards Kaverne. On the way he was stopped as a epy by some Zouaves, but saved by tho timely arrival of an officer of cuirassiers, who told him he had slept at his house on the previous night, bud that his wife and family were in tuo town, lie con tinues: ftlnrkhnl Alncftlahnn. It was clear that our artillery had been rooghly tried when Umbers were seen passing wuhout their guns. There were, nevertheless, oue, r,o, three regiments or the line quite nrm, a-imctenriy perfect, their rifles on their shoulders, and ttietr knapsacks at their backs. In their rear was Mjrslul MacHa- ton, calm, dignified, almost smiling, and as fresh as a rose. I saiuiea nun in passim?, ami ne responueci without knowing me. One of his aides-de-camp, M. d'Abzac. named me to hlra, aud h ; then stopped and asked for news, listening with fine composure to the defeat or ai. ronsarci, or wuicn he was Htm ignorant, and telling me very simply. a few words. of his own misfortune. "1 had but aa.ooo men, and I fonnd 150,000 before me. We have succumbed to numberi. They have killed or woundod about 5000 men, but we will take our revenge. Explain that t3 the public. But where are jou Kutk LuUrt ?" 'To Kaverne." xou win get, yoursdii tatea; me rrus a ana will be there in two hours ; they are seen " "f have my w ife and my children.'' "li.ea God protect von ! Don't fail to say that the mvrU of the troops 18 excellent." The Tureo. From a communicative German soldier, M About learned that the Prussians had sustained enormous losses; that they use 1 uj tents, but eiept in their great-coats; inai taev uau plenty of meat, but bad bad no oread for tour days This was the German's opinion of tho Tnrcos: Ton'tspeakjtolmejof them. They are tigers! They cnt off the heads aud gouge out tho eyes of our woui ded, filthy black beasts that they are I Detest able soldiers, they fire without taking ai n ; they rush forward like fools, and run away wicujut knowing w hy. They did us a good deal of hirm with th-ilr rayonets, nut wnen me wurieniuurgvavairy cnargeu TLem they turned ineir oacKs." Official Incompetency. Concerning the incompetency of the officials, AI. About says: We need not act like Carthaginian, nor even 1 tee the French of 17 'JO. The natlua can aiford to amnesty Its vanquished leaders, but let them hide tbtiitf elves from public view. The s joner the bet ter. The Idea of having recourse once more to the wrm-out lists of tte reserve profitably to replace thew in a delusion. Frauce, rejuvenated iy a stroke of mislortune, wishes to ne commanded oy young men. Take colonels to make them goneiais, majors and captains to make them colonel. Brouk with the wretched traditions of the Second Kmpiie, Thiol) gave eveiything by lavor; let merit only he held of ac count. The army uo longer wishes to obey warriors of the ante-chamber and virtuoi or the court. As to the supreme chief, his account will be settled la the proper time and place, according to the clrcum itaaces. Fmueror is the translation of a Latin word wl ich means victorious general. If the victorious general or liuiperor is vanquished, it 1 not the en my, lor the nation, nor the army wM.-n deprives htm of bis authority tmanJa'), but Ingio and DlHin grammar. Already the peasant of Alsace, taoee model elector, cry a.oad : "This will teach us to vote for the Official candidate. We should not be !n d tr jjcr, perhaps, if wt ui Wtfwered 'no' to toe yUlwilwn' OUlvler shonTd teach tm what he meant by a "French Sndowa." We have no more troops here (Savernc). The last stragglers left for Pfaiaburg during the day. What shelter can thay find what change of clothes will they have how will they feed them selveshow oppose the enemy those thousands of fools who have had a care only to save their mlaera ble persons? The enemy must have reaped a rich harvest of booty a paymaster's chest, all the oill cers' baggnge, and thousands of full knapsacks are his. To those acquisitions he can add a pile of relics of all kinds, uniforms, cuirasses, sabres, hel mets, Titles, which strew the dcsertel camps. Old soldiers lost their heads like conscripts. I have seen a small boy strutting In a tunic, with three good conduct stripes on the sleeve 1 Another carried a Chsssepot given to him by a soldier; ten others had their blouses full of cartridges. The beadle makes a collection of trophies at the town-house. The women In the streets have pouches, the children trundle the hoons of drums in play: wounded troop-horses limp to the fields, there to perish of nunger ii tne anacKer uucs uui arrive iu put uu cuu to their sufferings. THE VIEWS OF TR0CIIU. Whnt the Governor of I'arla thought of the Organization of the French Army three Yearn A no. The London Tinws has printed a review of L'Arvw Frcuiraine en 1807, published two years ago by Gen. Trochu, and made prophetic by recent events. The critic thus summarizes the views of the author: "Tho chapter on the sim plicity and fixity of regulations is short," he says, "very general in its statements, aud ap plicable to all armies. It may be summed up in tho one expression regarding troops in a campaign, 'Thero; all which is not simple is impossible.' Ilia essay on the general education of the French army might have been taken as the text on which to preach tho sermon contained in the report of the Koyal Commission on Military Education in England. But, in ad dition, lien, irocnu recommends tnose military discussions or lectures which have been since adopted, and to which attention has lately been drawn in these columns. In speaking of tho administration of the army Gen. Trochu does justice to the honor of those who have been charged with it, but shows that, from want of knowledge of business, tho honorable adminis trators often allowed the army of Italy to want bread in a country teeming wita ail the riches of a fertile soil and per fect climate. Have we not heard something of the same sort lately? When he speaks of 'manoeuvres' General 1 rochu is tren chant in his criticisms. He shows that the French army of to-day acts upon regulations not differing in plan or spirit from those in uae durlne the wars ot J?redencK tne ureat. ne calls for simpler and more natural rules for tho manu.il and platoon exercises of infantry, and finds fault because the time of tho men and ollicers is taken up with all sorts of minute ob servances, Instead oi with the broader study ot tactics. He quotes General Morand to prove that heads full of formuhe become so confused that they are incapable before the enemy, but that reforms in this direction arc espe cially dilllcult because there are bo mamy ouicers who nave no otner merit tuau that of being what is called 'good drills. All necessary manoeuvres could very easily bo contained in a few pages, apd ought to be considered but as the alphabet of the art of war. In other parts of his boon Geucral Trochu insists that neither enthusiasm nor yet elaborate drill will bind victory to the standards of an army. Intelllirence, from the Commander- in-Chief down to the last soldier, simplicity, and an organization designed lor war rattier than peace, are the chief necessity for armies likely to take the field. He shows how all artificial manners and speech of soldiers are irresistibly effaced in battle, and give place to the true at titude brought about by the natural instincts of individuals. Nothing is more unlike real war than the accounts of it. In battle the swagger of the sabreur has disappeared, his brilliant uniform is smirched by the dust or the mud of tho bivouac. His haughty self-assertion in the presence of civilians has evaporated, and he rests in faith upon tho knowledge and clever cess of bis officers. If those officers show them selves skilful, he gains confidence and is devoted to them; but if he finds that their knowledge is insufficient to lead him to victory, or at least to keep him from undeserved defeat, he is ready to accuse them of murder, and take vengeance upon them. "However it maybe recruited, an army is kept together by discipline, but neither threats nor kindness, reward nor the lash, can ever cause loldiers to show devoted obedience to officers whom they do not respect. There is a tacit compact between them; the soldier gives his services, his obedience, and his life, if neces sary, without a murmur. He exacts, on the other hand, that his officers shall be Intelligent and skilful, that they shall not fatigue him un necessarily, and that they shall not call upon him to die unless the sacrifice of his life is of real benefit to his comrades, and needful to sup port the honor of his country's arms." ALSACE AND LORRAINE. Ia There Any of the erman Feellnc Left In the 1'eople f There is a good deal of discussion in the Ger man press just now as to whether the people of Alsace and Lorraine still retain any German feeling notwithstanding the long period daring which they nave been under the rule of 1' ranee. A Bavarian officer, who fought in the battle of weissenburg, writes to the rrvsse of V ienna that The Alsatians have not the slightest recollection of having at one time been Germans. One would have thought that they would have preserved some thing moie from the time wheu their couutry was one of the most beautiful of Germany than the use of the German language, which, moreover, they speak as badly as French. Every trace of German customs and loyalty has disappeared among them. They are completely Ualllclaed, aud are more fanati cal than tho French themselves, as their present conduct proves. DuriBg the asault on Weisncn burg they seconded the French, who defended them selves bravely, by tlringh rough garret windows on our troops. Even the women took part in the battle; they poured boiling oil and water on our conquering soldiers. A writer in the National 7a Hung, on the other hand, declares, though apparently only on theo retical grounds, that both Alsace and the greater part of Lorraine are thoroughly German iu lan guage and customs as well as in race. Alsace, be says, "has retained the German spirit in all its ancient purity, notwithstanding the influ ences of the French Gevernuicnt since the peace of Westphalia;" and the same is the case with the eastern, and especially the northeastern, ?arts of Lorraine, "fortunately for us Germans." le adds that nearly all the towns are originally German, with Frenchified names. Thus Lune ville is Lunstadt; Nancy, Kantzlg; Tout, Tull; Verdun, Vierten; KeDiremont, Kelraersberg; Boulay, Bolchen; Faulquemont, Falkenstein; Bouzonville, Busenweiler; Penetrance, Fin stringen. Nancy was the old capital of Lorraine when it was German. Metz, Tool, and Verdun are albO old German towns, and came into the possesion cf France in 1553. FRANCE AND AUSTRIA. More ltcvrlatloua About Nupoleoo'a Mchetuea lila Propontliona to Count Ton lieuat In An Austrian monthly review, the Deutsclw Vngarische Mouatsschrift, publishes-- a docu ment in continuation of the revelations mado by the German press concerning the projects of the Emperor Napoleon. According to this journal, the propositions which the Emperor Napoleon made at Salzburg, in 1807, to the Count von Beust were as follows: 1 The Emperor Napoleon undertakes to give aetive assistance to Austria In case that power de mands of Prussia the strict execution of the Treaty of Prague, or wUties. in case of need, to compel by . Jorce Picesla to do so. i. TXvaUvi (i aiMice, crensive and uefeualve, between tho Ronth German States and Pras.la shall be considered aa a violation of the Treaty of lTague and the Bouthern States, in virtue of the Treaty of Prague, Bhall be Invited to form a South German Confederation nnder the joint protectorate of Austria and France, with a Federal Parliament sitting at Vienna. The Emperor of Austria, in his character of Chief of the Southern Confederation, will enjoy the same powers as those exercised hy the King of l'rnsHlain the Northern Confederation. 8. Prussian 8 shall be called npon to evacuate Mayenco, which will receive a garrison from the Southern States. That part of the Grand Duchy of llesse situated to the north of Main will be detached from the Northern Confederation, to be Included la that of the South. 4. Austria and tho Southern States will together form a Customs I'nlon, which will have power to enter Into commercial treatic. on the one hand with France, and on the other with the Northern Confederation. 5. For the present, the question of the restoration of thoRe first dispossessed (?.' jiremkrt deposscden) will not be raised. 6. In case Prussia refuses to carry out the treaty of Prague In all its fullneHH, and to put an end to all conventions and arrangements in contradiction of this treaty, France and Austria will declare war acalnst Prussia. After the defeat, Prussia will have to cede to France the coal-basin of Haarbrnck, as well as the Territory of Saarbrnck, S larlouis, and Saarburg. Tho southern part of Silesia will be coded to Austria. The population of the territories annexed by Prus sia will be consulted by means of universal suffrage, and the result of the vote will be obligatory on Prussia, while France and Austria will compel this vote to be respected. In case the population of these territories pronounce In favor of the restora tion ot their former sovereigns, these last will have the right to enter Into the Northern Confedoratton or not. 7. Prussia will be summoned, In like manner, to eonie to nn understanding with Denmark In the space of three months to the execution of article B of the Treaty of Prague. If this understanding b8 not carried out within the time limited, France and Austria will take In hand the settlement of the ques tion, and will submit their decisions to a conference of the great powers. 8. In the event, by no means probable, of the Southern States, or any of them, refusing to join In the formation of a Southern Confederation In the sense of the treaty of Prague, the two allied powers wlil address to them an ultimatum, the refusal of which will be followed by a declaration of war. France and Austria reserve to themselves the power of making agreements as to eventual cessions of territory by any of the Southern States aaiust w hem war may have been declared. RARBARIAN WARFARE. IVnpoleon's Employment ol the Barbarlana of Northern Africa. The Emperor Napoleon, in making use of the Turcos, fcpahis. and other barbarians of Northern Africa in the present war against Germany, has raised a storm of indignation among all civilized nations. We have no doubt but that the thought ful part of the French people would join In the general outcry against the brutality and infamy of this measure, if they only dared to give ex pression to their feelings. The Wurtemburg titaats Anz4 igt'r publishes in a recent number an interesting- little article on the subject by Robertson Mohl, one of the greatest living writers on international law, of which we give a verbal translation: "We will not dispute the practicability nor even the necessity of the eniplo.ymeut of such barbarian hordes In the wars waged by the French Govern ment against the other not subjected barbarian tribes of Africa. It maybe that a barbarian foe is best forced into submission through the assistance of other bariiarlaDS. But this will never justify the employment of the African barbarians in a European war wngtd In a European country. The law of na tions is essentially based on the degree of culture and civilization of tne contending peoples; that Is the reason why that code has always changed ac cording to the greater or lesser scale of civilization of the interested parties. Let it be understood that we do not protest 8gainst the use of these barbarian troops because we are not used to their manner of lighting. Their warfare may be wild and not adapted to the habits of disciplined European armies; but we do not pre tend to ray that such warfare is in itself con demnable, inadmissible, anil adverse to the rales sanctioned by the law of nations. But thcro are other grave com idcrations which ought not to be lost sight of. It Is well understood, and has been too frequently proven to be disputed for a moment, that such uncivilized troops cannot be restrained from committing twofold but equally horrible atrocities. First, their treatment of their wounded and captured antagonists is cruel be yond description, and it is not to be expected that they will be in any way atl'ected by injunctions from their ollicers, no matter how energetic, nor by the anticipation of punishment, no matter now severe. But such acts of cruelty, while they can never have any material influence on the issue of an engage ment, undoubtedly adduce a scries of unnecessary evils. Beside, we must not forget that such barba rous and cruel behavior must necessarily lead to re taliation, and thus iulinitety augment tne horrors of war. But not only that; such barbarians are a hor rible plague for the inhabitants not uuder arms, friend as well as foe. Acts of violence against non combatants cannot be prevented ; In fact, there is no security of person or property against such savages, whJdonot respect what is most sacred to us. If even the warriors of civilized nations do too much harm to the districts they traverse, it is certainly un worthy of the humanity and culture claimed by a European State rretending to inarch at the head of civilization to increase the horrors of war until they become unsupportable. It is true that history tells us of the use of auxiliaries, us. for instance, the hiring of Indian savages during American wars, or the employment of Tcherkessians by the Emperor of liussla In the war of annihilation against the insur rectionary I'oles. But these measures have been fitly condemned as conflicting with the law of na tions, it is rattier uimcuit to establish a positive rule, and this is equally the case in such countries where civilization loses itself and gets stilled by barliarlfm in the remote border districts. But there cannot exist a moment's doubt that it is un wotthy of a nation like tho French to Import foreign savages that they mav helD In the settlement ot diili- oulties wiih another European nation, and thus to piace linen on an equality witn a race so aeeiueuiy inferior to the degree of culture claimed bv 'la grande nation.' This step was ceruiuly not neces sary lor tne susteuauce ot its power, and too other European non-beingerent states would be justified in unanimously protesting against the repetition ot the use of Turcos, Spahis. and similer Algerian troops, as contrary to the usages of civilized war- iare. NOTES OF THE WAR. lie role Deed at YVt-laaeabura and VVoerth. M. Claretle, In the C(ucJt, mentions seme acts of heroism during tke combats or Weissenburg and Woerth; lie says: "I think of those two gendarmes who at Freueuburg.wuh a foot chasseur, when aban doned by the army, rescued alone four cartloads of provisions from a squadron of Uhlans. Poor simple heroes, whose name's will not be known, and who returned calmly to the soldiers, saying, 'There U biscuit for you.J I think a'so of those men of the nth of the Line who, in the wood of firs and birches at btyrlng, after driving the Prus sians from tree to tree, alter having killed heaps of the enemy uuder the thick shade, having at last used all their cartridges, aud, being without powder or ball, remained there ro be slaughtered in their turn while marching with their bayoneta only against the mitrailleuses. I think of that regiment which, taken iu llauk, imagined they saw assistance In the mounted chasseurs coming to their aid, and waved their caps In the air; they only discovered their error when they feund themselves falling be fore the carbines ana sabres of tho Uhlans. 1 think of that prophetic remark of a Bus ter of Charity at Forbach, who said to me, poiut lng to the wood, '1 fear for tbo wounded under the trees, which may take lire. Tbo Prus.slaus are there.' I repeated thosa w rls to the general, who said to her, Go and look after your wounded, and do;not conreru yourself with my business.' 1 can again see the skirmislierg posted behind tree) cut down to protect the retreat, firm, aud saving, 'Here we will die !' I think I can still hear that incesa int and fearful noise, always the same dull Hound, like a heavy body ploughing into a heup of buhuti fl,ah, that dun, tlouf of the mttra'Heuses; and those wounded calling for their mother; aud that little musician who, dying, was asking, amid the sobs of all around, 'Where Is the 77 ih, my poor TTth?' " General Ab I Douay'a Death. General Abel Douay, whose loss ia much re gretted, is 6aid to have perished in the follow ing manner la battle at Forbach: When the battle was lost he stood on a mound watching the last regtmeut of hia division as they descended the hill, decimated by the enemy a tire. Be had done everything which wag possible to re trieve the day. lie had no longer a battalion or a company to fight with, lie gave orders to the offi cers ol lis eta if which ditpertied them ia various directions, and he descended U.e flopy- a.:gne, Ar- rived at the bottom he drew a pistol from his holster, killed hia charger, and, sword in hand, bcp;an to ascend the hill in front of him. Soldlcs belonging to various regiments and varions arms threw them selves in his way and tried to stop him. "Where are yon going?" they cried. "To tne eoomy,"' was the answer, and he marched on, followed by a hand ful of soldiers. A terrible Ore flashed from the sum mits of tho Prussian position, and here and there struck down the men, electrified by the stoical calm ness of their general. Wore soldiers arrived and sgaln attempted to persuade their chler to retire, but he pointed his sword to the top of the hill and continued to advance. For a time ho escaped the balls which killed those marching by his side, but at last ne staggered, a soldier pusncd iorwara and caught him in his aims, and General D may was dead. The Great German Lenders. The following is the translation by the London Timt's of a letter received in Enirland from a German in Mayence: IIotil d'Anoletkrre. Maykncr. August 14. 18T0. When th-j first intelligence of victory arrived here at Mayence, eignt days ago, the King or rrussia ana his three Ministers, who are now at Snarhruck, left Mayence in order to he nearer the sent of war. Having made a short excursion to Wiesbaden, Frankfort, t 'ologne, and Mannheim. I returned, much to my comfort and pleasure, to Mayence, and occu pied my xormcr rooms at tne ungitsh noiei. since my last letter the German army has gained consider able advantages, which have elated their spirits to an unusual degree. The three successive glorious deeds of arms. viz. : L The retakintrof S-wrbruek anu tne capture oi i ornacn;?. 'i ne oat tie or weissen- hnrg; and 3. The battle of woerth. have caused throughout the whole of Germany one loud ontburst oi joy, ana mica tneir nearts witn entnusiasm. During the stay of the King of Prussia here I had frequent opportunities or observing hlra daily, and also BiPtnaick, Moltkc, and the Minister of War, von oon, wno were residing in tho Kngiisn notel at the same time as myself. If you could have seen the two last-mentioned, who now hold, if I may s.iy so, Europe's destiny in their firm grasp, and direct such momentous events,you wouldhave clearly per ceived on their calm features what confidence they felt in their cause a striking difference In compari son with the uncertainty, restlessness, raging, cry ing or wcn-Known swaggering or the French, rrom the very Emperor Napoleon and his Ministers down to the corporal and the jiantur or the Uoulevarcl. Concerning the bravery of the French soldiers there is only one opinion respecting their extraordi nary behavior. True, they fought like lions, but the profound study, that even calmness and keen fore- signt or tne superior leaders and "directors ' of the German troops, and the ardent desire which ani mates tne wnoie Herman nation to keep the Khine, which they love above all, and to defend their com mon Fatherland, will insure victory for Germany. and then it can be once more truly said. "Iliir'it lias coKquerca i" The Fortification nt .Metz. The tudsrK'ndaat de la Mofi' iie. cublished at -. - - -Metz, says: During the last few davsour city has comnletel? changed its asuoct. Tne forts aro ocounied. and cover the plains co a great distance with their pow- enui protection, xneir service is performed ny Ilia Guard Mobile and the regular troops. In the face oi tne coDsiuerauie masses or tne enemy which Dave penetrated on to our territory bv the lines or saar Druckcn and Weissenburg, the firs'; care or the coin-niander-in-chief of our army ought to be a concen tration of our forces and stores which would enable ns to act on the enemy's flank. Tne fact has been admitted that the passage ot the Vosgos cannot be ueienaea wiinout compromising our strategic situ ation in the presence oi an memy who is numeri cally superior to us. We have been lei In the same manner to evacuate Nancy, aud already the scouts, who advance far Into the country, have approached to within several leagues of tne city. Ihe Prussians, perfectly aware of our situation, and as to me direction or tne operations to be pursued, will, doubtless, hesitate to enter far unon our terri tory while we ociupy the three fortified positions of I.argrea. Paris, and Metz. and while we leave be hind us such a fortress as Htrasburg. The day be fore yesterday a deputation of the mayors from the suburbs waited upon the Emperor to ask for a sus pension of the order to raze all the nrotertv on the military zone. They received from Marshal Lebceaf the assurance that It should only be executed on the first zone to a distance of 160 metres from the faco of the fortifications; the second, which contains nu merous factories, the loss of which is estimated at several millions, will ODiy be levelled at the last CAiremiiy. THE SAFE ROBBERY. Fnrtlrulnra of the Affair at the WetbnrilHt Mis alon Kooiiin Groiialy banngerated Report. The "great safe robbery" which is reported to have occurred at the "Methodist Book Concern." on Thursday morning, turns out to have been but a very small atiair. me safe which was entered did not belong to the "Book Concern-' at all, but was the property or the Missionary Society, an entirely different organization, although occupying a portion or the same building, which is owned jointly by the two corporations. The Mission Kooma are loonted in the third story ot the new Methodist building, on the corner of jsieventn street ana uroaaway, while the Cook Con cern occupies the second story. The particulars of the robbery are as foUows: The room In which the sare which was broken open is situated is that used by tne secretaries or the Mission Society, Drs. and not a particularly strong one, as it was used only tor the purpose of storing books and naners. no money ever being there deposited, as the funis of tne society ire lougeu in me vaults of tne Shoe aud Learner jsanr, subject to the draft or the treasurer, another officer of the corporation. on Thursday morning Dr. llairir, npon entering the Secretary's rooms, discovered nothiDg particular in tne general appearance or aiiairs, out in attempt ing to open the safe waa unable to do so. Thinking that the lock waa ont of order, he sent for a me chanic, who upon his arrival discovered that the door was only closed, having evidently been opened by some one familiar with the combination. To open tne inner aaie, aiierme large uoor waa opened, waa on easy matter, as It is only about an eighth of an inch thick and or oaat-iron. This was broken open by the burglar with a common chisel and a mallet, both of which tools were found and belong in the building. The only property of value which was removed was some f 15,000 iu Jersey City war loan bonds, the private property of Dr. Durbin, and about ;joo of otner valuables, belonging respectively to two other otticers lof the society anu to a minister or this city. The articles were of no great worth and were valued more as Keepsakes than from any other cause. They had been placed in the safe as a favor during tne owners absence from the c;tv. The nly loser to any amount is Dr. Durbin, the wner of the bonds in question, and in regard to Ohese it is exnected that thev will soon b recovered. tag the suspicions pointing to the abstractor of the property are already strong, and discovery is immi nent. It was for this reason, and at tne nart cular request of the otticers of the society, that the affair was not made public yesterday, in order that the detectives employed In tracing out the afl'iir should not Detntenerea witn. in reply to the article duo llsned In a morning paper or yesterday, the Secre taries or tiie Missionary society nave addressed OS ine following note: GlNTLKMEN: W b rfd with no lltt-'a inrpria and oriow jour .oooiiQi of tbe 'Vre.t ..ife robbiry," io iba "afetbodi.t Book Concern." The n. wbicn wta opened 1. net tbs property of the "rlook Concarn," but of tre "MiMiooery hooieur." od it ia mi faceted in too preiiiieea oi tne "book concern," bat in t e "Mution hocuie." Tbe statement of lueses, ho to ee to peraou end ainoun's, is a Uhrieetion. The onlf Iobs of importance fella on .ingle ottiuer o tlxi aocie y. About 815,10 in bond a, bis own private property, were luuen. Bin mey ere veineitt.s io omars, euu wi.i in ell urobubilily be sDeedily recorered. 'i ne .rrezate of nil other losses does not amount to $300. Only ou. man not coon. ctud with tbe Mission Koouis hae lost e fart hi uir, and l.iB Ion i. of importance only as involving some keep sakes oi luemmiiy, ana uoi lor lis inirnsio worm. J. P. UUKHIN, W. I- HAHRIS, Corresponding Beereutriee. Mission Rooms, No. fcc'o Broadway, bepU I. 170. The notice given below was yesterday genera'ly distributed throughout the city, an 1 a copy left at all the banks or New York and Brooklyn. The fa ts ot the case were detailed as stated to a repreaen a tive of the Time who caded at the M if sion Boons yesterday, and to whom every courtesy was shown, while no desire waa evinced to corneal anything. Tue loiiow nig ia tne notice rcierroa to : 113.000 STOLEN. On tbe morning of August SI, the following described bonds were s olon Iroin uiy sate: Jersey City war loan of 1 , ..... ....... iLliuul t ...... I - a.'A -5 . . K.' . . Din clubivt-, ij 15,000. All persons are cautioned against nego tiating toe same. J, P. DURDIN, Wo. 8 J5 Broad-fsy, third tloir. NSW YOHK.Aug. 31, IBA. A. r. Ul-dj, The Republican Congressional nominating conventions held thus far throughout t ennsyi vanla have wisely followed the example early eet by Philadelphia, and in verr case where the course of a member had been such aa to relect credit npon the people of tia dietrlct, ha 'e re SCiCia, 0' acoilier term. Y. X, 2', U5.' win rum q. THE. END OF THE REBELLION. The Origin, Illae and Proarma of the Red Klver Itebelllon lia Inglorlone Termina tion. A despatch from Toronto, published by ua yes terday afternoon, gave tho particulars of the occupation of Fort Garry by the expedition nnder Colonel Woolsley, and the final winding up of that tea-pot tempest which will figure in history as the Winnipeg War. The Origin or the Tronble. In 1070, King Charles the 8econd granted to "The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England, trading into Hudson Bay," the lands now in question, with a virtual ownership, saving alwaye the sovereignty of the crown. In 1811 the Hudson Bay Company executed to Lord Selkirk that part of their territory com prised in the British half of the valley of tho Red River of the North being so called to dis tinguish it from the Red River of Texas and in 1621 this Selkirk grant was merged back into the company. In 1807, Parliament passed tho British North American Act, which contemplated the consolidation of all tbe British possessions in North America into one State, to be called the Dominion of Canada; and in 1803, it being found that tho caso of the company demanded further legislation, passed tho Rupert'a Land Act to facilitate thejaccession of Rupert's Land the old name of the company's territory, de rived from the fiery Prince Rupert of Marston Moor times to the Dominion. Under this latter act an agreement was en tered into by virtue of which, on payment to them by the Dominion of 300,000, the company was to surrender to tho crown the grant made them by King Charles tho Second, tho object being to put Rupert's Land in aconditloa to be absorbed in the Dominion without a violation oi the company's vested rights. Said agree ment having been entered into, the Dominion Parliament passed, on the 22d of June, 1809, an act for the temporary government of tho com pany's possessions, or the Northwest Territories, as it was now called, as soon as the nnion thereof with the Dominion was consummated; and directed the appointment of a lieu-tenant-govrnor with plenary powers, under the guidance of the Dominion, for the rule thereof. William McDougall, C. B., was appointed lieutenant-governor, and, towards the close of October, 1S09, entered the Red River country with intent, on the first of December then fol lowing, to take possession, in tho name of the Dominion, of the same. This procedure was highly disrelished in the territories, first, on the ground that there had been no formal cession, the terms of the agreement to that effect re maining unfulfilled; and, second, that the con sent of the people of the territories to such transfer had been utterly Ignsred, and on the 2d of November Mr. McDougoll was expelled by a body of armed men. Ihe Rebellion In Full Blast. Four days thereafter John Bruce, signing himself as President, and Louis Riel, signing as Secretary, of the French-speaking people of Rupert's Land, issued an invitation to their English-speaking compatriots to send delegates to meet delegates from the French population in convention at Fort Garry on the 10th of November, 1809. On that day William Mc- Tavish, Governor under the Hudson Bay Com pany, or "of Assinaboin,".a3 ho signs himself this being one more of the many names of this debatable land issued his proclamation warn ing all persons within the Territories to retire to their homes and not participate in any such proceedings as tho proposed convention. The convention met, however, at Fort Garry on the 10th of Novem ber, as called, and consisted of twelve English delegates and twelve French, with Bruce as President and Riel Secretary. In a week's session this convention drew np a bill of rights which virtually demanded a representa tive government for Rupert's Land, subject to the sovereignty of the crown; but adjourned on being unable to unite on some form of guarantee therefor. On the 24th of November, however, another convention was held, and a resolution or independence adopted, which resolution was followed by a proclamation from'Mr. McDougall of the 1st of December declaring the people of Rupert's Land in insurrection; and this pro clamation in turn by a counter-proclamation of jthe 8th of December from Brace, President, and Riel, Secretary, announcing the independence of Rupert'a Land, and that the government in stituted there on the 24th of November, 1809, was "the only and lawful authority thereof. After the adjournment of the convention Riel was unanimously elected President of the Pro visional Government, and began at once his preparations for defenee. War Fader Way. This, as may be Imagined, brought the plead ings to an issue, and the Winnipeg war began The first commandant for the Dominion was Colonel J. S. Dennis, aa appointee of McDou gall, who gathered together some six hundred men, and moved against tho insurgent). But the whole party were taken prisoners by the insurgents on December 18, 1809, and were detained in custody until the early part of Feb ruary, when they were" finally released and re turned to their homes. The next champion of the Dominion cause was Major Boulton, formerly an ollieer of the British army, who iu February last, in company with Dr. Schultz, led an expedition against the insurgents, which came to a termination quite as Inglorious as the former one. Boultou and Schultz, after occupying the lower etone fort, moved on Fort Garry with a force of two hun dred Canadians, English, and balf-breeds. Not being strong enough to attack Fort Garry they encamped near by. Riel collected five hundred men and a'tacked them, and Boulton, Hading that but little assistance was to be expected from the settlers, surrendered on the 19th of February with fifty-seven of his men, who marched to Fort Garry, while the rest, under Schultz, retired to the stone fort. On the 19th Riel despatched one hundred armed men to attack Schultz, Wil Um Gauly, one of Schultz's scouts, was cap tured and shot. Schultz bad left the stone fort and male his escape in the direction of Rainy Lake. Poulton waa tried by court-martial and sentenced to be shot, and preparations were actually mado for his execution, but he was dually released in March, together with all the other prisoners hew by Kiel. The Dominion Muccuatba. The Dominion Government, aa well as the Hudson Bay Company, bad meanwhile made several attempts to dispose of the rebellion th-'CEgl. tte egencyoi diplomacy, and eycral agents were appointed at different times to negotiate with the Provisional Government. All of these agents had a rough time of it, and one of them, Scott by name, Buffered death as a reward for his temerity in rushing into the very den of the lion. The Dominion or entment, finding it impossible to euppren J tho insurrection by force of arms, gave up tko no tion for the time, and in March last several dele gates from the insurgents visited the capital to settle upon terms of peace. A bill waj finally introduced in the Dominion Parliament, early in May, providing for the admissiou of the Red River country into the confederation 3 The Province of Manitoba. " This act finally passed about the middle o! May, and its provisions seemed to give entire satisfaction to the mass of the people affected by It. The boundaries of the novr province) were fixed from a point on the United States frontier lib degrees west from Greenwich, to 98 degrees and 15 minutes west, tho southern limit being the 49th parallol, and the northern limit 50 degrees and 30 minutes. The province con tains 11,000 square miles, and Includes alt the settlements on the banks of the Red and Asslui- boin rivers, from the circumference near Fcrt Garry to the lake above-mentioned. : The unor ganized tract was to be governed by tho Lieu tenant-Governor of Manitoba under ft sepcrate commission, and its affairs regulated by orders in council. The province was to have at present two members in the Senate; wheu its population amounts to 50,000 three seuators; and when 75,000 four senators. Itw3 to he divided into four electoral districts, each t which is to return one member to tho IToiiie of Commons. The Lieutenant-Governor was to have an Executive Council of seven persous. The local legislature was to consist ot two chambers, a council, and an assembly; the for mer to have, in the first instance, seven, to be increased ultimately to twelve members; the latter to have twenty-four members, elected by as many districts, which are to bo deuaed by the Lieutenant-Governor, their qualiflcationa to be the possession of a house and one year's resi dence. A subsidy was granted at 80 cents per head, and the further sum of $300,000 for spe cial purposes. All public lands not specially allotted were held to belong to tho Dominica of Canada, and for the purpose of extinguishing the Indian title within tho province, 1,200,000 acres were to be reserved lor the Indians and half-breeds. These propositions were accepted by tho tkle- gates of the insurgents, and lato in Juno the Legislative Assembly of the Provisional Govern ment, having been convened by Presideut Riel to consider them, assented to tho Manitoba scheme, with the approval of Riel himself. To complete the new arrangement, tho Dominica bought up the claims of the Hudson Biy Com pany to the territory, which was formally trans ferred to the Dominion la Juuo. Anxlotu to wind up the difllculty at once, tho British Gov ernment supplemented the action of tho Do minion Government by granting In July a general amnesty to all persons implicated in the difllculty. In Peaceful PoaseaIon. Meanwhile, the expedition under tho com mand of Colonel Woolsley was organl.cd, to proceed to the Red River country and take peaceful possession. Tho English Government consented to the employment of regular British troops iu this expedition, on the condition that the Government of the Dominion defray two thirds of the expenses. Tho expedition con sisted of 000 regular troops and 1400 volunteers, the latter selected from tho Dominion militia. Tho expedition started on its weary march In May, and such were the obstacles encouutered. that it did not reach Fort Garry until the 21ta of August. An attempt was mado to transport supplies for the expedition through tho i3.u!t Ste. Marie Canal, but to this tho Government ot the United States objected, despite the assurance that the expedition was entirely peaceful la its character. This rendered tho transportation of the supplies by land necessary, and greatly Im-peded'-the movements of Colonel Woolstey's grand army of 2000 men. The obstacles presented by an unsettled coun try were finally overcome, however, and Colo nel Woolsley reached Fort Garry on tho 2 1th of August, to encounter no show of reslstauco In taking formal possession of the recently rebel lious district in the name of the Government of the Dominion. It is said that Riel intended to offer resistance, but was persuaded that it would be useless; also that, previous to the a rival of Colonel Woolsley, ho plundered Fort Garry, and with his more devoted follow ers took to flight, notwithstanding tho general amnesty which included all their hlgh-hauded proceedings. For the truth or falsity of these reports we mu-t await later advices; but, ia the meanwhile, we can congratulate our reader i oa the fact that the Winnipeg War is at an end. melancholy lotelllcenre Hnrnlyala of Chief ju.iicei;iiiise We have just learned with deep regret that Chief Justice cIulsc has for aome lime past oeeu sutt'eriik& from a paralytic stroke, which, without entirely de stroying the use of his limbs, Incapacitates hint for walking witiioui neip, ami seriously anccis r.m mind. Uia recovery is desired rather tlmi con fidently expected ; indeed, it is considered doubtful whether he will again be able to resume the arduoui labors of the bench, although It will be remembered that Judge (irier reraaimd on the bench for several years after he became partially paralyzed. The l.iuei uumiu is uuit ob iuq uuuutij ecao vi utui Miracue. his son in-law. ou Narragansctt B iy. where be has tho best medical atteu Uaco that (he country can afford. -V. Y. Hun ti-day. An Alleged Mazrppii. . A case rather novel in its character, eay a I'ltls bum naner. was brought before Alderuuu Taylor on Tuesday, on Information being made by a man named James Brown, who alleges thit several young men tied his bauds with a rope, lujuilu tUs arms severely, and ihen boutd him to a hone, audi escorted him in this strung situation ti Wall's Station, on the rennsyivania itaino i i, ant oy tneir rough treatment Injured him severely. Tho parties were arrested yesterday, and alted that thev were trying to arrest the complainant, and his resWtau:e rendered the rough treatment necessary. The accused were required to give ball la thos uuof fiiuoo each for shearing. The Houston (Texas) Ti '.egrap eays: "We Bometimes feel halt incliued to resort to the tre panning process to introduce brains into the noddles of some of our weak-minded ultra Democratic editorial brethren." The cause of offense to the 2legraph is that its Democratic brethren insist upon resisting the fifteenth, amendment, and Un keeping up their clamor for "a white man's Government." The Detroit Tribune says that the promi nent candidates for the United States Senate ia Michigan are Hon. J. M. Howard. IIou. Austin Blair, lion. Thomas W. Ferry, Hon. William A. Howard. These gentlemen all have their friends, who wish to see them elected, aud puld do all they could to promote their rue- r
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