8 THE DAILY SVENlNOTELKURAl'll PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1870. SECOND EDITION LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. WAR NEWS BY CABLE. The Battle of Sedan. Victcry Claimed ly Boll Ms. PRUSSIAN TESTIMONY STRONGEST Belgian and Bavarian Advices. Despatc'n from King William tele Fiitttii fir Three Days The Emperor Seriously III IHC.t Etc., Etc., Etc., Ctc. FROM EUROPE. Tfce Prussian Victory nt Nedan Despatch from Hind Wllllnin. Purlin, Sept. 2. The following despatch from tbo KiDg to Queen Augusta is just made public: Sedan, Sept. 13 P. M. A battle has waged einee hall-past 8 o'clock this morning. Oar iorces have advanced victorious. The 4th, 5th, nd 7th Corps, and Bavarians were engaged. The enemy was almost entirely driven into the tHy. Further Confirmation. MiN'icii, Sept. 1. The Bavarian Ministers have received the following despatch, dated near Beaumont on Tuesday: "A battle has just occurred in which we were victorious. Tho French were driven over tho Meuse. Tbo lt Bavarian Corps participated successfully, one battalion capturing two guns." The Victory Proved by Ilclglan Advice. Bouillon, Belgium, Sept. 1. Bazaine has urlvcn the Prussians towards Sedan. Tho French are at La Chapelle. Paris papers report obscurely three French successes without locat ing them. Ao Opposite Account-Victory Claimed by the French. London, Sept. 210 A. M Despatches have teen received from Paris this morning claiming that the Prussians were repulsed in their attack on MacMahon after ten hours' sharp fighting. Ttie Frussians attacked the French from the front and rear. The French captured thirty guns and a great many prisoners. The Prus sians are reported to have been driven toward Belgium. The Eaiprrnr'a Illness. LcntiOn, Sept. 2. The Lrilish Medical Jour' nal eays Dr. Hewitt, of St. George's Hospital, has been summoned to France to attend the Emperor. This Mornlaa'a Quotation. Loj'DOK, Sept. 211-30 A. M. Consols 9lf for money and account. American securities steady. V. S. 6-208 Of 1662, 68i ; Of 1885. Old, 83 ; Of 1807, MM; 10-409.83. Stocks quiet. Erie, 17tf; Illinois Central, llli; Atlantic and Great Western, ii. i RANKroHT, Kept. 1. U. 8. 6-208 closed buoyant at S3. Liverpool, Sept. a 11-30 A. M. Cotton firm; middling uplands, 8(1. ; middling Orleans, 9'41. The sales ol the day are estimated at 12,000 bales. The sales of the we k have been 63.000 bales, of which 9ud0 were for export, and 4000 for speculation. Stock 494,000 bales,195.000 of which are American. Receipts el the week, 25,000 bales, of which 7000 are American. London, sept. 2 ll-jo A. M. Sugar quiet. Lin seed oil quiet. FROM THE STATE. Presbyterian Reunion. Sjfcial Dispatch to tlie Evening Telegraph. Northumberland, Pi., Sept. 2. The Old and New School Presbyterian Churches in Northumberland, Pa., will formally unite as one body next Sabbath. Last evening elders were elected from the united congregations, and the prospects for a successful consolidation are all that could be wished for. The good work of union among Christians seems to be effecting grand results and rendering all denominations more liberal. FROM THE PACIFIC COAST. Lost at Sea. an Francisco, Sept. 2. The United States Keamer Saranac reports the loss of the Ameri can schooner Minerva olf Mazatlan, about .August 20, in a heavy gale. Indian IHtllcultle. A Visalla, California, telegram states that two or three thousand Indians on the war path have assembled in the Lings river country. A reconnoitring party captured an Indian and forced the information from htm. The Pintos and the Monos have been notllied that all the Indians between Ban Joaquin river and Fort Tejon are about to wage a war on the whiles, and that unless the tribes named luteud to join in the war they themselves will be extermi nated. The hostile Indians include six or eight hundred warrlers, well armed. They have already commenced depredations. The settlers are arming for defense. CITY IN TELI. IUU.UCE, The Creely-O'Neill Contest This morn ing a meeting o the committee of the Republi can (State Central Committee appointed for the purpose of Investigating the claims of the two contestants for the Congressional nomination In the Second districts Messrs. Charles O'Neill and John V. Creely, was to have been held in the rooms of the National Union Club, on Ches nut street, above Eleventh. The meeting was appointed for eleven o'clock, but na quorum was present at that hour. Mr. Creely was present with his witnesses, as were also Messrs. Ulliott, Leeds, and Tittermary, of the commit tee. Mr. Charles O'Neill failed to put in an ap pearance. Those present waited over one hour, when no more members arriving, it was deter mined to fix the time of another meeting for Tuesday next, at the same hour and place. This is the second time that it has been necessary to postpone the meeting of this committee on ac count of the want of a quorum and the absence of the parties. On Monday last exactly the same members ot the committee were present and were compelled to adjourn. Mr. O'Neill was absent then also. Mr. Creely was present on both occasions with about sixty of his wit- tetses and all tbe necessary papers. Wife-beater. John McClaln resides on Sal icon street, in the Twenty-fifth ward. Yesterday t'.s wife appeared belore Alderman Nelll and i 2 V!.. ! . 1- i. .:. L If. . , (Ltirtea urn wnu ueauutt uer. lie was tuiien it;? cr.iotly and bo',:ntf oyer I? answer, Balmaoi ndi. -An excellent bnslness maxim: Mind your own business; nobody else will mind it for yon. At Milford, Pa., there are said to be seven women to one man. Rather hard on the one man. France by the 1st of November will have 2,200,000 Chassepots In etoro. Law's sakes, what a pottery ! There is a clean and cheap eating saloon on Fulton street. New York city. Philadelphia business men in want of a decent place to dine can leave here in the 8 A. M. train, allow one hour for dinner, and rctnrn by 6 P. M. You begin work on a lot of peaches. Yoi cat the best ones first. You do not have enough, and eat ones not so good. You do not have enough again, and eat others still worse, such as you would never think of eating at first. This is bad philosophy. Find out yonr capicity. and eat the worst first, then top off with the better, and a good taste will remain in your mouth. The Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway makes money by signing contracts to convey drunken men to their homes, who sprawl at full length, crowding passengers fiotn scats, and are otherwise generally unpleasant. On our best lines men in such a condition wojld bo refused admission. Yesterday afterniou one of this kind entered car No. 13, was kindly helped in by the conductor, but was afterwards very properly ejected for refusing to pay tho fare. Whether this latter action meets with the ap proval of the company is not known. Oi course they would not liko to lose any chance fjr a fare. A good remedy for the bite of raosquUoe.i, for many persons, is to let tho biting operation be conliuucd until it is fiuished. If, when the insect has alighted, inserted his beak and in jected tho poison, the hand of tho victim conrs down and finishes the insect's earthly career, the poison remains in tho wouud and pain is expe rienced. If, however, the operation is not in terrupted, and the voracious montter has leave to drink his fill, be naturally draws back Into his own abdominal cavities the rankling rioi-on, in company with the sufferer's blood. The suf ferer will then feel but little inconvenience from the bite. Bites inilictcd while asleep are seldom troublesome, but on some persons they leave a mark. In the majority of canes not even that effect is perceived. It is tho bites given in tho daytime, or who a one is only half awake, with jnst sense and disposition enough to lisrht the enemy, that do the damage. These are then further aggravated by continued scratching. All that is necessary to conquer the enemy is to have moral courage enough to let him alone. Brtn Maw n. Some time ago we referred to the improvements making at this new staiiau on the Pennsylvania Railroad, niai miles fro:u the city. It is on the new portion of the roi l, west of Athensvillo Station, designed to avoid the numerous short curves which bo repeatedly occur within a distance of teu miles beyond that point. Already tho railroad compauy have commenced two elegant stono depots at Ilavcr- lord road crossing ana p.tlsryn Mawr, the double track has been laid to Rosemont, and other evi dences of the progress of this great corporation are visible. Three large and commodious houses have been constructed at Lryn Mawr, and S. A. Black, Esq., the popular Superintendent ct the Middle Division, is building a splendid mansion within the limits of the samo town. Other im provements are in preparation for tho next sea son, and the indications now are that this will in a very few years become the Germautowu of the Pennsylvania Pailroad. Several avenues have been laid out and called "Morris," "Lom baert," "Roberts," "Gulf," etc., and the work of grading and gravelling commcuccd. During the fall and winter this is to be materially ex tended, and some twenty or rnoro handsome residences, we leurn, are to be built. This surburban section of the city has become quite popular. The new ''Sumuiit Grove" Ilou30, erected last spring by Mr. Isaac U. Evans, and Kept by him this summer, has neon crowded since June, and as rapidly as one family has left there has been another to fill the vacancy. The reason of this is plain. Mr. Evans has been uu tirlng in bis cfiorts to please and fully satisfy his guests, and in this particular he has admira bly succeeded. "Summit Grove" is supplied with heaters, gas, and every other convenience, and we understand rooms are engaged in it as late as the middle of November. The house is quite as well adapted for winter boarders as for bum mer. RonniNG the Mails. William S. McUlellan, a lad, was before United States Commissioner JSiddle this afternoon on a charge of obtaining letters from the Post Office by fraud. It scums that the prisoner in tho early part of the week presented himself at the Post OUice window with a ticket on which he was given the letters belonging to Davis te Elvcrson, publishers. lie subsequently called and said he had lost the ticket. Mr. Freeborn, ticket clerk, toll him he must bring an order from tho firm and he would be given a new ticket. He brought a note stat ing that Mr. Davis requested a renewal of the ticket, and the lad being recognized by the box window clerk, the ticket was issued. The mat ter of letters being missed by the firm soon came to the knowledge of the post oQlco antho rit'es, by whom he was captured yesterday while at the window asking for more letters. A nnmber of witnesses were examined and William was committed for trial. The Point Breeze Park Races The regu lar fall trotting meeting at the Point Breeze Park will begin on Monday aud continue ail the week, with the exception of Saturday. There are a good number of entries for each day's races, a list of which will be found in our advertising columns. There will be two pnrses each day, and on the last day one of $4 00, which is open to all. The entries for this la3t have not yet been completed. A large attend ance of those interested is expected, and the mo6t complete arrangements have been made. Comfortable coaches will run at intervals from the railway termini direct to the Park. Store Robbert. Some time lat night the store of Lippiucott & Trotter, No. 21 North Water street, was robbed of seven bags of coffee, one box of navy tobacco, and four and a half chests of tea, the whole valued at $500. It4s supposed the thief secreted himself in the store during Saturday, and waited uutil a favor able opportunity offered itself for hlui to yet the articles away. Pouher Captured. On Thursday morning William Brooks broke into the coal otlice of Charles Gorgas, at Chesnut 1 1111, and set to work demolishing the desk, after failing to force tho drawer. While engaged in his task he wus captured by a citizen, who banded him over to a policeman. Alderman Good gave him a hear ing and gentium below. Corner Loungers. Complaints have been numerous lately of squads of young men who In foe r tliA fitrnnr ntrnnra tf tha P artin ! tar H uracil Last evening tho police arrested twenty-one of these fellows, all of whom were held Ly Alder man jioou. Street Contractors Not Paid. The meu who contracted to keep the streets of Philadel phia in a cleanly condition applied this morn inc for their warrauts for the past month. Tbey were notified that the documents would be withheld until the contract had been fulfilled. Robbery. At an early hour this morning the Jpinr ilnra nt. thn N. V.. rnrnfir nf Klirhtnont li and Vine streets was broken into by thieves and robbed of t small amount of money, cigars valued at 120, and several silver spoons. Ac entrance was effected by forcing the front door. fun l?irciiiT Tnhn KtAvena. rpal.linir at. No. 309 Glrard avenue, died yesterday at tho Episcopal Hospital from the eifects of injurioa received a few days ago by failing into a hoi ueer vai. An Undutipul Daughter. Alderman NelH bad before him yesterday Mary Bowen, aged Id years, who was charged with maltreating Ler mother. The evidence was of such a nature that tue magistrate neia 3iary ior trial. . Slight Fire 8tileman's iron foundry, at Second street undGermautown roadtwas slightly I ItA?tli AWO COTItlCKCC. Xrimna Tr.i f.nn Km OrnrxA , Fridar. Sept. 8, 170, ( We notice a steady demand for money from all quarters, and owing to a revival of business at the Stock Exchange the rates show a harden ing tendency. There is less doing In the dis count lino among the banks, as the brokers are applicants for favors on collaterals, and tbce are In great favor. The drain to the West is falling ofT, owing to the lull in grain and bread stufts. Te quote call loans steady at 6 a 7 per cent., and first-class paper at 79 per cent., according to dates and credit. Gold is active and comparatively steady, the sales being confined within W;Crd)Wi, closing at about 116'. " Governments are dull but firm. In the Lon don market they are quoted higher this morn ing. The stock market was active and strong. Sales of State loans at 105 for the 6s, 1st series, and at 108 for the 2d do. City 6s were quiet but steady. Lehigh gold loan sold at 88 ' for tho 1000s, and at 80 for the 100s. Reading Railroad sold freely at 48 31(o J8 44, the latter b. o. Northern Central was taken at 44; Norristown at 80 s ; Camden and Amboy at 115; and Pennsylvania at 5S;'. 37 was Md for Catawissa preferred and 2G for Phila delphia and Erie. Ihe balance of the list was neglected but very firm. Attention is called to the general mortgage six per cent, bondsof the Pennsylvania Failroad, which are now olfered for sale to the amount of 42,000,000 at 05 and accrued Interest. By a special act of the Pennsylvania Legislature th$e bonds were made a legal investment for guar dians, executors, trustees, ctc. They are issued in denominations of 1000, either coupons or registered. The coupons are payable in January ana iiuy, ana me interest on me registered iu April and October. Tho real estate of the com pany covered by the mortgage has advanced im mensely in value. The value of Its assets now stands on the books at f 05, 030,302-53. but its real value is nearer 100 000.000. and this is without allowing for the immeuse value of the franchises and business. Governments and all marketable securities will be taken at their cur rent value in payment. The bonds are for sale by Jay Cooke to Co., E. W. Clark fc Co.. C. fe II. Borie, W. H. Newbold, Son A Acrtsen. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De naven A Bro., No. 40 S. Third street. FIRST BOARD. 1 2000 Pa 9. 1st 86..103 MOOOPaKCon m bs (p. .Is.... 95 11600 Pa 6s 2 Be.. Is. 108 27 sh Cent Trans.. 51 100 sh Susq Cnl 6 100 do bS. 6 BOO sh Read U..b60.4S-4t WOO Leh 6s gold 1. . . 89 ino 1000 do 8SJ4- 200 10 sh Cam ft Am R.1 15 r,9 61 shPenna K..ls. BSsa' 300 37 do Is. 68 K 100 20 sh Nonlst'n R.. S0 100 6sli N Cent R... 1000 85 wn.. 44 200 4 dO 44 dO.....bG0.4S-44 do Is. 48-31 do. Is sSwri. 48 (U).. Is. 1)60. 43 44 dO..830wn. 4Sf do 830. 48'.t rto b15.48 31 do.. Is. 830 . 4SV Nark fc Ladkkr, Brokers. report this morning Gold Quotations as follows: 10-00 A. M 110,i10 60 A. M 11SM 10tl2 " 110 'v' 115 ' llii',' 10-16. " ll6'Vl'2f0M IHStf 10-30 116;.; 12-11 P. M. UG)i 1045 " 116'i1 Messrs. Da Haven & Brother. No. 40 S. Third Btreet, Phllade'phia, report the following Quotations: U. 8. Csof 1881, 114.','(114i; do. 1862, 113.4113'i ; ao. 1864, iiicciui ; no. i860, wmiii'X; do. isrts, new. ilox(aiio. : do. 1SC7. do. liorajiio', - do. 1803. do. HOuollO'i ; 10-408, 1003H06 V. U. 8. 80 Year 6 per cent. Currency, 111(1 1 1 . Gold, 116' ,'iIH ; S'lver, 110(113; Union Pacillo Railroad lBt Mort. Bonds, 8100 620; Central Pacilio Railroad, 8753885: uuiuu memo muu uraut isonas, amy if). MESSRS. WILLIAM PAINTER A CO.. NO. 36 8. Third Btreet. report the following Quotations: U. 8.6s of 1881, 114(114 6-208 Of 1862, 3)i(AnV.(', O. 186-t, lll.'uOlll'.r : do. 1865, U2ri112; do., July, 1866, uujr.iio : do., July, 1867. HO'.-raiiO't : do. July. 1868, 110J,no?i : 6a 10-40, 10CilOO'0' ; U. S. Pacific Kit. cy. us, HiJiiitf. uoid, liojno. siarket quiet. Philadelphia Trade Itcport. Friday, Sept. 2. Bark In the abience of sales, we quote No. 1 Quercitron at 30 per ton. Seeds In Cloversccd nothing doing, and prices are nominal. Timothy is firm, and soils at f5-62 t3-87)tf. Flaxseed ranges from 2-25 to 2-30. The Flour market Is without improvement, there belugery little demand either for shipment or home consumption. The Bales foot up 1000 barrels, com prising small lots of superfine at 15-25 5-50; extras at5-75(f 0; 600 barrels City Mills extra and extra family on private terms ; Iowa, Wisconsin, and Min nesota extra family at 6-256-75; Pennsylvania do. do. at g7(370; Ohio do. do. at tO-757-50; and fancy brands at $7-7538-00, as in quality. Rye Flour may be quoted at id. Nothing doing in Corn MeaL The Wheat market is quiet, but holders are some what firmer In their views. Sales of HOOO bushels western red at 11-40(31-42; and some Pennsylvania do. at 11-42. Rye may be quoted at 8S90c. Com Receipts continue liberal, but there is not much In quiry. Sales of 3000 bushels Western yellow at 95c. ; and WeBtern mixed at 85a for low, and 8393o. for high. Oats are less active, but steady. Pales of 3000 buslielsat 47(462c. for Western ; and 62c. for Pennsyl vania and Delaware. 600 bushels Iowa Barley sold at $1-30; and 2000 bushels do. do. at fl-ii'2. Whisky is dull at 95c. for Western iron bound. N. Y. MONEY MARKET YKSTEltlAV. From th If. Y. Herald. "Tlie Wall street markets presented more animation to-day, owing to tbo lurge attendance of deilara and brokers, mho are commencing to return from tna country; but, wuilo prices at the Stock Exchange wore iirin and higher, the amount of business was still limited, and corapiised only a fraction of what is done in ordinary times. Sull, tbo improvement is growing daily, and brokers look for an active market at no distant dy, whatever may be the direction pi ices may trke. The speculation in tbe Gold Koom was tame enoogb, although theie was materid for a wider fluctua tion had there been suUiuient dec sion hack of the specu lators to force a sharper tuoreinuut, The earliest deal inns were in the vioinity of llti'f. the lower price being due to the tnnounoement that the Bank of England baa reduced the rsteof discount to 8)4 per cent., hich is only one-halt the tlKure attained in tbe first excitement of the outbreak of toe Vr nco Prussian war. bubsequently it was reported that tbe 1 rencn bad won a decisive victory and bad driven the Prussian army of the Crown Prince into Belgium, and gold, aHsisted by this rumor and urged by some of the smaller speculators, wko appoar to be in concert with some of tbe stock houses to effect a sham interest in stocks, rose to llri'4o. Kventually, however, Ibe story of a t rench victory havinir been disproved ami bonds in Ixmdon advancing to Ko'4-oue report in the Ool.i Room bad them Kit gold fell to llo'i. "Tbe (jovernment market was inaciive but firm, the tendency to a speculative decline produced by the large oiler inns at tbe Kub-Treaaury being overcome by the handsome reduction of the national debt and the advance in live twenties in London, where prices are steadily re covering to the standard which existed before the war. "There was a bettsr inquiry for funds towards the close of banking hours, and some stock bouses paid as high as six per cent., but toe demand was generally satintied at four uer cent, on Government and at five on stocks. The discount market was unchanged, and prime double paper was current at an average oi auoui eigm per coat." Mew York Ntock and Money Market. 'New Yoke, Sopt. 2. Stouks dull. Money 45 per cent. Gold, 116'4. 6-aos, 1862, coupon, 113',; do. 1864, do., Hits'; do. 1865, do., 112; do. 1865. new. 110; da 1867, 110'.' ; do. 1868, 1104 ; 10-408, 106. Virginia 6s, new, 67 ; Missouri 6s, 90; Cauton Co., 61 : Cumberland preferred, 30: N. Y. Central and Hudson River, 94 Erle,22X? Readlng,90; : Adams Express, 65,'i; Michigan Central, 119; Michigan Southern, 91 J,; illlnols Central, 136 V; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 105; Chicago and Rock Uiand, 113?,'; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, 94; Western Union xeiegiapn, a. New York Produoo Market. Niw Yobk, Sept. 2. Flour Urru ; sales 600 bales middling upianus at laj.o.; miuuiing uneans at',c. Hour liesvv: sales oi iouu oarreis state at is -t4o 20 uhto at 15-50(6-75: Western at 5-40(a6-60: Southern at 1565)9. Wheat dull and easy ,rialea of 81 ooo but hels. No. 1 spring at f 1 ;- for choice new; No. 2 spring at iris; winter rea western at i-a?,$i-uu. Corn without decided change ; sales of 31,000 bushels. Oats unchanged ; Bales of 24.000 bushels. Beef steady, l'ork dull; new mess at f -2775 Lard dull; steam, 1616-ic. ; kettle, 17($17;c. Whisky firm at 93ic WEDDING AND ENGAGEMENT RINGS of solid llkarat fine (old. QUALITY WA.B RANTED. A lull aesoruneni oi sizes always on nana. fc AKK k BKUTUaR, Makers, 1 2J5 wfmi Ho. a24 0UlUNUT Street, below fcourth. CENT.'S F.URNISHINQ GOODS. JPINE DKES8, IMPROVED SHOULDER SEAM PATTERN SHIRTS, M2IDE BY B. EAYRX5, OIVUsY, W wf miinep 88 X. 9IXTJI t. fefJvrr ArcU, T1IIRD EDITION LATEE FROM EUROPE Fighting on the Border ft Terrible Battle Yesterday Tie French Driven Mo Beliium. Bloody and Decisive I5low TheFightingSinceTuesday DOMESTIC AFFAIIXS. Grave Indian Troubles. Railway Employes' Strike. FROM EUROPE. French Reports of the Operation! Since Tue-t-luy. Paris, Sept. 1 Midnight Tho Ministry has jnst given the following news to the public: In the absence of official reports from the General commanding in the Northeast, from the multitude of telegraphic despatches received from various Belgian towns, under data of August 31, from 8 o'clock in tho morning until 4 in the afternoon, arc extracted the followiug details, which bear the character of probability. On the 30th ult. a series of engagements oc curred between MacMahon's army and the enemy near the city of Mczleres, lastio? from 8 o'clock in the morning until 8 o'clock in the evening. Our troops were attacked by the Prussians from the woody heights of 8 tonnes, a position we had but recently evacuated and which the enemy immediately occupied. The attack, wbieh wa3 vigorous at first, forzed our army to a retrograde movement, but we soon, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, took the offensive again, and retained it till 7 o'clock in the eve ning, when darkness put an end to operations. After nightfall we recrossed the Meuse, in order to form again near Douchery, a few miles eit of Mezieres. The engagements of . this first day's fighting have cost us sensible losses, although we h ive inflicted heavy damage on the Prussians. Tbo infantry of the Marno particularly distinguished itself, and performed prodigies of valor. Tho Prussians burned tho town of Mouzon, in that neighborhood, and killed most of the in habitants. On the next day (the 31st) the Prussians again took the offensive, at 7 o'clock in tho morning, on the left bank of the Meuse, between the towns of Douzy and Donchery. Our forces re treated slowly uutil MacMahon bad drawn the Prussians into the angle formed by the ram parts of Sedan and tin heights on the left side of the river. Here the Prussians Buffered very serious losses, and were compelled, on account of the murderous fire, to retreat. They effected this about noon, withdrawing towards Villemontay. After several unsuccessful attempts, they at last succeeded in placing themselves on the opposite side of tho Meuse. On the morning of the 31st Prince Charles crossed the Meuse at Mouzon. This furnishes a direct contradiction of tho despatch that ho had repulsed the troope under the command of Mac Mahon beyond the Meuse. Everything seems to indicate that the engagements will be re newed to-day (September 1) in tho samo section of country. Heavy Loasro on Roth Hideo. Berlin, Sept. 31 P. M. OiUcial news is still behind time. It is known that a series of battles occurred on the 30th and 31st, in which both sides suffered heavy losses. On Wednes day the Prussians assumed tbe offensive, but were drawn by MacMahon under the guns of Sedan, where they suffered terribly before they succeeded in passing the river. MacMahon moved to Mouzon on the morning of Wednes day. Yesterday the encouuters were renewed probably. Anna and Prisoner t'np tared by the Prneslnna. London, Sept. 2. Tho following despatch, dated August 31, is just made public at Berlin: As the successes of Wednesday covered so wide a region, particulars are confused and hardly certain. It Is known, however, that the Prus sians have captured twenty guns, eleven mitrail leuses, and seven thousand prisoners. Ilelaiufi Neutrality. Brussels, Sept. 2. Last night tin frontier guard captured, disarmed, and uahorsed two hundred French on Belgian territory, near Sedan. The Decisive ntow-The Freac Driven Over the Itoriler. London, Sept. 2 2 S0 P. M The following official despatch, dated at Bouillon, Belgium, few miles from Sedan, this day, 8spi. 2, is just made public: "The battle yesterday was very bloody, and resulted disastrously to the I rench, who retreated on Mezieres." 'The Prussians now occupy Givonne, a few few miles to the northeast of Sedan. Soma ten thousand oflicers aud soldiers of the French army were forced into Belgian territory, where they were required to Instantly surrender their arms. "Great numbers of wounded hare also been admitted Into Belgium for humanity's sake." Heported Victory Tor llazalne. St. Barbe, 8ept. 2. Since yesterday fore noon Bazairc's force has fought the 1st Prussian Corps, the battle ending in the hitter's retreat. Thlo Afternoon's Uuotatlons. London, SepL 22 P. M American securities quiet. Stocks quiet. Liviki'OOI, Sept. 89 P. M Cotton buoyant; middlmg uplands, &xa. ; luuuiui' uneans, it BJ,d. The sales are now estimated at 15,000 bales. Stock afloat, 441,000 bales, of which 20,000 are Ameri can. California wheat, 10s. 8l. : red Western, 6s. 71. a sa. bd. ; red winter, 9s. 9d. Receipts of wheat for three days, 25,000 quarters, 20, COO of which are American. Hour, 14-1. 00. corn, tuts, 2. Kirl.ra s. Lard. 73u. I.ONWON, Sept, 92 P. M. Common rosin easier at 6s. Ud. bplriu turpentine easier at ess, ot.taa. J FROM THE SOUTH. Fire at Richmond, Ya. Richmond, Va., Sept. 2 The confectionery of C. Zimmer was totally destroyed, and the stocks of L. Jacobs, dry goods, aud tUldwin & Bros, considerably damaged this morning by CTC. TvJ,.V., JafiU'jure4. FROM THE WEST. The Indian Council nl Denver. Ft. Louis. Sept. 2. A special despatch to the Hrpubliran from Cheyenne, W. T., dated September j, fays .Messrs. brunot and Camp bell, epeclal Indian Commissioner., leave to morrow to meet uencral McCook and about w lodges of Utes near Denver. Little Crow 8 runners from Red Cloud report the Sioux, Northern Cheyennos, and Arapahoes boldiDg a great council over Powder river. Ogallallfl, Sioux, Chcycnncs, and Arapahoes are on me way 10 meet trie commission, anotit the middle of the next moon, September 15. There will probably be from ldX) to 1500 lodets. Their annuity goods are expected by the Indians at the meeting with tho commission, and failure to re ceive them may seriously embarrass negotia tions. The first car load in bulk sver shipped from this city Bouth by railroad went olf on Wednes day consigned to J. M. Clark fc Co., Augusta, Ga. The experiment promises to be followed by a large business in bulk shipments of grain to the fcouth by railroad. Hnllvrny Employe' Htrlke. Three hundred employes of tho Toledo, Wa bash, and Western Railroad are on a strike at Last St. Louis, demand inn wacres for two months. A camp has been formed on the line of the track between the upper point of tho lsiana ana tne river snore ana a barricade thrown up. Up to G o'clock last evening four engines coming in had been captured. No trains are allowed to go out. The men are nuiet and orderly but determined. The Toledo, Wabash, and Western Railroad "jompany nave lately come into possession of this line of road, and ray the men have no claim against them for arrears in wages. FROM WASIILYGTOX. Registered Letters. Special TtipatcK to The Evening Te'etrraph. Washington, Sept. 2. The Post onice Depart ment issued an order yesterday that all Postmasters Bhall require senders of registered letters to endorse on envelopes their names and address, to the end that if such letters are not taken from tho otlice by the person to whom addressed, they may be returned directly to the senders without the delay of passing through tbe dead-letter ottlce. Quarantine Orders. Orders have been issued to all collectors of ens- toms iu Texas to allow no vessels to enter at the custom houses until the masters thereof exhibit quarantine certificates, showing that they have the permission of the health odlccra to enter port. Patent Office Receipts. Kven at the reduced rate of fees the Patent Oiflco Is a paving institution. The receipts exceeded the expenditures last month by neatly ten thjusand dollars. The Quartermaster Department. It is reported that onartermastcr-ueneral Meiers Is to be relieved from the control of the Quarter master-General's bureau, in this city. A considera ble redaction of the clerical fon-e has been made. and rumor says there is to be an entire reor ganization of the bureau. Government Expenditures. The expenditures of the Government last month were seventy-live million dollar.'-, iucludins the In terest on tbe puM'c debt, and the payment of over Uftcen millions on account of pcaslons FR OM THE ST I TE. Newftpnper Anniversary Celebration. Fottsville, Sept. 2. The first anniversary of the establishment of the Daily Miners' Jour nal was celebrated last nicht by a banquet at the American Hotel bv the publishers to the editors, reporters, and compositors, with a large number of invited guests. Benjamin Bannan, senior proprietor, gave, in a speech, Interesting details of his forty-two years experience as a journalist. Colonel R. W. Ramsey, junior pro prietor, stated that tho main object of the en tertainment was to cultivate iraternai reelings between emploves and employer?. Evervthincr passed off delightfully, and it is the intention to make this an annual aitair. Baltimore Prodaoe Market Baltimore, Sept. 2. Cotton dull and unehaagnd. Flour dull and nominally unchanged. Wheat very dull; prime to choice Marvland red, flMSftlHO; fair to good, 8l-soo4l-40; common, fl-osl-no; white Wheat, 11-35(3.1 CO; winter red Western, l-30(l-35. Com white nominally 90c.fl; yellow, 953.98e. ; Western, 82c. Oats scarce aud higher; sales at 4fi4 55c Bye, 7590c. Mesa Pork quiet at $29-50(30. Bacon more active: rib sides, 17;c. ; clear do., inc. ; shoulders, 15ic. ; hams. 2.V2Sc. Lard dull at 17 17)tfc. Whisky more doing at 92S93c. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. For additional Marine Xeuit see Inside Page. (By Telegraph.) Nkw York, Sept. 2. Arrived, steamship India, from Glasgow. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA SEPTEMBER 2 BTATX Or THIRMOUBTKR AT TUB KVKNINO TXLSORAFH OF KICK 1 A. M 73 1 11 A. M. ...'...S3 3 P. M 89 CLEARED THIS MORNING. Steamer Tacony, Nichols, 84 hours from New York, with mdse, to W. M. Baird & Co. Steamer S. C. Walker, Sherin, 24 hours from New York, with mdse. to W. M. Baird & Co. Steamer Mayilower, Fultz, 24 hours from New York, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde 4 Co. Bark Peddler, Jansen, Copenhagen, Workman & Co. Schr Maggie Van Duscn, Crompton, Uauversport, J. C. Scott A Sons. Schr Woodrutr Sims, Pharo, Newport, do. bchr Quickstep, Smith, New Market, do. Schr Charles E. Paijre, Doughty, Key West, do. Schr Eagle, Seavy, Saco, do. hchr Richard Peterson, English, Salem, do. Schr R. KU. No. 44, Trainer, Washington. do. Schr J. W. Dine, Lane, N. Haven, Stnnickson & Co. Scbr Maggie Cunimings, 8mlth, Cohasset, do. Schr Edwin, Bacon, Salem, do. Scbr G. H. Murnev. Mniney. Norwich, do. Tug Hudson, Nicholson, Baltimore, with a tow of barge b, w. r. .;iyue lu. Tug G. B. Hutchinu, Davis, Havre-de-Gravje, with a tow ol barges, W. P. Clyde fc Co. ARRIVED THIS MORN1NQ. Ship Tuscarora, Rowland, from Liverpool July 31, with indse. to Cope Brothers. Aug. 15, lat. 47 30, long. 36 40 W., exchanged signals wltli bark Tam wortb, bound to New York. Aug. 20, on the Banks, spoke Bt-lirs Fred. Alton, of Provlncetown, with looo quintals tish, and Rose Skerrett, with 800 quintals do. ; same time passed schr Day Spring, of Chatham. Br. ship Athenais, Baker, 40 days from Autwcrp, with old Iron, etc., to VVm. 8. Grant. Steamer W. Whilldln, Rlggans, 13 hours from BaU tlinore, with mdse. and passengers to A. Groves, Jr. Steamer F. Franklin, Plersou, 11 hours from Sassa fras River, with peaches to A. Groves, Jr. Steamer Vlnelund, Bower, 11 hours from Sassafras River, with peaches to A. liroves, Jr. Steamer E. N. Falrchild, Trout, 24 hours from New York, with mdse. to Wm. M. Baird 4 Co. Steamer A. C. Stlmers, Lenny, K4 hours from New York, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde 4 Co. Bark Henry P. Lord, TUompson, 10 days from Sagua, w ith molasses to Geo. C. Carson At Co. ves sel to Warren 4 Gregg. Brig Kate I'pham, Alexander, 12 days from Car denas, with molasses to order vessel to Souder te. AdaniB. Brig Gcorgtana P. Geery, Conklln, from Boston, with ice to Carpenter Ice Co. Schr W. GUlain, Mehatiey, fm Boston, with mdse. to Mitchell & Co. Schr Maty Long, Hardy, from New Yorf . Schr Kachael 8. Miller, Armstrong, fm Fall River. Scbr U. Hurlbut, Benton, do. Scbr Alexander Young, Young, from Boston. Schr Heading RK. No. 44, Trainer, from Norwich. TugThos. Jenerson, Allen, from Baltimore, wltn a tow of barges to W. P. Cl7de 4 Co. Tug Chesapeake, MerriUew, from llavre-de-Grace, with a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde fc Co. Special Dttpatch to The Evening TtUgrapk. HAVKB-mXJKACB, H-pt. a. The following boats left this morning in tow : H. 11. YYiugart, with lumber to Patterson 4 Lip pincott. it. F. Hartman, with lumber to Trump 4 Son. B. C. Shafer, with lumber to Craig 4 Blancharl. J. P. Woolverton, with lumber to R. Woolverton. Yankee Spy, with lumber to Taylor 4 Detts. Ella, with lumber to Norcross & Sheets. Little Rob, with bark, for Salem, N. J. Eleven Brothers, with coal, lor Wilmington, memo"randa. Steamers Ashland, Beckett, for Galveston via Key West; 11. Livingston, t'beeseman, for Savannab: and South Carolina, Adkins, for Charleston, cleared at New York yesterday. Steamers City of Port-au-Prince, Jackson, from Port-au-Piinc 2iih ult., via (loualves liitli, and Fairbanks, Howes, from WHm'cgton, N. O., arrived t;ew York jeettrday, I'OUItTH EDITION THE SEAT OF WAR. Furious Battle To-day. Continued Prussian Successes Paris Admits Tuesday's Victory. The Defense of Strasburg. The French In Belgium. Blockade of the Prussian Coast. French Oflicial Notice to tho U. FROM EUROPE. The Defense of Strasbnrar. Pakis, Sept. 2 (Special toN.Y. Telegram.) -General Ulrich, the heroic old veteran who has command of the defense of Strasburg, states to day that notwithstanding the bombardment of the city by the Prussians' beleaguering force, the fortress will and can hold out against every attack. The FIhtlna on the Ilorder. A dispatch from our special correspondent in Belgium, dated Brussels, Sept. 2, 7 30 A. M., re ports that a decisive battle is now in progress between Mouzon and Sedan. Prussian (Successes. The Prussians have already advanced and occupied tho chapel at Gironne and the villages of Bazaille, Ballan, and Renielly. Wilier and Sernay are in flames. Tbo river is filled with dead todies. All the culverts and fortifications are mined with gunpowder at Paris', so that should matters reach tho worst, the whole defenses can be blown np at a moment's notice. Sickness In the Prussian Armies. A despatch dated Sedan, September 2, reports that the Prussians are sustaining severe losses from the ravages of sickness induced by the privations of the campaign. MaCilIahon and llazalne. Positive news has been received in Paris that communication has been opened between Mac Mahon and Bazaine. The French In Belainm. Brussels, via London, Sept. 1. The French troops who were captured and disarmed in Bel gium have been sent to tbe camp at Beverloo. , The French Admit Defeat. Paris, Sept. 2. The Journal OJficid In Its issue to-day admits that MacMahon was defeated on Tuesday, but claims that he achlevod a par tial success ou Wednesday, A Foolhardy Garrison. Paris, Sept. 2.- General Utrlch Cassaign, commandant at Strasburg, has announced that even if tho city is bombarded day and night he will continue to hold out against the enemy. FROM WASHINGTON. Treasury Payments. Despatch to the Amociated Pre. Washington, Sept. 2 The payments made by the Treasury during the month of August, exclusive of interest aud redumption of the ptiullu debt, were -as follows: Civil, Judiciary, and miscellaneous $5,3t7,395-5T War 3,181,240-64 Navy 2,005,977-52 Interior, pensions, and Indians 6,557,40-l9 Total 817,152,009-92 Naval Orders. Lieut.-Commandcr John C. Kennet is ordered to navigation duty at the Navy Yard at New York. The FerinentlesT Period. The Revenue Department has ruled that tbe Flashman processor distillation now becoming com mon among distillers does not shorten the fermen tation period, while it does materially increase tbe yield. French Oflicial Notification of the Prussia Klochade. The following is the notice of the blockade of the coast of Prussia and of the German States in the North Sea, as otllclally communicated by the De partment of State: We, the undersigned Viee-Admlral commanding In chief the naval Forces of his Majesty, the Emperor of the French, in the North Sea, in consideration of the slate of war existing between France and Prus sia, together with the States of the North German Confederation, acting in accordance with the powers belonging to us. declare that from the 15th day of August, 1870, the coast of Prussia and of the North. German Confederation extending from the Island of Bultrum to the north of the Elder, with its ports, haritors, reads, and creeks, Is held In a state of effective blockade by the naval forces placed nnder our command, and that a delay of ten days will be granted to friendly or neutral vessels in order to linlsh taking lu their cargoes and to leave tbe block aded ports. The geographical limits of this blockade are: The meridian of live degrees east longitude, from Paris as far as the parallel of fifty-four degrees five minutes north latitude. The parallel as far as the longitude of five degrees forty-live minutes from Paris ; then the meridian of five degrees forty five ntiuutes, as, far as the parallel of lii ty-four de grees twenty minutes of latitude. Finally, this Ut ter parallel as far as the coast. Steps will be taken against any vessel endeavoring to violate the said blockade, according to interna tional law and to the treaties iu force wish neutral powers. On board or the Magnanime, an iron-clad frigate of his Majesty the Emperor of the FreuCh, stationed between the English island of Heligoland and the Prussian coast. ZtlgUBtH, 1H70. The Vice-Admiral Commandlng-ln-Chlef. Foukichom. Central Station Hearings The following cases wero disposed of this afternoon at the; Central Station: Nelson J. Gordon (colored) had a final hearing oa a charge of cutting 8. c. Woodyard, another negro with a razor. This was the case in which the priso ner was attempting to Induce the wife of Woodyard to run away with him. He jras committed in de fault of liooo bail. John Fisher and William Smith were arraigned on a charge of robbery. It seems that Theodore G. Boggs had a quantity of household goods stored In tho basement of building No. 503 Chesnut street, some of which were stolen. The amount taken is valued at fJOO. Of these, a book was found in a trunk in Fisher's room, aud a scarf was found In the possession of a Miss Maggie Jerome, who hid got it from Smith. Defendants were held In 1 1000 bad for trial. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE 8ALES. " Reported by De Haven 4 Bro., No. 40 S. Third street. BETWEEN BUAKUH. -2000 Union C bs. 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