vt - t wt r T. r-i v A t l A r"J 1 r"l"T"V Ft , I . I, . . ' . . ' t ! 'PHIlkDELF IIIA,; TUESDAY, PTEMBl;, 1870: ,k J, ,' :o i; iLK SHEET THREE CENTS; VOL. XIV NO.' ,57. FIRST EDITION REPUBLIQUE FRANCHISE ! Address of Mayor Arago. The New Government. The March on Paris. The Advance at Vincv. Jules Favre's Programme. Important from Metz. Its Surrender Reported. With 120,000 Prisoners. London, Bept. 5 Evening. Tim UavarlHii (,'orp, under General Van der Tann 11 ithsarnhausen, liave left Sedan, which is now held by the Frasaion princes. The French Prisoner. The forces of tbe former will act a? an escort to the French prisoners which have been placed in his charge, and which number ninety thousand. (ieueral Fallly Not Don. Tho death of General Failly is denied. Paris Tranquil. Pabib, Sept. 5 Evening. The public order is a matter of tbe greatest astonish ment, considering the dominance of the mob. The March on tbe . apital. ' General Lowestein's corps, composing tho German advance, bus arrived at Vinoy, on its march to Paris. A New liasln. London, Sept. 5. Tho Daily News says: Jules Favre, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, has already made peace propositions to Prussia. The basis of tbeso propositions is tbe withdrawal of the Germans from tho territory of France, ami France will givo a guarantee that her standing army shall be abolished. Parle Ntreeta Renamed. The Rue Dix December (December 10) has been renamed Quarter September (Septem ber 4), and tbe Avenue l'Empereur becomes "Rue Victor Noir." England Favor the Republic. ' The Time and other morning pipers accept the French revolution with favor and as a clear expression of the national M ill, and they anticipate no disorder. Addrraa of Mayor A race. t "Hotel de Viixe, Paisis, Sept. 6. Citi zens: I have been called by the people and Government of National Defense to the mayoralty of Paris. While waiting for you to be called to eleot your municipality, I take possession of this City Hall in the name of the Republic, which was the scons of the patriotic events of 1792, 1630, and 1848. "I speak to you now as our fathers did in 1792. Citizens, the country is ia danger. Rally around this Parisian municipality, de fended to-day from siege by a soldier of the Republic. Vive la Repuhliqut! "ExiKiiNK Abaoo." Messrs. D. C. Wharton Smith & Co., of thU city, have received the following private de patch. Intra Favre'e Terms of Peaee. LoKDON, Sept. 6 10 A. M. The London JrWs has a despatch this morning which de clares the Prussian Government is in receipt of a communication from Jules Favre, Fro n oh Minister of Foreign Affairs, proposing in tbe event of a general withdrawal of the Prussian army from French soil an immediate disarma ment, with guarantees of future peace. ThU despatch is as yet unconfirmed. . Hurreaaer or Metz Reported. , The ' surrender of Metz is reported, with 120, (CQ prisoners, but the news is not official. ; FROM THE WEST. The Cblraco Fire.' Chicago; Bept. C It is generally believed that only three persons perished ia tbe great lire, as only that number is pu jllcly known to be mteelLg. i t Base Ball. In the game of base bull here tday, be twee a the While Blockings and tbe Forest City Club of Rock ford, the former won by a score of 13 to 6. The game was closed at the end of the fifth inning, on account of a rain storm. Ucrntaa fltM Meetloga. ' Cincinnati, Bept 0 Extensive preparations are being made for a German atu meeting, to be held here on Wednesday evening at the San Kerfest Hall, to celebrate the German victories. All the German societies will participate, speeches will be made, and there will be an 11 ' lamination. Tehbb Haute, Sept. 6 Tbe Germans of this city held a grand Jubilee last evening, a salute of one hundred guns was fired, and u large meet ing was Itli at Turner IU11. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC Men who are at the Head of It-YVbe and What The? Are. The republic has been proclaimed again In France, and In the midst ot the peril which encompasses the nation Tarts runs wild in the enthaslasm with which It rallies around It. The reports, h iwever, arc U11 so IndeQnite that It is quite impossible U determine with precision the constitution ol tin new Government. General Trocha, however, ap pears to have been entrusted with the Prjaidency, and Ministry of War, lh art'Utlon to being c wtimied as Governor of I'arls, and at last occupies the com manding position which It was predicted ha wou'd from the first, as soon as the Bonaparte dynasty tottered to Its falL President 1onte Jalee Trocht. Leuls Jules Trochu, who has been proclaimed tho Provisional 1'renident of tbe French Republic, wju born In 1818, and was educated at the military 8chool of SU Cyr, which he entered In 18 s5. HU Iirst acUve Dillltarj experiences were in Algier. and In 1643 he was promoted to the rank of capraln, for 1 Is bravery at the battle of S.'it Yuxef, In which his nnlform was pierced In four places by rltle balls. At tbe batt e of Isly he also dlBtlngnfthed himHelf by his braverr, and was selected' by bis commander, Maritul Kngeand, as ald-de-cainp. He became colonel lu 1KM and was placed on the staff of Marshal SU Arnand. His brilliant conduct at Sebasupool secured htm a decoration, and. Kiuglake in his "History -or the Crimean , Wr" Inslsis that be was the master mind of the French, army. In 1SC9 he was made general of division, and served with distinction in the ItUan war, and in i960, after the success of Trussia at itadows, he was charged with the talk of preparing a plan for the reorganization of tho French army. His , pHOipblct entitled "L'Armte fV-an?a," whlh was published in 1863, excited much attention, and speedily ran through ten editions. He plainly foresaw the inevitable contest between France and PrusMa, and in a recent publication he gave tho results of au attentive and Intelligent stndy of the Kbine frontier. On the overthrow of the Olllvler Ministry, after the defeat of the Freuca at Woerth and Welssunburg, ho was nominated Major-Ucncral, but did nos enter upon tua duties of bis oillce. He was sent to Chalons to organize new levies, but on the 17th of Augast last he was recalled to rarln to assvme the ilutles and responsibilities of Military G ivernor, succeed ing Marshal Mtiraguay d'Hilllers. HU popu larity and bis supposed OrloanUt predllec Uoivj maic him an object of suspicion to the Kuiperor and . the Imperialists, and there was apparently an cirort being made to pre vent him from exercising all the powers of bis oilicc With the downfall of tho Empire he appears upou tbe scene as the leader of the French nation, and upon bin genius, valor, and patriotism will probably depend In a largo measure the future welfare of his country. PI. Jvlrm Favre, .tflnNtrr of Forrlaa AUalr. Next after General Trohu coines M. Gabriel Cluide Jules Favre ns Minister cf Foreign Affairs, a position of the greatest Importance and responsi bility at the present crisis. He was born at Lyons on March 01, 1S0J, and wits educated for the law. He was a student lu I'aris when the Revolution of 1930 broke out, and he took an active part In It as an advocate for the republic, and from that time to this he baa been a bold, undaunted, and outspoken champion of republicanism. He was an enemy of lionapartism from the lirst, and the only compro mise be ever made with it. was by taking the tain of allegiance to the Empire when be una ly entered tbe Corps Legtelatlf. His first entering into oulc was after the revolution of 14S, when he became Secrc tary Gc neral to the Minister of the Interior. He vi as afterwards transferred to tbe Under S cretary ship of Foreign A Hairs, and on being elected to tho Absembly he voted for the prosecution of I.ouls lilanc and Caussidicre for then complicity In the insurrection of June, 1S4S. He refused to join in the vote of thanks to Gsneral Cavaignac and resolutely opposed the expedition to Itonie in December, 1S9, by which Louis Napoleon Incurred the hostility of the leading Republicans Yi i'h whom he had hitherto affiliated. He also op posed the elevation of Louis Napo eon to the Treat utnc), and after that event became bis strenuous antagonist In the National Assembly. The lmplioa- tion of Iedru-Rollin In the plot to overthrow the Prince President rendered It necessary for the leader of the "Mountain'' party to seek safety in Kcgland, after which Jules Favre succeeded to the leadership. By the coup tVetat he was driven into retirement, as be refused to take the oath of allegiance to the new Constitution on being elected a member of the Consell-Ucucral of Lolre-et-Rnone. He then de voted himself for some years to his profession, and as one of the counsel of Orsiul, in October, 1S53, created an immense sensation by the boldness and eloquence of his defense of the reckless enthusiast who bad attempted the life of the Emperor. But he entered the Corps Lcgislatlf the same .year. taking the oath or allegiance to the eaipirj which be detested ; and since that time, by s ac cesslve re-elections In 113 aud 189, has signa lized himself by an nnawervlug antagonism to the Imperial policy. He was one of the original "five'' opposition members, has advocated the com plete liberty of the press, opposed toe "law of de portation," fought against Frenctx interference in the Italian war of Independence a jalnst Austria In 1S9, and In 1M4 severely assailed the Ill-starred Mexican venture of the Kmpereor. In H37 he pub lished a work entitled "Contemporaneous Bio graphy," and since that time many of his famons speeches and several pamphlets have been given to the public in a permanent form. In August, isoo, and again in 101, Ue was elected batonnier or pre Bident of the order of advocates at Paris, a fitting recognition of his high standing In the profession ; and In May, lS7, he lecame a member of the French Academy. When Kapoieon showed signs of yielding some thing to the pressure of public opinion after the general elections of May, 19, M. Favre was men tloned prominently lu connection with M. Olllvier as the head of tbe new responsible ministry. He sa clearly, however, the sham of the whole proceedings, and declined to become a party to the experiment of a "constitutional regime." On the 25th of June last M. Favre delivered a speech in tfc Chamber, In which he was as unmerciful to the biai empire as to the second; and after the defeat of the French armies, be was ready to lead the assault against the Olllvier ministry, while urgi ig o.a unfltnchlag resistance to the invaders. In t.e exciting scenes in the Corps Ix-gUlain that ended In Olllvier' down full M. Favre played an important part, and on the accession of Count Palikao he gave the new govern ment his cordial support in all measures necessary for resistance to the Invaders, while denouncing the men who had brought misfortune upon tho country. Dl. Kraeat Plcarrf, minister of Finance. The Department of Finance fulls to tbe lot of Louis Joseph Ernest Piuard, a distinguished advo cate and member of the Corps Legislatif irom one of the I'arls districts. He was bora at the capital, Dec. ii, 1S21, and after studying for tbe bar, was received as an advocate In Wi, becoming a Doctor- ln-Law in July, lM. He began practice at the bar of Paris under the patronage of his tather-in-law, M. Llouville, batonnter or president of the order of advocates. In June, 1S6S, he was elected a member of the Corps Legislatif as an "opposition" candidate, and soon took au active part in tbe deliberations of that body, especially upon linancial questions. In the famous seaslon of lsco he was one of the opposition members known by the name of "The Five," and attracted general attention by the keen : nes of the satire which pervaded his speeches, la J istt, and ftzala lu x, ricard wm ra-eicctel a member of the Corps Legislatif, an 1 during the whole period of his membership of that body was distinguished for his earnest and consistent opposi tion lo the Bonaparte regime. , , , Al. lyoa Ontnhftia, Minister of the Interior. M. Oambctta's name appears ai Minister of tho Interior at the end of some of the proclamations Isi-ned on Sunday, bnt Is not In the list of the minis try as given by the Journel OJirtel d la RepubUpte yesterday morning. , He was born at cahors, In the south of France, of Genoese parentage, In the year 1636. He s'ndied law and practise I it with ftuccesi, and In 1R68-9 he was brought prominently Into notice by the great speech ho made as rounsel for the peist ns implicated In the Baudln affair. This speech m irked him as a dangerous man to imperialism, and the p pularlty it gained htm wa shown by his being rcturiied from two different districts one In Mar scl.ks and the other In Paris as a member of the Corps Lcaislatif at the election of May, 1869. 119 prefcrrd to Bit for Marseilles, and Roohefortwas returned in bis place from the first clreumiorlptlon of Paris. M. Gambetta took a prominent part In the excltlipg scenes whlcl preceded and followed the acceriiouof M. Olllvler to power; and when the Corps Legislatif reassembled on the 9th of August lust, after the outbreak of the war, he was at once recx gnlzed as a leader of the opposition to the Prime Mliiifctcr. He eagerly urged the necessity for the n.08t extensive preparations to repel the Invaders, and In common with M. Thiers he joined hands with Ci nnt Pultkao, the new Minister, in vindicating the national honor in the eris's. After the first reverses of the French he made haste to hold the Emperor and bis adherents responsible for the disaster, and to demand that the nation should reassume tbe power it baa confided to lrresponslole and incapable hands. Of late be has been one or the most promi nent leaders of the movement for a universal arming of the pe pie to repel the Prussian invaders, and for the ralvation of the country without regard to the fate of the Bonaparte dynasty, at the cost of any and evtry sacriuoe. ' ft! Jules Ferry. Among tbe Representatives of Paris in the Corps Legislatif who figure as members of the Provi sional Government, but without a place lu the Ministry, Is M. Jules Ferry, who was born at S.. Die, In tue Department cf the Vosjes, In 1832. Hi studied law at Paris, and entered upon its practice after a, biilliant , exauln tlon, with promises of great success. About two years ago be revealed himself t the gre-it puiri'c of Paris by the publication of a pamphlet entitled Lm Comptet fantantiq'i. n dc 31. llatmnmann. This pamph let started a terrible reaction against the former Prefect of the Seine, and even before tbe accession of olllvler to power nearly cost him his place. The figures which were for tbe first time submitted to tbe public In this work were mads the basis of a pro longed discussion in the Corps Legislatif, which bi ought the Government to the adml-isiou that there had been "Irregularities" In Birou Uiussmann's accounts. M. Ferry at once became exooed'Ugiy popular with the overburdened tax-payers of ParW. At the elections of last year he beca ne acaudldate for the Corps Legislatif in the Sixth district of the capital, Inhabited chiefly by persons of aristocratic tendencies and surroundings. But M. Ferry showed himself to be an orator of rare powers, and to the astonUbment and dismay of the government party was elected. In the Chamber, he proved himself to be a fearless and effective opponent of the imperial policy, so much so, in fact, that.he was frequently ciasbinca as one ox me "lrreconcHaoies." 11. taarntpriaaea. Another Paris deputy who is without a seat in the ministry Js M. Louis An to" no G truler-Pages, who was born at Marseilles July J9, 1S03. When the revo lution of July, 1830, broke out, he w.is a commlsslou m rchant of Paris. He played a prominent part In the barricades, was elected a deputy from the aron dissemcntof Verneufl, and took his seat In th cham ber on the "Left," occupjltg himself chieny with nnunclal and; ominercial questions. II) was one of the leaders In the "Reform Banquets" which irccipltated the Revolution of February, 1843, at which time he was Appointed Mayor of Paris, aud was Minister of Fluanee under the IVovisioual (Ijv eminent. In the latter capacity he ba I to dual with a financial crisis, and Introduced a number of im portant reforms, among others thesysttm of boudod warehouses and dock warrant. He was elected a member of the Executive CoinmUsl-n and of the Corps 1 egislatlf In 1881. aud was re-elected in 1869. M- Gamier Pages is the author of L'illstolre de la Revolution de 1848," of which eight volunes ap peared In JS6U-C2, and a continuation in ISO. fit Alexandre Ulaifiiizoln. Another Paris depu'y without a set in the minis try is M. Alexandre Gials-Blzoin, who was b iru at Quentaln, Ootes-du-Nord, March 9, 1800, wa re ceived as an advocate about li22, and auclated himself with the Liberal opposition agilaet the Restoration. Alter the revolution of July, ib80, he was appointed Councillor-General of his depart ment, and elected deputy for the arrondlsaement of Loudlac, for which he was const uitly re elected nntll 1848. He took his seat with the extreme Left, signed the Compte Reada of 1S32, and demanded from every mtn stry the com plete application of the principles of 178 Hi look an active part relative to tbe reform banquets in 1648, and signed the Act of Accusation presented by M. Odlllon Barrot against tnt u uzot ministry. After tbe establishment of the republ.c he was elected a representative of tho Cote-du-Njrd. As President of the Democratic Union of the Palais National, M. G.als-Blzom voted generally with the extreme Left. After the election of December 10, 1350, he opposed the policy of tbe Elysee, and not being re- e Jted to tbe Corps Legislatif, he retired into private life. But ia 1(163 he was again elected a deputy for tbe Cotes-du-Nord, and re elected In 18t9. Ue la the author of a comedy in prose and verse, In five acts, entitled Um vaie liretunne, ou un Co Prondable, published In 18J2. AI. llrnil llocarfort. This first-class demagogue likewise figures In con nection with the Provisional Government, by vli tue of beirg a deputy from Paris. In these perilous times he is one of the most dangerous men In Fa -K He was bom in 1832, bis father being a marquis, aud at tbe age of t-igbfeea be bad comp eted his education and was ready for the world. He studied medicine for a time, then taught Latin, and at last became a Government clerk. His lather had been a writer for the stage, and he was gradually led Into literary pursuits. He wrote for Cnarivari at first, commencing in 1S69. and subsequently became the life of the fijaro. Then he passed to the Holeil, aud in 1668 established the famous Lanternt, for the sharp attacks in which upon the Government he was prosecuted aud forced to seek safety In flight, in November, 1SC9, he returned to Paris, and was elected a member of the Corps L"glalatif, In which he took bis seat as the "irreconcilable" par txtlUiu. About tbe opening of the preseut year he established the Marfillaix; a journal quite as vioient as tbe Lante. m bad lieen, and In January last, by reason of its Inflammatory tone, especially In reference to taekiliugof VictirN iir by Prlnca Pierre Konajarte, he was arralnnd by order of the Corps Legislatif before the Correctional Tribunal, sentenced to six months' lmprlsouineut, and arrested finally on February 7, after nearly pre cipitating a revolution in Paris. The surrender of Napoleon found him still lu prison, but b'S ceil door as at once thrown open, and he walked forth and commenced to harangue the turbultnt multitudes on tbe streets of Paris. SCENES OS TIMi BATTLE-FIELD. War's Horrore TbrllllB laeldenta by Eye Wliaraara Awlul iliu&l eoeaea. A Mete correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes, Aug. 14, as follows: I have juBt come in from the hospital, where I wit nessed the reception of the first iruitaof the terri ble struggle that la commenced to-day. Hundreds are there already, and still thaj come ; all ac p eseut disabled by gunshot wounds, chlerty lu the arms. N o sabre outs have I seen, nor do I learn that the cavalry Lave been enguguU in the fray. FriCBtirln. uumberu wer there, ani women la fax too large quantities dear, good creature, fussing' i doui in every uuoyn way, huh aitoiinug ineir loug druses in hninan hlood. und spemlnc to think that a few tears and tender claip of the hands were' very serviceable mrgtcal applications.' Of course, the most serious cases hve not yet arrived; they. ill need early at tent mn oa the neiit, and I hope the mertlcal men there are nol a absent from their poMs as they seem to be here. ' There aro enormous quantities of them disporting their ban I aged arias about Meta generally; bnt for an hour to night I songht them In vattu 1 ue Klor of war has a d'frerent aspect when we view it Ib the dim llgh-of a hospital ward, with hun dreds of onr fel'uw.creatureB with bleeding aud shattered Hmbs about us, aud the winged Victory should be painted with nrimaon wings wings dyed re a un nnnian sore, rnt loss oi oioou iroui oine . of the patients was simply enormonn, and Mie six miles journey from the Held of battle must have been veiy trjing to the poor fellows, who bore their pain with wonderful fortitude and patience, the less seriously wonmted assisting In ondmssuig, and in otherwise helnlnir thtlr mtre nufortn-iate brethren. Occasionally y u hear a cry l "MonDleu! Mon uin r'and oi noor fellow, with anaiiriirntiiiouifn hi lungs. Is BoreituKout an anguished aasp for tue absent doctor. Poor iellcw 1 I fear the only doctor who can io nun any Kood is that grand enrer of all evils, Dr. Death. we turn to the right and are soon on the crown of the hill, and her, O God I what a slcaeulng sight awaits ns. 1 here, In front, Is a cleau even line of dead Frenchmen, three deep, laid out with mtiiury npuianty. as tney umhi in line so tney pii, almost all shot through the head. Most of them have fallen forwsrd ou their faces, th-;lr arms ex tended, some with their fingers ou the trigger they never bad time to puu. Home few nave reeled nicn- wards, and there Is a smashed aud baUered face turned towards heaven. There is another there whose face Is hVf sh it sway, fnrely It must be fancy hut no, It moves, and i hen it naBbes to onr mind that there may sun be some living here, and we have a duty to do la which anentral may engage, a. hi we go up to ni n. Yes, poor fellow, tie still lives, though it would almost, it seems, ne me greater mercy to emi tn it life of psln at oil' e than attempt to sve the ba' tend remains of life be, should he live, will have to cairy about with him Hut as he lives some thing inn st be dore. The qoestK.n Is, wnat? Not a French soldier is near, not a Freuch dm tor. not' one of' that multltudtu'tus aud polgl t assemblage who sport ttieir white "Dras- raros" iih so much complaceucy lu Metz. Tn ire is nu help for it bnt to go riitbt up to tue Prusshvis there ana ask in Ood's name lor their help for a wounded enemy. This Is done, aud wb.h truest noble-htart. dnessaparty of their own raeu aud a cart aiv sent on wltu us for any wounded we mav And. Hire and there we pick ut another stdi breathing soldier aud consign him to tue kindly handHtil tlioe who a few hours ago were rust ai hiixious to kill him as they are willing now to save. This Is the scene of the hottest part of t w Qght, ....J ..... .1.... 1... ht..L-l.. 2 .In h.n .in... do we see a Prussian. They buve already remove I them, and thtlr wounded have beeu cared for some hi.uraacn. . There lies a Cba'seur de Vlncennes. Siirely be DiUBt be living, bis color Is so gosd ; nor cn he be dttply aoxuded. Why, then, is he so still? Hir ing trench voices near Mm ho looks up, pretending to awake out of sleep. For about Blxteeu houis h- has li In there in mortal funk no other word will do and the wretched coward appeal to us to deliver bim from the hands of the rrussiai s. lam sorely teir titt d to chll them up S'id alve the wretched a li ma) into tin lr custody ; but then they would have to kei p him, aud he certain y is n t worth his keep, so the ti uiisels of my French lueud p evail, aud we nick th creature ud. He is so ntitf inn h s seein- liiu death that be can caru'ly staud. We call a couple of peasants, aud he leant ou them as though M-Mouidy wounded : aud thin we lea I hi n aw vr. . A well-to-do-looking farmer stops us and tells us tlit-ie are some wouudet up by the wo kI youder; so acri ss thi fields we go, and here we and a heap of trad, ai d amongst tueiu three poor soldleis, who have laui theie Biuce aoout ovioca vesteruay. unable to move, without. a particle of fod, or. atii.ve all, without a dio.i of water. Oue of us goes back to Horny to seek some neip, wnust the other hi as and tiles tt give some rell)i to the cramped bnd silil'ened limbs, or ut any re a few kindly aords of hope and encouragement. An briar's waiting brings a long country cart witn plenty ol ttrsw In it, and we lirtt the piitr fel ons Into the shaky vehicle, aud jolt them over the fields as ' peiitly as possible, yet still with horrible agony to thei- orusiieo ana meeuuig iimos. At last wereun the road, and progress is somiwhtt easier, pisliiii on our way another poor fello whom it wuld b daiiKeruus to lift Into such a oart as ours. He needs those beautiful stretch) rs which are so scieuiliic ti'y couhtrneted, bnt which are all where the doctors are. lu S'etz. doing nothing. Nor can we do any. thing for htm low, poor leilow. He wou d probably die u the road, nu meauwniie woiii'i cause au lu ci eased ajioiiv to those we are airemy trausporting. Ali. we i au fo Is to build a bower of branches to k ep off the olazlng sun, and sent word when we get to Mttz to have bim brought In if he should live tuat lKDg. XArOLLO.VS FALL MIEUICTED. C'nrloua Conflroiatloa of a Propbeey. Tbe following prediction h is been going the rounds of the papers for the last ten years, and has at last a startling fulfillment: Louis Philippe was born 1773 His queen.., 1782 'J bey were married 1809 Ascended tbe Freucb throne lt30 By the addition of these historical numbers, as ioiiowb: 1830 1830 1830 1 1 1 1 1 8 7 8 0 3.9 1848 1848 1848 we get the ominous year of 1848, In which Louis Philippe actually abdicated the French throne. Tab) method of calculation has been applied to tue pre sent emperor ami equany surprising resniunuve been acnievea. N a jo' eon 111 was born 1803 1 be Empress Eugenie was born 18M Ibty were married 18U aic bded the throne lii3 Taking these figures and working them out as be- iore e nave: 1663 1853 1353 1 1 1 8 8 8 0 3 6 8 0 8 1H70 1870 1870 The deduction of thenu flgnres Is apparent to every one: Louib Napoleon win lose bis throue dj- Tma tne present year. Another prophecy Is found in the "Proprieties de Ni btradauius' in the edition which appotrediu Mumon lu lei. iNostrauainus was a ouieortteti astrologer of the sixteenth ceutury, born oa the 11 h of DeveUiber, lrWH, at St. R'-ue in Provence, of Jrwisn desceni, nis proper name oeinz Michel Notie-Daue. He first studied medicine, au 1, after gaining gr at lame, uegan to m.iKe propueciea ia the j ear ir47, issuing his famous predlcMoas ("Prophetics") first lu Lyons lu l&ss.' These predictions were in rnjincd . quatrains, al- vided into centuries, or wmuu there were seven; the second ' edition, published in if -68, contained ten, and bad a great success. Though many regarded N.mirada uus asaqitok, be was much souuiit after by high and low, and Catharine oe Meoicls invited him to visit her at Blois, to draw tbe hoiosoope of her sons. His pre dictions have beeu since tbe subject of a vast con troversial literature. In the thirtieth prophecy of the tenth century or bW f ropheus," a writer to toe hambur bachnckten finds oue passage which is applicable to the preseut time. It reads thus: Kepu uu( da Ht. noarema yenu Par ! iuiouiu oU'Jreat arc et auuvert reroat cknutz win a mort ulu4az nu Ku roune at aoic conveneroii lour yert. The translation reads: "The n-pbew and the blood of the newly-arrived aalut (Npoleou 1) sup ports by tue name arcn ana rooi .une eiiaoc): tnuy will be buuted down, killed; huuu-d naked. Tuuir green will be chanted into red aud black." Though this last line appears obscure enough for anybody except a prophet, a German auuouuces the aey to It by trai' slating vert as hope, rume as blood, and noir as mourning ''Their hope will be turned luto blood aud mourning." "Dear Aioiai, Farewell." After the battle of Saarbrut k, a Westphallau going about to hehi the wounded came up u a s i- oier of the Prussian In' an try who bad been shot throuah the body ai.d was l aii'i g heavily aga'st a wall. ' Will jou drink, comrade?" asked the vVest pballan. Pale and faint the po r feliow sh'vk his Lead, and feebly Indicated that ha would like his Una to be moiKteued. When this hao been deue. he asked in a whisper whether the Westphillan could rite. The latu-r at once took out his pocket b-xik. when the dying man, "with bright, nlug eye," die- ..y t ha bm.Iu ttlia mitihup IraMll urllimr vaicu tut) ifuiuii ' aaa u , , w''4iuj the address. At this moment the Westehalian was called by a second wounded man. When he re turned he (ound that his first friend had fallen back and diej. UAPOLEOfl III, The Story of His Fall. lie . Assails . United Hernial v wllliout a Decent Pretext, ami is OTerrThelnicd . , hy Defeat. The Origin of the War. Prince Leopold's Candidacy for tho Throne-Tho Protest ' of France, and tho Re fusal of Prussia to Give Humiliating Guarantees. Outline of the Campaign. Tho Strength of the Comba tants -Tho Victorious dcr man Advance -Weis sen burg, Woerth, For bach, Gravelotto, and Sedan. etc. Etc., Etc.. Etc., Etc It was on Sunday, the 3d of July last, that General Prim called the Council of AlioisUjra together at Madld and announced to tuem Tbe C'aadldaey of Prince Fepold for the ' rnr.ne ol npaia. For some time General Prim .had .been en gaged in negotiation with the Prince, and the latter, as stated by the intriuln Sptaiard, hi 1 at last announced his acceptance of the throne on condition hat he saould receive the vote of tbe Cortes therefor. There was much opposition to the project at first, bit on the evening of the 4ib, at a m etlng of the Ministers, presided over by the Eegent eerrano, tbe course taken by General rrlm was- approved, and the (Jortos were ordered to be convoked on the 20th for tho purpose of voting on the proposition. , Prince Leopold of Hohenzouern-Sigmarlngen, as all the world soon discovered, was a younsr. man ot thim-nve, a member ot a younger branch of , tbe royal lino of Prussia, and de Bcended from an adopted daughter of the first Napoleon who was the second cousin of Quoen llortenee, the mot b or of Napoloon III. Thus he was clof ely related to the rnllng family ot France even more so than to that of Prussia 'and the Spanish Ministers doubtless imagined tbt.t on this account he would not prove objec tionable to the French Emperor, as had all the candidates who had preceded him. But in this Ibey were destined to be grievously mistaken. On the Sth of July the new candidature was spread all over Europe, and France was in an nproar in an Instant. On that day several mem bers of the Corps Legislatif submitted inter pellations to the ministry on the subject, and were assured that the governments ot Prussia and Spain bad been notified already by the Duke de Gramont, Minister of Foreign Affairs, that France could not give her assent. Outside of official circles, likewise, an Intense opposl tion to the project was at once developed, on the supposition that it was the result of Count von Bismarck's intrigues, and Intended by the great Prussian statesman as "a check and a menace to France." On the 6th of July, the Duke do Gramont an nonnced that nnder no pretext would the French government permit a German power to place one of its princes on the throne of Charles V. The British government at once Interfere! 'to avert tbe threatened complication, and a long quadrangular discussion ensued between the courts of London, Paris, Berlin, and Spain. King William was sojourning at Eim at the time, where was also Count BenedcttI, the French Ambassador, who persistently pressed the King to know whether tho scheme had re ceived his sanction. He was assured that it had not, and that the Prussian government knew nothing whatever of the projected candi dature. On the 9th of July, Benedettl do inanded that the King should order Prince Leo pold to withdraw his acceptance of the Candida ture, to which the Klagresponded that, not having ordered him to accept it, he could not order him to renounce it. On the lltb, Benedettl de manded that the King should Impress upon tbe Prince the necessity of abandoning the project to which tbe King replied that the Prince was free to act in the matter, and moreover that he was abroad at the time. On the public prouie Bade at Ems, on the 13tb, the King showed to Benedettl a newspaper telegram announcing that Prince Leopold had withdrawn from the candidature, and at the same time informed the French Ambassador that he (the King) had not yet bad any communication from Prince Leo pold on the subject. Meanwhile tbe withdrawal of Prince Leopold bad been telegraphed to Madrid on the 13th, aud with this announcement It was generally hoped that a peaceful solution of the difficulty was possible, although France had already began actively to prepare for the contingency of war, and Prussia had moved considerable forces to the llhine frontier. On the 14tb, in the Corps Legislatif, the Duke de Gramont an nonnced to the French Chambers the official notification of Prince Leopold's withdrawal The negotiations," ho said, "which we have been pursuing with Prussia haoe had no olfur object, hut they have not yet terminated." At the interview between King William and Count Benedettl, on the 13th, tbe latter had do manded on tbe part of France that the former should distinctly promise never again to con sent to Prince Leopold's candidature. Tbe King firmly declined to comply with thU roHuct, and. oa &9 following day Count Bene dettl Insisted npon another andlcnco in order Inr resume the subject. This audience 'tho Klni. ' refused to grant, on the ground that no further. reply was necessary, and that all negotiations should be contacted through the regular diplo matic channels. ' Then Benedettl asked leave to return to France, and this request w is granted.' The pretext for war on the part of France had disappeared, bnt war was Inevitable. The Deelaratlea ef War. It was on the 15th of July that tho Spanfoh Minister of Foreign Affairs formally communi cated to tbe representatives ot Spain in for-' elgn countries a te'egram received by him from' Prince Charles Anthony of hozenhollern, the father of Prince Leopold, in which he said: J- , "On account ot the complications whU-.h seem ta rise out of the fact that my sou Leopold is a candi date for the throne or 8ptln, and on account of the troubled situation which tbe Ute events have made for the Spanish people, by placing thorn lu a position. In which they are coutroliod by tnelr national feel lDfrs; and as I am satisfied that, under souh ctroum statn b, tnelr tulltages would not ba as free and as spontaneous as my son lias beon led to believe, In consenting to become a candidate, 1 withdraw aim in nis own name." ( ,. The grievance of France, or rather that of Napoleon, was thus done away with the alleged casus belli had disappeared. But the aggran dizing s piiit of Prussia remained, and Napoleon was received on war. Ilenedetti had been "in sulted," King William had refused to guarantee that the candidature of Prince Leopold would never be revived, and tbe honor and safety of France demanded a resort to arms. 8nch was the illogical argument of the Emperor, and un happily for France he was able to persuade the people to take tbe same view. . So, on the afternoon of tbe fame day, July 15, the declaration of war was formally announced te the Senate and Coips Lesrislatif. The Duke de Giamont, tie Minister of Foreign Affairs, in making tbe announcement to tbe Senate, read the following as the declaration of the Minis try :- Gentlemen The manner In which tho nation has rt'ct lv rt jour declaration convinces ns that we mir ' cunnt upon Its support. We sought to make known onr legitimate grievances Accordingly we have required nothing from Spain: we have not deemed tt necessary to treat wltb the Prince of llobeurl-r let n, wuo is protected uy tna Kin or Prussia, The majority of the powers have hastened to recognise. the jusnce oi our demands, we addressed ourselves tbns to the Minister of Foreign A flairs at Berlin, who.. announced that be was entirely unacquainted with this family matter. In view of this fact. we sought audiencu or the King himself, and or- dered M. BeucdetU to go immediately to Ems. King William rrctondod that he had taken no Tart in the negotiations uudertalten with refe rence to the candidacy or tliu Prince of llohen- zniit-rn; that he nai participated' in them at their termination to give his cuut-ent, not as sovo-" reign but as head ol Hie family. It bt.ing iuipoeHtble thut thet-e lessons should appear satwlactory to us, we Insisted that the King of Prussia should advise , and demand that iho ptince of UohenxoUern re nounce all claim to the throne of Spain. Meanwhile, there came Irom Spain a declaration from M. de Olopaza, annonnclng that the Piluce had reuouueed the Crown. This reuuuciatlou, which Prussia p.:r sisted In having no part In, could not satisfy us, and , we demanded i f the King, therefore, that he ahould declare that if tho Crown or Moaln shook! ever be omred to the Prlnoe of lioheuxollern, he (the King) would no longer authorize him to accept It- Our demand was just and mode rate; we bad no reservations; . nevertheless, the King of Prussia rejected our d.tiuand. M. Benedettl telegmphed to us: "I have agxln asKed or tbe King that he shonld In the future re) use to authorize ih Prince ot lloheneol lern to accept the throne or Spain I persisted in , my den and Uselessly. Tho King of Prussia ended by ayli.g, '1 neither can nor will enter Into any ' such engagement.' " lb wishes to awsit events, in lace of an "unjustifiable" refusal, we did not break, oil negotiations despite your legitimate impiUenoe. We requested a fn sti delay, but our surprise was . great a hen we were told that the King of Prussia would i o longer receive o"r ambassador, and to make his refusal deUnite, he bad fclveu notice or such refusal to other powers. Moreover, tho King of Prussia had requested M. Werthcr to withdraw. We have neglected nothing to avoid war; we now prepare ourselves to enduro what is oilored us. ourselves to enduro what is and to take such measures a.1 the honor of Franca demands. Haw the Declaration ef War was Hecelved la ' trance. After De Gramont had finished the reading of this document in the Senate, M. Rouher, the President, asked if any Senator wished to ppeak, and was answered by loud cries of "No! No! ' De then continued: "As President of the Senate, I will state that the . Senate, responding for the nation, approves the conduct of the Oovernmmit. We must place out ' hopes in Providence and rely upon oar couaage tor ' the triumph or our rights." ' In the Corps Legislatif, however, a different , scene transpired. A copy of tbe document read, before tic Senate was read aleo lu this body, arid after it was concluded M. Thiers rose and -in a long and powerful speech opposed the . course of the Government. He nrguod that France bad received satisfaction from Prussia', in the withdrawal of the Oohcnzollcrn candi dature. "Prussia," he said, "should have been , attacked when she attempted the union of the , German States; then war would have been legiti mate, and we should have been sustained." Lie recalled the blunder of the Government In the Mexican expedition, and the blunder In permitting tbe consummation of German . unity by a policy of non-intervention in 1800, and boldly pronounced its action in the present cate as a blunder of equal magnitude. M. Olllvler, the Prime Minis- , ter, interrupted him to say that it was impossi ble for tbe Government to do otherwise than it bad done, and throughout his speech the great- . est confusion and agitation prevailed. When silence was restored, M. Gambetta demanded , that all the correspondence had with Prussia on ' the subject be laid before tbe Chamber, a dc-" niand seconded by M. Jules Favroinalong speech, In which he assorted that France could l not make war on the authority of mere tele grams. But the Ministry made this a test ques tion, and were sustained by a vote of 161 to 84. At another session held tbe same day, the Corps Legislatif, by a vote of 2 16 to 10, many members of the party of tho Left refusing to vote, ratified ; projects of law brought forward by the Ministry for calling the Garde Mobile Into active service," for authorizing the enlistment of volunteers, , and for issuing loans for the army and navy. Thus the Emperor had the support of the Chambers, as well as of his n.ialetcrs, and the ,. people likewise rallied around tlm with won- dcrful unanimity. The war fever spread through Paris and all France like an epidemic-.'. A vision of the left bank ot the Rhine as the ' future boundary of France throughout its length , arose before tbe excitable nation, the grievances which it had suffered at the hands of the third Napoleon were lost sight of for the moment, and all France clamored to bo led to the front. . Hew the Declamileo al War www Received lav titrwair. But the great French uprising dwindled Into insignificance by the side of tbe grand spectacle " which was presented throughout the length and breadth ot Germany a spectacle which has ' sever been surpassed, and which has beon ap- proacbed only by tbe first great uprising in the-! Northern States ot the Union when the war . agaisettho kebelllon was Inaugurated in 1)5U
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