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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