8 TUB 1U1LY EVENING TELKUKA I'll PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1870? SECOND EDITION HIGHLY IMPORTANT! THE MARCH OH PARIS! Only50MlesAway Irresistible Prussia ! Ens si a Dissatisfied. The Hew Republic! Aiiielj for American Sipit Battle at Montmedy Reported French Victory. WZtt. Kite, IZtC, Ktc, KtC. JiROM EUROPE. France mid the Called ttatc. Pajjh, Hcpt. 7. Jules Favre is awaiting a recpoEne to his telegram rooout'y Bent to the United States Government. It is thought that a favorable reply will have a good effect throughout the country. Knttenle Id BelKlnm. Bruswj.r, Kept. 7. The fnd'pen&.tnte HJg saja the Empress llugenie is a guest of the Iloogeveen family at the Chateau de Meypso, near Brussels. The Mew Kepnbllr. Palis, Sept. 7. Evory Trench town yet heard front accepts the republic joyfully. Con arcs of European Powers Lerun, Kept. 7. Two ltiiBshm Govern ment is about to propose a congress of the great powers. Traabia .will certainly daclino the proposition. Pamh, Sept. 7. The French engineers are destroying the tunnels on tha railroad lino running east out of Taris. The rrnnlan Advance is Baid to be near Sohsous, marching rapidly toward Faris. Tho Niece of Klrn!nr, Nothing has been tecoivod from Slrnbarg i for a day or two. Trorliu Rht Paris Is Hn.fr. General Trcchu reiterates his statement that Taris is safe. The adjoining depart ments are organizing thoir forces. The Frm wins have reached Saor, as was reported. Concentration ot Troops. Trains are arriving hourly with artillery, avalry, and infantry fron the front. Tao rolling sleek of the eastern roads are now mostly coDContrated here, or scut west to Havre and elsewhere. Kxclteinent In Home. Home, Sept. 7. The procluuintioa of the French republic canned a most profound sen sation here. The arrests mide by tho autho rities, which were numerous before this event, have now become innumerable. Hun dreds have been imprisoned on the charge of conspiracy. 1 8oissous, where the Prussian advance ia re potted to have arrived, is a fortified town of about 10.000 iuhabituuts, on the left bank of the Alsne, fifty-five miles northciu-t of Paris. It Is situated cu tho line of the railroad which is the most direct routj lictwoen tho capital and Rbeims. running nearly parallel to the rotd be tween Paris and Chalons, at a distauco of from ten to twenty milts to the north of it. En. Kvu. Mepsrs. I. C. Wharton Smith A Co., of this rity, have received the following private de spatches. Reported Frenrh Victory nt III mtmrdv. London, Seit. 7 Noon. Paris despatches announce that a terrific battle has just taken place at Montmedy. Tho Prussian forces afisulted tho garrison and were totally re pulsed with fearful loss. The Prussians were driven from the vicinity according to this statement. Knftkla DIoHiUlkfled with the Pruawiaa mue. rewae. A St. Petersburg despatch declares thst llnssia is highly dinsnti&aodilh the 1'rus.sien victories, and she threatens to demand a treaty of moditications. The county hi ren3y for war. Ituxrlu ThreHlen to Demand Treaty .Ylodlii. cutlona Tim Country ttc-udr lor War. London, Sept, C Tim special correspondent of the 'IVibune ut St. Pcterabu .g, uudor dire of S-pt. 1 writes: 'I'Uo (Joins has published several articles on ueu trullty anl the relations of ltus-sbi tu reirard t. Vrussta and toward a consolidated Germany, la these it is BtaUd that neutrality does not mean in action, that a nation should sec what its interim's m( pnd be prepared to maintain them, aud that the position of ltusHia Is ditfeient from ttiat of other neutral powers. AMmng Germany does not necessarily aitect Russia, but it would afect her if the treaty of Paris remains 'a foro-j. Iu that ease, while other power have found new routes, Russia, w lift the liluck Sea undefended by a fleet or fortress, would be attlie merc y of Germany and Hnulnud. Mo new war need do entered on; but when the pre sent ia over, Hussia must tlermtud changes nu t have Jier natural rights respected. The article ot yester day concludes by saving that Russia ought to pre aeive lier neutrality while her interests are untouched, tut they will be ai fn;ted U iu tbe coming eoiiKro.H, at the MHiciusfou of pi-nee, the treaty of I'jiis r? malns uiialt'Tetl. KiMia nos not hindered the for- li,la tiniticatioB ot lUnniiny, nor doea ahe duein it in tnm necitsary to ae (iii)ih.-.h the unity of tli Slavonic race, but he lia a rl(rht to demand that her position in regard to the lilwk .Sea anl lauui.' shall Ik) improved, t-ho hopes that the legitimate .i. ixnini will be re nee ted la the Kuroneau ConniM wlili ii will piobaniy follow the prebent war. Tins ioloiOt IHt llisiaui, tuns bliuuouu iu iiiu ei hi u if.Mu iiari rendered PriiiHia by nuurnied neutraliiy, inuaeuaWin Pruwiia to leave Uer eateru troutier iiDiruar-Ujd. Id ail article n the military aueiiBtti ot the h e: (lire the deelarea that ttj.i country ii .-I in r.renured lor war. J nut lnloruieil on kwmI authority that the Govern trentenn p(it60,'H)0 intu lu the lleld. completely rr.,ilpeJ ! hundred more Oatllug gmoi have hf'tn ordered iroui A uieri-., making HID altoKether, will bo ready in the atttiimo. Poor urnns are at- I fanned on a piece, and on a war-fooilnir to eaon mvlalnn of infantry. It la ctietons to noto th (rreit Interest taken tu Mie war. Tli newspapfr arn alt pnhllFhPd in tho lnomlRir. Imt sln-eta of telegrams prHitod at In the afternoon are anid in jrret numbera; the rnb-drl vers o id lower e!uxien a -ne-raliy, who ever biJorc minded the news, read them eagerly. ieneralsHamard and Wright and Oolonol Michel of the I niteil Ktatea Artn are hrm as Special C ra mlHKloners from the AVar Heparimfnt to investnrate t'ae use of Iron defenses, chiefly In rt.mrd M f iri.til catioiiK, They have examined roast a lt and tho works at Kolpioo. and had H"versl Interviews with the Minister of War and llcncrat ToUlebeii, who have extended every facility t4 them. Don i 'arlos. the Hpnnish p'reteniler, has arrived, aireonipanb'd ty the Marquis o.iiaa. 'Joneral i, 1 , nndhenor t'ablerou. No one knows what la the objeet of this visit, - Thla Itlornlnar'a Qnotattena. LOKDOK, 8npt. 711-80 A. M Oinsola 9l for money and account. Amerlcn aeeiiritles quiet, t'. h, B-'ins of iri62, asv: of isw, od, 8v: of isit, 87V; lO-na. 84. Htocka qnlet Erlo, lS'.tt UllnoU C'nrtral, llii; Atlantic and Great Western. 23V. FnKKKoi'.T, Bepu 6. U. 8. b-im closed buiyant atwi.'.,. I.ivsaroor, Kept 7 11-80 A. L Cotton quiet, middling nplant.!.id. ; mlddilnR Orb-ans, 9d. The Falea will near'v reach io,wn ha es. !:ii forma wheat lo,rfios. id. ; red' wiutr, 9a. d. ; F onr. 'j;is. I. JiONTO, eept, 7 1I-H A. M. '1 allow dull; spirits petroleum quietand Bleady. Thla Afternoon's tin of ntlona. Ix)viok, Kept 7 1-ao I". M. 'onsois2 for money and account. American securities quiet, ato.jka Livkrpoot, hept. T 130 P. M. Cotton dull; mlo Ming nplanda VX?1. 5 midoiing Orleans' (o9d. The Hales now estimated at s'KiJ titles. Pork. 12fs ; beer, VJ1 ; one n, t s-t. for Cumberland cut, and 61a. for stiort ribbed middles. EJIOM XEW EJfGLlXDi Fire In New Hampshire. Pi.vsiovTif, Sept. 7. A. fire ye terdav de ftrove'l the dwelling and out-building f Henry W. Blair. Loss, $11,000; Insurance, 0000. A New female Srniinarv. Boston, Kept. 7. The will of the late John Simmons bequeaths half a million of dollars to es tablish a Simmons Female Seminary for culti vation iu departments of education customary to tke ees. rolitlea In ."Iniichnetis. AmoDff the clllea and lowus vot.lHr yesterday In favor of licencing the tale of ale and laer beer were Cambridge. Lowell, Worcester, Liw rence, aDd Taunton. A majority of the am ill towns voted in favor of prohibition, as did also New Jlcdford. THE DEFENSE OF SEDAN. A l-'renrh Aeconnt of ,nae Hntion'n Dlanater llratery of the Kmperor I'ndnr Fire A ies peinle piortlo bvUenernl 'V'linpfteii Uraphlc DrMrrlptlon ot" the Terrible xpBr.eH. London, Tuesday, Sept. C The special corres pondent of the Sew York Tribune at Mac.M iUon's liea'lqnarters, a Trench oillcer, who witnessed the bat tie of Sedan from the French Hide, and was shut up in f cdan wit.li the French army, having been re leased, sends tho following account, duted Sedan, September 8 : THE RVKNT3 OF At'oVHT 31. I pass over nil that his happened since I wrote you from Mczteres, to eoiae tit once to the events of Angust 31 and September 1 the l itt--r tho Siddest dav ihe French arms have ever witnessed. F-arly In the morning of tho 8isr., .ird-rs were given t bring into Sedan all the wajron tral s and xenwhii.h had teea left outaide th gads, llv Oils time the streets were blocked up by troops if evrrv kicd whteh hid entered the town dnrinifth ! l ight I tried to ride dowu to the Horte d P r,s, where tho tiain was stationed to carry thi or ters. I wasobj'ged toget oirmy horse and make my wav as best 1 could between the horneg and C'iiis nt whloh choked up every street and square of the town. As 1 reached tho Porte do Paris, 1 mot the aou train entering its fast us ptissihl-, f illo ved closely by tho rushing oxen and Intermingled with the weeping and tcrror-strlekeu peasantry of the neighborhood Hying into the town for protection. tneynme Knew mat it was aoont the wont n ace they could have chosen. The gates on ttiit aid't were immediately afterward cloaed, while the troons siowiy niea out tnrousn me opnostta gate ttward Dou.y, where all MacMahon's forces were pmt 'd, expecting to be again attacked by the Prtuslaus, who had closely followed np the French army. rO.-dTlONS OK TnK tOXTENI'INU I 0HCKS. About 1" o clocK that morning cannonadinir was Iicntil six or seven miles away, toward the village of l!a.eille. I went up on the rampart overlo ikbig thocouutry ill that direction. Thence I could see the Prussian position, and with my tield-Klas could watch the firing; but I could not see the Frenci linen, winch were hid from m by trees about a mile from the town. I thereitre, at noon, walked out of the town at the Porte do Malan, and tseended oq ny left the rising ground which is close bv the town. jnol more man nan a mue irom ttie nrar.n i pasied through regiments of reserve iufantry. Their arms were plied und the tire smoking, the soup u -t Having Jong netn eaten, i contioueo ascending, and everywhere ptifised reserve c rps of Infantry and artillery. 1 got higher aud higher, from hillock to hillock, till I reached a battery of reserve, tn.e guns of which were nnllmbored and placed ficln; me rear oi me i rencn teiu -l itis uattery was s pointed as to lire over the crest of the rising gr.iuud on which 1 stood. About a quarter of a mile dis tant, tn front of a Utile churchyard, stood also seve ral officers of the different corps which were sl- tioned on my right, and left, all being of the reserve. i roni me point i nai now readied, a charming prospect was within view. The French line of hat lo extended right in front, spreading oti the slo m or the ground which forms one side of this basin of thcMeuse. Iu front of the centre of the Fr- nch lines, and lower down in the vale, was thovlili'je of liazellle, which was then beginning to burn, tn- rrusaian Miens having set arc to it r.traiiei almost to the front of the French po-dtiou ran the Meuse, crossed by a brldc a Utile to tho lelt of IkiBeillo. The French riht w9 upon a knot of wiioded prounil held by tirailleur, the wooded ground extending nearly t the grounds of Sedan. The left was lost to my sight behind the In equalities til the ground toward tao road to Bouillon, As lar as 1 conld see, on the right and left and ia front or me, wvru massed regiments of all arms : but toward tho left, ou the second Hue, whs a very large force of heavy cavalry dragoons and cuirassiers. 1 he sun was t'hinlug brightly, and everything was Eloinly visilt. The guttering of weaoons, the right and Minwy colors of the French unif irms, the white smoke curling under the blue skv or llugerlng like vapor beneath the trees, the lurid fl imea rising from thehnruing vdlapre of Bazelllc, all seen from a commanding position, formed a spectacle such as one has but rarely the opportunity to witness. Tne principal Priihsiau baitorlns were direct) opposite the French centre on a pluteau or table-laud which terminated abruptly, and made It a very strong po aition. For some time cannonading continued on both sidt-K. At 2 clock a force of 1-HL'SriUK INFANT a V ADVANCED across the bridge in the village of Douzv, and imme diately there began a very bharp f usibade, lasting, however, not more than ten miuui.es. I think tne French must have lot-t pronnd iu that enco.infer, althonli I could not see .it, beoau-ie ot swai trcci that iiiierveueil; but u battery of six mitr-ilb;uses U'lvau(!el and opened throuftli the trees. Six vol leys came ail at onee. Tim Prussian fell hurried y back, leaving whole ranks behind, which had gone dow u like thodO leaden noidiers which children play with. At about 4 30 the Bring had ceised everywhere. The villages, which hud beca bla.ing all day, was still smoking. The French ren.aiued In the aame position. Though the day had apparently been with out result, us description is a necessary preludo to the bitter atory of me morrow. At f it) I returned to the town. THK KMI'KIIOK Kr.SKJNS HIS COMM ANU OP THE AR If Y. The F.mperor, who had arrived during the nlht, bad i-siu U a proclauiation, which was postud ou the walls, saying thut be bad condded the coinmanl of the urmli s to the generals whom public oplnl in had seemed to Kelect as moat eat able of leadlug them, and that he himself inu-uded to light as an oilicer, iorgi Uiug lor a while bia potttlou as a sovereign. tlLtNDlO AKTIL1.KRY PKACTIl'K OK THK PRUSSIANS. I he next morning, Tnurstay. Hept 1, 1 returned, as soones thegntea of the town were opened, to my pobt ot observation on tiie elevated ground whore tho battery was still placed. Tne French ptrltioua did not seem to me much altered, but the right was now on W;e other tiie of Sedan. At 7 o'clock the cannonade began in earnest; aome slight rinng having taLen place earlier. Tuo Prussian batturtea facing us appenred to me much more numerous; In deed, it seemed to me there were batterlea every where. 1 hey roared from every point of the Prus sian line, which then airetched nearly par ll iu frout of tiie French. I could follow the falling of their shells which exploded us thev touched the ground anl fill with wonderful precision. 1 noticed, also, how quickly thevclianged aud corrected their lire. As boon as a French corps took up a position It was la stuntlv as'm'ed bv shells. The first would, perhaps. fiillaiew feet abort or beyond, but the econd or tuif.i y v. sore w iui'1 v.n vx q w trpop cu its awful work among them. The French shells, on the coiitrary, exploded generally efore ttiy rea hed the around, and the smoke of the explosion termed Innumerable Pule clonds st different heights, some so high that tho shell could Mo no harm, i shonld think, to the enemy. I m tlced some Inexplicable movements. A few squadrons of Prussian cavalry made as ir tne- womd charge a French force, which was towards the left. Immediately , . TWO IKOIMENTS OF FRENCH CAVALRY CHARGED In turn open tho Prussian squidrons, which fell back and lied. Hat at the s rne in uncut a Hrusdan corps of Infantry opened a murd-rons Are upon those too eager French cavalry recimenta, and they ennie back sadly shaitere I from their rash p-irsult About 8 o'clock I could not help fancying that the Prnf-aians were extending farther t i the le.rt; for, en asking whether certain new batteries were Freiic?, 1 was t Id they were Prussian. The Prus sian lino was evidently curllrg around us. I have learned since that the t.'ro vn Prince had crosced ihe Meuse dnri.i the night about five ItHKiies from M dun, Jan'l that this hid nit been known to MarMahnn. A la'go fot-e ni Ilavarlnns must also have arrived alter tho commencement of thcba'tle, for It was Mavarlan troops who began pounding oa from the left At 10 o'clock TUB ADVANCl OF TnB I'BCSSIANS was perceptible on both wings at the same ttme. Home French Infantry which was close to the town on the east, side guve way. as it seemed to me, rather quleklv. Soon ulterward sheila wcr cntulng from behind my left, and It became evident that the Ftench position had been tnrned and that a fresh German corps had taken a position in onr rear. The reserves were now necessarily directed against theso points. The battery near whlcn I stood was already in action, and 1 thongtit it quite time to brat a retreat The place was becoming as dnngerons as any tn tho Held. Among tne auns close tome the Prnssiau shells hevan falling with their nsunl beautiful precision. Hoi troton theo.tvr side of the slope aud made my way toward tne town. TUB PRUSSIAN CIRCI.K CONTRACTING. As the road to Tioniilou. which crossed the Held of battle, was wholly closed to me nor, I also per ceived that I should be shut np in that circle whlc i the rrnsuians nan been oralng about the army and the town, nnd which was ulti'uar.elv c mpleted. 1 immc my way as last as 1 coo id, by the safest paths. W hen I reached the suburb before the Porte d llslan, I found It incumbered with soldiers of all corns, hastenlntr, as I was, into the town. It was a ib feet, evidently, yet It was not 11 o'clock, and the battle a as destined to combine at v irious p iiuta for scree time longer, though continuing without any r al hope of victory . THE TRENCH ROUTED. To one entering the town as I did, there was no lot ger any batMe to describe It was tlrst a retre it and too soon a rout I thought myself lucky to get away from the held as t did; for an hour afterward the rout of thoBe forces that ha l been near by mo was corsplete. Already soldiers were crushing apnlnst cscU other in the striigitle to g'.?t Inside the town, rismeunte.i cavalry were trying to mike their way, some even by the ramparts, leap ing down from the counterscarp; others forcing their wsy In by the p istern g it'fs From a nook of tho ramparts, where I res to I a moment, 1 saw also Cuirassiers Jumping horses and ad Into the moat, the horses breaking thir lg( and ribs. Men were scrambling over each other. There were oitlcers of all ranks colonels and even generals, tn uniforms which it was Imp s sible to mistake, mixed tn this shameful melee. Be hind all rnuie guns with their heavy carriages aud powerful horses, forcing their wav into th throng maiming and crashing tne fugitives on foot ' TEHHini.E SCENES IN SEDAN. To add to the confusion an 1 horror, the Prnsslm batteries bed by this t line advanced within rauiM. ai.d tho Prussian shells bcgn falling among i,in stitissrllnsr iiihsscs of men. "on the ramnarts wjre t e Autlonul (.minis, manning the rums of the town. ai-d repljlng with more or less cil'ect to tho neare-t, rniFsinn tiattetii-s. It was a scene horrible enoimh to liave suited the fancy of Gustavo Dore bina iir. Ic tiidforni but ono Ides of onr nnhappy army that it w as at the bottom of a seething caldron. 1 lmrrled bbek as best 1 could to my hotel, fallow ing the narrow streets where the sh -lls were least liki )y to reach the groui d. Wherever there was a square cr open p'ace I came upon the no ties of rore at o rn n qune deal or sun quivering, mown to i leces by bursting shells. JJea'dilnir mv hotel. I found the Btreet liijwlilch It sto id Tchoked like tho nsr. with wagons, guns, horses, and men Most luckilv at this moment tho Prussian tire diil not culilade the streets, f tr a train of c iUso-13 lined wnii powder in ced rt:e whole way, t'stf un able to move backward or forward. There wis every chance that these caissons would exploM ine town neing men on ure in r wo places; an 1 1 nepan to tniiiK retian was a puce more unenm foriablo than ev-n the bnttle-tleld over whim a victorious enemy wus awlftiy advancing. TDK E.MrritoH I'NDKK Hit If. From friends whom I found at the h tol. I learned tha'the Kuipernr, who had started e-iriy iu th uiormng lor tne ueidur battle, hat returned about the sme time thait I did, and pissed through te streets wt'h his Bisif. one of my friends was near lilm in the Place Turenue when a shell fell under the Emperor's hors.i, and, bursting, killed tne horse oi a fcenernl w ho was behind him. lie himself whs untouched, and turned around and smiled, th nigh my friend thought no saw tears lu his eves, wnie.n ho wljied awav with his glove. Indeed, he hit cabse enough for tears on that fatal first of bep- ven oer. Meantime shells begin to fall In tho direction of our street aud hotel. We all stood finder the vaulted stone entrance, as the safest shelter w could find. I trembled on account of the caissons still a'auding in the street, and nibng all the space from end to end. It was at this time when we waited wa'ching ralnfully for the shell which would have sent na all together Into another world, that General de Wirap nvn came past, making A VAIN EFFORT to rally and Inspirit his flying troops. He ahoutad, "Vice la France! Unaoantl" But there wai no re sponse. He cried out ti t Haz tine w i9 taking the frussians in tne rear, tvewa wnicn nad been cur rent a l the mori lug at Intervals, coming now from . the mouth of (ieueral de VVlinpUen, seemed t) be belleed, and a lew thousand men were rallied and folloWKl lilm out of the town. People b jgan to h iv hope, ann for one brief moment we believed tho diy might yet be s ived. Teedl say tht thia lnielli gei.ee was a patriotic falsehood of brave O.uerul do Wlmiiticn? At ad with auguib, and In direct opp aitlou to the Kmperor's orders, he had' resolved to rally what men he could and make a stand, ll i c ud not have known that he was bound in th grasp of at least 800, wo men. A PKSl'GR ATa SORTIE. The bugle and the trumpet ring out ou all sides. A tew thousand men hearken to the sound. Aly friend Hene deOulroye, of the Chaeseursd'Afrlque, whoi. I have just met, after losing sight of lit in for ten or twelve yeais, got on horseback again and joined the General. The sortie took plane thus: 1 hey wen' out at tho Porte de llalan. Tao houses of the suburb ure already full of Prussians, who Pre on the French out of every wiudo. The church, especla ly, is strongly garrisoned, ai d Its I ct,vy doors are closed. Tun general sent or) l)e (Initnye t bring two pieces of cann n. Tluie boom arrived, and with i.tmni the uoorot the U'lurch was blown in, and 00 Prussians were captured and brought back wild the French, who, In spite of all etloi is, were themselves soon billed to retire into t1 e town. It w as the last incident of the batue tha last airugele. While ibis took place at the Porte de llalan, the Prussia ' shelling went ou aud the shells begau to fall Into the hotel. FllOCKINO BCENKit followed. A boy, the sou of a tr i los'aan aroua 1 theiornerof the street, came In crying and asktnr forasuigeou. His lather a leg had been sUol inf. A woman iu front of the house met the aamo fate. Tne doctor who went to the tradesman fouu I hi. a ut ad ; aud rettirulug, attempted to cirry the w am to to an utubulunce. lie had Scarcely made a step wben she was shot dead in his arms. Tu oso of us who B and In the gateway and witness audi scenes have g beyond tne feeling of personal fear. Any our oi us, 1 wid venture to say, w oild give his bta to spare Franco on this dreadful dar. Vet we st, in I pale and shudderiug at the sight of the fate tvhicti befals the poor people of the town. 1 care not to dwell up u horrors which, neverthe less l shall never be able to forget 1 can mention more ban one brave officer who did not fear toowu that he shrank Iroui the sight of what had tieco.no auieie massacre. Those w ho were aafelv out of ihjj way as prisoners, whether oillcers or men, needed no pity. When, after a time, it liecame clear that there was no sign of liaz mie, tke hopes of tlu French npaln departed. A auticn sort of light still went on. The guna of the town anawere I thu Prus sians. An aid-de camp of the Koiperor went by oq f. ot, aud I beard turn ask theouicera uear by to help him In putting an end to the Ure. Such being the impel or a wish, at length . TUB WHITE FLAG was hoisted on the citadel. The cannonade ceased Buddeniy about 4M- Fsger as we were to know the cause, we cannot leave the house, lor the atreet is lo passable, and we have to be couteut with learuiug the mere fact of the aurreuder. As ulght drew ou, the crowd a little diminished, and by some edor it was possible to make one's way about the town. The Bpectai le It oilered was more horrible than war. Head were Iving everywhere; civilians and aoldiera mingled lu theslaughter. lu one suburb 1 counted more than Cfiy bodiea wf peasant and bourgeois a few women amoug them, and one child. The ground was strewn with BpunUra of shells. Starving soldiers were Cl'TTINli CP THE UIAU HORSHS to cook and eat, for provisions had again failed us, ns everything ua?. fsd'.'d since this campa'ga began. 1 was glad to tret away from the sight of our dlsas. tfrs, and lose their remembrance in a few hours of Sleep, .,,, ... . - ...-rt,. r- ' ; ! ' ' . HAPOU0N A.TRISONtR. i ' j y I The next dny we were told that the Emperor had gone to the King's headquarters to treat for artr render. At 11 Ins hnnsohoid and carriatrea left the town, and we knew that he was a prisoner and the empire no mi re. Alout the same hour there was posted In the streets a proclamation from O-wimI de WlniplTcn saying that notwithstanding prodigies of conrage, the army, having no more ammunition, lound Itsell nnablo to respond to the sammous of Its chiefs and force Its way to Montmedy. That being surrounded be had mado tho best eondltions he could ; condb ions such as would inflict no humi liation on the army. i h-FC conditions prove to he the surrender of the where army, no less than 100,000 men. as prisoners of war, with all their amis, bagigo, horses, sti id ards. and guns. Tho orilcera who sivn an engage ment ti'd to serve against Prussia during Mm war msy return to tttelr hon.es, the remilnder to be sent toCcrniBU twns tn Germany. M ny ortl wrs le fuse to sign, preferring to share the captivity of their men. PAD FAITH OF THE FRENCH. On Fatnrdny the whole force laid down their arms. 'ot a few oldlers In their rage broke railmr th ia g've up thtdr arms, and the street were littered with fragments or all kinds of weapons broken; swords rlfHB, pistol, lancers' helmets, cuirasses, even ml'rallleiises, covered the ground: and In one r lacewheie the Mense runs throngh the town the heaps of such fragnicnta choked the stream and rose alovethe surface. The mod of the streets was black with gunpowder. Tne horse had been tie I t the houses and gun-carriages, hut nobody re tro nibercd to feed or wa'er them, and in the freniv i f h uiger and thirst they broke loose and ran will 'hrorgh the fowr. Whoever liked might have a hoi se even officers' horses, which were private property f r the trouble of catching them. JMPTYINO THE MONEY CHEST. When the Prussians came Into the town they were sore and angrv at the Blgnt of all this destructl n and w aste. W hat must hsve pleased thnin still less, was the state In which they found the military chest As soon aa the surrender was resolved on, tne F iench 1 l1W:er were told to make out the best ac counts thev ould, present them, and receive piy. mint Natnralb, the statements thus brought in soon proved sufficient to empty the treasury, i knew of officers who demanded and received pay ment for horses tnat were not killed andb-iggigo which had not been Put. Demoralization showed Itself ir. every way. F.ven the standards were b irn"d or burled, an act of bad faith not to be palliated even by the grief and rage of a beaten army. ORNBKAIj DR FAILLY. Their rage Is greater against n 1 one than Osneral de Krttlly. lie had a room lu tlieh del where I was BttMlng. On F'rlday, a great multitude of soldiers gathered before the h"uso, the doors of whlchr were closed, demanding General de Fallly with such Miontsand menaces that the landlord thought It prudi nt to hurry him out of a back window. The soldlets, could thy have reached him, would have tot 11 Mm to pieces. Htnce then, I have heard the repf rt that he was shot, by one of his own men; but no snch event had happened on Saturuay, and could not well happen later. FKBMH ANNOYANCES AND PRUSSIAN COURTESY. It whs a relief on Saturday when the Prussians come In hi.iI occupied ihe town, and restored ordor. 1 ion sorry to have to acknowledge that all through thecnmpalirn the F'rench have acted mucl mora like a conquering army in a hos'lle country than the Prussians. All the annojai.co I have experienced petBonnlly came from my own countrymen ironi the pens-rats, wno, above all, saw a spy In every stranger. Wtrnn l fell Int 1 the hands 1 f the PruHlaiis, I round them courtesy Itself. Ou leaiing SedHn and thence to the frontier, In passing through ihe Prussian posts, I was stopped olten. I had but to say, "I am the corresiKitidunt of an American Journal," and I was at once sent kladiy fi r srd. Ou the back or my French military pas's the PiussIhu Half had indorsed a Prussian safe conduct Olten 1 was not obliged even to show ray papers, my word was taken; aud once out of Sedan 1 was i pet tlliy through. W hen 1 left edan on Sunday morning things were ranlnly getting In order. The streets were cletiri d of dean horses and men. Toe Indescrlbih e tilth ot tho town was swept into tne river. The simps weie ojen nir again, i iso'pline had taken the place i f disorder. 1 saw enough of Prussian orgHiil.st'ou and ene.gf to chano, if the grievous (It it at 1 f a noble army had not already changed, the oi li b n I have so o'teu expressed tnat ultimate vic tory for France was sure. WHY IHE FRENCH WERB SO OFTEN SURPRISED. I have followed MacMahon from tho day when I found Mm reorganizing his army at Chalons to tne lata' day at Sedan, when he surrendered the last organized force In France, save the remnant of that whu h ts shut up In Metz. Oitmniy, when I waa at tin ci.iup of Chalons, and then nt Khelms, I had ob served that the number of i-traggiers was enormous, and 1 continually met Boldiers who did notkno.v where their regiments were. I had seen men and officers disabled by wounds which French. Kcldlcis of other days would have de spihfd; I had remarked how uutl ty and carders the men were al'owed to b about th ir dress and equipments. These things, slight, but tdgbitlcaut to a military eye, had caused me, n noubt Ftuue misgivings as to the rapidity of tho success we had a right to expect Isavalsnhor prone Ft nch officers were to avoid the fatigues of 1 ng marches and the discomforts f bivouacs. I reu ember how olten I have traversed the French ili.es ut dead of night aud at early dawn, and never heatd a challenge, never came across a French vedette, i.ever have fallen in with a party of scouts. On the 0' her band, 1 have Been oitlcers spend the time that ought to have been given to tin Ir n en, In cafes or in poor village Inns. Often even officers of the stair seemed to neglect their duties lor paltry amusements, sh iwing themselves ignoiat't sometimes even of the name of ihi depart iiiei.t lii w itch tnev were; so that 1 have known a F'rcbeh g. neral obliged to ask his way from peasants at the meeting of two roads. 1 struggled long acainst all this kind of evidence, hnt th.i end Is only t'.o clear. Painful it 1st me.hnt 1 am bound to declare mv belief that any further err rt France may make can only cause useh ss bloodshed ; and that a means of escape from her peril must now be sought other wise than by force of arms. CITY IH T Ml 1 1, 1 B W C E. TIIE ALBANY ZOUAVErf. Their Arrival Id the Cltv-Tne Escort. T he piinclpal matter of interest among our mili tary, since the reception of the .New Vork Seventh and the Maryland Kifth, has been tne proposed trip id the crack military corps of Albany, the Z mave Caoets, to ibis eitv '1 be arr mgemeuLs for the visit were 01 nipleted some weeks since by Company 1), 1st Hegluient N. G., who will act the part of hosts (lutli g the stay ol the visit ors. The gut sts iidt their home last evening, and arrived lu New Vork cty tnla morning, where, having breakfasted, they took the train at Jert-ey CPy. and landed at West Philadelphia thia afternoon, where they were form illy receive I and et-cotted to the armory of Company D by a citizens' it nmntiee, the . 'naves havmg requested n mill tary reception. Hero they remained for some time, aLd w Id tw escorted to the t ' utluetif.al Hotel, their headquarters. To-morrow Mayor F'ox will tender tin m the hot-plUiitlea of the city. The points of in terest lu the city wtll then be visited, aud In the ' alteration astreet parade of both companies will bo u-ade over the billowing route: Form at theC nti nental, dowu Ninth to Walnut to Ninto.,tn, to Green, lo bioad, to Arch, to sixteentn, to S.iruce, to Una", to t'hesnut, to tho Ibtel, where a dress para' e w'll be nude. In the evening a banquet at tiie Continental takes place. Tiie company starts on the reiuru trip on Fridu?, the vth, and will arrive In New Vork at 130 P. M., remaining iu the city mini the diparture of the night boat lorAlbmy. D .erliig's Band, of Troy, N. V., numbering twenty pieces, and the excelh nt drum corps of tne com piti'V, will accompany the ca eta. Tiie Zouaves were foundel July 8, 10, under Captuin Frederick Towusend tluety Adjutant Gene ral;, and moii attuned a position 111 military circles st toud to that of m other company In the fate. Ira new uniform (very much lie mat worn by the Old Guard of New York) is considered ono of the most eh paht Iu the country. It consists of a white dress coal tastefully tilmmed with scarlet and gold, an I trowsera of a light blue triu med wun scarlet Tne, hat is l the Fiench pattern, with t-ca let pompon. A t-tau (independent companies frequmtly hive stalls) has Just tteeii orginized, an will tiarearter loimpattol the coinpauy. - Tne uniform worn by the Stan is similar to the above, wuU tha except! in that t he coat la trimmed with light blue aad a clia peau of the F'rench staff pattern takes the place of the eon pauy cap. The oitb cut m the Cadets are as follows : Cap tain, Wil lam A. Hamilton; tlrst lieutenant. Chares ('. Nichols; second lieutenant Lucion Hirues; third lieuienant. Edward Douglass. St.arf-adj.itaut, vacant ; chaplain, Kev. i: twin B. Itussell ; inspect r, Lieuteuant lvlard McCunon; comiu's-ary, Lieu tenant FMward Montea'h; engineer, Lieuteuant Frederick W. Brown; judge adV'cate, Lieutenant join. Goubt ; auartermatert LleuteuautO. A. F'uller; pa master, Lleuu nant George Harris; orluare-o c, nicer, Lk a tenant John L. Newman; surgeon, J. H. lulavan. Passkncbr Kailroad Kxtbnsion Tie Fifth and Sixth Mreeta Haaseuner Kailwai have d apoaod of their preseut depot on H rka street to tne North pfiii.t-ylvania ltsliroad Company, and pr p se to erct anew ditpot for their load fin ned ately on front street eoruer of Cumberland atriiet Nine teen 11. ware, whera they have purchased an entire square of ground. The hoi se cars will tnen ruu all the way tip. THE FIRE LAST EVENINU. . e sttv ine nanraoeea Kte The scene of the xtenslve conCagratlon last even ing, on Delaware avenue, waa visited this murntng by thousands of people. The ilremen worked ad night, and many of the companies are si 111 on the ground flooding the remaining lumber piles, which are burning quite lively. It Is supposed that a oounle of days will transptre b.-fore the flames will be com pletely extingu 'shed. The following comprises the list of Insurances cfToctod In the various agencies in this city. H will be seen that they are lignt when et mparcd with the great value of property on hand the risk on lumber being very great: SMITH A HARRIS Pl.ANINU MII.U I ycoinlng Company t'00 I'eophi's, of W 01 cch tor, Mass 1,.vm Albany city 9,0,10 f barter Oa, Hartford 1 1,wm liepubllc, i tleago 1,00a Farmers' Mutual, Vork county I.tyia Total tS,Ksi PI. ASTIR MII.U Lycoming f v. m.tm I'nlted Htatea Marine, llalaimore. v,5oo llntfalo City i,SOa Total.... Koyol Juten....... ...0,o(M) .. 12,000 .. 6,000 ..115,000 .. 7,500 . . 6,000 .. 0,000 . . 6,0IH) D. B. TAYIOR V SON. Total TATL0H K BSTTS. Koyal AHautl.;. Brooklyn Spring tiarilen North llritish Total J22.M0 A. J. OEIGER A CO. .Etna, Hartford iO.noa Niagara, N. V ft.n,) Continental, N. V e.OttO Hait lord, Conn 5,ojj Total JIT,iw NORemOSS A 8HEETZ. .Etna, Hartford t5,noo Other companies 0.000 Total : t0,wo PATTERSON & LIPPINCOTT. licpubhe and others J15;i,O00 RAtSTON &. BIDDLB. . Koyal fjsoo Nomination in ths Twbi.fth Lbhislativk Drs iRfiT The Democratic Legislative Uouveniion in the Twebth district met last evening at the Kiack Horse Hotel and accepted the declension of Daniel ForsU-r, sq., as a candidate for Assemblyman. No uoii.iuai.lou was made for his successor, but a reso lution was unanimously passed requesting the Demo cratic voters to support Henry Kowau, Ksq., as an Independent citizcna' candidate pledget! to reform. The illsti tct ia close, the majority gencral'y being about lour hundred. John Lsmou, ;sq., formerly Chief of the Peteo tive Police, is the liepublican candidate, aud ho has been recently appointed lu tho United States la tonal Kevenue Department, and previous thereto 'n mo I'oiiceana Gas Denartmeuta for m iny years. H.cre Is much dissatisfaction lu the district, among the Kepublicans, It is alleged, owing to feuds cn g nib red in former years, and as Mr. Itiwan Is a ship cat pente r and is personally very popular, who never tins held a public position before, tue couteat becomes an interesting one. Fire This Morkino Hosk Carriao Thrown Ovki board. About a quarter of four o'clock fus morning the tool h -use and odlce liclonglng to Mt. lulin Selvy, at the southeast corner of Tweoty-thud and Arch streets, was set on fire and destroyed. In curring a los of about MOO. Dt proceeding to tne above tire the carriago of the Western K iglne Com pai y was taken possession of at Twenty-ilrat ami Fllbctt streets by a gang of the Hchu.vlkill Kaurers, who ran it to Sanaoiii street wharf, and there threw It overboard in twenty feet of water. There were ordy a few members on the rope of the Westera when the rioters approached. '1 hey were of cmrao driven oif. There was no lighting wha ever, and Hie police knew nothing of iha aifair n itil noticed that a hose carriage was in the river. This morning tho Schuylkill Harbor Police were ordered to the scene to aid in taking the carriago out of tho water. The "Hangers" have threatened to aitac every tiro company that parades colored bands. The Western ts Bald to have appeared on parade wita a colored band on a recent occaslun. Thb C'ENtus in Montgomery County. The cen sus returns for Montgomery connty aro now very neatly completed. In Norristown It has been round that the lower ef the three wards la the most popu lous. Thla was contrary to the general bell f. It was generally snppostd that the upper ffurd wouM be thus distinguished. Tne population trfwthe whole borougn is mucu less man was anticipated. Tne number, It Is said, will not quite reach U.ono. It has formerly been estimated at from 12,000 to 15,000. The population of the county is given at 8d;o, amoug which number there are 15S persons over 70 years of age. Exclusive of acci tents and by reason of old age, the death rate has not been mure than six per BllllUlil. KFPUBUCAN 1NVINCIRLE3 PRESENTATION Last evening the Executive Committee of the Republican Iuvinciiiles, some twenty-Ove lu number, hea led by their President l.ra Lukens, proceeded to the resi dDceof Professor Henj. K. McClurg, leader of the libt rty Sliver Cornet llano. No. 1, for the purpose i fpresentlt' an elegantly framed "voto of thanks" to that gentleman lor tuo satisfactory m-iuner iu which he has furnished music for the club during the campaigns of ISM, '68, and 'CO. Arter the presen tation the company were sumptuously entertained by Mr. MeClnrg. Speeches were made bv M-ssrs. Todd, Fox, Hawkins, Birklnbine, Lukens, MuClurg, aud others. ' The Agricultural Fair at Norristown. The twenty-secoud annual exhibition of the F. ist Penn sylvania Agricultural Society, to take place near Norristown on September 22 aud 23, will be held on tne nld grounds at Hpringtown. An enlarged track will add to the accommodations, aud there Is a liberal fund for premiums. The meui'iers' tickers are one dollar, and the single admission wilt be twenty-live cents, children 11 flee a ceuts. The com mittee of reception has been appointed. The home departn cut will be managed by an etllcient comniH tee of the most prominent ladles of Norristown aud vicinity. Tn New Vork City Three Hours, on Up the Hudson Kivek. Positively the last New York liiy FxcurHlon. accompanied by Profes t r McClurg's Liberty Silver Ooruet Band, will be given to-morrow ruornii g, September 8. l-:xcurslomst eau remain In New York three honrs, or enjoy the roniautle aud delightful trip up the Hudson. Every one was pleased with the last excursion. The last boat will leave v alnut street wharf at half-past 7 o'clock. Tickets can be procured at the wharf la the morning. Disordkrly Firemen. The train for German town which left the elty at 12 o'clock last uUnt carried borne a number of Bremen, who, ou the way, acted In a very disorderly manner. Home of them i-atue to blows, and on the ai rival of the train two of the alleged participants ia the riotous pro ceedings were arrested. They gave the nifties of J L. Gouldtliorpe aud M. W. Mclutyre. Tne ac cused bad a hearing before Alderman Itonsall, and were held to ball to answer. A blackjack was found In the possession of the Urst-named acleudaut A Conflut ok ArrnsRiTY. A card from Mr. John Covode will be fouud In another column, directed to Mr. William It. i-ecds, stating that he (Covode) has seen a circular signed by Mr. Lee-da as Chairman of the Republican Kxecative Committee. Mr. Covode athrir.s tnat Mr. Leeds is not the Chair man of the Committee, though a member of It, aud that tnoae who sitn with him as members have no authority whatever. Playing Fireman. Tavlor Smith was arrested at Heat h and Coates la-it ulght for piaying tireiuan and for collecting money under falsnt pretenses. ll- appeared on the lire ground In the equipments of the Washington Hose, when bo was n it a meiaber of the coinpany. The aocnKed had a hearing b iforo Alderman Tolaud, and was held in -"0 fora further hearing. FtOBTiNfl. Michael Hums and Thomas Sharp were arrested at the sceue of the fire last night for fighting. They were taken before Alderman Cahlll, ami were tied iiu I'oO bail each, to auswer. llowmau t-l'iipsou was arrested al the same place fora breach of tha public peace. Alderman Caliil also held him to bail to answer. IIkought TO this Citv Henry Heitch, who Is cliargd with tho larceny of a watch and Jl'O iu money from Mr. John Kwatmeyer, residing at N 1. 413 Vine street, was brought to this city yesterday. He w as arrested In New York by Sorgcaat Gllcttrut, ot Ihe Seventh Police district His N MB. John Lawrence is tho name of the individual who waa arrested at the tiro at Coates street and Delaware avenue last night for the th.-ft cf a coat from D. B. Taylor's ottiee. Defeniaut had a bearing before Alderman 'Poland and wus held iu 1800 ball to answer. ItECBIPT FROM COVJillTriNO M lOISTRATES. The following ones, penal'las, eu have been paid by the Cooimiiuiig Magistrates of the city into the City Tieasnry for the month of August : L. Godisjn, III; Thcu'aa Dllaa; I'M; J. It Masaey, w; Tuad. wanie, tii 60; A. Morrow, $; William Nedl, Js; C. J l'UE:cair, a making tvtal ol f m to. THIltl) EDITION THE EXCITEIKIEBTIH PARIS ETo Surrender! SHE Will FIGHT TO THE IAST! The Fee at Her Gates! KiiKwirt vh. I'l'iissisia.. The Czsr Can Do The War laust Go On t i:tc, i:to Etc., Etc., Rte, Paris, Sept. 7. Immense DefeaMve L'aertloaa are still bcicf made. The army continues to retire lefore the Prussian advance. There reeras to bo but ohe patriotic Beutlmont anion the people deleueo of the nation. . Oranolzattoa Is quietly proceediuij. There is no dissent from tho necceelty of tho republic any whore.' I'reaa t'enaorehlp Rrinoveri There is great rejoiciu at the practical re moval of the rlsld press ccnsorphlp. War nov)3 and details are now published without hindrance. The Prnsxlima nt Molaxaon. The arrival of the Prussian advauca at 8o!s 6ons is conQrmed The revertrd frosalnn Repnlee Coatrndlcted; Lonpon, Sept. 7. It is denied that the Mul hcufe National Guard has successfully resisted Germans who were Becking to pass the Rhine at that point. The Nerian Wounded. Nearly all the wounded who were collected at Sedan have been sent, under the terms of the capitulation, to neighboring towns and faruis- 1200 of MaeMahon's are reported at Meziores. Twenty thousand are between Vonders and and Lachrcns-cropulcux. The Orleims Prlneea. Paris, Sept. l-(3eclal to tha New York Tek yran)).- The report is confirmed that the Orleans princes are on their way to Paris, and it is rumored that the Republican ministry are determined to arrest them on their arrival. UlUlcully littlwctn Trrehu aad inn New 311a latiy. A rumor is also in clrcnlatinn that a difficulty existed between General Trochu and the Minis ters Tho latter gave way, and harmony is once more restored tn the Republican council. The differences arose on tho question of the arming of all classes of the population. Trochu stood ilrm In his opposition to tho arming of the peo ple, coutcndlug that the proposition was prema ture and impolitic iu the face of the grated crisis. The ministers gave way, with, it is said, a reservation that at a more opportune moment the subject should be more fuliy dlscntaed and acted npon. Pari?, Sept, 6. Ylney, Just Arrived, has been assigned an Important command. Frnnrenad KiiKlnnd. A long Interview occurred yesterday betweon Jules Favre, President of the new republic, and ' Lord Lyons, British Ambassador at Paris, when the views of the Brltith cabinet were fully dis cuseed. Assurances were given of England' sympathy with France in her present distress, and encouragement given of an early recogni tion of tho Republic. Paris, Sept. 7. The Bombardment of .llaaiinedv ceased 3 ester day. It is believed that the be Biegiug force of Prussians have been withdrawn General Vincy with hlf entire force arrived at Paris by railroad at 4 o'clock yesterday after noon. His division consisted of eleven trains of cavalry, thirteen trains of artillery, and four teen trains of infantry.. , Troopa Concentrating. The rolling stock of the Northern and other railroads will be despatched Immediately to the eastward to bring back other troops. At & o'clock last evening the Prefect of Laou tele graphed to the Government that no forco of the enemy had appeared there. frlltloo fer Annexation. London, Sept. 7 Cities of the South Ger man States, including Carl6ruho, Mayeace, . Stuttgardt, aid Munich have petloned for an nexation to North Germany. Piirta will Fight to Ihe Luat. Paris, Sept. 7. Reports having been circu lated hat the Municipal Guard were averse to defending the city, the olllcers aod men have published a statement to the effect that they will light to the last. Itarrlrudlntt the Mtreeto. The Monitntr guys that orders have been given to barricade the streets to render any assault of the enemy more dilbciiU. People are Oulltlnx the t'lly with tho utmost haste, now that the Prussians have approached. Prnsalan tlenianda ponear. One of to-day's papers fay9 the King of Prussia has already announced here that he will require tho leading capitalists to guarantee the Bum of three thousand millions of francs Among the names cited are Messrs Rothschilds, Rouland, Gallieva, uud other bankers, and the presidents of the great railway and other com panies of France. The city is very quiet Singing in the streets has entirely stopped, and at the enemy draws Dear, the people evince a quiet but firm determination to fight. I'ruMla Hauba ttnaolit. St. PETEitbiii uti, Sept. 7. The St. Peters burg Journal says that the Czar f hares every effort to localize and abridge the war, but inef fectually, as Prussia repels any Intervention ut all restraining lis freedom of action. 'Ihe Grand Advance. Paris.. Sept. 7 The bead of the Prussian olumn halts apparently at Laon aud Epernas. l aon Is a town or aitnr.t 11,0(0 inhabitants, 74 n ilea N. E. of Paris, and Is mile N. K. of Solsaona, where the Prussian advance was reported In earlier Oet-patcltea. It ts ou tne line of a circutioua railroad from 1 be capital to helms. It was here that the first Napoleon was defeated bv lliueher on the 9tk of March, lsu. alter which the Allies encountered but little recl.1ia1.ee and eutefd Pjims ou the Slat. I Fperuay la seventy miles li. N. K. of Paris, aud nineteen miles W. N. W. cf Chaious, ou the tvilroatl from that place to the Capital. Eo. Evk. Tel.) PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCBANUB SALES. L'eported by D Haven A Bra, No. 40 3. Talrd treof. SECOND BOARD. .... , . 1..lUC.h 1 T I. -. : - flUCU I 1UOI1 lll8.. ira wi uni i 1 iv, m j 1000 Pa 6s W LCp lCal ao ah Cam A AmltlU 40 sb Del Div liu do..ls.boo. 17 JTahPcuaa It.. is. lVS
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