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VOL. XIV NO. 04.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
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ITALIAN UNITY.
The March on Rome.
Victor Emanuel and the Pop
3.
Tlieii Past Careers.
Their Future Prospects.
The Diplomatic Antonclli.
Etc. Etc., Etc., Ctc. Etc.
THE ITALIAN EPISODE.
Victor Emanuel's March an Rome The Pope
Powerless Before lllm The Kin or Italy
nnd his Career Plus IX and his Pontificate
Cardinal Antonelli, the Ureal Papal States
man. Immense posters proclaiming the "Universal
Italian Republic" have been placarded ail over
Borne, and It baa become a pressing necessity for
Victor Emanuel to hasten his advance upon the city,
if he would arrive before the lied Republicans have
Bucceedfd in overturning the papal power. The
Pope, despairing of success, has wisely ordered his
troops to offer no resistance to the Italian forces,
whose advance, at the latest advices, was within a
few miles of Rome; and, although It Is said that he
has called together the diplomatic corps and
formally protested against the Invasion, he appears
Inclined to "accept the situation' with a commenda
ble good grace. The King s troops, Instead of en
countering resistance, are everywhere received with
an enthusiastic welcome, the people hailing them as
liberators from a yoke under which they have for
years been restive and impatient. Thus far no blood
has been shed, but If the invasion Is to be a bloodless
one throughout, It is essential that the Italian army
should occupy Rome without delay. If the adhe
rents of Mazzlul and Garibaldi should get the upper
hand in the city, they might be dispo&cd to dispute
the Italian advance In the Interests of a Roman or
Italian republic, an event which would lead to vio
lence and bloodshed.
In view of the approaching conmmmitlon of
Italian unity, and the probable stripping of his tem
poralities from the Pope, the two central figures In
Italy become Invested with unusual interest and im
portance. AVe therefore present the following
sketches of the King of Italy and the Ileal of the
v Lurch;
Victor Emanuel. King of Italy.
Torn on the nth of March, IS20, the son of Charles
Albert, King of Sardinia, and of Queen Theresa,
daughter of Ferdinand, Grand Duke of Tuscany, he
received at his birth the names of Marie Albert Ei-
gene Ferdinand Thomas, to which was subsequently
prefixed the name under which he has wielded the
sceptre, first of Sardinia and then of Italy. He re
ceived a careful and elaborate education In science
and the art of war, and, while passing nnder the
title of Cuke of Savoy, was married on the 12th of
April, 1S42, to the Archduchess Adelaide of Austria,
who died January 20, 1855.
It was not until the outbreak of the revolution of
1S48 that the Duke of Savoy came Into the general
notice of the public, having achieved, up to that
date, a reputation only as a dashing hunter, a man of
haughty demeanor, and a supposed opponent of
Liberalism. At the outbreak of the revolution he
accompanied his father to the field as commander of
the Brigade of Savoy, and soon showed that he was
worthy of leading an army and wielding a sceptre,
lie participated in the battle of Goito with great
bravery, receiving a ball in the thigh, and subse
quently, on the 23d of March, 1819, on the disastrous
Held of Novara, won the admiration of the army by
his undaunted courage. On the evening of the day
following this defeat, King Charles Albert signed an
abdication in favor of his son, who thus ascended
the throne of Sardinia as Victor Emanuel II, at the
age of twenty-nine. A task of more than ordinary
difficulty was before him. He had to negotiate a
peace with a victorious enemy, to appease nthe erce
conflict of the rival factions which disturbed bis king
dom, and live down the suspicions of a large portion
of bis subjects who could see In him nothing but the
Hut band of an Austrian archduchess. He sue-
ceeded, however, in obtaining from Austria terms
less humiliating in their character than those which
had been presented to his father, the treaty of peace
being signed In August, 1849; and, by the selection
of a Cabinet under the leadership of D'Azeglio, was
enabled to reassure the liberal faction and to receive
In a measure its co-operation in the difficult task
which awaited him.
He turned his attention at once to the reorganlza
tion of the finances, the army, and the cause of
public instruction, Inaugurated a great raliwaj sys
tern, and espoused the doctrines of free trade.
Several Important commercial treaties were also
negotiated by him with England. Austria then
claimed his attention, and when the Government of
that country offered to cede the Duchy of Parma to
Sardinia, on condition that the new King would
abolish the constitution, he Indignantly refused the
preffered accession of territory. Count Cavour, one
of the wisest and most accomplished statesmen of
modern days, became his most trusted adviser,
remaining such until his death. It was by his advice
that the King, early in bis reign, entered upon a
crusade against the Papal hierarchy. The clergy
were despoiled of the monopoly of education, many
of their privileges were wrested from them, and the
greater portion of the Church property was secular
ized. As a punishment for these measures, he was
excommunicated by the Pope, a proceeding
against which he protested in vain. During
the early portion of his reign Genoa Indulged
In a revolt, and expelled his garrison; but the
army which the King sent against the rebellious
city was speedily successful, and his efforts to pro
mote the general prosperity of his kingdom were
equally so in the main. In 1855, -however, sickness
carried off, within a brief period, bis mother, his
wife, his brother, and his youngest child, and he
himself was brought to the verge of the grave. This
series of personal calamities was received with
great satisfaction by the ultramontane party, which
regarded the King's afflictions as a sign of the dis
pleasure of Heaven, and anticipated a restoration of
the old state of affairs which he had contributed so
much to overthrow.
But In the very midst of these misfortunes Victor
Emanuel achieved a master stroke of diplomacy, by
which Sardinia was for the first tlaie recognized as
one of the considerable powers of Europe, In
January, IBiS, a convention was concluded with
France and England, and formally signed on the
10tn of March following, by which Sardinia joined
the Anglo-French alliance against Russia, and be
came one of the participants in the momentous
struggle in the Crimea. A contingent of 17,000
Sardinian troons. under the command of General
De La Marmora, was despatched to the seat of
war In the East, and distinguished Itself through
out the struggle, more especially by a brilliant vlc-
- av k..bc v.a m. V awa Cln tha ranitn-
jaiion c: Sevastopol and tne ccasattoa or lioeUiitics,
8ardlnia was admitted to participation In the Con
ference of Tarls, where ner ambassador laid before
the representatives f the great powers an aide
paper on the state of Italy. The King also paid a
visit to France and England, and was received with
great enthusiasm In the capitals of both countries,
being decorated by the Emperor Napoleon with the
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, and create 1 by
Queen Victoria a Knight of the Garter, the highest
distinctions within the gift of these royal person
ages. In January, 1859, the Princess Clothllde, Victor
Emanuel's eldest child, then only 10 years old, was
married to Prince Napoleon, the cousin of the
French Emperor, and this event was followed
almost immediately by the outbreak of the war
of Italian independence and unity, In which France
and Sardinia together took the Held against Austria.
The relations of Sardinia with the latter country
had for a long time been quite the reverse of friendly,
and In the month of January the King announced
to his Parliament In person that a storm was im
pending. Count Cavour, the master spirit of the
Government In these rcrllous days, In a diplomatic
circular detailed the grievances of Sardinia against
AuRtria; the latter summoned Sardinia to disarm,
but In vain; the Austrian army crossed thcTlclno,
and the conflict was soon raging with great fierce
ness. Victor Emanuel was Invested by his Parlia
ment with dictatorial powers, and assumed the
command or his army in peison, entrusting to his
eldest son, Trince Humbert, who was but fifteen
years of age, the command of a brigade. Louis
Napoleon despatched a powerful array to the sup
port of the King, and in person assumed the com
mand of the nnltcd forces. Several grand and ter
rific contests followed each other with startling
rapidity, the Austrlans sustalnlcg disastrous de
feats at Montebello on the 20th of May; at Palcstro
on the SOth and 31st of the same month ; at Magenta
on the 4th of June; and still again at Solferlno on
the 24th of June. The Emperor and the King were
present In person at each of these memorable en
counters, and Bide by side they entered Milan amidst
the wildest tumult of enthusiasm.
The preliminary peace of Vlllafranca, which was
concluded on the 11th of July, terminated one of the
briefest and most brilliant struggles of the nine
teenth century, and secured the cession of Lombardy
to Sardinia; but It seemed, for the time, to put an
end to Victor Emonuel'a aspirations to rule over a
united Italy. Revolutions, however, broke out In
nearly all the sovereignties into which the peninsula
was divided, and Tuscany, Parma, Moduna, Sicily,
Naples, and the greater portion of the Papal SUtes
elected by ballot their own annexation to Sardinia.
The events connected with this great popular move
ment we detailed yesterday, and It is unnecessary to
repeat them nere. Victor Emanuel was now the un
disputed sovereign of the whole Italian peninsula,
with the exception of Venetia and the remnant of
the States of the Church which was still held In sub
jection by the Pope through the agency of foreign
bayonet?.
On the 17th of March, lc6l, the Parliament of the
united peninsula proclaimed Victor Emanuel King
of Ita'y, and the dream of Italian unity was almost
realized. This title was recognized by England on
the 30th of March and by France on the 24th of
June, aBd in 1SC5 the capital was removed from
Turin to Florence, where it was destined to remain
until, in the fulness of time, it could be removed to
Rome Itself.
The result of the war between Prussia and Aus
tria In 1866, as we detailed yesterday, was the ces
sion to Italy of Venetia, and It now only remains
for Victor Emanuel to occupy Rome to achieve a
complete fulfilment of the fond dream of his lire.
If at any time during the past four years he had
given the word, all Italy would have swarmed enthu
siastically around his standard, and marched with
impatience upon the Eternal City. But the hands
of Victor Emanuel have been tied by treaties, and
by their provisions he has been forced not only
to forego the leadership of his people, but to assist
in suppressing, with an iron hand, every manifesta
tion against the national capital of Italy, even when
Garibaldi himself assumed the lead. These spasmo
dic manifestations, which have dlsturbad the peace
of the country ever since Its consolidation, have
terded greatly to retard the progress or the nation
In Its onward career. The finances have been in a
very disordered condition, rendering the imposition
of burdensome and obnoxious taxes and monopolies
necessary, to the great dissatisfaction of the people.
There have been frequent changes In the Ministry,
especially since the death of Count Cavour, and the
Church party has been equally as intractable as the
extreme radical party. The evil genius of the ex-
Emperor of the French likewise weighed
like an Incubus upon the nation and Its
ruler, and the obligations under which
he had placed ! the King made It Impossible for
the latter to be anything more than a mere tool in
his bands whenever he chose to dictate one policy
or forbid the adoption of another. Napoleon is now
removed from the field, however, and the French
troops have been recalled from Rome ; and Victor
Emanuel, after having labored earues ly and pa
triotically to lead his psople onward In the march tsw
wards a more perfect civilization and a rational dg
gree of political, religious, and social liberty, at last
finds himself net only at liberty, but under the ne.
cesslty, of completing the great work of his life by
transferring the capital of his kingdom from Florence
to Rome.
Victor Emanuel has a family of four children, the
Frlncess Clothllde Marie Therese Louise, born
March 2, 1S43, and married, as above stated, to
Prince Napoleon, January 30, 1859; Prince Humbert
Renter Charles Emanuel Jean Marie Ferdinand
Eueene. Prince of Piedmont and heir apparent to
the throne, born March 14, 1844: Prince Amadous
Ferdinand Marie, Duke of Aosta, born May 30, 1845;
and the Princess Marie Pla, born October 1, 184T,
and married, October 6, 1SG2, to Luis I, the present
King of Portugal. Both of the sons of the King are
also married, Humbert, the elder, having espoused
the Princess Marsraret of Savoy, daughter of the
late Duke of Genoa, on the 22d of April, 1333; while
the vounsrer was married to Maria, daughter of the
ITlnse of Cisterna, on the 30th of May, 1S67.
Plus IX, Pope of Kene.
Giovanni Maria Mastal Ferrettl, Pope of Rome
and head of the Catholio Church, under the title of
Pius IX, was born In Sinigaglla, May 13, 1792. He
was a son Of Count Girolamo SolazzL In his
eleventh year he was sent to a college at Volterra,
and In 1603 went to Rome to pursue his ecclesiastical
studies. During the French occupation he retired
to Sinigaglla, but in 1814 returned to the capital, and
in December, 1818, received holy orders.
In 1S23 he visited Chili in company with the apos
tolic delegate, Monsignor Muzl, and passed two
vears at Santiago employed In preaching and In
structing. Returning to Rome in December, 1825,
he received from Leo XII the appointment of Presi
dent of the Hospital of St. Michael, where he re
mained about a year and a half. In 1827 he was
created Archbishop of Spoleto. During the dis
turbances of 1831 he induced 4000 Insurgents who
had taken refuge in Spoleto to surrender to the
Papal authorities, and at the same time was In
trusted ad interim with the civil administration of
the provinces of Spoleto and Perugia
In 1832 he was transferred to the see of Imola, and
in December, 1839, ereatetTcardinal, bis appointment
beliiK reserved in vetto until December, 1840. His
residence at Imola was signalized by the foundatloa
of a college for ecclesiastical students, asylums for
orphans of both sexes, and a house for female pent
tents under the Sisters of tne Good Shepherd,
On the death of Pope Gregory XVI the conclave
chose him Pope, June 16, 1846, after a session of
forty-eight hours, and on the next day be was pro
claimed under the title of Pius IX. The election of
a man of such well-known liberal sentiments was
hailed with universal acclamation. On July 16 he
published a general amnesty to political offenders,
J m ia&ete!j ftftexaKU appud himsetf with.
great diligence to reforming the administration,
lowering the taxes, granting concessions for rail
roads and similar Improvements, opening public
offices to laymen, and stimulating manufactures
and agriculture. lie visited the hospitals and other
Institutions In disguise, In order to detect whatever
faults might exist In their management, and made
his appearance In tho streets on foot and without
pomp.
In November, 1S47, he called together a Council of
State composed of delegates from the provinces.
The enthusiasm exhltcd by his liberal course ex
tended throughout Europe and America; and In De
cember, 1847, a remarkable meeting of sympathy
was held by Protestant citizens In New York. Tho
revolutions of 1849. however, soon made the Romans
dissatisfied with the moderate concessions of tho
Pope; and his unwillingness to take an active part
in the Italian campaign against Austria, though ho
permitted a body of volunteers to march to the
frontier, increased the popular discontent. He is
sued a proclamation, promising a constitution on a
liberal basis, and summoned to the ministry the for
mer French Ambassador, Count Rossi; but on
November 15 Rossi was assassinated at ther
dcor of the council chamber; on the next
day the populace, the civic guard, the gendarmerie,
the troops of the line, and the Roman legion be
sieged the Quirinal and forced the Pope to accept
a radical ministry ; and on the 24th, having mean
while remained a prisoner in his own pilace, with no
control over the civil administration and little or
none over ecclesiastical affairs, he escaped, dis
guised as a simple priest, in the carriage of the
Bavarian Minister, Count Spaur, to Gaeta. Hero he
was received with great honor. TheJKlng and Queen
immediately sailed from Naples to meet him, and
persuaded him to abandon his original pur
pose of accepting the hospitality of Spain. Declara
tions oi attachment and sympathy, and presents of
money, were poured npon him from all quarters of
the world. Be Immediately Issued a protest against
the acts of the revolutionary government, and on
February 18, 1849, called upon the Catholic powers
particularly France, Spain, Austria, and Naples
for armed assistance. On the same day the Roman
Constituent Assembly declared the Inauguration of
a republic, and the deposition of the Pope from his
temporal authority.
On April 25 a French force landed at Clvlta Vec-
chla, and marched upon Rome, while the Austrlans
invaded the northern and the Spaniards the south
ern provinces. Rome capitulated July 1, and the
government was Intrusted to a papal commission, a
consulta of state, a consult a for finances, and pro
vincial councils. The Pope returned to his capital
In April, ISM). He declared a partial amnesty, but
his progressive tendencies had been thoroughly
checked, and he afterwards showed no disposition
to rule as a constitutional monarch, bhortly after
his restoration he published a brief restorlug ithe
Roman Catholic hierarchy in England, a measure
which provoked a violent outburst of popular feel
ing, and led to an act of Parliament forbidding the
Catholic bishops to assume their titles.
In 1SC4 he invited the bishops from all part3 of
Christendom to meet at Rome, and with their con
sent formally defined the doctrine of the Immacu
late conception to be a dogma of the Catholic faith.
The ceremony took place in S Peter's December S.
Among other Important ecclesiastical acts of this
portion of his pontificate were the conclusion of
concordats with Spain (1851), Baden (1854), and
Austria (1855), and the foundation at Rome of Eng
lish and American colleges for students of theology.
At the time of the treaty of Vlllafranca, after the
Italian war of 1859, it was proposed by the Emperors
of France and Austria to favor a confederation of the
Italian States nnder the honorary presidency of the
Pope, but the project was soon abandoned. In the
meantime a revolution had commenc ed in the papal
territories, and on July 12 and December 7, 1859, his
Holiness addressed notes to the diplomatic body,
complaining of the part taken by Sardinia la these
movements, and asking the assistance of foreign
powers in behalf of his temporal authority, on
October 1 the Sardinian charge dajaires at Rome re
ceived his passport. On December 2 the Pope
addressed a letter to the French Emperor refusing
to take part in the proposed European Congress un
less tie Emperor recognized the Integrity of the
Papal States as defined by the treaties of IS 15. Na
poleon replied by advising the surrender or the Ro
inagna as the only possible solution of the Italian
question, and the Pope published, January 19, 1S00,
an encyclical letter explaining his reasons for re
acting the Emperor's r-lvlce. This was followed,
March 26, by a bull or excommunication against all
persons concerned In the Invasion and dismember
ment or his dominions, which was published with
the usual formalities on the 29th.
But, despite his repeated protests, the annexation
of the greater portion of the Pope's dominions to the
new kingdom of Italy was perfected by a popular
vote, in March, I860 ; and after that date repeated
attempts were made upon all that was left, and even
upon Rome Itself, by the Red Republican element
with Garibaldi and other reckless leaders at its neaa
The presence of the French troops in and around
Rome, and the timely action of the King or Italy,
however, sufficed to suppress these manifestations,
and as long as the French remained in Rome
the temporal power of the Pope was apparently se
cure. The final evacuation or Rome by the French
on the 8tb of August might not have proved fatal,
U it had not been closely followed by the overthrow
of Napoleon, as Victor Emanuel was still uuder
obligations to preserve the temporalities of the
Church from assaults by his own people. But now
the Pope is powerless to resist, and must sit by
calmly while he is deprlvtd of the petty domain
which be has seen narrowed down from 17,210
square miles of territory and over 8,000,000 inhabi
tants to 4552 square miles and 723,121 inhabitants.
or tho great Oecumenical Council which recently
adjourned its sessions, it is unnecessary to speak at
length here. .The Council was assembled In the
Vatican on the 8th or December, 1869, and arter a
lengthy session, on the 13th ol July last, by a vote or
450 to 88. ratified the dosrma or Infallibility, in defi
ance of protests from nearly every Catholic country
in the world. Thse and the other events connected
with the Council are of ti recent occurrence to
demand recital in detail at present-
Cardinal Antonelli, the Papal Premier.
With the downfall of the temporal power of the
Pope, Antonelli, the wily diplomat who has been the
chief adviser or the Topo ror so many years, will
cease to figure prominently in the political history
of the period. Glacomo Antonelli belongs to an
Italian family or the middle class, and was born at
Sonnlno on April 2, 18C6. He was educated in
Rome for the Church, and, entering into holy
orders, held several positions uuder Gregory XVI,
the predecessor of Pius IX, being finally, on Juue
11, 1847, raised to the dignity or Cardinal Deacon oy
the present Pone, under the title or St Agatha. In
1849, after the Pope's arrival as a fugitive at Gaeta,
Antonelli was raised to the position of Secretary of
State of the Papal Government, in which
lie Btlll remains, being also President of
the Council or Ministers and Prefect or
the Sacred Apostolic Palaces, or the Sacred
Congregation or Liretto, and the Consulta. Plus
IX has relied Implicitly npon his counsel, and many
of tha most elarlnir errors into which he has been
led are attributable to the influence or the Cardinal,
who unites to an Indomitable will and unflagging
enerev. a coldness or manner and a strenuous an
tagouism or the innovating spirit of the age.
The census takers in some portions of the
West Lave as funnv ezDeriences as those In the
large cities in this section. One has discovered
a lady in Indiana who is nappy ana caawnieu
in the name of Jane Juliette Isalina AramlnU
MuBadora Peeks; and in Ohio a family has been
found where the first son is named imprimis,
the second Finis, and the three others Appea
dix, Adcetdum, and Erratum.!
SECOND EDITION I
WAR NEWS BY CABLE.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT !
The Prussians at Paris.
Tlie Italian Revolution.
A Decisive Battle Fought.
Defeat of the Papal Troops.
Terrible Railroad Accident.
A Train Thrown Into the Trent.
Etc. Etc.. Etc. Etc. Etc.
FROM EUROPE.
Railroad Bridge at t'orbell Destroyed.
Paris, St-pt. 14. Tte Ministry has made pub
lic the following ofllc'al intelligence: The rail
road bridge at Corbcil has been destroyed by
the French.
Note. Corbcil ia eighteen miles southeast
of Pari. At this point the railroad to Lyons
croeses the river Seine.
Prunnlana Only Five Allies from Paris.
The Prussian Uhlans were at Nogent-sur-
Marnc on Monday, only five miles east of tho
city.
The Destruction of Bridges Forbidden
Orders have been given by the German com
mander forbidding the destruction of bridges
behind the army nnder dire penalties.
Prussian Engineers.
A large body of Prussian engineers is at
Champigny, a few miles east of Paris.
The Grand Advance.
The German cuirassiers are still before Sois-
sons. Twenty-live hundred Bavarians are at
Vancoulleura.
A proclamation of Cremieux announces the
approach of the Prussians and calls upon all
Parisians and Frenchmen to rise and oppose
them. He implores the departments outside of
Paris to rise against the invaders and create
indestructible ramparts. He Invokes the
memory of 1793 to expel the foe introduced by
a hateful and incapable Empire.
Intriguing Socialists.'
Bert is, Sept. 14. A party of eoclaUsts at
Brunswick, who were intriguing against the
Prussian throne, have been sent to prison on
the Russian frontier.
Prussians with the Chassepot.
Several 1 ussian regiments have been armed
with chassepots captured from the French.
The Laos Explosion.
The cause of the explosion at Laon, whereby
the citadel was destroyed, is still a mystery,
though the prefect of the department and a
number of prisoners have been subjected to a
rigid examination by Baron von Moltke.
Seven Prussian Army Corps at Pari.
London, Sept. 14. If the plan of the Prus
Elans is realized, they must have seven army
corps before Paris this morning.
The French and German Fleets.
It would seem that the French and German
fleets are now in sight of the each other near
the Island of Heligoland, in the North Sea.
Terrible Kallroad Accident.
London, Sept. 14. A dreadful railroad acci
dent occurred at Tamworth, in the county of
Stafford, this morning. A train known as the
Irish mall, which left Holyhead, Wales, late
lost night, when entering Tamworth was
thrown from the traek by a misplaced switch.
The entire train, mostly composed of passes
per coaches, was plunged into the Trent river.
Thus far the bodies of the engineer and four
passengers have been recovered. Much confu-
sion prevails at the scene of disaster, and it is
almost impossible to get correct accounts. The
loss of life has been fearful.
The Revolution In Italy Battle Between the
Italian Troop and the Pontifical Force.
Surrender of the Latter.
Florence. Sept. 13 Evening. The follow
ing official news has just been made public:
The Papal troops have evacuated the town of
Terrecina. The Italians were warmly welcomed
at Viterbo and elsewhere on their appearance
In Pontifical territory. The Papal troops fra
ternlzed with the Italian soldiers.
General Cadorna's advance southward from
Viterbo was stopped for a time at Civita CaS'
tellana. The Papal Zouaves, forming the gar
rlson in the castle at that place, opened a fire
on the Italians. A battle ensued, which lasted
about an hour, when the Pontifical force ear-
rendered. They were then taken to Spoleta as
prisoners of war.
Several places have been occupied by the
Italian troops at the request of the citizens.
Frosinone has been evacuated by the Papal
forces, which Lieutenant-General Angeliottis,
of the Italian forces, now occupies. Lieutenant-
General Bixlo holds cornets about twelve miles
from Clvlta Vecchia. The 4th Corps left Civl
ta Castellana late last nlht, after reducing
the castle. This force is now marchlDg on
Rome.
This Morning;'. Quotation.
London. Sent. 14 11-ao A. M Consols for money,
92, and for account, 92 v. American ; securities
steady; U. 8. 6-203 of lstSJ. 90; of 1865, old, 89tf;
of lb67. S8V ; 10-408, 65. Stocks easier; Krle, 18;
Illinois Central, 112 5tfi Atlantic and Great Western,
uo.Lt Ttronflunitl'ia firmer.
Fbaxkkob, Kept. 14 U. 8. bonds closed quiet and
steady last evening.
i ivinwini. Knt- 14 11"80 A. M. Cotton Arm
mlddlina uplands,id. ; middllug Orleans, d. Tne
sales to-day are estimated at 12,0W) bales,
i L on dom. Bept. 14. Tallow is quiet and steady,
f hl Afternoon' Uuotatlona.
London. Sept. 14 -S P. M.-Conaois, 98 for
money and 92V for account. American seem
Liverpool, 8epu 14-8 P. M Cotton la a snade
flr.....r. ...irMliiiff nDlandS. 9W(9!id. : middling Or.
i&T. Birtufe'd. The sales are now estimated al
16.000 tales. Vort quiet
AKiwsar, Bept. -Petroleum opened firm,
fiwm tiiedominion.
Montreal Boat Race.
Montreal, Sept. 14 To-day the first of the
usual races of the Lnrline Boating Club takes
place. The first contest win be a single scull
race for the championship of the St. Lawrence,
two miles. Tho second for double scull out
riggers, two miles, for a prize of $100. The
third for four-oared outriggers, four miles, for
tl50. The fourth fbr four-oared outriged
boats, 2 miles, open to boys under sixteen years;
the first prizef20 and the second prize $5.
On the second day will occur the great four-
oared race for the championship of the world
and 5000, between the Tyne and St. John
crews. The distance will be six miles.
There will also be an Indian canoe race for
$50 and a slngle-scull outrigger race for two
miles, open to the English and Canadian crews,
for $150. The St. John's crew hold a good
position in the pools. Rctfforth, Winshlp, and
Taylor are entered for a slngle-scull outrigger
race. The races promise to be of intense in
terest. Qnebee Agricultural Roelety.
The exhibition of the Quebec Agricultural
Society commenced tday. Tho prizes are
very liberal and open to the world.
FROM THE PACIFIC COAST.
8an Francisco, Sept. 13.
General Jefleron V. Davl.,
of the United States army, has arrived from
Alaska.
Relief for Germany.
A telegram from Berlin, Prussia, announces
the receipt of $30,000 from the San Francisco
German Sanitary Committee.
The French Manltary Fund
amounts to $24,000. The monthly subscriptions
reach $0500.
FROM THE WEST;
Colorado Territory Elections.
Denver, Sept. 13 The election for dele
gate to Congress to-day was closely contested.
Tho returns from Denver, Georgetown, Idaho,
Puebla, Hugo, Kit Carson, and several other
points have been received, and make the elec
tion of Chaffee, Republican, almost certain, with
general Republican gains. There was an un
usual excitement in Denver, but general good
order prevailed.
FROM NEW YORK.
Congressional Nomination.
Albant, Sept. 14. At the Republican County
Convention held yesterday at Rome, Ellis II.
Roberts, editor of the Utica Herald, was nomi
nated for Congress from the Oneida district
unanimously, on a viva voce vote, no other
name being presented to the convention for
nomination.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The National Union League.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 14 The National Com
mittee of the Union League of America, will
hold a meeting at the St. Nicholas Hotel, New
York, on Tuesday next, at noon.
BATTLE OF METZ.
Prussian Ofllclal Report.
From the Staats Anzeiger, Berlin, Aug. 26.
The battles of the 14th, 10th, and 13th of Aucrust
are In close connection with each other. After the
defeat of their advance guard at Saarbrucken on the
6i h, and the entire defeat of their right winiy under
juaciuanon, tne enemy b main uouy recreated on me
line of the Moselle. The fortress of Tnlonville and
the very important stronghold or Metz,, with its en
trenched camp, gave extraordinary strength to this
line. A direct auacK wouia nave its auueui
ties. Our armies were for that reason turned
towards the Moselle, south of Metz, to cross the
river below the fortress, and to find the enemy. The
movement or tne neavy masses, wnicn could only
advance In Important columns, bad to be conducted
with special precaution. The first army undertook
to cover ine marcn. xne enemy at one lime maie
a demonstration or accepting an assault on this
side of Metz, on the right banK or the Aloselle, in
the strong position of the Neld Fraucalse ; the next
division of the second army were brought close to
the first in order that they might be able to support
them at tne ngnc momeni. lueanwnusxne otner
corps of the second army had already passed
the Moselle. The enemy found himself
consequent' compelled not to lose
his communicauoDB wim runs, to aoanaon
the right banK of the river before Metz, as he
dare not maxe any opposition to our movement.
Tne advanced guard of the first army detected the
enemy's retreat in good time, and on the 14th of
August threw themselves upon the French rear
guard, which they drove into the columns of their
main body. Several divisions had to turn to their
support; upon which the 1st and 7th corps, together
witn some divisions oi me om Army orps oi me
second army, which was the nearest, were brought
into action, ine enemy was reuuiseu auu louoweu
until they got within the shelter of the guns of
Metz on the right bank. This check on the enemy's
retreat was a great advantage to us.
Two roads lead from Metz ta Verdun, the line
which the French army must take In their eventual
retreat. Accordingly the corps of the second army
engaged in crossing the Moselle were directed
towards the southern road, aud, if possible, to pre
vent the Hank march of the enemy. This important
pln was admirably performed in a bloody and vic
torious battle. The 6th Division, btulpnagel, as
sailed the open nank of the enemy, Frossard s
corps; the Prussians only availed themselves
of the remainder of the 3d Army Corps, the
loth Army Corps, a regiment of the 9th, and a
brigade of the 8th corps, rrince Frederic was
In command. The positions captured at the outset
were victoriously maintained in a ngnc or twelve
hours duration, the southern road from Metz to Ver
dun reached and held, and the enemy's movement
on Paris, by this road, cut otr. The battle was hero
lean fouirht bv our iroons: the losses were severe,
but those of the enemy much sreater, as an Inspec
tion of the battle-tield established. It was impossi
ble, up to the 19th, to bury tae rrencn ieuou mo
Held, and the number of the Imperial Guard still
hlng there prove the enormous losses of those
picked troops. The French omolal reports do not
estimate the strength of their troops so high as It
actually was. From the Emperor s proclamation on
his departure from Metz, as well as from other onl
ctal data, there can be no doubt that the main array
intended very Judiciously to retire to Verdun. The
flank march on the northern road, or by bending
round on a still larther circuit, was still possible.
Although such an undertaking would be highly
nAriiniiu it was still a probable attempt, as the only
means of escape from the very unfavorable position
by which the army was cut off from Paris and all Its
support. The lTth was employed by the Prussians
1U Bending lOrWMU bUU OCCim KJKIl Vat lUUIQ Ul IT UllU
were already over the Moselle, or had been
breaking down me several linages over me river
below Metz. At the same time the movements of
the enemy were diligently watched by the cavalry.
Hu Majesty the King was on the spot until tue fall
ing day precluded auy movement by the enemy. On
the lbth a decisive battle was expected. In the
d'rectlon of the troops, we miifht be prepared that
the esemy would try to escape on me nunueru ruu,
or, recognizing the great duiloulty of this attempt,
he might prefer to give battle before Metz, with bU
rear to Germany. The enemy's euoouuter of our
previous operations had left him no other choice. In
inemormngoi mo joiu no .t y L
the 7th Corps south of Gravelotte the 6th
i crps and 1st Cavalry Division of Kezonvllle (the
let Corps and 8d Cavalry Division were left on the
rlaht bank of Mete). This army received orders to
protect the woods of Vaux and Gravelotte against
.it. ,. .Via aniiiit. frnm li.t'. ThA am'.nnrt urmv
HUT Bttl'j mo "- - . - -j
advanced In the morning by echelons from the left
wlnir sgainst the northern road, keep ng its comtnu
ntcatlons with the Unit army The 12tn Corps re
ceived the direction from Mars-le-Tour to Tarny,
the Guards passing between Mars-le-Tour and Vlou
ville to Doncourt; the 9th Corps west of ltezonville
stretching over the post road to Ciulre farm. Taare
three corps formed the first line; If the points
mentioned were pained, we should be In possessloi
of the northern main road. Saxon and Prussian
cavalry went forward to open the way. So soon aa
it was perceived that the enemy were not retiring,
he could only be still before Metz. Accordingly
these three corps were obliged to make a grand
change of front, and advance together to the at
tack of the enemy. In the second line were the
loth and 8d Corps, and as a last reserve the 2d Army
Corps just coming up from Pont-a-Mousson.
At 10 30 It was ascertained that the enemy had
given up the retreat, and had taken position on the
last range of hills before Metz. The second armj
was ordered to continue the advance of their right,
and, still maintaining communication with the first
army, to direct their centre and left on VernevUle)
and Amanvlllers. The general attack would not
tiegin until this movement was accomplished, when
the fronts of the strong position could be assaulted
at the same moment as the right fiank. The
9th Corps threw themselves immediately on the
enemy's foremost divisions. Towards 12 o'clock,
the artillery fire at Vernevllle showed that the
corps on that side was engaged. The first array
was next ordered to occupy the enemy on the
helRhts in their front by an artillery tire. At 1-48 a
constant and well-directed cannonade opened
against the heights of Point du Jour, which tha
enemy returned with several batteries. The thunder
of their heavy gnus was pierced at times by the pe
culiar sound of their mitrailleuses. JUetween 3 and 3
the infantry ba'tle began. It was made evident
that the enemy in full force had taken a position on
the heights that stretch from St. Marie aux Chenes
and St. All over the wood of La Cusse to the cross
roads of Point du Jour.
Their position was extraordinarily strong; their
tenabiiity was increased by entrenchments and tiers
of rlnc-pttj. In some places the ground has the ap
pearance of a regular fortiucatlon. The attack could
not be made easier, as the generals In command
had the dlmcnlttask of so arranging their measures
that the troops both on the north and on the east
were ready, and the latter assault could not com
mence until It was known that the enemy had aban
doned their Intention of retreating. Moreover, it
was Impracticable to penetrate the sweeping move
ment of the enemy's right wing, and there was
nothing else than to attack the front of the formid
able position.
Long and severely tho battle raged on the various
points. On the left wing were the Saxons and the
Guard around St. Marie aux Chenes, then round the
steep declivity of St. Puval la Montagne, and about
this village and round Koncourt. On the right, at
St. All and further beyond Habonville, the wood of
I.a C'uesb and Vernevllle, as far as tho northern
Metz and Verdun road, were the Guard and 9th
Army Corps. At Gravelotte, in the wood of
Vaux, as far as the Moselle, 7th and 8th Corps, and
on the other side of the Moselle a brigade of the
1st Army Corps were engaged. Some divisions of
the 8d and loth Corps were also in the action, par
ticularly artillery, on the enemy's side their whole
army was engaged, even tho troops at tlrst intended
for the marine expedition, excepting the MacMahon
Corps and the larger part of Failly's Corps.
The Invincible oravery of our troops succeeded
before evening in storming the heights .and rolling;
back the enemy's whole line, whereby ;tue 2d Army
Corps made decided attack on their right wing.
The battle ended at 9 30, In perfect darkness. During
the night the enemy retired within the entrenched
camp of Metz. Countless wounded and scattered
divisions wandered about In the vicinity or the
battle-field.
His Majesty the King, who had directed the battle .
from the heights of Gravelotte, made his headquar
ters at ltezonville. The losses, as might have been
expected In such a battle, must be very serious ; but
they cannot be even approximated, neither do we
know the number of the prisoners or trophies. As
to the latter, we could not expect In any conflict
near Metz any considerable capture of booty, as
pursuit Is impossible. The battle has established
the propriety of the Btrategetlcal movements around
Metz, the result being that the enemy's army are
completely cut off from all their communications
with Paris. It Is satisfactory that this eventful day
has been signalized by the fraternal union of the
Prussian, saxon, ana uessian troops.
FINANCE Ani COMMERCE.
KvrNiNa TixioRAPa Omci,) i
Wednetdar , Sept. 14, 1070. f '
There is a lively demand for money to -day,
and It is met very freely both at the banks and
outside at yesterday's rates. But there is a
general fear that stringency may yet overtake
us before the season is over and Injuriously
affect the results of the fall trade. There should
be no good grounds for these apprehensions,
for there are ample supplies available If they
were only let loose. The enormous hoards in
the Treasury vaults, and which are constantly
accumulating by large daily custom house
receipts and otherwise, will be the direct causes
of any evil of this kind which we may have to
deplore, and it Is to be hoped that Mr. Boutwell
will at once reverse a policy which can only
paralyze trade and industry whilst effecting no
kind of good result.
Gold is quiet but stronger, with sales at 114S
114, dosing at
Governments have again advanced, but there
is not much doing.
Stocks are active and stronger. Sales of City
Cs new at 101. Lehigh Gold Loan changed
hands at 89.
Reading1 Railroad was steady with trifling
rales at 48; Pennsylvania advanced, selling at
Wh&i Camden and Amboy was taken at 115:
Minehlll at 51; Lehigh Valley at 58, and Oil
Creek and Allegheny at 45).
In Canal shares there were sales of Lehigh at
The balance of the list was steady, but
the only sales were Commercial Bank atj 59 and
Spruce and Pine Streets Railway at 24.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven A Bro., No. 40 S.Thlrd street.
FIKST BOARD.
tlOOOCAAmes, 83. 93
4ooshPennaR 69 V
100 do 69?
800 dO...ls.B30. 59
65 do IS. 69V
9 shLeh Val R... 68V
48 dO IS. 68V
lOOshLehNav.blO. 83V
19 811 Sp A Pine R.. 24
100 8h OCA A R R. 45 V
81 BhReadR...'. .. 43V
2000 City 6s, New.101
sou ben in 68, tra.. vi
8500 do 72
tu00 Leh 6a gold L . . 69
50O do 90
I&00O WUmiRlUS 94
f2000 do bC. 94
lOshCora'l Pk.... 69
82 eh OA A R.. Is. 115
15 sa Minehlll R.U. 61J 1
JatCookb k. Co, quote Government securities as
follows: D. 8. 63 Of 1881, 113(4114,'.' ; 6-20s Of 1862,
1134113 Vi da 1864, llianiv; da Nov. 1865,
111K8112V; do. do., July, It0(4ll0,v ;do.da,lS67,
llO'.HOS'; do. 1868, llOKOUU; 10-408, 1O6,0
106s; ; Pacifies, nuUl. (Joid. 114V.
MES8K8. Da Haven It Bkothsb, No. 40 8. Third
Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations :
U. 8. 6S of 1881, USft(U4 V; do. 1862, 113(4113 V i
da 1864, mvinv; da lsea, ni-t4iia; da i860,
new, U0VOU0X ! do. 1867, do. 110S(110S' 5 da 1868,
da il0)$ tfliov ; 10-408. 106v3l06)r. U. 8. 80 Year
6 per cent, currency, uitamv. uoia, U4(ii4V I
Silver, 108(4111; Union Pacific- Railroad 1st Mort.
Bonds, 810&820 ; Central Pacific Kallroad, s08)0 ;
Union Pacific Land Grant Bonds, 735&760. Due
Comp. Int. Notes, 119.
Nabh fcLioNKK, Brokers, report this morning
Gold quotations as follows :
10-O0A.M 11 12S31 P. M...: 114f
1025 " 114V 181H " U4V
10- 83 114 M'W " 114V
11- 20 " 114V 12125 " 114.V
11-31 " .H4V
N. Y. MONEY MARKET YESTERDAY.
Trom tit N. T. Herald,
"Tha fleringa of money have been larger to-day thtn
for tome time past, and loans on oall at hiKber tiian live)
per cent, were aomewbat exceptional. Tue stock brokers
were penerallj and very readily supplied at fire por cent.
d ine Government dealers at four per cent. There is aa
change to nete in commercial paper. The recent heavy
failure i Boion has bad no intluenoe here.
"i'oreisn exchange waa dull and rather easier in actual
transactions, although the nominal quotations were the)
""''ih, advance in our bonds at London to-day led to a
weak gold market at the opening, aoine cousiderabl
orders to key governments on toreign account being ac
companied ly corresponding sales of gold, nnder which
the price fell to Afterward the opinion was com
municated by cable that peace negotiatioaa were liable to
be futile for the present, owing to tie hrm poaition of thej
provisional French government in demanding the remo
val of the Prussian foroea from Kranoe ae a preliminary
to such negotiations, and as 'the aborts were rather
sensitive, owing to the sharp demand for ca&h gold at the)
Clearing lloube, arise to 114 resulted. Here it was re
poited that b.zaine had surrendered the garrison of
Si ell. and a decline to 11-t'. ensued on the theory that
Prusbian viotonea favor a lower premium. The clearances
to-day were onl M.'WJMO, which fact shows the dolnesa)
prevailing in the Gold Room.
-I ll, (jov.rtim.nt martet was firm, with more activity.
The improved feeling was due to the annv.unesni.nt of aa
advance in London to 9u(atk the highest quotation
made there since the reaction I row the first depressioa
eoeaatoned by the Knrop.an war. At the same time)
boy.ra were readily supplied, owing to the large amount
of bonds on the market awaiting realization, tile being
the Hum wbn there ia usually a large transfer of th
rapitai mveeied in tu.se aajorittes to o her nnr ee of ia,
ctuta, XbailiaiMwatcaifiieaforeiBMea&wt