TP3 m 1 E(&raf: H H IL J. VOL. XIV NO. C5. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. FIRST EDITION THE ROMAN QUESTION. Advance on the Eternal City. The Temporal Power. Its Rise and Decline. The Present Status. THE WAR IN EUROPE. Battle of Mars-la-Tour. The Decline of Imperialism. Germany and Her Premier. The Woes of Washburne THE ROMAN QUESTION. The Victorious Italian Advnnee Vpon the tcrnnl CHy The Klse and Decline of Hie Temporal Pever and Its Present Htatus. According to last night's despatches, the Italian advance upon Rome is still progressing, and in one instance only has there been a show of opposition thus far. It is believed that the Pope has given strict orders to his army to make no resistance, and that the attempt made at Civita Castellona to obstruct the march of Victor Emanuel's army, resulting in the surren der of the Papal force after the battle, which lasted about an hour, was in defiance of these orders. The fact that the Pope has made a formal protest to the diplomatic corps against the occupation of his dominions is confirmed, but it appears to make no Impression upon the policy of the Italian Government. To a note from the King, to the effect that he had thought it his duty under the circumstances to occupy the Papal territory, leaving to the Pontiff the free exercise of his spiritual functions, an answer was received that was entirely illegible. The Italian advance upon Home has awakened great enthusiasm throughout the country, and it is impossible for Victor Emanuel to back out now, even it he were disposed to do so. In fact, the occupation of Rome has become an absolute necessity, to save not only Rome, but all Italy, from the Intrigues of the Mazzinlans and Garibaldians; and the sooner it is completed and the capital permanently established in the Eternal City, the better for both Italy and Rome. The Kltie and Decline of the Temporal Power ol liie rope. The temporal power of the Pope is traced Lack to the year 753, when Pepin, King of the Funks, bestowed upon Pope Stephen and his 6iIcceE6ors in the Apostolic See the territory comprised in the Exarchate of Ravenna, in full and absolute sovereignty. This grant was sub sequently ratified by the Imperial Government of Constantinople, to whom all Italy had be longed as part of the Roman empire, and the people themselves were extremely well-pleased with the installation of the Pope as their sove reign, as he was the only one to whom they could look for efficient protection from the inroads of the barbarians of the north. King Pepin had twice wrested the Exarchate from the hands of Astolphus, the rapacious King of the Lombards, and his disposition of the sove reign ty was not only confirmed by Charlemagne bis eon and successor, but the territory increased by the latter by a similar cession of the pro vinces of Spoleto and Perugia. Deslderlus, the successor of Astolphus, repudiated the treaties made by his predecessor with Pepin, and ren dered it necessary for Charlemagne to resort to war, which terminated in the entire overthrow of the kingdom of the Lombards in 774, after an exlttence of 200 years. In 1053 the territorial possessions of the Topes were increased by the Emperor Henry III, by the addition of the city of Benevento and the 6urroundjg country; in 1102, the Couu tees Matilda, of Tuscany, bequeathed to the Holy See the provinces of Viterbo and Civita Yecchia, known as the Patrimony of St. Peter; Forli and the rest of the Romagna were added in 1297, Bologna in 1364, the Sabina country to ward the close of the fourteenth century, Fer- rara in 1508, Urbino in 1G20, and Orvieto in 1619, In 1707 the greater portion of the Papal tcrri tory was wrested from the Holy See by General . Napoleon Bonaparte, for the French Republic, and incorporated in the Cisalpine Republic; and in 1708 Rome was occupied and organized into the Tiberine Republic, Pope Pius VI being led away a captive to Valence, in France, where he died at the age of eighty-two. At the begin nlng of the present century, however, Napoleon, baving overturned the French Directory, re stored to the Pope his former territorial posses clone, but only to deprive him of them again in lb09,when he refused to become a mere tool In his hands. The Papal territory was then annexed to the Kingdom of Italy, of which Napoleon Lad constituted himself sovereign, and Pope Plus VII was carried a prisoner to 1- ontalnebleau, where he was detained in close confinement until 1614. The Congress of Vienna, which re cast the map of Europe after Napoleon's final overthrow in 1815, restored to the Apostolic See the greater portion of 1U original possessions, embracing a territory of 17,210 square miles, and it thenceforth remained Intact until the war of 1859, at which time the population was about 3,100,000. The Papal Territory Before tbo Present la vaklon. The result of the wars of 1859 and 183, and the accompanying and Intervening insurrec tions, was the consolidation of the whole of the . peninsula . lnt the new kingdom ol Italy, with the exception of less than one-fourth of . .lie Papal dominions, a we narrated yesterday ' and the day before. JSfiM.J was Jeff a strip Ol KrrJtry 120 miles in length and varying in breadth from 18 to 50 miles, the coast line being about 1C0 miles in length, and divided nearly equally by the outlet to the Tiber. This strip of territory has an area of 4552 square miles, and at the latest accounts a population of l"i23,121. The province of Comarca, which Immediately sur rounds Rome, contains nearly half of the whole population, the population of the city of Rome Itself in 1868 being 217,378. The physical aspect of the country is mountainous, ex cept on the scacoast, where it is flat and marshy. The soil is naturally possessed of great fertility, but it is cultivated In such a primitive way as to render it almost worthless. The principal productions are grapes, olives, silk, rice, tobacco, coriander, anise seed, manna, sugar cane, indigo, and cotton. Live stock is abundant, especially goats and sheep, their principal value being for their milk. There is but one short railroad in the territory, and the ordinary highways, being in a wretched condi tion, are a great drawback to enterprising and successful agriculture. The Papal Government. The Papal Government is best described by the term patriarchal, the Supreme Pontiff being the absolute sovereign,, whoso will is law, but who never takes any measures of importance without consulting the leading members of his large family. Previous to 1847 all the important official positions were held by persons belonging to the prelacy, but since then some of them have been thrown open to the laity. While the Pope theoretically enacts all laws and nominates the incumbents of all high positions, the executive and legislative authority is practically exer cised by the Cabinet, which Is composed of the heads of the six departments into which the general administration of the Government Is divided. The names of the Ministers, with the dates of their appointment, are as follows: Secretary of State ana President of the Ministry- Cardinal Ulacorao Antonelll, appointed in 1849. Department or Finance Uluscppe Ferrari, ap pointed December 1. ISM. department or tne interior AUgusto xsegroni, appointed February 8, ISf.s. Department of War Brigadier-General Hermann Kanzler, appointed October 2S, H65. Department of Commerce, Arts, and Public Works Cardinal J. Berardl, appointed in April, 1M59. Department of Tollce - Lorenzo Bandi. appointed October 2S, 1HG5. lYeBtrteut of the council or state Cardinal Theo- dolpho Mcrtel, appointed in 1863. The revenue of the Government for 1863 was about 15,800,000; the expenditures about $14,800,000, leaving an ugly deficit of $9,000,000, or nearly double the amount of the annual revenue. The public debt, in 1867, re presented a capital of about $149, GOO, 000, with an annual rente or Interest of $7,480,000, an enormous sum, when compared to the resources of the country. By a convention concluded on December, 7, 1806, the Italian Government agreed to pay into -the Papal treasury $4,128,458, aud to assume an annual rente or interest payment on the debt of $3,725,555. The Papal army, according to the official sta tistics of 1869, was composed of 16,334 officers and men, made up as follows: Italians 8240 , Germans 1154 French 2930 Anstrl&ns. 8S Belgians 67S Spaniards .- 42 Dutch . .1713 Americana and Brazl- Swiss 9701 Hans 2T In addition to these forces there was at that time a corps of Zouaves composed of 4312 sol diers, embracing In its ranks 230 Italians, 1211 Frenchmen, 1893 Dutch, and 233 Canadians. Up to the 8th of August there was also at the disposal of the Holy Father for defensive pur poses the French garrison of about 5000 men. These have now been taken from blm, and the French soldiers in his regular army have also recently been taken back to France, leaving his disposable force, on paper, at 16,435. These figures are confirmed by the cable telegrams which place the- present Papal army at about 17,000 men. MARS-LA-TOUR. One of theBIopaieHtlBattlesofthe War-30,000 miiru nuu vvounueu. Tlie Prussian correspondent of the London Times. dating from Berlin, Aug. 80, gives the following graphic account of the sanguinary engagement at mars-ia- lour: At last we have detailed accounts of the most san guinary battle or the war, that of Mars-la-Tour, or ion vllle, on the 16th Inst. For a whole week It al most seemed as though a ved were t be thrown upon the horrors of this particular encounter. But- tne sue nee nas Deen nroKen at leDgtu, anu pudiio as well as private letters permit us to form a pretty accurate idea of what occurred on that fatal day. As will lie remembered, tne name was rougnt be. tween the van of Prince Frederick Charles aud the greater part of the French army under Ueneril Ba- zaine. Tiie rrince van, naving crossed me mo. selle, was marching north, on the left bank of the river, to intercept the retreat of the French to Paris. In the Immediate vicinity of Metz, behind whose ramparts the defeated enemy had been completing his preparations for a retreat, the Prussians fell lu with a French army. Mistaking the troops before them for the rear of the hostile army, which they supposed to be In full march westward, they at tacked at once. But the fight had not lasted long when they became aware of their error. They had to deal, not wHh a last lingering remnant of the French, but with the main body Itself. Considerably ueiayeu uy an manner or uouuts ana aimcumes. General Bazalne had not yet evacuated Metz, but was still encamped on the western flank of the for tress, preparatory to his march upon the capital. It was a disagreeable discovery to make for the Prus sians. They were about 37,000 strong; the force which they had challenged counted between 80,000 ana vu.uuu, ana naa about uu.ouo more within the walls of the adjoining stronghold. , Thus they stood and battled for nearly elcrht hours, 6ix times they were charged by the Imperial Guard : six times they repulsed the attack, aud, pursuing the enemy In their turn, drove li lra from position to position. One after the other, the corps of Generals Fret-sard, Canrobert, Deeaen, Ladmlrault, and the 2a Division or ttenerai rainy were rorcea to give way before the Prussian onslaught. But their tri umph was dearly bought by the gallant band. Un der the telling Are of the enemy they had suffered grievously from the first. Gradually their numbers were more ana more renucen ; at last ttiey were so lew, ami tnese so urea, that the French could ven ture to attack their guns. Not until after 6 o'clock.when, some Rhenish regi ments coming up, the Germans were no longer so very much outnumbered, did the scale of victory begin to incline in their favor. Eventually a general cnarge iorceu tne enemy to iait oack, nouy pursued iy tne Jianovenau norse ana artillery. a usual in a French retreat, confusion now enBued, and rapidly assumed a degree out of proportion to the defeat sustained. But for the vicinity of Metz and the pro tection It afforded to the disoomtitted troops there might have been another disaster like that of Woerth. This was avoided by the nearness of the detached forts, but from a military point of view re treat to Metz. whence there is no escape, was per haps even less eligible than flight to Paris, however precipitate and calamitous. The day of Mars-la-Tour has cost Germany almost twice as many men killed and wounded as the day of Kobuwratz. This is a fact which makes all the usual epithets, such as "terrible," "awful," etc, ap pear pitiably below the mark. Fortunately, 80 per cebt. or tue viotiriiB are sunnily wounaeu, aua win survive, although more or less Incapacitated for work. The French losses are Quite as large, and Include even a greater number of dead. Putting the casualties on bom siaes together, tne total we obtain is. 1 am afraid, rather In excess of SO.ooo. 'i ue announcements oi omuers' aeams m tne papers nil whole columns. Fathers, brothers, and brides are leaving In shoals for the front to fetch the corpses of their beloved ones. Heading these terri ble lists, one Is sometimes led to think that a whole feneration had passed away. Alasl at the name of Mars-la-Tour many a heart will ache for uiaoj a Jal to come, FRE5CH IMPERIALISM ts !rntiial Decline The l.rnnd Praoh Cletild Not nnve ueea rostpoaed Much lsOBer. The New York Commercial Advertiser has the fol lowing pertinent article: There Is no mistaking it. Napoleon's downfall could not have been averted many years longer, even though this war had not occurred. The tide of French public opinion was steadily setting against him. "Paris Is France ; and what ever Pans does France does." This saying always has been true, and doubtless always will be, to a certain extent; that Is to say, when the priesthood do not exercise an undue influence through the country. Such being the case, we may (Judge from her capital wnat has been the fee ng of France toward Napoleon. Here is the vote of the city since he overthrew the Republic: Ibr the Government. For the Opposition. lc52 132,000 1S53 86,000 1857 110,000 1SS7 101,000 1863 83,000jl803 149,000 1809 53,000 1869 210,000 The vote on the I'kbiscitum In May last was not a vote for or against the Government, but merely upon some proposed reforms, with a view as Napo leon claimed to enlarge the prerogatives and liberties of the people. Vet the balloting on the 'kbutcitum In Paris showed the following results : Yeas 111,000 Nays 15J.00O From the above figures It appears that Napoleon's popularity has been steadily declining in Paris; thaf. wnen ne proposea additional "reiornis," to use nis lftnennufi. the neonla voted ncralnst them bv a larare majority simply because they were proposed by him. in 18C2 nis majority, on a direct vote, was 46,uoo. in 1809 the majority against him was 145.000. In 1852 the Republicans and Oppositionists comprised about one-third of the voters of Paris. In 1809 they com posed nearly four-fifths of them. And this decided change In political views has taken place where Na poleon was best known; wnere ne nas lavished most of his "Improvements," and where one-fourth of the voters have been his employes. we learn rrom Tenots vaiuame dook, viz., Paris in December, 1851." that like changes have taken place In the large cities, such as Lyons, Mar seilles, Bordeaux, Nantes, Dijon, Nimes, Saint Btienne, Montpelier, Havre, Lille, Strasburg, Rouen, etc. If we look, continues the above writer, at the composition of the Assembly (Corps Lcglslatif) since 1852. we find surprising (though not corresponding) losses in the number of the Imperial or ofilclal mem bers or ttint body, in 1857 (tne first election for de puties under the Empire) the Opposition counted but five members out of two hundred and ninety, or one fifty-eighth of the whole; In 1SC3 they hal twenty two members, or one-thirteenth of the whole; in 1869 about seventy-seven members, or probably one third of the who'e, Including the first orators and statesmen of France. From these and other similar facts which we might collate were there space, It appears that the people of France were ripe lor a republic wnen it was pronounced; that in the villages and cities which mainly comprise the intelligence of France, a strong uesire lor tne restoration oi tne republic had resulted from a growing conviction of the wicked ness and deception In which the empire originated, and In the injustice and mismanagement which have attended it. And such being the case, we have more faith in the stability of the republic now pro claimed than is expressed Dy some or our contem porarles. Though springing up In the night, as it were, the people have been getting ready for it for years. And we have conlldeuce that It has elements or permanence; mat ioitowing tne ieau oi juies Favre as opposed to the madcap Victor Hugo class of men, the French people will now successfully solve the political problem of France. GERMANY. Max flliiller In Chnmnlonhlp of the Nation anu tue rremier. The German people in general, and Count Bis marck in particular, have fouud a champion In Mr. Max Juuiier, wno, in a letter to the London Times, which tills two columns, contends that the Prussian Premier has done nothing to forfeit the good opinions of Kngland. It docs follow that he ap proved Count Benedettl's proposals because he did not Instantly repudiate and make them public. A loreign .Minister is not uko a private individual. He stands in the position of counsel' for his country. An advocate may refuse to hold a brief lor any particular client, but having once accepted It he is bound In honor to think of the interests or nis client, ami to leave it to tne etner side to discover and lay open the weak points of his case. A foreign Minister is bound by the sim plest rules of prudence not to disclose many a secret, of which, as a private person, he might decline to become the depository. He has to listen to propo sals of compromises, and, for argument's sake, to take Into consideration eventualities which, as a man or honor, he might indignantly decline to en tertain. "Do you suppose," Mr. Max Muller asks, that Lord Palmerston had never to listen for a mo ment to suggestions about Turkey and Egypt, about Savoy and Nice, and was he driven from office by an Indignant people?" But Prof. Muller goes further, ana say s that unless ir jiarry verney (in repiyto whom the letter Is written) can produce crush ing proof to the contrary, he maintains against Sir llarry and against everybody, that since .1806 Count Bismarck's policy has been patriotic and peaceful, tans reproche, though, no doubt, also sans peur. Germany naa to be united ; everybody wno had tritd to unite It had failed ; Bismarck succeeded. ills Drocedure was not in all respects strictly regu lar, but "there are In the history of all countries great convulsions which one cannot criticize accord ing to the ordinary rules of right and wrong. We do not criticize thunder-storms that darken heaven and earth, strike down palaces, and carry off the narvestvr peacerui villages, we stand in awe wnue they last, but we know that Nature cannot do with out them, and that when they are past the air will be purer, and we shall breathe again more freely than before." Count Bismarck has believed war to bo Inevitable since the battle or Sadowa, but he has constantly exerted himself to put it off, hopiug that something might turn up in Frauce which would avert the necessity. 'He did not by abruptly refusing to listen to any more proposals wish to drive the Emperor to a de cided policy. We can well Imagine with what bitter scorn in his heart he said smilingly to Benedetti, 'If you must have something to quiet the people of Fiance, why there is Belgium, there is England, or Spain. Why do you not. take them?' Did he pro mise to help in these adventures ? Did he olnd him self to furnisn one single soldier? Did he be tray Belgium by thought, word, or deed, or act disloyally towards England?" Mr. Max Muller refuses to believe that Kngland and Ger many can ever be at enmity. "If Germany conquers, a new era of peace will dawn on Europe; for Germany, If once united, would tole rate no war of conquest. An army lu which every second man is tne iatner or a family is tue best guar antte for the peace of the world. There need be no foimal alliance between Kngland and Germany. The two nations are one In all that is essential in morality, In religion, in love of freedom, In respect lor law. i ney are bom nara workers, nara think ers, and, where it must be, hard hitters too. In the whole history of modern Europe, Germany aud England have never been at war; 1 feel convinced they never will be, they never can bo." "OUR MINISTER." t nsiiDiirnem a mate ot sure The: woes or a Diplomat liuvlna nllnrd Time. TbeLcndjn Telegraph says: What can you ex pect win n we are in the shadow of a siege? The American Minister Is likewise having a hard time of If. TVT- Wuutiltn.na Kaa nsvt Kin n k . 1 It fM to any great extent, with the care of plate and valuables for his fellow-countrvmen. for the Amerl' chub In Paris seem to have made up their minds to take things as they come, and with philosophic coolness. I have not heard of an American who has been arrested as a "Prussian sdv" a fate which. in the city or the provinces, has befallen about tm out or every dozen englishmen 1 have met here. Moreover, our American cousins, when travelling lu Europe, do not habitually encumber themselves with heavy services of plate aid as for their diamonds with which thev are as a rule pleutifullv suDo'led the gentlemen put them into their waistcoat pockets and the ladies pop them into their chignons when times kok ugly, and so everything Is very nice and com fortable. The trouble with the American Legation Is that the Prussians domiciled lu Paris are under United States protection ; and whenever an unhappy German gets niobbeu oy a gang oi arunken rowdies, or collared by a zealous sergent de vllle. or de nounced by a patriotic miik-womau or publlo-spirlted cook-maid, for such high and mighty crimes as wearing spectacles with lortoiseshell rims, carryiog a pocket-handkerchief In the crown of his hat, or asking his way to the Rue Neuve des Petits Champa, the supposed "Prussian spy" naturally asks to be conducted to the American Legation, there to prove by the exhi bition of bis papers that he Is a perfectly Inoffensive and law-abldlug Teuton. On Saturday morning, no fewer than eighteen persons who had been arrested by the police, or by excited amateurs, were brought at one time to the United States Miuister's, and in almost every case It was proved that a mistake had been made, and that the prisoner was the victim of popular passion, prejudice, and frenzied terror rank weeds which can always be warranted to touritb is the shadow of a siege. BOHEMIA BROKE LOOSE. The Dangerous Clnoe of Purls-The Wild llraats of Civilization. Under the head of "Bohemia Broke Loose" a Tarls correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph writes: General Trochu Is doing his very best to rid this beautiful and civilized city of these horrible pests. Y ou will have heard that within the last three days between fifteen hundred and two thousand arrests have taken place in certain districts of Paris. These arrests have scarcely any political significance. Now and again some rascals nave been captured whose guilt as Prussian spies Is at least suspected; but In the great majority of Instances the persons lra mcshed In the great police net are of the very lowest order In society beggars and thieves, receivers of stolen goods and keepers of low lodging houses, chifmnietn who not only find silver spoons occa sionally, but steal them; ami In particular loose women. Of the last-named dolorous sister hood some hundreds have already been taken ; and last nlpht the perquisitions of the police were ex tended even to Peters' aristocratic restaurant, and a raid was made on the most dashing wearers of diamonds and moire antvjue Just returned from Mabille. The law is that every woman freinentlng a place of public resort alone, and who is unable to 'justify her means of existence,' is amenable to arrest and to six months' imprisonment at St. Lazary; but It Is not apparently to that well known correotlonal establishment which, so It Is reported, is already full to overflowing, that these unwilling Magdalens have been conveyed. They have been taken somewhere 'out of town,' and no less than twelve of those huge yellow and green omnibuses called paniers-a-nalade passed yesterday along the Rue Lafayette on their way to the vinnvjiatura provided by authority for the reception of the lady Bohemians. As the procession of omnibuses passed a philosophic navroche remarks pithily to another young blackguard, his companion, 'Via lamour!' L'ammir! Yes, there was love, indeed, and with a vengeance. Another gang of captured women was marched on foot, and between tiles of sergents-de-ville, to the Conclergerie. The mob hooted them as they went by, and they retorted with foul language and dreadful gestures. They, poor wretches, and the beggars and vagrants and thieves, and the whole tribe of Bohemians who have nroKen loose, are but in the same case as the wild boars and the wolves that the thunder of the battle cannon drove lately out of the Forest of Ardennes Into the cultivated plains of Belgium. These Bohemians are the wild beasts of civilization, and the stress of war has driven them into the politer quarters- that is all. For our comfort we are told that the arrests are insufficient, and that there are more than twenty-two tnousand male scoundrels to say notnmg or tne ladies still at larare in Paris. Would not the best play be to enrol them all, nolenfrs tolente. In one great brigade of Black Guards, and send them to Dgnt the Prussians, taking care to placo them in the front of the battle ?'' NOTES OF THE WAR. TUE FRENCH PREPARATIONS. The Economist says: "Two remarkable state ments have been made, throwing a curious light on the strange ignorance and recklessness with which the French Government rusned into the present war. One la that the Danish Government refused to ally uscii witn France partly on account or tne assur ances or its agents in France that that country was unprepared. There is perhaps some want of au thority lor tnm, but tne second statement ap pears at least to be quite authentic. It is made in the city article of the Times in explanation of the cause why about 200,000 scrip, or one-fifth of the wnoie Austrian aeot, nas not yet been converted into the new scrip, although the period allotted has nearly expired. The reason Is that 'the larger part of the outstanding amount is supposed to be In France, and the delay is, accounted for by the fact that the Austrian Finance Commissioners for carrying out the conversion ceased their duties on the outbreak of the war, and. acting on superior orders, came over to London with their stocks of paper, and silver, rentes, obligation and scrip.' This is fn effect an assertion that the Austrian Govern ment must have bad reason to anticipate a decisive Frencn aeicat, ana tne interruption or tne business of the Austrian Commissioners. It is surely aston ishing that with Its dangerous situation known to friendly powers, as well as to many of its subjects. the French Government should either have received no warning, or have been foolish enough to disre gard it, if given. Statements like theselielp to ex plain the desertion of France by more than one Eower, which might have had something to gain by elping it." KKVOI.LTION IN t KAM'H. The London Times, of September 3, had the fol lowing: "The horrors of revolution in France are easily appreciated and described. In the crash of the political structure which has lasted for twenty years the terrible voice of emancipated socialism makes ltseu neara. l et it may wen oe doubted u this danger is the most urgent and inevitable. The clamor for arms may startle the Palikao Ministry with tne resuscitated spectre oi tne rea republic But, anticipating the awful trial that seems to im pend over Paris, it is not too much to expect of the patriotism or tne true anu living neart or France that the approach or the foreigner may be regarded by her as proclaiming a truce to all Intestine quarrels." A CIGAR INSPIRATION. A correspondent describing the battle of the 15th of August, in front of Metz, says: "There were oiticai moments auring tne ugut. one, aooat i o'clock, when the left centre, where the 1st and 2d Divisions united, nearly all the officers were struck down. The division of General von Benthelm seized the moment. He saw one of his men In the heat of the fight coolly smoking a cigar. It impressed the General. Hurrying np to the soldier, he called out, 'Give me a light,' Ignited a cigar, and gathering up his shaken battalions, cigar in mouth aud sword lu hand, he ogam led forward his decimated forces." DISARMING. As the armies advance precautions are taken to disarm the population In the rear. At Pont-a-Mous-son a proclamation was Issued on taking possession of the town, requiring the Inhabitants within two hours to deliver up ail arms ot every kind at the Hotel de Vllle. After that time the patrols would be sent round to search all houses, and those found in possession of arms would be punished by mar tial law: the owners' names to accompany the weapons in order that they might hereafter receive them back. All assemblages are prohibited, all doors and window-blinds are to be kept open; the town to be lit un at niguc every house to exiuoit at least one light; troops marching through to b) sup plied with water; at nine at night all public resorts to be ciosea. TnK Tl'RCOS. What raises Geimaa indignation more th in all Is the employment of the Turcos. Now that they sen those sa vanes near, they can appreciate the agents the Emneror Dlaced in the van of his crusade for cosmopolitan civilization. To say nothing of their liltliv habits, these wild beasts bite at the very tin sera which tend them, and have actually attempted to outrage the Sisters of Clarity in attendance, for which ten were shot offhaud the other day at Berlin. "Conceive." the Germans sav. "thee men masters of our towns, with our wives and daughters at their mercy," and they are the more embittered against the French aua the empire. PARIS WEAKNESS. A writer In the London Kews says "if Paris Is saved from capture, It will not be by the Parisians, When the Prussians conquerea tne r ieucii armies, they conquered at the same time tne French bour ffeolsie. 'Nine-tenths of these fellows,' said an American who had commanded an army of the Con federate States, pointing to a crowd on the Uoule vards. 'have not got a kick left. In thm.' The Roman philosopher was right when he said that the muu who loses nis uueriy loses me una oi ins man hood. FRENCII PRISONERS, The Culonne Gazette has obtained copies of a nurn ber of letters written by French prisoners in that town to their relatives and friends, and it publishes a few specimens. The naivet: which they exhibit and the phonetic orthograpnr which characterizes most of them, testify to their genuineness. The only letter which bespeaks some degree of education, and which is probably written by an omcer. says: "I was taken with 100 men of my division. We are well enough off here ; the Inhabitants are very affable. I should like to stay at Cologne, which is one of the finest towns of Prussia, out it is impon Bible; we start this evening at 8 o'clock for Wurteni- burg, ironuer or icussia (tv). - - - mo nm sians are very well behaved ; they light well. Fine tobacco is sixty cents a pound here. I will bring you (his brother) a Prussian pipe; they are very pretty ' Another writer says: "We are well treated by the Prussians; they axe good fellows. 1 shall return no more to the war." A third Informs his friends tht he Is a prisoner, and that be la very glad ot It, as he Is now out of the war. An Alsatian, writing In Ger man, his spelling being quite sut generis, also ex. presses satisfaction at his captivity, and promises to return home as soon as the war is over. All the let ters, our contemporary states, praise the good Ueat ineiit they receive, and beg their friends to be under no uneasiness about them. SECOND EDITION WAR NEWS BY CABLE. France and Italy. Paris and Rome. Prussia at Her Journey's The French Capital Surrounded. Its Communications Broken. Italian Unity Nearly Accomplished. Victory for the King's Troops Etc., Etc.. Etc. Etc., Etc FROM EUROPE. The Bunk of England. London, Sept. 15 Noon The ofllccrs of the Bank of England to-day made a further reduc tion iu the minimum discount of one-half per cent., and the rate is now three per cent. Why Peace Is Not Blade. Berlin, Sept 15. The Provisional Govern ment at Paris would have been accepted by the Prussian Government if the exactions proposed by Prussia had been assented to. These em braced the cession of Alsace and Lorraine and the dismantling of the French fortifications on the German frontier. The Provisional Govern ment refused to listen to any proposition for a surrender of French territory. What Prussia Will Do. London, Sept. 15 The Daily Xews this morning contains a letter from Berlin, giving the views of the Prussian government. The writer says Prussia will not negotiate with the present Government at Paris. Prussia proposes fir6t to occupy Paris. The Regency, and Se nate and Corps Legislatif will then be sum moned, who will be expected to name commis sioners to treat on a Prussian basis. When this treaty is signed, Napoleon will be released, and France will be left free to choose her own Gov ernment. Enserncas Tor News. There is intense eagerness to hear from Paris and Rome. News from the latter city is scarcely less interesting to Englishmen than that from Paris. No Communication Between Paris and Lyons, The communication between Paris and Lyons has been destroyed, the Prussians having cut the wires and railroad at Montcrau, sixteen miles southeast of Melun. A sharp skirmish occurred there between the Uhlans and franc tircurs. The former are said to have been beaten off. Firing was heard at Paris yesterday from the direction of .Melun. The railway service between Paris and Lyons has been stopped. All the bridges which can be reached will be destroyed to-night. Italian Unity seems to be nearly accomplished. The'sym pathy of the peopla is almost entirely with Italy. Another Papal Garrison Captured. A despatch was received from Florence, dated yesterday, announcing that the Papal garrison of Montalto bad been captured. General Antelotl's Division should now be before if not In Rome. Civita Vecchla has declared for Italian unity. On the approach of the Italian troops at Bracciano the inhabitants came out and displayed Italian colors. I Note. Bracciano is only seventeen miles northwest of Rome. The Occupation ot Rome. The Florence Opinion denies that there has been any diplomatic difficulties in the way of the occupation of Rome. The Blockade of the Elbe has been raised, and vessels are now passing freely. Steamers from England to France and Germany will resume service immediately, mall from Paris is hoped for to-day. Menor Olozaga. Madrid, Sept. 15 Senor Olozaga, the Span lsh Minister to Paris, has been recalled, his oflense being a recognition of the French re public, when, by the present treaties, Spain is bound to await the action of other powers be fore taking such a step. Paris Cut Off-rrunslan Cavalry Within NUht ol" i lie City. Messrs. D. C. Wharton Smith & Co., of Philadelphia, have received the following pri vate despatch. J London, Sept. 15. Telegraphic communica tion is now broken, and the French. have sur rounded the walls of Paris with deep canals of water. The Prussian cavalry were within sight of the capital last evening. This HIorulos'8 Muotatlens. 1 London, Sept. 16-11-30 A. M. Consols opened at fti ' for money and 2V for account. American securities quiet. V. t. 6-208 Of 1862, 89; Of 1866, old 89: of 1SC7, 88: 10-408, 64. Stocks quiet. Erie Kailroad, IS; lllluois Central, 118; Great Wt stern 23 I lVKRr'ooN Sept. 1811-30 A. 2I Cotton opened firm: middling uplands, xd. ; middllog Orleans; 9ii. The sales are estimated at 16,000 bales. Bread tulis are nrm. Lon ton, Sept. 18. Tallow quiet and steady. Lin seed oil linn. Aniwekp, Sept. 15. Petroleum epened nrm. This Afternoon's Uuetatlons. LOKDON, Kept. 16-1-80 P. M. Consols, BV for money and 93 J for account. Aaurican securities duiet. United bUtes 6-208 of ISiW. ; of 1805, old, b'JH I Of 180T, 88V 5 10-408, 85. T . LIVERPOOL, sept. 10 i-au 1 . Bi. "" dLoii don, Sept. l5.-.SpiriU Turpentine, 26s. 60. FROM TUE RiCIFIC COAST. Nevada Politico. Bam Francisco, Sept. 15 The Nevada Demo cratic State Convention met at Elko to-day and organized. B. Wyman waa elected chairman. Of the 308 delegates elected only 75 are in attendance, the balance being represented by proy. FROM THE WEST. Political matter. Chicago, Sept. 15. The Illinois Democratic Slate Convention met at Springfield yesterday, John Dew ent presiding. The following nomi nations were made: For Congressman at large, w. a. Anderson, of Jetterson. For State Trea surer, Chailes Rldgley. of Springfield. ' For Superintendent of Public Institutions, Charles JTurye, of Peoria. For Penitentiary Commis sioners, E. P. Sherman, of Chicago, and Thomas Redmond, of Qulncy. Ignatius Donnelly has consented to run for Congress in the St. Paul (Minnesota) District, on a free-trade platform, provided the Demo crats make no nomination. Kallwny Election. MEMrms, Sept. 15 The old Board of Di rectors of the Memphis and Charleston Rail road were re-elected yesterday. Internal Revenue Seizure. Nashville, Sept. 15. The Internal Revenue officers have seized 101 barrels of whlskv. valued at $9000, the property of J. E.Stacy, late Revenue Detective, for violation of the revenuo laws. It is charged that Stacy ob tained the whisky while in the revenue service. An Unnatural Parent. Cincinnati, Sept. 15. Ann Ilaskert, who some time ago was divorced from her husband, made an attempt to poison four of her children, who remained with their father, by putting ver digris in their coffee. The woman was ar rested. Kansas Agricultural Fair. Leavenworth, Sept. 15 The third annual fair of the Kansas Agricultural and Mechanical Association, now In progress in this city, Is largely attended. The exhibition of stock is the largest ever seen in the West. West Tlmlnla Acrlrultnrnl Ftfr.' Wiieeling, Sept. 15. The West Virginia Agricultural Fair opened yesterday and will' continue four days. Democratic Campaign. The Democracy opened the campaign hero last night with a meeting which was addressed by the Hon. J. J. Davis, candidate for Congress from this district. THE COXIUTIOXS OF 1'EACE. The German Sentiment Prunula Will Uave Ainacc Auurrisri 01 i fie reopie. 13ERL1N. Autr. 81. Prominent men of ail parties met last night, and put forth the following addresses to the German people and to the King: CALL TO THE GERMAN PEOPLB. While the armed portion of the people on forelcrn soil are warding oil' the attack intended for us and sealing their victorious course with their heart's blood, diplomacy of foreign powers Is preparing at the decisive moment to Impose on us the conditions f peace. Once before, after the glorious struggles ofl813 and 1814, the Herman people have lost through the jealousy of other nations the full re ward of their victories and the fulfilment of their most ardent wishes. The conquered foe was spared and favored beyond his own ex pectations; our German boundaries re mained In danger and exposed to renewed attacks; instead of the union of the German Empire we had imposed upon us the weakness of the old Federal Diet ; the guilt of diplomacy Europe has atoned for by an armed peace of a half century's duration. When a like danger Is threatening now, the German people must not remain silent. The world must learn that rulers and people are re solved to have now what in lsie was denied us a free, united Empire, with safe and protected bounda ries. In the address to bis Majesty the King, ac companying this, we have laid down the plain ex pression of our sentiments. Let the signatures of all Germans prove that such are the sentiments of the whole people, llcrlln, Aug. SO, 1870. Most Illustrious and Gracious King and Lord: When war became inevitable, the nation unani mously rallied Bround your Majesly and your Ma jesty's allies. It vowed faithfully to endure the struggle for the safety, unity, and greatness of the German Fatherland. God has blessed our arms, which have been wielded for a lust cause with unex celled bravery. Streams or the noblest blood have been shed to gain the victories, but they have brought us, with unexpected rapidity, near the goal before us. Powerful efforts are still required to fully reach It, but the German people are reselved upon every sacrifice devoted to the highest national aims. In the midst of our lofty earnestness and determination, we are alarmed by ever-returning rumors of foreign Inter vention, which, powerless to avert the horrors of war, now endeavors to limit the price of victorious contests and reduce it to its views. The memory of what happened after the glorious rising up of our fathers still lives within us, and warns Germany that she must consider n thing but the demands of her welfare. Therefore, we approach your Majesty with renewed vows that we will faithfully endure all until the wisdom of your Majesty, excluding all foreign intervention, shall succeed In establishing a state of affairs which wUl more fully guarantee than hitherto the keeping of the peace on the part of our neighbors, the French people, and which will establish and place beyond the power of attack the union and liberty of the whole German empire; and we remain your Majesty's faithful and loyal subjects. mVAEVCE Alf I COMMERCE. KVENTNO TZLKIRAPH OmCZ, ' Tmiredar. bept. 15, 1870. t The money market to-day is anything but easy, and lending rates for discounts, outside the banks, are almost nominal. Call loans are more active and rates firmer at 56 per cent. All classes of paper are closely scrutinized, both at the banks and in the outside market. The rates range from 6 per cent, at the banks to (J per cent, on the street for best grades of paper only. The gold market opened strong, but the sub sequent course of the premium, up to noon, was downward. Sales from 114(olH. Government bonds were quiet and rather un steady, a portion of the series showing a slight decline, but the general tendency is upward. Stocks opened dull, but prices were steady. Sales of new City Cs at 101?. Reading Railroad sold at 48, and 48J. b. o. Sales of Camden and Am boy at 114 and Lehigh Valley at 58. Canal, Coal, Bank, and Passenger Railroad shares were entirely overlooked. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES. Reported by De Haven A Bi o., No. 40 S.Tuird street. FIRST BOARD. 13000 City s New. lol 11000 Pa 6s 2 m...l03' fiuvu .uo....is.in.iui;4 12000 Read deb bds. iota.... 63 11000 Phil A E 7s... 88j t'iooo Sun & E 7s... 104 12100 W & Franklin 1st nit bds.. 84 13000 Pa 4 N Y C7il b8.. 92 44 Sh U 4 A K . 18. 114 V 10 sh Len Val It... 68 100 sh Read K..U0. 4S 100 do S3. 48' 100 100 2(10 100 100 do 0. 4i'i do 48i do.. 18. 1)30. 4S'i do C. 48' rto..rgAin 4S Nabb k Lapnbr, tiroksrs, report this morning Gold quotations as follows : 10-00 A. M lUi 10-r9 A. M 113,'J lu-io " U4V ll to " 114 1013 " UH 11-33 " U3'f 10-18 " 114 11-40 " 114 10-45 " 14.' H5 " U3,' 10 4(1 " 114 Ut ' 114 10-4T " 114'. 12U8P. M ...114,'f 10-4S " 114 ! Messrs. Di Havik fc Broth, No, 40 s. Third Street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations: U. S. 6 Of 18bl, m?ji114K ; do. IS62, 113 113.V ; do. 1S64, lllxaillji ; do. 1S, lli7i3"8V .do. 1SW, new, 110ill0S ; do. 1867, do. !losllO ; do. 18 s, do. 110)4110H ; 10-408, lwe'.'ijfciOo. U. 8. so Year percent. Currency, ill j,iui.;. Gold, 11' Jil4 ; Bilver. 108AH1; Union I'acitio Railroad 1st Moru Bonds, 81 mn0; CeDtral Paiino Railroad, K&w)0i Union Pacldo Land Oraut Bonds, 7ai7oO. MSSfiRS. WILLIAM PAIKTBB CO., No. S . Third Street, report the following quotations: U. 1881, 114114 ; 6-WOl isfi3,m'tiis; V0-JfJJt UlXSlilX; do. It, niV(jlll; da.Jn.y, lbee, llOxSllOK, do., July, Mef, " ?! 1&68, 11044U0H ; ts -UMO. I0(i',1( ; V. S. Pa;lU Kit Cj. Cs, UKslll'i. Oold, 113;jf114.',.
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