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FIRST EDITION
THE QUESTION OF FOOD.
What rnris Eat Before the War, and How She
wn Fed.
Oalignani't Messenger of the 1st Inst, says:
The Paris markets receive (before the war) their
supplies from upwards of 6000 producers, the bum
of whom are represented by fifty-five fasteurs or
salesmen appointed by the Prefect of Police, who
hare to deposit a certain amount or caution money,
and are responsible alike to consigners, buyers, and
the authorities. They keep the former apprised of
the current prices of proTlsions,or particular articles
that are in demand, and of the prospective pains or
losses likely to arise on their consignments. By
means or their agencies ana tneir correspondence
they may be said to stretch all over France, In addi
tion to which they have relations with most of the
countries of Europe, all of which contribute in a
Greater or less degree towards the provisioning of
'arts. No previous knowledge of or com
munication with these acteurs Is neces
sary; it is 8u indent to consign a side of
beef, a hamper of game, a tub of butter, or a bas
ket of fruit to the Halles for It to find Its way to
one or other of them, who will sell It, pay the octroi
duties, and within four and twenty hours account to
the sender for the balance of proceeds due to him
The commission charired varies, according to the na
ture of the articles sold, from one to two and a hal
per cent, ui tnese nrty-iivetwfcura, twelve are fo
grain and seeds, twelve for Hour, three for meat
eight for poultry and game, eight for saJt water Gnu
three for oysters, one for fresh water llsh, Ave fo
butter and eggs, one for cheese, and two for fruit
and vegetables They are absolutely forbidden, on
pain of instant dismissal, to buy or sell on their own
account, and their probity is proverbial ; indeed,
they are held In such confidence, both in Paris and
the province?, that after the revolution of 184S,when
the notes of the Bank of France circulated with dif
Acuity and at a discount, the commercial paper o
the faetevra o' the Halles was everywhere accepted
Without deduction and as freely as specie.
The Paris consumption of meat is considerable.
During the year 1807 It amounted to 121,707,699 kilo
grammes, or 115,400 tons of beef, mutton and veal,
and 13,646,059 kilogrammes, or nearly 13,000 tons of
pork, giving a total of upwards of 13S.000.000 kilo-
grammes, or about 128,400 tons, being at the rate or
ios puuuua per iiuau per annum, buii bix huh mue
tenths ounces per head per day on a population of
1 ,825,274 persons. 20,310,30S kilogrammes of the above
quantity came as dead meat from the provinces:
the remaining 18,000 ooo kilogrammes were supplied
by 2,477,745 hp.ul of live stack consigned to the
various Paris markets. Of these 314,253 were bul-
L locks, cows, and bulls; 219.C41 calves; 209,615 pigs;
y and 1.7(i,260 sheep. During the year 1839 the con-
Emiipuuu ui uiiLcueis uieuii iu inns uau nseu ij
140,359,932 kilogrammes, or upwards of 144.000 tons,
which increased the daily rtite of consumption per
head of the population to seven and three-quarter
ounces. To this has to be added a certain quantity
of horseflesh, the demand for which, however, has
latterly slightly fallen oir. And yet with this large
consumption of nearly half a pound per head
iter diem, meat Is a comnarative rarltv anions' ttm
working classes of Paris as compared with those of
iouuon,
THE CENTRAL P01XT.
If Paris Should Fall Doiil-ares will Become the
iinlwark of France.
The Opinion Xationale of Paris saya :
It Is not sufficient to have fortified Paris. France
! must be put into a condition to give eillcaclous aid
to ner besieged capital, ana to repulse tne invasion
In case Paris should succumb, for a nation of thlrtv-
elght millions cannot be conjointly responsible to
death for the fate of their metropolis. To provide
against mat aouuie necessity it nas Deen proposed
to create In the heart of the country a great central
fortified place, where, after a ilrst disaster, the na
tional forces could be reorganized so as to assume
the oirenslve in advantageous conditions. There, In
fact, would be assembled an army which, free in its
movements, well supplied with provisions, and
reinforced from trie departments of the centre,
I Bouth, and west, could advance with ease upon
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every pwut Willi wio iu;iiilv, iu vusc ui iiivoniuu, ui
retiring ta the central place. This Idea is not new.
It had p jised through the mind of Louis XIV in
1712. Lo Us XVI studied it in 1783; the Girondists
K patronized it iu 1793; Napoleou regretted at St.
V llelena not to have carried it out, because it might
have saved France in 1814 and 1815; under the Re
storation it was very seriously thought of, and Gene
ral Duvivler brought It prominently forward la 18iC
In his "Essai sur la Defense des Etals par les Fortifi
cations." In this last project the central place was
not to be a city, as had been hitherto proposed,
but an Immense Intrenched camp of 250 miles
square, which would have to lie formed in the delta
made by the Loire and the Alllere. This grand pro
ject bad the defect of circumscribing upon one sole
point all the means of defense, and Its execution
would have entailed enormous expense. It was
therefore abandoned ; but the Idea or a great central
point was persisted in, and competent men desig
nated, some Tours and others Bourges. This latter
town carried off the palm after long and learned dis
cussions. It was considered, ever since the time of
Osar, as the bulwark of Gaul ; it was from It that
Charles VII Baved France, everywhere invaded ; and
there, after the disasters of 1815, were established
the headquarters of the Army of the Loire. During
Marshal iSoult'a short tenure of the Ministry of War
under the Restoration he thought of founding there a
great central military establishment; Louis Philippe,
in lb37, stationed there a regiment of artillery, to
make a beginning of the realization of a more ex
tended plan, and the law of the 2oth June, 1845, de
cided that the guns for the f ortitlcations of Paris
should be deposited at Bourges. A deputy, M. Dun
lan, published, in 157, a pamphlet recommending
the execution of the plan ; gave a second edition of
the work In 1861, and a third In isoa. "Bourges Is
not only," he said, ' the central town par excellence,
but its strategical position Is exceptionally advan
tageous. It Is covered and protected from all
sides within a radius of 120 to 160 kilometres by a
series of natural obstacles, which give to a defen
sive army the possibility of arresting the enemy
coming rrom one or several poluts of the Invaded
circumference." 1 he expense would, It was thought,
amount to 15,000,000 francs. After a long exam
ination Bourges, by its position In the heart of
the country, appeared the most suitable locality to
receive sucn a great establishment. Tne council
General of the Cher and the municipality of Bourges
voted, on their side, a sum of a million and a half of
francs; but the work has only as yet been, so to
speak, sketched out, and the time Is at hand to com
plete it; for If we do not dismember Prussia in the
existing war, if we do not deliver the civilized world
from the house of Hohenzollern, which In Europe Is
the incarnation of evil, the Prussian government
win not iau to come some uay ana take us revenge,
after having woven together a new coalition by its
ruses and traditional perfidy. In the present sltua
tion Bourges could be of great service to the French
by tne creation of a powerful army of reserve, and
We Uo not hesitate to renew the advice which we
have already given the government, to establish
there the seat of til? War Department in the event
of Paris belug besieged.
FORECAST.
An EnalUli Prophee of the German Invasion
1 v ranee ana 1110 uvwuiu.11 vl imvuicua,
Tbe Loudon I'M MM Gazetti of Septe'uer j
says;-
Tbe accompanying extract from our impression
of the 20th of November, lo6d, may interest some of
our readers at tbe present moment, it is a sketch
of public opinion In Germany by an English gentle
in an wbo had lately visited different parts of It and
bad good opportunities of ascertaining the views of
all classes:
This is not the age of political credulity. Pacldo
insurances from the months Of monarchs and in the
speeches of statesmen seem to make no Impression
on tbe world at largo or the Germans In particular.
Harangues and dissertations on the evils which war
entails are met by a pointed reference to the unde
nlable fact that the great European Powers
are at present virtually under arms. In
bouth as well as In North Germany one
opln'ca pervades all classes of the respective
6rninunities, that so long as imperialism exists In
France there can be no permanent p6e. The Oer
inaiis of note, who are not under tue necessity of
il-Vm. th ord "neace" on tu Una with "war"
in their hearts, layuowntwo neon with respect
to the present condition of France :-l. Revolution
within, a. ur without. The latter alternative Is
to prevent the accoinpliaament of the former. It is
in.nnrtant ta mnntinii taat. whether voa talk with
Prussians, Saxona, SwaMaus, Bavarians, Austrlans,
or with any of the Bativos of the small States, no
thing is beard of a personal animosity against France
r Knrhiuen. It Is all the Einneror of the French.
no air.na la retarded as responsible for the unsealed
..niwiirinn of Kuronean aiiairs. and the only oostacle
to the general pacifloatloa. That the Germans gene
rally desire pea;, ro u" "J w ""V"
,n nrnvnke war. lua readily be believed, but they
think that tbe Inter, si state of Frau.ce must sooner
or later drive the Kicperor to divert atteatlon from
liome aKuirs by war tWoad, TUe Spaawo revolo-
tion Is dwelt upon as having postponed the evil day,
and there are shrewd Prussian politicians who hope
that if a republic be established by the present rulers
the French Emperor may be tempted to lmltata
the march of the Duo d'Angouleme througti
(Spain. The influence of the Empress of the French
would be at the service of a movement in her coun
try to restore royalty and priestcraft. It Is added
that the Emperor himself, formerly lax In his reli
gious notions, is becoming a deoot, even to the extent
f nltramontunlsm, and that he would gladly avoid
the Rhine to make a stand on the Ebro, with a view
to a future river boundary for France, absorbing the
chain of mountains and realizing the "11 n'y a plus
de Pyrenees." The publication of the three maps
excites the ridicule of the ermans,who, to do them
Justice, Indulge in no bravado in discussing the pro
babilities of a conflict with the Emperor's army.
The partisans of Germaa unity declare that if the
victory fall to their lo?, peace must be made in
Paris, but it Is not the Emperor who will sign the
treaty.
ARMY EQUIPMENT.
The Contrasts Between the French and dermal
Forces.
A correspondent of the London Times says he has
had every opportunity, from the numerous knap
sacks lying about, both Prussian and French, to go
thoroughly Into the question of equipment. lie says :
The French soldier, though a smaller man than
the Prussian, carries altogether about eight to teu
Sounds more on bis back. This Is accounted for by
is fourth portion of the "tente d'abri," and a some
what weightier equipment In bis cooking utensils.
But, take him from top to toe, he is, without any ex
ception, the moRt practically dressed and thoroughly
equipped model that can be produced. His head
dress is light and pretty; his long gray coat, relieved
by the different facings, is warm, and at
the same time, from its looseness, cool; his
trousers are large and loose; and finally
we come to the much-vexed question
of the infantry boot, which, In all humility, I declare
has only been successfully arrived at by the French.
In the llrst place, It Is a simple shoe imagine an Ox
ford shoe without laces, and you have the exact
type; over it he has a gaiter of brown leather, lacing
up to about lour Inches above the ankle, thus ren
dering a strong support and holding the Bhoe firmly
In its place. The shoes, from the Binall amount of
stuff about them, can be made of the stoutest leather,
and yet be half the weight of any Infantry soldier's
that I have ever yet seen. Moreover from the fact
of their being so open, they are dried In half the time
that it would take to dry even a pair of shooting
boots. The gaiters are made of supple brown leather,
and take up no compass In the knapsack ; the shoes
lie on each side of It, outside. Another advantage
is that on coming off a march the soldier takes off
bis gaiters, and Is Instantly in most comfortable
slippers, while in wet weather the trouser can be
tucked np clear of all mud, still leaving a well
protected leg. I have heard it said, "Oh, but the
mud gets into the gaiter.'" What if it does ? It is
washed out at the end of the march, and fit for use
In twenty minutes afterwards. When I compare
the shoeing of the French soldier and think of the
thousands that England bas spent on the very
indifferent article she now gives her men, it really
makeB one doubt whether the clothing de
partment at home have ever dreamt or look
ing at anything but their own scaled patterns.
Prussia knows full well how far her rival excels in
military equipment, but cannot afford to alter her
dress, except by degrees. She was, I believe, on the
point of forming some new alterations when this
unexpected war broke out. But we athora wno
happily are at present free fro war though
Heaven knows how long w; niay continue so might
It not be wlSeto have some trials made of the
riencn pattern while we have time, by which means,
when marching to the front became necessary,
hundreds of men more would be brought Into
action, who from the present state of their clumsy
foot-gear would be sitting helpless objects on every
ambulance?
NOTES OF THE WAR.
CANROBERT'S ACTUAL WORK IN THE FIELD.
The London rail Hall Gazette or August 30, says:
A correspondent, whose letter anneared In onr
Friday's number, expressed his surprise that Can
robert's name should not have hitherto been men
tioned as present before Metz, and la even more as
tonished that that Marshal's staff should have
been under the delusion that the battle of Vionville,
on the lCih, jvas a French victory . It should be re-
memDerea inai. our accouuia, except, a iew trust
worthy of many untrustworthy stories from Paris,
nave been derived mainiy irom tne uermau side,
and that wbat we have gathered from
the other is obscured by tbe conruslon,
contradiotion and incompleteness which are
the invariable characteristics 01 a beaten
army's account of its misfortunes. Canrobert's
biography nas piainiy Been suuorainatea to tnose
of the officers nearer the Invader, and all that
is yet certain of it Is that the Marshal, during the
llrst weeks of tbe campaign, was at Chalons, in
command of the 6th Corps; that when the disasters
of Woerth and Forbach roused the French nation to
the sense of their danger, then It waa proposed that
Canrobert should be made Governor of Paris ; but
be declined a dangerous post, which, to speak
plainly, would have been quite unsulted to the easy
and yielding disposition which failed to preserve
discipline In the French army before HcbastopoU
When Bazaine formally took the command at
Metz Canrobert appears, with the same generosity
of spirit which be showed when superseded by Po
lissier in 1655, to have volunteered at once to serve
under bis junior, and left Chalons with a part of his
corps part, by the last accounts, was certainly with
Mac Mali on when he broke up his camp last week
carrying, perhaps, what could be moved at once by
rail to the assistance of the main army. That his
aides-de-camp should have supposed tho battle of
Vionville to have been a victory is very easily ac
counted for, when we recollect that each army that
day maintained Us ground, the French getting some
temporary advantage on their right.
"WAR TO TEH KNIFE."
b The Courrierdes A7f-Lrnt of New York is outwltU
a vigorous war article on the prospects of French
victory. The editor says that Paris Is ready for the
fight, and will give her enemies a warm reception,
be says that if Paris can be held for but two months,
long enough to bring In the peasantry and make sol
diers of them, tbe success of the French arms is as
sured. Tbe King of Prussia Is pretty roughly
bandied:
It is no longer empire alone that William wants, it
is France, lie sees far, does King William. He
knows that when he becomes Emperor, when all
Germany la his, he will have enemies. England,
KusBia and Austria will be against blin, and be will
have the bate of the whole world. The day will
come when these murmurs will swell Into one grand
cry, when these clouds will become a tempest. He
thinks naturally that when the coalition against him
is formed, that France will be there to take her re
venge. To destroy, harass, and spoliate France,
then, is to make one less enemy. That is what this
good King William wants. His hypocritical genu
rosity is unmasked ; the man Is lost sight of and the
wolf appears.
THE POPE AND TUE EMPRESS.
Rome Cor. (A uij. 23) lAtndm Post.
Cardinal Bonaparte has more heart than tact or
Intelligence. A lew days ago be received a despatch
from the mprees. requesting blin to go to the Pope
France
omeuts.
a at once tnat tne I'rusmans
were at jie gates of Paris, be spread the news to
...at effect and drove off to the Vatican in tears.
The whole city was vociferating that the Emperor
had fied to Belgium and the Empress with ber son
to England, and that tbe republic had been pro
claimed in raris.
The PoDe cave the lmmored Deneaiction, n-
peared much affected at the Cardinal s desn-'i(. alJa
attempted to console him by saying .ivai't for
news, ana ao not aianu juuiwu ,ia mere suppo
sitions. Write to Paris and sa"
bers now the great services rendered her by France
and the Imperial dynasty, lor wh.oin I pray without
..A.aimT ThA iuma Aftprnnnf . v. - . . . .
v.;iu.uk. j luo ruun weufa 10
visit the emporium, and 'gted some time in a
little room built to contai tne workmen's tools and
fragments of marble Ornaments, In which there
were only a few rua chairs. Flo Nono gossiped
freely on the evef, of tne ttay wuh Baton Vlaconti,
the director tna excavations, and the distin
guished painter and architect, Chevaliers Pcdeste
and fcar'w'.'th tbe learned Barnablte Father Brazza,
Wb& wer there to receive him, and his household
prelatfgMgrs.NegrottoandCasall. The Pope did
not 'all to narrate tbe morning's scene with Cardinal
J'.tmaparte.
THE FRENCH CHARACTERISTICS.
The London Time editorially says: "People in
England are often disposed to look on France as a
country of chronic Insurrection against law, but
tbe experience of these latter day would rather
seem to prove that we ought to esteem the French
as the most submissive of nations. Nothing among
tbe circumstances of the great crisis through which
our neighbors are passing is more surprising than
their contentment with the absence of all otllcial
Information as to tbe progress of the war. Paris,
above all, is the city of curiosity and of novelty. It
is, In matters of gossip, tbe exchange of the world.
It is the Athens bt modern life. Its citizens are
nemetuallv in quest of some new thing, and, as
new thiuns become old there in the course of
an hour, the demand la Incessant."
ana impiore irom uim a spevifi vi?psiug on
andthelzrsrUUiumi'" critttl
iiictiuuiuiL nferr n
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1870.
SECOND EDITION
WAR NEWS BY CABLE.
The Siege of Paris.
The Prussians Closing In.
No Hope of Peace.
Startling Report from Germany.
Attempt to Assassinate Napoleon.
Attempt to Ansasslnate Napoleon.
Berlin, Sept. 17. Considerable excitement
was occasioned at Wilhelmshoehe recently by
nn attempt to assassinate the French LEmperor
by a German apprentice. He was arrested be
fore he could accomplish his purpose. A loaded
pistol was found on his person, and he boldly
declared that the bullet was designed for Napo
leon. Bnvarla and the Confederation.
London, Sept. 17. Bavaria has repudiated
any desire to enter the North German Confede
ration. The Prussian Policy.
The Standard's correspondent, writing from
Berlin, gives the substance of a conversation
recently held with Bismarck, in which the latter
affirmed that Prussia would prosecute the war
indefinitely rather than abandon the idea of
territorial aggrandizement.
Surrounding Pari.
Paris, Sept. 17. The Prussians are still nu
merous near Villaneuve, Dammartln, and La
Ples6is. A force of 3000 has occupied Villcrs
Cottcrets, and there are 10,000 at Nanteuil.
The Line of Attack.
. It is still believed the Prussian nne of attack
will be from thej t by way of Vincennes.
Bridges Destroyed.
Paris, Sept. 17. The Oaulois of this morn
ing gives a list of twenty bridges to the east of
Paris which have been destroyed by the French
to prevent the approach of the Prussians.
The Scarcity of Printing Paper
in Paris is beginning to be seriously felt. Oa
lignanVs Messenger, which was recently re
duced in size from this cause, to-day announces
that its publication will be entirely suspended
in a few days.
The T.aon Explosion.
London, Sept. 17. The Berlin correspondent
of one of the London journals says the blowing
up of the citadel of Laon after tho capitulation
was worthy of the Fenians, but not of men of
honor.
The German Exiles from Pari.
Berlin, Sept. 17. The Germans who have
been expelled from Paris will demand indem
nity through the Prussian Government. Eighty
thousand Germans have been driven from the
Department of the Seine alone.
Florence, Sept. 17.
The Italian Fleet
is concentrating at CiviU Vecchia.
HI. Thiers' Proposals to the Itrltlsh Govern
urnt Jules Havre's Oiler to .Bismarck.
Special to the A Y. Tribune.
London, Friday, Sept. 18. up to 0 o'clocK yester
day afternoon, M. Thiers had submitted no other
tangible proposal to the British Government
than that the neutral Powers should simul
taneously exert their good offices for the
restoration of peace. Lord Granville was inclined
to act upon this suggestion, but Mr. Gladstone
thought that such an eifort waa sure to be mis
understood: It would appear like a league against
Prussia, and was a measure not to be adopted
unless the parties thereto were ready to support
their representatives by force If they were not
accepted views which, of course, involved the
total rejection of M. Thiers' proposal. Follow
ing this rebuff, H. Thiers' purpose was to alarm
England by declaring that a general republican
movement was Imminent throughout Europe
and only to be repressed by strengthening the pre
sent moderate Government in France. On the ad
vice of friends, however, he abstained from address
ing this menace to the English Government. It is
absolutely true, as before telegraphed you, that M.
Thiers la here without Instructions, credentials, or
the power of ottering any guarantees on the part of
lrftuce
Independently f M. Thiers, and before his arri
val, the French Government, which does not con
ceal from the English Cabinet Its anxious desire for
an armistice, bad besought Earl tiranvllle to trans
mit to the Prussian headquarters certain overtures
tending to negotiations on specified terms. The
answer received from Prussia takes tbe form of two
questions:
First. Supposing the terms of the armistice agreed
on between you and us, can you undertake that the
French army will abide by them meaning by the
French army all forces under B'izalne, In Htrasburg,
tbe Army of Lyons, and all other organizations?
Second. Supposing tho army accepts, will tbe
nailon?
M. Favre replied : "We undertake to answer for
the army as for the nation. We will convoke the
Constituent Assembly in the shortest possible time,
a fortnight at most, and submit conditions to that
assembly which should be free to express the na
tional will, we to resign our powers Into Its hands.
If such assembly accepts and ratifies our acts, that
will be a full guarantee to Prussia."
Obviously, this answer admits that the present
Provisional Government cannot give any guarantee
which, even If followed by an immediate armistice,
might not be repudiated by the Assembly. Prussia's
reply, however, is awaited, and meantime an attempt
lsmukingto bring about a personal Interview '
tween Favre and 15ismarck. ue"
As to the supposed purposes of Prus"'.. to treat
with the Kegency for peaie, he writ-, hi nost that
blB information came direct from ;n ' JX1 4arl aa.
Office. Frm other informal-' n V"- it to be
isr-t'e.sr1 - WAbE
ltn-.(nat court factin wWch doeg not 8hl4re Bl8.
aiftrck s views, 01 t wmcb has always retained con
siderable luf .uence over the King.
In an ca8e u does not extend beyond negotia
tion for peace, leaving Franco to decide her own
uestlnles thereafter. Persons In close relatlous with
Bismarck Insist strongly that he holds very dinerent
views, and that in the negotiations for peace he will
not discuss technical questions, nor ask by what
title any French government holds power, provided
it can guarantee the execution of the terms of peace
to which it agrees.
This Morning's Quotations.
London, Sept. IT 11 30 A. BL Consols for money,
02 V. and for account, Wi. American securities
steady. TJ. t. 6-Wts of 1862, 00; of 1885, old, 89
of 166T, 88!ii; 10-408, 85. Stocks steady. Erie
Kailroad, IS 5 Illinois Central, 11 ; Great West
ern, 23)tf.
Liverpool. Sept. IT 11 "80 A. M. Cotton quiet;
middling nplanat, Xd. ; middling Orleans, 8,'id.
The sales are estimated at 10,000 ba'ea.
Ureadttulfa arm. Wheat firm. Flour, 23a. 91.
. London, Sept. IT. Spirits Petroleum dull. Tur
ptutine firmer, at 2T27s. 4d.
This Afternoon's Quotations.
London. Sept. IT l-su P. M. Consols closed at
92 V for both money and account. American secu
rities dull. 6-208 of lot)'-!. 0; of 1-ito, old, b9y ; of
IStiT, 88 ; 10-408, 83. blocks null, f.rte Kaliroaa,
b; Illinois central, iwjtf; ureal western,
Liveki'OOL. Sent. IT 180 P. M. Cotton dull
mlddllDg uplands, 9. middling Orleans, d.
Tbe sales have been 8000 bales, including looO ba'.es
for export ana iecuittuou.
I'ork is nominal at Ills. Ad.
am wkhj', Sept. IT. Petroleum opened quiet and
ready.
THIRD EDITION
LATER FROM EUROPE.
The Peril of Paris.
End of Communication.
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL.
The English 3Iission.
Appointment of Mr.Orth Reported.
Heavy Specie Shipment.
Etc.t Etc. Etc., Etc., Etc.
FROM EUROPE.
No Hope of Pence.
London, Sept. 17. Count Bismarck tele
graphs from Berlin a contradiction of rumors
of peace negotiations.
The Siege of Paris
has begun and the Prussian forces are sweeping
around to the north of the city.
The Times declares the prospects of stopping
hostilities are rapidly diminishing, and all hopes
of peace are abandoned.
Hallway Trains Stopped.
Paris, Sept. 17 No railroad trains left Paris
to-day. The Committee of Defense have given
orders to that effect.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Naval Orders.
Despatch to the Ahmiated Ivens.
Washington, Sept. IT. Commander Bancroft
Ghcradl is ordered to the command of the receiving
ship New Hampshire.
Lieutenant-Commander Chester Hatfield Is or
dered to duty in the Equipment Department New
York Navy Yard.
Lieutenant-Commander A. V. Heed is detached
from duty in the Equipment Department, New
York Navy Yard, and ordered to the Ordnance De
partment in that yard.
Master Charles O. Olllborne Is detached from the
California and ordered to the Kansas.
Lieutenant 8. F. Clarkson is detached from the
TuHcarora and ordered to return home and wait
orders.
Array Matters.
Captain Walter S. Franklin and Major William E.
Dye, U. S. A., unassigned, and First Lieutenant
Charles S. Medary, 3d Artillery, have been honora
bly discharged.
Under the provisions of the new army bill, Charles
II. Kea, Tth Cavalry, has resigned.
The superintendent of the recruiting service at
New York bas been directed to forward two hun
dred recruits to Omaha, Nebraska, for alignment
10 tne 4tn jnianiry ; ana two nunnrea to rort iyce
iiuiuuui xerritoryr'tor assignment to tne it ill in
fantry. Air. Orth and the EoclUh JHIaston.
Special Despatch to The Evening Te'.egr&ph.
Washington, Sept IT. A member of the Cabinet
stated to-day that If Mr.Orth has been appointed
Minister to England, he did not know of it. He was
not,however,prepared to deny It. There seems to bean
unusual desire to keep matters quiet, for what pur
pose Is not known. Mr. Orth's friends are of the
opinion that if the English mission Is offered him be
win accept it.
Tbe Southern Elections.
From present appearances the Democrats say
they will be able to carry a majority of the Southern
States this year. They count largely on securing
the colored vote.
Sperle Shipment.
New York, Sept. IT. The steamer City of Brook
lyn takes out tTOl.QQO In specie to Europe;to-day.
New York Produce Market.
Nkw York, Sept. IT. Cotton heavy; sales 650
bales middling uplands at 19'c. ; middling Orleans
at 19. Flour firmer, and advanced &S10O. ; sales
1100 barrels State at 4-85(5-T5; Ohio at 15-2536-25;
Western at 4-856-25 ; Southern at $5-808. Wheat
advanced lc. ; sales 40,000 bushels No. t spring at
1-091-14; winter red Western, 11-34. Corn firmer;
sales 26,000 bushels mixed Western at 84(4S5c. Oats
steady ; sales 23,000 .bushels. Beef quiet. Pork
beavy; Mess, (26; prime, 122-50(424. Lard dull;
steam 153l5;c. ; kettle, 1616,0. Whisky quiet
at boxc.
New York Stock and Money Market.
New York, Sept. 17. stocks active. Money,
6O6 per cent. Gold, 114. B-208, 1S02, coupon,
WIK', do. 1S64, do., Ills; do. 1865, do., lllji; do.
1865, new, liox ; do. 186T. 110M ; do. 1868, 110 ; 10-408,
105 ; Virginia 6s, new, 65; Missouri 6s, 90; Canton,
62 yt Cumberland preferred, 80; N. Y. Central and
Hudson Kiver, 93 V4; Erie, 23'tf; Reading, 97; Adams
Express, 65'; Michigan Central, 119; Michigan
Southern, 93 v ; Illinois Central, 135 V; Cleveland
and Pittsburg, 107; Chicago and Rock Island,
lie; Western Union Telegraph, 84.
Baltimore Prodneo Market.
Baltimore, Sept IT. Cotton quiet at 19c.
Flour active and firm; Howard Street superfine,
15-25(3515; do. extra. f5-756-75; do. family, t7(9;
City Mills superfine, t5-25(6-25; do. extra, t5-7iXT ;
do. family, $7(49-25; Western superb ne. $55-60; do.
extra, tE756-25; do. famllv, 6-50cT. Wheat better:
Maryland amber, 11-451-65; fair to good Maryland
red, 11-25(31 -40; common. 11-101-20; white wheat
nominally $W5s,i-65; winter red Western, tt-30;s
1-33. Corn White, 95c.; yellow, 90c; Western,
6084c. Oats dull at 4650o. Kye etkTsc Pro
visions quiet and unchauiri- WtUd! la good de
mand at 90c. -
FARE A GUT'S WILL.
Fall Text of the Document-All the Property
l.elt 10 ills wiieaioMt
The following x the full text of ths will of Admiral
Farragut: . .
I, David O. Farragnt.of th. cit, county, ana piaieoi
New York, Admiral in th. United Status Nary, being of
aound mind and memory, and oonsiiluring the uncertainty
of this frail and transitory life, do make, publish, and de
clare tuis my last will ana testament, 10, manner lunuwiug
Firtly. I direct all my just debts, and my funeral and
testamentary expenses, to be paid as soon as may be rea
sonable alter my aecease.
Beoondly. I give and bequeath all my trophies of war,
of every description, to my son, Loyall Farragut.
1 hirdly. I give, devise, and Dequeatn tne uoui. and lot
of land known as No. 113 Kast Thirty-sixth street, in the
city of New York, wbeie I now reside, together wuh all
tbe furniture therein contained, to my wife, , Virginia 1.
I'arcaglit, to be natd and enjoyed by her during the 'ens
of her natuial life; andfioin and immediately after her
decease. I give, devise, and bequeath the same to my son,
Loyall Farragut, his hirs and assigns, forever.
Fourthly. 1 give, devise, and bequeath all the rest, resi
due, and remainder o my eatate-that is to say, all the
rest, residue and remainder of all the estato, of whatso
ever nsuie and nature, and wheresoever situated (real,
personal, and mixed), which shall b.long to or be ewned
ty me at 1 be 1 iine of my death, to my said wife and my said
eon, to be divided equally between thm, share and snare
alike ; and 1 hereby direct and declare it to be my will and
intent that tbe devises and bequests made in and by tuis
my lat will and testament, to my said wile, are ta be ac
cepted and received by her in lieu of dower.
t if thly. I constitute and appoint my said wife, Virginia
D. Farragut, to be the sole executrix, without security,
of this my last will and testament; and I hereby reveae
ell tormer and other wills and testament by me made.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my
name, and set my seal, this 11th 1 day of Ueo ember, la Ui.
year l'aSa O. ii. r A Rtt aliU 1, is. a. j
burned, sealed, published, and declared by the sua
David O. Farragut, tbe said testator, aa and for his lan
will and UaUiuent, in presence of us. who, n his signi
and presence of each other, have signed our names as wit
nesses thereto, snd said testator, at the time he so sub
scribed the foreuoing instrument, declared tue same to
na U1S last Kin aim 1 Dni.iu.ui . .
H. V. LOOKWOOD. No. 8 Kast Tenth street. New
Yjr,ME8 K. MONTGOMERY, No. 309 Madieon avenue,
N FWlOABT. WELLS, Hartford. Conn.
J be value of tbe jyri.pert ty by tLf 4H4l,l l?Vimi
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FOUBTII EDITION
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT !
The French Abandon Vincennes.
They Blow Up the Fort.
Siege Actively Begun.
The Condition of Strasburg.
The Italian Revolution.
The King's Troops at Home.
Pari. Communication. Cut.
London, Sept. 17. A despatch just received
Id this city from Marten bourg states that the
Calais railroad and telegraph lines to Paris are
cut, and all further communication with the
besieged city severed. Passengers proceeding
to the frontier are compelled to take the lines
that go through the cities of the north of France.
The People Downcast.
The people throughout France are downcast
in consequence of the absence of all organiza
tion in both the military and civic departments.
There Is
Na Public Confidence
in the chiefs of departments, and the universal
sentiment is that of inexpressible hopelessness
and yearning for a constitutional head who shall
brlDg them out of this terrible chaos into eomc
toirglike order. In the provinces, generally,
there is a prevailing Impression that could a
leader be found like the First Napoleon the po
litical and social condition of France could bo
speedily retrieved.
Drelre for Peace.
Prominent amidst all this discussion there is
a universal desire for peace. It is now known
that Bismarck will not consent to the signing of
any treaties for peace unless those treaties have
the sympathies and confidence of the people of
France.
The Peellnc In Belgium
is strongly in favor of the French. This is well
known in France, and 100,000 men could easily
be found in Belgium to fight for the defense of
France, but there is no one sufficiently influen
tial and powerful to organize and lead them.
M. Thler. and Earl Granville.
The negotiations for peace that have been
Carried on between Thiers and the British Gov
ernment terminated without any result favorable
to peace. Earl Granville, the English Foreign
Secretary, informed M. Thiers, on behalf of her
Majesty's Government, that all Interference
having for its object terms of peaceful settle
ment between France and Prussia must be posi
tively declined.
Thiers expressed to Earl Granville his regret
at the unsatisfactory termination of negotia
tions, and he reminded the Foreign Secretary of
the continuous efforts manifested in their seve
ral interviews when terms were proposed to be
submitted to each of the belligerents by which
a satisfactory peace might possibly have re
sulted. Lord Granville, with courtesy pecu
liarly his own, remains firm and immovable in
the position he had taken in reference to peace
negotiations.
EoRll.h Aid to France.
Considerable excitement is manifested at the
Prussian Embassy to-day in consequence of a
well-founded belief that a large number of mus
kets have been sold to a ranee since the war
commenced. This is regarded by the Prussian
Minister as an offense of considerable aggrava
tion by a neutral power, inasmuch as he has
reason to believe that the muskets were the pro
perty of the British Government, and that the
sale was effected by the agents of the Crown.
The Fort of Tlncenne. Itlown Up.
Tours, France, Sept. 17 The fort at Vin
cennes was blown up and destroyed yesterday
by the French, the position being untenable. It
is understood there were several
miner Enrolment.
outside the fortifications of Paris yesterday.
Pari. Journal, moved to Tour..
Liberie, Uonstitutionnel, Gazette de France,
and some other journals which have heretofore
been printed in Paris, will appear in this city
after to-day.
Union of Parties.
Cremleux, Minister of Justice, is lodged here
at the residence of the Archbishop.
French Emlaranta.
Advices received at the War Department
show that great numbers of French have emi
grated. 0 ..... . n .
Activity in uoraenux.
Bordeaux telegrams state that great
activity exists there. The Committee of De
fense Is enrolling a large force collected there,
and in the surrounding departments.
London, Sept. 17.
Storming for Peace.
The Economist of this city to-day has a strong
article In favor of peace. Tbe very object of
the war, the article says, was to sustain the
principle of German unity against objections of
France. That object ia nw attained, and man
kind should Interpose to save Paris, and then
agree that no great city shall hereafter be for
tified, picgo ot Stra.bnrc.
Cologne, Sept. 17 The Gazette of this city
to-day bas an editorial article giving the follow
ing interesting statistics and particulars :
There are now before Strasburg eighteen
batteries of mortars and rifled cannon. These
fire collectively more than seven thousand shots
into the city every day. Thirty car loads of
munitions of war, including eight thousand
quintals of iron, are thus consumed dally." The
Gazette then goes on to show how immense
must be the expense of besieging Paris.
1 be Italian Tcoop. at Home.
Rome, Sept. 17. Tbe inhabitants of the city
have received a flag-of-truce from General
Cadorna, In command of the Italian tro ops
arrived verv close to the city. The.
nnniA nave received the truce with great
demonstrations of favor, and will not permit
tbe Papal Zouaves to resist the entry of the
Italian troops.
FIFTH EDITION
THE LATEST NEWS.
The Plight of Paris.
Railways and Telegraphs Cut.
A Battle in Progress.
Etc., Etc.. Etc., Etc.. Etc.
FROM EUROPE.
Newe Contradictory.
London, Sept. 174 P. M News from Paris
is meagre and contradictory. The usual lines
of communication have been interrupted. The
Northern Railway, leading from Orleans to Paris,
has been eut between Ablon and Juvlsy, about
eight miles south of Paris. At the latter place
the Germans had planted a battery.
A Battle In Proa-res..
Heavy firing has been heard in that direction,
and it is thought a battle was in progress. Na
details are received.
Sharp fighting occurred at RIs, another small
town on tbe Orleans Railway, where the line
has been cut.
The Railroad to Laon
is now entirely in the hands of the Prussians.
The grain which has been stored at various
railway stations has been removed to ooints
nearer the centre of the city.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Treasury Statistics.
Despatch to the Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 17. Fractional currency re
ceived during the week, 1419,660 ; shipments of notes,
11,092,148; currency, 162,293. The Treasurer holds
In trust as security for circulating notes (341,919,860.
and for public deposits 116,341, 600; currency re
deemed during the week, 654,300; mutilated banlc
notes burned, 1320,650; total amount burned, 28,
983,168. Bank currency issued for bills destroyed
during tie week, f 365 850; total amount Issued,
123,010,720. Balance due for mutilated notes, $972,443 ;
back circulation now outstanding, f 29939,229 ;
Internal revenue receipts to-day, $376,313. Keceipts
for the fiscal year to date, f 9,416,860.
-- Revenno on Bank Deposits.
Comptroller Hulbnrd has addressed a circular let
ter to the cashiers of Uie national banks, requesting
them to foward to him, for the use of the Secretary
of the Treasury, a special report showing tbe amount
of interest paid by their banks on deposits of all
kinds during the year ending September 30, 1870.
FROM NEW YORK.
Census Returns
Syracuse, Sept. 17. The census of Syracuse,
complete, gives a population of 43,081, an Increase
in live years of 11,291.
Fire In New York City.
New York, Sept. 17. A two-story frame Jwlldlig,
owned by John Tates, situated on the corner of
Eldrldge street and Evergreen avenue, Brooklyn,
was destroyed by Ore this morning. Letts on build
ing, $6000; no insurance. Eugene Arnhelm had
$25,000 worth of velvets, satins, straw goods, eta, la
the building and lost the entire stock, being unin
sured. The Ore Is supposed to nave been the work
of an Incendiary.
FROM NEW ENGLAND.
Fire la New Ilampshtre.
Manchester, Sept. 17. A fire was set In the
woods near Stevens Pond yesterday, and several
hundred acres of young growth of trees destroyed.
Sight hundred cords of wood and fifty thousand feet
of lumber belonging to dough & Forster were also
burned. Loss, t50oo; insurance $1000.
FINANCE AW1I COJI31EKCB.
iviNina Tetjeorafh Oirtc,) '
Saturday, Sept. 17, 1870. (
There is a falling off in the demand for money,
contrary to precedent, Saturday being generally
an active day for lenders. The weather proba
bly bas some influence on the market, ana that
is dull enough. The rates, both on call and
time loans, are steady at former quotations.
First-class business paper is taken cautiously at
tbe banks at legal rates, but on the street very
little is doing under 8 per cent.
Gold continues dull but rather steady, with
sales ranging from 118114.
In Government bonds the transactions were
small, but prices are steady.
Tbe stock market was dull but without mate
rial change in prices. In city 6s there were
sales at 10134 fr the new issue.
Reading Kailroad was taken at 484856;
Pennsylvania at 59: Lehigh Yallev at 58;
and Camden and A m boy at 114. 88, ,b. o., was
bid for Catawissa preferred and 27 for Phila
delphia and Erie.
Canals were quiet. Sales of Delaware Divi
sion at 40. 33 was offered for Lehigh and
10 for Schuylkill preferred.
Muan sale ot cecona ana inira Directs rail
road at SO.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES
Reported by De Haven & liro., ino. 40 s. Third street.
JTii&A CUAKU.
t4600Clty os, N..1S.101K
soo bq Read R. .ls.c. 48-56
$1000 Leh gold L 89
1500 Union CI bs.ls 9
lousb Leh Val It... 63
60 sh DelDiV 46
13 eh PeDnaR 695tf
eshCam A AmR.114.
400 do...ls.b6wn.48-6S
700 do ....18.C. 49
100 uo. ..ream.
48
100 do..60wn.
too do c.
48
CO
23 Bh 2d A 8d St.
Gold quotations aa iouows :
10-OoLm 114i10-60 A. M......
105 " 11 H-OT "
10-40 " 1137 12-2BP. M
10-43 " H4 1 12-3 "
.114
.1.374-
.114
Jay Coo kb A Co. quote Government securities aa
follows: D. 8. 6a of 1881,113(4114; B-aos of 186a,
mjill3; do. 1864, ilixliuv; da Not. 1865,
llliiOlV2 ; do. do.. July. 110MH0 ; do. da, 1887,
110Jtf(ll0?4'; ao. lsos. iiu?,ut, ; iuus, 100749
106J, ; raclncs, I117,llltf . Gold, 114.
rhlladelplila Trade Iteport.
Saturday, Sept. it. Bark In the absence of
sales we quote Na 1 Quercitron at $30 per ton.
Seeds Cloverseed is coming In more freely and
ranges from $T to $8. Timothy cannot be quoted
over $5l5-2ft. Flaxseed la In demand by the
crushers at $2-86.
The Flour market continues quiet, there being no
demand except from the home consumers, who
purchase ouly enouh to supply their Immediate
wants. Sales ol 4ooca too barrels, including super
fine at $5(6 60; extra at tft-60of 6-75 ; Iowa, Wis
consin and Minnesota extra family at $66-75
for low grade and fane; ; Pennsylvania do., do., at
$6-60a7; Ohio da do. at t67)T, and tT
IruLds at $7 -SBwS-fo. as In quality. Kje Hour
n:sy be quoted at $5-75. Prices of Corn Meal are
Thereto less activity in tbe Wheat market, and
nines lave r buyers. Sait-s of W) bushels Indiana
fed at $i-s- d l2(M bushels Spring on p. U
lUe istges f'ri m 86c to Me p-r bushel f.r Western.
Coin is quiet but steady. Sales of Pennsylvania
vtllowat 6U9e.;Webteni do. at S94a, aud wwd
lushels Western mixed at 6S91c. Oats are firm,
but there is not much activity. Siles of whito
Western at t3i4c . .
In barley and Malt no further sales were reported.
Whisky is um hanged; U0 barrels Western Iron-