rrn 1: T7 E(&MA H DA. J. A VOL. XIV NO. 72. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1870. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. FIRST EDITION THE WAR IN EUROPE. The Policy cf Von Beust. ' Eochefort and Cluseret. Burning of the Strasburg Cathedral It!. Guizot on the War. Etc.. Etc. Etc. Etc., Etc STRASBURG MINSTER. The Grand Cathedral la Fin dip. A correspondent of the AVtjemeine Zritung, writ ing from before istrasburg, August 25, says: The Minster burns !" was at length our sorrowing conviction, as towards 8 o'clock A. M. we turaed from the eight of the names, as if stunned by a heavy blow, and walked slowly homewards in silence. No sound escaped us, each was possessed by a grief as for tho loss of a personal friend, the ffcithful and revered of many long years, and was bewildered as if his higher thoughts sought vainly their long-accustomed resting placet The sleep into which one sank at last from sneer exhaustion was no shelter from those words of woe. In the watches of the night "The Minster burns!" sounded in the ear, and the first waking thoughts found no ether ntterance than, again, "The Minster burns!" But to my story. We had been informed that the cannonading was to-day to be increased in force, and to begin at a late hour from the east and south. It was after 9 o'clock, when, once more on our way to the Mundoisheimer Hone, we found some diill culty in the darkness in avoiding the trains or wagons carrying huge trees and munitions to the fortress, a dillieulty to which these In turn must have been subject from a strong body of Uhlans which they encountered. At length we Btood on the ridge of the hill, near the bench erected there for the Grand Duke of Baden. The ruins of yester day were glowing and smoking still. It was 10 o'clock when the signal-Ares ou our side sent up their flames at regular Intervals. The Ttiomaskirehe in the city stood out from the fames behind It as from a background of gold. On the ramparts a fire was kindled, probably a barrel f pitch, by the light of which men were working at the defenses. A concentrated but changing light showed a large building, probably a la.aretto. In the distance we saw the Hash of guns, like summer lightning, and such Is man! having come here to see the continuation of this spectacle of horror, we grew impatient as 10 and 11 o'clock struck and all was yet calm and silent, borne of our party retired homewards. "There will be nothing to see to-night," it was said ; and many believed that the command ant must have sent a Hag of truce, bearing, perhaps, the surrender of the city. The night was growing very cold. Towards the west a vigorous cannonading began, which was an swered lrom the fortress. Sheila rose in the air, fa'llng on to the ashes of yesterday's fires, and kind ling fresh ones. But these flames streaming high into the air they must come from a lofty building. It is the nave of the Minster 1 Hither and thither fly speculations, doubts, hopes, assurances. The broad and heavy cloud of smoke prevents all cer tainty. One maintains that the Minster is distinctly visible to the right of t'.-.e great lire; another wltli eqnal energy that he can see it on the left. The . ofllcers of higher rank are assembling on our hill. The Grand Duke stands speechless and motionless, with Intense gaze fixed upon the mighty names, whose merciless tongues stream ever higher and wider and brighter into the air. What must have been his feelings at such a mo ment? Furious, and yet more furious, grow the cracl and roar of the batteries, their boom accom panied by a hissing noise, and producing a strange and heart-stirring sound. Toe tires and the tiring eeensd ceaseless, but- ever and ugaiu arose the donbe whether indeed the Minster was on lire. At length all hope Is at an end. The flame Is already licking up the side of the tower. A throb of pain thrills through every heart, as we look at each other in dead silence. Tbe expression of each face is to be read but too easily In tne far-shining light of the flames, clear almost as that of day. The thunder of the artillery ia ceaseless; rockets fly hither and thither; what keeps us here? The deep Inward ex citement and the ever increasing cold of the night urge a return homewards, but to stir from the spot i a impossible. From a tree near us owls flv forth and flit hooting over the vineyards. What a cry of mourning will arise from the days to come, sounding onward through all history, over the work of this night! Presently an ordnance ortlcer brings word that hand grenades are falling in our immediate neighborhood, and we turn toward our quarters. With heavy hearts we parted from our companions ; the feeling that we must re main together, together bear this new sorrow, pos sessed each mind ; but at last we were compelled to separate. . What a spectacle will be that Minster in rnlns 1 How melancholy, beyond power of words to picture, the coming entry into Strasburg I The reunion of Alsace with the German Fatherland, ac companied as it is with difficulties of no common kind, and needing for their conquest the utmost care and caution, will be rendered incalculably more diffi cult by the destruction of this Minster, and that this great event, this great restitution of the booty of well nigh two hnndred years, should bear so black a mark as tte sacrifice of such a building is horrible to think upon. Alternoon I have Just returned from the Mun doisheiiner Hobe. At the first glance I drew freer breath. There lay Strasburg with its various burn ing ruins ; but the Minster stood yet nninjured, the tower yet rose Dravely afVol old up Into the sky! My Joy was of short duration. Through a good tele ecope it Is plainly to be seen that the nave of the church is totally destroyed. How wide-spread and complete may be the destruction Is not to be seen from my position ; perhaps it is not even calculable in Strasburg itself. Thus the fearful fact to which one has so resolutely refused belief is clear as the day light which reveals it. Into what Insignificance finks now the destruction of a hop-store, of bar racks, of much hay and straw, and of the Hospital for Foundlings ! Ail these tune and money may re place ; but the Minster ! The fire is beginning again. By day it looks less awful than in the darkness of the night. And It is by night that men are lying in wait to slay and to send tire into the dwellings of their fellow-mortal. And we rave of civilization. Thinking Is dangerous work at this crisis. W e are at war, at war for a Qer- man town, xne autumn sun casts a brilliant yeliow light over the town and tbe clouds of smoke, making them shine as though they were of gold. What new rums will it rise upon to-morrow t ROCIIEFORT. The ".Marseillaise" aid Geaeral Cluseret. The London Daily Xew says : The Maraeillaiao has reappeared, bnt under unfor tunate auspices. At the head of Its leading column , appears the following letter from lis former editor : To the Citizen Paaohal Grouaast My Dear Friend : Too will andtnuod that, aa loos aa I am in tn Provi sional Uoverumsnt, I can take no part in tne editing of tta Marnillai. Will yon arrange with our colleaK uea to bring oat toe jonrnal, and loan you can go on with your IMituuiiua uouer ui uag wnu wuicu ioukui together? Kvtr yours, H. KOUUEVOKT. The MarneillaUe, under its new editorship, pro- ceeun to say mat it uas no cunuuenue in any mem ber of the Provisional Government excent M. Rocbefort, the only one or them really elected by the people. Ueneral Cluseret, who, when expelled from France bv the Emueror. delighted to call him. self an American citizen, has now come back in tha character of a Frenchman, announces himself a -- leading contributor to the UarsciUaUe, at d begins by an onslaught on M. Kocheiort's colleagues, M. Oarnbetta and M. de Eeratry, both of whom be brands as uneanisi. Tbe following letter appears In this evening's iloni- Itu: Paris. Saot. At a moment when all oniniAna diaaru. ' and wnen all eitt.en unit against the enemy, an odiuaa amcU headed "Koaotiuo," sinned by Ueneral Olaseret, wuicb ia a peeiriv appeal to aivil war, has appeared ia tne MarttiiiluUt. Allow me to remind 111 public that I h BOW Douung to ao wiut mat journal. Accept, eto , UUJVBI BOUUKKORT. It therefore comes to this that the "Marseillaise," which entirely owed its celebrity to M. Kochefoi t, is notwithstanding the declarations of his old .....) W I'u a..li .i I I ;,.... hA iwl i r i . ,h.l h. . . . J I ICliU, iU. . VVUM UlVUHVli UIU BUIWI , m.k U, 19 the one member of the Provisional Government worthy of trust repudiated by hlm altogether. How it is now to "get along" is a question which Oeneral Cluseret, fren from JSew York, muBt Una THE FRESCII ERRORS. HI. Gotzot n the War. The Daily Xet publishes tho following translation cf a letter received from M. Oulzot by an English friend in this country : VAt, RlrHER. MytaR : If w were only beginning this unbappy war, I would tell you frankly what I think of Its evil origin and its lamentable errors; and I am sure that a large ma joiity of tbe French nation thinks as I do about it. liut we are not beginning tbe war. The opinion of tbe French nation on tbe main point of the question is unchanged, but do on thinks about t hem now, and, Indeed, we can not and ought not to think about them. For the present we ought to oconpy ourselves-and, in faot, we do oocupy ourselves with war, and war only. W are engrossed by it, not only because ol the uneipected reverses which we have experienced, but also, and above all, because of the designs which th Prussians manifest and tbe character which they have stamped upon this war. On their part it is mrnifestly a war of ambition and for the aake of con quest. Toey proclaim loudly that they intend to take tack Alsace and Lorraine, provinces which have been enrafor two centuries, and which we have held through all tbe political vlcisnittidte and chances of war. The PrusFians do even more than this; although they occupy these provinces very paitially and only temporarily, they already presume to exercise tbe rights of sovereignty over tbem. 1 hey have issued deoree in Lorraine abolishing our laws of conscription and recruiting for tbe army. Ask th first honest German whom you meet if this is not one of those acts of victorious ambition which pledges a nation to a struggle indefinitely prolonged, a struggle which can only be terminated byoneot those disators that a nation never accepts; one that if it experiences it never forgives. Be sure, my dear , that France will never accept the character and consequences which Prussia desires to give to the war. because of our first reverses we have our national honor to preserve, and because of the claims of Prnnsia we have to defend and keep our national territory. W will maintain there two cauRes at any price, and to the very end. And let me tell you, and that without presumption, that Deing so resolute as we are, we are not seriously uneasy as to the result of this struggle. At tbe very beginning the Prus sians made an immense effort ; there is another yet to be made ; it is on our pa?t, and it has, as yet, scaroely begun. We are greatly to blame that we were not better pre pared at first, but with all our shortcomings we have seen what our troops are worth, and thin will be seen and felt more and more as time goes on. We are superior to the Prussians in men, money, and territory, and we will equal thf m in perseverance; even should they persevere, as they will need to do if their projects are to have any chance of success. Tho age is with us, and we will not fail tbe age. Thin, my dear , I tell you in all frnnknets and sinceri ty, is tbe actual condition of facts and of men's minds in Prance. I am very anxious that it should be known in Kngland, and that there should be no mixtake there as to our national sentiments and the possibilities of the future. I devoted my whole political life to creating and maintain ing bonds of friendship and unfettered alliance hot ween France and England. I thought, and I still think, that this alliance is a pledge of tbe moral honor of the tw lations, of their material prosperity, and of the progress of civilization throughout the world. I can recall the sor row and apprehension which I felt in 1857 when I thought that the power of Kngland was endangered by the great Indian mutiny. I remember also tbut the sentiments of France at the time were in complete harmony witb my own. It is therefore with sorrow, not unmixed with sur- rrise, (bat I now see many Kngli-braen ao openly hostile o t ranee. This is a very long lotter. my dear , and I have atill much to say to you; but I must now c include, and am ulwuya niont heartily yours, GUIZO'F. EXGLAXD. IndMlrimre of English Ministers to Hie Crisis England Una No Foreign Policy A Prime minister's Amusements In War rimes. The London Time says: The Ministers, it may be, enter into the pleasure of "standing on the shore and seeing ships tosund on the sea," or of "being In a castle and witnessing a battle and the adventures thereof below." To all appearance thev contemplate the crash of empires and tho full of thrones with a feeling of rural security. We hear of them enjoying the sea breezes of tho Channel, or staying at Highland residences, or visiting menus m me country. it wouia nave bceil Imagined that there was matter enough for a Cabinet council in the news of every week. One would have supposed that men in a responsible position at such times could not have sought too many opportunities for lnterchangiugideas on the great events they may any dsy have to deal with. But they seem quite content to leave ns in the hands of a provisional government of under secretaries and private secre taries. When the hour fur mediation arrives, there will be only time for a brief conversation and a hur ried Journey to Balmoral. No one thinks it worth while to be on the spot in order to be in readiness for any contingency. The Ministers, sir, as we all know, possess the confidence of the country, and the country will doubtless be encouraged by the philosophical calm of the Ministry. It is true the Germans are protesting with increasing ve hemence against our Interpretation of neutral ity, and declare that the duties of a neutral government are not fulillled by tying our hauds with ineffectual laws, and then proclaiming that the law will not allow us to act. Hut the ministry think they have no more urgent duties to attend to than press on them In ordinary autn runs, and the coun try will, of course, be reassured. One advan tage we certainly gain: there is no danger of our active interference In foreign quarrels. It seems, Indeed, from a telegram you pub lished yesterday, that the Government have not been wholly inactive. They have actually obtained an engagement from Greece to abstain from throwing her immense force into the contest. It is understood, moreover, that thev have made an agreement with other powers not to join in the struggle, without mutual explanations. It is evi dent they think there will be abundant leisure for such explanations. The armies of Prussia or tho republicans of Paris will hold their hands while Ministers are returning from tne Highlands, the South Coast, or their country residences. No Foreign Poller. The truth is, says the Pall Hall Gazette, we have no foreign policy, and tn this respect we stand almost, if not entirely, alone among all the nations on earth. A great nation with a small policy soon eeast s to be great, and a nation with no policy ceases practically to be a nation at all. England may be come a CrceBus omong nations by sacrificing every thing to rigid economy, but she will And she has only bartered her name for money, and that the latter gives her no power without the former. In the Europe of the future there must be in the course of a very tew years a consiaerauie reaujusiment or tne balance of power. If we wish to have any voice in the questions which either will arise or await solu tionana some 01 inese, sucn as tne eastern ques tion, as it is called, are of vital Importance to our Interests we should, at all events, retain such a position es will enable us to secure ourselves against the consequences of the ambition of other nations who have higher aims than those of the counting- house, iticn sua respeciaoie we certainly are, but powerful we certainly axe not, either for ofleuse or for defense. ,A Prime Minister's Amusements, Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone visited the Workmen's International Exhibition at the Agricultural Hall, Septembers. The premier was presented with a plough made bv Mr. Johnson, of Castle Blayney, and witb an "I'lster coat," or, as It is henceforth to be cailed a "Gladstone" coat-made of Irish frieze. The A dvmtitter states that on the invitation of the repre sentative of Messrs. Uunville & Co., - the right honorable gentleman was induced to taste their Irish whisky. After having spent two hours In the building, Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone left, expression themselves highly pleased at their visit, and pro mising to pay a second one oeiore tue EXQioitiou closes. A aiOXARCU'S DECLINE. Diary ol as nicer who was with Napoleeo. A Brussels correspondent of the rail Mall Gazette savs: "The following are the entries In the diary of a French officer who was with Napoleon from Paris to Libramont, and arrived the day before yesterday at Dlnant: July 84, departure of the Emperor. July us, arrived at raucy ; triumphal entry. July Sfl, left Nancy. July 27, Pont-a-Mousson. July ti to Aug. 14, sojourn at Metz. Aug. 14, Longeville: battle; bomb struck headquarters; oce colouel and ten men kiiieu. Aug. 15, uraveiotte; battle en ltith Aug. 10, from Longeville to Verdun, fifty-six kilometres In one day. Aug. 17 to 0, Chalons. Aug. SI to 2a, Courcelles. Aug. 84 to 23, Ilethel, Bethonvllle, Tourteron. Aug. 29, Le Chine: cavalry engagement: ten men killed. Aug. 29, htoue; village of twenty houses: Emperor lodged in a cabin. Aug. SO, Mouzon; battle; E.npe rcr breakfasts In a farm-house; setting out in tbe evening; travelling all night; Carignau; arrival at Keuan at iu o'ciock a. m. nepu i, oeaan ; engage ment t 4 A. M. : bombardmect of town at A M. ; bomb falls niton the bridge and bursts not far from the Kmperor: Ueneral de Courson de Vilie neuve thrown off his horse; Prince de la Moskwa slightly wounded by thespliuter of a shell ; McMahon wounded by the splinter of a shell: the Kmperor meeting nim, attks, "Is it serious?'' "No ;" tu the evening parliamentary capitulation, sus pension of arms. Kept. 8, the Emperor goes to the castle of Bellevue, at six kilometres jroui oeuuu; inucivicw; r.iiiperor, xnsinarua. auu Prince ItovaJ : the King of Prussia arrives later and remalDs only five minutes; the Emperor engages only his person, be constitutes tiimsvif prisoner, and spends the night at Bellevue. Sept. 8, departure from Bellevue at 6 o'clock; the Emperor defiles with his suite beiore the front of the Prussian arm v. alter having- made the tour of Sedun: nndnr pretext of being blocked by cars, stoppage in j the trausports of the French artillery. What 1 LuifilJiiWUUl September 3 WTlVal ftt JJouUlou, 1( appears to me that we are made to defile twice be foie the "arae soldiers. September 4, departure from Bouillon at 6 o'clock. At 10 o'clock A. M , arrival at Libramont. The Emperor sees the Bel gian cannon, and asks to have their mechanism explained to him, the same as that of the Belgian rifle. His physiognomy betrays no emotion, we leave the Emperor to go to-morrow to Halma, and from thence to Dtnaut. September A, at 10 o'clock, arrived at Dlnant. Oood reception." AUSTRIA. Count vea Benat'n Poller Imprmnl Speech r 01. Klaczko. rim na Correspondence Pari Monde. The policy of Count de Beust is at present assum ing a somewhat clearer appearance. The Cabinet or Francis Joseph now ventures almost openly on three declarations: 1. Italy shall not enter Home; 2. The Eastern question shall remain In ttatu quo, by virtue of an agreement between the Emperots of Austria and Russia; 8. Prussia, victorious, shall not take cither Alsace, or Lorraine, or Wnrtemburg, or Bavaria; otherwise Austria and Hungary will draw the sword. Much more, M. Klaczko, Counsellor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Deputy to the Diet of Lemberg, has had the courage to pronounce in public, two days ago, In the midst of the applause of the assembly, an emphatic eulogy on France, that noble nation, tbe protectress of Catholicism, the mother of civilization, and to say that Austria must necessarily arrest Prussia In her conquests, so as to prevent Central Euorpe from falling under the yoke of the savage bears of Germany (c). This speech produced a great sensation both at Vlenn and in Uallcia, for M. Klaczko Is weh known to b as it were the right arm of our Chancellor. Qtt potest capere, capiat. It Is true that when one Is o the point of having 600,000 men under arms, fear Is no longer allowable. THE ENGLISH MISSION. Hon. Oliver P. Morton, the New Minister A 8ketch of hln Career. After repeated rumors that the Government had long been dissatisfied with the course of Mr. Motley as Minister to England, the name of the Hon. Frederick T. Frelinghaysen was finally sent by President Grant to the Senate aa his successor, on the 14th of July last. Mr. Motley's friends made an earnest effort la the Senate to defeat the confirmation of his succes sor, but failed. Mr. Frelinghuysen, however, declined the appointment, his letter to the President being withheld from the public for some weeks. Since it has been made public the air has been full of rumors as to who would next be tendered the most responsible of our diplomatic posts, but it was not until this morn ing that the President's definite intention was made known. A reliable Washington despatch published elsewhere announces that the Presi dent has tendered the position to Hon. Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana, and that the latter has signified bis acceptance of it. Oliver P. Morton was born in Wayne county, Indiana, on the 4th of August, 1823, and is therefore in his forty-eighth year at present, lie was placed under the care of a errand- mother and two aunts in Ohio, inconsequence of the early death of his parents, and served for a while with his brother at the hatter's trade. At the age of fourteen he entered the Wayne County Seminary, being described as being at that time "a timid and rather verdant-looking youth, too shy to bear, with head erect, a master s look. lie subsequently entered the Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, where he showed great proficiency in his studies, espe cially in forensic exercises. Ho left coll ege however, without graduating, and returning to Indiana, studied law, and was admitted to tho bar in 1846, soon attaining a position among the first lawyers of the State. In 1852, he was elected a Circuit Court Judge, as a Democrat; but when, in 1851, the Demo cratlc party repealed the Missouri compromise and passed the Kansas-Nebraska bill, Mr. Mor ton, who had been known as a Free-soil Demo crat, abandoned his old party and aided in forming the Republican party, of which he was from the first one of the acknowledged leaders in Indiana. In 1850, he received the Republican nomination for Governor of his native State, but was defeated, after a vigorous canvass, by about 5000 votes. When the vital struggle of 1800 approached, the Republicans of Indiana put forward an unusually strong State ticket, with the name of Henry S. Lane for Governor, and that of Oliver P. Morten for Lieutenant Governor. This ticket was triumphantly elected, and in January, 18C1, in accordance with the previous understanding, Lane was elected to the United States Senate and Morton was duly inaugurated as Governor of the State. Ills position, like that of all the Governors of the loyal States, was one of extreme difliculty.but he devoted himself with untiring energy to the task of upholding the administration of President Lincoln in the efforts of the Govern ment to Buppress the Rebellion. He was among the most zealous and proficient of the celebrated "War Governors," and by a never-ceasing anxiety to promote the comfort of the Indiana volunteers, justly became a great favorite in the camp and field. He likewise enjoyed the entire confidence of the President during this critical period of our history. In 1802 the Democratic party carried tho State election in Indiana, but Governor Morton's term was for four years, and the country was not de prived of his sterling services. The Democratic majority of the Legislature which was in session in the winter of 1802-63, having insolently refused te accept Governor Morton s message on the state of the country and its re quirements, then drew up a bill in caucus, which was designed to strip him of all his military power and lodge it in the hands of four Democratic State officers, but this scheme was foiled by the withdrawal of the Republican members, leaving tbe Legislature without a quorum after the bill had been engrossed ready for Its final passage. In October, 1804, Mr. Morton was re-elected Governor of Indiana by a majority of 22,000 votes, and continued in the active discbarge of tbe duties of this office- for another year. In the summer of 1805, however, he was attacked with partial paralysis, and was forced to make the journey to Europe, as tbe only chance of averting a fatal result. He remained abroad several months, and on his return resumed the duties of the Governorship, until 1867, when, on March 4, he resigned, to take the seat in the Senate to which he had been elected. Although crippled by disease, he has con- tinned to discharge fully the duties of the Sena torship, and by frequent elaborate orations on the impeacement of Andrew Johnson, on re construction, and especially on financial ques tions, has achieved a reputation as an orator, and fairly risen above the rank of the mere politician to the dignity of statesmanship. In the field of diplomacy he is as yet without trial or expe rience, but he posses&es abilities of a high order, and, despite his feeble health, will doubtless Erove himself fully equal to the demands made y the responsible position to which he has just been called by the President. Of his confirma tion by the ena,e there can be no doubt t U, SECOND EDITION TO-DAY'S CABLE NEWS. Prussian Terms of Peace. Frogress of the Invasion. Favre and Bismarck. The Condition of ftletz. IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. The English Mission, Hon. O. P. X&orton Appointed Financial and Commercial FROM EUROPE. Prnatlno Terms ot Fence. London, Sept. 23. The Prussian Monlteur (official organ), published at Berlin, contains in its Issue this morning two notes from Count Von Bismarck to ambassadors of neutral powers to tbe North German Confederation in relation to the propositions for peace now under consideration. The first of these notes Is dated September 13, in which Is urged the necessity for better and more material guarantees against a new attack by France, and espeically upon the States of 8outh Germany, Bavaria,Wurtem berg, and Baden. Hence the need on th part of Germany of possessing those fortresses which are now a perpetual menace. In the second note Bismarck repudiates all idea of German intervention for the reorganiza tion of France, but says if Strasburg and " Metz remain in French hands the offensive of France overpowers the defensive of Germany. These material guarantees alone will give peace, while France retaining these places will always consider a truce as enabling her to chose her own time for a renewal of hostilities. Germany asks only passive strength to resist such attacks. General Cluseret Recalled. Tours, Sept. 33. Newspaper files and letters arrive here spasmodically from Paris. General Cluseret has been recalled from the South, as he is thought to encourage dissatisfac tion and disorder ameng the people. Matters at Lyons. There is an immense supply of cartridges at Lyons. Despatches from that city announce the arrival there of great numbers of French prisoners who escaped while en rout's to Ger many under a guard of German soldiers. Many more managed to reach Toul. Cnpilve Balloons at Paris are still in active use, enabling the military authorities to keep a sharp watch of the movements of the Prussians. Another bal loon from Bazalne's headquarters at Metz had fallen within the territory controlled by the French.- The balloon contained one hundred and thirty-seven letters. Condition or luetz. From these it seems that butchers' meat is very dear at Metz, and the army and citizens are consequently eating horse-flesh. There is great plenty of provisions other than meat. Ueneral (Sarlbaldl is still a prisoner on the Island of Caprera, and Italian war vessels are cruising about to prevent his escape to France. Favre and Bismarck. London, Sept. 23 The Times of this morn' ing publishes a telegram from Berlin of yester day's date, saying that Bismarck and Jules Favre were closeted all day on Thursday, the former insisting on the meeting of the Con stituent Assembly to ratify a treaty. Jules Favre conceded indemnity for cost of the war, surrender of part of the fleet, dismantling of Metz, Strasburg, and possibly other fortifica tions. Prussians Moving on Orleans. London, Sept. 23. The Prussians are appa rently preparing to move on Orleans, which has been evacuated by the French. Troubles la Rome. Florence, Sept. 23. Yesterday a collision occurred in "Leonine City," between Italian sol diers and a mob. The Pope subsequently asked Gen. Cadorna for a guard to insure his personal safety, and the General immediately sent troops for that purpose. The Votnlto. Madrid, Sept. 23. The vomlto. is spreading rapidly in the eeacoast towns. TI1E SIEGE OF PARIS. Details of Operations up to Tuesday The 1'alnoe ol Versailles occupied By tho I'blaua. London, Sept. 82. I Despatch to tne N. Y. Tribune, A special bearer of despatches for tbe Tribune has lust reached London at this hour (midnight, 2M). having left Paris on Tuesday afternoon. Before his ai rival no news since tsunnay iiau oeen received from Paris la London by either telegraph or post Heiepoits that all egress from the city has been pot ltively prohibited by the French, and that the Germans also refuse permission to all persons to pass ineir lines in euoer uirecuon. . The FruBsian advanced pickets are near Malmal f on, between St. Germain and Paris. No French trot ps are in sight. They are all retired behind Pai Is. The country around Taris is deserted except by Prussians. A pontoon b,rifipe is thrown across tbe Seine below St. Germain, where the army of the Ciown Prince Is stationed. The Prussian lines ez- ttndonthe road to Nantes as far as Crespieres. Ko trains are on the railway between Paris and Kouen, or any other point, and all telegraph wires are cut. This messenger brings from the Tribune special correspondent in Puns a detailed account of the roiutejy operations and engagements around that cuy. PARI8 SDCT IN FROM THK OVTZ H WORLD. If the siege of T arls baa not actually commenced. we are already a uncomfortable as tbouga KruDp's cannon were at their destructive work. Sinoe Sun day night we have been shut In from the outer worio, as no later post arrived man up iu yester day noon, we would communicate wun iMuaoa ouiy vi New jfork. This mi ana eased suddenly, for on trying to send litelKirence of (tie nyht yesterday morning, and dnrtaff the dav at Cha lllon. 1 was told the Prussians bad cut the wires. Chalillon la a place well known to most vUltots to Paris, kituated at a short distance between the forts ot Moctroug and Vannes, under tte beautiful woods of Meudon. It ia on the weak side oi Paris, and it Is from this point Henry IV at tacked the city and received tue suom!ssioD or me The Prussians, true to the tactics thcr have prac ticed thmuKhnnt the war, and following no their traditional mode of warfare, have glided through tne lorenu ana woous up w toe very wans or the city, which they are about to assail, on tne other hand, their opponents, apparently nntanght by the bitter experience of the past few weeks, seem to have adopted no extreme precaution against a surprise of the kind ; for although It was known tnat the Prussians were advancing, their actual position and strength nobody could give. tTN8UCCI88FUL ATTEMPTS TO BURN THB WOODS. Ptsoerate attemota were made, nevertheless, to bnrn these woods, but so much rain had recently fallen and the trees were still so green and full of sap that no quantity of petroleum would coax them to blaze and consume. They gave out plenty of smoke, which drifted overabundantly Into the city when the wind blew from the southwest; but thcro was no conflagration. 1 went up on the heights ot iuommsrere to see it, dui noining couia oe discov ered beyond blazing barns and hayricks set on fire to prevent them from falling Into the bands of the Prncslans. Here then the woods remain, and thera ton an thn Prussians la them. Here the enemy have concea ed themselves In the daytime, and hence they have emerged at night and early dawn resting twelve hours or more, then making forced marches of two or three days, always methodically but resolutely. All thOFe clusters of trees which form the woods and copses called after Notre Dame and Saint Mar tin, Gros Bols, all that remains of tho once vast Forest of Bon ly, have been thusoocupted by Prus sians. They advanced along the Orleans road to savignv. where they cut the lines. They found the ford be tween Abion and Athis, and, as the Seine is now low, they soon crossed It, with water up to their waists. Immedlatclv they proceeded to construct a pontoon bridge at Juvlsy, where the railway branches off toward Chatillon-le-Petlt and Vitry. By this movement they avoided the bridge at Join-vllle-le-l'out, which had been blown up at the ap- proai n oi me unians. From this point they rapidly gained the Bols de Fcrrieres and Meudon, and presently Versailles wherein the old palace of the Kings of France, In the ancient "hunting-box" of Louis XIII messieurs the Uhlans rested their weary limbs on Sunday nignt. no time nas been lost by them in getting 13 worK. GENERAL VINOY DEFIAT. Reconnoitring parties went out from the French tide, and Ueneral Vtnoy's Corps had a sharp skir mish last Friday with the advance guard some say me rear guara.-wmcn seems more Ukeiy. mea fell on both sides ; but the General whose retreat to Laon has already made him famous In the army, finding tbe 1'russiaBS outnumbered him. retired under tbe forts of Charenton and the guns of Vln ce lines. The strength or the Prusslaus was esti mated at from 80,000 to 4'),00o, and they had cleverly contrived during the night to plant a battery on the heights which cover fllely, near Cretell. Th's corps marches on a line parallel to that of the Crown Prince, and somewhat In the rear. jTu artillery engagement took place. General VIdoj having fouud It necessary to bring up his guns, with a battery of mitrailleuses, to cover his re treat, xnis is called tne commit or ureteu. 'j ne same evening a skirmish took 'place on the right bank of the river, between the forts of Charenton and Ivry ; but though It has been christened the bat tle of Ivry. it djes not appear to have outgrown the proportions of an inconsiderable encounter. ah mis time me rrussians were creeping into cne Bois de Clamart under Meudon, and were already massed there when It was seml-olllclally announced that they bad not been seen In that vicinity. Pro bably they had good reasons for not exhibiting them selves Chatlllon, which was yesterday the scene of a serious light, lies, as before stated, between the Forts of Montrouge and Vanves, that of Ivry being beyond the latter again, in a line with a farm called LaVerrerie. The space between the two first-named forts Is occupied by a redoubt, unfor tunately not yet fully armed, but strong as a defense with steady troops behind It. To obtain possession of this redoubt as the object of the Prussians yes- teraay, dui ii was aeieaiea. Aiready.on tne previous day, tne Division "tisea." of the 13th of Venoy's corps, hal.set out on a recon- noisance to ion tne Prussian column signalled towards Cnolsy-'e-Uoy. A brisk affair took plaee. the advantage In which remained with the French, as tney ciaim, wun a loss oi e kinea and si wounded. The official French reports estimate the Prussan loss at 400, of whom 68 were killed. The Prussian forces arailfunted to from 3000 to 4000, and were marching upon Versailles, forming the rear-guard oi a mucn larger ooaj wmcn was turning uio posi tion of Chatlllon and Clamar. A FRENCH SUCCESS. This fact bad been ascertained by General Ducrot. who. with fonr dlvluinna of infantry, ni-nnnloil nmi. i ons extenumg irom tne neignts oi niejuii to Meu don. Karly yesterday morning Ueneral Ducrot advanced irom bis post to reconnoitre. He found himself opposed by heavy masses concen trated In tbe woods and villages and sup ported by formidable artillery. A sharp en counter took place, Dut the French were outnumbered and retired. A part of the right effected this movement in good order; but another portion, In effecting it, exhibited what the official etatt ment calls "to-be-regretted precipitation." Tbe wing that kept Its formation reached the redoubt or earthwork constructed on tne elevation or Chatlllon. The left, beirg but feebly attacked, was able to keep its position on the heights of Vlllelulr. At this moment the Prussians hurriedly opened a teiritio fire, and the stress of the cannonade became so neavy tnat ueneral uucroi was ouiigea to with draw bis troops within the protection of the forts. Tbls movement be accomplished about 4 P. M., after a rti uggie which had lasted tne best part or the dav. with a slight lnteiruptlon. At 10 In the morning he spiked tbe eight guns in the redoubt under the eyes and the fire of the Prussians, and withdrew beneath the Fort of Vanves. These statements ( give on the authority of the first otllcial bulletin, which was soon followed by a postscript, stating that the French artillery fired 23,000 shot official figures more or It ss credible and twice silenced the fire of the enemy. BRAVERY OP THE GARDE MOBILE. Tbe Garde Mobile fought most bravely, and with the steadiness of old troops: but on the other hand. the Zouaves of the 28th Regiment or the line fled at 11 in the morniug, throwing away arms and accou trements. Tbe majority or the fugitives were arrested later In the day by the National Guards and the Garde Mobile. General Ducrot, who escaped from Sedan, ex plained tbe presence or the Prussians at Mention thus: One of their columns is marching upon Ver pallles by Bievres, turning the wood of La Verrleres. To effect this movement, they detached a small column of infantry and cavalry, which reascended the Bievres (there Is both a stream and a village of mis name) near rent rucetre and tne percussion rap factory of Meudon. It Is said that General Trochu Intends to call into Paris all the troops wmcn are nowouis oe auu not engaged in scouting, GREAT PRUSSIAN LOSS AT FORT IVRY. The heavy guns of Fort Ivry did great harm to tne iTussians massed in ine wooas. The French losses are not yet published, but are reported as much less than the Prussians. Thus has com menced the series of struggles which Inaugurates the siege of Paris, and wh'cli must now be termi nated either by a great victory and the withdrawal of the Prussians, or by a defeat that will convert every house Into a fortress. Tbeefanor the Garde Mobile Is unquestionable; the resolution of the National Guard not less firm because less boisterous. The provinces and the communes are fast coming to tbe rescue of the be leaguered capital. Three communes have already subscribed fsoo.onO, and thirteen others f2,!oo,oooa toward the national defense. Tbe aspect of the streets changes wonderfully from day to day ; fewer people are in them; more sbops are closed, more soldiers are out and fewer women. People grow solemn a strange thing for PariH. At 10 P. M. the cafes are rigorously closed another strange thing and by 11 the boulevards are deteited. Ambulances with wounded soldiers are continually (assing, and we bear grim rumors of houses and whole streets being mined, ready to send Bfcsaillng Prussians Into tbe air. Carriages passing the line of the fortifications are forblddcu to go off a walk for fear of occasioning explosions, CAUTION AGAINST 6FIB8 The dread of (plea has not yet died out One of the least pUasart features of Hie siege la that each man locks at bis neighbor with suspicion. My for tune has been better than that of mout correspon dent of journals Instead of been arretted as a spy, I have only bean warned not to use my opera glass In public. PROTECTION FOR FOREIGNERS. Yesterday morning the most curious sign of the Piege was the number of foreign flags flying about Pari. 1 went to the English embassy; there was the Union Jack flying over the gateway In the Fau bourg St. Ilonore; and that there might be no mis take, a great blackboard was put up to lmforin the publio that "This is the English .Embassy;" also a similar board on tbe garden side facing the bumps Ely sees. And similarly all the foreign em bassies have their lUga flyiug. Every foreign resi dent ia Paris bangs out the flag of bis nation. The number of fags with stars and stripes that meet one in every street gives a vivid Idea of tbe regard in which the French capital is held by Americans. The EDglish Gags are much fewer. It Is supposed tnat a'.l fceseej ccytrca with sucH flags will be re- perted by both belltgercnts. The red cross flags ol the Society for the wounded are also very frequent. If any one sets up a private ambulance In his house that is, allots one or two beds to tbe wounded ne may nang out the red cross flag. Among all the flags the American is the favorite; and Mr. Wash buine is, perhaps, the most popular man in Paris. Title ftlornisa's Qaototloos. T Mont. Q3 11'Qn A ltT finnmr)m r9 maaw 92 and for account, MtcQMW. U. P. o-aos or jcos, to?, ; OI 1B4JO, 0.0, 8! or 1867, 18X1 10-409, 80. Erie Katlroad, 17S lilinolB Central, 1135 ; Great Western, 84 V. Liverpool, Sept. 8311-80 A. M. Cotton quiet; middling uplands, S Wd. : middling Orleans. 9 wd. Thn sales to-day are estimated at 10,000 bales. The sales of the wek have been &a,ooo bales, including for export 11,000 nd on speculation booo bales. The stock In port la 4OJ00 bales, including lei.ooo bsles of American. The receipts of tbe week have been 63,000 bales, of which ls.ooo bales were American. This Afternoon's Quotations. Lorton. Sept. 83 1-30 1. M. American seenritira qnlet. Stocks quiet. LivjRpooi,, Sept. 831-80 P. M Wheat quiet, Receipts of Wbcat for threo days, lfl.000 quartern, of which 10,008 are American. Corn steady, Fiour steady. Lard firm. London, Sept. 231-30 P. M. Sperm Oi), 82aS3. Calcutta Unseed easier at 60s. 6d.61s. Spirits Tur pentine, is. ixa. FROM THE STATE. Attempted Bank Robbery. Northumberland, Pa., Sept. 23. About 10 o'clock last night, as the watchman entered the) First National Bank, two men, who were con cealed under the counter, sprang ont and seized him, drew a cap over his head, and tied him. They then proceeded to open the vault,but In this they were unsuccessful. They then blew out the vault and the side of the main building by an explosion of powder, but did not succeed ia forcing the safe open. Several private boxes, containing Government bonds, etc., were bro ken open and the contents taken. The bank sustains no cash losses, except a few stamps. The President, K. E. Knapp, offers a reward of $500 for information leading to the detection of the thieves. . ST. DOMINGO. Crltlrnl Situation of Baez. New York, Sept. 23 Letters from partisans of Cabral, dated St. Thomas, 14th, confirm re ports of the critical situation of Baez. General llungira, Baez's Minister of War, is at the Asylum of the British Consulate, Baez having ordered his arrest on the plea that he was secretly working In favor of Cabral. Baez is charged with robbing the Government of $250,000 of the English loan, and $100,000 ad vanced by the United States Government on the Samana lease. FROM WEST VIROLYL1. Soldiers' Reunion. Wheeling, Sept. 23 The Soldiers' Reunion of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, as sembled on the camp grounds at Moundville yesterday. Colonel Curtis, of West Virginia, was elected Post Commander. A beautiful ad dress of welcome was dolivered by Governor Stevenson and Captain Bowers. The attend ance is large, and increasing hourly. FROM WASHINGTON. Hon. Oliver P. Jlorton Appointed .lllnlster to Enalasd. Despatch to the Associated Preu. .-Washington, Sept. 23 Tho President has tendered the appointment of Minister to the Court of St. James to the lion. Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana, who has signified his acceptanco thereof. frqmtheTwest. Obituary. Cincinnati, Sept. 23 Judge William Col son, one of the oldest and most prominent mem bers of the Bar of this city, died on Wednesday night In Avondale, from congestion of the lungs. FINANCE AW I COJIJIEItCE. KvxNiwa TcuaRAVB Omci, Fridar. Sept. 23, 1H7U. The local money market to-day reflects ; l active condition of all branches of city trade as well as considerable animation In speculative circles. The change in the latter from extreme dullness of several weeks' duration has had the eitect of hardening the rates for discounts, which were considered hard enough before, but to-day it is difficult to quote the market, the demands of lenders being almost nominal and quite arbitrary. Bnt this is invariably the case when the banks, either from real poverty or other causes, shut down on business borrowers. What paper is taken at the banks is done nomi nally at Rgal rates, but in the street the range is wide and very uncertain. 810 per cent, is, yeruuyu, mo uitau rauge. Gold Is quiet and weaker. The sales ranrred up to noon between 113 weak. and 113;, closing Government bonds are active, but somewhat unsettled. Stocks were quiet, and prices are without material change, t-alcs of old city sixes at lOi. A email sale of State sixes, second series, was made at 106. Lebigh gold loan brought 89. Small sales of Readine Railroad at 48: Penn. sylvania at 59; Lehigh Valley at 5'.)'4'; and Camden and Amboy at 114. 2ti was bid for Philadelphia and Erie, and 38 b. o. for Cata wissa preferred. In Canal 6hares there was a fair demand for Lehigh. Sales at 83-hS'383, the latter, b. o. A few Bharesof Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank Bold at 123, and of the Second and Third Streets Railroad at 50. PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHAXQE SALES Reported by De Haven A Bra, No. 40 S. Third street. . . FJKST BOAKD. 150 Pa 6a, 8d se... 106 10 sh Leh Vol R. .. 69 27oo City 6s, Old Is. io2 loo ah Leh Nav at . eav ISOO C 4 A m 68, "89 86 I 100 do t0. 33 I'ZOIIU BO JN OS . . IB. 13.1 XUU GO IB. 33 ilooo Read K 7s.cp.lU5 100 dO.....U0. 33 l loo sb Read R... c. 100 do o. S'i 100 sh McUinfk OX -Si 5 shC 4 Am R....111V Narr biLapner, brotrs, report this morning uoia quotations as lonowss 101)0 Lm 113 i 11-48 A. 10- 20 " ms'U'M) 11- 2T " 1 13tf '1910 P. 11-31 U3.V19-20 ' 11-40 " H3)tf 19-i ' M M.'.'.'. .ii3'; ..1MV ..113'.' .113'i' ..113,'i " Philadelphia Trade lteport. Friday, Sept. S3. The Flour market is steady, but tbe business is not so heavy aa yesterday. Thn demand is firm, especially from the home con sumers, whose purchases foot up 600 barrels, in cluding superfine at $5tf560; extras at 10?5-I5; Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota extra family at (6-&: Pennsylvania do. da at 10-50(47: Indiana and Ohio do. do. w.thln the same range, and fancy brands at tl-V 80, as In qualiur. live Flour may be quoted at la-JS. Nothiug doing in Corn Meal. There is very little demand except lor prime lots of W heat, which command full prices. Sales of solo bushels Indiana red at IUMU0; Ohio and Pennsylvania at l-SAai S9, and Delaware do. at fl-5. Eye la unsettled; we quote Western at 6 60c Coin is in lair request at the recent advance, hales of yellow at 1101, and Western Mined at Oats are steadv at the recent advance; sales ol ttoOO bushels of prime Western and FescsylvaniA at t-iXCoB&c., aod ltelawure at 2wc No sales were reported in Barley or Malt. Hark in the absence of sales we quote No. I Quercitron at 130 per ton. Whibay is dull, and orftred at Wc. for Wstra lroc-bcufcd without HBding buyers,
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