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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
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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 '
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M.'.'.'.
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.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,