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VOL. XIV NO. 81.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4,, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE GENTS.
FIRST EDITION
THE WAR Hi EUROPE.
The Sickand Wounded.
Napoleon III in Exile.
His Attempted Assassination !
Germany in France.
The Course of Empire"
Italy in t
OHIO.
The Kingdom and the Holy See.
Etc. Etc.. Ctc. Etc.. fcic.
THE FRESCO PRISONERS.
lhe Sick nnd Wounded I War.
Kir Harry Verney has forwarded a very in
teresting letter from one of the most efficient of
the young surgeons now employed in the rear
of the l'russian army, dated Pont-a-Mousson,
September 15: "Picture to yourself our Guards,
wounded and dirty, being marched through
London as prisoners of war, aud fancy what
would be your thoughts and feelings at such a
tight, and you will perhaps have an idea of
what the French inhabitants of this town have
had to suffer day alter day for the past week.
Words are idle to express one-tenth of the chill
ing woe that every one with a heart mu?t feel
at such a slgbt the dejected look and cast
down eyes of the French soldiers which
;uail nt the half-averted glance of the
conquering loe, as file after file, officer after
officer, goes to swell the mass under German
constraint. Keally the Germans behave in the
kindest way to their prisoners. I have not seen
a single case to the contrary, and I have seen
many thousands of prisoners. Complaints from
Sedan are quite natural. How can the Ger
mans, on 24 hours' notice, supply a fresh con
tingent tSO.OOO strong of prisoners with food?
When they have it they give it. On good
authority I state that a society in this town,
consisting of Germans, gives to each wounded
French officer on entering the town a change
of clean linen and ICOf. for little luxuries.
To unwounded prisoners money is forbid
den, for in such cases it becomes a weapon.
Thus, I maintaiDr the Germans not only act
kindly but generously to their fallen foes. Dr.
Sandford, of Kars celebrity, and myself, after
distributing some of the bounties supplied by
the International Committee, went to the va
rious hospitals. Pont-a-Mousson is one vast
charnel-house; the number of wounded amounts
to the enormous sum of 9000 in this one town,
and since Sedan ghastly trains, filled with from
500 to 1000, come Into the town every evening,
some ot these, of course, to get better, some to
become cripples, some, alas! many, to die.
One hospital (L'Eglise Semlnaire) had an
interior which would require an academi
cian should he paint something wonderfully
picturesque but terrible in the extreme. The
vast interior has been denuded of shrines
and pews; and, on the straw, round the
pillars, on the altar-stones round the altar, lie
the wounded Bavarians and French, the latter
three times as numerous as the former. All the
uniforms, blended with straw as a background,
made a most thrilling scene. Gun-shot woftnds
leave 6uch depression that it is not to be won
dered at that all lie still as the grave. But these
poor fellows' sufferings aro aggravated by dys
entery and typhus. Various appliances are
bere wanting. The straw accumulates the dirt.
and wounds cannot be attended to properly
while they are lying in it. Dr. Sandford,
therefore, determined to go to the chief military
doctor, Dr. Gielen, who gave us leave to do any-
mwg we jiseu to oetter me conuition oi the
wounded. '
NAPOLEON.
Particulars af the Attempted Assassination
Extract of a letter from Wilhelmshohe, dated
ice itn ultimo:
I have seen an account in several papers re
laling to a young man having been arrested by
the police on the 12th instant, at Wilhelmshohe.
whose object had been the assassination of Na
poleon. Upon inquiries 1 instituted I can give
you the following, on good authority, as the
trath: A youth in Berlin, having embezzled
some money belonging to bis master, bad been
traced to Cassel, and after some, resistance on
his part be was taken into custody at Wilhelms
hohe, whither he had strolled Just to have a
glimpse of the imperial prisoner. For some reason
or other he had bought a pocket pistol in Cassel,
which was found upon him when arrested, and
from this circumstance people, in war time
always too prone to exaggeration, inferred the
crime imputed to him. As to the present life of
the Emperor, it is marked by the same unifor
mity 1 nave mentioned already in my former
letter. He is taking bis regular walks in the
vicinity of the palace. Only once last week he
had a two-hours' drive by a road leading
through the neighboring villages of Klrchdit
mold and Harleshausen, returning by way of
Kafen-Allee, a road formerly kept for the ex
clusive use of , the Elector and connecting Wil
helmshohe with the bunting castle Wllheluisthal,
five miles distant. The party consisted of nine,
all of them being French, Ktimbaud,
mounted on horseback, - riding in front,
and Comte Davlllier at the side of the
carriage. The Emperor with the rest was
seated ob a char'O-banc, drawn by four horses.
To amend bis equipage, a few days ago a royal
carriage was sent over from Berlin, together
with a team of six beautiful black horses. In
side the palace there are many memorial signs
of the past. In the billiard room stands the
identical billiard table of his royal uncle, as also
the cues with the initials "J. N." engraved upon
them. Leaving the ante room, where the rules
of the game, printed in French, are still bang
ing, be may enter the front vestibule, and, look
ing down on the valley before him, bis eyes may
chance to rest upon an Inscription on the glass
panel, cut with a diamond ring by some attend
ant of King Jerome, "Vioele Jioif" with the re
tort mndtrceath, "Le Koi est disparu, vice
l'leeteur!" ,
The Ailrgrd Wealth of the Emperor.
From the London Timet.
Unless we are misinformed, the Emperor Na
poleon, who has been the chief of the French
state for nearly 22 years, and its almost absolute
master for nearly 18, retains no property but a
smail cottage which came to him from bis mo
ther. Call it rashness, call it ovtr weening con
fidence, or call It a generous carelessness, it is
proved by the event that be did not devote his
reiga to the accumulation of money. Whatever
be has received from France he has spent ia the
country, in accordance with tne social system
established with the empire. That system was,
jjo do alt, extravagant ia the extreme. No con
temporary sovereign has held such a court. The
Czar, who owns vast domains as his private
-property, besides Ignoring the limitations of a
civil list in dealing with the public treasury,
CDuld not maintain such splendor. The Sultan
may squander millions, but bis Oriental magnifi
cence has been mere shabbiness by the side of
Paris. What our own conrt Is we all see, and, as
we know its cost,wemay, when we compare it with
that of the French Emperor, form some judg
ment of bis expenses. Thus we hive a clear
light thrown on the court life of the late rolgn.
The system was magnificent, profuse, extrava
gant, and, as the event has proved, relaxing to
the best energies of the country. But the chief
of the State has paid the penalty. Fortunes
have beet made on all sides, but Napoleon and
bis family have made no fortune: thev have
M .llffi
modern Franec, under their own tuition, has
demanded. This Will surprise no one who
knows anything of the Paris of late years.
Take, for instance, the reception of forolgti
sovereigns and distinguished guests of all kinds,
the lavish expenditure of 1807, and the coastant
entertainments at the TuSIcris throughout a
Je,nt- &art of.-veT year wSh to ttlS ar"
added I the gratification; expected and received
tbe, ni'oerless friends of a doml
rrnime, we shall ceaso to wonder thi
the ruler whtf.is not the paymaster of the whole
should not have amassed a private fortune.
Napoleon III will leave his German rlace of
captivity at the end of the war almost as poor a
man as he was when he entered France in ISIS
The Empress has, indeed, her jewels, gifts at
her marriage and on her fete days; but these
are her private property, the state jewels being
now in the hands of the French Government a
Tours. She has, besides, a hereditary property
in Spain, and the Prince Imperial has a hous
hich has been bequeathed to him near Trieste
This, we believe, is all that remains to th)
family which lately was supreme in France, t
need hardly be said that, in speaking of thesi
private matters, our only object is to dissipate
the calumnies which have assailed a dethrone
sovereign.
GERMANY IS FR1XCE.
The I.nncnnfr of Fatlierlnnd and the Fron
tier ine "iionr.e ml umpire."
The AUavmeine Zeitung publishes an interest
ing article on the "German-speaking territory
In France." It says that this territory now ex
tends over 230 square miles, with 1427 communes
nnd 1,800,000 inhabitants a territory which is
almost as large as Mat ot liaden, ootn lu size
and population, and is on the borders of Ger
many from Basle to Luxemburg. The linguistic
boundary (Sprachgranze) between the Germans
and the French begins on the Swiss frontier, at
the village of LutzoJ, in tne canton of Kerne,
and thence proceeds to the northwest, following
the watershed between the German Ilhine
nnd the French Rhone to the Baronkopf, between
Damerkirch (Danne-marrie) and Belfort. At
this place the linguistic boundary has remained
undisturbed; nil to the east is German. The
boundary next proceeds northward, aloug the
ridge of the Vosges. The valleys of the Dolder,
the Tour, and the Fecht are here German; the
source of the Moselle, on the west, is French.
In the vicinity of Colmar and Kalsersberg, at
the sources of the Weiss and the Leber, the
French language passes across the Vosges, east
ward, into Alsace, where there are some com
munes of the canton of Schneirlach (la Pon
trcye), which speak a Roman dialect. Ia the
valley of the Leber the languages are mixed,
and the linguistic frontier proceeds from Mar
kirch (Sie. Marie aux Mines) through the valley
of the Weiler, the upper part of which, is
French, to the Breusch valley.
The upper part of the valley of the Vo3ges Is
also French, and its villages have French and
German names. The lower part is indisputably
German. From the Breusch valley the lin
guistic frontier passes from Alsace to Denon, in
Lorraine. The small mountain valleys of the
Vosges, which belong to the French linguistic
territory, comprise about four and a half square
miles, with thirty thousand inhabitants. The
whole of the remaining portion of Alsace, how
ever, is German. It comprises 140 square miles,
87f communes, and 500,000 German inhabitants.
There is not a single place here with a French
name. The linguistic boundary becomes more
uncertain as it enters Lorraine, where the
French language has made much more pro
gress than in Alsace. It begins at the Breusch,
and passes to the northwest by the lakes of
Guidcsfing (Etang de Gondreange) and
Thusweibe, east of Dieue. Several towns
to the cast
ot this boundary,
as Pfalzburg, have
Gallicized. Thence the
however, such
become completely
boundary proceeds to Morsberg (Marimont-la-
Haute), ine southern ana western villages of
this district are French, the eastern and north
ern German The advance of the French lan
guage bere is shown by the fact that formerly
German was spoken on the banks of the Sellle
as far as Mrsal. The boundary extends in
Lorraine up to the borders ot the department of
tne.Meurtne ana men enters mat oi tne Moselle,
In the former department there are 116 com
munes, with 5.500 inhabitants. In the depart
meet of tbe Moselle the linguistic boundary
passes along the river Nied, leaving Faulque
mont and kreichingen on the right, and thence
proceeds to tne Kanner, a email stream that
flows into the Moselle.
The German portion of this department com
prises about 431 square miles, with 2tW com
munes and 1SW,400 inhabitants. About a ninth
part of the originally German portion of Lor
raine has been Gallicized since the French an
nexations of 1552 and 1706. " -
ITALY AND ROME.
The Difference Between the Italian Govern
went and the Holy See.
The London Times of September 20 pub
lishes a lengthened document under the above
caption. It introduces it thus: "lhe follow
ing note contains a full statement of the dif
ference between the Italian Government and
the Holy See which ended in the invasion of
the Papal territory by the King's troops, and in
the probable termination of the temporal power.
For a long time tbe coexistence of the Italian
kingdom and of the Papal State had
become impossible. A Kingdom of Italy
came into existence in 1SG0, and was
formally recognized by all the European
Powers. That Kingdom has thus acquired a
right of self-existence involving a necessity of
self-defense. But the new Kingdom was formed
In part by the incorporation of some of the pro
vinces of the Papal State, and the Pope resented
inis annexation as a deed oi spoliation. He pro
tested against it, and refused to recognize the
new Italian Kingdom. As the causes which led
to tbe defection of so many of the Pope's sub
jects were well known, his protest met no sup
port, and did not even obtain the attention of
any European State. The Kingdom of Italy,
which, as a recognized State, was based on all
the principles of International law, and
established satisfactory relations with - all
its neighbors, could, however, come to
no pacific understanding with the
Pope; it could establish no modus
pi'ot-idf with bim. The Pope refused to recog
nize the Kingdom of Italy, to negotiate with its
government, or to treat its king with common
courtesy. Rome became the abode of all the
enemies of Italy; a focus of Intrigue and con
spiracy; a nest of brigandage. Had it uot been
for the overbearing power of France, and for
the sense of gratitude which bound Italy to
that country, Italy would, at any time within
these last ten years, have been entitled,
and indeed , ' compelled, in self-defence
to declare war with tbe Pope. That war
bas now begun and ended. The Pop
in bis capacity - as a temporal sovereign
was no formidable foe; but be bad In bis
Lards tbe s7 to vlq of the main gates of
Italy; so lorg as he reigned at Rome be bad it
In bis power, under any imaginable pretext, to
call in Austrian, French, or any other foreign
troops, and thus perpetuate that invalon of
Italian soil which has been the cause of all the
calamities of the country. With the present
entrance of Italian trooDS into Rome a danger
to the Independence of Italy, and at the same
time to the peace of Europe, is happily re
moved. A full statement of the arguments of
the Italian Government, which are thus briefly
summed up, follows, the note being concluded
thus:
Let ns, then, here recapitulate the bases of a defi
nitive solution which were recognized as acceptable
in principle, excepting questions of opportunity and
political convenience, at various periods f t tbe ne
gotiations just recalled, when these negotiations
bore on the final arrangement of the Roman ques
tion considered In Itself. Taese bases are the fol
lowing: The Sovereign Tontifr preserves the dignity. In
violability, and all the other prerogative of sove
reignty, and also the privileges towafd the King and
other sovereigns which are established by custom.
The title of prince and corresponding honors are
conceded to the Roman cardinals of the Clriroh.
The Leonine city remains under the full Jurisdic
tion and sover'1'? of the Pimtiir.
The Italian Govcrumebt guarantees on its terri
tory :
a The liberty of communication by the sovereign
Pontiir with foreign States, clergy, an 1 pepls.
b The diplomatic immunity of the Pontifical Nun
cios or Legatees to foreign powers, and of foreigd
representatives to the Holy See
The Italian Government engages to preserve all
the institutions, o Dices, and ecclesiastical bodies,
and their officials, existing at Rome, but It does not
recognize the civil or penal jurisdiction.
The Government engages to preserve entire, and
without subjecting them to special taxes, all the
ecclesiastical properties whose revenues oblong to
the ecclesiastical charges, offices, corporations, in
stitutes and bodies having their seats at Roue or in
the Leonine city.
The Government has no Interference In the inte
rior discipline of ecclesiastical bodies at Rome.
The bishops and priests of the kingdom, in their
respective dioeses and parishes, shall be free from
ail interferences of the Government in the exercise
Of their spiritual ministry.
Bis Majesty renounces In favor of the Church all
rights of royal patronage over the smaller or larger
ecclesiastical benefices of the City of Rome.
The Italian Government grants to the Holy See
and the Sacred College a fixed and unalterable
revenue of a value not inferior to that actually as
signed them in the Budget of the Pontifical State.
The Royal Government preserves their rank, sala
ries, and precedence to the civil and military ser
vants of the 1'ontitical State who are Italians.
These articles would be considered a public bi
lateral contract, and wouH form the subject of an
agreement with the powers having Catholic sub
jects. Italy is to-day still ready to adopt the same bases
of a solution.
Florence, Aug 29, 1870.
THE FAMOUS U1ILAS3.
Description ol theOlebratrd Prussian Cavalry
Skirmisher..
A correspondent of the Times before Metz
thus describes these excellent troops: "After
leaving this outpost I came across a Uhlan
bivouac, and l win now try ana describe one ot
these men the dread of the French peasantry.
Before doing so, I must, however, clear them of
the dreadful atrocities they are said to have
committed. As you are well aware, they are
always the precursors of the PrusM.in army.
They go frequently as far as 20 or 3) miles in
advance of the army, and, of course, on enter
ing a town or village, if tbey meet with resist
ance, they must use harsh measures. Not uu
frequently one or more of the Unlans
meet their death either treacherously
or otherwise; however, this seldom
impedes their progress, for if one out of
two comes back sound they have gained thalr
object, which is a recoanolssan.ee or. the coun
try. A Uhlan is about the best mounted cavalry
man in the service; the average weight of a
man with his accoutrements is 100 pounds Ger
man. The horse appointments are very similar
to those of cavalry i. e., they have the ordi
nary cavalry saddle and bridle. But the man
ner of packing away a Uhlan's kit is different.
First of all, they have but one waller, which
holds the pistol, the other is an ordinary leather
bag, which looks like a wallet; in this they stow
away a pair of boots, and brushes, tec for
cleaning their accoutrements. Below the sad
dle there, is an ordinary saddle-cloth. Then
across the saddle on which the man sits is
bis whole kit, which consists of one pair
of canvas trousers, loose cant as jacket, and
two pairs of stockings packed carefully away in
a bag resembling a valise. The cloak no cape
is rolled up and placed at the back of the
saddle. They carry two corn sacks, containing
six pounds of corn in each, on either side of the
cloak, and a mess tin encased in leather,
strapped to the back of the saddle. Over all
this comes the sbabraque. The lance is a
clumsy-looking weapon, weighing 4 pounds.
The man's dress is similar to our lancers, with
the exception of the overalls, ours having
leather, the Prussians wearing boots. They
seem never in the way nor out of the way. ft
they crowd a road, they clear it too. They
come in from outposts thirty miles ahead, and
bring information which is news to all. Some,
however, do not come in for I am sorry to
cay the I rench peasantry have taken up arms
in reply to the levy en masse, and fire on the
Prussian officers and outposts recklessly at
night. Depend upon it this will lead to terrible
reprisals, and you must not be shocked if you
bear of some great vengeance being wreaked on
a French village. The Prussians cannot for
their own safety allow their solitary guards in
charge of food wagons to be 'potted at' in this
cowardly manner. . reopie, they say, may take
up arms in defense of their country, but when
they take to firing on solitary stragglers, who
in the field they could not face, it becomes a
guerilla warfare, in which the French will most
assuredly get tbe worst."
NOTES OF THE AVAR.
AN AMERICAN SURGEON AT SEDAN.
"A Surgeon" writes: "The greatest event of
the war, in the matter oi saving life, was, per
haps, the tying of the carotid artery in the case
ot a wounded soldier bieedlns to aeatu on tne
hideous day of Sedan, by a surgeon amidst a
hurricane ol bullets; that was an American vol
unteer surgeon. The soldier bas recovered,
snatched from the jaws of death. The American
was helped by an Irish surgeon. This is one of
the most desperate operations in surgery, re
quiring the steady, minute precision of a watch
maker mending a ueneva watch; steady lingers,
exquisitely accurate eye, chloroform to still tbe
patient, minute dissecting away ot nerves and
fibres to get at the artery. Yet our American
and Irish friends did uot flinch, though the
bospital useii was smashed by cainon bails: '
A FORECAST OF HORRORS.
It Is generally supposed that the Prussians
will not attempt for a long time, at any rate
to take Paris by storm, but. after fighting their
way up as near to the walls as may be neces
sary, will content themselves with a strong and
steady bombardment, ia the hope that the re
solution of tbe inhabitants may not be proof
against tne signt oi tneir nouses ana iavorite
public buildings of which Paris is so justly
proud in ruins or in flames. Tbe destruction
of property will probably be indefinitely greater
than that of life, unless, indeed, a breach is
effected before the city surrenders. Ia that
case the consequences may be inch as one shad
ders to contemplate. God grant that I may
prove a false prophet. but my
firm conviction is that ' if tire Prussians
carry the place by storm, tbe resistance of a
portion of the population, not including women,
many of whom have armed themselves with re
volvers, and even rifles, will be so ferocious
and desperate, continued up to the last moment
from house to bouse and street to street, that
the result wtll ' be an indiscriminate slaughter
worthy of the dark ages Heavy, indeed, wiU
le the responsibility resting upon the beads of
those who have spared a icg!e effort to avert
to icariul a calamity. m
SECOND EDITION
TO-DAYS CABLE: NEWS.
The Fx-Emperor's Manifesto.
It is Said to be Bogus.
Important Strategic Movements.
Bombardment of Taris Imminent.
She is Preparing for the Worst
No Prisoners to be Taken How.
D03IKSTIC NEWS.
The flood Breaks Out Afresh
The Northumberland Bank Robbery
Etc. EtC.t Etc.. Etc.. Etc.
FROM EUROPE. .
fVe Prisoners to b Taken Before Paris.
Berlin, Uct. 4. The Parisians having or
dered that no Frusslan prisoners are to bo
taken, because they help to consume the store
of food in Paris, the Prussian commanders have
also been directed to make no prisoners.
Vlllnjres Nenr Aletz Destroyed.
All the villages around M etz have been des
troyed by the late cannonade.
The Navigation of the Baltic
will doubtless be safe before the German
steamers, now about starting from America, can
arrive.
The Napoleon manifesto Raid to be Bogus.
London, Oct. 4. The manifesto purporting
to have been written by the Emperor at Wil
helmshohe on the 20th ultimo, and published
bere to-day in La Situation, is unquestionably
bogus.
Paris Advices A Bombardment Imminent.
Paris letters received to-day say that the Prm-
sians threaten Point Dujour.
The bombardment of the city from the west is
imminent.
Preparing for the Worst.
The books of tbe great libraries have been re
moved to the cellars.
All the windows have been filled with bags of
earth, and watchmen have been stationed on
Notre Dame to look out for fires.
9klrmt.il Near Paris.
TotriiB, Oct. 4. An encounter recently oc
curred between a French reconnoitring party-
and the enemy at Meche's farm, north of Paris.
No result Is given.
Strategic movements.
The commanders of Forts Montronge and
D'lvrr, on the south of Paris, reported on the
28th ult. large masses of Prussians passing west
toward Versailles. On the same day no Prus
sians were visible from the tower of Vincennes.
There are 1500 Prussians at rithlevres.
This ffleratac's Quotations.
T rtvnrtw W. t . n .art 4 AT fAnanla innn a t
for money and 82V for account. American
securities are quiet ana sieauy. u. o. o-xus or iso'i,
90ft; Of 1666, Old, 69; Of 1867, 88 V; 10-WS, 88 i.
btocKs stead? ; Krie uauroau, is ; Illinois central,
113 V. Great Western. 24.
Liverpool, oct. 4 linu a. ju. uowon Bteaay;
middling uplands, 8 4,'1. ; middling Orleans, 8ftd. Tbe
sales to-1 1 ay are estimated at iu,uuu naies.
corn. S8s. 6i.
London, Oct. 4. Common Rosin firmer. Linseed
Oi). 30 10s.
Antwerp, ocu 4. retroieum opened quiet at
S2f. 60c.
This Afternoon's Quotations.
T Avtiv 4 f . i .OA D AT PAnanla tnw mtmAW
9th(, and for account 92 American securities Urm.
5-208 of 1809, 90X ; of 1808, old, 90, and Of 1807, 69.
jtauways nrm.
Livekpool, Oct 4 1-30 P. M. California Wheat,
108.(3108. Id. ; red winter, 9s. 60. Receipts of Wheat
for three days 90,000 quarters, of whlcn 18,500 are
American. Pork, 109s. Cheese, .64s. 6d. Bacon,
ess. for short-rib middies.
FROM THE STA TE.
The Northumberland Bank Robbery Reward
O tiered.
Northumberland, Pa., Oct. 4. At the lite
bank robbery of the First National Bank of
Northumberland, the following five-twenty
coupon bonds were lost, for which a reward of
$500 is offered: One issued under the act of
March 3, 1865, number 37,738; coupon bond of
1807, number 25,665; coupon boud oi 1868,
number 25,670; coupon bond of 1818, interest
due July and January. The denomination of
these bonds is 91000 each..
$SOOO Stolen .rent a Traveller.
Pittsburg, Oct. 4 A returned Californlan
named Christopher Herbert, of Greensburg, Pa.,
was robbed of 8000 by two Chicago confidence
men, while leaving the depot for bis borne last
night.
FROM THE WEST.
St. Louis Agricultural Fair.
Et. Louis. Oct. 4 Tbe tenth annual fair of
the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Asso
ciation opened yesterday under the most favora
ble circumstances. The weather was fine. An
unusually large number of persons were pre
sent for tbe first day, and everythsng gassed off
agreeably; All the departments are crowded
and the exhibition throughout Is finer than any
preceding one. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon
Horace Greeley delivered an able address be
fore the Association.
A large delegation of prominent citizens of
Colorado are also bere.
The Red and White Storking.
' Cincinnati, Oct. 4 The famous lied Stock
ings and White Stocking Base Ball Clubs will
play the return game in Chicago, on Thursday,
October 13.
, FROM WASHINGTON.
Movement of U.S. Troops.
Despatch U th4 AmxHaUd PrtM.
Washington, Oct 4.Teat papers announce
the arrival at Galveston of two hundred recruits
from Fort Columbus, for tbe 11th Keglmect U.
H. Icfactry, their destination being Fort
tecctc.
FROM NEW YORK.
Robbery of tbe American Express Company.
kochester, N, Y Oct. 4 Five thousand
dollars in a satchel belonging to the American
Merchants' Union Express was stolen last
night from the New . York Central Railroad
depot.
Incendiary Fire.
Port Chester, N. Y.. October 4. Thomas
Bents', and three othof buildings, on Main
street, in this place, were set on fire by design
and destroyed last night. The loss is from
tCOOO to 18000, partially insured.
FROM THE SOUTH. .
Another Freshet.
Washington, Oct. 4. A private despatch re
ceived bere to-day states that the water at Har
per s ii erry has risen much higher than hcreto-
tore.
Texas Markets.
Galveston, Oct. 3. Cotton dull and lower;
good ordinary, 12,! a cents. Sales 150 bales, net
receipts 42 bales. Stock 6330 bales.
IMPERIAL FRUSSIA.
The Arrest of IH. Jaroby, the Prnsslnn Repub
lican Leader lis Caune
Le Xord jol Sept. 20 says: "The most im
portant news of to-day comes not from Paris,'
nor from the headquarters of the King of
Prussia; it arrives from Konlgsberg. The Prus
sian Republican leader has been arrested by
order of the council of war. In order that our
readers may form a precise estimate of the mo
tives tor this proceeding, we will place before
them a translation of a speech which he de
livered before a meeting which be had con
vened, on the 14lh, at Konlgsberg. Here is the
speech:
"The principal question of the present moment is
this: lias Prussia a right to appropriate to herself
Alsace and Lorraine 7 We hear It said that Lor
raine belonged in times past to the German Empire,
and that France got possession of them by guile anl
by force. Now that we have beafi-n the French, it
Is but Just that we should take bacK from them that
which they once took away from us. Do not allow
yourselves, gentlemen, to be led Into error by these
plausible arguments. If all the empires of the world
were the inducement, guard yourselves against
being broopht to worship the idol of
rone. Look Into this high-sounllng lan
puiijre, and you will see that it Is nothing
more than" the old 'right of the cannon'
in a new dress. 'Alsace and Lorraine,' say they,
'were German property, and ought once more to
become German.' What, we ask, have Alsace and
Lorraine, then, no Inhabitants? or are the people of
these provinces a mere soulless chattel, of which
one may take possession without form or c-reniony?
Has war deprived them of their rights? Aro they
become slaves, and may the victor decide their fate
according to his own caprice? Why, even the most
thorough of the annexationists acknowledge that
the people of Alsace and Lonaine are French, body
and soul, and wish to remain French. Tlieu I say
that even had they committed the greatest of
crimes against us, It would be contrary to every
right . of humanity to endeavor to incorporate
them with Prussia or any other German Slate,
.sirs, there Is an old saying, 'Do not to others
that which you wauld not have them do to you.'
What should we say what would our national
Liberals say If one day a victorious Poland, resting
Its claim on the 'right of the cannon,' should de
mand the restoration of Posen and Western Prus
sia? And yet she would bring to bear the Identical
arguments which we are now using to justify the
annexation of Alsace and Lorraine. It Is our duty
to set ourselves In opposition to these tendencies of
national ambition. Let us lirmly maintain the prin
ciples of right as much in political as in private lire ;
let us proclaim that any annexation of foreign ter
ritory, against the will of the Inhabitants, is a viola
tion ol the right of the free disposition ot peoples.
Without allowing ourselves to be troubled by the
momentary Intoxclatlon of victory, let us protest
against any violence which may be done to the
people of Alsace an4 Lorraine. Those only who
respect the liberties of others are themselves worthy
of liberty."
The meeting assembled by M. Jacoby carried
unanimously a resolution embodying the above
sentiments.
Certainly the Republican party, of which Mr.
Jacoby is the leader, is neither very numerous
nor powerful in Prussia. At the same time, the
rigorous measures of which this person has
been tbe object will tend to raise the "suppo
sition that the Government is not without fear
regarding the propagation of the ideas of
which he has made himself the organ.
By tbe annexation of Alsace and Lorraine
Prussia would, therefore, be preparing for
herself, among her own population,
diflicultles in addition to those which will occur
in the provinces incorporated against their will
with Germany. On the other hand, the Prus
sian Government may fear, lest in giving way
upon this matter to the republican party, they
should give to it a moral force and prestige
which it is far irom possessing a.t present, it is,
however, evident that this last apprehension
onlv reposes upon a simple hypothesis, while
the material diflicultles which would result from
tbe forced annexation of Alsace and Lorraine
belong to the domain of absolute certainty.
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
Jules Favre and Kncllah Worklncmeo
On the 17th ultimo, Mr. George Odger, accom
panied by Mr. V Ullam I rant, bad an Interview
with M. Jules Favre, in Paris, when Mr. Odger
presented to tbe trench Minister for Foreign
Affairs the address recently agreed upon at the
various meetings of English workingmen, as
well as the resolutions in favor of tho English
Government at once acknowledging the French
republic passed at the last meeting of the South
wark Radical Association.
Mr. Odger, in presenting the address and
resolutions, said: "Sir, since the republic was
proclaimed several meetings oc worKingmen
have been beld in London, with the view of ex
pressing their opinion of it. At each of these
meetings resolutions have been unanimously
passed cordially approving the restoration of
the French republic. It is right, however. I
should state that at the commencement of the
war the best wishes of the people were de
cidedly with the Prussians, because they con
ceived that the German people had been pro
voked into a cruel and unnecessary war by the
late ruler ot i ranee, nut when it was found
that the Germans bad broken up two armies.
that the Emperor was a prisoner, and a repub
lican government was proclaimed, whose mis
sion was declared to be one of peace, then the
people considered that the war must at once
oeafe.
"It is not for an humble individual like myself
to anticipate what the conduct of the British
Government is likely to be in the future with
regard to this war, but it does seem to almost
every workingman with whom I have opportu
nities of coming in contact, that no government
could look quietly on ana witness great cities,
one after another, besieged and bombarded after
fair offers of honorable peace had been made.
It is the earnest hope and most fervent
wish of the workingmen of England that
no such calamity should occur in France as
that which seems to threaten her at this mo
ment. I am instructed to say, therefore, that
although the people think that the frontier for
tifications may be advantageously razsd to the
ground, yet tbey view with serious apprehen
sions the suggestions for the annexation by
Prussia of existing French territory, and they
will use their best efforts to induce the Gov
ernment to recognize the republic, and thereby
tbbw to tbe French nation their approbation of
a free and popular government.'
M. Jules Favre, in reply, thanked the deputa
tion for coming so far on such an important
mission, and said he would send them an
answer In writing to read to the British work
men. He felt very grateful to the people of
England for their manifestations of sympathy
and good intentions towards a government of
which be bad the honor of being a member.
W ith regard to rating the frontier foriilioAliwis,
it was impossible for hlra to give any opinion
on the subject without first consulting his col
leagues. There was one thing, however, ho
wiphed to be clearly understood and be bop 3d .
Mr. Odger would convey it to his countrymen
in the most emphatic manner, and if possible to
the German people and army, as he (-M. Favre)
had no opportunity of speaking to them, and
that was that it was his most fervent wish that
this terrible war should cease immediately, and
that the German and French peoples should live
in harmony and brotherhood for evermore.
Several young men, members of a literary
society at Middletown. in New York, bad a nar- 1
row escape with their lives, a few nights since,
through the upsetting and explosion of a kero
sene lamp. '
FlftASCia AWD COJ1J1ERCC.
Kvnrato TcutoaAFH Omcc,l
Taexdsr. Uot. 4, 10.
The money market continues auite active, but
there is a more settled feeling, owing to the
gradually increasing resources at the banks. Ia
their weekly statement issued last night the
figures are decidedly favorable to returningease.
Thus the deposits have increased during the
week $225,435; legal tenders, t550,357; and
specie, 132,757. The loans, however, have been
further contracted about t(K,0(0, indicating a
conservative policy in their operations, which is .
no doubt due chiefly to the fact that the usual
statement of accounts to the Comptroller of tho
currency may ue exoeciea at any moment, and;
a favorable exhibit depends upon a contraction
of their present discount lines. The rates to
day are steady at about previous quotations.
Gold is quiet and shows a heavy downward
tendency. The New York sales opened at 113
and fell to 113 about noon, closing at li:U.
Government bonds are dull and off. in sym
pathy with gold.
Tbe Stock Board was very active and prices
advanced. State and city bonds were quiet but
steady.
Reading Railroad said largely at 49X'49i
the latter b. o. Sales of Pennsylvania at GOV:
boy at 1142i-: Philadelphia and
Erie at 202 30), and Oil Creek and Alleghany
at 44. Canal stocks were in demand, but the
only sales were in Lehigh at 32?(533. Bank
Etocks were in better request. 8ales of Farmers'
and Mechanics' at 123.Y, and Western at 70.
In the balance of the list we notice small sales
of Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets Railroad at
21. and Gennantown do. at 28V.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven A Bro., No. 40 S. Third street.
FIRST BOARD.
11000 Pa A N Y C Ts 92i
100 su Read R
MO. 49-31
lusnarft
100
400
100
so
2W
do bl5.49'44
do b60.456
dO.... b0. 49'
do., ss.trf. 49X
do.. ...blO. 49-44
do SCO. 49 V
do C 49-44
2fi 8h C A A.K..1M.114V
1 th West Bank.. 70
145 sh Penna R. ..Is 60','
2d5 do b0. CO'.'
lOOshPnAB R.... 26k 100
208bOCA A R. IS 44V 6(H)
200 so Leh N St.... 83' loo '
tO dO 33 100
60 sh 13th Alth St 21 100
loo sh Gcrm'n P K. 28)tf loo
200BhKeadK 49-44, 100
100 tlO..860wn.49-3ll
dO.....b30. 49f
ao..B3uwn.
do
do
do
49'
49
49
J at Cooks a. Co. anote Government securl'les m
follows: U. 8. 6S Of 1881, 113(Q114 ; 6-208 Of lM'i.
mxoiWis do. 1864, liiiiSinx; do. kov. is6s,
in 4.(jiin7i ; da da, July, lioono v; da da,lS67,
llo,iiio ; da 1868, noeiio ; ' 10-40S, 106
racincs, m,aui,. uoia, U"H.
ME88R8. VB 11AVKN (t BROTHER, HQ, 40 8. ThfTa
street. Philadelphia, report the followinir a notations:
U. S. 63 Of 1881, 113114; do. 1862, U8U119 ;
da 1664, 111S'11H5 aa 1865, 11ttflll! 5 do. 1660,
new. llOno a ; da 186T, do. 110 viio; da lee's,
da iloinoW; 10-408, 10106. U. 8. 30 Year
6 per cent. Currency, lllouiv; Gold, 112,(i
113V ; Silver, 109U0; Union Paciflo Railroad 1st
Wort. Bonds, &3frg646; Central Paciflo Railroad, 80S
(gtH'6: Union Paciflo Land Grant Bonds, 693720.
MsssBS. William paintbb a Co., No. s a. Third
street, report the following quotations: U. 8. 6s of
1881, 113' (4114; 6-S08Of 1862,lUSC112,-4'; do. 16M
UljliH, ; daises, 111111; da, July, 1 sec,
ll0gll0K; da, July, 166T, no(110'l; do. July,
1868, 110(iiil0f:6fl 'O-40, 1(W 06i TJ. S. Pacific
BR. Cy. 08, 1U3111. Gold, 113(1113. Market
quiet. :
Philadelphia, Trade lieport.
Tcespav, Oct. 4. The volume of business trais
acted in Flour continues light, but we continue .
former quotations. There is very little demand,
except from the home trade, whose purchases
foot up 800 barrels, including snperflne at f 4 50s ;
extras at 5 25(j,T8; Iowa, Wisconsin, and Min
nesota extra family attfiOS'TO; Pennsylvania da do.
at 60ii6-T5; Ohio do. da at t6-807; and fancy
brands at 17-25(38-60, as in quality. Rye Flour
cannot be quoted over 15-60. Nothing doing In Cora
Meal.
Tbe Wheat market is very quiet tt yesterday's
quotations. Sales of Indiana red at l -361 "38 ; am
ber at 11-40(1-46; and 400 bnshels Missouri white
at 11-67. Rye may be quoted at 89t$9oa Corn ia
coming forward more freely, and nilces are not so
strong. Sales of 3(00 bushels at 98c (fil for yellow,
and S4&95C. for Western mixed. Oats are active
and weak ; sales of 1000 bushels Western at 6lc,
and 2600 bushels Pennsylvania, part at 50c. and part
on private terms.
100 bushels choice Cloverseed sold at tS-T5, and
two car loads, to arrive, on private terras. Tlino hy
ranges from 4-80(a3, and Flaxseed from 1213 to
12-20.
Whisky Is dull ; sales of 100 barrels Western lron
bonnd at 68(gS9c.
LATEST SHIPPING ISTELLIGENCeT
For gtUlitioncQ Marine Neat su Inside Page.
(.By Telegraph,)
New Yost, Oct. 4. Arrived, steamship Java,
rom Liverpool.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA OCTOBER
STATE OF TBEBMOMITBR AT TUB EVENING TELEOKATH
OFFICE.
T A. M 66 1 11 A. M 72 2 P. M 76-
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Steamer E. N. FairchUd, Trout, New York, W. XT,
Baird & Co.
Bteamer Harsh, Jones, New York, W. M. Baird & Co,
bteamer M. Massey, Smith, New York, W. M. LdirJ
A Co.
Steamer E. C. Biddle, McCue, New York, W. P.
Clyde & Co.
Sclir J. B. Alien, Case, Dauverspori, Day, Uuddell
u Co.
Schr G. n. Bent, Smith, Cambridgeport, Day, Hud
dell . Co.
ScbrM.E. Femerick, Dasey, Cambridgeport, Day,
Uuddell A Co.
Schr Robin Hood, Adams, Norwich, Day, HuddcU
&Ca
Schr Clara, Mulford, Danversport, Day, Huddell
A Co.
Schr Georgia, Orcutt, Bangor, Day, Uuddell A. Co.
Schr L. C. Hickman, Robinson, Boston, do.
Schr Kossuth, Thomas, Boston, do.
sschr Frank Heroert, U-owell, Boston, lo.
Schr M. M. Weaver, weaver, Chelsea, do.
Tdk Thomas Jefferson. Allen, Baltimore, with a tow
oi bargts, W. P. Clyde fc Co.
Tug Chesapeake, Merrlhew, Havre-de-Grace, with a
tow of barges, W. P. Clyde A Co.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING. '
Steamship Hunter, Crocker, 36 hours from Provi
dence, with mdse. to D. h. Stetson A Ca
esteemer Ann Klisa, Rlcharda, 24 hours from New
York, with mdie. to w. P. Clyde A Ce.
su-amcr B. M finder, Louden from New Y.ojk,
Baik Rome, CO days from Liverpool, with rndie. to
Pner Wrlgtt A Sons.
Bark A. alocbmao, Sctrwanbach. 24 days froai
Havana, in ballsst to Peter Wright A Sons. ,
bug Chas. Miller, Ollker, from Boston.
Schr American Eagle, Shaw, from Providence.
Schr Annie Magee, Young from Braintree.
Schr Sarah Claik, Grltilu, from Boston. .
Schr Cere, Fretden, from Dover, N. II.
Schr Chattanooga, Black, from Portsmouth.
Si-hr A. M. Lee, Dukes, from Portsmouth... -z i
Schr M. Fox, Case, Imu Boston.
S-hr Annie V. Bergen, Thompson, from N. Y. rV,
' Schr N. 1J. Skinner, Thrasher, rrom Prov.de&oe.
Schr Adeline TowDsend, kiniey, from Bosroo.
Sthr Marseiliaifce, Keniick, from Ellsworth, Me. -
Pilot boat Enoch Turley, Irom Cpe Ilenloneo, re
porta schr Osueo at the Breakwater, from fet. John,
N. B.
. Tugs Thomas Jefferson, Allen, and Hudson, N c h
n'too, from BuJt!nort, with a tew of bargi-a to W,
P. C:j(.t A CO.