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VOL. XIY NO. 84.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
The Invasion of France.
The CliinBse-Franco Trouble.
Dr. Jaeobi, the German Liberal.
Etc., Etc. Etc., Etc., !2to
THE GERMAN INVASION.
Frnnce I nrtrrloot Wnr Socnn nnd Incident
-tvfiils In City nnd Country.
HOW THE GERMANS BEHAVE IN FRANCE.
Dr. Knsecll, writing from Coulotnmiers, Sep
tember 16, iu the same letter which contains his
imaginative account of the interview between
King William and the Emperor, 6ays:
"Nothifa,; can be more distressing than the
eontinual voice of complaint and lamentation
addressed to a stranger as soon as it is disco
vered lie is not a Prussian. The men h.ivo
nothing to do, the women but little, and so they
fcit and walk about and drive each other crazy
by tales of sorrow relating to forage, corn, wine,
wine, cocks and hens, horses and carriages
'pillage et gaspillage.' A very grave fault has
been committed in one respect by many people,
but it was natural enough they shut up their
houses and left them. When soldiers come to a
( house which is fastened up, first they knock and
then they break in, and when they have broken
in, they force open the doors and ransack the
premises, not to plunder, but t9 search for arms
and wine the first for duty, the second for
pleasure. Mv host here took mo into a house
yesterday which ho said had been sorely i 1 1
wed. The floors were covered with articles
tumbled out of the drawers and cupboards, and
omc doors and glass were brokcu; but beyond
that no real mischief had been done, and there
were 'pictures on the walls, clocks, etc., all un
touched. "Bnt the cellar wa9 certainly much the worse
for future visitors. the old man was holding
up gilt-tit audi it'8 ''hemiseg de monsieur to my
pitying gaze, in came a Prussian ollicer, to
whom 1 explained the grievance. 'Yes, and
tell him that they broke open the doors, though
there, you see, are all the keys lying in a r-w
on the table there !' The Prussiau smiled. 'But
does he really think the soldiers could afford
the time to find out the keys of the door ? If
they don't wish their doors to be forced they
hud better leave them unlocked or put the keys
in them quite ready.' Nothing more practical
and sensible than that, I think. The villages
and townspeople again, naturally enough, de
clare that all their stores are gone when requi
bitions are made upon them. They say that
they are starving at a time when they
ought merely to Eay, 'If 3'ou take this and that
we shall be in danger of starving." The Prus
sians may search, and find what they want, and
then consider aud treat all the people as liars,
of criminal proportions. There must be vil
lages in which starvation is actual or immiuent,
for the harvest was very bad, and the passage
of the troops of both armies incessant, but
aid will no doubt be forthcoming from tha large
towns as soon as the Prussians can spare the
means of transport. In fact, ladies and gentle
men, war is a disagreeable thing, and in lis train
comes a convoy of evils, misery and wrong;
but there is one outrage which I (irmly believe
no one can lay to the charge of the German
armies. They respect women everywhere. A
Frenchman at Kbeiros gave them no credit for
that virtue, for he declared 'all the young girls
and good-Iookiug women had been carefully
fcCnUtwaj.'"
STKASIiURG CATHEDRAL.
A Loudon Times correspondent, writing be
fore the surrender of Strasburg, says:
"To the naked eye the siege of Strasburg, as
viewed from the heights behind OITenburg, looks
very much like the siege of Strasburg Cathedral.
The cathedral is the only building that can be
seen; the cathedral, standing, as itdocs, on high
ground in the very centre of the city, is the
only building that can be seen entire. For the
cathedral, in spite of the stories circulated as to
the damage done to it is entire. The clock, I
believe, has been iujured, and it is said that a
shell broke through ove of the celebrated
pakited glass windows and burst close to the
organ. The spire has been struck in many
E laces, but I have been within a mile and a
alf of the cathedral, aud as regards the general
appearance at that distance, can declare it to be
unchanged, in any case, It is a fooiisn calumny
to say that the besiegers have fired upon the
cathedral. It was difficult. to avoid hitting it
from lime to time, and if stray shots have in
deed touched it, the fact will be regretted by
the Germans as much as by the French."
TUB LAST 1IOHKOK8 OF THE BATTLE-FIELD.
"I am happy to say," writes a correspondent,
"a severe example has just been made of three
Prussians, who came from the town of Duren.
It appears that these three rullians had dis
guised themselves, two as Johnuiter and the
third as a clergyman. Oh the Held of the 18i.il
tbey were observed by a Prussian wounded olli
cer to lean over the bodies of the dead, and to
take an unnecessarily long time over places
where no assistance was required. He watched
theni earelullv. until a sharo cry of naln left
him no doubt as to their horrible errand. They
leaned over a man who evidently refused to
permit them to take from him the things so
dear to the dying soldier perhaps the portraits
of his wife and mother perhaps the few rings
that brought to his memory the faces of his
children whom ho was never more to behold.
The wounded ollicer drew his revolver and hit
one of the wretches; the report drew the atten
tion of some army policemen, who, hastening
to the spot, secured the three iuhumau brutes.
Their knives were red with the blood of their
victims, and I am happy to say their sarift was
short and summary ."
FRENCH IGNORANCE.
The Ignorant prejudices of the French, to
which even men in the high and responsible
situation of General Trochu, and authors who
stand in the foremost ranks of literature, such
an M. Edmond About, are not ashamed to
pander, have been amusingly exemplified at
8tettin, where the captive French .oflieers have
been joined by their wives and friends." The
ladies are c ready astonished to find that the
stores didi lbuted to the prisoner and the com
modities' which they purchase in the town are
of excellent quality, and not so dear as the
same things in Paris. A French gentleman was
asked, In his own language, by a German ollicer
in the citadel, how it was that a nation like
France could think of inflicting, even on a
country with whom it was at war, the presence
of savages. To this the Frenchman retorted,
"Well, you do the same; have you not sent into
France whole troops of barbarous Pomeranians?'1
He had do distinct geographical impressions
with regard to Pomerania, but rather imagined
it was a remote and uncivilized land, appended
to the Prussian sovereignty; and he was aston
ished and confused on being told that be was
vben discoursing learnedly in a Pomeranian
town. This is no exaggerated or even very
txtraordinary instance.
WAR EXFEK8E9.
A present estimate of she expenses of the war
cannot possibly be ba6ed on any accessible
ttalletjcs or appro imate calculations, and must
bo little else than mere arbitrary assumption or
guess work. Nevertheless, Dr. G. lllrth has
ventured on this unpractical reckoning, and
makes out the cost of the military action of
Germany to be 1250 millions of trancs, the
direct losses l'30 millions, indirect losses 2250
millions, and war compensation for the recon
quered territory, Alsace and Lorraine -especially
Strasburg at least 200 millions. The
total Is 4'j:;0 millions of francs.
CHINA AM) EUltOl'E.
WlllnWnr Rrtwrrn 1 lilnn nnd Frnnce In
volvclhr other ICureiiriiu Powers?
In the rail Malt Gazette of the 20th ultimo
is an extract on the relations ot the European
nations with China, aud the probable conse
quence in case ot a war growing out of the
Tien-tsin massacre. It takes thejground that
these relations are such that no power can take
any steps of importance in the way of negotia
tion, can press a claim, or attempt to obtain an
advantace, or urge a threat, except in cou
ccrt with the other powers. "We alone,"
it eays, "(or with the Americans to
a much less extent) have really any business in
China at all. The other powers have no 'busi
ness' there. But their so-called 'interests,' not
of commerce, but of supposed national great
ness, forbid their being conleuted with any
position apart lrom us, or jointly with us on
any footing except that of equality."
"The unhappy Chinese are conscious that their
domestic affairs, or what they foudly
consider as such, are superintended not by
one foreign partner, but by four, without in
cluding Russia. All the peculiarities of the Chi
nese character, which we have 6triven so hard
to neutralize, sometimes by rough and soun
tlmes by soft means, are. of course, rendered
infinitely more jealous and obnoxious, and at the
same time amply justified, by the state of things
thus produced. They would fain shut them
selves up more completely than ever in their
old insulation; and the practical impossibility
of their oppressors acting in concert gives them
advantages for this purpose which for a loug
time they bad not possessed. All recent reports
from China seem to teach the same uncomfort
able lesson. Nothing can be done with the
Chinese. Whether Mr. Burlingame were a
dreamer or nu impostor, his grand theory h is.
collapsed. We have made our way into their
poit, into Pekin, up their great river; but we
are as far from getting them to co-operate with
us in any way as ever. Projects for railways,
telegraphs, internal steam navigation, all seem
at a standstill. The Chinese Government will
rot hear of them; not because it has not learned
to appreciate their value, but because it cannot
stir a step in ny direction without having first
to satisfy, not only the interests, but the 'sus
ceptibilities' of tho whola circle of diplomatists
wh'ch surround it. Such seems to bo the con
dition which we have contrived tobring affairs;
and the worst of it is that no practicable issue
from these perplexities seems to sungest itself.
"And now to these embarrassments is added a
new one of a very serious character. The
French, at Ticn-tsin, have been victims of a
frightful massacre, arising out of popular pas
sion. Whether the' had, in any way, provoked
it, by that overbearing spirit in dealing with
foreigners which is charged against them, we
need not inquire. The atrocity of the act itself
admits of no course but that of prompt and
effective punishment. Cut at this point an
awkward question arises. If the vague and
mUcbievous notion is to be adopted that all
Europeans in China mutually guarantee each
other, then let us carry out the doctrine. Let
each nation be responsible for the injustice
done by every other nation, as well as bound ta
exact retribution for injustice done to it. Let
sonio intelligible rules of federal action be
established among us. As it is, are we or are
we not to consider this wrong done to France aa
our own? And may we do so without taking
America and Prussia into partnership? And
will they accept the partnership? It is ru
mored that France hr.a demanded five hundred
heads as the price of blood for her slaughtered
subjects; are we bound, if this be true, to accept
this valuation, and assist her in enforcing exe
cution? We ask these questions with considera
ble uncertainty as well as reluctance. We cannot
ascertain that there is anywhere a definite view
of the mutual duties which our quasl-alliance
in the waters of China entails on the powers, or
the common duties which they undertake
towards the empire itself. And in the meantime
the distant tempest is growling, and appear
ances seem to indicate that the massaere of
Tien-tsin may be only a beginning of sorrows,
and that the negative hostility now exhibited
by the Chinese Government towards European
prosrees nnd European schemes will be backed,
on the part of its subjects, by active and fero
cious enmity; in which, if it once breaks out,
we must be seriously involved."
DE. J Oil ANN JACOBI.
Miftrh of the Great Herman Liberal.
The following, from a German correspondent
of the London Telegraph, gives fuller particulars
of Dr. Jacobi than have heretofore appeared:
Dr. Jacobi was born in Konigsterg in the year
1805. After he had received an excellent educa
tion in the universities of Berlin and Heidel
berg, he returned in 1&50 to his native town.
Fere for some years he devoted himself to the
duties of his profession he was a doctor and
to them exclusively, as far as the public knew.
But after the lapse of some years the provincial
physician suddenly startled the whole of Ger
many, and became for a moment the object of
everybody's attention. The cause of this
charge was the publication of a bro
chure, entitled "Four Questions resolved
bv a Native of East Prussia." Public ap-
plaute ana public disapprobation were not the
only results to the doctor of his pamphlet. The
Government pounced down upon him; the pub
lication of the article wasjdeclared to be a g'ave
political offense, and the uufortunate author
was sentenced to three years imprisonment.
Dr. Jacobi, however, is not a man to be easily
repressed; he appealed against this decision to
a lusher court, ana ins appeal was suceessiul
In 1848 he became one of the leading men of
that opposition which then had so many distin
guished adherents. Dr. Jacobi was not a
very frequent speaker; a great aud lmpor
tant occasion alone brought him out. But
he vtas none the less active in organizing
the popular party; aud ho was one of the
most feared, as ne was one ot the most
strenuous, opponents of the Government. After
the violent dissolution oi tne fariiament, be re
tired to Switzerland, that favorite asylum of
political refugees. There, however, he did not
remain long; for what be considered the call of
boner demanded his presence in his native
country. And uitnougn to obey the summons
was voluntarily to run the greatest risks, Dr.
Jacobi did not flinch. Evil tongues had bee a
busy with bis reputation, aud many bad ac
cused mm oi ueiug a traicor to tne country ne
professed to love. Dr. Jacobi dererminod to
meet his accusers face to face. So,' as I have
said, ho returned to Germany, and was at once
put upon his trial. The eyes of all Germany
were, for the moment, directed on the
emit in which the fate of Jacob! was
Iting decided. Everybody spoke about it.
everybody waited In breathless expectation for
the result. 1 heir anxiety was oi long duration.
for the arguments in the case extended to an
almost unexanipted length. It was not until the
trd of the seventh week after it opened that the
trial closed. Jacobi triumphed, and his acquittal
was hailed with loy by tne many wuo, at borne
or in exile, agreed with his principles. He was
now at the height of his fame, and he found the
people tco ready to honor him. As a token of
their good will, they elected LI in to a seat in
the First Chamber oi Prussia. liut to tne sur
prise of many, he declined the honor. Though
possessed of the talent, and apparently of the
disposition for a public life though now the tri
umphant victor over the most powerful ene
mies he bade farewell to the arena of political
s life. Once again he retired to his nitive citv,
and resumed the role of the quiet provincial
physician. The events of the last month hive
drawn him from his retirement. Again his oice
is beard in the political world, and again that
voice is raised in opposition to the powers that
bo. And now, I hear, to make the analogy be
tween bis earlier and his lat'er days complete,
Dr. Jacobi is again a political priouer. Be
ibis step right or wrong, no one can refuse their
admiration to one who has so persistently, so
fearlessly advocated that which to him appeared
the cause of right and justice.
WILD WESTERN SCENES.
A Bull F'Kltnt Knosni t'lty-Noinblll'Irs Pre
sent Henntor Mcliuras lnjiri d l)lAiitla
Detail.
Tne Kansas City TSnUetin has the following:
For the past two weeks the city has been
posted with bills announcing a SpanUn bull
light, which was first aunounced to take place
last Saturday, but owing to the rainy weather
was postponed until to-day. The animal,
meanw hile, were kept in a half-starved condi
tion, until .the time next appointed for the
brutal exhibition, which was yesterday.
In company with representatives of other
morning papers, we visited the driving park,
where we found a strong
BULL TEN
had been erected, in size about thirty feet
square, and about eight feet in height. Above
this pen, tiers of seats bad been built, so as to
enable the spectators to view the expected goug
ing and tearing of the ferocious animals.
Ascending the raised dais or platform we
found a motley crowd of spectator, among
whom we noticed some of our most respectable
citizens, drawn thither no doubt by the novelty
of the idea of a genuine Spanish bull fight.
THE ANIMALS.
If we bad any expectation of witnessing a
fight, they were dispelled by the first sight of
the bulls. Poor, leap, dispirited victims to a
brutal mob, neither of them were larger than a
two-year old heifer, and were too weak to walk,
much less to fight; it was all worked out of
them in their trip over the plains from Texas.
PREPARATIONS.
One of the poor brutes was tied to a corner,
the other was kept in a little pen. A party of
butebeis arrived on the ground bringing a quan
tity of blood, which was thrown upon the ground.
A party of wbippers then 6tood around the
arena, and proceeded to whip the little Texan.
goading it to desperation by sticking a number
of spikes into It, which sunk into the hide of
the terrified brute, and hung to it, the blood
oozing out from its skeleton frame.
THE COMBATANTS MEET.
After the outside animal bad been tortured
about one hour, amid the jeers and laughter of
tne brutalized assemoiaec, tne second bull was
driven out of the pen, and the animals met, but
from the manner or tne mcetiug it was evident
they had met before, and under the yoke, for
neither indicated the least inclination to fight.
DIABOLICAL ATROCITY.
Now followed a scene which for cruelty, tor
ture, and damnable brutality ha never been ex
celled, either in this or any other age: a piece
of cruelty to animals that should be denounced
with the execrations oi a civilized commuulty.
Finding that the half-starved brutes would not
tear and rend each other with their sharp horns,
a number of men aud boys armed with whips
stood over the smallest animal, and from the
platform above it whipped the bull nntil it fell
to the eartn, wnere, ior iuuy nair an nour, the
prostrate animal was whipped by detail until
Its eyes were whipped out.
The other brute having been lassoed, was
drawn to the platform by a party of human
beasts more beastly than the beist itself, and
held, while two of their number gouged its eyes
lrom their sockets, the poor brute bellowing
pitifully In its anguish, muiy utteen miuutes
was occupied in this horrible sport. The brutal
torturers liuaiiy desisted irom pure exnaustlon.
and the bleeding and blinded animals staggered
around moaning with anguish.
THE PLATFORM GIVES WAY.
How long the horrid scene would have con
tinued we do not know, but by a divine dispen
sation oi rrovidence, a part ot tne spectators
gallerv gave way, precipitating the occupants to
the earth in one promiscuous heap of humanity,
brutality, ana pine lumocr.
CARL SCIIURZ INJURED.
Among the crowd that fell with the scaffolding
were Senatar Carl Schurz, Congressman Van
Horn, aud their mends, who, in company with
Mayor E. M. McGee, had driven out to see the
fight. We are happy to say no one wa3 very
seriously hurt. Senator Schurz escaped with a
damaged nose, and others with slight bruises.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE ?
Considerable complaint was made against the
proprietors of the affair, because the bulls re
fused to fight. Search was made for the gate
keeper, for compelling a refunding of the ad
mission fee, but hT had disappeared with the
money-box under bis arm. This was no more
than right; the crowd paid for a brutal exhibi
tion and they got one.
GEE AT EARTHQUAKE IN ASIA.
Over Thiee Thousand Persona Killed Chinese
OlUclal Iteiioru.
Lomlay Correspondence London Times.
The Roman Catholic bishop at Bataug, on the
confines of Thibet, China, and Burmah, sends to
India a terrible accountof an earthquake in that
region, atrectlng an area oi 180 by uo miles, l ne
event occurred on the 11th of April, and his last
letter Is dated the sum of .May. considering
that the missionaries there can communicate
only by Shanghai, the transit of the letters has
been rapid. Last year, It may be remembered,
there was a very destructive earthquake in
the, in one sense, adjoining British district of
Caebar. A shock at 5 in the morning
and a stronger shock at noon were followed
at sunset by an earthquake which levelled
the whole town and killed or bruised half the
population. The missionaries escaped to their
garden, and only one ot their servants perished
The large and splendid Lamaseral, inhabited by
three thousaud Lamas, fell with a crash. The
Chinese ollicial reports, which Dr. Chauteau
tells us are a liftle exaggerated, estimate the
loss of human life at 413 Lama priests, 57
soldiers, and 2813 "common people." A series
of eaitht.uake shocks were felt as far as Pung-
mou-tang, the place at which Mr. T. T. Cooper
met Seer Suggut Sing, the Nepaulese ambassa
dor, in mm. me village ana many otners are
destroyed, and so many of the authorities and
the nobles have been buried nnder the ruins of
their bouses that "robbers, like wild oeasts, run
everywhere." To conclude in the bishop's own
words, 'The imperial highway from Pekin to
Lbassa Beems, and is said to be now, totally im
practicable uear Kong-dze-tin by the fan of a
mountain and the sudden unheaviag oi a new
one."
Criminal Affaire.
Cvurtof Quarter Sessions Judge Ludlow.
In the matter of Henry Cooper, who was arrested
for a murderous assault and battery upon Police
ii nu lieorge W. liuruv, the pliywclan atte titling; the
oiticercanie Into Couit this morning and said he
considered htm ontol danger, and therefore Judge
l.mllow admitted the prisoner to ball in 10 to.
Francia J at'kson, colored, was tried for the lar
ceny of a fur collar from M. II. Hurt, Thirteenth
and .South streets, but the only evidence in the case
being of a hearsay character, the jury had to render
a vercilct ot not guilty.
Ken lrii k Miller nleaded guilty to the charge of
stealing four boxes of cigars from Ligue'a tobacco
Btore. Having teen caugut la tue act, ne ma le no
i.tntauon in owning up.
SECOND EDITION
TO-DAY'S CABLE NEWS.
The Siege of Paris.
Flaces Occupied and Absndonsd.
Reported French Successes.
mporlant Letter from Bismarck.
The Premier on Kcpubl lean ism.
FROM EUROPE.
Tbe Priiehiaoa at Pnrtn.
London, Oct. 7 The Prussian Gnard is on
the north of Paris, between the Canal de l'Ourcq
and the Northern railway. On its right Is sta
tioned the 4th Corps, and on its left the 13th
Corps.
Diverting the Water Supply.
To the pioneers of the Prussian Guard has
been assigned the task of diverting the water of
the Canal tie l'Ourcq into La Marne river, a
stream which falls into the Seine some miles
below tbe city of Paris. Should the Prussians
succeed in the design, one source of the water
supply of the beselged will be cut off.
Prepnrlng to Bombnrd the City.
The Prussian guns are nearly all in positron
before Paris, and the bombardment will be com
menced from all the batteries simultaneously
the moment the arrangements are perfected.
Fori reuses to be AllarUed.
The French fortresses of Belfort, Schelestadt.
and New Breisach are to be attacked at once.
The captors of Toul have been charged with
the duty of taking Soissoug.
The New French Levies.
The Prussians have scoured the provinces of
Marne, Orleans and Picardy without llndingany
traces of the New French levies.
The Prussians have evacuated Muhlhou.se and
are marching towards Altkirch.
Hevolt ot Prisoners.
Brussels, Oct. 7. There are symptoms of a
revolt among the prisoners confined atBeverloo.
The Belgian Rifles have been sent there as a
temporary precautionary measure, and the pri
soners will be distributed among the different
fortresses as soon as possible.
Point Occupied by the Prussians.
London, Oct. 7. The Germans have occupied
in force Pacy and Vernon, 6mall towns in the
Department ot Euro. Thev were vigorously
but ineffectually opposed by the National
Guards.
Jleported French Sucrrases'.l 3ES
A despatch from Vendomc, a town in the De
partment of Loire-et-Cher, dated at C o'clock
last evening, contains the following:
The Prussians have been driven from Anger-
ville Thoury and the neighboring villages in
the Department Eure et-Loire. The French
captured twenty prisoners, including one of
Prince Albert's couriers. The road between
this place (Vendorae) and Thoury is thronged
with the National Guard. There is much en
thusiasm in this section of France.
The WUhelmshohe manifesto.
London, Oct. 7. Pietri, formerly Prefect of
Police at Paris, to-day publishes in the name of
the Emperor a repudiation in the WilhclmsUoUe
manifesto.
Letter from Bianiarck.
Bismarck has found it necessary to make
public the following statement:
"Versailles, Oct. 6 1 -33 P.M. I do not hold
the opinion that the republican institutions of
France constitute any danger for Germany, nor
have I, as asserted in a letter of the 17th ultimo,
published in the London Daily Telegraph, ever
expressed such a view to Mallet or to any other
person. Bismarck."
Affairs nt Tours.
Tours, Oct. 7. General La Motterouge, Com
mander of the Army of the Loire, has arrived
here. Great quantities of arms and stores are
ponring in here from all parts of France.
War Office Decrees.
A circular Issued from the War Office yester
day regulates the formation of military courts,
fixes the number of Deputies to be chosen to
the Constituent Assembly at 753 Instead of 750,
and decrees that all enactments since March,
1859, berepealec1.
This ftlornlBg's Quotations.
London, Oct. 711-30 A. M Consols for money
Vl)4 for account, American securities quiet
and steady: U. o. 6-20s of 1S62. 91V; or 1865,
old, f0; of 1667, 694'; 10-408, 60. Stocks llrm;
Erie KuilroaU, IS; Illinois Central. 113;; Great
Western, 27.
Liveki'OOl, Oct. 711-30 A. M. Cotton steady;
middling uplands, 6 VI ; middling Orleans, fld. Tne
sales to-day are estimated at 10,000 bales. The sales
of the wee k have been 7S.O0O bales, 14.000 of which
were for export, and 3000 for speculation. Stock
r38.000 bales, of which 163,000 bales are American,
lieceipts of the week J'Jo.OOO balea, 39,000 of which
are American. Red Western wheat, Ss. 4d.(Ss. tiJ. ;
red winter, s. ou.as. va. .
This Afternoon's Quotations.
London, Oct. 71-30 P. M. Uousols for money
92;',; ; for account, 92.. American securities quiet,
and stacks ciuiet.
jlLONDON, 0ct.7 1-30 P. M Sperm Oil declining
at AbKab'Z.
LiVKKroouOcL Tl-30 P. M. California Wheat,
10s. 2d. ; red winter, 9s. 9l. Receipts of Wheitfor
three days 15,0 0 quarters, l'i.Mio of wntcn are Ame
rican. Corn. 2Ss. 6d. Outs, 26a. 91. Peas, 36s. Oil.
Pork, 107s. 6d. Lard, 71s. 6d. Bacon, 64s.. for Cum-
DeriaLd cue Taiiow, Jas.
Aktwkki1, Oct. 7. Petroleum opened flat at 62
francs.
FItOM TJIESOUTIL
Kentucky Politics.
Cicixnati, Ohio, Oct. 7. The delegates to
the Democratic Congressional Convention of
the Sixth Kentucky District assembled at New
port yesterday, pursuant to the adjournment
made at Wilton, on the 27th ult. Tbe friends
of Judge Win. E. Arthur and Hon. Thomas L.
Jones met in separate balls, all efforts to se
cure satisfactory adjustment of differences hav
ing failed. Tbe two wings nominated their re
spective candidates. Tbe attendance at tbe In
dustrial Exposition was about 15,000 yesterday.
FROM jaSWJSJfQLAJtD.
Pollttral-Tho Weather.
BosroN, Oct. 7. The Republicans of the
Third district have nominated Glnery Twltctfell
for re-election to Congress.
Last night was the coldest of the season.
Theie was a heavy frost all over New England.
FROM NEW YORK.
V r. la New York Vttr.
New York, Oct. 7. .V fire occurred in Ann
etrttt early this morning. Loss $10,000; in
sured. Koch A: Sons, blank-bjok ro.auuf.v3
turtre, are the chief lowers.
Mew York Ntock and Money Market.
Nbw Yohe, Oct. 7. Stocks active. Money, 4
(3 ft per cent. Gold, 113. 6-20s, 1862, coupon,
iiii; no. i"K, no., iu,m; no. is& do., 112: do.
1865, new, 1103, . d0, 1667, xi03 ; do. 1863, 110),,' ; 10-408,
106 i ; Virginia 6s, new, 64; Missouri 6s. 90 ; Canton.
Ct")s ; Cumberland preferred, 83; N. Y. Central and
Hudson Kiver. 2v: trie, svsrf: Kcadimt. 99''!
Adams Express, 67,y; Michigan Central, 120:
Aiicnican outnern, nay; Illinois central, 13im:
Cleveland and FlttRburg, 106 V; Chicago and Rock
iciand, 116',-; rittshurg and Fort Wayne, 92;
Western union Teiejrrapn, so,.
New York Produce Market.
Nkw YORK, Oct. 7. Cotton nulet and stroni; snles
of 10U) bales uplands, lO'.'c. ; Orleans, lrt'.c. Flour
firm ; and moderately active; suite, f i-wxitotm; omo,
J.vr0S6-3r; Western, f4-9.VrfiV9ft; Southern, tv.vi,
8 3f. Wheat quiet, and held hlRher; sales of sfi.ooo
bushels No. 2 at i luil-iti for old : winter red West
ern, fi'82i?la33. Corn dull and heavy; sales of
17,000 bushels mixed Western at Kk$ 6Sc. Oats
dun; sales of l?,ooo bushels Ohio. 6l(S57c. ; Western
61(afi:;c. Beef quiet. Pork dull. Lard steady;
sieum, RVt&loc. Whisky quiet at 89,'.;.
Baltimore Produce Rlatket.
Baltimore, Oct. 7. Cotton llrm at lev. Flour
miner but unchanged. Wheat llrm and Western
better: choice Maryland red at l-orxna-.o: irood to
frime, l-4ivr.l T.5; fair to good, fl-25(Sl-35; common,
lil.20; white wheat, l-40(ni-i8; Western winter
led. l-33(Sii-i!5. corn dim; wnue, 95a( ji; yenow.
9?i.i!ic. ; Western, CfSrtfi'Oc. Oats more firm at50;$r)2a
Kje, 76H9oe. 31 ess i-ork nrni at 2 su. moon
active; rib sides, 17c. ; clear do., llc, ; shoulders,
I4,vrc ; hams, 252fya'c. Lard llrm at lGvc, Whisky
mm atoic
A rilllOSOPHICAL SUICIDE.
A Wrnlitiy Ocrninn, Fearing Hurtdcn Denth,
Mioots ijiiiincii inrouiu ine Heart.
Mr. Max Bcrolzheimer, a native of Germanv.
35 years of age, committed suicide at Maillard's
Hotel, No. 61 Broad way.some time during Wed
nesday night or yesterday morning. For seve
ral days past .Mr. jieroizneimcr nau oeen suuer
ing from severe colic, but it seemed only a tem
porary illness, lie did not appear at all
despondent, nor can his friends assign any
caute which would have been likely to cuse
any depression of spirits or desire to commit
suicide.
He did not make his appearance in the morn-
iner. and at t oon a lady called to sec him, and
an unsuccessful attempt was made to rouse him.
learice that something was wrong, Ullicer
Geary, of the Eighth precinct, was called, and
tbe door of the room was forced open, and Mr.
Berolzbeimer was found lying In bed, apparently
asleep, but actually dead. Life bad been ex
tinct for eome hours. It was supposed that he
bad died a natural death, aud nothing was dis
turbed until the arrival of Coroner Rollins, who
had assumed charge of the caso. Deputy Coro
ner John Beach turned down the bed-clothes
for the purpose of examining the body, and
was surprised to find a revolver lying at the
right band ol the corpse, and on a further ex
amination a pistol ball wound
was found in tho left breast in the region of the
heart, directly under tho left nipple. The builet
evidently passed through the heart. From the
condition oi tne oea domes ana otner articles
about the bed it was apparent tbat the pistol was
fired bv the left hand, and under the bedclothes.
To prevent discovery the suicide had covered
hlmselt with tne oeuciotnes up to tne cnin, anu
had placed a heavy overcoat over himself.
THE SUICIDE'S BISTOUY.
Tho friends claim to have no knowledge of
any circumstances that might have led or in
duced mm to terminate nis existence, as iar
as they know, hia pecuniary affairs were in a
flourishing condition, and they can only pre
sume tbat it was tho fear of a sudden death
prompted hiui to tho act of self-do3truction.
Berolzbeimer was a native of Furth, Bavaria,'
and came to this city in io j. lie was a man
of fine education, having graduated at the Uni
versity of Mnnich, and also good business ca
pacities: very correct and temperate in his
habits, and had, by his energy and strict atten
tion to business, amassed quite a iortune in a
few vears. lie was a bachelor and had no rela
tives in this country, his parents still residing
in Bavaria. He was a man of fine physical ap
pearance, and his many excellent qualities had
endeared him to an extended circle of friends.
who will feel most bitterly his untimely and
tragic end. A. X . world to-aay.
A CHASE AT SEA.
A French Gunboat After the Westphalia The
Ueruian saves uerseii uy i-oiir luuea.
There seems to have been a regular 6ea chase
at last, which to the parties on board both ves
eels the French corvette La Touche Trevllle
and the steainshli) WeBtPhalla must have been
very exciting. Although, witnin tour miles ot
each other no damage was aone, speed Having
triumphed over bullets by getting away from
them. The pilot boat Washington, No. 2:i, ar
rived from sea yesterday morning, ana reported
that on Wednesday, twenty-five miles east of
Fire Island, she was spoken by the North Ger
man steamship Westphalia, wnicn sailed hence
on tbat day for Hamburg. Tbe pilots state that
a short time previous tney signtea a t rencn
cruiser, about liftecn miles further east, and
Informed captain iscnwensen oi tne lact. ine
Westphalia then steered south, with the French
gunboat in full chase.
It appears that the La Touche Trevllle on
Tuesday afternoon accompanied the Ville de
rarls eome aisiaixo out on' ner ocean voyage.
She continued with her until cduesday morn
ine. having convoyed her forty miles from the
Highland lights, east by souih, when the West
phalia, beaiiDg south by west, was sighted.
The La Touche Trevllle at once left the Ville
de Paris and 6teered south to cut oft the West
phalia, keepirg oft to about sixty-five miles
south-southeast irom eanay hook, i-rom an
accounts preparations were at once made on
board the t rencn gunooat to capture the v est
pbalia. Tbe men were ordered in positions and
everything was got in readiness tor the event
Whether there was much uneasiness on board
the Westphalia Is not known, but the close
proximity ot tne i.a loucne ire vine must uavo
given rise to some apprehensions, for in the
effort to cut off the Westphalia the former failed
by a distance of only four miles. The speed of
the WestpbalU turned out to her advantage;
ior, nnamg mat sue was widening tue uap, tue
La Touche Treville abandoned tho chase and re
turned to the city yesterday, about noon
Shortly after the arrival of the cor
vette In the bay a iierata reporter
Icnutred at the French Consulate It there were
any truth in the statement made by the pilot
. . . . v. A l I
boat, tbat a r rencn corvette vuu uceu iu uiu
chase of the German mail steamship Westphalia
on Wednesday nlnht. and, if so, was the La
Touche Treville the vessel in pursuit. He wa
informed that the commander of the Treville
had given no information at the Consul's office
on the subject of the Westphalia, and that tbe
Prlmanguet, which was caught in the late storm
and lay up for repairs at Norfolk, at tbe mouth
of the James river, was the only other vessel
which could have pursued ner. i. Literal
to-day.
FIN AtlCU AtlUCOJIJllillCB.
vxxiMa Tklbo&aph Orrioi,)
1 rid. UoL 7. 1870. (
Afnnov oninua .p.arcn and In frond dttmand.
which leaturcs keep up thejratea for all classes
of loans. The activity at the Stock Board dur-
Im. ik. nod throA Hiiva has ctimnliLtAd thft dn-
mand for money on call, and it now looks as if
. i l . : l . . ! .
a lively season in speculative invebtments in
upon us. The movement of currency towards
the West and interior is small, and owing to
tbe payments from those sections for fall goods
purchased here, money is gradually becoming
easier, though the progress of improvement is
necessarily slow. We quote on call at .V.ffiW
rer cent, and first-class discount at 7ftU0 per
cent.
Gold is Still oulct and very stendr. ran Mnor nn
to noon between 113 and llSu.
Government bonds are active and our miota-
tions this morning show a further advance.
Stocks are fairly active and prices firmer.
Sales of State 0s, 2d scries, at 100, and City '3,
new, at 101(S103.
Heading Kaliroad sold freely at 49;19 Sl;
Pennsylvania at 61 ( Camden and Amboy at
1153,; Catawlssa preferred at 38; Norristown at
78; Lehigh Valley at 53; and Oil Creek and
Alleghany at 44 b. o.
Hcstonville Passenger Railroad shares sold at
14?4. Tho balance of the list was neglected. .
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven Bro., No. 40 S.Third street.
BEFORE BOARDS.
200 sh Reading R .' 49''
FIRST BOARD.
1300 City 6s, N....ioi?f
tunoo do 2d. 102
13000 Pa 6s, 2dse...loo
Jinoo N Penna iOs..llo
13000 Leh V R n bds
Cp.. 93
JSOOOLeh R In.. 2d. 89
S3000OC&ARRbs
b6.... 80','
24 eh Cam A AmR.ll5,vj
27 sh Penna R..ls. ci'v
11 do Is. 61M
00 do Is. fi
B sh Nonist n R..jfig
14 sh Cat Pf 3S
4shLehV R.d b. fw
10 do 6s;
100 sh O C 4 A R . b30 44
100 sh Hcstonv'e.bS. 14 'i
100 an Read It 49M
100
do C. 4!)'i
do.... ..0. 4il's'
do b60.49M
do 49 M
do 49-94
do..... 49 -SI
do bl5.498l
do 0.49 Kl
do C.49SI
do S30.49 69
6-t '
roo
200
p
200
llH
1(0
N)
200
Jat Cook It Co. quote Government securities aa
10o;4 ; Pacifies, llloUi j. Gold, 113.'
Messrs. Wiu.iam Paintbr ft Co.. No.sa s. mini
street, report the following quotations: U. S. es of
1881, ll:i?0114; 6-208 Of 1S62, 113(113;,'; do. 1864.
111.r11l :V, do. 1865, 11112 v; do., July, 1866.
llOftCdillOx; do., July, 18C7, 110,v,110' ; do. Jnly,
1868, 110)i($U0 s, ; BS. 10-40, 106! (107 fj. S. PaoiliC
Kit. cy. 6s, liiKtaui'i. Gold. H3aii3v.
Messrs. Db Raven & brother, no. 40 s. Third
street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations:
U.S. 6s of 1881, 113'8'114: do. 1802, ii3eu.t,';
do. 1864, llllll1,'; do. 1S66, 112C 112',' ; do. 1S6S,
new, 110;',lt0;'i ; do. 1867, do. 110,,110,' ; do. 1868,
do. 110',110, ; 10-408, lOOXiaioe '. U. S. 30 Year
per cent. Currency. Ill aiii'. f: Dn enmn.
Int. Notes, 19 : Gold. 113ail3V: Silver. lOT.aiim-
Union Pacldo Railroad 1st Mort. Bonds, 830(jt,S4o;
Central Pacific Railroad, 8M903; Union Baclflo
Land Grant Bonds, 700 725.
Narr k Ladner, Broicers. reoort thia mnrn!no
Gold quotations aa follows :
10H0 A. M 113;'a; ll-42'A. M US
104 " 113 12 05 P. M 113
10-20 113'.-;i2-2S " .113
10-43 " 113 I
IMiiladelpbla Trade Report.
Friday, Oct. 7 There Is less doing in Flour,
there being very little demand either for shipment
or home consumption, and prices of the low grades
favor buyers. About 1000 aarrels sold, Including
superfine at 14-5025; extras at 5.V62tf; Indiana
Wisconsin, anil Minnesota extra family at J6 for low
grade, up to 17 lor fancy; Pennsylvania do., do., at
0 M)(s7; Ohio do. do., within the same range, and
mucy urauus at rjSKS. as to quality. Jtre
Flour cannot be quoted over to 60. Nothin doing
In corn Meal.
There is not much activity m Wheat, but prices
are unchanged. Sales 74,000 bushels Indiana red
at $l-3tl-40 and 2000 bushels prime amber at 11-43.
Rje ranges from SSe. to 00c. Corn Is Inactive ; sales
of 2(00 bushels at 98c. for yellow and 9092c. oats
are dull; sales of 2000 bushels at ft0(52c. for West
ern and 3000 bushels Southarn at 49$50c. In Barley
and Malt nothing doing.
Cloversced is nulet and ranireg from 10-25 to .W5.
Timothy may be quoted at fi-sOy? 4-75. Flaxseed is
ueid at iz'in.
Whisky Is dull and cannot be quoted over 69o. for
"Western Iron-bound.
LATEST SIIHTING INTELLIGENCE.
For additional Marine .Yeioa see Inside Page.
By TelenrapJi.)
New Yop, Oct. 7 Arrived, steamship St. Lau
rent, from Brest.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA OCTOBER T
STATE OF TUERMOMITIK AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH
OFFICE.
7 A. M 65 I 11 A. M 60 I 2 P. M 65
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
St'r Beverly, Pierce, New York, W. P. Clyde fi Co.
Br. bark star of Hope, Peterson, Elslnore for orders,
Peter Wright & Sens.
Schr Wave Crest, Davis, Thomaston, Graerr, Rother-
mel &. Co.
Sehr E. G. Irwin, Johnson, Boston, do.
Schr American Eagle, Shaw, Newport, do.
Schr Sarah Clark, Griilin, do. do.
Schr J. D. Farquuarson, Hopkits, Wash'tn, do.
Schr A. Townsend, Wesscls, Georgetown, do.
Schr Sarah Mills, Baker, Fall Kivcr, Sinnickson&Co.
Schr N. H. Skinner, Thrasher, Providence, do.
Schr L. S. Levering, Corson. do. do.
Schr Pennsylvania, Ewimr, Stonlngton, do.
Schr W. Wilson, Baker, Somerset, do.
Schr Sophie Wilson, Walls, Bristol, o.
Schr J. Maxllcld, May, (Juincy Point, do.
Tug Hudson, Nicholson, Baltimore, with a tow of
barges, W. P. Clyde & Co.
Tag G. B. Hutchlns, Davis, Ilavre-de-Grace, with a
tow ol barges, W. P. Clyde & Co.
ARRIVED THIS .MORNING.
Steamer Vulcan, Wilcox, 24 hours from New York,
With indue, to W. M. Baird & Co.
Hi earner H. L. Gaw, Her, 13 hours from Baltimore,
with mdse. and passengers to A. Groves, Jr.
Steamer Mayflower, Eultz, 24 hours from New
ork, with mdse. to W. P. Clyde Co.
Schr George Henry, Sallda, from Baltimore, with
shingles to Norcross & Sheets.
. Schr Blonde), Chapman, from Piovlncetown, with
merchandise.
Schr Henrietta, Hart, from Norfolk, with shingles
to Moblen k Sons.
Schr Bee, Kerns, from Norfolk, with shingles to
II. Croskev & Co.
Schr H. W. MeCauley, Hubbard, from Leeohville,
wnn shingles to H. Crcskev & Co.
Schr J. W. Worthlngton, Tenny, from New York.
Schr Clara Bell. Nickerson, do.
Schr Raven's Wing. York, from Salem.
Schr Admiral, Steelmau, do.
Schr Morning Star, Lynch, from Norwich.
Schr Aunle May, May, from Boston.
Tug Thos. Jeflerson, Allen, from Baltimore, with a
tow of barges to W. P. Clyde & Co.
Tug Chesapeake, Merrittew, from Ilavre-de-ijrace,
with a tow of barges to W. P. Clyde & Co.
Special Despatch to The Evening Telegraph.
Havke-de-gkack, Oct. 7. The following boats
lift this morning in tow:
Garrett Tinsman, with lumber to R. Woolvrtou.
Jennie Lucas, wlih lumber to 1. Trump, sn Jo.
E. & R. S. Gould, with lumber, for New York.
MEMORANDA.
Br. steamer Anglia, craig, from Glasgow via Mi
Vf.le, at New York yesterday, with f 44 passengers.
Br. steamer Baiavia, Billings, for Liverpool via
Oueenstown. cleared at New ork yesterday.
Steamers General Barnes, Mallory, and Raotdan,
W liltehurst, for Savannah; El Cm, Nickerson, for
Wilmington, N. C. ; Clyde, lluuter, for Charleston ;
Elleii S. Terry, Bearae, for Mewbern, N. C ; aud
Fanita, C. Com stock, and Novelty, for Philadelphia,
cleared at New York yesterday.
Steamer Yazoo'Catharine, hence, at New Orleans
yesterday, at 8 A. M., in 7 days passage, and will sill
on tbe 14ib, to return.
Br. brig Sarah, Outerbrltfge, was loading at Trini
dad 84th ult., for Philadelphia.
Schr G. M. Wentworth, Kobldns, for Philadelphia,
cleared at Calais 4th inst.
Scbr Sarah J. Arnold, Arnold, for Plii!a1elp,iia,
sailed from New London 4lh inst.
Scbrileetta, Nash; Mary Richardson; D. Oilllns,
TownBend; G. II. Smith, Smith ; William Wallace,
Scull; Koret, Crocker; Helen Mar, Nickarson; and
R. Palmer, Ibau, hence for Boston ; Wave Crent,
Davis, do. for I'rovfucerown; B. H. Atwood, Brown,
aod Westmoreland, Price, do. for Providence; ai.d
Annie Staples, Boyd, of and from l.ubec, Me., f.ir
Philadelphia, arrived at New York yesterday.
johuwh: u. a. os oi issi, m&Ui( O-Z0S Of 1862.
llf113K: do. 1864, UlXOUlt; do. Nov. 1865.
112(jll2.M ! do. do., July, ai0.'ll0f ; do. do., 1867.
lioaiiotdo. 1868. novraiiov! to-ioa. mew
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