Lan caster gintelligenter. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1870 Meeting of the Democratic County Com- The Democratic County Committee will meet on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1870, at 11 o'clock A. M., at the Democratic Club Rooms, in the City of Lancaster. The attendance of every member is particularly requested. R. R. TSHCDY, Chairmen. B. J. McGRANN, Secretary. Meeting of the 'Democratic County Corn- As will be seen by the notice published elsewhere, the Democratic County Com mittee is requested to meet in this city next Monday. Every member ought to be present as business of importance is to be transacted. The Downfall of Napoleon When Napoleon declared war against Prussia without just cause he cut him self off from the sympathy of the world. All men wondered at his audacity, but none dreamed that he would be so speed ily and utterly crushed. It was believed that he had not taken such a step with ,, out fully counting the cost, and it was supposed that France was fully prepared for the gigantic struggle before her peo ple. The war was popular with the masses and the victory would have made Napoleon theiridol and have established his empire on a basis that could not be shaken. But from the very first it was apparent that the Emperor hail com mitted a fatal blunder. The armies on which he relied were inferior to those of the Prussiansln numbers and in the capacity of their commanders. From the first skirmish to the end of the ter rible battle which resulted in the sur render of Napoleon, the Prussians were uniformly victorious and the French in variably defeated. The German forces were handled in the most magnificent manner,and the campaign made by them surpasses ill comprehensiveness of plan, celerity of movement, and daring execu tion, ally thing that the world ever saw. Looking back upon the events , of the last thirty days we behold a seri,. wonderful marches and great battle , . which far surpass the achievements of the first Napoleon. There has been not a single serious cheek to the German forces, and not a blunder in their man agement from the beginning to end. The genius of one man gave unity to the ac tion of three mighty armies and pre served an unbroken singlcnessof purpose in the action , of more than half a million of soldiers. To stand against the constant blows of such a force as the Germans brought into tile field, handled they were, the French needed other guidance than that of the gouty anil half paralytic Napoleon. Ile hail COM witted his destiny to the fortunes of war only to lied himself completely out numbered, :mil constantly beaten wher ever he turned. Less than two months sufficed to annihilate tiw imperial structure which he had been eigh t years in building. To-day his Empire is a thing of the past, :Ind France beaten and crippled, stands face to face with a new and uncertain future. Iler soldiers fought with unsurpassed brav ery against llarful odds, and there is no dishonor to them in defeat. It is idle to speculate now as to what will be the effect of the war upon the government of leaner. It is to be hoped that a Re public will be speedily proclaimed, and that any attempt of the powersof Europe to sustain the Prince Napoleon upon the throne of France or to substitute an Orleans or a Bourbon will becheckmated and vigorously re-dsted. The spread of republican ideas is something which King \\lin:nu and the rest of the Euro pean sovereigns most dread. We hope the French will have the sagacity to seize upon the opportune moment and proclaim the republic at once. The SltUation in Europe \VS front Europe continues to be exciting Loth important. A republic hits been proelaimed iu France and the people sOOlll to la in no humor for sub mitting, to loillitiation. lithe non• republic were firmly established and ill complete Working order, it Would III) liolllt lIUII L the warlike energy ( the first French republie, and under some leader like the first Napoleon the disasters of the last mouth might be re paired and the dkgraee of defeat wiped out by corresp.indingly brilliant victo ries. As it is the new . government can hardly he expected to be ready to meet the armies of Prussia which are now marching with victorious shouts upon Paris. Brave as the French people are, they cannotlwat back the trained le gions of (lermany with an army of raw recruits or entlmsiastie volunteers. The (Anvers of the new French Republic dare not lower the standard which they have taken up, and tin•y cannot reason ably hope to carry it forward to victory. The situation in which they are placed is one which is full of difficulties and beset with many dangers. 'Clic decla ration of a Republic also complicates the difficulties in the way of the l'russians. 'The new government of France dare not make peace if the peo ple demand war, and no government to which the people of Paris are opposed, can be maintained fora day Without be ing supported by a large force of foreign soldiery; for French troops would frat ernize at, once with the masses and turn their bayonets against any obnoxious ruler who might be set over them by Prussia or the combined powers of Eu rope. It looked ,yesterday as if Prussia might undertake to restore the Napole onic dynasty after exacting indemnity for the past and security for the future, and that would, perhaps, have been the easiest way for her to escape from existing complications. The dec laration of the Republic and the intense hatred of Napoleon, which has been ex cited by his unexpected surrender, renders the re-establishment of the Na poleonic dynasty an imposibility. A Bourbon oran Orleans would be equally as distasteful to the French people, and could only be kept upon :1 throne sur rounded by au impregnable cordon of foreign bayonets. 'fhe difficulties placed in the way of Prussia by the declaration of the French Republic are neither few nor slight. There is little danger that the spirit of 1515 will be immediately revived in Germany, but the successful establishment and conduct of a I•'rench Republic would be a constant menace to all the Monarchs of Europe. Ring William, of Prussia, is a despot, believing with all his heart in the divine right of Kings to rule, and is, therefore, the natural enemy of ally Republican form of government. Ile will not permit a French Republic to exist if he can crush it out, and the right of the people Of France to govern themselves in their own way will not be conceded willingly. The French Republic must be estab lished by force of arms before it will be permitted to exist as a perpetual menace to the power of all the monarchs of Europe. The whole character of the contest has been changed by the surren der of Napoleon, and we now see a French Republic doing battle against the armies of an invading monarch.— Where will the sympathies of the Amer ican people be bestowed under such cir cumstances? Will they be with the King of Prussia or with the struggling leaders of the Young French Republic? That is one o f the questions of the hour. GEBROE BRUBAKER, the once power ful King of the Thugs, was deposed on Saturday night. He was uotonly com pletely defeated but openly insulted at the polls in his own ward. His politi cal influence in the county would have been at an end now but for the Express. That paper enabled him to secure the renomination of John E. Wiley, who voted for the "big steal" down to the final passage of the bill, and then got the ring masters at Harrisburg to ex cuse him so that he might have a chance of getting back to serve them again. The Radical County Ticket. For weeks past there has been the most intense excitement among the Radical politicians of Lancaster County. The spoils to be secured are worth gath ering, and from the rival candidates for Congressional honors and profits down to the very lowest pot-house brawler the nterest felt in the result of the primary election has been engrossing. Last Sat urday afternoon every rum mill near a polling place was thrown open, and whites and blacks drank free liquor out of the same glasses. The voting was lively, and the counting of the ballots was done in accordance with the usages of the party managers. Of course the Congressional fight ex- cited much interest. When Mr. Wick ersham announced his intention of con testing Mr. Dickey's claims to a renom ination an amount of diss'atisfaction and disaffection existed in the Republican ranks sufficient to have enabled a man of capacity and integrity to defeat Dickey. He has very little personal popularity, and lacks the qualities which excite the admiration of the masses. He ranks as a third or fourth rate member of the House, and has done nothing du ring. the two sessions he has served to attract the attention of the country or to command the confidence of his con stituvnts. Many of his votes have been of an objectionable character, and he left himself open to assaults which would have proved fatal to his political aspirations, if his opponent had been a man of mark, capable of combining the elements of dissatisfaction. Professor 'Wickersham might make a very respect able schoolmaster, and might even man age the Common School Department of the State with average capacity, if he would turn his attention exclusively to the business of his office. He has been dabbling In politics for years, and we have had occasion more than once to reprimand him for unseemly intrusions of politics in assemblies where such things are entirely out of place. Ile has allowed ambition to find a lodgment in his breast, and would not be satisfied until he made an effort to secure a seat is Congress. Ile has the satisfaction of knowing the extent of his influence and popularity in Lancaster County. Where the right kind of a man could have won, the principal pedagogue of the State is beaten more than two to one. Dickey's vote was no thmbt swelled by tricker• and all that concatenation of combined rascality which accompanies the Craw ford fount} System as practiced in Lan caster. Still we must believe that he secured at least a small majority of the legal votes cast at the election. The means which he used to secure a re nomination were not of the most repu table character, but they happened to be admirably adapted to the desired end. It is rumored that he spent money with lavish profusion, and the sums mentioned s having been disbursed by tim are greater than the amount of his ;alary for the two years he has already ;creed. We know not how true the re tort; may be which are current in Re while:in circles in regard to the means Ised by Mr. Dickey to secure a re-nom nation, but certain it is that there must ie some fire where there is so much awoke. On the Legishdi ye ticket George Bru baker got Wiley and the Express got Reinoehl. Thus was the bargain made between the leaders of the new Thug combination carried out. The _Express Will advocate the election of Wiley, and he can go back to Har risburg with the assurance that he 'nay vote to give away all the bonds in the Sinking Fund, or for any other rascally job without damaging, himself in the estimation of the virtuous Radicals of Lancaster County. Ilis renomina tion is an endorsement of the " big steal" of last •winter and of all sorts of rascally legislation. Should Rein oehl and Wiley be re•elected it will also be a declaration by the Republicans of this county that party discipline is of no account, and that members of the parts are at liberty to bolt nominations whenever they feel like it or think it will pay them to do so. Better men titan either Reinoehl or Wiley were defeated in their aspirations for a seat in the Legislature, because they could not com mand therombined influence of the new leaders of the new Thug organization. 'flie only soldier, among the long list of names announced as candidates for the lucrative office of Recorder, was in gloriously defeated. The wounds of Private Ilartman had no longues in them sufficiently eloquent to touch the hearts of the selfish politicians who made up the slate, and the loyal Radicals of Lancaster County showed in this mat ter how weak is their gratitude to " the brave defenders of the County." The Commissione•.s came very near losing their candidate for Solicitor, but they managed to count Eiready in by a plurality of three over his soldier oppo nent. In the nomination of this man Kready the objects of the law making the office of County Solicitor elective have been defeated. It is not likely that the Solicitor will offer any objections to bridge building schemes or other cor rupt jobs should Kready be elected. The Prison Ring secured the nomina tion of their candidates for Inspectors, and the reign of rascality by which that institution has been so long disgraced will continue. 'Caking the Radical ticket as a whole no man can say that is such a ticket as should be set before . he people of Lan caster County. So far the Crawford County System ill this county has proved to he :t complete failure. More incom petent and fully as many dishonest men have been nominated under it as under the old delegate system. Rings are just as potent now as ever they were, and there is much more corruption in the Republican party of Lancaster County to-d.•ay than ever there was at any former period. Drunkenness has also been in creased by the iuloption of the Craw ford County System, and ruin has come to be one of the most po tent engines of the managers of "the God and morality party." Free liquor is the order of the day now, and many a young man is made drunk preparatory to casting his first vote. The politics of the Radical party in this county is loath somely dirty and corrupt in all its as pects, and things seem to be Bing on from bad to worse with every succeeding election. Wanted—A Candidate for Governor The Radicals of New York are in se rious trouble. Au election for Governor is to take place in that State this fall, but up to this time no one has been found who is willing to accept the nom ination with the certainty of defeat star ing him in the face. Horace Greeley was earnestly solicited to allow himself to be put forward as the standard bear er of the party, and General Grant in timated that the white-hatted philoso pher of the Tribune would confer a spe cial favor upon him by so doing; but Horace " could not see it." He peremp torily declines, and assigns as his reason for so doing the knowledge he has of the state of parties and the assurance that he would be overwhelmingly de feated. Other prominent Republicans have been approached, but so far each one of them has decided that lie can not take the nomination. We suppose some one will eventually consent to be set up, to he knocked down by the Democracy under the lead of the Hon. John T. Hoffman. LANCASTER CO COUNTY is no more strong ly Radical than Berks is Democratic; but while it required the expenditure Of thousands of dollars and the debauching of hundreds of men to secure the re nomination of 0. J. Dickey, the Radical candidate for Congress in this county, the Berks county Democracy re-nomi nated Hon. J. Lawrence Getz by accla mation. Each candidate is rated at his proper worth. The Workings of the Crawford County System. The working of the Crawford County System among the Radicals of Lancas ter, has been far from satisfactory to the more reputable and intelligent men of the party. The old delegate system was made odious by charges that rings controlled the nomination of candidates, and it was claimed by those who advo cated a resort to the popular method of nomination, that fitter and purer men would be selected if the people were al lowed to determine by a direct vote who should be candidates. This was soon shown to be a delusion. One of the very first fruits of the new system was the nomination of George Brubaker, for the important office of District Attorney, and his election. Brubaker is notori- ously unfit for the position, and the members of the bar would have pre vented him from being nominated un der the delegate system. He opposed the adoption of the new system because he made money by manipulating such delegates as be could control, but he would scarcely have dared to set up for District Attorney, if the Crawford County System had not been adopt ed. He would have expected to be beaten before a convention. Other nom inations equally as un fit have been made under the new plan, and all effortslto break up the prison ring have proved to be utterly abortive. Such intelligent and disinterested% Republicans as have given the subject proper attention are opposed to the Crawford County System, and desirous of its speedy abolition. A President Judge is to be nominated next fall, and the lawyers do not expect to see the fittest man selected to till that most important position. They look for a regular scramble over the office, and such au unseemingly exhibition us will detract from the dignity of the bench. The recent vote for and against the Crawford County System showed that a very large minority of the Republican party of this county are opposed to this corrupt and corrupting plan of making nominations. There are some honest men in favor of its retention, but it is perfectly safe to say that a great pro portion of the more upright and intelligent men of the party voted for its abolition. Its principal sup porters are the men who make money out of the annual scramble. The tavern keepers are all staunch friends of the Crawford County System, because they profit largely by the greatly in creased sale of whiskey. Their bars are rope visited by the different can didAes, and there is always a crowd hanging around ready to drink as often as they are invited. Ant one of them would think of such a thing as " knock ing, a shingle oft' the landlord's house," when „a candidate for office proposes to pay for the drinks. A tavern keeper recently remarked that he would be willing to pay two hundred dollars a year to keep up the ('raw ford County Sys tem. Ile felt that he could very well af ford to (I() so in view of the immense in crease in the sale of liquor which it has created. Here is a nut for the Temper ance men of Lancaster County to crack. It is not reasonable to suppose that the Eapre - ss and Fathrr Abraham are igno rant of the vast increase in drinking which has been brought about by the system which they have labored so ar duonsly to maintain; and we can only find a reason for the singular conduct of t hese professed friends of temperance, by looking at their advert king colum tis during the struggle which precedes every primary election. They make money out of the Crawford County Sys tem, and their temperance principles are subordinated to sordid selfishness. Another class whirls is devotedly at tached to the Crawford County System is the horde of fellows who are ready to sell their influence and their votes. Votes are bought and sold in this county under the new system to au extent which would astonish the uninitia ted. We are assured by prominent members of the Republican party that it is not an uncommon thing now for men who are far removed from want to demand and receive money for their votes. 'Below these is a long tile of needy and improvident creatures who are bought up like sheep in the sham bles. Fellows of the baser sort traffic in such votes and make candidates pay well for them. The negroes soon learned the tricks of their white brethren, and a colored preacher addressed a letter to the different candidates during the re cent struggle, offering to sell the votes of Ids congregation. He even went so far as to address all the opposing candi dates who were aspiring for the office of Recorder, when he could not possibly aid more than one of them, if he acted honestly. The probabilities are that he took money from all who were willing o pay. . . . The corruption which has followed in he wake of the Crawford County Sys em has alarmed the more upright and ntelligent men of the Republican party, and it is safe to predict that it will soon a: abolished, unless the corrupt and nereenary men who are its chief sup• oorters should prove to be too strong. for he virtuous and discerning members of he party. For the life of us we cannot . ee how any newspaper professing the east regard for morality and decency defend it. It is full of rottenness tnd has brought a long list of vices in its train. The Radical Count} Committee The Itadical County Committee met on Monday morning and organized by electing John M. Stehman, Chairman, over Charles Denues, by a vote of 4.5 to 19. A series of resolutions were adopted. The first praises Grant for some indell nite and ',indiscernible good which the people are expected to believe he has ac complished. Thesecond " makes a blow" about a comparatively insignificant reduction of the national debt, but does not deign to notice the subject of oppres sive taxation in which every voter is directly interested. The third rejoices over the fact that negro suffrage and negro equality has been forced upon the people without their consent or ap proval, and declares that this outrage "marks cf grand era in the history of our government." The fourth proclaims in favor of a high protective tariff, and de nounces all who are not in favor of rob bing the people for the benefit of a set of Yankee monopolists. 'the fifth praises the ticket just nominated, "prison ring candidates" and all. The sixth rejoices in the fact that the candidates for As sembly are pledged to vote against big st4s and to stand by caucus nominees. If / Wiley and Reinoehl adhere to their pledge it will be because it is more profitable to do so than to break it. A supplementary resolution was adopted requesting the Itadical newspapers of the county to cease their abuse of candi dates and of each other. We imagine the country members of the County Committee will find it the most difficult task they ever undertook to compose the newspaper quarrels of the contending Radical factions in this county. They are bound to continue, and the commit tee and the people might as well learn to grin and bear the infliction. Such, us we have recorded it, is the platform upon which the Republi can party of Lancaster county goes into the present political campaign. With such a platform any party ought to be beaten, and nothing but the lash of party discipline could induce any intelligent man to vote for candidates who take their stand upon it. GREAT dissatisfaction exists among Republicans at the result of the recent primary elections in this county. It is freely asserted not only that corrupt means were employed to influence votes but that rascality of the grossest kind was practiced in the holding of elec tions. It is charged that wrong counts were niade, and that the returns do not show the true result of the voting done. So open and so general are these charges, and so generally are they believed that the dissatisfaction appears to be almost universal. What ,it may lead to we know not, but we are sure that hoflest men can not conscientiously vote for candidates who were "counted as It is said a number were. • Congress Only Concerns Itself About the Negroes. A decision has been recently rendered in regard to the effect of the act of Con gress of ➢lay 31,1870, which is decidedly important. Judge Bond of the U. S. District Court had a case brought before him on complaint of a white citizen of West Virginia who was refused registra tion upon the ground that he was not qualified to vote under the laws of that State on account of his participation in the late rebellion. The Baltimore Sun after publishing the decision of Judge Bond, goes on to say : The Attorney-General has ordered all such cases to be dismissed, and the Judge has decided that the only cases within the purview of the law, or the particular sec tion of it in question, are cases where the refusal to register is on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." A register refusing upon any such ground to register a voter " otherwise qualified" may be prosecuted under the law. For re fusing upon other grounds the remedy, if any, is under the State law. The mistake committed by the citizen who had this West Virginia register arrested was in sup posing that the act of Congress was passed for the benefit of white men as well as col ored. The act was passed in aid of the Fifteenth Amendment. That amendment only enfranchised colored men. When Congress passed the law in question they were not thinking about white men, except so far as they were liable to punishment for interfering with the privileges of color ed men. All this Judge Bond has now made perfectly clear to those to whom it was not clear enough before. If, by the election laws of any State, injustice is done to any portion of the white citizens of that State, to their own State they must look for redress. Congress only concerns itself to remedy the nu ustice to which it con ceived the newly enfranchised class of col ored voters might be exposed. That was Cho whole intention Of Congress and of the act. The Radicals of Congress only uon- corned themselves about the negroes. White men, and foreign-born citizens especially, arc subjected to great incon venience:s by reason of the Registration Law which was passed by the Radical Legislature of Pennsylvania, but the act of Congress which is so full of pains and penalties has no protecting clause for them. It only extends to the newly en franeished blacks. I.et every natur alized citizen remember this when he is compelled to hand in his naturalization papers to have the day and hour of his voting stamped upon them, while every greasy negro walks up and deposits his ballot without let or hinderance. The white workingman's name may be dropped from the list by a Radical reg ister, and there is no remedy for him except by resort to the law of the State; but should a Democratic register hap pen to forget to put a negro on the roll of voters, he is liable to be dragged into a 'United States Criminal Court and subjected to a heavy tine and imprison ' ment under the act of Congress. We are not disposed to complain because Congress has not seen tit to extend the act of May 31, is O, to white men. We do not believe Congress has the Consti tutional right to interfere with the elec tions laws of any State ; but we do think it an outrage that every citizen should be made liable to the severest penalties for the slightest interference with the vote of a negro when no attempt is made by the national legislature to pro tect naturalized citizens and other white men from such interference as is made highly criminal when the object is one of the newly made negro voters. Unparalleled Impudence Under the ahove caption the Inquirer has the following editorial paragraph: The disgusting impudence of Ed. Rauch has no limit. After doing everything in his power to defeat George Whitson for Assembly, he now has the check to claim that Whitson was on bis secret "set-up." This is done Mr the purpose of putting in a claim On Whitson to assist Rauch in get ting his bummers to Ilarrishurg next win ter. Such a creature is a disgrace to any party. II the honest Republicans of this county hope to preserve a character for de cency they should kick this scoundrel out of their ranks and let him seek his true level, in the filth and scum of the lowest strata of Copperheatikin, where he natur ally belongs. We think the editor of the Lapfirer has given us a specimen of impudence in the concluding lines of the above paragraph whielt surpasses the capabil ity of Ed. Rauch himself. There is no place in the ranks of the Democratic party low enough to afford shelter to such a creature as Rauch. I lis proper place, the only place where he ever could find a lodgment and secure a par ticle of political influence is in the ranks of the Republican party. Ile was an old line Whig, has been a Know Nothing, and is now a Radical Republic:an. lie knows his place and with the sagacity of such creatures he sticks to it. In all Iris mean shirt, and rascally tergi versations he never attempted to effect an entrance into the ranks of the Democratic party. lie naturally kept with fellows of his own sort, and he has managed to eke out a scanty existence by hypocritical practices and by picking up crumbs beneath the tables where the bolder and bigger thieves of the Radical party were feasting. Should there be honesty and decency enough in the Republican party in Lancaster 'county to kick Rauch out, as the Lapircr advises, he will not be able to find a resting place or a field for his rascality in any other party.— lie now occupies the very lowest place among the thieves and political pirates v,rbo have plundered and disgraced Pennsylvania. 'to reach a lower resort, or to find a set of greater scoundrels, or more congenial companions than those with whom he now consorts, he would have to emigrate to a warmer climate than any on this earth, and set up as a carpet-bagger in the sulphurous domin ions of Satan. The Reduction of Taxation, Democratic The - .N(' \\* YOH: Tinto S says : " All the signs point to another large surplus (Revenue) in the current year.— Several of the taxes which are soon to cease are yet in flow, and will swell the amount in the Treasury. The general productive ness of the revenue will leave a handsome margin. The monthly operations of the Secretary in the bond market indieate the possession of large moans ill excess of the wants of the a Oleernment. The party is, therefore, brought to this issue—shall even the reduced rate of taxation be imposed if it yield a surplus of ninety or a hundred millions, or .N/al/ a further reduction take place to the extent of sixty or seventy mil lions! We know Mr. Boutwell's views and the views of the taxpayers, and We know that there I'B a gulf between them. The party must side With one or the other. To be consistent, to justify its professions, and to satisfy the people, it Inunt decide against the Secretary and in favor of the continued diminution of taxes." And against the President too: The whole influence of the administration was brought to bear against the reduc tion of the some sixty-live millions made, not eighty millions, as stated in the Timm. Only the persistent efforts of Democratic membe N of Congress, and their luminous exposition of facts and figures, compelled the reduction made—not, what they demanded, $lOO,- 000,000 in all—only $05,000,000 being all they could get. But for these efforts of the Democratic members, the old taxa tion would have been continued, back ed by the whole administration of the tiovernment. Put the Democracy into power, and the expenses of the t lovernment will be reduced one-third, and the whole Tariff necessary be collected from some 20 ar ticles, instead of 3,000 or'more, and the internal revenue, from tobacco, whisky and stamps alone. Twenty-first Senatorial District The Democratic Senatorial Conven tion for the Twenty-first Senatorial Dis trict, composed of the counties of Blair, Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin and Perry, met at Lewistown, on Tues day last, and nominated Dr. Crawford, of Juniata, and R. B. Petriken, Esq., of Huntingdon, on the first ballot. Both the candidates are 'able, efficient, hon est and , popular. The Radical Confer ence which met the day following had a stormy time, and W. M. Wilson, of Centre, and D. W. Woods, of Mifflin, were nominated after numerous ballots, in the midst of so much bad feeling, as to render it an easy matter for the De mocracy to carry the district with prop er effort. Democratic Gains in the Next Congress. It is conceded on all hands that the Democrats will make large gains in the next Congress. The New York Herald is the most sycophantic supporter of General Grant in the country. It praises all he does and keeps a special reporter ready to attend upon his footsteps and chronicle all his movements. Yet even the Herald is forced to denounce Con gress and compelled to concede that the Democrats will make very large gains at the coming Congressional elections. It says : In political, financial and fiscal measures of legislation the action of Congress at its last session was a complete nullity. On the very eve of adjournment a patchwork mea sure for the admission of Georgia to repre sentation was concocted and passed, but contrived so cunningly or so clumsily that the leading members of the Reconstruction Committee, from which it was reported, have been since giving diametrically oppo site opinions as to its true intent and mean ing. As to the other reconstructed States every one knows that their pretended rep resentation in Congress is the merest sham and delusion—a libel upon representative institutions. In those States, at least, the Democracy may look for a large accession of strength in the next House, and to the shameful disregard of all principles of fair play in the political management of those States may be ascribed much of the un popularity into which the Republican par ty has fallen all over the country. But in no respect was Congress more derelict in duty at its last session than in its course with reference to the navy and to the mercantile marine. To its want of ability rightly to appreciate the situation is duo the humiliating fact that, while Europe is in the throes of a mighty struggle in which our interests may at any moment become involved, we have neither a war navy to guard our national rights and hon or nor a merchantile marine to reap the rich rewards of conunerce and to restore our flag to its former pre-eminence un the seas. These are some of the consideretions which are operating on the public mind to the disadvantage of the Republican party. Their influence Is undoubtedly very great and may go far toward verifying the pre dictions iu favor of the Democracy at the next elections. In many Congressional districts they may operate in causing the defeat of the Republican candidates. The time spent at the last session in dis cussing and attempting to mature meas ures connected with currency and finance was most unprofitably wasted,and although a funding bill was eventually passed and became a law it has since remained, and is likely to continue, a dead letter on the statute book, not having the remotest chance of ever coming into practical opera tion. And as to the Tariff and Tax bills the changes in the law that were made at the last session only go to relieve the peo ple in one direction and to oppress them in another, the difference being that the taxes front which they aro relieved had gone to 3nrich the Treasury, while those additianal noes to which they are subjected will go to ill the pockets of a small body of inonopo ists. - - The Iferal,l concludes the editorial from which the above extract is taken by a eulogy of Grant; but we imagine that the people of this country have learned to respect the President as little as they do Congress. It has never hap pened before that an administration has proved to be utterly unable to direct the legislation of a Congress which agreed with it in political sentiment. If Gen eral Grant had any of the qualities of a statesman, or if he had chosen states men as members of his Cabinet, the condition of affairs would have been dif ferent. Congress would have listened to wise counsels from Grant and his Cabinet, but they received no such in structions or suggestions. The State papers of the President have been weak and crude productions. They have shown a lack of the capacity to com prehend the great and vital issues before the country. Grant and his Cabinet are largely responsible for the evils which have been brought about by the mischievous legislation of a Radical Congress. The President is a mere cypher in the government, and he commands no respect from the Radical majority in Cong,ress. The members of that body know he will not undertake to veto any of the jobs which they put through, and there is no check upon corruption. The man who distributes the best offices in his gift to the men who have made him the most liberal presents is not the man to veto land grabs and other rascally jobs 'Whereby members of Congress are making for tunes. The people will make a decided change in Congress this fall, and will elect an honest and competent Presi dent to succeed Grant in 1571.. How the Crawford County System Works In llarrlsburg. Wherever the Republican party has adopted the Crawford County System its wortings have been attended by the , grossest frauds. Last Saturday night an election under this system was held in Harrisburg to determine who should be the Radical candidate for Mayor, and the scenes enacted were of the most dis graceful character. In the Eighth Ward, where a large negro vote is concentrat ed, 304 votes were cast, a larger number than the entire Republican vote of last fall and its entire registered negro vote combined. The negroes had complete possession of the poll, and in the dark they voted for their favorite candidate as often as they chose. A large portion of the white voters never went near the polling place, or retired in disgust with out voting when they saw how the horde of drunken blacks were conduct ing themselves. The negroes of that Ward not only polled more votes than there were Republican voters in it, but they changed the polling place from a tavern kept by a white man to a rum mill set up. by a black, which rejoices in the high sounding title of the "Revels House." Similar scenes were enacted at other Wards and gangs of negroes went front poll to poll repeating their votes under cover of the friendly dark- The Patriot says Since the negro element has been ad mitted to a share of political power, the enormities of the Crawford County system aro becoming more apparent than ever be fore. In this city of Harrisburg not less than one thousand fraudulent votes were polled on last xaturday night, and the suc cessful candidate for Mayor lies under the charge of having obtained a nomination by , means so ilbul as to relieve every member aC , his partyfrom any obligation to vote for The game of repeating, which we have shown to have been so successfully per formed in the eighth ward, was enacted in other portions of the city. In lobs, when there was a spirited contest between Mayor Hays and Mr. Child, in which the greatest effort was mado to bring out a full vote, only 1 . 2.56 votes were cast against 2:57 last Saturday. The negro vote cannot he made to account for anything like this disparity. Two years ago the late Mayor Hays receiv ed 656 votes. This year the vote for Mr. Child is 636—0n1y twenty less—and he is still beaten by Col. Jenning74o votes, while '256 votes were given to Mayer Cole. There has beer. some heavy cheating round the board. So heavy his it been that the tally lists and polling papers will not bear in spection. Colonel .1 con ipgs has been nom ' Mated by the negro vote in this city doubled up by repealing. That is a beautiful exhibition of thee honesty and the decency of the Repub lican party as practised at the State Capital ; but it is only a little more dis graceful than the scenes which were witnessed on the same evening in Lan caster county. The charges of cheat ing which are co freely made by Re publicans in this county are not with out foundation. Repeating was practis ed in this city and wherein it could be safely done, and when that was imprac ticable names were added to the tab- ly lists and votes counted which were never cast. From the bor. ough of Manheim more votes were returned than were cast for Governor Geary at the last election, and that, too, when it is well known that many of the legal voters of the district were absent. Similar outrages were perpetrated else where, and everywhere there was a flood of free liquor flowing, and such exhibitions of drunkenness as were de moralizing and disgraceful in the ex treme. These things show how utterly corrupt the Republican party in Penn sylvania has become. The Crawford County System lias failed to secure the selection of better candidates, and the only good thing it has done is to reveal the utter rottenness of the Radical party where it is strongest. In Georgia, the Democratic State Committee has elected Linton Ste phens its Chairman, and adopted a resolution recommending the nomina tion of Congressional and Legislative candidates who are :eligible) under ex istingilaws. Wanted---i Leader Under the above caption we find the following article in the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, one of the best known Republican newspapers in the State. The confessions of weakness and folly which are made should en courage the Democracy to most diligent efforts. A full poll of our vote will give us large Congressional gains, and a ma jority in the State Legislature. Surely these things are prizes worth striving for. Let the Democrats of the State read the following article and then let them go to work with a will. Here is what the Telegraph has to say of the situation : Wo aro now withing six weeks of the annual election. Upon the result depends the political complexion of the Legislature that is to apportion the State anew for Con gressmen, Senators, and Representatives, and our delegation to Congress may save or sacrifice Republican supremacy in that body. Although no State or national ticket is to be voted for, the election so close at hand is one of the greatest moment, and may control political events for years in the future. If the Legislature should be lost, Democratic power would be assured in the State until destroyed by Democratic folly. It is strange indeed that a contest involv ing so much is entirely without general leadership. A fraudulent attempt was made to usurp the Republican organiza tion by Senator Cameron, through the agency of a so-called Congressional Com mittee, but the protest of the Republicans of the State was so pronounced that the open effort was abandon ed. Mr. Covode, the regular Chairman, t who cannot have a reg ular successor until a State Convention is held), called the State Committee together, and it was generally believed that the cam paign was to be taken in hand with energy at once. But the committee did nothing but chill the ardor of the Republicans by formally discarding the issue of constitutional reform; and, having done its utmost to destroy the vitality of the party, the general campaign was abandoned to chance. A sub-committee was appointed to look after the doubt ful districts, but, unfortunately, that sub-committee is more likely to promote discord than success. It is inanity man aged by a prominent candidate for State 'treasurer who is operating under the shadow of Cameron. The care of the doubtful districts, therefore means simply to force nominees who will servo the pur poses of the "ring," defraud the people out oh:an honest Republican reform movement, and extend our system of le n rislative de bauchery until another United States Sen atorship is auctioned off to perpetuate the j blistering shame of the State. There is no general, responsible head to the Republican party; no plan of organi zation ; no systematic effort to secure unity of action and a full vote. The result is in- trigue, corruption, and discord in many sections of the State. In Allegheny county two full Republican tickets are in the field, without any prospect of reconciliation, and a mixed or Democratic delegation in the Legislature is certainly possible. In Wash ington and Beaver, where there is one thousand Republican majority in a full vote, the legislative ticket is more than doubtful, and a Republican Congressman is likely to be sacrificed in the war of factions. In the Erie and Crawford district, with 5000 Republican major ity, the regular Senatorial nominee is likely to be beaten because of the frauds alleged in the primary elections, and the legislative nominees are not entirely secure. In the Lycoming,Union and Snyder district it is feared that Republican success has been sacrificed to promote personal ends, and a Senator and three Representatives are placed in doubt, where there should be 500 majority. In the double Senatorial district rumors are rife of subordinating the wishes of the people to promote the selfish ends of Senatorial and Treasury rings, and if it be accomplished two Senators and at least two Representatives will be lost. Candidates have been badgered by the corruptionists to pledge themselves to become the supple tools of thieves, under the threat of defeat in case they refused. In Indiana and West moreland the same Causes are producing like results, and the Legislative ticket is endangered and the Congressman more than doubtful. The same may be said of the Somerset, Bedford and Fulton, and the Franklin and Perry Legislative districts, and the evil may make Mr. Cessna's re election to Congress improbable. In this city the rings have their richest harvest, and their frauds hang like millstones upon the neck of the party. Legislative districts are regarded as a legitimate subject of bar ter, honest men are marked for defeat, and open disorganization is fostered against Mr. because ho refuses to yield the proper independence of the Representa tive to political peculators. Thus is a great party in leading-strings and the prey of political vampyres, without a single bold and skilful leader in position to harmonize its internal strife and organ ize it for victory. Where is Mr. Covodo ? Ilas he voluntarialv abdicated to Cameron? If he was unwilling to take the helm he should have resigned, and asked the com mittee to appoint his successor. He cannot escape just and fearful responsibility for disaster, if it shall come by his transfer of his power to irresposin hie men who have their own selfish purposes to attain. The Union League still remains an organized political power, and if the appointed gen eral has surrendered his post, let the League conic to the front again and drive' the money-changers and political brokers from the temple. The time is short, the occasion urgent, and the great want is a competent and faithful Republican leader. The Reading Convention may or may i not have accomplished much in propagat ing minority representation; but it has performed the good office of presenting to the people of the State the necessity of a radical change in our system of leg,isiation. The resolutions adopted strike at the root on the great cancer that had been k flawing at the vitals of the State when they demand purification by fundamental restrictions.— uu point honest men of all parties agree, and it cannot become in any sense a party question. The Republican State Cons ntittee committed a blunder that can be classed only as a crime by ignoring the question, and the Democracy will doubtless avail themselves of the advantage so fool ishly offered them ; but the mass of Repub licans will act in good faith for restoring our State Government to purity, without regard to the action of interested party leaders. Mlssourl Another State is about to step into the Democratic ranks. Ever since the war ended the Radicals of Missouri have maintained their unlawful ascen dency by disfranchising a large major ity of the white citizens of the State. So gross have been the outrages perpe trated for the purpose of keeping a set of greedy adventurers perpetually in power, that the better class of Republi cans have resolved not to be a party to such conduct any longer. At the Rad ical State Convention, a resolution was reported from the Commit- tee on Platform, pledging the par- ty to the support of an amendment to the State Constitution restoring to political privileges all those disfran chised on account of the rebellion. This resolution was defeated in the Conven tion, the negro delegates all voting with the eNti•elne whites against it. Senator Carl Schurz led ott• in the debate in favor of doing away with disabilities, and ad mitting all citizens to the ballot, an nouncing that this was the ultimatum of his wing, ant declaring that a divi sion of the party, and the nomination of a candidate for Governor on a lib end platform would be the result of rejecting his proposition. A white man named I laven and a negro delegate op posed enfranchisement, and the resolu tion favoring the proposed amendment was defeated. Senator Schurz and those who stood with him for a liberal gov ernment then withdrew from the Con vention and nominated B. Gratz Brown, of St. Louis, for Governor, on a platform in favor• of the immediate en franchisement of all now disfranchised. The regular Convention nominated iovern, - )r McClurg for re-election The Democrats of Missouri have wise ly, concluded to make no nomination, and they will support B. Gratz Brown, and put forth their most vigorous efforts to elect him, and to secure a State Legis lature favorable to enfranchisement. That the combination of liberal Repub licans and Democrats will prove strong enough to carry the State by a handsome majority and to secure the Legislature is generally conceded evenly Republi cans. The day of deliverance for the white men of Missouri is at hand, and she will soon be back in the fold of Democratic States where she rightfully Tim serious illness of Chief Justice Chaso calls forth a great deal of sym pathy. He is unable to walk without assistance, and his mind is reported shattered and impaired. The Chief Justice is 0n1y,62. He is attended by physicians of great skill, and the hope is that he may recover, though from growing infirmities the ehanoes are that he will not. Socially the chief Justice is highly esteemed by every cldss, and politically be is much respected.— Though among the formost to lead the Radical party in years gone by, he has been in the hour of its triumph among the most just and moderate of all its members. THE EUROPEAN SITUATION. End of the Second Empire Desperate Fighting of the French The Great Battles at Sedan The Rout of the French Army Particulars of the Slaughter Napoleon Surrenders Himself and Mac Ilabon's Army. The Defeat Worse than that of Waterloo Full Accounts of the Affair FRENCH REPUBLIC DECLARED of Beaumont reported by King William to the Queen. The French were driven over the Meuse to Mouzon, and the encounter The Imperial Arms Torn Down. on the other bank of the river became gen eral. Intense Excitement in Paris and Other =133=1:1 Likenesses of Napoleon Trampled En- der Foot. Prossion Invasion to be Resisted Rochefort Liberated The Vote on the Republic—The Repub. Venn Ministry. Rejoicings of the Germans Congratulatory Address of Bismarck Despatches from Wing William Residence Assigned to Napoleon BERLIN, Sept. 3.—The following highly important despatch has just been made public here : Beroak SEDAN, FRANCE, 1 Friday, Sept.'_'-195 I'. M. From the King to the Quedi ; A capitulation whereby the whole army at Sedan are prisoners of war, has just been concluded with General Wimpfer, com manding, instead of Marshal MacMahon, who was wounded. The Emperor surrendered himself to me. As he has no command and left every - thing to the Regent at Paris, his residence I shall appoint after an interview with him, at a rendezvous to be tixed immediately. What a course events with God's guid ance have taken . . WAsntscrroN, Sept. 3.—The following telegram was received at the State Depart ment this morning from Minister Motley, dated London 3d : The Emperor Napoleon surrendered yes terday at Sedan to the King of Prussia. The whole French army at Sedan are prisoners of war. [Signed] MoThEy. The following has been received address ed to the Secretary of State : LosnoN, Saturday, Sept. 3-1:15 The Emperor and MacMahon's army our rendered at Sedan to the King. The Em peror's residence is to be appointed by the King after an interview with him. The capitulation was concluded with General Wimp fer instead of MacMahon, who was wounded. iSigned) MOTLEY, IMinister,) London. Losnos, Sep. 3, noon.—The news of the surrender of the Emperor and MacMahon's army has created great excitement, and the anxiety is universal to learn whether this surrender involves a cessation of hostilities and the unresisted occupation of Paris. Pa Ills, Sept. 3.—The Joanna/ Oflicict of this morning represents courageously, every event of this campaign as a success of the Emperor. Lox to I , Sep. 3.—Later despatches from Berlin claim according to recent adv ices that MacMahon's entire army, 200,000 strong, are prisoners of war, at Sedan. Napoleon's personal surrender is authentic. 'the ca pitulation was concluded at 2 o'clock, 3 es terilay afternoon. The Prussian success Was most brilliant. 20,000 Prussians and 10,000 French dead and wounded lie on the battle-field. likrimN, Sep. 3.—Evening.—There is great jubilation throughout Germany to day over the success of the Prussian arms. Business is entirely suspended, bells ring ing, bands playing, and there is a general hilarity over the prospect of a speedy peace. The various corporations of Berlin, accom panied by the children of theschools, form ed into procession to-day, and after parad ing through the streets marched to the pal -1 ace to congratulate the Queen on the joyful news. Queen Aug usta stood on the balcony of the palace and ' acknowledged the congratu lations of the people with smiles and bows. The statue of King Frederick William wits crowned with garlands, and salutes in honor of the victory are being constantly tired. The people are parading the streets singing patriotic songs. Gen. Wrangle is addressing a largo concourse of people on the surrender of Napoleon. LONDON, Sept. 3.—A special telegram to the New York Herriiii dated Sedan, trans , witted by way of Bouillon, in Belgium, at midnight on the 2d inst., has just been re ceived here. In his telegraphic report the Heralq. writer says that the he of battle is cast, so far as the fate of MaeMahon's splendid French army and personal executive for tunes of the Bonapartes and the Bonaparte French Empire ale concerned. It is, he 1 says, all over with France, according to the existing situation both in the field and in the cabinet in Paris, and: then goes on to say : I have already telegraphed to you the facts that after the battles which took place between the French and Prussian armies, during the days and evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday, each day's fight ing being of a most terrific character. The active results remained undecided,although the balance M . the fortune was at the close of each day somewhat in favor of the Prussians. 1 Thursday last in the morning at daybreak showed the French forces as having been heavily reinforced during the night or in the hours of temporary cessaiton of combat and that they were then occupying a strong and elevated position near to Bazeilles. The French line was seen to extend from Bazeilles to and along the course of rail road to a point near Honey, and thence along, the main line of the road to another 1 and extensive point on the Mousson rail -1 road. At thehour of live o'clock in the morn ' Mg the Prussians recommenced the battle, making a simultaneous and powerful at tack on the French front and left flank.- 1 The assault seas can ti !led for a ti Ilie to a I play of artillery on the part of the two ar mies, both keeping up an incessant tire. The French were, as was very soon evi dent, weaker in their force of guns than the Germans, and their lire was consequently neither so warm nor so effective as was that of their enemy. At noon the Prus sians made a tierce infantry attack near Boozy, With the object of breaking the French centre. After the delivering of some of the most terrible blows and the apparent finishing of some of the most se vere fig h ting of the war between the two armies, the Prussian assailants fell back front the point which they had struck nn the centre. A pause seemed to take place in the Prussian army, as though for a breathing time or fo rally and renew their determination. At the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon the artillery fire was less animated and not quite so incessant on either side. This temporary lull iddicated, however, merely a prelude of a still fiercer assault, a really dreadful action. At two o'clock a simultaneous movement Was commenced along the Prussian line, their infantry charging right upon the French guns. The hour of three o'clock in the af ternoon came and the battle was still rag ing. The French soldiers, who had previ ously and from the first moment stood firm at all points, notwithstanding the almost crushing severity of the assault, wavered for a moment or two all along the position and almost immediately broke in apparent confusion. The battle soon became a rout on the part of Napoleon's soldiers. They recoiled, fell back, staggered as it were, and finally retreated. Marshall MacNla hon was reported to have been seriously wounded during the attack which has just been described. The roads, highways and surroundin fields now presented a most terrible and sieithnilig sight. The French troops left everything 'behind them, flying in all di rections in the midst of tho oripthSion, and throwing their arms away at every step. The PrINSI:1114 pressed forward resolute ly and in order, with the full determination or cutting oil the retreat or Bight of the French towards lielgiu m. During these several actions and in the last charge particularly the Prussian sol diers used the bayonet with most terrible effect on the French. Night closed down on them in their pur suit of the (lying French, the (lark hours finding the Prussians gathering in victori ous and joyous groups around the city of Sedan. The Emperor Napole‘m remained at his headquarters, which had been fixed near Sedan all through the time of lighting, and until the close of battle. At the hour of half-past four p. nt. a message was din patella(' to I tie Majesty from the field ad• vising him of their actual loss of the light, aunt advising him to By to Belgium, but the Emperor was really too ill in health for the journey. This, Saturday morning, the Prussian troops prepared to attack Sedan, the place being really in no position to oiler resist ance. _ . At twelve noon to-day, a party of French officers headed by General Wirnpffem set out from Sedan bearing a flag of truce to the Ferman headquarters, where the French officers surrendered their army and fortress to His Majesty, King Wil liam. Tho French officers also bore and delivered to the King's bond all autograph letter from Ills Majesty, the Emperor Na poleon 111, of France, in which Napoleon expressed his desire to surrender himself personally to the King, he not having now I any command or authority. This letter to the King said: "As I cannot die at the head of my army I lay my sword at the feet of your majesty." Napoleon left Sedan for the Prussian headquarters at Rudres. King William received the French officers and their message graciously, and with much suavity of mariner. A formal capitulation of the French armies took place at once. The articles of this solemn act were concluded and ratified at half past ono o'clock in the afternoon. Large numbers of French soldiers have already escaped from the scenes of disaster to Belgium, MacMahon's whole army comprised 120,- 000 men, and the Prussians had 240,000 men engaged or in reserve. Twenty thousand Prussians and ten thousand French were 'killed and wounded in the battles of the Meuse. LoNnoN ' Sept. '3.—Telegrams of a still later hour from the seat of war which have been received here embracci a report of the capitulation of Marshal Baraine at Metz. This act took place, it is said, soon after the Marshal had been in receipt of the news of the personal surrender of Emperor Na poleon and of the surrender of the army of Marshal MacMahon. LONDON, September 3.—The IIIC B this morning says MacMahon, by a series of errors, has compromised the last chance, of retrieving the fortunes of France. From a chaos of unintelligible and Con flicting telegrams we gather that MacMahon was proceeding to the relief of Metz, when ho was encountered and driven back by the Germans, who pursued him so closely and constantly that collisions were inevita ble. Hence conflicts have been reported all the week. There was serious work at Sedan on Tuesday when MacMahon was perched on the heights of Yank, near Carignan.— Thither came the Emperor on Tuesday and on that day thirty thousand of Mac- Mahon' s army were attacked between Moil zon and Moulins. This was the first battle The French were expelled from Vaux, and only faced about on Wednesday be tween Douzy and Bezellles, with the douse and Cher between them and the enemy, and a severe engagement occurred. The Prussians turned the French right, neces sitating a retirement on Sedan, before which they again renewed the fight on Thursday, when they were driven into that fortress. LONDON, Sept. 3—noon.—The surrender of the Emperor and MacMahon's army has created great exciteme.ut, and the anxiety is universal to learn whether this surrender involves a cessation of hostilities and unre sisted occupation of Paris. PARIS, Sept. I.—The Council of Ministers has issued the following proclamation: To the French People: A great misfortune has come upon the country. After three days heroic struggle sustained by the army of Marshal MacMa hon against Woooo of the enemy, 40,000 have been made prisoners. (loners! de Wimpfen who took command of the army in place of Marshal MacMahon, badly wounded, has signed the captu lation. This cruel reverse will not shako our courage. Paris is to-dav in a complete state of defense. 'rho military forces of the country will be organized, and in a few days a new army will lie under the walls of Paris. Another army is forming on the banks oC the Loire. Your patriotism, your union, your energy, wall save France. The Emperor has been Millie a prisoner in the struggle. Th,, government, ill accord with public powers, will take all 111123.411reS required by the gravity of event. ,Signed) CouNT PaLla ao, EVREAU, RE(I.II*LT tiE GEN.,I'ILLY, Jur.Es 'LAME, DELA Tern IiAt'VERtiNE, GRANDE Prtnn kr, CLEMF.NT DEVERNOIS, P. MAIiNE, BUSSON, BILLAULT, and nom I.: Itav MIMMi=I In the Senate, yesterday, the Minister of War said we have learned through various unofficial channels that Marshal Itazaine failed in his recent attempt to free himself from the hostile armies which held him shut up around Mete. llis efforts were heroic. The King of Prussia could not help tendering justice to the valor of our sol diers. Marshal MacMaho in, after endeav oring to join liazaine in the direction of the North, was obliged to retire. In the en virons of Sedan there were several days of lighting, with alternations of success and reverse,but we contended against an enemy numerieally our superior, and in spite of the most energetic efforts the attempt seems to have terminated in an unfortunate wan ner fur our arms. Other advices of Prussian origin are still more unfavorable but do nut appear to us worthy of credit in all cases, and the gov ernment is not trilling to give them the appearance of authenticity by communica ting them to the public. (for reverses millet us. It is iinpossible for us to witness with out deep emotion so much courage and so much devotion rendered unavailing; but this spectacle, far from taking away our en , orgy augments and redoubtes it. Since the present Cabinet canto into power it has drawn front France all that her re sources could yield, anti they still remain so strong that with energy annul the help or the nation we may yet have the last word. Let us hope that God will help us and drive the enemy front our Jerome David added to the above by stating that the de fenses of Paris were in the best condition, and according to competent judges were capable of resisting alt efforts of the enemyl Let us defend Paris, he says, on the walls and in the streets, and if it must be see trill bury ourselves under its ruins. In the Corps Legislatlla statement of the situation, similar to that made in the Sen ate, was given. M. Fay re declared, "We are unaui emus fur defense until death.-- (A pplatise). It is time that compliances should cease if we wish to repair our disas ters." lie concluded by attacking the Im perial power and proposing to place extra ordinary powers in the hands of General Trochu, Count Pahkao and the Chamber protested against it. finussm.s, Sept..l.—[Special to N'w York Ircifti.]—king William was profoundly overcome when the Emperor's proffer of surrender was brought to him by iiemeral Count Lepye, one of the Imperial A ids. lI is Majesty appointed a meeting at once, and exhibited the most considerate courtesy. It was not fully known to the Prussians that the Emperor was With the army at Sedan, until the surrender was proposed by him. IL is said that. the Emperor insisted upon a surrender of the army against the wishes of the younger officers, as he Was so much shocked by the fearful slaughter of Wed nesday and Thursday. BRUSSELS, Sept. noon.—Gen. Fail ly has been shot., ono account says by Mac- Mahon's orders, and others by bison, sol diers. Lox DON, Sep. 3—[Special to the Herald.] —lt is hoped in London, that the war fever will abate in Paris on this decisive news, but more fear than hope Ms felt.— It is given out from the Prussian Em bassy here, that King William is pre pared to abandon all clines of indem nity on condition that he will be allow ed to take possession of Alsace and part of Lorraine. It is understood that Austria and Russia oppose this settlement but that England favors it, and that if Franco refuses, England Will join Prussia to abbreviate the war. Above all things, an outbreak of republicanism in Franco is deprecated. It is understood that the King of Prussia is prepared to treat on the basis of the abdication of Napoleon in favor of the Prince Imperial. The Crown Prince is openly opposed to extreme terms and in favor of recognizing the Bonaparte dynasty. It is hoped that Strasbourg and Metz will at once capitulate to avoid Um prolonged horrors of war. All depends on Paris. Pius, September 5-6:20 p. M.—Paris is in a state of indescribable enthusiasm.— The Garde Mobilo occupies the Tribune. The people have forced the gates of the gar den of the Tuileries. The soldiers at the entrance and at the barracks fraternize with the people. The republican spirit is manifested everywhere. The mob are re moving and destroying in all quarters of the city every semblance of the Empire. 'rho Imperial flags are being torn down from the house tops and from fronts of shops and public buildings, and where Im perial arms decorate shops they aro violent ly removed and smashed in the streets. An immense throng filled the Place I'llotel de Ville. The mob gained access to the building, poured up the stairways and into the grand saloons. The portraits of the Emperor and Empress were torn from their hangings and thrown into the street. Here they Wore buffeted about some time and finally trampled beneath the feet of the crowd. Henri Rochefort, the lion of the hour, who has been liberated from captivity, the excited crowd bore in triumph to his hotel. Ile way enthusiastically cheered along the route. An immense throng of people fol lowed Rochefort, cheering and singing patriotic songs, They shouted, "Vivo la France "Vivo la Tornmerce!" "Live all Nations," and other cries. M. A rago Lay Leeil up polo led dl ayor of Citizens arc ero wiling the Boulevards and Tuileries. The legislative hall is almost impassable. So rioting has been attempted. The people are delirous with joy. All the representatives of the Imperial arms are being rapidly destroyed. The ex- citement is intense. The following ministry has been formed: Minister of the Interior, M. Gambetut ; Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Jules Favre; :Minister of Finance, M. Pierre Magne ; Minister of Public Instruction, M. Jules Simon ; Minister of Justice, M. Tre mens; Minister of War. General Leflo; President of Council of State, M. Greve ; Secretary to Provincial Government, M. Lavetffiegen. Major General Trochu re tains the Governorship of Paris. M. Val- Rutin and . Engelharde are appointed civil commissioners for the pruvinco of Alsace. The doors of the hall of the corps leglsla tif aro securely locked and sealed. M. Keratry made the rounds of Paris at mid night. Ile found everything quiet. Uni versal joy has replaced the former popular depression, and the republic is hailed en thusiastically. The united voice of the people is for the republic, and the sturdy' spirit is every where manifested to defend the city against invasion. The war spirit runs high. All classes hail the republic with joy and await the opportunity of battling with the invad ers, who will encounter the united masses, where before wore sectionalism and strife. The Empress is expected to abdicate in favor of the nation. She joins the Prince Imperial in Belgium un Monday. Marshal MacMahon was not wounded.— Ho in health, though fatigued. The Chambers will meet now to discuss M. Jules Favre's motion, of which the fol lowing is the text: Louis Napoleon and his dynasty aro de clared to be deprived of the powers con ferred upon them by the nation. The Executive Committee has been con stituted as follows: President, Louis Jules Troche; mem bers, Deputies MM. Emmanuel, Arago, Cremens, Jules Fevre, Jules Fury, Gam 'oetta, Gamier-Pages, Glass, Rezone, letan, Ernest Pecard, Henri Rochefort, and Jules Simon ; M. Meratry, prefect of police, vice M. Pietri. The Due d' Orleans is expected to arrive in Paris te-uatitro. • PAms, Sept. fi—evening.--The Journal Wield, the official journal of the newly . created French republic, published this morning a proclamation by the republican ministry. The decrees dissolve the Corps Logislatif and abolish the Senate. • Com- plete political amnesty is proclaimed to all who identify themselves with the ropubli- can movement • • - • •• • . A republic has with great unanimity and enthusiasm been proclaimed at Lyons, Bor deaux and other large cities in the interior of Franco M. Keratry, tho newly appointed prefect of police, has issued a proclamation which recites tho revolution, for the support of which all Frenchmen aro united, has the same object as that of 1792—the expulsion of the foreigners from the soil of France.— Perfect order and quiet now prevail throughout Franco. General Trochu has been appointed Pres.. ident of the government, with full military power for the national defense. Somo changes have been made in the new ministry. Isl. Ernest Picard was appointed Minister of Finance and M. Mag in, Minis ter of Agriculture. Tho vote on the deposition of the Impe rial dynasty in the Corps Legislatif was carried by ISS out of 200 veters. Advices from Montinedy state that the Prussians have begun the storming of that piece. The garrison are resisting their vigorous attacks bravely. SEDAN, September s.—The following is a speech of Count Bismarek made to the vic toriims soldiers in the German camp im mediately after the surrender of Emperor Napoleon, which was cOnitnunieated to them. The feeling oC the troops as they surrounded the carriage of the count was of indescribable joy and gladness: I have done nothing to assist in obtaining the glorious Silecesses Which have attended the arms of our united soldiery. Address vourselves and praises to our noble King William and the able War AI Mister, Count 'loltke, to whom alone belong the honor and glory of what has been aissimplishist by the surrender of Marshal NlacMahiiii. and the Emperor of the French. But wait, I had forgotten, I have done one thing. have so acted in my diplomacy that all the ' Southern llerman States have joined and aided its with all their power in men and money. It is to them and the brave Bava rians and Wurtembergers that we owe the crowning climax of to day's result. V EN DILE,. E, September s.—The Emporia Napoleon in going to meet King exhibited the utmost calmness and non chalance, smoking his favorite cigarette lip to the time or the Jett, tetr. Itimms, Sept. s.—lt is rumored that ti .• following will be the terms of peace eir,e oil by Prussia: Nice and saveri are to be given back to Italy, which will be - dated with Rune as the Capitol, and Mc Pope of Rome is to obtain an iwmcuse in• come from Italy in up the States of the Church. Priissia is to receive Lorraine and Alsace, to partition between Bavaria and Baden, and Saxiiiiv, urtemburg and Hesse are to lie Mikan - tied. The Quern has receit otl lhu followint; despatch from the King: VA It N Es, Sept. .1.• -AV hat a thrillin nottocnt, that of my airrling kith Napo. Icon. Ito was east down, lint dignified his hearing and resigned. I gave NVillinlinliiiiiii, near Ihsnrl, as the plur,• where he still reside. Uur mooing to to plat, itt a ',Mali fort upon the \V t,tere ght cis. Front there I rode through the ranik, ul our army around Sedan. 'rho reeeption oldie troops, thou mayt , t imagine, war iu- Nlity (it'd aid to, further. (Signed) \\*ILIA.% 3t. BERLIN, Sept. 3.—Sllllllay was entirely spent in rejoicingover the great l'russiatt victory at Sedan. At ilay Meal: there was a grand salute from the the il.rtitication that surrounded the city and salvos tiller' from the Ifarrarks. The city at an early Incir wits densely crowded with a en:aft and puss of joyful people. The magnificent avenue of hider den Linden wan IhiCk With a 11.154 of pct plc from the royal palace to the Branden burg gale. The festivities far exceeded anything in the history of Berlin. The magnificent residences along the principal avionics it the city were covered with garlands of sic tor t e, pictures and statues. rho troops of the garrison were reviowefl before the royal palace by the ltittool. There were present 10 witness file pagOalll all tic and alllbassatic,r,l“l . llllll`r 1131,1 , 11, resident Berlin :UM 1 . 11,101 /Ur,e vial. gelleraiS. The troops were reviewed by divisi , ills, and cheered the queen in passing. Re ligious services were conducted in all 1110 The (11101.11 attended the early services at the 'ittliedral iu gratitude Col the victory. A brilliant certs of dignitaries witnesso , 9 the services. The Nteiele,t,e.ehu choir uw!; victorious hymns. The Cathedral was densely crowded. At the termination oil' the religious ,•r- Vii•OS, and Iw the (1111.1.11 WAN 11. Cathedral, an 11111111•11 , 0 1,11e1,111,0 which had gathered upon the square greeted her appearance with stentorian choirs. She gracefully aekenWiedacti Ile WaH vigorously repeated, and a great creed followed her carriage to, the royal alace. The maul, nt Fretl4`riek NV1111:1111, the. equestrian statue of Ere,loriek the ',rest and other figures were is leered with wreaths and garlands, Volunteer ',dints were tired in the Lust I iarlrn, and the re joicing was continued until long after night- Phu American Ernerala Sheridan and Forsythe, gllesl, of K lug i 1 lat 1110 headtillafte , a the Pri, ,, ,i.111 army, were eye witnesses of the three days battle ti Sedan, resulting in the capture of the Em peror Napoleon :Mil the capittllstl on el - Ilic :truly. 'Phey oecupied a proniiinoit position near the King :mil his suite e. "minding a splendid view of the valley 1 , 1 the Meuse iu the neighborhood of Sedan. Ilkumx, September 5--evening.-- 1 Uncial despatches from the headquarters of the vonilliurd Prussian iirmics state that King William, Count 51,11 Itistintr,•k, the Crown Prince of Prussia and the ('nowt Prince of Saxony, struck the Call) ir at Sedan this morning and took up their mareli to Paris, The Itax•arian eerie' remain at Sedan to preserve the Prussian lines and Mr other contingencies. Ninety thousand French prisoners have been sent tram Sedan into Germany: Those of the French who refuse to sign the eapit illation are to remain at Sedan as prisoners. PA it's, )I,,inlay morning, Sept. 5 -The session of Mlle° without the slightest dis order. All the Ministers are acting with energy. Orders for the immediate 'brim - tion of eolossal armies have been issued.- liver lIIKi,OOO men are ready to take the lield. The ;Superintendent of telegraphs huts all - nounued to all the Departments the events that have occurred ill Paris. The Seta to is suppressed and the Corps Legislatif dis solved. All important fraction tit the Cham bers have Met at the residence of President Schneider and seem disposed to act inde pendently of the Provisional Government, to whom, however, they have sent delega tions. The ;Alice, and soldiers fraturnim , with the people, and place themselves under the orders of the Government, which is it permanent session at the I de Ville, under the Presidency of General Troelni. The France Tireurs of Paris guard all the 'M in istries and nubile ollices, and ev Mee the utmost desire to be courteous. It is understood that the Ilovernment trill • yoke the Constituent Assembly. The Paris journals, without exception, urge the nation to make all Unyielding de fence, and declare the dismemberment or Franco in he impossible. The King of Prussia they say, proclaimed that he was warring only against Napoleon. II it now becomes evident that he is warring against the French people, the struggle, must bit ono of extermination, the (loot must bo ordered to treat the great seaports of Ger many as the Prussian armies treat the towns a Alsace and Lorraine. The enemy must he made to feel what united reptile lican France can accomplish. .511 nice here must bear arms. elections in Vermont awl nia take place to-day. The U. 5..e1100l ship Savannah, ar rived at Fortress Monroe front >Luleira yesterday, with all on board well. The total collections of the French Sanitary Committee at San Francisco have reached 540,000. (M Wednesday they remitted :.'lO,OOO to Dr. John It. Howling, of l'rani.foit, was yesterday nominated for Congress by the Democratic Convention or the Fifth Pennsylvania District. In California, two or three thousand Indians are reported to have taken the "war path" in the Logs Weer county. The settlers arc arming for defence. The saw and planing mill of Anson Cole, on Jones' Falls, south of Pratt street, lialt.imore, was damaged by fire last evening, to the amount of $20,000, The w yne ,b ere , J. chronicles the demise of a Brahma lien which was hatched in the spring of Issl and (lied in that place on the 18th inst., aged nine teen years and live months. • The U. S. revenue steamer Motioning, at Portland, :Ste., seized the schooner Enterprise, near Bristol, for violation of the revenue, and the vessel is held pending an investigation. One night last week MN. CyruH Hoopes, a lady of 65 years of age, of Mill town, Chester county, was attacked by a negro, while on her way home from West Chester. She scared the scoundrel off by making him believe she Was armed. A Raleigh )N. C.) despatch says Judge Bond, of the IT. S. Circuit Court, will have Lleut. Col. Berger up today on a writ of habeas corpus. Berger Is now in jail. Gov. Holden has mustered out the white troops of Clark's regiment, retain ing the colored, and it is said more col ored troops are to be mustered in. The Georgia House of Representa tives has passed a bill for the issue of bonds to meet the outstanding bonds and interests due before January, 1573. These bonds are to bear 7 per cent. inter est, payable half yearly in gold, and are redeemable in gold after twenty years. On sterling bonds interest is to be paid in gold, or its equivalent. In Johnson county, Arkansas, about ten days since, a party of men rode up tm the.house of J.. Glover, called him to the dopr apd pilot hipi dead. His lion in4ativ, trying fo eseiMe, Was MA; killa After tiring a volley into the house and dangerously wounding Mrs. Glover and her little son, the murderers rode away. The citizens are searching for them.
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