;Lancaster gnteffigencer.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5, 1870
Slar Township tickets will be printed
and sent to any address by mail, post
paid, for $1.50.
Township Tickets.
Let the Democrats throughout the
county make a vigorous effort to elect
their township tickets. Where it can
be done, a combination with the Inde
pendent Republicans would be advis
able. Let the best and most availa
ble men be nominated, and then let
a vigorous effort be made to poll a
full vote in their favor. Particular care
should be taken to select wide-awake
and firm men for election officers. The
right kind of a Democratic Inspector
can prevent frauds and the polling of
illegal votes.
The Action of the County Committee.
The action of the Democratic County
Committee in unanimously endorsing
the course of the Convention held on
Saturday, and approving of the Inde
pendent Ticket settled by that conven
tion, will meet with the cheerful and
hearty approval of the Democratic voters
of Lancaster county. We have not time
to-day to do more than to point every
Democrat to the report of the proceed
ings of the Committee, which will be
found in another column. We are sure
there will be but one voice in regard to
the action of the Committee, that of
universal and unqualified approval.
Radical Intolerance
The Radicals in this country enjoy the
distinguished honor of excluding many
thousands of white men from the ballot
box after giving the right to vote to
every negro in the land. They thus
dishonor, the white race, and they
glory in their shame. They pass laws
to arrest the naturalization of the white
men who seek these shores, and extend
every political privilege to the negro.—
When a man of liberal ideas, like Carl
Helium, of Missouri, revolts at the loath
some intolerance of the Radicals he is
openly denounced by tiencral (trout in
his official capacity as President of the
['wiled Slates. When the white men
HMI the more decent black!-; of South
Carolina. unite in an One to reform
abuses Mr. Grant, writes letters which
are intended to defeat the movement.--
Grant sent Culled States troops into
North Carolina to aid liolden's bru
tal militia in their• attempt to pre
vent a free election. Mr. Ackeromn,
hie C. S. Attorney (funeral, has been
absent front Washington for weeks
making speeches in Coorgim and devis
ingpl:utsfur mainktiningt he supremacy
of the negroes and a few rascally while
adventurers in that State. I ;rant and
his appointees are busily engaged in a
scheme to keep all the States of the
South under negm rule, in (order that
the Radical majority in Congress may
he maintaineMand the present,orrupt
and ex travag:uit system of legislation be
confirmed.
The white otrn of PCll , llsVlV:inia
be compelled to go to the polls :it the
coming.election and to vote side by side
with negroes. This degrading condition
Etas been forced upon them by the Rad
cols, without their being allowed the
constitutional right of deciding the
question for themselves. 'l•he so.called
Fifteenth A ntenthnent was never adopt
ed, :Old it is not in reality a part of the
Constitution attic United States to-day;
Ma the tyrannical administration of
leneral Grant will enforce the infamous
I.•aw which was passed by a Radical
Congress, prescribing heavy 'tines
and a long Imprisonment as the punish
ment for any one who may attempt
hi interfere with the march of the ne
grey:, In the pills. \Vliile every itatur
nlized citizen in l'enw , ylvitnin kill he
subjected to insult by beittit . comNlied
hie Irypers, Mill to have the date
Whelk he wt( ,4 St:11111,CE! nr Written 111 , 011
1111'111 eVery Utile ht . eNerui,US OW right
n'et.111:111, t'Very iirlltal degnided
inigni will Nviilk 1111 to thii hallul Liox
hp while then. It dan
gerous to cluillcingii tulle 1 , ,r three ~.\---
vrcigtis, as That might lin construed into
I11111(.1' infamous
late.; :11 the la:4. sussion of Ciin-
Lel the people remember these things
%ellen they go to the ballot box on the
,1 1 1 1 1.414 Tuesday of ()Hotter. Let it be
borer in Mind 1 11a1:11i, propli nl' Penn
sylvania had the right to determine for
themselves whether the negrocs in this
cAtitle should be entitled to Veit'. kel it
7.110, be forgotten that what is styled the
Fifteenth niendment was: foreed
through by fraud and violence. Let
the Itallical leaders be signally reltllked
for their raseality and intoleraime. -
"I'llere are several .lose uttniztessional,
Senatorial amt Legislative districts in
this State, which the Radicals hope to
carry by the help of negro votes; but
ive believe the NV hilt . 11111 in lbw,. see
-110118 will Kt. to it that nu ,111 . 11
is Viill,llllllllllled.
'.9 itdepeit dent lie pub] Ica n
'Flip Independent itepublicatis have
Issued tut exceedingly 111111 little Cam
paign puper, a•bieh he:u•n the \'l2l'y ap
propriato title or "1,2,1, 1 0, i,,,,pubri
-1.1111." II is Nvidl gntten up, edited with
:thinly Vigor, and initAt stoke quite
11111/11,11Mil ❑LM
b 1 hugely circulated hetivceil
:and thy election.
Mull) Seared
Itadictd“ our hailly ecareil. A
prominent Denititqat l'araili,e titN‘
ship "'Whim's tit:, that his ...tin Nt.as
tofu hundred dodoes by a lead
ing Itepublican lu tlistrOnite tickets
with Dickey's name upon them, Ile
'Turned the brio lirihe Nvitlt con
tempt, and thc probabilities :u•e that
the man who made the itirer gill be
prosecuted. The dissatisfaction will'
iheimminatliditif hickey and the entire
regular ticket is increasing
Vvey day. Let the I)enuu•racy rally to
the polls as one limn fur the I ittlepentl-
Pitt ticket, and it c•:w he elected.
The Coming State Elections
OH the 11th of October elections kill
lie held in Pennsylvania for Con
gressmen; in Ohio, Jinn:ma, :Ind lowa
for Congressintli and State Officers, ex
cept if iovernor; in Nebraska for Gover
nor, State Officers and Congressmen ;
and in West Virginia on the 27th of Oc
tober fur Governor, Slate Officers and
Congress. In most of these States elec
tions will also take hue for members
of the Legislature. All the other States
which have not already voted will hold
their elections in November.
The Taxes
The nadieals boast that they will
have got out of the people $l,l/00,000
more for taxes, for the quarter ending
September 30,1970, than for the corres
ponding quarter of ISO. So 11111(.11 the
worse for a tax-ridden people, who can
neither afford to be taxed $100,000,000
per.annum beyond the expenses of Gov
ernment, nor to be called upon to pay
debts belonging, in fart, to a future time
.and people. It is also a boast again, to
slay with the Sk.,cretary of the Treasury,
Lhat his coffers are so full that he eau
pay the interest on 11w public debt 60
days la advance—and with tells of mil
lions to spare, he might add, now lying
idle in the Treasury, doing no good to
anybody. These are not matters to boast
of, but to be ashamed of.
Black Intolerance
The negroes of Poughkeepsie, who .
have recently endorsed the Radical
ticket, also passed a resolution to this
effect :
'that we will give to negroes voting the
14e67oeratic ticket no protection or shelter
in our houses and places of business; lint
Ave Wail consider them an enemy of our
race forever.
Supposing ull Democrats should retal
iate, and say they would neither employ
the negro, nor purchase anything from
Lim. What would then become of such
resolutions ?
A Strong Indictment
The Independent Republican, the
organ of the Republican leaders of the
independent movement, is a vigorous
little sheet. The leading editorial of
the first number is a strong indictment
of the corrupt rings and cliques which
have so long and. so completely con
trolled the nominations of the Republi
can party in Lancaster county. The
men who wrote it speaks authoritatively
and with that precision which only
personal knowledge of the secret opera
tions of the ring-masters could give.
Here is the indictment:
The Independent Movement.
For years past, the Republican party
of Lancaster county has been ruled by
a set of corrupt men who have made
merchandize of the offices, legislative
and county. When the delegate system
was in use, a few ring-masters in this
city manipulated County Conventions
and dictated the nominations. The
chiefs in this city had their subordinates
in the different election districts, and !
any one who chose to scrutinize our
County Conventions could not fail to
recognize the same old familiar forms
representing the same districts year af
ter year. The prindipals took the lion's
share of the spoils, and their subordi
nates were content with the crumbs
which fell in plenteous profusion be
neath the political board.
To such an extent did the compact
organization of those who traded in
the distribution of offices, at length pro
ceed that a secret oath-bound associa
tion was eventually formed, the mem
bers of which were solemnly sworn to
aid each other in controlling the nomi
nations to be made by them for the Re
publican party. This oath-bound junto
came to be known at last as the band of
Thugs, that title having been applied to
it by sonic of those who opposed its
machinations. So strong did the com
bination grow to be, that the will of a
single man seemed to be omnipotent in
the selection of candidates. The Re
publican voters of Lancaster county
were utterly ignored except when they
were called upon to march to the polls
and endorse the decrees of the mercena
ry manipulators of county conventions.
\\lien the rule of the Thugs became
wrfeetly unendurable, the plan lIONS
n use for making nominations wa
adopted, and the (rawford ('ounty Sys
tem was hailed as a sure relief of the
people from the domination of corrupt
ring-masters. If the system could be
fairly and honestly carried out; if the
people would go to the polls and vote
intelligently and conscientiously for the
best men ; if money were not used to
control the elections; if they were not
turned into a carnival of fraud and cor-
ruption, and hailed as a scene of reck
less debauchery, the Crawford County
System might answer the expectations
of those who advocated its adoption In
this county it has not sufficed to secure
us even respectable nominations. Now,
as under the old delegate 'system, the
power of rings is felt, and mercenary
cliques dictate who shall be (•andidates
of the Republican party in Lancaster
county. If the men who expect to
make - money by manipulating nomina
tions cannot gain their ends by fair
ineans they do not hesitate to resort to
the foulest agencies.
It has been openly and freely charged
by different Republican newspapers
since the Crawford County System has
been in use, that candidates who were
obnoxious to the ring-inasters were
. .
counted out, and the tools of the ring
counted in. Apt as those who are dis
appointed may be to make such alle,a
tiOns, it is impossible to believe that
they have been altogether baseless.—
There is scarcely an intelligent Repub
lican in the County who has confidence
in the honesty of our primary elections
as at present conducted. The debates
which have been had in our County
Committee front time to time, the prop
osition for putting those who preside
at such elections upon oath,:and the
other stringent precautions which have
been suggested, show how widespread
is the distrust which prevails among
those who are most familiar with our
current local politics.
Intelligent Republicans who act with
the party front principle, and who are
not actuated by mercenary motives have
hoped, almost against hope, that there
would come a change. They favored
the adoption of the Crawford County
System because they were anxious to see
some remedy applied to existing evils.
They voted for bad nominations year
alter year in hope that each succeeding
batch of improper candidates would be
the last nauseous dose they would be
vatted upon to swallow. But, instead of
getting better, things have only grown
rapidly and continually worse. In the
protligate use of money tocorru pt voters,
in the lavish flow of tree whiskey, in all
base ;iris by which desperate dema
gogues seek to corrupt and control
vuters, the last primary election of the
If4 , pul,lican party in Lancaster county
surpassed anything of the kind that
ever preceded it. For weeks before the
nominations were made it was freely
predicted and declared, that those who
gained control of the election boards
would have the count in their favor, no
matter how the people might cast their
ballots. On Sunday any close calcula
tor would have bet upon the success of
candidates who were in the minority
on :\ londay morning. By what agen
cies the unexpected changes were made
we may not be :tide to show with accu
rate precision, b u t the suspicion of
fraud attaches to the nomination of
note titan (lilt' or the candidates now
running on what those who are " in
the ring" arc pleased to style "the reg
ular ticket."
The Independent Ti,kut
ell tn the still'rago of the rellpl, of Lan.
easter t et:Wl:sees Illy hest met
on wlint it called the regular Item]Lli
elm iel;et. %very Ireely endorse:
by the I . :nivel:lnm which 1110. in Fill
hl,l 11311 MI Saturday, :11111 Ihey
nin.4llt to regard flint entlorsenten
as the prmidest tribute to their worth.
Tim men who have beenrrpu
dialed ought to he defeated, ‘vithout
single ext•eptinn and nut one nt then
will he elected it the honest mill intelli
gent voters ti Liu:easter enmity do tliei
duty as ill11,1)1.11(11•111. freemen A 1,1111,1.
Thai tlio present is a proper null ails
pivions time for inaugurating: rvforni
Livery intelligent lit:publican must ail
'l'l,lere is Tio State ticket to
imperilled, null lye van right the wrung
which Inive uneinturable, it
:Mil:Misters] in 4 mbillo.• 1,, th,•l
;tilt 11.1.5.
Coming From %Vasillngtim to 101 l
Secretary Boutwell, and others iu au
thority at \Vaslrington, have granted
leave or stWordinat, ftlan
the State of Pennsylvania, in order that,
they may vote here :1,1 the coming Con
gressional eleetiote , . No boll Hoe
fortwifity of registering and assessing
these fellows will be duly attended to,
and they will be on hand at the proper
time. The probabilities are that nine
out of,every ten of 1111'111 titled at the
municipal eleetion in Washington last
spring All who did 111/ have it right In
vote in Pennsylvania. Let every one
of them be challenged and made to an
swer whether he voted in \Vashington,
or elsewhere. since leaving the State.—
Saute of them will no doubt boldly per
jure themselves for tiw sake of securing
a vote, but not one of them aught to be
allowed to escape the ordeal. Let them
be closely watched at every poll in the
Commonwealth, and many illegal votes
may he kept out by due vigilance.
Tahlim Care of the Radical Cripples
The Democracy of Oregon having elect
ed a Senator to supersede George W. Wil
liams, the Radical who has held the place
for some years, General Grant is forced
to find some place at the public crib for
the defeated loyalist, It is now said that
he will be appointed Solicitor General.
This is a new office, created by a Radi
cal Congress, with a salary of $7,000 at
tached. It will answer as a snug berth
for the political cripple from Oregon. It
is likely he has grown rich along with
other Radical Senators, but it is only
natural that he should accept a fat of
fice in Washington rather than return
to the Pacific coast to mingle with the
people who have repudiated him. If
G rant should undertake to provide offices
for all the defeated Radical candidates
who will be hobbling about after the
Congressional elections in October and
November lie will be compelled to turn
out some of his many cousins. Perhaps
lie will not attempt to provide for crip
pled (..ongisiontil aspirants. By refus
ing to do some may be able to retain his
army of rtions in the snug berths
which have been assigned them.
'Pitt: carpet-baggers are fleeing from
Mobile in large numbers; they say
be
cause of the yellow fever ; but the peo
ple left behind say that they are fleeing
to keep from supporting negro candi
dates for Congress. Not that they fear
yellow fever less; but they fear the ne
gro aspirants for Congress more.
THE LANCASTER WEEKLY . INTELLIGENCER , , WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1870
Why Taxes are High—Radical Corruption
and Extravagance—Government Ex
penditures Under Grant Compared With
Democratic Administrations.
The people of this country need cheap
government and the greatest possible
exemption from taxation. They have a
right to demand that. That they do
not enjoy it pan easily' be shown by a
simple array of figures. The following
carefully prepared table exhibits the ex
travagance of Grant's administration as
compared with that of Democratic
Presidents:
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:Lbove tal,le nut
,orlant matters very e
It shows that the :
qipita of the Federal Guyer
ler Democrat ic attic
only $1.77, invluding the
he INfexiean war
It shows that under Republican ad
ministration the expense In t vrtpitu is
.-1.731, excluding receipts from property
anii War Material sold.
It shows that the whole cost for 1
years under Democratic administration
was ‘',5559,5911,;1GG.:',!1...;
It shows that the amount of revenue
annually wrung front the pockets of the
people under Grant's administration is
$.111,225,477,G3, or nearly one half the
amount collected by Democratic admin
istrationB in twenty-four years.
It shows that at the present rate of
expenditure the amount required by Re
publican administrations during twenty
four years would amount , to the tour
mous total or $9,570,131,463.12.
It shows that an expenditure or $1.77,
the average per capita cost or the gov
ernment under Jackson, Van Buren,
Polk, Pierce and Buchanan, with our
present population or 40,w0,000, would
only amount to $70,500,000 per annum.
' It shows that Grant spendsi:-190,751,-
'355,,,n0 per annum, rx,lusivr u% priin•ipu/
01 , ritidit• If/ id.
Let the people examine the talde
carefully, let them scrutinize the figures.
and then let them apply the only
remedy which they pos:ess. Political
parties in this country can ,oily be
taught honesty and economy by being
held to a strict accountability at the
ballot box. When corruption and ex
travagance prevail in the dominant
party it can not be checked except by
defeat. 'flue men now in power do not
dread popular indignation as they
should. They have rioted in extrava
gance so long that they do not, fear the
people. 'The IIIaSSCS have Sllblillited SO
peacefully to extortion that the leaders
of the Republican party imagine they
can go on in the same way without,
terruption. There will'he no Change
until the Radicals :ire beaten at the
polls. 'rho place t, strike with eller, it
at Radical candidates for Congress. Let
the people remember that when they go
In the pulls to xI Tueritlay.
Secretary Cox to lg. Itemorvil
It is now said that Secretary Cox is to
be removed, because he declined to all, \%'
levy t. be mail.• llptkll the employees
ill his 111 , 11:111111eIlt, for the purpose of
raising a corruption fund In control the
Congressional election.. Ills, iS
the very fete made
by I irant. lie has staid in \Vashington
attending to the duties id' his
while the President and the rest of his
Cabinet have been junketing about as
deadheads at lillt reiii watering places.
It is said that the PennsylvaniaSenatiirs
and Congressmen are especially bitter
against Secretary I 'ox, awl it Is believed
that I iratit will yield to the pressure.
I f ho does, In• will furnish :mother proof
of his titter tinniness to lilt the high of
lice to which he has unfortunately been
elevated. Every day brings to light
some new evidence of his incapacity
and lack of principle. The best of men
of the Itepuldivan party are heartily
sick of him, but he will cling to the of
fice which he has managed to make so
profitable to himself and his family by
disgraceful means, with greater obsti
nacy than he iliti to his murderous plans
of battle. Cox may be induced to re
sign by being informed that he must do
so to escape a summary dismissal. It
is to be hoped, however. that he will re
fuse to retire and force (:rant to dismis.l3
him in compliance with the demands
of those whom his virtuous conduct has
offended.
Itnuic.tin,journals just now are par
tictilarly sweet upon the termans. But
some of their orators do not run in the
same ruts. A Radical arose in tile Third
Congressional District of Missouri the
other day to say to the Convention that
the Germans were all " d d lop
eared Dutchmen." And, at the Con
vention; of Radicals in Wisconsin last
week, one Marcy Brown declared, in
the• presence of two hundred brother
Radicals: "If we can't get along with
out the heel . guzzling Dutchmen and the
whiskey-drinkcing Irish we had better
let the Democracy do all the voting !"
And the crowd cheered and stamped to
show how well his remarks were appre
ciated. When these fActs are placed
side by side with paper praises of the
" yellow-haired Teutons" the true state
of the ease eau be seen and understood.
During the first year of Grant's ad
ministration $403,831,372.42 was collect
ed from the people of the United States
in the shape of taxes. In the last year
of Buchanan's administration, $135,979,-
833.89 was the total amount of revenue
raised by government—showing a dif
ference of $352,854,538.50 in favor of
Democratic rule. In the last year of
Johnson's administration, taxes to the
amount of $370,943,747.21 were collected
—showing that the people are taxed
$37,887,6'25.21 more under Grant than
under Johnson, and yet the Radical
campaigu song now is, " how tic have
reducefl the Ict;ccs," and what an " eco
nomic:ol" administration we bays under
our traveling President l
Can the American people be hood,
winked any longer by such a party"
••0 3
everd im
ge oust pa•
lonent on
ations
\la 11..0 I
Grant and Return'
Radical Repeaters
One . Hardy, a fellow who was elected .
a School Director by the Radicals of
Philadelphia, and who was within the
present year a member of the Conven
tion which nominated William E.
Bunni the Radical candidate for Regis
ter of Wills, has been arrested for regis
tering himself under different names in
numerous election precincts, for thepur
pose of casting as many votes as he had
assumed aliases. Of course he intended
to vote for the man he helped to nom
inate for Register of Wills, and for
the rest, of the Radical ticket. In
order that sun rascals as Hardy
might not be interfered with, the Board
of Aldermen, in which the Radicals
have a controlling majority, refused
to permit the Democrats of Philadelphia
to name the election officers to whom
they were entitled. It will be remem
bered by our readers that we denounced
this action of the Radical Aldermen at
the time, and declared that it would
be used as a cover for rascality and
frauds. When the registry law was pass
ed it was not supposed that the Board of
Aldermen would undertake to defeat
the intention of the act by refusing to
grant the minority a fair representation
in the election boards. They have done
so, however, and with, their own ap-
pointees tilling the places allotted to
Democrats they expect to be able to pre
vent en honest election in Philadelphia.
Repeaters will he perfectly safe so long
MY they vote the Radical ticket. Fellows
like Hardy may go from one poll to an
other without fear. By such means does
"the God and morality party" hope to
save itself from defeat, and expect to
continue to plunder the people.
The total receipts of the French San
itary Fair at San Francisco have thus
far reached $30,000. The fair continues
three days longer.
At Lewiston, Me., Alfred Elson, an
English pedestrian, on Saturday even
ing completed the feat of walking Or;
consecutive hours, with a 2.5 minutes'
The New Minister to England. rest in each $1 hours.
• •
The nets• Minister to Englund, Sena
tor:\ forton, 1%111 not sail before the mid
dle of November. He is now at the
Mineral Springs in Michigan, recruit
ing his health, whence he will return
to Indiana and make speeches until
after the election. He will then visit
Washington for instructions. Such is
the programme laid down by General
(;rant at a time when the greatest
events of icier times are transpiring.
We have been without a Minister in
England ever since Motley was snubbed
before Congress, and we roust remain
so until after the election takes place in
Indiana. Morton is not the right man
to represent this country at the British
Court, but whoever is sent ought to go
at once. 'Po keep a United States Sena
tor and an appointed Minister to the
first court of Europe bawling at the
hustings, is something no President ex
cept Grant would ever have been guilty
of, and no man fit for the position would
accept it under such circumstances.
Another Radical Split
Philadelphia L'erning 7 hyotph,
Itadical newspaper, says :
2 - ,The Republicans have virtually split in
the Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware
district, two of the counties I Delaware and
Chester) having nominated Mr. Evans fur
Senator, and Montgomery having with
drawn and adhered to Mr. Ycakle. The
Republicans of Montgomery daint that
when the apportionment was made it was
distinctly understood and agreed, as far as
pledges could be given, that Montgomery
was to have a Senator ;all the time, and to
compensate the Republicans of Chester
one member more was given to
that county than to Montgomery, although
the latter has the largest population. Sen
ator Council, who WILS chairman of the ap
portionment committee, has published a
letter stating that it was positively under
stood that Montgomery was to have a Sen
ator continuously, amt the obvious justice
of the claim makes the position of Mr.
Yeaklo's friends a very strong one. Yes
terday the Republican Committee of Mont
gomery met again and endorsed the action
of their conferees, so that the Republicans
of Montgomery manifest tio sign of yield
ing. It is rumored that Mr. Jones, the
Democratic nominee, will withdraw, and
in that case Mr. Yeakie I add doubtless be
elected.
IVe think the 7; Iyjc"ph must be mis
informed %ellen it declares that Mr.
Jones will withdraw. The probahhities
are that he will remain in the field and
he elected.
Whipping colored Men for Voting the
Democratic Ticket
'Penn. 2.—A few Hight:: 8.4 t,
haul or ina,ked marauders in Henry
county, toolt. a 111/1i11,,r or negroes Trots
their cabins and whipped them, its. , ,Optin!,
[ls it )Tl/.111111,1 Ihrp litrillo1•1•5 vootirw wrung
ly. negroes were industrious, peacea
ble men, but linmoscitAT
e TICKET.
This is equal to the free speech and free
press times ?of Fremont, when New
England towns refused a hearing to any
but Radicals. If anything on earth de
serves retaliation in :Rind, it is just the
sort of brutality, only let the punish
ment he inllieted upon the masked ma
rauders and their abetters. We fail to
see, as yet, any indignation expressed
among white I tadieals for this whip
ping of negroes.
\VI.: learn rl,lll the New York T, it
that Admiral Porter is about to be re
lieved from the charge of the Navy De
partment, and that an Assistant Seere
tary of the Navy will then be appointed.
What need is there for such an onieer:
7p to the time «I the rebellion there had
never been any occ:edon for an Assist
ant Secretary In that deportment; am!
now that our navy is reduced to its old
it would be absurd to au
thorize one. It would be much better
policy to send the fat ❑nd indolent Mr.
Robeson 1101110 to Camden, and to select.
some man of industry and capacity for
Secretary or the Navy, who will be able
to do the work himself, without com
pelling the (Mvernment to go to the ex
pense or biting an assistant to do it for
Sour: DC the members of Grant's Cabi
net, having got hack to Washington,
!Mind that the presence of the President
at the seat of government was impera
tively necessary ; and several telegrams
have been sent to hasten his return, but
he refuses to be hurried. lie is busy
with ilk putting his chil
dren to school and seeing that their
rooms :ire furnished in a style suitable
to the scions of republican royally.—
\Viten he gets through with that little
private business he may he expected to
return to Washington, when he will no
doubt bend all his energies to the task
of providing lucrative appointments for
any far off cousins who may not be set
tled in snug berths. I ;rant is a great
family man.
The Milers or France
It seems impossible fur any sovereign
of France to (lie upon the throne and
bequeath his power to his immediate
deeendants. Of all the sovereigns Or
France since 1771, Louis Napoleon has
had the longest reign as
. President and
Emperor. They thus compare: Louis
XVI., eighteen years; Napoleon T.,
fifteen years; Louis NVII L, nine years;
Charles N., six years ; Louis Phillippe,
eighteen years, and Louis Napoleon,
twenty-two years.
How Senator Sherman became rich
to a matter of serious concern to the
Fort Wayne D, si, o 1, which says that
when he lirst went lo Congress, in P.,55,
he wasn't worth over two thousand dol
lars. An old citizen of Mansfield vouch
es for this fact ; whereas he now owns a
big interest the street railways at
Washington, *.'7i7j,001) in Qllio reales.hae,
immense tracts Qt Western land, and
about $700,000 in bonds and
THE Pittsburg Grizrit, declares that a
combination has been eirect,ed between
the Reformers and the Demoe'rats, by
which it is expected that James 11. Hop
kins will be elected to Congress and
Negley beaten. Should that be true the
result will be the choice of a perfectly
honest man in place of a corrupt " land
grabber," a consummation most devout
ly to be desired by all upright citizens.
AN officer of the Revenue Departineu t,
fresh from an inspection of the cotton
region of the South, estimates the grow
ing crop at not less than 3,800,000 bales—
a larger crop than has been produced
since 1860. He also conveys the cheer
ing intelligence that the quality will be
superior to any crop ever raised in the
country ; and this statement may
doqbtles.s he accepted with less hesita
tion Owl • ijealvrB will display toward
the first.
101131:=
;President Grant returned to WiLsh
lington yesterday.
‘.• According to officialreturns just made
there are 2,213,970 hogs in Illinois.
• California has a town called "Cut
throat Depot."
Ten-pound salmon are caught in the
Susquehanna.
Senator Cameron and Col. Forney are
n New York.
The number of Jews serving in the
German armies amounts to upward of
30,000.
The cemetery at Saratoga is said to be
where most of the desperate flirtations
are carried on.
It is thought that the side a good
many people in Paris would like to take
just now, is the outside.
The woman who stole the child of
Mr. Digby, in New Orleans, has been
sentenced to five years' imprisonment.
Galesburg, Illinois, has a colored de
bating society, before whom Fred Doug
lass is to lecture this winter.
The Industrial Exhibition at Cincin
nati is now in full operation, and was
visited by ten thousand persons on
Thursday.
Admiral Gordon was relieved on Sat
urday from command of the Brooklyn
Navy Yard by Admiral Smith. Ho will
hereafter act as Port Admiral.
Muscatine, lowa, ha.s a man who offers
to wager that he can whip any dog in
town with his teeth. Hej proposes to
have his hands tied behind him.
Last evening four companies of Uni
ted States Artillery returned to Fortress
Monroe from North Carolina, where
they had been on duty for two months.
The frigate Guerriere, which went
ashore at Nantucket, was got off on
Thursday afternoon, after being light
ened. ; , .he is reported to have suirered
no damage.
funeral of Aut.' ral Farragut look
place in Nev York yesterday, with im
posing solemnity. Among the distill
g,uished iwrsons present were the Presi
dent and General _Meade.
Ll the 1 teneral Railroad Ticket
Agents' Convention at Chicago, yester
day, a report, was made favoring pro
vision by Congress for the establish
ment of a first-class steamship line he
t ween San Francisco and Australia.
Washington Booth was yestertlay
nominated for Congress by the Repub
licans of the Third Maryland District,
General Adam E. King and B. SIM:Mt
Matthews, rival nominees, having with
drawn.
At Fort Laramie, "Man Afraid of His
Horses" and other Ogalalla Chiefs,
have arrived to take part in the Coun
cil. Nothing will be done, however,
until the arrival of Red Cloud, which is
expected to-morrow or Wednesday.
The annual oyster war in the l'hesa
'wake has resulted in ;invernor
of Maryland, writing to the ( tovernor
of Virginia. asking !din to release oys
ternien arrested for encroaching on Vir
ginia bounils. (toy. Bowie has also di
rected his Attorney ttencral to take
action in the matter.
A number of guns of the United
States frigate Cumberlad, sunk in
Hampton Roads in April, Ist;L:, by the
Confederate iron-clad Merriinae, hays
ing been gotten up, have been brought
to Richmond. They will be taken to
Tredegar Works, where they were orig
inally east, anti turned into railroad
iron and car wheels.
The (k)vernors of the Western and
Northwestern States are about to issue
a call for a convention of delegates front
those States, to induce Congressional
sotion for the full protection, under the
laws of the United States, of all
immi
gr:utts (luring their transit by sea and
land. The Governors of 'Wisconsin and
Minnesota are now at Milwaukee, ar
ranging fur this convention.
The New York Board of Irealtlt have
placed Governor's Island in quaran
tine, because yellow fever:prevails there.
The presence of the same disease in
New York City is feared. Sixty-tive
yellow fever patients, mostly enlisted
men, were removed front the Island on
Saturday to the quarantine hospital.—
On the same day two deaths occurred,
making Llo deaths since August 11.
N. Gallaher, senior editor of the
Charlestown, Va., Fre' . Pi, So, halt his
left ell lOW badly fractured the other tiny
A rail on which he stood broke beneath
his Weight. His horse, frightened by
the sound, jumped away a..s he was iu
the :net of putting hi, foot in iliestirrup,
and hi• was thrown violently to the
ground.
•r-
TERRI FIC EXPLOSION'
Destruction of Bailin S /UMW% PO l% der
Works— TOO Men Bloon to Pieces
--Several Building's 1)elnol Idled.
At :bout half past 1:2. o'clock Saturday
noon the dry house, packing house awl
magazine of the Lallin Band Pow der
Company's forks, situated at Dengler's
Flat, on the the \Vest Branch of the Schuyl
k ill, one mile and a hall from CreSSl,nia,
were totally destroyed by an explosion of
six or seven hundred kegs or powttor,o,red
in [limn. The report. and shock of the ex
plosion was plainly heard and MR in Potts
ville and many miles beyond, occasioning
considerable anxiety on the part of those
engaged in the powder business until the
11,11 cause was ascertained.
Mr. Muir, agent for the above company,
went down to the works in the morning for
the purpose of having eighty kegs of pow
der packed, with which to till an order,and
remained about the premises until 11010011, at
which time ho returned home. TWO 111011
named Robert N'llvain and Jamb Lear
sot about packing the powder in the pack
ing house adjoining the dry house, and
were engaged at the work when the explo
sion occurred. matter of ismrso they
were launched into eternity in less time
than it n4lllll'oB to relate their sad fate, and
with them went theonly intbrmation of the
cause of the explosion; although it is na
tuml to suppose that it was caused by some
unavoidable accident in handling the pow
der--perhaps in the matter of weighing it
on the scales. The dry house, packing
house and wooden magazine, situate about
twenty feet 11,111 01011, were completely
demolished—scarcely a vestigeof the build
ings being left to mark the places where
they once stood.
The dry house containeil about six hun
dred kegs, and the packing house, it is
supposed, about forty kegs, the explosion
of which swept away the I ,inagizine. The
glazing and coining works—the latter con
taining, about one hundred kegs of powder
were shattered to pieces. Thu powder in
the latter works had been coined in the
morning preparatory fur the dry house,
but had not been removed. The trunk
conducting water Lo the wheel or the coin
ing works was also slightly disarranged.—
The press house, pulverizer, cylinder house
refinery and other building were some
what injured by the shriek, and the risen
near the scene, for a moment did not knew
whether they slued 1111 their feet or heads.
The two Men, 11 train and Lear, were
blown to :walls, and it was iiilltenl I to find
pieces of their bodies by which to recog
nize thorn. Robert 'AI' livain was a wan or
about forty-flee years or age, :Oat acted in
the capacity of ii , IT111:111. lle has been en
gaged 111 the mill since its erection, live
years ago, and has always been considered
a relialile, fitithpal and careltil man. Jacob
Lear was a yohng n o te aged ahem nine
teen years, and hail been employed about
Ire works for some time.
Upon hearing of the disaster Mr. Muir
immediately returned to the scone of dis
aster, anti had the fragments of the men
gathered together anti summoned Coroner
Saylor, of Schuylkill Ilaven, to hold an in
quest, which was commenced but post
poned until this morning, for the parpese
of getting the evidence of the teamster,
.laeob Ernsler, who at the explosion was
hauling a load of kegs from the factory
near by and in waiting for the powder which
Was being packet!.
The company's loss is estimated at about
;:t4i,000, aside from the serious ineollVelliellee
oveltsiOned them iu lilting their orders.
We are informed that the works will be re
built immediately, and be in operation
again in the course of a few weeks.
This is the second explosion of tho kind
we have been called upon to chroniele
within a few weeks past, and we sincerely
hope it may bo the last for many years to
come.—ifiner's Jour/tat, (Jct. 3.
lig=
Vitriol throwing is again assuming an
epidemical form. This terrible crime be
comes the fashion periodically. It
was . first developed, so as to be note
worthy, in this city many years ago.—
Several men, froth mere Wantonness, hav
fug no private griefs to avenge, Went upon
the Streets night after night, and burned
dresifes of all the women they enconn
tered. Drie . ominent man, whose discov
ery of the application of either no an an
sesthetic has developed into a universal
blessing, was accused of participating in
his curious pastime, and, smarting under
the acusation, committed. suicide in a cell
in the Tombs. The original vitriol throw
ers did not attempt to injure the persons
of their victims, only their finery. The
vitriolists of the present dash the destruc
tive liquid into people's fares. Two wo
men in Detroit have been hopelessly dis
figured and partially blinded by this dia
bolicalMiethod, and in two other Western
cities several unlucky individuals have
suffered similar damages. It seems to us
that an adequate punishment has never
been meted ,to the heartless perpetrators
of this fearful kind of offence, which, in
some respects, is worse than murder.
Three colored laborers were killed by
falling in an excavation on the Chesa
peake and Ohio Railroad, on;Toesday.
FROM EUROPE
J ales Favre's Official Report orb is Peace
France Preparing 10 Fight to the Inst.
Russto-Preparfnv for the Conquest of
Ittuisin.llmnaskO--.Ati Immense Force
'Coneentratinc on the German
Frontier.
A Cabinet Connell Called in London
The Movement on Rome Independent of
Foreign rowers—lts Object and Aims.
French Losses Doriaz the . War
The Imperial Exiles
Suffering . in Germany
Arrest of the Working - race's Committee
Toots, Sept. 27.—Jules Favre to day
made an official report to the Government
hero of his mission to the Prussian Head
quarters in behalf of peace. Ho says that
a great many solutions of the difficulties
had been proposed and rejected, and ho de
termined at last to make a direct move
therefor, and on the 10th of September he
demanded of Bismarck a categorical reply
as to whether ho would enter upon negoti
ations for peace. Bismarck's first answer was
unfavorable, though he subsequently ask
ed what guarantees France could otter.
The Foreign Minister, who was acting as
intermediary, advised Fayro to see Bis
marck and make his demands in person,
and accordingly Fayre saw Bismarck, and
expressed to him his loco Mr Franco
and liberty, and Ins determination
to accept no conditions which would
render peace only a menacing truce.
Bismarck replied that it' he thought peace
were possible he would sign immediately,
but the actual Government was too precar
ious and likely to be overthrown. France
would be more apt to Mrget Sedan than she
had boon to forgot Waterloo and Sadowa,
:Ind she would soon attack Germany
Being pressed fur conditions, Favro was
explicit, but Bismarck asserted that the se
curity of his country demanded the !reten
tion of a portion of the territory the Ger
mans now occupied, and mentionedi Il that
connection the Departments of the Upper
lilt ne, - .Lower Rhino and Moselle, with
Mete, Chateau Salmis and Soissons. To the
objection of Fevre that the people of France
would not agree to that, anti lw could not
act without their direction, Bismarck re
plied that ho felt confident of that before,
bat as another war was certain, ho wished
to initko it with all the advantages possible.
Pavre then intimated that they might
rind the pretensions of Prussia exorbitant.
Ile was certain that Franco would never
accept them. She might perish as a nation,
but sho would not bet dishonored. The
country alone could decide upon tho ques
tion of territorial division, and Fevre could
not doubt what that decision would be.
Bismarck would not listen to any propo-
sition for an armistice.
'rho second interview occurred at l'er
rieres on September thth. la this occasion
Bismarck seemed to accept the idea of an
armistice, and Favre asked for fifteen days.
The next day Bismarck handed Favre
his conditions, adding that the Germans
most have the arts commanding Paris,
more especially Fort Mont Valerian, on
the west of Paris. Favre replied that it
would ho more simple to demand Paris at
once. Bismarck said if these terms were
not satisfactory the French most seek other
arrangements. l'avre proposed a meeting
of the Constituent Assembly at Tours.—
Bismarck made the condition that the gar
rison of Strasbourg should surrender a,
prisoners of war. Upon Farrel, indignant
ly refusing, Bismarck consulted the King,
who insisted upon the surrender of Stras
bourg. Wearied with his useless efforts,
Fara) retired, expressing the conviction
that Franco would light to the last.
Favre concludes, front the manner in
Which all his efforts for peace have been
met by the Cermans, that they arc deter
mined on conquest. Ile says the inter
views were not altogether useless as they
have proved that not w ithstanding that Pru
ssia declared sho warred only against Na
poleon and his army, she is really lighting
the nation and which must arise en masse,
either to disavow the Provisional
Uoveru
mtent or resist the enemy to the last.
MaAnci, Sept_ 27:—At the Prussian Em
bassy it is openly avowed to be the plan of
Bismarck when Paris is taken, to declare
Napoleon the only legitimate power to
treat with, and to sign with hint a pease,
that ho will then permit them to abdicate
in furor of the Prince Imperial and consti
tute the Empress as Regent, or will ap
' point a Council:of Regency, composed of
Eugenie, Boater, and generals well af
fected to the dynasty, and if the depart
ments refuse to concur, lie will - nend their
Prussian troops, re-establish the old Pre
fects, inaugurate a reign of military terror,
and transport the recalcitrant republicans
to Cayenne.
Negotiations are bang actively pursued
between Prins and the Prussian anibassaii
dor, and the latter has offered that if Spain
will accept King JOllll Of Saxony, or a
Prussian Prince, for the Spanish throne, to
pay Spain several millions of reals, give her
part of Algeria and the Fortress of ti ibral
tar and help her to annex Portugal, so as
to constitute a strong ally fir Prussia.
Totas, September 2s.—The > liuistry of
Prance held a council yesterday to decide
upon further inea_sures for the defense of
the nation, The Ministers were unanimous
for the ONtf CHIC 'Whey Of bitter, determined
tighthig, :mil unitedly resolved to offer
resistance to the very last to the invader.
A levy in nuigse of all men of tWellt3" live
years and upwards kill be called out for
relive service, in accordance with a resolve
of this Ministry. The peoplo from the ell
vironing districts awl from Orleans, which
has been eelletelteli, are pouring into the
town. Many of the males were armed,
and immediately run;lled themselves into
Imttalinms.
Lox tux, :Sept._s—\l id 31 ight.—Despatches
received at a lam hour this evening Iron.
the seat or the French government near
'fours contain a proclamation addressed to
the people of France, signed by the entire
French ministry, which :11111”1111CeN the dis
t-rs that have occurred to the arms of
Franco and the failure of negotiations for
an armistice wade by J ules Favre
in his late interview with Von Bismarck
at the Prussian headquarters or the
army at present besieging Paris. The
proclamation declares that Prance will
never resign an inch of French territory
nor a single stone of a French fortress to
tierm any, France can and will resist any
territorial s,ll•ritice., and will light aizainst
the dishonorable conditions for peace un
til death and until not a man remains or a
gun left with which to IlleCt her traditio
nal. enemies. The French government
have made public the resumption of peace
and quiet. in Algiers. The proclamation of
martial law has been rescinded, and the
cities besieged by French troops have been
released from that position upon perfectly
satisfactory terms, and without an y,sangui
nary engagements.
Information from Paris by thu way of
Tours states that on Monday the 'most in
tense manifestations of spirit and determi
nation to defend the city until the last ex
tremity were made hy all ,aasses. The peo
ple feel conildent and undaunted in their
ability to maintain a successful defense.
On * Monday eVolling . a largo and enthu
siastic meetings of Spanish republicans,
residents within the capital, was held. The
most unbounded patriotism and sym
pathy wore expressed for the republic and
the French people, and liberal tenders of
money - were made to the French Ministry.
This NV:LS followed by the organization of a
Spanish republican corps to the number of
10,000 to assist in the defense of I'aris.
Brisk skirmishing is kept up continually
along the line of forts surrounding Paris,
with general sneer.s favorable to the
Pronoh. The lino of remains in
tact.
.th announcement coining from Berlin
:Ind other I.; citiva i.s wudu then SOH
ous opposition is encountered in making
the I.audwrl u • Ic‘y lately antlwrized by
the confederation. '1•ho Ilavarian
!neut.:lt its meeting .o,.dtitely rcfusr to
propi,,iLitill or furnish it
. l u.)ta null called for by tlic con , cription.
he Berlin Nr)1111
Corman Ga.cNe , tho semi-11iliCild organ
the Prussian government, this illumine
contains a warm article censuring the goy
eminent or the United Stall, fur its prom!,
action in recognizing the French republic
Prince Albrecht, with a great force o
Prussian cavalry and numerous guns, i.
Villg front the direction of Baz.2hr,s.-
Ile put down and dispersed all oppesitior
to his march and the troopers oceuriod
leans this morning ithout op posi Lion. II i.
next inove will probably 1., in this direr
hurried defense is being attempt.
ed.
Despatches front St. Petersburg report
that the armamentof troops and the move
ments of military store.; southward are as
suming a serious phase, and that appear
anises denote that the t 4.,vernmen t is rapid
ly preparing for a grand movement in a
direction which call only Lc conjectured.
Russia has given orders to prepare am
munition wagons for immediate use.
Fourteen military trains are despatched
(hilly over the railway from Moscow to
ursk for Seim, i2uo miles south-southwest
of Moscow.) An immense train of stores
is being sent daily upon the various routes.
Losous, Sept. 28.—The 41110St1011 of Ital
ian Unity will be the subject of the plebis
citum which has been ordered in Italy.
LONDON, Sept. 28. —The new Roman Gov
ernment announces the appropriation of
fifty millions to defray the expenses of the
inauguration of Rome as the Capital of It
aly. The enthusiasm of tine inhabitants is
boundless, and the plehiseitum is expected
to be unanimous. The Pope will probably
leave Ronne WI SOOll iLs the result is declared.
Parliament will meet on the 12th proshno
to ratify the plebiseetum, and on. the 18th
the King will make his entry into Route
and alight st the Quirinal.
FL:qtr.:en, Sept. 2.B.—[Special to the New
York Tribune.]—The Roman Junta de
clines to accept The restriction on the liber
ty of the press on the plebiscite, which as
sures the spiritual power of tlio Pope, and
threatens to resign unless thebaB4: the ba
sis of the plebiscite is changed.
I4O:vPoN, Sept. 28.—The Government has
information to-day front its agents on the
Baltic that the military proparations,which
Russia has been making so openly and
with such extraordinary enorgy,are direct
ed not against Turkey, but against Ger
many. This information is confirmed by
private advises, and it is certain that there
is great alarm and uneasiness in Berlin.
Tho following troops of the Russian army
are announced to have been echeloned
along the Prussian frontier during the past
three weeks: Two divisions of the Infan
try of the Guard, under Lieutenant General
Baron Mffiller-Sakomiesky ' • three divi
shnis of the Grenadiers of thequard, under
Lieutenant General Prince Toukhon-Mau
vareff ; one division of the Cavalry of the
Guard, under General .Prince Galitzin ;
twelve divisions of the Infantry of the Line,
ander Lieutenant General von Egger; live
divisions of the Cavalry of the Lino, under
Lieutenant General Count von Kretz ; two
parks of engineers and twelve parks of ar
tillery, under Lieutenant General Kay
acheff. It is also announced that a force of
a hundred and fifty thousand Cossacks, the
most terrible light troops of the world, has
been called under arms, and that the squad
ron of the Baltic is ready for.active service.
These statements are made in Government
circles, and they aro accompanied with the
still more alarming intimation that the
Russian Minister, D'Ombril, at the Court
of Berlin, has been instructed by Prince
Gortscluakott to present a formal demand
to Prussia for full and categorical explana
tions of her purposes and policy in pursu
ing the war with France.
In the demand it is stated that the Gov
ernment of Czar declares it to be quite im
possible,that Russia can regardit as a ques
tion solely to be decidedbetween Germany
and France, what the limit of either power
shall bo ; that the future of Russia, not less
than the past, makes it the duty of the
Russian Government to protest against
and, if necessary, to prevent any change in
the equilibrium of Europe which would
emburnss the freedom of action of the Rus
sian Government; and particularly that
Russia will never sutler the fixed bound-
aries of European States to be disturb
ed in obedience to the "subversive
and persevere doctrine of nationalities
so-called.
These rumors aro confirmed and their
ominous significance deepened by the ap
pearance in the St. Petersburg Ga.:cite de
la Bourse of an article, printed in a form
which gives to it the air of a semi-official
manifesto, which uses this threatening and
explicit language: "Prussia, with her
frontiers on the side of France guaranteed,
anti neutralized Austriato protect her south
eastern think, will be in a position so to
dispose all her strength as to elieck and
easily to paralyze the action of Russia. In
the presence of so grave an eventuality,
Russia must and will provide, and provide
at once, against any possible future."
The (10/es of Moscow says. also, "the
Eastern question call wait. There is no
pressing necessity tier a solution in that
quarter. It is on the Rhine to-day that the
knot of the Eastern question waits to be
cut at one decisive blow.-
The British Ministry Ictce called a Cabi
net entineil lur le-morrow instead of Fri
lay, under the double excitement of the
publican x iety ande urenblespatehescrom
Lord Lyons, in which I ' M appeals earnestly
to the flritish Government
mterpose and
compel a peace before all Europe is set in
Lard Lyons represent, in the
strongest terms the growing desperation
and rage of the combatants, and the perils
to Europeor such projects as :trent/IV upon-
Iv y avowed by the ierman Government.
LoNnoN, Sept. '2,. --There is no truth
whatever in the story that the Italian tiiiv
ernment had uncle aidvunces to any ',over
before the occupation of the Papal St:ll.VB.
it is believed the story originated in the
tact that Italy addressed a circular letter to
the Italian representatives at forcighi.ourts
setting forth the absolute necessity of her
interference at Rome to secure public order
•
and the independence of the Pope, not less
than the rights and liberties of the Roman
people and the pacification of Italy. The
object of Count San Martino's mission to
Rome was to urge the Pope to recognize
the good faith of Italy in this matter. There
is some discontent in Florence at tho dis
turbance created in values by the ap
proaching withdrawal of the court and the
Government to Home, and some of the
papers urge the tuunicipality to suspend
work upon the grand exterior boulevards.
It is understood that King Victor will make
his entry into the Eternal City immediately
after the taking of the plebiBribim, the re
sult being regarded as a foregone conclu
sion. The Evangelical Society here have
petitioned for permission to remove atone°
to Rome.
LuNnms, Sept. 22.—The following is an
official statement of tierman capture thus
far, not including Lion and Strasbourg.
on the 3d of August, the day when Sam
brook was temporarily abandoned by the
Prussians, the French lost as prisoners 0
officers and 07 privates.
At Weissenburg, 30 officers:mil 1000 men
as prisoners, 1 initraillenses, 22 cannon, 51
army wagons, and carriages of all kinds.
At \\Mural, OM prisoners, including 1110
officers, 2 eagles, Ii mitraillenscs 9 35 cannon,
-12 wagons and carriages, 100 horses, the
baggage and ramp tents of two divisions,
and two railway trains with provisions.
Same day, at Spicheren, and during the
- .
days following those battles, in engage
ments at Reishofon and Sarreguemines,2loo
prisoners, 4 gtms, a pontoon train, a tented
camp, and two magazines containing 10,000
woolen blankets, 40,000 packages of rice,
coffee and sugar, large quantities of wine,
rum, and tobacco, the last alone amounting
in value to $500,000.
There were captured in the fortresses
surrendered during the first half of Au
gust: At I laguenau, 3 tdlicers, 103 privates,
SO horses, a large supply of arms; ftt Lich
tenberg, 3 officers, 2SO privates, 7 guns,
200 muskets, 30,000 cartridges, powder, etc.;
at Lutzenstein and Petite-Pierre, large
quantities amiss and numitions; at Mar
sal, lin gullS.
'rho three days' lighting at Mete do not
show such largo eaptures of men and ma
terial, hereunto the enemy was able to save
both under the guns of that fortress. Still,
the captures were, at Vionville, 30 officers
and 3,000 prisoners; I fravelotte, officers
and 3,000 prisoners. fThe losses in killed
and wounded during those three days were
2:),000.)
Since then the captures have been, at the
fortress of Vitry Ic Francais, 17 officers and
555 private prisoners and 111 guns. At the
engagements and battles at Nonart, Ileau
mont, and Sedan, previous to the capitnia
: Lion of the latter place, above 30,000 prison
ers, more particularly at Beaumont, where
the French lost 7,000 prisoners, 2 eagles, II
mitrailleuses, 23 guns, and a tent camp. At
Sedan, licittre capitulation, nearly 25,10)
prisoners, 2 eagles, 33 guns. At the Vallltll
lation of Sedan, I Marshal of the Empire,
30 generals, 230 stall' officers, 2,003 line offi
cers, s 1,V)0 prisoners, besides 1•1,000 wound
ed, all the eagles of the regiments taken, 70
initrailleuses, 330 field guns, 150 fortress
guns, and 10,000 horses.
LoNnoN, Sept. 29.—Thees-Empress Eu
genie has taken a line house and grounds
at Chiselhurst, in the county of Kent. Dr.
Evans, who accompanied her from Eranee,
is managing her affairs.
It is not true that she quitted the .Mariue
Betel at Ilastings till account of the ;minty
:ince by the people. tin the contrary, she
was treated by all classes with the pro
foundest respect, and was daily in receipt
of presents of quantities of bouquets. The
greatest annoyance she exiwrioneml arose
front the persistent request for interviews
made by t mportunato reporters.
The Irish Preen, of Dublin, suggests that
the ex-Emperor and his hun ily should be
invited to settle down in Ireland ; but why
the Pope, who has greater claims on Irish
hospitality, Is not included in the invita
tion, it is difficult to understand.
LoNnoN, Sept. 20.—Dr. Gneist, who has
recently made a tour of inspection through
Rhenish Prussia, Hanover, Baden, and
Hesse, makes an earnest appeal to the
charity of all Germans for the people of
those countries. 110 says that the LOWns
are crowded with helpless women and chil
dren coming in to beg Mr bread; the
fields are left unfilled ; the villages are
swept clean by the armies of foul. His
picture for these regions orVichiriolis
Many is scarcely hotter than that which is
given by otherdnftho vnnquishcd districts
of invaded France. Prices of all the ne
eessaries of life have gone up threefold.
[From the spectator
Gertuanyseems to be even now not strong
enough to et her people talk harmless pol
itics freely. The Central Brunswick Com
mittee of the German section of "rho In
ternational Workmen's Association," is
sued on the Sth instant a manifesto ti the
German working class, railing upon them
to prevent the annexation of Alsace and
Lorraine, and to bring about an honorable
peace with the French Republic. This man
ifesto has been seized, and all the mem
bers of the committee, is en the pi inter,
were arrested and chained like common
felons,, and sent to Lotus in East
Prussia. 'tine General who di said to
have ordered this arrest is named it,
Vogel Von h'rank,iixtrin (we presume by
mistake for Vogel Von Falekenstein 1 , but
he does, indeed, represent the Franken
stein of German polities. \Vhat can the
government of any State in Germany have
to fear Bent the advovacy of political meas
ures so honorable anal reasonable as these?
hllcleed, had they been really revelui4onary
instead of singularly wise, what a blunder
in the (;erinan authorities to treat revoin
(Midst:: just now with any greater ri,pert
than the English government pa . ; s to the
orations oC Mr, Braillangh.
Tile manifesto preserves a tranquil and
moderate toile throughout, and in imlinary
thnes, indcud event in the present, the eye
of any Prussian lawyer, however vigil:ea,
would hardly perceive anything treasona
ble in it. (lemma Falckenstein, however,
is no lawyer, and understands much better
the disciolno of the military art Ilium that
of the noble Lady Them's, who said: "'rho
eommencenient of the war has nowhere in
kermany had to undergo rougher treatment
dun: in the government of 111u:over.'
This recent pri ice citing, however, indi
eates the sensitiveness of the Prussian l toy
council t with regard to the question of an
nexation. It is not impossible that a wink
WILY given by the highest circles, which
easily explains such a step with regard to
this displeasing expression of free opinion
on this point. Be that as it may, it is at any
rate certain that at present there exists in
iiermany no constitutional right of lawful
and free expression or opinion. On the
other hand a Ilerr von Schweitzer, in Ber
lin, has, as a matter of course, not omitted
to combat the French "bourgeois repub
lic," and trail it in the mud on behalf or the
King of Prussia.
LONDON, Sept. :a—Despatches received
in this city from Mrindelsheim, dated Sept.
2S, state that Strasbourg only surrendered
when the helpless condition of the place
rendered it almost inevitable. The victims
of the heart-ronding fever that was preva
lent in the city seemed almost numberless.
The inhabitants generally were famishing,
and dead and dying NVere lying in' crowds
in the streets. 'Phis state of things decided
Gen. Ulrich to eapitulate. In doing so ho
shed tears, and exclaimed " J'ai fait anon
thatir" to the Prussian Ili:morals, as they
entered the city.
LONDON, Sept. 20.—The French garrison
of Strasbourg has been removed to Raetadt
in Baden, as prisoners of war. The Prus
sians have already occupied the town and
citadel, and the bridge to Kohl has boon ro
stored by pioneers. At nine o'clock tho
Mayor and municipal authorities of Stras
bourg proceeded to Mundleshoim.
At half-past 10 the garrison laid down
their arms; at 11 o'clock the Pxussians, to
gether with Baden troops, had occupied all
the public places and buildings. Tho Prus
sian ticnerals are to formally enter the city
to-day. Three batteries have been estab
llshel at the Place do K lobar.
Port/enlars of the Murrender of Strwi
boom.
A special correspondentof the New York
Herald, who entered Strasbourg with the
German army, sends the following account
of the capture ;
SynAsnonnu, Sept. 29, 15;0.—At last, after
six weeks spent in earnest endeavors to
peer into Strasbourg from all available
points, through powerful field glasses, the
final event, which all anticipated and which
was never doubted for a moment, has come
to pass. Wo are actually within the walls
of the celebrated fortress of Strasbourg.
My last letter informed you of the pro
gress which has been made inthe siege. I
notified you that the maintenance of re
sistance was impossible much longer. Two
outposts had then been taken, and an im
mense breach was made in the walls soon
after. Since then offensive operations had
progressed with great strides. From the
24th inst., the bombardment was terrific;
it was ahoust incessant. Night and day
nothing was heard save the hollow roar of
the cannons and mortars, followed by the
sharp noise made by the shells as they
burst in mid air over the devoted city and
fell upon the devoted defenders. This tre
mendous cannonading had full effect. A
breach was made in the walls large enough
to admit an army, and it became evident
to everybody that the storming of the
place, even-it it involved a great sacrifice
of life, was inevitable. Continued resist
ance could only stay the act of capitulation
a few hours at furthest, for the tiermans
had everything prepared turd were ready
to make the assault.
It was on Tuesday last, the 27th instant,
a few minutes before four o'clock in the af
ternoon, that the (drivers and men of the
German army beheld the joyful eight of a
white flag dicing from the famous tutho
drat. This wan speedily followed by the
same welcome token from the citadel. A
young lieutenant of the Thirty-fourth re
giment was the first to discover the emblem
of a desire! to parley ‘vith the besiegers.—
Firing instantly ceased, and the next mo
ment a sadden 1111t1 1,1111,113111 silence fol
lowed the hitherto steady booming of the
artillery.
tioneral attention being vaned to the tlags
by the unusual manner in whieh they were
exhibited, the truth of (he aituatiou W:LY at
m l .O goosed. Tremendous cheers rose
from olio portion of the besieging line,.--
'l'hey wore caught up nnel echoed through-
ME=MMltni
at tl undelshoini kith the onkel, ora Baden
regiment, when first information a - a 4 re
ceived of a desire On the part of the besieg
ed to treat Ilur surrender. The scene was
indescribably exciting. The officers sprang
to their feet, embraced each Other anti Clasp
ed one another's hands. The men speedily
followed their example mid some of them
actually shed tears Lit' joy at the great tri
umph Mille!, was about to in, achieved.--
Before long 1111111 , thollows that the surren
der was a tart. As the terms of capitula
tion have already been reported, I mod not
repeat them.
Yesterday I was nortimately enahlrd to
enter the city with a Paden regiment.. The
sight was impressive and sad, although its
harrowing features were some what relieved
by the evident
.loy or the riotous at their
releaso from their terrible vondition or,,nr
foring and suspense.
The imitmanders of the lierman and
I•'reneh forties, tienerals Worder and Uhl
rich, meet hir the •first time yesterday, after
the terms of capitulation hail boon ar
ranged. The meeting took place just inside
the gate on the east side of the city. lien.
Chlrich advanced to (len. Wender, uud ht
a voice much agitated said:
"I have yielded Loan immensely superior
three only when further resistance merely
involved the needless sacrifice of the lives
of lily I ft:IVO 111,1. 1 have 1110 rousnlutinn
or knowing that 1 have yielded to an hon
orable enemy. -
iten. Werder, who was also nitwit affect
ed, placed his hands on the shoulders of
Uffirich and replied, "You have limght
bravely, and the heroism of yourself and
your men will receive its 11111,41 honer from
your enemy as it Can have from your own
countrymen."
All the arms have been surrendered with
the exception. of the officers' side arms. I
have made a hasty examination of the city.
It 5P01115 not to h o ve suffered so much from
the bombardment as was supposed. The
cathedral appears, and doubtless is much
injured, but not sufficiently so to prevent
its repair and restoration to its original
shape and design. Some live houses in the
Place de la Cathedral have been burned.--
llereand there are ruins of buildings which
show the dangers to which the city has
been exposed in the viriuily or the oLtlio
on the east side of the city the destruc
lien is greatest. II ere a singutarappearaneo
is presented of the inhabitants busily on
,gaged in removing bags of straw, rags,
mattresses and every conceivable thing
which could be used as a means of stopping
unwelcome visitors in the shape of shells.
From tlie windows these unique and hasty
defences are thrown int° the streets, wher
they lie scattered alt,att, giving to thelnrn
an appearance 4,111 grand removal t
the inhabitant,.
The ruins of the Theatre present it distil:a
supra. Among the buildings :IL:sin:yeti is
the line public library. 1 :int inf.:may:l,
ho‘vever, that the bnelcs had previously
been I llm m ccl, ,:r ut least tlinse of grisliest
value.
There deer not appear to have been n uu •h
actual suffering front Want nl food, though
the means in 111 k regard were husbanded
with the greatest care. The principal eauto
of :I.IIXICty WaS thr 0011fille111111t and want
of good water. Several torsi btu stories of the
mortality caused by the bombardment are
reported, but I am inclined to regard them
:Ls exaggerations. ( /no family, consisting
of a father, two daughters, two young sons
and all infant had taken refuge in the cel
lar of their residence. The house was
struck by a shell and set on lire. It was
destroyed :ma all the unhappy fugitives
were burned to death. lino o ld gentleman,
who has been doing business :LS a IllerVitallt.,
in Strasbourg many years, informed me
that his daughter was killed by a fragment
of shell while walking in the streets. These
area couple well authenticated eases,
as I remarked before, the majority of
stories afloat I believe to be eh her wholly
false or grossly exaggerated.
The general Boling of the people is one
of great thankfulness that the city has ca
pitulated. The reports spread abroad or
the brutality of I;eneral VIII rich are utter
ly destitute of foundation. Everybody in
Strasbourg agrees in declaring that his con
duct towards the citizens mass !narked by
tint' greatest humanity and consideration,
and all classes are loud in praise of hill,.
It is a matter rOr warmest congratulation
that no irreparable damage has been bi
tlieted 11111111 this splendid and interesting
city.
Tor iG , October 2 Morn mg.—A 0 engage
ment is now going on near St. t;ermain, on
road to Beauvais. It WitS reported at Ev
max, yesterday, that -1,000 Prussians had
°coupled Nettles. The besiegers have hith
erto kept themselves carofidly beyond the
range of guns on the walls of the capital,
and the defenders aro impatient at their
inartivity.Vl'lleemurnande*if Fort D'issy,
declares t h at he will not surrender his post
on terms. 'rho National guard, now
in active service at Paris, number 372,000
men, and this immense litres rapidly Coll
sirriles the supplies of food on hand. In
the battle on September 23, Y,OOO Prussians
were tqlgaged. A dispatch from 'l'oul says
that for three days cannonading has been
heard in the direction of Pont-a-Mo n son.
It was reported that ticnoral Bourbake
hail made a successful sortie from Metz.
and that the Prussian loss in killed war
very heavy. It is understood that the Nil-
Bona{ tioard of Nletz will undertake to de
fend that place if Itazaine succeeds in cut
ting lain way out. A lead coffin, covered
with Hell trappings, and escorted Icy a largo
number of Meek lenberg troops, passed
through 'Foul on the 2lith alt., :and thin next
Lay two similar collies were escorted
through the town.
Tories, Ih•tober 2
The I;mrnunent I
10c1 n proclamation bedav in wide). in re
ferring to a change in the day appointed for
the obsaimi 4,1 the Constituent Assembly,
they explain that an earlier date than
Iser hlth Was decided upon, with it View of
tacit iat ing negotiation, for an armistice. A
decree orders that 51)0 head of cattle and
5,000 sheep, bo set apart for the nun-light
ing populatiem of Yuri.. The !neat to be
retailed by designated butchers at fixed
prices. The government here is informed,
through dispatches from the Derfeets ‘,r
Department, and other ollieials, that the
circular MFavre, SI in inter of Foreign Af
fairs, ',natures as good nn effect in France
as they do abroad.
'l•ocn4, uctober general the
heroic emninander of strastsiurg, arrived
here last night, and WaS 11101 :a the city
gates by the Misters and an immense
crowd of people, and eseortnd to the A retie
piscopal palace, where he was installed as n
public guest. Ile was repeatedly cheered
by the peon he, and on reaching the palace,
made a brief speech, returning thanks to
thu Ministers and people for the warmth of
his reception. Minister Creinioux replied
to the General with eloquent words of
praise for his courageous delense of Stras
bourg. ( - Mich will receive a grand ova
tion to-morrow,
October 1-3 I'. M.--[Special to
New York Iferablf.—Eighty thousand
Land wher reserves from the North and
Italtic Sea coasts, arc being pushed through
here for the front for operations against
liolfort and Lyons. Five hundred officera,
raptured at Strasbourg, were patroled not
LO serve during the war, but ono hundred
preferred captivity. The WWI number of
guns already captured is 1,0%. In the
bank at Strasbourg was found 1,000,1)00 r.
belonging to the government, and 0,000,-
000 f. which are alleged to be private pro
perty.
thermon, October 2.—[Speolal to New York
Worl,ll.—The Duke of Nassau was killed
on September 2-1, while riding with the
King of Prussia and Staff, from Rheims to
Chalons, for the purpose of conferring with
Prince Frederick Charles. In the thickest
part of the woods there suddenly rang out
a double volley of musketry front au am
buscade of sharpshooters. 'rho third car
riage, containing the Duke and Stall; was
riddled with linnets, and ono aid-do-ea mp
was instantly killed and another mortally
wounded, and the Duke lordly wounded.—
The fifth carriage, containing the King, wag
struck by several bullets, but lie was not
hurt. Tice woods were scoured by cavalry
withoutany result. The Puke died tglSop
tember:n.
BEFORE METZ ( h•tollOr 1-18peolal to
N. Y. Tribune.)—Evoning. — Last night
largo masses of eavalry of tho Sovonth
Corps woro thrown northward from Cour
cones, to roinforoo tho First Corp; at St.
Bane and tho artillery. The First Corps
artillery advanced from St. Barb° to N
Isaeville, to meet the onemy'tt offensive
northeastward movement, and as Bazaine
withdrew to-day, the cavalry will partly
bo used northeast and west of Thlonville
to sweep the villages hitherto unscathed,
and clear them of provisions in reprisal for
the recentseizure of Gorman supply trains.
BERLIN, October I.—General Von Fa
lkenstein, in announcing the termination
of the French blockade in the Baltic and
North Seas, says all haste will be made to
restore the lights, buoys and other facilities
for foreign trade.
BERLIN, October I.—King William lu-s
forwarded the following dispatch to Queen
Augusta from his headquarters at Ferrier
as, under date of September 30: " Early
this morning the French troops of the line
made a sortie against the Sixth Prussian
Corps, while the Prussian Filth Corps was
attacked by three battalions. At t h e same
time the brigade made a demonstration
against the Eleventh Corps. After two
hours' fighting the French took shelter un
der the guns of the fort. The Crown Prince
commanded the Prussions."
BERLIN, Oolober 2.—A royal decree has
been issued, ordering those districts of
France, occupied by the armies of tiermany,
and not included in the jurisdiction of the
Governors of Alsace and Lorraine, to imb
mit to tho Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Schwerin, :1,1 Governor.
TILE CAPITULATION OF TO IL
Description of the Fortress—lts Garri
son Ridiculously Saltall---Not 111 Single
Artilleryman Antony. Titem..."l'lle Chins
tierrtsl by the tiiirtle Mobile-.. Little
Itinititge Done to the 'gots u.
inNIII.N, Tllesday, Sept. 27. The lip, n i l
eorrespondent of The 7'ribanr at the head
quarters of Prince Fretlrrick l'harles, tele
graphs via .krlon this day: "I have just
returned from travelling 0110 day and
'two mighty. investment of that env
began -k figust 11. On the Idth an assnailt
trios outdo on Lino Avorl: ,,, at a petal not do
fended will, ; it loss repulsed st
the loss of several hundred I lerinans.
'llion...tiler an irregular succession of bom
bardments followed, beginning on the 23t1,
but they more not stilliviently serious to
0111,1.1111ything,the artillery employed being
of the held service, together trill, such no ,
tlieval siege gnu,is hail been mitered al
— tin , Bavarian Railroad Directors, , h. ,
run the line from %N'eksetileire . through
Nancy to Paris, tittered to build a branch
road around in a fortnight; but
said, 'No: shall hat e Tout Iola.; beim,
thallium.' 'rho struggling atnicl:, liosvever,
teas Tie, lair.— ie.l a data,.
ith full basti.als, and tn.-
f 011 . ..5• easemated. There 110
a d"ubl,' 11'1,1011 being feet nn nib
all around the fortress. It ts us (1C1 . 1'11111,1 1.,
which . .2,3 n,,-r,' ilvan V 111fflii
11'1 1 111 Strasbourg, brought them , is line
Franco intended ,111 earinna delouse of Toni.
\\ Rhin the last tortitight
guns which had arid, ed loom
stir,, pint in posit 1011 011 a slur 01 Mount
on 11111 1101111, 011 Ike heights oppo
silo the I.'aubourg St. Fgart , on the solid,
\vest, and at lion:martin. les-Tool nn lbo
southeast. Nothing serious vas then at
tempted until last Friday, when at dad -
break a concentrated IsmiLartlintsit of tin ,
works NVII,I begun by 21-pounder batteries
Of Artillery Itoginients, sup
ported [rt.', or tine :4tin In 'awry Bri
gade. All those h.lll marl 01 . 11
none ind,-
pendent I . olllllllUld, miler 010 I band 1111100
of Nteelderil:iirg-Selisverin, t , inliracing 101
the forces lying lietsveen the armies of
Frelierieli Chant, allti the ('roe 11
that is, all the 1110 i11,,1011 1.1
011014011 in the sieges 1/f Met.: and Paris.
"'Me tiring continued all Friday, wish
1111 IleLiVO but Very 1111'11001,0 reply from
the garrison. In the of ening, the to,
being, on lire lin 23 places, the pressure id
the inhabitants upon the commander lib
lilleeli 111111 LO 1101S1 LllO while :Mil till,:
to ei11111111:1L0. TllO lfflet . aces 11111110iilain,
ncraplyd by iollllllllllllilffl
the siege corps, and the toss, was entered
,tl7 P. The rundilionv,d surrender
pret•lsely those of sedan. A ruuuril of IL,,
Mmtlicipality, held on Friday, decided not
to favor a surrender; but the urgent n•p.
resentations of nubs idnals feared
less ileslrlleLloll, rnuplrloly .g'ol,llllo 010
belligerent determination of the wit liar,
and civil authorities.
garrison was ridiculously
It 60 cuirassiers, Pio troops ot
the line, lo gendarmes, and ',l/1111 rant' t la do
:st obit°. 'There was rout I.lll' artillerynniii
among them. Thu Commandant was Nlapir
Hind:, an old eavalrynian. The (lerithin
officers are indignant that so small n tutee
should 11aVO ifflleiffldeti fur sic wools LllO
1,0111:0 10 Paris, nu cvsrulinl for lrausport
—ill fan tilt' only line. Now the railway
is 1411111110 LO, 0011111111111n11111g tilrenly 511111
till/ Paris :doge army. Everything had
liven prepared bityoml Tell! for weeks, unit
Lffliln wire rlllllllllg by Iv irso peNver. t Indy
a bridge of I 2 feet Inn length near 'fail had
to be replaced. was iii.lll.loll LllO
Mitt ynvtunlny iilln the 111 - Si km . ollloll,
norm through.
Weill. Li/ TOlll lOC first Inspector's
train that approitellett the town after the
surrender. :Slimy houses are
The things is wl/1"80 Lllllll
tird:w, but not sl. bad as ILL ii 117,1111214.
SlliIIL 1;0111401111 14 1111110 , 1
rlllllOll, but Lill' allelent and very impishly.
Cathedral has only a winilosy arch deny
'shed and its outside battered by a score nil
'Pine tone Ml,l 011 \'ll,ills 1111.V0 a pa—
ture,qllo appearance alai aro built sort•
much in the uldl iernian style. 'lllereart•ialt
font/ alit' Lul 1111111tlist.“1,1:
in Toil!. Inily InVi. hiludio,s of 1111 ,
infantry roman, its garrison. The prisoner
of the lultivo Mobile tvere release.l
11fflier parole not to sort again during the
war. 1:f the (lank Mobile NVOI, t 1.111111,1
during the siege to servo the guts: the)
, alone performed the artillery servnee; but
in repulsing the assault of the IGIII tilt., all
the mato inhabitants dun could
. procilie
arms partly Ipittecl...
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT Itovr
BLANC.
rieVell 1.1 VP,. Losl—No Traci, of Iho
:111rodnig Traveler,
The gives the follow.
ingnesseint of ni terribleaccidclit nip.. Mont
Ithinn•
Throe travelers, 311 Irishman anal two
Americans, with three guides and 11c11 1...1
tern, left Chaluothiix ill Monday morning,
to arrive that day and sleep al tine 1 irllllity •
; 1 11.11/013. '('lnc weather WllO 111111, but Iltti
next morning there was Oil V111;1311 a ybil•LO
that the Inhabitants of Clialtiounix. :titbit -
ally supposed that the travelers would hat nn
given up the binsa of an ascent Mom
Rhine, and would not has
irIIIIIISYMIIIOI3. There Wllll, therefore, ten
disquiet respecting them in the valley.
VUwa came, it is true, in the evening, that
from the Croix de Plegure and front Brent
that they had been seen starting tor Mont
Illami in spin) or the tempest, and that they
had arrived upon the lironiedar2,'s 1111111 p,
an hour's marelk distant from the summit ,
that they had been seen suddenly to col.
(yet together and to hold ra..,t one to another
and then to disappear iti the 'MOW wreaths
raison! by the wind. In spite of this, how
ever:people persisted In la 'loving that they
must have sheltered theniselvesagJit,t the
wind in some nook or crevice of the ice,
and therefore there was no great occasion
to fear for the result. however, when the
next day the proprietor of the l'avillion du
In Pierre l'ointuu arrived, expressing Ink
astonishment lit finding that no nom had re
descended, people began to have serioir.
apprehensions regarding the kite of the
travelers. The lay was too far ad valieed In
render it possible to make ;my immediate
search; but on the fallowing morning,
thirty-two voting 1111111 Or 111 U valley went
011 in search of them. Unfortunately tine
shocking weather which prevailed prevent
ed than front massing the pavilion of
Pierre-l'olintini, sf Utulcd ;IL the two hours'
journey from Chamounix. They were
obliged to retrace their steps without bring
able to do anything% nn the r,llllPWillg 11.13
110 W attempt was 111111111 by 1W(111.11 mr
agotni^oillig ;lien; but again the rain ini.l
the wind would not permit them to ,'cane
the mountain. At the hour or writing
there remains no hope Lhal those unfortu
nate people have escaped death. It is pro
bable that at the moment when they were
seen for the last time grouped together oil
the top of the Bosses du Inronainiaire, they
score making a supreme effort to withstand
the tempest, so terrible 1/11 the heights;
that their effort was of uo nvnil , and that
they Were precipitated together upon the
i lacier du iage, which spreads out on the
side of the Alice Manche. Wl' 11115'0 been
furnished With tllO II:11110S Or two Or the
guides, Jean Ibilinatek and Joseph Breton,
who were well known on account of their
I umerous ascensions, nine or am porters
was n young tiara() Mobile, who, uu iti.
count of being the support of his faintly,
was oxenstsl from service and sent hump a
few days prerinlisly. His lather was killed
eollll,voars ago 011 11111 I; rands-NI tints by
the 'ldling of a Rene dot/wined I),m a rock.
The terrible drania iiroduced at CM,
mounix an emotion which we shall not at
tempt to describe. The whole of the valley
is literally in nieltrning.
l!MLIMEIMIIIIM!I
M==MMM
l'uovinriNcE, iebilier :1. -Yesterday .1
lire broke cut at midnight in the :Stoning
toll itail road Company's ear shop and im
mediately extended to, t h e engine house.
Both buildings were nearly destriiyed
before the names could lie ',Maims!.
'rho lire raged until four o'clock
this morning. Three passenger, tine bag
gage and one freight ear wore destroyed,
and six locomotives were rendered nearly
useless. Tho loss MI hu ildings was bO
- fifty and seventy thousand dollars
insured in the .1-Itna, of liartrord, for about
half that HUM, and on the roiling stork isi
tween fitly and sixty-live thousand dollar , -
upon Which there WILY 110 insurance. Tli •
lire was the work of a,, ineendiary.
A Volcano In l:rnp llon
SAN FRANOtSCO, Sept. 30. -Parties from
Lower California report that a volcano noar
San Rafael valley, which has been in a dor
mant state for years, has commenced
violent eruption, emitting columns of
smoke and scattering ashos and cinders
for miles arounl its base. Telegrams from
San Helm say that it was plainly risible
from there last night. The whole southern
110137. 00 WAN dark with immk 0,
The Enth4rne %yew!,
II tßnnuronu Sept. 30.—The English
Lutheran Synod of ICa.storn Pennsylvania
continued its session this morning. Con
siderable time was taken up in discussing
a plan for systematizing the bovevolent
operations of the church. The question
was ably discussed by Drs. Conrail and
Stork, of Philadelphia; Rhodes, of Leba
non, and Barclay, of Easton. Parochial
reports aro now being read, which, In the
main, give atatementa that aro quite en-
Coll raging.