VOLUME XAIV.-NO. 84. _EDDING CARDS, INVITATIONS for Parties, &c. Now styles. MASON' & CO., 9 07 °staid str ee t .. de3Ofinwei - pIXED EARTH CLOSETS ON -©NY floor, in or out of doors, and PORTABLE Eenta COMMOP Ell, for use In bed-chambers end elsewhere. Are absolutely free from offence. Earth Closet Com• vany'e office and salesroom at WM. G. BROADS', No. 1221 Market street. an29,tfg DIED. -- s ----- BOSWELL.—Suddenly, on the 16th ins!ant, J. Servos. intent eon of John and kellzabeth - BULLOCK.—In Germantownoin the 17th /nat. , mar garotte, wife of Charles Bullock. • • Funeral 'services at her late residence, Harvey street, - near Wayne street, Germantown. art Tuesday the 19th instant, at 10 o'clock 4, M. Interment at Wilmington, Delayeare s FlTLElL—Suddenly, on the 17th Instant. Mary WOW' derly, infant daughter of U. H. and E. B. Fitter, aged 2 months and 10 days.'- The funeral will take place from the - residence of her parents, Frankford avenue and Harrison street, Frank ford, on Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. proceed s to Laurel hill. 31ct'REIGHT.—.Suddenly , on- -the evening - -thelltly inst., John hlcCrelet,' in the 46th year of his age. The relatives an friends of the fluffily, also Lodge 31, A. Y. 31., are particularly invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of ht y nudber-in-law.Ro.l434tine etreet. on Wednesday att. moan, the 20th instant. at 4 o'clock. Interment at Laurel 11111. nircEL.—Osi bith instant, wbooping congh, Bessie, infant slaughter : 4A Josiah' and Ella Riegel, aged one mouth. • -* The relatlvet.and'frieitds of the family are. Inv itedfio attend the funeral io from. the residence:e s t)f her parents, 307 •No rt h•Seyenth street, on , Wednnialay tnornlnvat 10 0 'el foCk . ROY ER.—On the 16th instant, Jo.ephine D., wife of 31e: tln Royer, and "daughter of Elizabeth and the late \John Brown, aged 33 years. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to 'Mend the funeral. from the residence of her husband, No. 347 North Tenth etreet, on Tuesday afternoon, the ]9th instant, at 3 o'clock. STORK.—the the .13th instant. Hrs. Catharine Stork, widow of Henry Stork. aged 65 years.- - liPr male friends era invited to attend the funeral. on Tuesday afternoon, 19th instant, at 5 o'clock, from-No. '`.e.3 South Ninth etreet. WEDEK I.ND .—On the 17(0 inst., after a lingering ill nee, Gustave Wedekind, in the 70th year of aee. The relatiVes and male friends of- the family are re epectfully invited to attend the funeral, from his hate. residence, N0..8413 North broad street, on Wodues,l2ty WILLIAM HEACOCIC, FtU UNDERTAKER, Pill Elllo-rt atro , l. I have pur rhaved the right to DAMP Dr. A. G. C,..',4 Patent Carrie Preserver, which doea away with the relininive fettling of 11;,.. lug ona'ofriends packed in ice. ..ifia-dt* ARCH 13TREET. r EYRE 8. LANDELL, 07E1. - DEPARTMENT L. MEN'S WEAR. 1870. CANVAS DRILLS. PADDF;D DRILLS. SCOTCH CHEVIOTS. CASSIMERE FOR SUITS. CORDU ROYS AND TOWELS. IJI:Itli COD LIVER OIL, CITRATE 11 Ma .—J OH NO. BAKER Az. C0..71b Market at. SPECIAL NOTICES. WHITE VESTS. r 1.7 I' P; ; 1 1 c z !: 7 1: ;1 g 0 L 5 4 p.. 4 E 4 a WHITE VESTS, AT JOHN WANA.M.AK ER'S, 818 and 820 Chestnut Street. tuz. NOTICE. Application will be made by the undersigned to the Department of Hlghwaye. No. 104 South Fifth street, on THUNSDAY - f he 90th inst., at 12 o'clock 31., for a contract for paving Hee4e street from York to Dauphin. All persons interested may attend at the time and place if they think' proper. The fol lowing named pet - sons have' signed a contract for ,nid pacing: Patrick Kelly. Wm W inters , Jamoo Wire man Tobias Wit - omit; A. K. Heyerland • Abram White, .lacob S. Fredericks. Sarah Sebover. John A. Finletter, J. H. Cassady. JOB. SHANTZ. !Yid 24 2e-3t; Contractor. liu ROCCA PAVEMENT Tlda new pavement for Sidirwalke,C r ourt-rants. Damp CeDare, Floor' for Breweries. Malt Houses. &c., hair t , aen very nuccessfully tested in New York, and is now being laid on Green street, west of Tiventy-third. It handsome, durable, and cheap. Property owners are respectfully requested to ex amine it. N. Y. STONE WORKS . Office No (.03 Seventh avenue; 3e23 1m 11) § Philadelphia Office, 412 Library etreet _ . oz. THE LEHIGH . VALLEY EAIL BOAD COMPANY will. until August let next, pay ott at par and accrued interest any of their fir.ft mortgage bonds, due in 1673, on presentation at their Office, N 0.303 WALNUT street. L. .CIIAMBERLAIN, Treasurer. ja2.4 Imro J VNE 23 , 1870 P. P. O.—ON ACCOUNT OF UNEX- Dected etenua, Mks 1i1.4 1 / 1 7f$01tii will not re-open liar School, and aho bide her 'appreciators a kind fare; u. HOWARD HOSPITATI, NOS. 15113 and 1520 Lombard street, Dispensary Department. —Medical treatment Onsadiolndfaniabod'gratuitously to the poor VIDEND - NO'f IC PHILADELPRIA AND REA_DING RAILROAD COMPANY—OFFICE 22? SOUTH FoURTII STREET. PITTLADHLPIITAS, June ?9,1870. • DIVLDENIi NOTICE. The transfer. books'of this Company willhe closed .on the 7th of July next, and reopened on July 20. A Dividend of , Fix° Per. Cent. hes .been - declared on the preferred and common stock, clear of 'National and -Ttste tuxes ' payable in cash on and after the 22d of July next , to the twitters thereof, as they stand regis tered on the hooks of the Company at the close of husi• :leg/lon the 7th of July next. All parable at this office. All orders forr Dividends must. be witnessed and qtalitped B. BRADFORD, je29,burp ' - Treasurer.. PULII. ICAL OTI-CES • 1870: 1870. SHERIFF, ILLfAIII It. PPE Ds: °cur», It is the most pleasant. cheapest and'beet dentifrice axtant. Warranted free from minibus ingredients. 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Loan n large or tanall =manta, on Manion ,silver-Plated Watches - 0 owel g_Oode of calm,. Office lionre!trom 8 A. M. to X .lll. fur Es tablielled for tho last Forty Years. Advances made in largo amounts at the lowest market ratee. fOrtio Oofl ppetion with any . other Office in this (My,, .., . . A • A-1)4111 . • , •,V .• • . . . . .• ..• • „ _ . .• • • . • . . _.• • '• " , • " ' - • , " '• • •'' •.• 'dew' , _ • . • • • BENCE tAlln • , • THE WAR IN EUROPA- THE DEBATE . . IN , THE FRENCH LEGISLATURE. The Effect of the Speech of Thiel's. , - The 'Preis Censorship in Paris LONDON; July 17, 1870.LLTlie first glinipse of the trite history of the declaration of war is Obtained to-day from the Parh4 papers don taining the report of Friday's debate in' the Corps Legislauf, of which the accounts by telegraph were no better than caricatures. After •the Due- de Grattiont's declaration, a demand -was made, for the despatches: 01-• livieri after . r.etlitiing.:to give their, eas &im pelled to admit that France had finally de clared war on account of thetPrussian despatch communicating to the European Courts the King's refusal to receive the French Embas sador; and that this despatch, thus made the basis of war, had not been seen by any French Minister. The Government had, in fact, de clared war on- What purported to he an abstraet of that'despatch, supplied by two French spies, whose names were withheld. When war was announced the Left refused to join the_shouts. of_the majority. When the majority. yoted• an extra :war .credit of 500,000,000' francs, the Left again sat silent. • The majority theretipon, - began a . Velienieht' altercation. M. Tillers said: When 'such a demonstration is made. I wish to say why I did not rise With the Ma j ori ty •1 believe I love my •country. If there was ever a solemn day it is this. When war shall be declared nobody will grant to Governruent more readily than I the means of conquering. My 'patriotism equals yours. We are considering a declaration of war made by the, ministry of the tribune. Does si:ch a dec:aration concern the ministry alon&-•-not us? Our duty is to re flect The-resolution Sou have just adopted is the death of thousands of men. One instant. I beseech you, of.refiection Bethink, yeti of May 8, 1.814;, 'YOu refused then to.hear me when I sought to show you what was about . to happen. Let that recollectiou persuade you to listen now. -• The principal -demand of the Government has been conceded Intc:rrup tionrj---31-y-conseienee tellw me - F - fultil - a -duty in resisting,. imprudent passious, and•repre eatingiteberly thecountry'slnterestS: thig a time for you tribrealr.the peace on a mere• question 'of. susceptibility ''.You'are shed .ding torrents of blood for question of: form. . I ask Tor the'ilesparebes - upon'Wilde& reSelii ton for %varlets beer. adopted. If I had the Loner to govern my country I should have NV islied to give it time for, reflection. I regard this war as an iinprudeince and its occasion ill chosen. More than anybody else. I desire re paration for No doubt Prussia has de ceived us. !Interruption.] You do not under., stand that I discharge the most painful duty of my life. I pity you; insult me if you will; I will endure nver,ythiag • but you do not fill , till your whole duty, and is why I call for I. Lheclespatches.. I 31. 011ivier, briefly replying, refused the de ! smaches absolutely. 31. Gambettaxenewed_the_demand,.sayinv t put the. responsibilitynoLwar ort.a.:ffer I spateft; you must show us the despatch." 31. 011ivier : " I Will read two despatches, but not the ~i gnatures, for our agents would be sent away.' (Allier then read part of one de lintel, confirming the refusal of Mug William to receive the French Eat ! bassador. and two despatches from French agents abroad, giving the Substance of Bismarck s circular. The circular itself, M. 011ivier did not pretend to produce. He con ! eluded by saying: " We go to war with a light heart and confident in our army." After an interval and other questions, M. 011ivier said : "We will tell the whole truth. What we could not endure was the semi-offi cial communication to all Europe of the rejec tion of our Embassador, all the more signifi cant because done ; in the , most' courteous: terms." "The right," says .E , 'Libei•le:, a vehe ment war organ, "received M. Oilivier's speech with consternation." 31. Thiers at tempted to reply, but was interrupted.• 31. Duvernois—War is due .to Cabinet blunder M. Thiprs—lt is to a blunder that we owe War. M. 011ivier has evaded the question. Prussia ought to'have been attacked when:she desired to unite the German States ; then war would have been legitimate, and we should Dave been sustained. I blamed Sadowa at the tune ; to-dav the world demands legitimate complains. Prussia also has committed a faUlt in negotiating with Spain; yet Prussia wished peace, and we have war. If we had still to reouire the renunciation of the Hohenzollern atidulature, I should be with you, but now that we have olitained-thatove demand some thing else. . You had not only obtained your result ; you had form and substance both; yet you say Prussia has not yielded in form, and we have been insulted. Public opinion will turn against us; the journals of Europe will be against us. Prussia would never have te sumed this candidature. It would have been madness. • F Due de GrAmont—Why, then, did she not promise? Arago—Because you challenged her. M. Thiers—She - rirfused beca.uSe you began all. I know well that I shock your feelings, but .1 know there is ,the heart of the question. I have heard my bpinions echoed on all sides. Great clamors here arose; and M. Thiers, in `reply to the interruptions, declared that " he would only yield the tribune to..violence." He then resumed : no longer liVe in the peace-at-any-price times : to demand war at any ' , rice is the servility of a courtier. But I am of no party. M. David accused Thiers of wanting patriot ism, and bringing misfortune upon France. Cries of "Order!" on the Left.] 3t. Thiers—Misfortune upon France •It is not I who have caused it. It is they who would not listen to our warnings; you who voted Mexico and Sadowa. Had you but per mitted us to discuss now under a liberal regime, would you. refuse to hear me? You. shalLitot. hinder me from speaking; my duty i§ to•pour light on a great fault.- • Nothing °MA& be so significant.as such a speech from Thiers, who has constantly shown Jealous dislike of Prussia, a readiness forwar on any reasonable pretext, and a belief that France ought to do as she likes in Europe. Not one word of this speech was allowed to reach Englanaby telegraph. There has been .a syste matic.airort to ,4.leceive Europa about public opinion •:•'. in , ' , France. .respecting; a war t . and to deceive France about the opin ions of Europe. Telegrams to papers daring. the past week have misrepre sented the tone of the French independent press and . suppressed the manifestations against war. The French telegrams declared that the sFrench press , Wp.s all, for war. This is truci olilY of the GoVernnient organs.' The Debate, Temps, Rappel, Steele, Revell, and Cloche are all strongly opposed to it. The most emi nent,: Republican, leaders • were for':`peace Louis 'Blanc, in the Temps and Rappel, protested with Matehlesd . vigor ,'and ability againit this last imperial crime. Even journals like the Figaro, mere organs of what is popular to-day, have given but doubtful support to the government. A.n 4 11 Immense majority of the provincial journals resisted the war. The demonstrations on the Boulevard were police work; the students took• little part in what was attributed to them. A letter in the R appel shows that the disposi tion of the Liberal party, as a whole through out France, is against the war, but they can no longer oppose it. Popular or not in its, origin. the war fever runs high for the moment, and not even the French exiles want to see France beaten. "Telegrams to the French •papers simi larly misrepresentP.d the_English_press_Sorne journals at the beginning were inclined to ward France, in the hope that Prussia would. yield, and the telegrams give what was. said against Prussia but suppress everything against France. The press censorshin was never more active and unscrupulous. In spite of its first waver ing, the English press now,without exception, charges France with the _responsibility for war. :The Due de Gramont's statement, with all its falsehoods, imposes on nobody. The, interview ,between Benedetti and the King is perfectly understood as a premeditated insult by Benedetti, and a violation of every diplomatic usage, while Prussia's dignified attitude under repeated 'provocations has won her the sympathy of Europe.—Tribune. THE EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK. The topic of discussion everywhere Yeter day was, of course, the impending struggle in Europe. In public places, in- the fan:lily-circle and in the street, wherevier two or three chanced to meet, the probabilities and the pos sibilities of the great contest wore talked of in the light of such illumination as each indi vidual was able to throw upon it, and divers and diverse views were expressed as to the is sue. Business men whose interests-are here spoke chiefly , of the effect of the complications upon our own commerce. ThOSe who had no other arguments to Offer in support of their particular ideas, offered to bet larger or smaller sums, in proportion to the length of their respective purses, upon the side of that Power whose victory they deenied certain. Our adopted , German citizens, on the one baud, and our adopted French citizens on the other, manifested, of course, greater interest in the matter than the rest of as, and were of ten able to discuss the situation More intelli-' gently. The newspapers were sought for and= read with avidity, and the latest news was de voured with greedinew. Mention was made in prayer and- sermon in a great many churches of the great . subject in which all feel a greater or less interest. tlie public were even more anxious than they were on the day be fore to learn what would be done by the nations who are immediately involved in the difficulty.- The principal inquiry yesterday, as on the day before, was what effect,the war would - ffive - upon — Atnericarr - commerce - ; much regret was expreaSed that_Congress had not takenSeaferdefinite action on the-Naviga tion bill before adjournment. Had that bill passed it would have permitted owners of foreign steamships to transfer them at once to the American flag, and"thus prevent any diffi culty. The first effect of the war was felt Saturday, when the agents of the Bremen steamship Hermann received an order from Lloyd's; about 12 o'cloclt, ordering the detention or the steamer, which was to sail at 2 oiclock. The order was couched in the followinglanguago, and was not attended by any explanation what ever: OELRICH, New York : Hermann must not leave. . LLevoi-Hrernem-- - The agents here had received a despatch' early in the' morning directing them to send t he sew el. _Thei:Litpposed-that_Na 'eon-had arranged - the - derails-of spectnig The= treatment oT private property, and that the steamers flying the North German flag weiiild 'not be molested. - Brit it appears the owners on the other side were not willing to risk their vessel, and accordingly ordered her detention. Of course the vessel did not The Postmaster-General early Saturday morning telegraphed Mr. Taylor, Assistant Postmaster in this city, as follows; in reply to a requestforinformation William. B. Taylor, Assistant Postmaster, New York :—lf war,,exists, we cannot undertake to protect North German steamers carrying our mails. Should the steamers be captured, the mails would be reclaimed, and forwarded as speedily as'possible. JOHN A. J. CnesweLL, Postmaster-General. As soon as. Messrs. Oelrich received the de spatch ordering the detention of the Hermann they notified 'the Post-office authorities, and the fact was telegraphed to the Postmaster- General. Late in the afternoon a reply was received ordering the mails of the Hermann to be sent by the next English steamer. The Bremen Line. • The North German Lloyds have now in port ihe Hermann, which was to have sailed yes terday ; the rankfort, which was to sail on Thursday next, 21st; and the Weser, whose sailing day is next Saturday, 23d. The Hano7 ver is now due here, and her Sailing day is the 28th ; and the America is`on her way, and her sailing day is the 30th. These steamers must ae idle at an expense of about $1,500 . per day, unless they are sold, and offers to purchase have already been made. l'liii - Hermann had a total of 130 passengers bobked for this voy age, who went to the dock to go on board, and there iearned for the first time that the vessel would not sail. They were greatly .disap pointed, but there was no help for them, and they returned whence they came to make another start next week on some vessel carry ing a neutral - flag. Messrs. Oelricli state that passengers can receive their money back, and the office will remain. .open, though the steamers will not sal), The Treaty of Paris. There is considerable interest felt now to know what the laws of nations are with ;e -s', ect to private - property at sea in time of war. I.luring the Crimean contest-England and France gave six Weeks' notice , of an intention to blockade ports, but it is not thought probable that .Napoleon will observe that precedent, but that he will be governed by Op treaty of Paris, which was agreed to April 6, 1556, by all nations, except the .llnited States, arid Mexico: The following are the provisions of the treaty : 1. The course is that all piracy is abolished. 2. The neutral flag protects enemy's mer chandise, with the exception of contraband of war. 3. The merchandise of a neutral, with the ex iception of contraband of war, cannot be seized under the enemy's flag. 4. The ,blockade must be effective, viz., shall be executed by sufficient power, so that no in rercourse,,can be had, with ,theoast of the enemy.., • ThePrasginn Minister's Orders. The Consul-General of the North German. States , received the following from the'.Prussiau Minister Saturday: • You are directed to caution Gerrowa ships against Erench war vessels. - Subsequently-the following-was received: - No official advice except the order I have A. Geri min War Meeting* A meeting of prominent Germans was held n Beaver street Saturday. and, after electing ex-Governor Salomon, of. Wisconsin, as chair tuan' resolved to hold a mass-meeting at Stein way Hall on Wednesday evdning next, when distinguished'speakers, will discuss the policy and cause of the North German, Confedera, _.tion.__StcinwayHalLwas-ttSndered--gratta.for the purpose by Mr. William Steinway, and a - committee:: of twenty elected to makti further arrangements. The da,y of the meet. tog was tized on Wedhesday, the 20th inst. MONDAY, JULY 18,1870. The Hermann. The Mails CrEROT T 7 li/ESAPOLEON ORGAN IN NUR . ' TIORK. -The following is from the (lourrier desEtats t'nis of Saturday: Alec .got•ta est ' the die is cast! War is de claredbetween France and. Prussia ; and the twogreafeSt - military Powers of the world are about to burl themselves against each other in a terrific conflict,. of .which the destinies of Europe are at , stake. War between France and Prussia means the-most formidable col lisien_that,theages-bavo_ever-witna.ssedy-not-- excepting even those. gigantic battles of ' the; Republic and the 'First Empire, which made , as many wounds drip blood as could be opened in the loins Of humanity: But let us ' for a moment silence the tumultuous emotions that aware in us, in order to contemplate the situation with • that 'coolness and calmness which an hour so solemn reqtdres. Two great nations are about to rend -each. until one of them succumbs. We scorn- false patriotism, and are free to confess that' the enemy who, confronts her is worthy of France ; • that, •far froth despis ing that foe, we regard- her as.very formida ble, and it is with lively emotion that. we esti mate the gravity of the peril to which the rude test that our country - is - aboUt JO - 'undergo .exposes. -us.. , But whatever our pritriotiopre-; occupations may be, we do not feel. iuclined - to utter harsh'reproaches and offensive accusations. The conflict now preparing is, in our opinion, a fatal necessity which had to be met with resignation sooner or later; it is the last instalment of,a debt bequeathed to the present along with the. heritage handed down by - mournful past. Unfortunately; in politics, interests at stake easily become transformed to the condi tion of anger, and two-nations gettcrfancy that they detest each -other---when-they have, in reality, oply mutual claims to regulate. it is • 49m-tiAsnoint • of...viev, - ,,- for.our part ; that.we locik upon the Struggle that has begun between France and Germany • and, whatever may be the result we believe ihat the two nations may eacb,on its own side,defend what from its point of view it considersits•right and its duty, with out ceasing to esteem one another for the good qualities which distinguish both, and for the services that - both have rendered to luimanitv. Such, too, we trust,, is the thought that will guide other nations in their appreciation of the combat that they are abont to Witness. To this end we appeal particularly _to 'the American people,, not for its exclusive. sym-__ - patby, but to request - of it •an amiable bin= partiality, which the old, ties of cordial -feel ing that unite, the two, nations give u.s, a right_ to expect. France_ has no hatred against Prussia ; she has profound affinities. and aspi rations-iin common with Germany: But France has her legitimate - influence 'to main tain, her legitimate pride to defend. The - treaties - of - ISIS placed her in a -position- some-- what_diminished,_indeed„ but-whicti,--by-a - balance, more or less exact, of the 'Powers who at that time parceledout Europe between them, at least left her safety assured 'and her honor unimpaired. There_ ifav - e==.lleen _Many changes since then, but none which seriously affected the equilibrium---established by the treaties ; none that could be a source of un easiness or a threat for France. .Sadowa came, and the advantages which Prussia reaped were even accepted as the legiti mate and natural frint of her victory. This situation. this completed. fact, has been sanctioned by treaties, and a new setting has been given by common accord to European policy. France, as no , one will deny, has scrupulously respected this situation she has - neitheritnpaired. nor sought, in the slightest degree,to impair it; she has not, in any wise, interfered with the, action of the Prussian -Goyernmentow — rather - ,the - Confederattortof- North Gertnan3.7,. - .Operatingoaltself.__:Sholias even stretched her p_atience so far—and there, we tpitfk, she was wrong—as to leave unexe euted - certain pledges stipulated in the negotiations of which she became the guarantor, when the execution of those pledges concerned only third parties, and did-not directly interest her own honor or her own security. But this patience was made subordinate to one condition, viz.: that Prussia would not extend.her power so far as to make ours undergo a fresh curtailment,rela lively speaking, end that we should not have to behold the limits openly laid down for the ambitious tendencies of our neighbor over stepped by successive encroachments by occult and tortuous wiles. We will nut here retrace the marches and countermarches of Prussia, her stealthy tn vest ons,and her persevering at tempts to etivelope•within the circle of her in fluence, and even of her direct domination— nationalities and .sovereignties. not included within the regions of her recognized anneka dons. We have but to recollect the latest id trigue that she set on foot, or at least favored, and which was td deliver up our. Southern frontier to her in contempt of the rights and traditions 'that make the independence of the nation in question an- essential condition of our safety. In the presence of this exorbi tant pretension ; which is a decisive manifes tation of thealous spirit that ani mates Prussia, France has' but one posi tion to.- assume, and, that is to cleniatidglAran tees against any iiossible surprise in- ihe futtire: Well, these gultrantees could be of bueone kind. We', gannot have our ears continnally on the alert to lie,arin what direction ; Prussia is diggitgtheir-inines t nd it is out-of the ques tion leritt tbi Upon-hand to check her every time uP9n: •Pf" ,ber. covetous desires. There retimms to us, they, only to,' make sure .Of 'Mi . "' 'ettiension of our 4fitiouni boundaries to: ;compensate the aggrandizement ,of our adversary. Such is - the "noalfilig Of the war now - opening. The rightiSiontour side ; the'world cannot re fuse te sent, but France feels it, 'and that is enough. A tbis hour the hearts of all French men-heutriabuispn. "To the Rhine" is the cry of th'tiwhole nation; 'rutted it is now _ . . . alit has alWays , been, and as it always will bo in any great.apestion of national honor and security, it is invincible,. May God protect our arms. N'lve la Franca„.._, 1 -°` PAEAGUA*. `The A-wain 0* Lopez. The Brazilian General Camara has written a letter to an Argentine paper respecting the death of Lopez. • Re says : "I was among the first who, on coining to the bank of the Aquidihaniqui, saw Lopez, fallen and aline:it lifeless on the, other side. IN ear Lopez'were two officers who died sword in hand defending him to the last load some one uther,•whei succeeded in escaping perhaps to surrender- later. The former . I 'as certained, afterwards were Majors Estiogar riba'aud Vargas, who were shot by the rifle men who came after me to the bank, andwbo tired on seeing time • wading across alone amid on foot, to be - received, not as . a.lilierator, but as an imPlimahle - and,l'ancorons enemy. I owe it to•niy,liOnor . :':4 a Soldier; to my name and my' country,- Lowe it to history and to my conscience, 'to , deelare'.truthfully -that Marshal Lopez died fairly, and in lull pos sesion of his senses,,•Wben I stooped to take the drawn sword from,his hnnd tie .xnade a movement to wound me,rand replied in a firm and arrogant tone . ,_'f.l ifiviord hand for my country? "I - then ordered a soldier of the Ninth Battalion tifiAllgariehhii, 'and-it was in the struggle with-hinthe ix.prred," without receiving a furtho Le —The cliaMmiu arkgiigii.. oil lib Cape of Good Hope are :1)&111110g CM well. A jorauna found a gem worth 4,4,500, and traded it off, in his guileless simplibity, for a WO 'Wagon. —The wifti of Frivre, the celebrated French Deputy,.has dies( suddenly. -• Only a' years ago lioAlmail , live• separated frAra her husband, according to the forms of-ther.,14 4 w,",V119 - loss of his be loved wife and ,oOmpaVon was a harst blow for the speaker Of thb tqlkositicm. PJFI ILA DELPII IA FIRIEMEN. (Correspondence of the Wilmington Commercial.] Prima DELP/11 - 4;July 14.—Your reactors have all seen accounts of the disgraceful fireman's riots otlast Sunday, and I have . no intention of giving that wretched story over again. But the event does suggest certain thoughts which It may be well enough to give expression to here. And these again really centre in the question of a paid or volunteer fire depart ment. It ts — abont — time — that -- the gen emen whose hobby it is to run to. fires should know that they enjoy that hobby purely upon suffer ance. The better judgment of citizens declared long ago for the paid system, and but for a sort of tenderness for old associations, the wholesale fire junketings would have been before nowtsuppressed. But although Phila delphia could not willingly depose the old Fire Boys, -she- is not -to-be- everlastingly lin= posed on. The best of tempers will wear out. If is hard for one who has not lived here- to understand the peculiar feelingwhich citizens have for firemen. It comes in most Dart from the fact that in old times the business was eminently respectable. The most reputable of the old and Usedtolendtiheir,enthu siasm energies to the exciting contest of mind — and 'muscle 'Over 'Matter. ' The old " United States," "Hand in Hand:" "Phila delphia," " Pluenix," and ninny others, were such companies. The red-Shirted. fire boy of the period bears no.more resemblance to the patriarch of 142 than one of ,Hamlet's celebrated pictures resembled the other. It is not mere tradition, but is 'substantiated by - evidence in every solid man's 'family, that the old " States" at every alarm of fire would ran with a large proportion of broad-brimm at the rope. The Quakers were-in fact for many years our ruost - eflicientliremeti:. - And: Quaykerism then meant something, as far T.. 14 form. 4 1 :K1 citireinonial went: - - - . . . . DO you not think it must have been divert ing to have seen the "States" start out for a run in those days? She stood then—as, in deed, she does now—what with steam and tire bully, all that is left. of her—in Old York road, near Vine street. In the times Ispqak ofthey did not have fires oftener than once a- fort night, and even then always in the most deco rous part of the twenty-four hours. But see the young Quakers, brisk. and gay, running to where the ingines play! It would •be better than any play with which I am acquainted to see it - :There is so_tnucb in association- - It is difficult in this latter degenerate age to imag ine "shad-bellies" and "bell-teazers7 a-hold of a fire company's rope. There is a certain in congruity about the idea, and Herbert Shlni cer says that these incongruous .ideas • cause laughter: ' - And do you suppose these young Quakefs shouted and bellowed; and gave frantic_orciers which nobody else obeyed ; and=perhap s= _just like their- -lineal---daseens dams ? I think that there can be . no doubt but that they , indulged to a limited extent, at least, .i p these little amenities of the Fireman's life. It would,-in tact ; he hard-to say where the fun would come in, unless this latitude and these -licenses were allowed: - But - all the .same;.--and whether or not the young Quakers behaved like the Rough of ,the present era, it must have been - exasperatingly funny to have seen them running to fires, or more comical yet to have seen them lighting the flames from the gal leries of the old hand-engines. • This was the way the respectability of the volunteer system was secured in Philadelphia, and this is the real secret of opposition which f den ds- of - the-paid system- have to encounter; - Nearly every family . is bound to the post by some tradition bearing on the matter which it is bard to uproot. Every one „born of —parent. -s- --- =as - h -- rewslang whose_ pedigree =is -at all grandfather whose delight it was to etand - in a line and pass leather buckets to a machine that would Squirt in a week, perhaps as much as one of our improved steamers will throw in an hour. Yes, our inveterate con sewatism comes in here._ New York cares nothing for 'traditions when they stand ln the way of progress. San Francisco and Chi cago have DO traditions. They are , not afraid to institute the Paid Fire System—they do it and they find their profit in it. With us it is different, largely, I believe, from the reason have given. But even here prejudice must give way tp such continued outrages as those of this week. I can give you a fact which has not appeared in the citypapers. The " Goe.l Will"—(what's in a name !).-a-had procured a small piece of cannon, which was just being brought ou the ground wheuAhe fighting was suppressed. I mention this•, to show the bloody (hvosition of , : the riotere. - • I almost wish that howitzer could'have hemi fired a few times. It would have rung'obt thb demise of the humbug vol unteer fire department in Philadelphia. THE SHOOTING 'OF BI'COOLE. A Painful Operallon—HlS Fighting Days [l:ropu the St. Loins Republican; July 13. The shooting, of Mike, 5l cCoolq, in,his own Saloon Monday night has createdonite a sensation Within the realm of the fancy, par ticularly owing •to the, mystery about the and -the probahility that the Irish giant's righting days are over. The scene at theffi office of Dr. Bodgen, where McCoole was brought to have his wound attended to, had an element . of the pathetic in it that was realized by thoSe present. The stalwart form of the prize-fighter tested a movable conch. or chair to.aidbgree it had never beford done. Be lay stretched out at full length with hiS head reclining on his right arm, while hiS loft arm, bare and gory, was beilig operated on by Dr. Hodgen. Tom Kelly held Mc- Coole's left hand, while Billy Carrell, and John "PoWell Walked about the surgery "Much ex ercised, and declaring they would sooner have a leg cut tiff than Airier the pain their friend was doing. When the doctor discovered the place where the ball had lodged, he had 'to cut an opening ou the oppositu.sule of the arm to where the ball entered, and occasionally pieces of bone Wcitild be drawn out which had been shattered by the ball. The doctor hail to feel his wayi_and as boneS were caught by the in strument inserted;'McCoolo would make an ejaculation with an earnOituess which 'was ex pressive of the agony endured, but he bore the trial manfully. Once .he remarked to Kelly that when the bones were caught it went through hint, and Kelly responded that as he held hisatillhe felt every shock. An inquiry ' .h was made Of\Dr. Thidgen tb the extent of the injury, and he replied that McOoole would have a stiff 'aim.. • ' - ,AleCoolo (anxiously)--Nirill it never be as good.as it watubefore-: !Dr. HPOgen—No; • r Ivic,CDol6,-,Never ? Dr.Etodgen=Never DS goOti as it was, be fore. , ' • McUoole (with a sigli)--That settles it. liothingifrior6 wab said upon this matter, and MeCoole lay deeplyineditatin , r ' . The convic tion flashed•over his mind, that his lighting days were over, - and the reality of his sadness could not be doubted. _Dr. Hodgen had not had such an arm-before him for many a long day, seen in the massive symmetry for 'which McCoole's limbs are re markable ; iE,shows very 'clearly his immense strength.' oEverY now and then McCoole bit his lips,- but bore the operation with wonderful coolness; and Conversed freely with. those in the room. , .Hewas. emphatic In his declare,- tions that he knew nothing about, the attain, He occasionally asked Dr. Reagan to lot him rest awhile and-to desist temporarily in his efforts to i 3 ktraet' the ball. Dia ew kept five Newfoodland doge and named therr, after characters in, his WQ&S. llia faYofite was called Bwaible. PRICE THREE CENIA FAtITN AND FANVIID. —Mrs: John Wood has brought out Pour Pry at her London theatre, atd. is plating " Pho)he," —A farmer in Dubtvque county - , , lowa, hut. vested' hie crop of bey ninety- days. al'ant date of sowing. —A Missouri editor declares that/ be nevetv will quit editing while God gives him strenth. OLICI ors le aMO • COC • la I urr under the crupper of loyalty and sham 'piety.' —A Cincinnati policemani shot a woman in stead of his escaping prisetner, and another drubbed a captive awfully i4i a call tl , sintilati him for resisting arrest. • •—A--guide—at Stratford-amtlie-Averr lays claims to patronage on the ground that lie per sonally conducted listemas Mall to-the-tomb of Shakespeare. —They tell a story of a Maine nutawhose horse balked, anti would not move for five hoursi when the man pat in the time 113raitting on a stump and' reading a Testament, .and never swore one single swear. We wilt .bot money the man had an impediment in his ilpeechi as well as in ins progress, or he woulmJli ave been heard from on thesubject of horses' - -* - —At Conneaut Ralph Wright creab 3d a Inv , mentary sensation by splitting his ',it a's head , in a fatal manner with an axe, liwrilling his house, and then hanging himself. It is, Said' this wrong act of Mr. Wright has; seen led to rather demoraliz e the - domestic happiness of the family. Out in Omaha or Chicago sue* an act would not be Doticeably unusua'- —A hundred , and fifty Wisconsin editors took an excursion in lowa, and all complain , because the cooks at the Bifrtie Houstt, at Davenport;in coshing scrambled eggsiscanm- - bled the hen a.nctall right in together„wath out removing feathers and things. Boma editors' are so particular you can't take any conitort with them. —Chicago is rapidly approaching New York in the character of her city council,. of whom the Chicago Times says: "If the debates, or rather the jing-jangle' of their meetings were reported verbatim, et literatim„ they would be found to be full of bad gram mar, slang, profanity, personal abuse and senseless confessions of ignorance, corruption;. carelessness, irresponsibility and neglect." —An infuriated. su.btcriber writes to ClerFloncl - LealiTi'o; follows : "I shall take the. Lem/6-r, probably, till I can find a paper that, does'not publish hose ball matters. They" are', base in more senses than one. -A pack of lazy devils - going round the country- playing ball for money! While-at- it, you may 'as well!' crack up dog fights, bull fights, bull- baiting, and !seven up ' for money, as rofessional , base-b-all 7 _--The editorml_the - Marietta-Register ting into hot water•on the woman suffrage, question, and proceeds to define his position, in ibis highly diplomatic manner: l.-If--disposed-to in favor of woman's- starage ; we are in favor. - of it also. • If the hi.dy happens to be againsfit, we are against it likewise. 111. If it is a mixed asiembly of la.dies, one or' more on each side, they may have the row among themselves .we holding the bon nets. —The following description of a base ball pitcher in action will be appreciated by, all who have watched this important member of_ -the nine: "On - -rectlVing-theball---he in both hands until it is on a level with, his left eye. 'Striking an attitude he gazes at. it t _o _or three minittes_in,a_contemplati r ve.way, and then turns it_rottudonce or twice te-, be Sum - ffiltrirta - notrun - orOxygo - or - ootoallit7 - AT3= saved that he has the genuine article, be then winks once at the first - baseman; twice at the'- second baseman, and three times at the third baseman, and after ascowl :at the short-stop and a glance at the home-plate, finally delivers) the bail with the . precision and rapidity of a, cannon-shot." —ln the way of practical, poetry there are ; not many stanzas that convey a more direct'. lesson than the folloWing, which gives instruc- , Lion "Low to replenish the church tre;isury: l ! Let Annie buy one ribbon less s4'O(l And Fanny give one ring ; 5 Rti Grace sacr ifice one change of dress, '5O Ott' One sash and fancy string. • 3OR Let .Julia from her:next new suit One lace-trimmed:ruffle epare ; The time required one such to flute, Let it be spent in prayer. [Blessing invaluable.] Let Mesdames A, 11, C and by Their households watch with care; Each save from waste (theft!) one ounce of tea, One needless luxury spare [l3O cents per week x4-1] Let Kate and Rose each take, her turn, With their wise ma's consent, Each for one wee t, three dollars earn 6 04 (As Bridget loft in Lent.) • Let Mary once with Jane forego . • Their pleasant carriage drive ISS saved), And help dear sistet.A.bbie sew [earned 4,5, Thus save and - double live. OW Let Susie save her furs with care • . • ; • To serve next winter's cold, . _9,nd guard her dress from stain and tear, ; That she may give her gold. 20 Olt Let Lizzie sten. and think again, Ere she concludes to buy, " 7 his•tlfo mmurs cost might sac's lea. 'nen I'll'lV ITS PRlCE—and try." A few translated facts and fortuities : —Otir.readers have not forgotten thecae° of Mr. Richard Fieken, who shot a misehte- t .ons boy so . Wantonly in this city last Halloween. A caSe 'almost identical happened dining the last carnival season at Saint.A.ndr&. a French village near the town of Lod,4ve; We mad in the Arend! Lodienis : " A most .unhappy aflitir transpired last week at Saint-Andr&„ The. youths of that locality hays au unlucky trick of knocking at the doors of houses Mixing the. finaldays ot the Carnival, and throwing into. the face of the person who opens theme hand ful of br...ersome other innocent but odensive projectile. Last Monday a number of young, boys tried this game more than' oace on a ' gentleman named it—. The latter became.. - exasperated, and in a moment oil , =shwas. ; tired his gun. One of the lads , was sligbOy.:_, wounded ; the other, minted . Malaval, was. seriously injured, and died fwo - or• three. days. -. after. Mr. R-- was arrested and taken, to the prison at Lod6ve. Reis a men of middle. ge, enjoying the esteem of his neighbors, but , of an excessively violent disposition. Re in. , said to he almost insane with dm.pair. at. cans-,.. ing such a terrible calamity." —A wandering, and indeed-Mendicant,. re-. publican makes it his buSlness to cultivate . illustrious exiles. The other day, penetrating, . . into the retreat where Barbel eats his - heart in . solitude - , ha obtained — a - loan of a hundred francs. . has_ tried to-do the sans aby Tietbr. Rage.. Dub the , author Of the - Misgrables readier to. tie his purse than untie it, as every • -one knows. Meaning to, escape by a siy trick, the Poet said to the interviewer : " Have you change for five hmulred francs ?" Mt- . doubtedly," said the Visitor ; who knew with whom he had to - do and, returning ibur hurt. - dred francs, siippoh the. bank-note 'inte -- his' pocket. Which beat? just blessed her spouse with. a daughter. the third.., They call them the three 'graces. T`The prince, unappre(iiatiye) entktleo . Wont bill, tlx 4Pgraco ! .; .) ~ 600,041,
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