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BOSWELL.—Suddenly, on the 16th ins!ant, J. Servos.
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BULLOCK.—In Germantownoin the 17th /nat. , mar
garotte, wife of Charles Bullock. • •
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instant, at 10 o'clock 4, M. Interment at Wilmington,
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months and 10 days.'-
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inst., John hlcCrelet,' in the 46th year of his age.
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nircEL.—Osi bith instant, wbooping congh,
Bessie, infant slaughter : 4A Josiah' and Ella Riegel, aged
one mouth. • -*
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307 •No rt h•Seyenth street, on , Wednnialay tnornlnvat 10
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\John Brown, aged 33 years.
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]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.
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nee, Gustave Wedekind, in the 70th year of aee.
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THE WAR IN EUROPA-
THE DEBATE . . IN , THE FRENCH
LEGISLATURE.
The Effect of the Speech of
Thiel's.
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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.
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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
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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,