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VOLUME XXIV.---NO. 86.
"WEDDING CARDS, INVITATIONS
for Parties, &o. New styles. •1112,801 , 7 & 00., 907
Chestnut street. deltefmw tfit
FIXED EARTH CLOSETS. ON ANY
floor_, In or out of doors, and PORTABLE EARTH
COMMODES, for use in bed.chambers and elsewhere.
Are absolutely free from offence. Earth Closet Onnt
nany 'a °Mee and salesroom at WM. G. RHOADS', No.
1221 Rlarket street. • .e.n294
DIED.
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GA RTLAND.—On the 20th instant, James Frederick.
NOD of tlimon and Caroline Gsrtlani, In the 6th year of
Lis age. lksoldence, No. 36 South Thirteenth street. §
LREIMAN.—On Wednesday .morniug. 20th instant,
Robert P. eon of George W. and Julia Id. Lehman,
aged months_ an d
LON(1111.111N.-=On the 10th instant, Ella,vifo of Na
thaniel Lougmire, in the 63(1 year of her ago
The male friends of the family are Invited to attend
the funeral, from the residence of her hu , ,band, 1626
Fining Garden street, on Thursday, the 21st instant, at
9 o'clock A. lb.
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31cCICEIGHT.—Suddenly, on the evening of the 17th
inst., John McCreight, in the 46th year of his ago.
The relatives and friends of the family, also Lodge 31,
A. Y. 111., are particularly invited to attend the funeral,
from the residence of his mother-in-law, N 0.1334 Pine
etreet , -on-Wednesday-afternoon, the Attlt instant:ln 4
o'clock. Interment at Laurel Rill.
POINT.—In Richmond ;Va , June 18th, Mrs. Mary a.
Point, wife of Charles J. Point, in the 46th year of
her age, •
BCO ELL.—Suddonly, on the . 19th inst.,Thomas Jeffer
son Schell: in the 37th year of his age.
Funeral from the residence of his father, ffenry Schell,
No. 1363 Parrish street. Further notice in the morning
A NDERPOEL.—At, his residsnce, No. 114 East Six
teenth street. New York, or, the lath' day of July inst.,
}I on . Aaron Vanden:peel, in the 77.Tyear of his age,- -
BOWER'S BAR SAPARILLA MEAD.'
Drink for the Million! VIVA COTltil.
litalthini—Mutritiono,—Botreelilna.
DOWER;
Sixth and
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WWILLIAhi HEACOCK, FITRNISFIING
UNDERTAKER, OUT Filbert street, I have pur
chased the right to nee Dr. A. G. Reed Sc - Co.'s Patent
Vorpeci Preserver, nthich.ilties away with the repuleive
ftellng'or bolos one , s - Ctionds Otked JYI6-1:4"
ARCH ISTR EET.
E v YRE 44 , LANDELL,
iNU. — DEPARTMENT L, MEN'S VMAIL 1870.
CANVAS DIIIII,bk_PADDED DRILLS. SCOTCH
CHEVIDTS. cAmairsr. YOE SUITS. CORDU
ROYS AND TOWELS.
P UBE COD LIVER OIL CITRATE
Marne,'la.-3011N 0. BAKER lk (50.,713 Market et.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NEGLIGEE
COATS.
They are
Inexpensive More Costly
d Cool, Clothes.
ROCCA PAITMIENT
This new pavement for Sllewalks,Couri-yard.s, Damp
•Cellare, Floors for Breweries, 3lsitt Houses, &c., has
been very successfully
tested in New York, and is now
:being laid on Green street, west of Twenty-third. It is
%audsome. durable, and cheap.
Property owners are respectfully requested to ex
amine it. .
N. Y. STONE WORKS.
Office No 013 Seventh avenue;
Jen 1p § Philadelphia Office, 412 Librati street.
lob THE LEHIGH. VALLEY. RAjL
BOAto COMPANY will. until August let next,
pay off at par and accrued interest any of their first
tu.,rtgage bends, due in ISM, ms presentation at their
Office, No. 303 WALNUT street
JceE73,1870
L. CHAMBERLAIN, Treasurer.
je24 Imrpi
HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. IfilB
lhry and MD Lombard street, Dispensary Department.
Medical treatment ntll medicine furnished gratuitously
to the poor
DIVIDEND NOTICES.
PHILADELPHIA ANT) READING
‘u.eD' RAILROAD COMPANY—OFFICE 227 SOUTH
FOURTH STREET.
PHILADELPHIA, Juno 29, 1870
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The transfer books of this Company will be closed on
-the 7th of July next, and reopened on July W.
A Dividend of Five Per Cent. has been declared on
.the preferred and common stock, clear of National and
State taxes, payable in cash on and after the 22d of
_July next. to the •holdera thereof, as they stand regis
tered on the books of the Company at the close of bust
lam on Nit 7th of July next. All payable at this office.
All orders for .Dividends must be witnessed and
stamped. jc.i S. BRAD FOND,
TreaSurer.
kOLITICAL DiCall ES
:a. 1870.
SHERIFF,
'WILLIAM B. LEEDS.
Jos tl ocl2rp-
ATICTION SALES.
JAMES A. FREEMAN,AUVTTOKekit,
442 WALAUTAtreet.
REAL 113YA — T1313 — AVE;161,ii 77,-1570.
This Sale, on next WEDNESDAY, at 12 o'clock
noon, at the Exchange. will include—
No. Mil LOMBARD ST.—Four•story brick Store and
Dwelling, lot 16 by 99 feet. Orphans' Court Sale Estate
of Thos. Murray deed.
No. 3421 MARKET ST.—Frame Dwelling, and lot 25
by 100 feet. Orphans' Court Sale. Estate of Witham
.Saithouse j deed.
No. 345, LUDLOW ST., 27TH WARD,—Three-story ,
'brick Store end Dwelling ' lot 16 by 100 feet. Orphans
Court Sale. Same Estate.
NINTH, ST., ABOVE WATE IN ST., IST WARD.—
Two•story, brick Dwelling lot 16 by 70 feet. Orphans'
Court Sale. Estate of huzzah Butler, deed.•
No. 1136 YORK ST.—Three-story brick Dwelling and
Distillery. Lot 20 by 100 feet.. U.S. Marshal's Sale.
THODIPSON and NORRIS STS.—Valuable three,
storybrick Hotel and Dwelling, lot 16 by 100 feet, oppo•
silo Union Passenger R. R. Repel..
No. 2504 PINE 'ST.—Three-story brick Dwelling and
Lot, 18 by 84 foot. Sabject to RB4 ground rent. Sate
Peremptory.•
BUILDING SlTE—Bethlehem Turnpike, ono mile
from Penllyn Station, 1 P. R, it., containing 43i acres
of land.
NORTH PENN VILLAGE—Eight desirable Building
Lots. 27th, 35th, Dauphin and Fletcher ste„ each Id by
312 feet, near the extension of the Park and Ridge ar.
R. R. Depot. Title perfect. • •
MT Full particulars in ratatogues.
WANTS.
WD A YOUNG MAN, A
situation as = Bookkeeper or Clerk. • Has had
.aeveral years practical experience. . References given.
Address O. this office. tfS
—As many of our readers may not know the
best manner for cleaning black lace, the fol
lowing are the directions for doing so: Sponge
the lace carefully with gin,and wind it around
a bottle to' dry, for if touched with an iron it
- would look glossy and flattened. , Some peo
ple fill the bottle with warm water, which
causes the lace oto dry more quickly. It must
not be placed near. the fire, as it would give it
a rusty appearance.
—Having once merged himself in the peo
ple,-Louis Napoleon-has-now-merged-the-peo
iple in himself.
THE WAR
France and Prussia
Extracts from Paris Papers Brought
. by Mail. •
[Correspondence of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.] I
PABIH; Friday; July 8, 1870.-I was not far •
• wrong iny last letter when I intimated the
effect that n would be. produced here by the
Madrid telegram. If Prussia could not give
ten millions towards the execution of
G (Allard railway without arousing French sus
ceptibilities, imagine what must be the effect
of her attempting to place a Hohenzollern on
the throne.. of Spain. Well may we
. say in
.Europe, and under the European .system,.. that
. - Serialtaai•elioait: sur torre/cari. - -- - 4het we never
know when .the ground may not blow up
under our feet. The mutual rivalry, jealousies
and suaceptibilities both of the reigning fami
lies and governments, and of the divided na.
• tionalities, are so -- great .- that • An' explosion is •
.• forever eminent.' There la r alviays a •suspicien •
that some one or other is stealing. a. march
- upon the rest; and, as I recently - observed, the
slightest gain on one side is invariably 're- .
garded and_ interptetedi a.. 0074 d ,
- the- Spain- get:
out - of her • ditlictilties, and that ,Germany
should have the prestige of seeing one of her
Princes seated on the throne of that country,
are circumstances which have sufficed to set
the French people half mad with rage - and ex
citement. Without even waiting - rto,. - .learn.l
either whether the people and Cortes of Spain'
were at all likely to regard with favor er to
accept-the new candidate for their sovereignty,.
or whether. Prussia .and Count 'Bismarck bad
In. .any _way _interfered - . With or been__ con-,
suited respecting • the matter in ,aues
lion, the Imperial Government rushes
into a Chamber, already over-excited,
with declaration which was like pouring' oil
upon burning coals. But surely, when there is
an awful panic at the Bourse ;• when the popu
lar Assembly is boiling over With excitement;
raationaljealousies-and,animositiea-are
rising to fever heat, it is the part of a wiseand
sagacious government to temper rather than
• to stimulate. furth erthe passions Of thernoinent,
• But the declaration of the Due de ,Gramont,-of
- which the. text will-'-have long since reached'
you, stops., - very little short, under
• certain - circumstances, of a declaratien
of war. And yet, as-the German papers this
morning ask very pertinently, against whom
• will you make war in case of such- eventuali
ties occurring? Against-the Spanis_k_people2_
But what becomes, then, of the assertions con
tained In the very declaration itself Which you
have made, to the effect that you "abstain
religiously from all intervention in the in
ternal •ifflirsof a great andnoble nation,acting..
in the full plentitude of sovereignty"? Has
not Spain a right, then; to- . - chose -
a Hohenzollern forher sovereign ; if she bo,eo
minded? On the other hand, if your menaces
are directed against Prussia or Germany be
cause, as you say, a " foreign power has
sought to place one of its princes on the throne
of Charles V."—the answer is (the very - answer
said to have been received from Berlin this
morning)—that we " have had nothing to. do
with it ;" no more than we had with Prince
- Charles of Roumania going off incognito to the
latter country. Addressez-vous d I'Espagne,"
writes the sagacious Bismarck (not without a
touch of satire to these bungling French.
statesmen, who, he feels, are no Match for
him). " Tell the Spanish people that they must
not choose Prince Leopold,because the choice
is not agreeable to the people of France." It
will be the very best way, Bismarck thinks,no
doubt, to confirm them in their choice. But
as for us, he says, we have nothing more to do
with it than you have yourselves. Now very
likely the above assertion is not to be
taken exactly an pied de lab lettre,
as the saying is. Very likely Bismarck may
not have had quite so " little to do " with the -
ark& as is professed. But mark the consum
mate ability of the man, and the advantage of
the diplomatic position which ho takes up.
He places-the French government in a situa
tion in which it bullies one Power which'•
disclaims all imputation or ground of offence,
and another which it has evidently, on such
a question, the. right 'to dictate to at all.
Such, a situation is' fundamentally false,
and yet into it the French, govern
ment has rushed headlong. It
would have acted much more prudently and sa
,,gaciously.-to,have_waited, and to have trusted -
to the divisima of partieS in Spain for the
frustration of a project which was, natu
rally perhaps, unpleasant, than to have.at
Once committed- itself to .such a declaration
as that whip was read to the ,Chamber two
days ago. But the fact is, the Imperial
Government, the Emperor himself, probably,
most of all, was anxious to redeem the credit
lost in the eyes of one portion of
Wel nation, at least, by • the Grman
policy of 1865. "We were accused then ; "
was no doubt the thought, "of slowness and,
timidity; • let'as act, and act at once, now."
But they knew not the man they had to deal
with; and Bismarck wily profit by their over
hastiness now, perhaps, as he took advantage
formerly of their tardiness and vacillation.
But I will snot at this moment venture upon
any predictions as to the future. All we know .
for certain is that the French declaration has,
produced. a crisis in the political world,
- and a complete panic.en . the Bourse. The
scene in the Chamber, too, was most
`eXtraordinary. Several. Members renounced
their_ intention. of...speaking.„on- the -Budget, - 1
which - ,.was --then • under discussion, on
" patriotic" motives; that is, because - they.
.. de
clined.to.expose the financial weakness of the
count' Y - after. Ithe - bellicoge - declaration , they -
had juisit listened to.
..Honest It. Glais-)3zoin
asked bluntly - what was the use' of debating
the present budget, when another" (a war
budget, he -Meant)
," would .soon have to be
'voted?" It - was - ahnost iinpossible on that
(lay to prevail •on • the Chamber to quit.
the • exciting topic•, and 'tun • its at
' tentien--4O—anytlfing-:elae;=and-yesterday
again the subject was: resumed,, ulna the
They save
1870.
LETTERIFROBIL PARIS.
WEDNESD.A.Y; JULY 20,_1870:
inters were interrogated again and again for
information.
The news from Spain is of, a doubtful com_
plexion; the only certain fact ...be
opposition of all the partisans of the , late can
didates to the new one who has . sprung -up;
an opposition to vvhich, as I hove remarked
above r tbe Imperial Government would have
done more wisely, perhaps, to have trusted
than to its own "declaration!'
The sensation created by the above incident
has - beerrso - great and absorbing as to throw
quite into the background tlib shocking intel
ligence of the Massacre at Pekin. ''kWe have,
moreover, no news here respeeting the latter,
except 3vhatwe receive from the English jour
nals ; nor has any official notice been as yet,
taken of the subject.- •
EXTRACTS FROM THE PARIS PAPERS
(From Lo partials, Friday, July S.J.
There - was no longer an extreme Left; there
was no longer a Riht, nor were there any
more Centres. In the Chamber ; yesterday,
there were only, Frenchmen. After the
declaration of M. de Gramont—a declaration
notably patriotic— , there pabsed over the as
sembly a tbrill of sawlike and excited feeling:
The entire Chamber rose and clapped their
bands. Ladies in the galleries waved their
bandkerchiefs, and men ski:it/led The
emotion was indescribable.
Honor Is safe!
"For the first time since the 21st ;if Feb-
ruary the Ministry has to-day-spoken the only;
lang-nage Worthy of a Frendi•Gabitiet, worthy
of the country which listened."
" The applause which broke out on every
side during the declaration of M. de Gra-.
mont bind its echo in the-nation, - and we ,
have: some right to expect that these acclit
mations will suffice to recall M. de _Bismarck
to aju.st appreciation of what we really are."
" Let us go bats a little. Prussia accom
plished the expedition to Schleswig-Holstein,
and we said nothing. .Prussia accomplished
Sadowa,and we held our peace. Prussia made
fresh annexations,and we are still silent. Prus
sia made treaties with Wurtemburg and
with Baden, and we said nothing. - Prussia
was the occasion of the serious difficulty about
Luxembourg,and we were found conciliatory.
Prussia enthroned a Hohenzollern in 'Rouma
nia, and.we said nothing. Prussia has on sev
eral late occasions shown that she no longer
"respected the treaty of Prague, - and we said
nothing ; and as a recompense for this silence,
complacent almost to folly,. M. de Bismarck
has prepared for ns a Jarnac candidature for
the throne of Spain, making due preparations
to cut our ham-strings . at a giVen moment,
and to held us between him and the Spaniards,
as he held the Austrians between Germany
and 153 y. 7fwe bad accepted this last af
front,-tbere,is---not= - in
tik. world who-would have - accepted the arm
of a Frenchman. To-day our honor, is - safe:
If peace can be maintained so much :the
better, but if war is the .result of the Prini-
Bismarck conspiracY, then still better. That.
will prove that-.the - conflict- was--inevitable
that it was certain to break out some day, and
that all the efforts of wdecaying, blind and
deaf diplomacy to prevent the struggle, only
sufficed to render a delayed contest more ter
rible. Let Germans arrange with Germans,
and let peace rest with them. _Nothing more
desirable. But let it be' on one condition=
they fdiould - understand - once - and-for - all;and
in spite of the past, that France is, and means
to continue to be, a great atrd powerfniz
tion, who may, in an'hour of sounielerice,treat
with disdain the injuries of her neighbors, but
who, like the giant of which the great Ger
man poet Heine speaks, never awakens with
impunity to those who without reason pro
voke and injure him. From this day forward
M. de Bismarck is warned. Let him beware.
We shall see - to - it:"
Frcm La Presse, Friday, July 5.3
War!
" What is wanting to this declaration is the
echoes of the applause which aweompanied it.
The Chamber, erect to a man, anu quivering
with patriotism, applauded the language in
which it Aliscovered the accent of our old
pride and our national tradition. And yet it
was war in all its lineaments, at once odious
and sublime, which appeared in the midst of
the deliberations of a free assembly. It was
war which ruled the debate and held empire
over these souls of Frenchmen who once more
found themselves face to face with it, and not
one of whom failed to recognize it. The resolu
dons of the Imperial Government are, indeed,
so well defined, and are expressed in such
perfectly explicit terms, that we may justly
say, the future is no longer ours. We have
hound our will, our honor and our strength to
an ultimatum which we cannot withdraw
without disgrace, and which from this time
engages our soldiers to defend it to the death.
* For the first time in four years
France humiliated by 1866 and Prussia ag
grandized thereby, find themselves face to
face no longer in the secret interviews of di
plomacy, but publicly at the bar of public dis
cussion, having two worlds as speclators. - All
the suppresed anguish that was occasioned
among us by the result of Sadowa, all our sad
ness and all our pride, found vent yes
terday.--The- long suppression of public
opinion has ceased. We no longer felt our
selves vanquished; we became rivals once
more. And that is the explanation of the
patriotic shout that greeted the declaration of
M. de Grammont. 0, France, generous
nation, daughter of speech and of the sword,
rise up now. You must await the coming
hour erect. Gather up the fragments of your
arms broken at Waterloo. If destiny orders,
thou wilt still show to' an astonished world
what lightnings reside in the weapons wielded
by thy,heroic lands. Thy name will flash over
new fields of battle under the radiance of thine
ancient glory."
[Front L'Opinion Nationale, July 8 1
"France cannot withdraw before either an
intrigue or a menace. If there is in all these
only an intrigue, M. de Bismarck will give
way, 'and the peace of the world will not be
disturbed ; if there is a menace, it will be put
in a position to be realized, and the sooner the
better.' In proportion as it appears right to us
to maintain a policy of reserve so long as the
action of Prussia confined itself to Germany,
:o -- much the more ought we to show
ourselves sensitive when we find this
action finding— employment in • suspected
intentions beyond its natural sphere, and
among the group of Latin nationalities. On
this ground the Government is entitled to
maintain, as it has done, a firm and dAcided
tone. It will have in that the whole of France
at the .
back. After all that we have permitted
in Germany we cannot tolerate the installa
tion of Prussian influence at Madrid. It is for
us, assuredly, a question of dignity; it is also
one of security. In going as far as he has done,
M. de Bismarck passes all reasonable
bounds. If he wishes to preserve peace, let
him draw back. As for us, we can do so no
more."
Scene in,the French Legislative Body.
a From Galignanre Messenger.).
The legislative body sat yesterday, M.
Schneider in the _chair. The President an
nounced that the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
,in reference to the demand of inteipellation of
M. Cochery concerning the candidature of a
Prussian prince to the throne of Spain, in
tended to make a declaration from the govern
ment, and probably.the best course would be
to momentarily suspend the sitting. Shortly
after the Due de Gramont entered, and, as.
scending the tribune, spoke as follows:
Gentlemen : I have come here to reply to
the request for explanations made yesterday
- by - the - Hon - M:Cocheryr -- It - is-qutte true-that
the, crown of Spain hits been offered by Mur
,
falai Prim to the prince de frohenzollern, and
that the latter - has'. ,accePted - it. But the
:Spanish people have notyetPrenoniiced; and ;
we cannot say anything - concerning the details
-of-negotiation, which were kept completely
secret from us. In such .a situation, a discus
sion in.this House could not be ofany utiW,
and we haVle to request you to postpone
We have never ceased to testify our sympa
thies to the Spanish nation, - - and to
avoid everything - tbat '. might have
the appearance of •an interference in
the internal affairs of a. great and noble
people in the full exercise of its sovereignty.
In all this affair.of the various candidates to
the throne of Spain, France has never de
parted from the most complete neutrality, and
never evinced for any one - of them either
sympathy or repugnance. We shall persist in
that line of conduct but, we do not believe that
the respect due to th i e ndependenee of a neighbor-
Mg people obliges us to permit theta foreign state,
by placing one of its - ,Prznees - on - the - throne - of
Charles e., should destroy - tie present balance of
:power in Europe-H - 16nd applause]-and
the interests and honer of . France, [Long
continued cheers.]'That eventuality, wefirmry
hope, will not he, realized; And to prevent it,
we recson alike On the prudence of the Ger
man people and on the friendship of -the
Spanish nation. But if unfortunately the case
should happen. otherwise, , relying firmly on
°your support and on that of the nation, the
goyernment will know how to perforin its duty with
'out hesitation and without weakness.' [Enthusi
astic cheering.]
A long agitation followed this declaration,
and some time elapsed before business was re
..stimed.. On the-President-declaring-that-the
- discussion on the budget was about to be con-:,.
tinned, . .
M. Picard proposed that before anything
was-done the government should lay before
the, Chamber all--the diplomatic documents
that might enable it to forma correct judg
ment, and give a conscientious - decision.
M. Chevandier de Valdrome replied that
there were not any others to distribute.
M. ere mieux proposed.to discontinue the ex
amination of the budget, as the ministerial
declarations had completely changed the situa
tion. -Menials.] Honorable members ought
above all to know if the Empire was realist
peace, or if the connti7 was menaced with
another war. .
M. Emile 011ivier, Minister of Justice—l
must ask the Assembly not to accede to the
honorable gentleman's proposal, and to COR
tinue the discussion of the budget. [Hear,
.hear.] To-morrow ,f. Cremieux and the dif
ferent members of this House will read over
the declaration which has been made from this
tribune, and they will be better able to weigh
iMineaning and consequences.
M. Arago—lt was perfectly understood.
Voices—Do not interrupt!
' '3l. 011ivier—When they shall have read
- drid - Weighed this statement, which 1 cannot
: at this moment ditletl.S.S, they„will beconie con
' vinced that it contains 110 provocation against
any one ; that it in no way affects the legiti
mate rights of the Spanish people, whom we
regard as our friends ; and, above all, that it
does not reveal a state 'of uncertainty in the
ideas- of. the government, as -to whether
we wish for peace or for war. We desire
peace [hear, hear] most ardently. [Exclama,
Lions on the Left.]
M. Jules Favre—Just as formerly you did
not wish for war!We know your policy; it
has its precedents. [interruption.]
Voices on the Bight and Centre—Let the
-Speaker-continual ,
M. 011ivier—I repeat that the government
desires peacemost ardently, but with honor.
[Loud marks of -- apProval.] -
General Lebreton—So do we all !
M. 011ivier—No feeling of self-esteem' enters
into the matter; nothing is yet. definitive, and
I cannot admit that the government, by ex
pressing_in clear terms its sentiments on a
• situation which concerns the security and pres
-tige of—l-rance r compromises-the peace of the
world. My opinion is that we are employing
the only means of consolidating it, for when
ever this country shows itself firm, without
exaggeration, in the defence of a legitimate
right, it issure to obtain the moral support
and approval ofEurope. [Hear, hear.] I en
treat, therefore, both members of this Assem
bly and the nation to be well persuaded that
they are not witnessing the disguised prepara
tions for a course of action ton Ards which we
ate marching by secret paths. We say with
out reserve what we think ; we do not desire
war, and we do not seek it ; we have thought
only of our dignity. If we one day find war to
Le inevitable, We will not enter into it until
we. have obtained your aid. [Hear,
hear.] A debate will take place, and
then, if you do not adopt our opinions—
ii.,; we are living under a parliamentary repine
yn can have no difli gully in giving expression
to • our vie.wr—you will have to overthrow us
by vote, and entrust the conduct of affairs
to those who may appear to you qualified to
carry them on in accordance with your ideas.
(Noise on the Left.] Be convinced of the ab
solute sincerity of our language. I affirm,
upon my honor, that there is no afterthought
lingering behind when we say that we desire
peace. I will add that we hope to maintain it
on one condition—that all dissensions of party
and of detail disappear, and that France and
this Assembly show themselves unanimous.
[Loud applause.]
M. Barthelemy St. Hilaire—ln the declara
tion made by the Minister of. Foreign Affairs
there is ono point that must be made clear im
mediately. He said,." Marshal Prim has of
fered the Spanish Crown to Prince Leopold of
Hohenzollern." I should like to know on what
authority he took that step. [Applause on the
Left.]
M. 011ivier—The Honorable ,M initter asked
for an adjournment on the ground that we wore
not yet in possession of the exact details. That
is my answer to the question. -[Hear,--hear.
The budget 1 The budget!]
M. Glais-flizoin—ln that case you should
have waited. [Noise; "Enough I Enough!"]
The Duke de Gramont—l hear the words
"you should have waited." The government,
in not making any further delay, wished to
act in deference to the sentiments of the
Chamber. ["Hear, hear!" "The order of the
day !"]
M. Arago—The statement of the honorable
Minister of Foreign Affairs has caused in this
House an emotion which is felt by all. For
my part, I am entirely of M. Cremieux's
opinion, and believe that we are not at this
moment in a sufficiently calm state to discuss
the budget. . [Noise.] I think - , too, as does M.
Barthelemy St. Hilaire, that it is' proper to
note the phrase of the honorable Minister who
asked for an adjournment in order to know in
what capacity Marshal Prim was acting when
lie offered the crown. [lnterruption. "Enough!
Enough !"] The answer to that question will
give to his declaration a greater or lesser im
portance. Well, it was, on the Minister's part,
at least imprudent. [Loud interruption.] The
regulations of the Chamber always allow a
reply to a member of the government.
The President—l would point out to M.
Arago one thing which it is well to establish
as a precedent. Without doubt, according to
the rules; "a speaker has alwava the right to
reply to the minister, but we are not just now
in debate; We have before us a statement, the
observations on which the Chamber has a
right to terminate. [Yes, yes]. -I may add
that M. Arago did not obtain permission to
speak that he Might enter into a discussion on
the matter, but that he might touch on the
point of continuing or not the debate on the
budget. I Hear, hear.]
M. Arago—lf attention had been paid to me
for one instant longer, I should have finished.
I merely wish to say that' in the situation now
made tor us —Mesh interruption, ci t ies of
--ti-Enougbi-onough vq-I-wOl at oneo-qmt,—thci
tribuue if the Climber so wills it dyes, yes
but not' 'without saying what Ihave on my Yips
as to the piesent situation, which X resume in
two words: We'cannot quietly continue the
discussion of the budget when the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, engaging France without our
Nanciion, has in so many words' done two
things when he was speaking from this place—
named the King of Spain and made a declara
tion of war. [Mind denial from numerous
benches.]
The President—The incident is closed, and
we now resume the discussion on the budget.
Washington Bela Orbs.
Lieutenant-General Sheridan has been sum
moned to Washington, and is now on his way.
He will probably arrive to-morrow. It has
been decided to send ,him as a Special Coin
missioner of the United states to. the theatre
of military operations in Europe, in order that
he may observe the Mariner in which both the
French • and Prussian Governments : con
duct a war; and he is to make a report,
after his return, on the cavalry,
artillery and infantry of the two
armies, and also on• the arms, tactics, disci
pline and accoutrements of each. His de
parture will take place immediately, and he
will be the bearer of letters frora the 'Presi
dent, Secretary of War, the General of the
Army, and the French and Prussian Minis
ters, commending him to fereign Govern
ments in This capacity. - Col. 0. Denved, of
Gen. Sherman's staff, to-day received six
months' leave of absence, with the privilege
to go to Europe and witness the conflict be
tween Prussia and-France. He will• leave in
a few days for Paris. . •
Prevost-Paradol,--the new-French-Minis
ter, called at the State Department 'tda-dav,
and assured the Secretary that France ;would
exempt from seizure on the teas, by her -war
vessels , , of all private property; without regard
to the flag under which such- property - might
be. He did not state :that lie had the. au
- ftiority from hui Government for the assur
ance, but he felt authorized to promise the
same protectionwhich Bismarck bad accorded
to the commerce of the seas. Secretary Fish
subsequently said that were he a merchant he
would not deem it necessary to pay extra in
surance on account of the war risk on his
goods to and from foreign ports, as he regards
the assurances of protection ample.
Minister Washburne telegraphed to Secre
tary Fish to-day that he had just returned to
Paris. The. Secretary telegraphed to him at
the request of the North German "Govern
ment, asking consent of the French Govern
ment to permit our. Legation -to extend to
subjects of the former the same degree of per
sonal protection in France as was extended
to. French snbjects in Mexico by our Legation
in that Republic, the request at that time
coming from Baron Moustier, Minister of
Foreign Affairs. It is regarded as somewhat
singular that this request of North Germany
was made on the same day of--the same month
—July-19—as the request of the French to our
Government in 1867.—Washington (July 19)
Correspondence N. Y. Tribune.
M. de LESSEPS IN-LONDON.
Speech of Mr. Gladstone on the Suez
Canal. •
- • 31r. Gladstone proposed the health of M. de
Lesseps at a grand banquet - given to that gen
tleman, July 4th, by the Duke of Sutherland,
atiStalford House. The Prime Minister said he
Lrose by his Grace's permission, deviating from
the ordinary rules which governed private
hospitality, to propose a toast which justified
-such--a-deviation.— The-guest-in-whose-honor
they were assembled was one whose name was
identified with one of the greatest under
takings - - of - roodern ticaoct: ADoat - ulgtir
days ago, when his Grace did him .
the honor to request him to appear at that
-hospitable-board and to propose-the-health -o€
M. de Lesseps, he had Loped that this duty
would have been discharged, and with far
greater effect, by Lord Clarendon. His voice
was now silent for evermore, but had he been
spared it would have been a source of pleasure
to him, as an English Minister. to be able to
testify thei sense which he and the whole
country entertained of the greatness of that
work which their distinguished guest had ac
complished, on behalf, not of one community
alone, but of mankind. In Lord Clarendon 's
absence he rose to ask his Grace to drink
"The health of M. de Lesseps.". It wa:s im
possible to conceive men surrounded with
associations of greater interest and impor
tance in human affairs than, those which were
connected with the name of M. de Lesseps.
They must go back to the great achievements
of former times, and remember the place held
in the memories of men who had achieved
great feats of discovery and enterprise, who
had crossed mountains anltraversed oceans
before they could find a parallel to the under
taking which had joined two seas and made a
new pathway for commerce. Discovery had
now taken a new form. They knew pretty
well the geographical features and the extent
of surface of the habitable globe. To connect
distant places and bring the inhabitants of the
globe into easier and more frequent commu
nication was now the great want of science
and the great duty of the discoverer. One of
our dramatists in a sarcastic mood had put
into the mouth of one of his characters the
prayer-
Ye gods, annihilate but time and space,
And make two lovers happy.
That which was then a, jest had now become
matter of sober earnest and everyday occur
rence. Annihilation was indeed astrong word,
but the abbreviation and reduction of space
and time by the scientific discoveries of the
present day would make the nineteenth cen
tury ever memorable. And certainly their
honored guest would retain a place in the list'
of those who deserved that their names should
be handed down to posterity. It was impos
sible (Mr. Gladstone continued) to estimate the
- immense benefits that would arise- from his
work. It, had been given to the electric tele
graph to convey thoughts and ideas along the
ancient highway, but not men or the com
modities of various countries. This had
been achieved by M. de Lesseps. Glancing
at the • material benefita which would result
from bringing Asia and Australia into closer
and more rapid communication with the mil
lions of Europe, he said that the difficulties
which it would not become M. de Lesseps to
rpeak of, he, standing there in the presence of
men of practical science and experience might
praise, and call upon them to confirm his
eulogy. It was not for M. de Lesseps to
heighten the difficulties which he had under
taken, and which lie along with his able and
energetic colleagues had. surmounted. But,
while the whole civilized world would benefit
by the courage and perseverance of M. de Les
seps, we who inhabited this little island might
feel it our duty to bo foremost in
giving him the weed of our admiration.
He therefore felt that his Grace had
done a wise and graceful thing in bringing to
gether to do honor to M. do Lesseps so many
of the representatives of science, commerce,
station, birth and.political party, so as to ena
ble them to say that they were not there in any
of these specific capacities,but as Englishmen,
and as members of one common family,
grateful to M. de Lesseps for the great
work of genius which he had achieved. - [Ap-
M. de Lesseps, in the course of his reply
(which was spoken in French), said : At the
commencement of the enterprise which has
now been successfully. accomplished Mr. Glad-,
stone received_me with the cordiality which
is habitual to him, and said to me: "M. de
Lesseps, do not preoccupy yourself with the .
difficulties you may have to encounter in our
country or in other countries. Continue your.,
work witkperseverance ;
and when you have
succeeded the Suez. Canal will be so useful to
_Englanitthat-you_ara_sute to
_meet im our
country with the greatest support:l Mr. Mad-
.rs:fp:..T,g.rcp,.:*F4mN r•g...
stone Ith:idly added what I do' not hesitate to ,
repeat; €!lt is. here that you, will be ,
drowned with 'glory." I have no such pro- •
tensions. I have , but the single' idea
and desire to prosecute a groat work, and to
earn the sympathy of men of intelligence and
heart. And am happy to see that this
country, which has - so vast al commerce and
so vast a navy, _is to-day _convinced-.of the
utility of the enterprise and of the good which
it-will do to the commercial community' and
the world at large. On. the day of the opening ,
of the Suez Canal, the great Foreign Minister!
whom England has had the misfortune to lotio,
whose death-has left so` great a void in" this'
country, and is indeed a loss in. which every
country may claim to, share—Lord Clarendon ,
=wrote to me a letter, in which,
reminding me of the difficulties that T.had`
so successfully, anrmOuntect. he , congattniatect
me on having accomplishe&a, work so useful.
to commerce arm to- huiriardo, and destine&
to strengthen the bonds Which unite the tiay
tions of the earth. And, in fact, the worlds
which Mr. Gladstone has just uttered—words;
so eloquent and so elevated, will do more in
the interests of peace—will demon!, to confirm
the high opinion which all must feel in the
loyalty of English - policy„tlan all the event
which have occurred since the alliance be
tween France and England was proclaimed.
FACIA AND IFAINCIEEL
—The longest purse will win in the Europe=
war,.since it is merely a, quustion of Rhine-oh.
—A man in Indiana has been Ihtocked
down by athunderboltin_a_clear_s
.‘ Do you - enjoy good health, Paeltaryt .
" Why, yes, to be sure ;, who doesn't?"
—The cowl or saucepan either makes the
Fryer. -
Minnie Hauck has been _engaged for the
coming winter at the Imperial opera, Vienna:
—Street car - fares in Buftalo have been re
duced. .
--Chi,n Foo, a Chinese merchant, and• his
diamonds, are the.talk of Saratoga.
—Young men can rarely hope for any com
mercial advancement until they get "in-firm."
—Milkmen are happy fellows. They enjoy
themselves at the watering-places all the year
round.
—At Lisbon, Conn., as a boy was shooting-at
a mark, a girl crossed the line, and•received the
bullet in her neck.
—Generally, placing a fish in the sun,
shrivels and kills it. But Grant's Fish is con
stantly exposed to .the rays of a New York
Sun Without injury.
—An old colored woman in Racine, I,or
years of age, declares thatf , she has-worn her
self out working for the white folks, but hopes
by a few years of quiet to "outgrow it."
—lt is said that Kentucky bourbon obtains
its- flavor from the-habit-the distillery-hands
have of bathing in the water. They would
want to be iron-clad to bathe in some kinds
sold here.
—" My boy . ," said a clergyman," don't your
know that it is wicked to catch fish on a Sun—
day ..' " But.l hain't sinned much yet," said.
the boy,without taking his eye from the float;
" hain't had a bite."'
—"Bill," said Bob, -"why is that tree called
a weeping willow?" "'Cause one of the
sneaking, plaguey things grew near the
schoolhouse, and supplied the master with:
switches."
—The 15th of July iS a memorable date.
On the 15th of July the'Bastile was destroyed
(17.89,1Curioleou-T qurrendered-to-thft-41PdArn--
phon (1815), and war was declared by France
against Prussia (1870).
,---12etroitha.s 14 , 698 _familiesr-718--storas,-.381
groceries, 446 offices, 63 hotels, 196 boarding
houses, 54 churches, 13 public halls, 108 public
schools, 893 machine shops, 669 places where
liquor is sold, etc. The number of families in
1860 was 8,963.
—A Californian fixed up some tempting rat
poison which Droved efficacious. Some hogs.
ate up the rats and died also. Then some
Chinamen "utilized" the hogs' carcasses and
they were very sick, but will recover. Thus
do the consequences of a trivial act spread
abroad.
—Forty-one Episcopal clergymen diedin the
United States during the year , ending Novem
ber 10,1869. The ages of twenty-one of them
are known, and amount to fourteen hundred.
and seven years, being an average of sixty
seven years. The oldest was eighty-three,and
the youngest twenty-seven, being, with one
exception, the only one under fifty-six years
old.
—When Prince Leopold was nominated for
the Spanish crown, some French papers com
plained that it was not prevented by M. Mer
cier de Lostende, the French Minister to. Ma
drid, and formerly Minister to Washington.
An oyster, even when it comes from the. Os
tend bank, is the emblem of stupidity in,
France,and Figaro is very hard on the French
Ambassador at Madrid, when it relates that a
member of the imperial Club having asked if
M., Mercier de Lostende would be maintained
at bla - pest, another meniber cried, " You
,should have said a: son bane
--The Paris Gaulois contains an amusing
pen-and-ink sketch of the Duke of Gramont
taken while he was making his famous de
claration from which we learn that "He is the
man of to-day, and will be the man of to
morrow. No ono suspected the lofty firmness
and patriotic energy of this diplomat, who is
very tall and well-proportioned, who is always.
parliamentary, has an oval face, and a rare
talent of saying just what he wants and
nothing more. He is strong as Hercules and,
with a hand as elegant as that of a duchess, can
bend a Napoleon (the coin)."
- --Front the military headquarters at Atlanta,
Ga., the following order has been issued: "ft
having been reported to the Brevet - Major-
General commanding the district that female
citizens in the employment of contractors on
the Air'Line Railroad aro worked in the cuts
of said road, digging and moving the earth,
and are made or permitted to wear men's
clothing while so employed, it is hereby or
dered that no female convicts shall be made or
permitted to perform such—labor, or shall be
employed in any work unsuited to their sex."
—A letter from Darmstadt in the Cologne
Gazette says that . Princess Alice of Hesse,
daughter of Queen Victoria, has become very
popular there, owing to her energotio opposi
tion to the Ultramontane tendencies 'of the
Hessian Court. She has frequent interviews
with Herr Strauss, the celebrated author of
the " Life of Jesus." He has just dedicated to
' her his last work on Voltaire, which, he says,
was written at her wish. He had read it to her
chapter by chapter, and she had listened with
friendly approval. A number of charitable
establishments, from which., all clerical influ
ence is carefully excluded, owe their existence'
to the Princess. Among them is a society for
training sick-nurses.,
—A London letter to the Chicago Journal
says: "The breach in the Royal family ap- •
pears to be widening. I told you that the
Prince of Wales stayed at Ascot, instead of
coming up to attend the baptism of his sister's
child. Neither did he attend the breakfast, or •
garden-party, given by his royal mother on
Monday last. - But, the very next day, he gave
a garden-party of his own_, engaging certain .
well-known grounds at ; Chiswick for the_pur
pose. The next day he took a private party' ;
--to a popular but low place of resort at Grave
sendAtiown as the Rosherville Gardens—a
place that I dare say royalty hasnever entered
since the days of Charles the Second. What.
this all means nobody knows, but that a se
rious breach has occurred between Windsor
Castle and Marlborough Houset nobody pret•
tendsto deny.
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