VOLUME XXIV.-NO. 100.
EDD ING CARDS, INVITATIO NB
CFfor Parties, &e. Now styles. M ASON 8. CO., 907
I manta street. do3Ofinw tr§
- 101XED EAII.TH CLOSETS ON ANY
.r floor, In or out of doors, and PORTABLE EARTH
COMMODES, for use in bed-chambers and elsewhere.
Aro absolutelf free from offence. Earth Closet Om
loony's office and salesroom at WM. G. RHOADS', No.
Int Market street. a .29-t
MARRIED.
iffiI:D—BARBINUTON.—In Moorestown, N. J., at
'Trinity (Thumb. on the 4th inst. by Rev. Hastingt
"Veld. Edward D. Boyd, of Washington; 11. O. to Re
claugtOr of the late Samuel Harrington, Surgeon
it:. 6, Nary, [Washington Chronit4 please copy. •
'DIED.'
• Iit.IDEBSON.—JuIy llth, at Dublin, Ireland, flora
Atplerboti,daughter•of Prof. Anderion, Wizard of tilt,
Norm h.
COB 11IN ..—On the 4th bet ~1111flegarde, Infant daugh
ter of Clint-l es F. and Mose Corbtn, opal 10 months.
GOLME.—At Grafton, Illinois, on the 19th ult. lifor
pan 11vInie, formerly of Bustleten, Phlsartelphia, in the
7:111 year ot his age.
.tv 1014 OLSON .--On the 4th suet ; , Mrs..lane Nicholson,
vette of dames Pi Madsen. aged 40 years.
3 he relatives en., friends of the farisib' are reaPckfallY
int lied to attend the funeral. from the residence of her
ho share'. No, 1034 South Fifth N treot, on Monday after
noon, at 3 o'. I"ck. To proceed to the Wharton Street
Church Vault. '
N,Olt.7oN.—On Thursday, August 4th, Charlet! F.
4erscj at Ida cow rraldenco.
The telittivel and Irian& aro respectfully Invited to
attend his funeral, front his late realclence, 1071 Arch
street, on Tuesday meriting, 9th Inst.:at 10 o'clock "• •
400 ky.EAIt : ( 3I ""EET .
Q. LANDOLL,
Are aupplylog their Cmtomers with
BLACK BILKS
'At Gold WI Premium.
COD LIVER OIL,- . CITRATE
klagnesta.--JOIIN C:BAKER-tt 0n..71% Market BC
SPECIAL NOTICES.
ALL
Sizes and Styles.
FINEST CLOTHING.
JOHN
WANAMAKER,
8 and 820Cheatnnt St.
ON FREE EXHIBITION,
A V- -it AittleTlNE'S GALLEitY.
}ireitre-t:11-1.1e4lir-T.-taTitERTiz
ein"F Fonn.ns Panorentic Views of Ber in; Potwelarik,
cherlotteromea. Ilettlelber g . Jena .
Wennur.Erf art, Eine..l3aelen-Fladen*Wk--
httelen• }SI Ameterdam • Ws-
Liege. 'intern, Rot
terdam, Utrecht. - -_• -
A e Wnicte aet_ed . the ;Berlin 3ftvegtni, Inteitor
all the roran% in the- various royal - palaces of
attention i 4 dralrh to the fact that In a few
lbw* on the inane. awl its Forttlientions, ae
helve° seen, will 4. , t,hibited, r,s•2:trp
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• HOW ARD HOSPITAL, NOS.. 1.518
Yry avd.11,13 LOVA:3I'd strf.lt-, Dispensary Department..
cal rresniment mi medicine Dirnietied gratnitcandY
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PtiLITICAL NOTICES
TB7O.
SHERIFF,
'WILLIAM 11. LEEDS.
16 tl ocl2rti
HEADQUARTERS UNION - ilk,
N CITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
1.10 CHESTNUT STREET.
At a Meeting held on Wednesday, July 27. the follow
ing among other proceedings wan adopts,' lt,solr.d,
it,solt , d, That the Convention to nominate a candi
date for Representative of the Yirst Representative Dis
trit t be RECON VENT D ,and a hub-Committee of Three
be eeleiied from this City Executive Committee to effect
pei 11l anent organization t hereof.
In accordance therewith, the Delegates elected to said
Convention will meet at the S. W. corner of SIXTH and
DICK ERSON streets, on TIFORSDA V, August 11, at
10 A . M., for the purpose of placing a candidate In nomi
nation.
By order of the Republican City Executive Com
InittVe.
CHARLES W. HIDGWAY,
Viet President, presiding,
JOHN 31rCUL1.01.143H, t Secretaries.
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361161L15H UNDERTAiiEnt6
Air. Dickens Begajmn Reform..
The VI Mall Gazette has the following :
The undertakers have seldom received such
a severe bloW‘ as that dealt, to them by Mr.
niekenes will, " emphatically direct that
be buried in- an inexpensive, unostentatious
and strictly private manner; that
,no public
announcement be made of the time or place of
my burial; rthat at.the utmost uot -more than
three plain MOuraing roaches be empleYed,and
that those who attend my funeral wear no scarf,
cloak;black hew, long hat-band; or other slteli
revolting absurdity." Thisls plain Speaking,
and tin- grim ravens who hover round the
:house of- mourning with the view - of turning
tears into cash will be all' fir a- flutter when
they read this expression of opinion with re
gard to their trade,uttered by one whose voice
has none the less influence because it proceeds
from the grave. .LordDerby,-Lord Clarendon
and Mr. Dickens have all set .an exaeanie,
'which the vulgar and- ignorant will do Well to
follow, of simplicity in their 'funerals. The
day .will come when we, Or' rather our` de
.seendants, •will wonder that undertakerr3.were
ever permitted to trade upoit our sorrows in
the present disgraceful fashion. In nine
vases out of ten, when the head of a
family dies, every sixpence is
of value, and nothing more lamentable
can be conceived than that the hard-earned
savings intended to provide for the necessi
ties of a wife and children should ho squan
dered on black kid gloves and silk hatbands
for - second cousins, doctors, servants, and
ethers who are mere puppets in the hands of
the undertaker to help him to plunder the
family of the deceased. If one or two dukes
and duchesses would have the kindness to
direct that their remains were to bo deposited
in theground without havin a brick vault
specially made to receive them',
em', the middle
class would at once consent to be buried
in a similar manlier ; and this woiildCtit off the
'bricklayer, who, with the haberdasher, joins
the undertaker in the work of extortion.'l3rick
vaults are but attempts to light. with nature,
- who, in the- long tun, will bo victorious. We
have much to learn and much to unlearn on
this subject;:but the day will come when we
shall conquer our prejudices,and not be afraid
to say to the portly Undertaker, as hesolemnly
Stalks through the streetsthe head of a
funeral procession :." My dear sir; instead of
being as you imagine au imposing object, you
are, -in the words of :-Mr Dickens, sitriply a 're
volt•ing absurdity.'"- 2, •
THE DlittllGffT.
' Sufferlnw in Itlasaschnsetts.
The Boston Journal says
" - Therlong continued drought is making bad
Ivork in this region. Gardens are all drying up,
the . pastures are crisp and burned, feed for
COWS and cattle is getting short, the fruit is
alropping prematurely from the trees and in
orup places wells are giving out. Last night
there were indications of showers, and at one
time a few . drops ofrain fell; but the clouds
;passed away, and to-day the sun is as hot and
tscorching as before. Unless we have rain at
'once - the crops will be very short in -this
Tegion,"
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MUM=
REPORTORIAL NEIG MOIL LONG
BRANCH.
[Correspondence ,of [tie Phlla. Evening Bulletin.]
CONTINENTAL HOTIF:L, Aug. 4.—Even to
buying a coffin everything in this world is a
matter of business. It is a business with the
clergyman, when a connubializing couple
leave 'upon his centre-table the foe that au
thorizes the lady to throw her patronymic
from the - window and substitute for it the cog
nomen of her spouse.
Horse-racing is also a business. Its wstbetics
have the gleam of the dollar. Its part iice is
as distinctive as the parlance of the prize ring.
Long Branch, all this week, has rung with it.
To-morrow afternoon it will probably ring
louder than on any day since the season for
" trials of speed " - between aristocratic - horses
at this picturesque point saw the date of their
inauguration.
Long Branch at this moment is very full
'While billiard tables make an expensive bed,
their soltnebs has never elicited any marked
or special admiration. . A cot needn't be de
iicient b : of comfort. A cot in a cottage
may even be a luxury.. The trouble is that
souse seventy-five of - them plaided liu a het
dining-room, and each occupied by an inhar
monious sleeper, who snort..s clear through
the chromatic settle, produce what to the edu
cated ear ratherthau of .melodyj is suggestive
of discord. Six., miles from the B ranch, at a
point called . Ocean Grove, a luxurious camp
weed ng is in course of progress. By this ro
lig:ons- lewd - many people are. also brought
here. The clerical garb among the velveteen
and white linen costume of the sporting world
iti -ilently admonitory of a world to come; and
b4:.7cstive also of the fact that sin, fast horses
auu tl , l(lles . will ultimately be among the thinp
Pecuniarily this Monmbuth racing park at
Long Branch is- something more than
u success. The investment made with so mach
courage has so far proved very handsomely re
unerativeitte,yond the most fanciful expecta
tion of the inventors. The averageattendance
a dollar a Lead has been (;,,it.o people per
day. Ihe restaurant and refreshment rooms
ate virtually a gold mine. The gentler sex
who vinit the course visit it in open► costume.
All thi s stimulates trade. The dant-cat , of the
thing• is anotlt.... matter. Were we all members
_ . .
ttM f4ociety of Friends, everydealer in fancy
..:oats-would be obliged to shut his store, arid
o either into the business of cultivating
potatoes or of manufacturing brogans or
reellarle -coats.-As -it is, the laduis talk
Mast-, and -if they don't absolutely bet
tanner they bet its equivalent., in fans
or gloves. ILo demi-monde at
Long Branch is refulgent -in glory. .:It
tacit ter toils_ nor
would horrify us clannish Philadelphians:is
looked upon at Long Branch as something:
that. is nohody's inisiness, and; of coats,-not`
to be discussed. Your correspondent neVer,,
acva more stunning seraglio' tier a hilife
. --- orgeous -gaming. '-house - Ahan - New - - Yorkers —
It ve established :here. To walk - .through..
Wu ington- reet -at- Cape - May' is- equiva- ,
lent, in bringing to your vision familiar
laees, to : walking through Chesttint street. At
this place the,Pidlailelphi.ans have
must ertid at the lloW land . TfoitSC.' In all tins"
"last iwts I._withite sovenhuudred-ov.rflowing
rooms, there are probably not fifty people who
are residents of. our Quaker Cite. '
e. season- here __LtAjihor.L.one.:—Fpr.—tbli-.-
revson the price,s of everything, ftotrtymir dor
mitory to your tensor, may tic set-down as
steep. Everybody here looks overworked
Mr Wilkinson, whose vigilant eye supervises
.1111,!. Continental. is.so_at en • . • • I
at! ex tra_ pair of intspendets :he:could_ : . •. - areeli
itionee the customary junction bet welch his
vest and trowsers. The waiters and toddy,
mixers alike show evidence of toil. When a
bartender cant get time to adjust his duster
and his ear-locks, the inference that ho suffers
from fatigue is fairly entertainable..
Your correspondent this afternoon visited
Monmouth Park. The hour for the beginning
of the races was 1.30 P. M. As if by the hand
of some Titan a super-saturated sponge had
been wrung out, immediately a great black
cloud broke directly over the course. The
consequence was that when the quadrupeds
ran, they did so in mud and water nearly
ankle-deep. As a matter of course there were
present 11071 C of the gorgeous turnouts that on
each day previous and on to-morrow will
illumine the greensward. The down-going
train, however, brought to the spot a multi
tude of Philadelphians. In this point of view
Mr. J. Warren Gore has left nothing to be de
sired. As your correspondent has previously
stated, the road from Philadelphia to Long
branch is among the smoothest in tho country.
People may leave Philadelphia at 7 A. M.,
take lunch, bath and dinner, see the races, and
return to their homes at early bed-time:
- - - . •
The trains stop directly at „
the track. ' To
those unfamiliar with the routine of a race
course some hours of observation may hero be
advantageously Enuployed. Of the many horses
present a considerable number are held at the
price of a very beautiful dwelling. Asa"triat
ter of course, they are delicately cared for.
Their reqiiiqqa and treatment are those of the
gladiator or the rower. His finished,
and by a leather, muzzle over his nose the
horse is prevaited' from (Thing what
he otherwise.would do—from eatingthe straw
that constitutes his bed:
• While the horses are being prepared for the
contest the sporting Men Are keenly surveying
the gronnd with an eye to business. The scene'
for a while is Babel-like. In surveying it we
felt Very much as. Bunyan's Christian and
Hopeful must haVe felt when they found
themselves amid the tumult and confusion of
Vanity Fair: • tThe 'tim e Whew, we-most enjoy
the descriptive talent of Dickens is .on. °cm-,
sions like that of yesterday, when - the pools
are sold by auction, and the profesSional
betters and tricksters are in all the fervor and
excitement peculiar to their. calling. One of
the horses in to-day's race was ridden by a
scion of English nobility? Lord IVodehouse.
The youngster is twenty:two years of age.
Be is" horse 7 all over. He talks horse, leeks
horse and thinks horse.
To-day's programme was this :
The first race for the Robbins's stakes, for
three-year olds, to carry 100 pounds,tWo heats
of two miles, purse, $3,000. • First horse,
, 52.000 ; second horse, $7OO ; third horse; $3OO.
' The second race was for a purse of $7OO, for
•two-year olds, three-eighths of a mile. The
winner of the West End hotel stakes to carry
ri pounds extra.
The third race was a selling race for all ages,
11 miles for a purse of $6OO. The winner to be
sold for $l,OOO. If entered to be sold for $750,
allowed live pounds ;for k $5OO, ten pounds.
Any surplus over the*stated selling price to
go to the second horse.
The fourth race, a gentleman's cup, for all
ages, Welter weights, gentlemen riderti; the
prize an elegant silver punch-bowl.
The following pools were sold ou board the
Jesse Hoyt, this morning, by T. B. Johnson:
- -
For the two. mile) heats, Kingfisher, $lOO, .
$lOO and $100; -Enrreryi $70,.5G8 and-$O9; .
- Major, $5, $6 and ,„ . For' the- gentlemen's .
riding race.. Rapture;:sloo; $lOO and $lOO ;St.
Patrick, 150,-450 and 800.• ~.. , , . .-, ~ , •
. The first •race ~ was for three-year olds, two
mile heats. Only threeThorsesran._They_wero_
kingfisher, -. Enquirer, and; 'Major. , The • tirsb
heat maven by Kingfisher, beating Enquirer
by toil) lengths,' Major being four lengths be
hind. ' Time 3.564.
Ilefere the race Enquirer was the favorite itu
the iittoki . abd 'Kingfisher second choice.. Be-,'
tbre.tlia.aaeondiheat rain descended la a tor:i'
rent, - , Enquirer ,won the heat ,by two lengths
of
ahead'Staler; and . ntielengtli ahead-of Kling ;
tisher. Time Z1..741. On the ' third heat En...
- quirer won bY'paelength ahead of Kingfisher.' 1
Tune -1 ruinutes:. , - ' •
FIEREEMI
For the second race there were four en
tries: B. P, , McGrath's ch. c. McKinney, by
War Dance"; A. 11, Richards, ch. by Lex
ington • W. B. Babcock; ch. f. Nelly Ransom°,
by Jack Malone, and S. W. Jones's ch. f., by
Kentucky.. McKinney won the race in 1.23.
;For the third race W. Pennocks entered
b. c. Norton ; J. O'Donnell entered r. b. Con
nolly, and Cornell entered br. c. Donevaile.
O'Donnell's horse won in 2.30 , 1 - .
For the fourth race there were two enyies :
Rapture, ridden by Colonel Caster, ana gr. c.
A—Patrick, ridden by Lord Wodehouse, as
named above.. Rapture won by two lengths in
I.ti9. , •-
Saturday closes the present racing season.
The programme is this :
Firstß«ce--littrale Race Handicap—For all
ages. Two miles ;eight hurdles. Purse; !: , 800
—nee to first horse, 5200 to second horse, and
-](,O-to third-horse.
k'econd Race—Restoration Stah.s.—For all
ages. Suhscription, $lOO, p. p. bleats of four
rniles.Purse,s.s,ooo—S3.soo to first horse; :3,1,000
to second horse; .5500.t0 third . horse. -•
• lionliontious.
I. Thos. W. DOS well; b. h. Ab-del-Kader,
Australian-;—Roiteue, 5 - years. - • •
2. - Col—las. J. O'Fallon,elL b. Blantagenet„by
Plant t—Rose'Bonheirr; years.
J. Also, eh. h. Sundown, by Uncle Vie, darn
imp. Sunny , 'South, by Irish Bird' Catcher, 5
years.
4. A. Buford, b. h. Crossland, by Lexington,
dam by Albion, 5 years.
G. R. W. Carneron, br. f. Invereauld, by St.
Albans—imp. Itleanor, 4 yea. _
G. Odinl3owle,eb. c years, Pontoon,by Doneraile—
Undine, 4 years:
7. Also, b. c. Legatee,by Loxington—Levity,
4 years.
8. J. W. Weldon, b. Tn. Floia .31eiror, by
Lexington-Floride, 6 veare. - -
Causes of the Suleide of the Late French
Minister—Sew Factii El lei ted—lll*
snuffy Established.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald says
Since the decease of Prkrost-Paradol litany
little facts have come to light tending to show
that the lamented Minister did not, at a re
sponsible being, put an end to his own exist
ence, as at. first very generally supposed, but
that, on the contrary, his was a tolerably well
ascertained ease of self-destruction during 'a
lit of ireianity. The Marquis de Cbambrun,
one of the roost, intimate friends of the de
eeased, is well satisfied of the soundness of
this theory, which, moreover, is the only one
reconcilable with all the facts in the. case;
A few days ago the Marquis received a let
ter from M. Thiers, in Which the latterpays,
substantially; that " poor Paradol was for a
softening of the brain; and Conternplated With,
horror the probability . or posObility_ of having_
to live the life of one bereft of reason." Ac
cording to M - . Thiers Paradol had. received_
ins dieal attendai:iee.for - thireatenedpalady.
while-in France, and this fact, taken-3h' ton
,i.tection with Other little circumstances, wonld
seem to 'establish with reasonable certainty_
that he was not sane at the time he put the
- pistol his breast and discharged the contents
into his heart.
• His letter to M. de Jardin and that to M.
Ber , heiny are both cc nSistent With this theory,
so are his 'declarations to the Marquis de
Chambrun and others, and his requests of
should over happen
him. to take, earn of big obildien.74.t is be-
lieved now: that when he - Made -those declara
tions and wrote those letters the calamity that
neanticipated. was not suicide, but a loss
. reason _ whicht_Wonld unfit'
_-him_ to 156 - _dh - y -
Aimger guardian of his own children.
- The act of purchasing the - rpiStols - abso
comes cleared up consistently with the theory...
of insanity with the new light thrown upon it.
In Franco he always kept pistols about his
house as a matter'of self-defenee and protee'
lion against robbers; In the hurry of 'leaving
this country lie discoveredhe had neglected
to bring with him his old favorite pistols.
After being in this city a few days, and While
suffering from the extreme heat and general
debility, his cook came to him Otte - mOrning,
and said :
" Ah, Monsieur! this house is: haunted.
There are ghosts here, I am sure, for 'I hear
strange noises every night." • '
M. Paradol answered. " Ah, Yes! Marie, '-
the house is haunted ; but not with `dead
spirits. lam not afraid of the dead, but of the
living."
The next day he botight the pistols and na
turally enough told M. de Jardin that the
reason he; wanted them was beratise he was
living alone and required them for' proteetion
against the. possible attack of robbers. His
daughter, who left this country under the im
pression that her father had died from natural
causes, explained that he had been for ;some
time in 'Tread of insanity from siitteilingf of the
brain, and also,stated that it was -his habit to
kefn pistols inhis bedroom:"
This morbid dread of insanity; arid tlid lact .
that his, wife lead died insane, weighed en his'
mind' heavily; atid, no' ileubt, battened - the ter.
Hide climax to his malady,: The night preced
ing his death he had - ordered` his valet to rouse;
him early in the morning, so' that he might
take some medicine which hail been prepared
'lndir his own instructions.
From this it is inferred that whou he retired
io bed that night he had no thoughts of self
destruction ; but lie was unwell,-and suffering
greatly from the heat, and it is supposed that
he woke up suddenly during •the night with
his head feverish, and that in'an instant the
itlea filled him that he was insane. That mo
ment he took the pistol and shot himself
through the heart. This is only a theory,to be
ire,. but it tallies with all the' antecedent(etr 7
inniistances.,
There' is another .little fact tending to' show
the condition of his mind. When, he arrived
here M. de Jardin askeilliim if he bretight
with him a court suit. He answered yes, but
that he would not use it, beca.ase he felt him
self too young in the diplomatic service to 'do
any act to make him . appear so cod
spieuous. "Besides," said, he, smiling, " you
see the court dress is the same as that of the
Cabinet, costume, and When I return home and
get elevated I will have this suit all ready."
It is said, moreover, that he wrote a letter ad
dressed to M. ll:Lieu, expressing a fear of ap7
preaching insanity,' and begging him in that
event to look after his children. 1 give these
new points about the matter in-justice to the
memory of M. Paradol, which has been as
sailed
Capture of an Enormous Grizzly Bear.
The Santa - Barbara (Cal.) Tines of July 22
says:
A large grizzly has been committing de
predations on the stock of the citizens of Car
ninternt and Montecito for the last two years,
Trequently killing two or three calves during
the week, and hogs whenever 'he could find
Ahem. Several attempts have, during the time
mentioned. been made to shoot and poison
this general intruder, but withoutsuccess, and
several of, the prominent citizens had offere,d
rewards amounting in the aggregate,' we
learn to about 51,000; some say $2OO covers
all. He had been frequently waylaid by par
ties stationing.themselves-in trees-; traps - had
peen set for him, ..and nearly,every device re
sorted to in, ordel, to kill, him, but all' proved
ineffectual until Monday last, when Messrs.
Califs-and Hubbard,' of Carpinteria, started
-out after him r and on Tuesday came upon him
in the Canada Bane, and killed him, He Mean
suied,from the tip of his nose .to hia tail 71
feet, and from the tip of his nose to the-top of
his head 18 inches, and weighed over 1,000
pdunds. 'lt is' 'Stated that ' +hat4 deatroyed
inore than $l,OOO worth of stock, in the"L i tSt;
two years." ,
FRIDAY, AUGUST r), 1870.
I a IiEVOST•TPAIM &DOE.
A CALIFORNIA BEAR
DJ?
THE 'WAR IN EUROPE
ENGLAND AND BELGIUM:
England's Duty In the Present Crisis—
Armed occupation a Necessity.
The Pall- 3Thil liazetr, in the course of an ar
ticle upon the dangeroua position of Belgium
and the possibility that England may have to
intsrferelo protect tier, says: ' •'
We have no wish to speculate on the course
or • -result- - of ••F interference. - - 'We - shoiTi d'
only interfere if interference were forced
neon us; and 'neither France nor
Prussia is likely .to do that with
out much consideration. We shall only on-'
serve, in passitig, that we could Produce an
enormous effect at -an almost -inappreciable
cost, husbanding our resources against the ex
haustion of those with.whom weditaight have
to deal. Gunboats in the Scheldt, an'iron-,
clad fleet making a flying Iran bridge between'
the Scheldt and the Thatnes--if needful an
English contingent doing, duty with the' Bel
to a ti garrison—and:A ntwerp'wolild be ittipreg-,=
nable. Without putting a man in 'the
field, --we- bold- 'a' --. Belgian Torras
Vedras, from which' we should. hope to
-make a diplomatic conquest• of all our
protl•ges had been robbed - 6n- , Our good Allies
of France and Germany ought torbe assured'
that. we have.ndif.:quitelost spirit. Lately wa
have often been taunted' with our placid
abstention, with more or less reason; these
taunts rankle..and - ate - apt to min g , into violent
action when war fever I.sl abroad. , We Wight
have interfered for Denmark; yet when
France, DentnariCifold ally,looked onquietly;'
it would have been somewhat Quixotic for
Denmark's old enemy to'have gone fluit into
field.
'the eld. -We have been' taunted with not
interposing in favor of Hanover, for not
mixing ourselves up In a domestic quarrel,
and making a dynastic question of a
national one. We are ordinarily -
a
peaceable and a practical
people, and slow to swell our debt or thin our
poptilation for ideas, nulesa,the ideas be made
very, plain. But this possible Belgian ques
tion is as definite as it well 'can be;' next to
the Belgians we have stronger concern in it
than any one, and far more than the Belgians
we hold its issue in our hands. English honor
and ,English feeling will insist on our inter
posing should circumstances "demand it. The
sooner we hold ljeinperate but decided lan
guage the less likely it we shall be called
i.pon to act : while at the same tithe we shall
guide French and PrussianS to prudent coma
sels, and probably spare woes unnumbered to
our unlucky Belgian neighbors.
,=lThe__T;.ii T yn tt u e e
g P ay r e nsa . . .
- The left wing of the .Prussian army has
stormed Weissenburg, a, fortified French town
iirr the Lamer River., near the -Rhine. . The'
details of the atlair are not given, nor is its_
importance or significane - & - indicated, - butthe
Prussians are reported- as - completely-succesS- .
Weis,..enburg WaSabandoned as a defetis
sive point of the French line in , 1867, but its,
irvOrks were nottazi:rl;anir since the' present
operations began they have been occupied by
at . least a division-•-cifttroops. .These- were
driven in the PruSsian assanit,-and the works,
which extend for 16 rifles along the Lamer. '
river, fell into the bonds of -the victors.. The
Prussians subsegnently
,advanced ten miles to
the south, destroYing the railroad
,between
Lauterberg - and Strashtfrg.'
It is intimated - in' some Of oar despatches
that the attrick'Was intended to prevent the
movement of the French-by. that route across
the Rhine and to,the right . of Mayence. This,
- Etter:curse b -ilierels -- 41143-7 - supridsitio - ri — or ifie
torrespondent, and will not command the
tidiest credence of careful students of the situ
anon on the Rhine. All speculations of the
kind are as absurd as they are unsatisfactory
and unnecessary.
The right wing of the Prussian army at
Treves appears to 'he greatly strengthened,
,and indeed-,to every point of importance in
'the triangle between the Rhine, Mos , lle and
Saar additional Prussian troops are hastening.
It would Seem therefore clear that there is no
intention to give up this important district
' without ti terrible struggz
The Attlitode`Of - ltrelj- on the War Quefi.
, -1. itton.
The Florence correspondent of the Timel
1 ; says ,:t'
The Martinis Visconta-Venesta, the Minis
ter of Foreign...4.ilairs, was, this week, called
upon Itt'Parliainent to reply . to inquiries con
cerning the attitude to.be maintained by Italy .
in case-of- tt;-Freneb-Prtissian ' war, and • the
continued French occupation of Rome, in
connection with, the -words .alleged -to have
been use‘l'latiily by the French Minister,
011ivier; td-thd eillOt - that the Italian Kingdom
is not yet well Oistablished:
To the last of these' inquiries, Signor Via
conti-Fenosta replied, that as soon as it was
known there shit such
.language had been at
tributed to Signor 011ivier, although in an un
official conversation, that funotionary waS
written to ftor an explanation ; the response
, to which was that the conversation was - not
oorre.aly reported.`. -But there. ,. is a -lingering
feeling of dissatisfaction, growing out of the
syspicien that. tthe opinion attributed to
the MinistOf - IWATiat Of - ()Metal circles
in France. Upon the Roman ques
tion. the Minister replied that the • policy
of the Government would still be that of
waiting. as the - one most in accordance with
the dignity and. the interest of the nation.
C,•rtaillly, the actual state of things 'cannot
.continue forever, and the Minister gged the
Chamber to, leave.to the Government liberty
of jtoigment matt.of :action in dealing with' a
questiOtt to which: whiAi3 responsibility is
pledged. Upon the Spanish King question,
the Minister simply-said that the good offices
of Italy would be joined to those of the other
Powers to the end of, preserving, if possible,
the peace of . Europe.
HOW ITIEE1" MARCH.
.
What ^French Soldier Carries
[Prom tho Loudon Telegraph.]
The whole of the Imperial Guard has uow
left Paris. The last regiment that left—the
Fourth Voltigoure---were marched up to La
Gillette this Afternoon. The weather was in
tensely hot:, the sun converting the long ave
nue to which :King Flausstuann has given his
name into a perfect oven, and the march must
have proved very trying. Nevertheless. the
men were picked men, very different from .
some ef•the line battalions which wont off last
week, and carried cheerfully and with affelas
tie step the enormous load with which they
were laden.
When will generals and men in authority
take the advice given so many years ago by
Lainoriciere,' more lately by Trochu, and acted
on, I believe, by Havelock. in India, and
" Stonewall" Jackson in the American war ? .
This advice, which is founded on experience
of real warfare, was to the effect that to retain
his efficiency as a fighting man, the inf.tutry
soldier's inipMirnenta should' be reduced to a
minimum, and that the weight he hasto carry
'should liereduced by two-thirds at 'the very - .
least. Marshal Niel did his very hest to effect
this by organizing a regimental train, consist
ing of one-horse two-wheeled wagons, four of
which were:to.be.atta,Ohed to each company.
But he died before the organization of this '
"regimental"train could be . completed, and
the number of these , carts is '
that only the Imperial Guard 14As had about:a
doien distributed to each regiment, and they
are used tor the purpose of carrying spare
ammunition ,:only: The result . Is , thati,though
the foot soldier has a much lighter weapon in.
the Chassepot than in the old: murtledoader,.
.Imstill hes to carry on his;back, and shoulders
weightof about seventy pounds Prench,that
upwards of one-third of the regulation
vi eight carried, by a sumpter mule oue of
these Vciltigeurs, whom' I treated, to ..a glass
r. of beer,' supplied me with the details of his
'pack." •
First, there is the Ohassepot, seven and a
half pounds ; the sword, bayonet and scab-.
Lard, three . pounds; ten pounds' of aminutir
Lion, distributed partly in . two pouches and.
partly in his . knansack ,a pair of shoes; a
lour-pound loaf of bread; a canvas bag slung
over, the left shoulder,andLcentaining,-any
creature comfort the man may have procured:
it was empty in many cases,but ray friend car-1
-- riedriirivaponud- - of - tdbatein,- some - cigars, -
,_
flask of .brandy, good-sized veal and barn
and.-a, string or ~ ereelaA a Pail. Over the
lrapsack—first, a greatcoat; secondly, a
blanket ;'.l.liirdly, his share of the canvas for
iLe fr.nif.',frahri, and sticks for the same ; and
fourthly,alll/ge camp kettle: •
mridelhe knapsack be had a second pair of
trousers, combs, brushes, needles, thread, but
tons, a pair ofgloves, a couple of pairs of socks,
and three shirts.; in additionA flask capable of:
containing about rtqnart of liquid is thing over
1.1 n., right' shoUlder. A longmareh with such a'
weight runSt'lricaPhoitate •,all but the
.Very
strongest men"and It is only tee easy to under-
Stand beiv it haPpens that knapsacks an& ha-.
peti;milito. are in varigbly.droppedthe moment
the rirst shot is fired.. - '
_ .
In the French army the practiceis generally
to order themen to lay down their 'knapsacks
on going into action, but the stamina. of the
men has he - en,irled to • the uttermost before
they get tip to the front by the carrying of
such monstrousloads: - :Picked Men may"stand
it,' but it is sufficient to look at an. average
regiment of the line after a few miles' march
ii,g to form an opinion of this vicious system,
of overloading, for the maintenance of which
that sturdy old veteran, " General Routine,"
THE NATHAN .MURDER.
The Coroner's Inquest—lmportant
Testimony Li/cited.
The New York Ilerrild, in its account of the
Coroner's investigation of the Nathan murder,
has the following :
A Good Witness.
The first witness called was officer 'Mangan,
who was on the Twenty-third street post the
morning of the murder: He seemed to be
above the ordinary calibre of policemen in
point of intelligence, and-gave his answers to'
the questions put to him by District, Attorney
Fellows, who represented tbe people, :and t c o
thejutors, Who examined,him at great length,
in a quiet, confident way, that gaVe general
satisfaction.'-
Police Officers, as a general, thing, when
they are :my way officially connected with.
:tn./important case, make desperate attetimts
to show their- own ‘Vonderful- smartness-Thy
making mountains out of mole hills -of inci
dents that may to a certain degree, by the way
they are stretched out, lend au, influence for
or against stiSpeeted.:partitisi . ; - :Manganw,asnot w
of this stamp, and the- consequence' as hip
testimony in all:points - reuiftin'ed 'nil:Shaken' by
the severest cross-examination. '
Wha Opened the f boor First Before Sl:ft .
O'clock.
The only really valuable,_ „portions of , his
evidence were that relative-to his heariag,the,
alarm of murder, what he saw when he en
teral the house, and' when he " tried" and
saw the hall door shut last during his term of
duty. The latter was probabir the most im
portant point of-all, if a point of evidence in -
a, case like:this can be called important which
throws . the murder in deeper mystery , than
ever; fer if the officers .statement 'be
true, if was ---- utterly iMpossible for
_any one to -have- left the house by the
ont - way between the time he "tried' the
door,or rather saw the doorshut the last time,
and the time when the; tilthatrsiins appeared
on the stoop to give the alarm: (Jae very
portant fact elicited by his testimony showed
how unsafe a thing it is for sensation news
papers to jump too suddenly at conclusions
in a case where a man's life may be at stake
before they hav,e good foundation to spring
from. '
Whose ,Night Gown Was Stained with
Blood?. •
It will be remembered by all who have
made themSelres familiar with. the details of
thiS terrible murder and every, incident con
nected with it and . its surrOundings what 'a
•stress was put upon the fact that Wa.shington
Nathan's night gown "was' besmearedwith
blood when he came out on the stoop to' give
aie alarm, yet Mangan testified that it :was
Frederick Nathan's night gown and socks
which had the blood stains, and, that. no sign
of blood was risible about the 'other on.'
These'stainsirrederick accounts for by his
having knelt down and -leaned over the dead
body of his father when he found the. corpse
'first, and by hip baying st ood in the pool of
l.dood:wbich surrounded it. Thus it will be
soeli that eneral Blair did not See so blindly
a ter`alL In his statement mate what'he, saw
ou the morning of the murder from his win,-
'
do g• in the Filth Avenue. hotel, which over I
:;looked the Nathan mansion, it will .be , recol ,
'leeted that he persisted that the young man
with the side whiskers. he ,:had.seeu sitting at
the third-story window at 51 o'clock was the
i~tiine one ho save a half hour afterwards on the
:.sioop with his night-shirt stainexl with blood.
`to all the"reporters;' whci had - been' in
formed that Washington Nathan, who does
not wear side whiskers, was the one whose
night gown had heen found stained with
Wood, appeared very much, like a contradict-,
lion ;, but it will be seen by Mangan's evidence
that the 4eneral was correct in his statement
as to the identity of the'two brothers. How it
was possible ' for nearly every' newsl;
paper in.' the- city . "tot- geti- Muddled
about this, little 'incident of 'the' .case (for •
the result of the inquest will show that -it is
little in its bearing on the guilt or innocence of
any lierinin in the holl0e) is a mystery, . It may
he that onritig'follie restrictions put upon the
in‘testlgations of the reporters the detectives
bad a hand in the misinformation. It may have
been accidental:on their part, but for all that
it was mischievous in. the extreme, and might
Kaye been -criminally so had any evil result
tlowed from it.
Could a Loud Noise be Heard From
Room to Room?
The, testimony of the carpenters did not
amount to much as a whole,and although they
were very rigidly examined by two of the
,jurors, nothing but one fact that could tend to
throw any great light ou the case was elicited.
This fact was simply, this: they stated that to
slid best oftheir belief it was impossible for a
person sleeping on one of the doors above that
occupied by old Mr. Nathan to hear any ex
traprdinary noise below them in the house, but
that they did believe a person sleeping on the
same floor could be awakened by a loud-noise
in the room.. This, , taken iu connection with
the fact that they also swore that there was
Only one sliding door between pld Mr.-: Na
than's room and, that of the rear sleeping
apartment, becomes a very important feature
in the case.
An Outside Confederate with, the Mar
.
It will be
seenif adeordiegAbMangairifilesti
inong,.as has already been-mentioned, that no
person could have leftthe house by the : front
door between the time,when the officer saw it, ,
-shut last arid- When,the alarm - was -
out having 'Peen detected; 'and yet Washing- ,
ton Nathan states , when he came dOWn stairs
he found it open. - Now; the' detetitives have
opened their 'eyes to this; and tbe result of the
inquest will undoubtedly prof that they have..
opened them to the extraordinary part of the . „
case With geed pUrpose.,
• ;1 Granting . Mangan's statements about
{leer to be true, and-Washington Nathan's
also „says one of the detectives, they sho.'so- -
just ' this . Somebody in the house might, have , --
had a confederate who aided hina in doing the-
RICE Tii:4ER CEO; Kiy%
murder. The inmate would har,e• piloted hint.
out by' the - back way after;the deed was done,
looked the stable door, pamed through it to
the Twenty-mecond street door anti let him.out
of that: _Then It was an easy - matter for hint
to leek all the doors behind him and for ap-,
pearanee sake pull the, froit "door Open awl.
4( are the "-dog'' bide it.
,The whole think
would be but the • •
Work ocia 1111nutte,
- anti — then, when I , Va.9Uffigton rtaprie,'
down stairs, after discovering the murder, why' '
he_casewould- seem.- plain- to biro - that:the:
murderer bail left by the front way,,and thou
vk lien the detectives examined the'butli destrii
and found them all secure on the inside, they
would naturally come to the "same conclusion.;,
This theory could easily reconcile the apps
rent clahl between.the officer's .and Washing- 7
on "Nathan's statement about the door beings,,
epen. The detective who formed it thoronkhly
believes in it; but then comes the . ' question;
ho is the inmate. of the house who piloted . 1.
the outside confederate in and out of the'-
house?• Time alone can, tell. ,
ACTS &ND . .10ANCIJES.
—Chi - note ladies go Calling with iiquare pieces
of red paper:for cards. '•
Dr. tiolliind is to edit Hours at Home.
Newspapermen have to edit hours atthe office.
—Dickens was• a warm admirer of that n'
naughty novel, ".Griffith Gaunt."
—The " coughing hors is the Indian name.
for locomotive. - '
-The. San Francisco. Jews have abolished' •
the separation of sexes in the synagogues. ,
—A costly "Japanese"dily bulb With name
as long as a hoe handte produced,an ordinary, -,,
—A young lady at; Dubugne sues her ma
ternal relatiVe for slander, in talking
,abont ,
her and that Smith fellow.
—An Illinoisdoetor to be sure a patient was -
really beyond further fee-paving, burnt him
ith hotiron. He was too dead to resist. .'
—ln Indianapolis a dry goods_ clerk
fallen heir to.a million dollars. He was tear
ing of a piece of calico when the news
reached him, and he left it half torn oft; and
said he would have to be excused. - •
—Dr. Fetters, who had only one eye was , •
accustomed to say: ," It takes ,but oneC eye to
seleet the proper remedy; it needs two for the •
apothecary who prepares it;.as for.the patient
who swallows it, he is lucky if he is blind
—They had to appoint a new cemus-taker -
in a Buffalo distriet, became the old one, spit.
tobacco on a red-headed woman's carpet.:
He was carried home on a dray.
—Paterson (N. J.)
.papers are inclined tof - ,
think that-when-temperance_people_ga,oh:azia' .
excursion, .and all -get drunk, it don't speak
very well for the cause of temperance. Itrde-1"
pends on how you loek at it. . •;,
—An English life, insurance• company
Just paid the inspratiee of a mampho took out..:
• •
his policy - in-17:0, -and-diedrecently-at theage::,
,of one hundred and three;,the first instance,
in which has beenpaid on thelife
of a centenarian.
—The • lrom an's' JbatriM aritionnees, - under'.
• the head of , " What Woinen are Doing'," that
`` Jiidge Mrs. Esther, Morris, of Wyoming, ' '
getting.onswimmingly-in her-official duties, •
-which are,rapidly increasing. She has lately,
married several - couples." . _ • . ••-:
-
----A Pittsburgh druggist iold a woman some --
laudanum, and then sent a man 1.4;,t • to., the ,
iIDUS(3 . with a.stomach-pump, winch arrived. ,
just in time to save her. He then charged $lll
for pumping her out. "There is Cheating' iii,
all trades but ours." .• -
—A pretty girl at.the Catskills took the burst
ing of her trunk so happily that a wealthy
• -young. Gothamite was captivated, proposed
and was accepted. -- Now-there isn't n'grri at, - -
the mountains. but has smashed her trunk, all-.
to pieces, to show hew sweet her temper •
—it beats all what a passion drunken men
have for lying down on railroad tracks Or ; a
9miet sleep. At Morris, 111.; two men, named
McArpine and OS \yald, got their:kegs full and:
went to bed'on the Rock Island read, and
a few minutes they were in the Land- of the-
Leal, all hashed to pieces.
—A German naturalist has discovered that '
starlings are of extraordinary service in des-:'
troymg insects,and saw a single young starling
consume one hundred and forty snails in four-: ,,
teen hours out of the twenty.four. • The snails
were' heard . plaintively murmuring: ' '" W''
can't get Out." ' • ' •
—The papers say the young Prince Imfie- •-•
rial has.been in his first fight; and has been
baptized in blood. It is a , cheap . way to' be
baptized in Wood,, to stand off two miles and, ..,
see through a field-gla. , .s a poor Fronehrnas
riddled 'with bullets. But that's where the
glory comes in. ' • .
•
—When a •m
an is returned to Congress . lie{
has two chances of rare distinction. He may
be invited to dine with the British' Minister,- ,
and he may be buried in the CorigreAsional
bilrying-ground, and have a monument, re- ,
semblitig a store-box surmounted by, a cheese,, , , ...„,
put over him. It pains me to think that,X can, A.. 11„
never be returned to. Congress.—Deri Pigit.
—A girl at Ed wardsville, 111., was trying
milk a cow when she 'kicked over--the,;,
rl over—when she got' up and knocked bier
down—the cow down—with' her fiSt—the •
girl's fist. Bore is a chance for some effemi.;
nate young man to marry, got a partner , for' •
life w hose milk of human ki udness—the,girl's-L;
will make him happy or break his neck
attempt.—X. Dent.
—‘, Chassapot peaches are in the market * i,
and are more effective than, the guns of the.
contending'armies of Europa. ' Undertakers
keep an agent at the fruit, stande, and when
they see a man buy peaches, they
,Watch Min
home, inquire his height, and go 'right home
and make a coffin his size, then go back to the. ,
house and watch for erapo on the door-knob.. •
They generally have to wait about three home •
before sending in their cards.,
—The Murfreesbore Monitor, in detailing an:_
accident accident that occured to aMr Jaquith, in.that. '
no gh borhood, by reason of his horses, attached
to a wagon, running away, says : " Ho was tak-.
en, more dead thaq alive, from under one ofthe
wheels of the wagon. When he was taken up
all the 'skin was peeled from his breast, anthills •• •
flesh, horribly lacerated, Itioked like a quiver
ing mass of jelly. -We are glad to bear no bones
were broken, and that he has escaped ,without
injury." Tough old boy Mr. Jaquith enlist r be.
—Venus rising from the sea and Piskstand 7 ,.,
ing beside it are too most poetical cOrtibina.
tions. The latter has given wing to the iincy
of a Long Branch songster, with the follow. ;
big result
Close to the sea, on Jersey sailds,
Tho lord of railroads and of lands, •
Clad in a bathing suit he stands.
The roaring sea before him falls ;
o watches iu his over-alls--
Then quiclr as thunderbelthcr.spraWll. -
• •
—A Western poet follojring
pathetic pared:* to the St. Louis Divatc/i:
lii-Chow a little had, •
Which doiVu, lus back hung low,
And everywhere that KI-Chow 'went,
The piptall'it would - go ;
While sitting in the school ono day,
- It reached onto the floor, I
When naughty children, fond of Av. •
Fast tied it to the door. • ,
• • 'lhe teacher jusethen coming in
a , To bear the children spell,
i t ?tanked /poor .up. by the root%‘n • •
With , a, demoniac yell;, • : .‘1
And when•the children gathered rou.ruk - •
The teacher to them said, •
• ; Behold the tale-bearer's sad fate
In lii-Chow, there, Acme dead."
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