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I'IXED EARTH CLOETS ON ANY
floor, in or out of doors, and PORTABLE EARTH
COW' 8101 , ES, for use in bed-chambers and elsewhere.
Are absolutely free from o mice. Earth illoset,Com
'any's office and salesroom a • WAL G. RHOA , No.
3221 Market street. ap22-tfi
- -
JOHNSON —On the Ltit inst., Sarah A, Johnson, aged
Ei years,.
lt he re qttiv es and friends of
invited to attend the funeral, front her son's residsnce,
1522 Coates street. on a,onday afternoon, at 4 o'clock.
Trr - prorred to Lau -atittirt • .
K UGLE Lt.—Suddenly ,thie morning, Mrs. Eva Kugler,
_Due noticayall_be_glvemof_the_f n nem'. *
. ICHOLSON .—tho the •Ch Inst., Mrs. Jane NichoftToli,
'vile of James Nicholson, aged Al years.
the relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
ins lied to attend the Inborn!, I rout the residence of her
husband. No. 1134 South Fifth street, on Monday atter.
110 toll. At 3 o'clock. To proceed to the Wharton Street
Church Vault.
NOItION.—On Thursday, August 4th, Charles F.
limit-p r at Ids country residence.
The I elativus and friends are respectfully invited to
attend his funeral, front his late residence, 1521 arch
titre- f. nn ru elnlny tn. rn inn. 9 111 inst., at 11l o'clock. "•
PENINGTON.-.-On the nth inst., in .the 11 5th year of
his Aso. Li, , u•Priont Lawreuco renington, late of the
United States Navy,
1/1"4 u n do friends are invited to attend his funeral, on
31o»aar. A tiring Mb, at o'cl , •ck. from Ins lute reel
t.2ls lit irtn.. ,, tr-it. W , •‘4l PtilntiolDhin ,
4 00EYRE ARCH STREET,
LAN YELL,
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lootire. and passing Long to ranch on the trip.
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tour rexpectfull
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Clove. A. Porter, Charles Bell.
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PIiiLADKI.PIIIA, August ith, WO.
151, ro. , Win. F. lit:Cully, Esq., Gen. W. C. Baxter,
'Robert T Gilt, Eton., nen. John F. Mooney, Wm. D.
liondnek. Esq.. and other, , ,
Gertit,nieu : Your communication 01 the let instant,
teriderinq me the compliment of a NEW YORK BAY
- EX( 1.111.b1 ON. has born received. I appreciate most
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and th.u.k you oincerely for It.
1 accept of the proffered offer, and will name MON•
ItAY , August nol, 1570.
Most respectfully yours,
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SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN C H.QReH
—Rev.,' B. Oookcy, Pastor, will preach at half
past 1' A. M. and at 8 o'clock P. M. • It"
FIRST PRESBYTERIANCHURCFI,
wftAbiligton sqUesTe.—Noruing eery ice ditrinc
thi ,, month. Hey, Wm. C. Cattell, D. D., Pre•Mtem
f a
ayet , will preach• It'
Eu. REV. A. J. IiVICETT, I). D., WILL
inn eh in the Arch Street ➢t. E. Church. Broad.
hew Arch, ennday meriting, at 11Bi o'clock, "Strangers
. tl% Bed. It'
— ST. CLI XIE.I , IT'S CHURCH, TWE N.
.
tietla and Cherry streets.—Service (Choral) and
f'.3erinon, to.morrow evening, at 8 o'clock. M this ser
vice the seats will be free. autheSt*
REV. R. C. 'MATLACK WILL
preach at the Church of the Nativity to-morrow
(Sundaj)---morning, and administer the communion.
.Service at le 3.; o'clock. .1e
11L - . FIRST REFORMED CHURCH,
corner Seventh and Spring Garden streets.—
'Bev. Thomas X (err, Pastor, will preach to-morrow,
at Pr.; A. DI. 18 P. M. Strangers welcome. 10_
EVE 'ING SERVICE AT SPRING
Garden Mall, N. W. corner Spring Garden and
Thi.teentli streets, will be resumed to-morrow evening
at o'clock. Sermon by entities Campbell. Subject
•• ligion ; what it is." The morning service for the
I.ord'a Supper and worship as must. It`
VCALVARY PRESBYTERIAN
elluich. Locust •Areet, above Fifteenth.—During
this month the congregiv ions of the West Spruce Street
:and of Calvary Presbyterian Churches will worship to
gether in Calvary Church. Services at 103 i" A. H.
Rev-
_Thaddeus Wilson will preach to morrow, It'
•
cb UNION SERVICES-CENTRAL
Presbyterian and Third Reformed Churches.—
m e y C. NV ad ow orth,D . D., will preach to-morrow morn
ing, hi the Central Presbyterian Church ( Eighth and
Cherry streets), at 103 i o'clock. and in the Third
aieformeil Church (Tenth and Filbert streets), in the
evening at 8 o'clock. It'
10. OPEN AIR SERVICES
thefl.llEPiCeli of the Young Meu's Uhr
ciatiou, SABBATH AFTERNOON (D.Y.
lowinp places:
Secoral and South streets, 3 o'clock.
Cemetery-Lane,: .
Second street - , above York,
Seventh and st. Mary streets; -
Independence Square, Preaching b'y
Ilev. T. A. FERNLEY.
Gray's Ferry road and Bainbridge St.,
Nineteenth and Ridge avenue,
Fourth and Bainbridge streets; by Hie
Toying Men's Christian Association of the
:First Presbyterian Church.-- -
Jefferson Square.
..Tlroad. and Master etreete. 'Address by
HENRY H. tiIiILLINGFORD, Esq.,
Broad and Aicb streets,
Broad and Coates streets,
Broad and - South. streets,
Twenty-second and Federal streets,
Almond street wharf, 7 o'clock.
Emotion street, rear of Ninth and Bainb
tat 735 o'clock.
Wilder's Woods, below Germantown,4 0
Germantown avenue and Nicet own lane,
West Philadelphia—Thirty-sixth au
r•venUO.fß..
Ovi.vrsrille, 6 o'clock.
THE WAR IN EUROPE
The French Government Stops the Trans
inhision of Ale , wes About the Weissen
burg Defeat---It Rakes a Great Impres
sion In !Kohloud
French account of the Weissenburg defeat re
ceived here up to 1 o'clock this morning. The
• ' 1 correspondent of the Tritrulte in P. '.
telegraphs that the official despatch is in Lis
- possession, but permiasion - to telegraph - it is - re
fused.
The Prussian victory has made a great im
pression here. The Daily News of the Gth will
say : "henceforth we may look for an ex
change of really hard blows. The French
Emperor cannot afford,-under-present circum
stances, to consult merely military interests in
the movements he orders. The moral effect of
this defeat at Weissenburg must, be wiped
wit at whatever price it may be necessary to
pay. It is understood that Marshal
M acid alien, when the unexpected blow was
struck, Was just returning from a long and se
rious conference with the Emperor, having
probably : carried away with him a plan of the
• campaign.. -NV liether irent
interfere with this plan or not, all that we
know of the character of the French army
bids na look for a serious attempt to avenge
their deft at."
• Lh OF THE SA ARBRIICK AFFAIR.
X4l al bon e_ rrespondent._ Wltneftseii the
wag'. meni— Ihe First Experiment
Vi it is the 111 I traillense—A Prussian
Battalion Breaks In Disorder.
LorsPori, Thursday, Aug. 4, 1870.—The
special correspondent of the Tribune with the
Erenchltirces sends an account of the afrairat
tSaarbruck. On the 2d inst., at BA. M., more
t re ups mere 'expected at the railway station,
Marshal Lelanuf had just passed toward Gen.
Trossard's headquarters on the way to the
heights of tiptelierun. A French officer gave
our correspondent a place in his carriage. lie
r. ached the adtanced posts as the men of the
hall Regiment of the line were busy buckling
en their knapsacks.
1 hey only knew that the order was " For
1N ord. - At 10 o'clock the videttes of Canoes
brigade mere sent to the front, the infantry
tidily advancing under'cover of the wood,
T ; ITntiiti the road in parallel dines, artillery
alai all descending the bill. On reaching the
plain the infantry rapidly deployed, skirmish
,is mere thrown_well out, and the battalions
t, ere massed. in the rear, additional artilltery
oas ittaced in position on the heights. The
- line then traversed the valley',
fol
tt ed by the battalions, and keeping the same
, :i , tance. The heights on the other side of the
talky,- which overtook Saarbncir,were reached
ithout serious ofiposition.
The artillery now opened fire at once, the
Prussiani batteries on the other side of the
river replying vigorously. The - division of
lb-infra!' bataille Massed upon the road front
T d
eri:a' tcifiaarl:ruck, -moved--up ; and the-at
tack-began-in earnest.- At 12 - o'clock the , Ern
: .eror arrived, and the cannonade- was brisk
;tit along the line. A Prussian battery at the
• utrance of a wood - near the village of Arneval,
hutting the French tire too hot, limbered up
:tad moved to the rear, 'while a battalion of
t' tit-shin infantry retired at the same time in
,;cud Order by way of-the-Saar.
On this battalibn the first experiment was
c.atie with lititrailkiism and with decided ef
ii:ct. for the battalion. was soon: broken, and
disappeared in disorder behind the nearest
cover. At two o'clock the French aga n ad
vanced, and the ground just held by the Prus
sians wilx occupied without further - resistance.:
E eteand therewere_ lying_ a few Prus.siaus
dead and many wounded. There was cannon
lig toward Saarlouis, during the engage•
went. but it gradually gtegq„weidier• -
A nothsv correspondent writes from Metz,
(.11 the ei-ening of the 2d, that the French had
ti killed and 1 - I0 wounded. The Prussian loss
is not known; it is reckoned at 250. In a train
with the correspondent from Saarbruck, there
came 14 prisoners, and among them a son of
the ex Urand Chamberlain of the Duke of
Nassau. A staff officer, sent by the Emperor,
arrived from Forbach to question the prisoaers,
and with orders that they shall be kindly
treated.
At nine o'clock, strong columns of infantry,
n ith cavalry and artillery, leaving Spikren,
took a position between the village of Arne
val, the Bahlberg, and the slopes of Saarbruck.
This movement was sustained on the left in
trent of Forbach by the First Division of the
Second Corps; other divisions supporting
the right; the whole body numbering 25,000
men. The Sixty seventh Regiment, form
ing the head of the column of the Second
Division, opened lire in skirmishing order on
the enemy, who were very well posted in the
upper-part of the valley. When the French
hail deployed the struggle was brief. Within
twenty minutes the Prussian infantry was in
toll retreat. The enemy's artillery, posted at
the edge of the wood lu the rear of Saarbruck.,
opened on the French troops, who advanced
under its lire and established several batteries
on the heights above the Saar.
The cannonade then stretched along the en
tire line from Ludwigwald, a mile and a half
to the right 60 Saarbruck, to the extremity of
she Surest of Arneval... In Like rear of the vil
lage of the same name, firing continued with
violence until half-past twelve. The eneiny'
tire gradually diminished, and their forces fell
hack. The French advancing, picked up two
Mead and seven wounded men.
During the action the bridges over the Saar
wire blown up. The French are now repair
i I,g them alio Prussian forces numbered
n r boo.. There - was a sharp .canuopade heard
toward the village of GroSsblittersdOrf, which
was occupied by the Third Division.
he lino Millions toted iu Parliament
teppomed by one—Bright Fayorm a Re
benne Attitude.
Lorinori, Friday, Aug. s.—lt is believed
that there was strong opposition in the Cabi
net to proposing the credit of two millions re
cently voted, and that LorVe resisted it, from
unwillingness to part with his surplus, so vo
l.. mently that one moment he talked of re
signing. Bright, so far as able to share in
Goveriiruent councils, has approved a reso
lute policy.
The story that England has presented an ul
timatum to France and Prussia respecting
Belgium was generally discredited in the
House, and was considered to be finally ex
ploded by Gladstone's answer.
TUE NEIUTRAL POWERS.
A Special Mission oDenmark---Only Taco
esseis of the Frauds .Fleet at Copeck
iksit en— the Press of Denmark Against
A rat minty.
Loisnox. Friday, Aug. 5, 1870.—The special
correspondent of the Tribune writes from Co
penhagen, on Sunday (31st), that the Marquis
of Cadore was expected daily on a special
mission and with instructions for the French
fleet. Only'two French vessels were yet there
—the. Thetis and .the Flandre. The Danish
press is almost unanimous to the effect
France can have Denmark's assistance if
UNDER
iatian Aeao•
ot the fol-
4 o'clock
Railroads and Their Mtaidons.-The
Distance from Point to_Po►nt.
The following are the stations and distances
on the principal German and French railroads
which intersect the seat of the present Europ
ean war. The Rhenish Railroad runs in a
northwesterly direction along the left bank of
the Rhine from Bingerbrueck at the mouth of
the Nahe River to Cologne, having a length
of ninety-five mile.s. The following , are the
principal stations on the railway and their
distances from the starting-point :
Bingerbrueck, Bacharach, 8 miles ; Ober-
Wesel, 12! miles ; St.Goar, 161 miles; Bopard,
2'3 miles; Cappelkin, 35 miles; Cobleutz, ZrB,i
o'l o'clock.
5 o'clock
ridge streete,
'clock.
434 o'clock.
baccoster
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1870.
. miles; Neuwied, 461 miles; Andernach, 49
miles; Brohl, 53.1 miles ?.Breissig, 56
miles; Singzig, 591 miles , Remagen, 611
miles; Rolandseek, 66 miles ; 68;
miles ; Godesbeig, 70 miles •, Bonn, 741 miles ;
Boisdorf, 78 miles; Seehtem, 821 miles ;
Bruebli 85 miles; Cologne, 95 miles.
From Neunkirehen in Rhenish Prussia east
stations and diStances are:—Ritis
ers lanten in Rhenish-Bavaria, 29 miles ; Neu-
••• ;
Worms, 81 tulles. The railroad from Germer
_skim to Spires, in Rhenish-Bavaria, near the
Milne, is 7 - miles in length. From Frankfort
on-the-Main, south, along the Main-Neckar
Railroad, the stations and distances are as fol
lows : armstadt, miles; Z wingenberg, 20;
miles; Auerbach, 28 miles: Benshhelm,3o miles;
11 cyperiliiini, 33 miles; 'Weinheim, 391 iniies
Friemriclifeld,4B miles; Manheim, in Baden,
; miles. From Kehl, in Baden, on the
Rhine, opposite Strasbourg, the railroad
stations, to the east, with their distances are
liark.2; miles.; Eegelshurst, 4 mites; Appen
wr imer (junction), 7 miles.. From lilanheim
iu Baden, reltith- along . the s Baden Railroad
running nearly parallel with the Rhine, the
principal stations 'and their distances are •
11 •miles; • Langenbruken, 261
miles; Bruchsal, 32} miles; Carlsruhe
46 miles ; Ettlingen, 503 miles; Muggen
strum, 56 miles; Rastadt, 61 miles; Oos
1 : 6 3 miles; Buell, 09 miles; Achern
79 ruile4,; Renchen, .83 miles ; Appenweier
(junction), 86; miles; Ofienhurg, 92' miles;
Friburg, 131 miles; Basle, Switzerland, 170
' miles: - : From Stuttgart,in - Wurtemberg,north- -
west, the station:4mA distance's are : L udwigs
burg, 9; miles • Bietigheim, 15 miles; Mueh
leeker, 29 miles ; Maulbronn, 3.31 miles ;
Bretten .39; miles • Bruehsal in Baden, 49
. /4-run Tans , northeast the- stations
and their distances are,;; Rheims, 991 miles;
Charlerille, 153; miles ; thence southeast—Se
(lan, Ms miles ; Monti:Deity, 201; wiles ; -Lun
en\ on, 214! miles; Thionville, France, 2413
miles
,
From Paris, east, the stations and their dis
latices are : Nancy, T2O miles; thence, north,
0, Metz, 244; miles; thence, east, to St-Avoid,
:r751 miles; Forbach (France), 287; miles.
} rum Paris, east again, the stations and dis
tances are : Luneville, 240 miles ; Avrtcourt,
intik ; Sarrebourg, 2681 miles; Sarerne,
miles ; Strasbourg (France), 3121 miles.
From Strasbourg, across the Rhine, to Kehl,
he distance is 12i miles.
4 he &Mtn:tents of Frenchmen Toward
the Prussians of Para,.
I From the Courier des EMt5111.11.3,1/j.." Figaro.")
In the last few days Paris is traMdigurated.
This Paris of revolts, this ris-of June and
.1 annary, this troubled, divided Paris, lace
!tiled by numberless factrons, has suddenly
and as by enchantment bt:eonie, that which it
always was-in the. greate'st crises of our his
t try, the soul of France the aus-ance Guard
iiJ ttie Nation.
At the tint alarm cry all those small guar
: do , have subsided, the hostile Cortex "have ad
journed their bitterest disputes,—there has
ten a iiational truce of hostilities, and all
hearts have joined in the unanimous cry
" Fatherland is in danger
And the mother - basgiven hei sons, the
ife her husband, the citizens their money,
old men haVe offered their feeble assistance,
0 /mien their brave hands and indefatigable
,:elotion. Belleville has fraternized with the
l'oulevard Montmartre and Chassee d'Antin.
'1 he Church has blessed this national arma
let tit: Eight centuries have passed since this
li,ystic call, " God wills it." The West has
sun against the East. Ty-day the Ntr hole of
Lunithatell _France rises_at the nationals.peal,
Honor wills it." For it is an old act.- tint
we_are_going to settlethe final li •i
-,.ation of Leipsic and Jena. This war whic.
-ets the four corners of the universe i u a fever
is rather a war of races than of principles. It
is the old Gallic blood which revolts against
he German blood. Therefore we hope that
the battle will localize itself between the bel
ligerent nations, and that other nations may
emain attentive but neutrabif not indifferent,
witnesses of this inevitable duel.
France has no hatred. Its pride has received
utlicient legitimate satisfaction to be able to
rive to its opponents the alms of disdain. But
Prussia remembers bloody injuries. To her,
Leipsic has not been the revenge of Jena.
Wood alone can blot out the hatred which
diterior humiliations may have put asleep,
nut have not strangled. This profound, in
eterate, indestructible hatred is inherent in
lie soil. One feels it floating in the air.
In a romance animated by the purest breath
.1 patriotism in the production,entitled "Prus
•tan Terror in Frankfort in 1866," Alexander
l)inas has marvelously depicted the feeling
ith which the dwellers on the bank of the
Tree are tilled :
It is," says he " a sort ofmonomania,
most which troubles the limpid spirit. One
'toes not more readily become a popular Min
.ster in Berlin than by promising, sooner or
titer, that war with .France will be declared.
One is no poet except' when one writes or has
written against France a lampoon styled, 'Le
Ithiu, Leipsic, or Waterloo."
These poetical hallucinations have in these
iast days conic within the domain of reality.
Even before the declaration of war had
otfi
tally sanctioned hostile acts, French women
nt the streets of Berlin have been subjected to
he most odious outrages, and our country
uen were driven to the frontiers at the point
of the bayonet.
It seems that in view of the savage manifes
ations there should be in the French heart
nly one unanimous feeling of disgust and a
iolent desire of vengeance. And still we
nave found in our Chambers men, who repu
diating all patriotit3 'deaf to die
voice of national honor, have 'Cynically pro
tested against our respectable and legitimate
-usceptibiltties.
'These Prussians of France, these emigrants
n our midst, these allies of the future Gerinan
mpire, all those who voluntarily have severed
themselves from the, mother country to open
The doors to foreign invasion, all those who
would turn the national war to the profit of
the civil war—all those we repudiate as not
belonging to our family ; and we nail for
tver the fratricidal names to the pillory of
publicity. .
Let all of them be cursed in the towns and
iu the country! May the doors of castles,
houses and huts be shut to them, and may they
find an asylum only in that cursed Prussia,
the country of their adoption and predi
lection.
AN INIPORIANT QUESTION.
Is Prussia Liberal?
[From the Boston Commercial Bulletin.]
It may be as well, in the present state of
popular interest in the Frauco-Pruss an war,
to inquire how much there is in the a-sertion
echoed through a largeproportion of the press,
I bat Prussia is a liberal power. History does
not he. Our predilections for one side or the
other may be warm. But we must not ignore
or falsify the lesson it teaches. Is Prussia the
- t hampiqn- of—liberalism—of—Europe—What—
ever may be the prejudices against France,
history shows that, in the true sense of the
word, Prussia has never been liberal, and is
1 . not now liberal. Was it not Prussia that deluged
Europe in war to, wrest Silesia away from Itus
tria, in order to make the Silesian a nation of
slaves? Was it nbt Prussia that was the chief
villain in the tragedy. of Poland partitioned?
Was not Prussia the first to let loose her dogs.
of war upon that great uprising for liberty,
the French Revolution, and the last tQ cal
them off? Prussia has never once fought for
freedom; she has never once championedthe
cause of an oppressed people. she has to this
day persistently kept down thei rising spirit of
independence within her own territory. But
she has a hundred tithes fou ,, lit for conquest,
for greed, to secure 'her royal race, to make
despotism permanent. Neither is the calm
of Prussia that of a united Germa ey
Prussia has absorbed Germany, not Germa
Prussia. William I. is the modern
pe rsonation of the diVine right of kings, and
hates republicanism with all the stubborn
hatred of his haughty nature, and,, Bismarck,'
sii - falTriiiiiheing the conciliator of the people,
is the promptest and most dogged foe of the
piiptilar_witant.___When_meraelLias_P_rust-_
sin is'the liberal apostle of continental nations,
we cannot forget that she is still 'a relentless
• I yraut- over unhappy .Poland ; • that she still
sisisOil coercing Schleswig-holstein to obey
her will; that. S e has throttled Hanover, ant
has greedily grasped Fr elskfort. Tl:eyehlira ane
Nassau ; that she still assumes to govern with
arbitrary power and the prowess of her arms,
not only her own people, but tbomeands- of
people who detest her, and whose liberties she
has filched without rhyme or reason.
WH7 DID THEY WEEP?
The Prince's Tranquilit3r.
. ,
The :Star - the following •on a no*
famous cable despatch : • •
thrilling announcement of Napoleon to:
the Empress about the scene at Saaroruck,
when the little Prince Imperial picked up the
bullets which fell around him, to use as al
ley-tors," and all the s oldiers " wept at his
tranquility," raises a question in psychology
which has not been.equalled in interest since
the men.orable discussion which once arose
upon a passage of Holy Writ: We arelold
in the Book of Exodus, that Jacob, on his
first-meeting with his bride, " Kissed Rachel,
and lifted up his voice and wept." Now, the
firubleni is, " Why did he weep?"—and the
NVhbleyange.of, solutions,whethethe enter
,
tainmeut had not proved to be what he ex
pected, whether he was overwhelmed with
grist that a thing so delectable had been, at
So late a period of his life, for the
first time experienced, whether he
was only putting forth a tearful appeal
for another Installment of the same, etc., etc.,
sr e are willing to leave to the careful and
7candid reflections of the reader. But the ques
tion before us is one, of more recent
and mere practical interest. Why did
those gray-beards weep at the little Pram() 8
tranquility? Were they sorry that the ball
the young cub picked up hadn't hit him? Had
they been rejoicing at their victory, and on
suddenly coming upon the Man and the Boy,
in whose special behalf they were, shedding
their Hood, d id the crying arise from a sud
deneffort to "laugh on 'the other side of the
mouth?" Was it done by platoon, and be
canse it had made a part of the "order of the
day ?"
-These suggestions are proffered in modesty
not as conclusive.; but only as contributory to
a t.atikiictory solution. The great question
stillremainS—Why did they weep?
Another View of-It.
The Newark Courier has the following arti
cle upon the same subject:..
:FIAT -- NOISLE T.OI !
Rise him for hid mothei."—Bruant
Cash Bianca, whose imperturbability "on
the burning deck" enrolled him as the most
famous of tender-aged heroes,• has stood a
long while without a playinate in his little
niche in the big temple of Fame. It is a lonely
place for a small boy, and the company he has
to keep are all so old and ugly, besides being
such tremendous fellows! Yesterday, Master
Casa was about the only young gentleman that
i.oetryand history thought well enough to
their heads about, at least so far as to
hand down his baptismal name.
" *
Louis. the only and darling son of Mr. and
rs. Louis ti. Bonaparte, the Atlantic tele
raph announces to America, " has smelled
powder" at Saarbruck, and in the words of his
in papa, " was admirably c 0 , , ,/ and little im
pressed."
* * * *
Of course this boy baptized is now a child of
fame. Now let Mr. Abbott sharpen his pen
arid do up the precious Imperial II infant for
diver Optic's magazine or the Young Folks'
tionthly. Let him picture for the youth of
America the scene at Saarbruek ; tell them
how Master Louis, on his two foot high Shet
land pony, with his tin sword drawn and riash
ieg in the sun, dashed up to the front where
lie cruel bullets stormed, and there, in sight
of two big, armies coolly picked up
one of those deadly missiles from
off the battle-field, put it safely in
his breeches pocket, slapped his little hand ou
it, winked his eye, and then rode away at his
papa's heels. If this incident moved the
whole French army to weep, think of the
oceans of juvenile tears that Abbott and only
Abbott can bid gush. Let 'Pm gush, as Mr.
Ward, under the circumstances, would have
said. Our lads have had too long a cry over
Casa Bianca. It's time they had something
fresh. ft's . here in the person of Lu. Bona
parte, who, bid by his stern parent, rode right
to the front, where the Millets (fallen ones)
were as thick as chestnuts after a shower. Let
there he peace now. If Napoleon the Third
w ent to battle to get a bit of warlike prestige
for his son, it's '‘ arove."
When Billy Tell was doomed to die
Or shoot the pippin oft his baby's head,
He said: ' Hold your mouth, shut your eyes,
Or I might shoot you dead.'"
DIbTRESSINbi OECUIIRENCE.
Heroism of a Boy—lle :Attempts to
Rescue, a Lady from Drownims and
Both are Drowned.
A melancholy accident, invols big the death
( , 1: nvo persons - by -drowning.. under circuttn
,tances of a peculiarly distressing nature, oc-
Lured at Rye Lake, Westchester county,
ew York, a day or twosince. ft appears
that a party of young people residing in the
neighborhood had been enjoying a picnic in
an adjacent grove, where innocence clasped
hands with mirth and every eye sparkled with
childish joy.
During the afternoon a little group, consist
ing of a young lady named Bart, aged about
floteen, with a younger .sister; Jacob Roach,
aged fourteen. also with a youthful sister,
,eparated themselves unobservedly from their
companions and sauntered to the edge of the
lake. While there Miss Hart incautiously at
teninted to stand upon a large stone, from
u lirch she slipped and fell into the water,
which at that point is thirty feet deem With
out a moments hesitation young Roach, who
was an excellent swimmer, heroically sprang
into the lake to rescue his companion, and
twice the brav e boy succeeded in bring
ing her to the surface, but failing to find any
thing to which he could cling, and becoming
exhausted with his almost lifeless burden, the
two sank together and were drowned. Some,
men who were working in a field on the op
posite side of the lake, and witnessed the gal
lant efforts of the boy to save Miss Hart,
reached the spot in a boat shortly afterward,
in the hope of affording assistance,, succeeded
in recovering the bodies, which--were buried
in One graVe - on; the - followi rig ; (.14y... The he
role boy, who-perfitted while ;attempting to
save the life of bbi companion, was the - only
son of a Widowed mother. '
--A )roung lady in Tennessee has at last - had
her persevera.nce, in looking under her bed
each niaht, rewarded by finding a negro con
cealed there. Bewas interviewed by her re
latives and messed ha his checks.
—A London journal advertises a-" fairy air
pillow, wbicb weighs buttwo ounces, and
when marinated pan be isacked in a note en
velope ; also a pookot life-preserver, weighing,
three ounces"
—An old lady in frennesseo, hearing of the
European war; i ls'burying her valuables. Bb.©
feats another visit from tho Yanks.
THE RIAUSEIL WILISE :AT THE GRAND
=3:l
The Beene of Ho Fir.t Public Singing
We translate from an enthusiaStic Part/-
reporter :
Those who were present at the impromptu
national spectacle last t,i ,ht is the Opera
House will not forget it.
—Tho-piece--was-i'lleeevr but-the-atteitti
of the public was hardly directed to the work
..f..,Aubet.. It was known that the " Marseil
wculd be given for the asking, and the
..udience only awaited the most appropriate
:eornent to call for it.
It was in the second act that the cry went
up from every breast. The patriotic duo - had
just been encored ; "Amour sacre de la pa
trie," sung with infinite heart and energy by
Villaret and Devoyod.
"The •MarSeillaise '1" was heard from every
part of the house.
The manager made his appearance. " Gen
tlemen," said he; " obedient • to your desire,
. . . . .
we; have the honor to announce that Mme.
sass will sing the Marseillaise' for the finale .
of the third act."
How long the beautiful ballet of the Dumb
Girl appeared to the auditory! The whole
crowd panted with impatience.
Finally; " Masaniello' 2 -sent np his-great cry
for vengeance; the populace rushed back,
brandishing their weapons ; the tocsin sound
ed. Breaking through the crowd, the ample
_ .tatric .
•figure:or the. cane appeared, draped
the white pepluth, and waving the tri-colored
banner. Au immense "brava" prevented her
commencing for at least five minutes. "To
your feet, gentleinen,7' cried a voice from the
paiqUet ; and every Where, in the fauteuils
and boxes, up to the dome, men and women
rose up. A general silence followed. Marie
:Sass intoned the national hymn.
What a. wonderful artist!! How the soul of
a nation's revolt against a pitiless adversary
seemed to pass together into her blupd! A
thrill passed over ttit. b9u;•e. whf,44 with her
superb voice she gave out that savage apos
trophe of the refrain : •
.‘ March on! It is craven blood must "fertilize
the land !"
The enthusiasm became indescribable; the'
e ntire house, men and women, took up iu uni
son the terrible and magnificent chorus. In
one box" Emile de U-irardin was shouting,
" Vive l'arniee!" He seemed sorry that he
could not for this ones change the author's
pen for a tetioes voice to play his part in the
scene, We believe we heard the voices of
-- M. Maurice Richard (Minister of Fine Arts)
and 31. Haussibann (ex-Prefect: wedded in a
patliotic duet. The Duke, and Duchess de
3101/chy thought no longer of the endearments .
of the honeymoon in their box . : their, eves
were if:jilted up. with„patriutism. ,The, war
lever swelled all these bosoms, and love of
country arose in every heart. And dowers,
clowns tied with tricolored ribbons, fell at the
feet of the transfigured singer, who was, for
that occasion, the heroic Muse of Warlike
France.
LOUIS KOS VTLI
An Interview with Him inttis Retire•
Some months ago. says the Boston ,hoovia/,
the Boston Lyceum Burcau comailsNioued a
celebrated lecturer to travel through Europe
tintil be KOsf-tithi - ann - , - as it was re
pi,rted that he was poor, to of - 1017_11'm a series -
4
4 lucrative &rig ageinent with" lyeiFutn4 t
nited States. We are permitted to quote
trim an interesting letter just received from
the gentleman referred to, dated Geneva,
.Itilv 18:
"With nerves still quivering from the dizzy
Alpine cliffs over which the Lieuis Railway
has just launched me here from Italy, I hasten
to report the execution of the commission
Nr Lich you entrusted tome. * * * In a re
tired quarter in the royally-forsaken city of
Tulin, piazza Cavour, over an hum wine
tavern, I found the lonely Magyar—a
sedate, rather dignified-looking gentleman of
apparently-sixty years of age,w hose demeanor,
though grave, exhibited much affability and
courtesy.
•I When I had laid your proposition before
im, and conveyed an assurance of the delight
hich his acceptance of it would afThrd the
republic, he expressed his deep regret that it
%%as beyond his power to entertain it, averring
hat he had retired entirely from public life
and was now a recluse from worldly affairs
'1 o.tbis, as a rejoinder, in order to remove any
impression that a visit, such as was proposed
to America, would involve his ifiterfereuce in
or contact with political matters, I described
to him the character and organization of
American lyceums, and the work done by the
Boston Lyceum Bureau for them, showing
t hat the discourse you desired from him would
require only his views upon some social or lit
erary topic, apart from the atmosphere of pol
itics altogeth'-r. I added likewise, that while
gratifying and instructing others, it would
scarcely fail to be a subject of intense interest
to him to have an opportunity of comparing
the America of his day with that of the ',res
t ht, and of - observing what twenty years could
do in the Great Republic.
"He then warmed in conversation, and
said : ' I dislike giving you a cold negative,
Ltd lam not the man I was ; I have had
heavy domestic afflictions; I want nerve, and
as for addressing a number of people, I have
almost forgotten - what 4:fuhlic --- srieaking was
Imn in truth a chahgling. Were Ito go any
where, it would be to America. 'But,' he
added, why want me? Are you not a nation
of orators'
"'But,' I said, none, Signor Kossuth, such
as con.'
. .
I then touched upon the delicate ground
of pecuniary consuleratious, and he immedi
ately observed : 1 have very little money, but
1 have very kw wants and I am enntent.-
" ' Will nothing move you, Signiar?' said.
"' I repeat,' he added, ' were - I to go any
where it would be to the grandest country in
the world, your America ; but I think, from the
sample before me, you can do without Kos
suth. Oh! spare my blushes! but I am a
faithful witness, and he had to pay a compli
ment in return for mine.
"The upshot, however, was his emphatic
determination to speak in public no more
unless duty to his own country demanded it.
He regnested me to say, however, that he felt,
highly flattered by the invitation and grateful
for the consideration regarding his ciretuu
stances.l
—A letter from Foochow says they are ex
hibiting a Chinese criminal in - a wooden cage.
where he will stand until death. He is about
twenty years of age. His crime is kidnapping
children. Ile stands in .he cage with nis head
through a hole in the top, his toes barely
touching the ' flooring. Thousands - gather
around - him every daylaiighing and - jecrilig
at him ; there he stands with his ankles ,
chained together and his hands tied behind
him Some one hadimt a few bits of broken
bricks in the cagei•and at - titnes - he would try,
by standing tiptoes on one foot, to bring the
broken brlcks,together with the tither, as he
could raise himself up a little, and ease the
weight from his neck, He.made rather poor
vivtikk of it. as hecould,notsee. the pieces, ands
had to direct his movements by the: sense of,
• touch _ only. His sufferings must •be. great, as.
he has been standing more thansiiventy hours.'
Another man that was caged up the same Way
lived abottt six days. •
dress for the concert-room—Organ-di.
muslin with fluted flounces.
PRICE THREE CEN T S.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
—Mrs. Charles Dickens has been seriously
ill since her husband's death.
—A Pittsburgh female was lately scalped in
a row with three others.
Within the last ten . years Nova Scotia
Las produced nearly $4,000,000 worth of gold.
atrimony is said to have cured Jenny
—Worrell-of-stuttering:—
—A Terre Haute (Ind.) Judge has given a
roan a divorce on account of his wife'S.horri
hle profanity.
—Pittsburgh's modesty is . offended.by scores
of men who practice pulling in wherries on
the river every evening, innooentof costume.
—'ihe Charleston (Ill.),Courier says a‘young
lady of that place as been celebrating her
wooden wedding by marrying a blockhead:
—Violet ink is used altogether., for love let-.
tem, because it fades out so beautifully, mat
leaves no sign. • -
—The rush to the Yo-Semite Valley this
year is unusually large.. Already more - than
tratelers have gone thither.
—Louisa Mithiliach has just., completed.
novel which she calls "Eugenie, or the Mis
tress and' Empreas."
Shakeup;" the "Alaska Re
rigerat or," and the " Alps let:bolt," are newly
invented summer drinks.
—A physiological teacher having put up in
his clitsg4bino the device; Men. snna in corpore
miio, one of his'young - lady ptipils*rote under
it, wnl ivernien's
—A young somnambulist recently, in the
Imtbor of Provinoetown, Mass., leaped ov'er
board, was rescued, and only awoke after
safely reaching tbe Meek.
—A dwarf woman, nineteen years of age,
wets recently deserted by the Side Showman of
a circus, in Kansas,- and would have starred
onl3 for the kindness of the people. -Tnb
Fithian had engaged to tray her $25 per month.
—A Western
_editor, denioralized by the
brat. says that at ninety-eight degrees in the
afternoon the thermometer indicated twenty
e minutes past two o'clock. The mercury
rail the editor were both on time.
—The U9•ei727.wie, ti German ;iierary organ,
rays that Dickens's "Pickwick
_Tapers'
Vliatheipated the German mind from the ore
i.:tmitiating influence - of French fiction, and
bad a most powerful and healthy influence on
(.4t rthan literature.'
-A Virginia editor wrote something - about
Lis "Alma Mater," and the eddpositor set It
" audn-water." --The,: funeral oi'-tho--cona
positor was quite largely attended by hill
brother printers. TIM editor hds been ex
.
ou crated.
—A physician residing at Camphelltowni- - -
t - steithen-county, having been duly assessed, as _
he upposed. as a "physician " and standing
early to cheerfully pay the tax which should
01 to Slvell the national treaSury and decrease
t lie national-debtifound hard been rated
aid taxed as a' " butcher." -
.
—An artist :of an illustrated paper called
upoh Superintendent Jourdan, of-New York,
and requested permission to "sketch" the
inuiderer of Mr Nathuu. The Superinten- ,
dent informed the gentleman ho w:ould be
bappy to ateounnudatk him, but at present it
1 - 1 - power - to do so.
—The London Daily Neivs,in speaking of the
litallerollB summons notices to; lierunitas in
England - Th - 04e to mintary• duty at home, says
;1;u the documents resemble a Bank of -Eng
land note,atal that the penalty for not respond
; ug loss_of_property_aud eittzemship,and
Mee 3 ears' penal servitude it afterward can 'lit
wit hi fi - thelimi ts - o f-ttre-eitiffito.
—The Fort Scott (Kansas) Monitor says :
" Colonel Boudinot, of the Cherokee Nation,
has in training a splendid elk, which he pro
poses to exhibit at the State Fair in this city,
in tieptember next, and will enter it against
the fastest horses in trials of speed. We may
calculate upon an exhibition of fast time that
will far eclipse the greatest record of Bonner's
famous Dexter"
—it will be an intense relief to newspaper
readers on this side of the Atlantic, says the
Cleveland Leader, to know that the Emperor
has finally started by specialtrain for the front
of the army. The announcement that he was
going was a great thing at first, but by con
slant daily repetition for two weeks or more
it grew very tiresome.
—A good story is told of a clergyman resi
ding at Calais, Me. In the kindness of his
heart the reverend gentleman invited a foot;
man to get into his wagon and ride. The
clerical gentleman asked his companion "if
he was prepared to die," whereupon the latter
leaped from the wagon and tied to a place of
safety, doubtless considering the gnestion
synon moos with " Your money or your
lift !"
—A young woman of lowa valked a distance
of forty miles last week to have hef:iitlftreated7:
for tbothache.' her lover hearing that she had'
left borne suddenly, and believing that she
had eloped with a rival, instantly set out
in pursuit. After traveling, thirty miles . he
encountered her returning alone. In the
staid ise and pleasure of the moment, he for
got his heartache and she forgot her toothache.
—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has two broth
ers, named Moore, who bear such a remarka
ble resemblance to each other that the law oil
11.1'S recently failed to discover "which was
which." One of them was "wanted" On a charge
(.1 abandonment, and the officer arrested the
v% meg wan. Whet.' brought before the much
ife she scrutinized him closely, and
,uuld not .be certain. thatit was _not_ her
Lind until he . - -
-The widow of Marshal Niel, although in
perfectly good circumstances, exercises a most
despicable parsimony. The correspondent of
a Vienna paper says that one day lately, in
walking about the city, she noticed some
superb ruses in full bloom in the window of a
coacierite. " Will you sell them to me?" she
asked.' Even a concierge is sometimes subject
to tits of gallantry Mingled with patriotism.
- No, Madame," was the reply; "but I e ail '
be proud if you will accept them as a preBent
from me." The lady graciously accepted the
gift, and the honest concierge carried the
dowers to her house with her own hands.
Whereupon, this gentle lady thanked him,
and, taking out her purse, °tiered him the
magnificent sum of two copper sous; at the
same time saying to the Adjutant of the late.' lslarshal, who was standing near her, "One
ic.t do something for such people!" Beside
other large sources of revenue, she had but
jest received an additional annual penSion of
12,000 francs.
—The Colony of Victoria in Australia has
'LIN fitly commenced the exportation of a new
Art He of merchandise, viz.: leeches. The
leeches found in the River Murray have quali
ties which render them formidable rivals of
t :•peckleti leech of Northern Europe. They
hitt. freely, do not stick too tight, and do their
office in such a workmanlike way that no in
flammatory wouridjs on_the_patient's skin.
These advantages have been duly appreciated,
and in the Murray district as much care is
taken to preserve the leeches as in Norfolk to
preserve partridges. Not satisfied with sup
plyingthe little blood-suckers - to Colonial-suf—
ferers, the - leech-farmers have recently ven
tured upon sending a consignment of them to
England. They were packed in soft clay taken.
from the bed of their native river and have ar l .
rived safe and sound atter their long journey
in &straw appetite, doubtless. and eager tip,
strike a vein. It is a historical fact that fcng
land has bled her colonies by wholesale for
nturies past, but this, is believi3d, te bathe . :*
list instance on record where one-or them
has attempted to retaliate by phlebotOmizing
the mother cautery.