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EXCrIrhiON Tick , :td, g.. , ...i duriug continuance et the i .I,p. 7.: , :t-r.ts t.atli. 1 HOWARD HOSPITAL, - NOS. 1.5 - 1 - 8 and IMyi Lombard street, Dispensary Department. —M edit:l treatment ncl medicine furniehed gratuitously o the poor et) LITICA-L- [Cry - 1870. SHERIFF, WILLIAM- R. LEEDS. ,eI6 tl ocl2rp . _ WEDDING AND ENGAGEBIENT Rings of solid 18 karat fine Rold—a specialty; a fall assortment of sizes, and no chance for engraring names, FARR dr BROTHER., Makers,. tny24 tf 824 Chestnut street. Wow Fourth A 1 'URAL POBTRAIIII. Curious Examples In Europe. The "Old Man of the Mountain," seen near the Profile House in the White Mountains, is familiar to many of our readers. The London Norm thus refers to some accidental likeness, natural and architectural, to real per sonages : The French newspapers are beginning •to be full of harmless jokes and sneers about Prussia and the Prussians. One of these re lates to a certain mountain in the neighbor hood of Ems. According to the satirists, even nature itself caricatures Herr Von Bisiharek, since the outline of this hill bears a striking re semblance to the features of the blood and iron Count.' Indeed, it has been nicknamed the Bismarckshopf. Such a resemblance is by no means rare. Close to Paris, Mont Valerien, if examined from the Nanterre side, presents a startling resemblance to Tillers. Besides Mont Blanc, nottutains in the Pyrenees, in the Tyrolean Alps, and else where, are supposed to furnish portraits. of Napoleon the First. There is a hillside visible from a coach-road in the Isle of Wight, the out lines of which recall with striking exactitude the features '11;5 te•Lord Brougham. In. old Paris a f oup of ,ouses in the Rue du Vieux. Colombier !Tned th exact likeness of M. Gal nier-Pag T ,f roofs represented his flowing hair, a g er Ibis forehead, and his col lar was portrayed b .0 1 :4 us chimney tops of the Petite Rue Tut 4 ine. The Minister of the Pro- Visional Gorernm' was very proud of this likeness, and when his guests used to praise an oil picture of him in his dinit.-room, M. Gar nier.Pag always replied that, b though a good likeness, it was not equal to that of the houses in the Rue du Vioux Colombier." - THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. TITITS New Enterprise in Wittissille, Pa. The church of St. TituS, apprOpriately situ ated in Titusville, Pa., is to be transformed in to a cathedral. The contractors, says a local naper,bave already begun operations and broken ground for the foundations. The addition will „extend rearward seventy-seven feet by seventy nine wide, designed to correspond with the present structure, and the wholei:will then seat twelve hundred persons. The present' belfry will be removed and a brick tower, tWelve feet square and fifty-six feet high, surmounted, by a slated spire one hundred and.. nineteen feet, substituted ... . taken from from St. Bonifaeifis' church in Buffalo. It wail- be heated 8y steam. A new organ- has 'beet, ordered at a cost of four thousand dollars. The entire expense of the alteration will andertht 'to twenty thousand. It is to be finished in ninety days. • The, funds will be contributed: Mainly: . ___by_frienfiErof-the.44Stor,„-in-VariotSparts-of 7 thd: country. It will then . be the largest reliaious edifiee in the State outside of l'hiladelpiria and Pittsburgh. , The foundations for the-: west wing of the Convent extend ono hundred and ton feet front by seventy deep, giving an entire.frout:of. erre hundred and thirty feet. It will be of brick, corresponding with the. present structure. it will not be put under contract till the cathedral has been completed, Its cost is estimated. of twelve thou Sand dollars. . . . • . . . • • , I • . . ' k : .. .. . • • . . _ . . . . ' .), LA - - . 7 E 14 P II t . . . . , . N....;311//,./ • • . • ' . ' .. . . .. . . . . ... . ; ..... _....,.._ ....____ .• . • . .. . • . ..,.... .....• .____, ...,,, .. . . .• -... -- 41 .4 t - ----- - - .• I i ., ..._. • •.. . . ..,.,,,.., . ..•. ..,,. . , _ „,...................._„.... ... , z. DEN., ,•. ........___..,..„.„_.... .._„„......„:..„,,,.. ~ -sue . .. ____ ~•. DIED. W. J. SEWELL, 1870. THE WAR IN EUROPE BY Cable.] THE RATTLE OF WEISISENISUBG. 'The 'Renato; Engaged—lien leant Nassau, Fraakfart and allesta Share in the At tack. LONDON, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 1870.—Further despatches from the correspond..nt of the TY ilium, respecting the battle of Weissenburg, say the two regiments that suffered most se verely in attacking with the bayonet are the King's Own Grenadiers and the Oth Fusi liers. -The one was recruited - near - Daritzic, the other in the environs of Leiegnitz, in Si lesia. They are good troops,of Gen. Steinmetz's severe training, but not the best of the Prussian army. A bayonet attack of Bran denburgers and Pomeranians means yet a dif ferent—thing.-- IGgimentii — of the Eleventh Army Corps, recruited in the Electorate of Brandenburg, in Nassau, and in Fran ktort, co operated with the regiments above-named, and thus, for the first time, fought as Prussian soldiers. As nothing is stated about -their losses, it would appear as if care had been ta ken not To expose them ,too much the first time. The remainder of'tbe troops engaged were BavarianS of the Second Bavarian Army, Corps, froth Franconia add from the Palati nate itself. 111 E ATTITUDE OF ENGLAND. Napoleon Seeking Assibtance from Eng. iond....llib Appeal not Likely to - be tmecesoffil--lhe English People Die truotiva of Their • Gorernmenti , .the Government Stifling Dloirnoslon by Ad journing Parliament. LoNnoN, Tuesday„ August ft, 1470.—French diplomacy is striving to retrieve the disasters (!t the French arms, and making strenuous of for English: 'and, - other intervention Hin the Emperor's favor, to arrest the march of the Prussians and 'secure allies for France. The .11((siteur says 6, important answers are immediately expected," but no semi-official sratement is trust worthy. There is no reason to believe that Napoleon's appeals will be suc. ( essful The English Ministry- is capable of doingalmost anything for the sake of peace; I ut English opinion will, not tolerate diplo- Mat it Intervention at such a moment. Extreme impatience is already manifested at tbn unsatisfactory character of the new ar rangement for Belgian neutrality, under e huh England might suddenly be called upon I. fight against Pruesia with whom she sympa thizes, and for the Emperor who has for feited utterly the foolifth confidence formerly given him. The favorable itnpression made by Glad ,tone'ii statement has already disappeared. The new treaty to now regarded as a device to get rid of all liability.for Belgium at the end of twelve months after the war; and it is asked, " :Suppose France or Prussia bad refused as sent, what was the English Government pre ii Bred to do?" •the reply being, " So far as known. nothing, till coerced by public. intlirg naOnti." it is this dread of Iteing forqed to do softie. fhi 1 4 *wit hhaSied Cloterninent to hurry the adjournment el Parliament, suspending the rides to get appropriation bills - through.- - It shrinks-from questions, and what the-public ft,-irs is that • during the recess deferential' diplomacy' with France is to be resumed. The debate broke out againto-day, alarmin • -- Tire - tabinetiand - COUld citily - be stifled .ty t pi mad 4e of a last opportunity for discussion to-metro:v. With Government in such a wood adjournment is a calamity, but proba-. '....tdx--ean-not-be-stiocessfully resisted. THE pnrssiAN COAST DEFENCES. The - Harbor Fortlfieatioes...4 priivdan passes the recut:A, Fleet Ira se,eo-13tieniarch eet , the_ tObjects . - of she IWor. LONDON, Tuesday, Aug. 9.—The special cor responden of the-7 rthune at Berlin writes un Saturday, 6th inst.: •• The whole coast is in a state of perfect de fence. I have witnessed excellent artillery practice. The iron -clad Arminius, which left for the North Sea, in the teeth of the French squauren, has reached port without seeing or being seen by the French, though she passed them while at Frederickshaven. The yacht Grille, the swiftest ship of the Prussian navy, is out on the Baltic, with orders to keep close to the French and watch their movements. She is in no danger of being caught. A French corvette, near Bornholm, attempted to chase her, but gave it up after halt an hour. It is impossible to guess, from the move ments of the French,whether they will merely blockade or attack. An attack upon Kiel or I )antzic, it is - considered here, would be hope less. Suspicion is still directed toward Alsen, and the northern part of SchleSwig. TUE INCAPACITY OF NAPOLEON Leßumf Removed to Prevent ?Mutiny In the French Army—No 0111.31 at News of Prussian Movements... Why Ittaenahon Has Dtfrated. LONDON, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 1870.,-Letters from Metz speak in the most undisguised way of the calamitous and fabulous incapacity of the Emperor. Marshal Le Ikeuf and all the military dandies composing alb military start' of the army utterly lost the confidence of the army, and the change in the command was an absolute necessity to prevent mutiny. All this while there is no official news what ever of the whereabouts of the Prussiai army, anti, under the circumstances, "no news is bad news." it is stated that General MacMahon wanted,: some days before the battle, to fire the forests in his front, through which the Germans came down unexpectedly upon the French, .but Euiperor deehuedsjo authorf?.e—the LaFavre, editor of the Soir, who has just arrived in Paris from Forbach, says he wit nessed the entire destruction of Gen. From. sard's corps, and claims to speak for 30,000 . .French soldiers who were cut to pieces by the fault of their leaders, and - who lameuted with their lateSt cry that they fell uselessly. The universal cry of the army, M. Favro says, is give us Generals that we can trust. The was hitherto a Government paper, but it now attacks the Ministers for clinging to power, and augmenting the garrison of Paris when every soldier is wanted at the frontier. It further says: "Every soldier now here is au insult to us. If you are inca pable of saving your country, the country ' - must save itselt." It was rumored iu Paris to-day that the. Eta n,; ror is expected at St. Cloud [l3y ATTITUDE OF ITALY. The Florence correspondent of the London I.lqify .Yewy, writing on the 20th ult., says : \ On Monday morning, before the sitting of the Chambers of Deputies commenced, the Conimendatore Visconti-Venosta was, sum moned by the King, who wished to giving him instructions respecting the answer which the Minister for Foreign Affairs should make on that very day to the - questions- put by Signor La_Porta-on-the policy-they ; intencl v. : to-pursue in the approaChing war between France and Prussia. The King most earnestly hogged the Minister for Foreign Affairs. never to pro nounce the word. " neutrality." The Commendatore Visconti-Vencsta was. to merely state that while deeply lamenting the deplorable resolution which involved Ales most terrible calamitie,s, Italy 'would adopt. a polic3r of armed vigilance.. remember that on the very evening of the day on which the debate took place everybody waS asking what an armed vigilance could mean.' After much discußsion • on the extraordinary Or.pressions WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1870. • used by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and by the President of the Council, people con cluded that' it was'merely one of those grain ruatical blunders not very uncommon, eve-. daffy in Signor LEtll7.led Italian. However, it now SCUM probable that an "armed vigi lance" means neither more nor less than a probable participation.. • • That sonic arrangement has been concluded between the. Emperor Napoleon and, King Victor Emmanuel is generally believed to be a fact. All depends on the turn affairs will take. An alliance with France, and conse quently a war against Prussia, would not only be unpopular, but, I believe, would cause se rious .internal complications'. Therefore; if the war were to be .localized between those Powers, Italy would keep quite aloof from the struggle; but I most tirrnly . belie.ve that if France were to be victorious in her first great battle, and Prussia were ,to ba;:ked by another—great--Power,-- Italy- : would be called upon to Join France, not so much for the sake of a cause which would not nterest her in the slightest degree, but that weans would be found fOr touching -the Italian sensibilities by proclaiming the liberty • and• the nationality of some great Catholic Power. my journalistic experience does. not -de ceive me, 1 am sure that this is thekey to the mainetivre.which has been adopted by all-the journals which have French symplthies in order to counteract Prussian tendencies. The Austrian Premier on the War. Count Von Roust has just issued a circular to the repreSentattves of Austria abroad on the policy of his Government in :the. present crisis. He says that when the ca l tididattlre of the Prince HOhenicillefn .first assumed menacing aspect for the tranquility of Europe, Austria's only Obit was to maintain peace. She did not attempt to pass any judgment on the question in dispute, but confined herself to recommending the. withdrawal of the Prince's candidature. • The satue.com-se was- taken, without--pre vious concert, by most of the other Cabinets. ow that war bas been declared, it has become the wish of Austria to Moderate:its • intensity, and in order to arrive at this result she will n aintain a passive anu, conse'quently, neutral At ti rude. _ This attitude does. not, however, ex clude the duty of the Government " to watch over the safety of the monarchy and protect is interests by .placing itself in a position to defend it against all possible dangers." The Count then points to the example of Belgium, whose position is guaranteed by in-_ tornational stipulations.- and which yet does not shrink from considerable sacrifices so as !o be enabled to proted itself in all eventu alities. " Such examples," he adds, f' should cot be left unnoticed; they prove bow gene ral is the conviction that it is net sufficient to wish to remain neutral; but that a nation must be alive to the necessity of making its neutral ity respected. . • Weakness, as well as passion, may be dan uerous to a country in buch critical times as these, and AUstria cannot permit herself tribe dtvertFil, - either by pressure or by unreasoning impulse, from the course marked., out by-her interest-. << It is the most - eager wish of the G overnment," he " to protect Aus tria from the accidents to which the greater part of Europe must be imposed. We will not ease to direct our attention to this object, and 71 the measures we shall take will be-d i totated •olely by the Wish to secure both flie.,tra.l - and the interests of the natia-0' of 4' •• e " Address of the QUeen of Prussia. The Queen of Prussia, on learinu Uoblenz tor Berlin, issued the following farewell ad dress: To the inhabitants of Coblenz : For twenty ear's I have lived in your midst. You have proved during that period, by your attach went to the King, to our children, and to my elf. that firm ties are binding us together. To Inc it has always been a source of true plea sure to return to you because I estimate, at its full value, our beautiful Rhineland. At the present moment I should like more than ever to remain with, you, to give the help which I can give, but other serious duties call me away. In the patriotic enthusiasm of the German people we hear the voice of God. A retrospect on the suflenngs of the past, and on the half century full of blessings which fol lowed them, shows ushow merciful God has hem] to this dear city, and that He will re wain so, for our trust, in Him is the surest Guarantee for time and eternity. Your trust and fidelity will always last. You know that we remain together in our hearts with God to our next meeting. Cohlenz„luly 19, 1870. AUGUSTA. iiochefort Terms the French Government a "Military Dictatorship." Henri Rochefort writes as follows from prison to his associates of the Marseillaiie-: ,11,1 Dear Fellotc-Laborers : Considering that ince the declaration of war we live under a military dictatorship, and having regard to the position of the Republican journals and the tact that lam once more kept c a n secret at St. Pelagic', I think the Marseillais.e cannot carry on the war any longer, since the only course open to it would be to replace the expression of our conviction's by • narratives of battles which we lament, and lists of killed and wounded. We must, therefore, suspend the publication ,bf a journal which has sacrificed everything to the cause of the people.s This suspension will be only temporary. The " Marseillaise" (the ong) of Rouget de lassie is now Bonapartist and official. We shall reappear when it be ornes Republican and seditious. Is not that our opinion ? I shake Minds with all of you. RE:4M ROCHEFORT. The statiof the 3farseilluis‘3 replies : Yes , a hundred times yes. It would be un worthy-those whom you have heroically led To combat to be timidly silent, or to_give__a aiu uiescence in the Wasf Whioli We detest. Better silence which leaves us implacable as we were. When you think the time come we shall rally to you with our faith and our dig nity intact. Louis Jules Trochu In assuming command of the French forces, as commander-in-chiet in the field, the Em peror appointed Marshal Le Ike& the majo r general of the army, as the French niibtary phrase has it, or, as we would say, chief of staff There is reason to suppose that this ap pointment was not over acceptable to the French generals, and was, in fact, considered the result rather of the imperial predilection than as a prudent choice. As early as the Italian campaign, the Em peror seems to have conceived a fondness fur General Lelatur, and speedily manifested it by making him general of division and chief of all the artillery in that campaign. On its termination he was again favored with the imperial recognition by au appointment on the tail of the Emperer, and finally, on the death 'of Marshal Neill, was made Minister of War and created a Marshal. Never having had command of a corps, his elevation to a baton was distasteful tkthe army , bathe willof the. Emperor overbore all remonstrance. As M arshal,,Minister of War, and Adjutant, so to speak, of the whole French army, Gen: Lebteuf had certaiiilY a fair.-share of military_ ionors'at.the opening - of the present but the measitro- , Of.his abilities does not appear -to have been commensurate with thee. extent of his prefernient: .The late, serious reverses to the imperial arms haVe so fully 'demonstrated • the justice of thereluetance manifested'at rapid promotion that-he-has- been. compelled to withdraw, or the Emperor haslheencotia pelleit: to7.disiniss him, and the .officlal an nouncement accordingly is.that . he retires. • In hiS place - is appointed Louis Jules TrOchtt, the organization now being; :Marshal Bazaine as commander-in-chiel, and General Trochu as major-genera] of the army.. Whether Marshal , Ilazaine's appointment to the supreme com- wand signifies that the Emperor purposes to itldraw from the actual command in the field does not appear, but it is certain Um: General Treat] is henceforth chief adminis frafive officer of the French army. That he should, so soon after the inception of Lo•tili nt s, have come to the front, singularly veri fies the prediction of. the Army and Navy Joternal of the 23d of July last.: Should the uar survive its first battle a fortnight, and promise, as seems very likely, to be a lone one, Trochu's name may chance to appear at ....the bead of the French armies." Louis Jules Trochu, born in 1815, is still in the full vigor of his faculties, and has for seine years past devoted so intense a deidee of attention to a military study cif the Iflienish frontier that he is pre-eminently fitted for his present Pont. His history in brief is lieu tenant in 1840, captain - in 1843, then staff of cer with; Marshal Bugeaud in 'Algeria, major in -1 845, -, lieutenant-colonel in 1853, general—of brigade in 1854, then general of division in 1854, In the Crimea he served as chief of the generalstafT, and is credited by Kinglake, the hirtorian, as a master mind of the French army-in the war. In 186 G he was charged with the preparation of a plan to reorganize the Freneh army,, the EMperor discerning through the smoke of kiadowa. , that a new military era' had set and in Iso7 issued the result of his labors in a famous essay that has ruiftlironvitten editions. Since the ISSUE` of this pamphlet " L'Armee Francaise," his chief study has been the Rhine border, the imminence of a war with Prlissia, ever before him. With his accession to coin inand we will, doubtless, see a change in the French strat4:gy:- 1 -THE CONTENDING ARMIES. General-httnistion Yesterday. A calm and impartial review of the latest ! - ttlegmros frcithEngland,:France and Genoa, itY, together With the news received by steamer, leaves no longer any doubt that the successes of the German armies have from the first been decided and continuous, while those claimed by the French—like the surprise of 'be .indefensible town of Saarbructten— amounted to very little. It is a fact that the French have been badly beatenin two - battles by the Crown Prince commanding t he South German army corps, With a sprinkling of Prussian veterans, at Hagenan—Marshal Mac...Mahon commanding the French ; and by the Prussian Generals, Von Groeben and . Steinmetz, at Liaarbrtmk en,. Forbach -and -St. Avoid. General Frossard commanding the -French. Marshal MacMahon is collecting his beaten columns at harem, or Zabern in Gerriaan. General Frossard has fallen back on Metz for the same purpose. These - Victories have , been 'decisive, and left in the hands of the Germans from 8.000 to Moo prisoners, froth twenty to Thirty - pieces of artillery, rnitrailleurs, stand ards (eagles), baggage f .and ammunition trains: A complete rout of the French army has only been prevented by the gallant action of be French artillery, which covered the re, -treating French army by a most determined and heavy fire on the pursuing Germass., - Although successful; the Gera:tans -- haVe suf tered heavily in killed and wounded; andthis firma:of; tan ce, together_with..the- di I t and mountainous country through which the French army is retreating, has put a rare stop to hostilities. thig'of the first_priliciples of modern Prus sian-strategy anittactic,s is however, celerity movementof under all circumstances, and rapid and: relentless prin , iot in case of the enemy's defeat.. ."),ccordi agcy we hear that the Crown Prince and Gs.therri Steinmetz are fol lowing up their .siik.'c , :g-Ses rapidly, and with great detcfptin atT and that the King and Vrince - ;, - FT-Charles - are preparing to follow ilk, main arm:, of the centre to ferce 2...bittbirticini the French la , fore they had a chance tfi'.reorganize and recover from the demoralizing effect of their first great and unexpected reverseS. This battle will be fought on the line of the oselle, probably near Nancy, which is not as strong, a position as Metz, on a more direct line to Paris, and finally a most important rail road centre, consequently more of an objec tive point to the German armies than Metz. In other words, the German plan of campaign is evidently tolorce their way in the most di rect line to Faris. via Nancy and Chalons, which are only partly fortified and situated in an open country, leaving the two "fortresses of Strasbourg and Metz, which were originally the resting points of the right and loft wings of the French army, to take care of themselves, orratber to be taken care of, each by a garrison of some 30,000 men. Thns,about 1;0,000 men will have to be detailed from the French army in the field for their defence, a serious loss of available men to Napoleon, the more so as such a comparatively small corps on each side of a victorious army of half a mil lion of men advancing as a solid wedge into France will be utterly powerless for any oflensive operation against the invader. Napoleon will thus be forced to tight on the tine of the Moselle. It will be a battle of giants, and decide the future of two empires for centuries to come. The two armies will number notless than 350,000 men each, and a deti at to either will be of the most serious con sequences, but more so to the French and Napoleon, who would have but one other point to make a stand—the fortified camp of halons—where he has already taken up his headquarters; while if the Germans lose a deci• sloe battle before Metz or Nancy, they will have the Vosges Mountains, the Satellite, the strongly intrenebed and fortified Rhine Prov inces, and finally the line of the Rhine to fall hack upon. The general feeling in the two countries indicates clearly the actual condi ! lion of affairs. France is by turns despondent, Indignant at Napoleon, and furious at the repeated-:defeats,. clamoring for arms -to rise en niasse and, defend France from apparent utter defeat and hu miliation ; the Germans are exalted to the utmost by their somewhat unexpected early t uceesses, and ready for any sacrifice to make them permanent, and thus to secure forever their country's supremacy. There is a rumor that they propose to throw fully 800,000 men into France, which is, however, a larger force than they can afford for the purpose, even should the French naval expedition to the Baltic he entirety given up. The movements of thee. French fleet along the German coast, and the measures adopted for its defence by the Germans, present just now no new features of much interest, and will not for some time, as the expedition from Cherbourg has been indefinitely postponed, and the troops and marines been sent to Paris for its defence. The rumors of the insanity and drath of Napoleon, the preparations for Hight on the part of the Empress, ought to be disregarded like all rumors coming from inter ested or unreliable sources.—Wt . rid. PLAIN TRIITIIS Modern Diplomacy Translated. France (to Prussia)—Now I'm just g.d.ng to lick you. Prussia—Werl, you ,just try it! I'll toll Eng land on go, Isay,.Eugland, he wanted me. to turn agin "you 'and help him to steal . 13elgium. - • England-1)w 7; 'Ow's that ?;IThat won't do, you know. What d'ye mean by that, you miserable frog-eater? . , France—O-o-oh ! - what .a - lie ! I never said such a thing ; besides; Prussia said it first; and bei4des, 'Prussia, made me say it—that. is, only said it for fun;just, 'cause Prussia wanted me to ! Didn't I; Italy ? (Aside to Italy.) Mind 'yer ••eye, now; old 'feller, or yer knew'What you'll gitl • • Italy—Yes ; I seen him I • France—And besides r Prussia's such it thun dering old liar - ttuit, nobody can .believe,ltim. Ah! I know what said about you, Russia! .$ • kni'w_—_qb I, Rubsia—What'.s - that ? What's that ? What's that? Prance—Oh! nothing— nothing of a❑y con sequence. I'd prefer not to tell, I thank voi.. int not one of the sort of people who go blab bing'secrets around, and making. trouble be tween neighbors. And now coins on, you bloody Dutchman, I'll lick you, anyhow. Is It the Ent! of Napoleoushen? The reign of "Napoleon 111. seems to be drawing near to - a - tit - and ignominious end. Despatches from Paris have many signs of in creasing discOntent and... insubordination among the people ; and the authorities do not appear even to try to conceal their fears. In London it is believed that revolution is immi nent, and there are rumors that Napoleon has succumbed to the disease, fungus of the blad der, from which he has been suffering for some time. The Germans may yet have difficulty to dis cover with whom they are to treat . ; but it is, pretty certain that it they succeed in arms they will not hesitate to demand the dethrone ment of Napoleon, if he should remain in power long enough.. • • • If they de that, they will. rid Europe of an , unendurable' nuisance, and make tiemsclves thelionefaCto'rs of every European nation, in eluding the English, Nor will the German nation, which • will then remain the most powerful on the Euro pean Continent, be dangerous or mischievous to civilization and peace, as France under the Napoleons has been. The Germans ,are, a .peaceable,_ easily contented, order-loving,- law , resPeCting people ; they are not warlike or aggressive, like the French; they comprehend constitutional government. and are essentially a free people. Their success May be regarded as a positive gain. to the forces of civiliza- Nor would Europe need to be alarmed if Gerniany should require of France to give hack to Italy that Savoy whiCh Napoleon treacherously took away, and to.restore to the German Empire Elsass and Lothringen, which properly lielonaThere, with the cities of Stras burg, Dietz, Mulhouse and Colman—New York Post. The Defences of Paris,' "I am reliably informed," says a correspond-. eat,. writing from Paris, " that the fortifica tions of Paris are to be placed iu a state of de fence with the utmost despatch. Most of your readers have seen them. You know that - Paris is surrounded first by a chain of detached forts, and next.by a continuous series of has lions with ditt b and glacis ? Seine of the forts are already in a state of defence, but the en rontihai not. What has to be done is this: The parapet has ro be protected by gab and fa- tines :embrasures have to be cut, platforms constructed, and ordnance mounted. N arshal Niel wanted to have this done in 181;7, but he was overruled. Next the ditch, which is interrupted by the road at every gate of the city, has to be cut. across it: draw-bridges will have to be provided, arch probably a tambour, kind of-field-work, built in front. The announcement thatcbi,.;; was, te_be done forth, - With • haS reinSed ifo small excitement. It is, however, no harm that the Parisians should be made to know that there- are realities 'in war beyond mere shouting on the boulevards. The National Guard will have to take its turn of duty on the fort i ficatie ns—he put through gun &C. The works are to be carrietton, believe I have already told you, under the superintendence of Gen. Count de Chabaud Latour. of the Engineers. The arming of the fortifications will be a gigantic undertaking. 1 cannot imagine its being done under a year's time. The enciente co fit rhu e laid out in a straight line would be about eighteen miles in length." Bitterness 01 the French Aginnst the Prussians. The angry, not to say furious, tone adopted nearly all the Paris press toward their op onents in the present war is strongly evi denced. by AI, Edmond About who, writing to the from Strasburg, says: "We are told that the Prussians are quite scandalized to hear that we are about to launch against them those fine African troops, 'the Tureos. 'The French,' they say, want us to be eaten up by -avages! It remains to be seen whether These savages are not infinitely more civilized than the barbarians who are encamped at Kehl. The noble bridge which France had constructed at a common cost has been partly demol ished, and •is injured throughout its whole structure. Never was a less excusable in stance of stupidity presented to the Europe of the nineteenth century. If Prussia is not made to pay to the last centime the cost occasioned t , 3 its brutal cowardice, it will be that justice does not exist in this world or in the other. T hear it said that the soldiers of the Landwehr —those weeping tailors and shoe-makers who are packed oil by force to seek for glory -have agreat fear of the bayonet-gun. They are only half reassured by an exaggerated state ment of the power of the needle-gun, and by Leiug told that our soldiers will never have an opportunity of applying the cold steel. Let us compassionate the poor wretches who rely upon the faith of this chimera." Relative Resources of Frame° and r rat4sin The conflict between France and Prussia makes it interesting to compare the relative resources of the two countrics.: France iii considerably larger than the Confederation, not only in territory but in population, for the last census gave the numbers as :38,000,000 Frenchmen against 26,000,000 Prussians. in France, however, the normal rate of increase in population is very slow, 160 years being the time occupied in doubling the number, while Prussia takes but forty-two years. In finan cial matters the advantage is on the side _et „ Pru.ssia r whose --Budget has never.-.been very heavy: The incidence of taxa tion in Prussia may be put down as about one pound a head, while in France it is nearly two pounds. The national debt of Prussia is barely two pounds a head, while Franco has to pay interest on fifteen pounds a head. In one case the interest is .£2,000,000; in the other it is no less titan £24,000,000. F rance ex cels Prussia in her economic position. The ceudnerce of France is greater than that of Prussia, and it has been computed that While the annual income of each 'Prussian is £22 per head, that of the Frenchman is £27. Prussia, however, is in advance of France, and in fact of all the European States, as far as education is concerned. Prussian Spies. The special correspondent of the Strtodard at Metz says : " Apropos of the fcirtsc two spies have been arrested in the act of taking observations of them— genuine spies this time, not British officers. A third, who had tried to pass the sentry •in the disguise of a priest lin thersed in the pages of his breviary, escaped. The sentry challenged him. 'On He pow pos . ini M. P Abbe.' ' My son,' said the pseudo priest, • your orders are to forbid. civilians and mili tary to pass—l. am neither ; the consitpit• does not regard me' Shan't pass, a. , 1 the same,' cried_ the_sentry.. The reverend gentleman showed a purse to the soldier, ,which confirmed ..thelatterl4 the suspicion_ he lad a spy to deal ._Ffe could notietive , his posti•: - but , hd rah•ed the alarm ; the mock priest took leg ball, as' if he . : were •a• Deerfoot in cassock, hjumped into a carriage which was waiting for im round a corner, and was whipped away before 'a couple of cavakV troopers could mount and give chaseP ) —Some one proposed that street railroads provide palace cars, not to becrowded,ta which passenger may'S'ecure a comfortable seat. by, paying ten cents , above the usual fare. There is a dim impression on our minds that the street railroad companies are bound to provide seats for passertgerslor the regular fare:. PRICE THREE us rs .FACTN AND FAL NCIES. —Can Napoleon be said t,. he worthies:l li& , * au.se he . has lost his Woertli? . —.Jacob ellielvenfiane6 and pet er Br ogNm il z r , eep rival stalls in the Indianapolis market. , --The wilipping post has been restored in the Virginia penitentiary. —A head wind—a sneeze.—Neto Orteanr Times. —A New York journal can't believe young Mr. Nathan guilty of fratricide in killing his father. Louia Napoleon . wishe,s to identify - himwelf with the "l!darseillaise" in order to be con sidered as the national him. —The drought is assigned ag the reason for raising the price of milk, by the Naw Haven. venders. —A Columbus,Ga., policeman has been seri ously hurt by falling over a large black cow, asleep on the sidewalk'. • —The German ladies of Newark are getting np private theatricals to aid Prussia in some incomprehensible manner. —Some:lndiana regtilators tried to make a man confess himself' a horse-thief, by hang. ng him,-but when they cut him down he had lost all interest in the matter. Olive Logan announces that she will vote in five years. This gives a clue to her age; as she will have to be twenty-one to vote,shentust +now be turning sixteen. —St. Josepb, Mo., is represented to be a "big city" from the fact,that a child. was lost -there-- 14st 'week, and could not be found . for two hours. —Milwaukee has a base ball club called the " Butterfingers." Each man has a boy to pick the ball and hand it to him. With • this odds against , them-. they • beat - the Chicago " White Stockings." --'4ll,the papers have something to say about " . rummer drinks," relating the experience of (.oiters with different beverages, each recom mending his favorite. It is a singular circum stance that none have alluded to water. —Statistics recently compiled show thatinf all the r. 00,000 families that have gone in eimutry this summer, only tivo families have taken their cats along. The cats are a❑ here singing around nights for cold victuals.—N. Y. Dem. —The following inspription is.on the tomb s One over the remains of one of the citizens of Columbia, Tenn., interred at the Green w'ood Cemetery, .-who was killed last, winterion the pavement: "He escaped the bullets of the enemy to be assassinated by a cowardly pup." . •••-A marriage was broken up in a singular manner at Yonkers. - A voupg lady who. was engaged to . he Married soon, on passing a hat her-shop, saw her intended in a chair and a barber fanning him. Sim supposed he- must he sick, so she rushed in and threw herself in his arms, and found lie was pnly. moustache (13'ed. - She got .some of the- stuff on her face, which colored her fair cheek,. and, so di:gusted h hat' She broke - off - the, engage ent.—N. I'. Dem. —The development of the Illinois coal fields is claimed to be due to a farmer near Sprin field, who thought that such a country could_ g d not be destined by Providence to be without fuel. " The wood is nearly gone," said he to himself; " ergo, there must be coal." In - this almost whimsical faith he sunk a shaft 100 feet, and then struck a vein of excellent bituminous coal, which he is now mining to the amount of $2.700 per week. —Here is an oil region local was a bad day for bats inßouseville yesterday. An owner of an oil farm that produces about one barrel per week, sold his oil and invested the pro ceeds in " Rattlesnake Remedy," after which tie amused himself by standing on Bradley's. Corners and with a stick knocking the hats of passing pedestrians into the gutter. Many en-. dured these eccentricities of character with a smile, and supposed that he was a vender of hair restorative looking for bald heads upon which to operate, but one excited individual, whose business called him up and down the street often, after having his hat knocked oft' several times, and finally into the middle of next week, by a crushing blow, began to think the " batter" meant business, and wasobserved to take his boot away from the vicinity of the eccentric individual's' coat-tail several times quite violently, after which the latter picked himself up from the'raiddle of the street and ceased his demonstrations. THE COURTS QUAIiTER SESSIONS—Judge Paxso alibi, as a defence for criminals, has lost favor with the lawyers in the Quarter Sessions since the commencement of Judge Paxson's term. Not-only do juries disregard these defences, made up by palpable perjury, but the Jadgo supplements a conviction with the extreme penalty of the law. David Levi's case, heard yesterday afternoon, was a striking instance of the unblushing impudence to •be found among the class of criminals to which he Mugs. For years, David Levi, although but ".20 years of age, has been the terror of citizens resident in the northern section of the city. Charge after charge of larceny-and-burglar-yy---- has been preferred against him, but through he aid of perjury lie ha.s succeeded in escaping. In March last he was tried for burglary, but was acquitted through au alibi established by • . he testimony of relatives. Notwithstanding the acquittal, Judge Paxson, who was then on - the bench, compelled Levi to give bail in $l,OOO to keep the peace and be of good be havior for one year. Subsequently, three __charges ofburglary...were. preferred - against-y -lam, but he tied from the city and was not arrested until the early part of July. Upon • the trial, yesterday, in the first case it was shown that part of the stolen property , was seen in his possession, and he was seen in the neighliorbood of the house entered. The de -Tepee was an Witt/ established by the father, mother and sister of the defendant, and to the chi ct that David was in bed the evening in questien. In the second bill it VMS shown again that a portion of the stolen property was in his possession. Again an calk was at tempted by the same witnesses. in both cases t be jury rendered a verdict of guilty. .Im'g. Paxson, in sentencing Levi, said " Yo-.t have come Into this Court once too of ten. I recollect you. You were here on the! 4th of March, and although acquitted upon testimony similar to that to-day, I held you to hail in $l,OOO to keep too peace ¢; for one year, and, to be of good behavior. You succeeded in obtaining that bail, and were relmsed. I shall direct the Dis trict Attorney to immediately sue out the bail in that case. You are a dangefotm Man, anti • it is necessary that the conimiiiiitk should be pro tected against farther depredations by you.' Levi was then sentenced to twenty yeani in the Eastern Penitentiary—ten years on each , bill. During the trial Levi had displayed the - utmost indifference as to the testimony, chat- , ting Smilingly with his companions m the doek.,=,varying this:with:eating tieS an] cakes -handed to-him nouneement of the sentence of twenty:years his demeanor changed. It-appeared to be au: , • utter surpriSe, and although the- " CrypseY,” who had received nine years, - commenced__ laughing at him and taunting him. he paid no, heed, but seethed unable to reailz t his co Lion. Subsequently, when being placed in • the van to be taken to the Penitentiary, he saw,on the sidewalk one of the witnesses , for the defence, and commenced abusing -him be „ 'Cantle he did not swear to what he, thought • Would have saved him from conviction, =7 . • This morning three potty CaSel,.o2_.lArdOrey, were triol,
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