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THE WAR NEWS From - the bewildering mass of perplexed, contradictory, and absurd despatches from the seat of war we are able to extract the follow ing facts : On Sunday last, the right wing of the Prussian army crossed the Moselle above Metz and endeavored to ,get between Metz and the French line of retreat to Verdun and Cha lons. - Half of Bazaine's army was across the river ready to retreat when the Prussians at tacked it, and succeeded in driving part of the - force'back over the'river, while the other frag went-fell—back—towards--Verdun.—Since— that tine, up to yesterday, a series of desperate con conflicts have occurred _between the Moselle and the Meuse, on the ground included be tween the towns of Metz, Mars la Tom, Etain and Thionville. The forces engaged in these lights included nearly the whole of Bazaine's army, reinforced, apparently, by an unknown number of troops front- Chalons. The Prus sian forces canSisted . of the right under Prince Frederick. Charles and a portion of the centre under General Steinmetz. It is impossible with our limited information to give the par ticulars of this series of engagements, but it is evident that the French fought with heroic and desperate valor, and more than once succeeded in driving the Prussians from the field. We know that both armies have lost immense numbers 9f men and several PruSsian general officers have been slain. Tile total loss of both combatants is estimated at about 40,000. But we know that in this succession of ter rific battles the Prussians. were upon the of fensive, and that the French have not gained any victory which enables them to make an - advance. — Throughout - the entire struggle the French army were endeavoring to make retreat possible, while the object of the Prussians was to cut the French off from Verdun and Chalons: The hardly-won triumphs of the French -have been followed by retrograde movements to wards Verdun, and the best information that we can obtain indicates that part of Bazaine's army remains in Metz, while the larger portion has fallen back, and is perhaps even now at or beyond - Verdun. Whether the Prussians are strong enough to continue the pursuit in such a ferocious manner we cannot tell. Both - armies must be nearly exhausted by the awful struggle of the past few days; and the Prussians may hesitate to begin another series of engage ments. with an enemy which approaches its re serves and base of supplies while the Prussians separate themselves more widely from theirs. It may be that we shall hear of the next en gagement in front of Chalons. In the meantime, nothing is heard in all this fighting of Marshal MacMahon's army and of its pursuer, the left of the Prussian army under the Crown Prince. MacMahon yesterday was said to be at Chalons, and it may be that his army has gone to pieces. We know that Lis losses at Woerth were enormous, that thirty thousand of his men were cut off, and have made their way to Strasbourg, and that he left garrisons in Bitsche and Pfalzburg and other fortresses in his line of retreat. The manner in which he avoided battle with the Crown Prince, and hurriedly deserted every strong position occupied by him, as the Prince ap_ proached, indicates that his army was reduced to a mere fragment. We believe that fragment is now at Chalons, and that its organization as a grand army no longer exists. But the Crown Prince has a magnificent force which has had no part in the fighting around Metz. It is acting independently of the main body, and it gives promise of some im portant work. When last heard from the advance guard of this force was at Bar-le- Duc, which is nearer to Chalons than is Verdun, the apparent objective point of Bazaine's army. Certainly this force has not been idle during all these days, and we will hear from it before many hours elapse. It may be that it is striving to get between Verdun and Chalons, and to give Bazaine battle before he-can-obtain reinforcements. The result of such a collision between his exhausted army and this splendid Prussian force, can hardly be otherwise than disastrous, unless an army can be marched out of Chalons to attack the Prussians on the flank, and help Bazaine. If the Crown Prince occupies this • position it is likely that the right and tteutre of the Prussian army will come up and there will be a general engagement in which the whole Prussian army will be pitted against Bazaine's force, and against any troops that can be hur ried forward from Chalons. This will be the decisive battle of the war. If the French are beaten their cause is hopelessly lost. A REPORT FROM CUBA The astounding events which have character ized the progress of the conflict in Europe, have almost entirely distracted public attention from that petty contest in Cuba, which, but a few months ago, was a prominent subject of discussion. While watching the magnificent operations of the Franco-Prussian war, and __contemplating the stupendous consequences of its posaible result, we' have lOst •sight of the: lesser struggle. To be sure, it is not now, and it never has- been, of a very remarkable char acter. Like most of the warfare which has disgraced Spanish Anierican countries for years past, this conflict has never reached the dignity of a single pitched battle, but has been limited to guerilla skirmishes, and murders and robbe ries on one Side, followed by retaliatory measures of a similar kind on the other. But it is , a)fact that a large portion of the island of Cubs Las been for many iiiiOnths- pastin an active state- of rebellion, which seems to be no_ nearer suppression than it was at the beginning. The singular apathy of the Spanish authorities affords ground - forauspicion that the men en trusted with • the duty of defeating the rebels are not extremely anxious to accomplish their object at once. It is simply incredible that Spain, even weak as she is, cannot crush this_feeble Insurrection if there is an. earnest effort in that direction on the part of her agents. The supposition that a disposition ex ists to prolong the war by refraining from ac tive measures, gains color from the fact that Captain-General De Ro - das, With — large — sup plies of money and absolute control of every department of the government of the island has a particularly nice thing, which he knows how to use for his own benefit. All the fat offices under his administration are filled by members of his family, and he has precedents, afforded by every one of his predecessors, as authority for filling his own pockets and enrich_ lug his family fromthe spoils. When the war ends, some of the supplies will be cut air, and perhaps Captain-General De Rodas will be called home and another greedy Spaniard will step in to take a turn at the system of plunder ing. The contemplation of such an event, naturally, is not pleasant to a man like De Rodas, who has had only enough to sharpen his appetite, and so his unwillingness to sup press the rebellion and destroy his profits is ex plicable enough. But we hear very credible reports that De Rodas is providing against his retirement in any , contingency, by preparing to play the traitor himself.- lt is a- well-known fact that the vol.- . _unteers in Cuba have exercised a very _p_er emptory and dangerous authority, ever since the rebellion began. Former Captains-General have found them even more troublesome and threateniniz than the rebels; De Rodas himself has had many a hard struggle with them, and has maintained his authority with difficiffiy. It is reported now that he has determined to continue:Abe struggle no longer. He has formed ap r alliance with the volunteers, he has joined their organization, and they have formally recognized him as their head. This is believed to be a preliminary step on his part to renun ciation of his, allegiance to Spain, to seizure of the island, and to declaration of himself as Dictator. Siich action is not only possible but it is. extremely probable. Ile holds the reins of power, he controls the revenues, he has for supporters all the officers of the colonial govern- Ment, for they are his relations, he is known to be an unprincipled man and he has the vol unteer army at his back. if he chooses to play the villain in this fashion he has every prospect of success, for he can offer to any hostile demonstration on the part of poor, decrepid helpless Spain,- astrong- front, and-such sturdy opposition that ,she 2ould hardly effect his des truction. If he should attempt this treacherous feat, and the Spaniards should undertake to dispute his outrageous claims, there would be a-three cornered fight in Cuba, with two sets of rebels and a legitimate authority, all of them without the slightest affinity for each other. The Cuba❑ revolutionists could not join with De Rodas in supporting an absolute Dictatorship, and it would be a profitless undertaking for Spain to support the Cubans; for, in the event of success, they would demand surrender of the island. and so Spain would be the loser either way. It will be a curious ending of the troubles that have disturbed the island since the outbreak of the rebellion, if Spain should endure the loss of Ler possessions, and the rebels should find that, instead of a republic, they had helped, in directly, to organize a government more tyran nical than that of Isabella. Perhaps, if affairs should assume such a peculiar aspect, it might be the duty of the United States to interfere in behalf of either one party or the other against De Rodas. The provocation for such interven tion certainly would be greater than it ever has been before. SAIWILTEL TAIGHN HERRICK In a hastily-written sketch of Samuel V. Merrick, yesterday, the deceased was referred Co as" succeeding " instead of "preceding" Colonel Patterson in the presidency of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mr. Merrick, as is generally known, was one of the most active projectors and promoters of that great enter prise, and as its first President threw into it the same great energies with which he inspired so many Philadelphia enterprises. Whatever Mr. Merrick did, he did with his might, and his stalwart person was only in keeping with his high qualities of intellect and heart. Ile was a man of incalculable value to a community like this, and his uniform example in encour aging every wise movement for the develop ment of the. business prosperity of Philadelphia contributed largely to animate the whole class of mechanic and merchant princes among whom he towered like Saul among the pro phets. It is to the, class of men of. whom Mr. Mei rick was such a noble type that Philadelphia is chiefly indebted for her emancipation from that policy of excessive prudence which, grow ing out of the wise caution of the earlier Qua ker community, had become a clog and hin drance to every modern advance toward the wealth and power of the city. A broader guage was laid down for Philadelphia enter_ prise by Mr. Merrick and his compeers, and it is now impossible to estimate the advantage 3 that have followed their liberal, sagacious and progressive policy. It remained for the gene ration at the bead of which Mr. Merrick stood, to produce a'class of educated, cultivated me chanics, capable of applying high scientific truth to the practical operations of the work shop, men of intellectual force whose active business lives achieve great successes, while they make Ihemselves ornaments in the highest walks of society, and citizens of' distinguished usefulness and credit to the community. With such examples before them as that of Mr. Merrick,—and the examples could be readily increased by the names of many othersi. both dead and living, who will suggest them selves to every reader's mind,—the master mechanics of the present day are no longer content to be the mere ignorant drudges of the shop and the manufactory ; and it is just here ut perhaps, that such anu as Samuel V. Mer , tick may be said to have done his -greatest work among his fellows. He has steadily mag _ tidied his profession as a mechanic, by raising it to the lull dignity of the merchant, who, in the - varlier'days'orPhiladelphia formed the ex:. elusive aristocracy of trade-industry. So that Philadelphia now thuds many of her most PHILADELPHIA EVENING- BULLETIN, FRIDAY, AUGUST. 19,1870. honored citizens, the leaders in public enter prises, the refined patrons of all the fine arts, the representative men of the community, the influential promoters of political, social and moral reform, among the constantly-increasing class of her master-mechanics. • • No man is essential, anywhere. The place that Death vacates, is filled by those who come after; and the work of the world goes forward With scarce a jar to its complicated machinery even when the greatest die. But if the place. is filled, and the name forgotten, it is equally true that the wave of influence set in motion by - a - man - like Mr: -Merrick is -- as -- enduring - as - Time itself. THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The Governor having signed the bill com pelling the people of Philadelphia to erect their public buildings Other on Washington or Penn Square, the subject has again come before the public mind, which has already'been occupied with a tolerably full discussion of the subject. As between Washington and Penn Squares, while we haVe no partieular: indiVidhaf pre ference, there are such strong public- reasons for the selection of the former as the best site, that the broadest charity ciaii — scarcely credit most of the active advocates of penn Square with other thku privately interested motives. The arguments used for the- Penn- Squares and against Washington Square are as stupid as those which formed the staple.of the "sacred soil" harangues last winter, while the strongest argument against the Penn Squares is never met and cannot :be answered. To erect four piles of buildings on the four Penn Squares will impose a debt upon Philadelphia and create a job for which there is uo posSible excuse. So self-evident is the fact of the greatly-increased cost of such -- building over that of a single building, that the advocates of the Penn Squares project - have been driven to the desperate monstrosity of proposing to erect theie buildings or(r the intersection qt Broad and Market street:;.• Nor is this scheme too ontrageous to be forced upon the people by the jobbers and specula tors, if they are once induced to decide that the public buildings shall go to that locality. Although the plan will forever destroy the grandest - avenue in America, money - and clamor and persistence could carry it through. and Philadelphia would not only be saddled with a most unnecessary debt, but would b,. deprived of one of its chief and most important attractions. This project is seriously enter tained, and however it may be kept in the back-ground just now, the people ought to know that there is a good prospect of a _double robbery in the Penn square scheme. The necessary expenses of Philadelphia are large enough, and must become larger. And it. Will - be the . height of folly to add to the burden the cost of this huge job. By the erec tion of a single handsome, but compact build ing on any single piece of ground, such as Washington Square,an immense sum of money will be saved, while Broad street, Will be pre served from the destruction that threatens -it. It would be bad enough to have the improve ment of Broad street set back for the next ten years, as it would be by the erection of these costly buildings, but to have it permanently blocked up as has been proposed is a mon strous outrage, the mere suggestion of which ought to determine this question in favor of Washington Square. There are other strong reasons for the selec tion of Washington Square. It is of very little use in its present condition. It is amply large for the purpose. And it is very conveniently situated with reference to the commercial, financial and legal classes of the community. These are the classes chiefly to be considered in a question like this. The fact of private residences spreading in other directions has nothing whatever to do with the location of the public buildings. The shipping, banking, c“mmission, manufacturing and other business interests will always find their centre nearer to Washington Square than to the Penn Squares, and this fact, together with the positive disad vantages of the latter locality, should determine this vexed question. The newspaper reader, in these days, has need of an ostrich-like digestion. The cable is pouring a steady stream of the most contra dictory, improbable and extravagant tidings across the sea, and while the American Press Association is steadily laboring to lay the facts of the ever-changing situation before the pubz lie, the New York Associated Press is gorging its customers with a melange of unassorted fancies, which a robust reader may succeed in bolting, but out of which no intellectual stomach can extract harmony or sense. Take for example the movements of the Imperial family. According to the cable " fancies," there are very few places within reach of Paris to which some member of that family has not already fled, or to which the "portable prop erty" of the • Napoleons has not been trans ported. The Imperial Prince is in London, with the crown jewels, in charge of Mr. Smith. He is also at Paris, Chalons, Metz and Rheims. The Emperor has packed his personal effects off to Madrid. The Empress is forwarding the " bigotry and virtue" of the palace, including all the large pictures, to Bel gium. Prince Napoleon is off with his children and valuables to Italy. Pierre Bonaparte has gone to Corsica. Eugenie is in Paris, Belgium and England ; and now, to cap the climax, a London paper gets the special intelligence that the Emperor himself, who, by other ac counts, is organizing huge armies at Chalons, Etain, Verdun, Rheims and other places, is wandering toward Belgium, in a condition of " febrile monomania!" The movements of the armies are equally unintelligible, while the reckless disorder with which most of the morning papers, both here and in k, dump the whole mass of Europ•it facts and fancies into their columns, - withot t attempt, at discrimination or-:ar rangement, produces a "confusion worse con-- founded" 'which will . reduce the whole Ameri can reading public to a state of " febrile mono mania" if the war goes on much longer. The readers of the EvENINO BULLETIN will find daily, in our columns, all the latest important facts of the war, and the best epitome of the military and political situation of Euro pean affairs that can be made, from day to day, in view of the conflicting statements which reach-this country._ On Saturday next the•Walnitt Street Theatre will open for the season with Boucicault's FACTS AND FANCIES drama, The Flying Soul, which will be pro duced in unusually handsome Style, with now scenery and properties and with brilliant stage effects. There IA every reason for anticipating a successful run for this piece. The Arch Street Theatre will open on the 10th of September with a first-rate company, including the best of the old memberA, and Mr. Barton Hill, who has been engaged to fill leading parts. Mrs. Drew continues her man agement of the theatre. BEAUTIFUL FRESH GOODS IN Gents' and Boys' Summer Clothing ASP Prices that will Astonish You. Notwithstanding the lateness of the season we keep up our assortment of Thin Garments, and will spare no pains to suit and please all. Polite attention always given whether looking or buying. WANAMAKER & BROWN, Oak Hall, Largest Clothing House, Sixth and Market. Streets. DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, IT GOES ! The balance of our stoAc must GO We're selling ofT so monstrous LOW The price of every garment's _ DOWN Cheaper than anywhere else in TOWN _Nobody can beat us This Summer On the prices of Of every variety Of Fine summer Suit,. If you want them really Cheap ! Cheap ! Cheap ! Cheap ! The place.to come for them is the 013,530 m . OF ROCKHILL & WILSON, 603 and 605 Chestnut Street. SUMMER OF 1870. FINE READY-MADE CLOTHING, Combining Style, Durability and Excel lence of Workmanship. JONES' ONE PRICE ESTABLISHMENT, 604 MARKET STREET. GEO. W. NIEMANN. /17" Bandsomo Garmento made to order at tho shortext notice. apl3 w f m 6mrp CHA RLES STOKES & Merchant Tailors and Clothiers, No. e 24 CHESTNUT STREET. PHILADELPHIA. Continental Hotel Building. ie27 tf STORAGE. STORAGE OF FURNITURE For families temporarily declining hou,sekeoping. May be had in separate rooms or collectively of TRUMAN & :SHAW, NO. SB5 MARKET STREET. Having a private watchman, and an employa residing on the premises, will greatly lesson risks of fire and robbery, jy7 tf TREGO'S TEABERRY TOOTHWASR.— . It Se the most pleasant, cheapest and hest dentifrice extant, Warranted free from injurious• Ingredients. It Preserves and Whitens the Teeth! Sold by Invigorates and Soothes the Gums I Purifies and PerfUMOH the Breath I Prevents Accumulation of Tartar I Cleanses and Purifies Artificial Tooth I Is a Superior Article for Children! A. M. WILSOV, Proprietor all Druggsts. mhl ly rp§ Ninth awl Filbert streets. Plitiwielr AFRISKY MAN WILL NOT HAVE his coat tails torn off or his pockets ripped open by catching upon the drawer handles in your store, it you use the neat "Drawer Pulls' we have for ;.ale. TRUMAN & SHAW, No. 835 (Eight Thirty-five) Mar ket street, below Ninth. CREW BOLTS AND SQUARE HEAD kJ Wood &Town of a variety of Hives. For Mlle at TRUMAN & SHAW'S, No. 8.35 (Eight Thirty-tivo) Market greet, below Ninth. (QUOITS OF GALVANIZED OR PLAIN Iron, four sizes, and Croquet for field and parlor, in lock. Also. various sizes of Iron Dunib Belk. TRUMAN & SHAW, No, 836. (Right Thirty•five Market street, below Ninth.' ---- DURYEA'S GLENCOVE STARCH _ivßE calved the highest prize 'medals in all cases whore exhibited, and put in competition with other goods. For sale by all grocers. Wholesale Agents, HENRY C. KEL 1,913 G& CO., S. W. cor. Water and Chesnut. anl9-2t40. TAURYEA'S SATIN GLOSS STARCH IS the whitest. the strongest, the most glossy and eco nomical in use. the it once and you will use no other. For sale by all grocers. Wholesale Agents, HENRY C. KELLOGG & .'"ati19 7 21.4p . S.W. cor. Water and Chestnut streets. -DIJ RYEA'S.I.M. PRO VED CartgSTARATH , . •hi iuperior to altother tor culinary Purposes, It IV - Math) itligtiiat corn. For sale by all grocers. Wholesale Agents, HENRY 0. KELLOGG & CO., S. W. nor. Water and Chestnut streets. FOR SALE—A LIGHT GRAY HOMO, sound and kind in harness. fearless of ocomotives. Also, a Family Wagon,' and Harness in first-rate order. Sold for want of use. Apply to FREE &BRO., Chancellor street, above Sixteenth, below Walnut. aulfl-2trp* RETAILING AT WHOLESALE • pricer—Saddlery, Hamm and Rom ()oar of a ndeat liNNAtiEll, No. 1126 Market street. Big heron in tbodoor. AIR TIGHT JAILS, JELLY TDMBLERS PAPER HANGINGS. - :• 71 - PAPER HANGINGS • THAT WILL WASH. After years of experiment we can now offer to the . trade and public Patent. Washable Plain Tints, which we Imarantee will stand washing with a soft brush or s;tonge, and which require no preparation previous to or after hanging. They need no varnishing, thmi preserving their delicate - shades free from the /lard gloss-which is given by varnish. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL AT JOHN H. LONGSTRETH'S' N 0.12 North Third Street, Sole Agent for Washable Tints. not 12t40 REFINING WHISKIES. GRIFFITH & PAGE. 1004 Anti etrnot. LIQUORS, &C THE PERFECTION' OF THE ART P. lIEVNER, Sole Proprietor for the State of Penna. OF THE Celebrixted, "P. P." WHISKIES. This is . the .... o . nly . prOeess in operation in the State 01 l'eiinsylecti?io for Refining Whiskies "Vitryito." Nos. 246 S. FRONT STREET AND 117 DOCK STREET, PHILADELPHIA. It bas been clearly demonstrated that all Liquors din tilled by the ordinary methods contain a fiery large o"r o.lltage of impurities ; the degree of heat that must tie ce,;saz Sly be employed, decomposing, disengaging and vaporizing ell the baneful elements and noxious gam" contaluedin the 11111511. which When condensed form the deleterious fusel oil no , detrimental to life and health. Consequent „as .urdluarily..distilled,_ are apt, even when only used sparingly as a stimulant. to create NAISSEA,SICK IIEADACHE,INFLAMMATION dud KIDNEY DISEASES ; but, when indulge 4 in to exceet. the result is BRAIN FEWER, DELIRIUM TREMENS, APOPLEXY, INSANITY, Sc. The " P. P." Whiskies, oti the contrary, " stlinnLito and cheer " without unduly exciting the brain or injur ing the coats of the stomach. They are refined from thechoicest products of the Cereals in -”YACCUQ," the presture..4 the atmosphere being reduce., fromi lbs. to 2 lbs. to the square inch; consequently a temperature of only about St degrees of butt 18 required in tie , operation. The process le entirely mechanical, no ACIDS, CHAR CUA.L.,..ESS.ENCES.EX-TRACTS.-.DRI.RiS. CALS OF ANY DESCRIPTION BEING USED—hence the " P. P." Whiskies are not only delicate hi flavor, but pure; wholesome and Innocuous as a beverage, re taining in simple purity the flavor of the cereals from which they were distilled. The "P. P." W hiskies have bemi tented by some of the most eminent of the Medical' Faculty.. by Analytir eat Chemists. and by the beet judges of Liquors in the United Staten. and pronounced prrf2aly pore and Ichole ,orn,, and eFpecitilly desirable for Family use and Ifedo -al pirtp63r!. M.lllberp , of the medical faculty, the trade, and the rnt I ic generally are cordially invited to call and innpect the mar hinery and proceey. and examine the liquore. and the impurities extended. at the Refinery and Ware• rooms, Nul. 246 South FRONT and 117 DOCK Street. P. MEV:VEIL an) m f tfrp WHISKIES. Rye, Wheat, Bourbon and Monongahela WHISKIES, The pro.lU t of the following Dl.lill rirs. A. 4 11. S. Overholt," "Jos. 8. Finch," Wni Britton & Co ., M. Weiss S C 0.," I'. Lippincott.' "Ilugm 5: Co..' Then_ Lt oore," "Shanhni, Daly & Kern, Lymliburv." •'Sherwood," nit. Vernon," "Old Dominion," Lt store and fur sale in lots to suit purchasers. APPLY TO BROOKE, COLKET & CO., 1727, 1729, 1731 and 1733 Market Street. 4Ll23mrp OPTICIANS SPECTACLES, Microscop.s, Telescopes, Thermometers, Mathematical Survey Mg, Philosophical and Drawing Instruments a reduced prices. JAMES W. QUEEN A: CO., 024 Chestnut Street. jyll lyr P`6l BALE E t WEST ARCH ST. RESIDENCE. E. The House No. 1624 ARCH Street, 22 feet front, with unusually deep back Buildings, and with a Bide Yard of 18 feet. Apply to D. T. PRATT, 108 S. Fourth St. aul9 f W egg FOR SALE--THE CENTRALIA'. located brick residencs,Ne.249 North Sixth street, !our doors below Vine street, and opposite Franklin square. tins deep back buildings ; every convenience ; in complete order, and early possession. The furniture may he had, If desired. D. T. PRATT, au19,1 m w 3t - 108 South Fourth street. TO RENT. CIA - WE6T YHILADELPHIA.—FURN- Filaished Cottage to rent or for sale.—The subscri• her, going on foreign service by the first of September, offers for rent the completely furnished cottage, S. E. corner of Forty-fourth and Spruce streets, for two .or three years. Rent, 1125 per month. Or, will sell home' and furniture for ~'',13,(100 clear. Apply on the premises to Captain JOHN GUEST, unlit 31.7 United States Navy. BUSINESS — ESTABLISHED 1830.—SOMIYLER & ARMSTRONG, Undertakers, 1827 Germantown aventroand Fifth et. H. SCIMYLER. tRGI4-/YTD§I S. S. ARMSTRONG HEADQUARTERS FOR EXTRACTING TEETH WITH FRESH NITROUS OXIDE GAS. "ALISOLUTPILY NO PAIN." Dr. F. R. Tll69l.Ail;formerly Operator 'at the Oolton Dental Room, devotee hie entire practice to the painleao extraction of teeth. Office, 911 Walnut et. mhs,lyrp§ MARKING WITH INDELIBLE INK Embroidering, Braiding, Stamping, &o. IC A. TORREY. 1800 Filbert PPOLISHING POWDER. THE BEST for cleansing Silver and Pfd Ware, Jowolry,otc., ver manufactured. / FARR & BROTHER, mhl tfrp 824 Chestnut street, below Fourth TSAAU NATHANS, AUCTIONEER AND 1 Money Broker, northeast corner Third and Spruce streets.—emo,ooo to Loan, in largo or small amounts, on Diamonds, Silver-Plate, Watches, J uwoland all goods of value. Otflco Hours from 8 A. M. to 7P. M. IIWBs• tablished for the last Forty Years. Advances made in large amounts at the lowest market rates. Nfir No Con nection with any other Office in this City.l WARBURTON'S IMPROVED VEN tillatad and easy-fitting Dross liaM (patented in all ' the approved fashions 9f the season. chestnut street 9 mext_doo_r_t9:till_F9lll-0 ca.- • ocB-tfrp VAT ED D ING • AND ENGAGEMENT VV Ringo of solid lBkarat fine Gold—a specialty; a full assortment of sires, and no charge for engraving names, &c. FAKE & BROTHER, Makers, tny24 tf 821 Chestnut street. below Fourth HBARRELS ),,J Strained Rosin landing from Behr. C. E. Paleo, from Wilmington, N. O. For pale by KOW. H. ROW LEY, 16 S. Front at. tlOrt TRAVELERS. _NEAT, SMALL ALARMS ; will awaken at any hour. FARR & BROTHER, Importers, jell-tfrP 324 Chestnut street. below 4th SPIRITS TURPENTINE, TAR AND ROSIN.-91 barrels Write Turpentine, 11l do. Wil znington, N. 0., Tar, 920 do. Pale and No. 1 Rodin, 953 d0..N0. 2 Rosin, landing from 'atearnahip Pioneer. NI barrels Nu. 2 Rosin, landing from steamaidp Promo theua. For sale by EDW. D. ROWLEY, 10 South •IPront. street, GROGISILIES,./a4VonB. &t; FAMILY FLOUR, Very Choicest White Whent FLOUR. NEW CROP. MITCHELL & FLETCHER-, N 0.1204 CHESTNUT STREET. NEW No. 1 111A.CKEREE IN KITTS. I'irst of the season ALBERT C, ROBERTS, DEALER IN FINE GROCERIES, Oorner Eleventh and Vine Stree% FURNITURE, itU. 1316 CHESTNUT STREET. JOHN M. GARDNER. Offers an Entire NeAY Stoic of SPLENDID FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTERY NEW IN DFISIONN, RICH IN OATALITY. FINE IN FINISH, AND LOW IN PRICE The above polutel loclng well it ppzer:7lftf , frith:teat:net keep these fact.; i,efore the v-ople tltAt T ttlay catit(ritto to reecho their patronage , . prentieirtg prompt But:talon to ell order), entrto , tett to me. ftorp tl fil TILE FINE AKTh. COLLEGE OF ST. BORROMEO. New Phot,,graphir Vicu-s of th. ST. BORROMEO COLLEGE Fe.r the• St.re•o±copre.... Also. large.r, mounted. The Best Map of the SEAT OF WAR IN EUROPE, $1 50 Exch. DICKENS'S LAST PORTRAIT. JAMES S. EARLE & SONS, Looking-Glass Warerooms and Gallery of Paintings, - 616 Chefottiut Street. SUMMER RESORTS STOCKTON HOUSE, GAPE_ AT A Y, N, J., WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL S'EPTEIf- BER 15. TERMS.—Tr. reptenib.•r 1, !34 per day; Iv.", per trek. From Sept-mt.. r 1.13 r..+J do' , 1:1 per Ns (re/it 6ILIARLE7, DUFFY, For" yof thy enititiental Hotel Ocean ll.atisie, CAPE MAY. N. J Good accommodations can now b had at this first clans Hotel. Address LYCET'Y at• SAWYER, Proprietors. ttul7 10t4p' LORETTO SPRINGS. Loretto Spring, Cambria County, Pa., Will be opened on the FIFTH of JULY. For Circulars and other information, address P. 0. al above. FRANCIS A. GIBBONS, Proprietor SCHAUFLER'S HOTEL, ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. The best location on the island with an A No. 1 table, and the beat attention paid to its guests. Eighty fine sleeping chtunbers, with beds, etc., unsurpassed. Je27-2n§ ALOIS SCEIAUFLER, Proprietor. MCM...6.111.N'S ATLANTIC HOTEL, CAPE MAY, N. J. The new Atlantic is now open. tny2s wfru3nd JOHN McMAHIN. Pro .rioter."' TOILET SOAP. H. P. & C. B. TAYLOR, Perfumery and Toilet Soaps. 641 and 643 North Ninth street WANTS. --- WANTED—BY A YOUNG MAN, A situation as Bookkeeper or Clerk. Has had several years practical experience. References given Address n C. 8.." this office ie2.4.rp PERSONAL IF JA COB RICHTER RETURNS, NO questions will be asked. F. B. lIAUCK Sz CO., Louis, btu. wild 6V MICHAEL WEAVER. GEO. H. 13. UHLER. WEAVER & CO., Hope and Twine !Manufacturers and Dealers In Hemp and Ship Chandlery, 29 North WATER. 28 North WHARVEEI. opl tts EDWIN H. HITLER & CO., Cordage Manufacturers and Dealers In hemp 23 N. Water Street and 22 N. Delaware Avenue PHILADELPHIA. • 3DWIN H. PITVER. CONRAD H. CLOTHIRR CONDENSED MILK, EAGLE BRAND—. Tho very beet article for travelere, infante. htd. Neetle'e Milk Substitute, Patent Barley, Freeh Oat Mind, Bermuda Arrowroot, &c. Liquid Rennet and Flavoring Extracts. For Bale by JAMES T. SILINIC S.W. corner Bread and Spruce Wreste h ue WATCHES THAT HAVE 111211 1 ' . • onto -failed to give satisfaction, put in good order. Particular attention paid to Fine Watch , - • Fi-Ohronometeref - etn - T - by - skilful - w e r kn ien Diusieal BoZes repaired. . FARR & BROTHER, • Importers of Watches, Musical Boxoe, &0., mylo 324 Chestnut street. below Fourth. eI%MONEY TO AN ' AMOUNT LO ANED UPON DIAMONDS, WATCHES, 'JEWELRY;PL ATE, cboTRING, &0., m JONES 65 00.'S OLD-ESTABLISHED LOAN OFFICE, ' Corner of BThird andm. Gaskill otrooto,. elow N. B. DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY GUNS, Ao., FOR BALE AT REMARKABLY LOW PRICES. , _ QPIRITS TURPENTINE, - Romig AND TAII.-304 We. Spirith Turpentine; 612 bbla. now Virginia llordn* 207 bldg. No. 2 Romin 050 bblo. raington , ' Tar.' landing from B. 8. "Pioneer," and for Salo by •H, HOWLEY - 16 South Front street. torl4 ctlitsr each '26 centv each I' ROI' BIETOR, P hiladel phi a SECOND EDITION The Late .1 1 :R. Mertz...-Itivestiwation into bin Accou site. An investigation into the affairs of P. ft. Mertz (the banker), who committed suicide last week, shows that his liabilities amount to. .:5445,140, andthe available cash assets to $26,- ;;00. BY' TELEGRAPH, FOREIGN NEWS, THE TRENCH:PRUSSIAN-WAR IMBECILITY OF THE EMPEROR Be Says He Has Been Betrayed Position of the French from an English Stand Point. The Garrison at Metz in a Famishing Condition. The Army ofthe Rhine in a Peri- lous Situation. THE BATTLE ON TUESDAY PRINCE ALBERT OF PRUSSIA iIIONG THE SLAIN. FROM EUROPE. [By the American Press Association.) ENGLAND. "Febrile Monomania." LONDON, Aug. 19.—The //wit/ New has in its extra Diane of this morning a despatch from a Brussels eorrespondent, which states that Napoleon is suffering from acute symptoms of febrile monomania, during - the paroxysms of which he incessantly says that he has been bora-vett The Pollllion A Berlin despatch to the Tim , ..6 says the French armies were separated by a victory at Mars-le-Tour. The Imain army at 3.tetz has been brought to bay by the German :first and second armies under General 31anteudel and Prince Frederick Charles. The Crown Prince Frederick William, with a third army, is now proceeding northwest, where he will aF tack Jiajor•General Trochu, who, with the French reserves, is now posted at Chalons litir-31-arrie.-- • - - The Tire if.',3 correspondent also declares that the garrison at Metz is in a famishing con dition, There. are_ no_ Provision:Lilt_ .Metz the avenues of supply have been inter cepted. The "lima declares that, unless Marshal Ba zaine can by a bold stroke cut his way through the German army, and extricate himself from its coils, the French army on the Rhine will he forced to capitulate. It is assumed that such an alternative is almost imminent. Later, Particulars of the Battle on Tues day—Prince Albert Killed. LoNnoii, Aug. 19, 10 o'clock A. M.—De spatches received in this city to-day, giving later details of the engagement near Metz, on Tuesday, state that during the battle Prince Albert, of Prussia, and the French General Le Grand, were killed. General Montaignelis missing. In this engagement the Prussians maraeuvered an immense number of troops, estimated at one hundred and fifty thousand men. [Pnnce Albert of Prussia is a brother of Prince Frederick Charles, and consequently a nephew of King William. Ile was born Oc tober 4, 1809. He was a cavalry commander in the Third Division.of the army. He leaves two children.] Financial. LONDON, Aug. 19, 11 A. M.—Consols are quoted at 91;a92. United States 5.20 bonds of the issue of 1862, 881a88.l. The feeling upon the Stock Exchange is good. FROM WASHRvuTON. Opinion in Washington of the Situation in Europe. ( Special Despatch to the Phila. Evehing Bulletin.] WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Foreign represen tatives are anxiously awaiting despatches. The opinion of the situation on their part is, that the French have been held back on Metz chiefly by the army of Prince Frederick Charles,'and that the army of General Stein metz had crossed the Moselle and was march ing yesterday to join him south of Briery. They feel quite confident that the army of the Crown Prince will be heard from to-day in the attack on Chalons, unless General Ba zaine with his army succeeds in breaking away from Steinmetz and Frederick Charles and reaching Verdun. Reconstruction . Expenses. The settlement of the reconstruction ex penses for Mississippi and Arkansas has just been completed. For the former State they were $375,000, and for the latter $125,000. PENNSYLVA MA. . A ointment_ltly tlitcaolzer nor . a cep c fro — the Fralis-Rvetting Biillutin HARRISBURG, Aug.l9.—The Governor this morning appointed William C. Young m Sher iff of Montaur county, in place of Robert C. Russoll, who died last Sunday. (By the American Press Association.] Arrest of au Alleged Embezzler. PrrTsistmon, August 19th.—Otto Hartung, a prominent German citizen of this city, was arrested yesterday, charged with embezzling funds to the amount of thirteen thousand dol lars, the property Of the. Germau Evangelical Church;.-of-which - of which he has been one of the Trus tees for several years. Hartung is in jail await ing a hearing. FROM NEW YORK. rib , the American Prebs Association.] A nooz...The Reported Moms of. Com- modore Vanderbilt. The correspondent of the American Preis AFsociation at Saratoga telegraphs this morn the following in relation to the reported illness of Commodore Vanderbilt, denying the "xnATOC7t N. Y., A Vanderbilt's illness is a hoax. They tell me at Congress Flotel,"where he stopping, that there is no truth in the report. fie is well and hearty at the present moment," LATER.. Commodore Vanderbilt Not 111. The correspondent of the AmeriCan Press Alisoelation at' . l . i'aratoga, being telegraphed to in order to dissipate any doubts as to the fabricated despatch in the New Yorkjournals this morning announcing the death of , Com modore Vanderbilt,. sends. the . following posi tive reply, confirming his previou.s - despatch, and permanently removing any lingering idea of the illness of that gentleman " SARATOGA, Aug. 19, 11 o'clock A. M.—My information. can be relied upon. -Commodore Vanderbilt is hearty, and hi now smoking a ci gar neon the piazza of Congress Had." FROM NEW ENGLAND. [By the AmerJelin Prelim Astmcfation.) RHODE 114 LAND. Catholic Demonstration—Return Of a Bishop. PROVIDENCH, 4ligll.it W. The yarimis Catholic 'societies of this city turned ont, fifteen hundred strong, with five bands of mu sic, inn pnblic.dernoustration of welcoine .to the Bight Bev. Bishop McFarlan, who re -turned to--his --home last-evening- from the (Ecumenical Council at Rome. FROM THE WEST. III) the American Press Asevclation.) OHIO. Fire in Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, -Aug. 19.—About two o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in 'the round-house of the Ohio and 3fisSissippi Rail road Company, below 31111 Creek, and ex tended to a wood shed, and also to the transfer depot.. Three freight cars and a quantity of timber were consumed by the flames. The total loss is estimated at 514,00, The Luber:: - eonveritton—Speech of a Colored Deleivite. Mr. Weir; a - colored delegate to the Labor Convention, delivered a very able speech upon State rights and Republicanism last night, and in the course of his remarks he ex pressed views entirely dissimilar to thos6 en tertained by the mass of delegates in attend ance at the convention. He advocates Chinese and the encouragement of immigration as calculated to develop the country and elevate the white man. lie denounced th - 4J made to the Republican party in the conven tion, and by the temperateness• and soundness of his remarks in general elicited rounds of applause. Resolutions were passed ex pressive of regret for: utterances in : the Labor Congress in referenee to the -action of Congress in regard] to the national debt and taxation, and the colored laboring ciases of the United States were warned to avoid a labor movement should it assume a political aspect. Polltical: liiir.snono', August 19,.—The Democratic Convention for : the Sixth DiStriCt, Ohio, ye.s terday nominated (ieueral J. W. Denver for Congress. Army Officer Shot. ALL IPOL IS, Aug. 19.—Captain Hazelton, of the regular army, was shot in this city yes terday by a man named McDevitt, who had been dismissed from the army through Capt. Hazelten. The ball entered his mouth, inflict ing a dangerous wound. McDevitt was ar rested and is now in jail. Church Burned. . ..osaiLtat.a,._Aaig Vt.—The-First Congrega tional Church in this City was entirely- d - stroyed by lire last evening. The building was insured for 527,500, which will cover the loss. ILLINOIS. Libel Suit. August Wth.—Mr. W. H. Steele, the editor of the 11111 County lecterpendent, has sued Air. W. A. Bullard, publisher of the lowa Tribune, for ten thousand dollars, for libel. in charging him with firing his own house in order to obtain the Insurance. A view Paper in Chicago. The Erenib ! , Mail, a new two-cent paper, made its appearance yesterday. It is a hand some six-column paper, well tilled, receiving its news by the American Press Association. This paper supplies a want long felt in this city, its success being beyond a doubt. WISCONSIN. Suicide. RACINE, Aug. 10th.—A man named T. Wench committed suicide on Wednesday, at Elkhorn,by cutting his throat, in a fit of mental aberration. NEW YORK FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. Money Market Easy--• Gold Steady-- Governments Steady and Unchanged-- Stocks Excited and Lower. [By the American Pre Asaociation.] NEW YORK, WALL STREET, Aug. li, NOOLL —Money is easy, and the rate is unchanged. Sterling Exchange is steady at 109; for sixty days' bills. Gold opened dull at 116 i, and advanced to 1164 and is now steady at 116. i. Loantngs flat. Governpent bonds are steady and un changed. Southern ~:State securities are dull and steady; Old Tennessees, 62;; New do. 601. The stock market at the opening was very excited and panicky on the rumor that Com modore Vanderbilt was seriously ill, and the stock market declined from 1 to 3 per cent.; but when the contradiction was announced the market rallied, but was about from to 1 per cent. lower than the closing prices of last evening. New York Central, 93/ ; Reading, 95?, ; Lake Shore, 903 ; Northwest, 81 ; do. Preferred, 841 ; Rock Island, 113; ; Ohio's, 331 ; Pacific Mail, 37.1 ; Boston, Haattord and Erie, 31a31. Later. WALL STREET, 1 P. M.—Stocks remain steady. Panama, 80 to 84i. Gold is dull and heavy at 116 to 116 h. Government bonds are firmer; 675, 110/a 1101. Pacific Railway securities are firm. Unions, 82.1a82,1; Centrals, 878a87;. FROM THE SOUTH. (By the American Prcee Association.) GEORGIA. Fatal Railroad Accident. ATLANTA, Aug. I.9.—An old couple return ing from a pic-nic of the old settlers in the 'district, had their wagon struck by a locomo _tive-while crossing -the-railroad-track-in-this vicinity, and both the old people were killed. TENNESSEE. A Mayor Murdered. MEaupnis, August 19.—0 n Tuesday last, Mr. Brany, Mayor of Winona, Miss. - , while attending'a public concert and sitting in the open window, was shot and instantly killed, five buckshot passing through his head. Mr. Brant]y was appointed Mayor of Winona by Governor Alcorn, and was a warm supporter of the Alcorflpolic,y,---Ayoung lady who was sitting near Mr. Brandy was slightly wounded in the arm. The only clue so tar to the affair is that au unknoWn Woman got off the train PHIL,ADELPII 1 A gyI.IN,IN G - BULLETIN, FRIDAY, A 11GU5T.19,1870. and WWI seen going from the depot with a gun in her hand. Cotton Receipts. A well informed cotton dealer of this city eJalms that 1,800 bales to each cotton factory Were used in this city during the past season. LOUISVILLE, AugUst 19.—John Heal, a well known builder of this city', was thrown from his carriage yesterday and is supposed to be fatally injured. • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Philadelphia' Stec zEreft.' .B_Bll . A ckl ofe_3lJtHic _984 FIRST BOARD. 2000 City Co New 2 tlyti 101% 100 eh Sch Nay otk +Pi 10 tth Far& Al.h Elk sliwn 123 no oh 0 C&ARII, W . 44% 6sh Odc Am it , .115%200 oh do . b3O Ito 44% 40 oh Pun It Ito MU 200 oh do b6O Ito 40 70 oh Leh Val it Ito 67341200 oh do Ito 44% Soh Read li 48 I . - BETWEEN BOA RTha . 1000 Penn 711 tutee te 1023; 8100011 Airier Gil 1144 1(1.•U Penn (1011 imp cp 9534 lOU eh Penn IL 5432 000 13 h 5.20 '67 Cp 11034 250 eh do b 5 tol'4' tooo(litet3e new 10134 20 eh do 5.i' ( 1700 eli Soh 14v es , 8 - 2 72 •10 oh Read D. Pt 32 ell CnotAtn 73 Its 11L3i 10U eh do • b3O 48 3eh do 115% 100 eh do s6Own 47.67 SECOND BOARD. 4000 Pen &24Y(.11 78 02 4000 Lehigh Gold Ln 8814 1 ' 11.00 Penn oEl.3Ber ltB 103,200 sit Read 15 Ito 47.59 1000 Penn con We ep 95 1100 811 -do boo • 47'4 11.(1.0 do reg Mon 98: 1 41500 811 do 85.4:1nt 47.69 3000 Wll & Wading 78 94 1 h Cam&Am 11534 -v -, •Plinladeloina Money, Market. nun 7, August 19, 1570.—Thefo is increased ac tivity iu money to•day. but the market can hardly be termed active. The chief business, thus far, is clone wit h those who are anxious to provide for possible and probable wants daring the coming active fall trade. The advance in rates noted yesterday ismaintaine& without _ difficulty the range being 6 per cent, for call loans, and 'fag per cent, for flrst•class short date business paper. Gold Is active and weak, the sales fluctuating between 116 and 11634 up to noon. In the absence of news from Europe of - an exciting ctu Government bonds are quiet but steady. • ' The stock market continues chronically dull. State and City securities were neglected, the only sales being of the latter at 10114 for the new Sixes:. Reading Railroad was quiet at 47, 5 4a.47.74 . ; Pennsyl vania, a tk? ; Canideu and AII/boy, at Lehigh Talley at Oil Creek and yiasin . demand, telling at Wg and 4,5 li. tr. ' icbuylkill Navigation sold at tqi, and d few shares of Farmers , a ndld kebab i ce-Bank - at - 12.3 - T he-lialance-of t h e list was still and rather unsettled. Id went. De haven a brotherav o. 40 South Titlrtl street, make the following guotationa of the rates of exchange to-day at noon: U'nited States 1511060 t 1881: 11431a1147.1; do: do.. 1862, 112l1a113; do. do. 1864.111';a111':; do. do. 1865, 111„lia111,71; do. do. 1865. new, 110"(,a110"1; do. do. Ma, new. / 11, 31 1 i 119 4; do. 1868 do. 110JJa110 4 1; do. do. s's. 10.405. 1082-sa108j1: U. s.3oyear 6 per cent. currency, 111)18112; Due Compound Interest Notes. 19; Gold, 116a116J1i Silver. 111a114; Union Pacific Railroad hit M. Bonds, 820a8. - 01, Central Pacific Railroad, 870a830; Union Pacific Land Giant Bonds, 7.50a70. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government securities, &c., to (l+4. as - follows : United States 6s. 1881, 114)1415; 6-20'd of 1862, 11235e113; do.. 18E4. 131 . %;41113-1; do. 1/365,111.11 112; do. July. 18 6 5,"110',;a11('8'.; do. 1857, 114,,5t10N: 1 1868. 'Hein] ; Ten-forties, ; Sixes; 111'1a112 • Cold, 116. - D.C. 14 . barton bmith & Co., bankers, 121 South Third street, quote at 11 o'clock as follows: Gold. 116 ; U.S. Sixes. 1881. 1143,41431: do.do. 5-91 s. 1862, 1 . 12 11a.'il ; do. do., 1964; 111,'i a 11131 ;do. do., 1665, 111'5 an 1.7 i ;40. do. July, 1865. 118,110,%i; do do-1867,110'1410 3 i'; do. do., litl-40, Ittaltel's - ; -- do: der. - thirrency - 64, 123.1. The 1 ollowing is the inspection of flour and meal for the week ending' Aug. le, 16:70: Itarrel. of Superfine__ 8,810 • Itye 37 Corn Meal 120 do. CoLd•-mood 4a3 T0ta1...... Philadelphia Produce Market. VE - ra.sy. August 19, 1870.—There is nothing doing in loversced, and prises are 'nominal. WO bushels Tiinotny &old at J 4 re, and email lota at .5 , 5. Flaxseed is very Puree. and It here, o 0 uld 2 50 per bushel. 'I he Flour market is without improvement, and the trade continues exre&elcely dull. The honie consumers only buy to supply immediate wants, and there is -no wai girl for exportation to any quarter. About Fitt) bar rel;;*ere dlipoSed of at 85 foas 75 per barrel for Super fine : E.73.,a6 25 fur Extras] E 6 25a7 00 for Spring V heat Extra F amily • et; Thai 50 for Pennsylvania do. do.; ,$.7 00a7 72 for Indiana and Ohio do. do., and fancy hit at .3s 00a8 50. No change in Rye Flour or Corn Meal. Small sales of the former at $6. The receipts of Wheat have materially fallen off. hut the demand is extremely limited, dales of old Pennsyl- N aura at el 42.11 45, and new Western do. at *1 Oa 43. New Rye rang. a from 95c.a.91. Corn meets a very lig . ht mend , itlAfPliCe . of 2,000 bushels Western. and - Pennejlisida 'Yellow at lal 05. and mixed at 90a95e. Oats are dull, a ith tales of 4,000 bushels new Western at bOaL2c. IPLieky is yen quiet. We quote Western iron-bound , to,rrole at !itaj, [Special Despatch to the Phila. Evening Bulletin.] .E.W Fogs, Aug. 19, 1236 P. M.—Cotton.—The market this morning was fairly active and a shade firmer. Sales of about viii bales. We quote as follows: Middling Uplands, 19!2c.; Middling Orleans, 2Cc. Flour, &co.—Receipts . , 15,000 barrels. The market for esb rn and State } lour is dull and prices heavy. Values are very uncertain and irregular. Some parties antl.;ipate a decline. Shippers hold off. The sales are Ws. at 85 25a5 - 70 for Sour ; - 84 - 20a3 - ?v - for No: 2 ; $5 30a5.70 ' for Superfine; 5 Than 10 - for State Extra brands; 86 2036 75 for State Fancy do.•. 85 7006 10 [or Western Shippurg Extras; 86 30a6 90 for good to choice Spring Wheat Extras: 8f 00a7 60 for Minnesota and lowa Extras; 80 9) a 7 10 for ivxtra Amber Indiana, Ohio and Michi gan; 15 10a7 841 for Ohio, Indiana and Illinois Supernue; 99a6 25 for Ohio Round Hoop, Extra iShipping4; 86 251,6 Si for Ohio Extra, Trade brands; 86 35a0 70 for White Wheat Extra Ohio. Indiana and Michigan; 57 40a7 55 for Louble Extra do. do.; es 40.7 50 for St. Louis Single Extras: 87 60a5 00 for St. Louis, Inmble Extras; c , 7 90a9 00 for St. Louis, Triple Extras; 86 of.a9 047 - for Genesee. Extra brands. Southern Flour is dull and prices a shade firmer. Sales of 300 barrels at 85 50 a B 5 65 kr Baltimore. Alexandria and thorgetown, mixed to good Superfine• 86 40a9 90 for do. do. Extra and Family ; 56 551,8 20 for Fredericksburg and Petersburg Country; for Richmond Country, Superfine ; 86 40a8 0,1 for Richmond Country, Extra ;' for Brandywine ; 86 00aS 15 for Geor gia and Tennessee, Superfine; 86 15a 7 00 for do. do. Extra and Family. Rye Flour is dull and unchanged. Sales of 200 bbls. at e 4 7505 00 for Fine ; es 75a7 25 for Superfine and Extra. Grain.—Receipts of Wheat, 61.900 bushels. The market is dull and prices lower. The sales are 20,0,X, bushels No. 2 Milwaukee at 81.2.5a1 ; and No. 3 du. at 81 03a1 07' Amber Winter at 81 40a1 43. corn —Receipts, 361 , 00 bushels. The market is dulhand unchanged. Sales of 43,000 bushels hew Western at tdiioc. afloat ; unsound 50aSt. Oats dull and prices heavy. Receipts, 02,000 bushels. Sales —bushels at 48a-50c. for NVestern ; Ohio old at 50a.62c. Provisions—The receipts of Pork are 300 bbls. The market is dull and lower at 828 623;a28 75 for new Western Mess. Lard—Receipts packages. The market is dull and unchanged. We quote prime steamer at 1634a163:._ Whisk y—Reeei pts, 660' bbls. The market is dull and priceei beaTy. We quote Western free at 965647. Tallow is dull at 9,ia9%. The New York Money Market. I From the N.Y. Herald of to-day. J Tito RSDA , Aug. 18.—The several markets here were must noticeable to-day for their entire absence of special features - and complete lack of interest. -- This even is Say ing too much In the way of particular description, such having been their condition for several days past. It has been before noticed here how this stagnation is a common circumstance every year at this tislie, when so many men more familiar than Van Amburgh with some ofthe most dangerous of beasts which they affect, vary their zoological studios by seeking knowledge of ono more ferocious and treacherous than belongs here, in lighting whom they find a substitute for the excitement which a -sort of informal truce en -the7-part of - the :milder — mannered brutes of the street deprived them of, But beyond that it is certain that the market, having been tuned, as it were, to the war note, is paralyzed by the incomplete ness of the news received of the situation of the differ ent belligerents. Of course, in a general way, the larger number of dealers, strongly leavened with Germans, ac cept the despatches as conveying intelligence of con- Tamed Prussian successes, while there are others who place it different interpretation upon them, and sustain themselves by much force of argument. The result ne cessarily is an indisposition to trade, and.in the absence of transactions, 11 weak feeling in the markets. Gold loans were made at Ito per cent. for carrying and exceptionally flat for borrowing. The operations of the Gold Exchange Bank were as follows :—Gross clearings, 447,953,000; gold balances, -- 5-1252,343: cur rency balances, ,$ , 1,484,336. Money is more active and the rate on call loans has advanced to tour add live per cent. Tkie Bank of Eng land has reduced its rate of discount-one per cent.and the rate now stands at four and a half per cent. This re duction was generally expected in view of the increas• ing ease in money in the open market at London for two weeks past. Telegrams from Washington to-day state that the currency balance is now :5:39,000,000. The decrease yesterday is attributed to the destruction or $12,000.000 mutilated United States notes, and the increase to-day is said to al lac from the replacing of the old notes with the now ones. The Government market exhibits less activity than in the earlier days of the war, but greater steadiness. The market to day was unfavorably affected by large otlerings at the Sub• Treasury, which reached an aggre gate of nearly five millions. The Treasury purchased one million at 109.53 to 109.83. After the awards were made the market price was barely steady, the only changes being a rise of one-eighth per cent. on 62's, one qu arter on 65's old. and a decline of one-eighth ou now 05's, and one-quarter on 68's. LATEST MARINE BULLETIN. CLEARED THISTrty . • •-i A - P - W.A9 - .: Schr Eliza Potter, Potter, Allyn'e Pt. Sint:lielitloll & Co Setif N II Skinner, Thrasher, Dighton, do Schr Annie Barton, Prink, Cambridge, do E.4.lir Guetie Wilson. Lincoln, Gloucester. do Schr A J.Ruesell, Miller, Ipswich, J lionimel,Jr &Bro Behr Maggio Cain, Scull, Bath, - do Schr Raven's Wilig, York. Salem, do Schr Lena hunter, Perry, Bath, do Schr S Morris. Seeman, Salem, do Schr B Garteide, Stanford. Boston . , do ~.. f. , , ... fIOTTON.-168 BALES COTTON NOW NJ landing from steamer Wyoming, from Savannah, Ga.. and for sale by COCHRA.ti, RUSSELL, St CO., G.l Chestnut street. PITCH. -1,011 BARRELS IHI PITCH now landing from Rtenmer ''Pioneor,"from ton. N. 0 ,and for salu by COCJI RAN, RUSt3ELL ,t 111 Chestnut street. WENTIIEKV. Chasm) ty. k Exchange Sales. P, BOA IMS • 1100_134Atead 11-1430_474 Markel by Telegraph. TIEIRD EDITION BY TELF.,IGRAPH. WASHINGTON. Mustering Out of Army Officers A COURT-MARTIAL BENTE N C E Mustering' Oat. flipecial Despatch to the Phila. Evening Bulletin.) WASDLN'tioN,Aug. 10.—The regular weekly list of officers resigning and mustered out of service is larger this week than at any time since the reorganization at the close of the war. The reduction contemplated as the ef fect of the . last army bill is going forward more rapidly than was expected. In view of the inability to use unexpended balances to pay officers resigning under--the bill and Claiming the year's pay, it has been found ne cessary to adopt very stringent rules in the matter. The department has already refused to accept the resignations of Second Lieuten ants, since thereare no longer any superfluous officers in that grade. - • ;The Findings and Sentence - of the military court in the case of Captain Charles G. Cox, of the Tenth Cavalry, have been apprOyed and published. He was tried at Fort Leavenworth for drunkenness on duty and disobedience 'of "orders: 'He Wks-sen tenced to—be cashiered,—and-to-be-imprisoned three years thereafter unles.s a fine of five hundred dollars was paid. The President re mitted the imprisonment, and directed the rest of the sentence to be executed. [By the American Preen Association.] Duel In. Savannah. • 15 r AsmNwrn.N. D / C., Aug. 19.—A special despatch to the American Press Association, dated Sa - rannah, Ga., says a duel occurred there this) morning . between Richard Aiken and Ludlew Colfen,two Well-knoWn citizens of Savannah. Five rounds were exchanged when Cohen fell mortally wounded. Aiken is unhurt. Naval Orders. Master James G. Eatifin, U. S. N., is ordered e Bel-ern. surgeon Hampden Aulic is or tiered to duty at the Washington Naval. Hos pital. Railroad Loans. The loan branch of the Treasury Depart ment will soon issue to the European and North American Railroad Company $BBO,OOO in certificates - of United States indebtedness, payable in five years and bearing 4 per cent. interest, This is in accordance with the late act of Congress allowing the Massachusetts claim for interest on, the money expended during the war of 1812, the State - having assigned to the railroad. CUR'PAIIV MATERIALS. UPHOLSTERY, MOSQUITO CANOPIES.; The Latest Invention. NEW STRIPED AND PLAIN GOODS FOR FURNITURE SLIPS,' Made Up at Short Notice. Lace and Nottingham Curtains. WINDOW SHADES, WITH SPRING FIXTURES, The Most Complete Patent. HAIR AND SPRING MATTRESSES Of the Best Material. I. E. WALRAVEN. MASONIC MALL, No. 719 CHESTNUT STREET, FJCPI -- 01 - Al. DREXEL & CO., N 0.34 South Third Street, American and Foreign Bankers. Issue Drafts and Circular Letters of Credit, available on presentation In any part of Europe. We also draw at sight and by telegraph-on SATHER & CO., San Francisco. Travelers can make all their financial ar• rangements through us, and we will collect their interest and dividends without charge. DREXFTi, WINTHROP & CO., New York. DREXEL, HARJES & CO., Paris. I NT THE UNION BANKING COMPANY, REST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS CAPITAL PAID IN e 200,400, WILL ALLOW 4 (FOUR PER CENT. INTEREST ON DEPOSITS PAYABLE ON DEMAND BY OHICCS. N, 0 JAUSSELALAN, PreEddent., JAS. A. HILL Outthler .108-6mrp§ JAMES S. NEWBOLD & SON ; RILL BROKERS AND GENERAL FINANCIAL AGENTS, I jylB-3rarp§ 126 SOUTH SECOND STREET SEWIN G MACHINES. T H E WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINES, The Beet and Bold on the Eaeteet Ternte; PETERSON & CARPENTER, 914 CHESTNUT STREET. 28 8 to th lyrp SHIPPING - ROSIN.- - --1,000 - BA.B.E.BLS NO. 2 and Strained Rosin, suitable for Foreign 'Ship ment, tor sale by EDW, 11. ROWLEY,I6 South Front greet. °SIN — 120 BARRELS ROSIN NOW itlanding from etenmer J. W. FAvorman, from (Marlon, too, S. o..nud for krlo by COCHRAN, I.II.IBBHLL 00. 111 01/q3tnut street; FOURTH EDITION 2:15 O'Clooic. _THE FAUROPEAN-- DESPERATE FIGHT IN G Excitement in Paris Over the War-News King William's Plan of Settlement (By the American Press Association.J FRANCE. Retreat to Paris. PARIS, August 19.—A portion of the Garde Mobile has been sent from Chalons to Paris. Since Sunday last Marshal Bazatne has been Constantly fighting against the desperate efforts of the Prussians to cut the line of retreat of the French army. Napoleon at Rheims. --- Thperor Napoleon is still at Rheinii. General MacMahon's Corps at Chalons num bers 15,000. The other forces number 80,000. Reinforcements are constantly arriving. Excitement Over the War News in Paris. Immense enthusiasm prevails in Paris this morning. The war news • describing the. French victory was read aloud on the Boule vards this morning to a dense roasS of people who had congregated to hear thenews. They . then formed into Procession and marched through the city singing "La Marseillaise" and crying Vive Bazaine " give France!" " Vive l'Armee !" Palikao Has No Good News. In the Corps Legislatif, yesterday afternoon, Count Palikao stated that, without being able to give any good news, he could assure the members that the Prussians had gained no ad vantage. They experienced such heavy losses — that they - had asked for an armistice to bury their dead, He also stated that Gen. Stein metz had been unable to effect a junction with the Crown Prince. . LONDON, August 19th.—[Special to the N. Y. Herald].—By special telegraphic despatch direct from a special correspondent at CarLs rube, received in this -city on Friday noon, the demands of the King of Prussia are as fol lows : First—That he (King William) be declared Emperor of Germany. • .`ccond—That the province of 11.1sace,together with the city of Strasbourg, be given to the Grand Duchy of Baden. Third—That Bavaria shall receive full money compensation in consideration of her services and expenses in the war. Fourth—That Napoleon the Third be de posed, and that an Orleans Prince be placed upon the throne of France. The feeling in England and Germany is universal in favor of these conditions. Advices received here this morning from Copenhagen inform us that the French block ade of the Baltic ports has been declared ef fective. Ten days are allowed for all vessels running out. Financial and Commercial. - LONDON, Aug. 19, 11.30 A. M.—United States Five-twenty bonds of 1862, 881 ; 1865'5, 87.3; 1867'5, 863. Ten-forties, 83. Erie, 18 ; Illinois Central, 110. LIVERPOOL, August 19, 11.30 A. M.—The Cotton market is firm. Sales of 12,000 bales Middling Uplands, 81d; California Wheat, .105.7 d. ; Spring do., Bs. 10d. Winter do., 9s. 10d. Flour, 255. —d. Corn, 30s. 3d. Oats, 3s. 7d. Pork, 119 s. Beef, 111 s. Lard, 725. Gd. Cheese, 625. Common Rosin, ss. 6d.; tine do., 14s. Spirits of Petroleum, is.; re fined, Is. .51d. Whale Oil, 375. Calcutta Lin seed Oil, 645. Sugar, 315.a315. Gd. LONDON, Aug. 19, 1.43 P. M.—Consols, 913 a 02 ; U. S. 5.20 bonds of 1862, 880881. The market is firm. WASHINOTON, Aug. 19.—1 t is understood the Surveyor of Customs of Albany ; New York, will be removed in a day or two. Car michael will probably be his successor. [By the American Prom Association. News Thieving. NEW Yonit, Aug. 19.—The evening journals of the Associated Press, in this city, use the despatches of the American Press Association, and publish them as coming from private sources. PURCHASERS OF COTTAGE CHAMBER SUITS And the various styles of Bedsteads, Bureaus, Washstands, Wardrobes, &c., Finished in imitation of Walnut, Maple or other "hard woods," and now generally known as " Imitation ' or" Painted " Furniture, are hereby informed that very article'of our manufacture to Stakuped .with our Initials amdTrode, Mark, And those who Nish to obtaingeiiide - Of our make (there being, at the present time, numerous Imitations In the market), should invariably ask the dealer of whom they are purchasing to exhibit our BMA)/ on the good'', and take no other, no matter what ropresentationa may be made concerning them. KILBURN & GATES Wholesale Manufacttt>•ers of Cottage Furniture, No. 619 MARKET STREET, PIIILADELPHIA. Je2s am AV Gmrp • • COtTOICL - 50 1.3A1.:E8 COTTONN W tnndinenud for ~ a lo bi COMM. \-N RUSSELL CO., 111 Clliaituut stmt. 3:00 O'Clook. BY TELEGRAPH: LITER BY CABLE. FROM EUROPE. ENGLANIII. The Prussian Ultimatum. FROM WASHINGTON. [By the American Press Association.] Removal. FROM NEW YORK. FURNITURE. &C. FIFTH EDITION BY TELEGRAPH. FROM WASHINGTON FOREIGN-M AILS WAR Important to Tobacco Manufacturers THE NATIONAL LABOR CONGRESS FROM WASHINGTON. [By the American Frees Aesociation..l Foreign Malls. WASHINGTON, Aug.l9.—Tha foreign mail office of the PostOftice Department will allow Webb to carry out the French newspaper and letter mail on Tuesday next,- in the "Guid ing Star," which sails for Havre. This is the first foreign mails carried in American bat toms for a number of years. ' Under the extension of the time for propo sals for bonded warehouse and car locks, the Treasury received several additional bids to day. • Secretary Spinner ?s off on another fishing trip on the upper Potomac to-day. - Important to Tobacco Manufacttirerit, The Internal Revenue Department_ decides that where a plbg-tobacco manufacturer grinds the_stems at anaill_in-a. ditferent—localitr-and takes them back to the manufactory for pack ing, he is liable to a special tax, and must give a. new bond and qualify as - a - manufacturer - at the mill. Treasury Balances. The Treasury balances at the close of busi ness to-day are : Currency, $38,348,490 al; Coin, $103,351,012 61 ; Coin Certificates, 33,- 804,000. FROM NEW YORK. [Tly tho Ainorican Prose Aosociationj Probable Fatal Accident. NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—A terrible casualty occurred last night in a tenement house on Gold street, by which- three - persons - aim - be= lieved to be fatally injured. Last night Mary Hnzzie and Bridget McNealy were statiding on a bridge connecting the second stories of the two buildings, when the bridge suddenly broke, precipitating them a distance of thirty feet. Both were picked up insensible, with their spines injured and bodies bruised. The husband of Mrs. McNealy, hearing the crash, rushed out to ascertain the cause, and not no ticing the absence of the bridge, also fell, sus taining fatal injuries. Theinjured_parties-are all in a dangerous condition. German Celebration. Tones's 'Woods is alive this afternoon with thousands of Germans who are met for the benefit of - the — wounded in - the war. Great paintings of. Germania.and Columbia decorate the grand stand at which the concert will take place, and a mammoth pedestal in scribed with the names of Saar brucken,Metz, • Mtrashourg, Forschweiler, Bitche, and other places where the Germans have been victo rious, located in the centre. Another plat form, where the dramatic performances take place, is similary decorated. It is estimated - that 30,000 Germana will be present this after noon and evening. FROM NEW. ENGLAND. [By the American Proee Association.) MASSACHINETTS. Arrival of Bishop Williams in Boston. BOSTO.N August 19.—The Right Reverend John J. +irilliams, Catholic Bishop of this Diocese, arrived borne on Wednesday even ing, and was warmly welcomed. by a.- large number of the Catholic clergymen of Boston and viciuity. It was intended to tender him a serenade and public demonstration by the Catholics of this city, but he being averse to public receptions, the programme was not car ried out. The Bishop will officiate in the Cathedral on Sunday forenoon at high mass, and be welcomed by the children of the 'Lady of the Cross Sunday School. A popular demonstration, partaking of the feature of a reception, on the part of the Catholic diocese, will take place in the mid dle of September, on the occasion of the laying of the corner-stone of the Home for Destitute Catholic Children, at which Bishop Williams will officiate. An Old Physician Fatally Injured. WESTBORO, Ang.l9.—Dr. Henry Risery, a well-known and the oldest physician in the town, aged 70 years, was fatally injured yes terday, and died last night. It seems his horse became frightened at a train of cars, while standing at a watering trough,and while the Doctor was endeavoring to stop Min he was dragged some distance,and finally thrown against a post. FROM THE WEST. IBy the American Press Association.] 01110. The Labor Convention. CINCINNATI, Aug. 19.—The Labor Congress resumed their session this, morning. The Committee on Organization submitted a report recommending that the President ap point an - executiva- otliceijor - each -- State - ; that such executive officers shall proceed to form a State organization; that the President of the Union shall issue charters when the application shall have received the approval of five trades-unions of the State under a central executive officer. That the National Labor Congress shall be composed - of - one delegate for • each State at , large and one for each twenty thousand of the fractional part. That all State trade organiza tions shall be entitled to one delegate, and all national and international organizations be en titled to two each. That each State organization shall regulate their labor interests according to the interests of the State. unless conflicting with the Con stitution of the National Labor Congress. That mileage of representatives be allowed in addition tothree dollars per day during the session. That a levy of ton cents per capita be levied for the expenses of the National Labor Con gress. That no amendments to the Constitu tion shall become elective until the succeed ing sessions of the Congress. Adopted. The fourth resolution in the report of the lplatform committee was adopted after a engthy discussion. The fifth resolution was adopted. Several amendments having been offered to the sixth resolution, an exciting discussion ensued, pending which the morn ing s et sion adjourned. The felloiving is the amount ot coal transported over the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad dining the week ending Thursday, Aug. 18, 1870: Tons.Otot. • 36,280 14 0,361 05 • 5,01617 .. 33,823 05 .5,559 05 14,852 04 4,832 01 389 06 From St. Clair " Port Carbon " Potteville Vonuyiktll ~ , . ." Pine Grovo Port Clinton liarrieburg and Dauphin " Allentown and Alburtea.. . Total Anthracite Coal for week 107,144 17 Situmitiouis Coal from Durrinhurg and Dau phin for week,. 8,914 14 Total for week paying freight Coal for the Company a use Total of all kinds for the week 118,503 11 Previously this year s ts4 ._ 1,941,92614 3,03.1,430 05 2,540,114 16 Total To Thursday, Aug. 19. 1i69 R ELSFrit.r, 1, N..cond, third and fourth run Itonin - 011s; for grease tna printerii' ink. (minting and lubricating, for sale by ELW ROWLEY, 16 South !trout otreet. 4430 O'Clocur.. Propinals for Locks. Coal Statement. 1115,479 11 .. 3,024 00