- *VOLUME XXIV.-NO. 113. L'IXED EARTH CLOSETS ON - ANY floor, in or out of doors, and PORTABLE EARTH MODES, for nee in bed•chambers and elsewhere. Are absolutely free from offence. Earth Oloset Qom pan y'a office and salesroom at WM. G. RHOADS', o. 1221 Market street. a. -ti DIED. COFFSIAN.—On the 17th instant, after a lingering 111. Dent, Joseph Coffman, aged at years. The relatives anti friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral. front his late residence, ( -Illaik„..loY Hall Lane, below Wheat ShealLane t Twenty nfth Ward, on Monday, the 2241 Distant, at o mock. - terment at Laurel LIM Cemetery. HALLETT.—On the 16th instant, Estellna, daughter of Henry C. and Estelina. Hallett. • DAVIS.—On the legit; instant, of consiunption. John Davis, eon of Her. James hi. Davis, in the NA year of Lie age. 'rho relatives anti friends of the family ere invited to attend his funeral, from the residence of hie brother, 1527 Pine atreot this afternoon at 4 o'clock. EVA.Nii.=-431f the 16th instant, David trans, aged 61 yeate. The relatives and male friends of the family are re apectfully invited to attend the funeral, from tile late resideme, No. 464 Marshall street, on Motoluy, 22d inst., at 10 o'clock A. M., withoht further notice. - . . .. . . - Fiiii 1. - —On the 19th inst.. Laura Warren, daughter of W tst end hluria Funk, aged 2.ytrirs and 5 days. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the final's). from the residence of Mrs'. Marie Illurli, LW Washington avenue. ou Sunday, the 21st inst., at 3 o'clock. It Id MIR ICK.—Ort t.ho lath Inst., at bin residence. near Cermantown.after altort bi noel Y...llcrrick, in the 70th year of hts Pge. The fuuetal aervicea will be held et,the house, on Mon day, 221 inat., at 5 o'clock I'. M., punctually. Carriasmq vetll cr.idt tit Germantown the arrival of the 4 o'clock train from. Ihe city. Interment at Laurel till!. His iriendtt andtho , , , :-_of the family ora.invited to attend.. 1V11.1.11,115.—0n the lath inat.,-!lamuel Keyaer, eon of John_ W . nod Sarah. E. Williams!. 400 ~ R ARCH STREET, EY LAIIDELL. A" Sul:Ml.s'4)g their Cuetr,Tere wir h premi LLACK BILKS A t 121:. 'UBE.COD CiTitA.TE 4_ hiagaeeta.—JUANC. BAKER d C0..713 Market et. SPECIAL NOTICES. • , 4' ' WANAMAKER. C 818 & 820 CHESTNUT STREET. BECK'S PIIILADELPHII BAND, No. 1, LAST GRAND EXCURSION OF THE SERIES Around New York Bay and up the litndkon.lttver" above the Famous Palisades, or 'Core° hours at , C `entral Pa eh; New York, Liaie Philadelphia, front WALNUT Street Wharf, at 7: c1 , ...41; A. N.., LT ' ' ,-,l lrhinrintow angcon-esi-intc' • • -r• Canidezi and Amboy Railroad. making quick time to bowl] Amboy. FARE FOR THE EXCURSION: Bingle Tii.ket% ... - ... ..... ....... to Ointlernan and • Ludy..---- ...-.—...... 4SO In order to . aroid 'delaying the spedal train. and to INSURE COMFORT 'ft) PASSIINCERS ON THE BOAT. the tickets will plisitively be Ilniitod. Tickets should therefore I.lC.purtivaand ar air Ntrly date. TLC"' Clsrl be mmeared until 7 iAdock P. M. of the day pros lout to the excursion. at the office of Bock's Band. St!! Market street; Chas. Ilrintzingtaiirt-r, 935 Market street ; Euos C. Renner, WI Girard avenue ; J. O. Heim, 1219 North Tenth timed ; 'ticket Office, tZ3 Chestnut tstree; also, Camden and Amboy Railroad Ticket Office, Walnut street wharf,any day previous to the excursion, nod on the morning of the excursion. sun s ui w :St§ MITCHELL EXCURSION Goes Marmot 23d, 1870. Stops Two Days at International Hotel, Niagara Falls. EARE 813, ROUND TRIP. 83 PER DAY at HOTEL. Get your Tickets by Saturday from VII. F. 5M1T1.1,112 South Fourth Street. R. M. FOUST, 112 South Fourth Street. 11. S. RONER,37 South Front Street. W3I HOPK IN, Geimantown. E. M. FIRTH, Germantown. N. VAN I.IOIIN, 811 Chestnut Street. aula 3try,* MUNDY'S Thirteenth Annual Moonlight Excursion TO ATLANTIC CITY, aLlin duturday Evening, August 20,1670. Last Boat leavea VINE Stroet Ferry at 8 o'clock P.M. 'lieketn. $1 Fur Halo at I.Orz.nvi r.:ti i d os try la m. r, Gld Clie4tnat ' troet ; Via. Mama's, 105 booth Irittltstret.t,.autt Vino Street r.ttA 10. CHE M ISTRY, BOTAN V, Pi3YKOL ogy.—A Phy,teinn to give instruction in onr of the above liranche,, iu one of our school,. Ail 5."42tn3 Walnut ntrutit. lt* —• _ _ 10. GERANTOWN SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES, GrOom tureot. Month of Walnut Jane NViil reopen, September 14lb. Profe,,sor W S. FOIITESCU E. A. M., Principal. ant HOWARD — HOSPITAL, NOB. 1518 bkr-D' and 1 Lombard street, Dispensary Department. —Medical treatment nd medicine furuishod gratuitously o the poor RELIGIOUS NOTICES. SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN - CHURCH tity —Rev. J. R. Conkey, Pastor, will preach at half pant 10 A . and at o'clock I'. N. U. REV. JAS. F. MoOLELLAND WT ILL preach in the A r. 311 Street M E. Church, Broad fitreet, below Arch, Sunday morning, ot loLi o'clock, titrungerti invited. It' [033 FIRST : PRESBYTERIAN (111 WWII, Waithington tiquarc.—nev. NVin. C. Cattell, 1). It., President of Lafayette College, will preach tomor row at MI:, o'clock A. M. t • - E VENING - SEl\ - , T.T.CE—A-T—TaillNd lOtitidern Ball, northwest corner Spring Garden mid Thirteenth, to-morrow evening at 7 1- i V• 111. Semili"n by Charles Campbell, on "Chriat's Faith:" It" KY'F I c B TEFORMED CHLTRUH, corner of Seventh and Spring Garden streets.— liev. Thos. X. Orr, Pastor. Services at 10;4 A. M. and 8 P. AI. tY ST. JUDE'S CHURCH.—THTS church will be open for Divine service to-morrow ut 103,;, A. M. end ri P. 41. At the letter service the Rev. eidnuol-Durborrow Offic Otto and Oreeeh. It' ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCH, TlVEN l[rtietli- and Cherry etreets.--Bervlce (Choral) anti ri;ormott, to-morrow oveniug, at 8 o'clock; At this tier vieethe stiatttwllLboire_ci._ - atia‘sat,,_ UNION SERVICES, CENTRAL. Clitirch.--liev.. C.- Wadsworth; D; - I).i will_ Reformed preach to ruorrow morning In the Central. Church, Eighth and Cherry, at 1056 o'clock, and in the evening in tho Third 31efornted Church, Tenth and Filbert, at 8 o'clock. lt* C. A - L.V AR PRESBYTERIAN church, Locust street, above Fifteenth.— services to nnorrow , at 10.%; o'Clock. • The congregations of the 'est Spruce Street and Calvary Presbyterian Churches trill worship together. Rev. r, F. Elljnwood, D. 1:1„, of New York, will preach. It* HALLI (TUNG. MEN'S CHRISTIAN Assootatiouo2lo 'Chestnut street. Tiro monthly 'fleeting of the _Association 'will be held next MONDAY XVENIN4 at 8 o'clock. • - EseaY JO BT. 11, HINCKLEY, Jr., Ersi . Subject: The work of Young Mon's Christian Associations, in largo cities. Question fordiscussloa—Should our Pub• lie Libraries be opened on the Sabbath. Vocal and in- Ftruinentul music under. the direction of Prof. JOHN ;ROWER, The public are invited. It, , • - . . . • . • _ . , . . - • - - - • ~.. -. • - .. . .. _. livit.l -. A_. _ ____Lp4 t4 ~...)- .. ._...._...._____......_.___;.__..............._, . •. v , . , s , f tw,„ / . .........7.7.7k...„—.7„.„..- ._. . . • . _._. t . . --......:_-..:-,,,..‘ i ',.• ..:?..-::--r--------- - .. - • -• . ' 4 ''' . ' . • . . - • " • • • ../. -------"---- .:.-... ..'- C -4 3 '-- ~; ','' • t illii" ' + . .• • : P- ~$ • . ZuhLi : ll , ' .c -. 7 - .. . t. .. . . .. . . . 111- 1 1 1 , , 4. -- .±-;- , 1 - ' , ' •,-,-,-- 114:11 -7 .7 ' • •: -.../ • • . •-; : ''' • • . , • • • ' . .. . . ....,_._,•••-:. . :// . . .., , . :.:' • ' .• • . • . . ........ ,__ .r .. , • . • . - ~-...,,... • . ,_ ... , . .. 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Gray's Ferry road and Bainbridge St., Nineteenth and Ridge avenue, Fourth and Bainbridge streets; by the Young Mews, Christian Association of the First Presbyterian Church. Jefferson Square, Broad and Master streets. _ Broad and Coutes streets, MI Broad and Arch streets. 5 o'clock Broad and South streets, Twenty-second and Federal streets, Washington avenue, above Front street. t Front and Dauphin streets, " Erneline street, rear of Ninth and Bainbridge streets at 7 o'clock. Wister's Woods, below Germantown,4 o'clock. Germantown avenue and Nicetowu lane, 4 o'clock. Nicetown lane and Germantown Railroad, 6% o'clock Thirty -sixth street and Lancaster avenue, 6 o'clock. Coopersville. 6 o'clock, Iti _ _ _ A CURIOUS HABEAS CORPUS EASE. Alleged Restraint of a Lady Ina Convent. I.Fron,the.'.it. Louis Republican el-August 17. J Yesterday afternoon Judge Wolff, of the Court of Criminal Correction, granted Mr. A. C. Kellam, attorney, a writ of habeas 'corpus against the Convent of the Good. Shepherd, - Mother Mary, superior. This rellgiousxstab lishment is located on Seventeenth street, be tween Pine and Chestnut, and occupies half a block. It is conducted as a private institu tion, and is frequently used for refractory girls who will not conform to the or dinary customs of society and recognized ideas of virtue. Here they are kept secluded from the world ' and subjected to the refor matory influences of religious example and teaching. In thepresent case it is alleged in the petition that Blanche G. - Lingeoln, a mar ried woman, over twe.ntv-one years of age, is unlawfully restrained of her liberty. The par ticulars are represented as fellows : The lady, who is said to be both beautiful and accom plished, has been, it is alleged, deserted by her - husband, after having been unkindly treated. As she appeared disposed to be reckless, her f: - ietuls consulted together, and it was decided hat if she could be sent Into sechhsion fur a time it Would be greatly to her advantage. In i , cot dance with this opinion, Mr. Ben haniin Jewell - , one Of . the lady's relations, made the necessary arrangements, and on the 1. 7 11) of May, 1.570, she was received into the ' , invent, her board being paid in advance to the Ist of August, at the rate of $3O a month. The understanding was that she was to remain there until called for. Mr, Jewell, it is al leeed, has frequently called at the convent 1- tnitag-tii - Elast but asbeen peromp ily either the- liberty of seeing her iir speaking :to her. In this position of mat ters, Mr. Jewell, feeling aggrieved, resorts to !aw, and the writ of l,ot n c,,,:phs i s no w issued, made returnable at tea o'clock this hp rning... e grounds of the-alleged restraint will then be inquired into, and the case pro to he one of peculiar interest.. - AN iNTERESICAXIO.. PHENOMENON. Eclipse of the Sun in December. IS7O' Astronomers in all parts of the wo_thi are Low bus:, in diairii3p their preparations for ob .erving the eclipse of the sun on December :!1-=_, 1870. Although it will not be visible in the United-tihites,,dvhas.been--taggimeeti—that sonie of the American observers of the last f.clipse be sent abroad for the purpose of taking part in the observations of the one in Ties rion, and Congress has already appropriated :-.-'2!1,000 - to the Coast ,Survey for theyurpose. 41-reat praise was awarded by foreign phy sicists -to-the American -- astronomers - for the excellence of their work, and especially for the remarkable photographic pictures that were taken, and at so many points ; and it is urged that these same gwalemen or a seleo• lion from them, would be admirably fitted for a renewed investigation of the Idnd, since their experience of the first phenomenon would en able them to utilize their time to better advan tage during the second. According to a recent writer this eclipse will begin in the North At lantic Ocean; the line of central and total eclipse, moving in a southeasterly direction, crosses Portugal a little to the south of Lisbon ; passing over part of Spain and the Mediterra nean Sea, it enters Africa near Oran, and soon afterward attains its extreme southern limit; the shadow of the moon, now moving in a northeasterly direction, leaves Africa, and, crossing the island of Sicily, the south of Turkey, the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azof, disappears ; theenumbra of the moon, de creasing rapidly, le p aves the earth with the set ting sun in Arabia. The sun will be centrally and totally eclipsed at noon in lat. 36 deg. 38 min. N. long. 5 deg. .I min. W., a little to the northeast of Gibraltar.—Harper's Magazilvi. AN IRISH BRUME. Outrageous Treatment of the Daughter of rrofessor Anderson in Ireland. A few weeks ago one of the daughters of Prof. Anderson, the " Wizard of the North," being in the last stages of consumption,wassent, with a sister, to a house in Dundrurn, Ireland, for rest and in the hope of prolonging her life. ignorant' ofArmstrong. the householder, was gnorant • of the fact that his lodgers were daughters of a conjurer. On discovering the awful circum stance,Le seized the opportunitylwhen her sis ters were away iu Dublin on professional busi tess,which would prevent theirgetting back to ) undrum before 11 o'clock, and forced his way into the sick girl's room, where, after much in sulting language,he announced his intention of inch ing his-doers at 10 o'clock and not admit ting any one tifterwards. The poor girl was dying of consumption, and her only com panion was a young lady who was obliged to return to Dubin that evening. ft is scarcely to be wondered at that this conduct on the part of Mr. Armstrong should have thrown the invalid into a state of great agitation. As ho was deaf to all entreaties both of Miss Flora and her friend, the poor girl got up, and, only partly dressed, left the house iu company of her friend, driving five miles to the Rotunda (where her father and sisters were perform ing). Meantime Mr. Armstrong, being "a man of his word," locked his door at a quar ter past. ten. The sick girl was takettfirst to the doctor's and thence to the house of her friend, Ni here she died on the following evening, her death having been undoubtedly hastened by the shock resulting from Mr.. Armstrong's virtuous horror of " professionals." The Pro fessor, ou going to demand his daughter's pro perty, and being met with a refusal, assaulted 11 r. Armstrong, and repeated his assault, in a very mild manner, in the presence of the po lice. For this, of course, he was arrested, and on being taken before the magistrates was fined sixpenee. Mr. Armstrong, evidently fearing that when the poor father had re eovered from the shock of his daughter's death be might give him a more effectual I irashi ng-, 7 wit uted to - swear - the - peace — against: - the Professor. But the inagiStrates •were eon ' r;_Anderstanles4ner Et-winter • . —A largo public meeting, under the au spices of Alinnehaha Lodge I. . 0. G. T., was 11610 in Calle Grove, East Nottingham. Town shin, Chester eounty,on Thursday last. About 8,000 persons - Were present. The assemblage was called to order by Georg. e • B. Passmore, and J. 'M. Dickey was 'dhosen Chairman. Addresses were delivered .by Hon. 'James , Pollotk, General Joshua T. Owen, Rev: Wm. 113. Moore, Rev. Orr LaWson, Rev. Mr. Porter and Mr:Charles Heritage. • —Thy fernalo voters of Wyoming anno.._ that they will'support for Gongross any man of , good moral character and in favor of Woman's franchise; desiring no' other issne, either political or domestic. THE WAR IN EUROPE NBy Cable.) 6IINDAY'S BATTLE AT METZ. ATrlbune Correspondent 'Witnesses the Litgoi4ement—AL Successful Trapset-for the Prusslaus—tirent Losses on Both Sides-.. She Forces Engaged-.-Retreat of the French. _ . LO.NDON, Friday, Aug. 12.—The special cor respondent of the Trifew fie. at Metz writes on Monday (15th): " Yesterday we thought ourselves shut up here, and all chance of sending letters gone ; for we got nothing, even from Paris. But this morning I bear that a post will start for the capital, and I take my chance of sour getting what I am able to tell Trona the inside of a town which is surrounded by armies—whether French or Prussian does not much matter so far as news is considered. "At 11 o'clock on Sunday Bazaine effected -a - grand - reconnoissance with one division - Of Ladmiratilt's corps.- At-2 a battle commenced,. on the right at Burney. Till 4 o'clock it, was of no great importance. Then, the Fourth Army Corps ; forming the -first line of battle, accomplished a manoruvre intended to de ceive the Prussianic into the belief that it was retreating. This was accomplished by 4.15. "The Prussians fell into theprap.rushod for 'ivard 'and attacked with surmising vigor. The Fourth. Corps, whose retreat to the left was a mere feint, fell at once on the enemy's flank, while MacMahon on the right attacked simultaneously. The Prussian attack mean time bad been developed in great force on the F French centre. " The movements on both sides were effected with singular preciSion, and the whole specta cle was like a review at Chalons. The Prus- clans advanced in close column against the. French line, which their artillery, splendily served as it was, had vainly attempted to shake. The French officers consider that the Prussian infantry was relatively inferior to the Prussian - artillery : The needle-gun is heavy and appears to incommode the Prussian,s_, greatly when climbing asheight or moving rapidly over broken ground. "The soldiers, themselves,are active. They fire lying flat on the ground, seeking cover from every irregularity ; but do not use their k napsacks as the French do, to make little ramparts in front of them and rests for their grins. It is true of this, as has been said of the oilier battles of Woerth and Forbach, that the Prussians tired with great deliberation, while the French rattled_ away as fast as they could .li,charge their cha.ssepots. The regiments most closely engaged were theSixtv-trinth,Ninetieth, Toffy-fourth, - Sixtieth, Eightieth, Thirty hird,--Firty:fourth Slats fiftlrand Eighty-fifth ‘.4 the line ; tke Eleventh and Fifteenth foot ehasseurs, and the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth batteries of the First Regiment - Of artillery. Those which suffered Most were tLe Forty fourth and Ninetieth of the and the Fif teenth foot eliasseurs. The-Foy-fonrth espe cially was terribly shattered,wWile the Eighty tifib. though in the thickest-of the action, lost but thirty; rive men killed and wounded. The Colonel of the Forty-fourth was killed; the Colonel of the Third horse chasseurs and (..; ens. Duplessis and Castatner were wounded. As_icts_impo.ssible_tole,we-the—town i -and this action was fought, or at any rate begun, at some distance ontside the fortifications, I cannot pretend to give you the account of an •eyeswitness, nor_ . a complete :account. at:all. 1 he above details are chiefly gathered from officers coming into town after the fight was over. At the beginning I followed a troop of hussars as far as permitted, and what I saw of the tight was frerna hillock close.by the walls. "Pret - b3usly - ,lfwas seated - in a dafelviiith some officers on Ihe 'hussar regiment. A staff offi cer came to summon the regiment; in five minutes it was in motion. It halted at first at the hillock above-mentioned. On a sudden signal it went tearing away to the front. In a moment more the artillery on both sides had ciivered the entire valley of the river, as well as the whole visible works in front and the ground beyond, with a thick cloud of smoke. There was nothing to do but to return to town. 4!,1 o'clock By 81 o'clock in the evening a bulletin e as placarded in the streets saying, 'The firing is nearly over. The Prussian lines extended three leagues. Ground is gained in every di rection. It does not say by whomllie ground was gained. Officers who came back later irons the field maintained that victory rested ith the French ; that the Prussians had been out-generaled atilt lost heavy,while the French erercomparatively little exposed. But a Prussian officer who had been taken prisoner and who came into a cafe on parole ith a French officer told a different story. Said he, 'You might better surrender at dis cretion. We are more than 100,000 strong. You will be crushed. As to the battle, you had your own way at first, for we believed there was only a division in front of us ; but` ou know what the end was. "It is difficult to question even officers closely, so keen are yet-the , ' suspicions about !Ties; and to ask whether the French army had suffered a defeat would be to expose ix yself to instant expulsion, or worse. Hence I .ean give you only such particulars as arc cuilected in the ways I have mentioned. Aso rotehillaio, I believe in the. success of French ~r ),,,, : byt 1 koov , if. , t why the uilraheed Hire mithdia l o t outtii( under the walls of the -This morning, Monday, there were re ports of heavy artillery toward Thionville ; out all is again quiet. We only know that t•mulay's conflict was not decisive, and that another battle is imminent, The troops are never at rest. Manteuvres in one direction or another are going on constantly. Orders have just been issned that no civilian shall h ave the city on any pretext. Two shots from Fort St. Quentin have just demolished the head of the Thionville rail way bridge at Metz station. lam told that it was done to cut off a detachment of' 300 Prus sians encamped at Montiguy, who attempted to cross the Moselle and wore seen from the fort. Montigny is a mile and a quarter dis mut from Metz. "At seven this morning two Prussian cuiras leis entered the town; they were followed by tour others. Breakfast was served to thesis, and paid for. They promenaded the town till eight o'clock, and then withdrew, not only unmolested by anybody, but carrying off two prisoners—a St. Cyr pupil and one orderly. '!'his will give you sonic idea of the dash and boldness of the Prussian cavalry. "Last night we thought we heard the Prus sians shouting victory, notwithstanding the defeat we believe they suffered. But it seems some of their regiments sing hymns nightly, eith accompaniments from their military bands—a custom they have preserved from the Rattle of Lenthen, where they advanced to the charge singing Luther's hymn. They fol low it with hurrahs. We heard them (ES tinetly. " ThtiEmperor an - d his staff, as well as the Prince Imperial, are at Lougueville., :As '.I wTite - tlffre-pas a closed — MAU& escorted by a picket of Hussars in command of a Cap tain of the Staff. It contains a' Prussian envoy reconducted to his own lines. Our officers say that he brought a request for au armistice, and admitted that the Prussian losses --were considerable; hut he did not tell his errand to them or to me." / The Crown Prince's illoventents—The !Situation at Chalons. The New York Herald says: , It will be observed that in the reports of the several engagements which have been fought - InTrefent • w coo n , the Crown Prince. It is undoubtedly moving on Chalons, and the question now arises whether the French forces there are strong ITC 1 g ' ta Marsa.one' SATURDAY, AUGUST 20,1870. army has certainly arrived there, and we aro of opinion that the Marshal commands the entire force, from the fact of General Troche having been relieved and placed in command of Paris. MacMabon's old force cowls' ted • of what re mained of his own corps (the First) after the battle of Woertli, the Fifth corps, under Gen eral Failly, and the corps of General Donay, recently stationed near Belfort. In addition be must -have the fourth battalions of each regiment of the army which were in depot when the invasion began, and which were an nounced as concentrating at Chalons. These are all trtiot, of the regular army, and must certainly number at least 125;000 men. To these must be added such of the Garde Mobile as have been organized. It was claimed by the French, before MacMalion and Bazaine's armies were divided, that there were 200,000 men at Chalons. If this state ment he correct the army now under Mae Mahon must be very strong. It must be, - at least, as strong numerically as the.army_ of the - Crown Prince,which is stated at two hundred • and fifty thousand. We are; therefore, in clined to the opinion that Mac- Mahon will give_ . . battle , to, the.. CroWn Prince, though not at Chalons. It is altogether possible that the French have already advanced from that place, to the fort reSs of Vitry-le-Franeois, near the junction of the Paris and Metz and Paris' and- -Basle--rail roads. But whether it be there or not, we ought certainly to hear of the wherreabouts of the Crown Prince before Tuesday next. At present his whereabouts are enveloped in complete mystery. No reports of his army come to us from Paris and none from King William's headquarters. Any, speculation as to the probable route his forces are taking would,. tinder the circumstances; be mere waste of time.' General Trochu. The if '‘,i•kt says : The appointment of General Trochu to the military command of Paris is one of the boldest steps yet taken by the Einperor. It has had the eflect which it was intended to have, of - reconciling--Paris - to th a - government - of - the Count of Palikao ; and it will undoubtedly do more towards strengthening the resistance of France to her invaders than any other mea sure which has been adopted since the disas ters of the eastern frontier. But precisely be, cause it strengthens France and pacifies Paris does it menace the "personal empire" with final dissolution. General Trochti is a man of great military genius and ability, who has been .kept, as far in the background as his surpassing abilities would permit because he has never given his cordial support to the Imperial government. lie is neither a republican nor- a royalist, as such, but a soldier who understands the prin ciples of liberty sufficiently to regard them as to sole foundation in modern times of durable national strength. This the people of Paris knew. thelook upon him in the present crisisof the nation and the government as they looked upon Cayaignac in the tremendous, days-b! June, 18=16, when a provisional government tar weaker and , more incapable than the gov ernment of Napoleon trembled and hesitated l)efore an enemy more terrible than many Crown Princes and King Williams. In the vent - cif new aiBa6ters to. the French army, Trprhu would almost certainly pass from tlad nrilirary government of Paris to the head of the nation. In the event of victory over the invaders, he will become the irresistible standard-bearer Dia really free and responsible atlininistration ef_ the government. Meanwhile, and as a military measure only, his comma.nd of ..Paris_ assures to Marshal - Bazaine the fullest and west persistent reinforcement of his armies at chalons. The two commanders are in con slant communication by telegraph; and Paris, under Trochu, is made a part of the mighty forces fighting for France at Chalons under Ba zaine. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. The Princess Wasa, S ainneon's First Be trothed—The Austrian Finnerer , s De. signs.. --The Wiles of a Beautiful Ad ventnresse.The Course of a Great Life Changed. the the Stoats Zeitung.] Had not the original plans of Napoleon in regard to his marriage been frustrated by the Austrian Court, his life might have taken a very different course, and there might now be no necessity of his despairingly bewailing the fact that through foreign counsels he has al lowed himself to be ruined. He wished to marry his cousin,PrincesS Wasa,grand-daugh ter of the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, and bad already offered her his band on the occasion of a visit to Baden-Baden. His suit was accepted, but with the condition that Prince \Vasa, the father of the Princess, who lived in Vienna apart from his wife, should give his consent. Napoleon thereupon turned to the Emperor of Austria with the request 11.0 he should undertake the wooing . .of the bride from Prince Wasa, but he received an answer to the effect that this was not per mitted by-the laws of etiquette, inasibuela as the Prince was only a colonel in the Austrian i his, however, was merely an excuse, since Franz Joseph was determined to prevent the •. uposed match at any price. He therefore • itritekto influence Prince Wasa to posi vi 13 , refuse his consent ; and, while Napoleon ;I honed on, a match between the Crown • ince of Saxony and the Princess was quickly I.reught about by the intrigues of the Austrian ,iurt. Napoleon was deeply moved and ex asperated'at this, and upon first learning that this, his darlingproject, had been. frustrated,- he gaVe - utterance to the' memorable ' werds, Les souverains - de l'Europe souviendront de mei," (The Princes of Europe shall have 1•il Ilse to think - of me). It is true that at a later day the Emperor of ustria had only too much cause for regret ting the share' which he had taken in - this atiair ; but for Napoleon, the result was much wurse from having perhaps the only real heart felt desire he ever experienced repressed in this rude way. Even though the woman whom he had desired to make Empress of the French had by no means distinguished herself for minent qualities, yet her modest, bashful, al most dependent nature would have been a guarantee that she would never have en deavored to overstep the limit of her duties, never have labored to secure a government which would have made of the highest inter ests of France a plaything for her humors and her selfishness. But this was the result of the second choice • which Napoleon then hit upon. Among the many adventurers of rank who happeued.to be in Paris at the time of Napoleon's great po litical stratagem, there was a certain Countess Bondy) and her daughter, who had created a sensation and-drawn the attention of Napoleon toward themselves by their extravagant style of living, as well- as by • the beauty of the dauginer. Nappleon had drawn these women twins. new court, add . had indulged iu every kind of- gallantry 'toward the daughte4•who, - Tre - W - evolluitt — qutelrlytiverr - him7to - under=•' stand that, 4 despite.her coquetry, She was jitst as careful of her.honor as he was of his, and ' would yield in no way to his paSsionS unless he allowed her the legitimate place at-his side. • When_now the propoSed Match with the . Princess West' ' turned outa failure,; - Eugenie contrived to procure au invitation to Com- Nl,l,)gne,and there, in the freer intercourse with Napoleon, and with the aid • of a 'brilliant toilette, in which Violet-Wreaths auiid her blonde hair had an especially strong effect, she succeeded, :through the magic of her per • ppearanco, and her, splendid convers,V tioual powers, in so alluring him that he, still sensitive over the result Of his former plena, and with the firm determination of meeting . We crowned princes of Europe as akarvmt,- suddenly offered her his hand, and to the uni versal.astonishment not alone of Framer, but of all Europe, raised to the position of Em press a woman of doubtful descent and of an equally doubtful past. Since then this woman has shared his throne with him for eighteen years,snd has apparent ly, it is true, contributed very much to its splendor; but if Napoleon now looks back over this period, and calls himself to account for the influences which since then have been brought to hear neon 14111 frien the side of his wife, - and by means of her have been' made effective, he can scarcely do , otherwise than , curse the hour in which he entered into this 311 E SALT SUPPLY OF THE SOUTH. Some Free Trade Nonsense. The Chicago Republican says: _ Probably the. richest and most .nonsensical piece of free-trade bosh is that which repre- Sents the Southern cotton, States as- suffering for a supply of salt to use as manure, and which . they cannot obtain, owing to the " odi ous tariff." A few facts will sufficiently dis pose,pf. this absurdity.. • . On Bayou Teche, Louisiana, there is a de posit-of rock salt, covering - hundreds of acres, of unknown thickness, but.worked to a depth of about twenty feet, which is quarried like stone into blocks of any size; and which can not cost two cents a bushel to break up and prepare for delivery on a steamer. It is, in effect, a ledge, but slightly covered with earth, and when that is removed, is a solid crys talized mass, entirely pure. A railway of six or eight miles - would' suffice to deliver it on board a boat, as easily and readily as coal is delivered from the rnostopen seam worked in the United States, and at a cost not exceeding one dollar per ton. The Teche is navigable at all seasons about seventy miles. It empties into Atchafalaya or Berwick Bay, near Brashear City, and a railroad connects that place with New Orleans, a distance of eighty three miles, so that either ships or cars can be loaded at little cost. - -Western - - Texas - is filled - with salt "ba.sitis, from which the water has evaporated, and square miles are - covered with layers of solid salt, from two to four feet in thickness, which costs only the quarrying and hauling. If to this is added deposits all along the coast, and the water of the Gulf itself, which is a highly concentrated brine, the chances of suffering from a lack of this material in the lower States Will he apparent. In the Indian territory, the gypsum beds form a vast geologic:l.l 4 deposit. A stream of brine known as Salt Run is formed by a great manlier of salt springs, and, if used, would furnish a_supPly tor. - the--.v.-h01e.:(3-nited -States: As yet, no wells have been struck, and the brine runs to waste; except- as the Indians manufacture small quantities for that' own use. There are also vast saline deposits in Nebraska, Arkansas -and Virginia, which it is. scarcely worth while to, to. It is just pos.sible that some of the Southern- planters import small quantities - „ „ of kelp, or. sea -weed, as a manure, on account of its iodine, soda, potassa, and perhaps other chemical qualities, but that They import salt at any price from abroad, w Len the home supply is too, great for any market, would-be a mystery of comtnerce, and as likely to be true , as that the Northwestern States carry coal to Pennsylvania. Ati im mease bed of phosphate of hme has recently been discovered near 'Charleston, South Caro lina, and its use, combined with other mate rial, is likely_ to disnense. largely with the necessity for guano. Indeed, the South lacks no element of wealth or fertility, anti needs on fr- aistimulated - iminfitry - to supply not only herself, but the balance of the Union, with an unlithited quantity of the best of fertilizers. As there is no tariff at all on "dung salt," or that which is tit only for manure, what ter rible sufferings the revenue laws must inflict on cotton-growers! And how distressed for argument must a cause be that can Hurl noth ing worse to complain about. The planter must smile at has supposed 'saltless condition. TUE FIRE-DAMP EXPLOSION AT SCRANTON, PA. Eight Hem Seriously Injuireti. The Scranton Republican, of the 18th inst.ant, gives the following additional particulars of the lire-damp explosion in the shaft of the Loyal Brook Coal Company, at Dunmore: The only men in the shaftat the time were ten roekmen, who were engaged in the middle vein, blowing down roof It appears that the Men had heretofore used a safety lamp, and continued to take this precaution against acci dent for a long time, but, never finding any daMp, finally abandoned it. On, Tuesday even ing, when the men left their work, there was no appearance of damp, ant; they consequently ent to work yesterday morning with confi dence; but when the. foreman of , the gang went. to show the men their work for the day the damp caught flie ftom lanai, and eightof the ten_ were more 'or less severely injurcthi The followingare the names of the men : Joseph Greggs, very badly, anti will possibly not 'survive ; Christopher Vick ers, :severely, but not .fatally ; P. noggins, James, Bowen, William Bromley, Thomas 'l‘fiiste'rs, John Robbins' mid Isaac ICillOway, not•dangeronSly. The blame for this accident Ficibahly tails upon. the than who abandoned t.Lo use of the safety-lamp, and we should think that the numerous accidents occurring continually 'would awaken file miners to a sepse l of the risk fo which, tq.f,v ore continually expesing themselves by entering the mines without safety-lamps. The two men who es coped uniajmed owe their preservation: to_ their;presencEi of Mind by throwing 'them selves instantly upon the ground when they discovered the danger. • RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Collision on the'Connellstrllle Railroad— One Man Fatally and . Ithree Others Pilinhtty injured. A Pittsburgh paper says As the eastward bound express train on the Pittsburgh and Conn ellsville Railroad was ap proaching McKeesport Station, yesterday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, the front passenger ear came in collision with the front side of a box car, which had been left on a siding, and Which ad been pushed out ou the main track by some unknown person or persons, alter train No. 13 had passed west. The collision staved in the corner of the passenger car, in juring one 1.1.111k1 fatally, and three others The engineer of the express train was un able.to 800 but a short distance ahead, on ac count of a reverse curve at that point. When he made the discovery that the box car was Out too far,- and that he could not clear his coaches, he was unable to stop his train in tune to prevent a collision.' - * Dr: Phillips, the - railroad company's stir geon,.with two assistants, was on the ground promptly to care for, the injured, and no pitillS are being spared by. the company to make them as comfortable'-is possible. The names oftlie - mjured'could not he ascer- WHAT TO DO WITH .111111 INDIANS. Why Not ,Petrify Them? The- editor of the, Sioux City ,Toitriia/ has seen the petrifaction of a portion of it cedar tree and a turtle from the Bad Lands of Dakota. He learns that birds flying over these lauds fall arid are petrified, and that Indians who have attempted to explore them never re turned to tell their experience. All petrified, it is supposed. Why wouldn't that be a good reservation to set off for turbulent Indians? , They might be driven there and nature would the job by petrifying the whole of them. It is to be hoped the War Depa.rtment will 'consider-this solution of the Imlum problem, PRICE THREE CENTS' FACTS AND FANCIE Three Singers. Of poets and of singers That ever sang to me, Of minstrels and of psalmists, I best of all love three : The waves that move incessant On the unre.sting main, The winds from o'er the mountain, And the falling of the rain. What f• ay you, 0 storm - wind ? - . And what say you, .0 sea? Bead me the rune, 0 drops of rain, That so begulleth me! In vain my heart has studied Your ever-flowing song, Its cadences of sadness, Its monotone of wrong. Yet still ve keep repeating Tn such ad - earnest way Your tale of some disastrous year, 0L some unhappy day. The wild winds shout it seaward, TIM surf. back to the land ; - The rain affirms the story ; Yet I cannot understand. There are tears for some great sorrow,__ - There are sighs for some great woe, And bo bbi rigs for unheard-of things That happened lobe ago, With hintines of the future, And some long-waiting plan Of grave and fearful moment To the shuddering heart of mau. So I listen to the singing Of these weird singers three— The shifting wind, the crooning rain-, And the angry-shouting sea; But so cunningly the Master Hath made their music flow, That we never till the ending Shall the mystic meaning know. —Meet for repentance—tough beef —A _suffering but humazie Buffaloulam proposes a national-asylum for organ-grinders. —Chicago magistrates are accused of taking! wino with the blondes behind the scenes. —The Cafe Napoleon, in Ber:in, had tat allege its name speedily, the other day. —Dumas is in Madrid, to write up a history' of Spain on commission. —England adds ,SZ . 00,000,000 to its wealth every year. A- §Aratega belle who dresses ; nineteen. tines a day has gone into a decline. .5o hag her father. He declines to pay his notes. —lt is reported that a W ashington . Alder— wan runs barber-shop at Long Branch. HQ alight be at a worse business. —lmagine a more melancholy spectacle than a lot of hens trying to roost on a clothes line., —Now that King going: to turn. limpuror, the Prossiau army, to a luau, will Bill for Kaiser." —An Ainericah is using his life insurance: policy as a passport with great suceessiu - G many. —The Prussian agricultural societies have ap plied for permission to use the inmates , of the , prisons in harvest, work. —A New Yorker is said to have imported, .$2,000 worth of Irish s wall o ws—pro bit bly raeq,u-, jug peat II bisky. —lt is announced in a- Vermont paperthae 3ar icaue Real is the commander of the French —A Californian is suing a nice but wilful girt tor 6.10,600 damages in the way of breach of promise. —The Duchess of St. Albans is acting as volunteer organist to a country parish church. in England. —A resident of Delwvan, Wisconsin, has a,. genuine copy of Ben. Franklin's newspaper r dated February U, 1723. —One of the editors of the Springfield Republican offers to "walk" at agricultural fairs at one-half the price charged by Weston.. —Alfred Elson has undertaken the task of walking back and forth from Augusta to, Lewiston, Maine, a distance of thirty miles, every day for a week. —A i‘lontana, -paper has a telegram an nouncing that "the French Mediterranean fleet has arrived at Burst, and will go north to join the balance of the tieet." —Several young ladies of Elkhorn, Wis., re cently demonstrated their belief in the doc trines of Lucy Stone Blackwell and Anna, Dickinson, by starting on an excursion into the country without male incumbrance. ' —The patriarch Auber and the widow , of Scribe have given to the French Patriotic. Subscription their rights of ..£2O per night each' time Masaidello is given, coupled, howeVer, with the condition that the " Marseillaise". must be sung after the opera. —lt is said that the mitrailleur is Lunch the' same machine as that which inspired' a Texas; langer, at Atlanta, to oiler to stand ott at hundred yards and let the inventor turn the thing loose at him for six weekS at two 'dol lars and a half a day. gentlernan.named Ripplebas been-sub= sist iug on boiled corn for several years, iu ac cordance with the desire of a spirit, wlio.once appeared to him, and promised a long lease -of' lite, provided. he would renounce the use of all otherldnds.of food, • ---The late Dr. Anzias Turenne, a Norwe gian physician, following the example of the late Dr. John C7.•Warren, of Boston, has di.: rented in his will that his body be dissected. and his skeleton cleaned, aitieulatcd, and hung up in the museum of the Medical School at Christiania. —The Paris Figaro has the following hit at Benedetti:--An 'English writer defines the word ambassador as follows : " A man chargcti with the duty of lying in the interest of hi 3 country as adroitly as possible." That, ia something that the candid Benedetti certainly does not know how to do. —" Olive Logan," says an exchange, " turns. up her nose at the Yo• Semite Valley." There'it' another great peak for Itierstadt. to paint (un-, less Olive has already painted it onough.)L— Chieugo Post. But surely it is better that she , should turn up her nose at the valley, than; that she should turn up the. valley with, her nose. —ln Kansas the old settlers are vory food of roast, dog, and new comers are soon initiated: into a liking for that diet. But prairie dog are not like the eastern curs: They are very. small. In form and color they' are ;tiniest •pre like our grannal, squirrels, :and 3 full, grown one is no larger than a red squirrel. They have a busby tail, and subsist wholly' upon vegetation. They are pretty little efori.;, tures, with soft,: 'pleasing; gaaolle ike eves;; and are quite_ agreeable as gentleman who has been traveling for some time in Camas Valley, Oregon; informs cr. Douglass county Diver that While exploring tbe mountains in that vicinity, he ,discovered: a wall upon the top of ono ot the mountains. He says it Was laid with great care and nre. cision;, that it was composed of square slate rock, neatly cut, and was abotirtWelve feet long; and was, in some rdare4, two foq high. He could lind no trace of slate rock in the (Unity, and the fact of its being interlaid , with a hard substance resembling red olasi, leads one to suppose that it is the work of mazer; -- one in the vicinity knew of its whereabouts, and it was by mere accident the explorer covered it, so thickly was it enveloped it, brush.
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