- *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.
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—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,
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LAIIDELL.
A" Sul:Ml.s'4)g their Cuetr,Tere wir h
premi LLACK BILKS
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'UBE.COD CiTitA.TE
4_ hiagaeeta.—JUANC. BAKER d C0..713 Market et.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
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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
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`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*
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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
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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,
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES
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OPEN AIR SERVICES UNDER
the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation, SABBATH AFTERNOON (D. Y.), at the fol
lowing places:
Market Ilouse.Secotd and South streets, 3 o'clock,
Cemetery Lane, liensh3gton i
Second street, above York, 4 o'clock
Seventh and St. Nary streets,
Independence Square, Preaching by
Rev. W. J. PAXSON.
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
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—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.