VOLUME XXIV. - NO. 114. ITEDDING CARDS, INVITATIONS for Parties, &e. New styles. MASON & DO., 907 Chestnut street. • do3ofmw tCg FIXED EARTH CLOSETS ON ANY floor, in or out of doors, and PORTABLE EARTH ON/BODES, for use In bed-chambers and elsewhere. Are absolutely free from offence. Earth Closet, , Oorn. vany's office and salesroom at W3l. G. RELOADS , No. 3221 Market street. an29-tf§ DIED. ADA NlS.—On Staten Island, on the 19th inst., of ty phoid Lever. John Q. Adams. in the e2d year of hiy age, Funeral on to morrow ( Tuesday; morning. from the New :York Depot Welt Philadelphia. at 11.1.,A. M. All friends are invitd. NSItI{ICK: the 15Q, 1119 t., at hia residence, near Germantown, after a short illness. Samuel V. Merrick, in the TOth year of his age. Ths - funeral - service.rwill - be held at the honsson Mew 11a) 22.1 Inst., at G o'clock P. M., Punt-Pia/Iy. Carrialieh IA ill an aft at Germantown the arrival of the 4 o'clock train trout the city. Interment. at Laurel Hill. His frisnds and those of the family are invited to attend. § 400EinzARCH STREET, & LANDELL, Are oupplyiug their Cmtemerri BLACK tiILKB At Gold 12!%.: Premium. 11011URA' COti LIVER ' biagnesia.—JOHN & C. 8AKERC0 .. . ! 7 , 11 , Market ' SPECIAL NOTICES. FIRST-CLASS IVlerchamt, Tailoring DONE WI ill GREATand DESPATCH S PROMPTNESS W A NAMAKER ' S, 818 and 820 Chestnut St. BECK'S PHILADELPIIIA BAND, No. 1, EAST GRAND EXCURSION OF THE SERIES Around New York Bay and up the Iludsou River above she Famous Palisades, or Three hours at Central Park, New York. Le3o. Philadelphia, from WALNUT'Street Wharf, at u C Thursday, August 2.5, 1470, ar“i A ri.t.yi RA; trm.l, making . litick-t:imu , . bouth . FOR THE E.x un.t.zioN Tifiset, 151 .so G, and 4 ro) In ti avoid dela> in:: the op•-cial tram, it tt , t'LLF, COMFORT TO PA:in:Nu - Ku:6 ON TUE lit , AT, the ticket,' will he • 'f therefore purchatte4 ith Nair Oro. 7,1 , --yi-37; pru=rtirc , l nrytil u'clork P. M. qf tht , .day: the y., tit the ark,. or 116r1C8 Hand. 52' et 4treet , Ch.te. Briiity.ttthotfer, WS Market nu- to Era,. C. Renn-r...N1 Girard tCvettuu tJ.O. 11 , T. 14.1 Ntre-.-T . icket Olilrv. FZI ch,,struit utr• - . t alto. (;:ul.Ol - 1 pod Amboy ftaitroa4T,, an . ,' Pre , ioue to •1 ttiorang of rile eZt'urCipp. NITED. NTATES INTERNAL. 11F‘ENCE coLbEcTorrs urricE, Ll , sNh IllbT PICT, PA.. 716 AVA street. inpitte, Aug. 20.1.970 NOT 1..; E GI% EL That the Atallnii In fur Bel , Tac - cn Watebee - , rarritige , ..etr.7, bz,. :at • r Liceuoe T.,a iOr the year ending April 20, am von due and payable at thin office until :-ep -1,,z,,1 • r 1.70 '1 di , trict colnyelnea thr First 8e; erith, .ICIAL. and ivrenty•nisth aide of thin city. WM. It. LEEDS, "'Cill , . dor. Wv. HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. IhlB mid 1520 Lombard street, Dispensary Department. —Medirul treatment nd medicine furnished gratuitously to the poor eOLITICAL EC: 1870. SHERIFF, WILLIAM R. LEEDS. '1.•1611 ocl2rpj tu. HEADQUARTERS UN lON RE PUBLICAN CITY EXECUTIVE COMMIT NO. 1101 CHESTNUT STREET. At a meeting of the committee, held on SATURDAY, August 13, to consider the report of the nib-committee in the matter of the 'dispute as to the nomination for Congress in the Second Congressional district, after I, , ^u ing the evidence submitted, it was unanimotody de cided that Hon. CHARLES O'NEILL was the regularly 7.otninated candidate of the Republican convention of Ghat district. • Extract (tom the minute,. 30EIN L. RILL, Prebiclent. Attest: J m oT i M ic c ,:v e G ui : Loyon, , ,,/ Secretaries. lt• TO RENT. . _ 7 TO RENT. DESIRAB L E CO 1'- BRED COAL YARD. No good will, excellent location, large capacity, immediate pos,,estdou, rent . h rlrkotlice,stable and ecalee complete. Loea tton. S. E. corner Twelfth and Washington street, Apply 416 North Twelfthlstreet. a u 22-41t* AMERICAN DIVORCES Eugl bilk Judge Deelareu thew Invalid In England. In the English Court of Probate and Di- Torce a week or two 'ago, Lora Penyance made the following remarks upon the case of an English woman, who, living in the United ;States, separate from her husband, had pro cured a divor4e in lowa, her- husband-remain dng in England arid - 'knOwing nothing of the ]natter: " It seems to me, tO 1 o neither just nor ex pedient that a woman, whose domicile,. is laiglish and whose. husband's dOmicile,lS.Eng lisb, should, while living separate from him in a foreign State in which he has never up to the lime of the divorce set. his.-foote be per-, mitted to resort to tile loeal tribMitil,antrw,itb cut any none° to her hiisband except' an 'ad vertisement which he never saw, and was toSee:ahtain diverceitgainlit him behind his back.' lc O. case has ever yet decided that a man can, according to the laiyof this country, be divorced from. -his wife by the trb bunals of a country in which he Icis_had either domicile or fesidepce. lie has never submitted himself, either directly or inferentially, to the jurisdiction of such a court, and has never„bv any act, of, his own laid-liimseif -open to be at- . ; lectect by its process, if it ever reaeheS MM. Al' j udgment' so obtained has, therefore, In addb‘ Lion to the want of jurisdiction; the incurable vice of being contrary, to natural justice, be cause the proceedings are ex. pal* and in the absence of the, party affected ni._ the It follows that the marriage upon ,3-Vhfchliepe .2.itioner founds tier claim to ,a doom i sis nvalid, and tlie. pe.titiondismissed." • • --The censdilltakers of California don't ip 'pea r to .be makinganuch p rogress., Theyhavh been engaged in the work for more than two xtiouthsi•bnt have not succeeded solar'in ac complisliing ' more than two-thirds of it. TIM difficulties surrounding the task are, explained in the following despatch sent to San Fran cisco from a censub-taker : " Mercury 110 de grees in the shade, and no ice. James Vance was nearly. drowned in Crossing Pitt - rffeT, losing nearly all ~bis papers. In Del Norte county it has been raining hard. 'John Daly, in San Joaquin, was nearly devoured by sav age dogs in au isolated portion of that coun ty." —A son of Lord Brougham, has swept away Ins fortune and is bankrupt. .. --Manistee, Michigan, has a plum orchard of forty acres and 6,000 trecs. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . ^v , . . • , . • . „ ' -•-•:. ' "..- //2 . . ' :-.,;',. - • . . 3,_ . . r .. . ...._ ' .... ~ • ........ - .0. .---:-•_:_...-_,..-• __.•,—t---: • . ~,-..,.„...,:_-:..„..-_—•—• - . . • . ~ . , . .. • .. . .. . ' ~ . • .._...:,..„..... ..• _____ . •.„,,.;_z_.„:„., . i im- .., ~..-.,,. . . - - , - _. . _ _ ._... -4'...A„' „...,,,..„_,• ------.3-?fitt,.. (...,., 4 -Ti , -.•.._ NcE , . , . ...; • , ...... . - -- -,LA.- . .-- .;..--..< ...;,..:•e' - ::::.4.r.; — _ , . ... . ~. . • , . - . . .-- , .... i 1870. TILE WAR IN EUROPE (BY Cahlo The Situation at Niels !tad Paris-.lPur. they Details. LONDON, Aug. 21, Night. The King of Prussia's announcement of a victory at Rezon vine on Thursday is !contradicted by official Statements in Paris yesterday. No doubt of a serious engagement to the south of Metz on that day, in which the French performed marvels of heroism, and were winning the battle, when their ammuni tion gave out. They fell back in good order and - vrithout - anyrpursuit to Metz. -- The battle was without decisive results. It is agreed on all hands that the losses of the Prussians on ThurSday, as in all the recent engagements, greatly _exceed those of .the '\ French. King William announces a loss of 40,000 men on Thursday alone, and this confirms report from Brussels that OLIO whole corps Of the army of General Von Steinmetz was lit -erally cut to Mewl The magnificent Prussian cavalry, in the language of a' Belgian • . ollicer; no longer exists. • It is believed if the French are beaten they will march at once on Paris, where Troche is making immense preparations to receive them. If the Prussians are beaten. Bazaine, who re mains between Metz and Verdun, Will move at once into Rhenish Prussia.. The French Press on the Sithatton. PARIS, August 21.—The (Jo use itit tie nue?, in its issue of yesterday, says : Our reverses at first surprised and frightened u_s_We-started- for-vi story-toe-reliantly an tlyW-e have received a hard lesson • we have found the enemy more powerful than we expected, and ourselves-not-an ready as we.*ere. tatight to belieVe. The evil is not without remedy. We. Were mistaken at first ; but we shall use all our means now, trader the painful experi ence we have realized, -- to assemble our forces and repair our faults: If any Consolation be pos. slide in our reverses it is the thought how great the peril our brave and impetuous army ould have run had we invaded. Where would-we now bave-beeuif the battles in the Vosgt s bad been fought near Cobleatz or Mayenee '.' We may now successfully resist I , efatise we are near our resources. We are on rue defensive, but we are on our own ground. Could the man who directs the Prussian army have foreseen that we were, So ready to repair our errors,arid so determined to repel invasion, he would have awaited,and the l ussian army mould be less compromised. THE DEFENCE OF PARIS 'The French Forces Organized by Gen Trochn. —The Courrier_des _Eltes C14%..-ofSatti relay-con tained a special despatch ft - Om:Paris stating : The army just organized by Gen. Troches at Chalons numbers 2: , 1t,009 men, of Whom one third are regular troops: The remainder is tormed of the reserVeand Garde Mobile, who have been carefully selected:. and disciplined. The•example ot the veteran troops will stimu , late them to perform heroic deeds. Gen. Trochu is at this moment - organizing I he, army intended to defend- Paris. This, it ;nay be imagined, is an arduous task, con sidering that there has arrived here, within t hree days past, 30,010 men-of the National (;_eard and - Pire - Brigades of the subiubs, who. I now little of military life. However, every ne is at his Post; dinerein corps are forming, acs the experienced sailers are regulat ing matters, satistacturily, If the enemy arms he will receive a warm recep 11011—iirSt, before Paris, between the Seine ;41.41 Marne; then under the walls themselves of the 4.apital, where there is an intrenched camp formed and already oecupied Sion of the regular army. The appearance of Paris recalls, excepting the barricades, the time of the insurrection of Juno, 11348. Soldiers of the National Guard and troops going to the held are encamped on the streets, squares,and public gardens. Aids-de-camp and bearers of deSpatches pass each other in all, directions. The headquarters of Gen. Trochu are at the Elysee, and as formely under Cavaiguac, the tate of Paris Ls entirely in the hands of her military protector. The Emperor is not of much account at this moment. It is said that he is at Rheims, where the Prince Imperial is also. Gen. Trochu yesterday summoned all the general officers having important commands t,) the. Elysee. He dictated them instructions %%Lich are very severe respecting spies, who are to be shot within 24 hours. No news is allowed to be published respect ing the movements and position of Mac:Mahon and the troops of the former Army of the I: lane. (By Mail.] How the French Papers Took the First Prussian Victories—Excerpts from the Paris Journals. The excitement in Paris on Sunday, Aug. was tremendous. All the papers recognize the gravity of the situation. The Sob' says : " The present is not a time for discussion. It is a time for action. The uncertainty in which we liud ourselves connot be endured a ;lay longer. At the moment when the. Cabinet deliberates and edits the news, the enemy advances, per haps by forced marches, toward the capital. Hesitation is not now possible. It is not proclamations which the people demand ; it is guns. It is necessary to arm the nation as Paris,in the departments,everywhere. It is necessary to open the arsenals, to take arms from theta, to distribute them to every eligible man. It is twelve hours since the Govern ment heard of our reverses. What efficacious meifsures hwit taken We have tke:::Gartle li obi!e. We have the National Guard. We have the companies of firemen. It is necessary that this evening these _numerous battalions should be mobilized. It is necessary that this evening all citizens in in ins should be placed under the supreme command and responsibility of an experienced ,military chief, charged tofform from them au army of reserve, intended to go to the sittecor of that which is at close quarters with the enemy. Whether this chief be Gen. Changar nicr Gen. Trochu is of little iambi:tame. But What we have indicated must be done within twenty-four hours. Otherwise the tieople will, of their own supreme will, take into their ,own hands the defence of the court. t rv. poputi supre.!init lex." The Liberte says : - -Doubt is no longer permitted ; let us look the situation in the face with all the' necessary alin and energy. Our eonntry is not in dan ger, but, its Sell is being trodden by the enemy. Our parents ,:our 'friends, our brothers of Al-. saco, and of Lorraine have the enemy at their hearth S.. All France will quiver with indigna. lion and ; rage at Ahe announcement of this . Letins await the battle which will take place to,day,or to-morrow without doubt—let its await it with confidence. Our army has its revehgetti'Aake. It will take it! All France Ins to-day arisen; to-morrow, if it :is .neees - sary, it Will be under arins." • : The.,lounial des Debats -writes: -- • The GoVermitent - ccimprellerfils;We dtrifte doubt, the gravity of the situation. France, oii its side, will show itself in the height .of danger, and - Cloverinnent:is Sure of .:beingiun-4 derstood the moment it appeals to the patriot, isnifincitthenenergy of all .Our otnintry, thank - Ifeaven! has come safe and sotind out`of the rudest tests. A liirgt/suceess'of tlie 'enemy; far from frightening us, ought: only' to - make us feel' ore vividly than , :everitlie 'necessity of being united and calm. Let us, then, have conibbinice in Ms . :Valiant -army, whichh-a .mo-. ,IPoilddrY reverse Will,not be able to WOVOi r and let us prove to it-that the patriotic inspiration by which it is animated runs at- this Moment through all France." ; , , L'llittoire bad the following : "We have been defeated ! Let us face with a calm eye and firm heart the situation made for the country by the double and sad deteat of Marshal MacMahon• and Gen. Frossard. No discouragement! No fainting! The hour has come for great measures and manly reso iution. Nothing is lost, nothing is compro pulsed. As it did eighty years ago, our coun try will raise, if necessary, fourteen armies with which to repulse the Prussian invasion: Let us remember that the victories of Vainly and Jemmapes were preceded by the defeats of Longwy and Verdun. France of 1870 will not forget she is the daughter of France of 1792." City Excitement In Paris---Extraordi nary Scene on the Boulevard..." To the Lamp.POst." [From Galignauf Messntger of August 8.1 - The scene on the boulevards on Saturday was most extraordinary, and the ex.citemen intense. The following is an account of what took place: A rumor, having its origin at the Bourse,. ran like wildfire- through Paris, to--theeeffect .tbat,tho,:,corpsef Marshal MacMahhon , liad' gainedan immense -victory, that: the French bad made 25,000 prisoners, including Prince Charles himself, had taken ,thirty pieces of Vanillin and were %nesters of Landau. These evidently exaggerated statementt were eager ly welcomed ; all Paris seemed to come out of deers; the great thoroughfares became crowded; flags were hung from all- the win dows, and off the Boulevards circulation be came impossible; on the-steps of the Bourse a dense crowd assembled,singing patriotic songs and shouting "give la France ' These per sovstlien homed tlid — bc - i - l - levards and in creased the general enthusiasm. Mine. Guey ward and Colin,,qt the Grand Gpera,being re- . cognized- -in an; open- carriage; - :going hearse], were loudly -cheered, and, standing. up. sang the " Marseillaise" in grand style, the rlt ipte joining in the chorus With. extraor dinary zest. In another place Mme. Sass,sang the same hymn, and was obliged to give it again and even a third time. But shortly after report began to prevail that the whole story bad been concocted by speculators in the st4..eks ! and then a tremendous reaction ensued. A vast crowd rushed to the Bourse and in; vaded the building, uttering menaces against the Agents-de-Change and the Coulissiers. These latter were obliged to seek for safety in their room of meeting, the general throng vo ciferating against the fugitives. In the end, at a quarter to three o'clock, the Commissary of the Bourse ordered the building to he cleared. Meantime the crowd. in the streets dispersed, somewhat ashamed of their unfounded demonstration in honor of a victory - which only existed in . I maginatiorif,-Antials3dy- - of - young-_men7went through the principal streets ordering the in habitants to-remove their flags-on-the instant; as the news was not true. At a quarter to four an enormous crowd assembled in front of the hotel of the Minister of Justige, asking for explanations concerning the false ra nters_ eireulated at the Bourse. M. °Myler appeared on the balcony Of the hotel, and with great energy assured thi3- per-. sons • present that ,the affair IN as an unworthy manoeuvre, and prayed the population of-Paris to give their confidence to the government, which would not fail to put immediately any news that might arrive from the seat of war, aud- that while the troops were shedding their blood on-the fron t tier be hoped the population of Paris would preserve their calm. His discourse - was re ceived with much applause, anti the crowd dispersed amid cries of " Five la France." Au immense crowd continued to pi omenade on the Boulevards on _i-zaturclay night, ~ . sometimes singing and sometimes shouting " Vire la France !" hut without any attempt at violence: Towards ten o'clock a number of persons arrived onthe Place Vendome, and stationed themselves on the footpath near the houses. The entry to the place was barred by a cordon of police men at the top of the Rues Castiglione and des Petits-Champs. About half-past ten a long column, singing the " Marseillaise," and with a tri-colored flag at their head, descended from the Boulevards, shouting, " 011ivier !" " 011ivier !" to the air Des Lampions!" They crossed a body of National Guards, to whom they, attempted to give an ovation, but the honor was declined. The serpents-de-ville forced the hand to re trace their steps, and the troops, having given the ordinary summations, evacuated the dace. Yesterday crowds also as -em bled, singing the Marseillaioe," although . without any disorderly bearing. A t about three o'clock a column of young men, numbering about 1,000 or 1,500, .preiceeded along the Boulevard to the Ministry of Jus tice, carrying two long poles, between which ‘s - as suspended a piece of linen, on which could be read in large letters these words : Aux armes I" "Les Citoyens demandent des • :trines !" "viva la France !" The police had no difficulty in • dispersing them. - Later. in the evening a crowd assembled in the Place .Veu dnine crying for arms, and towards 11 o'clock l , ceame so dense that all passage was impos- In reference to the scene on the Boulevard the Council of Ministers addressed in the af ternoon the, following proclamation to, the population of the capital : AutiusT 6 6P. M.—/t/httioitants of Paris : Von have been justly agitated by an odious tit:m(l2lll , re. The guilty party has been arrested and a judicial inquiry commenced. The go e runient is adopting the most energetic mea sures to prevent that such an infamy shall be repeated. In the name of our native land and iu the name of ourheroic. Amin- -we- L eaßou: i folio 'COM and patient, and to . preserve order. Tumult in Paris would be amctory for the Prussians. As soon as any well authenti cated intelligence arrives, whatever may be its nature, faVorable or disastrous, it shall be at once communicated to you. Let us be united and have only one thought, one wish and one sentiment—the triumph of our arms. This document bears the signature of all the \llnisters. Napoleon's Dork Deeord—The Crimes of the Empire. The New York Post Says of the coup ,Pet a t which Louis N spoken placed himself on . the throne: The dark lines of the coup iritat arc not to be exaggerated or deepened by rhetoric. It Stands alone in history, the,most gigantic and Appalling act of defiance against God and man el known. Involving, as it did, the breaCh of every bond men hold sacred, and the viola lion of every right they cherish, it is fitting thSt f it should ha! - recalled in all its horrid fea t urcs now,,when ! , the whirligig of time balms round hili . revenges2' • The cold-blooded Murder of men,Wcimati and children; to die adniitted number: of three hundred and eighty, and . probably of Many more, for no .crime-hut unwillingness to see the constitution overthrown by a traitor, was the I.llCaSpre_ Whiell struck Paris with terror, and assured success to the plot. Nay, many, pc rbaps most ot•thermwetenoteyen cppo*ing the President, liutWere mere lookers-on, 'and were slaughtered :for no purpose but to Pro duce terror. Yet'this crime sinks to a small thing in comparison with the. .systematic corruption of the. civil 'and' MilitarY ser :vide of a great nation ; the, studied and persistent removaltrom power of all its gredt and good men, and . the romotion „of ready tools of- treason to their places; thO perversion and degradation of the moral sense of • the public; the transforMation of a free govetn mentinto a military, despotism;. the stipPreS sioo of free thought and speeck:and of, all the 'natural impulses of a great people, robbing them of national education; of a spontaneous Froth of art; 'literature and elcjquenew,,and I)E MONDAY, AUGUST 22,1870. FIERCE BATTLE WITH INDIANS IN narties from Fort Richardson we are placed in possessien of the details of one of the most serious engagements that has taken place on our Texas frontier for sometime. On the Gill, General Oakes, commanding at Fort Richardson, ordered a detachment of the Sixth Cavalry, consisting of two commis sioned otlicers, one acting assistant surgeon and fly-three enlisted men, under command of 0 'aptain C.B. cLellan, to: proceed to Rock Statiemsixteen miles from Fort Richardson, where, it was reported, the Indians had lately attacked and:destroyed the overland mail. On the morning of the 7th, Captain Mc, Lellau and his command started on a scent, which continued for four days. On the night of the 10th, the command camped on the _North Fork of the Little Wichita, and on the 12th started in an easterly direction. When four or live' 'miles canips the advance guard reported foot or five Indians in sight moving in a southerly- direction. - It was not long till a company of 'lndians-.were dis covered,. largeiy:.:Stiperlor , ,iii._:number-tallio.: troopS. • • _ „ - A charge was ordered, but when Within -- about five hundred !Yards of the enemy two other bands were• discovered about equal in strength to the firer discovered, and also a large number -of scattered Indians on boat flanks. - - It - view of the! greatly superior num . hers of the Indians, and from fear that the. pack mules and guard in the rear would be curt off, a halt was 'ordered and Ifire opened upon the Indians; which was promptly re-, turned. Thougl.fthe - cbininand Was soon sur rounded, and a galling fire from carbines and pistols poured in upon = it - from - all sides; it Maintained its position for setae half au hour. But it was soon evident that the only hope of of a healthy, political development; all to gratify one man's reckless ambition. It is one of the literary men of the second emnire who has summed up the principles on which it was founded, which have guided the whole career of the Emperor, - and which his example has done so much to spread through society, in these words : " Without scruple, use women for your pleasure and men for your advancement." The life of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte has been one long comment upon this text, one continuous illustration of this inversion of the moral law. It is the." impe rial idea;" and history would lack one of its most important lessons if such a life should continue to appear brilliant and successful to its end. The Pleasure Grounds of Paris No surer indication could he -given of the alarm that is felt by the existing Government at Paris for the safety of that capital than the order which Las gone forth for leveling the Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes. Nothinglesa than a lively_apprehension that the siege guns of. the Crown.Brince:.Of Prussia would soon be heard from the Outer•fortifica dons, would have brought . the commander charged with the security of the city tosoex tretne a - measure. ' ' • • The Bois de Boulogne and the Bois - de Vin cennes are situated at exactly opposite points of the environs of Paris. The former park is the pride and glory of la belle ville f - where the giddy Parisian population conjugates the verb ?amuser all the year round. There they walk, ride, (bite, skate, picnic and dine. There the lotette arades her attractions, and there the Irascible - editorial—fraternity The Bois de Boulogne has an area of two thousand acres, with promenadesand road loys- of more than - forty - circiiit;and , har;. - been beautified at the most laVish expense. -Artificial cascades, mimicking the Wild ness of nature, fall over rocks trans ported from Fontainebleau, the water flowing out of lakes constructed with the strictest regard to the picturesque. Upon the margin of these lakes rise Swiss chalets and Chinese pavilions, so disposed in elation to the wooded shores and 'newly-built bills behind them as to produce the most striking effect, At one end of the Bois there is the loveliest little windmill in the world, and at the other is the race-course of Longchamps with its snowy booths and ample stands for The Court and the people, while. in _the very centre is the beautiful Pre Catelan, offering its restaurants and open-air theatre for the gratifi cation of the public. What the Bois has lacked since 181.5 is forest. The primitive trees that covered the sandy soil in the days of the first Revolution were all cut down when the allied armies bivoucked on the spot after Water 100._ VOT.many years .the_sterile,_uninterest-__ mg Plain, thus denuded Of its tirdbet, can to waste, and was covered over. at_la.st, with a - stunted growth of weak and unthrifty sap lings. ]n 18.52 the work of adorning the BoiS de Boulogne was begun with energy by the present Emperor, who has spent enormous sums in transporting.. thither magnificent 'foreSt trees, and now, sad to relate, Just as it begnn to_shaw fine clumps-of wood, and- liere'firl there depths. of shade, the advance ofthe ruthless Prussian. renders a total de struction of. the' Bois a military necessity. ( treat will he the distress in the - Faubourg St. ilenori., the Jockey Club will lament, Fitine -will - Thed tears, anti the Emperor will see with the bitterest regret the fairest flower with which he had decked his capital torn . t: The Bois de Vincennes, upon the eastern I , oundary of Paris, differs in all respects from tI Buis do-Boulogne. It is a park of con sob-rattle extent, covered in great part with m lie woods which it seems almost a crime to • (Ij down. Some years ago the Emperor began to lay it out in walks and drives, and to adoim it. for the benefit chiefly of the shopkeepers aitil their wives, who dwell in the region of t7it. Antoinewand Pere la Chaise. But the work was discontinued, and the open spaces of the ground have since been exclusively devoted to the heavy gun and shell practice and artil h•ry manoeuvres of that groncte armee which hits proved so untrustworthy a reliance in the hour of danger.--W.P. Post. RERANGER ON THE PRINCE lIIIPE RIAL. A correspon denC of the N. V. Mall says : I It Six :—The enclosed 1 cut from a news pap ,r during one of the political troubles of Fl once after the birth of the Prince Imperial, nlso f•pveral years before 'the death of the out c. It is the only copy that I have ever The Brave Beranger. '1•11,n old singer is again in the field, and is revenge for the slavery in which his h,-Loved France is held. French compositors wht, have lost• their living by the system of suppression, are finding tt new resource in copying these verses of the bard and other clandestine productions. Though not printed they are chanted In every cafe in Paris in spite of the police: How delicately withering is this last epigram on the Imperial Prince: II est Hollandais oar son pere, 11 est Ecossais par sa grand mere, 11 est Anglais par alliance, 11 est Espagnol par naissance, t; uulle malheureuse chance, Qui! ne manque a l'enfaut de France Que d'etre taut soit pen Francais. A I )utehman through papa, :\ :scot through grandruamma, And English by the peace, he comes to clench A young Spaniard through his mother, r"I would be pleasant, to 7 ilNetiver hat child of France were just a little rench. TEXAS The Sixth Cavalry and the Comanches—. Fit teen Inalansliilled—Many Wounded —1 n o Soldiers Killed and Ten Wounded. I From the Waco (TeXtIS) Rygister.) escape from annihilation was a carefully guarded retreat to some more defensive posi tion. The command war dismounted anti fell back slowly, followed by the savage hordes who continued to pour iu their tire from every available point, but which was re turned with frequent effect. The retreat con tinned in this way four or live hours. The middle fork of the little Wichita and south fork of the same stream were forded. Not until the latter stream Was reached, abaut.4 o'ckick in the evening, did the Indians abandon their pursuit. Of the command, Corpora] John Givin and Pril-ate George..Blmn,- both of-Company-li, Sixth Cavalr,, were killed. The following is the list of the enlisted men wounded. • Sergeant Win. Winterbottotn. Company A; Corporal John Conners, Company ki ' • Pri vates Albert Ford and Gustave Smith, Com pany H ; Private W. B. Gallagher, Company D ; Privates Robert Stewart and Ben Aury, Company H; Private Conroy, Company L; Private Samuel•• IL Waggoner; Cotnilany A; Private Peter lirainreider, Company• IC: A CATHOLIC CONVENT CASE AT ST • Loris. • ' Answer to a Writ of ilabeng Corpus. The St. Louis (Mo.) Repablican, of the lfith inst., gives the particulars of a case brought before-the Court of Criminal Correction -- of that city, in which the Lady Superior of, the House of the Good Shepherd was served with a writ of habeas corpus -to procure the body of a yOung lady named Blanche C. Lingcpin, who was - said - to - have - been — restraitted - of - Verithwty. The ansiker to the writ was as tollows : In response to the writ, the. Superior Presi, dent 'of :the - Consent. - of the Good Slihpherd, now here,. produces 'in Court the body of Blanche C. Lingcoln, and ,ayerm that she has no authority whatever to detain or confine, or in any manner to restrain the said Blanche C. Lingcoln of her said Blanche LingeOlECB liberty ; and for further answer said re spondent avers that said Blanche is not re strained of her liberty by responifeuf ur 'any of the officers or employes of said Convent of the Good Shepherd ; and the said respondent further declares that the said Blanche remains in said institution of her own free will, and at and prior to the service of the within writ has _been informed that she is free. to depart there fr9hi whenever she pleases : and having tully answered, she prays hence to be discharged with her costs. :MOTHER MARY, of the. Sacred fleart. - Sworn and subscribed to before we, the ISth day of Augmq, we hand and notarial MATITEW OT,Eiaar, Notamy_Public,--St -Louis Mother Mary, the Ludy Superior, Mrs. B. C. I,ingcoln, and ~Mir. Garesche, the attorney for the defence,. were in attendance at the Court of Crithinal Correction at 10 o'clock., hut in consequence of the sickness of Judge Wolf, no court was held that day. Mt. Gar esche filed his.rettirn and the ladies left the Court-room. The Marshal adjou-ned the klourt_ until- this -morning. Previous to leav‘ fug the Court, Motbei Mary asked Mr. Me- Pall to allow one of his deputies to accompany them to the- convent, which. %% a: readily ac ceded to. The party then left uu the Market street cars. As was anticipated, this case has excited a deal of attention, and there was a rather nu merous and expectant company in Court yes terday. DI rs, Lingcoln . appears to be quite satisfied with her treatment at the vent, and instead of wishing to leave there. prefers a prolonged stay. as is evinced by the tact that, possessing uncontrolled freedom, she returns to her adopted home. Jir person ,M rs-Li ugcoln is about the MediuM height, has black eyes and hair, dark complexion, with regular and pre possessing features. It has been previously stated that Mrs. Lingcolu, who is twenty-three years of age, has been unhappy in her con jugal relations. Her husband, from whom it appears she is now living apart, was connected with the police of this city.. She was sent by her friends to the House of the Good Shep herd in the month of May last. Since then Captain Benjamin R. Jewhil, a cousin of hers, who assisted to place her in the convent, states that she wrote to him expressing a dis inclination to remain at the convent, and ask ing to be released. Acting on this lertor, the Captain, who is a well-known pilot, went to the convent and requested, or, may be, de iwinded, that he should see his relative. some misunderstanding. arose, and the Cap tain was refused admission, whereupon he re sorted to the ordinary process of law, with the result above mentioned. SEIZURE OF A STE ALMS UI P Alleged Violation of Neutrality Laws The steamship Florida, loading at this port with military stores, arms and ammunition, was seized on Saturday evening, by United States Marshal Sharpe, for alleged violation of the neutrality laws: The vessel is held to await the further order of the. United States District Court, and the claim of her owners will probably be heard to-day. The Floriddis of 6W tons burden, and was known as the Penguin : gunboat, during the war. It is posi tively stated that she is fitting out for Vera ('ruz, Whether she is really intended to aid the Prussians, the French, or the Cubans, her seizure seems a remarkable circumstance. She is not likely to be long detained, unless those loading her have been unusually stupid. The neutrality laws allot' almost as ample license as can be desired. Our citizens way sell and ship arms and ammunition to whomsoever they ;please; only, , if they.-attempt. to run a blockade they do.so at their own risk. There is as yet no information as to the special reasons for the seizure of the Florida. It may have been supposed that her armament was such as to tit her for privateering ; but this is not the case. Aside from the trifling arma ment bought with her from the United States Government, she has nothing with her but a small rifle for land service and a little boat howitzer. Nor does it seem clear how, if she hail treble theSe warlike equipments, she could be prevented from clearing from Vera Cruz, unless the authorities have some secret but convincing proofs of bad faith.—Tribune. —An ingenious scheme to get "811111111er food" is that of the editor of the Blair (Iowa) Register who offers to send his paper one year to the person who, will send to the office the largest water melon: • —California papers are trying to make the weather endurable by publishing an account of how a man there has been froz , n to death in August. There must•have helf a coldness in his family. —" You have forgetton something," said a loyal Canadian, to the "officer engaged in dis rnautling the forts at Quebec, as the last canuon , went on hoard ship. " 'What ?" was the reply. " That," answered the _Canadian,. 'pointing to . the flag flying over the citadel.,. . -A,Vancotiver eqttorwikt in _a Noiy o ne_ twenty-tive cents to send a-telegram to-the Milted States Senate to pre , vent lils'(the editor's) continuation," as Regis. ter of the Land Office. It seems, however, that the influential politician couldn't:raise that sunk —Spine of the Fall River. children are deei " dedly India rubbery in their composition. The ' News chronicles the filet that a tive.year old boy of that city was thoroughly gond over by a stone roller ou. Monday without sustaining particular injury. • —During the past year, 1,750,09 a pounds o zinc were turned out by a company at St Louis. The capital required for such au enterprise does not exceed 3350,000, PRICE THREE CENTS: FIFTH EDITION BY TEL bGRAPH. LATEST FROM WASHINGTON The Strength of the Prassau Armies FROM NEW YORIC THE RAILROAD CONTES? F.nt.)Al WESlt's FROM WASHINGTON. IBy the Arnertcan Press Amorfatten .1 The Prussian' Beseeve—Optnion of Om Prussian Dliolsier. WASITINGTON, Aug. 22.—Baron Gerolt says that from the information he has received he 'jukes that King Walla:11 . 1_11ns in yese.r_v• east as many men as have up to this date par ticipated ha - the lighting. These are intended for use in case of Prussian reverses. . Land Sale.. During the present- mouth -32;560 acres of land have been sold in Minnesota. Treasury Balanees. Treasury balances at the close of business to-clay are as follows: Currency, 837,744,5-1,- 67 ; Coin, $102,61;031 27 ; Coin Certificates, • Naval Ad vices WASHINGTON, August 22.—Advices received' here from the school-ship Savannah, from Fulichal,Madeira, says all on board were well, and that they will be in HaMptou Roads about the sth proxinio. Advices from the Delaware, the flag-ship of the Asiatic squadron, at Singapore, state that she LI homeward bound. FROM NEW YORK. By the American Prosa Aisociationj Marine. - NEW Yonn, Aug. 22.- . ---Steamship Pereira, fr6m Havre, arrived at this port, this morning - t he Railroad War—Advance in Freights . Jay Gould, Commodore Vanderbilt and Col. Scott have made arrangemems for fixing - unifortn-rate of freightliih - argesToliThe:Eide, New York Central and Pennsylvania Central: Railroads from this city, Boston and Philadel phia to the West. The schedule of -prices Ou first-class freight was raised, te-day, to nearly one hundred per cent. The transportation of live-stock has been increased between Buffalo and tliis city to one hundred and forty dollars per car-load. The Erie and New York Central are said to have agreed not to extend their contracts with the United States and American Express: Companies. No advance has yet been made in passenger fares. It is thought a division of business will take place based on equitable share of profits. The Erie earnings are made up.of freight arid live stock.-and-the other:two= trades are passenger. This latter arrangement hap been broached, but has not yet been agreed upon. FROM THE WEST. (By the American Press Association. Suit for 8150,000. CnicAu°, Aug. 22.—Mrs. Williams, late Mrs_ Senator Douglas, has commenced an- action against the executors of the Douglas estate, j alleging fraud in the management. She seeks to recover $150,000, wrongfully withheld. A White Stocking Dionlis.sed. Craver, of the White Stocking Base Bail Club. has been dismissed for alleged frequent and gross violation of the rules. He publishes a letter this morning and denies his guilt. The Champion Thief. The meanest thief in America lives here.. He met a poor little boot-black yesterday, and gave him a package to • deliver to a mythical number, exacting all - his money -90 cents-as security, and then departed. Western Peach Crop. • SrnizinFrELD, Aug. 2L—The peach crop in Southwestern Illinois is very large. The 'range of prices for fair to ehoice , ones is twenty-five cents to two dollars per bushel. MICHIGAN. Political. DETROIT, Aug. 23.—A county canvass held for the last few dais renders certain the re nominationfof Congressmen Stoughton, Blair and Conger. Of Mr. Ferry's re-nomination in the 4th',' and the nomination of Henry , Wateren in the first, there has been no doubt some rime. • OHIO. The Labor Congress. CINCINNATI, Aug. 22.—The Labor Coogrem, owing to the discord which arose i.u. consider, le g the constittitiOn, 'WM obliged to continue this week. Mr. Wolff, of Virginia, drew up and sub pitted a new constitution; on whbdi it is bought all the delegates could agree. FROM NEW ENGLAND. (By the American Press Association.] DIABBACHUSETTS. Etre In Boston. BOSTON, August 22. L-The fire on Lewis's, wharf, on Saturday afternoon,caused by light ning, at No. 18 destroyed a number of bales or wool belonging to A. A. Cobb & Co.; a hit of paper-stock owned by G. Grant Si Co., at No, 28 and 26.18$ bales of cotton belonging to Man ning & Sears were partially destroyed. The cotton was valued at 417,000, and fully insured in Hartford companies. Several hundred bushels of Canada oats, consigned to William B. Reynolds & Co.,were damaged by water; also, a lot of crockery, owned by Richard Briggs. was sightly .dani aged. The buildings were owned by the LOWtB, Wharf Corporation and wore well insured. • 13IPOETATIONS. Reverted for the Philadelphia Evenlnk Bulletin,- • CHARLESTON, •SC—Schr. ill Fitzpatrick Smith:Wl tow. nhoxpledo,Charleeton Mining & Mitlic Co, il'illtTLANP—Schr Althur, titchineon,34,ooo feet No Finch pickets, T PGalvin & Co. —Au WHAM/ :woman_ is _building, a_S3O,OOO hotel at Now Albany:: —An Eu hsb court lids decided not to booed , a divorce granted in lowa. Miss Griffin is caller an " agapomaniac'y in Chicago. , • , • —A Milwaukee editor'saya : "Honest by.. L ig the best policy." —A negress took the inize for tieutie,try at the Texas State Fair. • . —On dit that the Prussian blue up tta, bridge near Strasbourg. There was cert.tdaly color for the yeport. , • .- . , ' • —Ten thousand dollars is u t e,anieu h t of damage a St. Louis lady tbir 4 eo va, g d one h er ' I bilk dress in a horse-oar. 4:30. o.ol.c>cac.
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