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CALE Y.—On Second-day Morning, 29th inst., Sarnuel
'Coley. Sr.. In his both year.
His relatives and friends are invited to attend his fu
neral, from Newtown Friends' Meeting House. Bela
-crave county, on Fifth-day morning, the Ist or Ninth
month, at 11 o'clock,- Carriages wilt meet the 7.19 train
from Pl4ladelphia at Media. (Now York and Baltimore
pp peril please copy.)
AfrSEY.—On the morning of the 27th Instant, Sit•
pre:l4es A., son of W illiam and Fanny Massey, aged 29
years.
The relatives and friends of the family are invited to
attend the funeral, front the residence of his father. No.
1417 Filbert street, on Wednesday afternoon, at throe
o'clock. To proreed to Laurel Bill.
MIFFLIN.—fin 'the 29th inst.d Thomas 'Mifflin. ""
iIITILON.—In Chester, Ln the 29th instant, Job Bulon,
In the 7let year 01 Ice age.
_ The frtends of _the fancily are-Invite,l toattend.the.fu
reral. from his late residence, on Fifth-clay, Ist prox.,
IQ meet at t lie:house at 10 o'clock A. )1.. " •
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At t !meeting of the Manager , ' of the Lehigh Equip
Trust of Philadelphia. held on the 26th hart:, a__
r of taxea,
3.1 declared, payable on and after the Ict of Reptvn
-1..:70.-at 11,-.4nr-e-of the - Fidelity In. - Ttirant - e Trust
rind safe P , poe.it Company. Tru,t.en, Nos 329. 331
Cheidnntstreet. C. L. BORIE,
1134 3t; Secretary.
POLITICAL NOTICES
1870. 1870.
SHERIFF,
WILLIAM IL LEEDS.
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WANTS
WANTED.—BOARD IN A PRIVATE
family, or where there are few boarders, for two
'adults. References exchanged. Address F. M., EVEN
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REPUBLICAN HONBSTY.
What Grant is Doing—How is this ..for
Low?"
The i 4 nion Congressional Committee sends
Its a statement touching the finances of the
country, from which we make the following
extract.- --The- exhibit.- speaks - for itself,'and
shows what the country has gained by the
honest, efficient and satisfactory manner in
which its affairs are administered by General
Grant and his subordinates:
'Reduction of Annual Interest.
Annual saving of interest upon
principal of public debt paid
about
Refunding 'at low,er rate, conse
quent upon improved credit...
Interest on three percent:certifi
cates to be paid under currency
act
'Total annual saving of interest.. $36,863,600 00
ashen the.new-series of-bonds ---• ---
shall be negotiated.
Reduction of Taxes.
The internal taxes and customs
duties have, in five years,
been reduced to the amount
per annum of ... $251,348,827 33
Expenditures.
reduction of annual-expendi
tures, as eonipared with last
year of Johnson's admini
stration.....*;;;. .......... $56,.532,193 67
As compared with last'year of
Buchanan's administration,
upon same ba.sis, the annual
reduction per capita is 36
cents, 40,000,000 people $14,400,000 00
The efficiency of the services of President
Grant has been such that, upon a tax basis of
$15,000,000 less, the collections have been in
creased $6 6 ,515,953 15 or 41 per cent., and the
Penalties for frauds diminished 41 per cent.
Provisions have been made for the increase
and more equitable distribution of the cur
rency. And finally, in addition to these ma
terial reforms, consequent upon wise legisla
laden and effective and honest administration,
the insurgent States have been restored to the
Union, order generally maintained, personal
rights adequately' secured by Constitutional
enactment, the power, endurance and pros
verity of the Republic acknowledged and pro
vided for through the patriotism, statesman_
ship. and fidelity of the Republieatupart y . •
A most 'amusing scene occurred the other
day at the departure of a' Berlin regiment - to
the seat of -war, at a Berlin railway depot. A
'woman was dividing her .farewell address es
pretty equally between two men, and every
body supposed that they must - be her husband
and her brother. After the train had gone a
sympathizing spectator t made ,the remark to
]ier that it must come very hard on, her tO,lpse
In this manner heir husband and, rother at the
same time. " Oh; you are - mistaken, sir;',' 01
-claimed the weening Woman, " it-wasnot my.
— brother one of" them is my present hiishand;
and the other is a man from whom I WitS 'di
vorced six mouths ago."
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THE WAR IN EUROPE
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THE PRUSSIAN ADVANCE ON PARIS.
Cause of the. Delay at Naney--No " Hor
rors of War" on the Itonie---How the
march IN Conducted—The Disposition
of the German Forces.
LONDON, Monday, August 29, 1810.--The
special correspondent of the Tribune at the
Crown Prince's headquarter.. writes from
Nancy on the 10th: q While Steinmetz and
Prince. Frederick Charles have done so well
in their. conilicts.with-the•main French army,
the Crown Prince has occupied a more and
more threatening position,
,as regards the
entire, French situation. Unless Gen.
De Failly can'. quickly muster sufficient
force to cover Central and Southern. France,
the Empire will be exposed to imminent dan
ger in regions quite unprepared for defence.
O.nce relieved from the possibility of a move
ment from the northward the Crown. Prince
can do 'Very_ much. ~ he likes In other quar-.
terS. True, masses of National Guard and
French reserves will iMon be marching against
him : but without proper equiprnent,and many
of,, them . without. . breech-loaders, -they . must
go down before the well-equipped German
armies.
" The situation near Metz cannot 'be better
.summed up than by Haying that the French
army is more than matched by the first and
second Prussian armies; and that if these
armies should win, though only by a hair
breadth, the Prussians and their Southern 'al
lies in the third army can do what they please
with central France. The smaller French for
tresses are making, a gallant resistance. Pfals
bu rg : lready:fauickusler :holding • out obSti-.
hately.
-' 'foul has just successfully repelled :a some
what serious attack, which seems to have been
made under a misapprehension as to the con
'non of the place for defence. Yesterday
morning's attack was met with the greatest
vigor by the French garrison; they did not
venture on a sortie to follow•up their advan
m_re. but they inflicted a loss on their assail
ants with, scifar as we know, very little loss
tr. themselves.
France does not suffer what is technically
called the horrors•or war.' Young girls stand
ar the cottage doors in the villages or street
corners to see the soldiers pass, and are not
harmed by them. The shops open in the
towns are not plundered. Peaceable citizens
co about their business without fear for life or
It is essentially civilized war in these
respect.;.. But fruit and vegetables are taken
along the wayside, horses are pressed into the
serviee, soldiers are rimirtered on t people _
and large supplies Of food are demanded from
tim-k-eataiithontiete
The same corroipondent writes on the 21st
hem the Grown Prince's headquarters at Vati
tooleurs (eleven miles southwest of Toulu
‘- While there seemed a chanc(i that 'Napoleon
might win near Metz it was necessary to held
the bird army in realiness
.to march north-.
-ward, and so While:. battles Were raging near.
etz this army lay about - Nancy and Lune
% :Ile, half expecting, to he_ordered_up _tosup
„rt the other German - armies. Then 'came
trews of the defeat of the Freuch by Steinmetz
and Prince Frederick Charles. There - was - no
nger airy need to hesitate about invading
ce-ntral-France, and the march was begin or
%%lath you will soon bear the results.
There is a straight and rapid march west
ward of the third army, supported by other
reops. - - - Without giving - deltailii of the moVe- -
mem, a is to be said that more than lie,ooo
1:2 , -11, full of coutidence, flushed with victory
and splendidly organized, are about to beat
lir the quarters of the French.
• Three-or four - cnititims - ntareli abreast on
some roads. Two go by the main road_it-a-lf
atm - goinethnos two inure move through the
eidb on the right and left: at least one other
column makes the adjoining fi AO, though a
I:ifie, out of order, serve the purpose of the
moment. Sometimes there are great blockings
and crushes of the moving forces, 'out on the
whole it is remarkable how well the columns
are directed, and how carefully their routes
are chosen through the invaded province.
Like Pfalsburg, Tout is a point of gallant
resistance, but not a rallying point for the sur
rounding people. The fortress is held, and
the enemy passes on without troubling him
self to take it. The affairs at Pfalsburg and at
Toid are mere experimental attacks, which,
however,
have given the' garrisons opportu
nities of obtaining distinction. The French
authorities seem disposed to avoid unnecessary
destruction of property by merely blowing up
and knocking down to hinder the Germans.
There are no traces of attempts at petty war
fare. So far as I have yet seen, the French
si-npiy go out of reach when they do not
mean to fight in earnest, and leave open towns
and villages to be quietly occupied by the ad
vancing foe.”
The same special correspondent of the
Tribune writes from the same place on the
22d: • -"Everything will turn noon' what the
French recruits can do. No ,time will be
given to train them. There is rapid-concen
tration of troops under the Chow Prince
moving on Chalons:--There is, ample force to
watch .Metz. Masses of Laudwehr are march
ing by every road between the -Rhine -and
Meuse. Pfalsburg will be left to the Land
wchr to besiege ; so also will Bitche and
peer/eddy Strasbourg, and the whole active
aline of Germany will therefore be available
to blockade Metz and capture Paris. "
Hyacinthe to the Front.
The following is Father Hyacinthe's letter
asking to be assigned to duty in the. defences
• '''..lletsierir Id Maim : The spirit and law of
the church forbid a priest from taking up arms
except in moments of extreme danger to the
country. That danger, if France should not
be spared from it, will certainly find all those
who are not bound by any obligations, sacred
to their office; faithful to their duty as citizens
upon the ramparts. In the meantime there is
no reason why we should not assist in the na
tioeal defence, by the use of pick and shovel.
Please to direct me to what place must go,
in order to take part in the earthworks and
fortifications now proceeding for the defence
of Paris. • From to-morrow—alter mass—l hold
myself at your orders."
Good Behavior of the Prussians.
All who have read the historical accounts
of the way in whibh the French armies plun
dered and ravished the people of Germany
during the invasions of the First Napoleon,
will see reasons to rejoice, in behalf of hu
manity, that the French soldiers have been
prevented from entering Germany during the
present war by the strategy of the German
commanders and the courage of the Gerthan
troops. It will be a - proud honor for the Ger
man soldiers, at the close of the war, to show
the difference between their- conduct While
campaigning in France and the conduct of the
French troops in Germany under the present
Emperor's uncle.—Tribune. .
The Defences of Paris.
The:Work of defence at all the gates of the
ramparts round Paris is beingearried on with
great activity. There are about one 'hundred
entrances in that girdle of fortification, 38,000
metres (nearly twenty-four miles) round. At
each of them not only a large body of work
men is employed, but, all the materials for con
structing the retaining wall are on the spot.
With respect to the two, wide bays formed by
the Seine at. each extremity of Paris—below
the viaduct bridge at Auteuil; and above the ,
Pont Napolebirati Berey-'-the epaulements of
_the rampart are, carriedinto the shallow water_
of -the--
-. `raliannel in the
centre of - lid - defended by
plies. The seven hundred or eight, hundred
embrasures for the cannon in the parapet all
around the enceinte remain to be made, but
with the number of engineers and laborers
employed that work will be terminated in a
few days. All the platforms for the gunners
are in good condition, as well as the refuges
for men in the gorges of the ninety-eight bas
tions. Baron Flaussman, the last Prefect, as
with a presentiment of what is now taking
place, had constructed inside the ramparts .
about thirty barrack ports and houses for the
octroi men, and which may become admirable
quarters for the defenders.
The New French Levies.
The old soldiers called to service by the cir
cular of the Minister of War of August 12
respond with ardor to the appeal made. Ac
cording to the official despatches, more tkan
600 presented themselves on Monday in PariS
and in some neighboring departments. The
number of soldiers liberated, from the age of
25 to 90, exceeds the figure of a million. They
will be armed and equipped on their arrival
at the chief Warn of the department. This
new reinforcement will very shortly become
an accomplished. fact. Six. thousand. custom.
house officer§ have arrived in Parig from' the
shores of the north. They are lodged in the
Ma4asino Reunio, Place du Prince Eugene.
The total number in Prance. : is .22,000,
-en
felled in regiments and subjected to military
discipline. They are all old soldiers inured
to fatigue.
The Feeling' in Austria
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A Vienna letter says ;
The reflection of this morning's Xeues
Mend,' Tagblatt are in the following strain:
We omit to describe the feelings which the
news from the seat of war must awake in the
breast of every German in Austria. A certain
priue in our kinsmen, who have done battle .
so manfially„and whO have. caused the . old pro,.
VerbialVernian bravery to be had in honor
again, mingled with certain sorrowful and bit
ter recollections. But a truce to such reflec
tions. k * * Without violating that con
sideration which one ever must hare -for the
dejected, we can say that the Frenchgovern
ment and the French generals are playing a
rfple before Europe which is almost comical. It
is not to be forgotten that it was France that
provoked the war, that it was Napoleon that
conjured up the bloody butchery. He might
have been satisfied with his diplomatic tri
umph in putting aside the candidature of the
Hohenzollern, a triumph which no man in
Europe grudged him. .But no ; Napoleon de
sired war at anv price in order to strengthen
his tottering. tbione by humiliating Germany.
After speaking of the overweening confi
dence of the French Generals, and their con
tempt of German troops, the writer goes onto
say
These gentlemen have experienced the hu
miliation that the French army has been
early_artnikulated-by-the-deTised-con ti agents
of Smith Germany.. The Austrian ,army,whioli
Was'badly ettoligh.led in -1866,- was by - far not
so badly beaten as the conquerors of Solferino.
The Germans of Austria rejoice at the success
of their kinsmen, although they understand
very well that the success of Prussia is sure to
bring- withit - at no distant peridd, the dis
memberment of Austria - atid - the exclusion of
the Hapsburgs from the last foot of Orman
FOtt — TErey --- however, rejoice in the - prospect
of a great German confederation from Trieste
to Hamburg. The success of the German race
is the central idea. It has outgrown every
thing else. Austria, Prussia, South Germany
are but accessories.-- A great united Germany
is the watchword. Everything that assists in
Winging this about has signiticance,and every
thing that-stands in-its - way - is to — be --- fought
sgairist.
IThe Empress.
The Empress, in these days of trial, is said
to be a model of resignation. One of the.g9,.
tiemerrotliefirthisChlild - recounted to admir
ing listeners in artAm_eriran salan,-a-fe-ven
lugs since, that her Majesty was really noble
(',raiment clignj) in the face of the approach
ing dynastic crisis—a fact" sublime in abne
gation "—saying that if the people, believe
." we are not governing them for their honor
and prosperity, we are quite willing to ' place
the power in hands they judge better!' A
lette.r from a London paper, which I chanced
to see a day or two ago, tells me that her Ma
jesty's residence at Seven Oaks, in Kent, is
being prepared for her reception. Resigna
tion, with an accompaniment of royal villas
in England, vine-clad provinces in Spain, and
rows of brown-stone houses in New York, to
say nothing of diamonds and stocks to a fabu
lous amount, is not difficult. "The Empress
has had all the crown jewels transferred
from their usual place of deposit in a large
building in the Qnai d'Orsay to the vaulti of
the Bank of France.
Sorrows of Werther.
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The former Prussian Embassador at Paris,
Von Werther,•, / bas been most unceremoniously
di: missed frdin the Prussian Diplomatic ser
vice. He showed himself utterly incompetent
to fill any responsible position by the manner
in which he suffered himself to be kept in the
dark in Paris. The_ people of. Berlin, .whose
Wit is prOVerbial, call this dismissal the second
part of the "Sorrows of Werther " (Goethe's
great novel.) Bismarck was particularly en
raged at him, because the Embassador bad
conferred directly with the'• - King, without in
fo' ming the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Only when - Bismarck tendered his resignation,
in ease this diplomatic gossip 'be continued,
did the Icing make an end to it, but only after
a good many blunders had been committed.
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German Feeling in Alsace and Lorraine.
There: is a good deal of discussion in the
.German press Just now as to whether the
people of Alsace and Lorraine still retain any
German feeling notwithstanding the long
period during . which ther,liave been. under
- the kuln - Of Frande: A Bavarian officer, who
fought in the battle of Wissembourg, writes
to the Pre.sse of Vienna that—
The Alsatians have not the slightest recollec
tion of having at one time been Germans.
One would have thought that they would have
preserved something more from the time when
their country was one of the most beautiful of
Germany than the use of the German lan
guage, which, moreover, they speak as badly
as French. Every trace of German customs
and loyalty has disappeared among them.
They are completely Gallicized, and are more
fanatical than the It t•ench themselves, as their
present conduct proves. During the assault
on I'Vissembourg they seconded the French,
who defended themselves bravely, by tiring
through garret windows on our troops. . .
. . Even the women took part in the battle ;
they poured boiling oil and water on our con
quering soldiers.
A ivriter, in, the National Zeitung, on the
other hand, declares, though apparently only
on theoretical grounds, that - both Alsace and
the greater part of • Lorraine are thoroughly
German in language and customs as well as
in race. • Alsace, he says, «has retained the
German spirit in all its ancient parity, not
withstanding the influences, of the French
Government since the peace of 'Westphalia ; "
and the same is the case with the eastern, and
especially the northeastern, parts of Lorraine,
fortunately for us Gernians" • . . •
Constitution of the Prussian Army.
Prussia requires that every man capable of
bearing arms shall receive military instruction
and enter'the army for a certain number of
years. There are some few exceptions, though
no substitution whatever is allowed. Each
Prussian subjeet is enrolled as a soldier as soon
as he has completed his twentieth year. His
term of service is seven years—the first three
in the regular — army, and - the remaining four
in the army of reserve. He then (being ,27
years of age) enters the "Landwehr," or
militia, for nine years, with_ liability_to be
called upon for annual practice and to be in
corjporated in the regular army in time of war.
At the age of 36 he leaves the "Landwehr,"
and is finally enrolled, until the age of 50, in
Al)
TUESDAY AUGUST 30, 1870
The People Clamorous for AnnexatiOn
• to•the United Statetf-.The - sew Session
or Parliament.
HALIFAX,
Aug. 20.—The people of the island
ofNewfoundland are clamorous for annexe
don with the United- States. -Meetings-:are
being held privately throughout the island,
and the most fervent hrpes are expressed that
the interests of Newfoundland may soon be
identified with those of your. great Union.
The people generally express the strongest an
tipathy to the ill-called " Mother Country."
They say their progress is-fettered ; by Erig 7
-land',-and their- - deariNit interests 'made - subser-
Vient to the development of. petty selietnes,
By diSelaiming all connection with the Do
minion of Canada they haVe incurred the spite
Of Great Britain, who des.otically punished
the people of her oldest colony because they
(lid not espouse her wish to their own detri
ment, and because they exercised their privi
lege—the only one ever bestowed upon them
and ratified in their regard by-England—in re
jecting the ill-planned scheme of union with
Canada.
Without a reciprocity with the United
States, the people of this colony -can never
reap any benefit from the immeasurable re
sources which lie dormant through the island.
Lead, tin, copper, coal, zinc, small quantities
of silver, rock oil, and whole quarries of an
unknown and most beautiful species of marble
are found in every part of the interior of the
country ; but no poor man dare place his hand
on these valuable gifts of nature; for grasping
British in - onopoliste7have secured by grants, at
a nominal sum, the lands thoughoutthe colon,y
Whereon minerals have been discovered.
'These monopolists for the - greater part live
in _different parts of England, already rich,
and are waiting, while the poor laborers of
Newfounaland are starving for want of work,
till some mgautic offer is made for the right
and title ot their-possessions , in Newfound- ,
land. The Government of Newfoundland re,
ceive no royalty- from the owners of these
mines, Ind to procure a revenue - Leavy taxes
' must necessarily be levied on the people. The
• - people who entirely depend upon the result of
She fisheries in consequence of the little encour
agement held forth for. the cultivation of the
land cannot but suffer grievously fromtaxation.
Among the recorded acts of despotism, there
is none more palpable - and grievous than the
.reinoval„ of the _British_ troops. from New
foutdland by a peremptory order of Lord
Granville. If Wm-as not an act of despotism
and political spite, it must have been the case
that England could not afford to leave two
bulitired.then_in Newfoundland to protect-the
peace within her oldest possession, or by re
-trinving-theuracknowle-dged her inthiterenee
to the possession of the island. If the former
be true, tngland is-growing very poor indeed;
if the latter he the case, she virtually leaves
the people at their own disposal, and that peo
ple being unanimously in favor of annexation,
they would immediately, on understanding
their position, claim the patronage of the
United :Rates.
since the establishment of a local Legisla
ture in the colony of Newfoundland this sea
son presents the most unusual political fea
ture. The Parliament of the island are ar
ranging to hold a new session in order to dis-
CII,s the subject of annexation and the means
of providing military protection.. It is pro
posed to organize a State militia for experi
ence attests that some such body is indispen
sable. In the year 1832 a great riot occurred
bich 300 of the British troops could hardly
iotell. In the year 7860 a political riot oc
curred, caused by-disfranchisement of a popu
lar candidate. Many citizens of St. Johns
e ere killed, and many of the troops wounded.
111 such an emergency occurring again, a mi
litia or some other military protection would
prove absolutely necessary. The convening
of the new session is the most important fact
which hIL9 taken place. in the political history
of the
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From time to time reports have been brought
11 surveying parties -and - frontiersmen of the
pclo tied renaains - of a primeval forest in Co
lorado. Smaltspecimens of such petrifactions
were picked lip- by persons engaged in the
construction of the Pacific Railroad, and the
opinion was then expressed by most of those
ho saw the larger specimens left on the
ground, that the trees had undergone the ac
tion of fire to a considerable extent before
petrifaction began, r.Z4e
,location, and,
bib phitibulars respecting the largest col
lection of petrified trees that has yet been
discovered are furnished by a correspond
ent of a Denver newspaper. The place is
a bout • 53 miles from Denver, and the trees are
found principally in the banks of a" dry sand
creek." The hanks are from forty to eighty
feet high. A niountain torrent, in tearing out
this gulch, has exposed portions of these trees.
One tree that has rolled down into the bed of
the creek and lies there exposed is about sixty
feet in length and six in diameter. It is solid
stone, principally agate, with some opal. An
attempt baS been made to convey thence a
portion of about six feet in length of this tree,
which was broken oft'; but the fragment , was
found too heavy for conveyance, and still re
mains, the undertaking having been aban
doned. Some . competent geologist should
visit the locality tointerpret for the public
these sermons in stones. If he could not find
tongues in the trees be might •at least make
two or three books out of the "dry sand
creek."'
WOMEN PHYSICIANS IN SWEDEN.
The Swedish newspapers publish in their
official columns a Royal resolution, granting
to Swedish women the right to practice meth
chm, after Passing the examination exacted
from students. A. special course will be crea
ted for then Tin the (Wolin Institute at the 'end
of this quarter. The, professors of universities
will be forced to,take measures by which their
lectures may be attended by persons •of both
sexes, and the' Minister of Tnstructiou is di
rected to see that these measures are carried
out. The ',lea of non
.pomumus raised by the
Edinburgh professors, in answer to the claim
of the:ladies , to admission to their university
coursos,ds thus met in Sweden by very sum
mary measures. The knot is out by Govern
ment soisittp,.
—Dr-Parkes, of --Lonflonyhas been expert
mentilig tbe effects of brandy upon a
"healthy soldier." He makes out a terrible re
cord of tho acceleration of the action of the
heart, but the soldier rather liked It.
the " Landsturm," Which body is only called
upon for service within the frontier of the
country, in case of invasion. 'Persons enabled
and willing to pay for their own equipment,
and can pass a light examination. need only
serve, howeVer, one year, instead of three, in
the regular' army, but their liability to verve
in the reserve, &c., is not thereby obviated.
With few exceptions, the whole male popula
tion of the kingdom may be said to be trained
for warfare.
. The strength of the Prussian army upon a
peace footing is about 13,000 officers and
WOO rank and tile, with 73,300 horses. On a
war footing these numbers are raised to
MAO men. The war strengtb,• effected by
the calling in for service, or the "
be of the reserve troops, can be consum
mated in about two weeks • time. • When
entering upon the campaign of 1800 it required
less than fourteen days to bring, the whole
regular army, together with the first levy of
the' " Landwehr," intolhe field ; and the fOrce
now collected-on the Rhine has been gathered
th
tegeer.with equal celerity.. rano&
. .
All NEXATION OF NEWFOVNDLAND.
CURIOSITIES IN COLORADO
Petrltbad Forests.
A Dowd Decree.
IHE NATHAN HURDER,
rrest or the Snopmed Murderer of Mr.
Benjamin baihau—ale tins Blond % on
His Shirt, and Worked in
and bl a Professional Bardlnr-•.ld He
the illimderer 7
The N. Y . Fleralci contains the following:
Last _Friday morning an 'officer of the TlOr
teentb precinct arrested a man named Michael
Ryan on the suspicion of burglary. In the
prisoner's possession, on being searched, was
found a bit, a brace, a screvi , driver and a file.
He. was questioned , with regard to the manner
in which he cane. by these. tools,- and-stated
in response that before coming to this city he
worked in sawmills at Morristown, N. J., and
in several towns throughout Pennsylvania.
He wore a linen coat when arrested, on the
breast of which were red spot.s, which, on
closer examinationy.look e d very much as it:
they had been matle , by a man's
Blonds Covered. Wish Blood.
There. was evidently an effort made to ob
literate the marks by washing and then iron
lug, but With poor success: The prisoner
taken before Justice Mothuule,. at the Harlem
Police Court, where the foregoing facts were
related : in due .form,.. and with the greatest
secrecy, to his Honor. The magistrate thought
the case looked somewhat suspicious, anti at
the instance of the officer Ryan wa.scommitted
du suspicion of burglary to await further de
velopments. The officer who made the arrest
(name not known) went with his captain to
police headquarters and gave a full account of
the case to the authorities there. When they
had•seen the coat and thought , otwitere Ryan
had worked their joy knew no bounds, and
they confessed without reserve that this 'clue
wars 141 best they .bad yet uneartheffregardi ng
the liathairmurder. , Ryan was'iminediately
sent for and •
Brought Before Jourdan
•
and his detectives to undergo an examination,
to which that voung Kelly had to submit to
at the hands of - Fellows; Rollins, Field & Co.,
was not a comparison. The result seemed to
be satisfactory to a certain extent, for the
officer who had made the arrest and others
were despatched lb 'the - different places in
Which Ryan had worked to ferret out some
clue, if possible, about
The !Mysterious
as well as to discover all about Ryan'himself.
To assist them in this rather difficult task the
" suspect's"-photograph was taken ftir their
use. Ryan. was then returned to the oi:Ttocly
of the keeper ,of .the Harlem . Police Court
Prison, where he now awaiting the -result
or the detectives' investigations. The. fore
going facts lievp been obtained from
A Iltehnbl4F. Somme. --
and afe, as far as our informant—is-concerned',
correct in evtrY. Particular. The prisoner.is
a man about fitly years of age, very nearly, if
not quite, six feet in height, and very erect.
He is a very attire-looking man, his physique
Showing strength and entltiratice. He i 5 an
liii , lituan - bybirth, having been born in Tip
perary; and is now nearly twenty-five years
in this Country.
THE DISASTER NJELAS Ts EN IFON..
Terrible Accident on the Camden and
Antbov Railroad.:Due Mau
!Several Persons herionmly Injured.
7 As the 12.10'P. M. train from Cirieintiati, on
the Camden and Amboy Railroad, was pass
ing Lawrence Station about four miles from
Trenton, yesterday afternoon, an accident oc
curred which cost an old man his life and
several others severe injuries. The train con
sisted of one baggage and several passenger
cars, and after all had passed the station ex
cept the rear passenger car, a switch parted,
• thalWing tliat car from the track.
The-train was- going -at full-speed—at—th-e
-time,.and as the ear left the track, the front of
it struck a freight ear loaded with guano, com
pletely demolishing both cars. An old man
from Vineland, named Kelly, was instantly
killed. The rear brakeman, named Geo:
Burke, was struck by a portion of the freight
car and had his left leg and hip and his right
arm broken. His injuries are the mostserious
of any of the wounded on the train. A young
man with his wile, who were married at
Trenton yesterday morning, and had just
started on a wedding tour, wore somewhat
uised, but not seriously hurt.
A woman sustained a fracture of one of her
legs, and a child was badly bruised, awl a
family named Baker, from Jersey City, were
all more or less injured. A gentleman of the
Pniily was wedged in between the cars, and
,;w hen he was taken out his head was found to
lbe badly cut, but not seriously. His lady lost
an ear, and the child sustained some painful
injuries on her head and limbs. Mr. Baker
was lying on the top of Mr. Kelly, who was
nerfectly dead, and yet lie could not extricate
himself till the ruins of the ears were removed,
None were mortally wounded, unless it he
Mr. Burke, the brakeman. The rear end of
the forward passenger car was thrown front
the: trackasthe switch parted, and:
against the platform of the station.
The other passengers on board the train
were thoroughly frightened. It is very sel
dom that, so small a train passes over the road.
If the accident had occurred on Saturday, the
loss of life and limb would have been greatly
increased. The switch was in its proper place,
and locked so that no blame can be thrown ou
the switchman for the occurrence. The Tren
ton physicians were sent for. and dtd what
they could for the wounded. After proper
care had been shown them, they were dis
posed of as - Inflows: The body of the old gen
tleman who was killed was left at Lawrence
to be sent back to his friends. The young
_Married couple canie..on.tp .Newark,..amt_the
rest came through to Jersey City, and were
cared for by the officers of the Railroad Com
pany as they severally desired.---4Y. Y. Times.
ANOTHER SECRET TREATY.
Home, France, mud Italy.
The Jesuit payer, the Unitd Cattoliea; pub
lishes the substance of a secret convention
which, it says, exists between France and the
Italian Government on the subject of Rome.
The iVorth German Correspondent is responsible
for the translation :
The retirement of the French-from Rome
does not mean that It is to be occupied by
Victor Emmanuel. No ;'the Italian Govern
ment will halt at the gates of the Holy City.
Supposing, however, the monarchy were
obliged to take possession of Rome, in that
case a secret convention between France and
Italy would come into force on the day the
Italians entered the city. The provisions of
this treaty are the following :—The annexa
tion of Rome to Italy is to be compensated by
that of Piedmont from Novara to Savona
(with the ekception of Alessandria) and the
island of Sardinia to France; this island
France pledges herself to cede to the-Pope,
and she further agrees, in conjunction with
the Italian Government:-1. To pay the Pope
a fixed annual pension ; 2. To raise a loan, on
favorable terms,.for thejdraining of the island
and the construction of railways and other
- case a revolution
should occur in the .new State; Italy is to bind
herself, as well as France, to suppress it.
Switzerland-is still - bring-immensely under--
the present war.. She has no coal mines and
procures, her coal fret Germany. But coal,
grain and a good Many other necessaries of
life have beeirdeclared contraband of war by
the South-German Governments, and are not
suffered to pass the border. In consequence,
all factories in Switzerland have been com
pelled to ens )end operations. The Swiss press
is altriost unanimous in'its condemnation of
Napoleon.
—The census-takers have finished the siege
of Troy. The populatiou was reduced to figures
PRICE THREE CENTS
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Ptah, Language from Truthful Tauxesd
(TALLE MOUNTAEN, 1870.)
Which I wish to remark—
Avid my language is plain.--
That for wags that are dark
And for tricks that are vain,
The beathen'Obinee is peculiar,
Which the same I would rise leo.explain
Ah Sin was his name ;
And .I shall not deny
In regard to the same
What'that name might - imply,
But his smile it was pensive and Ail/ a like.
As I frequent remarked to Bill Nye.
It was August-the third'; '
And quite soft was the skie.s ;
Which it might be inferred.
That Ali Sin was likewise,;
Yet he played it that day upon William
And mein away despise.
Which we bad a small game,
And Ah Sin took a-hand; • -
It Was euchre. The same •
He did not understand;
But he smiled as he sat' by the table,
With the smile that was ohild-like , atret
-bland....
Yet the cards they were stocked
In a way that I grieve,
And my feelings were shocked
At the state of Nye's sleeve;
Which was stuffed full ofraces and'howecirr
And the same with intent to_fleceive..
Bin the harichi that were played • "
By 'that heathen Ohinee- •
And the points that he made,
Were quite frightful to see—
Till at last he put down a rigut bower;
Which the same Nye had dealt uuto , mei I
Then I looked up at Nye, .
And he gazed upon me;
And he rose with a sigh,
And said, " Can this be?
We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor"
And he went for that heatheirChineef: •;' "'
In the scene that ensued
I did not take a hand,
But the floor it *as strewed
.Like the leaves on the strand' • - '
With the cards that Ah Sin had been hiding;,
In the - game "he did not -understand."
In his sleeves, which were long,_ . •
had_twentyfour-packs--
Which was corning it strong,.
Vet I state but the facts; , •
And we found on his nails, - which were.
taper, •
What is frequent in, tapers—that's wax,
-Which is why remark',
And my language is plain,
That for ways that are ("ark, .
And for tricks that are vain, •
The heathen Chinee is peculiar— •
Which the same lam free to maintain. •
-- —F. Bret Earle, in the Overland Mdnthly
—Fox-hunts upon the promenades of New -
Al buoy, Ind., area fashionable amusement.
—Columbus, Ohio, has a blue - Moselle.
clerk ran away - witli his wife.
-Lin spite of the Pacific Railroad,. the velOci
pede has just reached Kansas City.
—A eotemporary says Eve was the fitst.
bone-apart.
- A California plirenologl_st is authority for_
- ttru - stateurent — tliiit - G - Corge Francis Train's
ricull is that of , u-Napoleon. r
—Cincinnati consumes 1.3,600,000 gallons
of water daily, and that in the lager beer . sea ,
hon.
Kate Field is writing up Dickens in .the.
intervals of boating in a blue dress at New
port.
—Connt Joannes says that the last time he
addressed the public the house was so still.
that he could have heard a man think. -
, -
—A Western paper concludes a long obitu
ary notice with the announcement that "seve- -
ral , deailis are unavoidably deferred." •
—An Irish statistician estimates that weeds.
cost that country nearly $(3,000,000 a year. This,
deseu't include widows' weeds.
--It is reported that the fall fashion for la
dies' hats will be a funnel•shapod arrangement;
with the small end behind.
—Photographs of Edgar A. Poe are being,
sold in Richmond for the benefit of his only
stuyiling sister, who resides near that cit,,y,
—A Lancaster county, Pa., official has sued
another for charging him with wearing. a,
c woman-killing moustache."
—The increase alone in the inhabitants of
London.during •the last -thirty years. 'exceeds
the entire population of the kingdom of
Greece, brigands included.
—lt is an Indiana paper that says " but few
readers in the United States of Napoleon's •
despatches that the soldiers were full of o etan:
know that the word means beans."
—An employe of a German paper in Citteiu-:
nati celebrated the latest news so enthuSia--
astically,that he didn't know when he tumbled,
over the press and was subsequently taken up
lifeless.
•
• —ChiPpevia Falls, 'Wis., is reported to be
txcited over the discovery 'of a gold- mine.-
there. The eblef obstacle to the nainingistliat
they are obliged to blast through four fgeAt.
~obit sillier to p,etat tlin gold?
—Some of the french medical journals are'
advocating the plan Of burning instead of .
burying the bodies of those killed , in. battle,
to obviate the danger to the public health of,
interring so many corpses together.
—New Haven hackmen are discouraged be.l
cause, when they carry old ladies borne from.;
down-town, instead of paying them, they turn
around and thank the drivers and promise - 1
to remember them in their prayers.—Y.
Democrat.
—The admirers of Burns will be greatly in-:
tertsted in the roproduction of the original.'
manuscript of his TAM O'Shanter " and "La— .
mein of Mary Queen of Scot:;," by the photo
chromolitb process, with au introduction and
glossary.
—A Pittsfield (Mass.) man whose believe- .
lent heart wouldn't allow his cat to die of a
fish-bone in its throat, hit it over the head
with a hammer, and, not hitting hard enough,
only knocked the bone out—the cat now being
as active and musical as of yore. He will hit
harder another time.
—The French seem likely to succeed in ac
complishing their grand strategic object,whiolk
is, apparently, to lure. the Prussians withiik
thewalls of, Paris, and then fall upon them,'
while they are in au unsuspecting condition, ,
Or if not at Paris, then later. at Havre :QC,
—The Portland Transcript says the follow-
ing inscription is to be foundin a graveyard ;
in a neighboring.tOWXl,oll aLfitoua_ereetett
much widowed man'to the memory of his. four
wives, whom he - thus 'ecOnomically-corisigiA—
to eternal bliss in two lines : .
'‘ Here lies Susan, BetsAv, Rebecca and Jaun t
Forever and` ever in. Heaven to reign"
—At his recent visit to Stuttgart It deputa.--
ton of Lutherans waited on the 4mperer of
Russia at the Castle of Berg. By some ease
lesarkess_ of a servant a larg...Omase-wati upset. - -
-
noise At this sudden the Emperor jumped
back, and laid his hand on his sword. It is a
risky bmitiess to receive religious deputatiou
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