VOLUME XXIV,—NO. 128. TPITEDDING CAKDS, .INVITATIONS V YforPortios, *o, New.stylos. MASON & 00., 907 ObCTtnntotroet. r<a ; : ■ rto3ofrowtfS , • •' , Diisifr —zz — KOBBI8>»0&;Wodnefl(1ay *morDihff f Bopt; 7tli* 1870, o. Morris (Into of Lancaster), in the Oflth year ot bisege. i -i ,• , ?_ s .. \x. . / i-t i-i-. Fttnorol uthJs latd residence, 18091)o toner Plate, on Friday morning next. Sept. 9th. 1870, nt 10 <» clock, punctually, to which his friends are invited, latermoatatßaltfoioro. -■ . ** > PKTEKBON.— On Sunday, the 4th instant, at Long Branch, Hannah M; Peterson, daughter of the late John Homier, and wife of Bobert E. Peterson, M. D., in the OiMh year of her age ' Her funeral will take place from her Into ; residence. 3006 Locust street, at 3 o’clock, this( Wednesday) after noon, . > : * SMITH. >t« - .•mber Ctli, 1370, Jatne# \V. Smith, aged 34 years. His relatives and friends, and tbo Olive Brandi liod«e, No. 83,K.0f J»*, are^respectfulljr-.iovitedioattend tiis funoraU from his late residence* No, 1223 Bobtft Eleventh «try«-t, on Thursday ,Bth at 3 o’clock P. M., vritb <int-fart|ierTi/Ttiee;; To p rote edter Smith L inretJlJH. * Jjj'lii AJtUH JSi'iiKET. 4uU EYIIK i &LANDELL, Are supplying their Customers with : v BX/AOK SltKB At Bold liX Premiam. iSURB COD' LIVER OIL. O ITU ATE L MagpetU,—JOHN O. BAKER A C0,.713 Market at. special n otices; FINEST FIT, FINISH AND FASHION, FALL OVERCOATS JOHN WANAMAKER’S Finest Clothing Establishment, “and. 820 Chestnut Street. B2P* Fruit and Floral Exhibition!! HORTICULTURAL , 80CIETT, ‘«4>|>t. 13tb to ltitb, 1670. Promenade Concerts Every Evening. .yfittAS-P-lUSPLAY IS-ANTICIPATED - str-Atrp . . _ SURANCE COMPANY. At th«- arimialrm-elineof HKfrtjtocfeliohterrof npany held on MONDAY. tbeMU o( September, 157 V. tli'* following gentlemen trcroduly sdected Directors for the -tmwniiig rear, viz-: - - DANIEL SMITH, Jb.. .}HENRY LEWIS. ISA AC HAXLKIifcitST. [J. GILLtNGfI\*I KELL, r ni«M AS UOIJINB. f DANIEL HADDOCK. Ja., JOHN DKVEItEDX, I FRANKLIN A. COMLY. THOMAS SMITH, f Arid at a rmetinß of tbe Director** on th rt *amo dav. DANIEL|bMITH.J*., Ey*.,*** ÜBanimonplyr*--elected President. WM. G. CROWELL* »i*7etjl Secretary. unTtkesTty of pEtfsaYL- VANIA.— The College Year will open on THURS DAY. September 15. Candidates for admission will pre vent themselTd3for>oxaaiinatlonat 10>9 o*clock on that tiay. FRANCIS A. JACKSON. b.*s l()trp§ Secretary. HOWAKD HOSPITAL, NOS. IMB r and 1520 Lombard street, Dispensary Department, odlcftl treatment o<s medicine tarnished cratuitously * o the poor i‘OLl TICAX NOTICEsr~ 1870. .1870. SHERIFF, WILLIAM R. LEEDS. je!6 tlocKrpS . , ■ < - / • ...... Headquarters Union Republican -City Executive Committee* Philadelphia, Sopt. 6,1870 AH persons claiming to havo been elected members of ithe '' . v. : .. *. Twenty-Sixth Ward Republican Executive Committee "Will assemble at 1103 CHESTJHUT STREET, On Friday Evcnlnff Next, September 9th, At 8 o'ciock. * j M 0 Secretaries. HE AD QU ABTEIiSZP BN NS VLV A- EBPCBLICANSTATE CENTHAI-.COM- Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, Sopti 7,1670, WM. E. LEEDS, ESQ,, ! ■* .' ■ Dear Sir : I find in the papers of to-day what purports to bo a resolution passed by a mumbor of gontlemen claiming to bo the £xecntivo Committee (of the Jleputaic&n&lato Central Committee), *wlth your name signed as chairman. lam surprised at 2his, after the last conversation you had with mo. I now desire It distinctly understood that you are not ihe chairman of the committee, (although a memb£?„of st)» and that none of the gentlemen who sign with you pre upon it, and cannot be recognized as such by mo Truly Tours, . c jCn. -R^nhVlc l *n a pRr O JS C »ni tOrOVi *f., thoralfeß or tho Dlliotl JiepuDlfc&n I'arty will assemble.at the Old Oountv 'S 0 o’ r oVoc^A. O M.“ ONDAY NEXT.,Boptott6or -Ctmauitteoy ° f tho Union Bepublicnn City Executive Attest— John McCullough,} a „„„- M. C. Hong, ( Secretaries frs» THE UNION BEp ÜBLIO AN : «K=r Naturalization Committee will Batllaily atMv Ti KOLY.’b, 416 Library etreet, from 10 until 2 oviock > - g , f / JOStJPJIR.ASH^I _«eCtfrp§ ■■■•-r ! ■ > 'Chairman, \j\f ANTED—A SITUATION JTQfc „. T " *, youth 18 years of ago, in a wholoaalo Grocery or jjaraw&reetore, where he may loftra tbe business. Has «ome knowledge of book-keeping, and writes a fair ToMoflig°.‘ )^ AddreM,o. V. I.itengj gjjj! 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This crowd ■was composed of workingmen,' bourgeohse, wo men, children and soldiers; every now and then there was a panic and a rush, but as every one seemed to be of one mind there was no danger of blood being shed. The follow ing expression I heard about a hundred times, and it summed up the feelings of the Parisians: “An Emperor dies, but does not surrender.” On all sides! heard abuse lavished on the E mperor; and every now and then some wiry workingman got upon tbeshoulders of a friend and shouted: “ Pice, la Jli.rrubliuue!” “ A hem P Empire /” When the cry was repeated' by all around outside the gate of the gardens of the Tuil eries, which were closed, I thought they were going to force open the gate and. attack the lew soldiers who were on gttard within. The Canaan Saves the Tollerles. „ Indeed, the. garden was only saved by a Zonave inside.tvYiO knew his co untrymen,danc ing the '<ra-c««.. After remaining about'.two hours on the Place de la Concorde, I went to the Boulevards. They were occupied by a pacific crowd news; suddenly a cry was raised, “Lu Htpublirpie est didarce!” A regiment, the only one I had seen that day, was marching down at that minute. They were met by a detachment of the National Guard coming from thy Chamber. Guard, regiment and people immediately fraternized. The soldiers reversed their arms; the Marseil laise was sung, and the soldiers disappeared into the neighboring cafes, where they were treated .to drink. From the aspect of Paris one could suppose that news of a great victory .had been received. Such perfect-unanimity t never witnessed. As it is Sunday, the men are walking about with their wives'and children in holiday dress. The National Guards are marching home along the Boulevards as • though they had comer from a renew. Tire ' windows and sidewalks are lined with people cheering them. It is felt by ail that the sur render Of the Chief of the State must be repu diated by the nation, that it has been repu diaiedj-and that the dishonor falls cohsequen th en the man and not on France. Eugenie I'lilnhM Sinpuleon n Coward; I hear that last night the general, opimon among-politicians- was~that “if Prussia will giant lair terms of peace, they ought not to be ri reefed. Tbe difficulty is, however, to find a -t.iteMnaT] who will incur the odiuni of Urging a peace. It has been suggested that an ainony inous ministry of nobodies should be'formed who would make a treaty,'a ud then disappear, f was told this morning by . a gentleman at tached to the Court that the Empress Is indig nant with the Emperor. She says that juris a .coward and never should have been taken alive. My friend tells me that as far as is yet known at the Tuileries, ho behavfcd with an of .dignit-yd-thai-uhe -recom mentied Genera] Wimpfieri to surrender, and •hat he himself appeared to be s 6 afraid of his own troops avenging their disasters on him, that he seemed to have but one thought - tv getsafs sway within.the trussiau lines— . DrlUlDe the Heme Guard. J went out yesterday to see the (iaaU:. A'u tioii'tl Sirleutairti go through their exercises. It is composed of the married men who, on one plea or another, have escaped the con scription and the Garde Mobile* among the middle classes. Some of them had full uni forms, but most of them bad only either a military cap or a red stripe down their trowsers. They drill in squads in all the onen places morning and evening. When the drill U over, they stack their arms, wliich are carried away, each man appeared to me to be brimming over with good intentions, but to have some private theory of his own as to how arms tire to be handled. The squads I saw are in every sense of the word awkward squads. Citizens cannot be converted into soldiers in a day,and France is now paying the penalty of distrust on the part of- her ruler, who has for so many years forbidden the use of arms to subjects. M. Guizot once aptly described his countrymen as a race of administrators and administered. So long as an organized force can hold the field France will be able to resist, but once let the organized forces of the country be completely vanquished there''is hot the slightest chance of what is called the nation rising as one man. The walls of Paris will be the last ditch. M. ..Hapssmaua, in his report in the Senate, puts down tlie'number of regu lar troops at 7(X>,ooo,'and to this he adds 170,- 000 recruits of the conscription of 1870; allow ing for losses in tho field, I should be glad to know where except on papers these warriors are. A story is current in Paris which would account for the difference l between the paper and the army, and wliich to a certain extent explains why the Emperor' rushed into war, although be knew .that he was unprepared forit. IBy Oable.f ' THE FALLEN EHPEROB. Hlft Surrender->lllB Jonrney Away from , the Field-—How He Was Received— t Scenes In Sedan. Sedan, September 3d.—To-day, September 8, the Emperor has started for Aix-la-Obapelle, on his way to bis future residence in Germany. He is to be lodged during his detention in the palace of Wilhelmhbbe, in Cassel; a palace where once his uncle, King Jerome of West phalia, lived, and which was then, called Na poleon’s Hbhe. The Emperor desired tp pass as little as might be through French territory,' and to travel very quietly. His personal, baggage, his servants and his handsomely appointed carriages haveTieen 1 allowed to ac company him, with, I believe, a few French oncers of his household. General Boyer, of the Prussian army, and Prince Synar, late: Prussian Secretary of Embassy in Paris, have: been attached to him as aids-de-camp. ; The muddy streets'of Doncheny, with their! crowds of soldiers and teamsters, of wagons; and led horses, were cleared for a few minutes; this morning, between 9 and 9J o’clock, so that; a train of carriages might pass at a trot, and take the northern Toad around the great bend, of the river. The people stared with idle won-i dering, “Who could it be?” “Another general, perhaps.” Alas! how many generals there arq in the world, and how many hungry . soldiers. These people • would 7 all join thel Peace Society to-morrow, : if they gave effect' to their -feelings. - “ Another General—no!; ’Tis he himself!” they cry,'as they catch sight .of thelmperial liveries and of the man in that : foremost carriage..* It is' he, himself: Pale,. .anxious-looking, with, his face' firm set, hut: with nos overwhelming t depression upon: “• He glances from, the.carriage-windows,: and bows In return to the stranger at tho cor-! the street who has raised his hat to the! fallen EmpOTor.f,There are ! few who raise their hats, butjthey are horribly afraid of the! S?i m SS,??^ 1 , e i' l l parts- arid think them-' Higlilaude'rbeneatli ; muoh notice: of Napoleon. lAThdn,too, I-jndge by their mut-i tered remArirath&t.tfip'greater narfc of them 1 are decidedly Enow?lwha“ ever they, may haveoeen before the war.- WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1870. The prisoners jare even stronger in their language. They have been rained by itnbe , «JcB; they have been betrayed': their Gene rals ought to be shot. . : . Tbe , Empero* Saved by Prussians from tbe French. The Emperor found his position so critical : in .Sedan after the armistice became known (bat be was glad to come over and surrender himself. -He could control the storm while the men were to tight and die for him, but when it came to all being prisoners together, thev were somewhat dangerous in their mood. I hear that this same angry .despairing astonish ment at what has happened makes it hard work to manage the 80,000 prisoners or more who have been taken first and last about Sedan; there was actual danger of bloodshed this morning when the pnsonew began to . move out of the town. Happily the officers in command showed admirable tactand firmness. Ihe French kept their oid authority by not stTamiDg the cord too .tight, tlie Germans: by. bQt.showing themselves too much on the scene. v • Sedan is presenting the wildest scene of confusion which you can imagine. Narrow slreets deep in .mud, for we have had heavy rain to-day ; the soldiers half-drunk with the stores of liquors ; the houses half-burned, and dead bodies lying everywhere. There are thousands of wounded men to be cared for. Marshal MacMahon was severely Injured at the beginning of the battle, but his life is not in danger. The loss among the French in superior of ficer has been something dreadful. You ask what,to to be our next move? I answer,' to Paris; so say the men, so says the whole voice of public rumor and public opinion in the German armies. -To Paris unless the French will yield up Strasbourg and Metz, and pav war expenses. Count Bismarck wohld be content with less, but the German people insist on hard-terms, and tbe German people must be obeyed. “To Paris,” then, is the cry, and, with their accus tomed energy, the muddy, travel-stained le gions of King William are off, and away on the road to the French capita! fßy Cable ] BCTOUiIIOSABY DEMONSTRATIONS IN ITALY. Attempt to Holst tbe Republican Flag In Florence—Confllct between tbe Police and tbe People. London, Tuesday, Sept. 6, Evening.—The news from Florence to menacing. A great crowd of people assembled last night in the Piazza del Palazzo Vecchio, shoutingfor the Republic, and tried to force an entrance—into tbe tower of the Palazzo to hoist the Republi can flag. The police resisted them, and quite a coniiicttook place—A.—number—of rioters were driven through tbe TJfiizi to the Lung- Arnoi where some of them,it to believed, were forced over the parpets into the river and drowned. Quiet reigned to-day,but the hurried removal of the Court and the Government to Reme-keens the people in a ferment. The Princess Ootilde has been recommended 1 not to come to Florence, but to return to her bus bandVestate on thetake of “Geneva;’ Active negotiations are going on with the Papal Gov ernment on the subject of the transference of the Italian capital to Rome. It is believed nothing eke can avert a revolution whiohmay imperil both tbe Pope and the King. General Cadornc. the Commandant-General nf Flnr. eiice, and General Ceorseuz.the Commandant- General of Bologne, are in consultation with the Papal' General Kauzler and Monsignior Nardi at Torni on the question under consid eration. (By Cable.J THE BATTUE OF SEDAN. Full I’nrtlcnlnrs.—Awful Carnage—Him the French were Beaten—-The Surren- tier. A despatch from Paris contains the follow ing thrilling account of the battle of Sedan by a French ofiicer. After describing the preliminary fighting, he says : About nine o’clock 1 could not help fancy ing that the Prussians were seeming to extend further to the left, for on asking whether cer tain new batteries were French'l was told they were Prussians. The Prussian ii ne was evidently curling round us. I have learned since that the Crown Prince had crossed the Meuse during the night, about five leagues from Sedan, and this.had not been known to M acMahon. A large force of Bavarians must also have arrived after the commencement of the battle, for it was Bavarian troops who began pounding us from the left. At Half-past Tea •lie advance of the Prussians was percepti ble on both wings. At the same time some French infantry which was close to the town on the east side gave way, as it seemed to me, rather quickly. Soon after shells were Com ing from behind my left, and it became evi dent that the French position had been turned, and that a fresh German corps had taken po sition in our rear. Tho reserves were ’ now obliged to be directed against these points. Tile battery near where 1 stood was already in action, and I thought it quite time to beat a retreat; this place was becoming as dangerous as any in the field. Among the guns close to me the Prussian shells began falling with their usual beautiful precision, so I got on the other ideof the slope and made my way toward the town, as the road to Bouillon, which crossed the field of battle, was wholly closed up to me. / ■. .-. Now also I perceived I should be shut up in that circle which the Prussians . had been drawing about the army and the town, and which was at last complete. I made iny way as fast,as I could by the safest paths! When: 1 reached the suburb before Porte de Balan I found it encumbered with.soldiers of all corps. It Was aDofeat, evidently, yet it was' not eleven o’clock, and the battle was destined to continue at different points for some time longer,though continuing without any real hope of victory to one enter ing the town as I did. There was no longer any battle to describe. It was first a retreat, and too soon a rout. I thought myself lucky to get away from the field as I did, for an hour afterwards the rout of those forces near by was complete. Already soldiers were 'crushing against each other in tile struggle to get inside the town. Dismounted' cavalry wore trying to make their way even by the ramparts,leaping clown from the counterscarp, others forcing their Way in by the postern gates from a nook of the ramparts. As I rested a moment I saw the cuirassiers jumping, horses and all, into the moat, the horses breaking their legs and ribs; men were scrambling over each other; officers of all ranks, colonels, and even gen erals in uniform, it was impossible to mistake, mixed in this shameful melee ; behind all came guns, with their heavy carriages and powerful horses, forcing their way into the throng, maiming and orushing’the fugitives! on foot. To add to the confusion and horror, The Prussian Batteries :r: had by thiß timc advanced !to wuthitf range, aiid the Prussian shells began falling into the midst of the struggling masses of men. On the ramparts were~the Garde Nationale man ning the guns of* the town and replying with move or less.-<effect to - tho' nearest Prussian batteries. It was a scene - horrible enough to have pleased the fancy, of Gustave Dore himself. I could form but one idea of our unhappy army, that it was at tho bottom of a seething caldron. I hurried back as best I could to my hotel, following the narrow streets, where the , shells were least likely to reach the ground. ‘Whenever there, was a square or . open place I came upon the Bodies of horses and men quite dead or qtili quivering, blown to pieces by bursting shells. .Beaching my hotel I found tlie street in which it stood choked like the rest with wagons, guns, horses and men; Most luokiy the Prussian fire did notat'thto moment enfilade this street ; for a train* of caissons, filled with powder, blocked' the whole way, itself unable t-omove backward or forward. There was every chance that these caissons would explode, the town being 'ben on fire in two places, and I began to think that Sedan was a place more uncomfortable than even the battle-field over which a victo rious enemy was swiftlyadvanctng. ■ From friends whom I found at the hotel I learned that The Emperor, who had started earlyin the morning for the field of battle, had returned about the same time I did, and passed through the streets with bis staff. One of my friends was near him on the Place Turenne when a shell, fell under hto horse and bursting killed the horse of a general wUo was behind him. He himself was untouched, and turned round and smiled, though my friend thought'he saw tears in hto eyes, which he wiped away with his glove, and indeed he had cause enough for tears;that fatal Ist of September. Meantime shells began to fail in the direction, of our street and , hotel. We all stood under the vaulted entrance as the Safest shelter we could find. I trembled for the caissons still standing in tbe street and filling all the space from end to end. It was at this time, while we waited watching painfully for the shell which would have sent us altogether into another world, that General "Wimpifen came past, making a vain eflbst to rally and inspirit hto flying troops. He shouted “ Vive la France!” en ovant, but 1 there was no re-, spouse. He cried out that Bazaine was .taking the Prussians in. the rear;; • This news, wliieh bad been current-all-the morning, at intervals, coming now. from tbe mouth. of "General De Wiinpflen came to be believed and a few thousand men were rallied and fol lowed him out of the towD. People began to have hope, and for one brief momem we believed the day might yet be saved. AJas! need Isay that tbe intelligence was a patriotic falsehood* of brave General Wimpifen. Mad with anguish and in direct opposition to tbe Emperor’s orders be had re solved to rally what men he could and make a stand. He could not have known that he was bound in the grasp of at least 800,000 men. Tbe Bogle and Trumpet ring out on all sides, a few thousand men hearken to the sound of. my friend Rene de Queroye, of the Chasseurs d’Afrique, whom I have just met after losing sight of him for ten or twelve years, got on horseback again' and -joined-the - General.- —This —is what took place in tbe sortie. They went out at the Porte de Balan. The houses of the suburb are already full.of Prussians who fire on the French out of every window. The church especially is strongly garrisoned; the heavy doors are closed. The General sent off de Guiroye to fetch two pieces-of cannon, These soon arrived, and with them the door of-the church was blown in. Two hundred Prussians were captured and brought back with the Freneb, who, spite of all efforts, wero soon obliged to retire again into the town. It was the last incident of tbe battle. Tfae last Straggle. While this took place at the Porte de Balan . the Prussian shelling went on and the shells began to fall into the hotel. Shocking scenes folio we;!.- A boy, the —son —of a tradesman round the corner of the street, came in crying and asking for a surgeon, saying his father’s leg had bcen shot ol! A woman in ‘front of the house met the same fate. The doctor who went to the tradesman found him dead, and returning attempted to carry the woman to an ambulance. He had scarcely made a step when she was shot dead in his arms. Those of us who stand in the gateway and wit ness such scenes have got beyond any feeling of personal fear. Any of us, I will venture to say, would have given his life to spare France this dreadful day ; yet we stand pale and shuddering at the sight of the fate which befalls the poor.people of the town, civilians and even the jaded soldiers, as help less as they. I pass over details. I care not to dwell on horrors, which nevertheless I never shall be able to forget. I could mention more than one brave officer who did not fear to shrink from the sight of what had become A Mere Massacre. Those who were safely out of the way as prisoners, whether officers or men, need not oe pitied. Whdn, after a time it became clear that there was no sign of Bazaine, the hopes oi the French again departed. A sullen sort of light still went on ; the guns of the town answered the Prussians. Au aide-de-camp of the Emperor went by on foot, and I heard him ask the officers near by to help liiinin putting an end to the fire, such being the Emperor’s wish. At length the white flag was hoisted on the citadel. 'The cannonade ceased suddenly about balf-pastfour. Eager as we are to know the cause we .cannot leave the house for the .Street is. and we bave to.be content w it-h learning the mere fact of the surren der. As night drew on the crowd a little di minished, an’d by soule effort it was possible to matte One’S way about the town. The spec tacle it ottered a few hours before was more horrible than ever, dead lying everywhere, civilians and; soldiers• mingled in the same slaughter. In one suburb I counted more than fifty bodiesmf.peasants, and bourgeois, a few women among "them and one child. The ground was strewn with splinters of shells. Starving Boldiers' were cutting the dead horses to cook and eat them,for the provisions had again failed, as everything has foiled since this campaign began. I was glad to get away I vojii the sight of our disasters and lose their memory in a,ifeWhours of sleep.’ The next' day we were told that The junperor had gone to the King’s headquarters to treat for a surrender. At eleven o’clock his house hold and carriages left the town, and we knew that he was a, prisoner and the Empire no more. About the same horn* was posted in the streets a proclamation from Gen. Wimpfl'en, saying that, notwithstanding the prodigies of courage, the army having no more ammuni tion, found itself unable to respond to the summons of its chiefs and pave its way to Montmedy. That being sur rounded he had made the best conditions he could; conditions such as, would subject |no humiliation on the army. These conditions prove to he the surrender of the whole army, not less than 100,000 men as prisoners of war, with all their arms, baggage, horses, standards and guns. The l officers, who sign an agree ment not to fight against Prussia during the war may return to their homes, the remainder to-be senffto’ gatriaon towns in Germany.' Many officers refuse to sign, preferring to share the captivity of their men. On Saturday the whole forqe laid down its arms. Not a few soldiers in their rage broke rather.than give up their arms, and the streets were Uttered with fragments ot all kinds of weapous., Broken, swords, rifles, pistols, lances, helmetsj cuirassiers, aDd .even) mitrailleuses,, covered the ground, and in one place where: the Meusq.runs through tho town, the heaps: of such fragments choaked the stream and rose above'the surface. The inud of the streets was black. With gunpowder. The horses had been tied to.tbabonses and gun carriages, but nobody'rOmetnberqd to“‘feecf ‘o’r Water ‘them," and in the frenzy of 'hunger. and; thirst they broke loose and van > wild throughthe town. "Whoever liked might have a horse—even officers’ horses,' which were private property —for tho trouble of patching them. —Why did Napoleon go to Cologne ? Be cause he was s'cent.” ' ’ ■ —The last variation on the European chess board is the Gambetta Bepublicimo. —Moravian street, Eighth-Ward, is tolora ldy dirty.- ... fFrom tba tt. Y, Times.l A OIOSS OUTBADE. A Bov KMnapped by United States Re. , Ofittoen—His 111-Treatment ■ and nDO)Veatli. ' The following letter was written by an Epis copalian clergyman, rector of a church in the jt-uDurbs, who vouches for the correctness of itlie statements contained init: i < To nmj (Jommimoned Officer of the Army of - the C'liiud .States-; Since yoius rs the position of a gentleman, and a- poldier, if tie be any ibing.but a hireling, is the friend of. justice, I wish publicly to ask your attention.to the fol low ing statement ot' facts, touching a late lamentable transaction at one of the military stations in Kew York, wheoeby a* young boy lost his life, and a family and. neighbor hood hare been cast into a-great‘sorrow. The boy, about' eighteen' years of age, was accidentally enlisted in the army at a recruiting station, under some of the very peculiar'circumstances that seem, to be the case of such places; his money was taken -from him, and his clothes sold.to a dew for forty cents; he was dressed in a cast-off and dirty soldier’s suit, ami in that condition shut up .in a dirty prison-room, without writing material or any way of commu nication with his friends, and kept there near three weeks, almost; within sight of his father’s office, a. prisoner- Then he was taken out and set to labor at the lowest and sometimes the hardest work,under charge of vulgar subalterns. It does not-appear that during all this time any. one of- the commis sioned officers of the post Where he was, and there were several, either.kneW' there was any such person, or that there was under their care a youth tenderly reared, of good family., and morals, being worked to death under a military rule which, if it improves vagabonds and rowdies, certainly in this case destroyed this boy’B life. Meanwhile, the boy’s family, shocked at their son’s disappearance in broad day, with out leaving them any sign of his going, were thrown into the most bitter misery. Search was made for their son, through ail'the aids of the police and press over, the Whole country, but in vain. The boy was a prisoner in the garrison of the United Suites’ situate in New York Harbor. After some six weeks; by a mere accident, the boy’s Whereabouts was dis covered, and steps were taken for his dis charge, which, after much trouble, was ob tained. The boy came home and in a few days died, killed, as all who know the ease be lieve, by the hardships be endured while un der the care of United States officers. Now, then*, I have tried to state this case withmioderarion ; but I feel that a ghastly and shameful wrong has been done by somebody. 1 ask you, therefore, as a geutleman and 1 soldier,to enlighten, my civic ignorance by answering these questions: First—Are re cruiting offices kidnapping holes at our street corners, to catch young men and hide them away from . their parents Second—Are United States Army-stations prisons where these young men, when caught, are im mured, and are the officers of such stations military turnkeys to.keep safe these unfortu nates? Third -Is, or is not, the commanding officer of every fort,like Castle William say,in your code, a man-who is bound to, exercise a wise care over his soldiers, as over children, and in case he is, how comes it .that in the present* instance a* boy “ whose very face and manner would have shown him to be a gen tleman’s son, was left to be worried with drudgeries b.vjvwlgar. subalterns, and not one of you in that post opened your eyes to see (bat the child w.os being murdered by inches ? Fourth—Do you, as officers, leave your new recruits tb the tender mercies of sergeants and corporals, and exercise no restraint on the vulgar tyranny of. men every way inferior to those whom they torment, and, in this case, destroy V I have asked these questions to. have them answered, and first or last they are sure to get an answer. The boy himself will not need nor hear the answer, I assure you. I myself saw the earth cast in upon his coffin, and no dream of his cruel captivity, such as dwelt with the delirium of his fever, will disturb him any more. But we who are peaceable ci tizens, and respect the army, wish to know whether that army, in which you are officers, is to be turned into a corps of kidnappers. A Citizen who.has Sons. ti;kkibi.k accident in. the die REGIONN. Explosion of Torpedoes. Last week Mr. \V. A. Thompson lost bis life in the oil regions by the explosion of some tor pedoes which he was carrying in his buggy. The Titusville Herald gives the particulars as follows: . ' It appends that the deceased left home in a buggy, at an early hour on Tuesday morning, carrying with him a torpedo to. be exploded in a well, a few miles-below tjie town. ’'Arri ving there he found two old torpedoes which had failed to Explode, and were to be returned to the factory, a short distance above Frank lin. Taking these instruments of death in his buggy, Mr. ,Thompson started on his return homeward, /and the catastrophe occurred within about a mile and a half of the city. The body was throwu about' ■ fifty • feet from the place where the torpedo ex ploded, and was lying , terribly mu tilated at the side of the road, the' left arm above the elbow dissevered from the body and missing. The horse and the fore-wheels of the buggy were found about one hundred yards away, which distance the horse had run be fore he fell. The scene around showed the terrible power of nitro glycerine. The after part of the buggy wits reduced to chips, and a' large portion of the axle was not found. One of the tires was. hanging in a tree, some twenty feet high, and one of, the unfortunate victim’s boots was hanging on another. The main charge of the torpedo had entered the left breast just above the hip, and death must have come like a Hash and without physical suffering. The head and face were not much disfigured,' showing only slight abrasions, caused doubtless by the fall o'lsthe body on the ground. The French ,'l lieatres. Up to August lath, seven or theatres remained open in Paris. The Cloche records that the receipts at the Grand Opera, on. the 12th ult., were nine francs. ' The withdrawal of Masaniello, (on account of the mourning of Faure for the death of his mother-in,law.), is given as the cause of this declension. The other theatres make capital out of patriotic music. The irrepressible Theresa has been singing the Marseillaise dressed as. a canton nicre, affording a terrible contrast to. the sou venirs of Bachel. At the opera-coinique the fk ri'om nos Hangs, of Beranger, has been given, with new. music by ,Leo Delibes;. at the Gymnase has been, recited a poem written for. the'occasion, Un Peuple .Tort, The num ber of patriotic impromptus ;at .the Palis r theatres itp , considerable. - Gounod has written music, for a song by SI, Frey,. A la Frontiers sung by 'Faure and Mine. SasS.. At the opera-coinique; a one-scene piece by Qarr.e has been acted,by Galli-Marie, sister of Irma; at the Gymnase, the above poem anda -bne,act' r drama, Jbres. lu Guerre,- with a. ‘hymne apothootique,” have been given; at the Varietes, a scene called La Question Prus sieime ; at the Palait-Ifoyal, a one-act farce, The Palais-Royal Pro ape at Baden, with the Marseillaise obligato; song by Luguet; at the Gaite, Auk Amies .’ and at the Folies-Drama tique, a composition of 1 words and music by Serve, called BOus la Tente. Thus the French gaiety has found its outlet In patriotism up to the moment of disasters The ■ Breton; poet Brizeu publishes one of his Barzcts-Bvei?, in tljo Indepenaanco Rretouue, full of patriotism, ai\d piety. • ' ■ ’ •- ■ PRIOE THREE CENTS. CITY BUEftETIN, State c# Thermometer This Dsj at 4h®> Bulletin Office, 10 A. U (Mgv «IP, M.. 1 ..JO'dag. Weather cl&ar. Wind Southwest. GREAT DBSTBirt'flOK OF UtOPKltX?', * Planing, Saw'HlH nidß'lM*flmfl)W In Bnlns.• ’ , Last evening, at about 20 miihttea past A'v« o'clock, the operators at the Centra! StsBk»a received an alarm of fire from BSne lacsGdd in the office of the , Northern Liberty , works, Laurel street, near Front;■ and imme diately the bells ite the houses of the 1 comp*-, mes that attend tb, the Fourth Dtstriitt fires* were started, striking 0-2. Several- iainufe»f beiore this a dense'volume of smoke-wi&s see'nt. arising from a point! apparently above; Greeni street, and near the river front, Increasing" momentarily, a SoutHeastCrly wind, carried ic ■ as far south as Spruce street, and e®r cifSzhiw were thus apprised oS She existence ; of» tore® tire several minutes before they were notified of the fact by the appearance of fiiameni on. the street. Heavier and denser grew, thercow" rolling mass, and many were the surmises as-to the nature of the place whence it arene. Some argued that it came from the Richmond coal wharves, others tUat it was Banter" *■’ Adamson’s glue factory, others thatf it waet Harris, Heyl & Co.’s sugar refinery, andbthena that it was. coal oil burning on board-some* vessel moored at one of the up-town wSaryesS Hastening to the scene, we found existing ;ati and, around the neighborhood, of Delaware** avenue, Beach, and. Coatee streets, a ocnilir gration which; for intense beat, rapidity ofac— tion and devastation we have never see™ sur passed. Situated between the streets nieh-- tioned were a series of buildings covering-am area of ground of about lbtt feet on Beacby.2o@v on Coates, and' 180 oh Delaware avenue. The improvements thereon were two mill proper- - ties, one used as a planing and the other asm* plaster mill, two office buildings, a new brick, building, intended for an office, and a shed for: engine purposes. • < The saw mill was a frame building, tw»i stories in height, and tilled with valuable roan chinery, of which we itemize the followings. One resawing machine, $10,000; four floora board machines, $5,000 each. The plaster, mill, used for the manufacture of calcined and. • land plaster, soapstone, fertilizers, marble-*-- dust and terra alba, was a brick and partly* frame building, two stories in height; with a frontage and depth of twbMmndrea' feetJ. These establishments were run by-the firm off Messrs. Smith & Harris,-and the property •- owned by Thomas H. Bowers, of the firm., of Powers & Weightman, manufacturing chemists. - ' One of theoffiees, that situated at the north-, east corner of Beach and Coates street, a one story brick, had lately been abandoned as- a counting-house, and was turned into a re-- oeptacle for the sawdast and shavings made ip. cutting and planing. Located near this wits" a machine to which was attached a fan, serv ing as a blower and throwing the sawdust into the building. Between -this and the-sawmill a train,{as it, Were, of sawdast and shavings’ had been scattered during the day, or the, refase was, at different times, being conducted Trom the mill-to the place named. The'clociss in the vicinity had scarce ceased tolling five; when a . loud’ cry was raised and the parties engaged,in the office of the tirm„ at' the most northern end of the ground, saw a line of fire extending from the on® building to the other. So rapid was its spread, that the workmen employed in the saw mill had barely time to escape, leaving their clothing, tools, &c., behind them,, and even then one of their number, a Mr, Isaac Hinch man, was badly burned about the face and. hands in running the gauntlet of the tiames. From the way in which! the lire started and the attendant circumstances, It, would seem as though the journals of the machine above*- named nad become heated and ignited soma of the tinder-like stuff lying around it. Some persons say that had lard, instead, of coal oil, been used, the accident would not have* occurred; but, be that as it may, the fire speedily increased in strength, and in a few moments the plaster mill also presented a seething mass, together with about 130,000 feet of lumber all ablaze. Scarce had this discovery been made ere the cry of lire was heard from, another quarter, and it was soon seen that the office attached to the lumber-yard of Messrs. Norcross & Sheets,a one-story brick building, situate at the southwest corner of Delaware avenue and Coates street, hail also ignited. ■ With the rapidity of lightning the flames. soon made sad havoc of it. Extending across . the street, or rather being driven across Dela-s ware avenue by a strong easterly or ’ sonth-- easteriy wind, they caught the lumberstored on the wharves opposite, occupied by the firm., named and that ot Messrs. D. Trump & Sop. Thence they spread northward "tothe lumber ' piles of Taylor & Betts and Collins- & Oa. r and thence across the cartway to ; the yard of Messrs. D. B. Taylor & Son. In these 1 three yards was steredhimber to the value of 1100,consisting principally of Albany and White and yellow pine, first, second and thini.com jnons. Of this amount, Messrs. Taylor ’ Betts and D. B.T’aylor .Sr"Sdn' _ IdseT sso,OOfl*> each, the remainder being held :by Ileasra* Norcross & Sheets and Collins, & Co.'.The offices attached ttt their yards, all brick builds. ings, one and two stories. high, .were also destroyed. Adjoining, the yard of Messrs- Taylor & S9n, on the north, [ire the extensive lumber stacks of • M essra'. Patterson & Lippin cott,t(he dividing line being Gohobtotthk creeks - That such a line existed.vyas very fortunate jyet, nevertheless,Che piles on the creek side ignited* The firemen, however, soon made abridge-of boards and conducting their . hose quickly put a stop to. the spread of the flames in that direction. Messrs. Patterson & Linpin cott carry a stock valued at about $400,0(35,b.ufc their loss will not exceed $5,G00. In the crook were moored two schooner-builS crafts, that fora time were in imminent darigor, but finally* they[were got off, one having to actually. be* dragged from out the mud, the water,fceipg so, low. Southward the fire only extended to tlx* yard of Messrs. Trump & Co., who sustained, but little damage.. ,■’i Although; we happened on the grpundposip time before the firemeu began arriving ip any numbers, there being but one or tvrov compa nies present,, yet we found collected,, aui as semblage of spectators to the nuiqbor ,of several thousand. The locality is. the centre of the lumber business of our oity, and around and about were millions of feet of; lurch or .of the most valuable kind. Mayor-If ox, arriving; in a few moments, was soon followed by his. Chief of Police, and measures, were at once* taken for clearing a space sufficient to. allow the firemen to work unrestrained or unan noyed. Quietly the ropru ' 1 ware .spread across Coates street, -and. -slowly ,|he gang gathered therein were forced back to Front street. Along Beach northward ■ thSy were moved to Laurel ■ and south- to a ; point soma forty; feet betow Coates.! OuriOsity, however, npt to ,be tautological, ia a .curioas thi ng.and vyheiioriw exclteamukt he apiihas'ed. Finding that ’ their ■ view* 1 was 1 somewhat. . obstructed, numbers qf ; the.- crowd :found . their way through .Poplar, Laurel and .Creep streets to Delaware 'avenue, , and snob, tho various hoard-piles, some of tlibm rising to i» height of thirty, feet, were orowded with.men, women and children-, Those standing below ■ wondered bow they could resist it,' but there they remained, despite, the i heat’ and smoko. .., At .a few. -minutes aftOPy.ntK ‘o’clock" additional details of policemen were sent for and a general alarm ordered Co hii rung. ( This had the effect of .bringing al- Continued on (he Last Page,
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