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VOLUME XXIV—NO. 136.
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MARRIED.
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daughter of K Tracy, Esq., all of this city.; *
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or Chicago, and Miss Clara H. Osgood,ot Laconia, N.
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Go* therefore, to yairr Preolnct Houses and
examine tor yourselves.
' JOHN L. HILL,
President Republican City Exec. Com,
John McCullough, ) Sfi - T .-*.-rips
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ffF* 1870.
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POLITICAL NOTICES.
THE UNION REPUBLICAN
iMy Naturalization Committee will aet dally at Ur. N.
808Y’6,418 Library street, from 10 until 2 o’clock.
JOSEPH S. ABH.
Chairman.
THE WAR O EUROPE
THE QUESTION OF PEACE
Fresh Instructions to M. Thiers-—The Re
public Refuse to Cede French Ter
ritory—Tlews of the Prns
sian Government.
fßy Cable.J i
London, Sept. 15, 1870.—The latest reports
which were received from Paris in this city
yesterday, relative to M. Thiers’s mission to
England, were to the etl'ect that M. Thiers had
.received still further instructions from the re
publican government in Paris, and that by
these be was instructed still more explicitly to
treat a peace, and directed still further as to
the mode and manner of hie diplOm'acy'to that
end. Hopes are still entertained of M.Thiers’s
final success.
M. Tillers Without Official Character.
-On the otherhand, th e Pall Mali Gazette con
curs in the general opinion that M. Thiers is
without .official Character.,
Trocbn’B Determination to Defend Paris
"•Position of tbe Prussian Forces.
—JjONDOsy Bept.ls—Night.—ThoPariscor
respondent of the. Kew York//era/d had an
interview with General TrOchu yesterday on"
the subject of communicating with the outside
world. General Trochu was kind and liberal
in tone, but very firm as to the absolute ne
cessity of forbidding all such communications.
He alluded to the annoyance and the losses
which w-ould thus be indicted npon many in
nocent people in many parts of the world, but
»noke of them as cruel necessities like all the
necessities of war. He spoke with some
bitterness of the tone in which English jour
nals had alluded to the defence of Paris as a
political feint. “ Look,” he said, “at the calm
determination with which we are how devas
tidingsome of the-loveliest suburbs and most
valuable dependencies of Paris, laying waste
beautiful parks,burning up forests,the work of
centuries, and levelling .fine buildings with
the grounds.” He aslred if these facts did
"not speak"loudly enough for the resolution
which Paris had taken to fight to the last hour
against her invaders.
Of subterranean communication from Paris
there is no lack to-day. We are told that
skirmishing has begun along the outposts of
Paris. The woods of St. Cloud have been set
on tire between the palace and the river, so
as to clear tbe space for the tremendous fire
of the Mont Valerin batteries.
(By Hail.}
“ IF BAZAIHE HOLDS OUT.”
Jules Favre on the' Resistance of Metz.
J’ap.ik, August 80.—The Prussian command
ers know very well the strength erf-this city,
aud it seems like the madness of despair to at
temptto carry it by assault. On the contrary,
how can it bo kept in a state of siege ? His
tory tells us that if iu 1815 Paris had beenable
to stand a siege ot only eight days, the allied
armies would have been forced to retreat.
No One here will attempt to deny that the
city is prepared for a siege of at least
two months. We know how 'Mas
sena recoiled, broken and dispirited, from
Mail rid: we know the failure jof_tbe English
at Badaioy ; we have seen the city of Ham
burg, with a hostile population, held by 10,000
French for a whole Winter, and we can re
member well that Sebastopol sustained asiege
of eleven months. If the English and French
armies had not been upon the-sea, with large
navies to aid them and to transport supplies,
they could not have remained their to dig
parallels, and neither the "Redan nor the
Malakoif would have been taken. Such
historical facts may count for little,
logically speaking, hut they really give
us good cheer who are behind the best system
of fortifications which modern engineering
skill can invent. Contrary to the expectations
of some, we have had time to arm these for
midable works. The 28th of August has come
and lias gone, and Marshal Bazaine has won
his meeoof praise. “If he keeps the enemy
back nptil the 28tb,” said Jules Favre in the
Chambers, “ be will be a man of genius. Paris
will then be ready.” The time has been given,
and now .comes the news that the enemy is
again advancing in force, and that an attack
npon the city seemscertain.
Is Foris Impregnable?—Wlint tbe First
Bapoleon Thought.
The Correspondence ofJSapoleon X., vol. 31,
page 148, contains the following from Napo
leon himself
If hostilities, as it was to bo feared, com
menced before the autumn, the armies of
Europe In coalition would be much more nu
luerous than the French armies, and it would
then be before Paris or Lyons that the fate of
the empire must bo decided. These two great
cities had both been at one time fortified, like
other capitals of Europe, and like them were so
no longeT, if, however, in 1805, Vienna had
been fortified the battle of Ulen Could not have
decided the war ; the army corps commanded
by General Kutersofi might have awaited the
other corps of the Russian army from Olmutz.
In 1801 Prince Charles, beaten at Ecknpihland
obliged to retreat by the left bank of the
Danube,would have had time to reach Vienna
and to unite With the armies Of General Hil
ler and the Archduke John. Had Berlin been
fortified in 1805, the army beaten at Zena
might have .been rallied, and the Russian
army would have made a junction. In 1803, if
Madrid had been a fortress, the French army,
fifter the victories of Espenosa, of
Tudela, of. Barges, or Soaro Sierra,
would. hot nave marched upon
the capital, and / laying aside Salar
manca and Valladolid, the English, under
Moore, and the Spanish,under Romana,might
have arrived under the fortifications of Mad
rid.. Paris has been saved by her walls eight
or ten times. In 885 she would havo been a
nrey to the Normans when those barbarians
invested her in vain for ten years In 1358 she
was besieged by tbe Dauphin, and when the
citizens threw open their gates to him it was
of their own free will. In 1359 Edward, King
of England, was encamped at Montrouje, and
carried fire and sword up to the foot of the
walls, but could do nothing against the olty
and fell back. In 1427 Henry , V. repulsed the
assaults of "Charles VII. In 1464 the
Count? of Charolais assailed the capital
but failed in all his- attacks. In 1472 Paris
would have been taken by the Duke of
Bayundy, who wassubject to be content with
ravaging the suburbs. In 1036 Charles V-,
master of Champagne, had his headquarters
at Meaux—his scouting parties came up to the
very walls, hut tbe capital was able to resist
him, I n 1888-89 rHenry III;- and Henry IV;-
surged vain against the fortifications of Paris
until peace opened the gates. In 1636, during
the Fronde, the walls saved the-city repeat
edly, Lastly, had Paris- been a strong place in
1814-15, capable of only a week’s resistance,
what influences might not the delhy have had
upon events. . ./
..,, IS KING WILUIBI JtSSANE? , -
1870.
Piirls Reports ofjHls CoudJtloßi of Miud*
f Paris(Bept, l) Correspondence of Pall-Mall Gazette.]
. If we are.to.believe .thepapsrshere, Neme
sis lias overtaken ? the’ Klug • of’ Prussia, who
has gone mad, and the'day before .yesterday
reached, Varennes, , pg', his ’ ix?M to : Berlin.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1870.
Varennes, murmurs the Oaulois, in - allusion to
the arrest of Louis XVI., terrible augury!
Last night on the boulevards the news ot his
Majesty’s insanity was attractively announced,
ana' sold,- off piles of journals. “De
mandez la folie dn roi Guillaume, pere
de Fritz.” “Lisez lea details de la folie
de Guillaume, qni a - une arragneo dans le
plabond” (a bee in hlsbotmet). “ voycz! e’est
interessant a lire; l’epouxd’ Augusta a Blcetre,
* * * Bismarck a Chaillot!” Such were
the.cries uttered yesterday evening. This
morning we were informed that directly the
King went out of his mind Count Bismarck
took horse and galloped off in the direction of
Berlin. This afternoon the Liberty opens thUs:
“ The morning papers announce that the
King of Prussia is mad. * * # Thisis not
a hit of news; it is a fact. If the King of
Prussia were not mad enough for a strait
waistcoat would he have undertaken such an
immense act of furious folly against France ?’,'
EUGENIE’S LETTEB TO IBECiND.
Thanks for Aid to the French Soldiers.
The following is a translation, says the
Dublin Times, of a letter received by Mr.
Lesage, of this city, from the Secretary of the
Empress-in acknowledgment of 10,000 francs
sent to her Majesty in aid of the wounded of
the French army:
Office of the Secbetaev of ‘ Her Ma- ‘
jesty, I’aiiis, 30th August,lB7o.—iir: The
Empress Begent has received with your letter
the bank order of 10,000 francs, being the
second amount of the subscription of the peo
ple of Ireland in favor of the wounded of, the
French army.
In-requesting me to transmit this sum to
his Excellency the Minister of War, her i Ma
jesty has deigned to ordermetobegofyou,
sir, to kindly renew her thanksto all the sub;
seribers for their generous offering, and for
their attachment to the imperial family. Re
ceive, sir, the assurance of my most distin l
guished consideration. -
For the Secretary of JHer Majesty, and by
his authority, Mabc Pietre.
To 4O Lower—Sackviile street,-
Dublin.
A Christian View :of |tbe German
Triumphs. i
A German gentleman writes to a London '
paper thus: . '
AH our victories appear, not alone to the
real Christian, but also to those wiio are not
quite void of human feelings, gloomy,and sur
rounded by most awful woefulness. Up to now
our armies have lost more than 35,000 deadand
more than 40,000 mofe'er less severely wound
ed, besides many- thousands who are under
dysentery, fever, &c. Who is able to rejoice
over such victories? About the final results no
thing can be said or settled until the united Ger
man troops have taken Paris.. But before
this is gained, how many thousands of lives
are to be offered ? All our towns and villages
are full of, wounded and’ sick soldiers. Here
we have, one lazaretto of one hundred and
another of twenty beds. Most of our Rhenish
and.Westphalian hospitals are under the cafe
of the Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul and of St
iiorromeo. Besides, we have everywhere
numerous, associations of ladies (all my
daughters belong to them) and of gentlemen
who go about to help the ; poor wounded and
sick men. ■ -
BKABSEUII. CANItoBEKT.
Hls Actual Worklaitae Field.
[From the Fall Mall Q alette, August 30. j
A correspondent, whose letter appeared in
our Friday 's number, expresses surprise that
Canrobert’s name should Pot have Mtherto
been mentioned as present before Metz, and
is even more astonished that that . Marshall’s
staff should have been under the delusion that
the -battle of Vionville, on the lfith, was a
French victory. It should, bo remembered
that our accounts, except a few trustworthy
stories from Paris, have been derived mainly
from the German side, andUhat what we have
gathered from the other is obscure
by the confusion, contradiction and incom
pleteness which are the invariable character
istics of a beaten army’s account of its mis
fortunes. Canroberfs biography has plainly
been subordinated to those of the officers
nearer the invader, and all that is yet pertain
of it is that the Marshal, daring - the first
weeks.of the campaign, was at Chalons, in
command of the Sixth Corps; that when the
disasters of Woerth and Forbach roused the
French nation to the sense of their danger
then it was proposed that Canrobert should
be made Governor of Paris ; but he declined
a dangerous post, which, to speak plainly,
would have been qmta.. unsuited to the easy
and yielding disposition which failed to pre
serve'discipline in the French army before
Sebastopol. : ■ e r -
When Bazaine formally took the command
at Metz, Canrobert appearß, ; with the ,same
generosity of spiritwhich he showed when su
persededhy P'elispier in 5855, to have volun
teered at once to serve under his junior, and
left- Chalons with a'part of his corps—part, by
the last accounts; was certainly with MacMa
li'on when he broko up his eamp - last week
carrying, perhaps, what could be ,moved at
dnde' by to the assistance of the main army.
That his aides-des-camps should have supposed
the battle of Vionville to bave been a victory
is very easily accounted for, when, we recol
lect that each army that day maintained ife
ground, the French getting some temporary
advantage on their right,
Prussia’s Demands.
The German press generally maintain the
indispensability of material hot moral guaran
tees for . the peaceful disposition of France
when she is compelled to ask for peace on
bended knee. The Rhine Gazette sketches out
an’ interesting plan for reducing France within
her ancient unfits. Prussia is to take the
country along The Moselle from Nancy and
Luneville to Safirguemihes. Then Bavaria
would step in for her share as far as Bisch
weiler, and, West Baden would have the bal
ance of Lorraine and Alsace, with Imperial
Strasbourg; Wurtemberg being indemnified
by a cession of Badan sqil and a sum of. money.
Thus the Rhine being removed', altogether
from French contact, her passion for a Rhine
frontier will gradually die out.
A Significant Statement.
The Journal d’Auvers, quoting some well
written Berlin correspondence, says that the
impression in the . Prussian capital, of Napo
leon’s designs was that the Emperor had no
intention of disappearing from public afiairs
when hegave up the pereonalcommaud Of the
army. He did not cradle himself in illusions;
he’, would profit by his enforced leisure to
perfect new plans. He would set
diplomatic machinery at work with
the neutral powers, for the purpose of
maintaining his dynasty, and, of preserv
ing French integrity. As for the maintenance
of the dynasty, Louis Napoleon would have
nothing to fear from. Count von Bismarck,
whose voice is preponderant in King’s coun
cils ; that the best informed circles of Berlin
were all convinced that there was no disposi
tion to open negotiations with any other
power than that of the Emperor, although, of
course,’their determination might be modlfiod
by circumstances,: It would not; be the Prus
sian mission to assist in proclaiming a repub
lic or to force the Orleans family upGntho
French nation.
Tlie IJnly of Prussia to the Republic.
i .The N. Y. Times has the following excellent
article i
’ There may be a certain amount of technical
justice iu-King; William’s cdntinued- refusal
to treat with a government whioh.the voice of
the French nation has not 'yet ratified.' But,
in an emergency like the present, the world
expeqta the, conqueror-to .rise above mere dip
lomatic formula, andto, show himsolf tho
friend of ’ civilization'' he' professes to bo by
adapting the most expeditious method of oon-
chiding a struggle whose continu
ance is an outrage to 'humanity.
. Prussia disclaims all intention of interfering
with the domestic affairs of France. She. has,
therefore, as little right to persist in consider
ing the Empire as still existent, as she has in
shutting her eyes to the birth of the Republic.
There is now in Paris a Government de facto,
time alone can tell whether it can , claim to
subsist de'jure. Unless the Prussians can find
a better representative power of the nation,
let them treat with it without raising super
fluous scruples about Its character or origin.
They bave it in their power to retain'ample
guarantees for the'fulfillment of such terms
asmay he agreed upon, and the bargain js’ at
least more likely to be respected than if made
with the discredited ofiicials of a defunct Em
pire. Napoleon 111. justly merited the" world’s
censure from the frivolous pretext on which
he Chose to enter into a sanguinary confllct-
Tlie King of Prussia will equally deserve the,
reprobation of mankind should ho allow his
prejudices against democracy so far to obscure
his judgment as to interpose one needless ob
stacle in the way of peace. ,
SAPOIEOS’B RESPONSIBILITY.
Bow Die Destroyed the Empire.
; The Army and Navy Journal says:
■ The truth is, France has been completely be
trayed by the Empire.- Compelled my his -in
secure tenure upon power to purchase the
support of the statesmen who managed the
civu, and, the generals who directed the mili
tary affairs of the nation, the Emperor has fa
vored fraud in every branch of the service.
Receiving a larger civil list than any other
monarch in Europe, amounting to 37.000,000
francs in money, and the free possession-of
palaces,jmrks and gardens,Jhis_ entire income
is put at 42,000,000 francs, or $8,000,000 in gold.
But this was far from enough. The crowds
that' swarm the streetsof Pans, forming a re
public out of a despotism , tell of the fraud by
which he has taken enormous stuns from the
army fund, amounting, it is said, to a further
total of 50,000,000 francs. The commutation
money paid m by rich conscripts has been
Taken j aud the old soldiers who ShouldTje
found in the ranks as substitutes are not there.
Pay is drawn for regiments at their maximum
strength , which lack one-third of it. Forage,
snbsistance,’ munitions, all have been paid for
but not bought. In spiteof the enormous cost
of the armament of the country, Gen. Trocbu
was obliged to tell a crowd of new-made re
publicans that there were no arms for them.”
But this direct larceny was by no means all.
The. fraud was carried still farther, and “ fat
contracts” have been more common in France
than in any other country-tin-thejworld. The
truth is, the personal government was con
ducted by a set of-bold but very needy adven
turers ; and if the misfortunes of the ring
leader are of a kind to silence the voice of ac
cusation, the infinitely greater misfortunes of
the people he has misled are -such as to rouse,
it again. ■
under the Empire the people of France,
have been denied every means by which
nations prepare for success in war. Assem
blage in volunteer organizations, even the
most private ownership of arms, has been for
bidden. It has been next to impossible for a
citizen to obtain possession of a breech-loader;
or other modern gun. ti
The military spirit of France is, to-day*
manifested in the unsurpassed bravery with
which Strasbourg* Toni and Montmedy hold
out; by the valor of her troops in the field:
by the longing of her people to strike ahlow
for her preservation. But, as the former have
been neutralized by the frauds in supplies, so'
tlie iaiter have. been made useless by tbe
clog put upon every effort to form themselves,
into good material for armies.’ The. history
of French ’volunteersis an instructive one?
Tlie dread of their monarchs, the trust •of
ihe people, they. Have been ’ alternately called
out and disbanded for fifty years. - Their last
manifestation was in 1867,.when the success
of Prussia at Sadowa alarmed the nation* and
with trua instinct the people rushed into, the.
ranks'for 1 drill' and practice. The movement
was too popular and too general to he forbid-'
ilen. A review was had m the- Court of ’the
tiuileries; there were decorations from the-
Emperor,and applause from the people. But
the next'inorningmn order, appeared placing
the volunteers in the Garde Mobile, subject
to calls to active service. That killed the move
ment.
THE POSITION OF ENGLAND.
’ It IS Ludicrous.
The Nation Says:
The position Of England, which has all along
been a very .active.: peace-maker—Lord Lyons
having labored earnestly with the Due de Gra
mout beiore the outbreak of the war—is now
lieepmiimposltiyely ludicrous. Looking about
t’n sCe wno is most to blame for all that has;
happened, the French, Prussians, Austrians,
Danes aind Russians, hot to speak of the Fe
uians; seem to be heartily, agreed that It is Eng
lautl. and that she ought to get a good thrash-’
ing from somebody, thougn’ we i suspect the
general readiness to assail her is due to the
tact that.she can’t be;got at on iaud,- and no-
Dodyhasafleet big enough for the job ot as
sailtngher at sha(; .salhat. abuse of her fur
nishes harmless relieves the,
feelings of the combatants without expense. The
French are intensely irritated by the sympathy
for Prussia displayed by the people and press,
and the Prussians by the continued sale of
arms, munitions of war, and of coal ,to the
French—a resource from which Prussia is cut
off by the want of a navy. The sympathy for
Prussia is partly due to Teutonis’m, Protestan
tism, and race; the hostility to France to the
discovery of the Benedetti draft, which showed
that her Imperial ally was ready to seize Bel
gium, whose existence she bad guaranteed,
and join Prussia in chastising her if she re
sisted. The French fury against her is a just
retribution for .having- helped more
than any other power to . build up
the Empire, and make it respectable.
The Queen was the first sovereign to kiss
Louis Napoleon and welcome him into the
royal tribe ; and the Crimean war was under
taken partly to win his good graces; and ended
iu his glorification and the humiliation of
England. The commercial treaty which sancti
fied hlih in Mr. Cobden’s eyes, whatever its
economical value, was owing to the manner of
its negotiation, one of thp greatest of the Im
perial outrages on the French people, and the
chuckling Of the English free-traders over it
was very discreditable. In short, no power
in Europe did nearly so much to bolster the
Emperor up as England; and his relations to
her made tne Belgian proposition even worse
than it seemed on the surface.
ADVANCED RITUALISM.
Opening: of tho New Episcopal Mission
of St. Sacrament' In New York—The
Services Yeuerday—tow 'Masses and
Other Imposing Ceremonies.
The TForW says: The Oratory of St. Sacra
ment, tbepdw.Ritualistic mission chapel, was
formally opened yesterday . morning. The
movement 'of which' this was probably only a
beginning was begun by Rev. Joshua D. Brad
ley, of England, who visited this country re
cently to eonsulttheßitUalistic Episcopal clergy,
of this country about tho matter. The services
were begun at 6 o’clock in the morning, and
hetweenibat hour andll, A. M.twelve masses,
were celebrated .by Fathers Brown, Mines,
McOobk;' Noyds; Paine,, Pafkman and Brad-;
lev;''' The ball is but the large second floor;
room of g narrotv Store. The front windows
being entiidly iocaupied by the religious em- !
bletns anti; irithalistic apparatus, there is no.
ventilation except through,. the doorway and,
baols widows, m that the : worshippers were;
mhcbln want.bfitir., :
- ’The'altar-kfitr--im, rtfaoto&fliPn#®* 6 , de#-*.
(iedlymedlSvaj;, Insidelhc rii),npon d raised'
diasnppte'ached by .stepsV was tho -altar, 1 ' In
its centre wasa crucifix, having a representa
tion of the crucified Christ painted upon it.
iOn each side were lighted candles. A white
cloth lay on the altar. The mirror stood upon
the gilt frame stand. On the right of the altar
was the communion table. The seven o’clock
A. M.servioe was as follows: lntroit, “Thon
feedest Thine own people.” psalm, offertory,
sanctus by Dr. Irving; after consecration,
Communion hymn 242* Post Communion.
At 9 o’clock the crowd was very great; those
who had tickets were first admitted. Among
High Church clergy present’ were Revs.
Bruce, Sehackelford and Troope, of Trinity.
There, too, w,ere some of the Sisters of -St.
Mary, an Episcopal Order dwelling in Forty
sixth street. They were dressed in blackveils
and white coifs. ; . .;
At 11 o’clock MrrMissiter,’ of Trinity, be
gan the Voluntary, and’, then entered the
acolyte iii white surplice and- purple sntan,
bearing aloft a large cross. He was followed
by Dr. Seymour, of the Theological Seminary,
who was to preach. The latter was in surplice,
sntan, and purple stole. ’ Then came two more
acolytes in white albs* sutans, and red capes,
and the celebrant, Father Bradley, wearing a
black sntan,' white alb, ■ cincture stole, ' and
crimson silk chasuble, having a sold embroi
dered cross upon the back and front. The
service was merely a ifessa Cantata, without the
deacons or. sub-deacons.. The order of service
was as follows: lntroit, “Hear my Prayer,?
Niedmeyer; The Kyrie, Credo, and Sanctus,
from Gounod’s “Mease Solonelle ;” the offer
tory “Ascribe unto the Lord the honor due
unto his name; bring presents and come into
his courts to worship the Lord in the beauty
of holiness, by Travers : hymn, ..“Missa An
gelica;” Gloria, Calkin* Post-Communion,
“Nunc Oimittus." , -
'Dr. Seymour then preached from Acts ii.
.42 : “They continued steadfastly in the Apos
tles’ doctrine of breaking bread and prayers."
The service was similar to the Catholic low
mass, except that it was in English.
ROME.
Tlie Military aud Naval Forces of the
Pope—‘Extent and Population of the
Slates of the Cbnrcb.
The Papal army is formed of volunteers
from different nations as well as of citizens of
the Papal States. It is maintained at an an
nual cost of about £2,125.000, and last year
numbered very nearly 10,000 men, composed
as follows:
infantry. Men.
One regiment of the line (Italians) 1,850
One-battalion “Oacciatori” (Italians) 800
One battalion Zouaves (French) 750
-One-huttal iOD-Carbmieri-fSwiss) 050
One battalion troops of St. Patrick (Irish).. 600
One battalion garrison troops ; 650
One legion of gensdarmes. } 2,700
Total of infantry, 8,000
■■ ■ CAVALRY.
Two squadrons gensdarmes. ~ 30(1.
Two squadrons dragoons (partly foreign
ers).... 250
Total of cavalry......
ARTILLERY, &C.
One regimentartil.iery 800
One company engineers 150
5taff....,..... 88
According to an ofticial statement the Papal
army was commanded, in the summer of last
year, by B'generals and 704 officers ot inferior
degree, who were divided as follows ip regard
to Bationality: 464 natives of Italy, 129 of
France, 59 of Switzerland, 20 of Belgium, 19
of Germany,Oof the Netherlands, and 4 of
England and Ireland.
/ ’■’ The Papal Navy.
The Pontifical navy at the commencement
of 1809 consisted of 13 vessels of various di
mensions,: carrying 280 men. Tho largast
vessel is the yacht Immacolata Concezione, a.
screw steamer, termed a corvette, built in'
England,-and canying engines of 150-horse'
power,iand eight guns. . The interior is. fitted
up for temporary occupation by the Pope.
Ffext in size are the steamers San Pietro.
40-horse power,, two guns; San Guiseppe and
piasco, each,3o-horse power, two mortars;
and seven sailing coast-guard vessels.
‘Territory had Popnlntlnn.
The territory of the Pope, previous to 1859,
embraced an area of 17,128 square miles, with
3,124,668 inhabitants'; but it has since been re
duced by the annexation of the greater part
of it to the kingdom of Italy, to 4,891 square
miles, with 692,106 inhabitants. Of the former
20 “ legations” and “ delegations ” into which
the territory was divided, only five remain,
namely: Rome and the .Comarca, with 132,-
509; Viterbo, with 128,324; Oivita Vecobia,
with 20.701-; : Velletri, with 62,013 ; and Frosi
none, with 154,559 inhabitants.
Character of tbe Defences of Borne.
The ability of Rome to resist a siege was
tested in 1849 by the French expeditiotinry
force. Gen; Ondinot, on that occasion,directed
his attack against Mount Janiculum, which
commanded the city. The siege commenced
on the 4th of June! On the 12th, about 70
yard.s bad.beengained on the ramparts, and
six breaching batteries were ready to lire on
tbe city. But before proceeding to that ex
tremity Gen. OudinGt appealed to . the Presi
dent of the Koman Assembly to surrender the
city. This request was rejected, and the bat
teries opened on the 22d, at night, and on the
60th a general assault took place, resulting in
the surrender of the city on the same day.
THE COURTS.
Quarter Sessions— Judge Allison—After
a recess of three days, jury trials were resumed
this morning, and prison cases were again,
taken up. Most of the cases iuvolved petty
charges of larceny. Tho, only case of interest
was that pf ’William Bonfield and Stephen
Funk, charged with the attempt to commit an
indecent outrage upon a woman in West Phil
adelphia. . It will be recollected that the
woman, traveling along the road with her
child, was induced to take a ride indibe oyster
cart of the accused, and that then the outrage
was attempted.; Thecase is still on trial.
A9IUSEUENTB.
—A somewhat remarkable combina
tion of actors will appear at the
Academy of Music during next week. The
company includes Mr. E. L. Davenport, Mr.
John B. Studiey, Mr. W. R. Floyd, Mr. A. H. •
Davenport, Mr.-Charles’ Morton, Madamo
Ponisi, Miss Josie Orton, and' Miss Jennie.
Parker. Every one of these persons is a first
rate artist, and any play presented by them
will he well worth seeing. - The first perform
ance will begin.on Monday night, when Julius
Uwsar will be presented. On Tuesday night*
Lotidon Assurance will be offered.
—At the Walnut Street Theatre, this even
ing,‘Mr. Edwin Forrest will appear in
Jack Cade. Matinee to-morrow.
—Oafncross & Dixey’s Eleventh Street
OpefaHouse will, be dpen this evening with a
good hill. 1
—Simmons'& Slocum will give a. perform
< anco.at thoir Arch Street Opera House to;
.—At Fox's-American Theatre, this evening,
•a good miscellaneous performance will he
given,, u-.rf-vv':::.::. .. ,
—At that Arch Street Theatre, to-uiglit, the
play.i’eraanrfe TCUli4m-pMsented,.®ith„mrs.
Drew in the cast. '
——CJmSaturddy- night Mr. Albert Cossedy
wUI foetierfl at tU© fc&uda of tiis per
sonal frieode'.' 1 r ;lt Jh unnecessary to
Mr. CtesfedV,■ hhd nis popularity, bnt we arh.
glad to be hbleto annonnco an excelient blll
Tor ' MSbehefit,' which will consist Jesse
Browii, 'cr The blene oflntck-noto.m&tM Qfftir cr
of Paris, or The Attack Uptm Ike Matt. •’ •- ‘
PRICE THREE CENTS.
]Forttie Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.) 1 • •
In bed I tossed and tumbled, . *r»r*
And groaned and growled and grumbled. l i >
Muttered and moaned and mumbled, ‘ "
And tried to sleep in vain, ■
“While the gnsts they shook the sashes, ]•
And with sndden fitful dashes,
Sent the’ rain in spiteful splashes, v '*
Against the window pane.
And the rooster, in the cellar,
A most untrilling dweller, '
Aroused by State House bell, or
Awaking from a doze,
Inviting all to try once
The gauopugnlc science,
Sent forth in bold defiance
Three most unearthly crows? -
Then through the open window
Of the room where J lay in do— >
Lor, trying sleep to win (do—
N’t ridicule my woes),
1 heard the dapping awning,
And I saw the gray of dawning, :
And stretching thrice and yawning
At five o’clock I rose.
—The colored "women of Montgomery City)
Mo.y have organizeda soroste Boclety. ' ; ''
—J tisno w authoritatively reported that King;
William wears Ilia collars stiff. .
—A Wisconsin community is shocked by: a.
ghost which only wears a nightshirt.
—Paris will, be without gas, but Victor Htigt*
Will supply it.
“—Topsfield, Ohio, bases Its claimto-faino on
; a hinety-year-old goose. , , .
—Charles Lamb calls colored children “ in
nocent little blacknesses.” r .
—Ole Bull is rusticating on his countrv
seat, Walestrand, near Bergen, Korwegia. ' ■
—Somebody has discovered that in'fbrty.
years asnufi-taker devotestwenty-fourmonths
to blowing his nose. , ,
—A girl in Missouri recently ate twenty eara
of corn for dinner. Her corpse had a satiated
appearance. , / .c; ,{;; ;; r
—According to the Israelite, the number of
Jews serving in the German armies amount to
upwards of 30,000. . L /;:.L . 1'" .
—The disease with which Agassiz is afflicted
•is said to be ono«fi'ecting the: brain, Induced,
by excessive brain-work., . y,
—A Missouri robber was "scared off by an
old He-tlSdugUt
they were apistol barrel. . . ; ; • - I
—Baron Von Kabden, the husband of the.
famous cantatrice Pauline Lucca, was, killed,
at the battle'of Kezonville.
: —Of the twenty-eight theatres which Berlin*
possessed before the war only nine are running
now. v :
—A woman in Windsor, Ganada, has be
come such an inveterate tobaceo-uliewer
she puts a ten-cent package into her mouthai;
once. A nice woman to kiss. : - . ■ ; iuoJI
—The average wages of all the laborers em,-*
ployed in tlie coal mines of Belgium, in-,
eluding woiflen and children,’wnniycehtU a
day. : ’" r "
O5O
—New. Lisbon, Ohio, has .a female bade
ball club. One of the girls recently made a
•‘home run.” She saw her'father'cOmldg with
a switch. ' •'■
—A French girl in Newark set fire •to
her olothing in a goa otovs-thO' other day j all
her hair -was burned off anti her ear-rings
melted.'" 'L ' il<; '
—A Jersey boy killed a rooster in his father's
corn.field.the.other day,.and .claims..-nowlhafe; /
be has settled the long-mooted (question, who
killed Cock robbin*.
—Napoleon has at rehgth 'gained a victory.'
Itocourred in Omaha, Nebraska,’ where,’in;
the Bword contest at avecent fair, ,he received
778 votes to 303L0r King William. , !
—The laundry bill of a Newport woihau
averaged this season about one hundred dollars ‘
a week. She paid seven dollars;for. having
one dress done up.” .Eighty yards of ruffling
was the trouble with fftcd dress. " ‘
—Up to the present writing the meanest
man has been discovered in-lowa. His littla;
son picked some grapes off his father’s,vines,,
and the old man had him {irrested and con
fined in jail for two days. , .- . i
—An instance of the blind enthusiasm ani
mating the German troops is the answer which.
a German soldier gave to areporter who askedi
him how many of the enemy’s guns ho' had
seen taken: “We have seen nothing; ! aH u we !
could think of was to press ahead,” ; a.-s ,
—The new altar carved from wood for the;
Church of St. Mary’s, in Danzig, by the sculp-,
tor Wendler, in Berlin, is said tobe one of the t
finest pieces of carvingiff the world.. > Count- ■
less numbers of visitors look at it every day,,-
It is almost seventy feet in , height, and pro
fusely gilded. ’ ' , 1
—Agoodpicce of-news comes to alliover3 : .
of music in Germany. Blehard Wagner has i
declared his intention to write no more operas. ( >
He says the Meistersingers should bb his" last
effort at stage-music.’ We/bope he wiUbe hu-''
manebnougb to koep his worth - ;;; !,t,i,; s
—Vallejo, California, must be a very , bad •
place to live in. The Recorder, published,
there, says it harbors men who “have' beS-'
come so saturated with the oil of; condensed ;
damnation as to commit an actcombifflng ail,
the horrors of a century of crimes into one,". ,
—The Berlin ilontags Zeituiig gave a sihguldr;
joke, on the Bth of August, which looks rather 1
sieniticautin the light of latter events. It pub- ;
lishes a pretended despatch from St. Helena, .
under date of August 7, which states that
rooms are being put in order there for ex
pected guests.
—At Kipley, Ind., a little boy decreased the.
national debt to tbe oxtent of $2,000 by tbe ju
dicious use of some matches. He bad, no
doubt, heard that the dobt was to be wiped
out by the rising generation, and proposed to .
do his share at a tender age. His father, nof;
appreciating the hoy’s service, walked into
him with a horsewhip.
—A California reporter seoured an iternt
weighing ICO pounds. Passing a house, ha
saw a young lady lighting afire with kero
sene, when no rushed in and threw his coat
over her in time to save her lite, and she. >
wouldn’t let him off without marrying her.
As she is worth a million, and is unhealthy, ,
he accepted the situation.—lV. 1. Oem. ; , ■ 1
—A Terre Haute editor’s head has’ been
turned by a soronade. Witness this notice!: v
“ We return our thanks to friends for a most
delightful serenade at our residence on Tuea
dav evening. Music and moonshine blend to- '
gether so harmoniously under the deep shadow J
of forest trees, that it presents a pictured pano
rama as lasting as ’tia thrilling.” •
—lt was reported in Williamsport, Pa'., '
among the elite, that one of the upper tenwas ‘
in the habit of heating his wife, and ft com
mittee ofold' ladies wjero deputed to.. wait
upon her, and learn tho facts from, her own
lips. They didso, and to their horror learned
that.lio was in tho habit of beating her, “>bul,"
remarked the lady,it is at euchre !” , The
committee mizzled. , ‘
—The census-takers in some portions of the”
West have as funny experiences as those iu ,
the large cities in this' section.' One. ■ has.dts-..
covered ft lady in Indiana who m happy and ”
Contented in the name of Jane Jullejite Isalina v
Ataminta, Musadora Peeks; and. un.OMo »■ i
family has been- found -where tho first eon-hs,.
namedlmprimis,: the .second < BiniSj.apd.thew
three ’ others -Appendix, Addendum _aud_ Er--
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