VOLD ME XXIV—NO. 137.
married,
SAVERY-HUTTON.-At Friends’ Mectinir Rouse.
Bewick ley, Pa., on tbe 16th inst M Dr. William Havorv
•f Philiu/t'lphift. to Rebecca, daughter of tlm iafo Joei
Hutton, of the former place. *»
BIMPBON--ALDEBBOIJ.—• On the 15th Instant, at
Jrlends’ Meeting House, Bu'-Hugton, N. .T., Joseph
Simpson, of Usyflfild, Ashhurne, Eotland. to Agnes
eldest daughter of Harrison Ahlersoni of Burlington,
ECKEBT.--0n Friday afternoon, Sept, 16th, Henry
A. ,r /i e / Lckort, son of the late Dr. Goorge N. Eckert, in
theJttdyearofhisago.
Hismends and those of the family are respectfully in
vited to attend., the funeral, from the residence 01 his
mother, 1031 Spruce street* on Tuesday afternoon, the
ins.t.. at 3 o’clock. Interment at Laurel Hill. **
_KJMG.r-At Cl>olwood,-Buok« county.,Pa-,on the-l6th
?.r JJfMomber. Hannan Wharton* wife of Dr. Charles
B. ,
Services at All Saints Church,Dower Dublin, Phila
delphia, at lUi o’clock, precisely, on Monday,"l9th
Inst. *
LESSIG.—In Philadelphia, on the morning of the 16th
Inst., Lizzie Adaughter of Eliza and the late John 0
of Pottsvilie.
- The friends of tho family are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral, from the Pottsvilie Depot.onTuee
(lay, the 2(rth inst., upon tho arrival of tho 12.45 train.
I Potfoviiie and Reading papers please copy. **
I? VPE & LANDELL OPEN TO-DAY—
-J 0 New Shades of Brown Silk.
5 “ “■ ■ Green Silks.
. A '•**.' -ModeSilks.
.•,Hcarabee.ilie,iiew-XallShadcu.-. -_
Plain Hlka from 91 25 to #0 per yard...
PURE COD LIVER OIL. CITRATE
Magneiia.—JOHN C. BAKER A 60. 71% Market st.
SPECIAL NOTICEb.
Boys’ o Youths’
Fall
Suits;
Suits.
Coats.
Custom
JOHN WANAMAKER’S,
8:8- and 820
Chestnut
St.
fr:s* REMEMBER, THE ORIGINAL
i .' jn " Wh - le Mountain Cake is found only at
I*I.\TLK 2i5 N>uth Fifteenth *i. eoLltuth *)2trps
■|rs»‘ hexteWs dklTOious white
“x? 7 Mountain Cake can In- had only at 215 South Fif
teenth *t:evt. Ale. Plan and fancy Cake, Ice Creams.
A" ~ math* of the fo-fei material. ,8913 tit th s Gtrpj
IT'S* WARNER FREE INSTITUTE OF
» cignee October 3d, {Monday*. It*
HOWARD HOSPrTAL7”NOa'LMB
and I*3o Lombard street, Dispensary Department.
—Medical treatment -Mlmadiclcia furnished gratuitously
o the poor ■ '• -• •
RELIGIOUS NOTICES,
ft's* FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
Wa.hlnßton Square.—Rev. Ilrrrick Johnson, D.
D., fatter, mil preach to-morrow atlOK o'clock, it*
CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN
Church. Locuet street,stiova fifteenth. . Bev.Dr.
Humphrey, Pastor. Service, at 10. H A.H.rihl f.M.lt*
FIE ST REFORMED CHURCH,
•Kiy corner of Seventh and bpring Garden Htre- ts.—
Rev. Thou. X. Orr, Pastor, will preach .tomorrow at
I0?t A._M. an<J7>* P.JH. Btrungera welcome, it*
fTS* SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
lh£r fcprnce below Sixth.—Rev. J. p. Conker will
preach tomorrow*! half past W A. M. and doarter be
fore 8 o’clock P. M. it*
rrs* ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCH. TWEN
*K£r tieth and Cherry etroetfi.—Service (Choral) and
henuon. tomorrow evening, at 8 o’clock. At this ser
vice the eeatawill bo free. auG-sdt*
REV. C. WADSWORTH, D. i)f,
fesX Pastor, will preach to morrow in the Third Re
formed C hureh.Tenth and Filbert streets. Services
in tnorumg, and 8 in evening. It*
jr§» REV. A. A. WILLITS, D. 1)., WILL
JK=y preach in the West Arch Street Presbyterian
Ciiiuch.corner of Eighteenth and Arch streets, tomor
row. at I0)£ A. M.anaß F. M. ; H*
* ins* “the city viewed through
IftSr Clmroh Window* ”—A discourse by Ber. J,
Spencer Kennard, lu the Tenth Baptist Church, Eighth,
above Green, Sunday evening. Tit*
JTg* WELCOMETO ALL REV. J, JAY
JOICE, Jn., will conduct the opening services of
Trinitv—lro ion Mission .--to-morrow-evomog-.—at "7^ 1
n clock, m l nion Mission Hall, Eleventh street, abovo
■Girard avenue. Come. it*
*pt- . *■'
ITS* CLINTON STREET , PRESBY
“yaf tcrian Church, Tenth street, below Spruco
Untno aervico, tomorrow(Snhdny) morning, ntlOX A.
■ hamnel Mlllor Ilagciuan will preach. Allcnr
dtalli Imltcd. ip
IHS* “JOSBP II ’S EXALTATION IN'
"Tp* Egypt.’*—Sermon by Chaa. Campbell on this
subject to-morrow evening at n* P.M, at Spring
Gurden Hull, N.YI .corner Spring Gaidoir and .Thir
teenth. ’ .' _; .
ITS- ARCH STREET M. E. CHURCH;
Bro J l J„,? lr f o lc. b Slow Arch.—Preaching Sunday,
mornin.? o’cltvhkhr Rev. James Neill and evening
iuvited° Cl “ Ck by B6V ‘ B ' * B » no * D - D - '-Mwtßgsnl
CI ? N T rXl' -PRESBYTERIAN
Church, N. Lj. northeast corner Franklin and
Thompson streets. Preaching by the Pastor, Bev Jas.
' .MiicheU, at 101 l A. M. an 3 7/S P. M. Sabbath Sciiool
at Z/s i, fli. 2t *
ITS* THE THINGS CONCERNING THE
Coming Kingdom and the Name of Jesus.—Bon
jHmiu \\ ilson, of Illinois, will (D. VJ preach the lout
two sermons of the course on tho above topic at the
Sl I IO.MA.M n . r al l 'd^rp'.M. OY g Catbarin °’ tQ - roor I T-
ITS* VERY INTERESTING-THE RE-
Uyay -opening of Trinity 41. E. Church, Eighth Btreot,
rtr.v' n it' -1 ’ reaching to-morrow at 1(1)2 A. 41, by
5- D. D., oT .Auhnrn, N. Y.: at 3P.M. by
not. Br. t\ ttlirow ; at IY X P. M. by Eev.Nv. J. Stovon
son _- , It"
[Ts?* ST. MATTHEW'S P. E. CHURCH,
Rr.i>^«? rnci Eishteonth and Girard avonuo. The
t*u™»nif£ liool connoctpd with tho Church will rosumo
itß riMilar sessions to-morrow, the 18th inst Moniin?
Sldo2k. at “ ine ® cl 9p k v Afteruocin session at°th^f
' T S«l’j'e?J-TSocial^t t «olTov,"r°"k" B
»^AS»ea“ Übje<!t - Xh#
jn§\. OPPN AIR BERVICEc
fc^‘S;fK c^la^ uth Bt ™»'»
: Second street, above York, - _ j
Seventh and St. Mary streets, l
Independence Square, Preaching hv^
2tov. W . Y. Brown, of Denvor.Qity. y
Gray’s Ferry road and Bainbridgo 8t„
; Nineteenth street and Bidgo avenue, i
• Fourth find Bainbridge streets;
Jeffersou Square, . J
‘Broad and Master streots, Proachlhg,i
Rov. l’otorStrykor.D.D.
Olympic Grounds, Twenty-fifth and
Jefferson street**,
Broad and Coates streots.
Broad and Arch streets,
Broad and South streets,
Twenty-socond and Federal stroote,
Front and Dtiuphiii sfre'ots; s,‘£
**avenue, above Front street,
Fifth and Germantown uvenuo, 0 o’clock. • , ,
aNs°o clock* 00 *’ roar on< * Baiubridgo etroets,
w* 1 Btroet and Lancaster avonuo, 6 o’olocki
\\ Jstor s Woods, below Gormantown,4 o clock.
Nloetownlane,4p-’oiook v----
r?“ (1 f < ? 0r y i, * utown ßailroadrG o’clock.
(JooporKvillo. f»)s o’clock \ * ■ <
.717. Lombard street,fir. M , - ~ ’‘ : it§
G.l)ciunci fail let in.
DIED.
Children’s
Suits.
Coats.
Work,
3 UNDER
iflstlan Asso-
3 o’clock
i 'o’clock,
.^o’clock,
-5 o’clock,
RELIGIOUS NOTICES,
irs* centbal ' coMkegAWo^al
Chtircb, Eighteenth and Green etreet*.—Bev.
• d J''sL d « l il.* wefl c. "Jt 11 P/eaeh to-morrow at W£ A. M.
and P.M Snbjoct for oven ing-fces ions from His
tory of Queen of Sheba.
n-3» BETH EDEN CHURCH, BROAD
VySr and Spruce atreete,-Bov. J. Wheaton Smith. D.
oven/ngatVl' 1 * prcach s,lnd “y morning at M« and
Jnt,replugopening nerrfees at Beth Eden Sunday-
School, commencing at 3)5 o'clock, P. M. Special mu
?u ‘‘'v. Addressee by Ber. John
Bene Gulllou, Esq., and pavtor. Strangers
£ofdiaily_lnvjtea to be prosont at any ofthe services. it*
POLITICAL N OTICEB.
NOTICE.
REPUBLICANS, AROUSE!
There remains but
SATURDAY, MONDAY and TUESDAY
for your mmjes.to.bt- placed on the :
EXTRA ASSESSMENT LIST,
YVe earnestly urge upon all Republicans to
attend to this.
Every name left off the list is a vote lost
Go, therefore, to your Precinct Houses and
examine tor yourselves. ’
JOHN L. HIDE,
President Republican City Exec. Com.
Joilx McCullough,} „ . .
M ahmiall C. Hong, ) Secretaries.
#e]6 4trp ■
1870.
SHERIFF.
WUXI AM ». L.EBa»S.
:IflMI oc!2rp; ’
fTS* THE UNION REPUBLICAN
itt-L- Committee will eet daily at Mr. N
-OLI 5.416 Library street, from 10 until 2 o'clock.
t JOSEPH B. ASH,
—V: c U. r O . Chairman.
- DIVIDEND NOTICES.
ITS. <)FUICE OTHE - PUTL AD EL-
E§l. BOA OCO™N V T ° WN AND »°BBIBTOWN
T , September Sth, 1870
• our.. <.f Hausen have declared a dividend of
'ho.'TfT w !,, r fctc,ch of the Company, payable.
Jjat eft-ifr , on and alter the firft or October next
TTo f KKi-ftr book, yl Company wli! be close-,1 on ib.'
-Mh-tr«r.-.~-and'T,-jr,Tmr-rlorsl-n«tm lie‘Bril bfOctober
seiO s led rp. A. lb BOUGH EBTY. Treasurer.
instrdction:
A K. TAYLOR'S SINGING ACADEMY',
/ V M 2 h ttli nn-ri, 1? now open fir' Class and Prlvntc
iiirtrucii'-ii. • £rfciiii.tf- ciasiKHi foi- Xiadiei -QDntle*
» For. bPghiner*. on Tuesday evenings, at 7 y»
ocl ‘\ k - Torino-p« : r quurtor |l2 lessor),’ &2: coin-,
Soptvinbor • 2tft}». v For advanced pupils. on
T]iurs<ia> evenings, at oclock. Term# per quarter
ill :romroenofneSeptemberT’tL
~ AU*rnoonxl®a«as for Ladies and Eveningclasses for
fnaitJciiitm, for the CwJtlv ation of fho_Vnl*>e/3lght Sing*
itig. Ax : -acb c a»#c*iiwiKtlng of four pupils. Terms.
per pupil, lot* a quarter of Twcntv-foor
t'W'U'-. gel7.6t*
M ISC ELXXWOiJHr
T you VIDE,'OR IMITATION OF WHITE
rJ-LvoriU-RndJiartl-rublMM-lilack handles on table cut ;
lery; iwav be boiled, knocked, and otherwise hardly
umxl without Jfhjsouin#f s or Injuring them. And for
kitchen u* wo have a solid metal-handled knife. Vitha
lull lm- oi ivory mid ot h, r regular atvlca of T,, ill I,
Cutlery. TRUMAN * SHAW. HoiSMfEfcht Thirty'
five) Slarkft turret. below Ninth. 1 w 1 lrt>
rpo KEEP VO UK KOI' FROM STKEEX
i BMwlatoß and tvil companioDj, ffivo him a Chest or
loolh. Thin will bring out his mechanical and inventive
'£?, le .\£n4 keep him at home. A variety at TRUMAN
r *-.• No * S* s (tltfht Thirty-five) Market street,
below Ninth.
"’'LOT * E D EAT '
Di.--LEKS’ ..PINCERS, HAM
,«L . and C'hMMW T-st-rs. Tinned Cheese Knives, Butin
IJnvera, liux ami Bui i el-Scranerainnil a variety of etluir
K,r r-ale by TRUMAN & 811 AW, No. 835
< Eight 1 mrty-uve) Market street, below Ninth
Books borght in any quantity
''-‘''ii LE ARY ! B,Fifth and AValnnt.[ soil-lmrpli
TIGHT JAKS,
JELLY TUMBLERS,
WE ii DX N G AND ENGAGEMENT
Bingaor solid 18karat fine Gold—a apoclalty: a
lull assortment of sizes, and no charco for engravin o
ntUDM. Sc FARE A BROTHER, Makers.
r.hnatnnt Tonrtn
AWiseiEsm
—A somewhat remarkable combina
tion of actors will appear at the
Academy, of-Musicduring next week. The
company includes Mr. E.L. Davenport, Mr.
'John B. SnMh>y, Mr. W.R. Floyd, Mr. A. H.
Davenport, Mr. Charles Morton, Madame
Pen.ißi, 31 iss Juste Orton, and Miss Jennie
Parker. Every one of these persons is a first
rate artist, and any play presented by them
will lie well worth seeing. The first perform
ance will begin on Monday night, when Julius
Caew will tie presented. On Tuesday night,
7.07 We,. Awr>jtthv will be offered.
' . —At the Walnut Street Theatre, this even
mg Mr. Albert Cassedy will have a benefit
tendered him by his friends, when a splendid
bill, in which are . I case Brown, or The Siege of
Lucknow, and The Courier'of Pans, -or- The-
Attack Oj’uii the Mall, will he presented,
—A good hill will he presented at Oarncross
& Dixey’s Eleventh Street Opera House
this evening.
—-V first-class minstrel entertainment will
be given at Simmons A Slocum’s Arch Street
Opera House.
—A good miscellaneous performance will
be ottered at Fox's American Theatre to-night.
—-The play Fernunde will be presented at
the Arch Street Theatre this evening, with a
lino cast. . ■
—Tlio Fall term of the National Conserva
tory of Music has opened the season of 1870-
; 71. Tho class-rooms are at the southeast
, corner of Tenth and Waluut streets. This
: school enters upon its fourth year under the
' able management of its founder, Mr. Carl
Gaertner. Tho accommodations are conspic
uous for their neatness'and- completeness, and
tho instruction"!* supplied by the ablest staff
of professors that can be assembled"fWm“'tfiB’
very best centres of art. The Conservatory
Orchestra, which will consist of the finest
amateur talent, joiuod to the professional
ability associated with the Conservatory, will
. make itself known to Philadelphians through
lour grand concerts, to be given at
tho Academy ot Music during the
season, while numerous soirees of clas
sical chamber music wall take place at the
rooms of tho. Conservatory. This.
- which has for tits : pb.iept to make every lire-
I sl fio the homo of good music, is fully worthy
i of _ the . most cordial encouragement of our
citizens, and it is earnestly hoped, and. confi
dently expected, that they will respond.heart
py to every appeal made to them to assist and
sustain an lnstitutatftj dovotod to so important
worit^ 118 ° f So< *® a education- and- improve-
with the bill of
feeling? wUhoiffoli“g"! lowca *° exi,ress llis
oii thoTv n? 1 / *3 '«*«* to meditate an
■°' ; yo \ lU °y ftequently
1870.
G RIFF IT & PAGE.
. " Arch street.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1870,
FIEST EDITION.
THE CRISIS IN FRANCE
THE SITUATION IN’ PARIS.
fßy Cable.l
*?/*■ */! *!.* r I "‘ >l “ t,on ' cat Off from the
—OoiNlde World—l*sf» to« Heranlf Alone”
—N|r< et hcenes In the CriHl»...Working
■nd DrlllliiK'-Soiled and Hull, bat B«-
solute and Devoted.
Paris, Sejjt. lfi, 1870.—A feeling of profound
quiet, peace I may term It, catne over the city
to-day; a peace occasioned by the general
realization by the inhabitants of a'sense of
their complete isolation from France outside.
I 1 or the first time in the history of thesiege the
Parisians experienced and acknowledged the
fact that they were cut off almost entirely
from the busy world which moves beyond
their fortifications; and that they have been
.thus.rendered completely andsUtterly-depend-'
ent upon their own exertions and grand ef
forts lor the future. They knew anasaid their
fate was now in their ownhands.. I felt that
it the present mail from Paris should get
through to its destination, it will be almost 1
the last, or very nearly the last, whiclT'will beV
permitted to leave the capital.
In the Streets.
The only symptoms of city bustle inside just
now are those which are presented by the
movement of artillery from one place to
..another; almost the only noise which one
-b.eanriB-thatrBentfoTth'by;th'e~m'eaaareaifeaa.'
of. infantry, marching, . countermarching, and
in ‘•double quick’’ to the mbstefiectlve 1 points
of defence.
The last vestige of good, dear old Paris—
Paris lull of gayety, life and brilliancy and joy
or dissipation—has vanished. Henceforth
Pans must apply itself to earnest work. De
privation of almost every social comfort, per
sonal terror, sudden death, must from this
hour forth.be the momentarily experienced or“
expected lot of all who remain inside the
walls.
Besolatlon for Defence,
The people of Paris continue terribly calm.
They exhibit no outward evidence of fear,
make no bravado, employ no flourish for
eflect. Where their spirit of intense patriotism
is uncontrollable and manifested at all audibly
the exhibition assumes the character either
of fierceness or of desperation.
Last night I passed through the printing of
fice of the Electeur Libre, thosenfl-otticial
newspaper of the new gormiment of France.'
The compositors were waiting for “ copy.”
rliev stood ranged in line, however, and were
ln . Practicing the manual-at
arms exercisers they.remained expecting the
manuscript They wished to become perfect
in the use of the muskets. In one'denartcueTic
qnitea number ofthlTmeir wereTound deepl 'f
absorbed in the work of their trade.
Orderly, bat Suffering.
I passed subsequently through a large por
tion ot the city. There was not a single po
iiceman visible, yet niy appreciatioaorpublic
order, tranquility and-social security was
.-Sever more perfect, even -in the happiest
moments, heretofore. The only change
which I remarked more immediately, and
* uflic , ien tly painful, , was' that
which had taken place from the old
time wonderful cleanliness -of the streets
Garbage and household refuse of every
description were laid about anywhere and
cl er\ where as X went along. Tliere was no
approach towards the removal of the nui
rsance." "The sidewalks were tiuswep.t ' Mat
ters of much more momentous import than
these held the attention of the public. The
Parisian mind was engaged, as it is now. in
consideration of the best means of self-pre- -
servation. Life or death trembled in the bal
ance for the people, and it was known and felt
that the blow may fall on the life both of the
city and of the french nation at any moment.
The People In tbe Too.
A clever hit was made in Paris, yesterday
by the authorities. They placarded the city
with extracts irom the Berlin newspapers de
nouncing the republic as the work of the
■■ democracy of the gutter,” the placards wind
ing up with the terrible words:
“La Cnnalille—(Test 1793.”
The feeling among the wording classes is
literally tremendous. It recalls, all I have
ever read of the stern Democracy of old. The
government has fearlessly offered arms to all
classes, and there are nearly seventy battalidtis
of the sons of labor now daily drilling for the
defence of the ramparts. A “ school of the
barricade” has also, been established in the
quarter of the Luxembourg, where a large
force of yonng men, under the chief com
mand of Henri Rochefort, daily exercises it
self in the construction of street barricades.
There can be no doubt that the dominant
..people ot-Pam-to-day-are perfectly^prepared"
to exact the life of an enemy and to givo the
life of a Parisian for every stone of the citv’s
walls and streets. I have seen nothing like it
since the Western armies before Donelson.
[By Cable.) I ■
PEACE DIPLOMACY.
M. Thiers s Proposals to tbe British
Government—Jales, Favre’s Offer to
Bismarck—Probable Action of tbe
Prosslaii Government.
London, Friday, Sept. IG.— Up .to 6 o’clock
yesterday afternoon, M. Thiers had submitted
no other tangible proposal to the British Go
vernment than that the neutral Bowers should
simultaneously exert their good offices
for the restoration of peace. Lord
Granville was inclined to act upon
this; suggestion, but Mr. Gladstone
thought that such an effort was sure to be mis
understood; it would appear like a league
against Prussia, and was a measure not to be
adopted unless the parties thereto were ready
to support their representations by force if
they were not accepted—views which, of
course, involved the total rejection of M
Thiers s proposal. Following this rebuff,
M. Thiers’s purpose was to alarm Eng
land by declaring that a general republi
can movement was imminent throughout
Europe, and only to be repressed by strength
euiDg tli© present moderate government in
France. On the advice - of friends, however,
ho abstained from addressing this menace to
the English government. It is absolutely true:
as before telegraphed to you, that M. Thiers is
here without instructions, credentials or the
power of offering any guarantees on the part
of France.
Indep.gndejaoy-Of M. Thiers, and before his
arrival, the French Government, which does
not conceal from the English Cabinet its
anxious desire for an armistice, has besought
Earl Granville to transmit'to the Prussian
headquarters certain overtures tending to ne
gotiations on specified terms. The answer
received from Prussia takes tho form of two
questions:
Supposing theiteirmsofTtho = afmfstfce
agreed on between you- and Us, can you un
dertake that the French' army will abide by
them—meaning by the French army all forces
under Bazalne, in Strasbourg, the Army of
Lyons, and all other organizations?
Second —Supposing the army accepts, will
the nation ? • * ’
M. Favro replied: “We undertake to an
swer for the array as for the nation. "We will
convoke the Constituent Assembly in the
shortest possible time, a fortnight at-mpst,aud
submit: conditions to that Assembly whicli
should-bedree-to express the-national‘wilirwe”
to resign our powers into its bauds. "'lf such
Assembly, accepts and ratifies our acts, that
■will be n fuU-guarantec to Prussia.” - ——■,
Obviously, this answer admits that the pre
t ent. I ro visional Government cannot give any
guarantee which, even if followed by an im
mediate armistice, might not be repudiated by
the Assembly. Prussia’s reply, however, is
a , meal >time an attempt is making
10 bring about a personal interview between
Favre and Bismarck.
As to the supposed purposes or Prussia to
treat with the Regency for peace, as tele
graphed by the Tribune’s'"Betlin correspon
dence,lie writes by post that his information
came direct from the Berlin Foreign Office.
I‘rom other information, I presume it to be®
riie view held and urged by the Tory party at
Berlin—that Court faction which does not
share Bismarck’s views, but which
lias always retained considerable
influence over the King. In any
case, it does* not extend beyond nego
tiations for peace, leaving France to decide ,
her own destinies thereafter. Persons in close
relations with Bismarck insist strongly- that
he holds very different views, and that in the
negotiations for peace he will not discuss tech
nical questions, nor ask by what title any
French Government holds power, provided
it can guarantee the execution of the terms of
peace to which it agrees: *
TBy Cable.J -
An Apsl€>«ProßBlan irapl^asantness..
Lokdok, Sepfc. 19.-~The London papers of
to-morrow will publish an interesting
v pondence between the Prussian Ambassador at
London, Count Bernatorft; and the English
Foreign Minister, Earl Granville.. Count
Bernstorn complains of the violation ot Eog
lish neutrality involved in. extensive sales of
English arms to France. He refers
f 0.,. . Ta VpP B . cases which have come
-within-bis -knowledge,- and by"
- England will be morally respon
sible, for the ulood: shed on foreig* ffelds~
through the agency of a few English traxLes-
Count Bernstorfi’claims, herein copy
ing Mr. Seward very closely, that the war
would have ended sooner, and that fewerGer
macs would have been killed, had not England
permitted these abuses to be perpetrated. Earl
Granville replies in a despatch,elated only yes
terday, by traversing the assertions of Count
Bernstorft. He goes on to say that during the
Crimean war Prussia, pretending to be neu
tral, permitted the Russian government to
bring arms bought in Belgium through the
Prussiah territory. He repels the accusations
leveled at Great Britain ; declares that the at
titude of. England should be one of benevo
lent, not malevolent neutrality; and says that
the sort of neutrality which Prussia asks
would have been nwvw«arH<n —-
he u ot > En K land be'aad miMt
ie, open to both parties.— World. _ _
I Prespecisof the War.
London', Sept. IG.— Without attempting to
prophesy, allow’ me to warn Americans against
expecting a speedy end of this war. No vital
"JV*.y€t been struck at France.. The sea
son is far advanced. The German armies are
in a country always exposed to malarious
teverjr.;*smd before a great clfv“ armed to the
teeth. "
There are in the field against them now
nearly half a million of well-armed troops.and
there will be a million within six weeks. The
very best military authorities here consider it
certain that the war must be' protracted into
the next year at least.
THE BESIEGED CITV.
The Sewers and Catacombs of Paris.
A Paris letter in a London paper says :
From the suburbs.of' Asnieres to the Place
de la Concorde an enormous subway runs,
which is sixteen and a half feet high, eighteen
feet broad, and more than three miles long:
. . "^i.^*^®..tkis^are _b.elow_t.ljfi.city, three spacious
galleries on each side of the Seine, the whole
being provided with air-traps at-regular in
tervals, and lighted with oil lamps. Descend
into either of tbese, and you find them to* be
as well built as those beneath the citv of Lon
don, and with facilities for cleansfng them,
which are extremely suggestive of their great
value for strategical purposes. The sub
terranean; drains, or galleries, are fur
nished with iron tramways, along which
small carte run, which are pusbeoby three
men, and furnished with a drop-plank, which
fits exactly into the drain, and pushes the mud
before it as it advances. On the turbid waters
?£ t SS cre ? t collector, between Asnieres and
the Place de la Concorde, a good-sized boat is
navigated, and the wildest stories are abroad
respecting/its possible uses to the enemy.
Most of these may be dismissed as idle, but I
am in a position to affirm that a careful inspec
tion of these subterranean works has been
made, and that Paris is preparing itself, down
even to the waters under the earth, for the
possible reception of its foe. If guupowder
will blow up iron traps, water will spoil
gunpowder, and the sanitary rite known as
flushing the sewers would effectually dispose
of an intruding force. The catacombs, again,
into which seventy different staircases lead,
nnd which extend not merely under the Fau
„haurgs--SL—Germai-n^— Jacques~and —Strr ~
Marcel, but under such important buildings
as the Palace of’ the Luxembourg aud the
Pantheon, have had more attention paid them
within the last two days than has been the
case for years. Their uses under contin
gencies, which it is inexpedient to name, their
size and value as repositories, are all canvassed
eagerly, and nothing shows more plainly the
anticipation of the people of Paris than the
th^se 6 interesfc display in such topics as
Defensive Preparations.
■ Nothing can exceed tho activity with which
the defensive preparations are hurried on.
Every gate leading through the ramparts lias
been blocked with heavy mounds of earth,
strengthened by palisades on the interior,tech
nically known as lunettes. Tho stumps of tho
trees up to tho edge ot* the glacis have been
sharpened so as to form a serious obstiole to
the march ot troops, and stout wire is to be in
terlaced among them, a few inches from the
ground. But Ido not. see the abattis which
might have been made with the fallen timber
alter the manner of tbosein the Virginia for
ests during our own war. All this, of course,
is only a precaution against a coup de 7nain.
There are twenty-tivo hundred cannons on
the ramparts, there are two hundred thousand
men behind them, ammunition for a twelve
month ; but in spite of all this, the true de
fences ol the capital are the forts. There are
fourteen of these, anil until they fall Paris can
noti bo invested; each one will require time
.and a great sacrifice of men in its reduction,
which sees the capture of Mont
Valerien,Bicetre or Vincennes, wo shall hear
of ft tumble deputation of citizens asking
King William to stop firing- and take up his
lodgings at the Tiiileries.— l’aris Correspondent.
THE LASH IST VIKGINIA.
Bnrlmrlnnism Bovived.
Tho. Baltimore American contains tho fol
lowing:
. Eastvii.i.k, Nortuatui'ton County, Va.,.
“.opt,l?, IG7U.—-A colored man, .nearly-eighty.
yearspEtike, - Mtasfried before’ our, (Jo urt : .this
morning for attempUng to steal a piece' df rope
valued at thirty cents. The only evidence in
troduced was simply the statement made by.
two witnesses tliat tno pioco of rone compared
■with a coil ot rope in the storo of one Notting
ham, ot this placq. Notwitlistauding tho old
man had been lying ip jail siuee last May, ho
was sentenced by the .Tudgo of tho Court to
tweuty-.iour hours’ imprisonment-•■ainHcn
lushes upon the iHtru.huck, This is a specimen of
Democratic justice; A Rksidknt. -
This is pretty nearly as had as Delaware,
'whorn a chud ot lttyeai’srfiM 1 steffiiffgseventv
five cents’ worth ot iron, has been whipped
with ten lashes, unprispiied six mouths, and
made to nay eusttnrrrfic trial.
Operations in the Lehigh Region.
The Manch Chunk Coal Gazette has the fol
lowing report for the week:
Shipments.
There was transported over both the rail
roads and the caual, south from this place, last
week, 1 .2.i7 17 tons. Tlie preceding week
130,059 1!) tons, a decrease
of <,802 02 tons.
The corresponding week last year the ship
ments amounted to 70,827 11 tons, an increase
for the week of 1870 of 40,430 .06 tons.
The Trade.
The trade is but little, if any, improved since
our last report. Some sizes seem to be brisk
enough, but generally, speaking, business is
rather dull—-There is no prospectoLarbetter
demand until cold weather sets in. Then it is
expected; that a very large business will be
done, if prices do not soon advance it is
hardly probable that Schuylkill .can keep up.-
There has already been serious thoughts of a
stoppage in-that region. The action of the
Reading Railroad Company in virtually ad
vancing toils Pearly titty cents; meets with
generaldisfavor, if for no other reason, be
cause the market is not able to stand it. Last
week the Lehigh region shipped nearly 2 000
tons of coal more, than the. Schuylkill region
by the Reading_RaUroad and Canal., Mucli of
thiscoal came from the Lackawana and Ma
honing regions. At Aiidenried, in the Lehigh
region, the Honey Brook Coal Company’s men
are out, oh some local difficulty.
THE PROPOSED MONUMENT TO
GEORGE FOX.
. Amerl can Onaken Opposing^he Scheme.
The “ Friends” of this country, through
- jf eview, oppose the scheme on foot
in England to erect a monument to George
Fox. The editor says: „
“An English exchange makes mention of
a movement in Drayton (Leicestershire), the
place ©1 George Fox’s nativity, to erect as a
monument of him a simple stone, with an ap
propriate record. The instigator, a member
of one of the oldest Warwickshire families, is
in no way connected with Friends, but re
gards the matter from a national point of
view. The Vicar of Drayton contends that the
monument bo placed within the church-yard.
It is intended as an acknowledgement that
England owes much to .him in the direction
of religious liberty. *vvy,vu
“We are glad that Friends are not con
nected with a moveirra-* v,
. -- wmuii is hot based
-pun me principles of the Leicestershire
weaver. The best memorial which his Owh
people can raise to his memory is indicated in
the verse of Young:
“ ‘ They mourn the dead who live as theydeßired.’
The worthy elder who was content with the
simple signature of G. F. had a just sense of
thecreature’s nothingness. It is well that tlie
truths lie enunciated and his services for
.truth should.be appreciated by the worldvbntr
the»present is not a day—there never was a
day for h riends to iix their gaze upon any
man as their ultimate pattern, or to follow
any persons save as they are followers of
Christ. To look beyond man and his teach
ings.is a-lesson indicated by tlm signs of the
times. " .. .
“It was a strong testimony of George Fox
not to. receive honor trom man, and while,
-without collusion between his right hand ..and
ms left hand, he freely gave his money r to the
poor and. distributed to the necessities of
saints, we cannot picture him to ourselves,
under any supposable circumstances, as sub
scribing money toward any manifestation of
hero worship. ‘ Not unto us. O Lord,’ would
language, ‘.pot imto us._,but unto Thy- _
name give glory.’ It is fresh in our remem
brance, whe_n the people of 'Durham would
have erected a monument of Edward Pease
in grateful commemoration ot his public ser
vices, that honored and venerable elder and 1
consistent Friend forbade and prevented
them. George Fox’s record is on high,
mv ; "'hen earth’s memorials perish.
Th chertah“” k bef ° re the h *B “«» u ry shall 1
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT’S WILL.
Disposition of the Dead Hero's Estate—
S, 1 * Trophies as a Legacy to Him
non— 1 he Obse«iates-..A War Steamer to
lonvey the Bemaius to This City.
The follo wing is the literal text of the will of
Ihe late Admiral David G. Farragut, ottered
ror probate before Surrogate Hutchings, in
the city and county of New York :
~ I• tta' ifl G. Furragnt, of tbo city, county and State of
Admiral of the Unit Ml Slates Navy, being of
r,l thilTri’n “ m | lnem °. r l .and considering the uncertainty
, t “V' , tr ; i " B . i ;, ory Id 0 ,1 1” make, publish and tie
ngtowit' Il t ' st w *ll and testament in manner follow-
* declare all my just debts And funeral and tea
able Sfte7raJ P Jece«6e? P '“' l “ 3 Soon 08 Umy he roMon
<ny7o":/ro\sr f 7™uT t ' ulh ttU my tropliica ° r war *°
J r ‘ / 7 I ei-ro, devise uml bouunatli the house and lot
?- No. 113 (one hundred nnd thirti-Vin)
laiarTTfirty-sixtli street, iu the city of Now Yorkf
where 1 now reside, together with all the furniture
therein contained,, to my wife, Virginia D. Farragut!
to be used and enjoyed by her during the term other
natural life, and from and immediately after her decease
1 bequeath the name to my son, Loyal! i’urragut. hia
hoi£o and assigns iurevor. • *
Fo/<t//i—l give, deviso and bequeath all the re6t, resi
duennd remainder of my estate, that is. to say, ah the
rest, residue and remainder of all the estate of whatso
ever name and nature (real. personal and mixedj. which
shall belong to or be owned by me at the time of mv
death, to my said wife and my said son, to he divided
equally between them, shure and share alike, and I
herebv direct and declare it to be my wilt aud intent
thut the devhes and bequests made in und by thisl my I
last will and testament, to my said wife, are to bo uc- I
cepted and received by her in liew of dower.
Fifth—l constitute and appoint my said wife, Virginia
D. y arragut, to bo the solo executrix, without aecin-ity,
of tins my lust will and testament, and I hereby revoke
all former and other wills and testaments bv me made
In testimony whereof I have liereuuto subscribed my
name and set my seal this 11th day of Decembor, in the
year 1869. D. G, FAJRRAGUT.
' Stoiwl, sealed, published and declared"by'tho'iuid
David G. Farm gut, tho said testator, us and for Ills
last will and testament, in presence of us, who, in liis
sight, and in proseuco of each other, have signed our
names as witnesses thoroto; and said testator at tho timu
lie so subscribed the foregoing instrument declared tho
same to be lilk Inst will and testament.
H. 0. LOOKWOOI),
_ . W 0.39 Enst Tenth street. New York.
JAMES E. MONTGOMERY,
„^No.2o9Madison Avenue, Now York.
EDGAR F.JVVKLLS, Hartford, Conn.
FIRE IN EUPOHIUBI.
Heavy Losses.
We learn from the Independent that a fire
occurred in Emporium on the 13th instant
which destroyed an entire block, being the
most destructive conflagration that ever
visited the place.-' It commenced in what
was known as the '• Felt Block,” owned by
l?ev. 13. F. Barrett, of Philadelphia. The
entire block of seven store houses, with
dwellings over them, was destroyed. The
fire raged terribly, the flames rising to au
immense height, lighting up the valley for
miles almost equal to a midday sun. C. C.
•Fay’s dwelling and saloon, situated west and
adjoining the Diock, shared the same-fate,
though giving time to remove a part of Ms
goods. His barn and ice-house, with contents,
were also destroyed, as well as the barn of
'l'homiw HuflV AvrHaupt’s dwolHug-situated
a little to,the .Cast ot the block, was with great
difficulty saved from the devouring, element,
though badly scorched. The office of the In
dependent was barely saved through the efforts
ot the citizens.
THE COURTS.
Qijaiitku Sessions— Judgo Paxson.—Court
was hold in the old court-room this morning,
for the purpose of disposing of habeas corpus
cases. Among them was ono in which the
father of a child sought to retain the.custody,-
Bis wifeTFavi'rig separated from him for ho as
signable cause, he their being iii doolining
lieultli. Tile child is aliont six years of age.
The .litdge awarded the fioy to the fathur.
COAL.
—Caution to ball-goers—Never wiucfup tlie •
evening with a reel. - ----- -
-— — A. ooltl-'Kuap;— -trying to firen.pcreiiasioii-.
topless Towling-piece. ‘ ■ ,
PRICE THREE CENTS,
iFrom the American Exchange and Boview,Bent IST* 1
botai imspBAiMOB coaSr 1
The Boyal Insurance Company with ita m.
port for 185!) completes the history of onera
tionsfora quarter of a century. Its twento*
fifth annual exhibit vindicates the past, and Is
nch in promise for the future. The whold re
cord of the Boyal demonstrates a steadv fi
nancial growth scarcely disturbed by the flue
tuations of business. Its, present stock cash
capital is partly surplus capitalized, and the
annual dividend for the twenty-fifth year is
tP twenty-five per cent, of the capital as
mcssn b t? the shareholders. At the close of
1868 the Boyal had,by the American standard.
5 3t earned surplus over capital of $1,079,273.
deducting all life and fire liabilities. The •
special reserve surplus fund alonebf this com- -
puny, set apart out of profits to guard the
eapital_ from impairment, was
through the result of 1869 by the splendid ad
dition of *591,880. This reserve now amounts
L°“, s “ nearly equal to the cash capital.
Total aMeta about nine million dollars. -
ilie lire department shows for 1809 a
l«s ratio of loss to premium than the business'
tri wi^Te°i US ye s r -' 3uch a wide di£ r
tnbution of hazards, excessive losses in aov
K^. 1C "i a 0 r cou , atr y are generally compensated
by successes ebewhere The heavy American “
fare losses ot 1869 of the Boyal, merged iu tho
v ast extent of the underwriting, have a very
eflect upon the aggregate result. Amert
can pohcj'-holders will appreciate-the valueof
a Security which is lifted out of the contin
gencies besetting fire insurance here. In In
surance, asm war, the more avenues for re
sources that are kept open the better the
chance of ultimate safety. To give an idea of .
the- dotmls -of the ltoyal s" poMtion,\wo pro- “
se ntan abstract of the last annual report
, The annual general meeting, of the share
holders was held August sth, at the bead ef
face of the company, North John street, Liver
pool.
Deport, for tl»e Tear 1869. -
The Directors have the pleasing duty of re
porting that the results of the year 1869 are
highly satisfactory to both departments of the
Fire Department.
The premiums for the period amount to
eimraS ™ 9 *lS2,43s,9oo)fantl^the losses to
-*tH®ibBs 10s. lid. (51,453,425},being an increase ■
ol premium and a decrease of loss as com
pared with the corresponding totals of the
preceding twelve months. The net profits of
the department, including interest, amounts to
*7B ,154 3s. sd. (-$300,770). With a single ex
ception, this is the largest surplus that has
been announced as the resultof a year’s opera
tions since the establishment of the company;
"2d it is satisfactory to state that most of ths*'
branches c o n tributed to it in some meas
ure, the
important one that shows a Z? all adverse bal-.,.
ance. — - -* - V
Directors have repeated!v had to refer
_fo_the_fluctuations-.to-whioh -fire-insurance- - ;
business is exposed. Tlie year now-under ro
view has been marked by the absence of fires
ofany serious extent; but it has been sue-,
ceeded by a period equally distinguished for
“L?™ 6 ® and severity of the losses
which ... have - occurred in various ‘
parts, oi the. world. The Boyal
has shared in many ofthese, and so favorable
areportasvho one now presented can not.
therefore, be anticipated for 1870. -
Xlfe Department. • :
. vi]l ., be in , the recollection of the share
holders that the results of the quinquennial
valuation of the liabilities of this department
now tall to be reported. Your directors feel
that more than the usual interest attaches to -
this investigatiou, inequsequence.of:public at- '
tention having been promiuently drawn, dur
the past twelve months, to the .financial
position of life oflices by the.failure of one
large company and the rumored dilficultiesof
otii6rs> ■- ,
For the better security of the public, a bill,
which has just received the approval of the
Legislature, will compel all life companies to
publish, periodically, important information
respecting their financial position and the
means they possess of meeting their engage
ments. lour Directors approve of the salu
tary provisions of the measure which enforce
the publication of accounts upon all compa
nies ; and, in order to afford an adequate con
firmation of the accuracy of the statements of ■
this company, your Directors have adopted a '
further check, which they are satisfied will
commend itself jto every shareholder and
assurer. A valuation of the life liabilities has
been made by the officers of the company as
heretofore, and a totally independent valua- .
non has been obtained from Mr. Samuel
one the most experienced actuaries ■
of the .day. 'lt is satisfactory to state that the
two valuations werenfearly identical in' their
results, although iu the one case each policy
was valued separately, and in the other were
grouped in classes according to ages.
is unnecessary to enter upon the details'
here, as they are given fully in the accompa--
nying reports by the Manager and Consulting
Actuary, and it only remains to make the an
nouncement that the amount of protit accru
ing to the shareholders for the transactions of
the last five years is £81,933 Gs. Bd. /5409.GG5).
The results of/the business for the last twelve
months have been as follows
Total income
from premiums
after deducting
reassurances.. .£213,420 14s. BJ.
Of which the 1,-
248 uew pro
posals com
, plated during , 1
' the year have
co ntri buted,
■ net -• • £19,003 7s. Bd.
The interest from
investments....
The claims, in
cluding pay
ments of bonus
additions £104,383 9s. Gd.
New annuities
and endow
ments,purchase
money and pre
miums
The interest
placed to the
credit of these
accounts
After payment of
all claims, an
nuities and ex
penses of every
description,the
amount added
to the life funds
for the yeilr i5..£133 ,059 7s. Bd.
£46,162 14s. 0.1
.£10,827 4s. 2d,
£7,185 ss. 4:1.
Dividend and Bonus.
The Directors beg now to recommend that a
dividend of per share and a bonus of 4s. per
share',.3ndoh r tho present occasion a ftirther
bonus of 3s. per share from the life profits,
together with 10s. per sliaro free of income
tax.
Frauds. ■ ■
Attc.v providing for payment of dividends
and bonuses, the funds of the company will
stand as follows : 1
Capital paid up;. .£289,095
Reserve fund
and profit aud
' loss account..
Life assurance
funds
£280,025105. (51,434,025)
£1,173,401 os, Id. (55,807,005)
Charles Twiner,
Obairmau.
($1,007,1001
($05,015)
($230,810)
($521,015)
($84,135)
($30,925)
($005,295)
($1,445,475)