OLUME XXIY.-NO. 152. TXTEDDING CARDS, INVITATIONS YVfor Parties, &e, Mewetyles. MASON AGO., 907 Phestppt street, » • • de3omiwtfl MARRIED. HUTCHINSON —BHREVE.—At the United States Legation, Brussels, Sontember 14.1670, by tho'Bcv. \Vil •U«dj--Drum British Chaplain, Emlon'HutctflDHOu, of to Mary Shrerc; .of Boston. . * DIED. ADAMS.—In Bichmond, Va., on the 22d Inst., Mrs. Catharine E. Adams, wife of Mr. K. J. Adams, and daughter of Daniel Plinn, of Boston, Mass., iu the ,35th year of her ag Gents’ Furnishing Goods. ALL THOROUGHLY STOCKED WITH TIIE FINEST FALL MATERIALS FASHIONS. WANAM AKER’S, 818 and 820 Chestnut Street. WATER! FTeftb frotntinelass A. SIOSELEYi Apothecary, c<&3-w f m3trx»* Thirtc-entb and Walnut Etrei'tj,' (rg*THE PUBLIC BCIJL.DIKGS.—CARD . —Wedesirc t© fri v © public notice that then* Is no .*rK«nixed effort beinK-Tuade bj. tbe friends ,of Peaa Kihsk' lo influenctr or direct fn anj yvaytßircltlzgaK on tb 4 ’ of il:e silo ■ for the propovyl n*w Pnblfc Buildings. tuat thcrcis no money being raided by assess ment on the property owners or otherwise to he used in preparing or manipulating the tickets or the vote ofour fellow citfjfemi on this subject. We therefore call upon tie citizens of Philadelphia to see to it, for tberaselve* that the fifToftfi now being made by selfish members of the Bar and others in th interest of the Washington square property owners does not deprire Philadelphia of tbo opportunity she now hits of taking a step forward and elevating herself in her na tional status hr locating her Public liaildiugs in the localitythat will most innro to the convenience of the •whole public and afcffiiro the architectural improvement of the centre ot the city. Our efforts mhde in the interests ot the Penn Squares before the adjournment of the JsUt Jsuaalon of the Legis lature* gave the citizens of Philadelphia the oppurtunily t«» express their preference as to the site for the now Public Building*, and we thus leave the matter with them, L autfoning, however,the friends ofl’enQjSquaro not to rely upon the obtaining of ticket* favoring Penn > Hlmll be bherill—than who rlmilgo tV* than' l jvto Hliall enjoy the emoluments of the office of Jb tr tster of \\ ills—than who Mia 11 I.m Ahk-iinau In tills Wur.l.ot w ho filial] bo Omineilnmn from that. Therefore, f. Ih -.v t iij. zeUR, look to it. that you avail yritjrlves of flu- oppor tunity now oti'ertMl of muturiiu; ts~the ts in or near Philadelphia, at th- orth a\,| !!;.• J omiHylvauiH Company for insuraureou Liv*-., ,vc..No. JO4 \\ nluut street. , ITS* 1 Pit ACTIO AC J'HsTßfrctrON IN' »“ d Mlnorak.gy. at I)r. F. A. GJ'.NTH a Laboratory, Nos. k>3 ;i ikl 112 \rrli Blrr<-C_ .’■■•• «?27-stip- tAW DEPARTSt-RNT~tTNIVKR-' IV? SIT)' OF I’ENNSYLVANn.-A i.ill b. (Jill on MONDAY. October IntrotlKcioiV ' •• «>/ UON. J. I. CDAKK BAKE. St 'ti . ) ■ ' ' Sat!) if voi; p \vast 'thtTohio i White Mountain Cake, to P&XTi:!;' South Fitteenth - • r’-'it'-—''hl2- fll w !'U;. IiOWAKD HOSWtAF/T Nos! IHB tk&y and l/iSOfiombard street, D’.sjaM-rarrT.'eptirtuHut-. —Hledical treatment nd medicine furuiwhod ■L'r»V"i <, ou>»iy o tho poor v PINCHING .IRONS*/. CURLTNCJ. "AND -Crimpinj? Tnmjs. u varl-tj- <>l l.iiula uud *\;t hi. •tor. '»y tkuman •& -hjunw n,-*. (i;mjjt Market Htroot, below Niaih. riIHESCANDINAVI AN PADLOCKS li'OJt . .i. fitori* door« aro bo Htromi that tln i y cannot be IY.rr:o A SIMULTANEOUS REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT FOR SECURING A BOUND BUT PLENTIFUL CURRUNCY, AND AN EVENTUAL SAFE RESUMPTION OF. SPECIE PAYMENTS, AND FOR EFFECTING A THOROUGH REFORM IN THE CIY'IL SERVICE, THAT ECONOM Y AND INTEGRITY - SHALL EXTRA VAGAN CE : SAND FRAUD In every department of government. LET THIS MEETINC, IIE AN OVERWHELMING ONE! Let our citizens show by their presence that they disapprove all WRANGLING ABOUT RECONSTRUC TION, NOW THAT IT IS A EIXED FACT, v ‘ AND WHEN OUR MATEKIAL INTERESTS DEMAND AT TENTIOitvV ALL AER INVITED t 6 LABOR'FOR THE GOOD OF ALL. NATIVE AND ADOPTED CITIZENS. THE RICH AND THE POOR, : THE CAPITALIST AND THE ARTISAN, / THE MERCHANT AND THE MECHANIC, THE MANUFACTFRER, yiJE LABORER, AND THE PROFESSIONAL MAN, ARE ALL INTERESTED. Let all come and strive for the general wel fare. ' LET.THE PEOPLE SUPPORT THE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE. The following distinguished and eloquent speakers will address the meeting: Hon.J. A. J. ORESWELL, Postmaster- General United States. Hon. JOS. R. HAWLEY, Ex-Governor of Connecticut. ' Hon. JOHN SCOTT, United States Sena- Hon. United States Senator. -• Hon. JO 11 M W. GEARY, Governor of Pennsylvania. . nies in the West winch America would not be unwilling to annex. No doubt we might get rid of. aU our troubles abroad by abandoning ‘lndia and the colonies; hut while we insist on maintaining the’integrity of the British em pire, we must count who are likely to be our inends and who our enemies among foreign States. That Germany will bo in many re spects a -valuable ally to England we firmly be lieve. -We have hones that her citizen army may Return to their homes with a stronger love of peace, and that fiey Govern ment, conscious of its strength, may in its foreign policy steadily respect the rights of other But there is a fear that recon stituted Germany may be" unwilling or unable to forego the goodwill of Russia; and it is significant that no sooner is France rendered powerless than Russia begins to talk of obtain ing a revision of the treaty of 1850. British ships and British troops alone may still be able to keep Russia out of Constantinople, but it is important for English statesmen to bear in mind that if France bo.affected as a first-class, power we shall be left to all appearance with out a friend on the Continent of Europe will ing to hejp us either in the East or in the West. The Berlin Avenir, an outspoken Republican paper printed in French at the German cap ital, after making an argument against the annexation ot Alsace and Lorraine, says in regard to the complications likely to follow the present war : - w . Whoever does not allow himself to be car ried awa.v by tho excitement of the moment, or who is not interested in misleading the German people, must foresee that the war of 1870 wilnead inevitably to war between Ger many and Russia, as that of 1806 brought on that of 1870. W e say inevitably, unless there is a revolution in Russia, which is unlikelv. Except in that improbable event, war betwee'n Germany and Russia ought to be looked upon as certain. It all depends upon the course Germany adopts. If she annexes Alsace and Lorraine, France allied with Russia will enter into war against her. German War Enthusiasm Waning. London, Sept. 20—A correspondent at Ber lin, writing under date df the 26th inst., re ports as follows: The excitement and first flush of victory have subsided here a nd in all parts of Germany generally;-It would be an error for any one to believe that the enthusiasm, of the war is of the same intensity that characterized it a'fot> mght ago. An earnest wish is expressed everywhere that the war might end,' and the belief is widespread that it has lasted too long already. The cause of these anti war sentiments I do not know and do not pretend to explain, although it is un douDtedly the case that tho under current of public feelipg indicates a growing, sympathy for the Liberal government of. France. In ad dition, the recent imprisonment of Herr Ja coby, tho Liberal leader, and of other, staunch Denioorats aud Liberals,do not fail to impress, the masses unfavorably. The arbitrary course Fit i day, September so, mo. BY CABLE AND MAIL. FOREIGN NEWS. IBy Cable.] Knssta to Avenffe France. (ByCabloJ ' ■ - THE QUESTION OF PEACE. , of the German authorities awAkerot apprehen sion that although themosttriumphantresutta iseem ct-rtain to accruerfrbm the war no po litical benefits wilUoo. derived therefrom— Il v" rnsBlan» and French. - A correspondent of the Ne w York Post says: . . It must be cpiffessed that the Prussians have heen somewbat barbarous of late, and show 7f, ry that-'lnishwhaoking will not be? tolerated. KTheir behavior to prisoners in the beginning of the war was humane enough, but they have taken to shooting all peasants not In uniform captured with arms in their hands; and the Duke of Fitz James, who, in the name of the Intematiotial Society fortbe.Relief of the Yiyoiinded, has been busy with the ambulances at the front, has published a letter descriptive of the burning of Bazeilles, where the inhabi tants joined the regular troops in the defence of their village. A few extracts from this let ter will show the character which this war has gradually assumed: “The enemy entered; and then commenced a scene of horrors and nameless excesses that must forever disgrace their perpetrators. The population sought re , Hu' cellars. All—men, women and children—were burned alive. .Out of two thou sand inhabitants, barely three hundred survive to relate how the Bavarians drove women aud children back into tlte flames, and shot those who . had succeeded in 'escaping from the blazing ruins.” , ■ Under other circumstances, it would be per missible to deny tbis statement w toto, but.the Dukes testimony cannot b« questioned; his honorable character is known to every one rand his sympathies,-pollticallv-speakihg,-are rather with than against the Germans; not that he is unpatriotic, Dpt because, as a legiti miat, he would hail with satisfaction anything Which might possibly advance the chahees of bis favorite dynasty. But, although no ex cuse can be offered for .these atrocities, we must admit that they .are not to be wondered at, when the French are doing, everything to exasperate the invader, by counsels in- favor • of running up the black flag, and neither giv ing nor taking quarter j when their newspa pers speak of the bio wing u JfcpHUfe. Citadel of Laon, alter its surrender,as “an act of sublime - patriotism,whose perpetrator has merited well - of his countrywhen the Pirjaro proposes a national s.ubscrintion for liim who tvill atfsas sinate Bismarck, and when placards are put up in the Avenue Yictoria calling upon the lirovisional government to “ set a price upon the heads of Bismarck, Moltke and YVilliam those murderers who have caused a blush to mantle upon the face of the humanity of the nineteenth century.” Nor can it be expected that much mercy will 1 be shown to'any can tured members of the. bands of,“ Bourbon nel, the pantber slayer, Chief of the Thirty of Bur gundy,” or to the “Avengers of the Seine,” or the “Lost Children of Avonconrt,” or any of those other guerillas, who are now swarming in the neighborhood of the invaders', picking up stragglers and shooting picket guards anS ydettes, particularly when it is known thau-. the “ Cercle des- Chasseurs” has offered a- ' bounty of fourteen francs for the head of each PJiYate, and that an honorary life member ship of the society is Dromised to any one who “ can prove hy authentic evidence that lie has bagged twelve Prussians.” ' ■*?- : SOME CURIOUS FIGURES. Geriftnn Cnlcnlatlons. An interesting calculation iias been made by a German writer. The disunity of Germany came in the year 1618, in consequence of the Thirty Years’ war; and at the end of this war the French received Alsace.. It was 1681 when the 1 rench treacherously took' possession of Strasbourg, therefore sixty-three years after the beginning of the religious’ wars. Sixty tliree. years alter that event, in 1744, we see the-B’renuiuJmitiiig with Prussia in war against Austria Again, -sixty-three—years later, Prussia was broken by Napoleon I. in the year 1807. Now, again, sixty : three years, anu conio to-tho ycur 1870—the year of tho downfall ofNapQleon III M / - Now add the figures offb&e years together, and we get sixteen, which is the same result as when we add un the figures represeilting the years in which the two rulers of France and Prussia entered upon their thrones. King YVilhelm ascended the Prussian throne in 1801 ; Napoleon was declared Emperor of France in 1852: 1 dlus 8 pins 6 plus 1 is equal to 10; 1 plus 8 plus 5 plus 2is equal to 16. ’ Germans have found out that the 18th is a very important day in. Prussian history : 18th June, 3675—Battle of Fehrbellin. 18th June, 1667—Louise Henrietta, consort of the Grand Elector, died. ISth January, 1701—Coronation of Frede rich I. ■ 18tU December, 1715—End of the second bilesian war. v 18th June, 1757—Unfortunate battle of Col- lHtli June, 1808—Battle of Friedlanrt. 18th October, 1818—Battle of Beipsic. I.Bth June, 1815—Battle of Waterloo. 18th April, 1864—Storming of Buppe' 18th August, 1870—Victory at Metz. THE USCOIS ASSASSiai*KEWAIt». The matter in Court. The ‘Washington correspondent of the New l ork Herald says •' The litigation concerning the rival claims to the 320,000 reward offered- by the Washington City Corporation for the capture of the Lin coln assassination conspirators is not yet ended. J?or the past two days it lias been be fore the General Term of the District Supreme" Court hereon appeal from the Special Term, the question being on the right of division of ' the reward. The heirs of the iatoD. Baker, the ■ notorious government detective under Stan ton, and two others are tho plaintiffs,while the defendants are thirty-nine in number, includ ing Capt, Doherty and thesoldiers making the capture of Booth and Harold-; Prentiss M. Clark, acitizen, who claims to having given the information and devised the plan which resulted in tho .capture of Mrs. Surratt and Payne, and Messrs. A. Q. Alien and W. M Kirby, who claim to liaye given, the first clue as to tho direction taken by Booth and others. It whs claimed bv counsel in the court below that the corporation had mv authority to ..'offer this reward,' atul I consequently- the bill should bo dismissed, and alsmthat the parties claiming this reward did nothing more than, as good citizens, they should have done. The case was annealed to the General, Term and was taken up yester day. It is contended for the soldiers tiiat the officers and soldiers are not prevented frfim maintaining this action, although It has been hold that a public officer, whose duty it was to apprehend offenders, might recover re wards offered for tho appreuousioii of sucli offenders; that if this rule should be'applied to this caso ft might affect Baker, but not thesoldiers. They were not detectives; they were noj&paid for this service, nor was it part oMlipirdnty as soldiers of the United States to assist in the capture of offenders against tho “w-- They were officers and soldiers of the United States, and notof the city of Washings ton, and the city of Washington can ' take no advantage, of the fact of their being officers of tho general government.. The city of Wash ington has nof inteipo&d that plea, and If ir were correct as a proposition of law it would have no application to this case under the present state of pleadings,and the only-ground on.whioh the claim of these parties can be re jected, appertaining to this branch of the case, is that the contract is against public policy. Tho law-making power oflke/United States, hav ing to be made upon-'a/liistfcontract with the sameparties for the sUme servieei.'bas- decided - conclusively that it rsnot againstpublicpolicy. Under this law thb\ rewards offered by the President and Sfecretary of War— viz., S7fi,ooo—liavebeen distributed,the parties he represents receiving Ntheir respective shares. On the other side, the counsel for Mr. Prentiss M. Clark, who claims to have originated the plan Which led to] the capture of Mps. Surratt and Payne, maintain that per sons in the police or detective sefcvice of the United States and, officers and 'soldiers ’ de tailed for such servD moot recover any part of the reward .off' tho city of Washing ton for informal lit led to the capture PRICE THREE. CBN'F 4 of the conspirators, and cite several n „f hairi ’' ties in support of this provision. * authpri- ABTIJOJV 031 B SS?M_S."ffj„JS;sx¥S;SJS fFrom the Pittabnreb Commercial, Sopt, 2? I OnsEKVATonv, AlbegWenv, Hept. 26,18 T» file appearance of spots on the sun larrrrt enough to be visible to the naked eye is ararl but it may now be noticed-by any one -who takes the trouble to observe them. The aspect of the sun through a large tele ■ff f one jhk now of siugqJar interest, and' •slrvers * lalUl attention from, ok- Here, where the remarkable changes of tfia 1 ®^SL5 u *? ace fornied the subject of .re-' maps of the position spots are made, and their singular viir£ • smitfny^ 6 been the ob J ect of most interested! • Ti'l slde of tb e sun now turned toward na Jj^'l y r , cove , J i eci with hundreds of them, ofadl nosfte t StageS growth, while the op - posite side, to be presented to us a few dam later,vs comparatively bare. • - ■ .'*2® T&e area of one of the largo spots, wliich^ l butedfroiiiv^ft ° f tbe dlsc ’ has been com-; ?o Exceed'« 3W) f mn orn asurements nnd fo,md » i„J, Kceea v 0.000,000 square miles. Such 1 press ion, and perhaps a more vivid idea of th«s Bl .?®J ua y he gained by comparing it with that of the earth, whoSe entire area is less than a tenth part of that just given. ; tU? “ a . . liiis.is -the-area of the pehutabra an im~ - mSnse expanse of variegated forms, crossed bv' channels and convergent streams of luminous matter, all sbiftiog under an action like thaf of some Whirlwind which istwMnfthe^' tromone position to another and cfankfad’ their forms irom hour to hour. The current sometimes appears to rush downward, carry ing with it great massas of luminous matter w l ' and opening as it does*Bo' black cavities of a size oommensuTato with, tehbeale on which this action is carried bn. Ihe largest of these cavities is Seen' to be overhung with parts,or the brilliant surface, which visibly break away in enormous Por tions and sink in it out of sight. Indeed it is' S“ te . within the truth to say thata glolie the size of the world might be dropped in without touching either side. It is impossible to ■ con- >. vey an adequate idea of the impression of in bmte and-esbaustlesp energy of which one is -?i wh ii e . bebo!cU ng this with adequate! optical aid. Masses the size of whole conti nents are utterly changed in shape or disap pear irom one day to another.aometimes while he observer .watches them,'aud the. whole spot is to all appearance being slowly >O - by the cyclones which are visibly .wort-' Tng there. • ' v . , This, Is one of many centres of similar - action, not all on the same scale, but bathing-' the eye by their number ahd inoessant change lps • tI J e draughtsman labors, after, iif fain, abet which even the photograph.pan, but imperfectly render. At one of our fargest oteervatories tbe.:photograph is employed to; make a daily chart oi these changes, and an." inspection 01 its truthful and unbiased record 5 win convey a sense of the- ' almost-awful magnitude and energy of.-ther " solar forces than the most vivid description. — One who . has been accustomed to watch them must feel the inadequacy of any attempt te “esewbe these ‘'spots,” and still moreao ofi the intilit-y. of trying to convey his own im pression by any extravagance of description' or comparison., - • . ’ The wonder must lie in the consideration ofe’ authentic measurements, wlncli ai'e left to tell their own story. . . *?**. The public may not share the interest of the' professional observers in such matters,but one own planet is too intimately connected with these phenomena not to make them- claim ' some interest from all of us. Why the mag netic needles move responsively to these great changes in the sun, or why auroras will light up qmvw inter sky at intervals more frequently, repeated as this solar action is more violent./ are questions which astronomy is now trying to answer.. The fact that they do so-'is- cer tain ; the/ cause is still wholly unknown to science. TELLOW FETEK IN NEW Timi.' Dangers oftbeSconrge*. , The New York World says : It can no longer be denied, that New York: has bad for several weeks—yellow fever within, her"borders. It has been in just such wither l?{v' w .5 atlle , r .’ succeeding a stifling summer, that tins disease and cholera' have done their worst work. in. our Northern country The statement -that • nianv of the cases which occurred at Governor’s Island, and what were supposed to be yellow fasten at nrst—but proclaimed by exports to bo no such ii l^r w< ? e, i *£ “ ow appears, the veritable Yellow Jack, the terror of our Southern coast. The tact is derived from trustworthy sources. It would certainly bostranfia if wo did not have yellow fever or cholera here this iall, when our Southern coast and the West Indies are teeming with them. > ENGLAND AND THE W4K, Enlistu««ut of Tiwojj*. Enlistment in ling land, is proceeding with -great activity, and a military reserve is now forming. Tlie recruiting‘has been attended with an unlooked-for success, and not’tho least diiiieulty has. been .found in securing naen,for the engineers’ and one or two other ' corps where much higher qualifications ara demanded than tlioso required in ordinary regiments. The present facility in obtaining recruits Is probably in alarge degree o \ving to the abolition of flogging, and the eStraoniit' narv improvement in the, condition of, the army since tlie death of tlieDuke of Wellin"- r lH ton. Tbo soldier lias now been for some fif years an object of grave solicitude to ’ !ll ' n authority, and strenuou., eliin.m-haj.-e—. been inadetto amend bis moral and physical condition.' Th© Worrvtl Louie. We notice by the New Vorb .Tuhiitir that our townsman Thomas 6. Worrell, Esq., is now in New York city exhibiting at the American Institute. Fair his new patent burglar-proof lock. Wo believe i h.il Um lock possesses unusual merit. Mr. Worrell claims yjhat it is absolutely.“ unpickablo,” and. can,- J not beopened by tiny known means,including tlie use of powder. Me invites all experbvto test it, and will explain to them 'fully the method of opening it, and allow thorn us much time as they desire to operate upon it. Such a lock is a great dcsi