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<w . .... "
OLAPP.—CmnChursday morning, 29th Instant, Lena
LnroQUo, Infant daughter of John and Kallio i*. Olapp
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her
-parents, Dranchtown, Twenty-second Ward,' Phll&d<4-.
phla, on haturday afternoon, Oct Ist.atl o’clock. *
DUNLAP.—On tho29th Inst,, BobertSbewell Dunlap,
iu thes3d year of hisng£. *
II is male friends are invited to attend his funeral, from
the residence of hfi brother, 1737 Wallace street, on
Monday, October 3d, at lb o’clock A. M. , . »*
AAA ARCH, COR. OF FOURTH. AA A
4:UU EYBK A LANDELL, 4:1111
Stripe Opera Square Shawls.
Stripe Opera Long Shawls.
Bed, White and Blue Opera Cloths.
* India Cornel's Hair and Paisley Shawls.
PURE COD LIVER OIL, CITRATE
Magnesia,—JOHN O. BAKER & Co. 713 Market at.
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DEPARTMENT
Ready-Made Clothing.
DEPARTMENT
Customer Work.
lIEPAETMBNT-
Youths’ and Lads’ Wear,
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Gents’ Furnishing Goods.
ALL THOROUGHLY STOCKED
WITH TIIE
FINEST
FALL MATERIALS
FASHIONS.
WANAM AKER’S,
818 and 820 Chestnut Street.
WATER!
FTeftb frotn<lioMprliißs,Uei>tinelass
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
><iuare at the polls of their respeclivetdection precincta.
but to prepare them in advance themselves.
, _ . STEPHEN B. POULTEKEIt,
of the late Public Meetings iu the interest
of tho Penn fcquarca. lt§
THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS.—IT IS
*h£r conceded by all who are at all conversant with tbo
ucc.eetltiea of the caeo, that the City of Philadelphia
m-edenew Public Buildings. It is equally patent to all
that the construction of suitable accommodations enuul
to the wants of a great city like ours will i e attended by
11 large expenditure of money, which money aiu oulyb»
raised by the taxation of the people; ihererore, it be
hooves every citizen of Philadelphia to be interested as
totii» site that these pew Public Buildings shall be
erected upon. Tho tax payer is not at nil inter
ested '«8 _ to who of? us shall be most - Convo
fi? c . m having them here, .or who of us
will be most benefited'in hayiug them there. The
interest of each and uvery tax-payer is vhTfrYli' rclnll
l»e erected to best benefit' tho city and the public at
large; their;interest Ia v where they shall-be erected to
most largely increase the character of the city
in architectural improvement and embellishment, and
vaierothe expenditure of so large an amount of tho tax
payers money shall most largely increase the city reve
nue v All this being admitted, wo ask; Where can this,
on© be »f iiqt Upon the Penn Squares?- Here, iu the very
heart of the city. Here, where just gueh a public im
. provwucut astlmse public building* should be, is *o
greatly-needed to give impetus and direction to other
architectural iiniftjovfcments that will at once de
velop and give direction to the future character
ol both lJruau aud West Market streets. ’Every i rote--
hioii it I centloinan, every merchant and busino-s man, is
deeply interested that there shall be no mistake mack* in
tin.' matter ot site. Every mechanic is. if possible,more
interested in having tlmnew public buildings udju Peim
Squares,in this, that artisans of all kinds—it nutter**
not whether architects, Ktoiie-iiiubous or-
IH-utem, ironworkers, plasterers, cell,ir dottier* or luxl
, .irrp're—this mnv lociilimi will keep them busy tho
next twenty yours or more—not upon the public Iniihl
inßs themselves, but upon tho improvements the lo ut
lnp of surd hiiildiniiH o.u those Penn hr,tunes will induce, „
Iroln hishth strict to the Sehuylkiil fiver, .111 1 fr„ui
■tr™ 110 B,rt ' l "' 10 t '° umljla ttv<; nue, uiyl.evvur-u
Ihercisuo party politics m tin* unction ; n t<Whe*
o.Hiuliy even*. ciUzen, irrespective cl hit party; ir Is
more important tft each and every citterni t' -xu whi>
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 yritjr<?<>lves of flu- oppor
tunity now oti'ertMl of muturiiu; ts~the <M:y of Phii.tiiel-<r
phiu tliin mom ptojvr silo for the expenditure of this
Inrce amount of money, urnl to be sure that you in . <• th-j
opportunity to vote for Penn t»«iuntv, prepare,’in ml
vamv.your ticket for tliin pcrpiw, uini not iienon-l upmi
finding tickets for this locality at the poll
ltfi
ir^»'oFficu?o'KWriiliTrii'iiis canXrJ
AND BANKING CUMI'ANV.
« ‘ • UITV, f'eiJt. 2!I.
The* Coupons and Iht’erest on Uo;*t L.mu of ihU C\»m*
p:uiv, *!ue Oct. 1, 1870. will be* rah! -a» *ttti** (.<Vv * < i io
r<?HHlpj>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<l
by crowlmrfl'or hummora,anil tliolur*t** number ami va
riety oj tho tmpblora itmkc them almost uup.iolniblo.
For eaje with .othiir kinds by TRUMAN &, SllA\\\
Nfutli ( Thirty-flue) • Mnrkot street,- below
T K r 9 N SCREW EYES, BRASS SCREW
X. Kni"s. Picfui'cn Jlincs, Porcelain nml Brass Head
' i'.VvV-' »'«l Honks, for talo by THUMAN *
Urloiv NiiiU?’ aUßlit Thlrty-rivojj Market etreot,
Central Committee.
Hon. JAMES POLLOCK, Ex-Governor of
Pennsylvania.
Gen. HENitY H. BINGHAM.
Hon. MORTON McMTCHAEL.
BENJAMIN HUCItEL, Esq..
ALFRED O'.' HAIIMKR, Esq.,
H .A, WILSON HENSSSEY,
-al JOSHUA TWEN,
il WILLIAM BAMANN,
.1 HORATIO GiSIOKEL,
A Nil OTHERS.
A Grand and most Magnificent
DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS,
Under the superintendence of
PROFESSOR JACKSON, ‘ l
_ wttn-nE oiveNj -
.IXO. R.BUF.NKTT,
.■S.ir.'lar
FBEVIOtrS TO ADD AT THE CLOSE OP
John McCullough, |„ ' . .
• Marshall'C. Hong, . | Secretan
sc-ai-Mt CHARLES "Vr. RID-Qf
Ob air man of Committee oa I’ubiic
POLITICAL NOTICES.
W GRA N D
MASS MEETING.
THE CONSTITUTION AS IT IS !
HONESTY !
'
“As Goes Maine So Goes Pennsylvania.”
THE
REPUBLICAN CITIZENS
phuadilphia,
THE FRIENDS OF 008
National and State Administrations,
And all who have sympathized with them-in
MAINTAINING the union-
And in guttling
FAMILY AND PERMANENTLY
The questions-which threatened its desfruction, and
all who
ACQUIESCE IN THEIR SETTLEMENT
. As necessary to the W
PEACE AND PROSPERITY OF THE QOUNTRY,
AND TO THE AVOIDANCE OF
FURTHER CONEUSION ANDTURMOIL,
WILL 3IKET IK MASS MEETING
AT
BROAD AND MARKET STREETS,
On Saturday Evening, October I,
To meanf* to inanre
SUCCESS
AT THE APPROACHING ELECTION
to. provide against fraud,
And to announce, and discuss the measures
. -... , . which the
G life AT REPUBLICAN' PARTY,
HAVING SETTLED RECONSTRUCTION,
Now propose for fostering the
BUSINESS INTERESTS-QF THE
COUNTRY,
FOB THE 1 ‘
PROTECTION OF AMERICAN
INDUSTRY,
—• FOR TI?E /
REDUCTION OF TAXATION,
ANI> 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. <s-_
Hon: H. BUCHER SWOPE;
Hon. JOHN W. FORNEY.
Hon. WM. D. KELLEY.'
i-loii. OHAS. O’NEILL.
Hon. LEONARD MYERS.
Hon. HENRY D. MOORE. • '
Hon. JOHN COVODE, Chairman of State
THE MEETING.
By order of the
Kepuhlicafi City Executive Committee.
JOHN L
FIRST EDITION.
The Attitude of Russia
RCONOMY !
Is Prussia or Turkey Menaced
THE PEACE QUESTION
Particulars of the Fall of Strasbourg
OPERATIONS AROtnVR PARIS
Russia’s Designs—Dors SUe menace
Prussia. ■ *
: . London, Sept. 29.—The excitement here,
about the attitude of Russia is intensified to
day by further details as to the ini li!ary pre
paration.-, of that power in the Baltic pro
vinces and on the Polish frontier: and by the
report that the Hungarian government at
Pcstb, fearing the consequences of a Russian
demonstration against Austria, insists upon
the co-operation, or at least upon the absolute
neutrality of Austria in the event of hostilities
breaking'out between Russia and Germany.
At the same time Tay-lildll and other liberal
journals of Vienna denounce in the strongest
terms any attempt of the Austrian govern
ment to draw near to Prussia, making a great
point of the tyrannical proceedings or the
Prussian military authorities towards Jacoby
and other Prussian Democrats. It is also stated
that Russia, while she has been supposed to
be threatening Turkey, has really offered to
guarantee the Sublime Porte against any at
tempt of Ismail Pasha, the Khedive, to . take'
advantage Qf the existing European difficulty
in order to establish the independence of
Egypt. New troubles,excited against the gov
ernment of the Prussian Prince Charles'pf
Boumaniaby Italian emissaries, under !the
protection ,of Russia, are also reported from
Turn-Kevenn and Orsova on .the Danube.
The Casas Belli.
London, Sepfc 29.—The Moscow Gazette gays
Russia loses power because France is no
longer a counterpoise of Prussia, who is now
able to assault her neighbors with impunity.
An active friendship between the Prussian
and Austrian Cabinets is remarked.
Tbo IlllUar,- I’repnratlons
of Russia are proceeding on a gigantic scale.
Tuere is great activity everywhere.
IBy Mail.]
An Bncrlisb View of Russian Designs.
The. Manchester friutrdtajt , of September 1(5
alltuiing to theerippled state of England’s only
European incidentally of the Eastefn
question: •• ■ ~ , . • .' —— . .
The reopening of the Eastern question,
which means for England the question of the
advance of Russia to a position from which
she may hope.toybraak up our Indian Empire
(held even now by the most insecure .of
.tenures), has been ‘postponed for years
by the cooperation of France and Eng
land: and the union .of the Western
Powers has been looked , upon by all
political parties as a security against the pre
tensions of world-wide domain of Russia in
the east and America in the West. Now, if
France be struck down from ; her place as the
leading power on this continent, can Ger
many replace her as a firm and serviceable
friend to this country ? There arb. some Eng
lish philosophers who scorn the (idea of in
terested alliances, and maintain that a nation
ought to have no policy except that of build
ing up its own society on the principle
ol steadily improving the moral
and material condition of its citi
zens, ■ without regard for - what other
countries may be doing. But England, at
least-, has not the choice of thus keeping,, her
self aloof from the rest of the world. What
ever may be. her domestic policy in’these
islands, she has vast possessions in the East
which are coveted by Russia, and great cold■>.
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" <i ,»? l U , ( rtr X x F nsion °I popular liberty
which has Dean promised so olton and never
granted. Last, though not least, it is evident
that no matter.how the war ends there Will be
no material reduction of the bnrdens which
* la |’® been laid upon the people by this bloody
Germans believe that they can now onljJ see,
in the present war, the commencement of an
-important era of political configuration of this
: country, as well as of other countries of
Europe. This is foreshadowed by the convul
sions wliieh are witnessed on the Tiber. Ger
: man liberals insist upon an alteration of the
; North German Constitution. They assert that
iore 38 I ralne< l under pressure of the events of
looGjand conceded by the conservatives to have
Men hasty work, designed solely to secure,
,the fruits of victory, it is, however, objec
tionable because of its entailing upon the peo
. pie oppressive military burdens, indirect tax
ation, stamp duty on newspapers,, limited
franchise, union of Church and State, and po
lice prosecutions. In conclusion the liberals
: PJ?. u<J, y Point to the constitution drafted in
184!i as the very Magna Cbarta best adapted
U a /f leat ' P owerf hl and free Germany.—
[By Cablo.l
THE OCCUPATION OF STRASBOURG,
Xater Particulars.
_ Gstend, Sept. 29.—A special despatch from
Garlsruhe gives me the followingdetails of the
surrender of Strasbourg. At 6 o’clock, yester
day morning, the Gertnan General von. YVer
der went to Mundelsheim to await the arrival
of the Mayor and Town Council of.Stras
, bourg, the troops meantime forming in col
umn. It was not till s o'clock that the head of
the column reached the Port de Saverne . and
entered the captured oity. The railway station
.at the gate and the, streets were filled with
people looking on in silence. Many women
wept bitterly, and the aspect of the whole
people was sullen and hostile in the highest
degree. The troops began to cheer when they
passed the gate, hut soon, as if -impressed hy
the dead silence and desolate aspect of the
city and the people, they ceased to cheer, and
marched in silence to the place of the Cathe
dral. where they were halted. The firstact
of General von YVerder was to make-a
heavy requisition on the half-burned and
palf-starved city in favor of the abundantly
provided German troops. A detachment, of
infantry and artillery took-possession of the
citadel, and the pioneers were set to work at
once to restore the bridges. At. 10 o’clock
strong detachments were sent, around the city
to select quartets, for the troops. AH the pub
lic buildings, the best private mansions, and
the marketplaces were at once occupied in
this ,way. Three batteries.of artillery are es
tablished in the Place Kleber. .
At the interview between the town authori
ties and General von YVerder, the latter spoke
.to-the authorities in German, and hailed them
as brethren- They received -his remarks very
coldly, answering in French, and when he
asked for an explanation, .one of their num
ber stated that Strasbourg had no wish to be
annexed to Germany, but regarded herself as.
a conquered city of the Republic of .France.
The General lost his temper, and threatened
the city with confiscation.. To.-which-oueof
the Councillors .quietly replied he' presumed
that was a question-to be decided not by'Gen-'
eral von YVerder, but/by thh v government of
Germany and the King of Prussia. ’
In the afternoon General von YVerder at
the head of a brilliant stall', entered the city
’and took up his headquarters at the Hotel de
Y file. -
The entire force surrendered hy General
Ulrich, who is badly wounded, numbering 400
officers and 17,000 men, have been sent to
Hastadt, in the , Grand Duchy of Baden, as
prisoners of war. The condition of the city is
frightful.—JForM.
[By Cable.]
Operations Around Paris.
London, Sept. 29th.—Your special at Bou
logne sends me still further details of the re
cent actions before Paris, the first results of
which have bdsen to check the advance of the
Germans upon Orleans, and to develop a new
circle of defence around Paris. I have already
telegraphed the particulars I now receive
again of the victory at Longjumeau on Fri
day, Sept. 23,by which the plateau of Villeiuif,
about two miles from the old barrier of Italy
which had been lost by the French through
the misconduct of the Zouaves and the
mistakes of the Garde Mobile ou the 19th, was
completely regained. On the same day Gen.
Manduit’s forces stormed and carried the
heights, known as La Koche Chatillon,,three
miles southeast of Paris, dislodging the Ger
mans from the<,woods;which surround the hill,
an '* establishing batteries, which they still
hold,as they do Clamart,Baneaux —where they
have demolished the works thrown up
by the Germans—and Bourg-la-Keine.
The next day (Saturday) General Mau
duit made an attack in force on
tho German positions at La-Brie-sur-Marno,
nine miles east of Paris.. The Germans had
fortified themselves hereupon theslopes' com-'
manding the river and in the Chateau De
longe. They defended the place with despe
ration; hut after three assaults, in which
many, lives were lost'the French stormed all
their intrenchments, set fire to the chateau,
and compelled, the surrender of the whole
German lorce. The occupation of La-Brie-sur-
Marne and of Chatillon has compelled the Ger
mans to evacuate Fontainebleau, and cuts the
direct communications between tho Crown
Prince of Prussia at Versailles and tho King at
i erneres, near Menus. On Sunday, the 20th,
the communications between Meaux ami tho
headquarters of the Crown Prince of Saxony
afGraud Tremblay were broken by an attack
of the forces of General Oarru de Belleinare.
A column led by the Eolaireurs do la Soine,
moving out before daybreak 1 from be-
? eat V, Mi? S u hs of tho Fort of Auhefvillers,
by Baubigny, Bondy ami Livry, attacked
the lrussians established aud intrenched at
be Bourgefcand at thti Chateau Behagne, in
Dr,nicy, on tho little river Groslay and on the
road to Stains. A severe engagement followed,
the Germans fighting with great determina
tion to protect the huge supplies of forage they
liad amassed at this point for their cavalry.
They were driven however, successively from
all their positions, and the whole of their for
age was committed to tho flames.
9 hey retreated, part upon Bois
le-vicomte and Tremblay, ami the main
body; hotly pursued by. the victorious French, •
uponDammartm.' The loss ou'both sides was
heavy. At the battle of Pierrefitte, on the
2-lth, seven miles from Paris, on tho Beauvais,
road, the defeat of the Germans was cofii
plete. After a sharply-Contested action, last
ing nearly all day,-the French stormed'the
Prussian lines established on the slopes around
the villa Faucompret. A hand-to-hand fight
followed, . in. which the Germans were
worsted and routed, with the loss of their bat
tery of steel cannon, two regimental standards
audmafiy prisoners,, including a. number of
officers. ■'
By these successes tho circle of the Gorman
investment, has-been shattered at two points,'
and repelled to a distance varying from three
to-six miles., The French troops which
occupy the positions taken during the opera
tions have been strongly supported by Gene
ral Troj.hu, and present a firm front. General
Biptoy, who assisted Beauregard: in the de
fence of Charleston, and several oilier Ameri
can officers, Federal and Cqnfedorato, aro
employed in organizing the American systom
of defence by rifle-pits at several points of tho
French circle of defence.—irorW.
—Since the Bois de Boulogne was cut down
people have been taking themseves tenderly,
it seemly to Paris green.
—Mr. Fedalein, of Brooklyn, wants a new
house, a now vrife, and a new kerosene lamp.
He lost a complete set of each the other even
ing by the fashionable method. .
THE CRYJEI.TF'OF THE WAR.
BratallUes of tW'T>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<!-., and is worthy pf
public attention. Mr. Worrell has our best
wishes I'or.iicFsueee.ss. . ,
FACTS AND FANCIES.
—Piuible you, oh man ! is wotjCrau.—A.k-i
—Bits of frontier life—scalps. ' ‘ ,
—All the German female babies this year
will be named Augusta. .
—Utah , having got rid of grasshoppers','!*
now enjoying cricket matches.'
—Tlie Wisconsin State Prison contriin's'an
old womaii of tiO years, put, in forlucentlrarism.
—Disraeli proposers another uovch ■ Not a
nevel proposal'..' ■. -
Furniture vans,hired for SICO a dav during,
the moving panic in Paris.
—A Meniribis
punish duellists herfarfyr.
—Under “ Crimes ami Casual
ties,” a nival paper mentions the fact that - ft
rival editor has just pnMsbed ajrook.
■ —-If a inan loses liis brelrtkTifls of no use to
run for it. Ho ran catch it quicker by stand
rug still. ' . .
l '—Charlotte rmsse made from old boots ia a
; popular des.sorr.iu Clffi'ngo.. They itso aft arc
tic overshoe for a mould. ■ • . -
tropCoCS to. iucUetamt