_ . FRANC -PRII--i — SSIAN WAR . , . .- A detachment of 200 French isoldieni crossed 'the frontier into Prussia on , Tuesday 19th, ult., for a reconuoissance and had all tirmish with n small Prus sian force. The Frenchmen ; , Were finally surrounded by the ( - Lerman sot-. dies And lor made prisoners. . None were killed, and oily a few wounded_ The mouth of the River , Weser, hula been closed wiEllitinileri , hulks -to pre vent the etitran*of, the vessels or tho French Navy. ~ .. , . - TlT:following proclamation' was first published in France on the ::(1 lilt: • , FRENat?luzi:-:-There ar in the life. Of a people solemn Moments, wheitt he National honor,violently excited,' Press em itself irresistablycLrises above all othl dr Ihterest4, and applies itself with the dingle purpose of4lirectingthe destinies of Alm nation. ne of ' these decisive hours has, now arrived for, France:4-- Prussi , to whom wejiavei given evf &nee, luring and s ‘ ince the W War of 1866, i ( of a lima' Conciliating disposition, ha's' , held runt - good Will .lif no acConnt,. and has returned-our' forbearance ' with en croachments.- Shahas amused distrust in every quarter, necessitating Jexag erated armaments, ;and,has of Europe a caurip I where iJeign difTiet and fear of the 4norrOw: A final incident has disclosed the in stability of the. internatinnal under standing and, shows the gravity of the situation. In presence of her neK pre tentions, Prussia wits made, to under .;stand our claims. They were 0 , 11(10 and followed with- contemptuous treat ment. ,Our country manifested pre- found displeasure pt. this action, and cluickly a war cry)!esOunded from one end of France to tho ,other. There mains for us nothing but to'contide our destines to the chances of war. . . We do not make war upon Germany, Whose independence was respected. I A "e pledge ourselves that the people e mposing ille;grel,at 'Germanic nation al ty shall dispose freely of their desti nies. As for us, we &Mani' the estab lishment ("if a state,of things ituarantee ing ouritietiurity and assuring the future. AVe wi, ti t . confiner a durable. peace, based on the true interests of the people, and to assist lb abolishing that, preear-, ions condition of things, where all na tions are ,'for lced , .to • timploy, their re sources in arming ag i tinsteaeli other. ' The glorious fit g Is,f France, which WO (MCC mor`e viand In the fare of our challenger:L.-hi-411e the which has borne over Europe the civilizing ideas of our great reittion.: It represents m the sae princii les., s , J.,t will \impire -, - •4 the, same trevotion. Frenchmen :—t ti - tip place' iiipieuf at the head of the VOietit arni'v, which is animated by , love,of (-wintry and' devd- Lion to tlikty. , That 111'114 Ii pews its - worth, for it has,Seen vietory. follow it' fnotbteps in thel four quarter:- ~.1- the 1 globe°. , • I take with mcAity soy.• 'Despite his tender years,. he knows the duties his name imposes Upon him, s and he Is c i l prou'd to hear his Art in the !!augers of, those who tight f r our cotto try. May Uml hiesa ur etthrts! A great people, defenillfig i a just cause, VA in yin- . (Able. • ' . -‘1 . NA Po LEON 1 Up In the '4,ith tallow, thew wa:, .no engthzetuentipf tiny acdounl. On thut \ I. day 'Nfartihal ni.:Ntabon was tii. arrive ut the front. On the 23i1,1 a portion or the Frelh , h a my lately in Alg,eria ar rived at MioJBeillel4. `TheY were acenin plled by ontrittious X.crlean v(iiiin- • teers. „ . • The London correspondent a the Tribune (July'24,) gives the following . : The special' correspondent of 'the Vcibunc on July.2l visited three - camps' formed Tiroulid Metz, anti ‘v,tis 11110 \I (.41' to lospt.t.t t Ito fort.; of tit. ttoettlio. Full infordoati )11 was furnished he th,o4ll,er who took tin - i throngh the ford tient ions, 'rho wolf( upon the wre. to to (t:n isheti within twenty -four hours. ;_;(sty cannon brought into potot ion . Ditches, c bomb proof bar racks, ik:c were in • proeess of vao-t t "I -dol) un nn inotrosti-t , st , ttle.. Tit 'is tiot, merely ifitt•11111 , 11 to defend 11Ietz. was hefore !7toilleiently hut to 111'01(.0 a ‘144 TOOM11113111( . 111 I/ kf. InO one at present ; or, perhaps, ti .give Shelter to a litattFn army. The fa, t that these additional works were;'oom menced months ago is a 2.lear indit-a tion that France has been preparing so as to be ready, npon the first -uppurtur ity, for an aggressive war. ,'There are two forts f,r Cincotta commandirt, l.te br ad vsal Ivy •.f ii... 14, tx,r, titni ( e ap- NI at'les to the town. Their go e-, wo'd pl3with tremendous ellf;-!et nieni aoy enemy advancing throligh the valley to attack the town. .In the valley it sell' there is ample shelter for a ; whole army. guarded oh one side 1-,..= the guns Of Zflt• ton and on the ot tier :-..idr• li:7, t h c- , e ,- ,-. r:.r t h (i.rts. ! •A si , k4ia: 4ii.vatch.from Paris fa . s that •-,....-.. Pic=ilan troops passing tl' trough .:-.,-: ,P,',...i.:; - . Forest toward Bask, lit - d sev r:.-1.: .1.;:r..5.-l - ,rnPri , =• =topped hy the . - ::w iss, c.orps of ob-c•rvattoti flora . AC McMation's head ,- .1.,:-t.r..ssi., kurg, a ~ ,t.riltil.; French in a-..- il4 to prevent a surprise.% [ nr , .ii.Cri the defile:s of `"e=ges, troops' . 3 ,-u pooring into Straste,t rg from Ben •+:3.llJ,JO . EVerVthillg 5.e0i1 , -; TO indivitte that the tirst great blow v 11l Le struck in that, vicinity. There is .a fleet of Freud' gunboats, at Strasl.ourg. The great foree i , ,setit thither byVra I I way. ' Under date of the 24th lilt., from• Ber lin, the same paper .11 . 1 - = ! The Prw.sian headquarters are now at Rreuznach, eight mil e 5 south of Pingen, on - the riv er Nahe. The Prince Royal, Frederick William, commands the left of the Prussian army, Prince Frederick ('has, the center, and lierwarth von Bitten feld the right. The defences of the coast will he intrusted to (len. von Falk enstein Nand the stair onitTN will tie - J i, . r 1 _. ..~j . ~1 (A~ ~'~Fi the sante as,t hey ‘vere 'the war Hgainst ‘rthe Austrians in 1866. ' (le ;. Dreysu will lead the advance over the Matte. [Acta-oer'. Do will mind the Fifth army corps, and Lieut. Gen. De goebeen the MOW). i...aar hrtriciiii, it is espeeted, will he tho cen ter of the Operations. Moro than 100,- pod volunteers have heel ] enroli i i i i in g Oermairylsinee tho declaration of war. Di the North German Parliame nt fast evening Count Bismarck deiiied ‘t l he assertion of the Duhe of Gramma, ',`that Otirmany had eonti4i4c4l the im possibility of Prince Hohenzolion's can didaey." He asserted "that ' from the time the Governipeut lirst knewl of the project; nothing personal or otlieial was said to Benedetti about It." England is putting her Army and Nay./ on_a war footing. .A decree has been made forbidding (he publieation of movements of the Freud!' army and nil'. In Iceland there is a strong feel ing Ili favor of the Fietteh. The Pe nian spirit still liveA There was an asSem binge of 5000 Irish in 4blin oU the iSd ult., in -favor of the.Prench. This. "beats the Dutch," and puts 1318- "InarOt in the shade. The Czar Of Russia wrote a note to the French Government on the 9 4th ult., regulating the precipitate action • of both France and Prusia, but gibing assurance of neutrality , o long as the rights of Prussia are not transgressed. A great sensation was created 4 in En gland on the 26th ult., by the publica tion of a proposed treaty,toftensive and defensive between France and Prussia, - Englishmen were grive., If all this were, true, it seemed as if, England must be involved, and it became a ,se i r'otis matter. The general impressitni tad that such a treaty bad been sub -4 fitted to Prussia by Napoleon, in 1866 and not consented to by 'Bistnarelt. It showed the animus of Napoleon : it meant thesphlugation of Belginn? by Frances' This England eould not per mit. From the T4une we extract the/fol lowing.: The French Government bed Assufict orders that in the prosecution of the war the eoultuan. idors of the French forces serapulously, regard, with respect to neutral Powers, the rules or i 1- i formational right, and that they especially e - form to the principles of the declaration of the Paris Congress of Ma, as follows ; Privateeriug is abolished. A neutral flag pr,;- teats the enemy's merchandise, except centre_ band of war. ',Merchandise of a. neutral. swept contraband of war, is pot seizable under a for. -- alga flag. A blockade to he respected must be effectira. Aitken& Spain and the United t 4 teles dill not adhere to the declarittlon of MG, Frerioh vessels will not seise the property of an dnemay P • when each property le the cargo of a *AMA or, of an Anlarican vespel, pro • Wed It is not contra band of war. Fradce will . o longer claips the at right to confiscate the property of .Anirriedon Spaniards found on board the ret;tels e.l u en emy. •• On the 25th, Oen. Bazaine left f or the front with 15,000 men. " There was . a steady consentration Fre< oopri towards Thionville. 'Nothing _ieniajaa at Strasburg. Apparently, MA'S 1.3 a re port from the front, the main attack is to be made along the valley of the 1110- zelle, and it is expected the great, hat tle will be in the Rhenish Provinces. ' On the 20th,.the French Imperial 'Guard mod to tire front, slid it was througl4 certain that" Napoleon intended to at taelF, the PruSsians between Thionvllle and: Weissenberg; _putting the army under 'McMahon aeross,• the Rhine. This army is composed of three corps commanded by (dens. Panty; Donny, & McMahoti. . A great naval; expedition 'set .out 'from Cherboutg on the fah of July. The Empress delivered an ad dress froth the emperor before their de parture as follows: • "Though not among you, my thoughts fellow you to those seas where your valor Will be die - played. The French Navy has u ilorioui s toty. You will be worthy of its past. When in .front or tia‘ enemy remember that France it) with you, and calls the protection of Heaven /upon your arms., While yoit tight, on' the cc,, your brethren fight on the for rho same cause. •Go and show with pride the national standard. When they see-it the enemy will know it en folds the honor anti genius of Eranee " After the delivery of the above adgress 'the 'Empress was overcome with emotion. •• The ErOperor Was to leave for the frontier on the evening of the 26th. The Empress .is created Regent' with authority to exerciSe the powersnf that Office' during the Emperor's absence: The administration will be guided by the expresS • wishes of the Empero She will preside- at ministerial -Conn: ells. The Prussians are (July 26) , con ceritrating at Mayence; where it Is said the Prussian King, William, had ar rived. On the 27th, of July the Flint. sian headquarters were still at Berlin. Prince Frederick Charles (a nephew. of King William) was'in command of the army of the Rhine. ght agitator. f WELT, GIB ORO , .P.A. _, WEDNESDAY, . AUG ST 3, 1870. ENTION.. r i ' REPUBLICAN . CON' At a meeting of 00; ,Tioga County Republican Com mates, held at WeDebora, May 31,1870, Lt. was Resolved, That an election beheld by the Republican elecbtrs of Tinge county, at the several places of hold ing elections, in their respective election districts, on Saturday, Sept. 10, 1870, between the hours of ono and six o'clock in the afternoon of said day. for the pup pose of electing two persons from cacti election trict, to represent said districts in a Republican County Convention, to be held at Mansfield, on Friday, the 10th day of September, 1870, for the purpose of nominating candidaten to be supported of the 611811/11g election. Tho following named gentlemen were appointed Committees of Vigilance for their respect/Tit townships and boroughs. Their duty is to sea that notice la given of the time of delegate meetings. nod to open and con duct the elections for delegates at the time named, Blois; A 1 Japes. L B Smith. Brookfield, L D Seeley, N B &lick. Chatham, k W Ssiddi,L C Beach. Charleston, Robert Troll, Evan Lewis Clymer,o C Ackley, S Rowland. o.tvingten,L It Walker, Edward Klock. Cbvinfien Daretiodi, Thomas Jones, 1) F Pease: Delmar, John Dickinson, John Kerr. Deerfield, M V Purple, Elias Reno!). Elk. Lorin Wetmore, John Maynard. 121dand, Joel O Parkhurst, Oliver Babcock. FarminNon, Jerome Bottom, Is II Close. pat Brook, A Pollock, M Stratton. Gaines, George W Barker, D K Marsh. Jaekson. Joseph Sotenger, J Sturdevant Liberty. Wm L Keagle. W Narbor. Knoxville, A Alba, Linden Case. Lawrenceville, Wm Pollock, Ito' Itadeker, Lawrence, Joseph Onilo, Nathan Grinnell Main:burg, G D Main, Baldwin Parkhn Mansfir/d, Wm E Mains, Wm 11°1141 „1/iddlebury,Csalvin Hammond, Morr Job Doane Wm Babb. .iVeleon, Joseph Campbell, G II Ba_ ter. Ozeeda, Norman Streit, W T llu prey. . Richmond, Morrison Rose, A IS 4,pncer Rutland, Elmer Backer, L' , ee Frost, Shippen, G D Lelb,S'anute ,_crantott Sullivan, Russell) Rose Lafayette Gray Toga, D L Aiken, C W Loveless. Tioga Borough, l) Cameron, C B Farr Mien, B F•lrvlne, .1 E Cionveland Ward, W Chase, flenry Hollis. . 11 treaskoro,Joseph Williams, Andress , Slut mel t % Westfield,W . lberiburt, Job litxford. Itord.N W M . Naugh ton, Chat iton Phillips A 1.. NSWOR TII, Cloth bum A • M. ilesmas, Secretary. The Canadian troops sent, Ott to' put do'ivu the Red River rebellion, are en joying themselveS cutting roads and fighting rntisquitoes through the woods from Thunder Bay to the seat of Di .11,. trtuu repu um. We have not yet learn ed whether the Fenians are On the gronral ready to welcome - them to bat tle. We 'gtiesA -nothing, serious will transpire. The receipts of the Government for the year ending June 30, 1370, were slo3,ooo,ooo—expenses, $292,000,000; sa ving over expenses, $110,000,000. This is the result of that policy which Gov: Seymour said would inn us in debt at the rate, of more than $150,000,000 a year._ But then, 14 was ambitious to be President #lien he said that. In the face of such prosperity, it is safe to reduce the revenues'; and theke fore Congress did wisely in taking off some $70,000,000 annually from our tax es, by laws passed at the late session.—' we shall have enough to reduce the debt a large amount each year. TUE WAR. More than one million men, 'armed andpped with all the engines of biNt.h a d at4Anunitions of war born eqj in ti ntl netured to perfection by the genius of the present age, confront each other (1)n the Rhine, eager foi. the ;shock of battle! Scarcely is _it two weeks since turoptovas at peace; wall in that time, France and Prussia have put half a millioh men each in 'line of battle ; 'and before this edition of the AGITATOR reaches the homes of its pa trons, a more terrible, Woody and deci sive battle than Waterloo may have td ken place! The dreafled conflict can not long delay. Martial and patriotic ardor inspire alike both armies, so easy is it to find excuse and justification for the most cruel, and barbarous deeds known in history! War is madness; it is the raging tempest of passion, Which no present reason is potent en ough to assuage. It demonstrates man's unfitness to live. Common suicide is the final lot. It is not merely 'a trial of strength: it is the gelling , oyer of that principle which puts man at war with himself, for his own destruction. There is no general recognition of a right to live, but one cortimo admission of the right tai put to death. War is a hideous deformity of human nature-•--it is the ugliness of all the passions wrought in to one distorted, terrible, frightful de nion.‘ Y ow eagerly men espouse a cause wht involves it! There is -no thought of crime ; ypt it is the highest of all crimes! There is no shame, no consciousness of guilt, no amenability to law, save the one law, the penalty of which may or - may not be death, as the fates decree. The immediate penalty may be anything or nothing: the re mote, no one can tell. From both the hostile countrie comes the l intelligence of a patriotic uising of the people.— 1:. The one sentiment is for 'war ; the one cry, To arms ! Such a sudden arming of so vast armies, and putting them in the field ready for battle, was probably never before known in history. And yet none better disciplined, better or ganized, better armed, ever went forth to battle. • France met Austria Initaly in 1859, and conquered : Prussia`rnade her easy prey at liadOwa, In 1866. They are both equal to the conquest of Austria : it re mai" to be seen which of them_ is the el . -t. J R. Stßiau, ,Ll_ I .0 el .ee ,:e superior. The contest is for the chain 'plonship, ,and the :itiennies aro that neither cared to delay it. Prussia prof feted a prince for - the thrtmenf Spain : France thunders no, in a tit re-tof war, and tbe'Prince retires, .Prussia not in- France_ requires -a pledge that no German prince shall ever ascend the Spanish throne, and demands a.hostage of the house from which the iuttulidate for the ppanish ..throne, was taken ; by Prussia. Prussia refUseS to comply, and it is' alleged., On .the * Part of . France that the French At i nbassagbr at the Court of Prussia is insulted by . the King: •This' is denied. France declares ;war; Prus sia takes up the glove so serenely, that .her bearing exhibits previous study, of her part. - ; • For years Europe has been . arming. Immense bodies of armed men are kept constantly- in the tield,lind,in such close proximity, owing to the dense popuLt tionnfthe country anti their limited territorial extent, that a contest for mas tery must come sooner 'or later. It seems the time has come. Both parties are confident—they are alout 'equal in r - numbers and• appliances, the contest most be fearful.`' It is not only a trial of nations, but of arms also. The Prussian needle gun was tried . at Sadowa; :and the world stood agliatit at its effects. Nothing ev-_ eebefore used in war equalled it. - It is light, safe, and most effective. Ever since, the French have been striving to perfect an arm equal to it. The result is the Chassepot, which is a superior arm, but not so folly trAed as.the needle gun. .• . • It is a contest for empire. No great, principle affeCting 'the pursuit of hu man happiness seems' to be involved, looking at the contest from this dis tance, with the light we have upon the subject. The sympathy of the Ameri can public seems to be,with Germany. We forget ncit-Lafayette, but we remem ber Mexico, and the sympathy and sub : stantial aid of the Gern3ans during our late war, are not' out of Mind. What will come of it all, is impossible to say. If Liberalism receive a new impetus in France, Republicanism, may thereby gain a lasting foothold in Europe! Let us hope that some progreSs may - be made for the amelioration of the lot of subjects, for the cheapening of govern ment, by doing away with the b rdeti- ing expense of Standing armies, diminution of absolute power i countries.. The returns of the vote, on th l Constitution of Illinois, show t joiity in favor of its adoption to 000. The total adverse vote wa about 85,000. Not more than, o e-half the citizens voted, yet this is a fair rep resentation of the whole body, as.there was nothing partisan in lhe contest to draw out a vote. On the proposition that the Central railroad ;should never be released from liability to the State, the •majority was 124,144. This is an important provision, intended to pre vep4, monopoly of franChises and ex eruption from State burdens, in the in terest of this great corporation. The proposition to prohibit counties, town ships, &e., from making loans and sub scriptions of stock to railroads and oth er corporations, was 'adopted by 98,000 majority. The principle of minority representation by 'cumulativo v+ting, was sanctioned by a majority of 29,000 —a very - suggestive result, when we re- 1 member how loth men ate ,to Yield cus..y tau.' 1111• t•LIC.11 - UPWLI nan — This system should be put in operation in our own State. . This Con ° stit • ution takes the plade of the one first adopted, (1818), and con tains many very important provisions, suggested by the growth of constitu tional law in our time. .NATUR i)-JZATION. The bill relating to this subject, pass ed at the late session of Congress; is of very considerable importa l nce, and we giver readers a synopsis, as follows : Se ion one makes all false oaths, ta ken by any party or witness in procee dings, for naturalization of aliens, per j tiryrpunishable by imprisonment' not exceeding -five years, an flue not ex ceeding $l,OOO. ; , The second and third sections are in tended to prevent fraudulentiroting and , registration, and if 'rigidly enforced In the caties'which come to / light, will go far to do so. They are here given in / „ I full: lire. 2. That if any person applying to be ad mitted a citizen, or appearing as a witness for any such person, shall / knowing*. personate any other person throe himself, or falsely appear in the name of a deceased peSson;in an assumed or fictitious dame ; or if any pe sun Zhllli falsely make, forge, or counterfeit any oath, affirmation, notice, affidiivit y eertificate, orti, record, signa ture, or other instrument, paper or proceeding, required or authorized by any law or aet relating to or providing for the naturalization of aliens; or shall alter, sell, dispose of, od use as true or genuine„ i er for any unlaWful purpose, any false, forged, unto. dated, or counterfeit oath, affirma tion, notice, certificate, ariler, record, signature, instrument, paper, or pros din?, ail aforesaid; or sell. or dispose of to any person other than the 'person for whom it was originallyl issued, any certificate of citizenship, or certificate showi .. - any person to be admitted a citizen ; Or If a • y person shall in any manner use, 1 f oY 1 the purpose' of registering as a voter ' or as evidence of a right to vote, or otherwise, unlawfully, any order, cer tificate of citizenship, or certificate, judgment, or exemplification, showing suck person to ho ad mitted to bo a citizen, whet* heretofore or hereafter issued or made, knowing that such or der or certificate ' -judgment or exempliflotation, has been unlawfully issued or made; or if any person shall unlawfully use, or attempt to use, any ,rich order or certificate, issued to or in the name of, any other permits, or in a fictitious name, or the name of-a deceased person ; or use, or at tempt to use, or aid, or fidget, or participate, in the use of any certificate of citizenship, know ing the same-to be forged, or counterfeited, or ante-dated, or knowing the seine to have been procured by fraud, or otherwisti unlawfully ob tained ; or if, any person, and Without lawful ex cuse, shall knowingly have or be possessed of any false, forged, ante-dated, hr counterfeit certificate of citizenship, purporting to have been issued under the provisions) of applaw of the United States relating to naturalization, knowing such certificate to' be fake, forged, ante-dated, or con u 'terfeit, with 'intent unlawfully to -use the same; or if any person ehall obtain, accept; or receive any certificate of citizenship, known to auah per son to have been procuied by fraud, or by the use of any false name, or by m6ans of any false statement made with intent to Iprocure, or to aid in' procuring, the issue of such certificate, or known to such person to be fraudulently altered or ante-dated; or if any person' whci has been` or 'may be admitted to be a citizen 'shall, on oath or affirmation, or by , affidayit, knoWingly deny that he has been ao admitted with intent to evade or avoid any duty or liability imposed or required by law;—every porson, so offending shall be kii deemed and adjudgedlty of felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be sentenced. to be im prisoned and kept at hard labor for a period not less than one year nor more than five years, or , ho fined in a sum not lose than three hundred dollars nor' more than