, FRANC Ct-RUSSIAN, WAR zonNw The reptiblican goVernment eftranee decrees aft eleetlen, • by" balibt, of,',7W members of 'Assembly, i t o beheltOotil the 16th of October. The Orleans:l'On- • ees, (thb Bourbon candidates' fer_t}te French throne,) are not permitted to remal'OU Parlile - - - , • - _ _._ . . _.:,-_-__ • The receipt of the news Of the recogiii- . Lion of the,epublia,by,the .1.J.: States, was received with te.gyetitest efithusi rum by the people: 'The SWlSrs' Mils ter, under,instruati .1.l us,..frbm his govern merit,' feco_gnlicd p e new' Republic on the 9th.:•: ules, Fin e'repliedtb - Minis ter Washburn° on ne 9th. 7 , •, , ~ He says begot:lst erS 4 .11, , a happy ,104- gury fe•r the Fren ' Itepublio to have obtaitied'her first:reCognition from the United Stateb,'Whelfounded . their Wise and-careful= institutions'. on , itidepetlds:- ence• and civil lyirtne,,and It. - spite,nf the terrible orq.eats,.'whiellhey„itave passetilbrough, conserved with tniSlitt' ken ,Ilitobess theirs faith'fn - the , great principle of liberty, wheri63 isStie 'dig nity and: prosperity.- . I):Estions:desiring. to become inasters , 7 of, their ,destjny, must follow e coniee pursued by you,. must - tate . Js.SYnittol4 - , leVo' of industry and regpe 'of ttie"rights or all. "Ttps is the ,prog qtriffie of the government just establish d here - from ,an uriftirtth, irate ter,ieisi , t - •esuit ,of 4,1_,. -follies , Of, despot-Ise:Pt. but qt tP,i,s inetileli: wS)-;.ca.11, -p, have Onf-y oney.a"reiu' deliver - the nit Men tram the enetny'. ' 'There,:igain We havntiVbenelit-of your example-attd• your persevering: courage. In the ne-. complisitMeo, Of ..Ih4s. ( hurl;,:. we count upon, thp„support . of-Alt .nxen of ,hearp, and 41gevernhieUls'th,terested 'irt the; triumph of 13citee.' 'SW - dig - in 'the pis: tiee hf-sitir-crinse;.-We have _a 'lira' liolik of success; iiiitUthWarthesionnf the gov errirriontorMaallington.gives us.confl-N denee. - !Plitt, metahere-of our •govern-; ment,request that we makekiiciwn to 'you - their gratitude, raid beg 'you, to transmit it to,YourgOeriithent. Gen: Viiiiptien,' who' sticceeded' M'- • Mahon:hr compand.of _the • French - 1r... my at Sedan; issued an address, dated Septet:lo*r 3, in -which he sters : . " Soldiers :, On Thursday you foright against a' force greatly syperior in nuts-- hers, from daybreak until darit:•' You , resisted the enemy, with the - utmost Inavel'.y.' When yon had fired Your last cartridge, were worn out with lighting, and noC being able to respond to •the call of, Generals and ; ollicers_ tnattpmpt to rejoin bfurshal.liazaine bythe Toad to 11.101it1poily, you Wore fureoil lii Fe-, treat 'on Sedan..' In this deSperitte of !Mt 2,000 ineri - Oduld lie gatrtageth- - er, and- your General debined .the at- . tempt Utterly hopeless; and ini practielt-, hie. Your General found, ;with dt.e,p regret, wheu the' army' was reunited within the' walls ot'tlie town,' !that - it had supfilies neither tit' rood nor ani mu nition ; could-neither IQ:INt3 the - Place , nor defend it, means of 'existence being ~alike wanting for the popu i latlon,.- ; 4 was therefore reduced to the Sad altei nativC of treatlrewlM the enetny. 'I sent yesterday •to' tile' Pressitio •head-' z quarters, with full powers froni the Emr perm) but could not atiirstpri ig Myself to accept the conditions hap° ed by the . "'enettly, This morning, liowe,.er, men 'aced by a This to, Which we could not reply, I decided to make a fresh attempt to get honorabl terups.-- . I have obtained conditions by which we are saved much of the IpoSsible au noyieg and iusulting formalities which the usages of witr_generally impose. Under' the eireumstanees. in which, wo find-ourselves, it only remains 'forl us, °Meets' and soldiers, to accept-with ~resignation the consequences ,of this surrender. We have at least the coa t-elution of knowing a useless massacre has been avoided, and we yielded only under circumstances against which no array could fight, namely, want of food and isinmunitien. Now, soldieSs, in conclubion, let.ine say that you are still able to render brilliant services to your country; without beingneedlessly slaughtered.' , DE Wr3I : I'FFEN . ,. 1 General Coanuan'g, in Chief." Gen. Xi!Malion has since died of the wound received et Sedan, in -tlie great battle at that place Sept. 1., - Tire Empress Eugenia is at Hrkiltings, ' Patel:aid, with the young _Prince Inn perirth Gen. Garibaldi has offered iris services to the French 4cpubite. A special correspondent of the Trib u»c at Sedan; on the `9th instant, says: " Over 450 ' French artillery, iteluding.tearlY 100Imitrailleuses, are parked.in Sedan..Th usands of- F reeh pTlotriViitt'oc.44.lyl-..-)..-.... , i, eon, said tlienCe by sail to, Ciermany.— Thelown of Sedan is not greatly dam .___nk,,4_ll-I.»Nr_ flitt.- Illvtriarlaz... w. 4./ l ..%kg, at - Prussian' corps pre still here.' , - Thu:Special correspondent of the Tri tiumat%lierlin, on the Otti instant: Lt-ys: " The .Dulte of Mecklenburg, with the seventh Idjytsion of the first and a ilivisinn"ols the ninth corps, heretofore in Schles'arik Holstein, and `two' divi , Mons of reserves and landwehr, consti tuting Ore (sixth) army, lately formed at Homburg., 'in the Palitinate, is 'on the way to' Paris. Here and elsewhere ail the line troops and reserve battal ions are gone. Guard and-garrison ser- - vice is' performed by the landwehr.-7- Musering here'aed at Torga, in Sax ony,t continnes. \ Lantrw u ehr officers, ab: solved from military obligations years nge, are notified to hold themselves rea-_ dy for 'eventual service. • " Bismarck has said that he will have such a tremendous force in France as • will crush resistance, and especially prevent everywhere ti 'eorgauiza:tion of 1 'new forces. 13ut for the maitre:ll.ola- mor for Alsace and Lorraine, it is cer tain that' 131sruarcfc - would be content -with Metz anon Strasbourg as national fortresses." A special orrespondent of the Tri bioe at Rhel s, on e the 6th inst. says: '¶' The liin ish&uluarters were es tablished hero yeSterday, to remain till the oth, so as to give all the troops time: to come up mid concentrate, inclu ding What can be spared from Metz.— Seven North. German corps, beside two . Bavarian and the Vurtenlherg s • corps, are on - the road, unhindered. Accord ing to the official report, six full eavalry divikins, and also the main force, mayi be expected to reach Paris on the 13th i or 14th. When the . regiments now coming forward arrive, and the reserves' also on the' way join' their regiments, the whole German army will certainly reach and probably exceed 400,000.", POIOICAL. Hon. Andrew Stewart, of Fayette county, has been nominated for i Con gress In the 21st Pa. clistrict,.by the Re publicans. ThiS is. Covodets district, add is looked upon As one of the mast diubtft 1 it the State. -Mr. StMvart is a veteran politician, having served Congress as early as IS2O, and con:tinn ing an active politician for util.) , years. —The election in Maine last weelcre suited' in a Republican victory, by a largely Increased 'majority over last year. "Sydney. Perham was elected Go; vornor. There is a deep feeling on the question as to who,shall be U: S. Sena • tor.. The contest is between Governor Chamberlain and Lot M. lliorriii, —Vice President Colfax has written . .aietter, , in which he annpunOwhis de termination to leave public I, - on the expiration of hie 'present term office. We hope he will reconsider this regain . tiop Tor, in our thei country never was better or more faithfully served;by'anY man;than by ISchuyie Colfa - „ He made a great political speech s tit:tiouth Betid , Indiana, On'the loth,-.lnti It is exhaustive. of ail the . leading roliticaLqUeetions .of the day. - . —The Poutr journal, speaking of the nomination of Finn. William 111. Arm strong-for Congress, says: •. • , • " The . Hew.- Wei, II; Ataietrong was' nominated for Chngrehs without a thS ' 'yofee; - ha' we- felt -- fitittted he woukd • Ike will carry - tag full' stren‘Ktfi r , 'et the' Patty_ . in hotter; st.4l - th 3 ustly hes repteseptea; the district aria :4'e say, as we have„,eliexi, tat uio betterobler or tont incui can'ipe teiind ht thisliistrickto represent‘ The. orinie of andoe tati4ly.k4t.r 9Alh4sinit to - '44)ese henin , F r .j . — AnOr 4211 4 1'A.ri . - 4./I(i. - leoile- eitireic . .- Ho' - -iris 1 eel %ins . trntottitel in . ' p out in Erie - \ ‘viio had - --,earryng them otik,to.a.-.l9seeessful trig Ft2.o" in trte Pen u 4 ivapja tieifate, :at ;141 - 11.itiradiineaP:1;:lio Invi.*tood tieside the PeoPle's expent4e, naffiS., y.eart( i . now the fvltr-WOrn vriteraes'nfithe: l as p v to,aseet a id. _ eau:party Quite a largelittinlJerq cikiiens of Erie, To defeat him,. and to tititee - . the fiAli have united in a re'quest•that he moll) CongreSsiotiatttistrictMllhoside_ot,the that district as an . independent canal- Seymour:tifid::-ValladdingliarnliiiiiO r -' ttloo4.geptlpiintiv : hasn't too ' re, exi . . ; hey:,,,htivie: - .-14ae ea ry; Sher- ; inanYT4tere'to attSwer, thatlieshall wood t 6 - , have fhiliopporttinitr.te hestAn hitn';hi , ' I_,' the race;" we have nd doubt:he `;;rkii . cp!i. SAtength. this - count Y.-: :Who Is Hen- Sent to let Alia ruffled shiff',llnttt‘k in the, ry'SlierWO - 04..% as ,breeico, and go'ln lay had amen- 'who _this 'stood`[ryti • all_ i thcs` +ail ; gni Democratic fever iiOne date, antlif, ..rtieas,utekor: the pernebratie parts froth :the 'hekinnitu p T. ihn'eici=l . is about time he should bleSsoinOni tc( the° full•grown 'beauty of,.•,iii6 flew, .t 1,9 ,1 Di'dlellan; - ,44.4 : 1)111tfpr liox4.o.lw.,sebot itid is the , reg , :deciare,d,the war a failure, in the in dst, of vier. - That is the,kin4 of - Warn nt 7 , uler Republican candidate. - Attke -it there will not-be muchleft of the ref- "14(.1111:Vas, the stood , :with Pen le-, 'tot), andiVallandinghatn, who„was', any; ilea by ttietiriie"this . ncrinoceittic-P#4 ,1 1 6- iielth-A.bolliion-Lidenetatent "elin d ht . te ished for'his,treason,!atid with the. ar 7 , Congre4V comes 'putting 'in on .tST. , whose nomination. for President vas • Battle i3tret , dh,u'distaneed - iind'defeated' recaiveitivith:cheers by the rebel 'army;. •-1. +,,' when the-news was received ‘'at -- mond; .11e stood for Seyiruntrand llltilr in 1888,: aaftiSt Grani, when all Mire-. Rental:lt rebels hoped, through 'their electiOn, to be again placed in power.--L That:is his' recerd, - and . he - cannot cape it. 'This'is i onlY•n•skeleton of the indictment. "We' have not time nor space to I amplify, e ias.rtttle his beg with; the - eueniies,of • his , country, mesti lie in, Ourreaders ktiOW where,he.has stootl,:nd they will re nientber it i4l at the ballot box. ght, Asitatat,. lAr .11.:T...f3130P.0, PA. , - Wif:DNI.:',SDAY, SEPT. :31,18 0. FOR CONIIIIESEi, • NVILLIA Jl - 1 MST RON , - of *coming Comity. i • Von RtritEiENTATIVES; STRAND, S. B. - ELLIOTT, • (snhject - to cheien of Conference.) Pon tzt:rtirr, _ E. A. EISFJ Fou. commissioN.Eit, JOB iIEXFORD Yoil. AUDITOII, • D. P. HURLEY. - Fon 31 - 1 Y 001111135I0NEU; S. L. LOVE. ' :.: - ' - iaHy,.': - Repuiiiiodifs! ME • ,Iiox:AVAL V. ' A amwraoico. WM. C.DOA.NE will addrels the people of ibis'eounty, nest week, al follows AT •li.tOSSBURCi., Monday after noon.,- at 2 P. M., 'September 26. „ ' TIOGA,, Monday Sep , lember 26. AT WELLSI3ORO, Tuesday eve . ning, Sept. 27. A • T ELULAND, Weduesday eve ning, Sept. 28. We depend upon our friends in each locality to make all needful prepara tions. A. L. ENSWORTjr, • Chairman Co. Com. Still the good work of the reduction of the national debt goes on. For the 'Month of August, it was diminished $18,403,825.'' Besides this, a large amo't was disbursed during thamonth for the payment of pensions. For the six .months ending September 1, the total reduction wa5582,497,326 ! Since March 'l, 1869, the debt has been reduced $169,- 542,109 ! This is au argument tl e -peo ple appreciate. The party wit] , h• has brought about this grand resn t, de serves, as it will receive, the'emifidenee of the people. ' We announced last week that Henry Sherwood, of this place, is the Demo cratic candidate for 'Congress agniost Hon. William 'H. Armstrong, i n this district. Nye are-not of those who be - . . • ..3 7 -R, T 7a to attack or malignithesoeitapr private -littracter or biir - political opponents,' unless driven, to do so by their wanton abuse. We lbok upon the Multiplied anti , lnfnmoils libels and slanders of cer tain party leaders, through the local press and otherwise, as f l hatireless and unmanly beyond expression. This is the course men take when they seek to triumph in a bad cause. They reason that the end justifies the means. In ,the end, it will always be found that 'they who seek to wound others in this manner,• are themselves wounded by their own weapons. Tietritn4 ion is the law—it is reflexive. Therefore we shall pay no attention to the lies se` industriously circulated about the political acts of the Hon. W. H. 'Armstrong. He is. a gentleman of too high social and political standing, and: too .well mown as such in this Congressional district, to need any such defense at our hands. He has ably and faithfully represented the people of this district in Congress. ln the House, composed largely of the groat menputi statesmen of the whole country, rAlr. Armstrong took high rankfor his abil ity and usefulness; immediately on his entering Congress. -• Very few men, in the history of legislation, have made so favorable an impres t don, with only one year's experience, in-the House of Rep resentatives. He has served us -we have re-nominated him, 'and why should he be fie-elected ? What has he done to merit defeat at the:Lands of: the Republican party? In all his rec ord, during his service in Congress, we know of no act or vote of his with which we are disposed th find fault.— We know we have always found his name on the right side, when the yeas and nays were called on any important political question. - He has stood faith -fully' by the party which carried the country safely ' through the war of the rebellion, in all the great zneasnres of reconstruction which that party be lieved to bei necessary for the well-be ing, of the - cbuntry. .This is the sub stantial reason why the Sham' Democ racy's° earnestly wish to defeat him.-;- He bas been too straight-forward a Re publican 'to Stilt them. They envy the high success of that party, and . they bate all men who have contribided td bring about its triumph over thelir own party, from "year to year. Do we not know that they condemn us all togeth er? Have they love for any of- us? . ' It is true that this spurious Demoora oy has advanced from one position to another, :till they have froth time to time accepted and advocated doctrines Which were Republican a - few' 'wears ago. - They- I are -been driven to ' this by the logic Of events. Theysaw there vim no" hope for them, unless , they' did so.: Butthe Republican party has not been satisfied with the conqueSts of a -day : it has marched on, hi the line of liberal progress, to'garndr the. fr.uit's of the war, and guard the laud against ail possible difflctilties in fature, It stands out boldly - fur the7 ; rights 'of .ntan, and favors measures to secure them for the future. To all these ,great measures, 'the IRePublican party stands Pledged; laid by:tat:nit mast stand.or fall., SHERWOOD'S WAR RECORD. "As a Titivate 'citizen, no man in the county has done more for the soldiers or their faimilies during"the war, He was . selected by the men. , BS the one most competent to distribute the monies, sent to'him to provide for •their familicit; and hoe well lie perforined the taskteery soldier front this bounty can and testify. His limo, and money were freely, gratuitously given. Such is his tour record." The above is au extract fro‘t au arti cle in Mr. Sherwood's' home organ, of lastweelF, glorifying,his services to 'his country through the five years of her peril. How brief, and yet bow coos prellnsive ! He actually distributed certain moneys sent houte'