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SS es eee ee THE EVENING STAR. * PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday e: At The Star Bullding, PRICE POR MATLING :—Three Months, Te a ai Sena fitz Months, . 4.¥, Corner Pennsylvanis Av. and lth &t., | , SY THE BYENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY. THE STAB anne te carriers to their enb- . : soribers im the City and Distriet at Tex Cents ran ‘weer or FoRTY-roun CuNts PER MONTE. Copies +. st the counter, Two Czyts. ! as Ee en Seis NS ye eee 4 about thirty lodges of Utes near [0 ¢ Northern Chevennes and Array ter re will p there. ‘Thy expected by the indians at t commissionor, and may seriously emt omeGteun. ne 86—N2. 5,452. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1870. Se j > | Strike of Railroad Mem for Arrears of Wages. Telegraphed Bxciusively to The Rvening Mar. Three han. TWO CENT: AMUSEMENTS, JV ASHINGTON =f EVENING STAR |" “Spas = THE WAR. TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. LIBRARY ©” AND va —— (Correspondence of The Star.] LAST NVIGAT TELEGRASNS. ¥. M. CA. CONSUL = ibe aa ' New Loxpon, Aug. 29, 1870. Bas . aes Washington News and Gossip. | dear sicr—as 1 nave your chepring light THE LATE BATTLES, THIS AFTERNOON'S DISPATCHES Gon deity Gone while op my first “little trip” to. Yankee land, | ‘The war news by cable last night adds but INTERNAL Revenus—The receipts to-day trom this source were $718,912.52. as impressed upon a Washingtonian “to the and Wednesday to that contained in yesterday's manner bora.” in running y from th® | Stan. ‘The most important items are the fol- (evign term” the first good sniif of sea-breere towing: get ison the steamer Stockton, as she : SLAIMED AZAINE. N ‘a4 Tuns outside ef Staten Island, from South Am- pg er nate engi a ty erat I il P oO RT A N 4 | : boy to NewYork. Arriving at New York about tively that the battle of Courcelles was a decided from Lille, agust 31, saying the by excited crowds eager to get the Intest item | @ispatch 3o'clock yesterday EA TTLE Daan Serene ef eel ne omngaP items having gauze leet ste | GREAT BATTLE YESTERDAY, can EUROPEAN CONFLICT IN NEW YORK. night before. me was pearcpr geen by = arties seem more equally divided here than | general officers and an escort of cavalry. It ix 1), Wathington, the French having proportions. | *™prosed he was removed owing to the danger | IT 1S FOUGHT NEAR SEDAN. y¥ & much larger representative populatio re - 7 Bui we hav. jegant sufficiency of po! fore the great battle about to be fought. The ties in Washingto: i week the it vent lator of the New Yorkers, ‘Long Island, Se itt Shore.” What blasts of fresh air do I reciprocate by sending a jotting of this region } jixtte information about the battles of Tuesday T H E Ww A R eo How. W. i. SEwarp sailed from Sam Fran- cisco for Chima yesterday. Anovt two hundred leayes of absrnce have been granted to clerks in the Yreasury Depart- ment during the present week. rte, Hekraerere’ Seon and E streets, march ae the invited guests fram jew York. Raltixscre, Ml - te. whereupon all wi.ltsarch bar's to IverkoTOR GENERAL Mancy,%. S. A., has been ordered on a touref inspection along the m€hern frontier, by way of Betroit, Eagle Hecbor, Du Luth, &o. Hendeuerers bm the Grand Proc front of Weadquarters am: 3: lite Tromas D. Casson bas bees appointed Coin Teller in the Assistant Trereurer’s office at + Pennsylvania aven' to the Park. KEE DAYS’ FRVORAMRE ir Sci Prince will remain at Avesnes some days to re- cover from a slight illness produced by emotion | KING WILLIAM CLAIMS A VICTORY ari other ers only} q con juenton events he bas gone through. At “ Thiladelphia, tm wace of J. K, Calhoun, re~ | SCS) ‘and Statem Telmed’ ott oe Tite the officials and citizensare determiued to | Hix Despate the Qaeen—The Pras- menting. Feiss sboosins forthe | signed. autos New Yorkers? Three hundecd: mole at uate | mau and vigorously detend the walls. ‘The same sians Victorious—fhe French hie Kanc aud Queen. f resenta- ing. Brilliant and various pew : 7 i shown at Avesnes, Cambrai, Donoi, Driven into the City—The Pras- water coast, reached in time varying from | jPiTit is shown we 7. As unkerque, Valenciennes, and Gravelines, = aaa. : a camer on up Eat Fe ag where the memories of ‘are reviving. J siams Claim te be Victorious - ii jenday's Bat merable steamers and tugs, to Hunter’s Point, TUESDAY'S BATTLE A SURPRISE. aren ad thence on Long island Falirond Greenport, i Public says the government has received no He extreme length of the Island. All along the | official atches to-day, in consequence e = 5 2 = villages and stations betoken how well the | corsation of telegraphiccommunteation between | TILE OTIUER SIDE. New Yorkers appreciate Long Island {| Sedan and Mezieres, but it_is certain that bat- . ‘sa ventilator. All “alongshore,” inlets, bays, | tles were fought on Tuesflay and Wednesday. Pb adeeb 4 Sees WHAT THEY SAY IN PARIS. artial panic e¢ corps d’armee 0! De Failiey who, awaiting the arrival of his suc- | French Sa¢eesses—A Victory for Ba- ened fac ri - a Se ee sees General Wimpffen, gy oe zaine—The Prassians Repulsed by Ww just finished “cottage sea,” eré were also arate ai cl con- or rather lake, named, no doubt, by some val- | flicts, in which oar troops displayed wreat hero- McHahen—He drives thems New Jersey Poirics.—Ex-Gov. William A. Newell was renominated for Congress in the second New Jersey district,on Thureday. He | stands a good! chance of being elected in place | of Haight, democrat. Cor. James M. BeLexn, Special Agent ef the ‘Treasury Department, has just been assigned to duty temperarily at Norfolk, Va. He will be restored te duty in the army when a vacancy occurs. » Over m tEpended for oash, vir —Gold ete. Presittent of the United Stat-s, ayer Bmerv. the Norte German ¥ i: + deetingvished persons have been grand tame te exprcted. ambovery «ne jeg fhe Hark (wteich bas been greatly improved | Tne U.S. STEAMER DELAwAR® late fagship | gar half-breed Indian “Mattiluck,” before B. ism, but there was want of unity during the towards Belgium. — = ede om geo Sr “9 aay sete of the Asiatic Squadron, but recently,celieved | wer had given us his description of ‘Como. engagement, and the Prussians claim a victory. rrerbe will be acvated for the relist of the werden | by the Golorade, is now en route to the United far sc enna sour iden He rire: Tow, Sail. 1 SUCCESS CLAIMED FOR McMAHON ON ier PC . amd ox phans of chose w sn battleforthe | States, and is expected to arrive at New York | Hisb. vy we ample opportunity, with WEDNESDAY. SPECIAL REPORTS. nity and aatety of their German Fethertand, “ not half the risk of under-tow as ©: it oS {Chr} EXRCUTEV MMITTER. | early in@ctober. % > . = In the battle of yesterday there is no question — prop, haired cor yey Lys Porercigees =~ that McMahon had great success against the | THE LATE BATTLE—THE PRUSSIANS oe ch ae Cachog ne eens, and 1n- | troops of both Princes. Bazaine.was not en- VICTORIOUS. Southold, the first of the settlemensa of tone gaged yesterday, but itis known that he to-day | sp,cial Dispatch to The Star. Tdabd. £06 hebaeed cud tty years ago. Atthe | continues the work so energetically begun by Keam ApwigaL S. P. Lee. the new com- mander of the North Atlantic Squadron, will leave here next week for Norfolk, where the Bttver SCaALLELY oF Ph 3 McMahon's corps. Vinoy, who a few days ago | Nzw York, Sept. 2—A telegram received ‘en iararappebncione mgmt Severn, lis dagship, is undergoing repairs, and | $1, Quzime-around the *firet family” tomb- | aed through Paris, reached the battle-feld | here trom London to-day at 12 o'clock, through - URES. Pen: if e rte it) le . Pg yn peed a . F236 Feo? | will sail from that port about the 1th instant CURIOUS @PRCINEN OF LAW LITERATURE. yesterday, and is doubtless tighting now. Private sources, says that the Prussians wer for the West Indica. Riverside is the county seat, where legal sub- TOTAL DEFEAT OF THE PRUSSIAN | positively successful in the late battle, and that LEFT—REPOKTS OF RECENT APF- n l. Ueties of the county are unravelled or more FAIRS. weuamenene saat Ae cae = mystified as in the following example which anaes Sept. 1 Liberte reports that Mar- eee Beers icMahon has totally deteated the left SOC. SS Ss. oe tio ge eee COeesatin eee wing and center of the Prowians.and that their | 4°SOCIATED P. 3 a he delights to sign himselt, was entrusted a — Only cele —— with the collection of a disputed account against ctrent. is am parat . ‘ Eaclusively Evening my friend L:—,and in order to facilitace te col. rary Bernal Oficiel says that Generals Ereeard Telgraphed wie — Economy Ix Tee War Derarteent.—s general order has been issued from the War De- partment calling attention to the order prombit- ing the imerease of civil employees beyond the number authorized by the War Bepartment from time to time. 4%6JO0n ExRibition jNo. 496 ™! and Sale ALS nae STRKET aT MARKRITERS. RrnT, between Deed E we Odd Fellow: in the District ae Teption be tielivered himself of the following | 9% Bourbaki were wounded m the recent en- | KING WILtIAMS - REPORT yor THE s “1 ‘MrED ENVELOPES.—Under the new con. | notable epistic. | send you the original: s Taino and Number. as25ty" | ¢ 2 for atamped ewvelopena newseale of prices | _RIVRMUEAD, June 20, 1s10.—-Deat sir —Mfister | ~ Count Palikno confirms the report that a do- BrRxn,Sept.2.—The following despatch from Sonnet a t von | tachnent of Prassian cavalry are surrounded in | __ = por nll teu Ga ad. ces eo ‘weak and | the forest of Marne, and that escape is impossi. | King Witliam to Queen Augasta has just been Pay me the monney in won weak or [ Shell sue | vie. Prince Fridetick Chatles b F-ly eseaped | made public : jou that I Shell Do Shure Dont fail two tend | Capture by the division ¢f Gen. inoy, near | “SEDAN, Sept. 1, 3 p. m.—A battle has raged Two it Sohn ‘worth gave me the Count 22 59 | Kherms. He passed over the road by which that | since half-past eight o'clock this a.m. Our from your CouNcELLOR Downs, Biverhead. | division was marching, half a mile in advance oeadlinn) __ NEW LOBDON AND 178 OBS: or pe es. | it ® carriage. forces ha advanced victoriously. The 4th, hier Chiy eartis ot Ge taux macaten of | SPIRIT OF THE STRASBURGERS, Ere, | 5th and 7th corps and the Bavarians were en- “Riverhead,” I took the pi r directly Panis, Sept. 1.—The commander of Stras | gaged. The enemy was almost entirely driven = burg has published the determination of the | into the city.” across the Sound to New London, one of the people to burn the city rather than surrender. " 4 TTLE OF TU oldest Connecticut townsof revolutionary fame, | The Prussians have refused the appeal lately THE BATTLE © of the seene of Benedict Arnold's ralds’and of | made by the citizens to spare the dwelling part | MvxicH, Sept. 1.+The B: the massacre Lol onal Tears — his aoe of med ball =e ape bee it would veo have received the following despatch, dated near after surrender e jor Bromfield. | capitulation. The same object dictated their re- ri — j a New London was the home of many a hardy | fueal to permit the depatture of the wosen oral a ae de ee whaler in the days of greasy lampr, before the | and children, curred, in wi fe were victorious. e whales had been driven to Alaska, and petro- Gen. Mattenong, who distinguished himself in | French were driven over the Meuse. The first lium had supp! the place of sperm | the Crimea, has been appointed tocommand the | Bavarian corps participated successfully, one gil The city is beautifully situated, hae a | Parisian National Guard, in place of Gen. Trau- | pattalion capturing two gua” fine harbor, and a social and hospitable people. | merer. There are complaints to-day in the ex- : . Under guidance of Wm. M. Smith, Esq., I Wisited pulsion of the Germans. Advices received from ILLNESS OF THE EMPEROR. at which the same will be sold has been pre- pared at the Post Office Department, and will be issued to postmasters before October 1. ‘Under this scale the envelopes wil be sold at at prices much lower than at present. A®* REPOSITORY, 245 “#” STREET, Baween Thirteenth and fourtenta Sis, @LL PAINTINGS, ENGEAVINGS, PHOTUGEAPHS, CHROMOS, &e., BOGEES GROUPS OF CULPTUEE, ARTISTS’ MATERIALS, STATUBTTES, &¢., as. PwTUBE FEAMES, OORD AND TASSELS, &e., &s. VELVET PASSE PABTOUTS, PABLOB Tne Presipent returned to Long Branch from West Point yesterday afternoon. He i< ‘expected to viMit @ general master of the Mass. chasetts militia at Concord on Thursday and has accepted the invitation to visit the New England Fair at Manchester, N. H., and will be there next week, on Friday. Secretary Boat- well, Gov. Clatiin, Gen. Butler and other dis- tinguished guests will be present. BRACKETS, &s & Fie Assortment for HOLIDAY ————. EXPENSES OF THE GOVERSMENT.—The pay- ments made by the Treasury Department during “wrt wife BY Cpe = ‘ 2 ” the Levant represent that the French are villi- | Lowpow, Sept. 2.—The British Medical Journal > S10 be. f August, were as follows THE “SECOND LURYING GROUND, . , Sept PIC NICS, EXCL R=I NS, &e, pnggenroncaany cmon a8 it is called, because itis Believed to be the | Hedand areailed by the Germans. says that Dr. Hewitt, of St. George's Hospital, TPE BEST GBSND Pie War ‘Department second in order of time in Connecticut annals. It THE FILLIBUSTER SENSATION. has been summoned to France to attend the ETERS : Savy Departmen interior, Indian and Pensions. is @ place of unusual historic interest. The duty peasy privinns ia tae Pome ee ee Emperor. wasentrusted to Mr. S. a short time ago to dig | traced to American agents of Prussia in Pare, REPORTED FKENCH SUCCESSES. ——e the old tombstones, and he bas | Some curious revelations in this connection a: Britto, BELcivm, Sept. 1.—Bazaine has reagnt to light many which are one and two | expected. Some old hands concerned lu the ari the Prusiane toward Sedea. T fenturiee old, marking the resting place of the | Confederate American plots are mixed =p wea, om ee Sram sda —_ apr} of Forts Griswold and Turnbull by the | the aftair, as well as certain journalists opera- | French are at La Chappelle. Se ot many Se ne Looker Seay |r from London. The Figaro was hoaxed by | Paris papers report obscurely three French quaint old epitaphs and anctent ‘inscriptions | ‘enchant forcanards, successes without locating them. extending back, as they do, to 1662, when large |, PARIS STILL CONFIDENT. THE PRUSSIANS REPULSED BY McMA fat a were Placed over the tombsto pre- ee eee ens ot Marahals Be HON, vent wi asts of those from rooting | 2! nd Mcd n have been most successful. 2—Di ai iz them out and carrying off the bodies, us was the | The sti ategic plans have been well devise aed | LONDON, ee ne case with some of the earliest interments. 1 | Promptly executed and directed to all the weak } ¢¢ived trom Paris this a. m., claiming that the 152,969.92 Totaleceee The above does not include payments made on acconnt of interest and principal of the public debt. CANDIDATES FOR ADMISSION TO THE Navan AcapEemy.—The examination of applicants for admission to the Naval Acadmy at Annapolis will commence on the 2b instant. There are _ shee Cc. HS Piano Store, F. « No. 425 llth Street, abooe Penna. Avenue, (Estat i-uxp Over 20 Years.) Bole agency for the sale of the celebrated PIANOS of Wm. Knabe & Co , Baltimore. and Wm. js. second-hand Pi McCemmon. Albeny: . anos, Urgans aud Melodcons for sale or rem the most sccemm dating terms, Piano and hi dates designat by have copied one or two for my Washingto: points of theenemy. ‘The victory of the French | Prussians were repulsed in their attack on Fenivg and Repairing. ape ig eae saben ae psmananagl ss esl friends." Here 1s Capt. Adam Shaplen sean at Courcellet was important, as maintaining | MeNahou, after paces sharp fighting. The ALE GREASE | —USE “WRAZEW'S.” THE | tion, and it is estimated that about fitty wit | 23 neat bon pte Trdg oar | aris etee pand a loge rid ene? 8 | Prussians attacked the French front and rear. TN PHOMPSON & CO.. Ninth street, pass. New appointments will be made to fill pley, thy deeds reverse ‘ A dispatch was received to-day from acorres- | The French captured thirty guns and great Headquarters for all kine Cock Gone tron, | Yacancies caused by candidates falling to pass ——_ doom = Ci rk Times, on the Prus- | many prisoners. The Prussians are reported to - ua for nds of ch Goods, . ‘ And m: y i , mn ae ‘anz-cak’ | t €examination. ‘The academy will open agaio bane ee ‘on: the tuorouas, of “On te Paris” is | bave been driven towards Belgiam. on the Ist of October. The practice ship Sa- vannah now absent with the midshipmen on board, is expected home about the 15th instant. APPOINTMENTS IN THE Censrs Borear.— JANOS! PIANOS! PIANOS |New ond-)i for sale cry 2 a Shapley was a brave man, and well iesorved | becoming dally fainter, and death from expo- | AN INDEFINITE PRUSSIAN VICTORY. and, and rent at low, disease is makin, this ed bu’ brief eulogy. H will sure and fearful havoc in the x 22 m— For’ Frombeil eulogy. le was killed in ry am teake, ; is Loxpon, Sept. m.—Another dispatch says that the Prassians were victorious, but it is Another time-worn stone was that of Gardon . Htonstall, firet Governor ot Connecticut. The Pee eee oe Sree © Aewres than at any other estabiishenent en| Gite Deseret. end verme arranged to est the circumstances of the purchaser, A large quent of PARLOR ORGANS and other Music, woste’ aad Stromente; also, SHEET © | ‘The following appointments were made to-day | <tnch Terenas Stace eoteeain Erauite slab, On | A special correspondent writes irom Paris. oo ‘do = '¥ | which ts cut the State coat ‘ms. a < that e al- OS ES a m= | inthabarent: Wire cles cecieet Gon Another of William Wrathrop, second Gor- | Weqnesday, that provis peared i phadeer LATER. it New Mest phy een ron. F. W. Poor and W. A. Massey, of Virginia; Con! wi Connect'cut, and grandfather ot Kob- tatoes are Soabie the maeal coats pe hay 125 Bridge street, Georget W. H. College, W. Y. Coffin, S. Rassell Bar, L. <entatives some tem or twelve poate gon Kepre- | triple. ‘Tradesmen refuse to sell except in lim- ceotser “°° Of Repub. and Hera €. Hootee, A. O'Brien and John J. Cooke, of : the Disirict ot Columbia; B. M. Burche and H. C. Browning, of Maryland; S.J. Dewey, P. D. Halley and P. W. Koberts, ot New York; G. N. Tillman, of Tennessee, Henry A. Johnson and Samuel J. Franks, of Pennsylvania; George H. B. TENNEY BEST FAMILY FLOUR * Mave by Tessry, Davinsox & Co, Of eetected choice WHEAT, only to themselves, and tho: Dest in “ quantities. Pre; are being made “Tie tomb of Jonathan Brooks, his son and | 92,8, "aet tcale for the wounded. coneeee THE BATTLES THIS WEEK. geums, schools and convents are converted daaghter, (the latter killed by Hehtuing,) 1s ale anrong the mowt ancient remain’ of the. heat | BOmpitale by order of the government. Mendon, New Jondon settlers. “The dated marked is | Se °Germain aud Race nee cae ae a ma French Official Reports. The very oldest stone is dated « 1602." It is | Stely Prepared for the same purpose. Many by @ process known aghiy cleawed by the patent cleaners. is sow being placed ou the ho ket with sntinfaction to all who have tried it. | Carey, Vermont, and L. T. Squire,of Michi- | *emarkable specimen, aud I give you a literal ther srg seats, oat cns cet cube rcoan a HT. Gearan‘erd equal to any ia the Dreorit gop. Copyite—b. Fachan esd 3. Bae. | 28! , : ‘An omalbas company has given senate THURSDAY'S FIGHT. For sale by most Grocers. ee ae irc An Epitaph on Captain Richard Lord, dzceased | Distrust between the government waa the The French Troops Inflict Heavy; {S402 YOUR monxy, TIME AND THOUBLE : on enero ‘Th bright atenee of Gor catia tyes here, ne ete e eee eit itis muck diminished. Time | pPemage om the Prussians and” BY CALLING Fest at THE Porrrical.— Yesterday the Republican party [ Vnfo the State a councillor fall deare; A week since the Crown Prince might h: then Retire Across the Meuse, of Maryland held conventionsin each of the five oe br are a friend of sweet content, ridden into Paris. the “dareease peed The Enemy Burns Mouzon. EXTENSIVE BOUT AND SHOE STORE OF | Congressiopal districts of the State two nominate | 4,9,Hlattterd tonne s silver ornament. Stronger, and tho moral conditions of the svassbexann 4mm. candidates for Congress. In the first district } And im composing parody he war cheites te trek of te pete ee ee Henry K. Torbert, Esq., of Oécil, was nomina- | To merchants a pattern he might stand, Trxnos tee. WEDNESDAY’S FIGHT. where you can find all kinds of ” ted. He was defeated at the last election by | Ventuting dangers new onsea and land.” 4 Tee BU TS, SUURS and GAITERS. m3 “opener ra Ip the nautical line of epitaph I send you a THE FRENCH BADLY BEATEN, The Advantage with the Freneh—Far. iy ond welling them CHEAPER then the lan. Samuel Haze ' democrat, the present | specimen indicative of the of memorial for | _ Lonpon, Sept. 1A special dispatch to the ther Fighting Expected. ra des PEST. at regular wholreale prices. Haren Ree ner eee eae x fe dead of 100 years ago. inseription is on tener: a= Belgium, this a ‘focthing, pew. dural milly wis om oc member of the Bal anh, ° of Captain Gershom Corss, who | (Thursday) morning, says the French have jast tom! died on his passage from Jamaica to New Lon- | been badiy beaten on the Sedan road, an den, Oct. 8 tot! = sem mi an Prviainas have entered Carignan, i, sacktho PRESSIAN ACCOUNTS. “Tho Boreas blasts and ane’s waves have | southwest of ren - tnere was furious | Twesty Gums, Elevem Mitratlieases, ‘Toesed me to and tro, Gehting ail day Wednesday between Amigney saad 7,000 Prixouers Captured. and Doury. ‘The Prussians, as they advance, require th Where I do. now at anchor ride with people to give up ther arms, and to keep the 84. Call and see them, at STBASBURGES BROS., FS SOG Tn strect (old No. 373bet. and K. uate of Baltimore City College, and about thirty years of age. Mon. Stevenson Archer, demo- crat, is the present representative of the district in Congress. No nomination was made in the third di-trict. Considerable trouble and confu- sion occurred in the convention between the re- "TS BASE, Boom, FOR A VERY LARGE x spective friends ot Gen’l Adam E. King and R. M of our a doors of their houses untastened ant. 2 a THE PE. PAVE CONCLUDED TOUCH 4 | Stockett Matthews, Faq, and the convention | Yet by Bad by meet set sail, my tere opened See Soe ast Ree Lae Sai en RHE Se ae See See eet i mame eeenaton ent the diver, cathe PRUSSIAN MOVEMENTS. Panis, Sept. 1, Midnight—The Ministry has REOUCE THE PRICES servative, is the present representative. Ju Jobn E. Smith, of Carroll county, is the - nee in the fourth district. He formerly served in the State Legistature, and was Jui of the Cireuit Courts for Carrol! and Howard counties under the constitution of iséi. He is now prac- ticing law at Westminster. Hon. P. Hammill, democrat, is the present representative. James Ty. Exq.. of Howard county, is the nominee in the tif now represented by the Hon. Fredk. Stone, democrat. Mr. Gary is the son of the Iate James Gat jetor of the Alberton Cotton Mills. on the Atapaco river, (formerly Elyville.) He is sbout thirty- five veare of age. well educated, and is a fair public speaker. He is best known asa correct and ene ic merchant and manufacturer of great weal 3 ‘The republican convention of Michigan met at Detroit yesterday, am! nominated H. P. Balwon for Governor, and other State officers. A resolution was ado} “that we have a kind y feeling for the meh people, but de- clare our sympathy for the German je and States in @efending their national unity in a 5 site ot Fort Griswold, is erected in memory of | ,,LO* DON. Sei cubase eanenday the Grand } just given the following news to the public, in Sel’ wi at Vou- tb ban onakne liberty. 9°) Bere; HEAT | icra with his army. an€ the Crown Princo of | the absence of official reports from the General “aan Gaaaiiera McncRooid: with im.dm0men, ‘Tue timyundar | "From the multtede af tlographic ie el ; m 3 Sumday School Celebration im Mary- | Grn. Von Falkenstein 1s siveady at See ressioes tiem Yellows Bataleon eoeet CaRnsnuno, Mv., Ang. 26, 1970. | vile?" TONd between Forbach and Thion- cameo 8 o'clock @. m. Editor Star:—Yesterday a celebration of the PRUSSIANS' LEAVING RHEIMS. Until 4 o’clock p. m., are extracted the following M. E. Sunday schools in this vicinity took place | _ 4 French army. reported to be 100 ,008: details, which bear the character of probability: strong, 73 . | ‘8 bourly ted at Epernay. and the Prus- On the 30th witimo @ series of bere. Upwards of 400 children from eight Sun- | ‘i.n'are withdrawing {rom the nelehbomecrat Bheime “the Fi, a ring the ca Oceurred between McMahon’s army and the ways destroyed by the enemy. enemy, near the city of Mezieres, lasting from FRENCH SEMI-OFYICTAL. Actocnts, | & 0’clock im the morning until 8 o'clock in the ARIS, 1— ‘atrie Ba} semi-omi- cially, misrepresentations of foreign Jeu iehe A cua seer ee hee bogs military events. Marshal McMahon, in carrying which the enemy immediately occupied. out hix ‘movement, has or = ai. NY Goons, SED OF FER WOW SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS ‘Te ALL PURCEASERS. My stock {s of thet class in which most everybody WillZod something 4a which be is im need of, com: lez. THE NOTIGN DEPARTMENT. which I alwere keep well sesurted aud up to the mark. 2p. TOILET ARTIOLE DEPARTMENT. com- vod Sn ampertment on can pa waka speciality of SOD HAIRBRUSHES ZEPHYR WORSTED DEPART- hich ane beoume so well Known as to re- quire uo fuctber comment. t ii g i i i ‘ wareprene, TOY, DELABTMENT. which ol- | war unjustly made sguinet them” The tepate Clarksburg ond Soeathned lican convention of the sixth Congressional die- terepersed with music by the triet yesterday nominated Hon. J. F. Driggs on i f i Sru_ TRE Fam ARTMENT, | ¢ irty-eighth batlot. Hon. Thos. W. fe ebich yod-can 05d PEATCRTTES VASES, | 0 thirtr-eighth bal renominated in the fourth vs Glin a Oe BACRETS. Ine STANDS. OPREA end “FIELD | “strict. The democratic State convention has Cloeed with 701d Hundred” doxol- GLASSES, ac ae nominated C. C. Comstock. of Kalamazoo, for ‘scoompanied by the Clarksburg Cornet Governor, and other State ‘Yours, traly 3. The democratic execative committee of Geor- 2 Cru TEE, HOMBRY DEPARTMENT, which events HOSTERY. a Glas UNDERWEAR bos COTES tia asd Jiu THE RECALIA 4ED THEATRE: TRIMMING DEPARTMENT. nese mk and seein @ wecessary for ALIA and & Masgu ns Fe the nomina- tion of candidates for eg ‘and the State Legislature who are eligible under existing Attorney General Akerman addressed a re- Sru. THE BASKET DEPMETMENT, which Publican meeting at Atlanta, Ge., Wednesday pres ald iment. Eliane night, at great length. He very severe on Ziner BADKETS ot TERY and | the mnorvaiives endl ‘especially tmpoasible to concetve the va: tety of keup. thetetore 1 would respectfully sists Gea = P. 8.—The store is coo! and pleasant, B. SILVERBERG, 312 SEVENTH STREET, Bry. PanssTL@SNiA AVENUE AND D Staxsy, "[ RIED SUPPLY OF WAB MAPS JOST BE ea: Moab settat you gute us last weeks” Wns nee * "909 Pennsylvania avenue. | 1 atdon, sir: it’s off the very same fish.” # St. Louis, Sept. 2 | ot the Toledo, Wabash and Wes to Cucen Augusta, in which he announced that | are on «@ strike at Bast St. he had repulsed the troops under command of | W#get for the past two m | been formed on the line of the t MeMahon beyond the Meuse. | co epper goienor eae i 1 Every thing seems to indicate thatthe engage- | q barricade thrown np. Up to x toe ments will be renewed to-day—the first in the | evening four engines coming in bad bean cap same -ection of country. | tured. No trains are allowed to go out. The : men are quiet and orderly, bat det THE ACCOUNT OF HEAVY PRUSSIAN | The Toledo, Wabash and y LOSSES ON WEDNESDAY CONFIRMED, | have lately come {nto possession « ¢ Bi 3. . 2P. Me it) | Toad, and say the men have no claim upon t E ne, Sept. P. M.—Official news is still for arrears of wages. behind. toners It is known that a series of battles occurred Fire tn Richmond. on the 30th and Sist, in which both sidessuf- | Ricuwo “ A fire this morning fered heavy losses. tally destroved the confectionery of ©. 7:m aor Y D 7 and considerably damaged the steck=ot Lt On Wednesday the Prussians assumed the of- | Soy! Conidurally danwged @xy goods denier tensive, but were drawn by McMahon underthe | Loss, $27,000. {ally insured guns of Sedan, where they suffered terribly -s0-- before they succeeded in passing the river. Lovvox County (Va.) rex. 0h McMabon moved to Mouzon on the morning | meeting near HMamliton, in th of Wednesday. Yesterday the encounters were | brought to a close on Frid probably renewed. attendance throughout was very e excellent order observed. Qui Tretessed conversion, PRUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF WEDNESDAYS IGHTING. Loxpox, Sept. 2.—The following dispateh, dated August 31, bas just been made public at Berlin: “As the successes of Wednesday covered so negro ours wide a region, the particulars are confused and epee os fa lh ~ oer, o his severe hardly certain. Itis known, however, that the | if noteerious injury. Upon the arrival of the Prussians haye captured twenty guns, cleven | train PAF 7 = — of the woun led 5 * were dr and the barbarous young scam) mitrailleurs, and 7,000 prisoners. carried before Squire Henderson, who eld bine THE FRENCH TROOPS CAPTURED IN | to bail to await further developments BELGIUM SENT INTO CAMP. The Board of Supervisors for this county helt [From Private Sources.) BRUSSELS, Sept, 2, ea London.—The French troops who were captured and disarmed in Bel- | meet the same. The county tax this ’ ear is R gium have been sent to camp at Beverloo. cents on the $100; rather less than last year, aah a though the State and county tax is this year 58 cents to the $100, against 405 last year THE LATEST. route of the Leesburg and Aldie turn pibe, though not quite Gnished, i¢ open aroun! Carr's hill for horsemen, and for buggies, car STIRRING NEWS! — |. thesidrelows! Teobure nace wy a desirable lot on King street, upon wh: —— pempose te erect st sn carly day a tn GREAT BATTLE TO-DAY, | Rxnai; 0st? stomament to the town. — Rosaeny or Tas Mermopier Book Cox CERN. ‘¢ have heretofore noticed the robber- IT 18 STILL IN PROGRESS. | 5y of the Methodist Book Concern in New York. ‘he Sellowing particulars are from the Post of that chy Of Meat ovening: was uacth 2 " es — t was discovered veste: that Ye Metho- FIVE VILLAGES IN FLAMES, | aist Book Concern hed been entered. aud’ that ‘$200 in currency and fifteen bonds of the Jersey [ity War Loan. of N64, of the denomination of $1,000 each, been stolen. The police THE RIVER FILLED WITH DEAD BODIES. | believe that’ the robberry was committed by three men, who were noticed by the officers ow post at that point on Taesday night, botweon 1 o'el aiieal ; k. The main entrance door was FIGHTING BY BAZAINE YESTERDAY. | entorea with raise keys, and it seems they tiret made an effort to open'a safe, which contains ‘ly from. 100,000 60 200,000, besides other valuables, Faiting in this, they went %o the mission room, and after fore! door pro THE BATTLE AT SEDAN YESTERDAY. | mission room: and aruer forcing, the door it. Im this safe there were the two hundred dollars and the bonds of the Jersey » —- Belgium cul | Ty tects’ Sue cae dommes Captured. robbers may be learned from the fact that they stayed in the ‘and ate a hearty sapper The police de'net doubt bat runt a 7 > “ rants. ie police not doubt bat (lar £WO HUNDRED FRENCH SOLDIERS CaP- eg ith th TURES an DeLee they were perfectly well acquainted with the BRUssELs, Sept. 2—Last night the frontier guard captured, disarmed, and unhorsed two hundred French soldiers on Belgian territory, near Sedan. ANOTHER VICTORY FOR BAZALNE. St. BARnE, Sept. | —Since yesterday forenoon Bazaine’s force has fought a battle with the Ist Prussian corpe, ending in the latter's re- treat. OFFICIAL DISPATCH IN REFERENCE TU YESTERDAY'S BATTLE. Loxvow, Sept. 2, 2.30 p.m.—The fullowing of- ficial dispatch, dated at Bouillon, Beigium, (a few miles trom Sedan,) this dey, September 2, has just been made publie: “The battle yesterday was very bloody, and resulted disastrously for the French, who re- treated on Mezieres. The Prussians now occu- Py Givorne, a tew miles east of Sedan. Some 10,000 soldiers and officers of the French army were forced into Belian territory, where they were required instantly to surrender their aris. Great numbers of wounded have also been ad- mitted into Belgium for the sake of humanity.” = DEFENCE OF RASBURG. ici ° ws the River still continues, the strikers being w New You«, Sept. 2—The New York Telegram in their determination to bold out i the has the following special : sli cunses accupt tests terms tee Breet Panis, Sept. 2—Gen’l Ultech, the heroic old Suncation Ap ay fronsary. for the veteran who has command of the defences of | *UPport ome aon, 2e Strasburg, states to-day that notwithstanding | ‘tempt has vet been made to remove the spin- —--+*0e- — RESTORATION OF GCABADIAN AUTHORITY tx THE Rep Kiver Counray.—intellicence trom Red river announces that the force unde: Woolsley reached Fort Garry on the 2th of 4 te Riel ‘was unaware of itgapproach. His liowers appear to have at once. It is Stated that resistance was contemplated, but opposed by his followers. The union-jack was hoisted on the fort, and a royal sa’ fired in honor of the event. No arrests have been made by Col. Wooisley’s order. Warrants have be. applied for by private parties against membe of the late provisional government. Grea: credit is given to Col. Woolsley for the sate con duet of his force without mishap, in thirty-cihé days, from Sheban down to Fort Garry. Donald Smith, who accompanied the farce, has assumed charge of the Hudson Bay Company'sproperty +20-- Laxp Satxs—The Marlboro’ Gazette of at four hum and eleven acres of the Quarter” tract of land for 612,000. “ +208 Tare Workixe Pzoria—The strike at i ri be i'l? the bombardment of the elty by the Prassian | peners ” “o” Mousse Fented trom the m beleaguering force, the fortress can and wili OO hold out against everg attack. A CoLonyp Perupo-Comeassm an in Trov- BLE —The Hon. J. Willis Menard, colored, who DECISIVE BATTLE IN PROGRESS To- | contested the seat of Mr. Bailey, from the sec Day. Ond Louisiana district, {n Congress, was on A dispatch from our special correspondent in | Wednesday sent before the Criminal Coart of Belgium, dated Brussels, Sept. 2d, 7:30 a. m., | NeW Orleans, under $100 bond, charged with at- arp, Me- S7 The public schoo! system is about to go {nto effect at Richmond. White teachers have been selected for white schools and colored teachers for colored schools. S7-~-Pretty gi, Amanda is.” “Alt! ix she blonde or And 7” “Ob, she has her days of both.” river is filled with dead bodies. MINES UNDER RF PARIS FORTIFI- All the culverts and fortifications are mined with gunpowder at Paris, so that should mat- ters reach the worst the whole of the defences could be blown up at a moment’s notice. bow ytd a in Indiana, the — day, SICKNESS IN THE PRUSSIAN army, | $04 killed four persons, thereby saving many lives that would probably have sacrificed A dispatch dated Sedan, Sept. 2d, reports that | had it been sold at retail.—Boston Post, the Prussians age sustaining severe losses from | gg Within a of five miles s;aare around the ravages of sickness induced by the priva- Lee Angeles, Caliturniay there ase ever any tions of the campaign. nan Ge ditches constructed for irrigating pur- COMMUNICATION OPEN BETWEEN Mc. “A. Cincinnati startii MAHON AND BAZAINE. eommetion tno ner peaken of test city, the Positive news has been received in Paris that See rare 7 bet the band to play the communication has been opened between Mo- | Marsei fabon 87 In Wisconsin, s town offers $10.0H boous spines ont Beaggen to any firm that will establish pail and tub WHAT THE @QURNAL OFFICIEL SAYs | factory there. OF McMAHON’S BATTLES TUESDAY SFT wo boys, while sitting on & railroad in AND WEDNi . Georgia, » Were cut to picoes by an ex- Panis, Sept. 2—The Journal Ofjcicl, in its issue to-day, admits that McMahon was defeated ‘Delieved that Mt do S7It is be the war will do awa: with many absurdities of French military oos- STRASBURG WILL HOLD OUT. skin bonnet General Ulrich, the commandant at Stras- | Guard. ‘burg, has announceg that even if the city is bombarded day and night he will continue to holdout against the enemy. af ! si hi i HF that Join in the war they reve dd ‘nated. The hostile Indians include or eight hundred warriors, well armed. Bey ire ‘ers are arming for and the set-

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