The New York Herald Newspaper, September 14, 1862, Page 2

3 “THE RECENT BATTLES. | The Campaign in Virginia and Na-| poleon’s Last Campaign in Germany Compared. Strong Resemblance in the Chjerts of the War and the Couduet of the Two Campaigns, The Same Canses Operated Disastrously in Both, &e., &e., &a, The campaign in Vixginia is one of the most extraordinary on record, It has no parallel but that of Napoleon in Saxony in 1813, result- ing in his abdication an@ exile to Etba in 1814, The points of resemblatice between the two campaigns are very striking, bo‘h as to the de- sigs of the belligerents on either side, and as to the conduct of the war, if not as to the re- sults. The Allies—England, Russia, Sweden and Prussia, and afterwards Ausiria—combined to capture Paris and dethrone the Emperor. Na- peleon sought to cxpture the capital of Prussia, and thus divert tne Allies from their purpose, and overthrow their power. It was a trial of skill on the part of Napoleon against the over- whelming numbers brought against him by the royal conspirators, and it was a race to de- termine whether he would be first in Berlin or toey first in Paris, It was a death struggle which admitted of no compromise. Napoleon thought the best place to defend Paris was at Berlia, But after many victories, he was over- whelmed by mutinous generals, and compelled to retreat. McClellan, too, thought the best place to defend Washington was at Richmond. Nis pians prospered till he was interfered with. He drove the enemy before him to tbe very walls of Richmond. But the government fniled to send him the needed reinforcements, and the generals, whose duty it was to co-operate with him and keep Jackson's army in check, utterly jailed, and he was compelled to retreat to a secure point on the James river. With despe- rate fighting, resembling the battles of Na- polcon, he succeeded in his movement. But his purpose was not to retreat further, but to wait for reinforcements, and again advance against Richmond. Again he was compelled to retreat, this time by order of his superior. Tt was a fatal mistake. All the disasters which be‘el the army of Virginia from the Rapidan to the Potomac, and the insulting menace of the capture of Washingion and invasion of Mary- land, have sprung from th‘s grand blunder. McClellan’s design was to carry the war into the territory of the enemy—the frustration of his plan is to bring the war to the very borders of our own territory, if not across the border, So was it in the case of Napoleoa. The fa'lure of Napoleon's generals to aid him efficiently. and the failure of the subordinate generals to aid MeClellan, remarkably coincide. In the trea- chery experienced by Napoleon and the United States there isa remarkab'e resemblance, as there is also in the start which the Allies and the rebels obtained in preparation. The failure of his Russian campaign in the previous year, undertaken to compel Alexan- der to. fulfil his treaties, was a heavy blow, from which the Allies determined Napoleon should never recover. He lost by it not only 350,000 men out of 450,000, with 60,000 horses, 1,600 cannon and 20,000 wagons, but the pres- tige of invincibility both in Frauce and through- out Europe. Austria and Prussia, which were his professed friends from fear, when he ad” vanced against the Czar, now that he was de- feated, became detached from his interests and jeined the eoalition of Russia and England. The King of Prussia declared war on the 1tith of March; but Austria did not yet act openly. Not only did these potentates conspire azainst him themselves, but they resolved to compel all the German princes to join them on pain of being stripped of their principalities. Their purpose was to cross the Rhine, seize Paris and banish Napoleon, just as it was the design of the re- be lious conspirators of the Southern States to cross the Potomac, capture Washington and o+ tracixe Lincoln. The Allies proposed to bring a million of men into the fie! They calenlat- ed that Napo'eon’s campaign in Russia had so exhausted his military resources that he could not organize enough troops against them in time. But, with his usual foresight. be had, dur- ing bis absence, ordered new levies, which, being drillod in camps of instruction, were ready for action on his return trom Russia. He soon had an army of 280,000 men, and though 100,009 were “mere boys,” as Sir Walter Scott calls them, they rapidly became in the hands of Napoleon a formida raw army of the Potomac in the hands of McClellan. Prussia and Russia had already 1,000 men marching against him from different ponts, The Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia took the field in person. ordered the advar e of his army to conc he followed it. The enemy vved on the plains of Lutzen_ Napoleon advanced against at Erfurt, whi iu great force appe } on the 2d of May them. The Atlics had 150,000, with 20,000 cay- alry. Napoleon had 89,000 men, ineluding 4,000 al Against such odds he was com- pletely victorious, the enemy's loss being 20,000 in killed and wouaded. The Allies re- treated pre ately; he pursued and again de feated them behind th intrenchwents at | Hauiven, with the loss of 15,000 men. They | then fled to the wilds of Dobemia, aud Napoleon went in pursuit The order to ¢ ing up of the forces of Austria, w already scoretly joined the coalition, proposed an armistice for the osteusible purpose of restoring vace, the Emperor of Austria to be the media tor. Theil care was to get pow n of resden and secure the alliance of the King of Saxony. To that end the negotiations with Napoleon were designedly protracted till they were ready to pounce upon him. Met ernich was then sent to oiler him the followiag in- enlting proposal, which they. well wou'd not t:—“That render to Austria the Niyrinn provinces and Venetian Lombardy; that Holland, Poland and a’l the fortresses u the Onder and the Elbe should be to the Allies; that te PRench armies should be iinmediatély withdrawn from Span and Portugal, and that Napoteon should resign his titles of Fyoteetor of the Coufederativa of the Rhine Mediator of the Helvetian Republic.” wm povetrated the whole design, and, de- tery, only asked that Austria would cewain neutral, whereupon Mdttrraich VES. rg knew ho France should eur. surrendered aud Napol ronnein + tron ofered,“on the part of Austria, to join him against Russiasand Prussia if he would give @ | sufficiently large bribe in territory. Napoleon spurned the proposition, and the negotiations were broken off. The object of the Allies had been secured. Schwartzenberg had assembied 200,000 Austrian troops bebind the Bohemian mountains, ready to advance upon Dresden, On the 12th of August Austria openly joined the coalition, and her 200,000 troops were now in motion for the scene of war, Bernadotte, King of Sweden, formerly a Marshal of France, having now openly joined the alliance, appear- ed, with 25,000 men, upon the theatre of war, to fight against his native land and his former companions in arms. General Moreau, another Marshal of France, and who had been residing in the United States in retirement, hastened across the Attantic to draw his sword against .the land-of'his birth; and Jomini, the Benedict Arnold of France, deserted the Emperor, and gave the enemy all the information he pos- sessed of Napoleon’s plans. With the aid of these traitors, whose acts are so suggestive of the course of the ‘traitorous generals who de- sorted the flag of the United States in the pre- sent war, the Allies were enabled to form anew plan ofeainpnign. The ‘plan’ was to avoid giving Napoleon battie, unless when the advantage was all on their side, and to bewilder him with false demonstrations till his resources were ex- hausted. They were never to attack him when in force, but to fall upon his generals when separated from him. Napoleon’s plan, on the contrary, was to force them to battle, and to crush them before their armies could unite. To this end he occupied a central position at Dresden, the capital of Saxony, whose king was his staunch friend. He manceuvred on the Elbe. Dresden was the pivot of his operations and the key to his line of communication with Paris. He was determined to hold it at all hazards; but he struck out from it on every aide at his enemies, leaving a force of 20,000 to garrison it, under St. Cyr. The Allies suddenly concentrating upon it a force of 200,000 men and 700 pieces of artillery, attacked it in Na- poleon’s absence. St. Cyr, however, held it with wonderful bravery till the Emperor ar- rived at the critical moment, and though the united French force only amounted to 100,000, it defeated the Allies with tremendous loss. Notwithstanding their heavy losses their forces increased every day, owing to the great reinforcements sent to them; while, on the other hand, Napoleon’s army was gradually di- minishing, notwithstanding his comparatively small losses; for France was exhausted, and his continual victories therefore did not avail him. Nor were his generals who held sepa- rate commands always so fortunate as himself. | His German Allies were beginning to desert him, The King of Bavaria, who appeared to be his sincere friend, and had hitherto resisted the overtures and threats of the Allies, now in- formed him that he could only hold out for six weeks. Napoleon’s prospects began to look gloomy enough, but “the Child of Destiny” never despaired. “Napoleon,” says Napier, “had conceived a project so vast, so original, so hardy, so far above the imagination of his contemporary generals, that even Wellington’s sagacity failed to pierce it, and he censured the Emperor's long stay on the Elbe as an obstinacy unwarranted by the rules of art. But Napoleon had more profoundly judged, his own situation.” The extraordinary plan which he had adopted was this:—The Ailies had already crossed the Elbe; had established themselves in great force on the left bank, and were threatening speedily to close on his rear and cut off all possibility of retreat. Napoleon, instead of retreating to the Rhine, conceived the bold project of cutting his way through the allied armies and march- ing north some 200 miles from the Elbe to the Oder, thus carrying the war into the territory of his enemies and depending for subsistence upon their resources. He had now 100,000 men. The Allies had 500,000. By this brilliang movement he would compel them to retrace their steps to prevent the capture of their own cities. “Under these circumstances,” says Colonel Napier, “but for the continuation of a treachery which seemed at the time to be con- sidered a virtue by sovereigns who were un- blushingly accusing their more noble adver- sary of the basoness they were practising so unblushingly,” this plan was in pro- cess of successful execution, and Napo- leon was marching upon Berlin when he heard of the defection of the King of Bavaria, who, though he had given his daughter in marriage to Eugene, went over with his whole force to the Allies, and did not hold out as he had promised. The King of Wurtemberg followed his example, and so did Westphalia, though Napoleon's brother Jerome was its king. The Allies would admit of no neutrality. Thus his friends, converted into foes, were combined in his rear to cut off his supplies. An army of 100,000 was marching upon Mayence, on the Rhine, in order to carry the war into France; half a million of allied troops were converging upon Dresden; yet Na- poleon was still determined to pursue his plan, which was one of the grandest combinations of his genius. But his generals were dishearten- ed by the difficulties and the odds against him, and positively refused to carry it out. They insisted upon retreating to nce to de- fend it against invasion. Napoleon felt ead at heart, but had no alternative but to yield, and ho ordered a rerreat upon Leipsic, which was the fatal turning point in the campaign, just as the retreat of 1 McClellan from James river, ordered ayaiust hie judgment, was fatal to the success of onr arms in the campaign of Virginia, and led to all the disasters from Cedar Mountain to Chantilly. Napoleon at Leipsic was outnum- bered thi to one, the Allied army assaiting him with 850,000 men. Still he would have whipped them all but for the desertion on the field of battle of the whole Saxon corps and the cavalry of Wurtemberg. There was no- thing left for him but to cross the river and burn the bridge behind him. The officer to whom this duty was entrosted burned it too soon, leaving at the other side 00 men and 200 pieces of cannon, The destiny ef Napo- leon and France was now fixed, Yet he did not yield. He fought with the same heroism as bevore. Ile continued his retreat, bailing his pursuers, sometimes turning around upon them and cutting them up, and sometimes surprising and deveating large armies with a haudful of men; but still they pressed on towards Paris. By sira‘egic movements Le delayed them in order to gain tine aul to draw the foe away as far as possible from Pa In five days after the battle of Leipsic he reached Erfurt. At this point his old General, Marat, King of Napies, who had married his sister, deserted him and Ger NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1', 186200 | entered into negotiations with the Allies. Tie deemed Napoleon doomed. He undertook to furnish 30,000 mer in addition to 60,000 from Austria to att ck Eugene Beaubarnais at Milan, and prevent his moving to the Emperor's aid. Napoleon remained two days at Erfurt reorgan- izing his army. Swarms of Cossacks and Blu- cher hung on his rear; but after a march of two hundred miles in five days, he arrived at Hay- nau, where, 30,000 against 60,000, he defeated the treacherous Saxons who tried to/ cut off his retreat. He then proceeded to Frankfort, and thence to Mayence, where ‘he crossed the Rhine and procecded to Paris, leaving his gene- tals to defend the passage of the river. The Allies succeeded in crossing, however, and is- sued a proclamation that every French peasant found in arms would be shot, and every town that resisted would be burned. After making artangements at, Paris fdr forwarding reinforce: | ments and supplies, Napoleon returned to his retreating army, and at Vichy, one hundred miles east of the capital, he defeated the Cox- sacks, He then heard that fifty miles south, at ‘Troyes, Blucher had a powerful army, and he proceeded to surprise him. On--bix ,way, at Brienne, he encountered and defeated 60,000 Russians; but lost many men.- Bluchey mean- time retreated, to form a junction with Schwart- wenborg. Their combined force of 150,000 dé- feated Napoleon with 40,000. He retreated sixty miles down the valley of the Seine. Wel- lington was now marching from the south of France with 100,000, Bernadotte from the north, and Schwartzenberg from the. east, fol- lowed by Blucher, with 50,000 reinforcements. In the valley of the Marne, with a small force, Napoleon surprised a large body of Russians. At Montereau, sixty miles southeast of Parls, he made a stand with 40,000, and put the Allies to precipitate flight. In ten days he had gained five victories, but still the wave of invasion swept on. Three hundred thousand foes ap- proached, while there were 700,000 more ata distance. Napoleon now fell upon the rear of the Austrians, to cut off their re- treat, He encountered them at Arcis, and put them to flight. But other armies of the Al- lies concentrating at Chalons marched rapidly on Paris.. Napoleon, by forced marches of fifty miles per day, tried to outstrip them; but his progress was arrested by fighting, while they outmarched him by two days. They had $00,000 men. He had only 30,000 left. After a battle in the suburbs of Pavis with the troops posted there for its defence, they commenced to bombard the city from the heights of Mont- martre, and the shells were falling in the streets. The Empress and the ministers had fled. Napoleon hastened on without his troops to prevent a surrender; but he was too late by a few hours. The people had called for arms. but were not supplied with them, His brother Joseph, who had command, felt satisfied that resistance was useless, left the city and directed the Duke of Ragusa to capitulate. Napoleon, finding that all was lost, repaired to Fontaine- bleau, where he signed his abdication and exile in favor of the succession of his son and the re- gency of the Empress; but scarcely had he done so when he learned that General Marmont had proved a traitor to him, and had secretly marched away his troops, leaving Fontainebleau undefeaded, The Allies, having Napoleon now completely in their power, insisted on an un- conditional abdication for himself and his heirs. He agreed even to this, “for the interests of France,” and was exiled to Eiba. The parallel between this campaign of Na- poleon and that of McClellan in Virginia is almost complete in every respect but in its ter- mination. Napoleon failed to reach Paris be- fore the enemy. McClellan and Pope formed a junction behind the fortifications of Washington and under the gun!) ts of the Potomac before Lee and Jackson, with all their energy and generalship, could anticipate them. Paris was humiliated. The lawful ruler of France was dethroned and another prince forced upon the throne by forcign bayonets. Washington is not humbled. The capital is safe, tho invaders are baffled and the legitimate chief magistrate is firmly seated in the Presidential chair. Parson Brownlow arrived at the Astor House yester™ day. He bas ly visited a number of towns along the Line of the Hudson River Railroad, where, by the proceeds derived from private subscriptions and Igctures, be has largely increased the fund wherewith he intends to re - establish the Knoxville Whig. He is in the enjoyment of excellent health, although considerably fatigued by hi- arduous labors during the last few months. Brigadier General Gillmore, Colone! John Glidden, and Lientenant W. E. Shoad, of the United States Army: J. H. Brown, of California: Ht. L. Piatt, of Philadelphia: Charles G: Wilson, of Jamaica, and W. E. Philips, of Austin, Texas, are stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel. William Bross and wife and Mrs. Henry Farmin avd family, of Chicago; John Mulford and wife, of Lebanon, Ob; BR. A. ger, of Albany; Warren Colburn, of To. ledo; B. L. Merrill, of Troy; G. W. Parmeake, of Boston W. fradford and wile, of Maine, and E. W. Smith, of the nog States Army,are stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel. The following were among the arrivals at the Astor House yesterday —Hon. i. . Rexford, of Norwich; IH. H. Beadle and D. Green and wife, of Hartford; E. i and J. Stetson, of Boston; W. H. Tetft, of Det Buck, ; FE. W. Batley and R. D. 9 Philadeiph: I der, of Washington; Dr. ©. B. Leary of Albauy, and E. ©. Hall, of Aabu Hon, Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, is in Boston. Gencral MeDowell ts on a visit to his friends in Troy, New York. Gencral Pope's Speech in Lancaster, Pa. General Pope was wt Laneaster on Monday night last. He was heartily cheered, and fo response said -— Crnzexs or Lancastrn—I thank you for your kind recep- tion, and regret that I havo no cheering Bews to tell you; but | still live in hope that Penosylvania will not be in vaded. ‘The troops under my command fuugit well, and among (bem nono fought betier than the Peunsyivanians, We did all that men could do; but we were not supported by the goverumeut as we should have been, ndal in Washington hh Lifema fie of the Ca Caught in Troy With a Gay Lu! on From the Troy Times, Sept. 12.) The frailties and vices of the irger cities seldom cause @ riyple upon the surface of social lite beyond their immo diate confines. We have enough goseio an! roma} our own inirist to Satisfy the cravings ef the moet morbid appetite, wivbout scekibg for materials from the weak neases of other pluces, But, Ocoasioualiy, the deteils of soins crime Ja ger cities obtrude themselves a: hore of Troy. Such ® case occurre.: & piece Of scandal of uo ordinary taaguitude, terday moruing, ® United Statos Deputy Marsha! reacho! here, for the purpose or whereabouts of a young lady who bad sud teriovaly vanished from W. was but the ago of H Joxuries at the com position in Washingtor Capinet Secretary. Tt girl could baye ‘been fi mont and heppiness, & cons) ica Tr relative of a that a young forsake this “hon Yet such was th i searchiug the former city, and comm inte tod with Marshal Saipan caine ty oiticar Kipy, ot the dotec experience soon ong of our bot when ttey we. nud Troy oil nngton beile a fast young Treyau, wh his newly rowd com) Trojan war ad) iged to ro lead 2 The erring aud so) taken Marstual Washingvon us youthrul folly tha: Washingtou forgive this Troy escapade on the # mombers. from the young lady dopot by the Mar tof ona of tis Cites INTERSTING FRU EGROPE. Intervention ‘Doctrine article reaemb!ing while plush, with colocod stripes amd gold Unveads We will now proceed to give a moro detaied descrip. tion of drerkes suttable for various occasiC@s. A light violet taletas robe, trimmed round with four bands o black guipure over white tateias. Alternately, with each baud, as well as round the bottou, is & bouii- Tho tonne of taflotas like tho dreas., ‘The body and aloeves are in Paris, abo rime ele temetore ot bine ceany cote slooves clovod with insertions and bouillonncs at the wrists, The sash, with long onds, ts emuirely m of Bnck gofpnre, aad ied. throuphoe with ‘white tototan We observed a rose colored (alfolas with narrow white ce the skirt trimmed with plisses, put on in a lozenge witl LORD BROUGHAM AGAIN DENOUNCES IT. A Bonaparte Lawsuit Against Victor Emanuel, aad reaching up to the knees, Kach plisse ts caged & varrow robe and white irings, The body open ‘squarc, Showing a chemisette. with & roas colored ribb nm ruu (hrough the bem round the throut, aud closed down the front by six pearl buttovs. The sash of rilbon to matoh (ho dress in color, trimmed with fringe, and tied in alarge bow behind. Tho sleeves open, with aacam ab bs | back, are also trimmed with (ringed plissas like the rt Another effective dreaa was of maize colored gaze de Chambery, with small checks of brown silk, The akirt has a wide tlounce round tho bottom covered with six mar- rowfriches of brown taffetas, and headed by a fiuting of the same color, The body, ala Raphael, is rather high upon the shoulders, very low in front, and trimmed round the top with browa taffetas pisses. Under it isa olemisotie, formed of tucks and guipure insertions, with | &iruche round the ¢hront,-and an’ insertion threaded through.with velvet. The sleeves, nearly (00). «re open all the longth of the soam at the back of the acm, and on it vt ry ka yegiabiny Hie! introdaced Hiona os. and ruchos rowan ribbon. A drexs of a ted ina wide ground, striped with blue; is trimmed: with throe, flounres of the samo mate. rial, 0 which is added a very narrow blue taffetas pinked flouhee, Sleeves short, formed by @ puffing ana frill; and just above thefrill, aruchs of Mur taffetas, with au | edging of whito guipure. ‘rhe body ix:plain and-low, with ane THE FASHIONS, on The War and Non- intervention, [From the London Post, August 20.] On Wodnesdsy Lord Brougham distributed the prizes given by Mr. Ge rge Moore, of London, to the children be- Ear bey aa several echoola in tho rural deanery of Wigton. fe Lordship, in the course of a brief address, re- marked:—We live in times, Lappily for us, peaceful times for ourcountry. It is not so in other countries. Across the Atlantic horrible civil war prevatis. Fven ia Kuropo there are doubts and atarms—in tic south of Europe at this hour; Let us hope that those alarms may be ground- leas. A great post hag said as tothe duty and the office Of Fagiand—her course is, her. desire is, by land and by to Lat barborous discord cease, And lull the earth in universal peace. eo 2 ‘(Apptause;) Unhappily he did live to ace the day when we are ii ring people to put an end to their civil war— their cruel, their unjust their unnecessary and cruel civil war—when st be reckoned a breach of neutrali- ty in us to inerfere with that war. Ihave heard people of late thoughtlessiy, and Iam quite sure unwisely, re- commend that this. civil war should be put a stop AQ by us, by taking @ part 80 far as to recoguize one con- tading eco Bat I believe that our recognition of the South in that odious and horrible quarrel would only make it worse. (Cheers.) It would continue it instead of put- ting astop to it. Absolute neutrality, mon-intervention in ewry sense of the word, is not only security for our own comfort and our own peace, but it is tho best possible contribution we cau make towards puttinga stop to that odious quarrel. Ours is a mixed governmont, with the crown, the aristocracy, and the common people. It is this mixed government which has survived all shocks, aod which is now the admiration of some countries and the envy of others—(cheers)—and which we have reagon now more than ever to praise exceeding!y. 1 mean when we see the consequences, the fright(ul consequences, that have happened elscwhere—I won't name where— (laughter)—lest I shontd be thought to be insulting any Other couhtry; but whea we see that certam countrica which have & pure form, or pretend to have @ pure form, Of republican government are plunged into such deep and. slncst unfathomable distress. ( Applause.) The Marriage of the Prince of Wales. HIS POSITION .N ENGLAND AND HIS BRIDE FROM DENMARK. [From the London Globe, August 27.] ‘The marriage of the Prince of Wiles carly in the spring of 1863 will be welcomed by tho nation, not morcly as ‘one ot those groat State events which cannot be looked upon ag unimportant in its influence on a country like our own, in which the crown and the people have so many ties of common sytopathy, but with a personal interest not often felt respecting similar royal! occurrences, Enough is known of the qualities of the heir apparent to give hin: a strong hold on the public good will. “—Rven a prince ¢nnot have lived to the age oi manhood without giving abundant opportunity for forming an estimate of hig personal attributes, and the Prince of Wales has moved about so much, and has beeu thrown into corainn- nication with so many persons of all grades and coun- tries, that his character is thoroughly well known. We ‘are indulging in no courtly flattery when we say that the knowledge thus gained gives us every reason for favorable anticipations of a career that must, in the ordivary course, exercise much influ- ence for good or evil upon the social and even tho political fortunes of the empire, of which he is one day destived to be the principal ‘The Prince has shown himsoif to all those acquainted with him as trank, generous, and manly ia ali his ideas. His attainmenta are more than respectable, and he has seen more of the world than most men of twice his vears. The admirable odueation he has roce:ved has healthily expanded a miud uaturally intelligent and observant. He his been brought ‘tp under the auspices of no narrow clique, and everything about bim would seem to mark Lim as @ gentleman in a sense far more whoiesume and catholic than that in which the expression was ap) dito the last eldest son of an inglish sovereign. ublic feels a filial jutorest and ection for him, and this feeling wil! most certainly be shown on the occasion which is fo exercise so important an influence on his life. It would be idle to deny that when it was lately announced that the atrainment of his m jority was not to be marked with the rejoicing natn- rally to ve looked for on the cocasiou of such an event, and that even the Prince himself was to remain abroad in privacy until after the 9ih of November, very general disappotutment prevailed; but it was everywhere felt that there was one whose slightest vish must override all other considerations in the mat tor. It wasat once recognized that during this yoar of mourning to the <= family the most implicit and tender reapect must be paid to the every wish of the chief sufferer by the calamity of last December, and the deprivation was at once submittod to, and the reason for it readily admitted. With 1368, howover, wo may expect this privacy to come to a close, and while the country will not the less regret the loss of the good Prince whose ‘leath every one regarded as a great private calamity. it will take re in giving to his oldest son the most palpable evidence of its loyalty and good wishes on the occasion of his marriage. We have reason to believe that the Princess to whom toi ‘ent will give so ae a piace smong Englishwomen is in every way worthy of her destiny. We have a right to feel a Kimd of fauther-in-lawish tuterest in her personal appearance, and if the sun has not turned courtier and made photographs flatter we have no right to be dis satisfied on this score. Tho branch of the Danish roya! family to which she more immediately belongs enjoy antversal respect in its own country. She will receive tho most warm welcome in her new country, and ail Eng. iishmen will cordially associate her with the sincure good wishea by which they will surround the royal Prince in whom her destiny will be linked. Gpistied of with A maids colored foulard ; ‘trimmed ta front with: pasne- mentorie and white braid, A short paletot of the same material, with small sleeves and revérs, trimmed to match, and ornamented with large fancy mother-vi-peari buttons. This is, of course, a dress for the country. In a yellow shade of drab grevadine—s novel and very pleas ing eolor—the bottom of the skirt is trimmed with a nar. row gauffered flounce, about four inches wide, headed by @ green ribbon, put on in small festoona, and a s6- cond ribbon above, also festooned, but in the oppo- site dircotion, soalioped upwards. Between these rib- bons are scraps of ribbon connecting them together, and above this ribbon trimming a very narrow greuadine flounce, only iuebes m width. ¢ front of the body, which is low and in the Bornoise fashion Las festoonsand xcrapa of ribbon forming a plastron. | Bows of green ribbon upon the shouidera, A robe of white rouslia, with smal! piuk spots. The bottom of the skirt trunmed with a fiounce ten inchs deep, beaded, aud a bouillonno at (he top, with a doubie heading. ‘he flounce is bordered with & ruse-colored nd ornamented at intervals with ® papition bow of rose-colored talfetas. The body forms a figaro yesto, trimmed round by @ bouillonno; and the sleeves, trimmed. to match, aro open and wide. ‘This toilette may be com pleted by @ ceinture russe of pluk tatle , ina pale shade of Soiferino, with little biack spots embroidered over it, particularly attracted our notice. The bottom of the skirt made with three narrow flounces, gaxffored, trimmed with very narrow black guipure, amd. the flouuces sepa rated from cach other by insertions of guipure. Tho body is trimmed round with aquilled fri!! and doub.g insertions of guipure. The sleeves, which are vory wide, trimmed on suite with tho skirt. A long gulpure sash tied behind, or simply of the ame material as the dress, edged with guipure ‘An olegant ball dross of white tulle illusion over roso- colored taffetas produced an excellent effect. It is mate with two skirts. Tho bottom of the lower skirt ts cove ed with boutllonnos on the bias, which arc separated by light branch of pik aud whitebrier roses. ‘The second skirt forms, in appearance, a rathor long tunic, triteed with a wi jounce ot white lace, above which winds an- other branch of brier roses; the body jow, with a berthe of lace and a wreath of flowers round the shoulders This ig a very charmtag dress, and may, by a slight modifica tion, be rendered aqually suitable for a voung girl; Gurla tane would be more appropriately substituted apd riches of white tatletas replace the flowers ou the lower akirt; round the tunic 4 gauffored ta:lutanc ounce, hented by ruche, und the body made witha deapery berthe aud a ruche round the shoulders? White is always becoming und pleasing by its simplicity, but pink or blue ruckes prodtice a very pretty effect. Another ball dross is of white tarlatane, (he bottom of the skirt trimmed with a flounce of rich’ black guipure, by at arlatane rache, which is edged with anurrow guipure; the secord skirt, caught up by & wreath of fic flowers, is bordered with a ruche, headed by a flounce of guipure falling in featoons just over the ruche. ‘The body, trimmed with guipure, is Crossed by @ wreath fastened Ou the shoulders with a bouquet. This toilette may be stm- plified by employing white tarlatano, trimtuing it with gauflered ounces and raches of rose colored tarlutane or wre iths of roses. Long sashes are much worn, tied behind, and are very suitable aud pretty, but are best suited to voung giria and for ladies who are small, but gracetul in figure. made of pinia black sick. simply piped at the bottom, and the ends trimmed with chentile or silk fring’ They arc sometimes trimmed with hanging buttons, like the vestes anc bodies. This style of trimmmg with passementer much in favor, aud we can scarcely imagine any other which would be s0 effective asa Miish to estes. [tis expected that it will be very mach worn during the wit tor. Long sashes ia biack or red velvet, tied belitud, are worn with tarlatane or tulie dresses. "Wib sill drones they are made of the samo color as the dross itself, Thore is also 4 sash made of black tattetas, noarly Uwenty iuche= wide, with a wide hem on ewch side, and the ends trin med with deep twisted silk tringe. ‘Th, 9 may be sup posed, is very stylish, aud is gene ally precerred for dresses of a woollen lexiure to @ sash of ribbon ‘The hats of this season, which are not prociseiy cha peaux de ville—as it is only the exception to sce them worn in the town—are of four dulerent shapes, and comprise the chapeau batatiere, which is the largest; the chapeau mavin, of smaller dimensions; she ch: peau Tudor, with ‘raised sides; and the chapga’ Imporatrice, which 1s flat at the sides, slightly fal ing both before and behind, and a raised crown. The month of August has added a fifth, wich seems to be gaining favor. We alinde to the Maria A toinette form, the crown of which is small and high, aud the brim nay row and dat. it is very much trimmed with feathers and towers, placed just on the top of the bead. The hair i drawn back an crimped, with large curis on each side of the head, and plaits at tho back. Those made in black juvitue or Lausanne straw are much used tor travelling, and are generally ¢rimumed with auaatl of flowers or fruit. The same uiaterials are also used for travelling bonnets, trimmed in @ simaiar manner, We way also mention a bonnet of Telgian straw, with straw oofured éftain and | 4 any bound with bay barbe of black ince ts carried fi8in cach side ant the buck over the curtain ‘tbe front, which is plain, is surmounted by a tuft of white roses with colored coatres, and repeated inaids the bonnet 4 niidst of a chicorce of biack and white bloude. Another bonnet was compoxed of black crinoline, tein med with bachelor battons and nacturtinms, with black ribbon { with the color of the flowers These arc, of course, otily for neglige Or travelling. There is but liltle uovolty at the pres ont time for thows in toiieites de ville the most fastio with boulllonne,s of tule aud marab: with au aigreite, black and ri ors, and the edge trimmed w' silk We may also mention & bonnot of fine white straw, 1 poppies and biack feathers, and another of Ine, trimmed with a tuft of large red rosubuds 5 bows of narrow black ribbon and dried artain of white crape covered with black figured , Slightiy fulled; heading of red silk the color of tho roesebuda, Thice rows 0: narrow velyot round the jaside of the front, with tults of flowers and ribbon to match the ontside. strings of red or blick ribbon. The head dresses for the present season aro much lighter than those worn in the winter, The jardiniore toade of delicate wild flowers mixet with different grasses, 18, perhays, the most elegant. Some of the best uouses ‘are futroducing Ince amt velvet, to mix with the flowers and feathers, t have a charming appcarane made with black lace and pink, white, or lilac marabouts. A beautiful wreath for dinner dress is composed of ches A Bonaparte Lawsuit Against I {HE PROPERTY OF MURAT CLAIMED FKOM Y! EMANURL, The civil tribunal of Naples is at this moment engaged 1 hearing a claim brought by the descendants of Kiog Murat and Queen Caroifae against the Minister of the fouseholt of the King of Italy and the Director of the Sinking Fund cf the Kingdom, for the recovory of pro perty confiscated in 1816. Napeloon I., in giving the hrone of Naples to bis bother Joseph in 1906, reservod ty himaeif au annual iucome of one million out of the pro- erty of the crown; and when, in 1908, he put his Bro her in law Marat in the piace of Joveph, he transferred othe former and hie wite, Caroline Bonapurte, the hali that iuseme, fot as @ donition, but in exchange for salaces aud other property which the Murat famliy pos- sessed in Paris and other parts of France. Certain estates in Italy were appropriated to the payment of this income, and were admipiste ed as private property belonging to tue royal{antiy. King Ferdinand |.,on recovering the throne of Naples, alth nuh he had by a decree of the L4tu August, 1815, declared ail property inviolable, alte: wards ‘ispesed of that belonging to the Murat family, adding a part to his own private domain, and returning the rest to the State, The heirs of Murat now demand restoration of that property, which has considerably increased in value, ind which ail became national property by the decree of September, 1860. They aie» claim payment of the rent received on that property since 1815. ‘The present claim ants are four—the Princess Louise Murat, daughter of ving Marat and Caroline ent gos and three ghters Cher sister, the late Priticess Letizia Murat, Marchioness Popol. The other descendants of the family, residing in Varis, do not take part in the suit. gs Of the sme co! rucho of biack and agi bunches of sorbier mixed with black velvet, »uother with egianting and green velvet; and a third of white grapes, with foli ge in shaded green velvet. Very elegant wreaths are also made of white roses, with their buds forming detached bouquets, joined together by a wreath of vine leaves, ‘The leaves must be quite young and small, or the color would be too sombre. Fashions for tember. From Le Fol Tn the list of fashionable matorials foulard still retains ita reput . The robe peignoir and burnous are y goneraily made ip this articie; and taking into considera ton the variety of patterns and colors tu which it is wnanufactured, it 18 not surprising that it should continue so much in favor. ‘Those of Indian manufacture , in gold, naize, or dust color, form charming tollettes, more or ves dressy avco.ding to the style in which they are srimmed. A skirt of plain foulard of a superior quality, (chinmed with two aarrow ‘lated flouuces, aud a veste gurnous oF saute-on-barque, with one narrow frill, forms 1 siinple tollette, which may be worn equally’ by the nest distingue lady of fashion or by one of less preten- Obituary. MARSHAL COUNT NUGENT OF ACATRIA, [From the Cork Herald, Anguet 30 | Count Lavyel de Nugent de Westineath, Magnate of FI gary, Roman Prince, Croatian Steinick, Koight of the Go! den Bleeco, Chamberiaia, Councillor of Stato, Austrian vteld Marshal, and propeistor ot tho Thirtioth’ regiment of infant’y, hag just died on one ofghis estates in Croatia, Ixsued from au Trish family, and the son of wn aribassi for of Joseph I1., Count Nugent served with the greatest distinetion in Italy aguinst Murat, afterwards under the rders of Radetaki, abd lastly, at Solferino, under those ot Hess, and iu Hungury at the time of the insurrection. From 1817 to 1820 he c-mmanded the troops of Ferdinand King of Naples, with the title of Captain General ing the events which followed tho Hundred Days, out occupied tho department of Roucbes du Rhone. m his union with the Duchess Jeanne de Sforza Kuario, who died in Waris in 1855, to leaves five children of which (wo daughters are tharried to the Counts Stromm Sagrav aud Antonio Pailavictnt Kib Count Nugent wae born in Coroners’ Inquests. A Curran or Accivants.—A singular eocident,oorurred at the planing mill No, #6 Honry street yesterday, re sulting in (he almost instant death of one of the work mon, named Peter Lockwood. The deceased, it appears, was engaged in sawing boards whon @ splinter struck Lick in the forenead, penetrating (ho brain to the dept o tour iochos, ‘The spltuter, singular to. reine, tame Crom readjoludng room trough the winslow of tbe roura where Lockwood was at work, @distapos in allot forty feet, had the. with sufliciont furce & Ereoture bite skull. Core: oe Widoy held an inquest up a the body, when the jury ‘ado. el & verdict In Acourdates wilt thu Above facts mick Wildey avo held au inquest uj Ube budy 0 a vhil von. ‘A plain violet foulard, braided in a large pattern, form. lig aweeath, and & Baute-on-barque body and’ vest » aided to un constitutes another style in which this is bocomingly made ap. No more elegaut mo ning dress can be ined in this material than @ whive ground, with wets of Hlowe # seaitered over it. It is also now worn for even ing dress iu the country or at watering paces. They are very sui.abie tor young girls, when mate with sash tied vehind, ans two long ends, abd the skirt trimmed with the two narrow flounces so geuerally worn, Thoy are edged with white or cored taite if the body be inade low, it should have a stad fichtt of tuile, trimmed with blunde OF lage, not reaching lower than meet th. sagh bebind, made open, aud Lermiuating im front with sopolits With the white po npadour foulard, when he body is low, it 18 usual to wear with it an einbroider 7 med with jace, or with a muslin y Valencionnes. toulned, we will just 4 n by a young Indy ‘0..0d was white, with pale biue flo we and in 1777 Low body, ove, ree. 1 with git SeAVOLYCEE Hy Kuigig, who was acelton auiy suf loeubed W vg Out thenink in the roar of wil now be 0. 274 Went Lwent onsh street Devore was thirty. nd Was W HALIVE OF GeriMAnY f 40 veld fn faquost upon the budy of y Winke, an inmate oF the almshouse at Hack wells id, who War accHdoutary Kihed by falling from jane. | @coamed was thirty years of age, and was bor ve sew York Coroner Cotin held an inquest upon the body of Flvnnal forwn, © child two years old, who was accidentally kitted y Caling | m the second story window of the promises v5.66 Mulberry street. Also, up a the body o Michael vith, a lad, who was accidentally Jeitted by falling (rota % win gow ub No. 197 Lowia strovt, on tho 126k tust There are #04 shee of thick give youre oF Ay ihe same eoro wallelaa are generally fuck . JU 18 nut corrh 8 Trout aud round the 1B. ob be rade white of amn ptr ts @ dewidad aces it ts oud it, under Whiel 18 & band of wing. 1818 VEC By vieh, and, aber her « todt minpbed for young lwvlics, Ib i mise made iv Aw awhile guipure polerine, nuinted and, bobindaud- ied of with bows of blue rib. nan: 8 re EE STS BATTLE AT BRITTON'S LANE, TENN, Despsrate Engagement and Brilliant Union Victory. ‘Six Hundred Union Troops Deieat Five Thousand Rebe The Unionists Commanded by (ol, Pennis and the Rebels by Gen. Armstrong. Rebel Loss 179 Killed and Between 300 and 400 Wounded ; Union Loss 4 Killed, 82 Wounded and 77 Prisoners, o (Corsespondonce of the Chicago Timea.) Jackson, Teun., Sept. 5, REM Your readers have-beon iniurmed by telegraph of the recent raids of inimense forces of robe! gue’ illas along our whoie line at differont points, of their repulse, and of a @cirmish having occurred between a large toree of revel ‘oayalry and the forcés under Colonel Dentis, consisting of twentieth and Thirtieth: [Hiinois infantry, a batiory of.artilicry, and one company of cavalry, ia waich toe rel ¥ driven back; but this dora. not iell.the tale, . but fedves hn taproasion’ that it was bul an ordinary’ affur. Instead of its being a skirmish, it wos one of the fiercest and «mat brifliant little battles yet recorded iw this fearful struggle for constitutional liberty, ‘This fight took place at a place known us Britton’s Lane, nexr Sweeney's school house, twelve miles south. west from Jaeksen, and four miles south of the village of Deuraark,, ‘As soon a8 the nature and extent of the engagement was notsed about | availed myself of the firat epportu- nity of visiting the battle ground, by accompanying Capt. W.-C, Carroll, of Gen, Logan's “staff, who was sent oub with wforce of cavatry and ambulances to gather up and briug in our wounded, ‘TUR SITUATION AND BATTER GROUND. We were apprised of our close proximity to the battle field by the dceadful stench arising from the numbers. of carcasses of dead horses that lay on the ticid. Britton’s Lane ruus north and south, and takes its namo from that of a planter whose residence is situated at tts southerm terminus. The immediate vicinity of the scenoiof action is Known as Sweoney’s Schoo! House. - The country here- abouts is vory broken in places, snd again diversified by smooth patches, planted, as is now all the cultivated: lund throughout this country, in corn, which of course was designed for the support of the rebel army. Tho im inediate ground over which the battle was fought is very broken, which proved an immense advantage to our forces.’ Where the battle faged flercest, to the left or east of the lane, is @ large open cornfieli; while to the right isa tee ably steep slope, heavily timbered, as is atso ali that tard which is not under a state o: cultivation, ‘aud ainong an enterprisivg community there might be more in that condition than there is. About two huotced yards to the south of where the engagement first com- menace, this lane makes @ short turn to the east and de- scends quite@stope for about fifty yards, and then breaka off again to the south, aud runs on about half a milo, where it intersects the Clover creek road. THT AVPROACH AND PREPARATION FOR. ATTA. ‘olone! Donpis' mand, which consisted of the re- mains of the Lhirti-th [linois infant y, commanded by Mayor Shedd, and Twenti sth LJinois infantry, commanded by Captain Frisbie, portions of two corpaniss of the Ohio cavalry, commanded by Captain Foster, and two pieces of Schwartz's battery, six-pounders James’ rifle, w ationed at Fstaisula Ferry, twenty miles from , on the Hatchie river, te guard the ford or cross ing. Expecting that they would bo attacked by a largo force. tho enemy, on Sunday morning last Colonel Law. ler ordered the force to fall back on Jackson. Colonel Teunis immediately tok up alineof march, and reached a point four miles east of i enmark by evening, where hia troops rested for a short time, Hereorders were reccived: t) countermarch to Medon Station via Denmark and Clover cre-k rowd. They at onée resumed their march and went as tar as Deomark, aud lay 0. their arms on the western outskirts of the town over night. Next morning, at daylight, (hey again resumed their line of march on the Ciover creek , in the ollowing order of march:—Foster’s cavalry, advance guard; Twentieth filiuois infantry,in advauce of artillery and DLaggage and provision train: and Thirtieth Illinois in- fantry im the rear. After this march was taken up, anether order was reocived to advance to Clover creek and endeavor to intercept and cut off a large force of robe! cavalry which had been engaging our troops at Medon Station, early that morning, and was then retreat- ing towards Clover creek. By some management of their guide, the wrong road wast ken, which led through the woods to Britton’s Lane. The train had become somewhat seatiered by this time, #0 the advance haited in a hollow half a mile from the lane, uutil the train came up, TUR RATINE Foster's cavalry, which reconnojtered the advance, ontyred tha lane about ton ocl-ck A. M., and discovered the ouemy’s skirmishers posted in the cornfield to the left of the road, and immediately engaged them, and held their p sition unul the Twen ieth came up, a few minutes. afterwards. Colonel Deunis ordered the artillery to be jed in the road, soast» com the lane, the tieth regiment to apport it ereupon a line of as formed in the timber to the right of the road, apy lag a favorable ridge. ‘The artillery was no svoner posted than they began to play upon the enemy, or in the direction indicated by the rising dust. A‘ter our line of battle was formed, Captain Fos- ter, with his cavalry, advanced to disecver the ition of the © emy, but they had gine but o distance before they were inet and driven bs vy the enemy, who advanced on a desperate charge, four deep and th-ee thousand strong, and, as waa afterwards Jearnod, with the expectation of riding over our force. They bad soni out large detachments to our ight and left, for the purpose of picking up all stragglers, and thus bagging the whole command. Though the; ame tearing up the road and through the flelds, dis raing voliey after voliey, not a shot was fired from our meu anti! they had hundred yard.’ dist their pieces, which oar men were ordered to “ Fire,’ and poared into the ebot ranks such a deadly fire that their advance dinteiy checked. About one hundred sw i,and the rebels fell back in dismay and disor- der, They, however, soon rallied again, and a sec- oat aml more sanguinary charge was made on our ote line, advancing on cur flank with stronger ce than before, A similar reception to the first waa iven to them by our boys. but they came knowingly and hotter prepared than at Grxt on both our fianks. A dia- porate houd to hand encounter us |. The rebels Fosheil ta ainong our brave boys in largely superior num- bers, avd took many of them prisoners; but prisoners it ermnined they should not remain if their ransom rohased by desperation and bleo’shed. Our nt like pent up tigers, and most of those who were captured wore released by their comeades, ail Aght- ing to retease each othor—and most admirably they suc- ‘4 (me captain of the Twentieth, whose company was completely surronnded, was approeched by a rebel captain, who presented a pistol at his head and ordered him t surrender; but oar hero was too scon for him, for tue words had no sooner passed from nis lips than the gatiant captain of the Twentieth shot bim dead from of by lx succeeded, in this charge, in capturing our cannon and most of our transportation train; bat tho «ns had been abandoned a short time before, and all the auimoilion destroyed, so that they could not use then against us. ® in the hoat of this doaperate conflict that the irtieth regiment (which were over a mile anda half di-tant in the rear at the commencement of the fight), lod by the gallant Major Shedd, came rushing up ins double quick, with such a yell as only the coniident caw give. Then came the tug of war. These two exemvlary reg merts, which have fought together on every hard (omght fekl from Fredericktown to the last skirmish be. fore Corinth, were again side by side, each vieing with the other in deeds of during, but neither destin col. This cocounter lasted about bill at robela were again repulsed and fell: back nies, except & portion on the flan ge (he enemy had fully discovered our ing ridden in the ad. ting for @ In this ch tion, avd Colone, Dennis, bi vanes, discovered that the re demonstration on fuot, Under these cireams was deomed advisable to change postition, to pr right wing being turned. Captain Frisbie ac moved bie regiment to the right, with hi drawn back, 8 us to form a cceacery or horseshoe, with his right resting down ats siope in the timber, leaving # gap at the point last occupied to be protected by the Phir Ueth regiment, which was n little to the left Of the coru field. Skirmishers were also thrown out from out from the Thirtieth into the corn fleld to the left, 80 as to ake poar that they were the advance of another rogt reoaution was taken to instruct the men to hold their fire until the enemy camo tia short musket range which was religi usly oump with, and for each man te {nke cover bouind a treo whenever it wus convenient. But @ short time elapsed before ares was made by the rebels, mounted and on fo ‘as antict ated the main body of the enemy mover on the ) bold by our men, and, owing to the dense cl tinially arising, were unable te Miacover the change that had taken place, ay they opened a force fire on the ground before cocupied, killing and wounding nobody while our boye poured ia Cross-fire upon (hem, and, ae wong the lie, dropped the retels {fom their horses like leaves falling in an autumn wind, The maia body of tho rebels were, as before driven back, but they snoceeded in gaining lit tle keoll on our right, which gave advantage. Captain Frishie saw not do to suffer them to hold this posi) ut for volunteers tv follow hin and drive m tho hil. ‘The response was quen of the Cwoaticth nearly all rushed forward, led by the datatless captain, and, with a yell, opencd ‘Sire ot the onemy, and advanced wpon thelr position, trom which the revel4 flod like frightoned steep, While thir wae going on on the right the rtietli, on the lofi, w reoe!viug another charge from overvwebeuning nv was met like the former ou. ‘Lures other Anoblo one wore Twadle aubRequently, bub aii to ne puny ailer four hours of tho most desperate fighting on record, & Union forco of not more than five hundrod mon succeeded in defeating and driving from iho field & rebel force of from four ty five thousand leaving one hundred and seventy deal rebels co the field by actual count, The nutober of their wounded is ot known, but the proportianate number vould be fron three to four hundred, many of whom have since dict ‘aptain Carroll, who subsequently sovuted the country ie tho vicinity of tha engagement, in search ef tho robe wounded, reporta that they are to be fund in every house irom five miles Unis side of the battie ground the Hatchie river, but thelr wounds are of sick 9 dangep