The New York Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1870, Page 7

THE WAR. Rumors from the Front in Paris and Reports of a Battle. THE FRENCH NATION UNANIMOUS, Legislative Address of Loyalty , to Napoleon. MONEY POURING INTO PARIS. ‘‘Monarchical”’ and Mysterious <‘Combi- nation” Against France. KING WILLIAM'S TRIUMPHAL RECEPTION, United Germany Demands an Invasion of France. MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMIES. The European Peoples in Agitation. POSITION OF THE NEUTRALS. IN FRANCE. tnmory of a Battle-War Foror of the Na- tion—Romoe the Neutrals—General Changarvier’s Duty—Coumunication with Prussia Cut O2—German Invasion—Frontier Anxiety—The Call to Arms. Paris, July i7—A. M. Thee is @ ramor to the effect that an engagement thas taken place near Forbach, resulting in a loss to the Prusstans of 3,000 killed. The French loss is placed at 2,000 killed, As yet tais report can be traced to no reliable source, The war feeling has taken entire control of the French people. Yesterday the Duke of Grammont,gafter leaving the Senate Chamber, was greeted by crowds upon the streets with cheers and plaudits amounting to Ba ovation. » A demonstration was made in front of the resi- dence of M, Thiers to express dissatisfaction at his course in the Corps Législattf, This was followed by @ demonstaation in his favor. The latter, the Journal de France says, was not respectably sup- ported and was the work of ‘unknown creatures.’ Accounts from the provinces represent that yes- @erday authPrussian demonstrations were partici- pated in by all ages and classes with the greatest enthusiasm, The Emperor will issue a manifesto to the States of South Germany assuring them of the good will of France. SECOND DESPATCH, Paris, July 17—Noon. 72 People Frangats (Ministerial organ) contradicts the report that the French troops have been recalled from Rome, and denios that there ts any mtention to recali them. The governments of Holland an: ttaly will main- tain an absolute neutrality as between France and Prassia, The report that the bridges on the Belgian fronticr Dave been destroyed 18 contradicted. The Monifeur (semi-oMicial) says England is much concerned for the welfare of Belgium. France de- sires that the neutrality of Belgium be maintained, Dut will require that Prugsia be held to equal respon- sibility, The Montteur thinks that, after all, Eng- and ig more uneasy regarding the attitude of Prus- eta than of France in regard to Belgian neutrality. The same journal holda friendly language towarus Spain. It tntimates that France would be willing to support the fatier of the King of Portugal for the Spanisa throne. THIRD DESPATCH. Paris, July 17—2 P. M. General Cnangarnier will be appointed to the com- mand of the French reserves, and will be named a Marshal of France. FOURTH DESPATCH. Paris, July 17—2 P, M. A Seoretary of Embassy will start to-night for Berlin, to deliver to the Prussian government an offl- cial oopy of the French declaration of war. 1 The Moniteur opens a list for a national subscrip- ‘ton to provide a fund to ald the government in pro- wecuting the war. All the Paris journals send numerous special cor- respondents to the points where military operations ere likely to be of interest, Last night, by order of the Prussian authorities, railway and telegraphic communication between France and Prussia was destroyed. FLPTH DESPATCH. Panis, July 17—2:30 P. M. Loysnion Nationale (Prince Napoleon’s organ) fays:—"We learn from good authority that Italy has tendered to France, at the latter's option, either her friendly neutrality or uncondiiional aid.” It adds tat Prussia has offered a province to Austria tu ex- change tor aa alliance. SIXTH DESPATCH. Panis, July 17—3:30 P.M. Last night M. Rouher announced to the Senate That the Dake of Grammont had informed him of the 4nyasion of French territory by the Prussians, A force of the enemy had advanced as far as Sterck, tu the province of Moselle, tor the purpose of destroy- éng the railroad at that point, but haa retired pre- cipitately. There is rreat activity In the fortresses of Rastadt, ‘The soldiers of Baden, commanded by Prussian oMicers, roan the ramparts and parapets. From tls morning all communication by the new bridges oetween the right and left banks of tho Anno ts interdictea, Domoustrations of the most enthustastic character coutinue to be made tn favor of the war against Prussia. Everywhere the voulovards aud sireets are crowrled with people wild with excitement. SEVENTH DESPATCH. Paris, July 17—3:45 P. M. Tue Journal Ofictel deutes the statement that Prussian troops have entered France. Telegrams on the subject are contradictory, the latest reports being that no force of Prussians is Knowu to have oroased bie Ritu A Georee 18 published this morning calling upon the members of the Garde Nationale and Garde Mobtie of the first three corps of the army to report immediately at the chief towns of their departments in readiness for active service. Partinmentary: Allegiance — “Monarchical Combiuation” Against the Empire. Panis, July 17, 1870. Afler the session yesterday the Senate proceeded in a body to St, Cloud, where they were received by the Emperor and Empress, M. Rouher, President, said:—Tho Senate thanked the Emperor for the permission of expressing to the throne its patriotic sentiments. A monarchical combination injurious to the prestige and security of France had been mysteriously favored by Prussia, On our representauions Prince Leopold renounced the throne of Spain. Spain, who returns our friendship, then renounced a candidature 80 wounding to us. Without doubt immediate danger Was thus avoided; but our legitimate complaint Temaina. Was tt not evident that a foreign Power, to prejudice cur honor and interests, wished to disturb the balance of power in Europe? Had we not the right to demand of that Power guarantecs against @ possible recurrence of such an attempt? ‘rhis is refused and the dignity of France insulted. Your Majesty draws the sword, and the country is with you, eager for and proud of the occasion. You have waited long, tut during this time you have ratsed to perfection the military organization of France. By your care France 1s prepared. Her en- thusiasm proves that, lke your Majesty, she will not tolerate wrong. Let our august Empress become again the depositary of the Imperial power. The great bodies of the State surround her Majesty with thelr absolute devotion, The nation has fatth in her Wisdom and.energy. Let your Majesty resume with noble confidence the command of the legions he led at Magenta and Soverino. If peril hi come the hour of victory is near, and soon agratetul country will decree to her children the houovs of triumph; soon Germany will be freed from the domination which has Oppressed her, and peace will be restored to Europe through the glory of our arms. Your Majesty, who so recently re- celved a proof of the national good will, may then once more devote yourself to reforms the jrealiza- tion of whicu Is ouly retarded, ‘ime only is needed to conquer. ‘The Emperor warmly thanked the Prestdent and members of the Senate. The “sinews of War%—Money Pouring in— No Pence Party tn Paris. Paris, July 17, 1870. The nch peopie have offered already to the government to pay double the present amount of their State taxes so as to enable Napoleon to carry on the war with Germany, Gifts of money by mdtyiduals in support of the war aro pouting into the Treasury at Paris. MM. Thiers and Jules Favre oppose the war and war seutinent. Many police are now engaged in protecting the houses of tiese gentlemen from at. tack. His Imperial Highness the Prince Imperial goes to the army with hus father, the Emperor Napoieon, The Army und Treasury—Mou aud Money— Eugenie in Paris. Panis, July 17—Eventag. It 1$ announced that 280,000 French troops are ready to crossinto Germany. The Zouaves from Africa are disembarking at Marseilles, A loan of six months’ treasury bonds to the amount of five hundred mililons of francs was taken up in a few hours; the Crédit Foncler and the Bank of France mate efforts to monopolize the entire amount, The Empress arrived tu Paris to-day from St. Cioud and received a popular welcome of the moat enthusiastic character. ‘The Emperor will leave for the field on Wednesday, Private subscriptions for the army have been opened all over France, and money and other gifts are pouring in, The popular enthusiasm 14 overwhelming. Passports were sent to the Count do Solu charge of the affairs of the Prusvian Legation, the moment news was received that Prussian troopa had violated the frontier, Troeps Marching Through Purin, Panis, July 17—10 P, M. ‘Troops are passing through the streets to-nigitt on their way to the frontier. Great crowds are gathered on the sidewalks, and wildly cheer the soldiers as they pass. At all the gardens and places of public resort patriotic demonstrations are made, The excitement is intense, No opposition to the war 15 manifested; and the press “denounces” the speech of M. Thiers in the Corps Légistatif. Official News. Panis, July 17, 1870, The Journal du Sot publishes the following om- cial reports:— Decrees have been issued creating a fourth bat- talion for each regiment of infantry and a sixth squadron for regiments of cavalry. General Aute- marre, who commanded the National Guard of Paris, has been appointed cominander-in-chief of the Im- perial Guard. ‘The regiments in the barracks at the Ecole MUL- taire have received orders to march on Monday, ‘The military posts in Paris made vacant by the departure of the troops of the line have been occa- pied by the Imperial Guard, All the troops in gar- rison in the central department of France have re- ceived orders to depart for the frontier. Napoleou in Conuctl—Overwheluing sinsm. Pais, July 17-—Eyening, A council of Ministers, the Emperor presiding, ‘was held at St. Cloud to-day. The Chambers will probably dissolve at the end of the present week, after voting the budget, iN GERMINY, King William ia Cologne=The People for an Invasion of France. Berwin, July 17, 1870, His Majesty King William of Prassta 1s at Cologne. He was received by ihe citizens with the greatest enthusiasm. ‘The Prussian people generally propose to the King and the army generals to invade the soil of France with an immense force of Germans, ‘seage from the King. i HAwbuRG, July 17, 1870. King William las sent to the Chamber of Com- merce of Luis city a grateful acknowledgment of the patriotic address of that body, Me saya he re+ grets the seeriiige which the honor gf Germany ex. M SHEET. acts, but will do lis duty, leaving tie event in tho hands of God. Tho Bavarian Army in Motion, MuNrOM, July 17, 1870, The Bavartan army, including the reserve corps, have been ordered to take the field. The Command in the South—Wurtemburg in the Field. Lonpon, July 17, 1870, Advices from Berlin represent that the Prince Royal, Frederich William, will take command of the armies of the States of South Germany, Srvrcarr via LoNvon, July 17, 1870, The army of Wiirtemberg has been ordered to take the fleld and the Chambers have been con- voked, IN HUNGARY, The National Lenders With Frauce. Lonvon, July 17, 1870, A telegram from Pesth states that the chiefs of the different parties in Hungary had met there and adopted a resolution sympathysizing with France, and declaring that every victory of France would be a victory for Hungary, IN BANOV.tt Popular Agitation—Prussinn Vigilance. Panis, July 17, 1870. Za Patrie states that in Manover there 1s great agitation, and the Prussian general commanding that province has asked for reinforcements. The Prussian government has given stringent orders not to permit the circulation of the French procla- mation to the German populations; but it will be sure to reach all parts of Germany where it could do good. Even now great uumbers of French cir- culars are betng distributed taroughout the German States, IN DINWARK AND THE DUCHIES. Prussian “Hated? and Revolution Feared. Pants; July 17, 1870, La Putrie says the news from Denmark and the Duchtes isexcelient. The hatred against Prussia is 80 great that if their governments hesitate to take part in the present coniict the people will rive against them. iN SPAIN, No King aud Neutral. Pants, July 17, 1870, The Moniteur asserts that the Spanish Council has Notified the Deputies that there will be no necessity for a meeting of the Corics on the 20th inst., in con- sequence of the withdrawal of Prince Leopold from the candidature. The Moniteur adds that It has positive assurance of the intention of Spain to keep clear of any com- Plication in the impending strugele between France and Prassia. iN sPliy, Mapuip, July 17, 1870. Generai Prim will go to Vieny. City Demonstration for Germany. FLonence, July 17, 1870. A great poputar demonstration was made here to- day against France. Crowds collected in front of the Foreign Otfice and the German Embassy, and shouted, “Down with France" “Viva Lidian nen. trality ’ “Viva Prossia WY Bilan, jal Lav bility. Bevsseis, July 11, 1370. Belgium relies upon the British, French and Pras- sian assurances of neutrality for tee Lamnuity of lier territory. Nextral’s Naval Uoion. Antwerr, July The American squadron off Plessingne as been Joined by the Euglish Channel fect, ENGLARD. Hostilities Not Yot AnsouncedNeutral Ad- vicos from the Continent, Loxpon, July 17, 1870, The British Foren Oilice has not yet received om- clal notice of the declaration of war between France and Prussia. Mr. Rouher last night told the French Senate that Prussian troops had passed the frontier of France. Italy and Deurnark ossure the Powers of their in- tention to preserve a neutral attitude. McMahon, Gazulne and Caurobert will command the three corps of the I’rench army, ‘The troops of Saxony are in motton. The Dutch reserves have Veen ordered out to pro- tect the frontier, The North German Parliament meets on the 20th inst. to vote the necessary cr THE WAR NEWS IN WASHINGTON. The Agent of the North German Lloyds Steam- ers Canvassing for a Transfer of Register to the Amorican Flag—The Fatal Blinder of Congress-—-Secretary Fish Interven- ing with Napoleon to Have the Mails Carries on Prussian Steam- ers Without Interference. WASNINGION, Jnty 1T, 1870, Gustave Schwab, the tmauaying member of the North German Lloyds steamshtp line, arrived nere to-day to consult with the authorities as to whetner some step cannot be taken to prevent the interrup- tion of the commerce between this country and the North German ports. Me. Schwab had an interview with Secretary Boutwell among others, and en- deavored to impress upon our Financial Minister the necessity of urging upon the President the propriety of calling an extra session of Congress with a view to meeting the emergency by some appropriate legislation. Secretary Boutwell listencd attentively to the reasons urged by Mr. Schwab witiout expre: ing any opinions himself. Mr. Schwab represented that the interests of this country demandea some action promptly, and endeavored to snow that the cost of transporting ireight here would be in- creased fifty per cent by the transicr of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg steamers to the British flag, These two lines have a fine fleet of some twenty-five or thirty steamships, and of course their transfer to England—giving the latter almost a complete monopoly of the carrying trade—wowd seriously affect our interests, Mr. Schwab had int views with several Senators and members still re maining about the city, and from the views expressed by one and all of thom concludes that there is no doubt if Congress could be got together again with- Out delay tue recommendations tel the President would meet with a more fayoralle response from democrats as well as republicans, Mr. Schwab also had an interview with Baron Gerolt, the Prussiaa Minister, but what transpired has not leaked out. It is understood, however, that the Baron has succeeded tn persuading Secretary Fish to send a despatch to Minister Washburne f{n- structing the fatter to ask the French government to Permit the German steamers carrying the United States mails to proceed on their voyages free from attack and to stop at any ports not under actual blockade, Secretary Fish has, in fact, sent a strong note of this kind to Mr. Washburne, but it 1s believed it will have little effect upon the Emperor Napoleon, There is an opinion here that Napoleon desires a short and most effective campaign, and that he will not willingly surrender any means of crippling the power of Prussia. BARON GEROLI'S POSITION. There 1s @ movement to have some younger and More vigorous representative than Baron Gerolt sent to this country during the present crisis, Gerolt is Tegarded a8 too slow and feeble for such an emer- gency as the present, and some of his countrymen consider that King William could strengthen his cause very materially by sending a more wide-awake Minister to our republican Court. The post of Prussian Minister to this country is diMeult enough without being embarrassed by complaints and grumblings of this character. PROTECTION TO PRUSSIANS IN FRANCE. Ttis said that Secretary Fish has also instructed Minister Wasnburne to offer protection to Prussians in France, for the reason that many of our natoral- ized citizens come from Prussia, and that the Pras stan government has no representative in Paris. INSTRUCTIONS TO PRUSSIAN VESSBLS, The Prussian Minister has telegraphed to various distant points in the way of instructions to German vessels, THE WAR EXCITEMENT IN NEWARK. The Germans of Newark in Sympathy with Prussid~Influential Meeting Last Night— An Address to the American Peo. ple and to President Grant. At Turners’ Hall, Plane strect, Newark, there wad held last night a large and influential meeting of German citizeus. Every ward in the city was re- presented, It was tatended at first to be merely in- formal, but so great fs the feeling on the subject that the hall was crowded and the decision was arrived at that the meeting be declared formal, An or- ganization was effected by the appointment of Dr. Greiner «3 president and Dr. Charles F. Sehibach as secretary. On motion of the latter the folowing address was unanimously endorsed as the sentiment of thirty (iousand Germans in Newark: THE ADDRESS, We accept the present war between Prussia and France as the old struggle between Germanism and the Latin races—hetween the poxceful, democratic development and growth of German civilization and the dying Celto-Romanism, which aticmpts to fight its last battle for existence, The American citizen can never turn his sympa- thies to the Cu of Romantsin, who during our civil war laid in wait, baudit-hke, to stay this Union in the hour of its greatest danger. We see in the official permission and order to sing tho “Mar: seillaise”’ @ prostitution of the memorics of the Frenok revolution, We represent here the progres- sive principles inherent to the German races. We are Germanizing the United States. German brothers across the ocean, we march with you in thought to the Rhine and across the Rhine, and if you aced our help you shall have it—our worldly goods, blooa and life. You are sixty mii- hon Germans in Europe. Be Germans, all of you, Figitt until every German has @ Gorman home, Woe find in the enthusiasm with which the Ger. man people plunges into this struggle the proof of it8 national consclousoess, and the duty of its gorerananty, wo give to this uational consciousness: its due, We w#ee in the calling together of the North Ger- man Parliament proof that the powers that be in- tend to govern with the people, not in spite of them, and we ask the representatives ot the pg in the North German Parliament to do justice to fatherland and freedom, We declare the United States the natural ally of Germany. We are sorry that our representatives in Congress have adjourned without taking meastres: to secure complete and safe international intercourse between the United 5: and Germany, We do- mand that President Grant call an extra session of Congress at once to » free und safe interna- Uonal Intercourse, peacefully if possibte, forcibly if we must. We demand an extra session of Congresa at once and mobilization of our navy, and, to secure free In- ternational latercourse, an offensive and defensive alimunce with Germany, if necessary. Thousands of graves of Germans who dicd to preserve this Union Jusiity and stamp the seal of justice upon a German- American ailiance, Resolved, That copies of this afaress be sent at once to the President of tie United States, the Am- ador of tia North Bund, the North cman Pariiament, and that the press of the United States be requested to publish it. Remarks of an en.husiastic character ta favor of Prussia were made by various gentiemen, Tho ut- most order nn aniation prevail ine +H UERMANN 510 LIN Pine. No orders were received at the office of thi of Ute Breinen steamship line yesterday the steamship Hermann. She 18 still at her dock ud ready to pul to sea should her commander be instructed Ww Tisk the chances of aran across the Attantle. This expected that detinite orders will be received at the oilice of tne company to-day. tHe COMMANDIR GF THE FREAUA RE SERVES. General Nicolns Anne Theodule Chungarnier. The appointment of General Changarnier as com- mandcy of the French reserves is strongly significant of a desire on (he part of the Emperor to unite all parties in the war agalast Germany, This veteran officer la now in the seventy ‘enih year of his age, He distingutshed himsclf in Algiers, gatning promo- tion after promotion for gallantry on the battle fleid. In 1848 he became Governor General of Algicra, under the provisional government of the repubite, and soon alter was elected a member of the Con- stiuent Assembly for the Department of the Loire. Leaving Algiers he went to Paris, where he participated conspicuously in the important events that transpired there. He took active part in sup- pressing the msorrection of June, 1848, which re- sulted in General Cavaignac assuming the dictator- ship. After the elevation of Louis Napoleon to the Presidency, Changarnier was placed iu command of the entire inilitary foree in Paris. By the excellence of his arraugements and the vigor of his movements he crushed tae attempted insurrection of June, 1849, with but small sacrifice of life. In 1850 he was re- moved from his command, some assert because Na- poleon and bis ministers w Jealous of Change er’s Jofiuence and popwarity with the people; ors lisist that 1t was Decause he entertained de- 18 upon the oflice of Prosident. Gut whatever the son, Ib 18 certain tiat the opponents of rolcon regarded him as their leader, and ho was pul forw by ihe ‘valive press a candidate for President The coup Metar ot December, 1851, prevented his candidacy from anounting to anything. Soon after he was arrested and iinprisoned, but was soon released. £ on retired wo Beigiam, where he remained in exile uniil recent.y, When he returned to Obw th standing Mis opposition to tn aiways | higitly esteemea by Ni 1859, promoted him to the rank of Grand OMeer of ton of Honor. His reconciliation with the Emperor wad present position as a supporter of France in the war with Prussia are facts whos portance cannot be overestimated. While Ge Changurnter, on account of his advanced ayo, ted to wake tho Held in active war: fare, I, ws commander of the reserves, wn- doubtedly render great serviee to France aud’ be a valuable addition to the miuitry councils of the Emperor. FRENCH RAM ROCHANBEN. The Grent American Engine of War in the European Straggle—Her Formidable Char. eter, Construction and Points of Offence and DefeneoAlterntions by the Breach Freparatory te War. The most important vessel of war that wil be 1 in the European coadici is now owned by rance, having been purchased by the Emperor Napoleon in June, 1867, and formerly known as the Dunderberg, bub how regisiered tn the wartie of France as the Rochatnbeau. This famous ram was built inthis city by Mr. Willlam HL. Webb, the cele brated shiphutider, under a contract wilh the Navy Department, anc it was destadd by die goverment for the Uuited States Navy. At Ue close ef tue war, w when @ general reduction took place in onr navy, and when Congress neglected to compensate Mr, Webb forthe tmmense outlays exceeding the con- tract price, her constructor secured the pas- sage of an act by which the Dunderberg Was placed at the disposal of Mr. Webb, Immediately propositions poured in from several South American Powers and from France and Prus- sia; but France offered the largest sum, and she was purchased by the personat airection of the Emperor, who had heard of her prowess and her wonderful offensive and defensive devices, It is said that Mr. Webb received 15,000,000f, for the yessei as she stood, The Dunderberg, now Rochambeau, was launched in the summer of 1863, after she had been in process of construction for three years. She ts an immense iron-plated ram, displacing 7,000 tons of water, She is built of the best timber fore and aft, though some ‘mendacious writers have had the au- dacity to make contrary assertions. She is 378 feet long, has 73 feet breadth of beam amidships and is 80 feet in the hold. She has a larger available deck surface than any war vessel ever construcetd, Her lines are origiual with Mr. Webb, and the principles uy which she is built are bold and pro- gressive, but have been successful and brilliantly triumphant. She has no dead rise—that is, she is flat bottomed—and her bilges rise almost perpen- dicularly from the bottom. Forward she is sharp, and has an invulnerable iron ram twenty-five fect jong, sbarp pointed and so curved on the upper suriace as to take the bilge of a ship’s side, It ts (his ram that 18 one of the destructive features of the Rochambeau, In the naval battle of Lissa the victory was won with this weapon; and that and other engagements have unmistakably shown that in the future nine. the enemy down’ is more ‘unportant than fo re broadsides, At was comput by Admiral Goidaborough that the shock sustained by impact with the Rochambeau Would be equal to the impression made by # cannon ‘ball welgning 1,000 tons and moving at the velocity of 1,600 feet a second, provided the Rochambean were steaming ten knots an hour, If the Rochambeau had. this at feature for- ward she nad another aft equally important, but which the French have destroyed—her overhang, ‘This overhang was placed there by her builders to protect her screw and rudder trom terrific seas and the pssanits of an antagonist, In her passage to Ew the Rochambeau demonstrated the vaiue of this appendage, and itis not clear that the French authorities have not heen guilty ot a piece of folly in making tne altetations, we Upon the spar deck ig a casement 200 fect long, eight and.¢ half feet high, and sixty wide, protected on top by irén deck plating; on the sides by forged iron platipg nine inches thick, inclined to the deck at an angle of sixty degrees and backed by three feet Of Solid Wood, This inclina ton of the casement sides renders 1t absolutely ee ene for any projectile to make an indentation, Dall would glance and go tumbling avd hissing through the air. Casemated vessels, it is needless to say, are supe- rior to monttors and all the worthless inveations of Ericsson, Coles and others, aad this fact was demon- strated in the hue war. The Rochambeau c: chased in this country, board by Mr, Webb, tery with fourteen Hes four 15-inch guns, pure two of which were placed on She completes her bat- L-inch shell guns of thé Dallgren pattern, Her baite:y” weighs 890 tons “and her plating 1,100 tons, making 4 heavy superimpo-ed burden of 1,400 tons, Her Screw has a diameter of 20 fect; her shaft one of 20 inches, Her engines are two of 5,000 horse power each, and she can carry 1,500 tons Of coal, usin, 70 aday. Her flre roo, engine room, quarier and cabin ars superb and were fiticd up at great ex- pense, ‘The Rochambean satied from this port on the 19th of July, 1867, and entered Oherbourg harbor August 3, making her remarkable passage in fourteen days. She exhioiied great speed, logging fifteen knols during the run, and she has frequently made six- teen since her ownership in France, She is huoyant in a seaway, steers easily, can turn with remarkable rapidity and sits gracefully upon tie water, moving at the slightest application of power. She can concentrate the hoaviest battery Afloat in the world, can annitulate an antagonist with her ram and yet be secure from the hostile movements of an entire squadron, She fs the most terrible engine of war in the world, and Prussia will have to ineet a powerful enemy conceived by Ame- rican genit ‘i THE HEATED TERM. Ninety-cight and a Half in the Shade—The Hot- test Day for Many Years—Cases of Coup de Soliol—The Hottest Day Ever Known in Philadelphia. There were two principal toples of cunversation in the 1uetropolia yesterday, to the discussion of which all classes of citizens gave thelr best lingual powers and gave all their strength. These were the Franco- Prussian war and the sweltering weather, Bur suc was the effect of the burning sun, the heat laden air and the flery pavements upon the languid pedestrians «and Joungers and those who, too weary to go abroad, remained at home aud roasted that conversation was carried on in monosyllables. For every word of comment, howe onthe “little onpicasantness” which chick: ens going hoiue to roost have brought on La belle France there were a thousand on the eat. it was in everybody's mouth, figuratively and literally. Such aswellerng, oppressive, sickentne day has not been felt in New York = many yea the With lungs” stiling in aglow with a more could readily tmagine lanis ot Pompetl aud the air inhaled tnto its intensity and the than troptcal sun, one the feclings of the in! Herculaneum when the burning lava poured down upon them. Nearly tho whole day long the ther. mometer was above nincty deg at three o'clock actually stood at niucty-c! nd @ tit in shade of the Astor House. Jt was the hottest day for many years. Curiousiy enough, om tie Lith day of July, 1866, the thermometer stood at minety= four in the shade--tite highest point reached in r and for years before or since that date ES Nevi young bride wateh for sunshine on her marriage day as did the roasting ettizens look for a breeze ny ote in the crowacd tenement houses melfhu, cooled a little and metted ain, time alter t in hopeless consternation. People ving in better houses shunned the rooms and went Into the hallways, Where the little feeble dranght was welcomed as a heavenly messengel and the folks who were upon the strects, in deflance of wll law and chances of imebriation, stole around through hallways, in through the back entrances of Jager becr saloons iu desperation, where in cCompara- tive cooiness they imbibed the ‘Tentonte tipple in copious draughts, Sunstrokes. The following cases are reported hy the police: Adolpi Hoffaan, of No. 164 Attorney street, was found in avenue B and sent to Bellevue Hospital. James Sullivan, bartender, of No, 20 Baxter street, was found lying in an iusensible condition from the combined effects of heat and liquor on the sidewalk corner of Hester and Mulberry strects. He was removed to the Fourteenth ward station house, attended by a surgeon and sent to Beilevue Hos- pital. t Michael Walsh, aged seventeen, of No. 459 West Forty-second street, was found prostrated by the sun. Attonded by a surgeon and sent home, Join Burnes, forty-one, of 61 Park avenue, was slightly effected the heat, corner of Amity street and Sixth aven An wiknown man found on Filtieth street, near Fighthavenue, suffering for sunstroke, Ho was taken to the West Forty-seventh street station house, where he died, and was subsequently went to the Morgue for kdentification, Pat Logan, of No, 8 Union court, was found corner of Third avenne and Twelfth street, sutering frou heat and whisk nd Was sent heme, rant named James Crab ived fn ais cit ksh test Muy Ever Known in Phitndets. Thermometer 105 in the Simei PUuWadEnirnia, July 1 holtest of the season ii Deen as high a in ti The Dhin—H To-day has been Ul aciphia, The mercury has Known hore, ranging aceording (0 locaaly. trom 102 to 105 » shade, Rather Warm at the “if FON ay ranged trea ly 11, UsT0. 95 to Om in The mercury tere ¢ the shade, Weather in Untiimwere, ne, July 2%, 70. b reporter torday, wl. The mercury fom LL a. Me degre Bann Fifieen cases of sunst five of which we tod P. Me stood at i The Weather Kiowher Jone T shower Gos Plaistor Cove—Clouds; mometer 60, St. Jotins—Ctondy Portiand—Cleay: foxy. momelé 3 no vain fo ; Cicar; light mometer $3. Philodelphia—Glear, tight Baltimore, clear; thermometer § y Ruciinond, clear, Wittamygion, N. ©, and pleasant Angusta, eloar, thecmomerer #9 degre raining hard; severe tightnin clear vy storm at NM, v'wann; appearsse of storia Cleyetand, G&, clear; cout; koayg shower at four PM. e “New Guicens, ¢ day; Uiermogits very q TELEGRAPHIC NEWS, ROME. Counterbiast to the Newspapers—The French Vote on Infallibility. Rome, July 17, 1870, In the Keumenteal Counctt last week a protest was peged by the presiding father against the calumnies of the public press and was unanimo approved by the bishops, Bd ec The fourth public congregation will be held to- Morrow. The sessions of the Council will not be suspended after the promulgation ot the new dogma, but many of the bishops will be permitted to return to their dioceses, The report is confirmed that Cardinals Rauscher, Schwartzenburg and Mathicu and the Archuishope of Paris and Lyons voted against infallipiiity. In all twenty-five French bishops voted against the dogma, and ten voted conditionally. FRANCE. Amucsty. Paris, July 17, 1870, It 1s reported that the meeting of the High Courtot Justice has been indefimitely postponed, and thata general amnesty will be proclaimed to cover all cases before that court, except those for consptracy agaluss the Iie of the Emperor, SPAIN. Executive Power. Manni, July 17, 1870. A proposal ts under discussion here to conter, for the period of three years, the royal attributes on the Regent Serrano, GREECE. Cabinet Crisia, Aruens, July 15, via PARIS July 17, 1870. There is @ crtsis in the Greek Cubinet, in conse quence of quarrels among the Ministers, MASSACHUSETTS. Arrival at Boston of Eight Frenchmen Pivked Upvat Sea in a Starving Condition, Bosroy, July 17, 1870, The captain of the brig William siason, which ar. rived at this port to-day from Surinam, reports that on June 30, latitude 88 north, longitude 65 15, he picked up @ boat containing eight men in a starving condition, without food or wa As they could not speak English th themselves nere they belonged. posed to be French seamen, and wei Utis port. Death of Goorge Ashmau, SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 17, 1570, George Ashman, formerly a distinguished politt- cian, died in this city to-day, Mr. Ashman was born in Blandford, on Chrisimas day, 1804, gradu- ated at Yale College in 1823 and became established in law in Springdeld in 1828, where he Was afterwards associated with Hon. R. A. Chapman, now Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. the State House in 1841 aud a member of for the terms 1845 and 1861, He was al of the Chicago Convention that nominated Lincola for the Presidency. PENNSYLVANIA. He was Speaker of Jongresa Frightful Rnilroad Accideat—Tirce Persona Killed Outright and a Fourth Fatally Mangled. PAILADRLPHLA, July 17, 1870, Yesterday afternoon the express train which left Camden for Cape May at four o'clock demolished a carriage containing two ladies and two gentlemen, at Woodbury station. The parties driving at- tempted to cross the track ahead of the train, The carriage was crushed in the narrow space between the depot platform and the cars, and all the occupants were killed outright except one of the ladies, whose legs were cut off and whose life is despaired of. The names of the dead are Gregory —husvand, wife and niece. They worefirou. lowa. EUROPEAN MARKETS. Haynr Corron MAnKrr.—Haver, ton market closed heavy seaterday, at 1 The oot dinate aly 17 for trea HAVANA MARKETS. HAVANA, Suly 17, 1870. condition of the Havana market at ‘The following was t the closing yesterda; Sugar—The business was large, bit prices were unchanged ; there was but little speculative inquiry, owing to the Ieuro: ean news ; exported during the wee < ftom Havana and Ma Errras, 68,000 boxes and 2,20. hha, including 1,000 boxes to the United States. Frei notations are nominal; #htp pera refuse to charter, owing to the uneetiled atate of the arkot. Butter dull. Coal oil firmer at ull. Flour dull at $9 25 a #10 5 mand at 2 $425 0 4475, Tallow jim, " 1 18S iT per cent premium; on Varis, sixty days’ sight, % por ceut premium; on the United States, sixty days’ wight, in cur Teney, 734 a 845 per ton the United Staton, slaty dasa’ sight. in gold, 4% per cent premium; on the Unitot States, short sight, in golu, 6 a 644 per cent premium. TELEGRAPHIC MEWS ITER. General Thomaa L. Price died at his residence in JeVersve City, Mo., on Saturday. About three hundred and fifty more Chinese urrived (t 8. Louis yesterday and left for Tennessee, A.D. Grief, an old merchant of New Orleans, died aad- doniy yesterday morning. ‘At Blackstone, R.1., on Friday afternoon, Anna Cnrritr, aged fourteen years, was drow: fu the french.” The ofr- curastances warrant a belief of suicide, , aged twenty-cight, was drowned in the Pasaaie roe UL Pelee: We while valking yeoerisy morning. He leaves a wife and child, i mass meeting of Germans has been called to meet in St. Louls to-night, at the Court House, to express thelr sympathy for their brethren now in the field againat France, aud to ap. prove the course of Pruasia. A. Maginnis’ cotton seed oil manufactory, Nos. 115 aad 17 Mayazine strect, New Orleans, was destroyed by fire you Trane inoraing, The low was 810000 on which there te {455,000 insurance in home companies. ‘The New Orleans firemen left Elmira last night for Cincin- attiviathe Erie Kuiway. Yesterday there was @ grand arade of the Elmira Fire Dedartmemt in honor of thoir jouthern guests, who in uniform headed the line. They were the recipients of many courtesisn and seemed highly pleased at their reception and treatment, THE FIRST DROWNING CASE AT LONG BRANCH. Long Buancu, N, J., July 17, 1870, A young man named William Sawtcll waa drowned while bathing in front of the Vaited States Hotel this morning. Has body has not been recow- ered. MAILS FOR EUROPE. The Hamburg matt steamship Siiesin will leave this port on Tuesday for Plymonti, Cherbourg and Hamburg. ‘The mails f at twelve o'cloc Tae New York Wekann Edition for Will be ready at ten o'clock in the morning. Single copies, in wrappers. for mailing, six cenia. Burope wiil elose at the Post Omce n00n. Europe aud Snlphur Powders tgorate the body and purity the biood. Stadord’s Lron ‘ SAPKS, onion Miuctay atroet A Sewing Mac! i t for parties going Cramps, € plaint, Dysentery cia ard Cured pro «) MINATLV iC larity for over thirty years, ‘the proprictors f commend it, as a Standaed Howschold Remedy, Soil by drnggiats. Maus SYRUP, which grenily faci itat regulate the bowola (1 relieves the child from pity eos. rects acidity and wind colle, and, by giving (ue infans Qulaty natural sleep, giver rest to tlie mo! Long Branch Races to commence SATURDAY, July andoootinas tive days vy rain early to us | ir Gots, Hoynt Havana Lottery sie ce a. The ve Dowvioous Laforipation Carsishe it Fates nate dail Kinds of Gold aiut Siivor. — Reon roe, Bankers, 4 Wall aicoes N ,