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po ee does not afford suictent 8 engineers have construct ‘of fire. These oavatter, to furnish a second of the garrison, barracks and cusemates |. only be occupied event lof asiege. The Port de Gueulea. cad receive more ‘han 3,009 men gnd place more than 100 guns on the maparts. 1 The Fort St, Julien is also situated on the right ank foselie, on the Mont Ohattlion, 2,600 ; of the Mosel me Porte St. Barbe. It 13 at jabout the same altitude as the Fort St, Julien and also has also five fronta, Fort de ville, on the left bank, is 4,300 an from enn bore ae France, at an altitude of fi 800 metres, and has four fronts, It can con- about the Same garrison and mount the same number of guns as Fort St. Julien. + The Fort St. Quentin, on the heights of the same name, is at an altitude of about 345 metres, and is distant 2,800 metres from the great powder maza- wine, From ali points of the town can be seen this fort, moenended like an eagle's nest on the crest of Bt. Suen 1» Which may be considerea the ry, to the ‘position, Its capture would exercise a decided Influence on the inhabitants and on_ the intrenched camp, but to take it would be dimeult. In form, bey .. ne phen forts, it 18 an regolae : Ponty. 01 les of metres, small o} i. General Frossard, the clever President of the Com- mittee on Fortifications, was happily inspired to construct this fort well in view of the town of which it ty considered the guardian angel. The above named forts are the four strong points of the intrenched camp of Metz, and within a few days the corps darmée concentrated there could, in case of need, throw up @ continuous line of earthworks, Among the other works of minor importance are ‘the foi e ‘pirat the Port de Saint Privat, hetween the Mo- selle and the Seille, to the south of the town, Seoond—The Redoute des Bottes, on an eminence that commands the road and the Valley of Flan- teres, its fire will cross those of the forts of Guewleu and Saumt Julien. Third—The Saint Eloy, to the south of the village of the same name aud to the northwest of tne towa, on the right bank of the Moselie. Its fire will cross those of Saint Jul.eu and Plappeville. Metz is at Present one of the strongest places in the world. It could ve well defended with 60,000 of the Gardes rifed cannon, the ome fort an immense Mobiles within the town and 60,000 regulars in the intrenched camp. Having thus given you, as concise as possible, the military capacity of Metz, 1 wul relate what my ex- Beewere of the place was yesterday during my visit. CITY LIFE IN TIME OF WAR. ‘The town bore a most animated aspect, the streets 49 many places being impassable in consequence of ‘smununition and bazgage wagons, ambulances and commissariat s ores; troops passing in ail direc. ions; drums, regimental pands and trum. pets vying with each other in noise; orderties Tushire about in wild excitement, staff oMcers gal- loping. apure jingling, scabbards clanking on the pavement. hurry-skurry-skelter, all as busy as bees, A larg? crowd, waliing with the patience of Job, outsidé the principal hotel co obtain a glimpse, be it of the pair Genera! Lebceuf, who, val of His Majesty Napoleon {iL., 18 the sensation of the hour. In Metz, at the present time, everything smells of gunpowder, and the civillans of the place are more or less bitten with the war fever. A native with whom I conversed declared that they had lost thelr senses or politeness,or perhaps both, Dusty and tired, having had but an hour's rest, I weut to a bairdresser, the owner of a tremen- dous pair of black mustaches, an ugly face and vil- expression of countenance, ‘aro had driven a fourishing trade since the declaration of war, every officer in the service having had his hair onped as ciate oe Soren Ate Sasa mate fone een clipp-clipp-clipping incessantly, it and day since King Witau of Prussia thought fit to insult ta Belle France, Yesterday the barber was in- solent, and slashed about his razor in reckless style, drawing blood at every stroke in @ manner that made you wonder what strange infatuation caused lus customers to submit without remon- strance. ‘The reason of his being more than usually brutal I discovered from a con/rere. Some people are profane enough to imagine that woman was sent into this world for the express torture of man. The barber has a wife, a private torturer of his own, absent in Paris. She had written to him on the previous day that she would return to Metz by the night train, At four o’clock in the morning he Was at the station to receive the fatr belng who, by the power of the Chr rch and of Monsieur le Matre, he is permitted to consider bis better half, until either one or the other take departure to a better world. To every train which arrived throughont the day, whether laden with clvittans, soldiers or 5 the poor fellow rush, in hope and fear, to return to shaving and disappointment. His clients’ chins sudered in consequence. When I lett in the evening he was again at the station, with savage disappointinent depicted on his countenance, No wife was there, and should she be a woman of taste no wile of lis will ever be. He is an awfal Jooking customer. It 1s no use your watting, Figaro. Make up your mind to the loss of your darling, if it be one, and try your luck again, THE CATHREDAL, 7 Of course I “did” the Cathedral. It is magniti- cent. Commenced in the twelfth century, it was not dinished until the end of the fifteenth. The spire, which Is bold and elegant, 13 in height eighty-five and a half metres, No one can look at the Caths- dral of Meta without being struck with the singular beanty of its proportions. Louis XV., however, gave orders to Blondel to erect a heavy entrance, which he, with outrageous taste, effected In the Doric order. It remains to this day, tn frightful co trast with the remainder of the splendid Gothi pile, and is undentable proof of the stupiiity of its suthor, There has been a movement in advance of the ‘Third corps, under Marshal Bazaine. All the camps were struck, and the headquarters yesierday were changea to Boulay, between but slightiy in the rear of Thionville and St, Avold. Ou the same day, the 26th, the Garde Imperiale commenced réplacing the posts occupied by Bazaine’s corps. The Voltigeurs and other troops which | saw when passing vont a ‘Mousson will encamp outside the town. CAMPS IN FRONT—SENTINELS AND DIALOGUE. Wishing to see the ground on which my friends, the Voitigeurs, would take up their quarters, 1 took advantage of the otfer to ride to Longeville-les-mMciz—~ the village pleasantly situated on the Moselle, to en- camp. One of my worthy conJreres 1s the proprietor between which and the town the guard was ordered of a yellow horse, and having obtained a small pas- ket Dstt pts the rickety order, known in Paris as the panier a salade, into it we packed. The art of driving, as practised in France 1s incomprehensible and dangerous; bat after many hairbreadth es- capes the owner 0. the horse extricated us from the crowded streets, and, crossing the bridge, we got into smooth water, It was a@ fine, bright, thirsty day. The Guards had not arrived, and my friend prone @ bottle of white wine at the Auberge of Longeville. We sat down by the roadside on an oii- fashioned stone bench, and the landiady having brought a table and the wherewithal, we enjoyed a pleasant half hour on the banks of the biue Moselle. in the house were turee artillerymen, to whom we aid no attention, When we left to return to letz two other artillerymen, in dirty undress and drunkenness, and on horseback, arrived, We had proceeded about a hundred yards when our attention was attracted by the clattering of horses’ feet along the pave, aud the drunken bom- bardiers, with thetr dirty white unstrapped trousers rinked up well above the knees, gallopea up. “Of what nationality are you?” shouted the most sober of the two. “What business is that of yours?” replied a Puris- nD. “We arrest you,’’ hiccupped bombardier. “Go to ——! you are drunk!’ screamed the Paris- tan, giving at the same time acut with his whip to the yellow horse, which at the game time nearly ight bombardier to the ground. “You are spies,” screeched the gunners in chorus, and one of their horses, startled by the noise, con: veyed his rider, the most drunken of the two, at a gallop along the road, ‘The artilleryman rolled fright- fully tn the saddle, between which and his legs ay peared plenty of Sapiens, We drove on, his com- panton following. The feet of the bombaruter soon parted company with his stirrups; but as he still cluny on to reins and mane with the clutch of @ drowalng man, his horse slack- ened speed, and as we drove up tue rider came heavily to the und with a heavy thud, and as he did’ so seized the reins of our nag. At the same time the three artilierymen we Thai seen in the Auberge and the other mounted drunken bombardier rushed up, and an altercation ensued, which in the Bowery or Billingsgate would have euded in murder, Have you ever heard Frenchmen abuse each other—cursing, swearing, spluttering, threatening? The nolse soon brought the people within hearing to the spot. The aranken bombar- dier haa so shouted himself tuto ungovernable Tage thatif he had had arevolver at hand none of us would have been left to tell the tale. My fellow travellers demanded the regimental numbers of the gunners, who refused to give them, and both parties insisted on proceeding to the Gen- eral of Division. The procession was thus formed:— Two artillerymen on foot, holding the bridle of our yellow horse; another at the side of the panter & salade, with the two mounted drunkards bringin ap the’ rear, followed by a crowd, which increased at every yard. People left tueir work, house doors were thronged with imbabitants and win- lows packed with living heads to gaze on the Prussian spies As we approached the town it was amusing to observe the faces of the artillerymen on f00t, who, to do them justice, were sober and civil. They evidently wished ' their over zealous Mounted comrades at the devil, for an interview With a General of Division was not to their taste. At last we reached the town, and our atten- tion was arrested by sounds of receaing horses’ foot- sieps behind us. Our mounted friends, evidently of opinion, that discretion was the better part of valor, had “akedaddled.”” ‘Those on foot wished to do the same, but we insisted on their accompanying us to the Quartier General. They attempted every kind of excuse, aud abused their mounted friends roundly. One of them was dreadfully ured; we otfered him a seat behind the yeliow horse, Another was awfwily thirsty; he should have adrink after we had seerf the General. ‘The third had no “baccy;? we gave him @ clgar, which he smoked savage despair, ‘At any rate, gentlemen,” thoy said, “we are civil; your betng annoyed was no fwuult of ours, but of that dir en brigadier and tus more drunken comrade. The tnbé t they made the row and how they bolt! ‘They belong to the Fourth regiment of artllery. We wili go with you to the General,” and so the poor fellows conumued cursing their unlucky stars which had brought them into the scrape. The owner of the yellow horse was acquainted with an officer on the stail, and when we entered the room, in which seve. ral staif officers were in walting, he found his friend. “Bon jour, bon jour. 1 have brought you three Prussian spies.” “Whether staff officers in time of war take everything in a sirictly literal sense I know not; but after listening, to all appearances attentively, to the recital of our arlefs they were folly impressed with the idea that the artillerymon, our captors, were Prussian spies, and it was with t diMeulty they were convinced to the contrary, hat between this mistake and the scared looks of the gunuers, one of whom contrived to bolt and 1s still running, the whole affair assumed such & tude crous aspect that it wound up with hilarity. We however, kept faith with the tworemaining Panes, who, having received a pourdotre, took the spore. cut to the nearest cabaret, there to recover their seal Se dee MARCHING IN?” FROM NANCY, The sound of distant drums attracted my atten- tion and I hastened towards the entrance of the town from Nancy. The artillery, cavalry ana inant ry of the Garde, which I had seen in tue morolug at Pont & Mousson, were entoring the town. ‘The sides of the streets were lined with people, notwitistand- ing that the inhabitants of Metz are accustomed to the pomps and vanities of war. The men ap, eared uncommonly fresii after their long march, ‘The day was intensely hot, but the first portion of the Inpe- rial Guard, which now arrived at Metz, alwanced steadily and in good order. The force cousistes of the chasseurs & pted, four regiments of voltigeurs, two batteries of artillery, and last, not least, one battery of the'dreaded mitrailleuses—the ovserved of all observers, the sensation of the day. Small and unassuming in appearance, these pieces, each drawn by four horses and carefully covered with lea- ther to hide the breech from the inquisitive, would fe without notice but for the protruding handle, ike that of a street organ. As they passed, a shudder, mingled with @ sense of security, ran througa the crowd, and the ear was greeted wiih the expres. sion, in subdued vojce, “AL! there they are—the mitrailleuses.”” 1 followed the voltigeurs to their camping ground, where, within a quarter of an hour aiter arrival, arms were ptled, teats pitched, fires lighted, and the | men were preparing their evening meai and making themselves coinfortable. The French soldicr ts ex- traordinartly clever in bivouacking, GERMAN PRISONERS. I “wired; that there had been on the previous day @ cavairy skirmish, tn which three ontcers of the Baden army had been taken prisoneis and an English oficer killed. In front of the Hotel de VEurope during the afternoon the crowd was dense, the Prussian oMcers had been brought in. lt ap- pears that @ squadron of the euemy’s cavalry penetrated the Irench territory to cut the tele- graph wires. They came tweive leagues on this side of the frontier without molestation, and then, according to the account given by the prisoners (of whom two are officers and the third a non-commissioned officer), When brought before the Major General, they were attacked with thirst and entered a public house to drink. Suddenly their libations were cut short by the sound of u trumpet. ‘The French chasseurs were upon them, and wey had hardly time to defend themseives before they were jé prisoners. As the first prisoners of the war they have covered themseives with glory, aod ap- pear ‘thing but sorry to have been arrested. ‘They evidently intended to visit Metz, as, singulany enough, they are coverea with dra(ts on that town. As for the non-commissioned oflicer, he ts delighted, Poor fellow, he is the happy owner of a wile and 81x children, A man does not have the chance every day of getting rid of a whole family by one feil swoop. The good soul has no desire vo return, REPORTING TO NAPOLEON-~THE IMPERIAL HBAD- QUARTERS. When I left to return to Nancy in the event railroad station was crowded with soldiers shouting and singlog. The train for Nancy which comes from Forbach was two hours after time. In my compartment were Generals Lebrun, aide-de-camp to the Emperor, and Assistant Major General (of whom, as [ told you, there are two) Woltf, the Quartermaster General of the army, They were on their way to report to the Emperor the state of the army inthe fleld. The reason of de- lay ts not the ill health of his Majesty, as has been stated, but that the commissairat is notin an ef. cient state. Nancy, now that the Imperial Guard has left, has resumed its accustomed paitatial ficent in spite of the flags which still fy listiessly In the vague hope that the Emperor by some fluke may yet arrive at Metz; on the contrary, all is gun- powder and the screech of war. ‘inks PRUSSIA. Forward Movement of the Army~National Enthosiasm and Universal Patriotism—ie- Ugtous Feeling—The French Treachery To- wards Belgium—First Fighting on the Fron- tier—Prussina Activity and Success—Forbach and Saarbruck. FRANKFORT, July 27, 1870. A calm before the storm; a holding of the breath | before the plunge that 1s so soon to take us intoa | terrtble sea of blood. In accordance with the pro- clamation of the King of Prussta setting apart to-day a9 a season of devotion to invoke the Divine blessing on the cause of United Germany, the streets of this | city wear this morning a Sabbath-like appearance. ‘The stores and public offices are closed, business is suspended, the doors of the churches of every de- nomination stand open, and the bells invite the peo- ple into the places of worship, be they Protestants or | Catholics, Gentiles or Jews. The whole nation bends the knee in prayer, and the devotions of its children are not lpservice alone. From the commencement of the present troubles a seriousness has been observ- able in the Prussian people which has stood in marked contrast to the frothy and boastful spirit of the Paris bonlevards and cafés, and to-day this grave appreciation of the character of the struggle into which they have been forced ts more than ever appar it partakes of the character of depression, far less offear, [tis only the gravity of resolute and brave minds on the eve of an unavoidable danger, and it pervades alike the kneeling forms fa the old Roman Catholic Dom, as the solemn chant Moats over their heads, and the erect figures in St. Paui’s, as the magnificent organ roils fort the full tones of the grand Lutheran hymn. Even the groups of soldiers, standing on the Ross market and the Parade Platz, lower their voices and are less noisy and demon- strative than usual in honor of the day, DANGERS OF THE HOUR. Of course the sad thought naturally occurs to the mind of every observer, how soon may all this be changed, and either the immediate horror of an attack and a hostile occupation, or the scarcely less | distressing accompaniment of war, the gathering in of the wounded and the dying, take the place of the present scene. From every report which has bith- erto reached us it appears to be highly probable tiat the French advance, always supposing that they are | permitted to advance at all, will be really made by the way of Mayence and Frankfort, and hence that | the firse heavy blow of the war will be likely to be dealt in.this direction. But for some days past there has been a strong belief that ihe Prussian armies, now well forward with their preparations, wil be found able to meet and hurl back the Freneh invasion and to carry on to French soil those evils of war with which France has So boastfully threatened Prussia, However this raay be, it seems very likely that for a while, at least, the fighting will be con- fined to the borders, and that some time must elapse before the French Zouaves are seen lounging in the Unter den Linden, or the Germans smoke | their meerschaums in the Bols de Boulogne and | drink their schoppens on the Champs Elys¢es. FIRST CONSRQUENCES--ARMY NEWS AND PECIAIS” FROM PRUSSIA, ‘The Inconveniences, and ta some cases the suffer- ings of war, are already opon us, For several days newspaper correspondents of all grades and of ali NEWS nationaittles have been patiently cooling their araor | in Berlin, in the falnt hope that the Prussian govern- ment was about to relax the rigid rule which forbids the presence of news gatherers in the fleld, and to | provide especial accommodations and facilities for that adventurous class. Of course there never was, from first to last, the slightest prospect of any such official action; but urbane gentiemen connected with the public departments kept whis- pering the word of nope into the ears of credulous “specials” between the pauses of beer and Rhine wine, supplied of course at the expense of the latter, and the main body of the “ilstortans” of the war was thus induced to remain at the capjtal. Singu- lar it was to observe the was tu be the one favored individual who was to be permitted to accompany the headquarters of the grand army of fatherland, aud that his journal was to be the one privileged organ upon which the cons|- derati on of King William and bis warriors was to be excl usively bestowed. Sad it was to mark the sud- den revulsion from hope t despondency when, at the eleventh hour, the weut forth that the decree which banishes correspondents from the Prussian | army lines was irrevucable and comprehensive | enough to embrace al) writers and ail nations, i Having nad an inkling of the final denowement | one of the HERALD specials had taken time by the | forelock and was weil on his way towards the caimp- | ;» Let no one suppose for a moment that | th with which spectal | after special clung tenaciously to the belief that he | NEW YORK HERALD,. FRIDAY, AUGUST 1%, 1870, | conveyed to fete that you can proceed no further for five or six rs. With ali this bustie and rash, however, It is observable that there is no actual con fusion, that everything seems done tn order and that ore delays partake of the character of military pre- cision, ‘The people, too, are in good temper, and the sol diers appear to have a heart in the fight and ay iniel- ligence as to the causes and objects of the war which poe well for the steadiness and eficiency of the russian army. TH NATION UNDER ARMS, It 18 no exaggeration of terms to say that the Whole country has risen at the cail of its govern- ment, for such 18 actually the fact. You hear of it in Berlin and you witness there the enthusiasm of the soldiery and the petriotic demonstrations of the civilians; ‘but wich the inevitable uiclam of a foreigner you are apt to attribute a very important proportion of the apparent loyalty to the excitement of a city im waieh eer = is superabundant. But when you travel through the country, ho matter how near you may be to the thea- tre of War or how {gr removed trom ts injection, the same sight pisscnie itseif of a whole people actualy eager to leave the comforts and aifections of home for the deprivations of the camp aud the | dangers of the fiela, THE RUSH VO THE SCENE OF ACTION, To return to the raflroids, it may rea be tm. agined, without the trouble of reading a minute deseription of details, that the traveller in Germany now apprectates, from actual experience, the tacc that the nation is at war, I will not assert that non- combatants, and foreigners in especial, are looked upon with disfavor on ali lines of travel; but fimay Say that the military very properly take precedence, and that ail the railroad and army authorities are very cautious how far they extend license or fuctlives to any other than soldiers, recruits and volunteers, Leaving Berlin, you have for some days past beea able to procure a ticket og Halle, which is con- h siderably more tian way to Frank- fort. That far, with good fortune favoring you, is to — jourue: without \. t SS1DIO Marerial hindrances; but, of course, with plenty of discomfort. Woe to the inconsiderate special who has faded to provide himself with ‘a bite and @ sup,” for at the statious where sausages, sand- wiches, biscuits and beer are served oul to custo- mers there 18 50 Wild and violent a rush that a peaceable mau can only hope tosausly ine Cer of hunger at the risk of life and Innub. “Beyond Hatle travelling becomes a more diMcult matter, aud the passenger is met at every turn by the information that trains are for the military alone; that all other trailic ts stopped, and that no one can be allowed wo Proceed except the men whose trade is war, Arriving at Haile, the traia in witch L journeyed Was stopped and the passengers were told, one and all, that there would be no proceeding tur- ther for six or seven hours, There was no remedy, and hence the soldiers and the fe clviliana La company filed out of the hot. close, sic! ening carriages and made a rush for Whatever quar- ters they might happen to find convemeat for a meal and rest, For myself, I remained some time in conversation With ofiicers and guards in the faint hope that a polite tongue and a few thalers might discover some Miulitary goods train or some sort of accidentally out- ny cars Which would carry me a littie fartuer for- ward and afford me the opportunity to rest in a less evowded locality, [soon found that the case was hopeless and so proceeded to make the best of the situation, ROADSIDE REFRESHMENT UNDER DIFFICULTIES. The large hall ofthe station was crowded with human beings—imen, women and children—soldiers, of course, predominating, and the atmospnere of Ine place, aided by gas jets and sleeping breaths, was intolerable. ‘The reireshment counier at one end of the large hall was unapproacnable, even if the air had not beeu destructive tu the sharpest ap» petite. IL therefore wandered of, and, enlisting the assistance of a guide, succeeded in finding a house at which {[ obtaimed three most welcome and much needed things:—A* good meal, a wash and a two hours’ reireshingnap. Feeling like a dif. | ferent person when Lagain presented myself at the railroad station, | was enabled to push my efforts to be forwarded on my way with greater Vigor, and succeeded through the Kindness of some oficers in charge of an ammunition train, In getting through with much comparative comiort to this city, GERMAN WAR STRATEGY. There would, of course, be no aitempt to d Frankfort from the euemy should the Frenc!i > ceed in making a forward movement by way of May. ence, and in reducing that place. According to me accounts given me by the Prussian officers with whom I travelled the latter part of the journey, May- ence, which is naturally strong, has bee y im- proved in tts defensive character within the past twelve days. An army has beea at work upon the Jortifications aud the result of their iabors Is spoken of with great satisfaction. | that the place ts capable of h long stege, and there is at the preseut tue a force of 20,000 men within its wells. For my own part, do not think Muayence would of | itself afford much resistance to the advance of the | French army, supposing the enemy to be able to penetrate as far as the mouth of the Mam. But I | belleve Prussia is too well prepared for the coming | deadly conmtet, and too efictent in men and nnaterial | to allow France to carry the war into the heart of | Fatherland. Predictions are seldom discreet in ; View of hurrying events, yet I will say that Lhave a conviction that the Rhine will not be the aetnai line | of defence of the Prussian army. Their forces are now gathered in force in excellent strategical posi- | dons, from which they can move en masse upon the French at almost any point in South Germany or the | Lower Rhine province, and, from the e. | their rairoad communicaoas, with good | Who, indeed, shall say which army will img ont for a peed. Ke the of ve and open the destructive game’ And who to deny thatthe Prussians may be on are on en: will venti the Freneh soit before the French tr Jorce Prussuan ground 2 PRUSSIAN POLITICS AND THE AGI?. GLAND AND BELGIUM, The greatest political excitement prevails tin | Bertto, and throughout Gerineny, tn faci, in conse- | quence of Englana’s siogalar ana equivocal posi- | ton In the present compiteations. The exposure by | Prussia of the attempts of France to tuduce a treaty | of alliance betweemMhe two nations for the despotla- ton @ Luxembourg and Belgtum, woutd, tt was be- | lieved, have aroused the sleepy old “ion” and | directed his anger against the wily and treacherous | Pmperor of the French, But tue aged beast has only lashed his tail, utiered a sort of yawning growl, | and gone to sleep again, No, not goue to sleep exacily, for the most indubitable evidence exists thet while the British government conveniently ) Closes its eyes, England is busily supplying France | With cartridges to use against the life of Germany, | and with coal to aid tu destroying her commerce | and laying waste her seacoast. “The German papers } are beginning to ask if Great Britain desires another TION IN Alabaina case on her hands, and to hint that if Ki laud is thus meanly and artfuliy forgetful of the duty she owes as a neutral to a friendly nation, she may find Prussia in future Jess mindful than she has been im the past of neutrality obligations. The press | searcely keeps pace in this matter with the seati- | ment of the people, which 13 one of extreme anger towards England. WHAT MAY HAPPEN. T will venture here a prediction, whieh I may say, however, dependy npon eventualities m which 1do not believe, Tf 18 this:—If France wins a very great and decisive victory over Prassia (and this Is just what f doubt) the Hmperor willat once declare that, | tn accordance with his war address, he has no quar- | rel against the Gerinan people, and wii! offer King Wiliam an honorable peace ou the conditions iamed iu Benedett's projet. It would well accord with popular fecling in Germany {! Prussia should in | Such a contingency suve herself at the cosi of Bel- gum. Aud whe would blame her? If the English government is too pusiilanimons to resent such an msnit to her hover and her pride as was offered in { the very conception of the Franc he tpl et ile bse at | Unetly to Prance:—“You must tenounce ali share in ne scheme of your Ambassador and pledge yourself never to sanction tt in the future If you ¢ @ pow to say dis- maintenance of peace with Creat Britai if, ina word, England dectines to stand up for’ her’ own honor or her own tnterests, why shonld a foreign na- tion be jealous of the one or mindinl of the other? FIGHTING AT THE PRONT, fhe actual engagements up to this time have simply been encounters of reconnoltring parties and advance gnare have not amounted to muc During three days this week the French crossed the frontier in the neighborhood of Forbach, each | time bringing with them a couple of guns, and fired at trains passing on the mtlitargy line. | | On one occasion two peasants were wounded, and | on another two horses were hit. The third attempt | was more important. Meeting with no opposition in former expeditions, the French crossed tn larger | numbers on (he 24tn and approached towards Saar- | briick, when they were met by German troops, who | were prepared tox them, and routed with the loss of | ten men. | The Prassians carried thetr success to a practical ' result by dashing. im their (ure, across the French ! ine and destroying abont three miles of the ratlroad from Haguenau, and blowing up a via- duct. Ib was a brilliant expiolt, and those who are always talking about French ¢/an and Prussian | slowness might have imagined that the former were | the actors in it instead of the latter. About the game time a party of volunteers, headed by a Hanoverian ofticer named Van Alten, made a sudden attack upon the French guard at the Custom House at Schrechiingen, on the border line, over- came them, and seized some forty thousand francs belonging to the French government. Their leader Was, unfortunately, severely wounded. In ali these engagements the Prussians have cer- tainly behaved well, and they profess to have wn- shaken faith in their needle gun and their great General, Moltke. SAD ACCIDENT ON THE ST. LAWRENCE, A Steamboat Sunk—Great Loss of Life. QUEBRO, August 9, 1870, ing ground of the gathering hosts before his brothers-‘‘in-pens” took their departure from Berlin, and hence he did not experience quite so much dim- culty in reaching this point as was encountered by Many others, Siill, traveliing in Prussia now ts by no means an easy or a desirable pnderaking and while there has been up to this time no lack of ctvility or of be to ald the traveller, one is compelled to take accommodations and time tables as they may be, and to put up as patiently as possi- ble with delays and inconveniences. RALLROAD TRAVEL FROM BERLIN—WHO ONE MEETS BY THE WAY. Every railroad line out of Berlin is absolntely crowded with soldiers, volunteers, horses and bag- @age, and trains are made up to accommodate as Many and as much as can be piled into them. Sixty to eighty carriages, each containing five or six com- riments, make up the ordinary trains on ‘he princtpal Umes, and although ‘they are in Most instances pulled by one engine and pushed by another, they make anything but express speed in running. Atevery station more or less delay is cer- tai ¢o occur Wud at some tle uuwelcome news is News has just been received to the effect that the steamboat L’Etolle, # market boat plying between ere and Pointe aux Trembles, was run into and | New Jersey Cent sunk nine miles up the river by agschooner, It is impossible to ascertain the number of lives lostas yet, owing to the distance, but conflicting reports are afloat; some stating that none but the cook is drowned; another that fully fifteen market people have been drowned, mostly women and children, Two sisters of charity were saved. The boat was | 2000 US 5-20, not far from the land. The passengers and crew saved themselves on floating débris, The boat's cook was lost. The cabin was full of women when the accident happened. The captain of the boat has just arrived here, and States that his vessel sank in one minute and a half after being struck; and that about twelve women and children who were in the cabin were drowned. fle knows no names except that of his cook, who went down too. The vessel was about 200 yards from shore at the tine, It is believed, indeed, | nce of | FINANCIAL AND COMMERGHAL. WAUL Srrenr, THURSDay, August Ll—6 P.M. The controlling tnfluence operating upon the gold market to-day, and more remotely upon the course of prices at the Stock Exchango, was the curious invelll- gence from Paris that the new Freuch Ministry, with their decided prodilection for the Napoleonic ideas and dynasty, have been confirmed by the French Legislature, at a tine, too, when Wall street was led to belteve that the French cause was so demolished ‘as to leave hope for no alternative gave peace with- out Napoleon. The sudden strength which the Em- peror has thus shown has checked temporarily all speculations as to his dethronement aud the aboli- tion of the empmwe, and started grave fears whether the people of France, sharing his shame and disgrace, may not second him to the uttermost of their ability in a restoration of Frencn prestige, The Gold Roof; taking this view of the situation, ‘began to look for a prolonged war—a change tn sen- timent which rendered GOLD FIRMER; but the merkot was feverish and unsettted between the extremes of the day, which were 115% and 117%. The importance attaching to the situation in the French government fatrly overrode the influence of a reduction in the Bank of England rate of discount to 53% per cent—the alteration having been made at the usual weekly meeting of the dt- rectors this morning—and was the secret of lower quotations for our five-twenties in London to- day, desplte the easier discount figure at bank—an inconsistency which surprised those who had not given full value to the dotags in Paris. Gold opened as it closed jast evening, in the vicinity of 115%(, and eventually rose to 11734, from which tt declined to 116%, on the report of another Prusstan victory. ‘This report lacking confirmation there was @ second advance to 117%, from which there was a decline at the close to 117 on the news of a recovery ta 86), for our five-twenties in London—a recuperative movement of the market abroad for which we have steat!fastly looked in view of the inevitable enhancement of American credit, whether Prussia ends the war oy following her victories to the gates ot Parts, or France prolongs it by a grand rally at the present critical juncture. The on.y alternatives: in the case are the later or speedier enhancement of that credit. The appreciation ttself is a fixed fact, The course of the market is shown in the table:—- 15K 164 1157 116; 2 . 1 + 12:66 P, M.... + 7% 117 a 117} In the gold loan market the rate ranged from four percent for carrying to fat for borrowing. Tue operations of the Gold Exchange Bunk were as fol- lows :—Gold cleared, $102,005,000; gold balances, $1,705,620; currency balances, $2,002,192. MONEY THREE TO FIVE PER Ci The better demand for money, arising out of the Javger volume of business and enhanced prices at the Stock Exchange, induced some of the banks to call their five per cent loans to the brokers, whose wants were, however, readily supplied from other sources at the same rate. Prime lionses were freely accommodated at as low as four per cent on stocks, aud the government dealers were easy borrowers at three to four per cent, Commercial paper is in moderate supply at 644 to 7); per cent, with 7 to 81g per cent bid, for prime double aame pptances, FOREION EXCHANGE STEADY. The dealings nm exchange are as yet almost en- Urely restricted to sterling, the rates for which were | Steady today on a moderate amount of business for the steamers of the ba closed as follows, t ing bills being sixty days, commercial, prime bankers’, 109% 110%; Parts, sixty 4 5.0854 a 6.08%4; Antwerp, land, 513%% & 6.1 Hambury sterdam, 41%, a 42; Mrankfort, 80‘¢ a 81; Prussian thalers, 74 a 741g. mace of the week, Rates quotations for other than st purely nominal:—Sterling, 1083g @ 109; good to short ‘sight, 110% a 4; Short sight, Switzer- 4; Am. : Bremen, GOVERNMENTS QUIET AND STRADY. The situation of the speculative feeling touching government bonds rentoins as already reported, with perhaps a dniler tone to the busin of to-day, the result of the higher ruling of the gold premtum, Prices were, indeed, a shade lower, and it is shrewdly snspected that the foreign bankers, had they been out of the bonds which they are reported to be so heavily possessed of, would have made a raid on the market to-day on the strength of the news from Europe. The market closed quiet, with the following street quotations:—United States currency sixes, 112 a 1124; do., 1881, regtsterea, 114% & 1144; do. d0., coupon, 114% a 114%; de. live-tgenties, registered, May and November, 110% A 1114; do. do., 1862, coupon, do., 111% a 112; do. do., 1864, do. do., 110% a Lily; do. do., 1865, do. do., TLL @ Lily; do, do., 1865, Jaunary and July, 10975 a 110; do, do., 1867, do. do., 109%) @ 110; de. Go. 1868, do. do., 109% a 11044; do, ten-forties, regia- tered, 1044; do. do., coupon, 10774 a 108, STOCKS WEAK AND LOWER, ‘The tendency of th stock market to move counter to the gold premium asserted itself to-day tn spite of the reports of ratlway fraternization at Saratoga and in spite of easy money and other influences calcu- lated to render the market firmif not buoyant, There was considerable realization tg insure the gains of the recent improvement in prices, but the speculative feeling for a decline seemed tnoperative and puzzied. The decline averaged one to one and ahalf percent for the leading speculative stocks. Pacific Mall was especially weak on the dying out of the hope that the Suropean war wonld fimpet the directors to try @ transatlantic branch of steamers to meet the exigencies of the present dearth of shipping facilities between the two continents, and Northwest was heavy and lower despite an increase of over $20,000 in the earnings for the first week of August. The following were the closing prices at the last session of the Stock Ex- change:—Canton Company, 603 bid; Consolidation Coal, 26 bid; Western Union, 34% a 347%; Mariposa, 5 bid; do, preferred, 9% a 10; Adams Express, 684 & 68%; Wells-Fargo Express, 14 @ 143s; do, serip, 2% a 8; American Express, 42% a 43; United States Express, 4a Pacific Mall, 38 a 3834; At- lantic Mail, 30; New York Central consolidated, 9534 @ 953; do. serlp, O1!y a 9134; Erte, 23% bid; Harlem, 134% & 135; Reading, 9575 a 96; Michigan Central, 118) a 119; Lake Shore, 93% @ 93%,; Illizots Central, 152 a 135; Cleveland and Pitts- burg, 106 108; Chicago and Northwestern, 82 a 8214; do. preferred, 854s a 8524; Cleveland, Colum. bus, Cincinnati and Indiana, 7834 a 80; New Jersey Central, 102% a 108; Rock Island, 118% a 114; Mil- waukee and St. Paul, 61 @ 6134; do. preferred, 773¢ a 7744; Toledo, Wabash and Western, 50% a 61%; do. preferred, 7674; Fort Wayne, 94 @ 94%; Chicago and Alton, 117 a 118; do. preferred, 117K & 1183;; Ohio and Missiasippl, 30% a 83%; Dela- ware, Lackawanna and Western, 105 a 106); Morris and Essex, 884; a 8959; Boston, Hartford and Erie, 34 & 8X; Hannibal ana St. Joseph, 106 a 112; Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central, 1775 @ 18%. HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRI The following shows the highest and lowest prices to-day for the leading active shares: — ighest. Lowest. ii New York Central and Hudson con, 90% New York Central and Hudson scrip, 3 243, 989% 9434 51% Northwestern. 8259 Northwestern preferred.. Rock Island., Milwaukee and ‘St. Paul Milwaukee and St. Paul preferred. Ohto and agli . 34), - 102!4 ‘acific Mail. 88 be SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. Tharsday, August 11—10:15 A.M. $10000 US 6-20,c, ‘63, 2000 sha NY CAH Rc. 92 000 do. why ys Geuizal Wit! 132% HO Chic AK TR... 118% 28255 17 a ta hy % Soeece pedise 800 1354 100 Col, C&T ORR. 1B 12 © Clock M. and 2:15 P. M. BL. Oo. 0 i EH 80000 U: 50000 Lov0o gage? esi oe i} ZS283. STREET QUOTATIONS Aalf-past Five o’ Clock P.M. 3435 NWeatern pref. NJ Centrat. Re COMMERCIAL REPORT. THURSDAY, Auguat 1-62. Mt Corree.—The market for Rio waa quiet, but unchanged. The demand was light, and prices of almoxt a!l grates were in buyers’ favor, Sales 797 bags, ex Speed, in Baltimore, on private terms. The business in othor kinds waa unlimport- ant, though:prices were without change. Daring the past week the sales have been 200 bags Maracaibo, 80 do. Ceylon und 247 do. Costa Rica at prices within the range of our quotations. We quote :—-Rio, ordinary cargoes, Ake. a 143¢c. ; fair do., Ihe, a 154¢0. ; good do., Ie. a BUT rime do., Ie, a l7ige.; extremes: a 8c. ; Java, 194c. a lic. ; beget TS I8e, 11ige. &'19c. + Maracaibo. Iie. a 19sga, Iy'ee,; Jamalca, Ue. I7c.; Ceara, Y TSiyc. a 1940. ; Manila, 10, a 170. ; Moxt Savanilia, ibjge.n Ie., all gold, duly paid Corron.— there was only a moderate degree of activity in the market for tnts staple and prices were weak, though not quotably lower. Holders were ly anxious to reali: while ‘buyera’ were indisposed to operate _beyon: their immediate wants, except at a@ reduction in prices, ‘he sales were 1,037 bales, of which 9% were for spinning and 42 on speculation. ‘The business in future deliveries was moderate. The sales were as follows :~200 bales, basis low middiing, for Septem- ber, at 164¢c. lo. at ie 3 200 do. do. at 100, do. for November, at 164¢c, and (later yeater August, at 17 4.100 do. tor September, at lt We append the 1K 200 do. for October, at Ibe, tons :— Oplanta int Mobile ana Florida Me N.Orteans, Teas. 1484 19 We n 18% Vi OY 19 a} 32, he 2. FLOUR AND GitaLn.—R = 50 say 17,579 bbls. flour, 125 bags corn mea}, 87,109 bushels wheat, 65,521 do. corn, 44,825 do. oats and 10,6 do. malt, The four’ market was dull and \inee of extras were again lower to sell, ‘5 75 being abeut the best price uumed by shippers. The sales were about 9,000 bbla, Southern four was dail, bat un nged; sales 5b0 bbls. "Rye flour was slow of anic and prices were heavy; sales 160 bbls.” Corn’ meal was dul und nominal, Wo Ronnd hoop Obio, shlpping brand Round hoop Obie, trade brands, Family... bite Bt. Louis iow exin dt. Louis straight ex: St. Louis choice doub! Bt. Louts choice fam! 6 Yin in rather better demand for shipment, but at lower prices, The sales comprised about 10,000 bushels at v $1 15 for No. 3 1,20 for common Racine, $1 2214 tor Pp kee, in tore, and delivered ; $1 40 for prime No. 1, 81 50 tor ', $1 70 for white. Rye was neglected ; there and prices were entirely nominal,” Both parley and barley malt remained dull and nominal. Corn was dull and tower, the sales belng 90,000 bushels at 8%, a Gle. for mixed Weatern, elosing , $t 12 for white, and #1 08 a $1 10 for yellow. full but unchanged. ‘The aales were about $0,000 bushels at 50. 4 Sze. for Western, 6c. a 65e. for Ohio ant State. peas a small lot was sold at BL 32. FRetGUTS.—The market was ‘a trifle more active, expe- pecially for grain, but rates were lo: almost all’ ports ‘he offerings, except of four and grain, were light, 'T! was still a fair inquiry tor petroleum vessels, ri however, were heavy and frregular.' ‘The for other kinds of tonnage was email. agement Liverpool, 1 at” 28, and per | steamer — $000 at 8d, nd 1,200 bbls. flour at naide cate, ‘To London, pe * Of Canada ‘o mer, 204 a 1a) bn will ) quarters grain, if toe aircet por in tha Cnived a bark to Gibraitar, general cargo, on private Kingdom, terra; « bark, with 2,000 bbls. petroleum, to Vigo, and 2,00) cases do, to Corunna, at a lump sum; schooner to St. John, thonco “to Gaza, 10,00) feet lumber, at 413 to Cronatadt, with 4,000 bbls. petroleum, at 7s. 64. ; "bark to Galveston, general ‘cargo; * ship, about 1,900 ions, to New Orleans, railroad fron ; a ahip, from Philadelphia to the Con- tinent, with 8,000 bbis, petroleum, and a bare from the same port to the Continent with 1,000'do,, on private termi reviously reported) a bark, from Philadelphia to for orders, with 2,800 bbls, petroleum, at Gs. 6d GoNNTES,—There wax no demand, and no sales were re- ported, bt ‘the market was sendy, holders being Indiaposid to opefate except at full previous figures, Baga were quoted at die. a2o und cloth at Ble, a Z1}¢c., the latter price for oreo, HAY.—The demand was moderately active and prices were steady at former quotations. ‘The receipts were only mode. Shipping was quoted at S5c. a 95c., retuil lols #1 a 5 1 & $116, short do. Hc. thd ‘straw ‘he market presented no new features of moment. 1d Was confined to amail lois, buyers being disine ay to any extent except at a’ reduction from pi prices, whlch seliers rofuay to grant. ‘the wal were only about 2 bales at prices within the range of 10c. We. for common to prime grades, : Hemr.—The market was dull and no sales were reported. Prices wore entirely nominal at 122cc. a 12/,¢., gold, for Mae nila; Se, w6c., do., for Jule; 11}4c., do., for Sleal, aud 740.4 do., tor Tampico, in bond, Nor.assxs.—The market was quiet and prices of all kinds were lieavy, holders generally being anxious to reallze. The demand waa only for small lots to supply the present wants of the trade, We qnote:—~ Ceba—Centrifugal and mixed Clayed New Croj Be. n Bee. Be, a 37 Buc. a 40e Mureoviado, Muacovado, grocery. Porto Rico ..-. English Lalande - New Orleans... —Stock at dat S287 do. Lengilah islands. NAVAL STORRS.—There was but little demand for spirits turpentine, and that was entirely for small iots and the off ings being comparatively free the market wi lower, At merchantable lols in were offered with no buyers above hive The saloa were 60 bola, at Sic. a3 F Crude turpentine “was dull entirely nowinal. Rosin—Strained was held for higher prices, whilo the ottier radon were dul but unchanged in value.” About 1,600 bbls, strained were told at $1 79 9 $1 60; No.2 was quoted at 81 Hy a 63 2; strained, @1€0 a $185; No. 1, 1 50 a $3.60; pale, 4475 0 84 75; extra do. and window glass, #5087. Of Wilmington tar 50 bbls, were sold at #3. Ol pitch 50 bbls. brought $2 41, day rices. in cn gues. 3 =) 70e, a Be, - ae 17,845 hhds, Cuda, 629% do. Porto Rico and wero aringly offered and Ort.6.—Linseod wan dull and heavy ut ye Jovbing lots were quoted at Mc. a’ Me., kinds were dull, but held for tull previous fy of no saies of moment. Pern The market for crude was a trifle more ac- | tive, and prices were Wee at yesterday's quotations. There | were sold 1,200 bbl 44c, and 600 do. at 12e., the latter price being demanded at the close, Crude, {ub and we heard of no sales; prices were nominal a 1Gke. On the creek the toarket was quiet but stron, was bid for lots on tho upper road, ‘Puere were sold ¥,0) bbis., deliverable during the balance of this year, on the uppsr road, on private terms. The market for refined obfexntbived more activity, the demand being entirely tor export, and prices closed quite steady at 244c. for mpot oll, which was scarce. There were disposed of 4,000 bbls. for . & Ue. ; 1,500 do. for do. on (a On the spot at 240, ‘art at Bc. “Jobbing lotw were slow of in Philadelphia the market wi We beard Tor Augnat delivery, part at 23i¢c. PROVISION S.— Recelpta, 60 packages lard, ‘The market for pork was quiet, there being but little demand, and, as bold- ers were generally anxious to realize, prices were heavy and lower. ‘There were sold 000 bbis. Western meas, deiiverabia on the 16th inst, at 829 45, and 250 do, for September, at $29 50, nellec's option. The Jobbing sales were unimportant. me ines was decidedly lower, ciosing at $30 5) m g3l. were only moderately'dealt in, but unalteret {a @ arrivals were 1,695 head, and common to prim Beel was stil slow o1 rr a Tierce beef was dull aod nom!nal, for prime mess. We heard of no sales, Beef hams were duli, but unchanged in value. Bacon was inactive, and no saies of moment were reported. Long clear was quoted at 1640. There was no business of moment transacted {n cut meats, prices for which were rather heavy, though not quotably lower, Weat- ern and city pickled hams were quoted at l¥c. a 206. , aud tight tierced = and do. ic. the later price for in small lote. lard wasduil, the demand for both export pecutation belng very ight, and with freo offerings, both on the spot and to arrive, prices deciined to bye. a 16%qc. for prime Western steam, Sales were made of 620 packages, on the spot and for this thonth, at 10. City was quoved at 15%. 16e. for No, 1 und steath, with trifling sales within the range. RICK,—Carollna was steady, with sates of 50 tlorces at 9. Of Rangoon, which was ee, bie {a value, there were suid 500 bags, tn bond, at $4 12 }ge., gold. f Tmarket for raw wasa trifle more active, but Wore heavy aud lower, sales being made apon a basis a 97%c. for fair to good reining Cuba, which were (he There w bhai Ret Tho closing prices 18ikc. for aoft waite, IT. a 19¢¢. for yello common “retining, fe. "a 90. fa .0.; good refining, 9%¢c.; ir to good grocery, Tigo. '& loses; ‘prime to choles. grocery, Yose. ‘a ile.? centrifigal (ikda. and boxes), Myc, a Tliye.; molasses (hide. and boxes), Bc. & 10o.:' meiado, bigc. a Bigc. He vatia~—Boxes Dutch standard, Nos. 710 9% B56. a Piye. ido 10 Wed 4c. 8 1465 do. AB 9 15, Iisae, a Uc. doy IB v0 18, T1H6. a 123g6.; do., 19 to 20, Iho, a 1%; Porto Rico @rades, 60. & Unc; de., erocery grades, Wiae. & pry we 7 Nie Moses 0. Ai stock to-day aa follows :fe,702 bday 1) age und 1,117 melado. STRaRIn®.. being no i The market was dull, there deman Except for snail jots, and prices were woak at former quota- ona. A few small ‘ide, fOr common to choice, NAd® Nita the range of he. BREEDS. Grane were jected, and prices were nominal at Me, for clover and #7 & #1 28 Tor Kimotuy. Ldnveed, was QU HbR Wy beard of no wales; prices were quite aeady ae Jes] a8 i." sold, ou Fru ora quoted ‘ee light and prices were heavy. 'Y. Receipts, 650 bhis. The market was only mod> erately active and beavy. The bpriaedls mest pay take, 6 sales wore 173 bbls. al We. @ DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS ry & Co, made (807 boxes, 47! A Miaceliany ef Communications Upon a Mise cellanceus Variety of Subjectthe Rents Collected from Ferry Compauies—An Oder to Disinfect Olfal—Newspapers Ambitt a. « 04 Advertising Patronage. The Commisstoners of Docks met at two o'clock P. M. yesterday, Commissioners Agnew, president, and Wood, Smith and Heury being present, A communication was read calling attention to pler No, 13 North river and its present occupancy, regarding Which, it 1s alleged, the city is being de- frauded out of revenue to whtcn it ts entitled. It Was referred to the Counsel to the Corporation. A communication was next submitted setting forth that the bulkhead at the foot of West Twelfth street is in a deplorable condition, and that through want of proper dralnage the cellars in the neighbor- hood are fooded with water, On motion the Super- Intendent of this district was directed to investigate the case and make a report to the Board. Ina third communication was given a description of the present condition of the bulkhead foot of De- Jancey street, of pier 19, foot of Maiden lane, and a@ bortion of the bulkhead foot of Twenty-fourth street, East river. All three were stated as in very bad condition, Superintendent Westervelt was author- ized to make au examination of these places and re- port upon the same et the next meeting of the Come ) missioners, A description, with diagram, was received of the new private pier in process of erection between West Forty-first and Forty-second streets. ‘This matter was also referred to Superintendent Wester- velt to see f the same was being constructed in con. formity with existing rules and regulations, Comptrotler Connolly sent in a letter protesting against the Commissioners collecting rents from > ferry compantes, and insisting taat the same should be paid to him. ‘The letter was referred to the Coun- sel to the Corporation, Attention was called to the alleged dangerous state of a portion of pier No. 29 East river, one-half being owned by the city aud the other halt by pri- vute parties. It Was suggested that a string piece should be put on the pier for the provection of pas- sengers, a4 far as the passenger gangway, tne Br ae aac was referred to Superintendent urner. An enterprising firm, who claim to have had large expertence in the use of disinfectants, submitted offer to disinfect, for $500, the otfal on the dock foot. of Thirty-fourth street. The letter conveying this offer, which it was clatmed was made out of regard. to the public health, Was ordered on fle. An application was made for permission to runa 41X-Inch pipe through the buikhead opposite No. 315 West street. It was referred to the District Superin- tendent. A report was submitted showing that the bulkhead of the Croton pipe yard, erected by Mr. Bernard Kelly, had been built in accordance with the specifi- cations of the contract, The same was adopted. ‘Two newspapers, ambitious of advertising patron- age, sent in requests to be given the advertising of the Board, The twocommunications were respect- ively—which may be interpreted as respectfully or otherwise—ordered on tiie, tated in a letter that the pler foot of West eventh street is overloaded with bricks. The supermiendent of this district was ordered to pre- vent such overloading of the pier. A request was received for Une contract to erect a new bulkhead between West Forty seventh and Forty-eight streets, it was stated that the work would be well and reasonably done, The matter was referred to the Executive Commuttes, A revi-ed edition of the rules and regulations re- garding the occupancy of »iers for mercautiice pur- poses was sabmmitted by the Secretary and the same adopted. They are very nearly the same as the previous edition published iu the BERATD, with only a more intelligent discrimination between te viola- Jations and penalties, An application received from the Harlem Gas Company for permiasion to drive piles between Lous ond Lith streets, East river, was referred to the superintendent of that district, It was stated that with the approval of the En- ginect Chief aroom had been hired in the upper part of the buildiug for the draughismen connected with ie Engineer Deparvment, after which, there boug no Curtaer business, the Board adjourned. | BROOKLYN CITY. Local Paragraphs and Items of Police News. Thomas Martin was fined ten dollars yesterday by Jastice Walsh for driving adisabied horse, Mrs. Ann Hyland feil into an excavation made for asewer in Third avenue on Wednesday night and broke her collar bone, She was taken to her home in Twentieth streci. Catharine Samonds was arrested and held to answer yesterday on the complaint of Mrs. Lucretia, Prentice, of South Portland avenue, who charges her with stealing $125 worth of jeweiry,trom her. Hoaith Omcer Cochran has given ©. T. Reynolds & Co, until Monday to stop work at their color man- ufactory, corser of Flushing and Carlton avenues, which has been complained of as a nuisance by oae of Che mspectors of the Health Board. OMecer Luckey captured three burglars whom he discovered under the stoop of No, 100 Greene ave- nue, and who had succeeded in their preliminary operations tor entering the house, The thieves were about to escape, when ke drew his revolver and Uireatened to shoot the first who moved. Tania Tremper, employed by the Kuickerbocker Ice Company as foreman and collector in the Baste ern District, was taken before Justice Walsi yesters day on a charge of having embezzied the sum of forty dollars from the company. The examination Was set down for the 2d of September und tue ace cused gave bati for his appewrance, ONicer Cowan, of the Second precinct, discovered four river thieves yesterday morning at the foot of Bridge street. He called officer Bedell to his assist- ance for the purpose of capturing the men, but, seeing the officers, they rowed away. Oiicer Cowan fired two shots at them and they returned four, the bullets whizzing past the ears of the officera, The expenses of running the city government from Jane 30, 1869, to the same date m 1870 is showa to be $7,281,308, The amount was disbursed by the Collector of Taxes and Assessments, as follow: OL taxes proper, $4,098,571; assessments for city pur- pose: $1,093,874; paid to County Treasurer, $2,088,641. Itts expected that the expenses next year will reach $10,000,000, F. B. Furnald, proprietor of the Atlantic Hotel at Bath, L. 1, who was arrested on the complaint of Garrect May, of Bleecker street, New York, charged with stealing his watch, was honorably discharged by Justice Wai: Jt was clearly shown in the evi- dence that the ch had peen given as security for the Nquidation of a hotel bill incurred by May a short time since. The watch was returned to the keeping of Mr. Furnald. Judge Nelison, of the Olty Court, yesterday granted @ temporary Injunction restraming the Water Board from authorizing the work of repairing La- fayette avenue from Bedford to Flatbush avent with Nicolson pavement. The petitioners claim that the majority of the property owners along the street are in favor of the cobbie stone and averse to the Nicolson pavement, Judge Neiison will hear the argument on the motion for a permauent injunc- ton. In yesterday's issue of the HeRaLD it was stated in & paragraph of local news that “Mr. Thompson found @ poltceman’s coat, cap and club lying in one of his rooms while the policeman was enjoying the society of Mrs. Thompson up stalrs.’’ Now, a Mr. Thompson wants jt to b® understood that Mrs. Thompson of 290 Eighteenth street is not the Mrs, Thompson who had the lve a fete with the policeman Who was so reckless of his wearing apparel and ue mindful of his oficial duty. A CAROLINA “CRACKER” SWINDLED. G. EB. Sipe, of Concord, N. O., i one of those gul- ble gentiemen from the rural districts who give ‘an attentive and willing ear to the pleasant pictures of rapid fortunes to-be made put (orth by sWindiers, Some time ago he entered into 4 correspondence with & man named Hamilton, of No. USSAU SiTeet, who offered to furnish him with $1,000 worth of Imitation greenbacks that could not be detected from the genuine, os nied to this city, visited Hamilton, paid $250 at Mr. Hamilton's brokerage in Nassau street, but was verdant enough to permit Mr. Hamilton to go to the country on Tuesday wirit the $260 to secure the $1,000 in ones, twos, fives and twenties from his large and extensive manu tory. The result is Hamilton has not returned, the Carolinian reported to Police Headquarters (iat he had been swindled,