The New York Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1870, Page 3

THE WAR. Special Telegrams to the New ” York. Herald. Severe Battle and Prussian ~ Victory Near Chalons, The Fight of the 18th and Its " Consequences. French Losses Fifty Thousand in a Week. Strasbourg and the Surrounding Villages in Flames. Desperate Sorties of the French Repulsed. German Advance and French Denials of Prussian Victory. General Trochu’s Call for the Defence of Paris. RUMOR OF AN ALLIED INTERVENTION, ENGLISH REPORTS. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. ‘The Fortress of Strasbourg in Fiames—Des- perate Sorties by the French Repulsed—The ; Surrounding Villages on Fire—Severe Battle mear Chalons—Defeat of the French by the Crown Prince. LONDON, August 21—10 P, M. Telegrams which have just becm received from a Rpectal correspondent of the Heraxp at Carisruhe, dated to-day, report that the fortress of Strasbourg 4s in flames. The French have fred the villages which sur- Yound the stronghold, The French sorties from Strasbourg, although Conducted with desperate energy and great courage, Were constantly repulsed by the Germans. Eight thousand Pruasian reinforcements had @rrived in front of Strasbourg with a heavy seige train and the place was surrounded by 30,000 Germans, under command of General Werder. The inhabitants of Strasbourg had become, it is Bald, completely demoralized. , Public disorder prevailed on all sides. ‘The surrender of the fortress to the Prussians was hourly, if not minutely, expected. ‘There is also an announcement of a victory won by ‘the Crown Prince of Prussia before Cnalons. After ® great and obstinately contested battle the Prus- Slang were everywhere victorious, and the action terminated in a complete defeat of the French, Marehal Bazaine’s Strategy Unexplained— The Prussian Crown Privee Advaucing— The Decisive Action May be Fought with MacMabon—Fortress of Phalsburg Capitue lated to the Prussiaus—Napoleon’s Position. LonDon, August 21—6;30 P. M. Telegrams of Saturday morning were only re. ceived in Paris at half-past three P. M. to-day from | the scene of war around Metz. The conduct of Marshal Bazaine causes the gravest apprehensions. It was previously under- stood that he was so situated as to be able to march Without opposition to Metz or Verdun, as he pre- ferred, and now he seems tobe inactive, It re- quired nineteen hours fora message to pass be- tween him and MacMahon, and their communica- tons are frequently interrupted altogether. The French troops in the battle of the 18th again Jound themselves without ammunition. Paris now knows that the Prussian Crown Prince is at Vitry-le-Frangois, and a battle decisive of the war is hourly expected between him and MacMahon. Nothing has been heard yet of the general action anticipated near Chalons. ‘The Prussians assert that the French op Thursday fired on a fag of truce for the burial of the dead, and killed a trumpeter. “ The fortified town of town of Phalzburg, in the ‘Vosges, capitulated on Saturday to the Wurtemburg army. The capture of the fortress insures the com- munication of the Crown Prince with his base of supplies. ‘The Prussians have made heavy requisitions at Luneviile. A correspondent of the Gaulois declares, trom actual observation, that the road from Metz to Ver- dun is now occupied by the Prussians, and he is positive that at Verdun no news had been heard of Bazaine since the 19th inst. The headquarters of Prince Frederick Charles ‘were near St. Michel, eight leagues from Verdun. ‘The council of war summoned to try the perpe- ‘trators 01 the outrage on the Boulevard de la Vil- Jette has terminated its labors. Drest, the ring- Jeader, is sentenced to death, aud Robedat and Hu- ‘bert to ten years imprisonment at hard labor. ‘Two of the accused were acquitted, The Constitutionnel reports that over 400,000 guns have been distributed among the people in the de- parunents, ‘The Emperor Napoleon and Prince Imperial were certainly at Chalons on Saturday. A circumstantial report of his movements states that ne was in the fade on that day and visited the different corps. ‘The soldiers crow ded around him, clamoring wo be Jed into action. FRENCH REPORTS. The German March on French Soil—Army Requisitions on the People~Prince Napoleon in Comp—Prince Frederick William’s Pont. tioe—Canrobert’s Bravery—Bazaine Still in Metz—Bismarck with King William—Mac- Muhou Reinforcing in the Vosges—A Mission to Italy—The Situation iu Paris~Paris Pro. visioned er Six Months—Legislative Pro- ceedings—Reports of Important Field Move- ments, PARIS, Atigust 21—6 P. M, . Advices from the little town of Pont-a- Mousson re. Present thatthe Prussians conttnue to make exor- @itant requisitions. They endeavour there to make 6,000 inhabitants feed 150,000 troops. The city journals demand that energetic reprisals be made by the Baltic fleet for these exactions, Advices from Malhouse report that the Prussians have entered Erstein, where they have imposed heavy requisitions for food and forage, Areport fromthe same piace states that the @ar- wison of Strasbourg made another sortie, surprising the bestegers and killing or capturing @ consider- able number, A number of Prussians were seen near Sainte Maric-aux-Mines. It was also discovered that the enemy had not laid siege to Schiettstact (between Mulhouse and Strasbourg), as had been reported, it is reported that the battery of mitrailleurs which in the recent battles destroyed an entire regiment of Prussian cavalry was under the direction of Marsha) Lebouf. \ A despatch from p Prussian source, which hag_ NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. been reproduced here, announces the commence- ment of the doihbardment of Strasbourg. Jt is positively demed that the Emperor is at Rheims; but it is known that preparations have been made there to receive him, Prince Napoleon bas again gone to the camp at Chalons, Private letters deseribe the conduct of Marshal Canrobert, who took part in the battle of Doncourt, as heroic in the extreme. During the entire day he placed himself in its forward lines and personally headed the charges of his troops. His aid-de-camp, Commandant Bossenard, had an arm shot of while by the Marshal’s side, ‘The Prince Frederick William is reported now to be at Jaumont. ‘The Bourse fell to-day, in anticipation of the pro- posed issue of a loan of 750,000,000 francs to-morrow. Marshal Bazaine has decided not to leave Metz. Count Bismarck ig at Pont-l-Mousgon with the King of Prussia. The Prussian despatches claiming a victory in the battle of the 16th instant are false, General L’adml- rault came up at five o'clock In the afternoon with fresh troops and crushed the Prussians, and a corps of 30,000 of the enemy Was withdrawn from the roads el, k nt of Count Pilakao that the French wona victory on the 18th instant and drove the Prussians into the quarries of Jaumont is repeated from other sources, Jaumont is between Metz and Thionville, Strong bodies of troops belonging to MacMahon's army are being pushed invo the Vosges. A deputy to the Corps Législatif to-day announced to persons collected near the chamber that the Prussiaus had entered the Chatillon-sur-Marne. ‘This movement would indicate that the Prussians are marching on Paris by way of Sezanne. ‘The Presse says General Trochu has removed the interdiction on the journals Revell, Rappel and Ccloche, The trial of the rioters of the Boulevard de la Vilette commenced yesterday before a court martial, Jt is now reported that Prince Napoleon has gone to Italy on an important mission, He passed through the city yesterday. Another seizure of arms was made here last night, and there are indications that a great conspiracy against (he emplre bas been discovered. ot The excitement of the people of Paris last night at not receiving news from the army was extreme. When the evening journals appeared crowds fought for the first numbers, Their report of the statement made in the Corps Législataf was read aloud to the eager crowds and wildly cheered. Compact masses of people remained unaer the windows of the dif- ferent Ministers awaiting official bulletins, none having appeared for two days. «General Bataille, wounded at Gravelotte, 1s rapidly recovering. Large bodies of troops in fine order pass through Paris day and night on their way to the front. ‘The capital has been supplied with an immense quantity of provisions and munitions of war during the past two weeks and could now stand a siege for six months, The rapidity with which the govern- ment has accuioulated stores is wonderful, nor does its activity diminish; the stock of ammuniuon and food 1s hourly increasing. The Gauiois relates that when the Emperor offered to Trochu the governorship of Paris and command of the forces here the latter stipulated that he must be free to act as he thought proper—he must be “Genera!,” replied the “I confide to you the safety of the absolutely uncontrolled. Emperor, capital; assume the command.” Republican and democratic journals praise Trochu for his independence and firmness. In the Corps Législatl yesterday Deputies Gam- betta and Picard catled the attention of the govern. armament of the Garde Nationale at Paris. Dainibg Competent officers Tor the Garde. the suggestions of the members. On the 16th inst, received with great satisfaction, enabling Marshal Bazaine to execute a flank move- ment and repulse the enemy with great loss. It 1s also reported that later in the day the Mar- Shai made a very important movement, Adumural Roncieres has addressed a proclamation to the sailors and marines charged with the defence of the forts of Paris. He says that they must be here What they were at Sebastopol, where thelr services were so great, The journals report that each German soldier ear- ries with him in the campaign alittle book contain ing simple French and German phrases sach as are needed to converse with the country people. All the German officers have the most detailed maps of the French territory. ‘The Minister of the Interior has issued an order that the public must not, under any circumstances, mount upou tho ramparts aud inspect the works of defence under penaity of a trial by a council of war. At Cherbourg ctv! 3 are not permitied to enter the arsenals, forts or navy yard, even under ihe es- cort of an officer. Ls Consittutionnel publishes a note designed to reassure the public. News from the trout may be seldom given, but it 1s not on that account unfavor- able. The Commander-n-Onief jnust speak of no- thing but accomplished facts, ‘The Gaulots relates the adventures of we ambu- lance corps equ{pped here at the expense of the Paris journals and sent to the army. The Prussians captured it and would not perinit it to return to the French cap, and it was only after an appeal wo King William personally that the ambulances were sent back into nee by way of Beigium, Le Figaro asserts Cat the camp at Chalons has been broken up, and that the troops lately there must now be close to (he corps of the Prince Royal. If so the Prassians now haye around them Marshal Bazaine, with luis forces massed in and about Metz on the one hand, and Ma ‘shal MacMahon, with his own corps and the large force which was at Chalons, on the other, Le Public says that the statement of Le Figaro is correct, and that the decisive battle 1s imminent. Le Public aad: being surrounded are faise, plans, as events will soon show,” ‘The Prefect of the Sethe advises the farmers and grain merchants to store thetr supplies in govern. ment warelouses al the cost of the government, so that in case of need the stock of provisions will be 60 much greater, The Buttle of tho 18th of August—Fearfnl Effect of the Mitraillour—Consequences of the Action, Ponr-. via LUXEMBOURG, August I witnessed the battle of the 18th, The Prussians Won at & fearful cost, the mitrailieur doing verribie work. Four villages aud battle flelds are still strewn With the dead. From the front I can see the French on Mt, St. Quentin, overlooking Metz from the east. Metz is surrounded, and !t looks as if preparations were being made by the Prussians for a siego, General Sheridan jrom the King’s headquarters Witnessed the battle. The King returned here last night and the Crown Prince visited him to-day, coming froma direction which indicated that his forces are not far from Bar- Je-Duc. The Prussians are building Srailway from Remiily to this point. The French General Latour was wounded and taken prisoner in the last batue, While passing through this place the citizens crowded around him with tears in their eyes and kissed his hands, There are rumors of peace negotlations, caused by an English Queen’s messenger appearing at head- quarters, Pru Movssoy, ) 20, 1870, 5 inn Claims of Victory Ridiculed. Paris, August 20—Midnight, ment to the necessity of speedily completing the Garnier Pages also complatned of the delay in M. Chevreau, the Minister of the Interior, sald that he could give the most satisfactory replies to there were but twenty-four thousand men enroiled in the Garde; now there were fifty-one thousand, and in a few days there would be eighty thousand. M. Chevreau algo gave Other explanations of the preparations for tue defence of Paris, which were ‘The Journal des Debats says that at the battle of Jaumont, referred to by Count Palikao in his state- ment to the Corps Législatif yesterday, one French regiment held in check the Prussian force, thug ‘All rumors of Marshal Bazaine’s As the result or the fighting for the past three days he has changed his pretended victory of the Prussians on the 18th, as claimed'in @ despatch of the King of Prussia pa- raded tn the London Times and Telegraph. ‘The statement of the Minister of War in the Cham- bers to-day declaring that the French won a victory at the quarries of Jaumont is affirmed to be true. General Trochu to the People of Paris. Paris, August 21, 1870, General Trochu has issued another prociamas Uon, the meaning of which 1s that Paris Will have to stand a siege, ‘The following is the text:— ‘To THE NATIONAL GUARD, TO THE GARDE MOBILE, TO THE TROOPS AND SEAMEN IN THE ARMY OF PARIS; TO ALL THE DEPENDERS OF THE CAPITAL: — in the midst of events of the highest Importance T haye been appointed Governor. honor is great, th haypie also, I depend ou your lotism should Paris be subjected toa siege. ver was there a more magnificent opportunity to prove to the world that long prosperity has not effeminated the country, You have before you the example of an army which has fought one against three. ‘Their heroic struggle compels the ration of all. Show by your con- duet that Fags have the feeling of the profound re- sponsibility resting upon you, French Reports of Intervention. Paris, August 21, 1870. The Constitutionnel says England, Russia and Italy have agreed to act together to insure peace. ‘The success of such an effort 1s certain eventually, but 1s quite impossible now. It ts understood be- tween them that none of the Powers shall act singly. PRUSSIAN REPORTS. Oficial Despatches from the Front—The French Inside of Metz—No Decisive Action The Battle of Pont-a-Mousson—Filty Thou- ud French Soldiers Lost During a Week. BERLIN, August 21—Evening. It is now officially stated that the only important news received since the action at Rezonville is that the French have withdrawn ail their forces into the fortifications of Metz. A telegram dated at Pont-a-Mousson, August 21, via London, reports:—Prisoners still pour in, Last nignt there arrived 2,000 privates aud thirty-six off. cers, and to-day more soldiers and fiity-four oMecers were brought in, among the latter General Plombia. ‘The loss of the French during the week cannot be Jess than 50,000 Killed, wounded and missing. At Courcilles, Vionville and Gravellotte they are Known to have lost 16,000 In each battle, including at the latter place 4,000 prisoners, SAXON REPORTS. Gallaatry of the Army—Triamph with the Prassians. DRESDEN, August 21, 1870. The Saxon troops engaged in the battie of Rezon- ville fought all the afternoon and met with complete success, taking many prisoners, The Seconda, Third, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Twelfth Army corps and the Prussian Guards bore the brunt of the battle, WURTEMBURG REPORTS. Exiles from France—Retaliaion to Prospect. STUTTGART, August 21, 1870, The Germans expelled from France are arriving here in throngs. ‘Their treatment and condition excites intense indignation. Its sald that Prussia Will retaliate by exacting heavier contributions from the French, BELGIAN REPORTS. Allied Intervention for Paris=Nuapoleon to Return. BRUSSELS, August 21—Noon. It is believed that England and Italy have deter- mined to intervene jointly to save Paris, and Aus- \ia’s concurrence 18 momentarlly expected, It is reported that the Emperor Nupojeon ts about to return to Paris. SPANISH REPORTS. Eugenie Resigned—Shelter in Madrid. MADRID, August 21, 1 The Countess de Montijo has received a telegram frou: the Empress Eugéute, in which she professes to be resigned to any fate which may befall her. The Regent Serrano has telegraphed to Paris, offering the Empress shelter. Seventy heavy cases arrived here last week from Paris, addressed to (he Countess de Moutijo. THE SITUATION. Positions of the Belligerents, Notwithstanding the denials of the French an- thorities and the statement that King Willlam’s despatch is laughed at by the Minister of the In- terior, it seems certain that on the 18th inst. the French army, ora part of it, was defeated. Itis also equally certain that they were not driven into Metz, as the London despatches asserted. In his brief report of the battle King William stated that his command, “after a combat of nine hours, to- taily defeated the French army and intercepted their communications with Paris and wth the forces at Metz.’ It will be seen, in the Italicised words, tnat so far from having driven the French into Metz the King distinctly announced that they were driven from the vicinity of the place, ‘The importance of this statement cannot be over- estimated, us it materlally changes the position of the French, rendering it less critical than it would have been had their ariny been cut In two, as was re- ported in London. One despatch dated from “Ppont-a-Mousson via Luxembourg,’? purporting to give a report of the battle by an eye-witness, states that the Prussians won, but at a fearful cost. Re- ference is also made to @ visit from the Crown Prince to the King’s headquarters, showing that his forces were not far of, from which there is a strong probability that a part of his army was engaged in the confict. If our view of the situation be the correct one Bazaine’s army must have failen back to some point between Verdun and Thionville—probably at Etat. Berlin despatches, it is true, report the French as having withdrawn into the defences of Metz, but this cannot refer to the main body of their army— at least we think not. If Bazaine had two hundred thousand men when the battles began, as was Stated, it could not be possible for the Prussians to prevent his cutting his way through them if even they have surrounded him, Granting that he has lost fifty thousand men, he would still have one hundred and fifty thousand left. It would require an army or six hundred thousand to pen up such a force, and by their own statements the united armies of Prince Frederick Charles and General Steinmetz numberea only 340,000 previous to the battle near Pagny. Of these, it is said, they have already lost 90,000 men, Which would leave a quarter of a million or less odds for the French to contend against than at the outset, There is no record in modern history of 150,000 brave soldiers being surrounded and forced to capitulate, and if any person wili reflect fora Moment on the immense strength of such a force he Will at once perceive the absurdity of the unofficial despatches which reach us from Berlin and London, We, therefore, accept King William's despatch as giving the situation of the French, namely—a force, more or less considerable, shut up in Metz and the main body driven back in a northwest direction, From Paris it is reported that the Prussians have reached Chatillon-sur-Marne, @ smali town, some thirty miles west-northwest of Chalons and about seventy-eight miles east-northeast of Paris. It ts Memorable as the birthplace of Pope Urban II. The despatch alluded to suggests that the Prussians have moved by way of Sezanne, a town thirty-five miles southwest of Chalons. Such a line of march would flank Vitry-le-Frangols and Chaions. Should the news he true, it is evident that the French army 1s no longer at Ohalons, Chatilion beimg in the rear of that place and thirty miles nearer to Paris, A Paris paper, in fact, reports MacMahon as having the battle of Resonville. But these iferences, which are based upon French reports, will be com- pletely upset if the news received from Carisruhe of the defeat of the French at Chalons by the Crown Prince prove correct, Confirmatory intelligence of Unis victory is needea, however, before it can be re- hed upon, The Crown Prince was reported to be at Ponth-Mousson on the 20th. A despatch from that place dated yesterday makes no mention whatever of this battle, and the news would certainly have reached there before it reached Carlsruhe, So many mere rumors are mingled with facts that it is dificult to distinguish the truth from falsehood, MacMahon’s defeat now Would be most disastrous for the French, as upon his army remaining unbroken depends in a great measure the chances of final success, What day the battle at Chalons was fought ts not stated, but if one has taken place we shall doubtless have full Particulars to-day. THE NEW COMMANDER OF PARIS, Major General Trochn. This distinguished oMcer, who ts now in command at Paris and is reported to be directing the move- ments of the French army, bears the reputation of being one of the ablest military men in Europe. He 1s fifty-four years of age, having been born in 1816. He was educated at the military school of St. Cyr, where he displayed marked aptness and ability. On graduating he was commissioned a sub-licutenant in the army and was soon after sent to Algerii Here Lieutenant Trochu, as is the case with nearly” all of the prominent generals of France, first saw military service, Io the numerous campaigns against the Arabs he greatly distinguished himself by his skill and gallantry, and at the outbreak of the revolution of 1848 had risen to the rank of major. Immediately alter the re-establishment of the empire he was commisstoned a colonel and for a ‘Ume served on the stat of the Emperor Napoleon. During the war between France and England on the one side and Russia on the other Colonel Trocha was sent to the Crimea as the confidential agent of Napoleon. He took part in all the military coun of the allied commanders, and ts said to have had more to do with determining the action of the French army than either Marshal St. Arnaud or General Canrobert. For his services he was promoted to the rank of general of brigade. The Italian campaign of 1859, report has it, was planned by him and the late Marshal Niel, Its complete success is well known to all students of history, Subsequently Trochu was made major general, It {s certain that until 1860 he was looked upon as a supporter and friend of Napoleon, Since then it is claimed that there has been a coldness existing between the two, Trochn laboring under the impression that he has been oversiaughed by the Emperor, who has pro- moted Inferlor oMcers over him. But itis not true that he was always an adherent of the Orleans dynasty. He may be now, and ifhe is his partner- ship dates since the Italian war. As regards the present war the General is not only reported to be a oitter enemy to Prussia and im favor of it, but also to have prepared a plan of campaign, offensive and defensive, aud if these statements be true we may depend that he will continue the struggle to the bitterend. Trochuis a liberal and his sentiments in favor of Parliamentary government have long been known. He js not a republican however. Whether it is his intention to support the Bonaparte dynasty or that of the Orleans is something nobody knows anything about as yet. Some time must ne- cessarily pass before his policy on so important a laatter 38 made public. BROOKLYN CITY. ‘The total number of arrests in Brooklyn last week BRAZIL. The Province of San Paulo—Its Products Description ef the Country—On a Coffee PiantationmE£Gects of the Cold—The Coff. Crop. CiTy OF SAN PAULO, Jnly 21, 1470, This province, lying one half in the torrid and the Other in the south temperate zone, is considered one of the finest sections of Brazil. It is @ very exten- sive coffee growing region. The raising of cotton, too, has become a prominent feature of the pros Vince, and the product has much increased since the advent of 60 many of the Southern families from the United States, and the emigration tending this Way has within the past few years beeu probably double as large as to any other part of Brazil. So 1 have come here to look about, and shall make this my point of departure for excursions to the northern, western and southern parts of the province, The seaport of the province is we city of Santos, lying southwest of Rio Janetro and about 160 miles distant, and from which place small coast steamers connect with Santos twice a week, pro- fessing to make the run in @ighteen hours, though the usual time 1s from twenty to twenty-four. San- tos 19 on the western side of the beautiful river of the same name and about six miles from the sea. From Santos the interior of the province is reached by the San Paulo Railroad, a most excellent road, built under the direction of and still superincended by an English gentleman named Fox, Thirteen miles from the coust @ range of mountains forming the front wail, as it were, of a large extent of table land beyons, has to be ascended by the rall- Way, and this is doue by a simple yet very secure system of stationary engines, wire cables and pul- leys, The ascent is @ grade of one foot in nine, and iS divided into four sections, at the top of each of which isa fne English engine working the cables, One section of a train ascends as the other descends, so the engine generally has not much more to dd than to regulate the speed, A portion of the last Section consists of an iron bridge forming a curve of one ninth of the cirele, and also following the ineli- nation Of the road, of one foot elevation in pine feet of length. This bridge 1% a fine plece ol work, is constructed entirely of tron, of tubul pillars, diagonally braced, and — its is two hundrea feet above the bottom of the m below. An hour's ride takes you to San Paulo, where there is @ tine rajiway station, ‘This city of San Paulo is very finely situated, and probably one of the healthiest places in Brazit. Thave made two excursions or tips to néighbor- ing fazendas (plantations) to see the gathering and cleaning and packing of coffee. ‘The cleaning 1s done very effectually by means of American ma- chines, though the complaint 1s made by some—[ think wich litte foundation—that this cleaning pro- cess takes away, by the pecullar jwotion ol ils re- volving cylinder, some of the essential ou that gives the bein Lis richness of favor. The beans are put Into an tron cylinder, about two feet in diameter and six feet in length, ‘This cylinder has four kinds of perforations, ana during the revolving the beaus are assorted and classined according as they pass through the different punctures of the cylinder. ‘The packing wust be in the most substunuial man- ner to withstand the transportauion, ‘The degree of cold that bas been experienced in the province within the last month has not been known here before in forty years, and the co tree, singulariy sensitive and tender, has suitered terribly. ‘The frosi—something scarcely ever seen here—which for a number of mornings covered everything, killed the coffee trees in all directions. It seemed first to bjast the leaves, changing them to. a dui, dry, biackish brown, and then, splitting the bark, tt wasted and Killed the tree even to ils Toots. As the tree must have a growth of Uhree years beture it bears, this cold and trost must occasion a great Joss, for in some lstances there are fazendas where more than one hundred thousand trees have ber destroyed. in some cuxes, however, £ learned that insects had appeared that’ it Was quite impossible to eradicate from the || and that would 1n a year or two have entirely llled It, and as the first annthiiated insect as weil as tree It may not be allogetner a matter of iamen tation, ‘The preseut coilee crop of te province will amount to quite 800,000 bags—a greater crop than ever before raised and generally of a better quality. This has not been injured by the frosts, but the ext year’s promise Was the one that suffered, itis a was 428, Peter McKenny, employed by the Flushing Rall- youd Company, was killed Saturday night by being brown froin the hand car. George Mullin was arrested on Saturday night for breaking into the cigar store of Louls Arnold, in Myrtle avenue. Michael Dixon, residing at 104 Willow street, had his leg broken on Saturday night by the caving in of au embankment on Vanderbilt avenue, Connolly Ruddy, residing at 43 Willow street, was serfously injured last night by being thrown rrom his wagon in Atlantic street, His horse ran away und smashed the vehicle, ‘The residence of Simon Eckstein, 26 Canton street, Was fetonlously entered on Saturday night and robbed of fifty dollars in money aud about fifty dol- Jars’ worth of clothing. During the past week Surrogate Veeder granted letters of administration on the estates of Herschel Parker, John Creagh, Michael Kiernan, Wiillam J. Linder, Theophilus Paquet, W. Stanley Stannard ‘known as “Van Virk”) and Philip Kinkel. A letter of guardianship was granted on the estate of Mar- garet Moran to William Moran. 4 Greenfield, one of the little suburbs of the City of Churches, on the Coney Island road, commenced the work of erecting its new Catholic church a few days ago. The building is to be in the Gothic style and will be thirty-eight feet wide by sixty-four fect jong. An open porch shelters the principal en trance, and over the front gabie ts placed a slender bell cot which attains a height of seventy-tve feet, The roof, which ts to be covered with slate ts sup- ported within by lammated arched ribs resting on the foundation wails, A screen of ornamental wood- work will separate the sacristy from the auditorium. ‘The chureh will seat 850 persons and will be Hnished in November next. SHOCKING DEPRAVIIY IN NEWARK, There was brought to the notice of the Newark authorities last evening two cases which revealed a shocking degree of depravity among persons of the Jower strata of society, ‘The first case was that of a cadaverous-looking young rowdy, seventeen years of age, named Frank Meyers, and restding at No. 27 Clayton street, During the course of the after- noon, as alleged, he was caught in the act of attempting to perpetrate a diabolical crime on the person of @ child ten years of age, named Barbara Edger, of No. 112 Livingston street. George Betz, Henry Carroll and Martin Hausling, all youths like himself, discovered him, they alleged, in flagrante delicta With the powerless, struggling, gagged child in the woods back of Tivoli Park. He was taken into custody and iodged in the city prison to await examination. Here he gave his name as Frank Madden, of No, 43 Plane street. His real name ts Meyers. In the evening the girl, with her mother, appeared before Justice Dean aid made complaint embodying the foregoing facts. The principal figure tm the other case 1s a debauched creature named Ellen Talk, @ most aptly named resident of Acad. emy street, Last evening, in @ arunken fit, she smashed in the windows of the residence of John Scanlan, No. 255 Academy street, and furiously as- saulted his son James, She was arrested and taken to the station house with an infant in ber arms, When placed in front of Captain Bryce’s desk she broke away from the oMcers and made a second dash at young Scanian. She was promptiy secured, put In her wild, drunken struggies she almost strangled the baby. But for the united efforts of four or five officers she would doubtless have crushed the life of the little thing. She had to be carried into the cell. Young Scanlan stated that years ago, before she was mal ried, she acted as housekeeper for his fathe: and recently hag by her medditug seriously tnter- fered with his (the father’s) intended marriage with a certain young lady, Besafdes she makes frequent demands on him for money. On the other hand, it is sald that the child she had in her arms last night belo! to Scanian—the result of their unlawful ractices, Jt was only the other night that her hus- band, one Richard Taik, was arrested on a charge of attempting to stab the elder Scanlan; so that it seems the case 18 a mixture of Illicit love, Jealousy and the lowest depravity. “AN ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE. The usually quiet litte village of Canarsie was yes- terday thrown into @ state of excitement, caused by the perpetration of a most abominab!y outrage by two unknown ruffans, the victim being a young Ger- man girl, seventeen yeara of age, named Elizabeth Heilberger, Her statement of the affair i that while watking along close by the seaside, about haif a mile from her home, she was met by these scoun- Moved out, but to what point it does not say. It is most likely, however, that be has marched by way of St, Menehold to Verdun and has already united with Bazaine or is now in sup- porting distance. One Paris genera! represents him as being on one side of the Prince Royal's army and Bazaine on the other, and speaks of a great battle as imminent. We are rather inclined to the opinion that the Prince Royal and Prince Frederick Charles At the Ministry of the Jnterigr phey Jaugh at the [Bave already ciegiod a Jyncuion—proppbly before dreis, Who unceremoniously began talking rather freely to her. She was walking away in another dt- rection, when one of them seized her, and after much unavailing se oe screaming on her pari, no person or house being within call, succeeded in accomplishing her raln, while his companion walked quietly away. Both then decamped, and the victim of their evil passions was shortly after discovered by a friend, who, on learning what had occurred, gave the alarm, but too late, the scoundrels escaping Wish- out leaving the slightest clue as to their identity or whereabouts. Much indignation ts naturally feit by the girl’s friends, and every possible means will ve uscd W have We mudans brought to justice, Most tinportant product, and if these people would Put Into its cultivation the energy, forethought and jabor saving that might be applied to it Uiey could unquestionably improve the article and very mate- rially iucrease the amount annually produced. It is the staple of Brazil, and the United States can weil aflord to make a vary considerable reduction of the tax on coffee, if not entirely abolish it; for ic may be classed among the necessaries of life; and espectatly 18 it desirable that. all the laboring classes may get cheap coffee, and exclude the adulterous and deleterious compounds which bear that name, and consume, ff pot all, at least a very large portion of the coflee of Brazil. 1 shall endeavor Co tell you something of the cot- ton growth; of the coudition of the Souther: from the United States now living in this prov and the system of slavery and Cowing emancipation in other Iciters. Afuirs in the Capital—The Political Aspeci— A Commercial Crisis Probrble—The Sinvery Question—Carlotia Pattimicket Swindlers— An International Case Settled. Rio JANEIRO, July 25, 1870, Rio is dull, politically, commercially and socially, The political duiness may ve that calm presaging the approaching storm; for the present government and mtnisury cannot be sald to be fixed be yond change; indeed, discontent so rife may any day become focahzed. and demand a change, that cannot be denied. The Emperor is growing oid, his gray hairs and wrinkled face betokening how heavily the cares of State weigh upon, and no one ought to be surprised at any time to hear of bis sud- den decease, while there are mafy who prophesy that in such an event the empire in Brazil wil! cease, and Dom Pedro Il, go upon the record of history as the last Emperor of the Braziis, The commercial dulness seems to Increase, A smaller amount of coffee 18 on hana than for some time previous, and there are smail exportations, It is believed by many that production and commerce and trade are to stand the test of the abolition of slavery much sooner than 18 generally supposed, for whe cloud of agitation, aug- mented by occasional emancipation, and w a certain extent insuriag demoraiization, and en- couragement given to the matter by the government is already above the horizon, and growing, and casting its shadow even now upon the land; and tuere are not a few who beiteve the country ts on the eve of a commercial crists, which they tuink must resuit from the abolition of Brazilian serfdom, ‘They do not believe in gradual emancipation at ail, assured, as they think they ure, that when the negroes become aware of the surety of prospective freedom the demoralization ensuing therefrom will compel immediate aboittion. Mile, Carlotta Patt ts still here. Her tarry in Rio cannot, 80 far, be said to have been at all a success. Her mauager hoped to have engaged the Theatro Lyrico, on the Camp Santa Anna, but thac was engaged for the national Te Deum, which was ‘aflerwara given in the teaiple built for the purpose, and she was obliged to take the Theatro Dom Pedro, ‘Then there was a great excitement and loss oceastoned by the sale of large numbers of spurious tickets, On the evenin, of the second concert $500 worth of these tickets were taken at the doors of the theatre, and on the evening of the third concert $700 worth were taken. ‘These spurious tickets were so weil done tbat this loss Was unavoidable; for not until the third con- cert Was about to take place was this causs for the discrepancy in the cash recelpts discovered, and Imunediately steps Were taken to Insure that the thing should not be repeated. All people were cau- toned against buying tickets of any but autnorized and specified salesmen. Then Mile, Paiti has, tt is rumored, been tn discord with her company, and a few days ago it was stated that she was to return to America by the next steamer. She cannot, of course, do thls without forfeiting ner contract to go to Montevideo, Valparaiso and the Pacific Coast. The officers of the National Guard gave a grand bail to the Conde d’Eu on the night of Tuesday, June 19, which was 4 ne affair, The Emperor was pre- sent and the company & brililant one, The Jornal du Commercdo yesterday contained a communtcation from the American Minister intro- ductory to communications from Secretary Fish and Baron Cotazepe, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, con- cerning the case Of & bark which was satu to have been abandoned above here on the coast, and which Was Laken possession of by the Brazilians, a claim for which was afterwards {nstituted by tne owners of the bark against the Brazilian government. It |g sald that this case is the rock upon which the late Aimerican Minister, General Webb, split. Mr. Blow certainly deserves credit for the amicable and satis. Jactory Danner in which the affair has been settied, COMMUTATION FOR CRIPPLES, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— On June 17 and 30 there passed a bi.) through Con. greas Ww give artificial limbs or commutation for the same to the cripples of the late war, Myself, with others, made applicatien—some for commutation, others for limbs—through blank forms furnished by the Surgeon General, and all of us invariably nad an answer in a few days from the Surgeon General, stating that our no pee, Was certified to a8 cor- rect and forwarded to the Commissioner of Pensions for finalaction. Those cases lie, with few excep. tions in that office now from twenty to thirty hn Are the clerks in the Sut nm General’s oMce so far ahead in their businesa that what they can do in a Week it tukes the drones of the Pension OMce a month to perform’ If Mr. Van Aernum knew how badly some of us want our commutation I presume he would smarten his clerks up, 1 hope they are not all cripples. ONK LEG. NEW YORK CITY. Local and Police Paragraphs and Minor Items of Metropolitan News. ‘The following record will show the changes in the, temperature for the past twenty-four hours in col parison With the corresponding Gay of last year, indicated by the thermometer at Hudnuvs Phage) macy, HERALD Building, corner of Ann street:— 1869, 1470, 34.M... ne oe Ga. M. +8 2 ORM 9A. M.. 87 76 OPM. 12M. 1 79 1PM Average 1 perature Yyeaterday re Average temperature for corresponding date last year : Mary Monahan, aged forty, and residing at 90 Parl street, fell down stairs last evening und pi her leg. William Murphy, of Hunter's Point, a stabieman at; oases, enue railroad, was yesterday severely) AcLous borse. Jeremiah | ivan, @ babe ten months old, was accidentally and dangerously scalded by his mother lastevening, and was taken wo the Centre street: hospital. Margaret Foster, aged thirty-seveu, @ passenger on board steamship Queen, was arrested last even- ing on acharge of insanity, and committed by Jus uce Cox, A slight dre occurred at ten o'clock last evening. in the grocery store occupied by William Dougherty, at 128 Broome street, It Was soon put out, and we damage Was trifing. Mary Maloney, of 156 Leonard street, yesterday morning attempted to put a quietas upon her life by swallowing tincture of aruica, She was re” suselt ated by a poilce surgeon, 4 Mary Denwra, residing at 56 Mulberry street, ac~ eldentally fell into the water from pler 29 East river, yesterday evening and was rescued by officer Say- age, of the Fourth precinct, She sustained no ins Juries and went on her way rejoicing, ? Mrs. Margaret Gerrity, while in a fit of temporary) insanity yest. rday morning, leaped from we reax wiudow of the third story of 55 Baxter street, a tenement house, into the yard and was Killed. She or age, and Coroner Keenan wil inquire into the cause for such a rash deed, At half-past six last evening an unknown man was, found dead in the East river at the foot of Corleara, street, The deceased was five feet eight inches im height, and aged thirty years. He had biack hair, eyes and mustache, and wore dark clothes, a white shirt and leather boots, The body was taken to the Morgue. ' Jacob Russ, a butcher, reskling at 140 West Thirty- ninth street, Was arralgued at Jeiferson Market yes- terday on complaint of George Belver, who caught Russ in the act of stealing from 542 Tenth avenue @ quantity of sausage skins valued at sixty dollars.) ‘rhe prisoner denied the charge, bul was committed for trial la deiault of $1,000 ball, In the Tombs Volice Court yesterday, before Justice Koch, Daniel Cabill was committed to await the result of the injuries he inflicted on Cornelius Crowley, of 29 Roosevelt street, tn a fight on Satur- day evening last. Ciowley received a very vad wound tn the breast, from watch there ts bat @ mere chance of lis recovery. He ides in the Centre street hospital. Willlam Relily, a cart driver, residing at No. 13% Macdougal street, was arraigned yesterday at Jef- ferson Market charged with entering the premises No. 132 Macdougal street through an open window on Saturday night, and takfog from a room therein @ quantity of clothing worth fifty doliars. Reilly, who was seen to leave the house with the clothing in fis possession, was held for trial In default of, $1,000 bail. ‘The abstract of the report of the Central Park me- teorological departinent for the week ending August 20, 1670, shows the following results;—Barometer. /.983; Maximum, 80.990; minimum, 872 18 incbes. ‘Thermometet—Meun, 74.1; max Imam, 87; minimum, 60; range, 27 Sagres Kaela Teil on the Lith of August from four A. M. to cleven. toirty A. M. to the depth of .20 inches. Distance travelled by the wind during the week, 1,112 mnties, Henry Macnamara, a confirmed and drunken Vagract, while under the influence of liquor yester- day, commiited suicide by laying himself on we track of the Harlem Ratiroad, on Fourth avenue, between Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh streets. Ha was run over by (he early moruing freight train and cut to pleces before his presence was discovered. His maug Jus were picked up and taken to the Morgae, where Coroner Keenan will noid am inquest. Coroner Keenan was yesterday notified vo hold aa Inquest on ihe body of a boy named John Schamt, aged ulne, Who while playing on a pile of bricks near his father’s restden ». 216 Kast Eleventh street, fell Lo the ground woud fractured bis skull, causing death ina very short time. ‘The same Coroner was called to Inquire into the cause of the death of Jutues Flynn, aged Oflyaght, who was found dead In the yard of w shanty on Sixty-seventh street, be= tween Second und Third avenues, yesterday moru- ing. & TERRIBLE AFFAIR. Four Lads Drowned From a Suif—The Story of the Only Survivor, (From the Cincinuatl Enquirer, August 20.] Miny a i.e flus gone down under the waters of Olio, Trout of this city, during the surome So frequently, indeed, have We been called upon ww record’ deat, in tits shape, that the ominuus headline “Drowned” has’ beet: oue of the most frequent in our coluinns, and “ine drowning season” has be- come & common reportorial phrase, afternoon, at four o'clock, @ more than usually tei riple affair of this uuture occurred Unmediately opposite the city, and thoagh It was, of coarse, yee broud daylight, and although the hour was one af which peopie are usually astir on both shores, Strange to say but one man seems to have Witnessed the accident, and but two to have beer of use in saving the only life that was snatched from a watery grave. To tell the story ag nearly a8 it may ve from the beginning:— Yesterday five boys, Courad Fischer, aged six- teen, son of Dr. Valentine Fisher, 125 Laurel streets James Moore, aged sixteen, son of Mr. R. B. Moore. Edward Barton, aged sixteen, and John Barton, age ten, sons of Mr. B. Barton, 114 Laurel street, and Elias Gregg, son of B. C. Gregg, No. 121 Laurel street, procured a Skiff at Newport and went rowing up the Licking for a uistance of uearly four miles, Satisted with their days’ sport they started home- ward, and about four o'clock rounded out of the mouth of the Licking aud leaded A for Newport, hugging the Kentucky shore to avoid the current. Just above the United States barracks there are at this season always lying & number of empty coak burges In charge of abouiman named Sprout, under which aud along whose sides the current sweeps with tremendous force. Bor some reason our fated young voyagers turned in towards shore across the Trout of one of these barges, and were immediately drawn under the slanting Dow. Conjecture must here supply the place of tuct, as to the exact nature of the accident which followed, for all the survivor, oung Fisoher, can tell is’ that ail imagined hat tiey were about to be drawn under the barge, and enaeavored to shove the skiff om, Fischer, who was terribly excited last night, and scarcely able to go into detatls, says that le then dived out of the boat, under the corner of the barge, and came He on its outside, when she begam swimming for nls lve down wward the lowet shore of the Licking, near wuich he was picked up tn an exhausted condiuon by Sprout and a fisherman, the only person who nad, as 18 supposed, actually wit- nessed the casualty, and who last aight could not be found. Fischer says that be heard a shout, he thinks from Moore, and as he came up heard cries for he Sprout, who was close by, heard nothing, and only became aware of tne accident by finding tna sku drifting bottom upwards at the foot of tha barge, aud then saw Fischer swimming across the mouth of the Licking and nearly gone. This boat man has saved many lives already in this vicinity, and nad he heard the first cries for beip the result mnight have been less sad. As it was the hat of one of the Barton boys was alone found floating near by to tell of his fate ana of that of Lis three comrades, All were undoubtedly swept ander the barge at once, their efforts to keep the sk it off having probably upset her. Once in the water im front of One of these barges, only tne best and anata swimmers could have kept themselves from being sucked under It. The probability 14 thag Fischer, too, was swept unaer, but fortunately came up under the corner. His recollection last night Was that he dived and then was some fifty seconds under water; but, as we have already intimated, his terribly excited condivion rendered him rather incoherent at the hour at which our reporter saw him. On recovering his Uo and being taken by Mr. Sprout to this side, the poor little fellow started for Burton's to break the sad news to that doubly afflicted household. His heart failed him, however, and he went first to bis mother, who was oath vo convey the sad tdings to the other families. The affair has casta gloom over the neighbor- hood, where the boys lived close together, and where they were all well Known. We understand that @ liberal reward wiil be paid for any inteingence that will lead to the recovery of the bodtes, if left at the City Engineer's office. Tho Immediate finding of the remains of any at the pre- sent stage of the river ts very uncertain, but it is Es nght they may come ashore near Andersan’a ferry. past