The New York Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1870, Page 5

ed Pee post! fe Hy ance eat eh eae toe, he report revcived here tals morning that italy and ustria join France has raised the spirit of the in- febtants of ‘Naney—they smile suritiy, What on earth is the matter? Something must have occur- Ruan of the hotel, I bolted ne down ee now nob Whose, but it looked out on the street and mine does not-—and un- ceremoniously opened the shutters. An omnibus was paasing, ed nudarmes, and followed by the tagvag and. ofthe town. Screaming, sereeching and shouting, the pack of human hounds pursue the bus. Ever; w and doorin the street is crowded. Jt 18 8 matter of wonderment to where all these people concca) themselves at In the conan yy Eraneion Spies, one mo orchio y! uyt yel eater teeny. tnexy i} is for them ‘iat they are not in the hands of the infuriated mob. I forgot to mention that on the same day the English renner) carnenan fight from Mats a Frenchman al one o! ‘arisian illustrated papers was arrested, his clothes torn to pieces und, ‘puteted and kicked, le was dragged to the Place d’Armes by the rabble, ‘When at PontM-A-ousson waiting for the train I ‘Was the subject of attention of the great unwashed. One dirty lout tn a blouse eyed me susptclously. had on heavy boots and they itched to kick ‘him, Probabiy the gentleman in question had before now had boot toes applied to him, for he and his friends kept ata respectful distance. They then grumbled ana growled at a gendarme who was tn the station. ‘The representative of the awful majesty of Jaw approached me and in the so/test manner possi- ble wail, “Monsieur, veut-ll me montrer ses paplers, ces betes m’ usent.” The authorities, as I have tefore ald, ure prone to aye aighed and pe anor every attention to strangers; hey are fol appear brutal in order to satisfy the drainiess {dtots, nine-tenths of whom shout patriotically, but who would be the last to take up arins in jdeience of the country, AT MANNHEIM, Qn the Frontier Linc of War—From King William’s Headquarters at Mayence~Glo- rious Combats and German Victory—Bulle- Uns, Newspapers and War Mups on all SidesWounded Men from Both Armies— German Resolution, Confidence and Hove. MANNHEIM, August 7, 1870. To this place I determined to come, as being nearer tothe whole line of frontier from Trier to Rastadt than the fortress of Mayence, and, after considerable waning for conveyances and frequent stoppages on the wayside, 1 have succeeded tn reaching here. Tleft the royal headquarters at Mayence; ast night they were moved forward and at present writing are to be found at Kaiserslautern, which is about half way between Mannheim and Saarbrick. As I write I recollect that all these things and names, Indeed.the whole events and theatre of the struggle, may be, and probably will be, changed by the time this letter reaches you; hence it is that, although { am constrained more or Jess to go into detail wita regard to the present sitnation, I yet think it will be better to treat of general items and matter charac- teristic of the people and the war than to repeat the bulletins Which, while I am writing, the telegraph conveys to you. For he last two days those bulletins from the Prussian headquarters bave nearly taken our breath away, such has been the rapidity with which they have heralded forth, to the great joy of all good Ger- mans, victorious combats. The French were allowed Whe advantage in the first affair at Searbriick, but since then there has been no crumb of comfort for them. Wissembourg, Woerth, Bitche and Speichereq are recorded as advantages against the French side, and, besides this, the French are falling back or retreating. The enthusiasm here, as everywhere else on the Rinne and in Germany, ts consequently completely roused, though tt is quiet alpthe while. Ali around me I hear the positive belief asserted that the French will never cross the Rhine, and that the Prussians will dictate peace in Paris, “Nach Paris |” (“On to Parts’) is still the cry. Before you get this letter there are people here ‘who think and say that the war will be ended. They are contidently looking to the entry of the Prusstans into the French capital by the 15th of August, Napo- seon’s fete. I give this belief as being significant of ‘whe prevalent feeling and opinion. Every bulletin that comes and is spread abroad on little slips of printed paper is received with a “burrah” and bought und read by the people. All classes seem to be thoroughly ailve to the issue and the tidtngs of the moment. Every one has his war map of the “Kriegsschauplatz” and follows up the Inarches and combats therefrom. It may be that al} ‘this may continue to the end so, or it may not. The measure adopted against the press prevents me from speaking of affairs with certainty, and hence Jum constrained to narrate merely what I sce and hear around me in the neighborhood of the opera- tions. PRISONERS AND THB PEOPLE, On my way down to this piace 1 saw the French prisoners tuken at the first aifair claimed by the vTussians, or the capture of Wissembourg. The prisoners were most remarkably hospitably treated. Bow soidiers and citizens displayed their wonted good pature in this treatment at every moment. At the stations the ladies turned out to give beer and bread vo the captives, ax well as to speak a kind word of comfort, 11 seemed. On their side the prisoners were rather depressed, and explained to those who could mnaster sufficient Fronch to converse with them tbat they. were surprise. aud 80 cap- tured, ‘They dtetinctly stated to your correspondent that only 400 oftheir force commenced the encoun- ter with an entire Prussian corps d’armée and that they were not opportunely reinforced. One train full of thein was ee command of Bavarian of- cers and sentinels. ey Were packed in like sare dines in 2 box. In one of the couches, near which I Was standing, the sentinel’s yan accidentally went off, and of course there was a lively scampering in consequence. It was at first thougat that a prisoner bad tired upon some officer or suicided himseif from despair; however, the office. in command rushed up, and after he had indulged in some irowning and cursing, It was proved that the explosion hag occurred merely through chance. Otherwise It would have gone hard with the young Gauls; they would have been stuck on the spot, and I should have had wo record a general massacre of the innocents then and there present. The people tried to get at the rea! sentiments of the prisoners; but, for State reason, as well us on the score of the dificulty of using the two languages, there was Do drawing from them anything very important or interesting; they contined themselves to a species Of mutism and to eating tue biack bread and German beer which the junmrauen handed in to them without stint It 1g quite a singular spectacle to witness the natives, as they are fighting this war iu such deep earnest, Dut apparently without any hatred against even Napoicon himself, certainly with none against the French people. By the way, [must mention a little matter that struck my atvenuon’ tis morning in connection with this Germanic sentiment towards the French. 1 happened to pwil out the drawer of a secretary in amy room and found written iu ink on the botcom of the drawer the following worus, evidently written there long belore the , present conflict be- gan:—“The French are one-half crazy and the other half fools!” It is certainly no littie credit to Germans to see how self-possessed and good-natured they show themselves, even under the present circumstances, wiien their land is at- Weked and invaded, as they are firmiy convinced, «.. the ground of mere personal and dynastical am- Dion. From Darmstadt I passed through the venerable oid city of Worms, and after many an up ana dowi reached Mannheim, on the Khine. It ap- peared rather strange, altuough not unpleasani, to travel by au outlandish horse couveyance 1a the ycar 1870, und by the side of two tracks of ratlway; but It ‘Was only alter nat guise vhat our destination could be reached. CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR. Mannheim has lost ite shipping and trade for the time belng. tis rather a nice city, with some tine new buildings, but asit is very near the fighting and the armies It 1s bound to become @ general rendez- vous for the sick and wounded and to lose its pre- sent fresh appearance. Already there are several bundred wounded soldiers, of both nationalities, in the city hospituis, and numerous hospital wards, constructed in plank, on the approved American model, have been built and are building on the “ex. ercise places” and grounds surrounding the town. Ta the course of afew days they may be all filled with the dying and the wounded from the great and deci- sive battie now daily expected. The surgeons and emplvyés are already at their respective povts. This evening I inspected them, in company with a general surgeon, who remarked that they were con- mructed precisely after the pattern of those used in our war. He had no need to teil me, for the Jac simile was visible—all except the white wash- ig, which was lacking. The wounded on hand were visited. As they were slightly wounded the inspection was of short duration, Several had suffered from Turcos and wmitrailleuses, but I did not observe that any especial dread was entertained of those two machines, The ‘Turcos were complained of as being uncivilized instruments of wariare and, as tothe famous mitrallleuses, their missives were exhibited with @ certain air of triumph as not being so dead: after ali. ‘he Turcos were eres pres for have inyseif seen some of them, a8 well a3 about 2,000 genuine French red pants, although it is maintained \hat the Turcos themselves accorded no quarter on the baitle teld, Daring thy visit to the wounded in the hospitals I observed that the Germans bore thetr pains very reels bed aitadaenne looked very much like ghting material ada; win victories. ‘The: were mostly from North Prussia. The Bavarians are now accorded among all the people the praise and value of being first class soldiers since (heir part in the Wissembourg a ction. To-day news of the Woerth Hght arrived in town, while we were sitting at din- her. Several of the oMcers who were present or- dered champagne and treated the whole company present, who were trying after some Savion toswai- Jow down tne peeuharly German cooking of the gasthaux, Many a bumper was imbibed to the health of the King, the Crown Prinve und to the vros- berity of old. Deutschiand, and all went merrily a6 bells, Every! is looking out tor other and grander victories; 1 think it would be both dangerous and imposssible to any German citizen that Fre) holding heaa against their own, so much do the facts as at present reported spear to be tn their favor. Extraordinary stories circulate in rd to the ba of actual fighting, but they require no place ere, Suffice it to gay that the German soldiers with whom { have converred freely and fully admit heavy Joxses, and accord the bighost praive to the valor of the Emperor's men, IN PRUSSIA. eee een, French Conquest at Saarbracken—French Boast-German Success at Wissembourg— Heavy Losses-Strasbourg Threatened— Prince Frederick Charles te bo MWWeard From—Feverish Excitemont in Berlin ou- mopolitan Liberality—Zouaves and Turcos— A Novel sight. BERLIN, Angust 6, 1870, ‘Though it ts conceded that accounts of skirmishes and engagements are generally too highly colored by the victorious party, yet the description in the French press of the capture of Saarbriicken is a Paragon of rnodomontade, A glance at a correct map ona large scale, suchas I have now before me, published by the topographical department in several mundred sections, teaches even the un- Initiated that the territory separating the two sister towns of St. John and Saarbricken from the French boundary line 18 not adapted to deploying forces of any amount, and that it would have been unwise to attempt to hold these open places of about 7,000 inhabitants each, exposed as they are to the enemy's artillery and affording no strategical advantages to the Germans. Indeed, it might have been taken by the French two weeks ago, as their pickets were stationed opposite it as early as the 19th ult, and the whole German garrison consisted of a battalion cf infantry (1,000 men) and two squadrons (200 men) of Jancers or Ulans. FIERCE ACTION OF THE PRUSSIANS. On the forenoon of the 2d inst., whex the French began the attack with twenty-three guns on the heights of Spikeren, they were kept at bay by three companies of the aforesaid Prussian regiment No. 40, who finally withdrew across the river Saar toa position selected beforehand, aud which was left upmolested by the enemy. That the weakness of their opponents was no secret to them Is obvious from an article in the French journal Gauiots of the 80th ult., its correspondent writing from Forbu “We have reasous to suppose, from late observa- ons, that Saarbrucken 1s very weakly garrisoned, and will be abandoned in case oF our advance,” Sucn had really been the orders of General Von Moltke, who probably would have also withdrawn from the fortress Saariouis, in order to meet the in- vaders between Treves and Mayence, ‘these com- binauons, however, May now be considerably alered owing to the 2 SUCORSSFUL ACTION AT WISSEMBOURG. ‘This was by Prussian regiments of the Fifth and Eleventh and of the Second Havarian army corps, under command of the Crown Prince, which has the eect of outianking the enemy, lorcing hia nut only to quit Saarbrucken, but also threatening his Jing of connection with S:rasbourg. When the tirst despatch of tus action reachea here last night at niue o’ciock, it spoke of Suv pris- oners only, while later official news gives the numn- ber at 800, and, of these, eighteen officers. ‘fis contrasts well with the habitual exaggeration of tne French, who, 1p @ like case, would Navé reported at jeast 5,000 prisoners, with @ view of reducing their Qgures afterwards. The welcome news was read a.oud in the streets, theatres, coilee houses and con- cert gardens; and such was the geveral exultation that the closing sentence of the telegram, viz.:— “the grenadiers of the King and the Filty-elguth regiment have sustained heavy losses,™ were rezu- lariy drowned by deafening cheers. No details are Known as yet respecting these loss- es, but it may be presumed that they Nave been rather fearful in ae aes to the men actually engaged in that tight. It is consolatory to think that a battle on @ large scale will soon take tue place of wkir- Mishes or smal engagements, which decide nothing, though they result in a vast destruction of lie, ‘The making prisoners of Turkos or Algerian troops will divest tue Germans of that mysterious fear of an unknown foe, who, a8 they were told, was far worse than the skinned savage of America, cruel, i- vincibie and full of all sorts of mischief. The piacards announcing that the prisoners nad arrived at Frankiort, where they would be fed aud then sent, by way of Berlin, to some northern fort- regs, were surrounded by dense crowds of the popu- lace, discussing belorehand the probable hour ot thelr arrivaland the chances of having @ pevp at live Turcos. ‘Chrougbout tae day the inuabitauts of this city evinced @ state of FBVERISH EXCITEMENT. This was caused by @ variety of ramors as to another bloody engagement of the centrai army of Prince Frederick Churies of Prussia, though nothiag seemed to warrant such encounter, judging irom the position of his forces. It wasrauher tue uaivete of the people, arguing that the laureis won by the Crown Prince would stir up his cousin Charies; and firm in this beliet, and the wisn being fatner to we thought, they held out all day, aud eagerny swallowed tie canards set aiioat from hour to bour by upscrupulous wags But with all this luster and impatience you could find Unked @ certain stoicism aud sobriety which are the prominent features of the German character, while te botling biood of the French ts ever inclined to fits of paroxysin and phrency, though of snort duration. ‘The prospect of @ loug and bloody war can have no dampening effect upon the proverbial tenacity of Tentons; they are willing to fight to the last, and their pluck 1g Not lessened by a succession of deteate. Now that the blood of tue brave iava- riavs has fown at Wissembourg, intermingling itself with that of the Pruss‘ans in deledce of Fatheriand, aU the pational reminiscences of the liverty wur are aioused and vengeauce on the invader is the firm resolve. ‘yhere ig less of tumultuous swagger than the In- ward oath to conquer or to die; wen bid adieu to their wives, telling Wem that they will not return Unless as victors. 5, THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The newspapers are ililing their columns with the heroic deeds which in 1813 and '16 led w the utter destruction of the same enemy; they reproduce the piciures of misery and desolation suffered by the invasion of Ravoesn I, and predict in glowing colors the inevitable fate awaiting his nephew. Some of the brutaliues coumitied vy the French i the prelude at Suarbriicken are widely circulated, in order to show the hollowness of their pretended civilizing mission, Their firing through & railway train on the German side of the Saar river, killing some Imnocent people in vineyards; their Well known rapacity—French journals recommend. ing to the troops an ingenious proceeding to dis- cover buried treasure by employiag watering pots, and thus discovering where the earth had been re- cently disturved—and Jasi, though not least, as shadowed forth in one of their army orders,’ tne violation and rapine which German women must expect from the savage Zouaves and Turcos—all these are powerful arguments employed by the press to sumulate that national hatred which for sixty years has slumbered aud is HOW awakening with undimin- ished fury, As to we COSMOPOLITAN LIBERALITY shown to the few remaining t'veach residents here, it seems to find but @ poor ecto in Paris, for @ despatcu from that city of yesterday's date announces that all Germans aro compelled wo report themselves to the Chief of Police, and can- not remain in the city unless they obtain special permission. Here we have quite a number of French artisans, such as hatmakers, cooks, hulrdressera, dancing masters, teachers, &¢., who ply their trade or calling uamolested; even the fagstatfon the build- ing of the French legation remains in its place, its top crowned by the Impertal eagle. The only change, and a somewnat ridiculous one, may be oogerved on a few signboards, -‘Fournisseurs de sa Majesté l’Em- pereur Napoleon III.” having removed the French escutcheon, and a few marchands tailleurs styling themselves in plain German, Schneidermeister, LOOKING FOR PRISONERS, I have just learned that the prisoners taken at issemburg will arrive here during this evening, and be conducted, on oot, through the streets to tue Eastern railway depot. The entire police force is to accompany ang protect this triumphal procession. These involuntary guests will be sent to the fortresses of Custrin and Graudenz, where, time and the authorities permitting it, your correspondent might interview some of them, and state the result to the HERALD readers. IN AUSTRIA. Preparing for War—Slow, but Certain—What is the Gainf—The Nationalities and How They Fecl—How the Government Feele— Prussian SympathizersHew Eastern Eu- rope May Be Divided. VIENNA, August 4, 1870, Austria is carefully but surely preparing for war. Is she desirous of war, or can it possibly be of bene- fit to her? These are questions which cannot be an- swered in afew words, and must be answered while Keeping in view the pecullarly divided and distract- ed condition of the country, As I have stated in one of my recent letters, the Reichsrath or Parliament is summoned to meet on the 5th of September. The Provincial Assemblies are to meet at different times inthe month of August. So far as Parliamentary assistance is concerned the government is helpless until the early part of the autumn. as to demand immediate and decisive action, ‘Thies certeimy # eerious and dangerous condh- | In the meanwhile affairs may eo change in Europe | ae ee dbhadae’ oer tion, and it is feared by many that it may lead tos suspension of constitutional forms in the State. Tn answer to the question whether Austria wishes war It may be satd that the wishes of Austria are as varied as the nationalities composing the empire. The Poles are advocating with ali zeal an alliance with France and active parttcipation in the war against rossia, At the present moment Vienna is Tull of Polish agents, who have come here from Pansfor purposes of agitation, hoping thereby to move the goverument to action. ‘The Polish papers of Galicia are preaching a regular crusade against the policy of inaction, and prophesy the downfall of Austria, unless sides are taken with France. In this programme enters of course the re-establishment of Poland. The Qzech party of Bohemia sympatuizes more with France, on unt of @ fear that if Prussia gains a brilliapt victory she will 80 Obtaln Lue upper hand in Germany as to unite he Southern with the Northern States in a more com- pact confederation, and also succeed in detaching the German part of Austria trom tho rest of the em- pi In this case tie Czechs would be wedged in between nostiie populations and thelr existence as @ uationailty seriously threatened. A great victory won by France would also not tend greatly to better the condition of Bohemia, since it Would pot be French poiltics io intermedd!e in Austrian aifuirs; and the Vienna Cabinet, strengthened by a russian defeat, would provably treat the Czechs more unceremoulously even than at present, The feeling in Bohemia 1s exceedingly bitier against tue present governusent—more batter, 1 think, than it was a year ago. The language of Vienna to the Bohemian kingdom is the followiug:—"In view of the dangers threateu- ing us from wathout itis the duty of all subjects of the Loure of Hapsbarg to jorgel internal poli- tes and unite for the common defence.” ‘To this the Czechs anawer, “Guarantee our rights and we shall rally toa mau’ in sapport of the goveru- meni.” ‘The war ts, therefore, used as a weapon on both sides. The government hates to indace Bole- mila to forget its demands for the . since Austria is threatened, and is weak on account of internal dissensions. The Czechs hope that the ne- cessities of the situation will force Vienna to yield to Bohemia her historical rights and the recognition of the equality of the Slavonic race, The Czechs will not yigid an inch, Shey Kuow they cannot do 40 without threatening their nationality with extinc- Mon. A strange State is Austria wit its nationali- tes, disunion and politcal hatreds, ‘The German fraction is not unanimons with regard tothe necessity of gome to war; or il war is to be declared what side it is necessary to Jake. The ota aristocracy and a pari of the arty are decidedly ior France and for action, Tue Uitramontane party and @ cerialti Rumor of the country people are also for France, ‘The majority of the widdle classes are for Germany, and Prussia now represents Germany. PRUSSIAN SYMPATHIZERS. In speaking of those of the Germans who are not Opposed to Prussia I must say tbat, so far as perience goes, tuey look forward to a Unite many, in wiich the German part of Austria will have a place. These are the principal divisions of Opinion at the presenti tine in Cisieituania, in Hua- gary or Transieithunia, althouga the parliamentary Thachmery is in xood rupniog order, there is strong evidence of breaxcrs ahead. Whe Croats ure very Mach dissatistied; so are the inhabliants of the miliary frouuier, ‘Lhe latier are able to put $0,000 men into the fleld in Gase of necessiiy. All these men ure weil armed and splendid fighters, Under the command of the Ban of Oroata, Yeiltehich, the men of the tronuer Vienna from the ungarians tn 1548. Now, Austiia bas given them up to Hungary, who Is trytug to arrange thelr affairs without weir vulee or consent, A depatation from the military frontier asked for @ti audience witu the Kiniperor in order to make a statement of thelr wants and grievances, Tue mine peror did not receive them, returned home dissatisfied and distrusitul and with very litte love in thelr hearts either for Vienna or Pexth. , Tae men of the milttary frontier ali belong to the Servian division of the Slavonic race, to which also tue Croats Uelong; tuey are members of the Kustern Church—tiat 1s, the majority of them. RUSSIAN INTERESTS, In case Austria saould side with France and thus bring icussia into the Geid ws anally of Prussia, tiie Slavonic element of Austria Would need but a pro- clamation from the Knssian Emperor to place them- selves under his banner: ihe Baume may be said of the Slavonians of Turkey. After surveying the Held One may say that the pre- sent war may divide Mudie and Kasiern Europe into two great Powers, tue German and Slavonic. This division 15 but @ matier of uine, the only question 1s, will it Come Dow or later? DENMARK AND THE BALTIC. Grand Opening of a Great War Dr The Present und Scope ef Events—-Wiat is Iikely Te Be Accemplisked and Whut May Ensae—A Glance Along the Coast of the North—Operations im the BalticmThe War Bleeta of Vrance and Prossia—Shore Fortresses—Sclieswig—Commands of the French Navy. COPENHAGEN, August 8, 1870, The mighty drama for which the many-colored curtain of the future rojled up on the 15th of July, but of which we have as yet only witnessed the pro- logue, will consist of a series of scenes, whereof many will be enacted at one and the same time in several different places—on the banks of the Rhine, on the shores of the North Sea, on the coasts of the Baltic, It 1s from the last named scenes that I, as your correspondent, am to send you tidings of the giaut war that is coming on to take so dominant a Place in the history of the world. But before that war abgorba all our attention it may not be untimely to take a cursory view of the @uspices that herald it. IN THE BALTIO. ‘The war in the Baitic will assume a twofold char- acter, partly a naval war, in wnich the advantages will be so superlatively on the side of the French that there can exist no possibility of any effectual resistance on the part of Prussia, and partly a war by land, tn which the chances will be more equal. In the Baltic Prussia holds the naval harbors of Stettin, Dantzic and Kiel, not to mention Horup- haven; the first 1s adapted only for vessels of war of inferior rate, at best for heavily armed corvettes, and here it is that the North Germanic wooden flect has its usual station, The pavai docks in Dantzic are very considerable, and the harbor, as well as that of Stettin, 1s well fortified. Kieler bay may, indeed, be regarded as especially adapted to harbor ships of war; It is of great depth, very spacious, and surrounded with heights that render its fortification easy, Prussia has, however, held possession of it so few years, that it has not, as yet, fully developed ali its capabilities. It has been the chief station of the Norti Germanic fleet; and, indeed, that fleet could without it never have been, at all events, never have been aug- mented by its present Iron-clad ships-of-war, Naval works of very considerable extent are partly com- menced, partly projected; but the fortification of the harbor is not yet completed, and, being entirely open on the land side, it cannot be looked upon as a harbor for vessels of war. Towards the sea the harbor is fortified on both sides of the firth or arm of the sea which is its en- trance. This entrance from the Baltic is clear and short, yet at one point so narrow that It 1s entirely commanded by a smail fort called Frederiksurt, situated ona spit of land running out from the Schieswig shore, and by the works of Laboe and Branneberg on the Holstein side, On the Jast named point it has been projected to mount the two mon- ster guns whieh were exhibited in Paris in 1867, and which Mr. Krupp, from whose justly renowned can- non foundry they issued, subsequently presented to the King of Prussia. Up to the very latest date it is, however, certain that those pleces of ordnance, whether brought to the spot or not, were notin position. It may justly be inferred frem the above that Kiel, unprotected as it Is on the land side, would, during a war, afford no advantageous station for the North Germanic fleet, and Prussia’s newest harbor, Williamshaven in Jnada bay, on the coast of the Grand Duchy or Uldenburg, nas, consequently, atthe very latest date, had the distinction of har- boring that fect. Hither has the Prussian iron-clad squadron on being recalied from its trip to Madeira by the voice of war betaken itself for security, and hither has the powerful tron-clad frigate Konig Wilhelm re- treated. It is said that only one ship in the French fleet can compete with this last mighty acquisition to the North Germanic navy, and that one is the ex-American Dunderperg, the present French Ro- chambeau. Besides these Jhada bay now harbors the tron-clad corvettes Crown Prince and Frederick Cari, twotron-clad batteries, of which one, by the way, the Arminius, has nad the “nous” to give the French squadron the slip within Danish soundings, and several fast sailing gunboats, which have likewise since the war was proclaimed made their way from Kiel, round Cape Skagen to Jhada bay, If, indeed, they have not, as it is now reported, kept the sea in order to reconnoitre or run into Norwegian har- bors. Itcan hardly be the intention of Prussia with its ships of war to give battle to the French fleet, and, asi have already informed you by telegram, it 13 reported ty Ose ped parties that in Williams. haven the sels of war are already in process of belug unrigged and ther crewn draited off for ower rae NEW YORK HERALD. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 0% Y870—TRIPLE SHERT nervice, probably to guard the coast on the Baluio And in this latter service Prussia probably will employ the merchantmen which, according to @ royal proclamation, 1) 18 desirous of incorporaung in 109 fleet. One of the chief aie: hip companies: bas already placed its vessels at the service of tne ‘government on the conditions offered in the royal bean eg and if these steamers can carry guus ney Will undoubiedly be approved and armed ac- cordingly. These merchant steamers will then, im connection with the smaller vessels of the navy, Torm 4 sort of ligt floating artillery that may be em- er staey the enemy, arate even used as reships or the Re, and doubtless the crews of the reat lron-clad ships will be employed in this ser- e. es THE NAVAL FORCES. In the meantime the Germans will be bitterly dis. Appointed if they fatter themselves that they c: ry such means seriously affect the French fleet. Tne Gerinans are, on the Whole, out indinerent seamen, and even mM the French cannot be regarded as the best sailors in the world, Napo- leon 111. has done much to breed up clever seamen, and the fisheries that France carries on year by year, wita ever-increasing zeal and industry and skill, form an excellent school for seamen, & school to which only that part of the German peo- ple who live on the shores of uhe North Sea has had admission, Moreover, the French men-of war are all good, strong, fust-sailing vessels, and after one or two foolhardy attempts Wo take one of them has brought the rash adventurers to griet the smaller German | vessels will have to keep within their soundings ani leave the defence of the coast to tore pedoes and soldiers, ‘The French squadron in the Baltic will thus searcely have Lo try its strength with German men- of-war, and only in case of hosulities, atcaming @ far more extensive development, will tt posginly Und in the Russian fleet an adversary that can meet [ 3 open sea, though with slight ‘chadces of vic- ory. Ih the meantime the French men-of-war will chieny be engaged in blockading the German ports and in covering and seconaing the descent of troops and thelr subsequent operations on the coast. Such Jandiug of troops could be eifectuated on the south- ern a8 Weil as Ou the western shores of the Bultic; for while a descent on the southern coast would menace Bertin, successful operations on the western coast would threaten the flank of the German army on the Rhine, and thus exercise an important infu- ence on the very heart of military operations. TOPOGRAPHY AND MISTORY. As the reader knows, the western boundary of the Ballo Sea is formed by the Cimbric pentnsuia, or Jutland, which, prolong from the north of Germany, divides the Baltic trom the North Se; and ends at Cupe Skagen in a flat spit ol sand that streicnes far out imto the sea in shouls und sandbanks perilous tor navigation. ‘The whole of that peninsula, unt a very lew years ago, belonged to the Danish monarchy, as the northern part, or Jutland, does still, ‘The suuth- ern and middie districts are the duchies of ilolsten and Schleswig, Ule latter with German invapitants in the southern hall of 1% and Danish im the north- ern; and Unese duchies were forcibly taken: from Denmark in Iséd, the Prussian and the Ausinan armies unliing against tue iittie State; and atter Prussia’s successful campaigi against its quondum ally 12 1860, those provinces, conquered by iorce of aras from Deomark, were incorporated into the Prussian kiogd peror of Austria relin- quisbing by bin 0 1 the Peace of Prague all claim to the conquered duchies 1n favor of tue King oO} Prussia, Without any condition Whatever, uniess that which was imposed by tae intervention of France—that the noriuern Yanisl-tongued part of Schieswig shouid, provided the tree ana uncoutroied Votes OF tne inhabitants demanded I, be restored Lo tie Dauish monarchy; aud ihe non-fuldiment of this engagement is one uf We cuuses of the now cum mnenolng Wi tofthe Cimbric peninsula pow oceu- Sli (HE MOSL HApOtANE strategie pe Of Als, in connection with the part of the matalaud, from which itts s only by a harrow strait, called Als Sound, imme- uous to This st¥alt, on the sloping bank, ~ LOWO ON We Island, Soaderourg. ‘The nearest part of ihe maimland, with which the town is Conuevted by & poatoon’ bridge, 13 called Sundeved, and here the ground slopes gently up m the shore to wridge, wich ts crowned with a series Of strong, fortiued Works. On the Als side of strait the ground 1ikewise slopes geauy up from the shore, so ibat che town of Sonderborg is wiso surmounted with heights crowned wilh furliica- ons. Here it was that Denmark, in 1864, waged heroic War agains the overwichuing hosts of ber eneuies, and after a regular siege, but not belore, the seat: tered debris o1 the Danish works were carried by SLOrIN On the 18th of April, 1864, While the island of Als, on Wiuch tuere were then only a few scaivered bawcenes along the shore 0: the strait, Was taken ata later aate by w daring and abiy executed passage of tue strait in boais. diace the Prussians have been in pOssessi0N OF the island they have spared no exei- Uons to render it au impregnable fortress. The for- mer Danish redoubts Lave now all been superseded by works of far greater strength. On the heights around souderbo.g batteries Nave been erected thut can rake the plain beyond them, aod others that can entiiade the strait and wie joining part of the Baitic. ‘These are again se by other works, partly along the @hore of the gtrait, partly to we southwest of the town tronting the entrance of that deep harbor, Héruphaven, that runs anto the land on the south side of the isand, A good harbor, as- suredly, for ships-of-war,. . ALS—ITS FORCR AND FORTIFICATION. When occupied by a Power that commands the fea uround it, Als, a8 It Js now fortined, is 4 point of great strength. But Wat strength dwindles away when the occupiers of the island are opposed by an enemy who has the mastery at sea, and can tlere- fore either make w descent on the east side of the island and from his yesseis engage ali the battecies that can be brought to bear on nim, ov, m case of Investng, may be able to beck the garrison to the vop Of their vent with the fire from his ships, ke- garding te preparations made by Prussia for the defence of Als, a correspondent writes me from Souderborg:—“The wansport of troops hither nas now ceased and the whole force of the Prussians here in Als and Sundeved muy be estimated to ,| amount to 24,000 or 25,000 men. The improvement of the fortifications is still carried on with the great- est diligence, and the ground io front of them tus been levelled, ali heages and fences swept away and all standing crops mowed down, to leave te enemy uo covert 1u the event of an attack.” Everywhere along the shore “Spanish troop- ers”—giganuc “cals” with formidabie spikes (a great hindrance to landing trcops) are placed and inbumerabie Wwrpedoes are jaid down in the strait of Als. Between the. fortifications telegraph wires are laid, and, to facilitate communication between the works on the mainland and the island, two pontoon bridges are being builtin addition Ww the one already leading over the strait. It may thus be seen that it wil be a serious piece O1 work, the taking of Als; but the island is of sO much importance in a strategic point of view, that it 1s not probable the French will leave tt without making au attempt to take it. Their superiority at sea will, in tus case, be of the very greatest vail. Alsis the most thoroughiy Danish district in all Schleswig; DO more than one-tenth of the inhabitants are German, and on the occasion of the election to the North Germanic Diet the inhabitants of Als and Sundeved have displayed the most earnest desire to be reunited with Deomark. But it is exactuy this part of its conquest that Prussia, on no account, will reilaquisn, it has laid its hand on Als, and will keep it “as a sword pointed against Deamark’s heart,” even as the Freuch author, Henri Mariin, said some years ago, and it ceriainly will not resign that island Witn- Out @ serious struggie. Tune wili snow whether the French wili engage im such a contest, or whether they will pass utese fortifications by, leaving them bebind them, while their troops, possibly in unton With @ Danish corps, penetrate tarvugh Holstein into Hanover, subdued but not vanquished by Pras- sian force of arms, hating 1ts conqueror and biding iis ume. In case of Denmark’s taking an active share in the War as the ally of France, it may be sur- roised that the laiter will leave to the Danish army the honor of reconquering the territory turmerly 119 own, while a French corps might be disembarked on ‘We east coast of Holstein, lor exampie, at the old German Hause town Libeck, and thence sirive over Hamburg to unite itself with another corps that had landed on the North Sea coust and advanced wrough Hanover from the west. DANISH NEUTRALITY, With regard to Denmark's bearing in the com- meucing war nothing is deflutiely decided. Pre- limninarily, a8 we know, tt bas declared its neutra ity, but the public mood here is earuestly warlike and it is generally thought that the Duke of Cad formerly ambassador in Munich, who had arrived here as ambassador extraordinary to our court, has the mission of concluding an alliance with Den- mark, and that he will succeed in so doing. Imme- diately on his arrival the Duke had a conference with our Minister of Foreign Aduirs, Baron Rose- noro, and it is known that in a Council of state financlal measures have been decided on that evi- dently indicate war. Of Denmark’s political posi- Uon I will speak in @ subsequent lever. FRENCH NAVAL COMMAND, Of the French fleet bound for the Baltic only nine ships of war have as yet arrived, among these, Sur- veillante with the chief of the squadron, Admiral Bouet-Willaumez, on board. One of the French ships, the iron-clad corvette Thetis, hus been lying for some days in the roadstead, while the others have jain at anchor off Cape Skageu awaiting further or- ders. These have probably been brougnt by the Duke of Cadore, for on Thursday afternoon all the ships Weighed anchor and stood towards the south. 1am abie to inform you that Admiral Bouet-Willau- mez's staff consists of the following otficers:—Cniet ofthe Staff, Post Captain Duburquois; Adjutants, Captain Ovry and Captain Massias; Secretary, First Lieutenant nd orderly oMicers, Lieutenants Fieureals and Bouet-Willaumez. ‘The Admiral has, as 1 have said, hoisted his fag on the iron-olad foaare be Surveillante, communaed vy Captain Perigo! Tue WEALTH oF Boston.—The followivg persons, firms and corporations are assessed over a million of dollars the present year:—Trustees of Joshua Sears’ estate, $3,199,800; Boston and Albany Rail- road Corporation, $8,054,800; Boston Gas Light Company, $2,697,300; Augustus Hemenway, $2,652,- 000; David Sears, $2,243,500; Fifty Associates, $1,919,600; Moses Willams, $1,795,800; James M. Beebe, $1,602,400; Trustees of Francis’ estates, $1,425,000; John Simmons, $1, ; Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, $1,325,600; Nathan Matthews, $1,318,000; Old Colony and Newport Rail- road Corporation, $1,249,000; ‘John L, Gardner, $1,211,000; James Parker, $1,136,900; Willam F. Field '& Co., $1,135,500; George Howe, $1,127,600; George Parkman's heirs, $1,121,000; Jordan, Marsh & Co., $1,115,000; Isaac Rich, $1,110,000; Hi. Hollis Hunnewell, $1,083,300; Faulkner, Kimbuli & Co., $1,000.000.—Hoston Herald August 23, *| the Grand Central; and in order to unser THE: GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, Opening of the New Palatial Structure on Broad- way, Between Amity and Bleecker Streets— Ite Construction, Magnitude, Architec- ture, Accommodations and Ornamenta- tion—The Exchange, Dining Halls, Luxurious Parlors, Suits, Halls, , Elevators and Supplies—A Now Era in Hotels. America, famous for vast hotels, acquires another, and the largest on this hemisphere, in the Grand Central, which opens to-day in this city. Am im- mense structure, carefully planned in its architec- ture, stability and means of interior circulauon, the design has been to render it complete in all its detalis and appointments, and the goodly sum of $2,000,000 has been expended in bringing the grand enterprise to its full fruition, The Grand Central 18, therefore, pre-eminently a modern hotel, and by a modern hotel is not meant a building simply for the accommodation of transient guests, where the idea is to provide for ostentation without comfort, ease or pleagant surroundings. No people in the world are in such a state of constant migration as the Americans, and hence we may not inappropriately be termed “a pation of travellers.” ‘To accommo- date this tendency the public demand hotels, and those hotels must be the hotels of to-day. In leav- ing a comfortable domicil for @ distant point the first inquiry always is “WHERE SHALL I STOP {”? and the answer frequently determines the journey. A city is always known by its hotels—for hotels, while they are cosmopolitan, reflect the wealth, liberality and enterprise of the corporation. When one returns from his pilgrimage to some grand and celebrated centre the recollections of his stay, be they pleasant or unpleasant, come from his daily surroundings, and those surroundings are at his hotel. In this view itis an important public benetit to have a grand hotel structure erected on this island, very near the centre of population, and that the Grand Central, It presents an architectural feature; it alorns Broadway; it invites travellers to the city; tt has nearly as large an imfiuence upon trade as trade nas upon hotels; it is one more public resort; itisa monument of our prospertty, an em- biem of our progress and a fitting mvitation to greater enterprise. A hotel 1s not merely private property; it belongs to the public, and is open wo criticism, and, if a success, Is a public boon, It was in consonance with these ideas that the Grand Central as beea built, furnished and opened for the reception of giests. To provide a stracture where there will be the largest accommodations, where room is not economized, where light ad ventJation are thorough, and wh the table bears everything for which fancy cau call 1s the genius of and how these Important objects have been realized lev us look at the enterprise in detail HISTORY OF THE SY Upon the site of the Grana Central, on ihe west side of Broadway, between Amity and Bicecker streets, was fo erly situated the Lafarge House, avery respectat house, which suffered toiat ue- struction by iire im 1854. It was soon rebuilt as a hotel, with the Winter Garden theutve adjoining, and in this condition remained until March 23, 1867, Meantime being known for a while as the South- ern, when ihe Garden was eutirely consumed, aod the hotel injured to such an extent Ut business = was immediately suspended Alter intestine = quarrels, writs of eject= ment, decrees and divers other —troubies, the lease reverted to the owners—the heirs of Jolin Laiarge—and under an order the property was a: creed to be sold, It was bought under the Lamiwer by Mr. E. 5. Higgins, of this city, a gentieman of large Wealth, who lnimediately undertook the erection of tue present complete structure, in coujuuciion with di. Lyman Powers, the gentlemanly lessee and propri- etor. And then the work began with tearing down and not building up. The débris of we vid Southern Hotel had to be removed; new ground on Mercer sireet was acquired, and from the extraordinary value of grouud in the viciwity some of the pur- chases were accomplished with difficulty. Vain endeavors were made to buy the lot on the corner of Broadway aud Amity street, but the owner preferred @ gigantic white marble neighbor to the paitry suin of a simall fortune. THE LOTS. The ground passing to the title of Mr. Higgins is undoubtedly one of the choicest situations in thts cily. If not now the exact centre of the wholesale trade but few vears will roll by before the shauties of Bleecker, Houston, Amity and Fourth streets wul be halting places for the onward march of merchan- dise. Thus is parficuiarly true of dry goods, straw goods, fancy goods, crockery, china ware, jewelry and the more popular claskes of business. Tue astonishing rapidity with which advances of this nature have airecauy been made have received fre- quent notice in these columos; and though perhaps hot actually requiring @ permuuent anchorage, this large hotel, accommodating 1,600 guests, Is a mag- netig nucleus for such & CRYSTALLIZATION OF TRADE. More can be said—property is increased In value, retail stores for fancy goods gather around a con- stantly changing and wealthy population, and the busy hum of industry 1s apparent on e.ery hand. Thus the location of the Grand Central is superb. lt covers lots Nos. 6u7, 669, 671, 673, O75 and 677 on Broadway, and these lots, running back to Mercer sirect in the rear, comprising Nos, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214 and 216, were never mcluded in the Southern Hotel. Eleven of these lots cost the princely sum of $775,000, aud two more were purchased at $164,000, showing that for $80,000 one can becoine possessor of 2,500 feet of metropolitan soll, ‘THE CONSTRUCTION. It 18 now over two years since @ gang of 300 workmen have day by day been advancing with the building, under the close supervision ol Mr. Powers, who has been determined to proceed with the con- struction ouly as the pian would develop ording to any moditied ideas that might be of gre a” ser vice to the future guests, This work has not been done blindly or in laste, but by piecemeal, and with care and discretion. The foundations sinking to a substantial bed, are laid im the most careiul manner, being 176 feet long on Broadway, by 200 teet, through to Mercer. From viese foundations a superstructure rises to 127 jeet, where the cornice begins; thence up to the top of the, fagstat, distant irom the base 197 feet, ‘rhe hotel s surmounted by a heavy Mansard roof, supported at tts base by a heavy metallic ¢ nice, boid, elegant, and yet chaste. Above it tne dormer windows, the stating, the crowntn, - nices of the pavilions, which latter are three in number. ‘These pavilions are temselves small hotels, the central facing Broudway, having Uiree stories, and th tae southward and the other to the northwar two stories. Between the sidewalk and ti Magstaits (three in number) is, of course, the grand front elevation of white marbie, It is now clean, pure and spotless, and the architecture 1s fine. It is a pity that this Tront cannot be situated on a public sqnare or that the block in front of it cannot be removed, for no building in the city, of whatever stone, contains such a large superticial area, handsomely embel- lished. ‘the front on Mercer street is bulit of Phila- delphia brick, with white marble trimmings. The hotel is therefore brick and marbie, aud over 4,000,000 of the former and huudreds of tons of the Jatter have been used in the con- struction, which embraces ten storles of an average height of twelve feet. Over 35,000 square feet are Uhe superticial area of each floor, and the total floor surface dimensions of the interior amount to 350,000 square feet. ‘This 1s but the structure as itlooks to the outside observer—a credit and an ornament to the city, THE INTERIOR. ‘The outside is made for observation, the inside for accommodation, a§ with any structure. In the Grand Ceatral all is richness within, as all 1s chaste without, Entering by the large doors and passing into tae tesveliated passage you stand in the capa cious vestibule and under a ceiling sixteen feet in height, Then dawns the exquisite interior—not a “loud”? decoration or a vulgar over-spreading of meretrtctous daubs, but a tout ensemodie quiet, soft and blending. ‘The business office, with marble counters, grand system of bells, safes, letter boxes. walnut pigeon- holes, stands almost io line with the main entrance. Further on, and ina large open apartment, is ine hotel exchange, 100 feet vy 126 fect, tiled in marble, with ornamentat tron columns supporting rich capitals. The wood work is black walnut; the stone fittings all polished and grained marbie; the chan- deliers bronze, and the symmeiry is per- fect. Against the southern wall is the bar, not excelled in the Union, either in the architecture of its gilt and walnut trimmings or in the delicate glassware, the lofty mirrors, the admirably arranged decanters and the artistic dispositions of wines, ales and liquors. Connected with this apartment are the following necessary rooms:— Reading room. ‘Telegraph oMces. Newspaper depot. Hairdressing ealoon, ‘Theatre and opera tieket office. The telegraph oftice is cae with half-hourly news bulletins. While the bulletins down town are flaming with exciting telegrams there is no place above City Hall where authentic news can be ov- tained. Mr. Powers, in imtroducing this feature, does a very good thing. The news stand and ticket office will be supplied with guides in sach @ form that the traveller can find his way to any quarter of the globe without irk- some and neediess inquiry. In fine not o: 3 this exchange be a grand resort, but in It found ine AN EPITOME OF THE DAILY LIFE in New York—of the Uteatres, operas, lectures, churcues and ail in which any guest can be inie- | rested, Uairdressing is to be practised as a fine art and is @ marvel, as be Imagined from its sige. Because this foor contains the kitchen itis the foundation of the urean structure, We among the ranges, co) and ail the cooking apparatua, Wad cease besa Worthy of tie London clubs—a aystem as thas Of France; laundries, store rooms, pautries, 1e@ chests, refrigerators, poultry rooms, fruit room#@ nd 4 grand system of apartments for culinary parations arc feuced off in convenient sections. Scending io the sub-basement ts the wine cell rare Vintages bought before the There tiree powerful steaia engines, four large bofle! three sieam pumps. These pumps can throw gallons of water per minute to any part of the hotel IN CARB OF FARE, And here consiverable might be sild in favor of the — Constraction of the Grand Central Hotel. here are two large iron tanks, each holaing 10,000 ponies of Wuier, sliuated at the top of ie notel, and’ ese are always full, and have hose attached by which streauis cab play in twenty scconds irom the’ alarm, ‘There are 170 feet of hose to each foor of the hotel, und with the pumps below and the water above dames are impossible, Such a system of ire. —s. ts unknown to any large editice or New ork, ‘hen there are five staircases, accesaible at with all times; Lwo elevators, scutties to the roof, by which desiruction of fe’ could uot occur save by miracie. ‘There are four main entrauces on broad- way aud two on Mercer street. miering again by the main entrance, eighteen fect wide, we proceed along a distance of eigniy feet from Broadway, una there Is the heavy, massive white marbie spiral sbalrcase through the centre of the batidi topmost story. The bannister walant, aud the panelling of the is of ve stanchions 4s wrought in satin wood, The stairs aro twelve feet in Width ‘Two elevators, moving In large shalt and capabie of ascending or descoudinug lo tnirly seconds, are In a very convenient position about the foot of the statrcases, The appuraius is very elegant, complete and tasteful a8 Weill, THE SECOND FLOOR is for dining, receiving company, for elegant par- lors, Lea roois and the choiovst sults. Tie Orst pare lor, twenty-tive by fifty, 1s the genticmea’s parlor om” Broadway Wo southward, and ty northward of it five ladies’ parlors, of large dimensious, 10st elau rately decorated, Uunted, Irescoed, hung with b chandeliers, carpets in velveb and Axu adorned with lice curcalns, window fittl lastly, most superbly farnismed., No rooms m country Can exceed them tn the beautiful executiol shown by the painter, the cabinetmaxer and upiol- lerer, im One roou Ube prevailing OAt is ashes m anoti pearl, and a third cream, ue and mld—it is still rien, r our dining rooms in the ad floor, the grand dining hall” 6ux100; others 20x60, 25x40, and 25x3y, and these will seat 600 guests at once. ‘The grand dining hall ts ted ta iarble, and ts directly over the exchange. 1t 1s titted with large pler glasses and wall mirrors, wainscoting ex- vending uround the four walls, appropriate side- boards, and the Unts are light and cheerful. The three smal. ing rooms with tea aud breaklass rooms are likewise elegant, This suit for eating 18 ihe largest in (he world. The private apartments on ttus floor are superb; the hails are wide, lolty and capacious, und tie balimen and conveuiences for reaching guests are laultiess, VHB FURNITURE, one of the most iuportant adjuncts of a hotel, Was mnanufactured on the premises under the super- vision of HH. Lyman Powers, the lessee. [tw need- juss Lo Say Ltt Uae Woods arg Choice, the fabrics chosen irom the rarest veivets, sutius, damasks and reps, abd uate the whole 18 sym ) Matching With tue carpets In Ngure and the ceilings in medal- lion, and hut the sets ior bedrooms and parlors are superb, Made expressly for tals use taey could not be otherwise tian appropriate and ia nt. FOURTH, FIFTH AND SiXCH FLOORS 2 1b arrangement and pian, the only ce bemy tu the heyghts of the ceiliugs. Leb From Broudway, aud iongt- ty through the centre of the llotel passes & ightecn feet im width, which in tie middle of the hotel narrows to a width of niuc feet. There paralicl With this, one «t the southern tthe nore ming from L Wide transverse another likewise paral eet front, and guother cuiting through ontre, inaking six corridors and aooat titty 8, With live staircases, two elevators and #1X doors opening to the street There are * TWO COURTS 1a the centre, 20 feet wide by 160, affording light an@ ntilavion, um aliowing DBO dark roums. These courts are briiged by the main hall on each foor. ‘The rooms on the four floors are parlor, bearoom and closets, ea suite, sumptuousiy furnished, of an average size of 11x16, with Ore places, hot and sold Water, and, What a blessing—Daturooms on every floor! THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH FLOORS are sivle by five staircases, two on each aide of the hotel, one it the middie, ‘These floors consist of singie rooms ior gentlemen, They are it. ‘The view 18 oi course trom this lofty elevation superb. The whole island ts at your feet; the bay stands in the distance, and though Hie Up you are Hot beyona the minutest comfors. The miriors tn all the rooms aud parlors are French and were imported for this uouse, OTHER FACTS. There are fifteen carriages day and night ready for use under the charge of F, C. seliows, The building ts heated by thirty milestof steam coll, and the couplement of domestics, waiters and ballmen constitutes a brigade, ‘The cook is of long experience; the steward is familiar with all the markets of the world; and those charged with dressing up the table Ond attending to the lineu and incidentals of house- keeping have been chosen because of tieir respect- fuiness to guests and thelr intelligent attention to their dates. but oh! the Powers have done well once. He appoints | era iape and polite clerks— clerks Who are not afrald to answer questions cheer- fully and who are not all airs. Clerks with their heads near the moon have wrecked many hotels, About THE HOST. He has been tried before and is one of the most genial and handsome of men, easy going, attentive, graceful in mauner and always “at home.’ Kxpe- rience had made him rich and happy, und he enters Row upon this grand enterprise With no misgivings. His mind is executive, and a fine hotel ts his idea before profits, His success ts assured. His first act 1s to make board at the Grand Central $3, $3 50 and $4.4 day—a large reduction. In order that this hotel may be measured by figures, glance at the followmg:— ‘umber of bricks........ cl there any doabt of tho full success of the Grand Central Hotel? HEROIC COXDUCE A LADY. er Ida Lewis Saves Human the Watery Element. , (From the Boston Herald, August 23,} On Sunday a party from Charlestown, consisting of Mr. Thomas McLaughun, the oarsinan, tus wile and Mrs, H. E. Trimble, wife of Captain John Trim- bie, were spending the afternoon at Hull, when the former procured a sma'l boat and took the ladies out for # pull round the bay. They had been out but @ short tine when Mr. McLaughlin complained of a bad feeling in the head, and requested the ladics, who were both accustomed to boat sailing, to tuke Life from the oars, which they dia, scuiling the boat for # considerable disiance; Mr. icLaugh- lin, i the meantime, sitting in the stern. In a few he swooned and fell er backward into the water, which at that point was some forty fathoms deep. Mrs. Trimbie. imme- diately jumped to his rescue, and as he came to tile surface Uirew Lim an oar, which Le was unable to hotice, a8 he presented @ livid appearance and was apparently in drowning condition, Discovering his helpless state and appreciating the importance of quick work, Mrs. Trimble, wuo had a slight know- ledye of the art of swimming, sprang from the boat into the water, a distance of some six 01 seven feet, and succeeded in clasping Mr. MoLaughiun around the body with her left arm, keeping him and herseif Qt the suriace about eight or ten minutes, and until the arrival of a boat containing two soldiers from Fort Warren, who took the drowing man {nto their boat, the heroic lady refusing to ne taken in unul after he was secured. The whole parcy were then pulled ashore and taken to the Oregon House, where every attention possible was shown them by Mr. Harrington, the proprietor of the house, and the guests. Dr. L. BF. Warner, of tne Hotei Pel- ham, of this city, who happened to be present, attended and prescribed for Mr. McLaughlin, who ‘Was soon restored to consciousness, Mrs. Trimble is the wife of Captain Join le, of the brig Timothy Fields, now on @ passage from Washington, D. C., to this city, and tue above is not the first in- stance of her cvolness and bravery. She has been her husband's companion on his voyages for twenty- one years, and on one occasion last spring, while off Nassau, N. ., they vesse: they were in (the schooner Emily Willard) became disabled, and her husband being confined to his cabin by sickness she took charge of the vessel, and though the crew mutinied she kept tem in subjection aud bronght the vessel safely into port. The particugars of this affair were published at the time, and iF will be remembered that M ‘rimple received @ medal for her bravery on the occasion, In her efforts to save Mr. MoLaugh- lin Mrs. Trimbie 80 strained the muscles of her leit hana that yesterday it was very badly swollen, aud she was otherwise physically prostrated. Ske re sides at No. 65 Decatur street, Charlestown, Cost of building and groun 1,600,000 Cost of furnishing. 600, Number of square fee 350,000 Water supply tn tanks (in gall 20,000 Number of chairs. 6,000, Number of doors. 000 1,500° Number noms. 650 Depth between Brow a 20 Heigut to tip of Nagstam, feet. 197 Length on Broadway, io feet 1% Number of hails,...,.... 50 Carriages - . bb Cileings, ay . 12 Number of . 10 Acres of carpet 1 Number of part 6 Number of dining rooms 6 6 6 4 Steam engine 3 Elevators...... cee 2 Acre of marbie tiling é e 1 Magnitude 1s in these gui abundance, beanty, comiort, and with the: Kiifal proprietor is ‘ne *