The New York Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1870, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Volame XXXV. THE HERALD CORPS OF EUROPEAN WAR CORRESPONDENTS, We have special correspondents moving with each division of the opposing forces of France and Prassia, and news agencies in the principal capitals—-London, Paris, Berlin, Ma- drid, Vienna and Florence—so that nothing of an important news character escapes our vigilant representatives. Our news agencies in the principal cities of Europe, and our system of travelling corre- spondents, have been long established, a fact the readers of the Heap have no doubt long since become familiar with, and as our letters’ from all parts of the Eastern Hemisphere for years past have fully proven. We do not pretend that our comments upon the war, or that our opinions upon the proba- ble success of either belligerent in contem- plated movements come by the cable. 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TRIPLE Pace. 1— Advertisements, 2—Adverusemems, S—The War: Cable Despatches tothe New York HERA) A Great Battle Supposed to be Now Raging; Sharp Skirmishing on the Line of Outposts; French, Prussian and Engiish Reports of the Position; Prince Frederic Charles to Pursue MacMahon; Bazaine Said to be Isolated; The Bombardment of Sirasbanrag Napoleon and the Prince Imperial; Paris Hopeful and Contident of Triumph; Preparing to Harass the Prussian Retreat. 4—Europe: Despatches by Mail to August 20; French Report of Bazaine’s Retreat trom Metz; The Surategy at Verdun and a ‘‘Heavy Biow” to the Prussians; King William’s Fieid Despatches; ‘The Great Military Leauers—How ‘They appear and Fight; Napoleon’s “Crowning Cataswophe;” How the Emperor and Prince Imperial Escaped from Metz; interview with MacMahon on the Field. 6—Europe (Continued from Fourth Page)—Speed in Telographing : Uld and New Systems—News fom Cuba, Si, Thomas and Afriea—Our Har- bor Deteaces—Quarautine Commission—A Sad and Fatal Duel: Hostile Meeting. Between Two Young Men of Memphis—Su e Dis- covery on tue Potomac—Crops in Mississippi— A Baurglar’s Luck. 6—Editoriais: Leading Article on What Govern- ment France is to Have? An Embarrassing Question—Amusement Announcemenis, ‘y—Telegraphic News {from all Parts of the Worla— Yachting: The Coming Regatia.at Newport— Amusements—Do We Kuow Music—News from Washington—Personal intelligence—The Jersey Kauroad Coillisioa—Business Notices, S—Monmouth Park Kaces: Second Day of the Trotuug Meecting—The Amours of a Spanish Vicomte: A Romance of the Grand Opera House—New York Courts—Imposing Religious Ceremony—Ariiticial Ice Manufacture—The Refuge from Starvation—The Public Health— Grand Masonic Festuval—“Hoist by His Own Petard”’—Police Boatd—Brovklyn City News— A New Synagogue tor Jewish Worship —Army und Navy luteliigence—Good for the Watch- makers, 9—Financial and Commercial Reports—Marrlages and Deaths—Advertisements, 40—New York City News—Newark’s Last Sensa- tion: The Park Place ‘Club House’ Prospect— Melancholy Occurrence: A Professor of Seton Hall College Killed on the Morris and eng eng NEW YORK HEKALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, our debates, oral and written, upon the in- dustrial relations of the country. Analysis is the touchstone of self-knowledze for nations as for individuals. ideas and self-government. The Impending Battle. , Out of the battle now imminent in the Want Government ts France to I"avo?— | northeast of France may come events that An Embarrassing Question. will make it the most memorable of the Bismarck expressed in a graphic and witty | century. Should the Prussians be beaten it manner the object of the war on the part of | is possible that such a disaster might sud- Prussia in the remark quoted by one of our | denly change toward them the highly favor- special correspondents, Ina conversation on | able view in which they are held by all the prospects of the war with King William, | Germany, since it is the great success of the King is reported to have remarked:—‘‘We | Prussia more than anything élae that has are playing high;” when Bismarck replied, | given her the position she holds in the “Oh, no, your Majesty, the stakes are only | esteem of the German people. Prussia with two Napoleons.” This has the ring of the | her armies tumbled back over the Rhine in astute Prussian Premier, and expresses in the | all the confusion of defeat would be in- most. concise way the object in view. Of | finitely less respectable to the minds of a course every one will understand that the two | people who wish to establish their national Napoleons are the Emperor and the Prince | unity around an invincible strength. Should branch. This accords, too, with the declara- ration of King William at the commence- ment of the war. He said that ‘the war was waged against Napoleon, and that the guaranty of peace sought was the overthrow of the Napoleon dynasty. The import of this was shown, too, in those memorable and significant words of the King on another occasion: —‘‘The judgment of the Almighty and of men falls on him who forces into wars of devastation two great and peace- able races living in the very centre of Europe.” Then the fact that the Emperor and the regency uoder the Empress are virtually ignored in the government and conduct of the war shows that the imperial rule has ceased. Nothing short of extraordinary success, which would amount almost to a miracle under existing circumstances, would re-establish the power of the Emperor, with the consent of the French people. The tone of the French press is bitterly inimical to the Bonapartes. Ono leading Paris journal exclaims:—‘‘Are we to forget France and think only of the Bona- partes, who think only of themselves?” There may be several Bonapartists in the actual government at Paris who might intrigue and make an effort to re-establish the Em- peror; but it is not at all likely the French people would submit to this, or that they can forgive Napoleon for the terri- ble disasters he has brought upon the country. But if even such an effort should be made, the Prussians, it appears, have made the deposi- tion of the Bonaparte dynasty a sine gua non of the war, and they are masters of the site- ation. Still, the question arises :—Is it prudent or safe for the foreign conqueror to dictate to the French what form of government they shall have or who shall be their ruler? Greatly as they have been and may be humiliated in this fearful conflict, they are still a powerful and proud nation, Any attempt to force a partic- ular form of government or dynasty upon them might incite a terrible revulsion and uncon- querable hostility. The government they might willingly choose for themselves might be resisted if dictated by a foreign enemy at the mouth of cannon. And should a govern- ment be forced upon them how long would it stand after the enemy had° left the soil of France? It might be, there- fore, a doubtful or an impracticable experi- ment for the Prussians to try. But, in the Imperial, and that the meaning is, the Napole- | the Prussians win, onic dynasty is to be destroyed root and| there could be on the part of France and win decisively, no thought of another battle in the field, and nothing could stay the Prussian march to Paris of far the greater part of all the Prus- elan forces now in France. Three hundred thousand troops would be put in front of Paris, held only by raw levies and uncon- trollable volunteers. Paris would fall soon, and France would be under the feet of an enemy whose arrogance is great in proportion to the very few opportunities fortune has afforded for its indulgence. What then? Va@ victis! From the spirit of that lurid old threat only can any one guess of the shape in which France would come from under the con- queror’s heel? But if the battle were fought to such an end that the final issue were pushed further away, that would give France still more of opportunity, and in that opportunity much might come. Just under the surface of daily events lies the thinly-covered republic. Another blow from the Prussians might finish even the formal existence that the empire has, and a free France would take its place. This one fact would electrify the nation; and such a nation, with such an im- pulse, what can it not do? 4 What Has Become of the Erench Em- perort The inquiry which heads this brief article is by no means altogether unnecessary nor out of place. Since the first great battle in tho vicinity of Metz, when the French army was attacked by the Germans while crossing the Moselle, preparatory to a retreat on Verdun, we have had no positively reliable account of the whereabouts of the Emperor of France— that mighty potentate, whose very shadow made all Europe tremble but two short months ago. Itis true that two or three line items have appeared among the telegraphic de- spatches every second or third day, stating that Napoleon III. was here, there and in tho other place. He has been made to skip about like an ignis fatuus from town to town all over the neighborhood of Chalons, Verdun, Metz, Montmedy, &c., and apparently with as little purpose as that luminous exhalation. Yesterday the telegrams gave him three dif- ferent locations before night, and wound up | by hinting that he is actually ove of Bazaine’s “bottled sardinea” ut Metz. Now, this suggestion is worth some notice. Let us analyze the facts and inferences. Who event of the Prussians conquering a peace, which seems likely now, who are they to treat with? What government will they recoguize and negotiate with? We see no other way of solving the difficulty than through a provisional government for France. Who should compose that or how it should be formed will bave to depend, we suppose, upon the French them- selves—upon the leaders of the people and statesmen in Paris. It may be the present legislative bodies or a committee raised from them; it may be an improvised government, independent of the Legislature or the present agents of the imperial government, which the popular voice may indicate. Or General Trochu and the others in power in Paris now, may, under the pressure of necessity and from an ambitious desire to hold the helm of. affairs, constitute themselves a provisional government, consent to the deposition of the Bonaparte dynasty, and negotiate for peace. We can hardly sup- pose the Prussians will insist upon the estab- lishment of another monarchy than that of the Bonapartes before treating for peace and leaving France. We think Bismarck is too prudent to insist upon such conditions. He will leave the French to determine, probably, their own government ; will insist only on the deposition of the Bonaparie dynasty, and will Fssex Railroad—The Great Murder Mys- tery; Further Details of the Arrest of Ryan, the Suspected Nathan Murderer—Movements of President Grant—A Portfolio of Crime— Shipping Intelligence—Advertixements. Ji—Advertisements. 12—Advertisements. Houeeine tar Berean Frontter—General MacMahon, and it is thought with a view of dragging Belgium into the fight, or in view of the escape of the Emperor, if cornered by the Prussians. negotiate with a provisional government, Of course these conjectures are predicated upon the continued success of the Prussian arms, of which there seems little doubt. But here may arise an embarrassing and a disagreeable event to the monarchy and aris- tocracy of Prussia, though not, to the people of Germany. Should the French, amid these terrible disasters and the failure of dynastic rule, be ripe for a republic, and proclaim one, speaks of having actually seen and conversed with the Emperor since the day when the rumor of his sudden death was rife in London? What reported word or command have we au- thenticated from his lips? What order or de- cree do we find promulgated in his name? His intense affection for bis son was one of the kindliest traits of his recent years, and, iil in mind, in body and estate as he has recently been, we can hardly conceive that be would voluntarily let the boy part from him at such a moment, or that the boy, who is equally devoted to his father, would willingly leave him, excepting to return to the Empress. Yet we hear of the Prince being with MacMahon in his camp, while the Emperor is elsewhere. There is something that smacks oddly of mystery about this affair. Were Napoleon III. really dead the policy of concealing that fact for the mo- ment might be comprehensible enough. Were he, indeed, caged in Metz we could better un- derstand the astonishing manceuvres of Mac- Mahon to relieve that place rather than try to save Paris. Wanted, clear, direct and reliable information. Where is Napoleon If, and where is the Imperial Prince ? Tuz Work oF Tux Census goes bravely on. For several States, our own included, it ig already complete, and the returns will be nearly all in by the 10th of September, al- though a few may scatter along until October 1. The number of farmers has very greatly increased, especially in the South, not merely beyond the proportion of 1860, but ahead of sanguine estimates for the present year. This is golden news—meaning abundance at home and tribute abroad for the great republic. There is, likewise, a heavy increase of manufac- Europe generally may advance in republican | The Local French and German Press on | the War. New York city has several well patronized journals published in foreign tongues, and among them the German and French organs naturally bave the largest circulation, The sons of Fatherland largely preponderating, however, in number, the papers printed in their vernacular have by far the greater num- ber of readers, and some of them rival the journals of the metropolis which are published {n English, Among theses prominent place in assigned to the Staate Zeitung, an old éstablished sheet, that, while it ls very thor- oughly imbued with’ American ideas, particu- larly in reference to politics, still represents German sentiment on general questions most faithfally. The Zeitung, like all its Teutonic contemporaries, 1s enthusiastic for the cause of “Our Fritz.” Claiming that Germany was wantonly assailed in her peaceful efforts to how would King William, Bismarck and the | tures, which are also marching Southward and Is rr ANornee Genera Monk ?—The Eng- | civil and military aristocracy of Prussia, like | Westward. The steam engine isthe drum lish journals are beginning to speak of General | that? Notat all, we think, Yet can Prussia | that in this country beats time to the onward Trochn, the Military Governor of Paris, as] say France shall not be a republic? Can | march of wealth and civilization. Should alt another General Monk, who holda the govern-| she insist that the Orleans family | the promises of the present census takers be ment of France in his hand. What will he} shall be restored and that’ France | fulfilled we shall have the work quickly done, say—the empire or the republic? They say | must be governed by a monarchy? Though | since they have seven million five hundred thou- he is an Orleanist, but is not. opposed to the | she may conquer in this war, that would be, | sand names already and are noting one million republic. perhaps, too much for her to undertake. The | per diem during the current week. When com- whole civilized world, except the» reigning | plete it will bo aheavier shell to fling at the Tae Burts axp Buans got decidedly frisky | ¢ nuies and aristocracies, would declure | citadels of the Old World monarchical systenis JMOROP POSE MANOW, OL -TEVaVERY BORNE 1 against such usurpation and interference with | than any that the German siege ordnance are the Gold,Room ‘snd badly achenge, : but the free political action of a great nation. It }now belching at the beleagured and crumbling Untgeren oee epeminesne. whemn ing would be opposed to the spirit oftheage. We | strongholds of the French empire. markeis closed up with the old duln ons... Will see, then, that tho Prusstans may be placed roa yap ph Tot some Hoanaial, Seyant explain, to us this in greater dilemma with regard tothe reor- Tor EvcrorzaN WAR AND AMERICAN Fi- Guiness? Has tho faith of the commanity been ganization of a government. in France than in | NANoxs.—It will be remembered when the war Jost in the advantages of Wall street mpersl ®- | the war. There is still the possibility of a | im Europe broke out and gold took an insane tion, or is there 8 cycle in fingnoe which revolutionary and republican government | jump to 123§, that the wisest of our domestic brings a dull year occasionally, just as the being established in France, and, in that case, | financiers prophecied the war would be certain eyole.of time, rings, Bos aummers-aud cold might there not be a revival of that terrible | to benefit this country and induce a sharp de- mittee vigor and desperate warlike spirit which in- | cline in gold. Since that time the price bas TanuLaTine THE OcouraTionea of. the peo- | spired the French and made Europe tremble at | fallen to 1143, although it has since reacted, ple is one of the excellent improved features | the time of the first revolution? The estab- | while the gold shipments have been but a of the new census. Our Washington advices | lishment of a republic would be, perhaps, in little more than they would have been at this state that this has been done already for about | its political consequences, if not in war, a] time of the year, when the cotton export is twenty-five millions of the estimated forty mil- | greater revenge upon the Prussian monarchy | lightest, owing to the gap between the old and Jions that compose our population. Distinc- | than anything else that could occur, for it | new crops. Last week the shipment of gold tions of age, sex and nationality are to be ob- | would shake all the monarcbical and aristo- | was only million of dollars. But now the jeorved in these tabular returns, and the data | cratical governments of Europe to their founda- London bankers are sending their gold here, ‘will thus be rendered exiremely serviceable | tion. The time is pregnant with important | Yesterday one agency in this city sold two and valnable. Positive fact instead of random | events, and we are not without hopo that out | hundred thousand pounds sterling, in order to assertion will thua he madaaasiar af access in | of these the people of France, Germany. and | place the currency at interast in thia aity. become a united pesple, it exults ‘heartily over the success of the Prissian arms. But this is done without a word of insult to a defeated antagonist. It simply points out how utterly unprepared the French Emperor was, not- withstanding his apparent confidence, to meet such an adversary as United Germany, and, predicts continued triumphs as the proper reward of German earnestness, unity and discipline. At the same time it indicates the difference that there is between representing the entire heart and wishes of a great nation like France and holding a position founded upon votes cast under the influence of puree and bayonet. The New Yorker Journal, which, like the Zeitung, has democratic pro- clivities, recently said in an article on the invasion of France by the Prussians: —‘Jus- tico, then, still survives. We should almost have doubted the'justice of Heaven had things turned out differently. The Germans are a peaceable race, They were engaged in bring- ing their political institutions into harmony with the age. Under the guidance of a great statesman and of a renowned and able princely house they have, since 1866, made rapid pro- gress in the path of freedom and material prosperity. Theirs was no monarch—thoirs no son of a royal line who consumed the mar- sired result. row of the people in luxurious indulgence.’ The Germans had done nothing against France to merit the sudden attack just made on them. The aggressor who has assailed an unoffend- ing neighbor and plunged a Continent into war now receives his desserts, and the war is transferred to where it belongs—viz., to the threshhold of him who commenced it, The Abend Zeitung, also an intelligent and widely circulated evening daily, writes in the same sense, and the echo of these patriotic voices is caught up from our Canadian border to the confines of Mexico, and from the Eastern sea- board to the shores of Puget’s Sound, with indescribable enthusiasm, Prassia is seldom beard of as a separate State. Germany !— Deutschland !—is the cry, and all vows and prayers are uttered collectively for the triumph of ‘Deutsche Treue und Deutsche Ehre”— German truth and German honor. The French papers, of which there are two dailies of fair circulation—the Courrier des Etats Unis and the Messager Franco- Ameri- cain—published in New York, have all the fire and vehemence of their race, and daily make the most desperate exertions to figure wiotories out of palpable defeats. They beth fall back upon threats of some dreadful retri- bution to be wreaked upon the Prussians in particular-and the German race in general hereafter, Bismarck excites their special ire, and he would undoubtedly pass ‘‘a bad quar- ter of an hour”—the mauoais quart d@heure of Rabelais—were he to fall into their hands. The Courrier, which is tho elder of the two French papers, has a special advantage in the despatches of M. Gaillardet, sont direct from Paris every day, They are ns impartial and correct as official reports will allow them to be, and are largely used by our contempo- raries, We regret to note the extreme irrita- tion which both these journals betray in re- ference to the avowed sympathy of the vast majority of people in this country’ for the German cause. They allow them- sélves to be tempted into extravagant expres- sions which the circumstances do not justity, and which would be inexcusable in loss trying moments. Apart from this, the most earnest love of country and faith in France and her destiny inspire all their articles, and we can but regret that they should not be devoted to the undivided cause of the people. As citizens of America, carefully noting and weighing these opinions and hearkening to every accent that may serve to guide us aright, we think we can detect, even amid the jubila- tions of our German fellow citizens and the loud defiance of our friends from France a kindred Rote, which might readily enough swell into one harmonious accord from all their lips should another shifting of the majestic scene of war reveal the people rearisen from their slumbers and marching to the field. Itis the long-stifled cry which was the inspiration of the ‘‘Marseillaise” in its most glorious day, and which expired, only in death, updn the lips of Robert Blum—‘“‘Long live the republic!” Tur Frenon Army Resrrves.—By the law of 1867 the French army, in time of peace, was to number four hundred thousand men. In time of war it was to consist of eight hun- dred thousand men, with a reserve of five hundred and fifty thousand in the Garde Mobile. Total, one million three hundred and fifty thousand. This force does not include volunteers nor the extra army of veterans called out by the law of the month of August, 1870. On the 15th of August it was announced at Paria that all Frenchmen from twenty to thirty years of age were to be incorporated in the Garde Mobile and, all from thirty to forty years old in the National Home Guard. Now at the last census France counted three mil- lioa seven hundred and sixty thousand men between twenty and thirty years of age and three million one hundred and twenty-eight thousand men between thirty and forty yearg old. Why, then, should two battles lost make France despair ? Spawn Buporine.—Spain is as unquiet as the witches’ cauldron filled with all the cata- logue of necromantic horrors, Ont of her un- certain state and the general disturbance of Europe it would seem that the undying Car- lists promise themselves a profitable grab. Anybody mer have @ fature in Europe just | The Yachting Season. The annual cruise of the Now York Yacht Club has this year been unusually interesting, many circamstances contributing to make it among the most pleasant ever held under the auspices of the organization. The large num- ber of yachts that participated in the event, the splendid condition of the fleet, the excellent arrangements, the cordial welcome accorded to the yachtmen at every port where their vessels came to anchor, the esprit de corps existing among the members and the com- panionship of a representative British yacht rendered the cruise quite memorable in its way. There is now but little doubt that yachting is fast becoming the leading pastime of the nation. Its popularity is rapidly increasing, and it may be safely predicted that In a few years the squadron of the New York Yacht Club will surpass anything of the kind in the world. The commendable rivairy shown in the club to possess the fastest vessels afloat, the per- severing efforts everywhero madé to bring yachting as near perfection as possible, the time, labor and expense spent in experiment- ing, cannot but be attended with the much de- An extraordinary impetis has been given'to the sport, and for every yacht built Isst year there will perhaps be half a dozen new ones ready for next season. On the whole, then, the annual cruises, while affording pleasure and entertainment, are not without fruitful lessens to the yachtmen, Among other things, the delightful expedition which terminated go satisfactorily on Wednes- day last at Newport demonstrated the fact | that American models are by no means in- ferior to those of England, taking the Cambria as a good type of the British yacht. Indeed, in a great many respects our pleasure fleet is shead of any other, and so far as architectu- tal beauty, working apparatus and modern im- provements are concerned, American yachis surpass all others. Throughout the cruise Mr. Ashbury's vessel attracted much attention, owing to her peculiar build, and, although unsuccessful in many of her ventures, she sailed much better than most people anticipated. Light winds characterized the majority of the contests; but with a good cloud of canvas she generally held a fair posi- tion. The run from Glen Cove, for instance, was a mere drifting affair. Then followed the race for Mr. Ashbury’s fifty guinea cup, the course being from Fort Adams around the buoy off Block Island and return. The prize fell to the swift and now famous schooner yacht Magic, owned by one of our most enterprising and ardent yachtmen. There were some fif- teen competitors, including the Cambria, which won the cup presented by the New York Yacht Club. On the following day the Palmer de- feated the Cambria in a match race twenty miles to windward and back. In the contest } which’ succeeded it, between the Idler and the | Cambria, the terms and course being the same | as on the day previous, the former yacht split her stem, which took some time to remedy, | and the British craft came in the winner by } about eight minutes, The ran from Newport ; to New Bedford created the usual gleasurable | excitement, and the reception given by the | inhabitants was quite enthusiastic. The Magic and Dauntless dropped their anchors simulta- neously, the Cambria and the other yachts following in close proximity. A capital run took place the next afternoon from New Bed- ford to the Oak Bluffs, in the vicinity of the Martha's Vineyard camp meeting. The Magic was again the first to arrive, the Halcyon next; then came the Sappho, Dauntless, Phantom and Cambria. Towards night the breeze, it will be remembered, freshened considerably, and as the anchorage ground was not consid- ered sufficiently good the fleet sailed tor Ed- gartown on the following day, the Sappho leaving some time in the night, owing to her insecure position. The yachts lay at anchor | the next day, some four or five of them having sailed directly for Newport and elsewhere. A fortnight. had now almost elapsed since the fleet left Glen Cove, and the last race of the cruise took place on the 23d instant. Nine schooner yachts entered, and the regulations provided that only four lower sails should be used. It was when about to accompany the contestants that the favorite and famous America became disabled by. running into a working schooner. The accident was deeply regretted. Among the competing yachts was the Cambria, but when a long way. astern she abandoned the race and set full sail. The victory of the Phantom was clear and decided, and on the following morn- ing the fleet was formally disbanded, But the season is not over. A splendid programme of races is announced to take place from New- port. The competition will be keen, owing to the preparations now being made for the sev- eral contests. The first event comes off on the 8th September, for a cup presented by the Vice Commodore; then follows a race fora cup offered by the Rear Commodore, Mr. Ashbury gives two prizes, one for schooners and the other for sloops, and in case no sloop yachts enter both prizes will be taken by the first schooner. Mr. Rutherford presents a cup, to be won by the second schooner. The first mentioned race will be sailed according to the club rules as to canvas, but there will be no allowance for difference in size. In both the race for the Vice Commo- dore’s cup, and that presented by Rear Com- modore Douglass a subscription cup will be given for the second schooner. Immediately following these contests will come the match race with the Cambria. Her single opponents will be the Fleetwing, Phantom, Idler, Made- Tine and perhaps the America. Each of these races may take one day, and when all have ended the inhabitants of Newport: make their presentation, in the shape of a valuable cup, to be sailed for according to the rules of the New York Yacht Club. The course for the majority of the contests will be from Bate- man’s Point around the buoy off Block Island and return—a course, by the way, that seems to be popular with all the yachtmen. A more brilliant programme could not be drawn out, and the season will, doubtless, be memorable for some of the finest yacht races that have ever taken place in this. country. Pacstna Up ror Tours.—At Paris the Min- ister of War is packing up for Tours. The Ministers of tho Interior, of Foreign Affairs and of the Navy are also preparing to go to that picturesque and quiet old town, as the general rendezvous of the high officiala of the imperial government, M, Galllardet an- nounces that in response to an invitation ex- tended to the Emperor to meet them there, his Majesty has declared that “his place is with his soldiers.” The Emperor was yester- day in the vicinity of Verdun, where « great battle is imminent, By a temporary transfer of the seat of government to Tours many embarrassments inevitable at Paris will be avoided, and an additional guarantee will be secured that, even if the improbable captare of Paris should be made by the Prussiana, they will not yet have succeeded in overthrowing the empire or in conquering France. ES The Rival Systems of Telegraphy. The Herarp gives to-day to the public an opportunity to compare the claims of Mr. Orton in favor of the Morse system of telegraphy and the claims of Mr. Craig in favor of the Little system. Mr. Craig begins his plea for the latter sys. tem with the sensible remark that if the mana- gers of the telegraph do not speedily recognize the general demand that it shall be placed within ‘the reach of all classes they will find @ unanimous voice in favor of placing it under the control of government. He might have added that by whatever system the telegraph is worked there would be immense advantages in bringing it under government control. Mr. Craig contends that after having been sub- jected, since 1846, to: every possible teat, the electro-magnetic system invented by Pro- fessor Morse has shown no possibility of expansion except by increasing the number of wires, and that with the sharpest economy of companies and individuals it can- not be brought, in this country, to meet the economic necessities of cheap telegraphy. He thence infers that so long as this system shall prevail the necessarily high tariff of charges willexclude the mass of the people from more than a very limited participation ia its benefits. Anumber of ingenious inventions having failed to simplify and cheapen tele- graphy, the original Morse system, with all its acknowledged defects, alone remains in general use thronghout the civilized world. In order to make telegraphy at once cheap and profitable, a new system, worked with new instruments, by which electricity and its conductors may be utilized to a far greater degree than is possible under any system now in use, has become requisite. So desirable result can be attained, according to Mr. Craig, by means of what he calls the “entirely new system,” invented by Mr. Little, who, discarding -electro-magnetiam, has perfected and patented, after years of scientific and mechanical labor, a series of appropriate instruments of simplest form and of minimum cost, which promise to cheapen telegraphy to a point that will annu- ally, for years to come, double and probably quadruple its volume, and at the same time perform it, in all respects, much better and much more promptly than the Western Union Company now performs the limited amount of telegraphy at the present day. While the average of only thirty twenty-word messages, of six hundred words per hour, is sent by the Morse system, Mr. Craig claims for a single “Little” wire. a capacity of twenty-four thou- sand words per hour, thus making it equal to about forty “Morse” wires. On the other hand, Mr. Ortop claims that the “Little” system is not new, but consists chiefly in a,revival of the automatic telegraph, well known twenty years ago. He asserts that a special message from Washington: can be delivered in New York at the Heratp office with more certainty and at less expense by the “Morse” system or by the Phelps’ printing telegraph than by any other. He, therefore, challenges Mr. Craig to a test trial of the Morse and the Little systems, one thousand dollars to be deposited by each party with a committee of three persons, The other con- ditions of the trial are fully detailed in his communication.. Whichever party shall trans- tpit @ message of acertain number of words, make three legible copies of it and deliver them first at the offices of the Hekatp, Tribune and World shall receive: :the two thousand dollars. If awarded to the Western Union Company this sum will be contributed, one-half to ‘the fund forthe Morse statue in the Park and the other half to the Tele- graphers’ Life Insurance Fund. Whether this challenge be accepted or not the public will doubtless ere long learn from the’practical working of the two rival systems their respec: tive merits. Tne Evrorgan Mai or Avuaust 20, at this port yesterday, supplied an ample and in- teresting continuation of the history of the war betweem France and Prussia. Wepub- lish the details to-day. MacMahon, Bazaine, King William, the late General Abel Douay, and other heroes of the conflicts, are thus brought still more prominently before the American public, being described as they appeared in action and in the camp. Mac- Mabon is, it appears, a very cool—a cigar- smoking—soldier, and, personally, brave as @ lion. The diplomacy and finance of the Old World, as they are shaped or controlled by the war disruption, are also reported. Tae Carco or toe Bark Wavetet.—The seizure of the cargo of the bark Wavelet, while on lighters in trahsit from Perth Amboy to this port has been the subject of correspond- ence between the Treasury Department and Collector Murphy. Acting Secretary Richard- fon decides that State authorities ‘have no power to interfere with the transportation of goods in charge of united States officers after having passed quarantine in another State, and directs the Collector to recover possession of the goods at once. No reference is mada in this correspondence to the seizure of the bark itself, or of the power of the Health Officer to enforce the quarantine regulationa of the port. Oxxx Anoragr Logay.—The wonderful de~ tectives have stumbled ona man with blood oi his coat who has worked in sawmills. Hor- rible! He must be the Nathan murderer, of course. So they hold him as tight as they might forty thousand dollars. After the mur~ der of Mr. Rogers they had a new Logan every week. The arithmetical series of Lozsng was exhaustive, yet they never found the mam they wanted, who very likely was namod Brown, Jones or Robinson. We suspect thia blonde aawmiller is ouly another Lagan