The New York Herald Newspaper, September 5, 1870, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, All business or news letter and telegraphic Herat. THE HERALD CORPS OF EUROPEAN WAR CORRESPONDEN i. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SE Tho News (rom Sedan in Paris-Tho War Manifesto of the Council of Minleters—The Volcano Rumbling. They have heard in Paris the terrible news from Sedan. The proclamation of the Council of Ministers issued on Saturday last is before our readers, announcing to the hopeful but Cav France Prolong the Wart France, as will be seen from our news columns this morning, has been’ stunned by the intelligence of the defeat of MacMahon and the surrender of Napoleon; but the war spirit has not by any means been extinguished. The proclamation issued by the Council of inflammable Parisians the heavy disasters, of | Ministers and the debate in the Corps Législa- despatches must be addtessed New York | the capitulation of MacMahon’s army, and the | tif clearly show that the nation has not made surrender of Napoleon in person to King William. The Ministry, in admitting these tion of the lost army as a surrender of some forty thousand men. If there were, however, only forty thousand in the capitulation, the losses of MacMahon in those three or four days of des- up its mind as yet to submit to defeat. We are not surprised by this intelligence. It -Ne, 248 | startling misfortunes, represent the capitula- | would be strange if a great nation like France should reconcile itself to a fate so hard all at once. A few days more may convince even the Council of Ministers that while France might prolong the contest for a little she We have special correspondents moving | perate fighting must have been appalling. He | would do better to make peace with the vic- with each division of the opposing forces of | had been reported at Paris as having an army | torious enemy with as little delay as possible. France and Prussia, and news agencies in the principal capitals—London, Paris, Berlin, Ma- drid,-Vienna and Florence—so that nothing of two hundred thousand men, with six hun- dred cannon. His actual fighting force at the beginning of those bloody battles was probably not less than one hundred and twenty or It is undeniable that the French people might yet make a desperate and even glorious atrug- gle; but it is not our opinion that France can prolong the struggle with any prospect of ulti- of an important news character escapes our | thirty thousand men, against the enveloping | mate success. Tho Ministers talk big of armios vigilant representatives, Our news agencies {n the principal cities of Europe, and our system of travelling corre- spondents, have been long established, a fact German columns of at least two hundved thou- sand men. ‘The French losses, therefore, from these batiles, independently of the remnant of the army surrendered, were perhaps, in killed, wounded, prisoners, which are forming. But all the world knows what raw fevies can do when matched with trained armies in fine condition and flushed with success. If any large portion of the splendid army which set out for the Rhine the readers of the Haratp have no doubt long | stragglers from the lines and fugitives iuto Bel- | some six weeks ago were available the raw since become familiar with, and as our letters | gian territory, hard upon eighty or ninety | levies might be usefully employed. But that from all parts of the Eastern Hemisphere for | thousand men. The army of Leein tho des- | magnificent array of men from whom so much 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. Our only aim is to give to the public the fullest, the most reliable, and the most authentic record of facts as they occur in the grand operations of the contending armies. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, GARDEN, 108 Casal adway.—SHAKSPEARE'S TRAG- WOOD'S MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE, Broadway, cor- Performances every afternoon and evening. mer Sith st. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway ana 18th street— Fitz, Ove Cousin Gruman. GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner o} Bad st. ¢ Eighth avenue and URUKLLA, THE DEMON OF THR Nigut. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.Daring Dtox, Derreovive-Broraer BILL AND BeoTueR BEN. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.—Orena Bourrs— Livre Faust 7: BOOTH’S THEATRE, 38d between Sih and 6th avs.— Bir Van WINKLE. TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUS! 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B—The War: Napoleon’s Surrender OMictally An- nounced to the French Peopie; Cabinet Pr tion and Parliamentary Action in Par “Unanimous for Defence Untit Death;” The | _ Revolution Loomiag Up; The Battie Before the | Walls of Sedan; pnidid Field Scene at the | ‘ian Adval rench Resistance, Bravery aud Rout; Grand Charge and Crashing Defeat of the French Curassiers; Prussian Infantry in | 1 Pursuit of Flying Cavalry; German | zs of the Victory; Chronological Hts- of the War, 4—Religious: The Docrine of Damnation Applied | to the Dying Empire; Protestants’ Protest Against Fapal Preteusions; the Almiguly Invoked for Pros Papal Infailibility Expounde Provi 10 Protection mons and $ ‘on, Loug Branch 3 G—Religious (Continued trom Fourth News from esto of the Rumbling— an in Paris, the Wa Council of Ministers, the Amusement Announc 9—The War (continued fre y—Personal ird Page)—Yachting Intelhgeuce—Business ‘letorial Ske o Paris in | Time of War—The National An Indig- nant Pollceman—errible Acc 2 Ne York Theatre—Mus:cal ana Theairical Noves— the Li The Offal Contraci f ‘he Soctal ¢ line Explosion. man—A Brilliant Mi 9—New York City New: The Paterson Clin Park Riot—The “Chtef Justice’ indignant— Wo Ist Der Gute Stom?—That Servant Giri's Cash—BilkIng Roundsmen—Court Calendars for To-day—The Mifora (Conn.) Mard — How a Bridegroom Cheated the Clergyman who Married Him—Remarkable Drama in Commercial Re- r he Recent Poutica—A Smart Wo- e—Financial a ports—Marriages and Deaths. £0—Telegraphic News—News from Washington— ‘The Suez Canal—Suicides and Accidents— pth 4 and Shooting—Shipping Intell- nce—Advertisements. 41—Mexico: The Tehuantepec Canal Concession; Extracts from Mexican Papers—China: The Native Massacre of Christlans at Tien-tien; Rebetlion—News from Japan—Advertisements, 12—Advertisements. Aut's Lost sur Honor.—It is clear to all that the French army has succumbed only to inevitable necessity. It has fought with the same courage and tenacity that have given it immortal glory on a thousand fields; but the imbecility and apparently the treason of | generals have wasted that valor, and the per- fect handling of the German troops, as well as their overwhelming numbers, left no oppor- tunity for the battle to be won, as battles have | been won in many wars, by headlong courage and blind chance. “fvery Man His Own Goverxor.”— Governor Hoffman reviewed a brigade of the National Guard at Binghamton a few days since and made a speech, in the course of which he said:—‘‘The best government is | that which governs the least, and the most certain way to procure and maintain it is for every man in the community to feel that he must be his own governor.” That is the true theory of republican government, but how few politicians in our day practise it! If every man would be his own governor a vast amount 3} | continued under the perate battles of that closing struggle from the lines of Petersburg to Appomattox Court House was reduced from sixty thousand men to twenty-seven thousand in the capitula- tion. But, admitting the practical annihilation of MacMahon’s army with the surrender to the enemy of its arms and materials of war, the Council of Ministers at Paris still bravely face the crisis, and representing the good condition of the capital for a stubborn defence, and the approach of the new army from the Loire, still proclaim the resolution of fighting to ‘‘the last ditch.” We cannot believe, however, that the Ministry seriously entertain any such resolution. It is thrown out as ‘‘a tub to the whale;” itisa movement to prepare the public mind for the consideration of unexpected disasters and of the real dangers which menace Paris in the event of further resistance. It is an expe- dient to hold in check for a day or two the revolutionary mob of Paris, while giving to the Legislature and to the property holders and men of business in the capital time to comprehend their actual situation. From the debates meantime in both legislative cham- bers it is apparent that Paris was on the verge of on abyss; that a single heavy footfall might bring into full play the already rumbling elements of an earthquake, and that the utmost skill of the representatives of the empire was required to parry the revolutionary firebrands of Jules Favre and his colleagues. The two. legislative chambers, created by Napoleon and mostly made up of his instru- menis; the Council of Ministers, chosen by and with the consent of the Empress, and the Regency of the Empress, which now consti- tutes the government of France, ere still the empire With the Emperor taken away. General Trochu, the military Governor of Paris, is, nevertheless, practically master of the situation. He has been repre- sented as the General Monk of the crisis, and as acting in accord with the established authorities of the State, only until the opportu- nity comes for turning the balance by the weight of his sword. Jules Favre, in propos- ing to make this officer a provisional dictator, doubtless supposes him to bea republican; but the prevailing opinion is that he is ready to cast his fortunes with those of the Orlean- ists, and that the Count of Paris will prove to be his candidaie for king of France with the consent of Prussia. Prussia holds the case in her hands; but how is she to treat with the regency of Napo- leon for the restoration of the Bourbons? This regency must retire or the empire be recognition of King William, A French republic, with half a mil- lion of the soldiers of the inevitable German em- pire on the soil of France, is out of the question. Further resistance to this German army will be worse than useless, There is no army in Paris, there is no army in France capable of was expected Is virtually extinguished. The army of MacMahon is no more. The forty thou- sand who have survived the battles of Saar- bruck and Wissembourg, and Woerth and Gravelotte, and those terrific four days’ fight- ing near Sedan, are now prisoners of war. The forces of Bazaine, demoralized, are shut up in Metz, and Prussia will take good care that nota man of them shall escape till the war is ended. What is now to hinder the victorious march of four or five hundred thousand Prus- sians to Paris? Ifthe flower of the French armies, the picked soldiers of the country, led by the best men whom France could supply, have failed, and miserably failed, to arrest the onward progress of the Prussian hosts, what reason is there to hope that raw levies, imper- fectly equipped and led by second rate men, will turn the tide of battle ? We have never denied that P aris is able to sustain a siege. But we have never been able to see what good could come from a pro- tracted resistance of the capital city. Prussia has marched on to victory in spite of Stras- bourg, in spite of Metz, in spite of many forti- fied places which lay in her way, and so she will march on in spite of Paris. The resist- ance of Paris may prolong the war for a little ; but it will only be for a little. Sooner than some of us are prepared to believe the Prus- sians will surround the capital, King William will take up his headquarters at Versailles, which is defenceless, and the cry will be raised from one end of France to the other in favor of peace. With five hundred thousand men in the heart of France recruiting will be vain and revolution impossible. If France is wise the unnecessary slaughter will cease at once, Ope of the Fall Trade. The increasing pressure upon our crowded advertising columns, the daily arrival at the city hotels of merchants from the far West and South, and the activity which is every- where astir in counting room, store and ware- house, on wharf and sidewalk, are unmis- takable indications that a brisk and pros- perous fall trade is opening in New York, A most healthy symptom is the recent large demand for goods of American manufacture. There is nothing to check the working of New England mills but the temporary lowness of water. This is the season of the heaviest imports from abroad, and for the last fortnight they have arrived at the rate of eight million dollars’ worth per week. The immense cotton crops of 1869 and 1870 amount to 3,250,000 bales, and the mills in Great Britain which had stopped running on account of the Franco-Prussian war, thereby causing a decline in the prices of cotton, will soon be at work again if the pre- sent prospect of a speedy peace holds good. The teeming crops of Western wheat which are tasking the elevators of Chicago and Milwaukie to their utmost capacity will overtake seven million bushels of unused wheat of last year’s any effective resistance to the crushing forces of King William. That he will annex the city of Strasbourg and the province of Alsace to Baden, and that Baden, with Wiirtemberg and Bavaria and Hesse will be annexed to the North Ger- | man Confederation, is morally certain. After Sadowa and Sedan, who is to prevent it? | That he has now the power to name the gov- j ernment and the king of France it is ap- | parent; that he will name an Orleanist it is | last ? Meanwhile there is not 80 much danger that | Paris will invite a siege, a famine and a bom- bardment, as that the existing French govern- ment will be overthrown by a revolution and a reign of chaos before any competent party can be found by Prussia with which to treat for peace. Nor can we believe that the im- bravely in Paris after the disasters at Sedan, Bourbons. Wuo Inspirep THE SurrenpER?—It is reported in our news that the surrender of the army at Sedan was made against the protest of the younger officers and at the insti- gation of the Emperor, shocked by the losses, peace was taken when overcome with horror at the slaughter by the man who go recklessly was in just before the war began, could not have hoped his son would succeed him on the have made the succession of the son possible. injustice to the author of the coup d'état. But the hope founded on this reasoning failed many days since, and further slaughter was of wickedness would be averted ; the necessity for State conventions, cabala, cliques and all the paraphernalia and trappings of partisan life become useless and unnecessary. A trea- selfish point of view. generally expected; but how long will this | made the war. Napoleon, in the state that France | healthy progress in Japan. crop, 80 that we can abundantly supply the European markets as well as our own. The splendid September weather which we are enjoying is highly favorable for the prospects of every departmgnt of the fall trade, Our MExicaN CorrESPONDENCE, published on another page of the HERALp this morning, shows that the same troubles which agitated Mexico for years past are just now as prevalent as ever. Ggperal Martinez jg atill at large at the head of an army, and is making considerable progress in the States through which he is making his march. In other parts of the republic rebel generals are also making themselves felt. The government is powerless, evidently, to stay the progress of these fellows, and the press of the country, instead of endeavoring perial government in holding its position so | awaken the government and the people to the necessity of action, is fretting itself over has the remotest idea of negotiating for the other matters in a most ridiculous manner. The Tehauntepec canal concession is also on the tapis again, and the protest of English bondholders, together with Minister Romero’s reply, will be found interesting. FromtTHt Far East.—From Japan and China and the banks of the Suez Canal we | {t will be the greatest case of conscience on | have quite an interesting budget of news sup- | record if it shall prove that this step toward | plied for our columns by reports received by the European mail. The facts as they appear to-day denote a very considerable amount of China advanced also in a materialistic way. The empire re- mained wrapped, however, to a very great’ throne; anda disastrous war could not make | extent, in the gloom of religious fanaticism. that any worse, while a successful war would | The sad consequences of this are made appa- rent by our detailed account of the terrible out- There was, then, a clear dynastic raison d’étre | rages which have been lately committed on of the war, and such a view of it does no | the Roman Catholic Christians in the empire. Way Has Prossta BEen So Sucogssrut ?— Not merely because she was better prepared useless even from that strictly dynastic and | for war than France, nor because her armies But it is doubtful if | have been better officered. Prussia has won this will not be regarded by France as only | because she had right on her side, and be- the last of the Emperor's evil acts. Would cause every German on the field of battle and tise or lecture upon the subject of ‘‘Every | any people care to have the existence of its | every German at home felt that the cause was armies made subject to the shattered nerves of | just. This mighty instrument of power was Man His Own Governor” would prove a novel entertainment during the coming lecture season, an invalid? wanting to the French What Napoleon the Third Has Done for Kurope and What for Feance. The reign of Napoleon the Third has been distinguished by great achievements for Europe and for France. Firat, in his alliance with England against Russia in the Crimean war, he saved the ‘sick man of Turkey” from the deadly designs of the Great Bear, thus retain- ing to England and France the balance of power in the East against the Cossack. Next, in adopting the Italian programme of the great statesman of Sardinia, Cavour, ‘the nephew of his uncle” established, from the dis- cordant petly States and duchies of Italy, a powerful and homogeneous kingdom, thus putting an end to the petty squabbles and the bloody wars'which for hundreds of years had devastated the Italian plains and peninsula, and establishing internal peace in the simple act of fusing the members of the Italian family in a common self-sustaining government, This was a great achievement, not only in view of peace, harmony and pros- perity to the Ttalian people from the late Austrian dependencies to the late kingdom of Naples, but in view of the peace of the Continent. Napoleon has not been so succesful in his schemes for the settlement of the affairs of the Pope and the States of the Church, but he has turned over this important business to the King of Italy in such a shape that it will doubtless soon be settled inthe reconstruction of Europe, "by turning over Rome to Italy as her capital, the Papal States as part of her territories, and the Pope as her ward, under certain stipulations from the great Powers. This was the ultimate design of Napoleon, but it embraced certain equivalents to France (such as the island of Sardinia) which will now be left out, But the greatest achievement of Napoleon the Third in behalf of the future peace of Europe may be summed up in the union of the German States, brought about through his diplomatic arrangements wiih Count Bis- marck, which, from the war between Prussia and Austria, resulted in establishing the great North German Confederation, and from this war between France and Prussia has resulted, or will soon result, in establishing the greater German empire. That old Napoleonic idea of the rectification of the Rhine frontier has done this thing, and has reduced France‘from her high estate as arbiter of Europe to a seat in the continental councils behind Prussia, or Germany, which now means the same thing— the United States of Germany. This is what Napoleon the Third has done for France; and, compared with this humiliation, we fear that the French people will forget all the magnificent improvements of Paris and of France, by land and sea, and his good works in all the departments of industry and science and art which distinguish t he eighteen years of the brilliant reign of the now fallen Em- peror. Such is the vanity of imperial glory, It may spring up in a night, like Jonah’s over- shadowing gourd viné; but it may be scorched and blasted in a single hour. An Inrerestinc RESUME OF THE PUBLIO Dent since the close of the revolutionary war is presented in our correspondence from Washington this morning. It shows how the debt stood at the end of our various wars and at the end of each administration. It will be observed that it fluctuated quite rapidly at times when we were at profound peace. For instance, at the end of John Quincy Adams’ term it was $59,421,413, and four years later, at the end of Jackson's first term, in 1833, it had been reduced to $7,001,032, and at the end of his second term was reduced to $1,875,312. From this point it rose again quite rapidly until our civil war drove it up almost beyond calculation. But in no adminis- tration, except perhaps in Jackson’s, do we find such steady and persistent reduction of the debt as in that of General Grant. REOPENING OF THE CHUROHES,—Pastors and their flocks are returning home and the folds are reopened for them. The interiors of many of our fashionable churches have been thoroughly renovated during the summer holi- days. On each succeeding Sunday they will be more fully thronged with worshippers. Our pulpit orators have had an opportunity while absent on their pleasure tours to gather from nature and from human nature a wealth of fresh and pertinent illustrations of their weighty themes. The organ and vocal music will continue to enhance the attractions of the sanctuary without drowning the tones in which the preacher denounces vice and invites sin- ners to repentance. The churches will now be open, at least on Sunday, Is it too much to hope that the custom on the European Conti- nent of keeping them open on week days as th dB Ntid Sor well as on Sunday may yet be adopted in New York? In this respect Trinity church has set an example that might well be generally imitated. REOPENING OF THE PuBLIo Souoors,—The reopening of the ‘public schools brings happily together the teachers and pupils who, during the past vacation, have gathered health and strength for their tasks. They will enter on these tasks with fresh energy, and our public schools are now so well organized that they will doubtless prove more abundant fountains of good than ever. The whole community is deeply interested in them as indispensable means for educating those who are to be the men and women of the next generation. AnotHeR Yaout Rack—Pernvars.—In another column will be found the note of Mr. Frank Osgood, of the yacht Magic, wioner of the race for the America’s cup, accepting the. challenge recently issued by Mr. James Ash- bury to any schooner of the New York Yacht Club. Mr. Osgood accepts for a race of twenty miles to windward and back fromthe Sandy Hook lightship. The achievements of the Magic in the race for the America’s cup and subsequently will give such a race much interest if it shall take place. Tar Western UNion TeLecrara Company has offered to loan its wires to the War De. partment, on liberal terms, for the purpose of carrying out the extended system of reporting the observation of storms along the seaboard and in the northwestern lakes, which we sug- gested some time ago. This is a very com- mendable step. and is, furthermore, strongly suggestive of how much better it would be if the government had sole possession sud con- trol of these wires, PTEMBER 5, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. What Will France Have to Pay? Prussia’s first demand will doubtless take the form of a dismemberment of France. Sho will seek remuneration for the expenses of the war by the territorial aggrandizement of her- self and her allies; but if the general sense of Europe is against this she may accept the satisfaction of a money indemuity. Que or the other she will certainly insist upon, and her demand will not be a light one in either case. Common rumor, taking its inspiration, perhaps, from what has been thought and said in high circles in Berlin, has named Alsace and Lor- raine as the parts of France the German will grasp for—Alsace to be given to Badep, and Lorraine, no doubt, to extend the limits of Rhenish Prussia, The western boundary of the ancient kingdom of Lorraine was the Meuse river, and thus the Prussian would come into possession of the whole of the present theatre of war—would have, indeed, simply to hold on to his conquests. But Europe will never accord this, The same sentiment that in 1815 set England, Austria and France in agreement against Russia and Prussia, when these two Powers desired a little too much, would now make a coalition against Prussia, and doubtless Russia would oa this occasion join the oppo- nents of her too potent neighbor. Indemnity in money, therefore, is in all probability the shape that satisfaction will take, and the sum will be oue that will perhaps fasten remembrance upon the taxpayers of France. In 1815 France paid three huodred ‘and seven million dol- lars, or one billion and a half francs, Of course that was not a money satisfaction for the devastation of the revolutionary and imperial wars, for that devastation had wasted Europe a dozen times over and was beyond computation. It was a penalty adapted rather to the endurance and capability of the offender than to the remuneration of those who inflicted it. But for this war of forty-five days it is not impossible to compute the damage and ex- pense. Prussia has to be reimbursed and has to reimburse her allies, and there will also be @ pension list of startling proportions. Indeed, we should not be surprised to see France mulct in a sum double or treble what was exacted of her in 1815. Life in the Metropolis—A Anticipnied. Fashionable watering places, as well as more quiet haunts of summer tourists in the moun- tains, by the lakes and rivers and on the sea- shore, will soon be deserted. Coming back with invigorated health, our tourists will plunge eagerly into the fall and winter whirl of metro- politan life. A gay season is anticipated. Many a circle of society will be enlivened by the additional presence of belles and beaux belonging to the American colony in Paris, but dispersed and driven home by the Franco- Prussian war. If these young folks have not been dazzled out of their senses by the now vanished splendors of the Imperial Court, if they have been benetited instead of being spoiled by their sojourn in Paris, they will not only be welcomed here heartily, but they will also find that a most enjoyable fall and winter can be passed in New York. The Park will console them for the Bois de Boulogne. The picturesque variety of our street architecture will be refreshing to them after the monoto- nous grandeur of new Paris. They can hear Mile. Nilsson sing as well here as yonder. They can enjoy all kinds of dramatic enter- tainments, from Jefferson’s Rip Van Winkle at Booth’s, and Shakspearian revivals at Niblo’s, and good old English plays at Wal- lack’s, and Mile. Janauschek and Mrs. Scott- Siddons at Wood’s, and Mme. Seebach at Grau’s Fourteenth street theatre, and Kathi Lanner’s Viennoise ballet troupe and the n ew opéra bouffe troupe at Fisk's Grand Opera House, and the concerts of Thomas at the Central Park Garden, to the pantomimes and clog dances and negro minstrelsy of our minor theatres. Some of the “‘flirtations” carried on at summer watering places will doubtless end in brilliant weddings in the course of the season. It may be expected that balls and parties will be more numerous than ever. Milliners and mantua- makers are certainly looking forward to an unprecedented display of fashion. They have made the most extensive and expensive preparations for it. The variety of new styles which our enterprising modistes have either imported from Paris or invented at home is bewildering. The foliage on the banks of the Hudson will not exhibit richer or more variegated hues than the colors which are to be worn this fall. Indeed, too many gaudy upholstery patterns are already conspicuous in the heavy satin brocade and flowered stuffs which have been introduced. Cashmere, with velvet trimmings or bias bands of silk, lace or fringe, satin de chine, black Turkish bril- liantine, plaids of every description, the cos- tumg de Trouville, the Ursula casaque, the MetteYnich mantle, garnet velvet, trimmed with chinchilla for ; Ler costume, the gypsy bonnet, the popillon hat, feathers and gros grain ribbons, are enumerated among the chief novelties of the approaching seasott, which promises to be as gay as gay costumes can make it. 2 Gay Season Tag Fioutinc in THE Last BartLr.— In the last battle the French seem to have been crushed almost mechanically by the mere weight of their enemy. The failure of the Germans to force a point in the French line shows how well the French fought; but the irresistible movement of the German force along the whole length of the line, which ren- dered it impossible for the French commander to reinforce any particular part of his line, while it was sure to develop all the weak points in the French position, was the obvious way to give the Germans the full advantage of their superiority in numbers. It was the act of a commander confident of vast numeri- cal superiority; bat the loss must have been very great so long as the French artillerists kept heart and head. Tue CaNapIAN Navy has seized an Ameri- can fishing schooner, the Lizzie, while fishing above Seven Islands, and taken her into Quebec with her cargo asa prize. The courts will adjudicate the matter to-day, when we will probably have a Canadian decision ona question that, in the absence of more stirring events, might create a sensation among us, This especial schooner belongs in Gloucester, Mass., where General Butler is interested, and the New Dominion will do a very unwise thing if it excites his tre, ree tn SS Sa i ke Sw a a Aa a i ND fe The Sermous Yesterday. Half a dozen or more preachers yese terday solemnly announced it as their conviction that the defeat of MacMahon and surrender of Napoleon were tho result of Providential interference in be- half of the Prussians, Providence doubtless took a part in the conflict and doubtless do- cided it, for Providence, the groat Napoleon declared, always fights on the side of the strongest battalions, and we gee it generally admitted that the Germans outnumbered the French two or three to one. Rev. Mr. Smyth declared that France is an ungodly nation; hence her punishment. Dr. Potter, at Grace church, hinted that Napoleon being the eldest son of ‘a corrupt Church,” God had adminis- tered a slight chastisement to both. Thus the opponents of Catholicism and of France ex- pressed their convictions, Why the warshould be so generally regarded as one of religtons we cannot understand, considering that probably: one-third of the men who defeated MacMahon on Thursday are Catholics. At the French Catholic church of St, Msprit a very touching prayer was offered up for the protection and deliverance of France, War subjects are getting somewhat monoto- nous; so we leave them for things more re- ligious and pious. Rev. David Mitchell dis- coursed learnedly on Providence and undis- covered crime, while Rev. Mr. Pullman explained what bad theology and true religion were. The Christian's hope was the subject of Rev. Mr. Tyng’s sermon, and God's presence was declared by Rev. R. S. MacArthur. At the German Lutheran church there was no allusion in the sermon to the war in Europe, the preacher confining bis remarks to purely religious matters, At John street Methodist Episcopal church, the Church of Oar Saviour, the Scotch Presbyterian church, Church of the Stranger and elsewhere the discourses were listened to with marked attention by large congregations, The Catholic churches were all crowded. We regret exceedingly to observe that our religious reports have fallen under the displeasure of Rev. Mr. Monroe, of St. Francis Xavier's church, The reverend gentleman objects to having every denomination noticed to- gether, and does not approve of criticisms on church music. We are very sorry at this disapproval, but we cannot agree with the clergyman. The Heratp is the most catholic of all papers, and consequently cannot discri- minate in favor of or against any denomi- nation, All must be noticed together. As for the church music, we really cannot see how we can avoid offending Father Monroe’s taste. However, we promise to give his ser- mon earnest consideration, and will perhaps let him know our decision. In Brooklyn, Washington and other places reported, the same large attendance and acceptable sermons are recorded, All the great luminaries of pulpit oratory have not yet returned, itis true, but the lesser lights 6f church preaching did, on the whole, very well indeed. MUSICAL REVIEW. Schaberth & Co., publish the following:— “Unser Vaterland” march pot pourrie. J. Unger. Some of the stirring patriotic songs of the German armies which inspired them in the battledela are here strung together. “Light Cavalry Overture.” Sappe. Arranged by Julius Schuberth, A military work, as its name designates, with fanfare, bugle calls, and that pecu- liar quickatep sort of theme familiar to every regi- mental bana. . “Schlummeriied.”” Constantin Birgel, An exqul- site theme, weil arranged for the piano. In keeping with the subject, there is a dreamy undulating char- acter about the melody which is very charming. Root & Cady, Chicago, publish elght songs, by Robert Goldbeck, which bear evidences of a poetl- cal, artistic spirit rarely found in such compositions at the present day. ‘The first, ‘A Love Song,” 1s told in simple, tender measures, which are capable of being iniused with passionate fervor by a good singer. “Q Moonlight, Deep and Tender.” The aécom- paniment alone of this beautiful song ts a true poem. “Break, Break, Break.’’? We have spoken of this piece before, when it was sung by Miss Nettie Sterliag. Itisa gem. «The Pioneer” is a characteristic selection from the composer's cantata of the same name. “Torrent Song.” A sparkling little theme, with a graceful accompaniment, ‘he other three songs are called “The Nun,’ “The Day is Cold,” and “The Willow Song,” of. which the last is the best. SUICIDE AND SUDDEN DEATHS. Joseph Hill, aged thirty-five, and residing at No. 435 West Thirty-third street, committed suicide at half-past two o’clock yesterday afternoon, by hang- ing himself with a clothes line in the celiar of nis house. He was discovered and cut down by lus wile. : An aged woman named Narry dled at four o'clock yesterday afternoon at No. 19 Bedford street, with. out medical attendance. The Coroner was notified. William Wilson, an Irishmen by birth, aged forty Years and residing at 29 Centre street, died of re- lapsing fever at hall-past two o'clock y rday after. noon, His body was taken to the Morgue, ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. About nine o'clock last night a small boat, con. talning John Hass, his wife, and child Catherine, with a man named John Smith, residing at 173 Charles street, was capsized by a steamboat, sup- posed to be the Sleepy Hollow, while off pter 50 Nortn river. The accident was observed by a party of gentlemen on shore. who procured a boat, rowed out and rescued the drowning party. The citld was supposed to be dead when brought on shore, but was taken toa drug store, where restoratives were, supplied and she eventually recovered, after which the pleasure party returned to their residence, FIRE TW VEWARK YESTEROAY MORKING. Shortly afterttwo o'clock yesterday Morning a fire broke out in Tickenor’s haircioth factory, on Com- Mercial street, Newark. ‘he firemen were prompuy on hand and saved the building and stock. Property to the extent of about one thousand dollars was, however, destroyed. MUCH ADO ABOUT A TRIFLE. Ona complaint made by Mr. Caleb Wootsum, of No. 167 Nesbit street, Newark, no less than five youngsters, named Edward Garrigan, James DakesS Matthew Reilly, Daniel Retlly and Richard McCiane, were (aken into custody last evening and held bail on the charge of entering and stealmg. The whole five, it 1s alleged, broke into complainant’s orchard and stole one dollar’s worth of fruit. “ASSAULT WITH AN AXE, Yesterday morning John Adams and his wife Mary A. Adams had an altercation at their place of rest- dence, 79 Chariton street. Mary struck her spouse on the head with an axe, inflicting a sligh wound. ‘The wound was dressed by Dr. White, and Mary waa taken in custody to answer. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. © he; The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks hela x a memorial service yesterday afternoon at Masonio Hall in nonor of their late brother, James W. Lingard, which was largely attended. Mr, James Donahue, Superintendent of the Free Labor Bureau, Nos. 8 and Io Clinton place, makes tho: following report of gusiness for the week ending September 30:~-Number of males applied for employ- ment, 252; females, 674; male help required, 194; fe- male, 772. Situations procured for 194 males and 696 females, Total number of situations procure 690. During the month of Angust there were 4.50 aituations vrocured for applicauts.