The New York Herald Newspaper, September 30, 1870, Page 3

tt amen stneengne eat eaapeenetese ale PARIS. Another Sortie from Motz and Ropulse of the French, ‘ Th Prussians Operating Actively in _. Northern France. Military Organizations in the Departmen: The Black Fiag Raised by the Free Corps. The Prussian Advance Upon Tours ‘Stopped. Insurrecitonary Attempt at Lyons--- Cluseret Arrested. GERMAN FORCES OCCUPY STRASBOURG, War Enthusiasm Waning in Germany. Gigantic War Propara- tions in Russin. ‘The British Government Considering the Policy of Active Intervention. Failure of Negotiations for Ger- man Unity. « THE MILITARY OPERATIONS. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Later News from Parle—The People Eluted by Successes—Another Sortie by Buzainc’s Borcee—Operations of the Francs-Tireurs— Prussian Operations ip Northern France— The Situation in the Southern Depart- mente. Lonvow, Sept. 29, 1870, ‘The New YOR HyRatp correspondent at Tours elegraphs that Jater Intelligence has been recetved from Paris. A letter dated the 26th inst. reporty that | there Was no more news to record for that day, Almost the first documents found in the Tuileries after the proclamation of tke republic seriously w@ompromise the late Dug de Morny in the Mexican etmur, The reported successes of the French forces on the previous day had produced a favorable impres- aon of the peopte, wno were much Clavea.--rne Prussians are r eportad to have Jost heavily m the engagement. SUSBIAN HMADQUARTERS AND MOVEMENTS aROUND s PaRis. ‘The Prussian headquarters around Paria are given es follows:—King Wiliam «t Ferrieres, the Crown Prince at Versailles and the Crown Vrince of Saxovy at Grand Tremblay. The rallway between Chalons and the German border has been relaid. In the other direction, to- wards Parla, the work is vigorously pus! ANOTHER SORTIR BY BAZAINE’S FORCES. ‘The London Times this morning has a special de bpatch giving the following intelligence:— On Tuesday last, 27th, the French made avother sortie from Metz. The torces consisted of cavalry ‘nd artilicry, and were protected by the guns of Ports Quelen q7) and Boties, The French advanced tw Arsle Queox, where the Prussians were encoun- tered. Another severe conflict ensued, which re- malted in the defeat of the Frencu, though they car- wed off their wounded, dead and all the Prussian ¥risoners they had captured. The village was barned. by the abells. YHE SITUATION BEFORE AND IN Merz. & correspondent before Metz, the 271 mast., tele. graphs as follows:— Prince Frederick Charles reports himself perma- nently estabiisbed at the chateau of Corny, ‘the Tohanniter main depot is at the same place. The condition of the troops Is greatly improved, The ‘Weather ia Warmiand dry, and the troops are setuled 4a good quarters. The French have completed 2 new redoubt be- tween St, Quentin and Piaeville, and also addi- jal intrenchments inside the fortifications. Be- troops in the city, Bazaiue's army is encamped im four different places, There is a large encamp- ‘ment on the eastern elope of St. Quentin, a second tn the valley, between Metz and Porto Embaraclene and Quelen; a third at the fort of Fort St. Julien, and fourth In the rear of the railway sheds and ‘workshops, OPERATIONS OF THE PRANCS-TIRRURS. A telegram from Nemours, France, dated yester- day, roporta that at Chapolie ia Reine & Praastan {post was captured by the Francs-Tireurs, After the devarture of the latter tho Prossians returned to the place and burned some dwellings and exacted 5 eortribntion of 10,060 francs, The Franes-Tireurs als captured @ convoy of munitions ou the way to thaPrussian forces in the neighborhood. PRUSSTAN OPHRATIONS Ix NORTHERN FRANCE. A telegram from Mézteres of yesterday's date staes that ap armistice bas been concluded with the Prassian forces around this town, and it will préably continue until October 7. Yerdnn is besieged, but the Prussians have made nowtrong demonstrattous against the place. The Prusslans have surrounded So:ssons, Shot andshell have been exchanged sinve Saturday. ‘The subirbs bave veon destroyed by artillery fire, A bDridre has been thrown over the Alsne at that piae, CLERMONT CAPTURED, Ckrmont has been captured. Three bundred Moles and the citizens successfully resisted the Drstattack of the Prussians. Afior the latter had 4 repulsed they returned with artillery end rein- ments 2nd captured the place. THRPRUSSIAN MOVBMRNT UPON BELPONT AND LYONS. A special correspondent at Berlin on the 27th instint telegraphs:—By next Sunday the whole corp: destined to operate against Belfort aud Lyons wiil }e concexutrated in Upper Alsace. The recruits for al the line corps are already gathering at the different rendevvous; those for the guards corps will be eurolled from the 8a to the 10th of October. WER SITUATION IN THE SOUTTERN vePARruENTs. A wetter from Lyons, dated September 23, says:— ‘The Prussians advancing by the valleys of the Aiane, Marte and Aube seem to be more pre-occupicd with the occupation of the rich provincess ot Mormandy and Coarolais than with an Smméediate attack. Tu fact, It 1s almost impos. ible {0 occupy Paris by force, Treason and starva- tion are the only means to be employed, I do not believe that the occupation of the Charolais will be easy. The Southern Leagne or the Independent As- poe fon ofthe different southern departments of Frauice 1s growing atronver averw fou and pg for- NEW YURK HEKALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3U, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. midabie army wilt be organized before ‘tong, with Lyons and Maruailles aa leading points, ‘This atter city bas granted ten millions; the other towns and departments are well disposed to: pay their shares. Do not believe @ single word of what ia sald about the red flag and mob in this city. I never saw @ more perfect order, and it reigns under the red flag. ‘THE ELBE AGAIN BLOCKADED. The blockade of the mouth of the river Elbe has been renewed by the French fees German vessels abroad are warned of the fact, |‘ cig NAPOLEON AT Wit@LwenonE, Despatches from Wilhelmshehe report that the Emperor Napoleon rides ‘out deity tn the environs, end is received with every mark of respect by the inhabitants, PRUSSIAN BEINFORCEMENTS—TYPHUS FEVER. Acorrespondent writing from Hamburg on the ‘27th states that a reserve corps of 80,000 men passed through Frankfort this weck to reiuforce the Prus- sian armies in France. A great deal of typhus fever is prevalent in the German hospitals, The wounaed are being removed from contagion. PRUSSIA DENINS BREAKING INTERNATIONAL LAWS, A telegram from Berlin states that a circular has Just been issued by Herr Thite im which he denies any iuifractions of internationallaw on the part of ‘he Prussians, aa hae been charged, while thg French are constantly guilty, A PROTEST AGAINST THE CAPIPDLATION AT SEDAN, ‘The Paul Mall Gazette vis eventing contains a let- ter from an Amortcan surgeon who, from the imtials, seems to be Dr. .Sims, enclosing a translation of a protests drawn up by French officers against the capitulation at Sedan, and signet by a numbet of generals and superior oficers who claim that they ought to have fatin council on that step, but state that they have been kept in utte ignorance of It. If they had known that it was intended they would havé opposed with ali their energy a surrender unexampled in history. GENERAL WAR ITEMS. Carrier pigeons are now the on!y messengers be- tween Paris and Tours. The balloons offered too fair a mark to Prasstan riflemen, A telegram from Ferrleres, France, states that four telegraph cables leading to Rouen and the South were discovered in the river to-day by the Prussians and promptly destroyed. ‘Yhe London Telegraph has a balloon special from Tours, dated Wednesday evening, representing that the Prussians are retiring toward Paris. Great con- fidence existed in Paris, The Prussian government has officially denica the presence of a national vessel in elther the Black or the Rea Sea bearing the name of Hertha or Bertha, + The Governmest to Remain in Tours—Prus- sianps Retiring ou the Parls Army—Organi- zations in the Departments—Tho Black Fiag Ratsed=French Successes Around Paris—Havee Arming—Cluseret Arrested. Tours, Sept. 29, 1870, ‘The removal of the government from Tours is no longer talked of. TIA PRUSSIAN MOVEMENT ON TOURS STOPPED. "The following despatches have been received by the Ministers:— ORLBANS, Bept. 29, 1870. The enemy, who yesterday wes at Cercottes, the first station on the railway north of this city, appears to be retiring. tis belleved that news of a serious check near Paris occasions thelr retreat, BELLGARD, Sept. 24, 1870. 1t 1s reported that Pithiviers has beea evacuated by the Prussians, who have wishdrawn in the direc- Uon of Etampes. MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DEPARTRENTS— THR BLACK FLAG. Another meeting of the prefeets of the depart- meats of Manche, Orne, Sartue, Mayenne, Vendée, Maine et Lotro and of those of the old province of Brittany was hela yesterday, at which still further measures were taken for the nationa: defence. Or- ganization is progressing rapidly. Companies of thirty men are being recelved by the government, These are permitted to choose thetr own officers and will act independently of the regular forces, and, if the circumstances so demand, all these companies will be united under one command. The several departments will furnish the ayms and equipments necessary for this force. The men will enlist for service “during the war.” Other corps are organizing, including a free corps. ‘The Jatier will carry the black fag: ey lave an- nounced wat they intend neltber to ask or give quarter. FRENCH SUCUESSES @ROUND Panis, Jt ts announced that deypatch balloons will ve sent up from Paria daily. Adyices received to-day from the capital report successes for the besieged in various nilnor engagements aroand the city. The Mobtie Guards behave extremely well under fire, HAVRE PREPARING FOR THE PRUSSIANS. Advices from Havre received to-day state that the merchandise rematning in the warchouses in that port are protected by the consuls of neutral coun- tries, who have hoisted their respective flags. A hage electric light revolves at night, 1ighting up the eutire bay aod the batteries around it. Enormous chalns protect the entrance of the harpor. GENERAL CLUSERET ARRESTED. A despatch from Lygns, dated to-day, says that General Cluseret, heading @ revolution, forced his way into the Town Hall to-day, haraugutng the people. The National Guard instantly arrested him and his adherents without bloodshed, The troubies at Lyons on account of the red flag continue, though the efforts to compromise have not been abated, Marseilles 18 quiet. STRASBOURG. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Canse of the Surrender—Occupation of the City by the Gormans—The Garrison Sent to Rastadt-The Surrender Not Believed in Tours—The Siege Guus and Cavalry Gone to Paris. LONDON, Sept. 29, 1870, ‘The Baden troops claim the’ credit of the capture of Strasbourg. WHY STRASBOURG SURRENDERED. The NEw YORK HrRaLp correspondent at Mun- delshetm telegraphs under date of last night ‘hat Strasbourg surrendered only when the prospect of relief had become utterly hopeless, The cofidition of the place is positively heartrenaing. A terrible con- tagious fever !s raging among the Inhabitants, many of whom are lying dead for dying in the streets, This fearful state ef affairs was en- aurea for some tuue, but it finally determined the question of capitulation. General Ulrich was deeply aifeciea by the surrender. On announcing his purpose to yield he shed teats, at the same tune exclaiming, “Jat fait mon devow." THE GERMANS IN POSBESSION. At nine o’clock the Mayor and municipa! authori- ties of Strasbourg proceeded to Mundeishelm; at half-past ten the garrison laid down their arms, and at cleven o’olock she Prussians, together with the Baden troops, had occupied ail the public places and buildmgs. The Prussian generals are to formally enter the city to-day, Three batterlea have been es- tablished at the Place de Kleber. German pioneers have wiready commenced to restore the bridges which were destroyed before and daring the siege. THE FRENCH GARRISON SENT TO RASTADT, The French garrison of Strasbourg have been re- moved to Rastadt, in Baden, as prisoners of war, ‘The Prossians have aiready occupied the town. The citadel and the bridge to Kenl have been restored by the ploneers. GERMAN SIRGE GUNA AND CAVALRY GONE TO PARIS. * The siege guns which have lately been in position before Strasbourg are being hurtied forward to Paris. Some of tham have already arrived. The Prussian cavalry has also goue forward from Stras- bourg. TEE SURRENDER OF STRASROURG NOT BELIEVED IN TOURS. A despatch from Tours says that a report having reached here of the capture of Strasbourg the gov- ernment this 1morning published a despatch from the French Consul at Basle contradicting it. The Consul says tho Prussians had made three tremen- dous but unsuccesstul assaults on Strasbourg, in Which they suffered heavy losses. A white fag subsequently displayed ay a tryce ty bury the dead SRS A US ee eR ee ee Eee ee a EE Se ee oe a a Ee Gave rise to the rumor that the city had capitulated. Communication, however, ts cut im all directions, and the full of Strasbourg 1s by no means impossi- ble. Notwithstanding the dentalof the Consul at Baste, there ie a strong belles thas the rumor is not altogether groundless. THE QUESTION OF PEACE. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD... German War Enthusiasm Wanlag=Gigan- Ue War Preparations in Russie—German Opinions Regarding the Terme of Peace— Great Britain Meving~MisceNascous Ie- ports, Lompon, Sept. 29, 1870, ‘The New YORK HERALD correspondent at Berlin, writing under date of the 26th inst., reports as fol- lows:— The excitement and fret fush of victory have subsided here and in all parts of Germany generally. It would be an error for any one to delaeve that the enthustasism of the war is of the same intensity that characterized it @ fortnight ago, An earnest Wish 18 expressed everywhere that the war migbt end aud the bellef is widespread that it has lasted too long already. The cause of these anti-war sentiments I do not know and do not pretend to explam, although it is un- doubtedly the case that the under current of public feeling indicates a growing sympathy for the liberal government of Franco. In addition, the recent im- prisonment of Merr Jacopy, the tfberal leader, and of other staunch democrats and lberals, do not fall to impress the masses unfavorably. The arbitrary course of the German authorities awakens appre- hension that although the most triumphant results seem certain to accrue from the war no. political benefits will be derived therefrom—none of that ex- tension of popular liberty which has been promised so often and never granted, Last, though not least, AU is evident that no matter how the war ends thero will be no material reduction of the burdens which Dave been laid upon the people by this bloody strife. Germans belleve that they can now only see, in the present war, the commencement of an tmpor- tant era of political configuration of this country as well a4 of other countries of Europe. This is for- shadowed by the convulsions which are witnessed on the Tiber. German liberals insist upon an altera- tion of the North German constitution. They assert that it was framed under pressure of the events of 1866, and conceded by the conservatives to have been hasty work, designed solely to secure the fruits of victory. It 1s, however, objectionable because of its entalling upon the people oppressive military burdens, indirect taxation, stamp duty on news- papers, limited franchise, union of Church and State aud police prosecutions, In conclusion the liberals proudly point to the constitution drafted in 1849 as the very Magna Charta best adapted to a great, powerfuland free Germany. GIGANTIC WAR PREPARATIONS IN RUSSIA. The military preparations of Russia are proceed- ing on a gigantic scale. There is great activity everywhere, The Moscow Gazette says Russla loses power be- cause France is no longer & counterpoise to Prussia, who ts now able to assault her neighbors with im- punity. GERMAN OPINIONS REGARDING THE TERMS OF PEACE. A Berlin telegram of this day says:— ‘three opinions prevail in Germany in regard to the question of the terms of peace, One party agrees with Count Bismarck that war ought not to stop until Alsace and Lorraine, including the fortifiea city of Metz, are annexed to Germany, whence they were taken. Anotner party demands that Metz and Strasbourg be dismantied merely, and that France indemnify Germany for the costs of the war. The third party limits the terri. torial demand ‘o Alsace and the narrow strip of Lorraine 1 the {east where the German is still the prevailing language. The Cologne Gazette favors the latter plan. GREAT BRITAIN TO ABANDON TNE POLICY oF an STENTION. I have it from a well informed quarter that the pressure brought to bear upon the English Ministry by men like Sir Heary Bulwer on the one hand and deputations from the radical party ou the other ts producing an effect upon the government, which is likely to depart from its policy of abstention from active mediation. The working classes favor a de- termined effort to stop the war. It is curious to see that while the moneyed men of the city are against interference, all the military and naval men are loud in their expressions of indignation because no effort 1s made by England to save France from atter ruin. ‘ A writer in to-day’s Post hopes that England will not be sacrificed to her cousins, but will denounce Prussian barbarism in the conduct of the war. BELGIAN OPINION OF THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. The Independance Belge, of Brussels, referring to Count Von Biamarck’s anonymous contradiction of Jules Favre's statements, says:—‘M. Favre must be met by statements which are signed, and signed by somebody more truthful than Bismarck.” The Brussels papers deny the existence of any ex- cltement there on account of the fallure of negotia- tions between Jules Favre and Count Von Bismarck. ‘The London Times is the author of the ramor. THE “INSOLENCE” OF PRUSSIA. The Insolence of Prussia is passing ali bounds. Not content in menacing #elgium, her organs, the semi-oficial North German Gazette for instance, censures the United States for recognizing tne French republic. it also says the precipitancy of the American government in recognizing the French republic was, doubtless, due to false informatton supplied by its Minister at Paris. THE QUESTION OF GBRMAN UNITY. A special telegram to the New York HERALD, dated at Kerlin to-day, states that the negotiations tor the entry of Bavaria, Wurtemburg and the other South German States into the North German Con- federation have failed. Chancellor Delbruck has re- turned from his mission to Munrich, The Wurtemburg Gazette (official organ) denies the Intention of the government to eater the North Ger- man Confederation. MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS. Some of the Paris papers accuse Jules Favre of having acted upon # private understanding with Count Bismarck. It is understood that Alsace and Lorraine, upon entering the German Confederation, will be repre- sented by 4 commission and exempted for the pre. sent from all federal burdens. An active friendship between the Prassian and Austrian Cabinets is remarked. A correspondent writes that trustworthy accounts from headquarters represent the King and Count Bismarck as both sincerely desirous for peace. SPIRIT OF THE GERMAN PRESS The North German Correspondent says:— it as created some surprise tn several parts of Europe, as we gather from numerous cles in leading foreign journals, that King William, after the victory of Sedan, should have treated his tm- perial prisoner with go much respect and delicacy, and assigned him a his residence one of the most beautiful spots tn the Prussian dominions. We have shown, 1n our last number, that the King did not say what the revolutionary government in Paris found it (heir tnteresi (o atiribute to him, that he was making war solely, on the Bonaparte dynasty. The chronic passion of the French nation for enlarg- ing their territory at the expense of their neighbors, and particularly at the cost of Germany, 1s too well known to King William to allow him to lay the whole blame of the present war on the shoulders of Lou's Napoleon. Had France been a peace-ioving country, sincerely opposed to wrongful aggression, and valuing liberty and prosperity at home more highly than glory abroad, she would have firmly re- fused her sapport to the Emperor when she saw him bent on a rupture with Germany, instead of first greeting the deciaration of war with enthusias- tic joy and then avandoning her sovereignin the hour of her cominon adversity. We have spoken of abandgnment, but ts it so cer- tain that the French people have realiy and irrevo- cably disowned the ruler in whom the country so lately expressed its unfaltering confidence? if 18 possible; but the proofs are still wanting. A re- ublican régime, 1 Is true, Nas been proclaimed in Paris amid the acclamations of @ populace which will be equally ready to cry as loud for something else to-morrow. We are far from saying that France May not finally and cheerfully adopt the repubilc of XN. Jules Favre and his associates. but till the entire country has spoken we can regard it as nothing better than @ make-sbitt, It i & matter of indifference to Germany whether France calls het- fad ‘experience of all threo, and dnd tie" one As other-—but so long a3 the French peop! as the le ve Dot ormally anno their will, either by a vote or the voice of their representatives in assembly, we must continue to regard 16 icon as the sole logitumate ruler of France, eae greene wrens res wi 0 toan of ihe Frenchy i$ may be that he ia not altogether uninfuenced by a wis that the fature historian shall recount how William of Prus- aig treated an huymbie ghemy With generosity and ‘With regard to the arrangement of peace, Count good source, that when ‘with France on the basis of French adit cannot. a nC! iy solte of French gasconading, pene German empire, instead of bein en up and Spportioned among different States, are to form @ border territory, covering and pro- ‘tected by Germany in general, and governed, as far as 10 ® judicial and economical point of view, according to thetr existing custo id insti- tutions, The fortresses of Metz and Strasbourg Will, naturally, be garrisoned py German troops, but the two provinces for the dispensed from service in the Ger ermy, nor will they p Reichstag. The formation of a Germi ouuiying territory, as @ protection agains the Dibustering designs of France, 1s of course only oe measure intended to remain im force the inbabitants, mindful of thelr old history and Mneage, have again heartily thrown In the:r lot with their German Kinsmen. This plan is based on the national and political interests of Germany, which 48 resolved to put a stop, once for all, to French ag- lon and terminate the long continued efforts of ce to impose her “protectorate” on the South German States—in other words to make them her vassals. We read In the Spenersche Zettung:— The German people and their armies from the first have never douvied :nat in France they would have to fight, not with the Bonapartes alone, but with the French, on account of their quarrelsome character, their Lene. jor prey and the unresting ambition which induces them continualiy to disturb their neighbors and the whole of Europe. We desire peace for ourselves and the whole Continent aud we intend to have it, by whatever name tie government of France may be called. In 1814 and 1815 the allies chiefly desired to overthrow Napoleon. France had become dangerous to Russia, England and Austria by means of the Emperor, and before his reign they had never to suffer from it, as Germany had for cen- turies, They were, therefore, content with the fail of Napoleon, But the Germans, who have now to fight against France alone, consider her dynasty or form of government a matter of comparatively small importance. We desire to compel the French people to ceep the peace in future. We know Ger- many 1s the object of their greed, and has been so under all their dynasties and constitutions. The old kings, the republic, the Napoleons and the Or- leans have all tukeu German land, and they still desire to do 80. In reply to a late articte of the Independance Belge, the North German Gazetie urges that Germany does not carry on the preseut war for purposes of con- quest, but to secure her frontiers, France bad been successful she would have taken German ter- ritory. We know from Engush sources what were the conditions of peace which the Duke of Gram- mont intended to propose, France has taken at Various times first Burgundy, then Metz, Toul and Verdun, then Alsace, and, last of all, Strasbourg. A stop must be pu te such conquests, This isthe duty of the Princes of Germaay, and innumerable ad- dresses show it isthe will of the peopie. But to do this France must be weakened. ‘It 1s true that the King of Prussia is not making war on peaceable Frenchmen, but at the same time he is not fighting against the government alone, but with French chauvinism, which ts older than the Bonapartea and seems to be immortal.” The French will certamly be emraged at the loss of thelr territory, but they are already smarting under & consciousness of defeat, and tn any case they will meditate revenge. The French cannot be brought to abagdon a desire for makiag war; they must therefore be deprived of their ability to do so. After quoting a we from the Belgian paper the writer says that we know very well what part France has of late years played in the “progress of civilization,” and every day new proofs of it come to our knowledge. Germany is bound, both in her own interest and that of Europe, to prevent her ¢on- cae Uns part. A change of government cannot suilice, since it cannot alter the ambitious character of the French nation; the power of satis- fying their desire for foreign conquest must be taken from them. The neighbors of France, and espe- cially the Belgians, ought to view this determination on the part of Germany, not with envy and suspt- cion, but with gratitude, since Germany’s love of peace renders her powcr no danger, but a security to them. The Schlesische Zettung concludes as follows an article on the jatest phase of the war, and the new revolutionary Ministry in Paris:— The character of the new Mintstry is most wr revenled by @ » printed in capitals, the Prunseng mis hors du ‘droit des nations (the Frussians ere to be regarded as outlaws). ‘This 13 the way by = robbers and murderers, but not riots. aungers, however, tnreaten this Finaucat Ministry. Through the advent to power of Rochefort and the Committee of Defence, socialism and mob rule have already got oue foot in the perdi and the arrival of Louis Blanc wii) soon = hem in the saddie. When that ume comes, he Lourgeoisie of Paris will long more for the re- ‘@ppearance of a saviour of society, even were he called Louts Napoleon, than for @ heroic grave be- neath the ashes of the capital. The official Darmstadt Gazette replies to the new French Minister as follows:— M. Favre calls on Germany to forget the nostilities sanctioned by the French p*opie and the crueities of the savage hordes of Algeria, So the blood of our noble sons and brothers is to be shed in vain. ‘Traty, such a demand has never before been made on Ger- man good nature. The leaders of the German armies are not visitingon the French people the penalty of the fauits committed by their sovereign and govern- ment; they show themselves generous tow: the conqnered, and Germany acts with a dignity which equals her success, But the terms on which sie will make peace are already fixed, and tw recede from them would be a humiliation for herself. OLD WORLD ITEMS. Atthe Workingmen’s International Exhibition at Islington (England), seven or eight thousand visitors attend daily. The Journal du Havre states that the Munictpal Council of that town has decided on the purchase of 2,000 rifles, either Ohassepota or Sniders, and has doubled the credit of 150,000f. voted formerly for the defence of the town. A Frankfort journal reports that a regiment be- longing to the garrison Strasbourg haa marched out of the fortress and laid down their arms, stating tLat they were not bound by tne military oath to the Emperor. been = democrats et Germany Cri cpg Manifesto expressing Ir sympathy with the French repubilc, urging that the war should now cease, and protes! against the idea that the ces- sion of Alsace and Lorraine should be made a con- dition of peace. The Bund, of Berne, states that since the procia- mation of the French republic troops of Frenchmen, chiefly beionging to the richer and official class, and many accompanied by their families, have been arriving at Geneva by every train. Priests in large numbers are among the fugitives. The Soir has the following proposition with re- Be French officers liberated on parole by the jians:— A.certain number of general and gubaitern officers, who, after the capitulation of Sedan, kept their swor ro re: turned to France, bound by thé condition of no! rs Fecall sur oflcers now ia" ‘Afrcn, aid replace tudan‘DY hose call our of one who have just retarned to France?” Ie According to the accounts received from all parts of Prussia it seems that there has been @ good aver- age yield both of rye and wheat this year. Only in a [ew separate districts has the rye not equalled the expectations formed. The oat crop is on the whole satisfactory, though it has suffered in some places from the heavy rain which fell after it was cut and before it was got in. A very beautiful monument, consisting of arecum- bent figure in statuary marble, with canopied super. structure and solid brass traceried standards, ts about to be placed in Carlisle Cathedral to the mem- ory of the late Bishop, Dr. Waldegrave, the joint design of Mr: Adams, the sculptor, and Mr. fT. H. Watson, the architect, at @ cost of £800, Mr. H. Kains Jackson, in a review of the posttion of the grain trade, says that “the English harvest has given a full yield of excellent quality, The im- ports during the last four weeks have amounted to 687,600 quarters, and value seews settling to 46s, per qoertet, which he estimated as the peace value of ‘ngiish wheat for this season. The course of war has lowered valuo, but if the war should be pro- longed by the resistance of Paris, tng corn supplies of Europe will be involved, Econdmy and prices not too low in the United Kingdom are to be de- sired, for current events may at any time add twenty-five per cent to the value of corn and flour.”’ A dreadful explosion of nitro-giycerine recently took place in the neighborhood of Greenock. Dur- img & shower of rain twelve youths, ranging in age from fifteen to twenty-thi entered a deserted smithy, in which one of them found a tin box about foot square. He lifted it up and examined it, and saw what he thought to be a little oil. He then latd, it down, bat he had hardly done so when acom- Ppanion, taking @ hammer, aimed a blow at the box, and in an instant the whole building—a wooden one—was blown to atoms. Of the twelve youths only one was able to walk home; one was killed on ‘the spot, another (lied on his way to the hospital, and three have since died, In all, there are at pre- sent six under treatment, and the recovery of all but One of these 18 cousidered hopeless. On the 9th of September fifty years had passed since George Bancroft, the celebrated American his- torian, who now represents the United States at Berlin, took his doctor's degree at Gbttingen, The universities of that town and Berlin, the Berlin Academy and the Faculty of Law sent deputations to congratulate the eminent scholar and diplomatist on the occasion, and Professor Uurtius brought a similar testimony of respect from the Gelehrien supreme | Miuiwockegesellecbe!, In doing so tained by tietwnole Heorary wodd of Genusny, and ined by the wi , a indeed of Europe, ‘The North German Correspondent has the follow. ing aly tap at the Freneht— The Rappet publishes the letter of Victor Hugo, which contains follo' passage:—'‘I'wo Da- tions have created Eurape. ese two nations are France and any. for the Wi What India was for the Eas same number of ne. or o In iA hich we see tre vancing u| ul know whether the “horde of murderers’? Perhaps a8 both; this, at tain actions of theirs dur! ast, Would explaim cer- hapa prompted ty a desire’ gf proving were themadives “Tcutps Of the old block... ‘The Cassel Industrial Exhibttiod, in spite of the great political convuisiog which hus supervened since its inauguration, has bee success, It is to remain opel iwtri prizes took | and th the 10tm inst. The diplomas of honor, in ree different forms, Which, on the proposal of Mr, Theodore Steinway, of the celebral New York plano making firm, and spectal juryman, were adopted for particular reasons om this occasion, hn- stead of med were awardéd for productions classed respectively as—t. Be pig 2 Meritorior and 3. Praisoworthy. On 2d inst. the mitrate resented by thé K eached the exhibition, and d by an inquisitive crowd. The ticketa for the lottery are selling rapidly: the committee have decided that five per cent of the gain derived from 16 wilt be handed over to the Society for the Retief of the Families of Wounded and Fallen Soldiers, Purchases to the amount cf 1,200 thalers have been made for the industrial Mu- seum (Gewerdenwuseum) of Hanover; and the Physi- clan in ordinary of the Viceroy of Egypt has exan- ined and ordered a large number of articies. Privy Councillor Solsky, who has been commissioned by the Russian Government tg visit the exhibition, was expected a few days ago, and is probably now ar- rived, The beautttid castie and park of Wilhelms hohe are in the mmediate pag eit vite of Cassel, and probably a good many of the curious will ve ab tracted tothe exhibition, In the remiinder of this month, in the hope that besides exaimining the treasures of art and spending @ happy day ip one of the most beauilful spots in Europe, they may possl- bly catch a diatant glimpse of the capUve monarch. 0, On the whole, a ‘il! the end of tha BRITISH DEFENCE. How the Meruey ts Fortified Agiinst Invasion. [From the Liverpool Albion, August 24.) - The deieaces of the Mersey are just now as fol- lows: — Altcar Battery—an e@arthwork; armament, twelve thirty-two- pounder sinooth-bore guns, Would be of no use for defence even if armed with rifled guns, the dis- tance to the main channel being about two miles, and the Formby Channel about @ wile and o quarter, the latter being navigable only for vessels of light draught. Ivis used for volunteer practice only. ‘The Rock Fort, on the Cneshira side, is in shape nearly an oblong, with corners rounded; butlt of sandstone and armed with aighteen guns, compris- ing one one hundred-pounder rifled Armstrong, five sixty-elght-pounders (ainety-five hundred weight), five thirty-two pounders, four twenty-four-pounders and three ten-inch shell gans, all smooti-bore, Com- mands rock aud main channel. The present arma- nent would be of tittle or no use against an tron-clad, which would ba @ble to keep at a distance, in the main channel, of from one thousand two hundred to one thousand Shree hundred yards, Ou the contrary, @ vessel armed with heavy rifled guns could make serious havoc with both suot and shell wpon the soft sandstone, and svon feduce ft to ruins, The vessel having passed the fort, not more than three or four guns Could be brougi® to bear on her, and theso guns might indict as much damage to the doc! be much more formidabic thao ail our forts put together. ‘the North Fort, Liverpool side, 18 puilt of aund Btone, Its present armament consists of fourteen smooth bore gans—viz, ten 8: ders and four 8-inch, It is not capabie of turning its Are up the river, except from ene gun, mounted on the south tower. it would nos be abie to damage an iron-clad to @ny serious extent. The enemy’s fire would soon make fi too hot tor defenders, for the barracks immediately tn rear Would act a8 ® back stop for ail the shot and shell that cleared the parapet, fhe shot would either rebound upon the battery or lodge in the soft sandstone, of which the barracks: are huiit, dt splinter the stone, to the serious danger of the uren working the gaus. Shot or shell, passing over the barracks, would fall among the shipping. Liscard Battery, on the Cheshire side, und nearly Opposite to the North Port, is au earth battery, with @ 8ea Wali of stone. Its present avtnament consists of seven smooth-pore guns, mounted en burbette— that 18, Without embrasares—and consists of an upper and lower batt from one to the other, ithe upper has four tench sheil guns and the lower three alxty-el, pounder guns, all sinooth bore. It is capable of tgnting either up or down the river, but firing acrous the to ‘do us much damage to ives wuald be, ee timely: the dock property as to the enemy. It will Ghus be seen that our fortifications are use. less, A vessel curryiug yoere pene or ten or thie érow three ta fear send bells Into the docks and shipping with comparatively litte dt is im they were buiit, seeing that, if an tronciad vessel entered the Mersey, Ineffective, and the forts prove slaughter-pens for the garrisons; and 14n action could not fail to do damage ou both Bides At will scarcely be believed that at teen-tnch mortars could lay 91 thousand yards aud danger from the present possible to conjecture why forts, nearly ali the guns would be utter), of the Mersey, the North Fort, on the Liverpool side, the north cas mate 1s so constructed that a sheil entering the port uners, or if perchance If found tts way through the doorway She magazine would be in danger, as it is only three or four paces woald be gtrnck by t ha been maintained that an enemy coulil easily be pre- oval of ‘would slaughter ali tue to the rear of the casemate, ani every shot or shell whick passed through. vented from ente the lighta and buoy ing of the Channel by the rev by torpedoes, sud by the vesseig laden with stone. commerce during the wag. The Naval Steam Kam Question, Mr, William Coppin, law Sarveyor of Mica: Vex- sels under the British Boord of Trade, eaters into the controversy now raging tu Great Britain on tna bub. Ject of the steam ram asa meansof warsure, and proposes one on the following plan: She would have a solid prow of forty feet tn Jength and of a form which would iusure the vexsal’s tiame- diate release, even after striking an eneniy aimftd- ships, to the extent of driving 1n an area of filty to sixty square feet of twelve-incb armor platin; be would instantly disable an enemy by a gis blow struck at her screw, rudder of prow. My fam would be so plated on her bows, stern, aides and upper aur- faces a8 to repel afl counter attack by snot or shell, On going mto action she would require neither masts nor funnel above deck, wile sie would be scarcely euemy by day «nd not and render boarding her an tmpossfbility. discernabie to an at all by night. Her or of carryin; cl ast Der On BA Coean voyage equal to erosal the Auantio. Even m rough t! would be fifteen against heavy ro! require a crew of fo1 Placed in safety below action. The only person oa deck would be her oMcer directing the attack, and ke would be pro- tected by @ shot and sheil-proof cowl A single breech-loading gun, carrying 4 200 pound ateel- headed conical shot, would bo the ram)» sole arma- ment, This gun, to be fired by a galvanic battery at the moment of impuct, would be #0 placed as to pers the opposite side of the attacked vessel, low her ee thereby augmenting the rapidity of her sinking. b exerung the leverage power of the ram through her steerage after striking @n enemy a considerable portion of such vessel's side would be wrenched gutwards, Indeed, this ia @ most important feature of attack, but one which our present ram ships are incapable of executing, as the sharpness of thelr prows would almost invart- ably cause such an amount of bending when driver into an enemy a8 would greatly cripple their gieer- ing power, i & Seaway. HBe would oni mea, ried whom would te ALGERIAN DEMOCRACY. The People to Look for Popular Rights, A London journal of she 26th of August reporta as follows:— It seems highly probable that there will be Gls- turbances among the French ax well as the Arab ae of Algeria, We gather froma long and vehement articte in the Akhbar (Journal de DP Alyé= rie), of imperial prociivities, tuat three geutlemen, weil known as leading men of high character amon Algerian colonists, have refused to take the oaths o! allegiance to the government, thus excluding them- selves from sitting in the General Council, and, as the Akhbar expresses it, making 1¢ appeur that the majority of the Algerians are Lostile ta tae govern- ment, M. Joly, the head of this party, -has avowed openly that he will seize every occasion of showing his hostility to (he government, M. Bertholon is also accused of sactificing Algo Tian interests for having declared Ubat his political convictions preciuded tim from taking these oaths. M, Jourdan, the third gentleman held in oppro- brium by the Akhbar, t4 declared to be no Algerian, because he 13 of the samo opinion. Some of the irreconcilables have even excused themse!ves from taking up arins; and altogether there secins every chauce of the beginning of a new state uf ings. CURIOSITIES OF THE YUMA DRSERT.The Yuma desert in Caliloraiaswhicn ts betieved by some to have once been an occam ved, has just tirnished a curiosity for the savans. Occasionally suiail ta! appear amidst the surrounding wand, then # away. One of these lakes disappeared a few u ago, and a party of Indians in paasing over the spot dwcovered imbedded tn the sands the wreck of @ i veasel. Nearly one-third of the forward part 1s pl ly visible, and portions of the amber of Teak are perfect. The across the aesert has been travelled for 100 years, and the locality of the slip ix far inland, belbg thirty miles wort of Low Paluavs. , & covered way, Jeading ‘This ig the #ysten of cutting off your nose to wpite your face, ay tne carrying vut Of such measures would prevent ves sels from getting to sea, aud #o pni wy end Ww our would he capable ‘weather the peculiar form of this ram would insure her tue water tine on going into 8 HUMOR3 CF THE CENSUS. The Troubles of the Census Mon in Irishe town, Brooklye—What Enlightosed Chit sons Have to Say. * Although the tas¥ of a census taker may be remu- Rerative in the end, It is a very diMcuit ene, espe cially when he is pelied to go among the poor Qnd ignorant in the slums of the citica, The man ‘whose duty it was to scour “‘Irisitown,” a part af the Fifth ward of Brooklyn, was one of the unforta- Dates Who met with rebuds and curses while pers forming bis work. {tis pretty well known by this ume that Irishtown is a perfect nest of iiltelt dis tilleries, which continue to thrive despite the efforts of the revenue collectors to extirpate them, and @ great majority Of the people who live there are of the very lowest order of society and jealous of tho Iberties of the pecullar institutions—in other words, the whiskey stills—among them, Notwitstanding the fact that these estabitsiments are owned by @ certain few, the people down there sec to take as great interést in thém asthe owners themselves. The result, therefore, ts that whenever A WSLL DRESSED STRANGER appears there they eye him suspiciously, and, as ts often the case, tho intruder ta glad to escape with bis life. Then te men and woinca have un. pleasgat recollections of the draft and the Iman who came among them during the war to enroll the names of all able-oodied citizcas; so when the cen- sus Man made his appearance, with his huge book under his arm and a pencil ou bis ear their fears were renewed, ‘The census man was a mild but persevering goutn, bat, do ali he coujd, in hundreds of instances he, was unable to obtain tac names of parties from the par- Ues themselves. He ascended to the top foorsok | tenements, where poverty and squalor retgned 6U- preme, only to be repulsed ana threatened with personal violence. At Otber times the interviews wou!d be HIGHLY HoMoKoUS, and by gece nature and persuasion hé would suc ceed in hia ovject. One day, uowever, the census man entered a petty tenement, knocked at a door, which was opened by ® stout, flerce-looking amazoa, who denunded W know his business, Crexsvus May—Madame, | am taking the census. AmazoN—Fhich is tb? CgNSUs May—I say Tam taking the census, the names of— AMAZON (interrupting) dou’t care a d—n that yure taking. CaNsUs MAN (!n a conctitating tone)—It Take any difference to you. It 1s not for any draft. It will be @ ditlerence to me if you don’t give me the names, AMAZON—Fhat deffereace ? CkNSUS Man—Two cents a name, T understand there are your husband, yourself and rix children. ‘That would make sixteen centa, AmMAzoN—It wud, en? Well, thin, ye'll not make “ny sixteen cints out uv us, Clare out, now. Ana as she advanced threateniugly, Wis upraised Nsts, the census mau retired in dusorder. Proceed- ing to another room he found a woman more com- miunicative, Who not only gave ver own name bat the names’ of those who occupied the apartment which be had just left. Sv Mr, Census Nan planked down the last hame and christened tuem all to sult uliuself. This thing happened time and time again, and had not the census man obtained the names af those who refused to disclose them thetnee!ves In the manner directed he wuukl have been compelied to omit them altogether. In one instance he was MET AT A DOOR by a woman with a hage knife in her han dered hin to loave, wh state, he did without any A At other places he was well received. In one place he was surroande? by 4 group of chattering women, who were giving lim theit names. He said to them that he was not goiug to draft the men this thus, but the wome: “Ob, begorrt claimed & stout, elderly female, with arms akimbo, “iin, | wish yes wud; for there's too many widdies about ‘nero aitogitner.”” And ao the work went ou Compiction, Tue result in the ward showed P AN INCBPASE OF SEVERAL THOUSAND names over the tast census, Complaints have been made that the census in certain sections of the ward was Very incomplete; but the evidences are to the contrary, and the compiaints themselves are un- founded, won't Strange Lights trom the Dend—A Young Maa Frightened Our of Spirituallsis, (From the Gosten (N, Y.) bye Aang Residents of the Lower Road, town of Waways anda, about a mile and @ half frota Garduerville, and in the vicinity of what was formerly known as Rudtura’s lime kilo, have Leen considerably excited ar the past few weer ® Wall of fre whieh has Deon seen at different times of mgbt and in diferent localities within the radius of hati a mule. ‘Lo more fully understand (06 siorics In relauon to it and to give the credutous room to airip the narrative of its Supersuitious features, it 1s necessary to mention that @ cerialy Jaunly th the neighborhood bas been sorely amlicted within a few years past by the Visitation of death; first the mother, then # daughter, the futher and the «wo remaining daughters—the latter two dying within a year or so Of one auotiCr—and all three of the duughters taken tn the prine of young wo:nanhood, idolized by thelr family and loved by all for their gentle qualities of heart. We would not pain the remam- dng members of the famjly tas referred to by men- tan of thelr afliction, but for the purpose, as above stated, of giving to superstition the credit of @ fatr portion of the tales told, such as, taat one person ts said to have seen a light in every window of the house on @ certain night, and apoiner saw the ligut &t another thine approach the house and apparently enter ata window. Such tales are told, and, of course, among the superaUtloualy inclined, are attri. bud to the domestic ailliction of the family. ‘The point we wish to impress here ts Wai such interpretations of the character of the phenome- non ace entirely out of place and unjust, A light was probably seen in different parts of the house at the time referred to and could be easily explained tn varlous ways, such as a person golng frou, one room to another. A young man, son of & well known gentieman who resides in the vicinity, while driving sloug the road oue evening, saw tain lght approwcting in a direct line toward him, and he expected to come in contact with it, but it disap- eared when within a few feet of him. ‘This person not natarally of a timid disposiiion, but was thor- gusty terrified, and drove Into @ neighbor's yard, futending to stop at the house until dayighi, vut finding that they had retired fur the night, put the whip to bis horse and went howe, where he arrived In 2 state of terror, and left his horse standing at the door for another metaber of the family to un- hitch, ‘This ts but en iMstance of similar experi- ence by several. {t ts not @ story told by chil- cren ov weak-minded grown persons alone, put is qualifed by persvos of mature age—not by two or three, bat many—iu Whose miads superstition has never, until tie occurrence of the events descrived, had aa abidin luce or even & temporary hold, It ts no trick of a muchlevous per- BON, a8 It has been closely approuched, and proved vo be simply @ strange, Wierd looking light, unac- companied by human agency, coming and going apparently at the bid of some unseen power. Thought(ul and sensible persons are astounded at its freaks aad ghostly character—-persons who have faced death unfincbingly quail before wis wander- ing, curious, spirit-like taper as it moves here and there about the highway and over fleids and fences, seemingly an ancasy visitant from the spirit world, Mocking the mortals of Wis maudane sphere.” tis WitsA Nut fer SICK IN THE STREETS. Ellen O'Brien, & woman aged twenty-turee and residiag 1n Hoboken, was fouud sick and destitute Jast evening in Thirtieth street, between Seventh and Eight avenues. She was sent oy Dr. Tooler to Belevae Hospital. Geo vlad, @ German aged fifty. IX and who Ives at lus de sitvet, was found sick and desit- tute fu the streets at tires o'clock yesterday aftwr- noon, and Was taken to Bellevue Hoxpital, TRE FRENCH PATRIOTIC AID SOCIETY. A meeting of this society was held last c' In its hail, No, 21 West sloaston strect, A vo shacks was given to the Commitee of Arrange- ments, Maurice Strakosch, the Impresario, and to tue public Who wssisted tn making Re concert given in ald of the fund of che sovtety at the Academy of Music on the evening of the 22d inst, a success. It 44 believed that Mile. Nilsson will volunteer to sing wt a future concert to be given in ald of the fund, "FIRE IN JERSEY CITY. At ten o'clock Just night a fire broke ont in Ram- sey's clgar No. 60 Newark avenue, and the S burned down, The toss is yeb un- Behr’s adjoining hat store was daniaged to the extent of $2,000, and another proximate bulld- ing was tujured, ‘The firemen prevented the farther spread of the flames, of THE SPRINGFIELD Av prep Wirz MCRDER.— Tho shooting affair in Springfield, Mass, ou Sunday 19 hot Likely Ww result fatally. “Mrs. Boum was nuxing Dread in tue Litchen, when her husband fired from a barn uear by, through the kitchen win- dow, the charge, an enormous load of duck shot, Ailing her left site from ler preast wo her eyes. The physictan extracted some sixty shoi, ciety from above her breast. / 1s not Known whether any Shot entered her lnngs. ytham fled to # plece of woods, but was soon arrested, an {elgned tusanity. He has been & worthless vagaboud for years, spend- ing most of his time in the penitentiary. ‘several years ago his wile had hum arrested ‘for ‘going through” her house, but refused to prosecute, thereby bakes tt from State Prison. She, how- ever, forbade him the house, for which affront he comuittied bis deed of big rag ve. It would seem that the woman, though t) eeper of a notorious bouse and the mother of a daughter or two who following ber infumons career, is loss of a nutsance Wan ber “old man,” whose faflure to sid her im earlier life was the prime cause of her ent upon her present Gourae, Botham is a man of capacity ai Plays the crazy dodge v awk. Wardly.—2roy Mines, Supt. 2, ©, See