Terre-Haute Weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 August 1870 — Page 2

'Weekly express

TERBE HAUTE, IND.

Wednesday Morning, -Aug. 24, 1870.

|nillkii« Stale Ticket.

I,- SKCKKTAHY OF RTATK.

S1AX K. A. HOFFMAN..

AUDITOR

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STATE,. v.'v®}

JOHN D. EVANS. TREASURES OF STATB, 110ISliRT 11. MILHOY.

JLTIGF.S OF SUPREMK COURT,

JK1IUT. ELLIOTT. K. C. OHEGOIIY. CI1AKLES A. RAY,' ANDREW I.. OSBORNE.

ATTORNKV OENERAI..T

NELSON TKUSSLKK.

SCI'KHINTKNIIK.KT OK PUl'.MC INSTRUCTION.

DAltNAliAS 0, IIOUBS.

CONGRF.S3,

.rv.- MOSES F. DUNN, of Lawrcncc.

rnOSKCL'TOR OK CIRCCIT COURT, 4

N.G. BUFF, of Sullivan,

PttOSBCUTOR C. C. PI,BAS, icJ

CLARK C. McINTIUE, of Sullivan,

Tin- New Orleans Tunc-i thinks NAI'OLKON 1 INH entered on hi.-? fall campaign

THE distribution of circ ilars, a branch uf the bill-pu'ting busine.-s, occupies much of DA-NTKI,'.-! valuable lime.

WE HAIL the advent of our German cotemporary, <The Terre Haute Banner>, with much satisfaction believing it will prove an efficient co-worker in "the good cause." ———<>———

THE St. Louis Democrat rather tartly remarks that "as usual, it is MCGLELLAM'S luelc to get his sympathy on the unhappy side. HHKUIDAN takes a look at the war from Prussian headquarters, and enjoys victories, as he did at live Forks. MCCLELI.AN and hi- strategy belong to the other Hide. He ought to go over and teach the Frenchmen how to dig."

NEXT Wednesday, the 31nt inst., the Missouri Republican Ktate Convention meets at Jefferson City. There is a sharp contest over the nomination for Governor, and the reports of delegates already chosen differ materially as given by the friends of the three leading candidate", Governor MCCLURU, ex-Senator BBOWX, and Licut.-Governor STANARD. There is a prospect of one of the most exciting conventions ever held in the State.

DEMOCRATS who howl about "Radical extravagance" should read this item which we reproduce for their benefit: A statement has been prepared at the Treasury Department, giving a comparison between the expenses of the government under BUCHANAN and under GRANT. It shows that during the last fiscal year of BUCHANAN'S administration the expenses per capita were two dollars and one cent. In estimating the present population at forty millions, and deducting from the present expenses such as arise directly from the war so as to compare such items as were usual, the expenses of the government for the fiscal year, per capita, are one dollar aiid sixty-four cents. The last estimate is made on a gold basis, at the average of the year, which was taken at twenty-three per cent.

VOORIIEES attempts to shirk the respon nihility of his eminent service in behalf of the land-grabbers by styling it "a Radical measure." In this lie overlooks several points: 1. The people of his District and the State were opposed to the measure which lie favored until its success was insured, and then made a pretence of opposition to it to save himself at home. 2. Every political paper in the State opposed it with the single exception of his home organ, the Terrc Haute Journal, which came out for it with more zeal than it ever manifested in any other causc, advocating it in ponderous leaden for several days.

The entire Indiana Republican dele gation in Congress voted against it. These facts arccommcnded to DANIEL': consideration.

THE pretence of the free traders that a protective tariff is in the interest of the manufacturer as against the laborer, is a most pernicious misrepresentation, for two reasons: First, because there is no fixed class of manufacturers, or monopoly of business but every one can engage in them who feels disposed. Hence the profits of manufucturers will be divided and regulated by competition. And secondly, because the very purpose of protection is to keep up the wages of labor. As long as wages in Europe aro less than in the United States, they can manufacture cheaper, for the whole cost of inanu ufaetures is simply the cost of labor Whenever our workingmen arc willing to work for European juices they can afford to go against the tariff—aside from the question of revenue—but not before. Every vote against the tariff is a vote to reduce the wages of our workingmen.

THE Philadelphia /Vess thinks that, if NAPOLEON is only getting the Germans just where he wants them, he is certainly verv successful as a "strategist, for they are pitching right into the snare. It reminds us of the description of a conflict between a lighting editor iuul an irate reader of his paper. The editor having thrown his adversary upon his back upon the old-fashioned handpress, held him down bv means of

nose, which we had inserted between his teeth for that purpose.'- NAPOLEON put his nose into the mess at Saarhruck when he and the Prince Imperial received their baptism of fire, and has never been able to extract it. Ilis lines have been broken up his annie- beaten in detail within supporting distance of their reserves he has lost in killed, wounded and missing probably one hundred thousand men he has been for cod bark from one strong position to another with enormous loss and military disgrace vet his sympathizers think lie is only drawing the Prussians on." Are] all these disasters part and parcel of his grand combination?

THE Journal is in error in saying that the colored people did not pay scheol taxes prior to the last session ot the Gen cral Assembly. It is true tliaf there was no law requiring them to pay any portion of the regular levy for school purposes but in this and other counties, law was disregarded, and the property of colored citizens was compelled to pay its proportion of that tax, while they bad no free school privileges for their own children. The special school tax was levied on their property and collected under wha was regarded as Tthe proper construction of (he law.

If the editor of the Journal will look over hisiilcs of two years ago, he will find that he was then compelled to admit the truth of what we li^ stated above. And there is nothing more disgraceful in the history of the State. White men shoving their hands into the pockets of colored men to get money to educate their children, and at the same time compelling the children of the colored people to grow up hi ignorance! And yet the Journal and the Democracy claimed that such a course was right I

Hewijtanifll I nr«l tlm i|»MfcHiii In his present canvass VOORHEES is accustomed to speak of himself as a very loyal man throughout the war. He has

the effrontery.^to dfr this ii people who know ffiat he to embarrass |he govei ed States juid/en courage the Congatracy from the inception of the rebel ntm to l® closing hour a people who hold him in leas respect than any of the leading rebel commanders, because they had the courage to risk their liyes for the cause, while he preferr^rf to aid ft jn aiw^ytwt insured his personal safety.

could do so m'actttf9r the South as in the Congress of the United States, and it was there that VOORIIEES exerted every power that he possessed to- thwart the purposes of the government and brighten the prospects of hia Confederate friends.

It will be remembered that there came a time—in those dark days which none of .us are likely to forget—when the existence of the government depended upon the passage of a measure called the con-' script bill. On the 23d "of February, 18G3, this loyal," "patriotic" "soldier's friend" made a speech if .the House, on this bill, in which he said:

We say to the administration that as the Lord reigns in Heaven, it can not gO on with its Provost Marshals and police officials, arresting free white men for what they conceive to be tlieir duty within the plain provisions of the Constitution, and maintain peace in the loyal States. Blood wUlJlow. They, cannot aifd shall not forge fetters -for our limbs', without a, struggle for the mastery.

Other portions of the speech breathed the same spirit. It was full' of hatred and bitterness towards his government at a time when not to be a patriot was to be a rebel—a time when neutrality was impossible. This Speech was read, amid loud applause, at anti-war meetings in the north, was paraphrased into Democratic platforms, wiu reprinted and circulated in the rebel armies, and an 6fficer, now residing in this city, was put under arrest for circulating it among. Union soldiers!

We ask all voters, and especially sol-1, diers to look at this single fact: Here ii a man who says he was "your, friend," throughout that long and terrible struggle. Yet when your comrades, one after another, had fallen in death, till your ranks were so thinned that you coirid no longer hope to cope successfully with the enemy, whose columns were daily strengthened by Ihe most mercilcss conscription ever known when you were growing weaker, and the enemy stronger every hour, General MCCLELLAN asked for a conscription. It was at this critical juncture, when-your eyestumed longingly to the rear to catch a glimpse of expected reinforcements, that this great "friend" of yours, this D. W. VOORMEES, rose in his place in the House and made a speech against the request of your General for reinforcements—sufcli a speech, too, that one of your gallant comrades was arrested for circulating it,.

What a loving and altogether lovely "friend of the soldiers" was this same' D. W. VOORHEES! this man who, when they were at the mercy of a victorious enemy, gave all the weight of his great influence against the appeal of their Commander for help—this man who instead of sending them men, sent them a speech that they couldn't circulate without getting arrested. (. »,

the European war. ptm ntfM gft^b^tli •fh

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tof th||Jnit-t|n MttMnd I

headqujpcJera ot tbe

still retreating fft

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Annual Italnncc Sheet.

In yesterday morning's dispatches was published the annual balftncc sheet of the Treasury Department. It is worthy of more than a passing attention, and we reproduce it^more important features:

RECEIPTS. '••-.'•if! ,?n 1

Customs.... Internal Rovonuo.. Public Lands Miscellaneous ..

..$191,538,374 14 18t,8i)9,7.T6 49 3,350,481 76 :... 28,4S9f§Gl 91

Total ,....Slll,255 477 EXPENDITURES. Civil anil Miscellaneous 8 53,237,068 5i W«r Department 57,655,675 40 Navy Department 21,780,229 87 Pensions and Indians 31,748,140 32 Interest Public Debt 127-,702,338 03

Total. 8292,124,052 18 Excss of incomo applicable to payment of Public debt 119,131,425 45

At tlx last session of Congress taxes were reduced to an amount estimated at $80,000,000. If therefore receipts and expenditures for the next year continue on the same scale there will still be surplus towards paying the debt of abou't $40,000,000. lijit there is another gratifying feature in this report, and that is, that while the actual expense* of the year arc less than the estimates of the Departments, the re ccipts are considerably more. This proves that the officers having charge of our financial affairs are honest and capa ble men and also that the country is in a more prosperous condition than was calculated. Eighteen million dollars on the right side of the public ledger is a gratifying showing

Another feature, not so gratifying, is that we are paying for expenses growing ®ut of the rebellion, than for all other purposes together, more than three times over. The pension list and interest on the debt are direct results, and make up about $155,000,000. Add the amount paid on the principal, and the increased expenses of the various departments, and we have a fearful picture of what the people must endure as the result of the Democratic doctrine of State sovereignty," and the attempt of the rebels to put it into practice. Are the people willing again to put into power the party which has so burdened them? The next election will answer.

Perhaps we ought to supplement this tatement with the followiug, on which our eye has just fallen

Receipts during the last year ot.Johnson's luiinistrution, March 1, 1S6S, to March 1,

1$69: Customs $176,200,6® 79 Internal Rorenno 155,138,16S 99 Other Sources 36,929,656 99

Total *368,2681618 7? Difference in favor of Grant..'....548,988,9S Total Expenditures of last year of Johnson $327.067,2S1 53 Difference in favor of Grant S4,94o,2XJ 35 Makinfrntotal of credit to the economy and honesty of

Grant's over Johnson's aduiinistraiion of 77,930,191 21

JUST before active hostilities commence, it was said that the Prussians were not ready for war. It proves to have been France, rather than Prussia, that was unprepared. In the first place, singular as it may appear, the JFrepch Emperor was ignorant of the strength of his arms, lie seems to have been tin dor the impression that he had more men, more guns, more ammunilicm, more supplies, more, in a-word, of war material in general than he really pos sesscd. It is scarcely too much' to say that he was probably deceived to .the extent of fifty per cent. Whether he can retrieve his fallen fortunes the proximate future will disclose.

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Is a letter just published, in which he declares that hesl^all vote for the Republican nominees for State offices in South Carolina, ex-Gov. Jtfnies Orr says:

The colored race is devoted to the Republican party unalterably, and will continue as long as the organization exit, and such devotion is the natural and nec«ssarv result of its many kindness to them."

Ralph Waldo Emersen will deliver the annual address before the New England Society of New York, December 21, at their celebration of the 250th anniversarv ofthe'lahding of the Pilgrims. •m

mflftl Wl Unlet •wLflWwi Our dispatches this .morning do not indicate anything of sggfesia L-^pterest from

to hav^jeen near Rheims on Sunday night. The headquarters of the Crown Prince were at Bar Le Doc. Appear-. indicate that the latter is on'Paris. MacMahon and Fai

That is a very cheap kind of bloviation which lacks even novfeliy. Your readershave.been $o often deceived by it, that^ they count it as mere chaff or, if it hail, any effect njion them, it is. discourager, ment for/'t&ey remewbej that such I empty boasting has been the precursor of Democratic defeat -for. lo! the« many yttars. We venture 'to say that yptfjeahtool point to '{t^single^esWe* St. conversion under DAN'S preaching at Annt^pplis. There ia'nt a Republican in this District who would not corttt?nipfat^l?mcide with abbiit ag much, «]u£nunICy, as ne would regard ,a-,proposition: to vote for DAIJ VOORHEES -and he knows this right well. IndCSrf DATF gave, up the idea oT proselyting, soitietime ago^ find will be- motetil an content, if he,can- keep the members of his own- party from bolting. He is no stranger to th^ fact that his'contfemptible dodging, lii^ foolish^efforts.to mislead his constituc|its by garbling official-reports^ his insulting presumption on their ignorance, aif illnstrafeJi^his silly and wicked effort to induce them ,to, believe whatheknew -to be outrageously false, have disjgnsted thousands" of his' old-time friends, so ihat they will vole for him under protest, vainly wlphuig that they had sb^fcandidate worthy of their 'support.

Under such circumstances it is very childish for DAH.'S home, organ to try to cover his humiliation by su^kponsensical stuff as the paragraph above quoted,

Indianapolis Items. ——

INDIANAPOLIS, August 22.—John Har ter, an engineer, was instantly killed at a saw mill, at Coffin's Station, on the Cen tral Railroad, yesterday.

A runaway, couple from ^Columbus Ohio, were arrested in- this city to-night. The lady, A Miss 'Slozelle/was returned to her home by the evening train

There are rumors of great dissatisfaction in Democratic circles in this county The old party leaders are dissatisfied with the'ticket put in the field by the Reform ers, and "are preparing to nominate straight Democratic- ticket. They don' like the sorb-headed Republicans.

ANOTHER HORRIBLE MURDER IN ORANGE COUNTY. ———

A Man's Heart Cut in Two with an Axe—An Unprovoked and Cruel Crime—Lynch Law Threatened. ———

From Mr. Thomas Alexander of this city, we iearn the particulars of a most horrible murder that occurred at Eastridge's blacksmith shop, near Newton Stewart, in Orange county, on Thursday evening. It seems that some days ago a man named William Watkins carried off a shirt belonging to James W. Foster, a wealthy and highly esteemed farmer, at Newton,Stewart. On Thursday evening Foster met Watkins at Eastridge's blacksmith shop, and asked, him (Watkins) when he intended to return the shirt. This question greatly infuriated Watkins, and without further words he seized an axe and struck Foster a terrible blow with the blade upon the left shoulder, almost literally hewing the shoulder and arm from the body. He repeated the blow upon the shoulder when Foster whirled round with his back to his murderous assailant.. This gave Watkins a fair chance at his victim, and swinging the axe into the air, he dealt, Foster a third blow with the blade of the deadly instrument, striking him in the left side behind the shoulder, and literally splitting his heart in two.

The wounds were most terrible ones, and upon receiving the third one Foster instantly fell forward upon his face, dead. The murderer was arrested and boasted over his awful crime. This so exasperated the citizens that for a long time it was feared the murderer would be taken from the hands of the officers and hung. Better and cooler counsels prevailed, however, and he was taken to Paoli and lodged in jail.—<New Albany Ledger>. ———<>———

A Serious Cutting Affray at South-

where

There ^hafc been «by, 18th. invested between off. The ire reported

mosing

ParU-

fireat

ft

it ion to resist a siege which

W)#r4PPe*,s tft-be inesit*ble,,!ljrjv.

IT is known that the joint discussion of the Congressional 'candidates at Annapolis last Saturday Tiad the effect of"ttirmng twenty Radicals ovier to Democracy!— Journal. .T

Cutting Affray at

South-

port.

William Berryman and Owen Anderson, two citizens of Southport, had a quarrel yesterday morning, which resulted in a fight and the defeat of Anderson by his antagonist. After the fight was over Berryman got in his buggy, which was close at hand, and sarcastically requested Anderson to go with him to a Squire's office, where he intended to enter a plea of guilty to a charge of assault and battery, pay his fine and proceed on his way rejoicing. To this request Anderson returned an indignant refusal, whereupon Berryman jumped out of the buggy and advanced toward him with the evident intention of giving him another threshing. Anderson "not relishing the idea of being licked twice in the same day, drew a knife from his pocket, and when Berryman had approached near enough, commenced to carve him in a terrible manner. Berryman received three cuts in the abdomen and the shoulder, which wounds, it is thought, will cause his death. The two men were brothers-in-law, and both were members of the same lodge of Odd Fellows.—<Indianapolis Sentinel>. ———<>———

Lafayette, Rockville & Terre Haute Railroad. Hon. J. L. Miller, President of the Lafayette, Rockville & Terre Haute Railroad, has just returned from a tour along the line of the above named road. He informs us that the road is completed to Sugar Grove, ten miles this side of Rockville. The people along the line are enthusiastic at the prospect of a speedy completion of the road and as an earnest of their deep interest in its construction, tender board arid lodging gratis to the surveying party. The line penetrates almost inexhaustible coal fields, and its importance can not easily be over estimated. The splendid market it will open for coal makes its construction a commercial necessity. Mr. Miller is pushing the work with much energy.—<Lafayette Courier>. ———<>———

The Great Battle at GraTelottc. From the Cincinnati Commercial.] The following dispatch was received Jast evening from M. Halstead, the senior editor of this paper: SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THECOMJTEHCIAII. "LrxfiMBtTRG, Acr 21.—I was present at the battle of-Gravelotte On Thursday. The King of Prussia, Count Bismarck and General Sheridan were on the field. It was the third and preat battle for the road from Met* to Paris. The -French were outnumbered and beaten back to the walls of Metz. The slaughter on both sides was hort-ible. I walked seven miles ovef the'fields strewn thick with dead men and h©n«es. The lines of battle were marked1 with dead in heaps, M. II.

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SUICIDE.

UTICA, Ang.'23.—A young man named John R. Bon fay hiing himself in the barn of Nolltim Long worthy, ibont two miles south of West Bimiston, Ostego county, last Friday night. He was emplovetl in_rnnning a branch cheese&ctory and" boarded with Longworthy. He retired AS usual apparently in good spirits, and no.cjmgs. for_Uie rash aet ia known.

NSIN CAPER mentions a ca* are biwre into a store, but th marked s§, high^that they

startled, .the which

to. a mgazine editc^r^ with a hat the "manuscript was respect­

fully declined." 'i A IJKW OKLEAKS PAPER Has discovered jhSit, "i*IMe8troction ipipliea. a ,»IKpension "the Idvco^ life* fer thfe -Cim^ at l^^^during which the^act ofsmcide ic

is committed. PKOF. C), W. HOLMES, in a letter f/Rhe doctors of Berkshire, observes tiat "if the pendulum of' beBef docs not swing thro' a pretty *ride arCj the haitds of progresi will hardly be kept, going."

THE New Haven .Lever (Democratic) calls Seward "a gray-haired oH'reprobate, jjtown gray in the devil's own work," and hopes he will never return from the trip on which he has just started.

MB. BOWLES, of the Springfield Republican does not find il easy traveling in Germany just now. In a late letter he says it took h'im four day to get eighteen mijes, as he happened to want to go in the direction Lof^osite to that in which the troops were moving.

BOSTON has a resident. who ha^started on his second century with a fair prosjiect of completing it. The Cincinnati Times supposes that there is, of course, no inducement to leave Boston ,1,0 go to Heaven. "IF people could only do without amusement life would much more easily be arranged but as they cannot, it is necessary to put up with a great deal that one scarcely approves of," quietly remarks the London Spectator, putting a gOod deal of practical philosophy in a single sentence.

THE Democrats of the Fourth Maine Congressional District have nominated IVJarcellus Emery for Congress. Mr. Emery was throughout the war a .violent rebel partisan, and his newspaper, the Bangor Democrat, was seized and destroy-.

1

ed by the infuriated friends of thesoldiers after- the, first Bull Run batile, for the inhuman, indccent and unpatriotic manner in which he treated the Union CauseMr. Peters, who was elected two years ago by a majority of nearly 5,000, will walk over the course.

THE telegraph has noted the1' impending death of a man named Davidson, of Quincy, Illinois, afteb he had walked one hundred miles without food or sleep. The man Ls badly punished. None of the people who thus wantonly trifle with nature escaipe" the bitter penalty. It is sure to come soone? or later. In a few years —four or five perhaps—the base ball players will be reaping the harvest of paralysis and other maladies, the seeds of which they are now sowing so prolifically.

ACCORDING to present appearances, the silk trade will be seriously affected by the war. Should this state of things continue, a new impetus will be given to silk culture in California and Utah. The experiments have already given much encouragement, and demonstrated that itssuccess is only a matter of time. As the •uspension of cotton growing in the South stimulated its culture in India, so the interruption of silk growing in Europe will •encourage renewed efforts to make itsucsessfhl in this country.

THE English papers think the United Stages will take advantage of the present crisis, and press payment for damages to its commerce by the Alabama and other pirates sent from their ports. The tim£ does seem propitious. England is filling her pockets by playing neutrality on both France and Prussia, and ought to be in funds. It is best to push the collection before she gets embroiled in the contest—an event that may happen any day. She may find in the end that Prussia's right lo the North Sea is fully equal te her own.

THE Canadians are consuming themselves with wrath and grief. England has withdrawn her red-coats, sold her old iron cannon and shot, dismantled her fortifications, and is about bidding them good-bye. The Canadians are not only cut off from a supply of guineas, but are confronted with the assurance that the Americans could capture the country in a three months' campaign, and England has no occasion to waste more funds on them. If the Canadians are smart, they will arrange for annexation to this country as early as next winter, at latest, and thus show a proper and dignified resentment. They shall have room if they will agree to behave themselves.

THE action of the State and Congressional Republican Conventions all over the country is marked with cheering concord and harmony. Persons engaged in a common cause, can only expect success through compromise and conciliation and in this spirit all these gatherings have terminated. With spirited contests, in some cases, for the coveted honor, personal preferences have been sacrificed to a generous feeling and necessity for the union, and a love for the cause, outweighing all lesser considerations and the end has been peace. In no previous year has there deen so little contention. "By this sign we shall conquer."

IN SWITZERLAND, as well as in all the other countries of Europe,great indignation is felt at the unprovoked attack on Germany by France. Thus the Newt Zuricher £cdun/,|generally a most cautious and reserved paper, says: "Much as we regr^ the outbreak of a war between France and Germany, which will doubtless inflict new wounds on the industry, trade, and wealth of Europe, we cannot but express the hope, .as every dark cloud has a silver lining, that, by: the will of an Almighty Providence, France may have overstepped the true limit of her power, and may thus learn how vain and mistaken has been her wish continallr to play the part of ruler of Europe. If Germany succeeds in beating the French army, we shall at length' gain what we have Mainly desired since 1866, a feeling that the interests of order are really secure."

IT IS suggested that the wonderful success of the Prussian soldiers in the wars of later years, may in some measure be accounted for by considering the superior educational training which Prussian youth received in their excellent schools.

This makes the Prussian a good citizen before he becomes a soldier. When called upon to bear his part in war be goes forth a citizen soldier capable of fighting intelligently. This mental discipline gives him better judgment, greater coolness in danger, and a stubborness that makes him ready to fight on without being .depressed by the consciousness that he is beaten. The French soldier, on the other hand is either poorly educated orjnot at al). He knows little beyond what he has learned as a soldier. He cares not whether he fights for a republic or an empire, providing he gets his pay and his rations. He does not reason in the hour of danger. He is apt to be either overjoyed with success or panics trick en in defeat. He has none of that German sturdiness wich stands like a rock against the.evening's battalions.

lias a new omnibus !.!

new daily paperfrimBuneat

irghum crop, inthis State, pronl-

ises j^very large yield.

MACALLISTER is displaying his budget of mysteries at Lafayette. ..Trr-.

THE corner-stone of a new Catholic Church was laid a£ Lafayette on Sunday

.T^^moma1 business on the_

decline"in New Albany.

NEW ALBANY is furnishing glass-Uow-BTBrfor Bfveral factori& ia Illinois. ..- .!

FIFTEEN THOUSAND people attended the Afcton camp meeting on Sunday. ii

ORVAL GILLETTE js a fugitive from Brown county by risason'of excessive devotion -to the fair sex."

THE Ledger says: Fox-hunting and squirrel-shooting are the sports in New Albany at present. i'r

'. 'CATERPILLARS are doing great damage to shrubbery, fruit and shade trees in New Albany and vicinity.

THE

colored people of Lafayette and

Indianapolis will hold a celebration at Lebanon on Thursday.

THE Sentinel says it costs Indianapolis Councilmen fourteen dollars each to dine at Connersville, at the invitation of the City Council of that place.

Gov. BAKER will speak at Indianapolis next Saturday night on the "finances of the State—giving a complete hi»tory of the past and the condition of affairs -•J-is.t ii,u now. jiVrii.i.fKi)i'4 Jt i't-V-

.. THE Richmond Humming-Bird of the 20th contains an obituary of Commodore Vanderbilt which the old fellow may have ah opportunity, to read l^fore lie "shuffles off." •:. jtj

THE Seventh Convention of American Instructprs of the Deaf and Dumb, will be lipid at the Indiana Asylum in India napolis the present week, commencing to-morrow.

THERE is

ra

learned pig, in Benton

county, that is said to have a splendid ear for music. A correspondent states/that the wonderful animal will imitate almost any tune wilh great precision.

THERE had been confined in. county jail, at Lafayette, since 10th of April,.1870, up to August 20, one hundred and fifty-four prisoners Sixty-four were Stale cases and the bal a nee city cases.

OUR State Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb has been greatly enlarged during the present season, a new building having been erected in the rear of the main edifice, the two being connected by en closed passages.

THE estimated cost of the canal around the falls on the Indiana side, to enter the Ohio river at the lower end of New Albany, is two and a half millions of dollars. This is for a canal that would admit the largest sized steamboats. ———————

No regular theatrical season, will be attempted at the Indianapolis'Academy during the coming winter, but arrange ments have been made for a series first-class entertainments by traveling troupes.

THE Cincinnati Enquirci- says if Gen Manson don't beat Gen. Lew Wallace for Congress he can't beat anybody. Man son has been trying for a number of years to beat somebody, but always gets beat himself. Perhaps if he should live a century or so he -may at last succeed in beating somebody, but not Gen. Lew Wallace.—Madison Courier.

MORE than three hundred persons were received into full membership in Trinity M. E. Church, Evansville, on Sunday, as the result of last winter's revival.

The wholesale business of that city i.s evidently improving.

THE Indianapolis <Sentinel> learns that a woman, only two weeks a wife, residing in that city, while in a playful mood last Friday night, "chawed" her husband's left ear off. He don't like it much, and says if such a testimonial of affection had been inflicted during the days of courtship he would have remained a bachelor. ——————

IT is a good thing to come down gracefully from any and every undue elevation in private or public affairs; therefore we concede, in advance, that the inexorable census will carry off 33 per cent, of our population. Indianapolis is a city of 42,000 inhabitants, or thereabouts.—<Ind. Mirror>.

And how much better it is to divide the glory and honor pertaining to your city among forty-two thousand people, than it would be if there were twenty thousand more to claim a share. ———————

THE Indianapolis <Journal> wants the <Sentinel> to "tell what the Hon. Samuel H. Buskirk did with that $1,250 which he received, and which he swore was necessary to procure the passage of a law through the Legislature of which he was a member? If it was to buy Mr. Buskirk's vote, litigants in the Supreme Court will begin to make calculations as to the amount it will require to buy a decision in that tribunal if the Democrats succeed in electing him Supreme Judge. Unsophisticated people argue that if a sworn member of the Legislature would sell his vote for money, he would as readily sell his decisions if he were a Judge." =======

Illinois Items.

Nearly all the dogs of Peoria have been poisoned. Moses Plimpton, a painter, committed suicide in Peoria, on the 15th, by eating opium.

The Barriqgton cheese factory has had $6,000 worth of cheese spoiled by the warm weather.

An ordinance was passed in Chenoa, on the loth, making the liquor license $500. A German Patriot Relief Society has been organized in Peoria.

Work has commenced upon the new Wesleyan University at Bldomington. Peoria is now furnishing relief to about 300 persons, who draw from $3 to $5 per month.

Christian Zeese a young man 18 years old, had his leg badly crushed in a threshing machine, on Friday last, at Hoosier's Grove.

The buildings for the Stale Reform School at Pontiac, will be completed and the school opened January 1, ls71.

The Southern Illinois Sunday School Convention will be held in Cairo, on the 6th, 7th' and 8th of September, r.

Fifteen hundred dollars were raised at Troy, on the 14th,:at the dedication of the new M. E. Church at that place.

Robert Campbell, an old and respected citizen of Peoria, died there on Tttursday last, after along illness.!-

John McDonald, formerly editor of the Pekin Seguter, and one of the olflest in the Stale, died Monday, aged 60 years: 'T .'

JKBACSKaAHAXIilKSm

THE PRESIDK^T.OF THE AMERICA.

WHEHXAS, A state of war unhappily •xists bebreen France oifstke oae aide, and the Sorth German Confederation and its allies on the other ridl^

Ajro WHEREAS, The United States are on terms of friendship and amity with all the contending powers and with the persons, inhabitants of their several deminions

AND WHEHEAS, Great numbers of the dtixen ,of the United States reside within the territories or' dominions of each of said belligerents and carry on commerce,

protected by the

feth J?tieeti«

AND WHEREAS, Great numbers of subjects or citizens of each, of said belligerents reside within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, and carry.oh commerce, trade or other businesa,,pursuits therein

AHD WHEREAS, the laws of the United States, without interfering With the free expression of opinion ana sympathy, or with the open manufacture or sale of arms and munitions of warv nevertheless impose upon all persons who may be within their territory and jurisdiction the duty of an impartial neutrality during the existence of the contest, Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant,- President of the United States, in order to preserve the neutrality of the United States,^ and of their citizens, and of persons within their territory and jurisdiction, and to enforce their laws, and in order that all persons being warned of the general tenor of the laws and treaties of the United Stales in this-behalf, and of the law of nations, may be thus prevented from an unintentional violation of tho same, do hereby declare and proclaim that by the act passed on the 20th day of Ap:il, A. D. 1818, commonly known .as th» neutrality law, the following acts are forbidden to be done, under severe penalties, within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States, to-wit:

First, Accepting and exercising a commission to serve either of said belligerents by land or by sea, against the other belligerent.

Second, Enlisting or entering into the service of either of the belligerents as a soldier, or as a marine, or seaman on board.any vessel of war, letter of morgue or ^privateer.

Third, Hiring or retaining any person to enlist ©renter himself into the service of either of said belligerents as a'soldier. or as a marine,or seaman on board of any vessel of war, letter of morgue or privateer.

Fourth,- Hiring another person to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States, with intent to be enlisted as aforesaid.

Fifih, Hiring another person to go beyond the limits of the United States with intent to be entered as before said.

Sixth, Retaining another person to go beyond the limits of'the United States with intent to be enlisted as aforesaid.'

Seventh, Retaining another person to go beyond the limits of the United States' with intent to be entered to service as before said. But the said act is not to be construed to extend to a citizen or subject of either belligerent, who, being transiently within the United States, snail on board of any vessel of war which at the time of its arrival within the United States, was itted and equipped as such vessel of war, enlist or enter himself, or hire.or retain another subject or citizen of the same belligerents, who is transiently within the United States, or enter himself to serve such belligerent on board such vessel a war, if the United States shall then be at peace with such belligerent.

Eighth, Fitting out and arming, or attempting to fit out and arm, \r procuring toj". be fitted out and armed, or knowingly being concerned in furnishing, fitting out or arming of anjr ship or vessel, with intent that such ship or vessel be employed in the service of either of said belligerents.

Ninth,- Issuing or delivering a commission within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States for any ship oi vessel, with intent that she may be employed as aforesaid.

Tenth, Increasing or augmenting, or procuring to be increased or augmented or knowingly being concerned in increasing or augmenting the force of any ship*of-war, cruiser, or other armed vessel, which, al the time of her arrival within the United States, was a phip-of-war, cruiser or armed vessel in the service of either of said belligerents, or belonging to subjects or citizens of either, by adding to the number of guns of such vessel, or by changing those on board of her for guns of larger calibre, etc., or by addition thereto of any equipment solely

of

applicable to war. El leventh, Beginning or setting on foot, or providing or preparing means for any military enterprise' to be carried on from the territory or jurisdiction of the United States against the territory or dc ions of either of said belligerents, do further declare and proclaim, that by the 19th article of the treaty of amity and commerce which was concluded between His Majesty, the King of Prussia, and the United States of America, on the lltli"day of July, 1799, which ar:icle was revived by the treaty of May 1st, 1828, between the same parties, and is still in force, it was agreed that the vessels of war, public and private, of both parties, shall carry freely wheresoever they please vessels and effects taken from their enemies, without being obliged to pay any duties, charges or fees to officers of admiralty of customs or any other. Nor shall such prizes be arrested, searched or put under legal process when they come to and enter ports of the other party, but may freely be-. carried out again at "any time bv their captors, to the places ex pressed in tb-Mr commission, which the commandin "fficer of such vessel shall be obliged to how.

And I do further declare and proclaim that it has been officially communicated to the government of Ih^United States by the Envoy Extaordinarv and Minister Plenipotentiary of the North German Confederation," 'at Washington, that private property on the high seas will be exempted from seizure by ships of His Majesty, the King of Prussia, without re gard to reciprocity.

And I do further declare and proclaim, that it has been officially communicated to the government of the United States by the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty, the Emperor of the French, at Washington, that orders have been given that in the conduct of the war the commanders of the French forces on land and on the seas, shall scrupulously observe towards neutral powers the rules of international law, ana that they shall strictly conform to the principles set forth in the declaration of the Congress of Paris, of the 16th of April, 1856. That is to say—

First, That privateering is and remains abolished. Second, That the neutral flag povers the enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war.

Third, That neutral goods, with the exceptiou of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag.

Fourth, That blockade in order to be binding must be effective. That is to say, maintained by a force sufficient seally to prevent access-to the coast of the enemy, and that although the United States nave not adhered to the declaration of 1856, the vessels of His Majesty will not seize the enemy's property found on board of a vessel of the United States, provided (hat property is not contraband of war.

And I do further declare and proclaim that the statutes-of the UnitedStates and the law of nations alike require, that po person within the territory and jurisdiction, of the United States,shall take part, directly or indirectlv, in said war, but shall remain at peace with each of said belligerents, and shall maintain a' strict impartial neutrality, and that whatever privilege shall be accorded to-one belligerent, within ports of the United States, shall be in like manner accorder to tbe other.

And I do'hereby enjoin all good" citizens of the United States, and all persons residing or being within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States,' to observe the laws thereof, and to commit no act contrary to the provisions of the law of nations in that behalf.

And I do hereby warn all persons citizens of the United States, ana all-persons residing within their territory or jurisdiction, that while the free and full expression of sympathy, in public and private, is not restricted by laws of the United States, military forces in aid of either belligerent cannot lawfullyJbe orig inated or organized within their jurisdiction: and that while all persons may lawfully and without restriction, by reason of the aforesaid state df war, manufacture and sell within the Uiiited States, arms and munitions of war add other articles

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UNITED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.

yet" i.- .-inaut carry soen irnrai npon the hi-'- for the me or service of either l- ent nfrenaTthty transport soldier- -»-i officers of^fther, or attempt toJjrcyl.' ii" blockade iHuek mar be lawftdly iwd^and maintained during then* 'out incurring (ilk of hostile capturc-ltd the aeaaltfai ditounced by the law oi patioaa in.tha^bek|alf^

And ldo hereby give notice that all citizens of theUnited States, and others who ma & claim the protection of this government, who may misconduct themselves in the premises, do so at their peril, and that they can in no way obtain aajy protection from the government of the United States against th€ consequences

my

hand and-caused the seal of the L'nited States to be affixed. Done at the (Sty of Washington this 22d day pf August, in the rear of our

Lend.one thousand eight hundred

[Seal.] and seventy, and of the ihdependence of the United States' of America the 95th. [Signed] V, U.S. GRANT. By_ the President?''r

HAMnrrojc FISH, Secretary of State. ..:——-x The Chinese Massacre.*"""""1 A special correspondent gives the details df the atrocious Chinese massacre of French and Russian residents at Jein Tain. China. It appears that the responsibilities of the horrible butchery rest entirely with the Chinese authorities that the mob were not only incited by the Chinese Governor of the Province, but frequently urged to cemmit the'atrocities. Their ignorance and superstition were worked upon by most remarkable means, and official publications taught them to believe that foreigners were in

Tien Tsin to kidnap women and children, with the design of killing them and converting their Dodies into drugs. A- mob held possession of the French settlement, maltreating all foreigners who were abroad for two days before any blood was shed, and the Governor not only did not restrain or disperse it, but he even permitted his soldiers to encourage and aid it. It was not until the riot wSs three days old that the French Consul was killed in the Governor's palace, and wholesale slaughter begun. The follow-' ing are the only names of the victims that could be obtained:

A number of Americans and Englishmen are missing, and can only be accounted for by the belief that they suffered the same fate as the others, and that their* bodies were floated away in the river:

Henri Fontaine, Consul of Frapce Mr. Simon, Secretary to the Consul M. Thomassen and wife Pere Cherrier, a Catholic priest Mr. Pratspapraff, a Russian officer, and wife Mr. Buscoff sisters Louisa, French, Mary, Victoria, Theresa. Josephina, Vincenta, Orelia, Ousencie and Catharina, Mons.-and Madame Chalweison, in,all 20.

The Rev. Mr. Staiirie and family^ of Cincinnati, occupied one of the missions, but as* he chanced to be absent at the time* Mrs. Staurie and Miss Thompson found refuge on board the steamship Monchu, and thus doubtless escaped a terrible fate. It is asserted that over 200 Chinese prelytes were massacred by the mob.

It is charged that Chunghow, the Mandarin or Governor of the province, stood by%nd witnessed the massacre without attempting to prevent it, and also that J. O. T. Meadows, American Consul at Tien Tsin, was in company with Chunghow all the time and did nothing to prevent the terrible outrage, although he is an officer of the Chinese government, and had enough 'power and influence to prevent it. The Emperor of Ghina has appointed Chunghow a special minister to Paris, to satisfy the French Emperor in refer ence to this outrage, and has appointed Mr. Dow8 as Secretary and interpreter to accompany Chunghow. This, the Shang hai papers denounce as a gross insult, and call on the French and Russian gov ernments to resent it. The outrages to whicli the tertiales were subjected before they were murdered are too sickening to relate. Eveij cruelty, says the correspondent, which it was possible for the most savage barbarians to' conceive of, was practiced upon these defenceless Christian ladies and natiye Christians. Prints who attempted to guard the doors were seiied and torn limb from limb. Nine sisters were collected in the large schoolroom, beaten with sticks, .their clothes torn from their bodies, placed on their heads and cut with knives in the most savage manner, and outraged. Yet alive, they were, ranged side by side a

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the room, their cheeks gashed, lips an nose cut, eyes scooped from their neads, their breasts cut off and their abdomen's ripped open

With large cleavers their limbs_ were cut and broken, at# in ten minutes naught, remained but their disfigured bodies. When there was no more to do, fire was applied and -the buildings burned. Sixty or seyenty children who had sought refuge from the mob in the cellar were burnea to a crisp.

The French cathedral, consulate, hospital and buildings of all foreigners were sacked and burned.

The Shanghai News, the only American journal in Shanghai, says J. O. T. Meadows, American Consul, was the onl^r one who seemed to view the whole affair with unconcern. He was evidently under the protection of hisfriend and em ploye, Chunghow, for he did not turn out with the volunteers and rather^sneered at their endeavors to protect their lives and property.

This fellow, Meadows* is an'English man, is Consul, for the United States, Holland and Danes, without salary^ from either, but holds the sinecure position of superintendent of Chuhghow's arsenal.

Foreign ministers and delegations are much exercised over the fact that he has been delegate to accompany Chunghow to Paris, but the Emperor will not allow any of them to leave Pekin for the interior at present. They complain that they are shut in as prisoners, but the Emperor says that it is merely precautionary until the excitement is over.

EVAMSmLE.

BRUTALITY.

EVAVSVIUJE, IND., Aug. 23.—Clara Carson, a girl of 14 years, was brutally beaten by a negro to-day, about three iiailes east of this city, and an attempt was made to ravish her. She lies in a vejry critical condition. A negre boy has been arrested on suspicion. I

MONSTER CONCERT.

A monster concert at the Opera House for the German relief fund house cram­

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IRISH ORGANIZATION.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 23.—A new national organization called the Irisli National Brotherhood has lately been put into operation. Its ramifications will extend over several States of the Union, with headquarters' at St. Louis. Il has been formed by the most advanced Irish nationalists to take the place of Fenianism, and unite all factions into the brotherhood. The principal features of the new organization are- no salaried officials, retention of funds by local branches ^il required by the brotherhood in IrelHd, and a central council to amsist of teven members instead of a President, chief executive or Senate as formerly recognized by the Fenians. Michael Russel Treay, New York, Edward C. Rielly, North Adams, Mass., Dan O'Madagan and John S. Griffin, St. Louis, George Sweeney, Cincinnati, J- R. Bannerman, Wilmington, Del., and Wm. Loughery, Keokuk, Iowa, compose its present council. «..•«- (,*»

WA8HDfOTOM. f,te DEPARTMENT CLERKS. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Acting Secretary Richardson has decided that clerks in the Treasury Department living in Western States, shall have twelve days leave of absence, and those living in Northern States eight days, to go home and vote at the coming elections.

DIED.

The Navy Department has receired information of the death of Professor Wilcox, at the Naval Academy, on Saturday.

RELIEVED.

Col. Hazard is relieved from duty as Superintendent of Indian a flairs for the Southern Superintendenqr.

APPonrjMRKT

President has a~" John The Haley, of Ohio, agent of the Sics and Ftoxs vice Miller resigned.^j-.iiii .! p-ih 'I&M

BTrtmra.SAXi.

Of all the

(f tft mind, And

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That I might cheer the child of need. And not my pride to flatter! That I mitht make oppression reel.

As only told ean make it, And break the tyaat rod of Steel. As only gold can break it. 1 1 '.tfT

1

I wish—that symVethyaad font. -.-.i. And every hamaa

niatseera and Jeateasraad hate, And every base emotion. Were bvied My fsthoas dee*

Beneath the waves of oeeaa.

I wish—that Meads were always tnp*, Aad motives always pare I wish the aoo* were aot so few. KK{

I wish the bad were fewer I with that person seer feirco* To heed their pioaiteaohini I wish that praetioinc was net.

So-difneatfrom preeefcia*.

I wish—that modest worth might be*1" Appraised with trathand eaa^or J. I wish that ianocenoe were free

From treachery *nd slander: I wish that men their TOWS would mind That women ae'er were rovers I wish thatwives were always kind.

And husbands always lovers.

FOREIGN.

The Seat of War!

us rant TiVjqir- -:ei? .-titfi KKQLAHD, r-Elihswraiufi ft -BAZA1NE.

LONDON, Aug. 23.-—Baxaiue has forced a passage by way of Outet and Touguion, reaching Mentinedy.

JUNCTION OF PRUSSIAN ARMY. It is reported the armies tf'*he Royal Prince and Prince Frif-.!•?*•) ek Charles have formed junction to' -he westward of Metx. smi

INTERVENTION

It is almost certain an interposition of the great powers of Europe in ihe FrancoPrussian question will take place within a few days.

EXTERMINATION OF INVADERS. Paris journals continue to urge a levy en masse to exterminate the invaders. French gunboats now operating ip the Rhine have been recalled to the Seine.

A PREDICTION.

This morning the Opinion Nationale under the caption of "keep cool," predicts defeat of Prussians as the result of pending combinations.

THE BISMARCK BOYS.

Herbert, one of the sons of the Prussian Prime Minister, was wounded in the foot. His brother William had his horse killed under him. 1/j- a

... BELGIUM.

BUSINESS PARALYZED.

ANTWERP, Aug. 23.—The war has paralyzed business here. No failures have vet been announced, nor any anticipated here, as everywhere. The only hope is a speedy triumph of Prussians.

THE CROWN PRINCE.

It is reported the Crown Prince of Prussia has withdrawh his advance on Paris, and gone to the support of the Prussian armies west of Metz, the posi lion of the latter being threatened with formidable attack from Bazaine who is said to have been reinforced by Mac Mahon.

DISTR^priON OF FRANCS.

Five millions of francs have been distributed in the city of Paris among the families of soldiers.

PRUSSIAN FRIGATE CAPTURED. The following dispatch is just receivad from Alexandria: "The Prussian frigate Hertha, carrying twenty-eight guns, has been captured by the French. No particulars given."

TIN.

The price of' tin has advanced in Cornwall. MURDER.

Yesterday a school teacher at Bath, named Prankard, murdered his two daughters to prevent them seeking situations*on tbe Continent. He then poisoned himself. The affair created much excitement in that city.

SUBMARINE CABLE.

Another submarine cable between France and England has been successfully laid.

UNTRUE.

It is reported that the stoppage, of Nicol, Duckworth A Co., at Liverpool, is untrue. The mistake rose from similarity of names.

HEAVY RAIN AT THE FRONT. Advices from the vicinity of the hostile armies state a heavy rain fell all last night, which must have seriously impeded all military movements to-day. SHARP ON THE EMPEROR AND PRINCE

IMPERIAL.

A correspondent of Le Temps says there is no hope for a triumphant issue to the war, unless the Emperor and Prince Imperial cease their interference and return to Paris. The Prince chatters about military movements to everybody, and lets out important secrets.

FRENCH HEADQUARTERS. LONDON, August 25—9 P. M.—The general headquarters Sf the French army Sunday night were a few miles west of Rheims. Edmond Texier writes thence to Ihe Siecle that the deepest degression prevails, and the Emperor receives, nobody. «i **i»

PRINCE NAPOLEON'S VISIT TO ITALY. The object of Prince Napoleon's visit to Florence was to preach' against the neutrality of Italy.

THE SWISS FORCES.

The extraordinary forces called out by the Swiss Government are returning to their homes to protect the neutrality of

-DETAILS

of the battle of the 18th at Gravelotte are still wanting, even at Berlin. THE SITUATION.

German dispatches to-day are meagre, but from them we gather that the military situation is as follows: The 12th Prussian corps is now between Metz and Thionvillc, and serves to keep up*ommunication between Prince Frederick Charles and Steinmetz. The fortress of Metz is enclosed on all sides. Communications between Chalons and Paris are cut off. The headquarters of the Crown Prince are at Bar de Luc. Mac Mahon and Failly are still retreating to cover Paris. THE DEMANDS LIKELY TO BE MADE BY

PRUSSIA.

The following statement from a semiofficial source foreshadows the demands likely to be made by Prussia in case of successful termination of the war. The time arrives when Germany must be freed from French interference and menaces, and have a long period of unbroken peace. A mere change of dynasty in France would not be sufficient to insure this, for the next sovereign would seek as soon as possible Vo recover the lost military prestige of France, and the burthen of an armed peace would be perpetuated, luppose France should issue from this igcle with strength unimpaired and with her strongholds, when sne menaces the valley of the Rhine and the palatinate intact, the war from which the incapacity of Frerich Generals and the braverv of the German army have delivered us, will be renewed. There can b»no trustworthy peace. Not thus must this costly struggle terminate. We will only resign our arms when we have been guaranteed security against afresh contact whenever it may suit the political necessity of the French to resume it.

BRITISH IRONCLADS-

A strong squadron of British iron clads. is anchored off the Nore, with fires banked. r» js-wui in -i jil' Uttfoi WAIH. I if- J!

REVIVAL OF THE]H0HEN20LLEBH QUESTION.

MADRID, Aug. 23.—The luccesses of the Prussian armies have'caused a revival of the question of the Hohemollern candidature. There are rumors that Gen. Prim is in favor of submitting tbe subject to the people by a plebiscitum.

ntAMCM.

coats uouLAsnr.

PARIS, August 23. In the Corps L«gislatif yesterday, when Palikao announced the receipt ef a dispatch giving reassuring news, Deputy Keatry demanded the date, and also whether the dispatch wae from Baiaine himself.

Palikao said the dispatch was dated the 19th, but the uproar of the deputies was so great as to drown the answer touching the authorship of the message.

Keatry then proposed that nine members of the Chamber be chosen to form part of a committee of defence. .The members of the party of the lot immediately gave signs of approval, but th^ majority hesitated.'

Keatry claimed that the state of affairs urgently, demandit. Some members of the majority rose as if approving, and several more of the left, which was accepted as establishing the urgency of the case.

After, the tumult subsided, Palikao said the committee of defence was numerous enough, as at present constituted. In the name of the whole Cabinet, he repelled the proposal just made.

A question of confidence was thus established, and the deputies retired to debate the matter.. The. affair has created a sensation, as it is considered an attempt to interfere with the administration. The matter is to be decided to 4 morrow.

THE SENATE, J.

In the Senate yesterday a proposal was made to meet every time the Corps Legislatif met, but was defeated. The Pre*ident will call meetings whenever in his judgment it is necessary.

CONFERENCE WITH^THE KMFKROR. It is reported that Rouher went to Chalons to confer with the Emperor, and st accompanied him to Rheims.

TheSoir says the dispatch above alluded to was from Bazaine, and wae brought to Phiikao by a messenger. Itis understood the massage contained much important.and favorable news, which has been withheld from the public.

Tbe Soir says ftirther, that Palikao is certain he will be sustained by the Cbrps Legislatif, else he would not have been so decided.

PRUSSIAN VIOLENCE."

Capt. Jeaunavede writes to the Paris Temps admitting the accounts of Prussian violence are, exaggerated but in a few isolated instances only. ,^,'j -EXHORTATION.

The London Times exhorts the French people to consider what the attempt to defend Paris must cost, and urges them to Consider almost any alternative. The defense of Paris cannot seriously defer its capture.

LUXEMBOURG.

The fortifications of Luxemboug have been razed. FRENCH LOAN.

Tlie 'Steele says the 750,000,000 francs loan has been already more than taken by anticipation.

DISMEMBERMENT OK FRANCE.

It seems certain a project will le -. brought "before the Gi^eat Powers of Europe, having for its object prevention of dismemberment of France, t-

ASSURANCES

have been sent from the French govern-.' ment to the Pope that Italy has no intention of attacking Rome. Papal troops have been withdrawn|from Compagua to. defend tbe city. Many arrests made.

J. NAVAL PRIZES, -J J,..!'1.,, At a meeting yesterday many prizes were arranged iy the French navy department in order to encourage gallantry. Some of them are said to be extremely valuable.

PRINCE NAPOLEON.

Paris journals blame Prince Napoleon for leaving France. On his return here it was supposed he had been on a mission to Victor Emanuel, but such report of a few days ago is now denied.

A CONTRADICTION.

The Arch Bishop of Paris has directed clergymen to contradict the report that the Pope felicitated the King of Prussia.

PRUSSIAN SPIES.

A number of Prussian spies were ar-v rested here to-day. -j DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

Meetings of the diplomatic corps are held daily at the Rrilisli Embassy, but no decisive action yet taken.

ARMY HORSES.

The French Government is buying horses in Italy for the army. i"i DYSENTERY prevails to a large extent in the Prussian army.

PRUSSIAN WOUNDED.

Ten thousand Prussian wounded have been sent to Berlin. DENIAL.

The Constitutionel on semi-official autSbrity contradicts in the most positive terms the report in the London Times that the Empress suqd for the mediation of Queen Victoria.

All the journals here indignantly deny the truth of the report also printed in the London .Times that mitrailleurs are loaded with explosive bullets.

THE GAULOI9 J.TU

asserts that Prussia applied through Lord Granville for consent of French commanders to allow her wounded to the number of 85,000 to be sent home through Belgium and Luxembourg, and Bazaine positively refused. mh

BASAINE.

The journals to-day say a dispatch was received here from Bazaine, in which the Marshal declares his intention of remaining near Metz, without giving further explanation. The dispatch admits that Bazaine's communications were at one time endangered, but .asserts they are now secure.

AMERICAN CONSUL-

Mr. Gill,American Consul,has assumed protection of a large number of German residents here.

COMMITTEE OF DEFBNSE.

The Committee ol the Corps Legislntif apppointed yesterday to consider tne proposition of deputy Keraltry to" form, a committee of defense, meets to-day to confer with the Ministry. A compromise will probably be effected.

STARTLING REVELATION'S PROMISED. It is reported that Drc-st, the leader of the Villette outbreak, who has been condemned to death, wishes to make a confession, and promises startling revelations.

RIOTERS SBNTENCED.

Three more men implicated in the' af fair at Villette were tried and sentenced to-day by a council of war.

GEBMANYR"'*.'

THE GERMAN FORCES IN FRANCE. BERLIN, Aug. 23.—The German forces in France have undergone partial reorganization, and as reinforced and redistributed will go into battle in the followingorder:

The 1st army under Gen. Steinmetz is composed of the 1st, 7th, 8th and 9th Prussian army corps, amounting in all to 100,000 men and 28,000 cavalry.

Tbe 2d army under Prince Frederick Charles composed of the 2d,3d, 4th, 10th and 12th Prussian army corps, the corps of Prussian Guards, the Royal Saxon and a division of the Grand Duchy see. This is the strongest of the three armies. It contains forty-eight regiments of infantry with three batteries to each, and four regiments of infantry with two batteries to each, an^ thirtyfour regiments of cavalry, the aggregate it round numbers 220,000 men and 600 guns.

corps of

The third armv under the Crown Prince is formed of two Bavarian army corps, under Generals "Taun and Hartman, containing each eight regiment of infantry, five battalions of riflemen, and five regiments of cavalrj, one mixed corps of Baden troops and Wurtemburg troops, commanded by Gen. Von Warder, and. consisting of eight regiments of infantry, two battalions of riflemen, four regiments of cavalry, and line batteries of artillery belonging to Wurtemburg, and six regiments of infantry and three e*' of cavalry, eight batteries of artillery belonging to Baden also the Fifth and Eleventh Prussian army corps containing 16 regiments tf infantry and 16 regiments of cavalry and 30 batteries of artillery.

Grand total pf German forces inJEVance 520,000 men, divided into 16 army corps.

Up to this time 300,000 of the land wehr have entered Alsace and Lorraine to invest and occupy places, in the rear, and relieve regular soldiers of those duties, so they may join their own regiments in the front. Orders have been issued^to disband the veteran reserve call- ., ed out at the commencement of the War