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Show THE EVENING NEWS. (JEOHQE Q. OAXXOX, JCDITOa AND rUBLJBUCK. September 3, LOCA! 1S70. AND OTHER MATTERS. no great advance took place till that the empire is ended, and that that Alsace Is enrolling en matte, into ' fortifications Zbj Vanban, and as the and had, at excitement is intense in Paris. later than that, fortothe artillery further the army at Lyons. A large body of Minister Jones telegraphs from do. Still work the all first, where Sedan as the also known for fronplace have started the H confirmation of the news of ytg. sharpshooters twenty the left.nearDonchevy.were to digraph, c tier. In the South of France volunteer- chairs originated. As we were only to cast terday. ready thousand Wnrtemburgers, Per WEftTEmX TJXIOX Telearrapn LJa. ing Is general throughout the country. about two and a quarter miles from the off the French from Messieres, in case Minister Washburne telegrapbs from its of their Tbe sentiment is expressed that peace town we could easily distinguish our Paris that the people had heard of the fortress. for that a makingof push is Impossible while a single Prussian principal edifices without the aid of defeat of MoMahon and the capture of Prussian troops the number The a pretty church, but did not know whether the glasses. On the left was AFTERNOON DISPATCHES. stands on French soil. Moltke Sedan, Gen. estimated by engaged was was a prisoner or in Belgium A London special to the World says Its gothlo spire of sandstone being a at at of the Emperor French, that and 250,000, there is great excitement there. It was conspicuous target for the Prussians' We know that McMahon had not known that Napoleon was with the guns, had Gen. Moltke thought fit to 120,000. on Tuesday 120,000 men. him with on the town. To the right, t'ruftlied by the Icebergs I ILLINOIS. army until after its surrender. General bombard that was is That four corps of his own was a of the southeast church, large the surrendered who the Tlie French Wimpfen, Qennnns Jubilant. commanded by Gen. Do Failley, with the fortifications of the lately army , ia a cousin of the Prussian Gen- barrack behind of Felix that Gen. and under Chicago,-Newof the surrender of Lebrun; to beyond this, name. It is stated that citadel it, and PARIS IMPREGNABLE! eral of the same Abel Gen. of or rather Donay, McMahon's and of Emperor a Donay, old chateau was the army again, Napoleon insisted upon surrender the southeast fourth the and at killed created Welssenburg, the of wildest a poleon with group Sedan picturesque protests of the younger of- of against the of the garde among the Germans here. excitement composed corps, principally sixteenth of towers the ted turret news round was so he ! shocked by the fearful C0MPJB3ED SURREAOCB ficers, the name of whose commander reached here at 9 o'clock this The mobile, four useless against very of and century, morning slaughter Wednesday Thursdsy. has escaped me. McMahon, although and rapidly spread throughout the citv pieces. This It Is stated that the King of Prussia founder Krup field the Jubilant Germans filled the etreets and wounded, commander-in-chiero- n BeIs now an arsenal. is to abandon the willing Indemnity Uleem In Paris, the Wildest Eathasli side. French overflowed the beer saloons, singltv citadel heart the in the claims, provided he secures Alsace and yond this was to the In Berllal that needless is almost It say above a the on hill shouting and in every way expressing rising Lorraine. It is understood that Aus- of Sedan, of the Prus- joy - real commander-in-chiat what they considered the.event xf to but the completeAtiae. Southeast, tria and Russia oppose, while England Crown the was with Von sians Moltke, end of the war. To night was the on ual of sides both favors this. A republican outbreak in lv commanded by hills of Albert Prince and Prince THE PRINCE IMPERIAL FINDS France Saxony, runs wmcu iu iiuui ui iuo who were night of the German sanitary Is feared. It is estimated that tne river, command. closing in immediately 12 EFUOE IN BELGIUM! and the hall was crowded to fair, citadel. 15,000 to 20,000 French and Prussian were a few stray cannon shots There mealow flooded A procession with torches the had French The stragglers have taken refuge inBelglum. dows in the however; banners and music to the fired, merely sighting shots not paraded tbe streets' valley before coming Berlin and Brussels are greatly excit com- till a late real battle did the but oraer hour. to from St at Basailie.in railroad ed. bridge ! II XJ It IV ELD AT mence until six o'clock, becoming a iouis, Cincinnati Dispatches on refrom and cities Germans other the advancing The following is from the special stop sharn artillery fight at nine, when the present that the excitement and entlii their with town in that the direction, Tribune the the of at correspondent each got, within easy Biasm are very great. usual stupidity, for one can find no oth- batteriesandhad of the of Prussia, headquarters King shells the The most dlsasterous conflagration began to do serrange, TIT0USAND3 WEEPING witu JOY! failed had French for The it. word er on miles from fifty-fivSedan, the Thursday eleven eight mischief. At ious has visited this which for years mine the bridge at Basal He, and it 1st, after their defeat on th j to night, the31st: In the rear or Sedan, which had occurred this evening, city valley, to Prussians service the immense was of the involving 30th and "The French retreated opened about 11.25, became exceedingly entire destruction of one of the finest enmatse to Sedan and encamped around throughout the battle. The Prussians NEW YORK. one continuil rattle, only blocks in the city, and a loss of between on the lively, being about. From what I learned from actually threw up earthworksfrom of the guns three and four million dollars, aud it ia bv broken the growling People ef Parts depressed Tbelrcgeacy French to it the itself, protect effect in the now feared, from ten to prisoners, of whom, as you Iron bridge nlaved with ended Jer imoir the CrnsaTh which deadly more than once attemptlives. The Gen. fire broke out about five fifty may Imagine, there was no lack in French, who columns. Leatdea preee en tnesarreader-Iat- er Bavarian and Saxon storm to in the five the p.m. the in bridge, day, it seems they fully believed ed, early eetlaar eerreepeadeaee ffara tbe nead quantity, Sheridan, bv whose side I was standing. story buildingof Lafltn, Butler and Co's Bavarian the of in the be breaking would to Masieres road hope the always did not ever remember of warehouse on Wabash avenue ' qaartereef Hlaf OTIIllaa. to them and, therefore, in case of communication between the right and told me he Kaper open small a such y This they hearing A .London special dated 3rd, a.m., another defeat before Sedan, retreat left banks of the Meuse. Washington and Madison St above heard the itself arms made it fire, south of the store, in the elegant from Paris report could be easily accomplished. On the were unable to do, and, although their being says that telegrams our feet. at roar At batteries of the block owned demolished teat the utmost agitation and excite- evening of almost the had by John B. Drake, of cannon shot Wednesday, from S to of six a Prussian twelve o'clock battery ment prevail. Rumors of the disastrous o'clock, the Crown J. V. Farwelle & Co. and itself the of Hons, the bridge Prince's headquart- parapet bridge, above the broken Thatcher Bros., the buildings all being close of the recent terrible fighting on ers were at Chemery, a villaee some was never materially damaged. On the guns, on the slope Meuse, near five stories high, with a basement and the Belgian frontier are current, and seven miles from Sedan, to the south' projecting spurs of the hill, crowned by railway bridge over the two batteries French roof. The fire spread with fearsilenced had Lavellette. the people are gloomy and depressed. west, on the main road. t half- the woods of Larmafu, of which I have of French guns at the foot of Bare Hills ful rapidity toFarwell & Co's. immense or The last hopes the Napoleon dynas past five we saw there wa a great already spoken, the Bavarians had of wholesale dry goods store, adjoining near the mentioned, village aw already faded Trocnu have ay. ty dally grows movement among tne troops encamped stood two batteries of six pounder, 12 ten minutes At past o'clock, and in an incredible ehort space of time stronger in tne commence ana sym all around us and we thought at first rifled, breech loading, steel Krupp Flairy. their no supported by artillery, both buildings were wrapped in flamea. longer a duello which was pathies of tbe peoute. up the King kept riding through the guns, to to retire were Flairy r Large numbers of employes of Farwell compelled A cable special to the Tribune, dated that of they the day, bivouacs, but soon the 7th regiment till the very end soon tne and others went into the store, and between after and the London 3, says a special correspondent came the Across of junction Sedan. the village, their with the siege guns &edan behind and Prussians Saxons to the Tribune telegraiti from the hand pouring through were engaged on tbe first and second 'me wacnt am llhein Meuse, still further to the rank flank, was announced to us by General floor King's headquarters, av Vendres, near as theyplaying marched along with swinging or rather to the east, for our line was a Von getting out goods, shortly before a Boon, who was eagerly i peer portion of the wails fell, carry ing down Sedan, on Friday: saw at once by tbe men' circular one a crescent at first with stride, i "The battle of Sedan began at six In faces that something extraordinary was Sedan in tbe centre, like the star on ing through a large telescope, as both floors, and it is believed that not this all of them got out. Some persons bethe morning,, September 1st. Two was soon plain that the the Turkish standard, was an undula- being safely completed. From could on. the battle of results moment the Prussian corps were In position on tbe going wereIt in the lightest fifty men were still in the possible ting plain above the village of Basaille, no longer be doubtful. The French were lieve thatwhen west of Sedan, having got there by long marching order, all their knapsacks a a the floors fell, and that mile and about half building surrounded and brought to they forced marches, and so cut olf the being left beninu, ana tney were car terminating all completely west of Sedan, at the woods near perished. is generally thought however, that French retreat to Messleres, south of Med way, that is to say, in bay. At 12.25 we were all astonished to It more nothing but cloaks slung around the line and infantsee of crowds French not retreating Sedan. The first Bavarian corps was rying a than ten or is were lost, Basaille there from their shoulders, that one or two north, hill between Flairy and and this even is not twelve east across the Meuse; the second Bava bun vivantt had except certain. Several retained their camp ravine watered by a tiny brook which ry on tbe rian corps and tbe wagons were on the kettles: nut 11 tne camp Kettles were was the scene of the most desperate Sedan, the Prussian battery making firemen were injured by the falling north-easwith guards. I was with the left behind the cartouche cases were struggle and of the most frightful good practice with the percussion shells walls. From Farwell fc Co'a.. the fire the receding ranks. The spread to Drake's block, over the most throughout the day on the hill there hanging heavily in front of the slaughter of tbe whole battle. This amongst King whole SDlen a above St. Mentz. commanding hill, for a quarter of an hour, magnificent structures in the citv. oc men's belts unbalanced, as they ought stream, whose name I have forgotten, was covered with Frenchmen running cupied by Kirkland, Ordway & Co., did view of the valley and field. Alter to be, by knapsacks. runs behind ever had one, Soon I learned if it a tremendous battle, the Prussians hav- that the whole Prussian corps, those the town of Sedan from right rapidly. Less than half an hour after, wholesale boot and shoe manufacturers, the woods of 12.50 Gen. Van Boon .called7 our atten- ana. by Smith A Nixon, and Lyon & ing completely surrounded Sedan, and sent from Prince Frederick Charles' Fliegreuse. On the north, behind the tion to another French column in full Healey, music dealers: and although the Bavarians entered the fortifications army, the second army and the Crown town, rises a hill dotted with cottages n of Sedan, tbe Emperor capitulated at Prince's were making forced marches and orchards and crowned retreat, to the right of Sedan, on the this building did not burn so rapidly as 5.15 p.m. His letter to the Kin or of and had left In the direction of Doech by the woods of Lagarrene which runs road leading from Bazellesto Lagavenne the others, at this hour, midnight, wood. They never halted until they got nothing but the north aud west walla Prussia said: 'As I cannot die at the and Mezieres, in order to shut in down to the valley of which I have to a small red roofed house on the out- remain. The losses so far as ascertain head of my army, I lay my sword at ery McMahon's army in the west and so as just spoken. of Sedan itself. Almost at the edof John V.Farwell & Co., Dry goods, 13 skirts the feet of your majesty.' Napoleon to drive them against the Belgian Between the road and town were one million one nundred tbouaatia dol left Sedan for the Prussian headquar- frontier.! I learned, from officers of several French camps, their whole same moment General Sheridan, who using my opera glass, asked me lars, to one million eight hundred thousters, at Vendez, at 1 a. m. of September the Crown Prince's staff", that at tbe shelter of tents standing clear against was 2nd. McMahon's whole army, compris same time, while we were watching, the dark forest of trees. In the camp to look at tbe third French column, and dollars: Insurance nine hundred up the road through Lagavenne thousand; Kirkland, Ordway & Co., ing a hundred thousand, capitulated regiment aner regiment were passing we could see throughout the day huge moving the boots and two hundred and fifty without conditions. The Prussians had through Chemery, eighty thousand masses of troops which were not used; above Sedan, doubtless to support the important Bazel-le- s thousand; shoes, insurance $150,000; Smith & two hundred and forty thousand men strong. even during the height of battle they troops defending to the northeast of the Nixon and Lyons & Heeley, mHsic, engaged or in reserve; the French, a A Prussian regiment, under Prince stood as idle as Fitzjohn Porter at the town.ravine, one the French bat- 150,000; insurance $75,000; Laflin, But hundred and twenty thousand." of Saxony, was also marching second battle of Bull Bun. We imagin- teries onAtthe o'clock Albert, road towards ler & Co., $250,000; Insured $100,000: of the New York, 5. A London extra rapidly to close on tbe doomed French ed that they must have been undiscipedge a vigorous Field, Lieter & Co. had $180,000 worth above and has this: it, opened on the right bank of the Meuse, lined gardes mobile, whom the French Tory, columns of dry goods stored In one of the burned Prussian on fire the advancing "Paris. 6. The Em Dress consented to army out not naa crossed at Kemllly on generals dared which against bring tney evident buildings, insured for $150,000. The whose of third the corps, Join her husband and son, having re Tuesday.1 the 30th. In the direction their enemy, the Prussians. To the ceived an assurance that she will not be ofJ Lachappelle, a small village of 930 left of the three French camps, separ- intention it was to storm the hill loss In the buildings amounted to about and to $450,000. Some of the goods were saved regarded as a Prussian prisoner. Tro inhabitants, on tbe road from Sedan to ated from them by a wooded ravine, north west of Lagavenne on of the the that from the lower floors, but most of all cnu will be made dictator, and Paris Boulllot, position key in Belgium, and the last vil was a long hill, something like one of gain 11:5 side. another At o'clock, will he defended to the last.1' yet the stock was consumed. Immense lage before crossing the frontier. Any- those in Long Island. This hill, on French near the wood, opened crowds, A special correspondent to the Tri thing estimated at more splendid than the men's which were some of the hardest fights on the battery, gathered in Prussian column, which were the vicinity, crowding50,000, bute telegraphs from Arlon on Friday, marching would be impossible to imag of the day, formed one of the keys to streets an.i the to keep shifting their ground vacant lots. p.m. that every hotel here is filled with ine. I saw men, lame in both feet, the position of the French army compelled French refugees, from across the fron alon&r in the ranks, with their kind When once its crests were covered with till ready for their final rush at the tier. The frontier villages are crowded, comrades, Jess foot sore, carrying their Prussian artillery the whole town of hills, and in order to avoid offering so and it Is difficult to obtain anything to needle guns: men who were actually Sedan was at the mercy of the German good a mark to French shells. Shortly FOREIGN NEWS. the first Prussian eat. A hundred and fifty French, and Incapable of putting one foot before the guns, as they were not only above town afterward, weonsaw the crest of the Lahundred German soldiers, while tres other had pressed peasants' wagons and but the town was almost within musket skirmishers, above hills, gavenne Toney. They did on to the left lay of them.TllwvFarther passing Belgian territory, were made every available conveyance Into service ranee FRANCE. essrVtl aK wbi or am seem and Gen. Sherinot r in ti a and strength, conducted to to were following la tbe rear so as to prisoners and Natur, Paris exm ProdaiMasien hr was Impregnable behind who e, standing French shells: dan, night. 1 also saw Paris refugees on the be ready, for. the great battle, which all earlv . in the day bv the Ministers-Doin- gs . . or Council the In he too were 4Oh . the claimed, beggars train they are not Germans felt sure would come on on the morrow. a broken railway bridge, mown, up Dy T besllaa-tloSenate and X.efflslaUf Corps hold never can that weak, position . they was nrotect but Luxemburgers, who were expelled The Bavarians, who, it ia generally be thA Fnnch tn their right of France. French.' The Generfrom Paris on account of poverty. The lieved, do not march so well as they aconsplcious object. The right above against all those soon for al's correct, 3. No official information baa Faais. proved are JVleaParisians nreDarlnar for a famine hv fight, were in the centre, between us the railroad bridge, on the;ilne to prophesy to at least six French the been received from the armies in advancing, all not expelling foreigners possessed of and Sedan, camped around the woods sieres, was a wooded hill, crowded by the Prussians were forced to re- the Eorth-easThe battles for the past means ior tneir support. The poor of La Marfee, famous in 1641, during men. It was here that the Crown one, French are retained, if able bodied, for the wars of the League. When I had Prince and his staff stood during the treat down the hill to seek reinforce- few day are generally considered indethe columns which were cisive. It is thought thaWhe losses on military service, if not, they are sent to seen tbe. last regiment dash through day, havinga rather more' extensive, but ments from In five min- both sides have been very great. The the country. The French fortifications fair the pace at which they went can a lees central view, and therefore more hurrying to their support. attack-again. to utes came. the are complete. General Trochu Is vir- really not be called majority of the journals look upon the in an or- desirable than ours, where stood the This they marching were time in greater' force, attack of Paris as Impossib e, now that they tually dictator. My informant left dinary sense I rode off, about a quar- King, Count Bismarck, Von Boon, the but were still inferior to re- tne Prussians are not able, to4eave,with Paris on the second of September. To- ter past eight in the evening, for terribly masses. war Minister, General Moltke and Gen sist those 'Good aicaianon ana uazaine, with their imFrench day is the last day of grace. London where the headquarters erals Sheridan ana orsytne, to say no heavens! huge rencn are mense forces in the rear.- Paris, with cuirassiers Tbe Is wild with delight over the Prussian were ana where 1King's f them cried General to and house thine of your correspondent. nopea to' going the formidable preparations she lately charge The some endeavored to give streets, for hours, were room for man and. triumph. the Having thus especially a sure and filled with excited crowds, and Eng latter, as being far beast, Sheridan, enough regiment made, would require all the force J of or wnas or more important on pointed idea tne scene, is in their Prussia and Germany to be brought iirto lishmen congratulated each other as; if the evening of a great battle. When I all probability the decisive battle of thel .cffX.M ' ' in 111 r active service.' an r there had been eMnHc - tha English victory. had got within about half a mile of I " defense is still work with the Prussians was never on a steady trot, a sharp tlon of the different corps at the com tnrm tn eanrfnnn rtf nniiron and riaah The committee of Sympathy going - obstinate scattered down forthe Prussian sklr so strongly manifested. The surrender "halt," rang out clear, and I upon resistance, mencement ing steadily that of action, promising brought to form in though the general opinion feems mishers without to be was published here ty the Daily Newt my none 10 a siana-stu- i, turning were of the movements all pos simplest that never are used line. a that will not Paris suffer in an extra, about half past ten this the Prussians were not snowing Squares by siege. Paris to be trifled slble nature. The object of the Prat them. re- is determined to make a defense Prussian The soon the other follow lniantryto close strong Generals As morning; papers with. I pulled up.twenty yards off, slan being merely a ceived with the Cuirassiers , the enemy invest IU Humors should crushing' ed.. Placards 'were posted everywhere I heard the clicks of which with of crescent as locks their troops,' the they dis- are current that a republic will be proIn the streets, and ' thousands of dis brought in their weapons in full they beoran. into a circle by ejecting a quick nre,at about a hundred yards cock extreme with and tance, were and more ample powers' have sent loading firing, In direction. me. and covered patches every the Saxon corps. reply being satis- iunetion . . between . r ' rapidity and unfailing precision, into claimed, to the present committee of been The Pall Mall Gazette says the news factory I Jogged onMy given ana one tne into irrussian of their right, Vlndress, and 3 dense ef The the French will be regarded as final, and If the my mare and myself had ' thus squadrons. defenses,, constituting It a , provisoon forgot corps on their left. This Junction took over went and horses was fect General Trochcr Is sional government. startling: Emperor hopes by a hastily patched ten me senuneis, rorcea marches and Dlace about noon near tbe little village men in numbers, in ma&ies. In hun rumored as probablei'presidene oftue up peace, to nod the means to transfer coming battles, one of us on straw, be of base Ulwine. the on Delv. of the i Great dissatisfaction Is exof French and the throne to his son it is the last and the other ;on the floor. dreds, proud regiments republic, have which of I hind already Sedan, went hurriedly back, faster pressed at the meagreness and Insuffigreatest delusion of his life of delusions. At seven o'cloek. on Thurtdav morn. srjoken once. This terrible circle form Cuirassiers He may find It easier to begin than to log, came. Back they went, ciency of the official bulletins, regarding ed. and well formed together? it grew than they my servant came to wake me, a on the field. a end a war. .Peace is by no means yet regiment in strength and not events transpiring the King's horses were har steadily smaller and smaller, unil' at scarcely that e 8 .Couricil of certain. There u no government to nessing, and that Ills Majesty would last the fortifications of Sedan itself at all a regiment In form. Its comely Pabis, 4, has.p- issued ..the. following Ministers was cnangea into snape-lemake peace. Imperialism is dead, an leave In half an hour for the battle field, entered it. On the extreme right were array suddenly and helpless crowds of flying men proclamation To the French people: Orleans government or a republic can and i that the cannonade had already the Saxons. One corps d'armee with the. Cuirassiers tarned A great misfortune has fallen Upon hardly begin by a surrender. France been heard near Sedan. I Jumped up, Kine William's guards had suffered The moment Prussians , actually the country: after three davsof heroic brave the has for the first time to act, her eyes are seised a crust of bread, wlne.clgars.etc, terribly at Gravellotte. where they met back, In Pursuit at double struggles, sustained by the wing of HaahfMl forward hot foe, the first time opened. The Evening and crammed them into my holster. the tne ting wouju guara,ana imperial pursuing the Marshal McMahon against three hunplainly infantrySuch Standard says Sedan is the Emperors taking my breakfast on the way. Just not allow them to be so cruelly: deci- quick,the a has not dred thousand of the Prussians, McMa- Aavalrv. flviniF thing Waterloo, The second empire Is now as I got to my horse King WHJlam mated. Justice compels me to state that of war. non ana tne troocs under his command aanals the recorded in been often overthrown. : The Standard deprecates drove out in an open carriage, with four this arrangement was very iar;irom com- - have been made an to not when example . exultation and expresses heartfelt sym- norses, ror unevange, about three and a hsino nleaaine to the guards themselves, I know prisoners. Gen. Wim- ST - fit- - 1LIwcurreu. iuw wiui uiu took who command of the army, with the fallen sovereign.' The half miles south of Sedan. pathy Much ahn ware vtrv anxious to be in; the pare precisely was no more striking episode in fflen, of; Marshal McMahon who was Echo says the Emperor's last act does against my will I was compelled to al fmnt of the battle. The guards and There the French When battle. the infantry. has s'crned the wounded, capi WBTB is badly &O.00O what StronSTi hmn ahnnt possible to redeem his low ine tung ana bis stair to precede saw cavalry was thus fleeing before tulation. This reverse will not shake the author of the war surrenders fault; him- me on the road to the scene of action; all day on the right bank of the foot the soldiers, they, in their turn came our courage; JPsris i$:to-daiu a com self, to the conqueror, his where I arrived soon after 9 o'clock. It Meuse,Lt between Hubicourt una jjow and Prussians.4 forward attacked the state , of own defeat, which may admitting defence. The Prince to plete military avert was Impossible to ride at all, the roads vhirh latter village i. The Prussian infantry waited auletlv. forces of the country, will be organized - help that of France blocked with artillery, ammuni- Albert, of Saxony, who. was In enduring being the rapid and telling fire from and, in a few days,' The greatest enthusiasm is shown to- tion wagons; ambulances, etc. As I rode command of two corps which; had tne army will enemies until meir had i;naasepoi8, or be walls the under b7 Germans on and to extra mue here. the Paris; another the crest of the hill, which rises been formed into a army uy drawn so near as to be : within a hunday on of is banks ' or tne t are the army or about Thursday seven rorming Flags six profusely displayed; many sharply hundred themselves. By day Ugh dred yards from them. Then they re Seine, x Your ; 'sour union. and reet above tne little hamlet of the ground, from BublcourttO the turned, patriotism,1 buildings are Illuminated needle the the. with gun,; save France.' The and will bathe occason made a complete J a bilee by uneveause, nestled in a grove nrat rapid tne your energy oy Meuse, was from - the--? Chsssepotsj i and. r the Emperor has been made prisoner in the the Germans throughout the city and the second - Bavarian fire a most glorious panorama varian corps:oocupiea Infantry could no more endure struggle. The' government;:in' accord suburbs, A mass meeting, to celebrate burst on my view. As Gen. Forsythe Corps extenueu iueu auut uom mo French the triumph of, the Prussians, will be of the U. &. army remarked to me, later Baxaille Railroad bridge to a point on the Pru&slan fire" than their cavalry, to with the public powers, will take all held In a few days. --Dispatches from all in the day, "It would have been worth the' highway from Ioncherry and whose! rescue they had come. The measures required by, J he gravity of the AU . AU parts of the country .staia that similar coming merely to see so splendid a Sedan, not far from the little village of Infantrytofled In turn and followed the events. from the which i demonstrations are belnr made J cavalry De i on place which the hill Count below the they without the battle's magnificent- Torrey, Palikao,,uo A special to the Herald dated London scene, that is -beyond ' the ridge some L8ignedJ, H. Chevereau, . stern array." From the on Crown Prince placed the ground. came, knoll ly ' .. 8, says it is reported that upon the which I stood with the King and staff, From Torch 4to Ulyt .through the five hundred yards on the way4 to De Genonilly, Regault v cu.., ,u Sedan.": i of la was see the news de we Gourd, could Jnlea'Rrame sot of held reception the surrender the whole valley large village of Fioing, by ius iAnyerme Grande Perret,; of Napoleon and JdcMahon at Sedan , Df thblletise but only saT. seoona irrussian corps, Be nrstana beyond the sjso; 'the great Baxalne and tbe garrison ot Mets capu-tul- a Woods of the Boise de Loupe and longing to Prince Frederic Charles. WASHINGTON, ted to the Prussian: army beeelglng Into Belgium,and as far as Lilly and temporarily attached ' to the army m The Esaplre dead. that fortress forces of Nam o on the other sldeof of the Crown Prince; This was the 14 the mnt) An A ssocl ated Press d Ispatch, dated the frontier. Bight at . our feet lay the position of the troops all about nine WAfliriNaTOTr. Minister Washburne .iiR in s'-- o "iJerome Dayid , Paris S, says the Moniteur announces little town of Sedan, famous for Its o'clock on Thursday morning, Sept. 1st, telegraphs to the Department of State Council of Ministers." (SrxciAt. to thi DESERET NEWS. llru-i-selsfu- ll s President axd Pabtt. The following dispatch by Deseret Telegraph Line, was received this morning: Pabowajt, Sept. ow President Young and party arrired here on Saturday afternoon, and held meetings yesterday In the morning President Wells and Elders B. Young, Jr. and A. M. Mosser spoke; In the afternoon Preet. B. Young and Elder Joseph W.Young addressed the meeting. We had an excellent time The party started orer the moan-tain- s for Kanab at 6.20 this morning and reach Toker la about eight days. expct toPowell, the Colorado explorer, acMajor the party from Parowan. companies Sabbath Mketinos. The congregation in the morning was addressed by Elder ward Sterenson. Mr. Martin Harris, and President George A. Smith. In tbe afternoon the time was occupied ny uupr jonn lajior. Tiibaticau On Saturday nhrht the beautiful classic play ot Damon and Pythias was presented, at the Theatre, and its per formance throughout was worthy the palmiest days ot that celebrated institution. Throughout Its entire course there was not a sinsrle hitch, and the great character of Damon was personated by Mr. Lyne In mast masterly style. The old fire, pathos. grace aud ilaiah of his performance of this character years ago did not excel his rendition on Saturday erening. Mr. McKen-zi- e as Pythias was effective, and the performance ot equally Meedames Klskadden and Bowrlng was very satisfactory, indeed we think it donbtfnl whether this piece was ever presented Detter in this city than on Saturday evening. In the farce of "Bowl' d Out," Mr. as "Eaekiel Newman," the house in a continued uproar. Thekept famous IS IS passage was brought In with fine enact, aud the farce was received with such favor that its early repetition should not be iorgoticn. Explanation. We have received a letter, signed "S. Johnson," which contains grave charges. As we do not happen to know the writer, and hsve no evidence respecting the truth of his statements excepting what he has written, he will unuerstand it. Unless we why we have not know a writer Is published or we have a responsible, of the truth of what he writes, knowledge we make it a rule not to publish statements against tne character of individuals. Palkoxtolooicai Bro. C. R. Savage, the photographic artist of this city.who, last week, Joined the scientific geological and exploring party from Yale College, near Bridger, returned to this city last evening. He Informs us that Prof. O. C.Marsh,and the gentlemen with hlm.have been spending the last week in the bad lands, south of Bridger, making a collection of the extinct animal remains that abound In that locality. Their researches have been rewarded by the discovery or fossil remain of crocodiles, rhinoceros, turtles, entolodon, serpents and many interesting remains of animals hitherto unknown. They propose going down Green River for two or three weeks, and will visit Salt .Lake City on their way to California, The Professor is very desirous of seeing the remains of the mammoth discovered at Pondtown, now ia recently our museum. Piors Kobbikiks. The Sacramento Union has an editorial article on "Pious Robberies," in which it quotes the example of Frederick the Great's stern old father In hanging a nobleman, for a defalcation in his accounts of one thousand thaler, though the culprit offered to make restitution. The Mar-gett- s, Union sajs: 'We need the example of this stent old King in the courts oftnls country, to teach the rascals that stealing and swindling are stealing and swlndlidg, whether done by the poor and friendless pariahs of society or by rich scoundrels who too often achieve fortune and by robbery. There is no surer signposition or the decay of and private virtue than the growingpubllo In disposition this country to excuse men of 'social position' for great offenses, while poor criminals for lesser ones are hnrried off to State Prison without a sign of pity or mercy. It shows that fashlonablo society itself regards real honesty as a mere sham, and success, whether bV crime or honorable means, theooiy god fit to adore," If the Union' suggestions were carried out, builders of gallowses would be In demand. a RASsHoprs as. By correspondence In the Missouri BcpubUcm we learn that grasshoppers re troubling the farmers ol Jersevville. Ills. Th writer "The grasshoppers are worse than were u"n m wis some nlaces are rlnvrnr A region and .1in by entirely stripping it of the blades and then eating off the ends of the ear, so that the rain gets In between the husk and grain and rots the corn. Many of our farmers win recline sowing their winter wheat until the grasshoppers as they fear they will destrov itdisappear, as fast a it mm is dene to check op. Unless I something .mese .... I iuciww visitors will De troublesome to the tillers of the soil." Territorial ETxaraxsa. After many years of Iruitless negotiations, the Terri torial Enttrprise, of "Virginia, Nev., says it has the gratification of announcing to its readers that it has at length succeeded In perfecting arrangements by which the En teUy?,se 13 admitted-- to all tbe telegraphic privileges of the Associated PreaVr ol California. Heretofore Eastern news has been telegraphed from San after its appearance In the EveningFrancisco, BuiUUn. It has been trying, U save, for the past seven or eight years, but without success, to set the news direct to Itself. At last It baa succeeded, and it now expects an Increase of patronsge from every portion of the otate. K.. ef over-flowin- . e, well-sustain- ed Tre-mo- Ji bo A White. Ran Francisco J ts NMay Par's iiiiaLrth, Howard. -- -- Rub-schju- of t, fruit-lade- - - : hob-bll- nr , w lla ; sa , D Bart. Deer Lodge Jadceauui, i.y n to-d- , ' Yin-dres- s, - Vin-dres- s, 7t -- A, fhintSmiJ;; r 1 . ' ; ... ! ,1 ... - y-lo- gs m.-yrh- ss - - , : . ? &- ' : i Om-rnn- -- . y " , a-ne- w to-nig- ht ' be-lo- w, ! , . . .' -- -- 1 H'-.- - ; i Fran-chev- al :-- Eberhart. Ban Franeleeo U L Howard. Bi Cottonwood A. ay t. ? ' . - : to-nig-ht; am - pu nt - to-nig-ht ABSITAU AT THE SALT LAKE 1IOUHK Sepceaaeer 4 to, 1S70. g. - i |