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Saturday
August 27, 1870.
The Er. Smith Case.
Last Tuesday morning in the United
States District Court, at Portland, Judge
Deady presiding, the Dr. Smith case, which
had been tried twice before the Court-was
finally disposed of by a rendition of the
sentence, which was the imposition of a
fine of one thousand dollars and an incar
ceration in the county jail for twenty-four
hours. It will be remembered that Dr.
Smith was arraigned before the United
States District Court at the instance of the
internal revenue officers, on the charge of
perjury in givir.g in his income return for
the year ftG8. On this charge he was
tried before the Court one year ago, and
although the officers of the Federal Court
Lad made sure to have none but Radicals
on the jury, it failed to bring in a verdict,
having stood sis for acquittal and six for
0 conviction. The case therefore came up
again for trial at the last teira of Court,
when a more carefully selected jury of
extreme Radicals every man of them
was secured, by which the verdict of con-
viction was at last secured. Perhaps no
man living in Qree America has ever be
fore witnessed such a disgraceful proceed
ing in the courts of justice. Never before
within our recollection have the Court
officers exercised such extraordinary care
and corruption as to secure in the jury
box for two consecutive trials a jury com
poeeil entirely of the strong political op
ponents of the man to be tried for his
character and his liberty. It is idle to say
tbaj this Radical jury in the first instance,
and a like jury on the fcecond trial, was
the result of ;Qjlind chance on an impar
tial panel. No man in Oregon is silly
enough to believe such an impossible
thing. In this State the Democratic party
is hirgely in the majority, and comprises
the greater portion of the men of honesty.
respectability and talent, and under these
circumstances a fairly empanneled jury
would have contained at least a moiety of
men of Democratid-predilections. At this
tin we shall say nothing as to the prob
able guilt or innocence of the party con
victed, for pie reason that nothing need
be said. IfL)r. Smith had been a man of
doubtful honesty, if the proofs of his per
jury were clear, there would not have been
the necessity of such extreme care in
eelectingOi jury, lie lias been a resident
of iis State for a period of sixteen years,
during which time he has won and sus
tained a character for truthfulness, probity
aud uprightness in business affairs, the
possession of which by his accusers the
iuternal revenue officers of the State
would give to our people who pay their
money into their hands a greater sense of
security than they now enjoy. In fact,
we may suggest to the Honorable Court
ilselfwhich in the rendition of its sentence
deplored " the lax state of morals in this
and other American communities." that
Dr. Sirfith has always possessed sufficient
business integrity and uprightness of char
acter to prevent him from paying an hon
est gold debt in greenbacks, even though
the laws of the United States would have
sanctioned him in such a swindling process.
We wish simply at this time to call public
attention to the fac? that the Federal Court
for Oregon has become socprostituted by
its officers as to secure juries for the sole
purpose of conviction. TJiwe can be no
reasonable doubt in the mind of any un
prejudiced person that the Marshal and
Attorney of Oregon were in collusion to
secure by fair means or foul this result.
In fact it was absolutely necessary that
conviction should ensue, in order to re
lief the United States Assessor from the
charge of extorting wrongfully from Mr.
Smith some thousands of dollars in the
shape of taxes and penalty. And to se
cure this conviction the Marshal, acting no
doubt in collusion with the Prosecuting
Attorney, secured on both trials a jury of
partisans whose prejudices it was calcu
lated would waver the fine points of law
in favor of the prosecution, and thus secure
the coveted conviction. To substantiate
this supposition, the undeniable fact leaked
cut of the xjiry room on the firsts trial that
while the jurors were discussing the merits
of the case one of them a Radical, of
course, tui- no Democrat was allowed to
sit on tuner trial was reproached by a
fellow jiiiyiiian with the taunt, Why you
must be a Democrat," for simply express
ing the belief that the accused was not
guilty of the charge. And on the last jury
which secured his conviction, sat a man
who took his seat as an impartial juror,
who had previously expressed his opinion
to a gentleman of Portland that Dr. Smith
was guilty. This fact elicited was one of
the points argued for another trial and
overruled. If the Prosecuting Attorney
was thus assured of the bias of 'the whole
panel, who can doubt his confidence of
winning at least one case by his extra
ordinary ebility of selecting if not of con
vincing jurors. And while we do not
Vjish to do injustice to the Federal Court,
must submit that the repeated packing
'tisan juries can but reflect upon its
or and integrity. When the coun
e defense upon the first trial
ttention of the Court to the
y jury had been secured.
P -s might have deemed, if
innocent of collusion, thatit was the result
of chance, but, if there in open Court it
had addressed itself in substance as fol
lows : " Look you, Mr. Marshal, at this
jury, and take good care that such, a
chance can never be repeated again, lest
the good fame of this Court be made to
suffer." how much would public sentiment
in regard to that Court have been changed,
and how, too, by such an appeal would
the scandalous repetition of such an out
rage have been prevented. But this pro-
test was not made, the Marshal summoned
a second partisan jury, and the court by
its silence must suffer in public estimation
as much as the Marshal by his direct man
ipulation. When such picked juries as
these are summoned to try cases in the
Federal Court, can it be any wonder why
the whole people of this State have en
tirely lost confidence in it? Can it be
any wonder why it has been termed the
slaughter house Court of Oregon?" We
sincerely regret this state of affairs. We
regret it deeply for the reputation of the
Court itself, for in this case the Federal
Court of Oregon has been at trial before
the bar of public opinion, and it has at the
hands of the people universally, irrespect
ive of party, been adjudged guilty of a
most heinous crime against liberty. In
this trial the Court rather than the pris
oner has suffered a stigma which it must
wear so long as memory serves the mind
of every lover of impartial jury trials.
And in the spirit both of friendly counsel
and of warning, we demand of the Fed
eral Court of Oregon that this summoning
of partisan juries must from this date for
ever cease if it wishes to retain the least
respect or suffer the slightest forbearance
at the hands of the free people of Oregon.
The Senatorial Question.
As the time for the convening of the
Legislature approaches, the public mind
of the Democratic party is more and more
directed to the aspect of the Senatorial
question. The question in the ranks of
the opposition is completely an obsolete
one, the men of sense and judgement of
that party having conceded that all hopes
of electing a man of their political stripe
were swept away by the Democratic gale
that passed over Oregon on the first Mon
day of last June. To be sure there are a
very few almost entirely demented per
sons of the opposition who still live in
hopes that through some extraordinary
manipulation of their great Mogul Ben.
Holiaday the voice of the people is to be
, siieiu..ed, their wishes disobeyed, and that
either the venerable Flaxbrake or -t'other
man" whom Holiaday will trot out in case
Williams don't reach the quarter pole in
good style, will be chosen Senator. But
these men, happily for the reputation of
the Radical party, are
"Like angels visits, few and far between,"
and are of that silly and credulous class
of human beings that would instantly
place implicit faith, if Ben. would but as
sert it now, in the dogma that he used to
avo.v when in old Pike, namely, that the
earth is as flat as a pancake, and that the
moon is made of green cheese. And in
the Democratic ranks, while public atten
tion is closely directed towards the issue,
it is not because of any great diversity of
opinion among them, but solely for the
reason that each and every member of the
party wishes to catch the first symptom of
defection or disorganization, if there be
any, for the double purpose of circumvent
ing its purpose and punishing its perpe
trator. On the other hand, rather, there is
unusual unanimity of purpose and senti
ment among the rank and file of the party.
The Democracy demands that the implied
faith aud honor of the organization shall
be strictly observed and completely ful
filled. It demands that the man who shall
be the recipient of Senatorial honors shall
be one wrho is true in the faith and ofgood
works. It demands that there shall be no
secret combination to produce by intrigue
and corruption the elevation of any man
upon whom the general acquiescence of
the party has not settled. It demands
that no man is entitled to any considera
tion upon whom even the tatnt of the
monied corruptionist is either justly or
unjust'y fastened. It demands that every
member of the Democratic organization
shall be true to the well observed rules
and sacred traditions of the party, and go
into and abide by the fair expression of
the party as expressed in a caucus gov
erned by honorable and long established
rules. And the party has implicit faith in
its representatives , to believe that these
demands will be fairly acceded to and
fully obeyed. The party has no doubt
whatever as to the result.' But there are
those of the opposition in whose hearts
" The wish is father to the thought,"
who think that a portion of the Democratic
members will refuse to obey the estab
lished rules of the organization and work
in collusion with the enemy to defeat its
plainly expressed will. But never did
men hug a more empty delusion. There
is no Democrat in either of the Legislative
chambers to whom such a proposition
could be broached with safety to the per
son who breathed it. Good faith and
honor is to be observed in the election of
United States Senator, and if Mr. Holla
day or bis paid blowers and strikers at
tempt to infest the Legislative chambers
tor the purpose of corrupting its members,
we are of the opinion that they will feel
more like going home on shutters than on
railroad cars. He and his paid emissaries
will possess the same influence that Dr.
Loryea possessed during the last session,
and like him they will return after the
election of Uuited States Senator with
more humble opinions of themselves and
more exalted opinions of the honor and
incorruptibility of the Democratic party
If you desire to be continually
in hot water, tell everything you
know.
Judge Shattuck vs. Judge Upton.
We publish on our first page to-day a
decision rendered by Jndge Shattuck, m
Multnomah county, in which 'the same
questions were at issue which were pre
sented in the case, of Warner vs. Myers.
It will be observed that Judge Shattuck
decided (and his decision was sustained by
the Supreme Court) that when an office
was in contest, mandamus was not the
,?. nf rrocedure. While credit
v irpn 113 for reversins: Judge
Upton's decision, we nnu tue preceueuu m
the opinion of Judge Shattuck, which we
regard fully as good authority as Judge
Upton, or his organs. The following par
agraph in Judge Shattuck's opinion cov
ers the entire ground, and that the case
should have been determined by an im
mediate trial as to who was entitled to the
office, there is no room for question. The
Judge says : '
'Now if I shall award a peremptory
mandamus requiring the defendant to do
what is uraved for, it will be necessary to
determine in this proceeding and before
making such award, the title of the peti
tioner to this office. The single question
then to be decided is this : Can the Court
considering the pending contest, by any
rule of practice, or any provision of the
statute, determine such a question in a
proceeding by mandamus? I think it
clear that mandamus is not the proper
mode of reaching the question.77
, The granting of the mandamus in the
case of Warner vs. Myers has been ap
pealed, and as two of the old Judges have
already decided in favor of the decision
rendered by Judge Shattuck, it is safe to
presume that Upton's decision in the mat
ter will be reversed, and the forcible tak
ing of possession of the jail by Mr. Warner
may be yet some trouble to him.
Judge Upton has also redered his de
cision against hearing of the case prior
to the next regular term. The ground
taken in this decision is, that he has
no nower to hear the case at . a time
prior to that specified in the notice. We
will simply state that on this question
there is a difference of opinion, and that
equally as good lawyers as Judge Upton
take the ground that he can. Buthad the
notice specified any particular time, prior
to that of the regular term, and the Judge
could not have heard it, he would have
decided that this notice wa3null and void,
and consequently the case would have
gone by default. It was absolutely neces
sary to specify some particular time, and
as the Judge had informed the counsel for
Mr. Myers that he wou Id set the time
whenever he received the notice that the
case was on the docket, and also express
ing his willingness to hear it as soon as
the jury cases were disposed of in Multno
mah county, it was taken for granted that
there would be no question as to the time
of the trial, and that it would be heard
without delay. The Judge himself sahl
that it was not " material as to the time
mentioned in the notice," that he would
fix it as soon a3 he received evidence
that the case had been docketed." There
is no question but what the Judge has
acted the demagogue in the matter, and
deceived the counsel in behalf of Mr
Myers in this matter. If he knew, and he
certainly ought to have known, that he
could not hear the case prior to the time
specified in the notice, why did he not so
tell the counsel for Mr. Myers, and set the
time when he was asked to? The fact of
the niitter is, that the main question de
pends on the legality of the votes cast for
Mr. Warner by theraiiroad hands, and by
gaining a delay these men would most be
gone to parts unknown, and consequently
it would be almost impossible to prove
the illegality of these voters. It was use
less to delay the matter on this account,
as over one hundred of these voters had
left the county within a week of the elec
tion, and many of th"m left the same day.
There is another object in this delay. It
is well known that the Democratic candi
dates for the Legislature are contesting
the seats of their Radical opponents, and
that this trial would likely bring out the
evidence of fraud on the part of the Radi
cals in this county, and hence it was
thought by these managers that the trial
had belter be postponed until after the
session of the Legislature. This is prob
ably the main reason why it has been so
arranged that a hearing could not be had
prior to the session. Justice i3 often
tardy and hard to obtain, especially when
in the hands of men who have a higher
regard for their partisans than for their
duty. But we feel assured that this case
will yet result in a complete and over
whelming defeat of all the Radical man
agers engaged in this disgraceful and dis
honest proceeding. The Democracy feel
satisfied that they carried this county by
the legal votes, and they will not be satis
fied until they obtain that which honestly
and fairly belongs to them.
Again there is an United States Senator
to elet. Because of the paramount im
portance to our State of certain great ma
terial interests, a large number of Demo
crats, who are sound euough on all mat
ters of party faith, favor the re-election of
Senator Williams.
The above is taken from Ilolladay's
Tender, and the same sentence has oc
curred in bis sheet at least three times
within a week. If there are so many
Democrats who favor the election ot this
condemned and rejected Senator, will the
Tender inform his readers who they are ?
lie cannot mention one, unless such as he
can claim the title of Democracy. We
kuow there is not a Democrat in Oregon
who desires the re-election of Geo. II.
Williams, and no man elected to the Legis
lature on a Democratic ticket will for a
moment entertain the slightest thought of
giving his vote to him. It is ail bosh one
of O Meara's jokes, gotten up to make
somebody believe that he has made a con
vert. Jasper Johnson would vote for him
if he could get into the Legislature, and
he is probably the many Democrats that
favor Williams' election.
C0URT3SY OF
UNIVERSITY
A Smart Trick.
We learn that there is quite an excite-
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ment-among certain parties auuui wuu
shall get the printing of the reports of the
retiring officers. This same thing was
done four years ago. The Governor and
Adjutant General, wishing to give the re
tiring State Printer another and last pull
on the Treasurer, procured the message
and report printed by him, and the Legis
lature were foolish enough to pay for them.
The same thing, we learn, is again being
played this time all the reports and mes
sageare tq be printed by the retiring
Printer We do not believe that there is not belonging to fhe French army, or ta
in v law renuirin- these reports printed ken ia open hostility to to the Prussians,
any law requiring tneBe hi f ghall be shot. A rising of the people en
until the Legislature niafce3 an oruer wmasse wm bring a day of justice for all
that effect, and in our opinion, all such
nrmtin ,n,f k orriorpd bv that body.
tt i , ,xrL. 1 r,i th
Had Governor Whiteaker procured the
e r a. wVipn hp retired
pimiiu- ui uia uicaoagu i
from office, he would have been compelled
to pay for it out of his own pocket. It is
, - ik t uiviciifnra !
a raauiT leu oure.y uu luc -s-
whether these reports are to ue puuieu ui
not, and if that body should see fit not to j
print the message (and it would be simply on the army oi tne orown rnnce and res
1 . . , u... cue Pans.
paying tnem uaeK ior wuaw was uuuC M
1SG2) the State would not pay for iL We
can find no authority I for the printing of
these reports-before tiey are bubmitted to
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the legislature, ana are satisnea mat any
debt so contracted by the retiring officers
will have, to be naid bv themselves, as the
Xjenisiaiure win iiou ueeuuiu u party to
the little game ot paying lor work to the
old Printer which belongs to the incoming
w HpIipvp fhnt ii n tn i Ran it . vcaa
the custom of all the State officers to sub-
mit their reportsto the Legislature in
manuscript form, and then if that body
t l .v., ;f I
StlV Lib LVJ UaiC ILJClll IF.IlllCU, AW V U,3 UUUC. 1
It is to be hoped that the next Legislature
will not allow two or three hundred dol-
lars for printing such a worthless piece of
.,. . ., .
nonsense a3 the Adjutant General s report,
which was done in 1SGG, and it is also to
be honed that the salaiy now paid to that
useless official may be applied-to some a letter lrom Baden says French peas
place where the necessary services are so ants are so fanatical as to poison wells
poorly compensated. in Alsace.
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" That's what's the mattku w ith IIax-
kail- Uid Uregomans win rememoer
that in 1858 there- existed in this State
what was known as the National Demo
cratic party, and the "Bush'' wing, and
that Mr. O'Meara " was regarded as the
leading editor of the former. After the
defeat of the National ticket. Mr. O'Meara
counseled the abandonment of the organ-
ization and go back to what was termed
the lxish wing. At tnis time Mr. biater.
Congressman elect, was editing a paper at
f the.
. . , i t Xt i
puwc.p. oitjamis ui iu iuuuU w.ug
of the party, assailed Mr. O'Meara very
bitterly for what Mr. S. termed treachery
i,t nart "in cnii!n,r v,.im,i
A ,r r,.u m r.u ... . .
pany lu.jii. iuu. lueauMSbo
severe that when these gentlemen next
met ihev did not sneak to each other and
we do not believe that they have become
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reconciled to tins aay. Here tne first
move was made hy Mr. O'Meara for a
combination of the two wings, and they
have acted together ever since. Some of
the leaders of both wings have gone over
to the opposition and come back to the
Democracy. But these men who have
changed from one to the other have not
received any favors at the hands of the
party, while the Radicals have rewarded
every renegade Democrat. Mr. Williams
J
was one of the leaders of Ihe Bush wing,
and yet we find now Mr. O'Meara labor-
ing very hard to re-elect him, even in
preference to those who belonged to the
National party, and at the same time he
cries against the Bush'7 party. His in-
consistancy in this matter is too apparent
to ueceive any one ana comes with bad of Paris.
taste from one who was the first to advo- We have from good authority the fal
cate the abandonment of the National lowing information : The series of battles
organization. which were concluded on Thursday, only
Br What Authority? Last summer
the city authorities expeuded about $1,200
in preparing to make a streetun the bluff,
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and excavated considerable rock, which
was thrown,down the hill to fill up. and
now private parties are engaged in remov-
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ing this reck and using tbe same for build-
ing purposes. We are not aware by what
authority this is done, but the rock which
has been onarried bv th o.itv is nf nnnsid-
j
erable value, and should not be allowed
to be appropriated by private parties to
their especial uce. It ia the property of
the city, and if the rock are no benefit
where they are; and parties wish to use
them, the city should certainly receive the
value of the rock, and the parties pay for
them or be compelled to let them remain
where they are. The city authorities
should put a stop to the removal of these
rocks. "' :
Supreme Court. The Supreme Court
for Oregon convenes at Salem on Monday,
September 5thThe newly elected Judges,
A. J. Thayer, of the Second Judicial Dis
trict, and L. L. McArthur, of the Fifth,
then take their seats. The Court will be
composed as follows : Judge P. P. Prim,
of the First District ; A J. Thayer, of the
Second ; R. P. Boise (whose right will be
contested by Hon. B. F. Bonham) of the
Third ; W. W. Upton, of the Fourth, and
L. L. McArth ur, of the Fifth three Demo
crats and two Radicals. This is the first
time within eisht years that that import
ant branch of our State Government Has
been in thehaad of the Democracy.
A Haxgi.vo Matter, We have the au
thority of the intellectual giant who runs
the Oregon City Enterprise for saying that
any Democratic member of the Legisla
ture who votes for anybody else than Col.
Kelly for TJ. S. Senator deserves hanging.
Williams'' Organ.
Will the huge " giant" inform his read
ers when he received that authority? The
assertion is " about as truthful as most of
the matter contained in the Bulletin. The
editor of that sheet nor any other man has
ever seen a line or word in the Exter-r-KiSH
favoring any particular individual,
BANCROFT LIBRARY,
OF CALIFORNIA,
Telegraphic Clippings. -
EUROPEAN WAR NEWS.
Ssx Francisco, Aug. 23. Prussia Feems
to provoke a war unworthy the two nations,
but one in which an instance of self
preservation forces itself on theJ weaker
party. We have been compelled as a
measure of safety, to expel all suspicious
Germans at a risk of injuring some inno
cent persons. In Alsoce and Lorraine the
necessities of the Prussians and the exorbi
tant demaud of commissaries exasperated
the unhappy people, who being plundered,
abused and harassed, have inaugarated a
guerilla war against the invaders. More
over, King William has launched a proc
lamation declaring that every individual
these insults and injuries.
Nkw York, Aug. 23. A private des-
patch from London, Aug. 23d, 12 m.,8ays:
ial Pads despatche sa tbe arm'5eof
t- w:n: i et.-: ...
jvuig iiiiaui uuu oieiumeiz, are reportea
as being too severely crippled to assume
the offensive and it is given ont on high
authority that Bazaine was reinforced lrom
Chalons, on Sunday, for the purpose of
21Ving battle to the enemy near Metz. He
is confident of victory, when he will march
T annallinr Pruss;an iossea have spnt
a thrill of horror throughout Germany,
and recruits are only to be had from
araonS country people and working men,
n t-1 v nil rf wnnrn at paw
i3azaine professes to be master of the
situation.
Antwerp, Aug. 23. The war has para
, i
Here, as elsewhere, the only hope of the
resumption of commercial activity is based
upon a speedy triumph ot the Prussians
I It i? mnef nprtnin nn inttrnn;itinn fir tnfl
Great powers of Europe in the Franco-
Prussian question will take plaoe within
a lew uays.
l iKls. auk. -to. uuiuam uuuuuuc iu
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jnva(erS.
The Opinion Xationale, under the cap-
tion of Keep Cool," predicts the deleat
of the Prussians,
T, j promised by the Prussian
Government lor the capture of the first
French gun has been awarded to to a ser-
IjOSD.jn. iujr. au vices lrom iu
oni '
ans are
seat or war t?bow that the Geinit
trying to surround Bazaine, and prevent
reinforcements lrom ram lrom joiniug
him.
Tbe Daily JSeics copies with approval
the Economist's article concerning the
Queen's perpetual absence from the seat
of Government, even in a crisis like tbe
d resent, lue JSevcs lurther urires tiiat
Premier Gladstone, instead of losing valu-
able time vibrating, at the Queen's pleas-
sure, between tue extremities oi tne
island, be made at once regent, with pow-
er to perform tne duties which she so per
persis ently deserts though so enormously
paid to perform.
Chicago. Aug. 22. The Evening Cliron-
ew Yovk special says the dispatch
purporting to have been received here by
a French linn, staling that King William
witli hisstatf. and Gsn Sheridan were cap;
tured is a canard, gotten up tor specula-
lif No confidence is felt in the
repoi t bv any one.
New York, Aug. 22. A cable special
' ie dated London, Aug . 22.
says a dispatch lronj r.rance announces
1hat M. (jllivier has been attacked with
b ain fever and his life is despaired of
A cable special to the Herald, dated
London, August 22, says dispatches from
t aris state that alarming demonstrations
by the people took place on Saturday, on
tne occasion of the reception of the leport
that Bazaine had been defeated.
I'aki.3, Aug. 22. La Lamberte reports
tint Bazaine has succeeded in reaching
the railroad from Messeres to Montedy
procured all the provisions.
L'"0 "r
special SHys the Crown 1 nnce l? believed
to be marching on Paris direct, and it is
believed that McMahon and Canrobert
aie moving upon the road taken by him.
Frf,fih irarsbaig are eosed to have
an equal number of troops on the line,
but it is believed that only great good
fortune can stop his advance much short
resulted in crivinor the Prussians command
of the roads at Verdun, which diverge at
Gravelotte. Communication by the north
with Thionville remains open.
A special to tne Junes says fee. inen-
chould is thirty miles north of Vitrey le
Francais. and twenty-five miles north of
Chalons, the three places form a triangle,
of . w hich Chalons is the apex. At St
Meuchonl(1 a preat battle will probably be
fought. It is thought McMahon is now on
his way to join Bazaine at this point. Tbe
.rencn position covers all me rauroau
lines, and secures retreat to Paris in case
of defeat.
. Chicago, Aug. 23. The Times has the
following from New, York: Private dis
patches received from Paris say : Mc
Mahon, with the French army lately at
Chalons, has completely turned the tables
on the Crown Prince. Tbe Prussian army
would then be between the French armies,
which would be crushed in detail. The
French change of froat. from the line of
the Moselle to that of Metz and Verdun,
was a serious blow to the Prussian pro
gramme. To carry it out and get on Ba
zaine's flank, the Crown Prince is now
compelled to make a long and perilous de
tour, while his own communications with
the King are laid open. This is the key
to the continued assaults of Bazaiue.
McMahon has with 130.000 veterans
thrown himself between the army of the
Crown Prince and that of the King, and
effected a junction at Verdun with Ba
zaine's left wing. The position of the
Prussians is perilous. Their army is cut
into with the united French army between
them. Unless the Crown Prince cuts his
way through soon he is perhaps lost ; but
if press telegrams are true that he is
marching on Paris, he is safe.
New York. Aug. 23. A special to the
Courier des Etats, dated Paris, Aug. 22.
says: The preparations for a combat
along tbe lines by geueral consent, will
decide the issue of the campaign under
our walls.
Loxdox. Aug. 23. A Paris correspond
ent telegraphs that Bazaine has succeeded
in cutting the enemy's line, and is retreat
ing upon Montmedy by way of Anteim
and Lognion. It is reported that the
Crown Prince of Prussia has withdrawn
his army from the advance on Paris, and
gone to support the Prussian army west ot
Metz. whose position is seriously threat
ened with a formidable attack from Ba
zaine. who. it ia said has been reinforced
by McMahon.
Paris. Aug. 23- Journals to-day say a
dispatch is received here from Bazaine, in
which he declares tig intention of remain-
ng near Metz, without fisrhting. lie ad
mits his communications were at one tiaw
cut off, but asserts that they are now Be-
cure.
The Const'rfuiinnple. nn semi-official au
thority, contradicts, in positive terms, the
iiuuuon iimes report that the .Empress
Eugenie has sued for the mediation of
Queen Victoria. . '
German dispatches to-day are meagre.
Bkrlix. Aujr. 23. The N. Y. Herald's
special says the German forces in France
iiave undergone a partial reorganization,
been reinforced and re-distributed, and
will go into battle in the following order:
ist army, under Steinmetz. composed of
the 1st, 7th, 8th. and 9th Prussian army
corps, amounting to one hundred thousand
infantry and twenty-eight thousand caval
ry : 2d army, under Prince Frederick
Charles composed of 2d. 3d. 4th, 10th and
12th Prussian Guards, the Royal Saxon
corps and the divisions of . the Grand
Duchy of Hesse. This is the strongest of
the three armies.
London, Aug. 23. It ia certain that a
project has been brought forward by the
great powers, having for its object the
prevention of the dismemberment oi
France.
Paris. Aug. 23. Midnight. La Presse,
m an extra makes the following state
ment: We are now at liberty to make
public the fict that McMahon has joined
Bazaine with a great number of troops,
Bazaine has not yet abandoned h;3 strong
position near Metz. jVlcMahon nas moveu
north and France is saved by way of
Rbeims, Messieres and Montmedy. He
has reached a position where he can enter
upon the decisive struggle.. .
Le Public says: Full confirmation of
the good news from the army was received
to-day.'
The report of Napoleon's suicide from
despair seems wholly without foundation.
The situation, so far as it can be learned
conjectured appears more favorable to the 1
French thaif lor the past fortnight.
Chicago, Aug. 24. Prussian losses are
reported 4o have been dreadful; over 200,
000 have been killed and. wounded since
the Saarbrucken fight.
Tlur is no truth in the reported mob at
Paris demanding the abdication of the
Emperor.
Chicago. Aug. 24. A Times' special
says private dispatches state that there is
great mourning in Berlin at the terrible
losses of the Prussian army corps of Stein
metz. which is almost annihilated. It con
tained the flower of Prussian youth, and
there is hardly a family in Berlin that has
not lost a member during the battles of
the last week.
A special, dated Paris, Aug. 23, says
j Bazaine telegraphs that he tried to get
awayjrora Metz and could not. The 1'rns-
ay
sians tried to close his communications,
but failed. He calls it a draw same
London, Aug. 2L Private advices from
Paris, 22d. say a Chalons correspondent
says the Crown Prince is near St. Dizier.
going towards Paris with 150.000 men. It
is uncertain whether they will be able to
avoid a fljrht before going further.
Tbe following dispatch from Paris con
tains the very latest from the seat of war.
Metz is entirely isolated. Prussians are
strong on the west in that vicinity. Gen.
Failley, who was chief in command of
Chalons, is sill there, but suspended.
McMahon is strongly posted on the plains
before Chalons with heavy detachments at
St. Mention Id. Verdun and Rheims. He
ha 105.000 men under his command, well
supplied.
Brussels. Aug. 24. Tbe Prussians are
everywhere, and marching at every place.
Bazaine is not at Verdun. He i3 shut up
in a Prussian net between the grand way-!
to the river Orne and tbe road trom Metz
to Etaine. McMahon left Cbalons burn
ing camp for Rheims.. There he left the
Emperor and part of his roops, and went
in a northeast direction. Canrt ascertain
if it is a movement or reconnoissance.
London, Aug. 24. There is a new cur
rent feeling in England. The belief that
France tends to a Republic and that Bis
marck wishes to annex Alsace and Lor
raine to Germany makes large classes of
Englishmen favor France. The absence
of tbe Queen, too, attributed to her Prus
sian sympathies, is arousing leeling at
London.
The military opinion here is that McMa
hon and the Crown Prince are moving on
parallel lines and maneuvering for position
and that Bazaine is in communication with
McMahon, and maneuvering to combine
with him in any attack on the Crown
Prince.
San Franctsco. Aug. 25.-LonikN; Aug.
25. The following official dispatch from
Berlin is just received : We have read a
dispatch dated Bar le Due. lasi evening,
to the effect that Chalons has been evacu
ated by tbe French and that the Prussian
column is west of Chalons advancing rap
idly. Senator Fenton, of New York,
promises to purge the radical par
ty of that State. If he does-his
work thoroughly the price of cro
ton oil will advance materially.
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A two-year-old colored resident
of Evansville has a papa aged
108.
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