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CHARLESTON. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1870.
i SIX DELLARS A YEAR:
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
THERE IS NO PEACE.
PRUSSIA. REEUSES TO TREAT WITH
THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.
TROUBLE APPREHENDED FROM THE RED
REPUBLICANS.
English. Report?.
LONDON, Septemoer 19.
Tb? Globe comments severely on the supine
Bess of the Parisians in permitting the Prus?
sians to repair the roads and replace bridges
on the line of their advance without interrup?
tion.
The London Journals have no telegraphic
news to-day from Paris. The mail advices in?
dicate that the besieged aad besiegers at Metz
??ffer greatly from disease and casualties.
The village of 3asellles, near S?dan, has
been destroyed by the Prussians, because some
wounded fugitives, followers of the German
army, were massacred in its streets.
Pr ans ian Report?.
BREM EX, September 10.
The North German Lloyd's line of. steam?
ers will commence running regularly between
Bremen and the United States ports on the 1st
of October. '
French Report*.
. PARIS, September 19-Evening.
The city is, quiet even tri dullness. The Boul?
evard ' is crowded wlth'sbldlere, but there are
no symptoms of disturbance observable.
Prussia explains that she will be fully pre?
pared to treat for peace ouiy when France pre?
sents a government sufficiently stable to gua?
rantee her ability to enforce a treaty.
Affairs tn Purls.
NEW YORK, September 19.
A cable telegram to the Herald from Paris,
says that four hundred Uhlans occupied Ver?
sailles yesterday.
The postal service has been suspended, and
service by messenger will be organized.
Several Prussian, scouts were killed yester?
day by the Garde Mobile * Franc-tireurs in
the vicinity of Paris.
A cable telegram from London to the New
York Times, says: "The correspondent of the
New York Times, writing from .Paris on the
17th instant, says .General Vineroy led 30,000
troops in line last night to Vincennes, to dis?
pute the passage of the Marne. The advance
on the enemy yesterday was not great. Their
troops are massed near the Seine ready to
cross at any mum1 nt. Crossing the Seine at
Villeneuve and St. Georges', they will pass
in the vlplnity of Longemeau to. near
Versailles. Established there, they wiltI push
forward by the woods of Mendon to plant bat?
tles on the heights if Clamant, and, if the city
is bombarded, will open fire upon the van?
guard from this point. They can greatly dam?
age the city as tar as the Boulevard Peufer
and Mont Parnassee. The northern army is
marching on St. Denis. An announcement
was made that a Socialist meeting would '
be held, at which Victor Hugo, Ledru
Rollin, Louis Blanc and Hyatt would be pre?
sent to protest against the mode ra ti ou of the
government. The meeting was probably sup?
pressed, as it has not taken place. The '-Reds"
are struggling hard for the supremacy. Since
morning the enemy has made some progress
towards Versailles, fighting at Jurisy and
Abo?. I saw a dozen wounded men carried to
V^-de-Grace."
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
CK ACE DIPLOMACY-M. THIERS'S PROPOSALS TO
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT-JULES FAYRETS
OFFER TO BISMARCK-PROBABLE ACTION OF
THE PRUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. "
LONDON, September IC.
Up to 6 o'clock yesterday alternoon M.
Thiers had submitted ?o other tangible proposal
teethe British Government than that the neutral
powers should simultaneously exert their good
offices for the restoration of peace. Lord
Granville was Inclined to act upon this sugges?
tion, but Mr. Gladstone thought that such an
effort was sure to be rn ?Funde rete od; it would
appear like a league against Prussia, and
''was a measure not to be adopted unless the
parties thereto were ready to support their
representations by force if they were
not accepted-views which, of coarse, in?
volved the total rejection of M. Thiers's propo?
sal Following this rebuff, M. Thiers's pur?
pose was to alarm England by declaring that a
. general Republican movement was Imminent
throughout Europe, and only to be repressed
by strengthening the present moderate Gov?
ernment in France. On the advice of friends,
however, he abstained from addressing this
menace to the English Government. It is ab?
solutely true, as before telegraphed you, that
M. Thiers ls here without Instructions, creden?
tials, or the power ot* offering any guarantees
on the part of France.
Independently of M. Thiers, and before his
arrival, the French Government, which does
not conceal from the English Cabinet its anxi?
ous desire for an armistice, had besought Earl
Granville to transmiti? the Prussian head?
quarters certain overtures tending to negotia?
tions on specified terms. The answer receiv?
ed from- Prussia takes the form of two ques?
tions : : S
F?rst. Supposing the terms of the armistice
?{rreed on. between you and us, can you under- 1
take that the French army will abide by them
meaning by the French army al! forces ander
Bazaine^ In Strasbourg, the Army of Lyons,
and all other organizations ? '
Second. Supposing the army accepts, wili the
nation?
M. Favre replied: *We undertake to ans?
wer for the army as for the nation. We will 1
convoke the Constituent Assembly in the
shortest possible time, a fortnight at most,
and submit conditions to that assembly which
should be free to express the national will, we
to resign our powers into it9 hands. Il such
assembly accepts and ratifies our acts, that will
be a full guarantee to Prussia." ]
Obviously, this answer admits that the pres- (
ont Provisional Government cannot give any
guarantee which, even if followed by an im- (
mediate armistice, might not be repudiated (
by the assembly. Prussia's reply, however, ls ;
awaited, and meantime an attempt is making
to.bring about a personal interview between
Favre and Bismarck.
As to the supposed purposes of Prussia to i
treat with the Regency for peace, he writes by t
?st that his information came direct from the f
ribo. Foreign Office. From other information, <
1 presume lt to be the view held and urged by I
the Tory party at Berlin-that court faction t
which does not fhare Bismarck's views, but i
which has always retained considerable inf u- 1
euee over the Klag. la any case, it does not i
extend beyond negotiations for peace, leavine i
France to decide her own dertlnies thereafter. I
persons in close relations with Bismarck insist i
strongly that he holds very different views, i
and tnat in tbe negotiations for peace he will <
not discuss technical qneeUona, nor ask by l
what title any French Government holds <
power, provided It caa guarantee the execu- I
tion of the terms of peace to which lt agrees.
AH ANGLO-PRUSSIAN UNPLEASANTNESS.
LorooH September IC.
The London pnpers ot to-morrow Will pub
nab an interesting correspondence between the
Pruseiaa Ambassador at London. Count Bern
cttorff. and the English Foreign Minister, Earl
(granville. Count Bernsiorff complains of the
violation of Ebglisb ne otra' ?ty involved in ex?
tensivo sales of Encash arms to France. He
niece to various caece which have come with:n
his knowledce, and wiods np bj savin? ; hat
England will be morally responsible tor the
blood shed on foreign fields through the agency
cf a few En gb eb tradesmen. Count Bern e torn"
claims, herein copying Mr. Seward very closely,
that the war would nave ended soon?r, ard
that fewer Germans would have been kill ed,
had not England permitted ines? abuses to be
perpetrated. Earl Granville replies in a dis?
patch, dated only yesterday, by traversing
the aseorliooB of Count Hernstorff. He goes
on to sav that durrug the Crimean war Prussia,
pretending to be neutral, permitted the Rus?
sian Government to bring arras bought in
Belgium through the Prussian territory. He
repels the accusations levelled at Great Britain :
declares that the attitude of England should
be one of benevolent, not malevolent, neutral
itr; aid fays that the sort of neutrality which
Prussia asks would bave been necessarily hos?
tile to France. The markets of England- should
be, and must be,open to both partie;.' -
THE POPE NOT TO FLY.
LONDON, September 16.
Tba highiet Catholic authorities here do
not expect the Pope to leave Rome at all. It
is believed that tbe Holy See will arrange a
complete concordat with the Italian Govern?
ment, and accept aa inevitable the IOBS of the
temporal poner. As a distinguished Catholic
prelate said yesterday, "the restoration of an
Italian sovereign to Rome- only pats the
cbnrch back to the ages before Constantine."
THE EXPLOSION OP THE CITADEL AT LAON. ;
LONDON, september 16.
Duke William Mecklenburg's official report
says that the capitulation ol'Laon took place
on the basis of that of Sedan, arms to be laid
down, Gardes Mobile to be discharged on
parole, and the line of infantry to go under
escort to the city. Many of the officers. In?
cluding the French commander, remained' In
the yard of the citadel. When the last man.
had passed the citadel gate?, two powerful de?
tonations were heard in quick succession. The
powder magazine, shells, cartridges and mine
exploded, and all in the yard were buried un?
der the ruins. -There was fearful destruction,
and the losses cannot be ascertained.
THE CEO PS- C ANA DIAN ANNEXA.
TION-CUBAN AFFAIRS.
.. LONDON, September in.
The Shipping Gazette anticipates that there
will be too much cotton and too little corn
from the Southern States. Cotton prices are
low, and there is much activity in Lanca?
shire.
A Canadian writes to the Bermingham Ga?
zette that the present liberal government ol
the colony will draw Canada to annexation
with the United States, or lo independence ol'
Great Britian.
The shipments of cotton from Bombay since
last reports have amounted to 70,000 bales.
The Havana, Jamaica and West India tel?
egraph was opened to the public to-day. The
tariff of rates from the United States is $2 SO
to Cuba for ten words, and $5 to Jamaica.
Every additional word to Cuba 25. and to Ja?
maica 50 cents.
It ?3 reported that Banbeta has surrendered.
All the children of all slaves captured will,
after sixteen year's apprenticeship, be treed.
THE CHINESE BRUTALITIES.
LONDON, September 19.
The advices from China show that there is
no prospect of peace. Governor Rankin has
been assassinated for alleged sympathy for
the foreigners.
THE TEHUANTEPEC EXPEDITION.
WASHINGTON, September 19.
The Tehuantepec surveying expedition will
sail In about two weeks.
The Bank of Louisiana has been converted
into a National Bank, with a capital of
$600,000,
GOLD AND BOND MARKET.
NEW YORE, September 19-Evening.
Gold opened quiet, but was very dull during
the afternoon, and closed steadier. Sixty-twos
12|; fours ll I; Aves 12, newioj; sevens 10?;
eights 10$;' forties 6$. Tennessees C1J, new:60*;
Virginias 65; Louisiana? 71, new 62; levees 74,
eights 86; Alabamas 100, Aves 68; Georgias 82,
sevens 90; North Carolinas 50.}, new 29J; South
Carolinas 86, new 69.
LONDON, September 19-Evening.
Consols 92;. Bonds 90J. The stock market
ls improving under reports ot peace negotia?
tions.
FRANKFORT. September 19-Evening.
United States securities firm. Sixty-twos 94.
VIRGINIA AFFAIRS.
RICHMOND, September 19.
Tne police to-d&y arrested Henry Burton in
the act of pouring metal into counterfeit five
cent pieces, which were lound in the building.
Several influential colored citizens visited
Governor Walker this morning to ask that col?
ored men be admitted to the Jury box. The
Governor inlormed them that the Legislature
had not altered the old code so as to admit of
it, and he advised them to appeal to the Leg?
islature, which meets next month.
YELLOW FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, September 19.
T^ere were fifty-two deaths from yellow
fever, for the week ending at six P. M. on the
18th. Of 'these twenty-eight were natives of
the State, nine of France, three of Germany,
three of the United States, two of Holland,
two of Nova Scotia and five of other countries.
Ten were interred September 12th, three on
the 13th, ten on the 14th, ten on the 15th,
seven on the l Otb, nine on the 17th and three
on the 18th. The death? from other fevers
were twenty-one. Total interments for the
week, one hundred and seventy-one. The
rever ij not declared epidemic.
IMPORTANT RAILROAD DECISION.
PHTLADELPHL*. September 19.
In the case of the Philadelphia and Reading
?tailroad Company ve. tte Internal Revemie
Collector, Judge Strong decided that the divi
lends and interest paid by a railroad company,
>o and after January 1,1670, were no: liable
o the internal revenue tax.
A TALKING M ACH rx E.-Oa S&:urday ?n cxb>
>ition cf quite a novel character was oneued at
be new buildirg called the Pilais Royal, ?r
rvie street, Oxlord circus. It is an exhibition
>f a talking machine, which by mechanical :ap
)liances is made to give forth utterances re
lembhng those of a haman borne. It ia the
nvention of Professor Faber, of Vienna, and
ias been constructed andpateoted by him, and j
s certainly a wonderful specimen of haman
ngennity. It is true, the question mav arise, '
saere ia the v.tility pf it, 69eiug that every '>
nan. woman and child, possesses a ta:king
nachine, mor j or less perfect, of his or her
)wn. But the micbiue has its utility never
ihelesF. for ;.t illus'ratoe a much neglected sci- 1
anoe ol' acoustics. Moreover, rt is high Iv iu
?erestine as showing how far ingeuntty miy go.
I'he machine bas a month, with tongue and
lips, which are set in motioa bv a meobanictl 1
apparatus which sets free a portion of air from I
a large bellows, tnd so control it aa to nro
duco the Bound rt quired. It prouounced, wit b
great clearness, every letter of tho alphabet 1
many words, aod a few saatcnoas oerteW not - rt
merely set words, bat any words the audience ,
chose to nama, i U also laughs \ a id wared
other cries exoreasive of human picoas To
the astonishment aooarently of every one who l
beard it.-london Jfeix^, Augx;;. 29. .
THE WAR IN FRANCE.
NO ARMISTICE OR PROSPECT OF
PEACE.
CONTINUOUS FIGHTING GOING ON YES?
TERDAY AROUND PARIS.
THIERS GO.VE TO INTERVIEW THE
CZAR.
A FROTHY CIRCULAR FROM JULES FAVRE
IN JUSTIFICATION OF THE NEW
REPUBLIC.
N APOLEON" SAYS NOTHING CAN KEEP
THE PRUSSIANS OUT OF PARIS.
PRUSSIA RELUCTANT TO MAKE PEACE
AT PRESENT.
PARIS TO BE STARVED OUT.
JVOO-V DISPATCHES.
Fighting Around Paris.
Tocas, September 19.
Continuous fighting is now going on around
Paris. No particulars.
No Armistice.
LONDON, September 19.
The armistice reported to have been effected
is without foundation. There ls no prospect of
peace.
An Application to Russia.
LONDON, September 19.
The steamer Jerome Napoleon, with Thiers
aboard, has gone to St. Petersburg. "
Important Circular from ?ales Favre.
PARIS, September 19. .
The Journal du R?publique publishes a cir?
cular from Jules Favre which covers the fol?
lowing points : First The reason why the elec?
tion of the members of the Constituent As?
sembly is to occur on the 2d, instead of on the
15th of October.
Second. Answers to the objection made re?
garding the de jure character of the present
French Republic. Favre admits the irregu
laiity of its formation, but argues that the ur?
gency of the case, the defence of the Integrity
of tlie soil of France and of the national honor.
Involved a return of tho delegated powers to
the people. . .
Nothing, he adds, is to be expected from
Prussia. Her supreme will and exaltation
from success are Irreconcilable with calm Im?
partiality and statemanshlp. Two hundred
thousand victims have been already sacri?
ficed to her ambition, and lt. ls certain tlint
she will exact terms from France which
the present momentary and incomplete trnv
ernment should not accept. Hence, we
convoke an assembly, freely chosen to decide.
What we ask now ls to give France our heorts
and our blood. Then let France decide: not
our transitory authority, but immortal France
arising herself toTSoTTfr?nt Prussia, France,
released from the winding sheet of the Empe?
ror, frank and generous, is ready to immolate
herself for right and liberty, disavowing all
those exalted political Ideas of the old govern?
ment.
France has had no ambition but to remain
mistress of herself and to develope her materi?
al and moral resources. It is for this she asks
a cessation of hostilities, but she wil prefer a
thousandfold of disaster to dishonor.
Favre adds: "Mankind must admire but
pity the spectacle of Paris without looking TO
the left or to the right, or backward, defending
her resources and her freedom"
y JO HT DISPATCHES.
Prassfan Reports.
BERLIN, September W.
It is officially reported that while Napoleon
was at Namur, in Belgium, he eulogized the
discipline and courage of the Prussian soldiers,
and said that nothing could keep them out of
Paris.
There has been no blockade of'the Baltic for
a week.
The North German Gazette says that thc
French Republic exists de facto and the Em?
pire de jure. We should treat with the govern?
ment that offers the best conditions.
Italian Reports.
FLORENCE, September 19.
When the troops entered Velletre they were
received with great enthusiasm.
General Hoaxes ls marching on Rome.
Rome ls still unoccupied though closely In?
vested.
The Italian Chambers will be convened at
an.early day to hear the result of the Plcbis
citum In Papal territory.
Spanish Report?.
MADRID, September 19.
Minist ev Olozaga's recognition of the French
Republic has been approved by Spain.
A Republican demonstration in favor ol
France has been made at Toledo.
The raising ol the blockade of the Baltic
and North Seas has been officially announced.
Olozaga breakfasted with Prim at Servans.
He explained his prompt recognition of the
French Republic, claiming that he was fully
justified by dlepatcbes he received from Sa
gosta, recommending that he should recog?
nise the Republic.
English Report-:.
LONDON, September id.
Favre has set out for Meaux, under a Prus?
sian safeguard. Whether or not he wlli be
officially received is still a matter of doubt.
Only a handful ol French troops escaped
from Metz. Toni is vigorously pushing the
siege. Military experts are of the opinion
that Metz cannot hold oat much longer.
Forty millions of roubles lately deposited in
the Bank of France by Russia, Luve beer: trans?
ferred to the Bank of England.
Vareoloid is raging acoc^ the Fren:h .ind
Prussians at Magdeburg.
Genera- Failly is not dead. He and Lis fami?
ly and staff occupy p^ace'.y apartments at
Mayeuce.
The captured French c ILcers are sumptu?
ously provided for by their captors. They are
?riven the choice of towas for residences, and
ire allowed the some pay and perquisites as
when at home.
The Countess o? Cowley has had a long in?
terview with the Emperor in behan of the Em?
press.
The PoBt says tha: a balloon with Ave tbcus
iBd letters from Met.', bas been captured by
ihe Prussians.
Bazaine, in one of his letters, writes that his
irmy ie well supplied with everything neces?
sary, and that bis troops were victorious in
fvery fight up to the 31sL
The correspondent of the Daily News, says
that Bismarck Intends to starve out Paris un?
less Metz and Strasbourg ore surrendered.
ATbe Germans laugh at Bazaine's hopes ol
escape from Metz.
On Friday Granville made certain sugges?
tions to Thiers to submit to the Provisional
Government. These suggestions caused the
interview between Favre and Bismarck, which
it ls believed will result in a cessation ot
hostilities.
Prussia says distinctly that she has not re?
cognized any French Government, either Im?
perial or Republican. She ls reluctant to
make peace at present. ' ?
French. Reporta.
PARIS, September 19.
- The Swiss, American and Belgian Ministers
decline to quit the city.
Many Prussian scouts have arrived under
the walls of the city.
The Bed Republicans are still putting plac?
ards on the walls denouncing the present gov?
ernment. Trouble Is apprehended.'
The railway to Calais has been cut at
Corglaue.
TOURS, September 19.
It ls thought certain that Jules Favre has
gone to the Prussian headquarters; yet no
basis for negotiations has been arranged.
Heavy ' Fighting*.
.Nsw YORK, September 19.
Special telegrams state that there was a
heavy two hours' fight within ten miles of
Paris to-day. The French were beaten back,
but inflicted much damage.
Favre's circular ls generally approved. "
Minister Motley on the War. -
WASHTNOTCW, September 19.
Minister Motley has telegraphed the State
Department that Prussia does Rot Intend to
confine negotiations to the Emperor or to the
Regent, but objects to negotiate with the
present government, on the ground that it is
incapable of furnishing any absolute guar?
antee. Bismarck and Favre have had a con?
ference, but thc result has not transpired, jj
DEFENCE OF JP.?R?8.
Can Fails Hold Out Till the French Mil?
itary Organisation is Complete ?-The
Probabilities Considere*!.
[Communication to" the London Times.]
As the issue of the Franco-Prussian war now
appears to depend on the defence ol Paris, it
will be of interest to consider whether there
aro sufficient grounds for expecting that the
capital will be seriously defended, and if so,
whether she will be able to hold out long
enough to give time for completely organizing
the military insurrection of the French people.
It Is admitted on all hands that such organiza?
tion ls making rapid and thorough progress.
It is now nearly a week since a correspondent
of the Times stated "that an observant English
friend who returned 'yesterday from a
1days' ramble in Central France
I sneaks with the greatest admiration of
ihe spirit, courage and patriotism he
everywhere noticed; the whole population is
arming and drilling;" and he proceeds, to ob?
serve that "a country like France is not to be
conquered even by a million of well-trained
and well-armed soldiers belonging to one of
the most warlike ot European races." Allson
remarks that thc French excel all nations In
their faculty for rapid military organization. It
ls generally admitted, even by Prussian writers,
that six weeks' drill suffices to convert a re?
cruit into an efficient soldier, and th? Garde
Mobile and other raw French levies have now
been drilling five hours a day for over three
weeks. It ia stated by one of your contempora?
ries that the whole nation 1B arming, -and that
these levies will soon amount to
THREE MILLIONS OF MEN",
two-thirds of whom may be considered service?
able under anns. . You Moltke ls reported io
have said that If Napoleon did not see the
Rhine by the 21st of July he would never see It;
and General Trochn might possibly now retort
that if King Winiam does not enter Paris by the
end of September he will never enter lt. As it
ls thus evident that the future place of France
among nations will depend on the number ol
days that Trochu can detain King WU" m- un?
der the walls of Paris, we may be assu.ed that
a population so patriotic and so enthusiastically
proud ol the prestige and military honor of la
grande nation, will do their very utmost to de?
fend the capital, and will shrink from no sacri?
fices, however crucial, that - seem calculated to
insure the discomfiture of the Prussian armleB.
Though'it thus appears certain that-Paris will
be seriously defended, it seemB to be generally
assumed in this country that such defence can?
not be sufficiently prolonged to secure the de?
sired result-first, because so populous a city
would be speedily starved out, and, secondly,
because the population of so luxurious and
splendid a capital would never endure ? bom?
bardment. Let us consider how fatthesetwo
objections are applicable to
TUK ACTUAL StTCATIOX.
As regards the first, even assuming that the
place will not be sufficiently victualled to sus?
tain a month's siege, lt cannot be starved ont
until it is invested, and lt seems to be admitted
that the circuit of the cordon of forts which
surround Paris is too great to admit of com?
plete investment by any force which the Prus?
sians would have available for the purpose,
after deducting for the dally increasing detach?
ments that will be required to guard their com
I munlcatlons against the levies marshalling
I everywhere to intercept them. The enceinte
of this
CORDON' OF PORTO.
! exceeds twenty six miles, and the circle ot
fire commanded by thc heavy naval guns, with
which they are being armed, would probably
increase the circuit of a complete investment
to about forty miles, and In the face ot the
150,000 men occupying the circle of forts, and
possessing the advantage ol interior lines o?
communications, the Prussians could scarcely
afford to divide or extend their forces to the
oxtent required for a complete Investment.
The French seem to consider the west and
northwest of the cordon too strong to be as?
sailable, and to be of opinion that the portions
of the enceinte most likely to be attacked are
those to the north and east, lying between the
Slene, at St. Denis, and the Marne, near Its
confluence with the Seine, Immediately east
and south of the Bois de Vincennes. This con?
stitutes a line of defence about nine miles In
length, defended by eight or nine insulated
forts, with numerous redoubts In their inter?
vals, all said to be armed with a proportion of
the heaviest riced guns used in the navy, and
as this line of forts is distant from nearly four
to over five miles from the Place dc la Bastlle
and Boulevard de Magenta, to which must be
added the further distance which the ranee of
their heavy guns would command, it is evident
that no poriion of Paris lying within the late
barriers could be effectually bombarded until
the exterior line of lcrts was broken through.
And if the hastily constricted earthworks
that defended the south of Sebastopol were
able to keep ont the French and English for
twelve months, is it too much to expect that
the far stronger works that defend Paris
should weepy t he Prussians ior half as many
weeks ? And, after six weeks of unsuccessful
assaults, delivered with the lavishness of life
they have hitherto displayed, what would be
the
LOSSES 0? TEE PRUSSIAN ARMT
besieging the place ? At Sebastopol the guns
ot attack and defence were equally matched,
and were but ordinary siege and naval smooth
bores; at Paris, those used on both sides will
be rifled; but the French forts will be armed
with the heaviest naval guns, some of them
400 and M)0-pouaders, whllo according to the
'.Journal of the United Service Institution,1'
the Prussian siege guns only throw a proiectile
of flften-seven pounds, with a charge o"f one
tenth; and with the railways broken up In
their rear, how many weeks will it take tbe
Prussians to place a siege train, even of
such guns as these, in position against 6t.
Denis? 1 am told that, according to the
"arithmetic of sieges,"' as sieges were be?
fore the introduction of rifled guns, forts euch
as those around Paris might be expected to hold
out six weeks; but what effect will-the em?
ployment ol' rifled guns of a power'BO unpre?
cedented in siege operations-as those" with
which the works of Paris are said to be
armed ha'e in prolonging the duration of the
defence ? I am not aware of any experiments
on the penotration "In made earth" or any
rifled ordnance heavier l han the ArnMtroDg '
110-pounder, the penetration of which gun
was determined by experiments instituted by
the select committee ol ordnance in 1863. The
result was aa follows : Penetration In made
earth of 110-pounder Armstrong, 21 feet 3
inches; 40-pounder Armstrong, 14* feet ll
inches, 32-pounder smooth bore, 9 feet 3 Inches.
A paper on the results of these experiments,
by Captain Boileau, B. E., ls published in the
Journal of the United Service Institution lor
December, 18C5.
CAPTAIN* BOILEAU'd C0XCLU8I0N8
fro ri these experiments are as follows :
"For breaching earthwork a few heavy rifled
guns are far more userai for tue purpose than
a number of smaller calibre. Now, as we ex-,
peet to find all fortresses of the present day
armed with rifled guns, possessing destructive
powers, and with accuracy of aim at least
? equivalent to the 110-pounder Armstrong, we
at once see that the rules which have hitherto
been universally accepted with regard to the,
thickness and relief ol parapets, Tn the con?
struction of earthworks both for offensive and
defensive purposes, have become obsolete,
and that the minimum thickness that should
now be given to a parapet ls twenty-five feet,
with a reliei of from ten to twelve feet. Again,
In looking to the increased range, as well as
to the accuracy of aim and destructive powers
ofrlflegunsoi the.present day, fresh difficul?
ties present themselves. We And that the
first parallel, with the batteries usually con?
structed In lt, can no longer be established at
six hundred yards, but will have to be com?
menced at a much greater distance; that the
rate of progress of the saps and approaches
will be much slower; that the undefended
spaces In advance of a fortress will
now be considerably reduced; that a much
more extended front will now be covered by
the Are of Its guns, necessitating the occupa?
tion ot a much greater extent or ground than
would hitherto have been found necessary;
and there is yet one most Important fact we
must not loose sight of In consideration of this
subject, viz, that the guns of the besieged will
be of much larger calibre than those of the be?
siegers. These are points that tell heavily
against the besiegers and their chances of suc?
cess when carrying out the_detai ls of attacks ia
accordance with principles which have hitherto
proved sound and eminently successful. In
fact, the Increased difficulties and vast expen?
diture ol men and means that must now be
experienced .by a besieging force, are such as
to render the question of attack one well
worthy of the time and attention of the most
compotent authorities, with a view to the es?
tablishment' of general principles for futur?
guidance belter suited to thc emergencies of
the case than those which have hitherto been
set forth, but have now become deficient and
inapplicable.
It ls obvious that these conclusions apply
with much greater force to the employment of
rifled 400 and 600-pounders in the defence
than they do to the Use of only 110-pounders.
The anxiety of the Augsburg Gazette for an
immediate advance on Paris, before the arma?
ment of her forts with naval artillery ls com?
pleted, is very natural, and possibly the design
of the apparently precipitate advance of a por?
tion of the Prussian army on Paris may be to
cut the railways connecting that capital with
the great naval arsenalB< with the object of
arresting the armament of the forts. And.
similarly, the intention of McMahon's raid to
the West may have been to draw off the Prus?
sian army, so as to give Paris time to complete
her armaments.
It ie, of course, possible that the French
War Minister has not availed himself of his
opportunities for arming the Unes of Paris
with naval artillery to the extent that the
French papers assert; still more possible that
the defence may be paralyzed by divided coun?
cils and dyiastlc jealousies. But, if the rulers
of the hour could but emulate the terrible en?
ergy and more than Roman persistence of the
Committee of Public Safety ol 1793, the ulti?
mate result ot a Prussian siege of Paris would
not admit of a moment's doubt. I am, slr,
your obedient servant,
HEXKT CONTBBARE. '
PRUSSIANS J Y ACTION.
Mr. Friedrich Kapp writes to the Nation,
from Berlin, an Interesting let)er, from which
we make a few extracts:
Our most competent Judges say that che
chassepot is decidedly superior to our needle
gun, and that the former in the hands of our
soldiers would already have ended the war.
The French are too Inexperienced, and too
quick In the handling of this tremendous
weapon. As when used, lt "kicks" badly and
huns, they Are too high or at random. 'The
mitrailleur ls not as dangerous as lt has been
represented by the French, but Its value has
been underrated by us, for its wounds ore
fearful, and the appearance of the soldiers
killed by the mitrailleur ls ghastly. Its effi?
ciency is in some way limited, as its bullets do
not spread. For this reason It was rejected by
our military men when offered to them some
?ears ago. Borne of our men bad Ave or six
ullets In their breasts, running parallel with
each other. If our soldiers are Inferior
in point of arms,' they are superior
In cool bravery and exact aiming. In the
battles around Metz we have lost as
many men. if not more, as in the
two battles of Leipzig and Waterloo together.
We must loose more, as we have always to at?
tack In the open field, while the enemy gene?
rally only defends his fortified positions. In
the whole Bohemian campaign ot 18C6 we lost
13,000 men-about 6000 by cholera and -7000
killed and wounded. In this campaign the
battle of Vlouville, on August 1 ti, alone cost
us more than 15.000 men. Some battalions
were almost annihilated, two and even three
cavalry regiments were reduced to one, and
the death ol one-third of the officers seemed
the general rule. In order to detain and to
retain the enemy on his retreat from Metz, the
cavalry of the Guards had for hours to bear
the brunt of the battle. As sure death was
before them, and as they had to spare their
numbers, the single companies drew lots
which should first attack the enemy. Not the
600-"Into the valley of death rode" the 6000.
Light and heavy brigades were reduced to
one-fourth of their original number. Not less
bravely fought the infantry of the Guards at
St. Privat, which was the key to the enemy's
position on the 16th of August. The riflemen
(Sch?tzen) lost all their officers, the majority
of them killed, and the remaining 400 men, of
originally 1000, were led back by an ensign.
Among the killed at the same place
was Prince Felix 9alm-Salm, Major of
the Fourth Grenadier Regiment of the
Guards, the same officer who served
during the last war in the United States, and
whom President Lincoln encouraged with the
words that his quality as prince would not pre?
vent his promotion if he behaved well. He
afterward did well under and towards poor
Maximilian. At Sf. Privat he fought anti fell
like a hero. Salm's wife, well known to the
former Army of the Potomac, is one of the most
efficient nurses In thc field, and nobly works
In the hospitals. Of Berlin boys, the son ol
Secretary Count Itzenputz was killed, while
Bismarck's son was' severely wounded near
Metz, both serving as privates in a cavalry
regiment. Sons of men of science, like young
Langenbeck and yoong Grimm, were also
killed in that battle. The officers of the 24th
Infantry announce the death of 14 of their
comrades killed In the battle ol the 16th, where
the 72d likewise lost 13 of their officers. In
short, every dav. every newspaper brings us
the ?ad news of a fearful havoc among our
troop?. The loss ot rank and file is always in
proportion to the above numbers, and, still
worse, we lose In our privates the flower ol'
the nation, while on the French side the edu?
cated classes do not serve in the army. Our
young men ate not the proper opponents ?o
'Zouaves and Tiircos.
If Is a blessing for humanity that seven
eights ol these Africans have been extirpated.
The favor which other French prisoners regu?
larly ask lrom our keepers, is to be kept sepa?
rate from the zouaves and Turcos. In thc be?
ginning the latter were received in the private
hospitals, but they have committed such out?
rages that thev now are sent to the royal hos?
pitals. Thev attacked the stewards in a most
coward.lv manner, and grossly insulted the
nurses who tended them. Here In Berlin,
and in a neighboring town, two sick Turcos
tried to violate two Sisters of Mercy. For
these reasons they must now be watched like
wild beasts by armed sentries.
?The French officers taken prisoners general?
ly behave well. During daylight they are al?
lowed to go free. When they first arrived
they put on airs, but since they have been
threatened that they would be confined to
their moms, they strictly obey every order.
Our soldiers even have to salute them first
when they meet them In the streets. It strikes
our officers that the superiors of these French
prisoners cares BO little for their subordinates
that thev rarely ask for the condition ol the
wounded, do not asfist- or advise their men,
or show them any sympathy. As a .significant
illustration, I record the fact that out of 130
French officers-I say officers-who are con?
fined at K?nigsberg, 17 cannot write their
names. Their special business of marching
at the head of civilization has evidently pre?
vented these seventeen officers from learning
to write. I copy this-fact from an official
statement. As I another Illustration of the
standard of. the school ol education of the
two armies,, I will mention the extent of the
correspondence of some ol 'our troops in the
field. According to a statement made by the
General Postoffice Department, there are In -
Berlin above 46 clerks working exclusively tor
field service. They receive from and send to
the army 200,000 letters per day, and daily tor
ward, besides, 40,OOO thalers, consisting in
great part of money letrera of one or two thai
era each.' The mall matter for our soldiera la
dally sent from Berlin In two lots, containing
238 mail-bags altogether. Since the-mobiliza?
tion of the army, 10,000 000 corresponding'
cards have been distributed. These cards are
about six inches by tour, ot stiff, good paper,
and have the blank of the address printed in
front, while on the back there is room for a
short letter, which may be written in pencil or
Ink. They do not require an envelope, and are
especially adapted for short communications.
On the whole, the field post service is admira?
bly organized and conducted. It is performed
by the active field postoffices. Every one of
the thirteen corps has a general field pos to ff .8
.and four field-post expeditions, viz: one for the
general and staff command of the corps, two
tor the Infantry divisions, and one lor tbe re?
serve. Besides, there are special offices for
the headquarters of the King and for the chief
commands ot the three great armies, lor tbe
six cavalry divisions, and lor the four landwehr
divisions. All the field postoffices, amounting
to seventy-one, and the whole personnel of
about 1000 men, besides many hundred
wagons and horseB, march, along with
their respective divisions, conducting their
post department. They receive the lettere
lrom home for the soldiers, assort and pre
Sare the field-post correspondence lor dlstrl
utlon, which must take place in regular
order, beginning with the battalion and so on
downward.' They likewise receive and'regu?
larly collect the letters which the soldiers
write home, and assort them lor the different
routes they have to toke. They keep up the
communication between . the troops in the |
enemy's land and home. There are field post
offices along the military rou..;-. Each of the
three armies has one field postmaster for the
military roads, and two inspectors; they are
under the chief command of the military
roads, which bas to secure the connection bf
an ?Op?rating army with its base of operations
and with the territory to which the latter be?
longs. The chief command of the militari
roads ls charged with providing th? means
and expenses of the transport of ? the mails.
While no letter has been lost which was writ?
ten home by the soldiers In the field, it hap?
pened here and there that, on account of th?
inaccurateness of the address, a letter written
to the soldier has been lost or miscarried. As
a rule, it can be said that every letter wbich|
besides the name of the soldier, had. the num?
ber of his regiment, has been delivered.
THE FAS H IO SS.
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Indications of Antmun Styles?
There are at present revolutionary tenden?
cies in drapery. The excessive "bunchings,"
the airy, dashing confusion of trimming and
arrangement, are losing their rule, and My
Lady Fashion has taken it Into her head to as?
sume the pose statuesque. It is plain to be
seen that the distracting intricacies of puffing
and slashing the stiff elaborations of Involved
trimmings, without beginning or end, are not
to be popular during the coming season. The
elegance of garments will depend upon their
generous amplitude of draping upon soft, full
outlines, and ornamentations at once simple
and rich.
The skirts of walking-dresses must touch
the ground at the back, and almost conceal the
pretty feet in front. This length is the regula?
tion, and in good taste. Extremists permit
them to drag, but this is a return to folly not
to be tolerated. IL is ordered that all walking
skirts have the blas flounces in preference to
every style of pleating, puffing and niching.
These may be used as headings, but rarely
alone. This is well; with the long, gracefully
looped upper skirt, a degree of fullness about
the lower one ls necessary to a perfectly artis?
tic effect. A few violent r?volutionnaires are
attempting to bring back the crinoline In its
pristine glory, but as yet there are no evi?
dences of their success. Bustles of graceful
shapes, however, are universally worn. Many,,
women have these made to order and fitted to
the figure, as they don't always give the re?
quisite roundness to the hips.
Overskirts are absolutely indispensable io
maintaining the equipoise of all wefl-conducted
feminine minds. They are to be long,.straight,
and quite full, and looped carelessly in the
soft, heavy folds that give dignity to even the
most insignificant figure. With walking dresses
this skirt may be either closed or op%n in front,
tn the heavy wool fabrics it will be closed and
looped in any pretty way the wearer chooses.
In silk, and the rather stiff poplins and bril?
liantine, the skirt bangs much better.if open
anti looped by long tapes from the side. Ia
long costumes the skirt is of course open,
showing the trimming on the front breadth of
Ahe lower skirt, and, Il full, falling in a looped
half-train behind. Many over-skirts ot evening
dresses are cut In elegant rout/ded forms, ana
left undraped. ADOther style of over-dkiri
rather pleasing in effect is very short and plain
in front-a basque tablier, with as little trim?
ming as possible about the edge, but longer at
the sides and back, which are elaborately or?
namented.
Waists for home and full dress will continue
to be heart-shaped. For the street they will
be a little hlgber at the throat than daring the
past season. Waists of handsome home
dresses for full figures are open to the belt,
and have broad rolling lappels. Young wo?
men wear thia style In ilgbt silks, with a broad
?ileatcd trimming cf the material edged with
ace. With this waist, the sleeves- must be
tight from shoulder to elbow, and finished
there by a deep frill of lace. Square-necked
waists will still be worn. All waists will con
tinne short on the shoulder.
Sleeves are both close and flowing, but the
latter will not te found without the former.
The sabot shape promises to maintain its pop?
ularity. The co^t sleeves'with a frill at the
elbow will not be worn as much as lormerly,
and tbe hanging page sleeves are somewhat
pass?e. Coat sleeves will be tighter, defining
more the shape of the.arm. when that limo
is not particularly plump, a little thia humbug
of a wadd!n? brings out the requisite lines of
beauty. The handsomest coat sleeves are cut
and sewn in exactJy as are a man's. The style
of full bias purls at the shoulders ie to be re?
vived. All slender women should wear them,
as they broaden the shoulders and shorten the
arms, as no other complication of dress can.
The prettiest sleeve, par excellence, for street
and home wear ls the coat, reaching to within
three inches and a half ot the wrist, and finish?
ed by a graceful frill. If the wrist be hand?
some, the effect is specially good of course. Ii
not, a long glove and bracelet will make it so.
This sleeve, we are told, is worn more than
any other in Paris and London.
The newest suits are made with either a
casaque charmingly draped, or with two skirts
and a paletot fitting the figure, cut in pointed
vest shape in front, and rounding away at the
side into .i litLe longer slope than we have
been used to wear. The vest io the important
feature o? most imported costumes, and will
probably be generally worn this season, as lt
is extremely'becoming. It is at the same
time elegant and Jaunty. These vests are
sometimes made separate from the over-gar?
ments with which they are worn, and often
have a sailor .or large Byron collar of the same
material. When a suit and its trimming are
made ol the same stuff, the basque is pointed
at the waist, and the vest simulated by trim?
ming. When two materials in different
shades are used, as cashmere and gros grain,
the vest and collar are made of the silk,
and under 'the latter is worn a cravat,
the color of the cashmere casaque. Pretty
house dresses ?re made with round belted
waist and vest. One, ' specially charm?
ing, is or some soft, white, all-wool
stuff trimmed wilb bands of bias black velvet
The vest is of black velvet fastened by cameo
buttons. Inside' the velvet collar is basted a
frill ot lace. Cashmere costumes are the dain?
tiest worn this fall and the first in feminine
favor. They are ' usually made with overdress
or casaque, and worn with a groe grain skirt
of another Shade or the same color. Tue
casaque is trimmed with bands or. pleating* o
8S?S??ffi5F very narrow
SnfL^h Bowa of'Waa gros grain
wi be much used for trimming anl looping;
Su ta of black cashmere are genen?y Mmmed
with guipure lace and. iiarWfolda or Wack
fothin?tif?1115^S?5
?S2r t 2Sd mofe jFxeM In effect than
if axtiS ?D8: ?Slt %a m 8UCh exqulslte
?ii h? t?1/ M 80ft ^Uen materials
fflL' rfnih- ^-rarinos, Berlin,, and
?2? ?5f?i,*5?ei et?- Poplins are a
ie neavier than ladies' cloth and,a Hal?
ter. These cloths are nearly allin ?arfc rieh
colors-and indeed, it ls client thatWth t h e
advent of more artistic drapings wen?y wel?
come the graver, more t?Ungmshe?Lcolors.
It's a-comfort to know that the startling compli?
cations bxtlnt which have obtained durinz
the last lew years, are .-at last ladt*. into ob?
scurity: ' The different shades of dark -bide,
gray, garnet and rich nutty brown, promise to
be the moat popular.-. So lt, all-wool plaids ia
green, blue and black, trimmed with black
velvet or gros grain, will again be.seen,, .With
these suits, black vests, fastened by "moss
agate buttons, are imperative. The loose
jackets slashed In the back will be worn.this,
season, except in the shawl costumes,1 and
even they are thought to be prettier halt-fit?
ting. These costumes-ate so much worn now
that many women hesitate In buying them,
not caring to toss their 'Individuality Into the
stream of gray mixture. The handsomest
ones are imported, and cost from $3?> to
$40. : They are made ;1rom shAwler7 or '?ex?
quisite fineness, possessing not only fringe,
but solt-sbaded borders. The oversklrt and
loose jacket have these borders stitched ca
above tbe fringe. Pretty aults,ic very dark gray,
with borders shading into black, are shown Ipr
second mourning. Elegant anita in dark
Scotch plaids, with half-fitting Jackets, have
long scarfs of the same, which are passed over
the right shoulder and tied tinder the left arm,
a few inches to the.back and down upon the'
skirt The sleeves of the imported shawl cos?
tumes ar?iiPually coat;' while those .manufac?
ture;! here, costing from $12 lo $16^have louee
.hanging sleeves. A few imported suits are of
plaids, a little heavier ?.han the shawls, and
trimmed with'woollen fringe made expressly
to match. These suits are very attractive, and
cost $35. Early fall suits in Japanese silks and
In black, brown, and gray gros grain, are elab?
orately trimmed'with lace and flat pleatmgs.
Very distinguished costumes of black grosgrain
have un draped overaklrts and wide sleeves,
and are .trimmed with broad flat pleatings of
the same, beneath which are visible a row each
ol black thread and white ' Duchesse lace.
Velveteen, has disappeared. Velvet wRl .;pe
worn somewhat as a part ol costumes, but not
as a .whole. Sailor costumes will be seen oh
the street this fall, worn by young girls with
slender, erect figures. Th?se are rainer quaint
and dashing In effect. and are made or gray
and dark blue cloths into skirt and blouse with
broad sailor collar. The collar and sleeves are
edged with a narrow band and pleating of
black gros grain, while the skirt has a broader
trimming of the same round the bottom. A
looped oversklrt of the gros grain ls wprn with
these suits. When they are of a deticaVgf??
tint, gray silk ls used for trimming and over
skirt:' The collar and the deep cuffs are some?
times embroidered with anchors in black or
gold thread.
Cloaks and wraps are not very abundant.
The universal ^mtt" drove them from the field
long ago, and, though they make fitful and
desperate charges every season, they are
never very successlnl. The most striking Im?
portations are half-fitting jackets of satiny
dark blue or brown cloths, slashed behind,
and sometimes at the sides. They are gene?
rally trimmed with heavy silk embroidery or
delicate round braids, stitched on In elaborate
figures. Cloaks of heavy silk will be tined
and trimmed with short furs-chienv for driv?
ing. Open breakfast Jackets, ol dark cash?
mere, with vests of the sam?: trimmed with
brilliant Oriental embroidery, are thoroognjy
captivating. . ,-,
satin has reappeared as a trimming, and will
be much "worn during the lall and winter. Gros
grain folds and pl eatings maJjitala-.rWr-as?
cendency. There ls . much' reluctance mani?
fested in giving up the blas velvet bands, but
Paulina says that they are doomed. They will,
however, still be used upon costumes of black
silk. Gimps are handsomer than ever, and
are in favor. Very beautiful embroidery in
silk applique ls used with charming effect Jet
trimmings are again to be worn, hut in new
styles. The bosds .are cut in innxrmerabje
facets and the gimp ls bidden- aa .much as poe
.piole. Lace wiu be much used " for trimming.
I mmense quantities of Valenciennes and Ducn
? sse are sold. The Duchesse ls very striking
ia effect, but Paulina thinks Valenciennes pre?
ferable, as it is much softer and more airy. ...
Evening dresses in satin and' faille, with
fauze overdresses, are best liked at present
bey are trimmed with puffs-, pleatlngs, lace,
and very lull silk roches. Puffs are rarely
seen now, except on evening dresses. Muslin
plcatings, under silk ones, will still be used.
Gros grains with satin stripes are usually worn
with lace-overdresses, the long-trained skirt
often left perfectly plain. For costumes con?
sisting entirely of neavy materials, as satin,
velvet and silk, the short; skirt with court
train is a more graceful style than .the long
skirt and un draped -overdress. The new waist
for evening dresses ls quite high on the
shoulders and at the back, but very lbw on the
bosom. The neck is edged by a wide, upright
frill of lace, in imitation of the antique, raff.
Organdy costumes almost. covered with lace
will be worn by younggirls; about these dress?
es not a particle ol color mustappear. '
The fall bonnets are enchanting little affairs,
glpsylsh In shape, with a dainty curtain cf silk'
or lace coquettishly peeping over the heavy
brsidg of hair. The trimmings are scaris-of
gros grain, royale, or velvet; with- delicate jet
aigrettes and pendants, ostrich tips, and soft,
crushed roses. Lace is used mostly as a back?
ground for flower cl us tera. The scarfs are
laid in folds about the saucy little crowns, and
fastened on the leftside by bowa and. Jet orna?
ments, and are left hanging in two streamers
of unequal length. Bows, feather tips, aad
flowers nestle on the top and over the right
ear in delicious confusion. . A veo- pretty bon?
net of clear white straw for September has. a
cape and scarf of black gros grain and profuse
clusters of white roses and black ostrich tips
nested in black lace. Many velvet bonnets are
in different shades of--color? exquisitely grad?
uated. Most of theie ' are In the soft, quiet
colors, which harmonize with all complexions,
and for "lighting up" they ; depend.: upon flow?
er clusters of delicate brilliancy. AU bonnets
have gros grain or velvet strings. As a mat?
ter ofartistic form, all round-faced women
should wear these tied under the chin, while
those with oval faces should tie them 'ander
the lett ear.
Round hats, if less audacious In eflect, are
certainly prettier, and more becoming than
those ol'last fall. The high crowns. and-.in?
coherent trimmings whicti gave a flippant air
to the sweetest, most spirituelle face, are dis?
appearing, and in their places we have very
distinguished hats .of the English tarban
tbapes, with moderately high, .flat crowns and
rolled brims. They are charmingly trimmed
with broad scarfs of velvet gros gram and
royale. These scarfs are arranged infolds
around the crown, and the fringed ends are
left floating at the left Bide.. Soft, massed
clusters of feather tips, long ostrich plumes,
]>eacock's breasts ana flowers are disposed in
a carefully careless way over, the crown.
Black, brown and gray straws are so covered
with binding, scarf and feathers, that lt: is 'al?
most Impossible to recognize the foundation.
Yet with all this mass of trimming these hats
express dignity and piquancy. Long- ostrich
feathers are used only on round hats, while
che short tips are placed upon both hats and
bonnets. Grebe is obsolete. Peacock tips will
be more popular/than ever before.., Straw hats
?or early fall have braided coronets bf velvet
and silk, with scarfs br Frou-Frou gauze twist?
ed about the crown, and falling in a three
cornered streamer on the left side, the point
finished by a soft crimped tassel. Black and
brown straw sailor hats with high crowns
have-a careless, saucy air? and are the appro?
priate undress head-gear for bright young
?f?p t BBSS WSSSVSSffi
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SESSION OF TBE OBAN* LQWtMi
BALTIMORE, September 19,
The Grand Lodge is In session.. 'Twenty
four giand lodges ^^^^bit^fm?pf^
menu are represented. . ~
orrpEBIOR COLOGNE WATEBJ
tfanuiactnxed vaA :?f nate bj . . ? . vi
Dr. H. EAEfc
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