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THE GREAT FRESHET,
The Loss of Life and Property In Virginia.
Further Particulars.

The Less of FIs.s1 Life and Prcpsssy In Virginia.
From all information at hand by mail and tele-
graph, it appears that the principar damage by the
freshet In Virginia was along the course OF the She
nandoah and the James, and upon those sections or
the Orange, Alexandria, ahd Manassas, Chesapeake
and Ohio, Southside and Virginia and Tennessee,
and Richmond and Danyflle Railroads, crossed by
those rivers and by various mountain streams. The
losses in the city OF Richmond to merchants and
property holders is believed TO have amounted 10
$500 900. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
lose heayiy-the whole OF the uestling and all the
bridges from HarPers Ferry to Shenandoah City
being swept away 1t is supposed that II will take at
least a month to repair the damages and resume the
running OF trains on the Winchester branch to Har-
pers Ferry Mr.. Barbour, the President OF the
Orange and Alexandra road, telegraphs to Balti-
more TO say that the damage done the line will not
exceed $4,000. Repairs will probably be completed
in ten days. The Petersburg and Lynchburg road
loses three bridges besides considerable damage TO
The track, amounting ip value 70 about $500 0OO pro;
Kanawha Canal is said TO have been damaged to the
extent OF ss5OOOO The total losses TO railroads and
from 100000 to slOOO,Ooe. The damage to private
property, however, must have been immense-em-
other valuable property along the lines OF the de-
luged water courses
she Loss Of Life at Harper's Ferry
Thirty-three persons living between Shenandoah
City and the mouth OF the river are known to have
and five children James Bateman, wife and four
children; Adam Bateman; Heaton Myers, wife and
three children John Brady Beekie Harris colored
s OF these had gathered into the large brick house
before alluded toD Mrs. Overton, daughter, and
srsndchild; Mrs Stipes; Samuel Hon and Mrs Eliza
Carroll daughter OF Harry Rusk, coored, and her
child; Mr.. Lewis, flour merchant, residing six miles
above, whose body has been found; also, an un-
known colored woman, whose body was found in
the roots OF sycamore tree. Mr. James Stipes, who
lived on Herrs Island, was with his wife cut or from
escape and as one building would go down, he
would swim with her to another. until finally abe
was drowned, and he reached the shore on Sunday
morning entirely naked. In nearly all Instances the
furniture in the houses destroyed or damaged was
almost wholly ruined. The district school house and
Presbyterian church at harper's Ferry were badly
injured
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A TERRIBLE SWIM FOR LIFE.
UpOn Him He 10 CAPTURED UnhurI.

A United States Army Deserter-A Guard Fires
Upon Him-He IL Captured Unhurr.
Saturday, at post court-martal at Newport
Barracks, William Bache, United States'sol-
dier, was found guilty of desertion and SEN
teneed to one years confinement at hard labor.
Yesterday morning, between the first and
second roll calls, he was marched out OF the
guardhouse under two soldiers and towards the
Licking river. Bacbe broke from his guard and
plunged into the Licking, not to drown himself,
but to swim to the opposite side, where he be-
lieved he was at liberty, while behind him he
would leave galley service. The guards cried
halt. 1t was no use. Bache swan on. The
two guards fred, but did not hurt him. The
whole post guard was called out and ordered to
fire upon the deserting comrade Bang, bang, went
the guns. Bache was not touched by the scores of
balls that FLASHED the water around his head.
On he swan only the faster toward freedom,
away from hated restraint as the whiz of the
minies increased. The banks of the Licking
were lined with people, excited intensely, not
needing the deadly missiles that screamed after
the struggling fugitive One soldier was swim
ming for life forty soldiers were sending deaths
fercest messengers after him. He was
struggling with the waters with an
utter contempt for danger. Six hundred yards
from where he plunged in he came out of the
river, fell exhausted but unhurt upon the
ground, and was made an easy captive. About
hundred shots had been fired at him. Had he
set himself with but half the energy about being
good soldierthat he did about escaping pun
ishment for being bad one, his happiness aud
the good of the service would have been pro-
noted Cincinnati Gazette, oct. 3.
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rule employed against horizontal or covered
objects. At an angle of forty-hve degrees with
the tube the greatest distance reached by the
25- FOUNDER mortar is 2800 and by the
50-pounder mortar 2700 steps. Use is only
made in exceptional cases-for example, bonn
bardment-of longer ranges than 1000 PAGES.
The strength of park of siege artillery. that
is to say, the number and calibre of the guns,
their equipment with ammunition, ETC., Is in
each case adapted to the strength of the place
attacked. In any case, however, from the
standpoint of the present state of artillery SER
vice, monstrous supplies are necessary, both of
reserves and of materials In immediate use. An
estimate of the siege guns set in operation by
the Germans, with their appurtenances, cannot
be even approximately given, as the points
already attacked and still to be attacked ac-
cording to which the requirements of the assail-
ants are regulated, are not known. An esti-
mate may be formed of the enormous number
of horses which a park of siege artillery re-
quires, even when II is conveyed in separate
trains, from the fact that 24-pounder gun on a
wagon, on a good level road, requires eight
good horses to draw 1t along. On bad roads,
steep ascents ETC., the difficulties of transport
of course become enormous.
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SECOND EDITION
T0-DAY'S CABLE NEWS.
The Siege of Paris.
Important French Advantages.
LATEsT By THLHaR APH.
Missouri Temperance Convention.
Reported Coal Mine Accident
1t is Declared a Hoax.
DOyIestOwn Agricultural Fair.
Financial and Commercial
Financial and Commercial
FROM EUROPE.
French Advnntases MT Paris.

Tours, Oct. 6.-The battle which occurred
near Chateau Gaillard on the 11th inst. has been
productive of important results. The Prussians
were defeated and fored to retreat.
The position taken by the French was one
that necessitated the evacuation of Pthiviers by
the enemy. The Prussians abandoned that
point with so much precipitation that many
cattle, a large amount of forage, ETC., were left
behind, all of which fell into the hands of the
French.
ProGress of the Siege.
LONDON, Oct. 6.-Late advices from Paris
state that there is much plundering there.
All the bridges on the railroads and highways
to the west of Paris have been mined and are to
be blown up as the Prussians advance.
Beauvais, forty-one miles northwest of Paris,
has been made great victualling centre by the
Germans.
The Prussian preparations for the lombard
ment of Paris are nearly complete.
This Mornings Quotations.
LONDON, Oct. 6-11'3o A. M.-Censos opened at
92A@92H for money and 92K for account. American
securities firm q. g 5-2os OF 1852, slA; OF 1865.
Erie Railroad, Is; Illinois Central, 11sN; Great
Western, 26N.
LIVERPOOL. Oct. 6-11:3O A. M.-Cotton opens
leans $1,000. The sales to-day are estimated at
10000 bales.
Corn, 9ss Cd. There has been little but Danubian
Corn dealt in for some time.
This Afternoons Quotations.
LONDON, Oct. 6-1 80 p. M.-Five-twentes of 1867,
9IN of 1865 old, 9O'4 Of 1867, s94 1O4Os, SO. Rail-
LONDON, Oct e-1'sO P. M.-Tallow 4ss. Sd. q
ABS. 3d.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. e-1'3O P. M.-California Wheat,
los. red Western, So. 4d.@ss. sd.
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FINANCE AND COMMRRCR.
RvxNrse TE!zenArH oyyIcn.l

,r. Thursday, Dot. g. 1870. 4
The main feature of the money market is the
revival of business at the Stock Exchange and
rapid advance In the price of most of the
favorite speculative Investments. The result ia
sharp demand for stock loans and frmer
tone among lenders. Few transactions take
place below per cent, even on Government
collaterals. Discounting is rather more quiet,
especially at the banks where cash funds fnd
full employment In speculative movements.
The rates range from TOTO per cent. as hereto
fore.
Gold is still quiet and fraction weaker. The
range up to noon has been from 113 10 112X.
The Government bond market is active and
strong, our quotations showing slight adj
vance under the influence of the Government
purchases to-day.
At the Stock Board fair business was trans
acted and prices were steady. In State loans
there were sales of the Coupon IS at 1887.
City loans were steady at 101%.
Reading Railroad was steady with sales at 49%
@50 b. o. Sales of Pennsylvania at 61, a further
advance; Camden and Aniboy at lis; Little
Schuylkillat Az and Lehigh Valley at 5S16; SO
was bid for Catawissa preferred.
In Canal shares there were sales of Lehigh at
331 and 3316 b. o.
In Bank shares there were sales of Farmers
and Mechanics at 1929.
la miscellaneous shares there were sales of
Central transportation at 5116.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven Bro, No. 40 S. Third street.
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THE DEFENSE OF PARIS.
General Tr0chu Confident that the City Can
Hold Oat for Two Months.

General If0chu COnnQenf that the City Can
The ability of Paris to resist siege is thus
estimated by Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Neaos, writing September 15:-
1s'You in England appear to consider it fore
gone conclusion that Paris will be unable to re-
sist an attack. This is by no means the opinion
here among competent authorities. know that
General Trochu Is now very hopeful of being
able TO hold out for two months, and he is the
very reverse of sanguine disposition. Had
the German forces been able to invest this city
within ten days of the capitulation of Sedan,
they would have entered 1t almost without firing
a shot. Now, however, time has been given
to the new Government to obtain men,
arms, and ammunition; they have, too,
considerably strengthened the fortfcations.
Surely, an intrenched camp, ~ sur o
rounded by solid forts, with more than 800 900
armed men within it, with sailors to handle the
guns, with no lack of provisions with a good
General at their head and everything that art
can desire to tend the wounded, ought to be
able TO resist 800, 900 assailants. The southern
earthworks of Sebastopol protected the north
ern portion of the town even from lombard
ment, and why are we to suppose that the forts
and the long walls round Paris will not do the
same for herr The Provincial Mobiles who
crowd the streets have now had almost three
weeks hard drilling. Theyare not boys but men
in the flower of their age. After a few engage
ments before the forts they will make as good
soldiers as the peasants of Bavaria or of Pome-
rania. 1t is felt that If the city can only hold
out fer six weeks the approach of winter and
the uncertainty of their communications will
oblige the Prussians to raise the siege, and then
that they will be ready to conclude peace
on honorable terms. Surely the gain is
worth the risk, and the French are right not to
submit to the dismemberment of their country
before they have played this last card. If our
army had been defeated, and If French army
were camped before London, l hardly think
that we should agree to cede Ireland to the
victors as a condition of peace. 1t must be
borne in mind that France is not exhausted now
as she was in 1914. Her resources are compa-
ratiyely untouched. She has men and money
in abundance; 500, 600 invaders are on her soil,
and she has nearly 5000 600 OF men capable OF
comparatively easy task, because, even in the
last extremity, the Emperor and his Ministers
would only intrust arms to Imperialists, but TO
use the homely language of Mr.. Lincoln, very
big joh."
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PRUSSIAN SIEGE ARTILLERY.
Enormous Range OF Their CaunOn-1Ioderu
Inventions In Germany.


From the Neue Freie PresSe.
Considering the important part which the
Prussian siege artillery may be called on to play
in the present war, it will not be out of place to
put briefly before our readers its composition
and powers of service.
The Prussian siege guns consist of q, IL, and
24-pound cannon, 25-pounder bomb cannon, and
so howitZer, as also 25 and 50-pound mortars.
Recently the 72-pounder cannon and a breech-
loading mortar have alse been added to the
siege artillery, but there can only be but a few
specimens OF this gun.
The siege guns send forth hollow balls,
grenades, bombs, shrapnel, fire grenades fire
bombs, and other ammunition answering to the
size of the tube. The grenades are long shots,
with an arch-like point The shrapnels are
hollow balls filed with leaden bullets, and these
grenades Is very great Even with the
Founders weak masonry may be destroyed, and
this calibre is only employed when necessary
for this object. With IL and 24-pounder gren-
AIDES any masonry is destroyed, and, indeed, in
q comparatively short time. Moreover, all three
calibres are adapted to the destruction of earth
works and the dismounting of guns. The IL
and A-pounder calibres penetrate, moreover
through three or four inches of iron plating.
Against shut-up troops all calibres up to $500
PAGES can be employed. The maximum distance
which can be reached by all calibres approaches
5000 PAGES, about two and half miles. In ex-
ceptional cases oven this distance can be some
what exceeded. The shrappels are only en-
ployed against troops and laborers, but against
these with much greater effect if the distances
are precisely known, and if the troops, through
the position of the place, are compelled to re-
main long under fire. The maximum distance
for the use of shrapnels is $500 PAGES. The car
fridge shots are employed up to 600 PAGES.
The 25-pounder bomb cannon shoots solid
leaden balls and bombs filed with lead AS a
rule they are used against masonry With equal
charges the solid leaden ball has a stronger
penetrating power than the lead bombs; never
theless, the effect of the latter on masonry is
- lit 49, A.
Its composition more. The greater distance of
range is 4SO0 PAGES. The greatest distance at
which eccentric grenades can be launched from
the 25-pounder howitzer is about 1900, and
with the 5O-pound howitzer 1900 PAGES.
The fre-balls are SO thrown, If possible, as to
remain lying beyond the object to be set on fire;
the fre-grenades are preferred if the object to
be set on fire can only be struck by vertical
fire, and against those objects to which burning
balls do not easily adhere.
The bombs thrown from the mortars are as q
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Now York Produce Marker.

Orleans, 1870 Flour firm; State si-95@6 90; Ohio,
sb5e@6,s5; Western, s495@6'45 Southern, s6.5eS
S'35. Wheat declining; old No. O. s112a1I6; winter
red Western, Sl'83@1 35. white Michigan, $3.50.
Corn quiet and firm; mixed Western, SSc. Oats
Ohio, 64@57c. ;Western, b1@53c. Mess Beef sl1@l5
Mess Pork, s25'50 prime, s21 500 22'bO. Lard dun
but unchanged. Whisky. s9Kc.
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king Williams Regiment of Grenadiers No.
Z, which SO honorably distinguished itself re-
Gently at Weissenburg and Geisberg, is the
same body of men that so CALAMITY stormed the
railroad embankment at Scalitz on the 28th of
July, 1866. In acknowledgment of this act
King William, at the grand review which took
place on the battlefield, August 2, 1866, drew
his own sword as the regiment passed, exclaim-
ing:-"I salute you, soldiers of the 7th Grena-
diers because you have done honor to your
selves and to your King"
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Br. steamer Nevada. Green, for Liverpool cleared
at New York yesterday.
Br. steamer Nebraska, Guard, from New York for
Liverpool, at Queenstown yesterday, and proceeded.
Steamer City OF Antwerp, Leitch, from Liverpool
for Boston and New York, at Halifax 4th inst.
Steamer Pennsylvania, Thompson, I'm New York,
at London 4th inst. .
Sp. bark Oonstancis, for Philadelphia, cleared at
HaYana Goth ult. yr ro
Park J. W. Barss, Dawson, hence, at Dunkirk 22d
ultmo.
Bark W. f. Anderson, Drummond, hence, at Stet-
tin 22d ult. lu. .n. 1Lt
Nor. brig st; Jorn, Wansen, for Philadelphia, sid
from Havana 29fh ult
BIZ brig Cheviot, Dolby, foSPhiladelphia, sailed
from Matanzas 29th ult
Brig Ellen P. Stewart, Holland, hence, at sagua
21st ult.
Brig Haze, Kell, hence for Boston, passed Hell
Gate yesterday.
Schr Josephine, Brown, for Philadelphia, cleared
at New York yesterday.
Schrs Annie Warner, Dlckerson, for Philadelphia; I;
j. Jean, Ward; Clyde. Gage; II. NickersOn, Kelly (;
and Restless, Baxter hence for Boston; Edith May.
Higgins, do. for Providence; Addie p. Avery, Lyon,
DO Jor New Haven; VIM. Boardman, Ballard, do.
for Lynn; d. Davidson, Smith, do. for Hyannis; and
c. S. Watson, Adams, do. for Newport. passed Hell
Gate yesterday.
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legal xMTnLLIaHMcn.
The Heuss of Correction Contract.
Gna.rt NJ Dnlaa all naa pIene -Ill ina I.asdlnLn

This morning a bill in equity was filed by Mr..
William X. CTamer, praying an Injunction 70 re-
strain r. Richard j. Dobbins from enterngI nto the
contract the erection OF the House OF Correction
awarded him by City Councils, and to prevent the
city from entering into the contract with hIm. Mr.
Cramer's complaint is that Councils advertised for
separate bids for the building contract and the
ing contract; that he bid for the building con-
tract and Mr.. GundeTling for the heating,
ard Mr.. Dobbins bid for both; his
(Cramer'S bid for the building contract
s671 lower than Dobbns', but his: building con-
II act and Sunderling's heating contract were to-
gether several thousand dollars higher than Dob
bins two contracts combined. Mr.. Cramer claims
that he entitled to the building contract under
the advertisements, because his bid was lower than
that OF Mr.. Dobbins.
A preliminary injunction was awarded, which will
be argued in day or two.
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Crime.

AnthC ny Hale, formerly constable, was tried
upon the charge OF stealiag horse and wagon. IL
was testified that the night OF August the horse
and wagon were stolen from MT: lnckenbachs sta
Bile at B berry and on 9th OF September sold
hy p isoner and companion 10 man in ater street.
The prisoner said they belonged 10 his friend, who
had received them in payment OF debt, but he re-
ceipted in his own name for the money In reply to
this he offered no evidence but relied simply upon
the arguments OF counsel. The jury rendered ysr-
dict OF luilty.
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FIRST BOARD

MEssRs DE HAVEN & BROTHER No. 40 g. Third
street. Philadelphia, report the following quotations:
u. s.. 6s OF 1881, 113%@114: do 1852, l9sz9l1s;
90; 1884 Ill%@lll =; DO do 1865 lllx@llI9 do. 1855,
do. 1103s0110%; 1O4Os, 1862 @1O6.5 U. s. 80 Year
8 per cent Currency, lll6@1l1X; Gold, 112X@
1131s: Silver, 10I@109; Union Pacific Railroad lat
Mort. Bonds, sS5@s45 Central Pacific Railroad, SOS
@90o: Union Pacific Land Grant Bonds. 7OOa725
MEssRs. WILLIAM PAINTER d Co., No. SO s. Third
1881, 1l9A@114; 52Os Of 1862, 112%@119; do. 1854,
llIH@1llA; do. 1855, l114@1l2; do, July, 1866,
1865, 1l0H@l10A bs. 1O4O, 1069S@lO6x u. s. Pacific
RR. Cy. 6s, 1ll@ll14. Gold, 113@l13h. Market
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FROM THE WEST.
Missouri remperanoe Conveut,o,


ST. LOUIS, Oct. GA State Temperance Con-
vention was held yesterday for the purpose of
organizing State Temperance Society. The
Hon. G. G. Partridge, of st. Louis presided.
Horace Greeley addressed the convention. He
urged the organization of societies throughout
the State, and the laying of scientific facts be-
fore the people. He did not believe in prohibi-
tory laws, butthe people should be taught that
alcohol, like opium, is poison and should be
summed.
There was an attempt made in the convention
to organize a political movement, so far as
voting only for temperance men is concerned,
but it was defeated.
Cincinnati Free wharfage.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 6.-There was a large meet
ing held here last evening in favor of free wharf,
age. A number of the delegates to the Southern
Commercial Convention were present and par
ticipated in the deliberations. 1t was spirited
and interesting meeting, and resulted in the un-
animous adoption of resolutions declaring in
favor absolutely of free wharfage.
The Coal Mine Accident a Hoax.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6.-The report received at
East st. Louis on Tuesday night, that coal
mine at Caseyville, H., had caved in and
buried Ihirty-fye miners, was yillanons hoax.
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LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
For ADDITIONAL Marine Msps Gee Tnstds Psgcs.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. ..oCTO

PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. 8
STATE OF THERMOMETER AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH
& A. M........64l IL A. M..."..s4 2P. "a
CLEARED THIS MORNING.
Steamer Anthracite, Green. New York, W. M. Baird
Steamer Ann Eliza Richards, New York, W.T. clyde
Schr Cameo Dennison, Salem, j. Rommel, Jr, &
Schr Ann Elizabeth, Kelly. Boston, do.
Schr Albert Field Pellett, FAN River, do
Schr Archer & Reeves, Irelan, Washington, do.
Schr Ceres, Trefethen, Dover, do.
Schr Edwin, Bacon, Salem, do.
Schr Jesse Wilson, Connolly, Providence, do.
Tug Thomas Jefferson, Allen, Baltimore, with a tow
Tug chesapeake, MerrIhew, Hayre-de-Grace with a
tow OF barges, w. P. Clyde Co.
ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Steamship Fairbanks, Howe, "a hours from New
York, with mdse. to John +. Ohl.
Steamer Beverly, Pierce, "a hours from New York,
with mdse. to w. p. Clyde q Co.
Steamer r. Willing, Cundff, 1s hours from Baltt-
Brig &. V. Williams, Troyafd, Ii days fm Charles
ton, S. c., with lumber to Patterson Hppncott.
Schr John Mace. Birmingham, days from New
town, Md, with grain to Collins u Co.
Schr w. d. Carg, Kelly, from New York.
scsr Srae' Hn%a GlSVer; Hoffman tro9 So prov,osnos
Schr II. G. Ely, McAllister, from Boston.
Schr II. T. Hedges, Franklin, do.
Schr E. Edwards, Somers, do.
Sehr ID. s. Mershon, Ayres, do.
Schr Sarah Watson, Smith, do.
Schr James Parsons, Young, do.
Scbr Jessie Wilson, Connolly, do.
Tug Hudson, Nicholson, from Baltimore, with
tow Of barges TO ": r clyde co:
with tow OF barges to w. p Clyde Co.
AT TIE BRRAKwATER.
Mr. Frank Eldridge pilot. reports having seen
bark Joshua Loring, from Gottenbupg at the
Breakwater last evening.
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AT THE BREAKWATER,
MEMORANDA.

Mr.. Frank Edridge, pilot reports having seen
bark Joshua Loring, from Gottenbupg, at the
Breakwater last evening.
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STATE OF THERMOMETER AT THE EVENING TELEaR APH
OFFICE.
z A. M.........64 IL A. M.....64 2P. NJ "a
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NAPOLEON'S INSANITY.

The Aristocrats of the Faubourg st. Germain
Favorips the Republic-NapOioon's Profit.
aacy and RapaCity,