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NJ lCE-THE UNDERSIGNED INFORMS
- MS customers and he public that he has sold
ri Rsoaisci 9neTy establishment to j. yILLAR
hObiA 70 Grateful for he patronage bestowed
upon M by bis nds he nov requests he latter
90 extend II to his successors, who will exert them
selSes WIN view of preserving the reputation Of
tne establishment first cass confectionery
ERNEST IT, Rpm.
IL u N n + 81 i q N Ed, HAVING
- bought the ortectIo esta blishment of Mr..
EHNEof TUkFiN, No. 50 Old Levee, between
Cont and 81 Louis solicit the patronage of their
friends and the public. They will endeavor to
MAINTAIN the high reputation given 10 the establish.
ment by their predec ssor and will continue to ofer
70 their customers the very best articles in their
lns, and at prices challenging competition. The
business will be conducted at No ga old Jevee
d 90. A~
J. V1LLARRUBIA
n. DHEMECUURT.
spt2 I'm BERNARD TURPIN. in commendam.
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ID DOM A, WITH OH WITHOUT
II BOARD-For families or gentlemen, at zee
Gravier street, between Franklin and Liberty. JED
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LOUISVILLE.

LOUISVILLE.
For IoufsvlIe. Evansville,
E+HfT1 oaducsb Cairo Memphis the kends
s~Ss~>.HS t'cksburg NatcheZ. Baton Rouge ana
all intermediate landings
Tne favorlte packet
INDIANA
r. e. NEAL Master: CHARLES MILLER Clerk
Leaves vi rNE>DAY. May IL, at S p NJ
Giving parti- ular atte nton to s. nds and al way
business MY
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FOE Fs.oaIDA PG8Ts AND NAV
AaA.
ALLIANCE LINE UNIfFD STATES MAIL
STEA BEERS.
LACAlO0L,. ~, MARKS, CEDAR KEYS.
TAMPA AND KEY WEST. IhIonph bills Of
lsdng TO Columbus Georgia, and BAL, bridge
Georges. sDd Ill regular anGIrgs on Chat 2hOoehea
river; also TO tERaANDiNA AID JACKSON
WILLIE.
This lie is c0npo. cd OF the following steamships
to sail EVERY ga UfpAY:
EAVACh. L.. h Schelsuger Com,nslcer.
FLORIDA 'LeAry. Commander
BEAUFORT. ...-......J. McC. Baker Commander
TAPPAHANNOCK.....C ". Reed Commander
<-SEA The steamship
s--z.@S SSOfK,
REED, Comuxnder.
VIII leave her wharf, foot of Calliope street OF
SATURDAY. May Il, az p. N. For freight
passage, apply 10
+. W. PERKINS L 90, Agents
70 Csrondelet street.
N B-Shiprers will plea-e procure orders from
Agents cfce hefore sending rreiebt 10 steamer.
NO freight received on the day Of saiiIpg.
fe2 ly
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LOTTERIES.
DKAWINR OF THE LOUISIANA
STATE LOTTERY FOR MAY 8. 1870
GLASS 100

u 3 A s. 9 u 8 10 II u 10 Il IS
"a 81 30 SO Il e 81 s. Al e. Is - -
The above drawings are published in eli the rr1n.
eipni pApers, and are crswu in public daily at the
rooms OF the Company
Information furnished ard rrfzes cashed by
10 "ARD 81. MONS 4 co, Contractors,
st Charles street, corner GnIou Row Cre4rs.
Witness GUY hands New Orleans louisiana
this ninth day 0! May. lao.
ii. PERabTA,
ADAM GItFEN,
C.ru issioners
BEWARF OF BOGUS LOTTERfE< apr
DlisIAAA STATE k.DxTEk<
COMPANY,
Incorporated GE asst IT, 1853
CHARLES T. HOW ........... PRESIDENT.
SINGLE NUABEI LOTTERY.
SPLENDID sCHEME-oNtY 1905 NUMBERS.
C.p,,n E,r,z. xIsoaG
class r
TO BE DRAWN AT NEW ORLEANS ON
Saturday, May Ii, 1870.
HOWARD, SIMMONS 4 90. Contractors.
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CPLESDsD ID w ELI q FOX KENT
- RARE CHAkCE-The second and third
floors of that splendid brick Dwelling house s No IL
furnished, until the first October next, on very
reasonable terms. to good tenant ne furniture
~ eies ant and he location of the most desirable
10 the city There are ten rooms, besides bath
room, wash-room and kitonen, with DO b hydrapt
and extra large eist@rns. The ground floor Is ae,
nrernjsas janH
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BUSINESS CHANGES,

NOfICE............ NOTICE,
ne pubic IS hereby flied that ] have with
1fawn from the partnership OF TABONY 4
81, Tor The tram of vegeta BILE business
aLo thst hereafter will not be responsible for any
eent OF faid partnership. and the public is eau
s,oHe1 not 70 Pay any debts to the SAID Jameo
McCaoe for the account of said partnership. Here
aI,er me ousins IS will bs carried my own name
nn nu l. viii oe personaily responsible for all debto
CONTRACTED by me ia my ame.
my7 3Cs Y II TApnNv
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FOB RENT.

NOR KENT-PART OF SECOND FLOOR
of store No q Canal street Also two small cor;
taees on Hsean avenue, near Bienville street Shell
N' avn JAMES DESBAN,
.n,9, 81 Canal street.
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Marine Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,
Tuesday, Nay 10. 1870.
CLEARED YESTERDAY.

CLEARED YEaTEBpsY.
Steamship g Hswes, Trip for Galveston and Ind.
anOa
Steamship Margaret B'okency. TO- Florida Ports
steamer Magnolia, Dye + Pensacola
Ship 4 dvance. ~ al ace for LIVERPOOL
itish George ut ~urton, for LIVERPOOL
BAR st vary, ali well I r BIS
LII for p,
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A SIM0N'a
COSMOPOLITAN NEWS DEPOT.
STATIONERY BOOkS ETu

W. q ENchAnHo Alley,
Between Hienviue and Cont, srrostx
~. nArpers Weekly and Monthly. the New YorA
Eeafer. Weekly, Independent, Nation, Round
r ra6ie. etc ths New Orleans Republican, New York
,; Guns' and all the large Northern and Western
:, More tnan one hundred and sixty different pna-
hcations regularly received Anu sold
ions. 49, S~ r~
Subscribers Will be accountable for the subs>nip-
~ On9 =: they do not send back the paper, or
otlH othswiss. Ap3
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oAN AND FLGDss e AssSCx
CORNER PERDIpo AND ST OuAp,vsvr.
Authorised Cnpitai. .asoo oo.,
Inis Institution has been chartered BY tho STATE
OF LOUISIANA Tor twenty fvs years. and having affect
90 . permsnent organization, is prepared to m Ike
Iosns at not more than FIVE PER GENT m D;o
nonds, Silver Ware, Watches ,Jewelry Drv Goods
haess. wearing Apparel. Furniture and all Move
a. Also on UhCUhRENT MONEY, State Warrant.
sny Marants Oily Levee Bonds OF
United States Officers Pay Acconnts IIn;taS Stes
taken Yin "o'O ono olive
PRIVATE ENTRANCE-Ladies yisitn. thu A.
soo,at'on can, by passing down Carondeei st1eas
street. o on Teldco
j. H. WILSON, President
- .AAA'A'"hN onsnlsr ocl0
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kEgiVSD YESTERDAY,
ARRIVED SUNDAY.

Steamship Sherman Cow II ;r m New York Goth nit.
10 Low 3 Lu ~ igs -'-2i district
Steam Shin Ben .iiH Bake from Ne York Both Mt via
.7hyara. 10 m Gre-vy-2, district
Steam, hip Geo re Nhshingt tsger from New York
Jjtn uls 10 4 MouHon-2d d .trict
North q Tman steamship Frankfurt, ia forn Bre-
men via ravre havana to L r Stockueyer-
4th dlst.ic
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Foreign News

From ne Seat q bar-f Shg" Esr-gaa %
P,orlenat,oH9 Nsysi.eH D. a. f--t- f.rtqa
OGeers For@,df,n ~ ne Irs.sil, Ar.r.-- Eng-
Gs6 N,utraliy, re-
Bertin, July 28-Miinizht.-A French
detachment of three companies and eighty
horses yesterday attacked hail 81 ilo Pfus-
sian Goth foot, 1T Volkingcr. Aner short
engagement the French retired wish The loas
of Que officer and cightmen. Ga tic Prus-
sian side one man was wounded.
PARIS, july 29.-Thc following Is tic
proclamation Of the Emperor to the army
on assuming command in person
Soldicr5-I come % taxa my place 40 your
head 10 defend the honor and the son ofour cplu-
try. You go TO combat against one OF toe Rest
armed Of European countries bot other cJlr-
tries as valiant as this have not been able tO
sist your valor. IL will be tho same to-day. The
war which now commence VIII Zee long aut
hardly contested for It's theatre will D. f''~
hcdged with obstacles and thick with iOrirr ts.
But nothing is beyond the persc. eriug efforts of
the soldiers Of Africa Italy and Mexico on
will prove once more what thl French army Is
able to accomplish, animated by sentiment of du-
ty, main tanned 10y discipline, aud Influenced ~
love Of country. Whatever road We may take
across our frontiers, we will find upon 10 gluri-
Gus tracks of our fathers, and we will show ,"-
selves worthy Of them Al. France follows you,
with confident prayers and the eyes Of the uui-
verse are upon you; upon our success depends
the fate Of liberty and civilization. Soldiers let
each one do his duly, and the God Of De tiles VIII
be with us. NAPOLEON
At General Headquarters, at Metz, 2sth July, $40
BERLIN, July 29-The Prussian Gov
eminent like that of France, has declined
to allow foreign military officers at army
headquarters.
The North German GpzcHe is sharp on
what il calls English neutrality" and says
that England supplies France with cartrid-
ges with wbichto slaughter Germans
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L5NIu tho Court of Appeals of this
State, at Charleston, on the goth ult, in
the case Of s. NJ. WILLIAMS as. JonN r
CARsKAroN, aud Same as. Isaac II CARS
KADoNj rule was awarded against the
plaintiff il error, requiring him to give
bond and perfect his appeal against the next
term. The Court closed its session on the
23rL alt
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sa5r Ga tho 2Gth ale che barn Of Mr.
Thomas ID haven, residing GA Back Creek.
iu Frederick county, was struck by light
ming lui burned Co thc ground 10 con.
tainol some 400 bushels oi wheat, q guam
ti'y ofbay, aud other thing. Of less value.
aII of which were consumed WiuskesFr
N.5
CuEr LQUoH-A Paris lotcr says .
To- scientific progress there j. 90 DO record
Cd ihg discovery of Chemist Bcchamp, who
has az last found the philosophers stone in
tLolprep aatiDn Of excellent alcohol from
air aud water
E6-Tbo English debt At the end Of
1860 amounted % s3,741 ,3s0,0l5. Ia
thirteen years, S8j0, 000, 900 have been paid
on Their annual reduction is about ec,ual
to ours for the last two and half moushs
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WARY WAR! WAR!

The Throne trcmlles The God Of battles in
volIed and the mighty hosts marching forward
The dreary, dismal and threatening cloud, dark
ems Europe with its gloomy shadow.
Read the latest from the front the cause yea
the W.S.le cause, Of This stupendous impending
Struggle BY the ''iu,cllgent contraba nd and
Atlantic cable, we bave received the following
official news
DECLARATION or VAR.
HcADquARTERs OF TIE Army or FRAScE,
July, $50.
To Ming HUYirrq of Prussia
France has borne your indigniGcs TO the last
moment. The repeated insults to the nation, have
ia q measure been passed by unnoticed but this
last great and unpardonahle outrage which has
been heaped upon our people, by refusing 10 al
low Us To buy those cheap goods at Baltzell &
Co.'S cannot be overlooked. The sword must de-
eide, for We cannot pay those enormous prices
charged Al other stores. by order of
NArOLEoN, EMPEROR Of France.
OVER the lMNE,
HEsDQUAHrEEs PEUssIAs ARMY,
July, 1870.
Napa1,oD, Emperor 81 Frpncc:
DO you suppose there is power on earth 20 pre-
vent ihe people from rushing to Ballzell & Cos
ricap store when such attractions are presented
Prussia must he served FIRST. Let the war come.
Ny soldiers md people shall be uBcOnquerablc,
TOR shall furnish them with these rich and
rare bargains which Haitzel Co, have
been receiving during fhc past week. ] will
huv their beautiful Shirts & Drawers ut SIC
~uspenders 20 Musnn @ 10 & l2l-Calico on
D. s., lu, Is lllc-Stockings for lOc-kid Gloves
900 100 prices, from COO up, and The innumersble
auction bargains which for the last six months
its given thcm q world Widc reputation, and
proving 90 oh iur.cs and crackers that 10 was
900 'l'c boast when they Grst declared that they
could fn1 would uudcrscll any man who dared
raise ta hand ofopposition ngai net them. To see
wh at strategy and maHipula tons they exercise,
OBJ E,i these eoJ1s az such remarkably low 6g-
lr0. is Il.e COL way that their low prices can be
accounted ur I shall obey the wishes and tray
.r8 90 iie people and boy, as does ever, body
r.m Iaitztl a Co, in Cumberland Nd, %
Baltimore street. ly order Of
kIN9 WILLIAM, Of Prussia.
This terrible conflict en- bcbvoilrd Wc have
enough goods f0r 900 $50 necessity Tor 6ghting
i.r splitting rivers Of gore, 81 sacrificing thous-
1rds upon tlc field ~ battle, when ever body
,lu tuy n bern stitched Handkerchief for &C. The
I,et Fftnrl 80 " haich0no Corset f9r % Slcle-
tDu Corets at Nanufacurcr Uricos-hcst 30
snrl spool als Ge--Beuts best linen Collars i2A
paper lJ-Cuni rc "a flir, and ihis Guia hu. lBess
90 Ie rrr yard is What doc fhc Ching
pb you nls tlik about your cheap goods
OBJ. OLD elephant sod thc Go vonan-or tIe pul-
Fl. and tIc cider press. lutiI sou want tJ Talk
UH.Hn .l.r' which wul interest tnc people,
anI rlEe tha hIIr stand rH end un ihc bead of
every man who t-.es t1 HfIl Dry Goods in Cum-
l.riful IH.t mention tIc name Of tIc far famed
Cheap ei.ie III
BALTZEIL & CO..
BALTIC. co.. Cumberland, $50
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

r-r.-. I...- 81. p.,t.
r..,4 49,. t...-...t..t =. 49,. ..,.,.,..
49, $50 H.. ....,f. c..t.l...
a Ay.t,f. -,l .--f ,... D, 1900, 49,.
t..s 49,, i-r,r. f.... 49,. Al 49, ..t--.ff-
.g.fif i --r,.tt-.. t,.--,- ot, t-.aan
ga 49,. $500 ,,etrn On r.,..,.---,
,,s 49, ..t,.,.t... 4, r $500. 49,. 80.
~ l.i.- ~, ~ '..--., 49,. ~ ~.
-lr, Ms r.-.r I....- =. ...,,.t-.
Ans r,... -...- ~. RI,
,b. r-.s,.T -... r $1,000
,,t.r... -u r... ..-.......I r-f- 1r
"a ,,II $50 49, ~ ...-. ~
Tr,I;,.. l-..t,' NJ 49,. $1,000
- 80 a. 49, f.',.', 49,.
,-.,r-. $3.50. r..r.-
NOR, reeeutl, s,.r.t-,-r i..... tt.ff.
can s-.,u .,n.If.. .,f -,... ~.
.. ytrv r~,iv. vIs,t =. ..
Line S-Tbrrs sIe -l.,.,, SOB ...., 49,
sioual SINGER, IA rr,pe, .-p. a. rr-I.
sheen ranch ipel,l. ruI .tI Wr
"r,.." .rr ia v-..ti,.r Al rv.-.f tl.t,f
Wisconsin. vberc. RI i.,,il 49, 49,. ~.
now .ayinr l,ri b,ilr1 r-,s ma III
black crirEe,. rai',.,ri .r.l r..rI,.,.-. IL.
suul,wu. i. a SIGHT Ia Nj. -Tt. f..
diapapo,i, .J,,,r,,aI s,,s "a. 5.l;-i,.,, a..
mems almost arr--r-irs a.. si---iv 90 u,
endemic in tbIt ola, -D,>,,, Nl,,,r,
\ member Of ihc firm Of D,,iI Mn, Il
Co, died In baltimore n f,v d,,s...,
Chicago females 9 ,vi,b stool 10. rli.I
with soft saap. With which ,bry t,y
knock each others brains cpt III, Inn.
bcrpori. Harrison county. LIackbrrr.cs M
selling az Io cents q rtilops ~, tye -.,.
pcrs agree about the cause If GRt,.f.'- In.
ness during his fishing frUlic Ia prnr.,l-
yana Some say IL was str..berric.
some suu-StrJic, some COLI. AMI soma. esU.
ed it by 4 Latin uamc-l,fsE '-Bf the
! Governors OF tie various States. 20 are Re-
| publican aud $ arc Democrats In Gao
/ States north aud cast of penns ylv,nia. ibc
production Of anthracite iron, ia 1850. was
| 2GO, 2J6 t0Gs.-The steamship Seatia flr
Liverpool took out on Yesterday week - -
I 500, 600 in specie The harvest I'm Ire.
/ land this year is good Two hundred Nor.
mons arrived at New York on "Wednesday
Of last week. on their way o. Utah. -Four
| hundred more arc on tho way 1t i.-sta-
ted that PAT WooDs. Who vIiprcl por.
| ter, Is soon 10 be hardened by President
/ GraDt-Specaclcs were invented by one
| Alexander dc Spina. monk of Florence.
/ in the year 1855 The STYLE In Boston /,
TO eat pounded Ice instead of cream with
! berries.-Ihc colored leaders 10 South Oar
DINA are advocatino the formation If
| black mans marty II lmira Ne.y York
/ has distinruisbcd itself bv creotin, n I,c.,,-
/ tifullv improved cemetery for He r.,r ,r
/ five thousand Confederate NOR. ,rI,
died there dur;ur The war -Dnrio, 1SCg
the rails imported from Great Britain a.
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0.DNTho falling off in the imports of
dry goods, at New York, for the month Of
July, as compared with the same time last
year, is nearly ono million of dollars.
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tey-A writer 10 tho Country Gendenan
rec ommc0ds pulycrzcd charcoal in corn meal,
ct, as q core for chicken Cholerl
The CROWD AT CApoN SPRINGS No
ver BIO thc history or Capen hes it made -a-H
season as 10 is now doing From friend just
from there we learn the company nov numbers
i5o testing to Che fullest extent ti.- accommodate
uons 81 il place. Everybody is enthusiastic
over The allo management Of SIR Carmel. 49,
bmcho'er Iines, dugisf o.
fv- BlackbcTrios are selling in Morgan
town, thI7 S'a'c,at l2I cents . gallon Tho
crop must he large one ia that section
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EgIu the south Of England, where
The haryes, LAS commenced, the wheat
crop is excellent in quality and yields
abundaplly.
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Correspondence.


RDNNET, august 2nd 1870.
IIESaT g. DAVIS, ESQ will SOU bs
good enough 10 r..e mc aud the public
sour We've, &C ugl.l 90 c,pcriu,,-tbe
highest yrorleH teaching, concerning DE-
feasibility aud Value os Tram or Horse
Power Railway from this point to b O.
Q. r. u Distance - miles, grade, De-
scaniiog. ,r.M n01s'
Have ! understood you correctly, Chat
your private Tram Road. by which you
convey such immco quantities o. lumber
90 Tie Railroad, a distance Of "a miles, Iid
not cost you zcocd.ng 81 900, per mile
J ire You Co give me such d-iai's as 20 to
'hc Lo'e msr1s u this enterprise, iis las.
Utility, economy and capacity TO meet the
pranfdemands 1folr trade aud intercourse
with The Railroad.
! am, very pec.'ully, 6Tuly You're.
AND W. kEgcuEyAL.
Mr. Dayis's answer 20 th5 letter will
appear iu subs. iuout issue OF ibis paper.
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Ec' During the month of July, as
shown by the Treasury statement, the pub
lie debt was decreased by upward Of Sc
venteen millions
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TIiE MhDddt T. Chprch SopH. rV,
Prop"Icuce permiUipg, hoH 10 DHot
C9wP Neorag fer SouH Byaurh Divur5
"e1r BUyiiHgfop, N,ncrok o., W. VA,
commencing, friIog, Hc 2GH ~ 1ye.
~. trtsdf, ~ an J-.,uiHolt0us, are
mast cordiaHy hrii.R 10 aUead
j q. DICE, p j.
JAMES HIGGINS
Julv x I1-O
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YICS; TT - TRU-r-y
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4 dCerfiSing.

Book of 10 clo~oly printed pages, lately
issued contains list Of tle best American Ad-
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aul every person who contemplate tccoming
such, will end ibis book Of great value Mailed
irre 20 any address ou receipt of fifteen cents.
geo. i. AtO VOL ~ Co. Pub
fishers. 40. i0 Park Row, New York
The Pittsburgh pa Lrldcr. in its issue of
way Pr. l-IH says Tho firm OF g. T.. Towell
Co. which issues this interesting ana valua-
oie book. De- Zoe largest and best Advertising A.
4rncf in ihc United states, and Sc can cheerful
y recommend DO % iho attention OF those who
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o. secure ihc largest amount OF publicity fgr the
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r. ts.ul.e1, Cl4aua. banking house
Ta' on Monday a robbed ef $4,000.
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Later

Eight at SitTJrUct-T The french Rcpu1seI
LoNDQN, August lon the 3Oth ult.,
Saturday last,) a large force Of French
troops, belonging to Marshal Bozaine's ar.
my, aided BY four pieces of artillery, made
an advance towards that place, apparently
with the intention Of dislodgiug the Prus-
slams. On the march the French met a
force of the Prussian guard and volunteers.
which had taken up position distant one
and half miles from Saarbruck The
Prussians attacked the euemy with vigor. A
sharp fight onsued, during which the French
were rcpulsed. Towards the close the
French retrcatod from the field, leaving
one of their guns in the hands of the Prus.
slams. The French lost % men, besides
the gun. The Prussans lJst eight men.
ANTWERP TO BE THE CENTRE OF TRADE
BERLIN, August An agent Of the u
mited States Government is now at Ant
werp, making arrangements whereby that
port shall become the centre of trade be.
| tween America and Europe.
PROCLAMATION OF AMNESTY.
BERLIN, August l-Previous to King
/ Williams's departure for the front, he is.
sued q proclamation granting amnesty to
persons accused Of political offences He
also declared In the proclamation that the
rupture of peace and Nroyocaton to war
/ did not emanato from PRUSSIA. Prussia was
bantercd to the conflict, AID being cLallcug-
ed she accepts battle
LoNDoy, Aug. 2-On Wednesday last
two French cruisers overlook some Prus-
| sian gunboais in an estuary Of the EIbe. on
the North German coast, few miles from
Cuxhaven, seaport village about ffty-oight
miles northwest Of Hamburg, on the Elbe
The action was spirited, and resulted in the
destruction Of one Of tie Prussiau eunboals
-s .
a THEORY OF THUSDER. -R & NIER
Sion, writing in the S,icaEfe InieyicaB.
says the cause assigned in the textbooks
for the phenomenon commonly called tbun
, der, is neither satisfactory nor correct.
In substance, it is tbis, The electricity
IN passing from one cloud TO another. or 10
the earth, makes n vacuum alonr ITS course ::
ard what We call thunder is the result Of
/ tho subsequent collision Of the divided
atmosphere
This is perhaps true, If vo accept It as
statement of q result; lat | think II af
tords partial explanation ouiv. Nv thoo.
ry in regard 20 this phenomenon is this:
| The electricity in passing from one cloud
to another, or to tie Garth, iccomp1ses the
water in The cloud into e. component cis.
es and the great heat Of the electricity
igni,os and explode these gases. and re-.
forms them into water.
lf something ike this docs not occur
if aa explosion does not take rlacc-T can
NOT tIrf.r.t.r1 t.lt~ .I.- g.
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