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FROM WASHINGTON.
United states Steamship nIonadnock.

United States steamship Monadnock.
Special Despatch TO the Euenirg Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-The Navy Depart
ment has ordered that the Monadnock,
at the Mare Island California; Yard, be
gotten ready to sail at very short notice
1t is rumored in official circles that she is to go
to China.
EauippiBg and Repairing Vessels.
Orders have also been given to finish repairs
and ship stores on the Saco at Norfolk, the tt
conderoga at Boston, and Guerriere at New
York. Also put in and repair machinery, ,iequip,
and ship stores on the California and Narragan-
sett at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Tennessee
and Minnesota at New York. Shenandoah and
Worcester at Boston.
Detailed to Command.
Lieutenant William Muse has been detailed to
the command of the marine guard on board the
Brooklyn, fitting out at the Philadelphia Yard.
Commodore william Reynolds
has received his commission, and will enter to-
day upon his duties as Chief of the Bureau OF
Equipment and Recruiting, Navy Department
uice Rear-Admiral NJ. Smith, resigned, and ap-
pointed to the command of the Washington
Navy Yard.
Lieutenant Commander Il. p. LulI
has been ordered to proceed with the Guard
now at New York, to the fishing grounds neal
Prince Edwards Island.
Homer l.. Law,
of Philadelphia, has been appointed an assistant
surgeon in the navy, to date from the 9th o.
Tul
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yesterday afternoon. The Cimbria left Havre
on Saturday noon for New York.
PLYMOUTH, July 19.-The steamship New
York, from New York, arrived here safely this
morning. 1t is not yet decided whether she will
attempt to reach Bremen.
LONDON, July 19.-The Lloyds exact from
five to ten guineas insurance on German ship
ping.
SOUTHAMPTON, July 19.-The steamer Main
from New York for Bremen, arrived safely this
afternoon.
This Afternoons Quotations.
LONDON, July 19-Noon-Consos 90A for money
and account United States 5-20s nat and nominal
Of 1862, san of 1865, old, s2K of 1867, s2H 1O-4Os
81. Railways fiat and nominal; Erie, 16 Illinois
Central, 102; Atlantic and Great Western, %.
LIVERPOOL, July 19-Noon.-Some cotton failures
are announced here to-day, Cotton dull and nomi-
nal; uplands, 93Sd; Orleans, 9Xd. Sales estimated
at 2O00 bales Red Western wheat, los. id. Corn,
S5s. Sd.
LONDON, July 19-Noon.-Linseed cakes firm.
Taow easier at 46s. Calcutta Linseed firm. Tur-
pentine firm.
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FRENCH GENERALS.
Marshal Canroberf.

who has been placed in command OF the 1st Frehch
Corps dArmee, is one Of the most distinguished SOL
diers in the service of the Emperor.
Francois Certain Canr0bert was born In the year
1909, OF good family, ia Brittany, where he has
small patrimOny. His father had been an oficer in
the royalist army OF the Prince OF Cende. In 1926
he was admitted pupil at ST. Cyr He took his sub
lieutenancy In 1928, lieutenant in 1882, and in
1885 was sent with his regiment to Algeria. He was
engaged here In some Of the hardest lighting and
most tying expeditions OF the French occupation.
OF Tlemcen, and in fights at Sidi, Yawub, Tafua,
and at Slkkak. At the, desperate assault on
lowers fought with such desperate though unavail-
ing bravery, he was wounded, and Colonel Combes,
who fell by his side, recommended Captain Canro-
bert TO Yallee In his dying words :-'There Is a
future In that young man. He returned 20 France
and got the Legion OF Honor, and had the
charge OF the Foreign Legion after the fall
Of the Carlist party In Spain. lie MAS again
IosaiiaEsd On EAs Ssessd Fs9s,
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Trinity College and the hospital in Hartford,
Conn.,, are to receive about $40,0 each from
the bequest of the late Chester Adams, of that
city.
Two young ladies of the name of johnson,
living near Dallas, Texas, are cultivating
twenty-four acres of cotton with their own
hands. The labor question in the South is in
course of solution.
"A policeman in Bangor Me-, is said to have
a dog who keeps him company on his watch
every night. The faithful animal, after spending
the day in his own way, invariably makes his
appearance at his masters post at o'clock in
the evening.
There are forty-seven newspapers published
in Arkansas, of which only three are daily. In
politics they are thus classified by one of the
number:-Twenty Democratic, eleven Republi-
can, four liberal Republican, eight radical Re-
publican, and three Independent.
The Key West Dispatch says that fleets of
sponging vessels have returned TO that port
from their cruises well loaded. The aggregate
worth of the new sponge in the market there is
stated to be $4,000. The supply about the
Keys is nearly exhausted.
"A lady in Centre Falls, X. l., claims to have
in her possession the musket with which Israel
Putnam shot that wolf. She says her husband
obtained 1t many years ago, and its history can
be traced to that doughty old General. Wonder
If il is the only copy in existence?
They have some tremendous water-melons
in Texas. An editor having received a present
of one of these, says il was almost as large as
a barrel and was filed with a delicious ruby
colored pulp. These are called 'ice cream
water-melons," and are quite appropriate as
presents " editors.
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ARRIVED THIS MORNING.

Steamer Ii. l.. Cav, Her, 13 hours from Baltimore,
Steamer Ann Eliza Richards "a hours from New
York, with mdse. to w. P. Clyde Co.
ton S n c. with lumber e. B. trump, % SON "s' Gog
vessel to Chas. Haslam g. Co.
Schr M. G. Burnite, Dqrborow l day. from Cam
den, Del, with grain to Jas. L. Bewley Il Co.
Schr Daniel Corbit, Eldridge, day from Odessa,
Del, with grain to Jas. L. Bewley & Co.
Schr Percy, Coalwel IL days from st. John, N. B.,
with laths TO d. Trump, Son q Co.
Schr Susan A. Krwan, Santes, from Potomac
schr Mail, Lanscott, from Hallowel, with granite
to captain.
schr James S. shindle, Lee, days from Boston,
schr Three Sisters, Ruark, from Potomac River.
Schr William Wilson. jenkins, from Salem.
Schr Bowdoin, Rands, from Bangor, Me-, with
schr wild Pigeon, Phillips, days from Boston,
Schr Argo Taylor, from James River, with lumber
Schr Extra, Murphy, from Washington with oil.
Schr Granite State, Burgess, 8 days from Boston,
schT E. q. willard, Parsons, from Portland, with
Tug Thos jefferson, Allen, from Baltimore, with
tow OF barges to W. P: Clyde d Co.
Tug Fairy Queen, Wilson, from Hayre-de-Grace,
with tow OF barges TO w. p clyde & Co.
HAvRE-DE-GR July 19-The following boats
left this morning In tow:-
w. N Carter, with lumber to Patterson & Lip
Hero and Rebecca Hopper with coal, for Whining
James Boyd, with lumber to Watson, Malone Co.
MEMORANDA.
NJ g. steamer Silesia, Trautman, for Hamburg,
cleared at New York yesterday
Steamer Roman Baker, hence at Boston 18th inst.
Brig Hattie, from Philadelphia for Matanzas, was
passed 10th inst.
Schr James MCGEE, OF and from Philadelphia,
bound to Jersey City, was run into on the morning
OF the 18th inst by tugboat o. A. Ornold, on Staten
Island, and badly damaged. She was t0wed TO Jer-
sey City. The tugboat had barge In tow at the
time and the schooner was struck on the starboard
sAie by the barge.
Schr Isabella Thompson, Prescott, from Provi-
denee for philadelphia, passed Hell Gate Yesterday.
at MatanZas previous 70 18th inst
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PHILADELPHIA TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1870

place of importance, and become member OF the
Hanseatlc League. 1t successfully resisted Wallen-
stein, who beseged 1t in 1928, and lost $4,000 men
before its walls. The Swedes gained possession OF
it by the peace Of Westphalia, and Frederic Will
liam Elector OF Brandenburg captured 1t from them
in 176S, out restored it the following year. Strait
sund surrendered to the Prusslan, Danish, and
Saxon forces IN Ills, but was given back to Sweden
In 1120. 1t was surrenderedto to the French in 1907
who destroyed great part of the fortlhcatons; and
by the treaty of Kiel In 1910 1t was ceded to Dem
mark. In 1915 Denmark surrendered it to Prussia.
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PRUSSIA,S SEAPORTS.
The Marine Defenses of the North Ger
(0nfederalloa "

The Marine Defenses of the North German
Confederation
In THE EVENING TELEGRAPH of July 12 we
gave an elaborate statement of the armies and
naVies of France and the North German Con-
federation, showing at glance the vastly supe-
rior strength of France upon the sea. The fol-
lowing summary of the navies of the two coun-
tries will show how great is the disparity
The French Navy.
At the commencement of the present year
France had a feet of 90 iron-clads 264 unar-
mored screw steamers, 62 paddle steamers, and
1l3 sailing vessels. The following shows the
strength of this formidable navy
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Our Trade with France
New York Stock and MONEY! MarIxe,

b@s per cent. cold, iaOsl Sos, 1852, ecu Coupon % ios
do. 1884 do lOs; do. 1865, do 1O91S; do. 1866 new
1OsA; do 1867, 1885,; do 1868, 1857; 10-4Os 1868.
Company, S.; Cumberland preferred, 40; New York
Central and Hudson River, 90; Erie, 223k Reading,
Michigan Southern, s516, Illinois Central, l29
Cleveland and Pittsburg, 10S; Chicago and Rock
Island, 1l2H; Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, 94H
Western Union Telegraph, 34H.
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CLEARED THIS MORNING

CLEAHEU THIS MOHNINf.
steamer A. G. Sinners, Lenny, New York, W. P.
clyde Co.
Bark Henry S. Sanford, Dumphy, Hamburg, s. L.
Merchant Co.
Br. schr Morford TRULY, McCullock, Little Glace
Bay, L. Westergaard q Co.
Schr Armenia, Call Provlneetown, W. NJ. Baird & Co.
Schr Glenwood, Dickinson, Bristol, do.
Schr NJ ]. Donigal, James, New York, do.
Schr j. G. Spencer, Heather, Boston, do.
Schr Ii. B. McCauley, Vickson, Boston, do.
Tug Hudson, Nicholson, Baltimore, with a tow Of
barges to W. P. Clyde Co.
Tug Chesapeake, Merrihew, Hayre-de- Grace, with a
tow OF barges to w. p. Clyde Co.
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TIE French navy is commanded by 22ls oficers OF
different grades. The sailors afoat and on shore,
numbered 80 B46 In 1869, which, together with eng-
neers dockyard laborers, navy surgeons and others
connected with the force bring the grand total OF
men engaged in the service OF the imperial fleet up
to 74,4Oa. On the war-footing the strength OF the
navy can be raised to 170,o0O men, this being the
number entered on the lists of the maritime con-
scription Exclusive of the above are the marines
and the colonial troops, amounting to rs, ,623 men.
The Prussian Navy.
Since the organization of the North German
Confederation in 1885, the most strenuous ex-
ertions have been made to place the navy on a
substantial basis, and great progress has been
made. At the commencement of the Regency
of King William l, in 1853, the Prussian navy
consisted of 1 decked corvette, with % guns;
level decked corvette, with 12 guns; yacht, 1
garrison ship, 2 old sailing frigates, 1 sailing
corvette 2 schooners, / transport ship, and 39
gunboats, etc., propelled by oars. On the docks
lay the Gazelle, vessel of % guns. The North
German fleet now consists of the following:--
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OUR COMMERCIAL INTERESTS.
The Trade Of the United States with Germany
and France-The Damage that ths War will
I'M lief

The Trade OF the United States with Germany
and France-The Damage thnt tho War will
Infiict Upon Us.
The statistics contained in the following state
ments supply information which must prove of the
highest interest by showing the extent to which
commerce will be interrupted II the French German
conflict continues, and the German ports are
blockaded.
Our Imports from Germany.
Our imports from the States in the Zollverein,
which embraces nearly all Germany, for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1868, amounted to S2l 569 9SS
and were received from the following States in the
Prussia si1, $50, $40 Other G. States 49, 425, TIA
Saxony......... 1860, ,9s4
These imports were received in the following
quantities through the ports of the countries
named:-
England . "a, SOB 63l Holland. ..... $500, ,l5l
Bremen -. 10, ,243 934 Not specified. 6,49S
Hamburg. 4,S7622 =
PTsEce..'''.'" haoo'aate otal'''"''szl,oos'sSs
Our Exports TO Germany.
Our exports to Germany during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1869, amounted to S39,427 4O3 Qn-
Guiding gold), and appear in the official returns as
having been divided as foloWs-the ports OF Bremen
and Hamburg as will be seen, being the great dis
tributing points for all Germany
Prussia. s949, 1873
Hamburg 10, $50 1893
Total. 1888, 427 4O3
products we sell to Germany but as there is large
Indirect trade in these and other commodities,
transacted through the English markets, the figures
do not represent the full extent to which we find
purchasers in Germany for our productions.
Our Trade with France
is not likely to be materially interered with by the
should conclude to participate in the struggle taking
sides with North Germany. Our exports to France
to s45 s64 OF which s43 3S4 were to Atlantic
and s2 $50 4sO to Mediterranean ports. Our imports
fro from France amounted 1 to s2Ss sSl' OF which
terTanean ports.
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Twenty Cases of Sunstroke In Bal
Specie ShIpmeu

NEW YORK, July 19.-The specie shipments
for Europe to-day amount to $2, 100000.
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STATE OF THERMOMETER AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH
OFFICE.
IA AM.......s4l II A. M.......92 2P. M...9
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FROM THE W EST.
German War Meeting In , incinnatl-Death
frem sunstrOke.

German War Meeting In incinnatl-De eaths
frem sunstr0ke.
CINCINNATI, July 19.-1he Germans held a
very large and enthusiastic meeting last night
at Turner Garden, to give expression to their
feelings in regard to the war in Europe, and
resolutions were adopted resenting in strong
terms the insult by the French Minister to the
German nation through King William. COM
mittee was appointed to collect money for the
benefit of the wounded and for the widows and
orphans and considerable sum was pledged
on the spot.
DIR. Bruehl pledged himself to give $1OO a
week during the war, and like liberality was
displayed by others.
Five deaths from sunstroke occurred yes
terday.
Twenty Cases of Sunstroke In Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, July 19.-There were twenty
cases of sunstroke here yesterday, four being
fatal
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The Prussian and North German navy is manned
by about $500 seamen and boys, and Olcered by one
admiral, one vice-admra one admiral, 2T cap
tans, a commanders, and 1873 lieutenants. There
besides five companies of marines, four OF infan
try, and three Of artillery, numbering 1900 men.
The comparison between the two fleets shows
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Our Exports to German

OOUCUl, ptUIOItuIIl, IdIu, anu JUDdCCO HTt Cnt
products we sell to Germany, but as there is arg
Indirect trade in these and other commodities
transacted through the English markets, the figure
do not represent the full extent to which we dn
purchasers in Germany for our productions.
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Z ADVERTIsEMENTs
Election Notice.

A ND Now ON MOTION ar rs or.
- OERED by b Common Council of
WEDNEsDAY, THE TwENrx-sEvENrH
(27th) day of July, AID. 1870, an election
the provisions of the fOrtieth clause of the
th1rtfeth section of the charter of the said
city of Evansville, as amended by the act
Of March eleventh. Q1th) 1857. The said
election shall be held exclusively for the
purpose of aScertafning whether the quail
lied voters OF the said city do or do not
desire the Common Council aforesaid. for
and on behalf OF the said city of Evans
Vile. to subscribe for n take stock in the
Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad
Company to The amount of Tnree Hun
bred Thousand Dollars, to aid In the con-
struction OF a railroad from the said city
Warrick, Gibson, Pike, Davies, and
Greene Counties, in the state of Indiana.
TO an intersection with the indianapolis
and Vincennes Railroad, at a suitable
point in said Greene County, on the terms
and conditions and subject to the pro-
proposition of the Evansville and Indian
apol1s Railroad Company herewith spread
upon b Order BOOK of the Common
The work done and the material used m
constructing said road to be of q good and
substantial character, such as are used for
said road shall be q good, nrst-class, new
road. up to the point of completion mem
election shall be by ballot, and upon the
tickets of those who desire said stock to
be subscribed and taken as aforesaid, shall
be written or printed the words "Take
Stock" or other words clearly expressing
such desire; and upon the tickets of those
who de not desire said stock to be taken as
aforesaid, shall be written or printed the
words Take no Stock" or other words
thereto. In all other respects
said election shall be in the
same manner, and be governed by the
same rules and regulations as the annuaI
elections for officers OF said city now in
force, except that no one can vote at said
election who shall not have paid a city
tax within twelve months before said
election. The said election shall be held
at the usual and prope places of holding
city elections, and notice OF the time and
places of holding said election shall be
given by publishing a copy of this order
ten days in the Evansville Daily Courier
and the Evansville Daily Journal, news
papers printed and published in the city
of Evansville, the last of which publica-
tions shall be at least five days before the
time OF holding said election. By order of
the Council. WILLIAM HELDER,
City Clerk.
City Clerks office, Jun %, 1870. je5O If
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
nnnsnmntI0n.

The Three Remedies. "SCHENOH's Pull
MoN1o SYRUP" for the cure of Coughs,
Colds, Bronchitis, and every form Of Con-
sumption. The peculiar action of this med
Icine ripens the ulcers In the lungs, pro-
notes the discharge of the corrupt matter
by expectoration. Purihes the blood, and
thu cures Consumption, when every other
remedy falls.
"schenck's Sea-Weed Tonic" for the
cure of Dyspepsia or Indigestion, and all
diseases arising from debility. This tonic
tnvigorates the digestive organs supplies
the place OF h gastric juice hen that is
deficient, and then enables the patient to
digest the most nutricious food. It is 3
sovereign remedy for all cases OF indiges-
ton.
"Schenck's Mandrake Pills." one OF the
most valuable medicines ever discovered,
being a vegetable substitute for calomel,
and having all the useful properties as
cribed to that mineral, without producing
any OF its injurious effects.
To these three medicines DR.. j. ID
schenck, of Philadelphia, owe his IN
rtvaled success in the Treatment of Pull
mcnic Consumption. The PuImonic Syrup
ripens the morbid matter, discharges it,
and purihes the blood. b Mandrake
Pills act upon the liver. remove all OBJ
structtons therefrom, give b riga q
healthy tone, and cure Liver Complaint,
which is one of b most prominent causes
OF Consumption.
The Sea-Weed Tonic Invigorates the
powers of the stomach, and by strengthen
ing the digestion and bringing IL to amor
NAL and healthy condition, improves the
quality Of the blood, by which means the
formation of ulcers or tubercles In the
lungs becomes impossible. The combined
action OF hese medicines, as thus ex-
planned, W Icure every case Of Consump-
ton II ther medies are used in time and
the use OF the is ~persevered In sufficient
Iy to bring the case to q favorable termina-
ton.
DR.. Schenck's Almanac, containing a full
treatise on the various forms of disease,
his mode of treatment, VT general direc-
lions how to use his medicine, can be had
gratis or sent by mail By addressing his
Principal ONCE, No. Is North Sixth street.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Price Of the PulmOnic Syrup n Ses-
weed Tonic, zach O 50 per bottle, or 81 50 a
half dozen. Mandrake Pills, 25c. per box.
For sale by all druggists and dealers.
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Just i'm Time for the Holidays
EIecti0n Notice.

"HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
ID Stockholders of the Evansville Gas
Light Company, for b purpose of elect
ensuing year, will be held at the Office OF
b Company on the 18th day OF July, AID.
1870. between the hours OF 2 and 4 O'Clock
Pm. WIN. W. CHANDLER.
5yI2 DIT Secretary.
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MIseeIIane0us.
Business was not particularly active
on Saturday, being confined entirely
to the packets......The Idlewild was
receiving INTERCHANGEABLE Fayette
brought up a good trip of freight and
people."r.".The Morning Star Ind a
cabin full of people.....""....The Pine
Bluff had a fair cargo of tobacco......
The Evansville was receiving sn ex-
cellent trip of frejght.........The new
st. Louis, Memphis, and VicksburQ
Packet Line steamer City of Vicks-
burg passed down without landing.
She is a magnificent steamer, almost a
counterpart of the Grand Tower......
The powerful towboat Ajax, with
some twenty empty barges. passed up
at l P.M.."..."His many friends will
be gratifed to learn that Capt. Ben.
Z. Egan will be in the city within a
few days-.......Capt. Bill. Dix, of the
Ella Hughes, writes his " notices
of departure; here is a specimen:
For CatFO.-Not the African Metropolis
that picturesque city of hltb and magnin-
architecture, yet melancholy in her ruins
and squalor, but the more famous city
mississippi Rivers, departs the bonny Ella
Hughes at4P.M.
Lord Palmerston, of Nashville, and
Jeems Hendrick, of Paducah, are
going to spend a month at C~rittenden
Springs, Kentucky..."..."Cot," a ia
nous marine spiritual adviser and
dealer in liquid delicacies, on the
Cumberland river, has been admitted
into the new Steamboat Agency firm
of Harper, Arthur & Co., Nashville,
Tennessee. He is sometimes called
Cottingham for short..""...The John
Lumsden, Talisman and Tyrone, have
all laid up, and their days are being
filed by the Alpha, Ella Hughes,
and BurkvilIe, in the Nashville
and Paducah trade.""...............
Linah M. Cobb, clerk of the grand
old Armada last Spring, is nov on the
Alpha, experimenting her financial
afairs....' ...Our special Nashville
correspondent writes: Fast time has
been lately freely discussed. We want
to tell something about big trips.
Who can beat the following? We
claim it as the biggest trip ever made
by any steamboat. ID. A. Visit, of
st. Louis, was clerk of the Cont
mental during the war, on one trip,
which showed a profit of $36, 1000"
GIeanings from Our Exchanges.
PrrTsBURe. The Commercial OF Thurs
day says:
The marks last evening indicated three
feet I'VE Inches scant, u falling. The
weather. during the day was pleasant.
Trade on the landing was dull. Freights
not very plenty.
Captain Ike Kountz is having built at
BroWnsVille the Thirteenth Era, which Is
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TIE BASIS OF CIVIL SoCIETY.-Essays for
Young Men, on the honor and happiness
of Marrfage, and the evils and danger Of
Celibacy; with sanitary help for the at
tainment of mans true position in life.
HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Pox p, Phila-
dfinkSa, Pa, IfelO d&WSm