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was Indispensable, but none OF them to be seen
the spot, ard the soldiers fell down asleep, without
guards without single sentry. The sight was most
lameptabes"
A few hours later the troops awole, to & nd
their position vigorously shelled by the Prus-
SLAMS. What ensued is thus described
'The whole camp seizes its arms in disorderiy
fashion the officers do their best to give kind
of organization 60 the 1rst movements; the artillery
is soon at work, and the battle begins. But tre-
mendOus panic arises in the village crowded with
unarmed soldiers, who were gone from the camp in
search OF provisions. frantic rush begins In the
direction OF Mouzon; and the flying mass would
naturally have drawn with IL part OF the troops
already in line this side of the village, IL the OIL
GERS had not intervened, pistols In hand The gene
rails just rs much surprised as the troops presently
come to their senses, They take the command The
retreat is gradually organized, and on reaching
rather elevated ground we come out from under the
intolerable fire."
The subsequent events of that day, as re-
lated by the French officer-the confusion,
mismansgement, frequently recurring
panics. and Generalization of the troops
exceed anything of the kind witnessed in our
own war. The retreat of Mcclellan to Har-
rison's Landing or of Pope to Centreville
after the second battle of Bull Run was an
orderly movement in comparison with this
march of an attacking army; and that the
French conducted themselves so msnfully in
the closing battle at Sedan is due entirely to
the inherent valor of the race. Their CON-
manders deserve no credit for it. MacMahon
can never again hope to rank as the general
of an army. As a division or brigade COM
mander, he may answer; but that is ALL Well
may the nation exclaim in this crisis,
''Wanted, O General"
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WAR BY PROCLAMATION.


The latest manifesto of NJ Gambetta is q
very suggestive document; and this as much
on account of what it leaves unsaid as for
what it contains. Its confessions gauge the
weakness of France and the remedy it offers
for her misfortunes show too clearly how
fatal they have been. ''You are now rid of
unworthy chiefs, says the Minister of the
Interior to those rather underlined entities,
''the armies of France" Where the success
sors of the deposed Generals are to come
from NJ. Gambetta does not attempt to
explain. The somewhat unsatisfactory
phrase of proper guidance" is all the
indication we have of the extent of the
military talent at the command of the
Provisional Government Accompanied as
the present document is by despatch an
nouncing the resignation of General Bour-
baki, the only leader of first-class ability left
outside of Paris the vague expression of con-
fdence bodies little good to France. Nor can
much comfort be cleaned from the very en-
phatic statement that 'the time of treachery
and weakness is past" Were M. Gambetta
perfectly certain of that fact, he would pro-
baby not be at the trouble to state it, nor
would he, as on previous occasions, take
such infinite pains to lash the patriotism of
his countrymen into fury by slightly apoc-
ryphal suggestion like that of families
outraged" If Frenchmen are to fight at all,
they have compelling cause enough with
out being stimulated by the device of in
vesting Germans with the attributes of
Turcos
1t is impossible to note the neatly-turned
sentences of this document, and the little
bit of speacial pleading for the republic with
| which it closes, without a certain mournful
consciousness of how impotent such an ap-
| peal, under present circumstances, is likely
| to be. The sentiments are in the main un-
exceptionable, and the mode of their ex-
preston does credit to the eloquent eulogist
of Baudin and the irreconcilable assailant OF
| the Empire. But France wants deeds.-not
words; Generals-not pamphleteers; arms
not sentiment. Without the latter she could
make shift to live for while; with the for
mer much might yet be retrieved. Unfortu-
natey, it is the most vital requirements
that are absent, and the superfuous that
are to be had in abundance. And thus it
comes that the decentralization which made
the garrison of Metz in the later sorties fly
like an unarmed rabble before the first onset
of the Prussians, is but type of the paralysis
| of united effort that seems to have overtaken
! France. On paper there are upwards of
sixty Departments that are still free from the
exactions of the INVADER in fact, his infu-
ence seems to pervade every corner of
| France, and to have half conquered panic
stricken populace before his appearance COM
pletes the task. That France may cherish
for many years the hope of exacting terri
BILE revenge for her great humiliation, no
one can doubt. That she cannot do it now
is equally obvious; and, harsh as the sentence
may be, it becomes daily more plain that
there is but one resource left to her-to
make the best terms she can with the con-
querer.
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NUTTING.
From the N. Y. Tribune.

FROM tte NJ 4. ITlOune.
Perhaps, after all, her Aherns and Hag-
Philadelphia, and she has other claims to be
known as the City of Brotherly Love apart
from the alluring Establishments of her police,
with their billies, to win votes for the Demo.
cratic ticket, or the pleasant, though eccen-
trio, amenities by which her thieves and Re-
turn Judges lately settled the election. Now
and then the genial charity and refinement of
the old Quaker element make themselves felt
through the strata of cut-throats and petty
ward politicians that have the rule at present
in the city of Penn. touching little Incl
dent occurred the other day in proof of this.
Some good Brother Cheeryble among her
school directors conceived the idea year ago
of an annual nutting party, by which the
children of the public and charitable schools
would be taken out and turned loose into all
the solitary places near the city for one day
in the year, to find themselves free from the
streets and alleys, from human trade and
human trickery, and face to face with nature.
One day last week the idea was carried into
effect. Old mother nature, it seems, kept
one of her kindest smiles in the damp DAYS
for the little ones; the sun was warm, the air
bracing, and a yellow October haze turned
the road-dust into sifted gold, and every
stubbly hilltop into the delectable mountains.
Upwards of seventy thousand children made
a happy day of it.
This school holiday seems an ordinary
affair even to the Philadelphia press, but we
find it more suggestive and worthy of note
than the most horrible of the recent MUIR
deIs and adulteries. A day in the woods
for 10000 children, half of whom, most
likely, never had gathered an acorn or
climbed for shellbark before To the big
people, the teachers, and even old Brother
Cheeryble himself, it was no doubt only a
ride in the cars at half-fare, anxiety, noise,
damp grass, to be followed by night of
aching heads and legs. But to the children
it was something which in after years would
appear big, bright slice of their childhood.
1t was new song in the dusky market-place,
with far-off echo of heaven in it which they
would learn by heart and we fancy will never
forget. Even Croesus must pay sum that
gripes him for a picture by the old masters;
but every ragged urchin took home with him
from that nutting frolie a landscape of red
tinted trees and glancing rivers which Rem
brandt nor Turner could paint; picture at
whose coloring no critic should ever fling his
vapidities; its greens and umber would only
deepen and soften into rarer truth with time
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sRxRxx or xHn PRuss.
Editorial Opinions ofthe Leading Journals
upon Current TopiOs-compiIed Every
Day for the Evening Telegraph.
WHAT Is THE MATTER WITH PHILA-
DELPHIA?
Prom the N. Y. Insurance Times.

From the NJ y. Insurance Times
This question seems to be uppermost in
the minds and on the tongues of the mourn
ers as they 90 about our streets. In ordinary
times the City of Brotherly Love was bad
enough for agency companies and such others
as now and then ''took flyer" or two on
choice risks there, mostly specials, of course.
The last half year has been red with losses
there, aud Chicago and Elmira will have
to look we'll to their laurels or Philadelphia
will bear them off and be recognized
as the champion city of the Union for
fires, and destructive ones too Already
quite q number of companies have with
drawn their agencies, and some twenty
five more, it is said by one of their city
papers, will do SO at the end of the
present year. Companies that had a fair
balance of profit year and half age are
now very far on the other side of the ledger.
What can the matter be with our sister city?
We have heard it limited that there was more
than one screw loose in the present fire de-
partment. If so there is no safety for under
writer's or citizens, and the city authorities
cannot awake too soon to a realization of the
fact. Something must be done or insurance
companies will cease to assume risks in city
which is fast becoming like the cities of the
plain in ancient days. The truth is, Philadsl-
phia must have an efficient paid fire de-
partment and fire patrol before under
writing can be carried on proftably
or the citizens enjoy that protection which
the law should afford in so prosperous and
wealthy city. We have had our days of
trial here, and have happily passed them, we
trust, and we have no hesitancy in saying
that Philadelphia will find no security and
peace until she is completely redeemed from
her present system of protection, and the
dangerous members of which it is COM
posed. She has already been too long dis
graced by her present department and the
brutal fights of its members For more
than twenty years the evil has been
growing upon her, until underwriters
and citizens have more to fear from those
who should be their defenders than from the
fiery element itself. We say this much not
from any unkind feeling to the city or towards
the underwriters, who have done all they could
to remedy the evil, but it is time not only
the city but the country should cease to be
disgraced by such scenes as we have witnessed
within the last two years. Self-interest and
due regard for city reputation demand q
change, and if they are to retain their fair
name and credit the citizens must move at
once and with determination in favor of g
well-organized paid fire department.
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rS7Es NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
~" application will be made at the next meeting
OF the General Assembly OF the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania for the Incorporation OF a Bank, in
accordance with the laws OF the COmmonwe Ilth to
be entitled THE OMITTED STATES BANKING
COMPANY, to be located at Philadelphia, with a
capital of one million dollars, with the right te in
crease the same to five million dollars.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

r6ss NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
w. application will be made at the next meeting
OF the General Assembly OF the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania for the Incorporation OF Bank in ac-
cordance with the laws of the Commonwealth to
be entitled THE JEFFERSON BANK, to be located
at Philadelphia, with a capital OF one hundred
thousand dollars, with the right to increase the
to five hundred thousand dollars.
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ARTHUR G. COFFIN, President
CHARLES PLATT, Tice- President.
MATTHIAS MABIs, Secretary.
Q. II. REEVES Assistant SECRETARY. SO
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EIR As s o q / A T / o N
INCORPORATED MARCH II, 1890
OFFICE,
No. 81 NORTH FIFTH STREET.
INSURE
BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AMI
MERCHANDISE GENERALLY
Fnsm Loss by IRE Qn the City OF philadelphia only
ASSETS. JANUARY 4, 1870, sI,572,53l.
TRUSTEES
William H. Hamilton, Charles =. Bower,
John Oarrow, Jesse Lighuoot
George /. Young, Robert Shoemaker
los Ic Lyndall, Peter Armbruster,
Levi p. Goats, M. H. Dickinson,
Samuel sparhawk, Peter Williamson,
Joseph L. Schell.
VIM. II. HAMILTON, President
SAMUEL sPARRAwK. vice-PresidsnL
WILLIAM +. BUTLER,
Secretary
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Roy NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
application will be made at the next meeting
OF the Ga neral Assembly OF the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania for the Incorporation OF Bank, in
cordance with the laws OF the Commonwealth, to
be entitled HE CIiESNUT STREET BANK, to be
located at Philadelphia, with a capital OF one hun
dred thousand dollars with the right to increase the
same to Ave hundred thousand dollars.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-11-17
I.iNrnLN nonnrr

AtTE LINCOLN COUNTY. - q t5 u
Mare Mule dark brown, considerably
Scared on each shoulder, SPAWN on right
hind leg, no shoes on, knot under Jaw, about
IL hands, about Is or 20 years; Presly Drin.
kard, 18th dis, Oct 12-$25.
Mare, sorrel, star in the forehead, few
white spots on her back. II hands high,
years old next spring R.,C. Wiseman, on
Farris' Creek, End dis, septs-s10O. -
Fire HOgs--two blue, two white and one
black, smooth crop and split in right ear /;
L. l.. Cole, 10th dis, Sept S-@valued at 81
each for the blues and black, and SO each
for the whites. '.-i
Mare, bay, branded on left shoulder with
letters C O, old shoes on fore feet, no white
about her, about IA hands, about years old
by Geo. T. Roper. 18th district, on Kellt's
Greek, Sept. 12-$45.
T.co Hogs-a Sow, black and white spot
ted, smooth crop and under bit in each ear
and split in the left; the other Barrow,
sandy, smooth crop and split in each ear
R. W. Pitts, 10th district Aug. 22--each 81
Bull, roam or red speckled, half crop in
right ear, 2 years old Jack Dismukes, col,
18th district, Aug. 8--Sl2. of
Mare, bright bay, black legs, name and
tail, except the left hind leg is white above
the pastern joint, blind in right eye, shod
all round, no brands perceivable, about 16
hands high, abort IL years; Smith L. Walk
err, 22nd dis, July 21-$80.
BEDFORD COUNTY.
Horse, sorrel, both hind feet white, small
white snip on nose, white spot in forehead,
has fstula, l515 hands, about 10 years; by
Geo. Ivie, COL, Bird dis, Sept. 1880.
~
Mule, mare, dark brown-bay, barefooted,
no flesh marks, 10 x hands, 6 or years old ;
Wilson Reaves, June 1850.
Horse. bay, right hind foot white quite
thin in order, hind feet shod, 49, hands,
or years old |; VIII Wade, eolored, in II e.
ridianville, May $50. ~
Mare Mule, dark brown, no brands, 1907
l6 hands high, about years; by j. ID. Tan
ner June 16-S225. ~
Mare, chestnut sorrel, blaze face, both
hind feet and left fore foot white, branded
on left shoulder with letters -. A." about
IA hands, about years; Benz. B. Clark,
June 1857 90.
LIMESTONE COUNTY
Horse, iron gray, gear marks on side,
shoes on front feet Is hands high, about
years old VIM. H. Notes, Feb. 20-$l00.
Fire MUles-two mouse colored, one sor-
rel, one bay, and one black-also, one gray
Mare, with wart over right eye; by Jas.
Morris, miles from Athens, on Fayette-
vile road, May 49,.
GILES COUNTY.
Heifer, roam, no marks, 2 years this spring;
by Gill Bell, Pulaski, April 2S.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-11-17
DOTYS WASHING MACHINE,
LATELY MUCH MPRovED-ASD The NEW
Universal Clothes WringGr
MACHINE,

Improved with Roreps Patent Double
Cog-wheels and the Patent Stop, are now
unquestionably far Superior to any appa-
ratus for washing clothes ever invented,
and will save their cost twice q year, by
saving labor aud clothes. .-"
The Editor Of this paper, who purchased
a Washer and Wringer, thus testifies as 10
their value:
"a. A FAMILY BLESSING. .,s ID
We have had in constant weekly use Ia
our family, for about two months, Doty's
Washing Machine, and tho Universal
Clothes Wrnger, and after q trial, often re-
peated, we can say as result of our obser-
walton and experience, that tho statements
made in the advertisement on our fourth
page arc literally true. The Machine a.
bolishes all the hard t0Ork OF washing; the
clothes, Of whatever kind or texture, arc
thoroughly cleaned, and the wear Is not
near so much rs under the old system Of
washboard washing. Tho Wripger is also q
model Of perfection. II will wiring gar
ments drier than can DO done by hand,
ruth no danger at all of tearing the clothes.
It's made with Rowelps patent double cogs,
with the patent stop (Which Is in no other
Wringer to prevent the double cogs from
separating so FAR as TO lose their power
The general agent Mr.. Browning, is very
safe in offering to return tho Washer aud
Wringer. after one months trial, Il not
liked No one, after fairly testing their Ca
pacitios will be willing TO do without them.
PRICES-A Fair Offer.
If the Merchants in your place will not
furnish, or send for the Machine, send us
theretail price, Washer So Extra Wringer
$40, and we will forward either or both
machines, free of freight TO places whore
no one is selling and so sure arc we they
will be liked, that we agree to refund the
money if any one wishes to return the ma
chimes free of freight after months trial,
according to directions.
No husband, father or brother should
permit the drudgcry of washing with the.
hands, ffty-two days in the year, whenit can
be done better, more expeditiously, with
less labor, and no injury 10 the garments, by
aDoty Clothes Washer, and q Universal
Wringer. -"
Sold by dealers generally, towhom liber-
al discounts are made.
*. G. BROWNING, Gen. Agent,
aug1i-4m so Cortlandt St., New York. q
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-11-17

CURE FOR MURRAIN.-D. Har.
rington has a herd of cows afflict
ed with this disorder, and asked
how to cure them. A. B. Gran.
dali, of the World, said; 'Lewis
T. Allen, in his work on Ameri,
can cattle, states that purgatNe
medicines are the best remedies,
and he recommends a mixture,
consisting Of castor oil, six ounces
nitre, one ounce I; EPSON salts, four
ounces; whey, or thin Cruel, one
quart. Ifthis does not prove eff.
iectuaI, a drink may be admins
tered, made Of two ounces oil of
turpcntine, one ounce of alum,
dissolved, and one ounce of terra
iaponica. Harris Lewis advises
sulphur and salt, and another
writer states that an experienced
farmer gave half a pint OF the
Juice OF the white-blossomed net
lie with excellent effect"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-11-17

DINPLEs.--Beat the white Of
three eggs very dry, add gradual,
ly three quarters ola pound of SUI
gar, and beat till il is well mixed.
Blanch almonds, and cut them in
to pieces as small as peas and stir
them into the egg andsugfr-- three
quarters of a pound of aithSnds for
the eggs. Drop the mixture in
spots as large as a halEpenny on
white paper upon tin, and bake
in q cool oven. o.,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-11-17
A Steam Plow at Work

j The Vicksbarg Herald gives the
following description of a .stearh
pillow at work on the plantation of
zen. Wade Hampton, near Skip
with's Landing, Mississippi:
1t consists of two portable en-.
gines which are-sc made that thew
run themselves without the aid
OF horse power over any road or
field. The engines are placed at
opposite sides Of tie field, and by
means of wire ropes, four hun
dred and three yards long, draw a
gang of plows from one side to the
other. The plows cut the soil to
any depth required and at a rapid
rate; faster than a man can walk
There are different sets of plows,
for subsoiling for deep and shallow
pl0wing, for extracting roots, and for
making cotton beds. The latter
is the most interesting, and makes
a complete cotton bed, of over
FIVE feet wide at one operation.
They pillow on an average twenty.
FIVE or thirty-five acres daily, and
can do even more on loose soil.
The engines are useful for much
other work. The General has g
large saw mill which these ma
chimes take with them to the woods
to cut lumber and make fencing.
The heavy and broad iron wheels
of the engines help to make good
roads, and there is no better road
in the county than the one through
Hampton's Walnut Ridge planta-
lion, five miles long. A few days
ago one of these engines came
down to the wharf boat at Skip
worth withsix large wagons in tow.
These we're placed on the boat hea-
Willy ladened with lumber, and the
strain" then started for home at a
lively rate, crossing one of the
levees. 1twould have taken TWEEN
ty-four good mules to have pulled
those loads. Another time the
engine was "hitched" to a good
sized house and moved it back
from the river bank several hun
dred yards in about twenty min
utes, as fast as the men could
Keep rollers under it. 1t is the
intention of Gen. Hampton to
make these engines haul his cot
ton to the river this season when
the weather is favorable.
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Thursday Morning, NOvem'r II 1870
gapnI ana 3uusebur6.
3 =
Making Soap.

Every farmers wife, says the
Ohio Earmer, is proud of a bar
rel ofsoap, but some are so UNI
fortunate as to seldom get one.
They try hard enough, but the
ashes are sometimes poor, or
the right proportions of lye and
grease are not used at other
times the soap appears to be
good when put up, but changes
entirely after standing a few
days. The last trouble usual
~ arises from getting the soap
too strong and diluting with wa
ter. If very strong it will be
thin and dark, and by adding
cold water and thoroughly stir
ring, the color is changed many
shades lighter, and the mass
thickened, giving it the appear
ance of a numDer one article,
when in reality it is very poor,
Hickory ashes are the best
for soap-making, but those from
sound beech, maple, or almost
any kind Of hard wood, save
oak, will answer well. A com
mon barrel set upon an inclined
platform makes q very good
leach, but l much prefer one
made of boards in a trough in
V shape, for the strength of the
ashes is better obtained, and it
may be taken to pieces when
not in use and laid up.
First, in the bottom of the
leach. put a few sticks; over
them spread a piece ofcarpet or
wooden cloth, which is much
better than straw /; put on afew
inches of ashes, and from four
to eight quarts of lime :; FIJI
with ashes, meistened and lamp
down i've II amp the fRgnestin
the center. 1t is difficult to OBJ
tain the full 5 strength of the
ashes ID a barrel Without felnov-
ing them after azday's teaching
and mixing them up and repla-
cling. The top should be first
thrown off, and new ashes adj
ded to make up the proper
quantity. Use boiling water
for the second teaching.
Take about four gallons of
I've, and boil up thoroughly
with twelve pounds of grease,
then add the I've as it is obtained,
keeping a slow fire, and stirring
often, until you have a barrel
of soap. After boiling the
grease and four gallons of I've
together, it may beput in a bar
rel and the lye' added there,
which will form good soap if
frequently stirred, but the heat
ing process is the best when
weather and time will permit
the work to be done.
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SoNErHINc WORTH KNOWING AMI

SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING AND
Enthusiastically you wish to
clean aud make bright a black
rusty knife or other steel table
cutlery, take an Irish potatoe, dip
the fresh cut surface in finely
powdered brick dust and iub the
knife with the busted potatoe.
This will cleanse the knife from all
INST or acid stains, and make as
bright as if new. This is an eco
nomical polishing powder, always
nm hand and superior to all the
polishing powder obtained in
stores. L..
AEoTHER.--To preserve iu's
o.om moths--simple, economical
and sure Wrap your iurs close,
~ and nicely in newspapers ana
:, t,r m need not fear the moth.
~ HoUsEKEEFES.