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rnE niRTr0RD .aND ERIE MIDDLE.
Efforts 10 bring Order out Of Chaos "A Plan
to Reorganizc the Company and Conn
pictc the Road-Mysterious Injunctions-
New workers. getting Control OF the Road.

Efforts 20 bring Order out of Chnos-A Plan
to Reoraanize the Company and Conn
pictc the Road-NIys,erious Iuiunctions-
New Workers gettius Control Of the Road.
corrcsponaence OF lhe sun.
nosrox Jrlv os-Wbon the Massachusetts,
Lerislatpro xas uroroeued last month. there was
such an intense feeling for and against the Boston,
tr.,ta, -, 81. Daii,oaa ,h,, a soon,ad tnari,.
bIv. distinct issue for the fall campaign. Mem.
hcrs ,ho h.d ,.vor.d Tho hin which was vetoed NV
~ al. ~, ~, ,anrhrtsa. r,a.rsa,,as
W." w "hh' W." :" WV sN.V'
but the water IN Tue pohuea po' nas eeaseu 10 mss
and boil in that direction, and is lnkewarm on the
gubernatoril issue. though IL continues at blood
huDv,naoii" h'o. '',u'' '-'"s" :. 1, ~ yr''
heat with regard 10 the Auorhey-peneral, ue non.
Chas Allen. But as 1t is said that he Is not Inclined
a, -. ., a.. ,.,,,. o,o. ,,,i. o,,.o ,,,iu 40, ~
W run Again. Ne suus-'e o'e' 'u'a o"ee WI" no' Ve
very fierce unless one or two lawyers who aspire
i'm that dir,ctiop and rere AZ fierce a. he AGAINST
- - 80 =,
lhls ralifoad' alteHp' 10 secure the homihauon'
Since the LEGISLATURE adjourned, leaving the road
s,A's ''e - slS''"ie N-''nt u' 'o"u
III 'He h'no eVhu'""n III "nie" " vac 'ouuu ""en
the session Was begun, tie managers have been try
ing to reconcile the different interests 10 some Dlan
M which N NAV i've corrlct,d The trs; work pcr
formed yas T. secure su,fo.i'y for maxim. second
acromulisheI hut AZ n meeting of s,ocs holders an
ininncfion Wa served a rreyert nny action of that
Mud. IL was da,ed in suffolk: ccnn,y. Massaehu.
tettq and ~ substance was as folloNs:
.--h,.-- =, -. -. ,o,,..,,,,.d 4, ns O., o,, c.
AeIemS ~ ~ "a u.Yh % - fus Hf',hc c,ty ,ra
rNn,y a. Ss,s vcrt 90 Ns,l; ~ Npes and MchGri
3 Boies 6oth Of q atom aad noth coptr..-.s pnl.T
the nrm ana siyie nf Matthew Boles q Comnany r-ur
piinans that hey -Aid comp lainRnts. have exhibited
blll OF complaint IN oar saii Goutt again.i YOU the
BVston' hsIusTd 1iI t;lv ..utoal M company, aud
@ Nnc,v'u n ~ @ ,a;n, Vh r ",h' ~ uhg-
spondenis '' " ~ "S''''' 'N'' Wv '''' ''
we, IN 'rcfore in consld ration of the premises do
strictly enIoln and the said respondents
to aest and refrain tfom makiEc or SunE any bonds
Of sad Bosion. Hartford anu Lrie Railroad COMPANY,
uhutI he itt"iutlos % ihe s'f,e Oh Ionhsr'eut 90
p,sN." nSoS az ~ u T TSlt ~ NJ "
efiy OF sal Coniran
A. -. -, -, --An.. g.. - -...,A.,,
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The Two Fricnds-Fish and Davis.

Our Democratic contemporary the World
feste rdoy made the following emphatic
declaration.
I'VE have sincere respect for the character and
virtues Of Secretary FIsn."
Now le. the World also protest that il has
y sincere respect for the character and virtues
Of JonN BANCROFT DAVIS, whom Mr.. FISH
hns selected MS his assistant TO be Acting
Secretary of State in his absence, and its
profession of faith will be complete. Mr..
Fish. and Mr.. DAVIS stand on tho same
platform, and their love for each other sur.
passes the love of DAVID and JONATHAN.
They stick together closer than brothers.
DAVIS was proved four months ago by tho
Legislature Of Massachusetts to have beeh.
bribcd with 100000 to bctray aud dcfraud his
clients; ard upon this any ordinary public
man, whether honest himself or not, would
instantly have expelled him from his Office
md his confidence. Not so Mr.. FISH. He
evidently thought bribery no offence, pro
vidcd n man makes by ii 100000 at n time !;
and he keeps DAVIS near him, in insolent de-
HHH't VI Iul III 'llliiou anu WHeu uo hiAs
occasion TO leave Washington for his sum-
mcr pleasures, he puts DAVIS forward before
all the world as Acting Secretary of State
Therefore. Let no man who wishes 20 publish
his admiration for FISH omit 10 add that he
,dmircs DAVIS also Besides, are they not
both interested in the scheme to make six
Inen millions by buying CubG-DAvIs as n
direct participant, and Fish through the qSs
pcctcd share OF his sonin.law, SIDNEY WEI
sTlR?
II seems there is some difficulty IN finding
the right man TO succeed Mr. FIsn as- Sec
rctary of State. Why not take DAvIs3 1t
Is true he made only 100000 by his MNssa
ehusotts bribes, and that is -i.St ~ large
sum in these days OF prr-r1Tts and of OK trttvr.
ganccs. But make him Secretary, and he
will think nothing of getting brides of a
quarter or halt a million at time. Can
anything more splendid be w,shed for?
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France IsotaEh-Probable Downnli OF
Napole leon.

NdpOieOn.
Franco is as isolated in 1870 as che was in
1915. Indeed, her position is more perilous
now than II was then. The First NAPOLEON
inspired the world with a sense of awe and
even his enemies were compelled to almi-e
the grandeur of his genius. The French
were fascinated by his glory; and when lie
fell, tie national pride was soothed by the
feeling that II required the coalition of all
the great powers, and the periidy of Eng
land, TO overthrow the colossus Even his
the worlds fear OF one who had kept world
at bay
But what is there in the present BONA
rAETE to create any such enthusiasm?
Nothing, except that he bears an llustrious
name, and that the French army, one of the
best disciplined ever known, is faithful TO
his orders. His bungling policy has long
sncc revealed TO humiliated France that he
is but spurious nephew of his uncle HIS
Crimean war Yves great blunlcr, for Russia
is now more powerful than ever and Turkey
continues to he nothing but vassal of Eng
land His Italian war gave him the prestige
Of limited success: but even then he left
the work of Venetian cmancip patton to be com
pletcd by Prussia, and stopped short Of max
ing Rome the capital Of Italy. That country,
which he counted on for an ally, if not a
vassal, now r@gards him with hatred, and
will leave him in the lurch at the last fatal
hour of his career
The fortunes of the First NAf2IEoS turned
at Beresina but the gloom of that disaster
was relieved by the grandeur of the con.
ception which aimed to strike n deathblow
at Russia. Tho fortunes Of the Third NA.
roLEoN turned in Mexico and the absurdity
OF that enterprise was redeemed by nothing
whatever. 1t was such Llunder, such a
masterpiece of stupidity, as no tyrant and
certainly no French tyTant, could ever re.
cover from.
What makes the isolation Of France go
much more dangerous to her master in 1870
than in 1915, is the fact that Prussia has now
grown up TO formidable proportions, 80 that
ii pitted single.handed against France her
success is not beyond the range of possibility.
And while LOUIS NAPoLEoN's position at
home is so much weakened that reverse of
his arms would at once put an end TO his
reign. the strength of the great powers has
become so much increased that, even without
such tremendous coalition as was formed
against the first Empire, the overthrow of the
second Empire would seem to be thing of
comparatively easy accomplishment.
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War on Rose-water Princi Piles.

Mr., HAMILTON FISH has addressed letter
to the Prussian Minister, expressing his sa-
tisfaction with the announcement that the
Prussian Government will exempt from
seizure ly its cruisers on the high seas all
merchant ships and other private property
belonging to the enemy, even though Franco
should refuse to adopt this principle, In this
communication Mr.. FISH also intimatcs
hope that the North German Government, as
well as the other great powers of the world,
may presently como to determination 10 Is
sue no commissions to pr.vateers which will
empower them 10 capture trading vessels, or
TO interrupt the general course of commerce
carried on in the bottoms of bcll'perent
powers.
While there is no question but that il il de,
slrable torender the treatment of men wound
ed in battle and of prisoners of war as humane
as possible, nothing is moro absurd than the
sentimental idea of diminishing the horrors
of war by such rhilanthropic appliances as
MI Fisu contcmplatcs The business Of
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war 10 intrnacally horrible, it consists
in killing men and destroying prop
erty. Its Object is exclusively to weaken
and disable tho enemy 20 that he can no
longer continue hostilitics, and must submit
TO the terms for tho alta nmcnt Of which the
war was begun. Why, then, should lo be
allowed TO continue unin.erruptcdly upon
the sea the pursuits OF commcrceH Upon
land this privilege is denied linn and there
is no reason why he should be permitted to
prosper and grow wealthy by fovign trade
upon the ocean, when by military operations
ON land he is constantly crippled and i'm
poverishcd.
AZ for privatecrs, there Is everywhere
among real statesmen n reaction against the
doctrine put forth by JEFFEHsoN, FRANK
LIN, and ADAMS, and favored by FREDElucK
the Great in the eighteenth century. At
that time neither tho United States nor
Prussia had any foreign commerce, or any
ships of war upon the ocean; and it was
desirable for both countries 10 establish
principle which would diminish their own
relative weakness as compared with the mari
time powers. For this purpose they conceived
and preached tho abolition Of privatccrng;
but in the present changed condition of tho
world, it would be false and mistaken
policy for either nation to insist upon such a
measure. Privatcers are upon the ocean pre-.
csely what volunteer troops arc upon tho
land and no one who witnessed tho mag.
nifccnt achievements Of the volunteer army
of the United States during the rebellion
can Je in favor of depriying this country of
an arm which would prove 90 potent in the
case of foreign war. II is all very well for
Mr.. FIsu, with his limited powers of mind,
and his deficient insight into political rcla.
tons, TO lay anew upon the anvil and
laboriously hammer over conceptions which
belong to = past epoch but Gov. NANCY
was u great deal wiser when in 1856 he re
fused to agree to the declaration of Paris.
II will be an unlucky dny for tho United
States when the theory of making war upon
philanthropc principles shall lie adopted by
our statesmen and sanctioned by the author
ity of Congress. Such mode of warfare
belongs TO the millennium, and no wise man
viii ondeayor TO introduce it in advance Of
IFS proper day.
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Russia showing hrr Teeth.

FROM ne NQfcOr Tdselff, JHige
Bot where il that feet which dew so boldly on
the waves Of the Archipelago Where are those ia.
NOUS sulni which rSmindad US At Sn0De OF tho i'm.
mortal struggle of Cheshmei The very same Eu.
Iope whose civlLatlon our grandhthers defended
on us eastern boundaries united itself against us
idr lie purpose OF ayangng the victories which she
app4uded, aud OF Which she enjoyed tho fruits Sc
oaslopol was the reward for CheslIme and Kngu
na1 mo ery OF these victories is the beat guarantee
that kusSia VIII not rdmAiD in the East IN int dc.
grading position wnich has been created for h,r by
the Sebastopol allies OF Turkey
lime must come hen Russia will get rid Of tho
ieuers imposed uUon her, aud will reGstablish Ter
lnnuenee so dearly purchased IN IT, East. II is i'm.
possible that the should remain forever In the con.
nltons Which have been prescribed TO her by The
treaty OF Paris-wlth empty harbOrs, with towns
unprotected nom the smallest gunhoat Of Turkey
All along the shores OF ths Black Sea. A great
power Glsarmed In its own Maters; a power VIC
tonnus at Chcsnme over tho Turks Is now unde
Tended against them Can amy one believe In such
atnne can IL he trnef can history ttop at such a
tnetf Russia must reGatAblish her power in the
Black Sea, snd sIc will re6siablsh II. or this no
one doubts, not even her enemies, who exert their
best enorts only to postpone the decisive day far
AZ tley can.
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Rocherort to Ii.s Constituents.


NJ Rochefort, who for many weeks has been
rigorCu'ly prevented from writing, las found ncars
10 address letter to his constituents OF which the
following Is an extract
UEAR EIyoTDns; 10 not nrecisely know what 10
taks sid what ip leave Of tao recsnt Minisfcrn fan.
eonnaG-. out ~ had been IN my place IN laTiiancnt
NhoN The ws-uke declaration of the Goverrnie.. I.
.smadc, saoui "aycccrtainy protcste against the
nhlnstlha'e rover w. the Executive takes upon
WIN when the country is threatcrot;.
~ me dyhHstlc conflict which prOtur - s0ch 4
telhole ptttnlhntlOn Il tselt stfIlIng coz
uenAuHno OF m monarchical priuc pie. II instead Of
thpeillng Spanish Republican Triukce- from Frcnch
ieHuOIy lne HoNcTnment lad enconI aIed the uttHN.
HMilcnt OF a Rcphhc IN Spain sloul not be
opposing q KING Wnuee oGhrOncment viii, "a rhaps,
cast torrents of blood and ycaft OF misery Every war
not strictly defen'ive II \ a. ricS II murders.
10 ttslort the onptc Of IN rlrs V. or ofNnpoleNn
l. are seductive drrens Tor suYcIegns; but we. Whp
know what sOvc reeus know Rlso what we get
ni bIiI dreams lhir. dear electors, what shOn d
have SAID or rather ave tree 10 have saul IN the
tofps lclh alf for MY voice would probably have
born stlIeL, nsuR by tho laughter and cres OF tho
majority, whtch sent yonT nepuiy TO prison
Rnt here. elsewhere address ilyssf to Won who
Wnation and who know. alas the fan value Of iho,o
crowned plnanihIopsts who take the destruction OF
th' Poor for the extinction OF p!nperisin.
"srE. PELAsIE July II. 1870"
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THE VAR IN EUROPE.
The LOr don Times Dcnounccs Napoleon.
From he london TInes oC JVly 10.


The greatest national crime that we have had
the p1in Of recording In these columns since the
days OF the First Frcucb Emuiro has been con sum.
mated. War Is deciared--an unjust, but premol-
tated war. This dire calmity which ovcrwhc'ms
Europe with dismay s, i is now too clear, the act
of France-oi one man in ffance. II is the ultimate
resu't OF personal rue. Cleaftightcd peOJle had
too good reason e. believe that ;'ey could daicct
the Emperor Napocon's designs ggaiBs. Prussia in
bis appointment Of the Duke lie Gramout to tie oce
Of bis Secretary OF state for Foreign AGars. N.
de Gramopt was well known for his perfect neu-
,rality In home politics.
He Was athorough-paced. devoted State servant
and had filled tho post Of French Ambassador at
Vienna for The last nineteen ycars, including the
and trusted with the managemont nf the Foreign
Onlee. M. de Gramont had not been many days IN
ofhee when he startled the world by those
words which were substantially a repetition
OF the Emperor's fan ous New Yoar's greet.
inS TO The Austrian Ambassador in 1859. a. de
Gramonts words In the Chamber we repeat mere
not slo1ea, bUt read. They had boen carefully
weighed and sili cd, aud, whether or not thes had
been dawn up with the knowledge and consent of
NJ; de GrsmoRts colleagues, they had been certainly
submitted TO- II not actually inspired by, NJ. dc era
monts master.
that II " = with the Emperor's concurrence, II not
at his suggestion, that VI. Benehetti-a diplonatist
Of more than twenty years standing, aud, there
fore not excl-ab'e on the score of unarqunint1nce
with civilized usagcs-agETHyateda an offensive mes
sage by the unheard'oi dseourtcsy with which he
delivered II. II is only too to appreciate with
what spirit and with wliat aim negotiation which
began With grniuitous threat and ended In an
insult was undertaken aad conducted. IL was a
slap In the face given with the lett hand, while the
right Is arc adv the hit of the sword IL was the
deed or dnelist gntsping an adversary by the
throat with the cry, "GUur honor or your lie r.
lt s now too evident that nothing short OF amount
OF humiliation TO which no powerful nation could
su9mis would nave given Prussia chance OF escape
The opportunity for showing tile wonders %. the
chdssepot and the trdiHerSS not to be rcaisicd
France natterod herself that sine was marching to
certain victory. she Cnyo no iule for diplomacy 10
staJ her arm or to battle her OF her prcy. The re.
nance OF thc Emperor on one Minister was so
manifest that the very man wi Ose woudgous
pliancy aud compllcency have been most con.
spicuous during his tenure OF of'cc-the Kcener
OF the Seals Olliyier-was ms stiAed nnd thrown oti
the scent. lie was kept SO completely in tue dark
with respect TO the real mind Of the ruler on this
IMPORTANT matter that he was proclairng !. .ce In
the lObslts of tIo legislative Body at the very
ment IN which his colleague of Foreign Affairs was
throwing on; broad hilis from the TiibrHr about
the necessity of" farther negotiation" with Prussil
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manner by numerous gofges aud valloys,
which would seriously impede military opcr
ations. A railroad crosses it on German soil,
connecting Mannheim and Spcyer on the
Rhine, by way OF Kaiserslautern, with
Saarbruck on the Saar. Another railroad
crosses on French soil from Strasburg to
Sarrcbourg
The western belt includes elevated ridges
and broken table lands and, although easier
of access than the eastern, would make the
march of nh invading force extremely diff.
cult and fatiguing A railroad from Dingcn
follows the valley of the Maize, and leads to
Saarbrtck on the Saar and thence TO Metz
on tho Moscllc.
1t is most likely that the operations at tho
opening of the campaign will bo conducted
through the two valleys above described.
The broken ground enclosing them will afford
excellent positions for defence and offence.
Tho country is such as TO give ample oppor.
tunity to the commanders to carry out bril-
limit manUuvres and IL remains to be seen
which Of the two parties will exhibit the
greater talont promptnoss. and celebrity.
France has along her northwestern from.
tier series of secondary fortrcsscs, which
arc not very important, except as points of
support in position occupied by tho army.
Such arc Lauterbourg ard Wcissenbourg
east of tho Vosges mountains, and Thion-
vile on the Moscllc. Further inland are
two fortified places of the first rank, Stras-
burg on the Rhine, and Metz on the Mo.
selle, neither of which would be passed by
nn invading army without absorbing at least
n corps of observation.
Tho only Prussian fortress near the from
tier is Saarlouis on the Snar, which material
ly aids in the defence of this valley. On the
Rhine there are several fortrcssss of the first
rank, two of which are at present con-
siderod by good authorities impregnable-
Mentz, opposite the mouth of the Main river,
and Ehrenbretstein, opposite the mouth
of the Mosclle, near the city of Coblentz.
Tho plans of operation are of course known
only to the commanders and their staff
officers, aud all speculations regarding them
are futile. Prominent officers Of both armies
have for years past studied the ground and
its advantages for attack or defence. The
strategical design adopted by either side has
been carefully matured, and it is not rkely
that grave errors will DO committed Gen.
voS MoLTKE, Of the PrussiGn army, proved
his skill in the brilliant campaign of 1860.
Whether the French possess an officer of
equal genius is doubtful. Their recent
campaigns in the Crmea and northern Italy
did not show a S, ratcgist of great resources.
The operations VIII be Of extreme interest,
not only from the magnitude OF the armies
but still moro from the intellectual forces
arrayed.ags,nst each other
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a BJG CONFUSION.
Twelve and n Half Per Cent. on NIL Invc-f-
n,ents-Thc Dingy Exchange Once In Will
linn ~trcet-Auuthcr ~uindle.

Twelve and n Hail Per Cent. on NIL Iuyrsf-
. nepts-Thc DinGy Exchange Once in Will
liam ~trcet-Anothcr Swindle.
In William street, near Frankfort, there is q
dncy little shop which a sign informs one is an OK
change once. In the window hangs large placard.
with these words: l2t per cent comm. sion on all
investments. Assuming an air OF the greatest limo.
cence, gentleman yesterday entered the dark Office,
and passing behind 4 partition, found himself lace
70 face with a red-1aired, fox headed man, whose
eyes were close together that they seemed to be
looking into each other. These windows OF tho
soul were AL attention, however, upon tue entrance
Of the stranger.
"on what investments" asked the latter, do
you allow l2i9 Ter cent commission ~
Wy, on nuulbers.' said the proprietor with q
"how on tumbers''' inquired the stranger;
"what do you mean by thatf'
"Oh, yoh, replied the proprietor sus picously,
~ you don't knew nossing about desc zing, you
But how snoud know unless some one tells
mar
".,ven, don't knew" said theprOprietor, dog
How do other people get their information -
askei the stranger.
But how ',ii the fret get :"
"Only Cot .knews,' replied the proprietor
In fact, the rrd-haired gentleman appeared so sus-
pcious that he would give 10 Information what
merely repeated his remark that IL tie Gentleman @
didn't knew nossinK about desc ring. lie bndn't
boiier not invest" AZ this juneture, however. a
Third party entered the room. TIE conner had
a remarkably open and innocent countenance. and
ansN cred all questions with the utmost cheer ness
From him the gentleman aseertained that II yon
book that lies the counter aud invest dollar on
ono Ot the numbers you get twelve and half cents
back, and thai Is your commission, see ana If
the number inyested In comes out according to
arrangement from certain mysterious wheel, you
wilt get sixty dollars In addition For half dollar
invested yOu will get thirty dollars, and In like pro-
portion for larger or smaller Investments. "You
doni see. said the new conner with ch rmlng frank
meas how we are enabled to give such large prizes.
but the fact l., you know chances are seventy
sevea to one against yours. We have two drawings
a daV."
Put you didn't knew messing about desc zing -
broke in the Ied,haired gentleman, you hadn't
better not invest"
The city abcunds Will those l9S per cent com.
IN Shona
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motion which was made 10y Professor
AGAssz is pending before the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement Of Science, which
meets in Troy Eext month. He proposes TO cx-
cludc Political Economy from tSs curriculum Of
that body. II seems nci iedible tina, the eminent
Professor does not see that the chief stn,!y Of
mankind is not fish.
The major part of the members os the Assoeia-
ton is made up Of professors in our principal
colleges. who have under their charge tho edu.
cation Of thousands Of Young men and women,
who in their turn must in future years influence
the minds of millions.
II seems thct the motion was made because the
discussions had proved unsatisfactory, having
developed that some Of the members would not
wisely rise above expressing cgoustical opinions.
or violently advocating sectarian interests. How
ever, the discussions should not be allowed 10
cease The cgotists should be strenuousiy ignored
by conscientious d,bstcrs; and the truth should
be patiently eliminated by the wise and phlo
sophcal.
Tbs introduction Of the Mcngolian race into
this country is subject which is at present
largely interesting the public mind. Those mem
bers of the Association who would discuss this
topic literally would no doubt command great
public attention. Ii is one which. under the
laws Of social science Is Of national importance
and worthy Of the attention Of the greatest intel
lects we have. Let us hear from them.