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New-York tribune., 1870-09-12
CHANGED ASPECTS.

Two months ago, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
was Emperor of France He saw fit to de-
clare war against Prussia on most frivolous
pretext. In the first place, if Spain saw fit to
make HOhenzollern her King, it was none OF
the said L. N. BIS business in the next place,
when the German Prince declined the Spanish
throne, even the pretext was taken away. We
know of few wars more wanton and unjust
than that waged against Prussia by Napo-
leon III.
Prussia took up the gauntlet so wantOnly
thrown down her King explaining that he
warred upon Napoleon, not on the French
people. In very short time, he had routed
Bonaparte's armies in half dozen pitched
battles, shut up one army in Metz, and SUR
rounded another at Sedan, where it was COM
PEELED to surrender at discretion, Napoleon
himself being among the prisoners.
If King William was sincere in his profess
sons, what excuse is there for prolonging the
struggled Napoleon made unjust war upon
him; Napoleon is utterly discounted and his
prisoner. We cannot see that any one is to
blame for this but Napoleon for undertaking
to whip William, or William for not letting
him do it, They must arrange it between
! them.
Germany was assailed, and she has crushedher
assaiant. Her safety was imperiled, but her
enemy is now in her power. We think she has
right to insist on reasonable guarantees
against another French attack, and perhaps TO
some compensation for the heavy expenditure
| TO which Napoleon subjected her but she has
| no right to make France her vassal, nor to
subject its capital and all its provinces to the
devastations inseparable from war. In short,
she ought either to propose or to accept rea-
sonable terms of peace.
If she undertakes to replace the despot she
| has crushed on the throne he has madly sub
verted, or in any manner evinces disposition
to prOtract the war needlessly and with intent
| to reduce the French to vassaage, the sympa-
thies so bounteously extended to her by the
generous and hberty-loving throughout Chris
tendon will be wholly withdrawn, and the
names of Bismarck and William will be ex-
posed to the just execration of mankind
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12
EXIT THE MIN or DESTINY.

The ex-EmperOr is reported safely sepul-
chered at Wilhelmsh0he. For the fallen-as
for the dead-no sneers. But surely never did
fallen greatness halt to conclusion so lame
and impOtent. Napoeon's career, even in its
most brilliant movements was cursed by a
certain lumpsh, wooden inertia peculiarly his
Own-it has made his final tumble both lum-
bering and ludcrous. If he had ridden to
meet Death and Disaster at Sedan with elan
enough to leave his body dead on the field,
our ELUSIVE Gallo brethren would no doubt
have embalmed it in glory and in tears by
this time, instead of dismissing it with jeers
to the eternal dullness of the Jail. Life is
sweet and the consideration that living dog
is better than dead lion doubtless hath its
solace yet the Nephew of his Uncle is surely
shrewd enough to see that in holding on dog
gedly the other day to his unable life he
missed the best opportunity that ever came to
him in it. He wrote two folios to suggest
the resemblance between himself and
Caesar and Napoleon. The resemblance lay
deeper than he knew. Egotists and
absolutists alike, they all drank of
the blood of the nation to give them
strength, but found in it virus that proved
fatal to them. But his prototypes knew how
to quit the stage. "When you have made
"point with your audience, leave it," quoth
Pelham. The little gray-cOated figure on the
a-grt rock, or Caesar, in his mantle mnflling
up his face, fallen at the base OF Pompey's
statue, meet their victor Death with the bear
ing of kings who have reached the end of
their stately journeys. "Hell from beneath is
"mOved to meet them at their coming; it
"stiIreth up the dead for them, even the great
Zones of the earth.r But the tragedy of Louis
drbbles out into dreary farce The reporters,
keenest eyed of all animals TO discern the
sinking ship, dismiss the great monarch with
briefer notice than q baseball player. We
have glimpse of him now in the railway
station again, reading the funny papers;
finally, grateful for a new cook, and then he
sinks into the "squat palace with comfortable
wings and vanishes from history. 1t is
Macbeth, left dead Oh the stage, coming out
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12
and Col. JAMES Fisk, jr.-hOld over you- years,

and Col James Fisk, jr.-hold over four years,
or until the election in October, 1873! In
short, they are placed for four years beyond
the reach of the stockholders, by something
which wears the semblancc Of law, and re-
ceived the special commcndatiOn as well as
official sanction of John II. Hoffman.
Having done our best without effect to coax
or shame Fisk and Gould into restitution if
not repentance, we turn to William ". Tweed,
and say TO him most earnestly, "Mr. Tweed,
"you can't afford to leave this great wrong IN
"redressed another MONTH You must rcGlcct
"John T. Hoffman if possible and you ought
"to realize by this time that this is not IN easy
matter. His future-nay, yor future-is in
evolved in the pending election, and You have
"no moral right to groom him for the race by
Fastening a milestone TO his Jockeys saddle
"But this you have done by this infamous
Directors Classification act. In seizing the
"property of the Erie stockholders and lock
"tfe il beyond their reach for years, yOu
"have destroyed the security and impaired
"the value of all corporate property
"held under the legislation of our State.
"The widows and orphans whose Erie
"dividends your Board has impounded and
ulNtlltu lo iIt SNppoii vi tNi' Il ION y bp'ld-
"hOuse regiment and innumerable gorgeous
"turn- outs may number but thousands; but
"those whose property is held by like tenure
"with that you have overthrown are scores of
thousands. There is no American security
"creaed under State laws which is not dcpreci-
"ated in value by the crimes which that Direct
"ors Classification act was designed and serves
"to shield. You know how to back out of an
"untenable position, as you proved by your
"acton with regard to public money appropri-
"atcd to the support of sectarian schools. BE
"wise enough, prudent enough, to back prompt
"ly and squarely out of this one
ado not attempt the juggle of waiting till
"the very eve of the ensuing election and then
"giving the stockholders opportunity to elect
"a full Board after it is too late for them to
"imprOve it, but have it authortatively an
"nounced forthwith that you and your fellow
Directors waive all the privileges secured
"under the Classification act, and consent that
"a full Board be chosen next month. This will
"relieve Hoffman, and nothing less will
"answer. You cannot afford to sacrifice him.
at is your plain duty to unburden him. Be
"wise TO-Daym
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12
Neml21ork daily GYib111ra,
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1a, 1870.

The Prus,aus conducting their march on Paris in
eisrrcly manner and II is now reported that their
armies viii not he concentrated Paris before We'd
uesd1y II is said that King William has given or
der, that Napoleon shall he treated the regning SOW
,rcicn Of France. The city Of LaOn has surren-
dcred 10 the PrGssau but the cities Of Metz Strasboug
and T1u stil hold out Spain and Italy have recog-
uzcG the French Republic. = Russia and Austria are
using their influence in favor OF peace. == Eighteen
of the crew Of the English ron-cad Captain have landed
ON the Spanish coast.
Three bodies have been exhumed from the ruins Of the
late Chicago Ere Four persons are sil missing ==-
suits have been instituted against Gov. Holden OF North
Carolina and some of the State militia officers for false
iuiprisonmcnt -= An execution took place at 81
Joseph Mo-. on Friday == carpet factory in Phll
airphia has been burned causing loss OF $l05,OOO.
The German Patriotic Aid Society Of this city acknoWl
edge the receipt Of s12O44O &C. Valentine Hckel Il
% be tried for tie of ClI stopher Higgins =
six persons drowned by the breaking Of the bridge al
Toms Rizcr were buried on Saturday. =- The body o
suicide much dccOnposed, was found yesterday IN al
uptown Summer house. === Cold III, llS5 1l59. IheT
iuometer Saturday. g., 7S, &C; Sunday, &c, Y, g.
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12
GENERAL FOREIGN NEVIS.
THE LOSS OF THE IROY.CLAp CAPITA

THE LOSS OF THE IRON-CLAD CAPTAIN.
EIGHTEEN OF THE CREW SAVED CIRCUM-
STANCES ATTENDING THE DISASTER.
LONDON, Sept. II, 1870.
Eighteen of the crew of the iron-clad Cap
tain have reached Cape CorrobedO Spain They report
that another boat full Of people upset. and all on
board were lost.
Admiral Milne makes the following report of the cir.
cumstances attending the disappearance OF the vessel
was on board the Captain on the morning of tho
9Th. Everything was In order. sailing trial began
the afternoon The breeze moderate, the ships
carried royals. At 4 in the afternoon the breeze
freshened The Captain making from IL IS knots.
IL observed that the washed her lee deck,
her gllnwale sometimes being level with the water.
left the Captain at $50 p. M, when sle
90 miles off Fnisterre. Eyolutions resumed, and
continued from to 10 p m the ships being at their des
ignated positions westward course taken. At II
p. the wind fTeshened the barometer fell and gallo
sprung up. Our sails were reefed. The Captain
close astern OF the flagship seaming steadily and gain
ing on noticed at ll5 that she six points
abaft our BEAM keeling over very much. Her light,
few minutes later still visible, after which th,
rain shut her out. At dawn 10 ships OF the fleet
be seen, but the Captain missing. Tie squadron
scattered 10 search for her, when fragments OF the wreck
were found, but no survivors could be discovered
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12
Tile LOSS or TILE CAPTALN

The loss of the splendid British iron-clad
Captain, in a gale off Cape Finisterre, seems
to be accepted by many naval critics as con-
elusive against Capt. COwper COles's system of
sea-going turret ships, of which she was the first
complete model 1t seems rash, however,
to draw such deduction while the story of
the eighteen survivors is still unheard; for
the Captain had previously weathered heavy
gale in the Bay of Biscay, and behaved so
admirably as to give the authorities perfect
confidence in her safety during the hardest
storms. The Captain, like the Monarch, was
an attempt to combine the invulnerabilty of
monitor with the seaworthiness of a ship
of-the-llne. In both vessels il was believed
that the problem of uniting buoyancy with
enormous thickness of plating GO to 10 inches)
and weight of armament had been finally
solved. They had two enormous turrets,
placed close together amidships, each mounting
Two 25-tun riiied guns throwing solid
elongated projectile of 600 pounds or a shell
OF proportlonate weight, and in the forecastle
and poop there were two OF three bow gums
and stern chasers of smaller caliber. Full
ship-rigged, with two independent screws, en-
gines OF extraordinary power, steering appa-
Improvement which has ever been found of
value In the equipment of ship -of-war, they
were generally regarded as the most magnif-
cent specimens of naval architecture the world
had ever seen. The Monarch (the older of the
two) was not built strictly according to
captain Coles's plan. Many important modif-
cations were introduced at the suggestion Of
Mr.. Reed, the Chief Constructor of the Royal
Navy, the principal of which, if we are not
mistaken, was in giving her the compare
lively high freeboard of IA feet above the
water line. This of course exposed an extern
slye surface to the fire of an enemy, but was
supposed to be essential for safety at sea and
from similar considerations of safety the fore
castle was built up to level with the top of
the turrets, thus depriving the ship of the adj
vantage of firing forward from her heavy
guns. Capt. Coles, an officer who had rendered
himself famous both by brilliant services
Ill action during the Crimean war, and
by many ingenious improvements in
naval construction and armament, was
persuaded that he could build thor
oughiy seaworthy turret-ship, with low
freeboard, and carrying the heaviest guns and
thickest armor ever used at sea. He was al
lowed, after long dispute and persistency, to
make contract with the Lairds of Birken-
head Tor the construction of a ship according
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12

Tho i1ea has been expressed that the Ger
,,ono cannot surround Paris and starve it into
surrender without force much greater than Is
now sunposed to be advancing on the city. 1t
viii NOT he necessary, as many persons sup
pose, for the Germans to form rlng AROUND
Paris, thus preventing ingress or egress Oh
individuals On the contrary, they Will simply
hold the principal lines of approach aud de-
stroy the railways running into the city. With
out these means of supply Paris could not hold
out many days. All the railways and rivers OF
the country, if they had been used exclusively
for the transportation of supplies for the past
month, would not have been sufficient to supply
the city with six months surplus provisions
for her 100000 of population. There r pro5a-
bly, not weeks supply of food in Paris at
this time.
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12
H1NnN OEEi

If King William has given orders that
Napoleon shall be treated in captivity not as
a deposed emperor but as an actual sovereign,
it does not necessarily follow that he is re-
solved not TO recognize the French Republic
The new Government has as yet been formally
acknowledged by none of the powers of the
wofld except the United States, Switzerland,
Italy, and Spain technically, therefore, Napo-
leon is still considered the legitimate ruler OF
France not only by Prussia but by Great Brt-
ain. Austria, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, and
all the minor States of Europe, several of
which will undoubtedly acknowledge the Re
public before many weeks have elapsed. The
Old World monarches will naturally defer
the day as long as they can, but they have
no expectation of deferring it forever.
The Interpretation, therefore, which some OF
the foreign correspondents have placed upon
the Kings order may be mistaken one, ana
we sincerely hope it is. We do not suppose
an absolutist like the King of Prussia can view
with equanimity the establishment of represen-
tative government in the very headquarters OF
Cesarsm; but there is no proof as yet that ne
purposes overthrOwing it. When Napoleon
threatened him because he allowed
Herman 1T1nCe 10 DO iOh III"
throne of Spain, he replied that it was not
his duty to interfere, and Spain must be al
lowed to suit herself. Is it now his purpose
to deny to France what he conceded to Spain,
the right of choosing her own ruler and fixing
her own form of government The whole civil
lied world has an interest in preventing any
such unwarrantable interference with the in
aienable rights of nations. The French people
have submitted for eighteen years to des-
potism with which they were not at heat
contented; the King of Prussia has
thrown it off for them, and if vague
rumor is to be credited he now wishes
to impose it again. He subverted one Gov
ernment of France, and as soon as the people
have set up for themselves, he threatens-so they
tell us-to subyert another This would be o
crime against which all Europe and all America
should cry out, and one which would nowhere
be more severely condemned than in the Ger
man States themselves. 1t is not for deeds
such as this that the Teutonic race has been
consolidating itself into a single great nation.
The progress of Germany means the progress
of liberal ideas, intelligence, and freedom; and
We cannot believe that the German people
will consent to an outrage such as King Will
liam is now reported to contemplate upon the
independence of France.
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12

before the footlights in his storc-clotheS to
bow to the audience.
But. whether sublime or ridiculous, the sud-
den fail of Napoleon only spells over again
for Ms the truth which, though old as itself
the world is so slow to read: that the man
whose motive in dealing with politics is solely
pcrsOnal ambition, is sure to meet with down
f,ll in the end II il one of those "historc
"vcr.ties, which" as he has told us himself,
care sacred as religion" one of the most sig
nilcant hints of those great, eternal currents
of order which undcrlie the mcOmprehcnsibe
world. In the providence of God, says Emer-
son. there is no such thing as accident There
has been no lack of doggerel prophecies pro-
duced in the last fortnight which are said to
have long AGO foretold the overthrow of the
Bonaparte dynasty; but the preface to Napo-
Icons own Vic de cesar is more curious than
any of them when read in the light OF late
events. "My aim,n he says is to prove that
",yhen Providence raises mp such men as Caesar,
| 4" "rharlemagne. and Napoleon, it is to trace out
"to peoples the path they ought to follow to
" stamp with the seal of their genius new era,
"and TO accomplish in few years the labor
"of many ccnturies.n AL OF which Is truth
hackneyed to platitude. God, doubtless, puts
nations into the hands of men OF genius as
molders, as clay is given to potter, to shape
them for His nobler uses. But when the pot
ter begins to make of the clay only vessel
for his priyate use, his work is taken from
him with swift and terrible retributiOn. The
ides of March came to Caesar, Waterloo to
Napoleon, and it would have been well for
Louis before Sedan if he had profited by their
example.
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12

The advance of the PrusSians upon Paris
continues without interruption from the French
forces. They are reported at several points
near the Capital, the numerous columns NOV
ing by every road convergtng from the north
east and east upon the city. Unless the pub
lie sentiment of his countrymen, or his own
sense of humanity and pity restrain him, there
is virtually nothing to keep King William out
of Paris. The military power of France is
broken. The Germans have already passed
the natural barrier of the ArgOnne forest,
where Dumouriez i'll 1892 turned back the
PruSsians in their invasion of the Republic.
The Germans have marched through and
through this intricate country of alternate
forest and lagoon in rapid pursuit OF an enemy
they have utterly destroyed. The Prussians
are indeed beyond the positions which Napoleon
in 1914, with IN army proportionately larger
than the French now possess, abandoned as
indefensible against smaller number of allies
advancing in less compact columns than those
of the German armies of 1870. The greatest
soldier of his day pronounced Paris indefen-
sble when these positions were lost. How
then can the French now hope to maintain
the siege of a more helpless city against the
first soldier and the strongest army OF Europe !
1t is reported that the Prussians are TO be in
position before the city by Wednesday next.
Before that time we hope to record an arnlls-
tice which will bring them to a halt outside
the city walls
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12

The Nerark Courier will learn, if il lives.
that attributing base motives to those whose
acts are upright, is poor business. THE TRrn-
UNE has always been anti BOnapartist regard
ing the original Corsican as a usurper, despot.
and champion liar, and his putatiye nephew
as a base copy of bad original. From the
hour wherein we heard Of the perfdiOus conn
o<tat and Wholesale butcheTy Of Dec. 2, 1881.
we have loathed, exposed, and denounced, The
leading author and beneficiary of that gigantic
crime, to the extent Of our ability. Column
after column of as harsh invective as we know
how to write was poured out upon him in
these pages before he was fairly warm in his
Imperial seat. And now Ihe Courier asserts
that our hostility to him originated so late AS
1855, and was prompted by an imprisonment
for alleged debt, whereof l.. n. Il. knew no
more than the man in the moon! Might not
The Courier be better employed in retractine
this caiumny than in befogging it'
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12

French conScripts have proved themselves
good soldiers under good leadership, but still
they are not the material which King William
OF Won Moltke desires to see ingratted upon
the German army. The statement that num-
Der of French Gardes Mobiles, captured at
MOntmirail, had been compelled to enter the
German army, is, therefore, ridiculous. Besides,
the King has proclaimed, wherever he has
advanced, that the conscriptiOn is abolished;
and we doubt not he has kept his word.
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12

The extreme Republicans in the Corps
Legislatif have begun wa'. upon the clergy
by proposing to force ITEM into the army.
The clergy have only themselves to thank for
this. They have been tie Hlost bigoted sup
porters of the empire, ana after the coup dftat,
when they might haze covered themselves with
imperishable glory by bold stand for the
right, they bec' me the tools of the usurper, by
leading the Ipeasantry to the polls to vote the
ratification of his crime. Churches never can
alioro to palter with injustice.
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12

Yice-President COLFAx delivered his open
ing campaign speech, which we print elsei
where to bis old Congressional constituents at
South Bend, Indiana, on the 10th inst. In tins
speech MIR. Colfax gives us the glorious
Record of the Republican Party, and answers
successfully all the cavils and charges brought
against that party by the many-sided Democ-
racy. Let no one be deferred from carefully
reading this mastery statement OF the pohti-
cal situation by its great length. There are
no superfuous words in it. Mr.. G. treats the
subject with dignity, entire candor and great
force and we are confident that no unprejudiced
reader will deny that its vindication of the
Republican party, and the Administration OF
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12

These majOrties are for the Republican candi-
dates-that for Governor being fOr the Election
of 1869, and those for Congressman for 1868,
the last Congressional Election held in the
State. There can be no well-founded doubt of
the success of all the Republican candidates,
though we believe that strenuous efforts are
making by the Democrats, with possibly a
few disafiected Republicans, to defeat Mr..
Lynch in the Ist District, but his friends re-
gard his success as certain. Much interest will,
no doubt, center upon the choice of members
of the Legislature, as that body will have the
selection of U. S. Senator in place of the
Hon. Lot NJ. Morrill,, whose term expires on
the 4th of March next. OF the nominees for
Congress, Messrs. Lynch, Blaine, Peters, and
Hale are members of the present House.
New-York tribune., 1870-09-12

THE EFFECT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC on Tns
ITALIAN CABINET-RICAsoLI SENDS NOTICE
TO THE POPE.

THE EFFECT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC on TIN
ITALIAN CABINET-RICASoLI SENDS NOTICE
TO THE POPE.
LBY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRIBUSBl
LONDON, Saturday, Sept 10, 1870.
The special correspondent of THE TRIBUNE
at FOrenceion the 9th inst says: The Cabinet Council
yesterday being unable to the Roman question
determined to resign. telegram arrived announcing
the existence Of the French Republic, whereupon ths
resignation Immediately abandoned and the whole
Cabinet resolved to occupy Rome. All the plans Of the
Opposition disconnected The Government took
the lead and is announcing its decision TO the other
Powers Ricasoli sent the notification 20 the Pope.
"Prince Napoleon has left Florence. The first step
taken TO strengthen the army in anticipation OF French
hostility in case the Republic should be overthrow.
Three classes Of ro0ps called out raising the army
to 100000 men,"
The foregoing intelligence, though published officially
in the Florence opinion the 6th not received in
London by telegraph
PARIS Sept. II, 1870.
Advices from Rome represent that the Pope
is making preparations the transfer OF the Italian
Government to that city 1t Is reported that he viii
retire to the Castle GOndOlf0 the Italians A-
proach the city.