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The Situation at Sedan.
$4,000 Prisoners.
MacMahon not Dead.
IReported Expressiy for the ARGus.l

hepOrted L3 3pleesiN Ior Tue hN"Cs'l
PApIs, Sept The Prussisn advance
is confirmed. The French are Withdrawing
towards the capitol.
The greater portion of Ninajas corps
las reached here.
The Republic was enthusiastically pro-
claimed throughout the whole of France
The declaration everyw here met with sccla-
mStioss.
Lord LYONS had q long interview with
Favre yesterday, the import of which is IN
known.
Count Palikao assumes command of the
army.
LYONS Statistic proclamation prepared IN
Paris addressed to the German people ask
ing for cessation Of war.
Jules Favre is awaiting a response to his
telegram recently sent to the United States
government asking a recognition of the new
Republic. 1t is thought the reply will have
o great effec, throug hout the country.
Every French town yet heard from accepts
the Republic joyfully.
Nothing has been received from Stras
burg for day or two.
| Gen Touchu reiterates his statement ths.
| Paris is safe. The adjoining departments
are organizing.
| No Prussians have reached Lson as Was
reported.
Trains are arriving hourly with artillery,
cavalry and infantry from the frontier
The rolling stock of eastern railroads is
now mostly concentrated here or sent wesl
to Hsvre and elsewhere.
LONDON, Sept. 7.-Consols, 9l3G92.
Bonds, 883(d 8s4.
LUxEMBURG, Sept. IA terrific assault
has been made on Moutmedy. The besieger
opened hot artillery fire upon the city, anC
assaulted the works with bsyonets. Th'
garrison successfully resisted the attack snc
repulsed the Prussians. The havoc among
the assaiiants was dreadful.
The Pru.sians have withdrawn from th,
neigh borhood, and the French still holt
Montmedy.
The Prussian's artillery proved fierce an
effective. Their shells set FIRE to houses il
the city, and half of Montmeoy was des
troyed by the couhsgrstion ensuing. Tn
distress among the inhabitants was grea,
but the flames we're checked and the FIR
eXtinguished.
The bombsrdme ceased upon the retire
ment of the German army.
New YoRK, Sept. IA cable special t
Post from Paris Gays:
The French engineers are destroying tb
tunnels on the railroad lines moving esl
out of Paris.
The Prussisn's advance is said to be mes
Scissors, marching rapidly in the directio
Of Paris.
D The Tribune's correspondent writes frol
headquarters at Douche, near Sedan, on th
Sd inst as follows:
The Emperor found his position so cri.
. cal in Sedan after the armistice had becou
known, that lie was glad to come over an
surrender himself He could control Il
Of storm while the men we're to 6ght aud
IL for him, but when it came to their all beir
P prisoners together, they we're somewh
dangerous in their mood. hear thai th
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TIE FRENCH ARMY FORM
ING.
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HON. GEORGE W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice of tie Supreme Court Of PennsylvaIdA
writes:
PHuADEIPHiA, March 16. 1851.
f-sd Hoofsnd's Ge-nGn Bitters il q good tonic,
rseful IL diseases of the digestive organs and Of great
benefit in OF debility and want of Dervous action
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
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Gold liz 3.8.


Stocks and Money.
Tsiegrsphsd to the Assus.
Nsw YoAK, September Z.
Money Market-Easy at sac per cent.
Sterling Exchange-Stesdys at $l.oq4.
Gold-Opened firm at 81 Is, closed at $l.l4s
Governments--Dull, unchanged.
Southern State Securities-Dull; new Tennes-
see COT.
Coupons-6's of 'sl, LA; 5-2o's, 'oz,I.1l4
64, l.I0s; '66, Ill; new, 094; '6T, l.1s6; '6s
l.l09; le -40's, large LOSE; small lilo.
Stocks heavy, and 3@3 q cent. lower.
n. Y. Centrai--94A.
Reading, 94s
Lake Shore, l24-
Northwesterp-S0. Preferred SCI.
Rock Island, l.l?s.
Ohio & Mississippi, 32s.
Pacific Mail, 37s.
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HON. WM. Z ROGERS.
Mayor Of the city of Buffalo. n.
MaYnR's OrFICH. BUFFALO, june "a 1sH.
I have rsed "Hoofsndr German Ritere and Tome
In nv family during the past year. aud can recon-,
uynS them a. all excellent tonic, iparitnc tone s1d
viyor 10 Nhe sy~tcn Their use has been productive
oSracisad'y " beneficial effects wM. +. ROGERS.
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HON. GEORGE SHARSWOOD,
Justice Of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
PHrAnEI PHTA June I, 1858.
! have found bv experience thst Hoofsnd's Gef-
man Biters is very good tonic. relieving dyspepue
GEORGE sHARSwOoD.
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CbicaRo Live ltock.

Teiegraphed to the ARGus.
UHIos SrooE YARDS, September T.
Hogs Firm.
Cattle-getter on good grades.
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ohieAHo Market.
rsissrsphed to she AReus.
OaIoAso, September 7.
Flour Dull.
Wheat-Iower with sales Of new No 2 at wa
sc: closing at 9tlc old Nc is quiet atsoc; 70
| has sold at 96a97; No 3 at sec for new.
Corn lower; closing at 57a573c for No Z; re-
jected 55c,
0ats--Lower at 321o cash, and Sic seller
October.
Rye-Dull at 62c for No 2.
Barley-Lower, 81 05 for No 2
Pork-Dull at $27 25a27 90.
Highwiues at s9c for iron:
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New York Market.
TeIegraphed to the ARsus.
EEw YoRn, September 6.
Flour-Inactive at S. 00a5 so.
Wheat-Quiet, irmer 81 2Ssl.3O.
Corn-s2sS34c.
0ats-4Sa50c.
Pork-Heavy at $2T 20.
Lard l6sal63c-
Whisky-Quiet and steady at $40.
Bacon-Dull and weak 1T l49al9.
Sugar-l28c.
Coffee-16isl73.
Cottop-20Ac
Linseed 0il-pl a93c-
petruleum-25o.
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Et. Louis Market.
Telegrsphed to the ARGUS.
ST. LOUIS, Sept s.
Flour-Dull.
Wheat-Dull, lower, unsettled.
Corn--63 @67Ic.
Oats-Firmer, a shade higher.
Barley-Choice firm and in dem;nd.
Provi.ions-Un
Pork-S2s 90.
Lard-lts.
Whisky-Firmer.
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Price OF the Bttters, sl.oo per OSsseB
Or, q half dozen for s'.oo.
Price Of the Tonic, si.5o per oosAeS
Or. a half dozen for S7.6o-
The Tonic Is puf 1p ia Quart Bottles
R.oollect that II is DR.. Hoofsnds German Keno
a. ,hst are 40 universally used and 90 highly recon-
men6ed and do allow the druggists 10 induce you
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TT

Dy,pepsis had the Dyspepsia 20 badly II Wa5 In
possihe To Keep any food on my ston1aoh, s'a a.
came 40 weak a. NOT to he able 20 wax nan nNo'
A"o o0''e " JAMES NJ WOOD.
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TELEGRAPHIC.|
a. Nj. Report.
THD EUROPEAN WAR.
What Americans are doing
in Paris.
ORGANIZATION AND DRILL OF TIE
GUARDS.
A European Congress.
Russia Proposes it.
BUT PRUSSIA DECLINES 1T.
Proposition 10 the Italian Gov
ernment.
Peace in Return for Metz.
THE ONLY CHANCE FOR THE RE-
REPUBLIC.
Peace in Return for Metz.

SEVEN PERSONS BURNED
IN CHICAGO.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-05

their coadjutators, will retrace
their steps, and lend a helping
hand to the faithful friends Of
freedom, who are striving in ev-
cry honorable way, and particu-
larly at the ballot box, to over
throw and exterminate the Radi-
cal party in Alabama.
The white supremacy must bo
maintained in Alabama. If it he
lost for a moment, that is no rea-
son why we should strike our flag
and surrender. ''Don't give up
the ship!' were the dying words
of the immortal Lawrence, when
amid the flood and flame, the stir,
the strife, the storm Of battle, the
Chesapeake was struggling for the
honor Of the old flag. We re-echo
the last words of the heroic sailor,
aud we say to our friends in Ala
bama-you who have hearths and
homes-you who have the honor
and the interests Of the State in
your keeping-you who are the
State of Alabama-don't finch
from the coming contest, and
above all things, don't give up
the ship!
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SINGULAR PHENOMENON,
Nature Suspends Burning Brand in
the Air.
(From the n. Y. Herald,)

Tho diur1.al period from noon
of Monday till noon on Tuesday
was noteworthy from the number
of destructive fires that occurred
three large fires-involving a loss
Of nearly a million of dollars. On
the morning of the latter day,
about five O'Clock, a singular phe-
nomenon made it's appearance in
the sky to the northeast, and was
observed by several persons in
different parts of the city. The
sky was perfectly clear and the
stars shining brightly, when sud-
denly an object OF an oblong
shape-a cloud, perhaps was
seen suspended in midair, to the
northeast of persons standing
near Tyron row. It was Il most
beautiful as we'll as curious sight,
having the appearance of a huge
tirebrand, nearly decarbonized,
plucl1ed from a heap of burning 8
logs and hastily transferred to it's
position, the hasty transit impart-
ing an added brillancy. But little
stretch Of imagination was requir-
ed to make it the sceptre of the
Fire God held IN terrorcne over the
spectators, a reality being given
to the idea by the thought that
there were two large fires raging
at the moment. Scientists may
explain the phenomenon on pure
ly scientific grounds, but the fact
that the sky was otherwise cloud
less will render this a difficult
task.
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CHINESE THEORY AND PRAC-

CHINESE THEORY AND PRAC-
TICE.-Lord Elgin says that the
distinguishing characteristics of
the Chinese mind is this: That
at all points of the circle describ-
ed by mans intelligence it seems
occasionally to have caught
glimpses of a heaven far beyond
the range of it's ordinary ken and
vision. 1t caught glimpse Of
the path which leads to military
supremacy when it invented gun
powder some centuries before the
discovery was made by any other
nation. 1t caught a glimpse of
the path which leads to maritime
supremacy when it made, at a
period equally remote, the discov-
cry OF the mariners compass. 1t
caught a glimpse of the path
which leads to literary suprema-
cy when, in the tenth century, it
invented the printing press. 1t
has caught, from time to time,
glimpses of the beautiful in color
and design. But in the hands of
the Chinese themselves. the in
vention of gunpowdcr has ex-
ploded in crackers and harmless
fireworks. The mariners compass
has produced nothing better than
the coasting junk. The art OF
printing has stagnated into ster-
eotyped editions Of Confucus; and
the most cynical representations
of the grotesque have been the
principal products of Chinese
conceptions OF the sublime anC
beautiful.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-05
Dana on the Death of Radicalism.

The New York Sun, whose edi-
tor Mr.. Dana, is one of the sharp
est eyed, shrewdest calculators
ever graduated by the Radical
party, has been casting the rolit-
ical horoscope Of that party, now
that the triumph Of the XVIII
Amendment may be taken for
granted, and the negro taken out
of politics. He sees in this very
fact the seeds of the disease that
will kill the iniquity, and gives
his reasons as follows:
1t is OUT of the final termination
of tho slavery contest that the
main peril of the Republican par
ty arises. At the last Presiden-
tial election more than half a mil
lion of men voted for Gen. Grant
solely because they wanted to see
the pending plan Of reconstruc-
ton carried through. When this
is accomplished they will feel no
special attachment to him or his
party. They are independent cit
, iZens. who never support party
merely for the good it has done.
1t is to these satisfied Republicans
that the party may be indebted
for its early defeat, and even it's
ultimate dissolution.
F.; Then there are the doctri,,aries
of the party, who differ with its
/ present policy on the tariff, the
currency, the construction Of the
Constitution, and the gradual alb
sorption into Congress of an I'm.
warranted share of the powers o1
the government. The cord whict
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-05

has bound all these classes to tho
party is broken. Following close
behind them comes the long pro-
cession of disqualified RepubH-
cans, some of whom ,Ire disgusted
with the administration. because
of its nepotism, its favoritcism,
the unworthy character of many
of it's agents, and its disregard Of
the claims to consideration of dis
members of the party;
while others are indignant at its
failure to redeem it's pledges of
and because Of its fawn-
ing at the footstool of the British
throne, and it's base desertion of
the cause of free government on
this continent. Though the bond
which has united these classes to
the party is not yet severed, it is
seriously weakened, and may snap
at the first severe strain.
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Gen. Halleck's Report to the General
of the Army.

After a careful examination of
all the evidence I have been able
to collect from Official reports and
the statements Of officers and citi-
zens, unbiased by partisan feel
lngs, am forced to the conclu-
sion that the amount of crime
committed in the several States
of the division is very little great
er than before the rebellion, and
certainly no greater than was rea-
sonably to be expected at the
close of an embittered and pro-
longed civil war, when large
numbers of lawless and desperate
characters, both at the North and
in the South, were turned lose
upon society without any legiti-
mate means of support. Certain
districts of country, may and
probably do, form exceptions to
this general remark; but even of
these exceptional cases very few
have any partisan character or
political significance. Those who
murder and rob do so simply as
murtlerers aud robberers, inf1u-
enced by the motives which ordi-
narily incite men to commit these
crimes. One of the worst despe-
radoes in Kentucky served in the
Union army during the war; but
he and his band now rob and
murder rebels and loyalists alike,
as may best suit their purposes,
at one time claiming to be Ku-
klux, and at another to be anti
IL nv A l.
special organizations of outlaws
in particular localities under the
name of Kuklux, [ am of the
opinion that no such general Or
ganiZation now exists in She
Southern States. 1t is probable,
however, that outlaws not unfre-
quently assume this name in Or
der to intimidate the weak and
credulous, especially when calcu-
lated to increase their own i'm
portance.
This is certainly just view of
the situation and will commend
itself to the respect of every
! reader who has any knowledge of
the state Of affairs. It might be
: added OF General Halleck himself,
that, holding aloof from all polit-
ical association, and discharging
! his official duties in the most
rigid and soldierly manner, he is
highly esteemed in his social re-
lations wherever he is known.
No one pretends to question his
Unionism, or that Of any officer,
soldier or citizen. That which
we have questioned-that which
we did Q,1estion-in Gen. Thomas,
was an apparent determination
ON his part to do us injustice, or
else his inability, from strong
personal prejudices, to be just and
impartial. OF Gen. Halleck this
cannot be said. Hence the differ
ence which has marked his expe-
rience and the experience of his
predecessor.-Couaie1-Jousnal.
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The Legislature of South Caro-
lima has passed an act which pro-
vides that no real or personal
property held by a woman at the
time of her marriage, shall be sub
ject to levy or sale for her hus-,
bands debts, but shall be her sep
arate property. to be managed
and disposed of by her in all re-
spects as though she were a man.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-05

During fine starlight evening
lately, a juvenile philosopher,
after a silent and profound scru-
tiny of the heavens, asked his
mother abruptly where the stars
came from. Mamma replied, 81
don't know where the stars came
FROM" "Well, you bet I do. The
moon laid 'em.'
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DENTAL NOTICE.

HAVING determined to settle permanently
IL ip Monroe for the purpose of practicing
my pro tession, can be fond at my otfi"e
opposite the southeast corner Of the public
square, in the house lately occupied by the
Land Office, at all honrs. Ny family will live
in the same building. Having had very
large experience in all the different branches
teeth and all the di seases of the teeth of adults,
and the extracting Of teeth and ARA nging ar
t'hcial teeth: / feel justified in saying that
am prepared to do anything in any departme mt
ot my profession as well as can be done any
where, and at reasonable prices.
N. F. NcCRAW.
Jan. s, 1869. nl5uf
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Tariff of Advertising Rates.

Adyertsments will be inserted at One Dollar and
Fiftv Cents per of one inch Of space or less
1r fi,c rst and evenly Cents for each subse.
quent INSERTION for any time un der one month For
onxer periods as follows
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A little blind boy was asked
what forgiveness WASP He repli ed:
cit is the odor that flowers breathe
when trampled upon"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-05
Moderate and Steady Drinkers.

A "merchant prince of New
York, a portly six-footer of great
manly beauty, who never dined
without his brandy and water,
nor went, to bed without a terrapin
or oyster supper, and who was
never known to be drunk, died of
chronic diarrhea, a common end
of those who are never intoxica-
ted and never out of liquor.
Halls journal of Health gives
this account of his death: ss~
Months before lie died-ho was
a year in dying-he could, eat
nothing without distress, and at
death the whole alimentary canal
was a mass of disease; in the
midst of his millions he died of
inanition. That is not the half.
reader. He had been steady
drinker, daily drinker for twen-
ty-eight years. Scrofula had boon
eating up one daughter for fifteen
years, another is in the mad-house;
the third and fourth were Of un-
earthly beauty, but they blighted,
paled and fnded-into heaven,
we trust-in their sweet teens;
another is tottering on the verge
of the grave, and only one is left
with all senses, and each of them
is as weak as water. .'s'7'1
The same periodical instances
another case that should supple
ment the one just given: .s-..-.
A gentleman of 35 was sitting
in a chair with no specially criti-
cal symptoms present; still, he
was known to he dissipated
young man. He rose, ran fifty
feet, fell down and died. The
whole covering Of the brain was
thicken ed, it's cavities were filed
with fluid that did not belong
to it-enough to kill half Il dozen
with apoplexy-a gre ." portion
of one lung was in a state of gan
creme, and nearly all the other
was hardened and useless, blood
and yellow matter plastered the
inner covering ci the lungs, while
angry patches of destructive in
flammation were scattered along
the whole alimentary canal. Why,
there was enough Of death in that
one mans body to have killed
forty. The doctor who talks about
guzzling liquor every day being
"healthy" is a perfect disgrace to
the medical name, and ought to
be turned out to break stones for
the term of his natural life ut a
shilling a day, and find himself.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-05

During the past year, Alabama
has gained over five thousand in
population by immigration.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-05

Liquid ammonia, injected into
the veins, has proved a successful
cure in the most critical cases of
snake-bites. A small syringe,
with a sharp point for the purpose
of making the injection. is manu-
factured and sold in Melbourne,
and few travel in Australia with
out one. .ts9 aEl-.rt.
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Rome has fifteen, thousand
lookers-on at the Ecumenical
Council. s ..-
, 1870-11-13
PERSONAL.

kAASVSA1ks
Tits stated trat MIS-. General Williams Qate
Mira Stephen "A. nodgiAs1 has ls&e1y fallen heir 70
considerable property In soothnd- \. - =
Senator morrill,, Of Maine, to suffering from
complete nervous prosttsttons and his condition
Is consitered bJ ntk p1Juc1ans critical one
-:Gens1N D. c. Buell., having secured fofty
yeaea' lease Of the A1cxh0trtA coal nina, naar
Bowling 0reeo. Ky., u about 70 setsaa tsefs.
Mira Alne1t D. Richardson VIII have an::essay
Oh ShAkzpeasr - lsAstarkt." !" IN tha naxt nun
ter Of the Galaxy.
the DEAN u announced OF Captain william
Aurley, an old Ts1iRlKaf ntlce1. who entered foe
British navy In 1907. and dIed On the anniversary
of Trafalgar, aged 81
-The approaching marriage OF Tic Princess
Louise u ofeial1y nouaod tn she following terms
"At The Court Of Balmora1, tho st:h day Of o.
tobef, 1s1o, present the Queens Most Exrealens
Majesty In Council Her Astessy IN Council was
thtsuaJ pleased TO declare her consent 10 4 con-
tzacs Of mas1tmuuy hetweeu Her RoJz. Hishnesa
the 1'Eincess Looase caxo'tne Alberta sad John
George Edvafd Henry Douglas Sutherland Camp.
bell teoanmonly called The Narquia Of Lurne,
which coueans HeT NAjes3y has stso caused to be
.tcnt1ed under The Gre8s Seal"
: Sir Rodeatek Nrrchisun vt.iAa ~ fqnoKs: y II
is MI pAlnfn] duty 70 announce that che dtstt1
eu1shcd traveller. III. 9eorgt Haywood, 10 whom
the Founde7s' Gold MedN Of the Royal Geo
graphical Society waa AWARDED 1t the list ami
ye1sary OF thak body, Waa aasassinstad and hil
property rsundered about the beginning Of las'
AugnH BY the folloWeu.of the Chief Nicer Hatt
Khan Of Tas4rn.r =.
@4nelhanse was the name Of the forenaan o
the pyrotecAuic department In the Arsenal u
| SwtnenUemtet Prussia, who plunged biz eaze<
hsoda and saznaa -elhow-dsep tn . housrof ses<h
| nj Ateh, Hpd tak tpsf:fEem. p attentive hAnd
errnsd xnitn Il. xotIfa4i Ifra4s =