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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-29
THE COURTS.
SUIT FOR THE POSSESSION OF AN ESTATE IN
NEW-UTRECHT.

Tn the Rinqs County Supreme Court, Circuit,
Part yesterday before SnvsG MpTte sn9 Gertrude s
Prince and Esther Jane Marense fully reported ana
conclusion. The action brought 10 determine title
land in New Utrecht said to be worth slOo3o Inc
allegation OF defendants was that plantn was born pc
fore parents married, and therefore, not tne
legal heir to the property
position law stated 10 you by counsel ana assened TO
perfectly legal II the parties promised to live together as
husband and wife, although no ceremony may nave Den
r and the corroborative testimony of the plaintiff that
samuel and Elizabeth Brainerd promised to I've TO-
lawyers instead Of using that word sn,p snes
that parties intend to do what right and that they do
intend to do that which ~ wrong ana "here IL 10
possible ssOs to sT moral CERTAIN or morn it is
to say that it is moral, simply for the purpose
affected and justice to those who may come afterward
This Of regard to the party and 10 that humane
Judgment to which the acts OF all mortals are eHueu
and to the offspring Of the immediate parties to the
transaction, and to the most approved ground OF pubic
policy. The relation between these parties can ne u,
derst0od from the in evidence. You have the facts
that neither Of them at any other period OF tner ives
| there was no lawful impeachment their becoming man
wife, The good character OF the parties the repg
tiou OF and have not been questioned or
attacked upon this trial. and they are entitled TO the or
man sober is shown that the woman had reached an
when passion had subsidized and SOBER judgment pre-
| vailed.
In order to determine how far Mrs. Branard's state
ment had the germ of crcdbity and probability and s
tcrng as She is toward the verge life usually allotted
to mOrtas to her manner upon the stand TO her general
character in LIFE aud to all the circumstances which at
tend of this peculiar character II the plaintiff
has made out TO your satisfaction by the proofs II
the time she was bcQotten NV her r'"-". sn III A.,
sGase That ah=saaA.-- $50 mouth of one OF bs
heroes she was 6egotten betwixt lawful Sheet then
the verdict must be in her favor for she was ei'na'e
child
If il Is made out to your satisfaction that it unlaw
full aud not halowed by those feelings which generally
enter the hearts and minds Of parties contemplating
I mari fe
the first rehabilitation unlawful and legitimate
| charge you that the law presumes moral connection
the parties rather than an immoral one where
injustice or harm come ~ the Fights Of others
Tie jury found verdict in favor OF the ptalntln
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-29

COMPANION of Garlbnldi's in his Italian campaigns
ing been at the head of his ambulance train ono
fitted up model ambulance in her house wicn - ,ho
PLY ut prescnt unoccupied. ~, in spi'e u ,ber
French papers say, We have very Few "o'"'
heavy shell fire. - .n vou OF the
Your other correspondents will nave 'u y.ono, ~
extraordinary statements published W ~ never
| .,, -, s,,o.ossos-successe which wo son'o"o" -,
$50, g. COO have to-day, however seon u" o"'. y.
-, ,n,o 81 Denis yesterday to make arauso"."
! , a., s.,,oval Of the French wounuou' no " 49,,
| 81 condition and absolute ""n' VI -
tio 0 it, Incredible He was unable 10 ma u sen
W.. ,ho arst persons ho met with was pano vi
u"o' ,t,rs who took his sword and revolver away
49,, nm, were in no hurry to conduct him 10 the
c.,.nopdant The Greek Minister came out from Oh
penis Yesterday and escorted to st. Germaih coming
m 20 Versailles this morning From persons who have been
aIloved 10 come out from Paris learn that MT WASH
hrpe has expressed his determination to remain III Tue
Erencb oapl coe qui ooute, and that he Is more pop
Mar than ever among the French. Figaro OF the 81
October which has brought from Paris contains
n lively appeal to the English people to help the French
in their hour of need but very few copies indeed VIII
find their way to England, 1t Is not likely 10
have much effect on John Bull. inc SIEGE
guns are not yet in position, and THINK theif
speedy arrival was prematurely announced In the
mean time Mont Valerien is perpetually firing on inc
parties OF pioneers at n the woods about BougVa
and ST. Cloud. Yesterday sorte wasexpected' anu
when rode down the outposts at 10 O'Clock all was
ready-eyen the artilery--to give the French warm
reception.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-29
THE SURRENDER OF STRASBOURG.
The Stoatsanseiger publishes the terms o
apitulation OF strasbourg, as follows

the capitulation OF strasbourg, as folows
The Royal Prussian Leut.-Gen. Won Werder, com
mander of the corps besegng StrasbOurg, solicited by
the French Lieut.Gen. Uhrich. commander OF Stras-
bourg to put an TO the hostes against the fortress
in consideration OF the honorable and brave defense OF
the place. agrees 20 conclude the following capuau0n:
ARTICLE l. At o'clock in the morning on Sept g. 1870
Lieut. Uhrich evacuates the citadel the Austerz
gate the Fisher gate and the National gate AT the
same the German troops will occupy these POSITIONS
ART III. At IL o'clock on the same day the French
garrison, including Gardes Mobiles and National Guards
leave the fortress through tho National gate take up
position between lunete No. A and red0uDt No 81 ana
there lay down their arms.
ART. III. The troops OF the line and the Gardes
Mobiles become prisoners of war; and march out WIN
their luggage The National Guards and Francs reurs
released parole, and by IL o'clock a. M surrender
their arms at the Mayors office The list OF the officers
Of these troops at the hour TO be furnished to Gen.
Won Werder.
ART w. The officers OF the French garrison OF stras
bourg liberty to depart and chose their own pace
Of residence parole the form OF the parole attached
TO these articles Of capituaOn Those officers who DO
not sign the parole proceed with the garrison as
prisoners of war Germany. All the French military
surgeons remain until further notice in their functions
ART " Leut.Gen. Uhrich, immediately upon the sur
render of arms, to deliver over, through the
proper officers all the military material on hand ON
GERS and officials charged with this duty assemble ON the
| 2sth, at ~ O'Clock, upon the Place de BrOglie.
This capuatiOn Is executed and signed by the follow
ing plenipOtentaries On the German side, by Lieut.
Col Won LesZynski Chief Of staff Of the Corps besegng
strasbOurg and Count Henckel Won Donnersmark Cap
tain of Cavalry and Adjutant On the French side, by
Col Ducassee Commander of Strasbourg, and LieutCol
Mangn, Sub-Director Of Artillery.
Read, accepted, and signed, YoN LEszYNsKI, Count
| HENcKEL VoN DoSSERsMARK, DUCAssE. MASGIN Al
framed, Mundolsheim, Sept. rs, 1870 Won WEHbEk,
| Lieutenant General
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-29
THE VALUE OF PARIS.

The London Economist of Oct. 10 calculates
how much property the defenders of Paris expose 10
dager by awaiting Prnssian attack: J. The value of
ne mouse property may be approximately arrived al by
esliae based Oh the value OF London property and
pPUitiQhhg 10 Paris an amount propOrtonate to the
RVpatoh. London, with population OF 100000 bay-
aI", auaoh OF about 9H0O00O, which, lied at
vs AZ ytafs purchase, represents a of a324 900
That Paris, with population of
phate mousse property worth about gin 800 600
nd ,e per cent as the value OF the ground rents
str,ctthJ area, which may be treated AZ indie
half ground rents would fall II Paris were
sentn th9 81, we nave net OF Rl5i 600 repre
bonbardment and oi rarisan building which complete
a. ,Iis I, anu street defense would nnuibilate
email 20 "%ehaWnte may calculate that an amount
SIt nroe,ad a. n''i tie value OF the bniIdjngs will
DC hVeseu IN furniture or other coptanta -, W." MI
dwellings,. IN TINS way We get an esmsta az "a, ,ne
AZ the value Oh furniture and other contau
houses. o. Inc Vaue OF the trade in parii
shops and warehouses will probably he a. io III IhTisia
the aggregate OF the above ne AZ oast third
477,llON1 lids is "a minimum computation n a~,n. y.
from the returns or hreinsuTapce dnt AZ appears
isted, that the stock ntrade insured over nn " eh
England about Onethird the yalne az nv, nhoe OF
properly insured: and stock IA wv entire
atey concentrated In large cities IT safe To racI
i'm city like Paris the proportion Of stock
nher i1srable property wifi he as great ~ th TO
of the whole of England. Probably the estimate ia t
below the mark though very low one would OF cours
he proper lust now considering the withdrawal Of uron
erty which must have been going ON IN expectation
OF siege These three figures sum NO as follows: /.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-29

II shoud he discharged by Dereon who might attempt
~ force open the window he had planted the gun
there his place had been broken open and robbed
three four occasions within few months; from
the situation the body and the appearance Of the sur
rOundngs, witness Of the opinion that Jweedlc was
I'm the act VI forcing open the window when shot.
The relatives Of Tweedle had witnesses One OF the
local politicians after announcing that he was not au
thoriZed 10 speak for the relatives made excited ma
rangue, denouncing the shooting OF Tweedle a. cold
bloOded murder. When he had subsidized the case was
given to the jury, who rendered verdict that the de-
ceased came to his death by gIns shot wound OF the
head from trap-n while forclby opening the window
OF the workshop OF Joseph d. Agostno and We censure
him for IA wing planted said rap-gun so" :,
when this verdict announced the 0niclOus poil,
tican declared that ~ ease ~ murder, aud said
would take to have the mt once brought
before the Grand Jury. Agosno was then formally ex
amined. He said he native OF Sicily age -, ana
resided at No 6l East Twenty secondst With refer
ehce to the question Of his guilt he said: lam not guilty
of any criminal intent In causing the death OF the de-
ceased" He then released on $1,000 bail To await
the action OF the Grand Jury
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-29
Turkish ORNAMENTS.

The Lerant Herald says the Porte has decided
upon converting large number of its Springfield and
Enfield rifles into Remngtons. and several thousand
on this latter system have been purchased
in Vienna As the conversion has Deen tHeced
the new arms will be served out to portions OF various
regiments with view to test their practical value on
large scale The military and naval preparations are
being pushed on at Tophaneh. bournou, ana IN
the arsenal In all three OF which large numbers OF hands
munitions which are being rapidly manufactured In
these establishments considerable contract Tor cannon
ON Krupps system has been given tn house IN Vienna,
whence several batteries OF mtraeuses have also been
ordered, in addition 10 those already purchased Ill
Belgium and America. connection with this activity,
we NAV mention that Mr.. Wynn, who has for some
months past been engaged at ZeounbournOu on behali
of iron Steel has entered the Turkish service Win
the rank of camakam and the title OF Boy consider
able number of military surgeons, engaged in Vienna by
stephan Pasha for service in the Turkish army, nave
reached STEAMBOAT. Others are to follow; mgh pay Is
off
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-29
InTINN MARkEr2


R,rxopr Oct 2sCoton very holders ASKING higher rates
Mduss l6lc sales 325 bales MT receipts - tses ooas"s %
bales total bales eiporsccssiwe so ba s. Sck ios use,
net recp of the week 80 bales cOaswise, 20 bae toA
bales erpos-o Britain IN bales TO the Continent -! oas
coagise 40 bales, sales Of the week 2,,i3 bles
2a-Cotton excited; transactions lsri prices
yanri; MldnSs Isle s.es 0 bales; ne recks os' s
erpors-to Britain 4239 bales; ooatMe LBS bae.i
57l5. receipts Of the week 1893 beserror-o
Braiu l3lR bales; 70 the continent 6O bA'' 'oas'A' w.
bales sales Of the week 5000 bales 1880 -. IA
CHARLK,ros Oct -MiddhnS, lidloc sales -
bsles 1855 bales 800 hal
bales receipts the week. 10 63 bales coast~ise "a
oval 623 bales, eIporseoaNse II "a! bales sAes o. Ae VIC"
Wussaroy Oct fa-Coton-Net receipts OF The wees'
halls, r,ports-eossNise ?5a bales sales Of the week y.
socl T9 balesj sales to-day rs bales Market seh'e s
U.s.. .is,. .,lss
SxsDRIsAss Oct 2a-CottOn strong hihhns 4 @loS "a
net receipts 57l0J coaslwse 3 total o9i ,s.rs
receipts the week Oh; eo-sisise si 9tsL asg
Great 1885, 70 the Continent. sio' e'a''~'
of week, 1880. .,les
Bosros Oct -Cotion quiet and Mdings lete 49,.
no act receipts 2J total R steel NV "a
Of the week l0ii eoasswso, t25i total, aSs; sal" VI wv
1900 ..,,, ,s,. ..,.. 100
NoRyotx Oct 2a--Cottea Lev Mddlngs leic sss,
receipts eIports-eosst~se eas stock 80. Nc.
300 sales OF e
GaIyKsros Oct, 2s-Cotton dull aud nominal So'l gsi
MosLk Oct sCoion steady aud active d'msnl ~ &c,
haci Mdjng Ee net receptst0 lg o Tr
total tl bales Great Britain 2Bo bare. ,l
bales receipts week 0tol ~ AZ
OF bales. erports-to Bnsn so bsrs 70 voc
bales, ooastx. 100 bales, sales Of The week ~" '''
hand. u IA bales 40. -, ar. u..l 4 ma bsjea-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-29
FRENCH PANICS.

The Steele publishes the following commu-
nication from Orleans: Our rural municipalities give
themselves up to deplorable panic, and are losing all
moral sense They imagine that the more they crnge
before the enemy the lees reason they have 70 Tear o
lencc. listen 10 a few OF their exploits AT Dourdan
Ave Prrssan hussars dashed into the railway station
cut the telegraph wires and posts, then came to the
place pistol In hand and insoently demanded 800 rations
from the marie; and thousand stupid men stood there
on the market place Of Dourdan bowling their uncovered
heads before five Prussian youths, tho oldest or whom
was not thirty! While these five pagers secured inc
adjacent comInunes, the municipality OF Dourdan with
a zeal and activity which have never been shown IN
favor French soldiers hastened 20 provide for the
acquisitions Of the following day. Nothing was spared
TO feed the enemy sumptuously. At Saint Arnoud nry
hlans to do honor to banquet served on
the market-pls NJ. lie Marie superintendent the wait
ing napkin under his arm. At Trisan the hremen had
buried their guns and swords The marie ordered them
TO be disnterred and arranged before the marie at the
service of the Prussans, which was actually DONE Last
Saturday peasant was leading large wagon OF nay
along one OF the roads to Toury As this IL the road
which leads 10 the Prusans masters OF that locality
an astonishcd foot passenger asked him what he was
going to do with this f0rage-wss he going to give into
the hands OF the enemyt at have been buying this hay
80 orIoons rened the SAINT 10 his interlOcutOr.
had none left and. the Prlissians ask me Tor some
Al have some 10 give" Words fail the Steele to con-
denim such conduct In adequate terms
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-29
THE SIEGE OF PARIS.

iFROa OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
VERSAILLES, Oct. 6-10 p. m.-TO-day all the
grand fountains OF Versailles played in honor Of his
Majesty. King William who showed himself to the good
people Of Versailles for than hour in the palace
gardens The town s very gay two headquarters are
concentrated here, and princes are as common as
blackberries had yesterday the pleasure of long
conversation with the Grand Duke Of SaxeCoburg the
late Prince Albert Of Engands brother and the Prince
Of Waless uncle. "The French," said His Inghness,
must be thoroughly beaten, for afraid that they
viii want 10 go 10 war again soon as the recollection
Of their present disasters has In the least degree passed
away. We must therefore take away from them the
power OF hurting We sending army to
Lyons, and the Soeth OF France viii learn what ter
Ible thing war Is. and will wish for peace earnestly
Hs do the Inhabitants Of the East" Then We
talked OF the probabilities OF an attack on
Paris, and his Highness confirmed the report which
we lave all heard, that the King is most anxious 20
avoid further boodshed. Poor Gen stenmez. by the
way Is IN disgrace stu for the way In which he sacr
Hed bis troops before Grayeotte the 18th OF August
4heh We all drove down 90 Madame La Comtesse della
Soi1e, at MasOn Lafltte Madame della Tone Is an old
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-29
A SCHEME OF MEDIATION.

The London Times of October Is, observes
that the only stumbling in the way OF peace is the
surrender Of Asace and Lorraine and that this surren
der is demanded by Germany for other than
for the sake OF securing herself from future attacks by
France In this country we honesty pc
France eSS %d # AaSo and
were denuded Of strong places. We cannot therefore
hesitate 10 incur any remote responsibility tnat might
DEPEND upon the supposed erroneous nature OF our per
suasion if we could thereby the gain OF peace
Little than three years ago we were content 10 en-
Ter into substantial guarantee in order to prevent war;
and the fact cannot be overlooked in any elaboration
now on the of concluding the war. Taking our
Suppose, after securng-what might, we be-
leve, be easily secured-the cooperation OF Aus
ents in something like the following sense: 1t is
admitted that the Inhabitants of the disputed provinces
speaking from the experience of each OF Va, know
the constant danger to peace resulting from the neces
@ Se eS ne wy rdSoga
ever the justice demand made for guarantee
which is contested may be deemed insufficient secur
ty BY the one, and uncaedor exposure to attach
| by the other. We are ready, therefore, to make
the following Offer Let the strong places OF Asace an'
several guarantees with each belligerent to joiI
either against the other in case on
TSont first Submitting to our arbitration as nenr"
the grounds which such attack Is sought TO he JUST
fled" II Is quite possible such an oer might he unsuc
made 70 promote it. No man doubt THAI the presen
war IN reyo!at.nize the conditions Of nnbe law il
Europe il is evident enOug~ mat al abstract decara
ton In favor Of arbitration without decaga
ton such contained In the Treaty of Paris in
is useless, and perhaps worse than useless There il
another reason, somewhat peculiar, perhaps, to our
selves Our position is much misunderstood the Con
tnent at the present time We accused OF selfish
isolation of being unconcerned at any msfornes of
neghbors, and Of temper that would buy pres
ent immunity from danger at any price We could not
clearly disprove these charges than by taking the
initiative in Offering Of peace that would attest
genuine desire TO protect our friends injury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-29
POPULAR FEELING IN FRANCE.

The German war correspondents make fire.
quent references to the intensely hostile feeling
French population. Herr Wachenhusen OF the Cologne
Gazette says That at Nancy the betiDg of the soldiers
has been suspended in consequence OF murders commit
ted them in their quarters There In every part
France occupied by invaders the hatred of the people
daily increasing and the foolish hope Of driving tho
enemy by national rising famed by emssaries of the
Republic Six thousand men said to be already under
concealed in the woods and commanded by Gene
raj As yet there have been few outrages of this kind
but gendaTme has been murdered at Nancy
and positions fired on. IF the guerrilla
warfare, against which We know how to defend
ourselves, really commences IL will flame up every
writer soldiers have second time been fired on at Mari
culx and in an adjacent village the road blocked up
with heavy stones. fine was imposed which had the
next day To he increased yeold the stones still
not removed change OF the position OF the troops
fore Metz recently gave the people the impression that
the Germans were retreatlng and that MacMahOn
believes in the magnitude Of the French defeats and
though those who the long trails of prisoners pass
by have mlsgiyngs, they not without hope OF turn
OF fortune Metz, II Is insisted hold out not only
scale and the herosm Of the army and tOwnspeope
ing so great.
." few days ago woman offered some brandy for sale
attracting group OF soldiers her but il was found
to be poisoned and she arrested The writer regards
the attitude OF the people cogent against the
annexation OF Metz and Its vicinity. Another CORE
spondent states that at MhauseD where the railway sta
ton Is occupied by tho Germans they do not enter the
town unless aimed to tue teeth. They have been fired on
frequently but at present only Chan has been killed
The artisans are strongly inclined to Communism and be-
fore the entry OF the troops had demolished the Town
Hail. The rest OF the people. little they like the Ger
mans are consequently glad of their presence An officer
writes from Champey: We no longer sure OF our
lives; army gendarme has just been shot before our
criminal two bullets whstled past his ear The offenders
unfortunately could not be discovered"
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PROBABLE HOMICIDE IN sECOND-AvENUE.

Between 10 and IL q. m. yesterday, THOMAS
Cantng accompanied by two into the
iaeerbeer saloon of stenbracker secondave between
Fistvarst and Fifty sts and called for drinks.
which they got and drank Canng refused to pay, and
senbracker elected him from the saloon, when he broke
the glass in the door and windows and went In again
and abused the proprietor Mr. steinbracker rushed from
behind the bar and selling him by the shoulder pushed
him out before him to the door, when Cantng trpped at
a raised step, and he fell on the street. MS head
AGAINST the stone and steinbracker falling him.
Canting was raised up by steinbrscker and VII
liam Purcell, the bartender, who found tnae
tally injured. He taken to Bellevue Hospl-
tai, and the surgeons are unable to pronounce yee
whether he will recover not. Officer Qgley OF me
Nineteenth Precinct arrested Seinbracker Purcell me
bar tender and Joseph Jacobus and william Byron, VINO
wre I'm the saloon ut the time the took place
They we're up the Yorkvlo Police Court III me
afternoon and remanded to the statiohhouSe ut
to-day,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-10-29
PARADE OF THE FIRST DIVISION.

The First Division n. o.. ). N. I. was re-
viewed yesterday afternoon at the Prospect Park Parade
Ground, by Gov. Hoffman. The following commands
were represented -
FIRST Brig DE- Inf.ntry wnd2,h Regiment Col Ward ga
Regiment Porter 6yth Col CaSanagh list Col k"cAalei""i
18th Col shaw. go r., n,t e,h 70,
Brigade Gen. Bargerh Regiment Cot BeriI o. oOI
Sherry 18th Col Funk; 3ih Col COnkln; Ith Cot krehbe
Third Bhzsde Gen Varanlst Regiment Col Pereyi It'd, Col
CLARK; eth Col Scott 9th Col Fisk; 55th. Col. Allen ~
Fu BrgNe Cavalry, Bng. Gen. Posey-lst Regiment vi
Bunker 81 Col Butke; Washington Gray Troop Capt "eey con"
nandBgj Troop II, Capt Klein -, ~ 49,, 4. al.
Battery B. Mounted Artillery Capt KEN Battery Mounted Arm.
lery Cart IeubBe Battery G. Foot Artillery Capt schhns battery
q. Foot ARTILLERY, Capt L. Moyne.
During the parade, previous to the review AdJutant
A. j. Francis OF the list Regiment was thrown from us
horse and received pound fracture OF the leg near
the ankle. With the exception of this unpleasant hc
dent nothing occurred to the pleasure OF me DAY
GOV Hoffman went through the ceremony braVcly IN
view of fact that he reported to DO very u"e