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THE QUARANTINE ENORMITY.
Tho Pirate Fletcher OverbsuIius and De-
tanning the Bieuviiic The Latest Ex-


pIoit ef tho Greedy Pirates Of the Bay.
The steamship Blenvie arrived from New Or
leans ria Havana on Tuesday, and anchored at the
Lower Quarantine. At about II in the morning n
tug ran alongside, the baggage OF tho passengers
was placed aboard, and oil imagined that no Quaran
tine punishment was to he imposed when suddenly
the pirate Fletcher hove In sight, anil DR.. Cornocnan
ordered the baggage back on board the steamer.
Whether he did this because the opro tlon boat
would have deprived him OF the 81 so a head which
he would have collected for taking passen to the
city, or because ho had learned that there two
cases OF sickness aboard. Is unknown. Ons OF the
waters and the stewardess we're III, and DR.. Car
nochan declared their malady yellow fever. Gu.
ban physician who aboard and had attended
tire sick persons. and the passengers, who were all
well acquainted with the peculiar symptoms OF yell
low fever were unanimous in the opinion that II
was not yellow fever but some other disease; and
they were correct The crew of the Fletcher, the
Custom House and police officers boarded the Bien.
willie, minsng freely with the passengers and or ev
and then returned to the city TO spread contagion
among the people, but the passengers were COM
DR. Carnochan's Journal OF the following day said
that the sick people hal been removed by DIR Car
noclan but this was untrue. On the following
prevent any possible spread oi contagon, DR.. Car
noehan adopted the very peculiar plan OF taking
the captain, Purser, and Chiet Engineer oil we
steamer TO the city compelling the passengers to
remain until the following day
The Illness OF the stewardess and the waiter had
not been contracted iu Havana, but In New Or
leans. the sickness bling black fever, which las
teen rava ling the interior Of Mexico The disease
IL far more virulent than yellow fever easier to
transmit, and more difncult 10 cure, the body as
| suming a black hue shortly after death.
The season for yellow fever has gone by, but not
for black iCver or cholera. In such a case. how
ever, neither DR.. Carnochan nor the crews or thf
fancy quarantine yachts nor the officers ana crews
OF nny Of these vessels ought to he allowed TO com
municato with the city. Wherever quarantine laN,
are enacted In other countries, they are also en-
forced, and not merely put the statute books tJr
the purpose Of nllng the pockets Of the phy-cisp
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LoSpoS, Sept 2o.-The 7im@ correspondent,
writing on Monday from saarbrdck, says On
Monday sortc from Metz was order cd, but was
subsequently countcrmandsd." The French peas
ants in that ncishhorhood continue to murder Ger
man officers by picking them or with rifles They
have also cut the telegraph wires and inflicted other
damage Epernay.
Advices have been received from s,rasbourr no
TO yesterday Monday. The cannon OF the garrison
was nearly quiet. tGen. Uhrich, the Commander, had
been badly wounded. His once headquarters had
been removed to the cellar or the Prefecture Pu-
lice. vote tgSen by the peoplc OF the city on
the subject Of suriendor'ng. II vas decided by
large majority TO continuc the defence 70 the last
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uovEsEy1s OF IHE PRUssIAN ARMY
Fighting Outside Paris The Prussians Cross
ing the seiue-A French Victory RepOrt-
ed-yersaiIles 10 be the Headquarters.

LONDON, Sept. 20-EyeniGg.-A telegraphic do
p4teh from Orleans, the 2Otl, says An engage
men, took pace at NissouI. twenty-five thousand
French. massej the nOrtherly part Of the town,
we're attacked by fifteen thousaGd Prussiahs The
Prussiihs we're moved down by tine French Artil.
MY but, after considerable loss, they reerossed the
hvsr in good order, and fell back on the other
Army Corps.
Lovpos, Sept 9O-23O P. M-There has been
sk.rntsoirg near Ivry and Chatillon, on uie out
Efrts ot Paris. The Prussians now occupy Ciamart,
ksudon, Vlleneuve, VauvUs, and Fontsnsy. The
Drown Prirce is near Fontsnebleau. The Prus-
Aans crossed tile Seine at Chois -le-Roi, . few
niles above the confluence OF the Marne. In order
10 avoid complications with other powers, the
rssch Government has declined the services Of the
lPslsh Lsgicn, which was recently rendered.
To-day rrinee Albert occupies the town Of
'Ftrges, suburban v,iAgs, distant about thirteen
MI fron Psrfs.
rus CROWN PRINCE 10 ADVANCING
o. Fontaiuebleau. Large detachments Of Prussians
IA e crossed tie Seine, and are concentrating at
f. pon', ,o som. 81 'P Prn.. mile. south Of
: 'i aSs .Sd .i%% soTe. deeapy % Ss 'SS1 sSsS
o. urstciI, situated six miles southeast Of Paris.
RrHoRED REPULsE OF The rRussIAss.
From me Ererfng Nat
rNpor Sent. 2O.-A Telegram nom Tours an.
a. ices uata Prussian corps, the exact number OF
VI ls unknown hes appeared IN the plains be.
Tween 4mpan and Visions, They were rep1lsed
sId iorled TO 'etire o0n Montclaz anj Arpuon.
loUE- : .pt, 20--Ihe Sub.Preiect telegtIphs that
Ne en- my he, evacuated Bei0lt, going to Barthe'
o. m and T. .i-hUm. The Prus'iins made recon-
to,sIlcs urar Joinyiilo on the lstl Al engagement
5'tout' w,th 8 G French sharpshooters posted on
~ opposite bank OF lhe Aarne, in which the Prus
tlF v,re Cetatrd and driven OF at m,dhight.
'r ri'". L4I been heard pear CouTseI Tor two
vl'' ULFs mas BEEN occrPrrD
" Nf 'f"..t.I The ltelI, NllC'I serves
hh lrr.rn .uluI.rcc. II i, fought. v.uId be 10.
"''' lt 3. urocr.tood thot the Piu-siln- wit
''h..r L'.iq quarters Mt Versailles I,rmanently,
- ST.. TON - lens attribute -r.tt imp r,auce
'' D.Isrmtnt which occurred at Visions yes
TuE rPrssftSs suFFERgb Arcu
I' l.'nc. .ruI!ery hidden m the wood. 'he
.Nr"' Ltl..y al. dty. The Pids-.Ias Eers al
% tD fHt-.t l. IS reHprtei tnat the
'4'.lIi' we're la IS defeated yo-'Ddy in an az
- TO 800. ~ tus fon du Mont N4tr.ea on the
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to answer TIER own questions. and usually with n
y, ~, rug ,ue Ecrai have borrowed from our neighbour
~ ,rcssnt but who ought not to be, our enemies |;
.nat Us, "a frdHeGte leave them TO interpret
whether assent or dissent from their stated promo
sluons according to their several inclinations.
lou know, OF course, what guarantees are ne.
cessary to secure aasting reace and TO prevent ever
again an aggressive war on the part OF France
against Germany. II IL rather amilitary than DO
itical question. The King and his friends will de-
eide the true relation In good time. Meanwhile
NO ovtRruREs or PEACE
can nov be well received until the army Is before
Paris but rest satisfied that the safety o. Germany
being properly secured, and the peace OF the world
assured, no obstacles will be placed the part OF
Germany in q Q way OF termination OF the war,
into which she WINS dragged most unwillingly, but
hom which she will never retire until the lePiti-
mate aspirations Of her children secured and the
integrity of the fa,herland guaranteed, while the
people OF Germany are rendered safe from any
future cruel and unnecessary COT ct the Slaughter
resulting from which we cannot but look upon with
horror.
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ST. LouS, sept. 20.-A letter received today
by Charles W. Ford, Untcl States Internal Rev.
enue Collector Tor this District contains the lo.
lowing:
regard the movement headed by Catl schury. Brown
Co, similar to the lennessee aud Niryinan NOV.
ment inttnGed to CAry portion OF the II, pUOl gaa
pnrty over 10 the Democrats aud thus the". con.
troll hure Won viii alsec your way Gear tO Cye the
Ie. ular tCK1t your SUPPORT.
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LOSSES BY FfRE.

A FIRE last evening da.cased the first floor Of 8.
gStent OF s5n9.
The loss ut YeIni & Gregory's oil factory First
street nnG Gowanus canal BROOKLYN, on Monday night.
was 5000, insurance, 500.
DIR. Johu G. PAGES hoUse and two barns at Centre
IR'ogr, y. H., were burned on Monday night LDss.
tr'lu tSOO T. tiO,OOCi partially insured.
At small fire in Providence. II. J., yesterday
morning the boiler Of l nri engine No exploded,
inlurng nvo lcrons aai one, named Geo. T. Henson,
lcthans fatally. The engine was built by Jtfcrs OF
ra~tucEet four yeais ago and was supposed TO be
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SPARKS 1x0M THE TELEGRAPH.

The corrected census returns OF New Hampshire
shcS the population Of The state TO De 3i76 anet
o! bloT In ten years.
The schooner X. 2. j. Bemis, with Il, 600 bushels
OF wheat nom Detroit for Buffalo, sunk In the lake on
Port Row wan, yesterday morning. Inc cargo total
loss. All OF the crew were saved.
The steam boiler In T. X. Staiker's planning mill,
at Aqburn, n. K, exploded Yesterday mornirg. DE-
mollshing the MILL aud badly dam aging other build
ings james Hamilton. the fireman, having charge OF
the engine buried in the ruing, and taken out
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FLASHES FROM THE OCEAN CABLES,

It was the schooner Anne Kirstiue that was run
down In armouth Roads II few days ago.
The stern OF a vessel was washed ashore nj Mary.
port England, Monday. lhe words Domino dirlgo
nos" were painted thereon.
The admins ration Of the Trlnsl01Rtic Steamsh.p
Compgny has pccn rans'errcl 10 81 NhZare; hut the
New York steamers vii continue to saI nom iIlYr'.
King william of Holland opened the session OF
the chambers a. me u cue on Monday W N aslc''h
IN winch ne assured te Deputies of the WuuCuau ut
neacc AMI announced that thr financial situation OF
the kingdom Wa IN ~ ry way satisfactory,
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Persistent Attempts to Iniurc the Sales
MOmen's AsaOcintiOu.

One Calm, who claims to belong to news as.
soca'ion in this city, las been expelled from tie
meetings of the saleswouen's Early Closing Asso.
cation. lie ATTEMPTED to interfere with the meet
ing, and was justly kicked out Since then he has
persistcnty endeavorod to injure the character OF
those having cl Rrse OF the association. The public
can estimate his statements for vi At tey are worth
Members OF tie Nomen's typographical Union are
also interfering with the s'lpswOmcn, They may do
well to attend to their own business and lot the
saleswOmen alone. SO far Miss Meta seems to
be the only woman who has wotAed for tleir In.
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French have Constructed esrthworks near st. Denis
and Clsmart.
THE roRTITicATIoNs.
Prom ne Erenino AdG.
BERLIN. Sept. a.-Despatches through various
ehannes Of information connecting with the French
capital have been received heie. They announce
tnat the Parissns are vesy energetic In conducting
the defence OF Paris. The bout proof forts st St.
Denis have been greatly reinforced with picked
troops from the city. and the works have been amply
protected against assault by inundation from the
Svine.
Strong earthworks have also been thrown up at
ssin, Denis, Et1ins and upon the heights OF Cla-
mart A new fort has been constructed at Mont e.
toul. also ne" works at saint Cloud and suresnes,
whch are In communication by means Of n connect
ing railway, protected by the guns Of D'lssy.
nARAssiSG rnS PRussIASs.
LONDON. SeDt. o0.-Advices received In this city
this morning from Paris dated the 10Th state tn. I
troops in large numbers continu TO be sent de
Of Paris for the purpose OF hitassing the advance
Of tie lrus siys, who aie now In force within FIVE
National Guard, and 1t is impossible to describe
With accuracy the martial spirit and enthusiasm
that prevails among the defenders. From tie
intelligence Il received hourly OF the progress of
the Prussian army.
PICKING OFF rnE SCOUTS.
The Garde Mobile around Paris are killing great
L
decided on the immediate contraction of q com
plete system Of barbados Ia Paris. Henri Roche
tort has leen charged with the supcrintendency o
ills work. Tie Phys says the army ut Lyons IL In
cot pora,ing the African recruits. The organization
| Is progressing rapidly. Thls army is designed tC
operate In the Departments OF the East. Det9ch
| ments have already gone forward to Besancon and
| the Nosges. The Prussisns have
| THREATENED WIN DEATH
all who attempt to repair the RAILWAYS they destroy
| ToURs, Sept. 2.--Ti postal service to Paris Il
now performed entirely by messengers. Tie ectiui
OF members OF the Municipal Council OF Paris vii
| take place ON Wednesday, the 2Slh inst.
Later. All tcegraphic conn unieation with Pari
ceased yesterday The jOurnu.s here express appre
| hension that
| TOURS MAY ne ATTACKED,
| in which case they say, the Government will re
| move 10 Bordeaux.
NJ. Theirs started to-day In a special train 70
| Vienna, whence he will proceed to ST. Petersburg
| While here lie r,ceiyed despatch from Prime
| Gortsol aSod inviting him In the nime Of the Ca
| to ST. Pte.sourg, and urgihg him to hasten hi
| visit.
THs WIFE or MARSHAL BAZAINg
| IA In Tours. She received a letter from her hus
| band few days ago. 1t was sent cut u Mcz By
| lloon, which fortunately fell outside the IrussiI
| ines. Ihe contents have not been made public.
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A BILLI1RD TRIUMPH.
An Extra ordinary Run-.ea Zion scores $40,
and bents Grille $40 In $50.

and beats CS1ii:e $40 in $50.
At the new billiard rooms of W. u. 4 J.
Askins at siNib avenue and Fiftythir street, tho
brotbe.s Dioh played a sprghty game OF 80 points
American earoms, last night, in which Joe made one
" STE most extraordinary runs on record. Play be.
gan at tea minute. past 8, in the presence of many
up town amoteurs; and at . the brothers, after
rome good and much roxy PLAYING. stood even at
2i0 Cyri.lc breaking on an easy carom. Joe took
the cue. and by skiliully coecidg the balls in tho
lower left hand corner OF the table, succeeded by
delicate manipulatiOns In scoring 80, which gave
him the honors of the evening At the close Of the
zane, which occr Iied only eighty minutes. Joe
Dion executed number Of fancy shots, amid well
earned applause.
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The Ku-Kiux Khan Again ..bro.d.

NASHVILLE, Sept. 20--Rutiin G. Blair was way
laid and murdered near Athens, Alabama, by party
disguised Tie citizens turned out ~ large mum.
ben and captured Ashbury B,4cl, the leader Of the
band, and four others Btiiel attempted 10 escape
ami Was killed. Tho Other run are in prison. A
party OF armed citz IA lre In pursuit OF the ro
unind.r OF the hani
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n.,erin, Aid for t,e New Repub,,c.

The Academy of Music was crowded last night,
the occasion being the concert for the beneht of the
wounded IN France. The stage was decorated with
the American Glg, supported By the French tricolol
and the Irish harp and sunburs, AT the conclusion
the "Msrselaisc" was sung by Mr.. Lefrauc and
the whole corps OF artists the entire audience rs-
ing and waving their hats anl coats, and the Ia.
dies waving their handkcrchiels. The concert net.
a A
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Burned AMI sbandoned at Sea.

The Vile dc Paris, which arrived here yester.
day from Hsvra met on tho t7th inst in fog ship
on FIRE, in latitude 46l5, longitude b905 boat
was 80. to examine her and she was found to be a
~vcieu ship OF about so tons, almost burned to the
caters edge, and abandoned probably for some
duys
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Tours, Sept, 2o-A dreadful railroad casualty
occurred rear here this morning. Two trains came
into collision. Eleven persons were killed outright,
one of whom was n. Duyll, one OF the editors OF
the Paris Josrn0i des Dt5ds In addition - tacse,
IS were seriously injured.
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rIE!S .IND mr. REPUHAIC.

no" the frus,lnIs are Expected 10 Attack
the city.
L'''N, sept 2O.-DeNpatches from Paris
'eA' '''' b. t reported there that nj the intention
I'VE ff''iars IoIattack Paris on the southeast
S'Ss7s -L-lsst.u and Cl-.aagt. auI establish tue
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Of those who were put ashore account OF nos
having tickets aud passports. This led to "a nina
turc riot ATCng tie oNCitahle Guus, which was
quickly stopped b. Capt. Thornc aud his men. Tho
agent ~ u Company positively assured THE SUN
reporter that not "a soul was len hehinl who had
purcha ed ticket The most careful examination
has revealed the truth Of MIR. Lillcs statement Ia
this effect. crowd continued to luitcr about tho
pier until the arrival ot the tia VILE de Paris. after
DIRK, when all became quiet again, and the excabls
aud indignant patriots wenGcd their way home ard
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Kings headquarters at Versailles. Barricsdes are
rapidly forming inside the forti6catlons The
French have constructed earthworks near st. Denis
aud Clamart.
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provided with tickets aud French PASSPORTS. aud Oh
course sacrel from the ruthless hands of United
States Marsl ala.
A. as the vessel len the picr the gates were
thrown open and the crowd, numbering several
hundreds rushed wildly IN, and amid scene OF the
utmost excitement Cr.tonini Constance, "A Red Re
publican Of the Rochcfort type, protested In tho
name OF the French reOplc alaust The Injustice done
the people by the steamship Company, and accusing
them OF
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-11
LETTRB FROM KANSAS.
SHAWNEE County; KAN
January +. 1870.

SHAWNEE COUNTY; KAN,
January +, 1870.
EdltoIs Journals:
have solemnly intended, for a lopg
time, to infiot a =" semi occasional .
upon your readers, but [ have been so
exceedingly busy during the days, and
so completely played out of nights,
mentally and physically, that until
now [ have made several inglorious
failures 10 muster the courage to even
attempt the decent accomplishment of
a task which the circumstances of a
!" Kansas farmer" render 80 kerou
lean. And even now I have gone at
it more from a sense of duty than of
pleasure, yet I am modest enough to
fear the general verdict Of those who
shall have read this letter will be that
in this instance, at least, / should
have turned q deaf ear to the emo
tons Of duty. My only apology is
that | have no deaf ear to turn.
At the close of an interesting letter
rom Topeka last Summer, by Col.
lester, in noticing distinguished
boosters" who had become the adopt
edsous and daughters Of this State,
he, expressed a desire that1 should
fnCtime to give the readers of the
JOURNAL my views OF Kansas farm
ing. From attempting this task
specifically and scientifically, as yet. l
must ieg to be excused. | oaa say,
in q (gneral way, however, that the
crops d last year were certainlyaston-
ishingly abundant, and grasshoppers
were wonderfully few and far be
tween" In illustration Of the former,
corn has not reached q higher price
than thirS cents per bushei, and has
rot averaged more than twenty-fve.
ESprlDg what was only worth from
Fifty to Sky cents, and Fall wheat
one dollarpI bushel. Potatoes rang
ed from five cents per bushel In the
held to twenF i've cents In Topeka.
L bought my potatoes for FIVE
cents per bussell In candor, how
ever, L must adj that last year is CON
sidered, even b. the old inhabitants
here, as an annually bountiful one.
When 1t is known that there is q cur
Tout lively demlnd for labor, it is
easy to estimate from the above fig
urcs the humble, Of deaths that
could be traced t. legitimate starry
alton. While thee extremely low
prices would natsrlly tend 20 dis
courage an Indiana srmer, the effect
ia quite different here from the fact
that agriculture is thought Of by the
Kansas farmer only IS a secondary
matter. Acitizen Of tlis State. who
could forget, in a five minutes CONVEX
sation with any one touching the sub
jsct Of " making money in Kansas,
to dilate, in the most enthusiastic
terms upon the immense profit Of
stock raising, or, as it is generally ex-
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LETTER FROM 81, LOUIS.
me Transfer CCmpany-The New
Bridge Over the disslsslppi-Busl-
ness and ImpFOrments-AH Incl
dent-WOman'S Movements, DC.
PLANTERS HoUsl ST. LOUIS,
Jauuay 6. 1870.

ness ana lDpEOffaSouto-AH HUE
dent-WOman'S M9Tements, DC.
PLANTERS HoUsl ST. LOUIS,
Januay 6, 1870.
Editors Journal:
It is now near the hur Of 10 P. n,
when n ought to 81 blinking about
sleep. But there's my promise Of
rost- prandial jottings Own. which [
was not able to effect, becuse friendly
arms came and bore me ANY to other
Measures. So, a few minues to your
raadA.a-414Aen balmy sleo.
Thursday night, when l orssed the
Mississippi, was drizzly. 4w aud
cold, and as one sat shiveriu IN the
bus of the Transfer Company I'D the
boat pushed its way through ckes Of
ice, 1t wasn't very hard to thik of
those endless pictures of Wasing.
ton Crossing the Delaware" X9AeTe
has one great chIeftain been sitting.
/ done know how many years, sutly
before I was born, because | can +
member nothing to the contrar.
until [ can't help thinking he muA
be very cold. Ishiver the more on
cold night when thus thinking Of it
Why don't they let him get off of his
white horse and warm himself awhile
The Transfer Company ofSt. Loui:
By this ferriage-Thich is no little an
noyanee at the best of times, blu
especially when there is floating ice
have, by their monopoly, had an i'm.
mense income; but coming event cast.
ing their shadows before, are Writine
its doom, which, however, will be no
only largely to the comfort Of tray,
elers, but advantage to the commerce
and manufactures of st. Louis.
/ have been looking at the nl1terta,
of these shadows and found them
although / didn't find the iron pins
driven down TO fix the whereabouts
of the future Capitol OF the United
States, or "the other end Of the ave.
nue." with its White House. from
which some future Andy johnson
would fire paper wads, as through a
blow pipe, at the Representatives 01
the people. But the bridge IS Ger.
tainly coming forward with wonderful
celebrity, if one may judge from the
mountain of heWn rock now accumu-
14EeQ upQu TIC hAdkt Guu uON DSiuS
transferred to the tremeDdousf0unda
ton Of the abutment thisEide Of the
river, and the irst pIqT il the middle
Of the stream. q
The business Of the city. as l learn
after q day Of looking around and In.
anfrv. IS not baDyant. Unusually
large sales BereSAde last Fall, but
money has been ecarcc. and interior
store keepers have not been able TO
meet Liabilities, and the dealers hero
suffer in consequences. But am
coming TO the conclusion THAT the
faith OF the st. Lcuisians is mistaken
as TO the Importance Of their place as
a business point. This Is seen in the
Improvements going on. At the cor
ner of Olive and Fourth Streets a
superb block Is near its completion.
Then again at two of the corners Of