New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-09
THE SAN AUGUSTINE NINE

From the New York Sun of Saturday.
New YORK, August 5.-Le France, which
has from the first taken a leading part in
fermenting the war feeling. contains the
following OminOus paragraph: IF o GER
tain measure, talked about yesterday, at
Brussels, be confirmed, it will be difficult
for France not to feel herself detied and in
suited and even not to see in them a COM
meucement of hostility on the part of Bel
gium."
During the past two weeks large ship
ments of arms are reported to have been
made from this port to Europe and Cuba.
A London letter says that $4,000 Chase
pots have been made and then shipped to
France, during the past three months.
John Real was hung at nine o'clock this
morning. He made no speech, and was led
to the scaffold reading prayer book. He
refused to have the black cap drawn over
his face and was hung without it. The
body was cut down in twenty-six minutes.
He died calmly and without struggle.
BERLIN, August 5, P. Mixing Will
liam has telegraphed the following dispatch
to the Queen Of Prussia: g We have gained
brilliant but bloody victory, stOrming
Weissenburg, and Gaysburg behind it.
Ny regiment and the fifth had heavy losses
Thank God for this, the first glorious
achievement. May he help us further"
The King has invited DR.. William H.
Russell, the correspondent of the London
Times. to write his letters from headquar-
ters of the Prussian army.
LONDON, August "a dispatch has been
received at the Metropolitan Police head
quarters announcing that Inspector Brown,
of the London police, who has been away
from his station ONleave of absence, had
been captured by the Prussians and shot as
a spy.
Paul Cassagnac. the editor of the Pays,
in Mondays edition, demands the issue OF
reprisals against the hundred thousand Ger
mans now in Paris, whom ne denOunces as
spies, and proposes to excite the people
against them and compel their immediate
expulsion.
From the Hamburg CORES pondent, of July 20.
The North German Parliament was
opened on July fifteenth, by Count Bis
marck, who enjoyed the best health. The
news which was received from all parts OF
| Germany, of the most patriotic devotion to
the common cause, had. OF course, a. de
cidedly encOura ging effect on the assembled
| body and their resolutions, which Count
Bismarck freely acknowledged Regarding
the reports of the deputies from Bremen,
| the Chancellor of the North German Con
| fedora ton said: .--
| 1t has been most satisfactory to ME to no.
| tice the excellent bearing of the people OF
| our seaposts at this critical moment. Every
| one among lis knows that just cities will
| suffer from the coming war; but they have
| not hesitated one moment to take the place
| the cause of the fatherland above the cause
| of earthly possessions.
From the Hamburger Borsen Halle.
On July eighteenth King William spoke
| as follows to the Town Councillors OF
Berlin:
"GENTLEMEN-I see you here assembled
| at such, an earnest moment, with sincere
| qualification. The address which you have
handed me in the name of the citizens OF
my capital gives full expression to the grand
| sentiment which moves US all at this mo-
ment. The truth contained in it has moved
me very much. Yeu are quite right. l am
not responsible for the war. You know it
! is not my fault. A challenge has been ad-
| dressed to me. | had to war. The
answer ignited. | am elated and
| filed with assurance ny the recep-
| ton which l have received IN all cities
| and provinces through which L have
| passed. from all parts of Germany, even
| from Germans beyond the sea, and by the
receptions given me at my arrival here last
Saturday. Heavy sacrifices will be imposed
! upon the people by this war; let us not con-
| ceal to ourselves this fact. We have been
| spoiled by the rapid success in two wars.
| secured by the aid of God. This time we
will not get off SO easily But | know what
L may expect from my ar1nleS-WHtt may
| expect from those who hasten to our flag.
| l also know that those will do their duty
who feel called upon to heal the wounds
| and ameliOrate the suffering which the war
| will cause. Once again. what you have
| told me in the name of my capital has done
| me good. and thank you for it with all my
heart. and l also thank you again tor the
| reception at my return"
From the Memphis Suu, OF Sundayl
WASHINGTON, August 6-The Commits
sioner of the General Land Office has re-
| ceived from the Surveyor General OF New
| Mexico the plot and field notes of survey OF
| San Augustine mine. This mine, which was
| formerly known as the San Domingo or
| Stephenson mine. lies on the western slope
|. of Oregon mountains of Donna Anna
| county, at an elevation of 900 feet above
! Mica. Groupings have been traced to DIS
tance of 10000 or $4,000 feet. The vein
varies in width from four to fourteen feet
The principal opening extends to depth OF
| eighty-tive feet.
The president. by an order dated June 8,
| 1870, directed the reservation at Camp
| Cady, situated on Mogaue river, containing
| an area OF 1926 acres be used for military
| purposes. The order with accompanying
maps and field notes of the Survey being
| sent to the General Land Office, and the COM
| missioner will Immediately issue lnstruc-
| tiOns to the Surveyor General of California
| directing him to respect the reservation
| when extending the lines of the public sur
veys in that vicinity.