Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-22

during the fight, and under his direc
ton the army advanced toward vi
emma. On the twenty-second day o.
July General Moltke arranged a truce
Of five days, during which an armis'
tic-was concluded, accompanied by
arrangements which assured the
triumph of Prussia. Then ne received
from King William the decoration Of
the order of the Black Eagle, an
honor not less dear to q Prussian than
the cross of the Legion of Honor to 9
Frenchman. Since that time, and
until the breaking out Of the present
war between France and Prussia,
General Won Moltke has been engaged
in the study Of his vocation, and en-
Ijoying the deserved rewards of emf
nent ability. He is known not alone
as a soldier, but as an author, having
written "Der Russisch-T urkische
Feldzug'' (The Russo Turkish Cam
paign), Berlin, 1885; "Biefe UebeT
Zustsende und Begebenheiten in der
Turkei" Letters on the condition oil
Turkey, 1S4l; and in 1859 he directed
the official publication of the Cam
p0ign an Italy.
From the New York Evening Post.1
THE PRUssIAN STAFF.
Some two hundred and fifty officers
surround General Won MoItke at his
house in Berlin. They form the great
staff of the Prussian army. At head
quarters are collected and arranged in
the greatest order all books, maps,
drawings and reports on the countries
of Europe, their geography, statistics
and resources, and the nature of theiI
population, and before the war began,
the tree on a hill in the midst of the
Austrian army, which served as a raj
lying point for the concentrated Prus.
already be found in photographs and
marked on maps in possession of the
great staff. War has thus been organ.
lied into a science, and surrounded
with all its material, and it was moi
the needle-gun, but the intelligent and
united spirit of the army, scientifically
commanded and led, which brought
about the rapid and decisive victories
of the Prussian army.
From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
HOME FROM THE WAR.
So there is a sudden end put to ten
or twenty thousand plans for spend
ing the summer on the continent. Our
rich friends and relations T hurry
ing out Of Germany and Switzerland
into France. Most of them will hurry
out of France, either to come straight
home, OF go to England for a while
and then come home. Because Paris
:, not rarx- uIaasont in Summnr and
it is not fashionable to be there then.
Besides, the war will raise the price
Of everything in France, and the in
come thai would suffice for a summeS
in some quiet retreat in Germany or
Switzerland, will not suffice for a sum-
mel at the resorts that are fashionable
in France, such as Vichy or Faux Bon
mes, or Biarritz, or the different bath
ing places on the coasts of Brittany
and Normandy. Instead of going to
these places, our luxurious abSentees
will be driven home in midsummer,
the advance guard Of them appearing
in the steamers that will be due in
about a week. As this returning tide
begins, the outward current is checked.
The German steamers at New York
are forbidden to sail by the aIl-power-
full authority of Lloyds. So a good
many passengers that might have
gone in them have concluded to re-
main. 4
Suppose that five thousand Ameri-
cans come home, or, having intended
to go to Europe, stay at home, on ac-
count Of the war. AT a moderate e5-
innate, s. travelling American spends
on the average about five hundred
dollars a mOnth-sOme much more
and some much less. If the wal lasts
a month, there will be asaving to this
country, from this source, Of about
two and a half millions; if it lasts a
year, of about thirty millions.
From the New York Tribune.1
EXTENT OF OUR COMMERCIAL INTER.
EST IN THE WAR.
The statistics contained in the fol.
lowing statements supply information
which must prove of the highest in.
terest by showing the extent to which
our commerce will be interrupted il
the French German conflict continues,
and the German ports are blockaded.
Our imports from the States in the
ZOllverein, which embraces nearly all
Germany, for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1868, amounted to $21, 569, 9SS,
and were received from the following
States in the quantities given;
Prussia sll $50 SIC Bavaria a Sg7 al