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hurled from power and gave place to Louis Phiilipe. No man in France has been so earnest, so eloquent and so consis tent an advocate of republican principles as Jules Favre. After the revolution of 1848 lie took office as the Secretary-Gen end of the Minister of the Interior, but resigned his place on being elected to the Constituent Assembly. He opposed the Iloman expedition of 1848, and refused to unite in the vote of thanks to Cavaignac. lie proposed a preamble to the French Constitution, making it obligatory upon the State to assist all workingmen who had been thrown out of employment, and were nimble to find other occupation. From the clay of the coup d'etat he has been at crce the most determined aad the able t antagonist of the Emperor, and, indeed, Lis. ppo* ition may be said to have begun from the election ol Louis Napoleon to the Presiuencv. Elected as a member of the General Council of the Department of the ‘Loire and Rhone, ho refused to take the oath to support the new Constitution. 1 1 -1858 he excited the liveliest sensation throughout France by his bold defence of Orsim for his attempt on the life of the Emperor, ir, which the intrepid advocate i reclaimed his unalterable attachment to free institutions. In the same vear he became a member ol Corps and soon af'ter wa.iD, in April, 1859, he vehemently < xpi sed the inconsistency ot the Imperial Government in seeking to establish by the w.ir with Austria that freedom lor Lom bardy and Venice which had been over thrown in France. He attacked the Government in like manner for seeling to erect an empire in Mexico in 18G2, and has never lost an opportunity of defending the liberties of the French people against the despotic measures of the ruler upon whose down loll he has succeeded to the chief control of affairs. ISAAC ADOLPIIE CREMIEUX, MINISTER OF JUSTICE. M. Cremieux has ever been a staunch Republican. He first came prominently before the public ir; 1848, when he was assigned the same place in the Ministry that lie fills now. He is a profound law yer, and one of the authors of the “Codes <les Codes.” At the “coup d’etat” he was arrested and imprisoned at Mazes. On his liberation he retired from political life. He is in the 75th year of his age. LEON GAMBETTA, MINISTER OF THE IN TERIOR. Leon Gambetta is one of the most active, energetic and irreconciliableof French L;b erals; is quite a young man, being only thirty-two year? of age. He is, as his name implies, of Italian descent, and is by profession a lawyer. He took active inter est in political law-suits, and has consist ently espoused the extreme Republican princip es. He particularly distinguished himself by his activity in the affair of the liaudin monument in the Cemetery of Montmartre. In 1869 he undertook the defence of the “Emancipation” newspaper in a political law suit, which brought him great approval. In the general elections he stood for office, both in Paris and Mar seilles, as an opposition candidate, and was returned for both places by immense ma jorities, and elected to sit for Marseilles. He is a man ot fiery, impressive eloquence, and carries his hearers by the vivid sym pathy he excites, as well as by Lis strong appeals to their passions and instincts. As a statesman or administrator he is, of course, untried. M. Gambetta is Minister of thn Interior. I.OUIS JOSEPH ERNEST PICARD, MINISTER OF FINANCE. M. Picard, who has just been appointed Minister of Finance, was born in Paris on the 24th of December, 1821. He is a strong Republican politician,and, like many others of the Parisian politicians of the French Capital, is a lawyer by profession, being called to the bar in 1844. He was elected a member of the Corps Legislat'd' for the Fifth circonscription ot the De partment of the Seine in 1858, since which time he has been more or less actively en gaged in politics. JULES SIMON, MINISTER OF PUBLIC IN STRUCTION. Less a politician than any other of his colleagues, M. Simon is eminently fitted to fill the position to which he has been as signed. lie is fifty-six years of age, and spent liis early manhood as Professor of History and Philosophy in the Normal School at Paris. In the Revolution of l s 4S he entered the Assembly, and subse quently, for staunch Republicanism, was suspended from the Sarbonne. He is the author of several works on education. GENERAL TROCHU MINISTER OF WAR. General Troehu’s biography has recently appeared in our columns. lie is the War Minister of the Republic. GARNIER PAGES. Liu is Antoine Gamier Pages was born in Marseilles on the 17th of July, 1803. When the revolution of 1830 broke out Gamier Pages played bis part, though an unimportant one, in and around the barri cades in the streets of Paris. When quiet was r stored, and the machinery of govern ment was pgain in running order in the French Capital, Gamier Pages was re turned as a deputy of the arrondissement of Verneuil, and took his seat in the Chamber on the Libera! side. He became rne of the leaders of the organization which was engaged in the getting up of the banquets known as the reform ban quets, which preceded the revolution of IMS. Uis ability was at that time so iccognlzed. that he was chosen Mayor of the city of Palis, and discharged the duties of the office with such marked ablity tha* he was afterwards appointed Minister of Finance under the Provisional Govern ment. Iq this more del.cate position he proved himseL equal to the task. He introduced many important reforms, and had also to deal with a financial crisi®. The ability with which he bandied this latter duty again won for him an enviable confidence. A syiem of dock warrants and bonded warehouses were among some of the reforms he introduced while acting in the capacity of Finance, Minister. In 1564 he was elected a member of the Executive Commission and also of the Legislative Aseemb’y. Though his career as a politician has been an active on<\ ex tending, at times through periods of wild fxdtcmeot, ho has found time to devote some attention to literature.. He lias weir ten a “IP story of the Revolution of 1818.” a work of considerable merit. HENRI ROCHEFORT. The eireer of Henri Rochefort, formerly editor of the “Lanterne,” and lately a member of the Corps Legislatif, istoo.well knowu to our readers to need repetition here. PIERRE MAGNE. Pierre Magne is a lawyer by profession, political economist and statist by choice, lie is calm and temperate, as befits a man of figures and facts. He has been in ad ministrative employment since 1815. Ills first accession to office was the result, of an able memorial on the finances of Algeria, exciting the attention of M. Bugaud. Since 1848 he has continued to occupy important positions in the Finance Department, and although he did not appear before the public as a Minister, he was wtJl known to have proposed and worked out most of the measures intended to restore and strength en the national credit. The great peace loan was his plan, and it was crowned with astonishing success. He was a prime mover in the liberal schemes which dis tinguish and the close of Napoleon lll.’s reign- ALEXANDRE GLAIS BIZION. This statesman, one of the Government of National Defence, was born at Quin tin, Cotes du Nord.on March 9,1800. He wrs admitted to the bar in 1822, and, at once ei tering into political life, asscciaied him self with the Liberals against the restora tion. After the revolution of 1830 he was appointed Councillor General ol his de partment, and was subsequently elected a deputy for the arrondissetuent of Londeao, serving in this capacity until 1848. He voted always with the extreme Left, signed the Compte Rendue of 1832, and was conspicuous for demand for the complete appplication of the principles of 1879. lie took an active part in the re form banquets, and aided in overthrowing the of ministry of M Guizot. After the revolution of 1848 he was elected to the Assembly, and adhered to the extreme Left. On Louis Napoleon’s election to the Presidency he at once went into oppo sition, and, being beaten for re-election, re tired to private life! In 1863 he was re turned to the Corps Legislatif as an oppo sition member, and was re-elected in 1869. M. Glais B.zoin is regarded as one of the most radical of French Republicans. EUGENE PEI.LETAN, M. Pelletan, who is a distinguished French writer and politician, was born at Iloyan, Charente Inferieure, on the 26rh of October, 1813. He studied law in Paris, and was elected a member of the Corps Legislatif in 1564. He is the author ol several works, some of‘ which have attained a good place in French li terature. Prussian Organization. Dr. Russell, more familiarly known in this country as “Bull Run Russell,” writes to the Loudon Times the following account of the thorough organization of every de partment of the Prussian invading army. The writer is a warm sympathizer with the Prussian cause, and may give a little too much coloring to his statements: Everything is organized Lere. There is even a corns of gravediggers—dead buriers, ”todten graber ” they are called— who are under command, and have to do their duty hke every one else. From the general to the gravedigger, there has been work for every one to day; and, but for the activity of the latter functionaries the Spicheren heights and the plains besde them would bo poisonous with miasma, and the dead would be killing the living. The sanitary and spiritual columns give almost a rel'gious aspect to the warlike procession, which, as it moves away the hills, looks here and there, when the red crosses of the Krahentrager and the Mack and white dresses of the Krakentra yer Schicestern strike the eye more like a procession of pilgrims approaching the holy shrine than of soldiers invading a hostile coun ry. Os the Krahentrager , some are men of the Landwehr, wearing uniforms, others are students from the hospitals or universities, in plain clothes All exhibit the red cross worked or stamped on a white cloth, which is tied around the left arm. Besides the Sis ters in black and white, there is a corps of Sisters who wear dark slate colored dresses and white hoods with butterfly wings, and, like the Krakentciyer , display round the left arm the red cross, on a white ground. These admirable women have already done excellent service. They were on the field of battid, On the bight of the 6th, before the firing had cease*!, and this morning as the clock struck five, I saw a party of l them welkiog through the streets on their f wsy toward Firbach. beyond which town MSB IS ©J USES there will soon be more work fir them to do All the Sisters march on foot, each little company proceeded by a priest or a pastor.” The same correspondent, in visiting a battle field was struck by the signt of a number of sticks standing about the ground. He adds: “These are not sticks, however, they are needle-guns. Where these five needle guns are planted in the earth (with bay onets lbr roots) five Prussian soldiers have fallen. The men are buried, but their arms, for this day at least, are to be left here. A few yards ahead there are three more ot these needle-plants; then nine, then a dozen ; then close to a ridge, where the Prussian assailants had thought they would find over, but failed. to do so. twenty-seven. Passing, this ridge, and climbing, not without difficulty, up the steep ascent, I find knapsacks lying torn open on the ground, broken accoutrements, battered helmets, blood stained clothe?, and bodies rigid in the convulsions of death. Prussians alone are to be seen here, and looking down into ;he \ lain I observe three different ascent marked, as if to show how uifficult they were, with needle-guns stuck 't; the turf. Every man who owned one ot these mus kefct either died close to where his weapon stands as a sign, or at least, fell unab:e ary longer to use it.” General Trothu. Paris, August 19. —Her. Trcchu, re plying to the criticisms provoked by the passage in the proclamation, which I yes terday noticed as objectionable, lias ad dressed the following letter to the Temps : Paris, August 19.- -While appreciating with a friendliness, for which I thank you, the document by which in the night of my return from the army I put myself in com munication with the people of Paris, you appear to desire explanations on the sub ject of the following passage in my pro clamation : “I appeal to men of all parties, belong ing myself as is well known in the array to no party but that of the country. I ap peal to their devotedness to restrain by moral authority those ardent spirits who cannot restrain themselves, and to do jus tice with their own hands on those men .of the party who see in the public calamity only an occasion to satisfy their detestable appetites. ” I have all iny life been for free discus sion, and to the explanation you call for I will add my profession ot faith. The error of all the Governmentswhich I have known lias been to consider force as the ultima ratio of power. All, without ex ception, have more or less relegated to the background that true force, the only force which is efficacious, at all times the only decisive force when the difficult problems which agitate civilization are to be re solved-moral force. All these Govern ments have been more or less personal, not perceiving that impersonal power which considers itself but as the delega tion of the nation —which thinks and acts but in the interest of the nation, and never for its own interest—which submits cheerfully to all the control which it may please the nation \m require—which is loyal, sincere, ardent for the public good, and ever guided by principles of public honesty—is alone in possession of that moral force the power of which 1 have de fined. It is in this spirit that I addressed the population of Paris; it is in this spirit that I have lived, and that in the measure of my ability and my position I have strug gled against those errors which have brought the country to the state ofmourn ing in which she is. I have asked for the assistance of men of. all parties, offering mine gratuitously, without reserve, and as I have said, and 1 could not say more, with all my he*rt, and this is what I un derstand by the purely moral assist ance which 1 ask for. The idea of main taining order in Paris, now a prey to most legitimate anguish and consequent imitation, tills me with horror and disgust. The idea of maintaining order by the as cendency of patriotism freely expressing itself, and by the feeling of honor amidst the manifest perils of the nation inspires me with hope and serenity. But the problem is an arduous one. I cannot solve it alone. I can only solve it by the help of ail those who have the same faith and belief that I have. This is what I meau by naval force. But a moment may come when Paris, menaced throughout the whole extent of her perimeter, and suffer ing from the trials of a siege, will be to a certain extent given over to that special class ot scoundrels ( gicdius ), who see in the public calamity only an occasion to sat isfy their detestable appetites. These are the men who go about the alarmed city crying we are betrayed, break into houses and pillage them. It is such men only that 1 recommend all honest people to seize by the collar in the absence of the public futoe which will be on the ramparts l meant nothing more. I beg you, Mr. Editor, to receive the assurance of my dis tinguished consideration. (Jen. Trociiu. The Tempi is greatly pleased with the explanation, and more so with the general tone of the Dictator’s letter; but it sug gests that since thieves only were meant in the original proclamation to be designated as the objects of the people’s summary justice, it would greatly simplify matters if the discharged convicts who must be known to the police were to be sent away. NEW ORLEANS (LA) CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BANNER OF THE SOUTH. New Orleans, Sept., Ist, 1870. Editors Banner of the South: In connection with the history of the glorious Vatican Council, the most fear ful incident yet recorded was the one announced in last Sunday’s Mornings Star of this city—to wit; that the onco deeply revered Archbishop of St. Louis had left Rome without obtaining the necessary official permission. What a contrast, in comparison with the noble conduct of the youtl ful Bishop of Little Rock. This young prolate ccnrogeously maintained bis honest but mistaken opinions to the last, and was not afraid to stand up and boldly record his vote, even in opposition to the almost unani mous sentiment of the assembled piety and wisdom of the world. As soon how ever as he saw that his majority were acting “as seemed good to the Holy Spirit,” he instantly and unhesitatirgly flung aside his own previously held false opinion and subscribed to their Faith. On the other hand, alas! the feeble, gray haired Patriarch seems, in his old days to have lost his former courage, and to have become so alarmed at the s ladow ot h s false position that he tried to escape its presence by running away —somewhat like a frightened school-boy, unable to tace the penalties incurred by bis errors. Let us hope that this ven erable Pastor will yet correct his record, and place himself right before his flick and the world. Ihe Prusso-Frencji war is having a ■< liastioas influence on our commerce. Exchanges are unsettled, all mercantile values are comparatively nominal, and the new crop of our great staple is beginning to arrive upon a stagnant and most unpromising market. Carondelet street is in quasi mourning, and even the gay and careless Canal street can barely force a smile for appearance sake; the only real excitement being around the Bulletin-boards of the various news paper offices, and iu those coffee-house and saloons whose chief custom is either Gallic or Teutonic. In these, the war is carried on most energetically in words’, ahd it is a real pity these folk cannot enforce their views, for there is scarcely one in a score ol them but is, iu his owu opinion, “able to end the war in three weeks if he had his way.” Are they dreaming of “Stonewall Jackson’s way?” Or perhaps they are imitating the W. H. Seward “sixty-day prophesies, which were punctually fulfilled to the very day, after adding the trifle of five years for good measure!. The Celts also are much interested in the war movements. So far however they take no particular side, their only principle being to reserve their sympathies, for whichever power England—their hereditary enemy and tyrant —may oppose. But as England has not yet spoken in favor of either of the powerful barbarians of the N< rth, or of the veteran Southern Champion of Christianity and civilization, the Fenians of course keep their own Counsel and “bide their time.” And that time may be much nearer than any of us imagine. The very elements seem inclined to ; open a little war of’ their own at this mo- I ment. August went out with a hail storm, and September has set in with an easterly, heavy rain, and all the indica tions of an approaching equinoxal gule which will of course blow away all the summer heat and dust, and bring us, instead, the mild delights of antuma Plums and figs are already lorg forgot ten; melons and peaches are just vanish ing; while socos muscadines and scup pernongs are now at full tide, with a flush of pecans and Yankee apples in the offing, all to be crowned off with’our own golden oranges. Thus, although each passing season bears away its special crop of good things, yet the ever coming ones are just as beneficent as the past; and no reasonable mind can ever have just cause to regret the flight of Time with its ever renewed blessings. The Digby child-stealer lias been dis covered, and the stolen ehild restored to its distracted parents; but the motive for the abduction is still shrowded in mystery. Whether it was stolen in or der to punish the parents for some sup posed wrong committed by them, or whether to supply an heir to some va cant estate, or for some criminal purpose, the police have not yet discovered; but with the ramified investigation now on foot, there is little doubt that all will shortly be revealed. “A consummation most devoutly to be wished.” While driving out to the rear of the city the other day, I passed near some of the public dumping- grounds and had a sudden revelation of “what becomes of an the oondensed-milk-cans.’* There there they lay, covering the ground by the acre! A little army of chiffoniers care fully cull every rag, every bone and every scrap of useful metal, but these bright and glittering yaukee caskets seery despised of all a. and are left there to rust and rot, instead of being turned to some useful aecouut. This waste would not be permitted were it known in Massachu setts; and I must beg you, in the name of Progress, to send a marked copy of this information to the great metal-lov ing representation of that state that he may cast a saving-eye upon these un protected shining cups Per C. Veer. STONEWALL JACKSON MEMORIAL AS SOCIATION- AN APPEAL TO THE TUBLIC. The admirers of the exalted virtues of the late Lieutenant General T. J. Jack son are now endeavoring to raise the requisite funds to erect a suitable Memo rial to this great and good man. For this purpose agencies are now be ing employed, by the formati on of auxi liary Memorial Associations in the seve ial States, through which contribu tions arc solicited in aid of the noble work. The scheme contemplates the erection of a Memorial Chapel at the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va., with which institution General Jackson was connected fourteen years as a Protessor, and near to which his remains now lie. It is believed that such a Memorial would be most iu harmony with the character of this renowned Christian hero. It is proposed to place within this Memorial Chapel a Statue, in bronze or marble, to transmit to coming genera tions the features, form and expression of one whose name and virtues are alike known and honored throughout the civilized world, and who was a bright exemplar of whatever was true and noble and of good report among men. It is estimated that 850,000 will be required for these purposes. We invoke contributions from all who will unite with us in paying this tribute to the memory of Stonewall Jackson. No local or sectional views restrict the scheme. It is national in its design. The North has cordially responded to the appeal. The East and the West are moving in it, while the followers of Jackson in the field and on the march throughout the South are sending for ward their tributes to the memory of their noble Chieftain. The funds, as the}" are collected, may be forwarded by check or by express to the undersigned, Lexington, Virginia, who, as President of the Board of Visi tors of the Virginia Military Institute, has been designated by the Central Memorial Association in Pennsylvania as Treasurer of the Memorial Fund. John Letcher, Treasurer of the Jackson Memorial Fund. Lexington Va., February 2*2, 1870. A singular affair took place in Schenec tady a few days since. Asa cat story, it goes ahead of anything of the kind we have heard. The father of a family, just before retiring late at night, heard groans in the room occupied by a daughter, a girl twelve years of age. Upon going to the room, he found a cat upon the breast of the child, with its lore legs around the child’s neck and its mouth in the child's mouth. It was with some difficulty that the cat was removed. The child K ad evi dently been asleep, and when found, was so much exhausted by her breath having been obstructed, that she had not strength enough to force the cat away. We have heard of cats causing the death of infants in this way, but never before heard of’ such an inc.dent in connection with a girl twelve jears of age. The facts were re ported by the lather himself. The girl has since been troubled in breathing. Mr. John H. Reinhardt, Company K, 24th Alabama, joined the war August 13th, 1861. Residence, Columbians, Alabama, county of Shelby. A member of the M. R. Church, Columbiana, Alabamba. Borned, year of the Lord, 1834, April 11th, Shelby county, Alabama. Should I fall while fat from home and loved ones, the above will show ray home, residence, etc. John Hampton Reinhardt. The above was found in a haversack left at the residence of Capt. T. J. Perry, during the war. The haversack contains varous interesting and valuable relies. Relatives of John H. Reinhardt can ob tain the haversack by writing to Capt. Perry, at this plac e.—Jiome Daily. There is good sense in the following mot to for merchants, to whom we commend it : ‘•Early to bed and early to rise Never gtt tight, and advertise.” 5