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Xofc Jong ago the newspapers contained a description of Marshal McMahon, em bracing one of his colonels before order ing him to a last and hopeless charge at Reiehshoffen. An English general under such circumstances would have offeree his hand. Rut who would not feel than a clasping of hands, however fervent, would be quite an inadequate symbol of the emotion - which would occupy the hearts of men in such circumstances as those ? And so it is with all of us, on all occasions of deep and special emotion. McMahon Facing Death, A I rench iffieer whoe-eapod to Belgium writes To relate what McMahon did is impossible—steel, fire, melted metal, ex plosive balls, and [ don’t know what other infernal mixtures the Prussians there made use of for the first time, appearec to stream off or to rebound from him like hail from a roof. He went to the front seeking death. “Leave me, my friends,” he said to us all, who sought to prevent him from going forward, “let me those Kings, those Princes, who hide behind their masses of men, that a marshal of France knows how to fight, and, when beaten, how to die.” And he smiled upon us a sad smile, which made us weep, and redoubled our rage. Ah, miserable 1 We kill, wo massacre, and the l.ving appear to spring up from the dead, which we heap around us. We climbed a little mountain of dead'bodies that we might reckon how loDg the butchery might last. My sabre, broken and reeking, fell from my hands when I saw what masses we had still to dea with. The plain, the horizon, was black with dust. We were but ants in a large antbil. “Marshal,” I said, “we must have at least 200,000 men before us.” “No,” he replied, gently, “300,000.” At that moment a cloud passed before my eyes and we went mad. We regained our senses only when we found ourselves beyond the hordes of Uhlans who attacked us. We had been fortunate enough to reach the Belgian frontier. V/e were safe, hut at what a sacrifice. Too Trub—The Columbia, (Pa.,) Ilerald thus truly advocates for tile want of great men in the national councils liiwouLoCs!—An editor out West, has been trying to account for want of great men in our national councils and elsewhere, and it is all owing to “the equalization of talent;” that general intelligence has rendered the fact of great men impossible, &c. What a learned Theban! J >y his proposition we are all equally great—a’l Clays, Cal houns, and Websters. Bab! The writer knew full well, that cur want arises 1 r »ni the fact that Radicalism has ruled ti e roast; that the scum of society floats, and that the great (good) men of the country—the men of talent and integrity of character have been ignored in order that nigger-worshipping thieves may prosper. Look at the incumbents of office around us! The most contemptible and unprincipled rascals are uppermost, fill all places of trust and profit, whilst the honest and decent man stands aloof, desiring uo contact with them. Equaliza tion indeed! A Remarkable Discovery. —A Shit Found in a California Desert. — By many it has been held a theory that the Yuma desert was once an ocean bed. At intervals pools of salt water have stood for a while in the midst of the surround ing waste of sand, disappearing only to rise again in the same or other localities. A shoi t time since one of these saline lakes disappered, and a party of Indians reported the discovery of a “big ship” lelt by the receding waves. A party of Americans at once proceeded to the spot, and found imbeded in the sands the wrecx of a large vessel. Nearly one third of the forward part of the ship or bark is plainly visible. The stump of the bowsprit remaints, and portions of the timbers cf teak are perfect. The wreck is located forty miles North of San Eernandino and Fort Yuma road, and thirty miles West of Los Palmos’ * well-known watering place on the desert. The road across the desert has been traveled for more than one hundred years. The history of the ill-fated ves sel can, of course, never be known, but the discovery of its decaying timbers in the midst of what has long been a desert will furnish savans with food for dis cussion, and may perhaps furnish im portant aid in the elucidationg of ques tions of science. —Los Angelos Neivs. Sept. 9. It used to be said, when the President conferred with the Secretaries at Wash ington, that a Cabinet meeting had been held. Now, when Mr. Grant condescends to run down or up to the capital for a day or two from his cottage by the sea Forney announces in his court journal that “the President and his ministers are In council.” At the last royal assemblage ol this kind another of the President’s brothers-in-law was appointed Minister of the United States to Denmark. Cramer j s his name, lowa his State, and preach ing h;s vocation.— Col. ( Ohio) Standard. W ben the Radicals tell you they have reduced taxation, make them explain how it is that the taxes paid in IS7O will ex ceed those of 18G9 over thirty millions of dollars? Ask them how it happens that the internal taxes collected 1869 amounted to $159,124,126, while those of 1870 will exceed one hundred anc. eighty-four millions of dollars? Ask them how it is that the people from 1861 to 1865, during the entire period of the war, paid only seven hundred and ninety two millions of dollars in taxes, while in the five years since the war closed they have been called uyon to pay two thou sand three hundred and forty-three millions? These are facts shown by the reports of Radical officials, while the party leaders are harping over the reduc tion of taxes. Col , {Ohio,) Standard . A Penniless and Starving Family Succored at Midnight.— As Srewart’s store is said to be a hospital for decayed merchants, because so many bankrupt traders are employed iu that house, Brooklyn may be regarded as the ren dezvous of pastors without a parish. One of this number has been doing a little business, sometimes up and some times down. One Saturday he found himself almost cleaned out. His purse was without a penny, his larder empty, his credit exhausted. On his way home he went into a store and asked for a Mil of goods on credit until the next week. The storekeeper blandly and firmly re fused. The poor fellow went to his home sad enough. There was nothing to eat in the house. He called his wife and chil dren together, told them he was penniless and without food, and said: “My dear children, there is no help from man, let us go to God.” The little household xnelt in prayer, and went supperless to Jed. Between 10 11 o’clock the family were aroused a loud knocking at the door. The husband weut down, and found a gentleman waiting to see him. He was a well-known merchant of the city, and knew nothing of the distress of the 'amily, or that the household was in want. Addressing himself to the occup ant of the house he said: ir You may be surprised to see me here at this time of night. I undertook to go to bed, but I could not sleep. I felt im pressed, that it was my duty to come here. I tried to shake it off, but I could not, and I am here to see if your family want anything.” The man told his story from the fullness of his heart. llis friend left with him a sum of money, and promised to see the family early on Monday morning. Late as it was, the relieved gentleman went out for his Sunday supply, and spent the night in thanksgiving. Burleigh's letter to the Boston Jour nid. A Work of Charity.— The Catholic Mirror , of Baltimore, says “the Sisters of Mercy, at Charleston, S. C., were com pelled to purchase a home for the or phans, the United States Senate having failed to concur in the proposition to re build the Asylum. The charity of these ladies would not hesitate before the greatest sacrifice when the helpless little ones, of whom they have assumed the charge in the name of the Father, were without shelter. To procure this shelter they have necessarily incurred a heavy debt, and their scanty resources scarce-, ly permit them to meet the regular pay ment of instalments and interest. They are organizing a fair to help them out of their present embarrassments, and they authorize us to say that should our lady friends ‘have any articles to spare from their numerous charities they will be gratefully accepted by the Sisters of Mercy of Charleston for their Fair.’ “To this modest request, we add that the charity of the ladies of Baltimore knows no bounds, and the object for which an appeal is now made to it is too scared to be met with indifference. We hope our friends, far and near, will And ‘something to spare’ for this good work. Any packages, money T ANARUS, Ac., left at Messrs. Kelly, Piet & Co.’s No. 174 West Balti more street, for the Sisters of Mercy of Charleston, S. C., will be duly for warded.” Interest in the Journal for Sale.— Finding the labor of conducting the Ma con Daily and Weekly Journal , edito rially and mechanically, too arduous, I wish to dispose of an interest to an active stirring man, who will assume either position. The Material, Presses, etc., are all new and first class; the papers have met with unprecedented success, and have a ’.arge and incrca ing pa r jnage To a gentlemau who can till the bill satisfactorily, the investment will prove to be a paying one. Address, Harry J. Neville, Proprietor, Macon Journal. and S)U QJ^j,Jffl n The Catholic Fair, which takes place in October, will be an attractive exhibi tion. The following prizes, received by the committee of ladies, will bo disposec ot by lottery, raffle or otherwise. A portrait of Rev. A. J. Ryan, the poet laureate of the South. The picture was painted by Mr. Maier, of Atlauta, and is a true likeness of that distinguished divine. The second prize a grand cen tre piano, which-can be seen, in a few days, at the music store of Geo. Cook & Cos. The third prize is a splendid ring, setting of sapphire, encircled with dia monds. This can be seen at the store of Lawshe & Haines, on Whitehall street. Fourth—an elegant grous of statuary, designed from the grand opera of Faust, representing Faust and Marguerite in the enchanting scene of the “Flower Song. 77 This marvel of art is on exhibi tion at the jewelry store of Mr. George Sharpe, who imported it direct from Italy, ihe fifth prize is that wonderful music box, with ship, baloon and cars in con stant motion, keeping time with the ex cellent music of this ingenious invention. Sixth—a splendid solid silver eggstand cup lined with gold; a voluntary con tribution of Mr. Sharp’s. The prizes will be disposop of by Mrs. Dooly, Mrs. Mad deD and Mrs. McKeon, who will preside over table No. 3, at the Fair. Atlanta Sun. A Lost Child. —The following com munication will prove vitally interesting should it fortunately reach the parties most concernod: To the Editor of the New Orleans Times: About the close of the late war, my brother, Col. W. Moreland, found a small boy, some four or six years old, in the city of Madison. Indiana. He had been brought there by the Federal army and left with some parties, or he got him direct from the army stationed there, I cannot «ay which. The boy is delicate frame, light hair, gray or blue eyes, fair complexion, no peculiar marks about his person, and goes by tho name of Willie. I have seen him at my brother’s house a number of times, and conversed with him. He told me that he thought he had been raised in a city; they were only his impressions. lie is a very interest ing little fellow, and desires much to find his parents, if living. I think he is between ten and twelve years old. He supposed that in the evacuation of some of the Southern cities during the war he had accidently strayed into the Fed eral lines and then had been taken to Madison. I write this in the hope that it may reach the eye of the child’s parents, or some relative. For full par ticulars address a line to Geo. \\\ More land, Milton, Triblo County, Ky., or to the undersigned at New Orleans, Loui siana. W. MORELAND, No. 137 Girod-strect. Southern papers please copy. The Conditions or Peate. Though the German Governments have not yec officially declared on what condi tions they will be ready to conclude peace, it is well understood that the two principal conditions will r e a pecuniary indemnifi cation and the cession of part or the whole of the German territory ot France. On the former of. these conditions, one of the first jurists of Germany, Prof, vonllolt dorf of the University of Berlin, expresses the following opinion, in one ot the daily papers cl Berliu : “We start from the consideration that the most ample indemnification would never be able to repair all the damage which has been caused to us by tho war. The lives of our brothers, which have been annihilated, are treasures that will never be recovered, and it would bo altogether impossible to restoreto all individuals what they may have lost in oonsequence of want of work andlhe disturbance of business. But because it is impossible to liquidate the indirect damages, it is all the more necessary to fix in advance a part .of the war indemnification which must be insisted upon. Our claims against the French nation will be composed of the following principal items : “1. Payment of all the German War Loans as lar as they have been issued. It will not bo necessary on our part to show that the sums have been really expended. Such parts of the loans as may not yet have been expended must likewise be re paid in consideration of the general damages which during the war will para lyze the tax power of the State, which must ba felt for a long time to come in the property of the nation. It is also a matter of course that the war material which has been used up or damaged must be replaced from the refunded war loans. “Ik Indemnification for the families of the killed soldiers, cs w !1 as those who, in consequence of the war, have become invalids. To this end, France must pay a capital, from which widows and orphans, and invalid soldiers and their families, re ceive an annual rente. “3. Indemnification for the German ships captured by the French fleet, and for the damage which has thereby been in flicted upon German commeice. “4. Indemnification for the violation of the International Law on the part of France, in particular for firing upon un fortified towns, as Saarbruokcn and Kehl, and for the expulsion of German citizens from France. “5. Payment of a penalty for the atrocities committed during the war by French citizens against German residents ; for instance, ill-treament and plundering ot German subjects, and assassination of wounded German soldiers, “6. Refundings of the communal ex penses caused by the wer.” As to the second condition of peace, the reannexation of the German territory of France to Germany, it may be regardad as highly significant that the Government ot Elsass, created by a decree of the King ot Prussia and placed under th 9 administra tion of CouDt Bismarek-BoHen, is not coterminous with the former Province of Alsace, embracing the two Departments of Upper Rhine and Lower Rhine; but that it embraces nearly the whole of the compact German territory of France, that is to say, the two departments cf Upper Rhine aud Lower Rhine, and the German districts of Lorraine, which have beeo con stituted by the German administration into the new Department of Moseile, em bracing the five arrondissements of Mofz, Saargemiiud, Dieddenhofen, Salzburg and Saaiburg. Together, this new Govern ment embraced a population of 1,644,546 inhabitants, of whom at least 1,300 000 speak German. The administration of the new Government has been thoroughly reorganized after the model of the civil administration of the German States. The new public officers have partly been taken from Prussia and partly from the South Uerman States. All transit duties from and to the German States have beeo re moved, the tobacco monopoly has been abolished, the salt trade given free, and, in general, the whole Government treated as it it were one of the States of the Customs Union. At Hagenau an official paper has been established, giving the decrees of the Governor in both the German and the French languages. It is naturally interred from this admin istrative arrangement that the new Gov ernment of Elsass contains that part of French territory which the German States, at the time when the arrangement was made, intended to reclaim i’or Germany. events may, of course, hav9 modified this intention. Should the whole new Government of Elsass be really an nexed to Germany, the towns of Metz, Fiedenhofen (Tniooville), Saarburg, Pfals bourg, Salzbourg (Chateau Salins), would, among others, be reunited with Germany, while Nancy, Luneviile and Pont-a-Mous son would remain French. Count Regiuirnt at Mars Le Tour, Count Schmettow; Colonel rs the fa mous regiment known as the Bimarck Cuirassiers, from the Count holding nomi nal rank in it, thus describes the part the regiment took at the battle of Mars le m lour: A murderous battle has been fought, but it was possible lor us, with one and a half corps d’armee, entirely to throw the whole Bazaine army out of its position, and we were obliged to give over, after having been in a hot fight from a. m. until! p. m. .The battle-field lies between us and the enemy, and we have retained the po sition we gained. At 10 o’clock in the morning we re ceived orders to go against the enemy’s batteries; we received grenades and shrapnels. The trumpeter riding by my side fell (wounded in the leg) from his horse. Griinert being ill, we left him be hind ; two shrapnel shells killed my brown horse, going through the reins of our trumpeter, Braune, and some of our men were, wounded ; fortunately wc were standing in a valley, so that most cf the balls went over our heads. This lasted three quarters of an hour, which seemed to us Like an eternity. At last the enemy’s in fantry appeared, and we were obliged to go back, fortunately again in a valley which protected us from the enemy’s balls. In the afternoon, at 3 o’clock, we had taken . the enemy’s position in the village, but they continued to occupy a height on the borders of a wood, where it was impossible for our infantry to reach them, so that there was nothing left but for cuirassiers and lancers to storm them, as the whole decision of the battle depended on it- At first each regiment was to give up one squadron to certain death, so I made them draw lots. Captain Yon Yvutbenan, with the Third Squadron, drew the lot, as it proved, for his preservation, for the sqadron moved to the side, where it remained in fire, but lost do men; while the three other squad rons of my regiment and three squadron of lancers were ordered forward on the enemy, between two bnes of the enemy’s rifles, shootiDg on us through to the bat teries, from which two cannons had only room to shoot Here the Adjutant fell, shot through the as well as Trumpeter Lohl. The horse ot Trumpter Braune was also shot; two shrapnel balls went through my helmet, but I only felt the heat on my bald head. . Capt. Yon Heisfer received two balls in his arm, his horse falling dead at the same time. Capt. Meyer, as weii as Lieut. You BraDconi, Lieut. Friesse, Lieut. Count Siersdorf, Lieut. Campbell, and Adjutant Von Piotz, are among the missing, as positively dead rmne can at present be named. Ensign Yon Stock hausen and Sergeant-Msjor Oechelhauser are also missing, Os the three squadrons I only brought out four “Zuge,” beside forty or fifty men who have arrived on foot; 200 horses out of the three squad rons are dead. Our losses were so great bccau-e we dared not content ourselves with staining the batteries, but we were obliged to break through the first and eeoond lines of the infantry. As we were attacking the second line, French cuirassiers came in our rear, and so I think many of our meu have f.*eea taken prison ers. .As I, with Lieutenant Campbell by my side and a sergeant, came first into the batteries, I looked for the enemy’s major, who was about to draw his revolver, but before he let it off I gave him such a cut over the face that he fell from his horse. Ad officer then aimed two steps from me, but he was cut down by my sergeant and Lieut. Campbell. My horse got another wound. Ihe fight was rot pursued after this, but each of us could say that God s mercy had alone protected u«, for, out of the 11 “Z ige” which I led in (five were detached). A Soldier’:* Account of Gravc lotte. The Progres de Lyon gives the follow ing circumstantial account of the battle of the 18th, by a soldier: You have heard of our battle on the 18th; what slaughter again from ten o’clock till nightfall. The Prussians occu pied the woods, from the heights which command Briey to the railroad which skirts the Moselle. The Marshal had re turned at full speed bv the Woippy road ; they said in camp we would have anew army to o ush —a fresh army, which came from Treves and meant to throw us back on Prince Frederick Charles. The enemy suffers more than we do; he may hold the inhabitants to ransom, but there is no bread for so many, no more wine, no more help for the wounded, nothing for the sick, whose number increase every day. They have no tents, and those poor devils of the laudwehr alieady shake with fever, or run to the brooks to wash their red eyes. At 11 o’clock they overfbwed us. We thought for a moment that they were cutting off our left by the Etain road. Their artillery under cover cfwcodwas sending gnpe amoDg us point blank ; my poor, go and G., who was behind me, to the est of the second rank, received three jails full in the chest. That day projectiles carried well. They fired from above in the thicket, and we had but one resource —to find a road by which we could take them in flank and dislodge them. My commandant, the good old man whom you know, had lead in his thigh. He grew visibly paler. I embraced him that night at Saint Privat with the joy of a child. It was not possible to send him to the ambulance. A large blue handkerchief, well twisted round the wounded thigh, was the only dressing it had. This old grumbler dragged him self about thus till night. At 2 o’clock v • lost our footing; odc would have thought that fresh troops arrived every moment for the enemy. But on the left, under the little village of Amanvilhers the Chas seurs sounded to charge. Our men re covered courage on hearing the clarion sound. The cannon roared among the pines which crowned the first quarry; Canrobort was coming with his reserves, Bourbaki was going to support the move ment. We had once before repulsed the enemy, our sharpshooters were keeping pp the devil’s own fire through the smoking gaps in the wood which we had at our backs when we arrived The regiment went up the OLly slreetjof the village at full speed—a rocky road, which turns ab ruptly toward the second quarries, to the right of the church and cemetery. This movement was s > rapid that we lest but few men in it. Three or four wounded men dragged themselves to the oak clumps between Champenon 3Dd Lorry. From our new position above the first quarries we could see in the valley the grenadiers driving the enemy cut of the copse which was burning to the left cf the hollow road, and almost under our feet, two batteries sheltered behind the heaps of rough stones. In front, between Saint Privat and Don court, the eteiny was reforming almost in the open on the plateau which bounds the woods of Jaumont to the right. Two little farms were burning on the edge of the woods: the peasant abandoned ail to tumble down the steep slopes and get to the other side of the Moselle. That even ing we had to break the doors in to put some of our wounded out of reach of the damp. The battle recommenced more furiously than at il and 12 o’clock. But we had no .more to fear from the side of Sainte Marie aux Cbene?, nothing to fear on the side of Briey. We held the famous semicircle under cover in our town, only we held it from south to west, and the road to Metz was fully occupied. The Marshal had gone to the left, he wished to direct the movement ; one more effort and we w.ent to form in masses on the edge of the ravine. The white lancers came to find themselves thrust on the bayonets at the opening to Amanyillers ; our grenadiers ascended with drums beat ing toward the plateau, without burning a sir gle cartridge. It was magnificent. I had my sabre under my left arm, like a •nan who is there to look on, not to fight. The fire was spreading to the north, and came in one’s face like puffs of hot wind. It was then the great movement from left to right was made, by the ravine and the quarries. I did not see what happened there, but two comrades of the brave 10th said this morning that no one could im agine such a slaughter. Never mind, it was rough work, and the ranks had to close in very often. And we know what awaits us on the other side of the river. When I have time I will send you a ne crological list, which will sugge.-t singular reflections to amateurs. Keep up your heart. 5