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VOL. I. AUGUSTA. ME.. THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 8. 1870. NO. 214 _ ___===^=^==.=______ _ _ __ . ■sf:ii3cl.n.afi_fei.<g Jieiuukt JnuntnJL Published on Water, Foot of Court Street, AUGUSTA. MAINE. BY Sl’KUilE, OWEN A NASH. Jailj Jlcnndrfc Journal Is issued every morning, except Sundays. Contains the latest news by telegraph and mail, gives reports uf the Markets, and has carefully pre pared political and local articles, and a generous amount of farming, home and miscellaneous lead ing with a full compilation of state news. Terms, 17 per annum in advance ; $s it payment is not made within the year. Single copies 4 cents, to lie had at the bookstores and at this office. Advertisements one inch in length, three in sertions or less. *1.00; 2i ct». for every subsequent insertion. I,ouger advertisements, or those Inserted for any considerable length of time, will be inserted at favorable terms to the advertiser. Special Notices 23 per cent, additional. Amusement Notices, *2 per square per week. Mlcehli) lieancbfc Journal, Published every Wednesday morning, Is the largest tolio paper in the State, containing news, political articles, agricultural and scientific matter, tale*, poetvv, anecdotes, household recipes, markets, Ac., Ac. Terms $2 per annum in advance Transient Advertisements, $1.50 per inch lor first week; 25 cents per week for each snbseqnent insertion. Special Notices, $2 00 per inch for first week; 50 cents per week for each subsequent week. Business Notices, fn reading columns, 2u cents per line for first insertion ; 10 cents per line lor each subsequent insertion. All transient advertisements to be paid for in advance. _ _■ Edward Rowse, 124 WATER STREET 1JKALER IN Watches, Jewelry, AND SILVER W AKE \ Agent lor the Waltham Wateh (oinp’y, | And LAZARUS & MORRIS’ Perfected Spectacles. W Special attention paid to the repairing of all kinds of FINE HATCHES. Chronometer Balances applied and accurately adjusted to temperature position and fsochronism. I'Pli; TAKE » BV TRANSIT. *ljan70-tf ■\TJCW raiftJiACBS tSI’.T and old OBMNMib i.1 ed. and Jobbing in sheet Iron, Copper anu Tin promptly attended to at WILLIAMSON A GREENWOOD’S. aug27-ttf S. W. HUNTINGTON & CO., Wholesale Dealers In GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS 190 Water Street, AUGUSTA, ME. S4 Devonshire St., > BOSTON, MASS. 8. W. Huntington. 8. L. Huntington Bcn|. Huntington, than. II. Sason. mfeh-ly__ FIRST CLASS EATING HOUSE! rpilK subscriber would inform the travelling pub X lie that he has opened A First Class Ealing House, - AT NO. 1U WATER STREET Gardiner, Maine, formerly known do Softies' Saloon. The rooms have all been refurnished in the best possible manner. The Ladies' Uuom up stairs, is large and elegantly arranged. Meals will be fur nished at all hours. Table Bourders Accommodated By the week at reasonable rates. And by strict attention to business, the Prop ie tor hopes to merit a liberal share of the public patronage. !>• ’V- VISING. Gardiner, July 1<>, 18TQ. _?flm-j»lyl9 PLUMBING ! rpiIE Subscriber beg» leave to inform the citizens | X ol Augusta ami vicinity that he is prepared to do all kinds of Plumbing work at the shortest no tice. Those about to have water introduced into their buildings will do well lo call on him before j going elsewhere. II R. STRATTON’, Coruer Bridge and Water Streets., Satisfaction guaranteed. b*tf Fro liiciies aiS Chemicals! Brushes, Combs, Soups anti Perfumery; CI10ICK TOILET AM FANCY ARTICLES! Physicians’ & Apothecaries’ Goods l Tare Bpcna, Lard, Kerosene and Neatsfoot Oils. Hilaries K. Partridge, DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY, WTater Street, corner Market Square, 1 (UNDER GRANITE 1IAI.L,) Has on hand a Large Selocted Stock I kept fresh by constant additions, AMD BULLS AT The I.owewt Market llateN ! , FOR GENUINE AND RELIABLE GOODS Partridge’i Dm; Store, Water Street, corner Market Sejuar tljan70!.v I BOS W O B, T EC lltVIX. KIMIOVEI) TO (U Doors south of Bridge street.) which lias been expressly fitted up for his business, where will be found a VERY LARGE STOCK of SPRING WOOLLENS! Of tlie Latest Fashions, WHICH WILL BE CUT AND MADE UI> TO ORDER IN THE Very Latest Stylo. ALSO, WILL BE FOUND A LARCE STOCK OF Ready Made Clothing, -AND Gents’ Furnishing Goods OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 1*. T. ROSWORTII; Augusta, Mar. 7th, lct70. f7mar-tt Bitters ! Bitters ! CELEBRATED JAUNDICE BITTERS! | ARE THE SUREST CURE EUR Liver Complaint, Jaundice, Dizziness, Indigestion, Nervous Debility, Loss of appetite, Dyspepsia, Headache, &c., To which all persons are mere or le>s subject in Si'KlNG and Sr MM Eli. THEY ARE PURELY VEGETABLE! And composed of some of the best HOOTS and HERBS in the world. Tit Them. Thev are Warranted to do as Recommended ! Price, SO Cents per Bottle. PREPARED AND SOLD ONLY BY Johnson Brothers, OPP. POST OFFICE, AUGUSTA, ME. James H. Leigh, DEALER IN' Forcten and Domestic DRYGOODS Al.so, AGENT EOlt Wheeler A Wilson’s Sewing Mncliim s ! IVEKIH..I4K and all Tools adapted to the Ma chines, constantly on hand. Wain* Hi., Ifiullowell, Me. tlttprtr CUSHNOC HOUSE. corner Wiutti rop (U1U State Sts., JS. ncrusta. Me. T. B. BALLARD, : : Proprietor. Guests taken to and from the Cars and Boats Free. HORSES AND CARRIAGES TO LET. flim/KMim_ "oils, PURE SPERM, CASTOR, OLIVE. NEATS-FOOT, and ESSENTIAL OILS ol all kinds, at Johnson Brothers. Great Reduction -IN THE l‘ltICE8 OK - BOOTS* SHOES! The subscriber, having a splendid stock of I Soot ts oiiil Slioi'is on hand, will sell the same at the VERY LOWEST CASH PRICES ! The stock consists of tin; usual variety kept m a store of the kind. LAUlLr aud tJKXTLOEX’S. MISSES* and CHILDREN'S BOOTS and SHOES! Constantly receiving from the ni.inufhcturers, and will be sold cheap, cheaper than the cheapest. J . H. LO W , lOO WATER SU, AubiisM, Me. N. B — Gentlemen*.* Calf Boots one dollar less than at any other store. imayi7-3m Wanted \ I FARMERS and Hunters having prime Mina Skins . ou hand will find a oath customer at highest market price by sending them to J. Ii. U CM.M A CO.. PIANO TUNING. _ur~/yvTiit ■fr1 ***• Subscriber woull inform the X citizens of Augusta and vicinity, | II that he will give personal attention to 1 1 « • " tuning Pianos. Order*lelt at his res idence, 97 Wiuthrop Street* will receive promp I attention. M. C. MILUKEN, fobfi-ti Teacher of Piano and Organ I DR. A. H. CHAMBERLAIN, DENTAL SURGEON, 130 WATIilt HTIIEET, Augusta, - Jlaiiic. Makes the successful treatment of all diseases ot the mouth ami teeth a specialty, employing all the latest and be.-t improvement.- in the method of lin ing with gold and all proper material. Ulcerated teeth permanently cured, and their decayed and broken down crowns tilled and built up to their original shape and beauty. Toothache Cured Without Extracting! Great improvement in the method of constructing and titling ARTIFICIAL TEETH. DR. CHAMBERLAIN is inserting a large num ber of seta of these teeth, which for beauty, dura bility and adaptation, cannot be surpassed an\ where. The plate will not start or drop down, and is warranted to tit perfectly. All arc invited to call and examine specimens of teeth made on red, pink and white rubber. FRESII GAS EVERY DAY. tmavG tf - , Shooting Tackle. M . IV . \a O X G. SUCCESSOR TO L. .1f. 1. ELAND, GTJJNT SMITH And Dealer In Shooting Tackle of Every Variety Rifles and Shot Guns made to order and war ranted. Old Shot Guns rimmed out smooth and made to shoot thick and strong. Alt* >, Ammunition of the nicest quality. Repairing done Xently and Promptly. Hlahting Powder. * The best quality and largest stock ever kept in this market. For sale at Factory prices. Country Dealers supplied in any quantity or quality at dis count. Ijan-ly School Books! UTE HAVE JUST RECEIVED OUR FALL ' y svrrrr or .i/.l li/.vus or SCHOOL BOOKS, Which we are selling on • The Most Favorable Terras ! CLAPP A NORTH. ItoohM'II.‘I'm nml Stationers, 195 Water St., Augusta, Me. aug*25-ttf WAR MAPS OF EUROPE. SHOWING every City, Town. Village and Hum ic t on the continent. Made from government surveys, and used by the Marshals ot France and Generals of Prussia. It shows exactly where the armies of France and Prussia are now concentra te'!. The Seal of War given in full. with portraits of the Emperor Napoleon and King William. Aliy live man can earn from $10 to $20 per day. Agents wanted in every town in the United Slates. Retail price. 50 cts. per copy. Liberal discount to agents. Address immediately. FRED A. WALDRON. aug2-t3w* Waterville, Maine. S. F. Davenport, Agent for the ?ale of the celebrated SINGER SEWING MACHINES - ALSO AGENT FOR THE FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE Hallowell, Maine. Place of btidineffs has been removed to nearly opposite Western Union Telegraph Office. Machines Repaired and Exchanged. nt'juuoT What Shall We Eat ? A LL regular physicians will tell you that Bee A ami Pork is not so healthy to eat m spring ami summer as good Fresh Fish. The same can be oh- ( sained at CISHIXG & HOLMES’ MARKET, Kenr It. K. Bridge, Water St., Whore all orders will ho promptly attended to I lor FISH of all kinds in their season. CUSHING & HOLMES, tmayl8-tf Water street. Augusta. 20c. Initial Stationery. 20c. 24 SHEETS PAPER AND 24 ENVELOPES j put up in a neat box, all lor ‘-40r., At Clapp & north’s ok Store, 155 Water Street, Augusta, Maine. AUgffttf FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN I 1 WILL SELL MY Stock of Hardware! CONSISTING OF iron and Steel, Glass, Nails, CUTLERY, &c., &c., Which lias been recently replenished, together with the trade and good \\ ill of the store, -A-T A. BilHGriLIN S To any One desiring to engage in the’HARP-j WARE nuoinesij, this is au opportunity rarely offered. Terms Favorable. l!»a WATER STREET. AMOS WILDER. | Augusta,. Tnly 1 1*70. _ftf-Jnnei Feather Dustesr! Fine Sponges, Carriage and . Bathing do AT JOHNSON BROTHERS. AUGUSTA a:vi> BOOTHBAY ! The EASTERN STEAMBOAT COMPANY will . run their steamer* Sasanoa ami Spray, Two trips daily between Bath and Boothbay, com* raencing Tuesday, July 2Jd. Leaving Bath at s A. M. and S'. P. M. *• Boothbay at b A. M. and P. M. The niorniug boat from Bath will leave on arrival of the first train tvom Augusta and return in sea son lor phbseugers to lake lie- Inst train from Bath. Through Tickets ean.be had at the Depot in Augusta. WM. \V. MASON, ul\ J7 AGEXJ At liATII. IM,& . CAPT. WILLIAM MITCHELL. ON and after Wednesday, June 22<I, the Steamer Ella will leave Augii.-ta at H oVoloek A. M., every MONDAY. WEDNESDAY ami FRIDAY, for Hallowed, Gardiifbr, Richmond, Bath, and Portland. Returning, will leave Purtland for Augusta, and intermediate landings on the Kennebec, every Tt E-DAY THURSDAY and SATURDAY, at 7 A. M. Fares Reduced: on and after Monday. August 22. Augusta to I’ortland, .81.‘25 " to liatli .no “ to Uoothbay, .85 FROM AIOISTA to YEW YORK. Passengers by this route will be ticketed through to New York by the steamers FKAM UNIA and DIRBtO, which leave Portland for New Y’orkcvonr Monday sml Thursday. Baggage trucked in Port land free of expense. Fare from Augusta to New York: Cabin g'J..’>0; meals extra; Deck passage, $.YoO. The Ella connects al-o at Bath, each trip, with the steamer spray for Boothbay. This boat will stop at any of the Ice-houses on the river on display of a white* flag as a signal. For further particulars apply to ttf-JuneRS b r. MORSE, Vuguata, Agent. F O U B O H T O N ! Spring Arrangement! T11E 9TEAMK11 STAR of the EAST C1UA1 im> tier regular crips irom me jv< u* nebec. THURSDAY, Mac loth, lP7u, and will, until further notice, run as follows : Leaving Gardiner every Monday and Thursday at ii o’clock, Richmond at 4, and Bath at «> P. M. THE STEAMER CXAKIOX, Will leave Augusta at 12 M., Hallowell at 1.45 1*. M., connecting with the above boat at Gardiner. For further particulars inquire of W. J. Tuck. Augusta: H. Fuller & Son, Hallowell; T. B. Grant, Gardiner; J. T. Robinson, Richmond; J. E. Brown, Bath. Gardiner, April 11, 1S7U. flOapr Portland & Kennebec Railroad. r°~ xiTn •Tsnasirsneann rwaiwaugi Summer Arrangement, 1870. Passenger train leaves Augusta daily for Port land and Boston at 5.45, 11 A. M., and 3.15 P. M., and will be due in Boston at 1.45, s and 10 P. M., Returning, leave Boston at 7.30 A.M.aud 12 M.. and Portland 7.10 A. M.. 12 45 and 5 15 P. M., and. will be due in Augusta at 10 A. M.,3.30 and 8 P. M. Augusta for YassalboitV, Wjterville, Kendall’s Mills. Skowhegan, Dexter, Bangor, Ac., at 3.4» p. M. Returning, will be duo in Augusta at 10.00 A. M. Augusta for Hallowell and Gardiner (dummy car) at 7.30. 1130 \ M . 2.15. 0 P.M. Returning, will be due in Augusta at 7, 8.45 A. M., 1.30, 5210 P. M. Through freight trains leave Boston daily at » 1‘. M.. arriving in Augusta the following morning at 8.45. A lie frig' rntor car is run on the through freight trains (both going and returning) carrying fruit, meat, eggs, \ egetables, Ac., in good order in the warmest weather. 1.. 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If they have not got it on hand, thev will’-end for it, at your request, aud soil you Gkm ink Rknnk's Pain-Killing Magic Oil, at the manufacturer's lowest price at retail. Sold by Druggists. Merchant s and Grocers. It i» put up in throo sized, and called "Trial Size,” "Medium Size.” and ‘‘Largo Family Size” bottles. WM. RENNE, Solo Proprietor and Manufac turer, Pittsfield, Mass. Wholesale and retail in Augusta by Marshall Whittled Grocer. l\2<UeoW First Letter Foundry lu .New England. Commenced in 1817 Boston Tvpe Foundry Always noted lor its Hard and Tough Metal, And its largo varieties ul * BOOK AND JOB TYPE, And lately lor its unrivalled Novn i» u |» (“ r Fnoeis. Electro!) ping Done In all Its Branches. Address orders to J. A. ST. JOHN, Agent, 55 Water Street, ..... Boston SUPERIOR TYPE METAL. I.onft expeviom'i and the utmost care arc lieoes nary to ensure good metal, even with u know ledge of the best combinations—therefore, tbe safest way is to buy of the oldest established Foundry. NEWSPAPER STYLES. Our Newspaper Faces (body, two-line, and dis play) are of our own cutting, and the best made, as a glance at the papers we fit out w ill prove. * BOOK PACES. Our special Specimen of Book l’agcs show s grea variety, adapted to all kinds of work, including our Iteviyed Old Styles, the most perfect embodiments of the letters of the last century yet presented. 45tf THE BATTLE OK SEDAN. A correspondent of the New York Tri bune, at tlie headquarters of the King of Prussia, telegraphed the following account of the battle oi Sedan. "Thursday Night, Sept. 1.—After their defeat on the 30th and .'list nit., the French retreated cn masse on Sedan and en camped around it. From what I learned from tlie French prisoners, of whom, as you may imagine, there was no lack in our quarter, it seems that they fully be lieved that (lie road to Mezicres would al ways he open to them, ami therefore, in case of another defeat before Sedan, their retreat could he accomplished. On tic evening of Wednesday, from five to eight o'clock, 1 was at tlie Crown Prince's quarters, at Cheinerv village, some thirteen miles from Sedan, to the south southwest, on the main road. At hall-past five we saw that there was a great movement among the troops cu- j camped all around us, and we thought at first that the King was riding through tlie bivouacs, but soon the thirty-seventh reg iment eanie pouring through the village, their band playing “Die Wacht am Klieim.” As they marched along with a swinging slide, 1 saw at once by the men’s faces that someth ing extraordinary was going on. It was plain that the troops were in the lightest possible marching order; all their knapsacks were left be hind, and they were carrying nothing but cloaks strong around their shoulders, ex cept that one or two bon vivants had re tained their camp kettles; but if their camp kettles were left behind their car tridge oases.were there, hanging heavily in front of the men’s bolts unbalanced, ns they ought to he by knapsacks. Soon 1 learned that the whole Prussian corps, those lent from Prince Frederick < 'harles' army, the second army, and the Crown Prince’s army were making a forced march left, in the direction of Donchery and Mo zieres, in order to shut in Marshal MeMa | lion's army in the west, and so drive them i against the Belgium frontier. 1 learned trom the officers of the Crown Prince’s staff' that at the same time while we were i watching regiment after regiment pass through Cheinerv. the Saxons and Guards, ! N),(ino strong, and the Prussian right un der Prince Albeit of Saxony, were also marching rapidly to close on the doomed French army on the right hank of the Meuse which they had crossed at Remilly on Tuesday, the both, in the direction of La Chapelfe, a small village of 930 inhab itants, on the road from Sedan to Bouillon, in Belgium, and the last village before crossing the Irontier. At seven o'clock Thursday my servant eanie to w*uke me, saying that, the King's horses were harnessing and that his Maj esty would leave in half an hour for the battlefield, .lust as I got to my horse King William drove out in an open car riage with four horses, going to Ghevange, about three and a half miles south of Sedan. It was impossible to ride last, till tlie woods being blocked with artillery, ammunition, wagons, ambulances, etc. As 1 rode on to the crest of the hill, which rises sharply about COO or TOO feet above the little hamlet of Ghevange, nestled in me grove neiow, u niosi glorious panora ma burst on my view. Bight at our feet lay the little town of •Sedan, famous for its fortifications and as the birth place of Turenne, the great mar shal], and known also as the place where Sedan chairs originated. As we were only about two and a quarter miles from the town, 'we could easily distinguish its principal edifices without the aid of our glasses. Ou our left was a pretty church, its gothic spires of sandstone offering a conspicuous target for the Prussian gnus, had General Moltku thought fit to bom bard the town. To. the right, on the southeast of the church was a large, bar rack with the fortifications of the citadel behind it, and beyond this to the south east again was seen the old chateau of Se dan, with their .picturesque round turret ed towers of the lbth century, which were very useless even against the four-pound er Krupp field pieces. Beyond this was the citadel in the heart of Sedan, on a rising hill, above the Meuse, to the southeast, but completely commanded by the hills on both sides of the river which runs in front of the citadel. The French had Hooded the low meadows in the valley before coining to the railway bridge at Bazeilles, in order to stop the Germans from advancing on the town in that direction, but with their usual stupid ity, lor one eau find no other word for it, tlie French had failed to mine the bridge at Bazeilles, and it was of immense ser vice to the Prussians throughout the bat tle. The Prussians actually threw up earthworks on the iron bridge itself to protect it from the French, who more than once attempted, early in life day, to storm the bridge in the hope of breaking the Prus sian communication between the right and left banks of of the Meuse. This they wore unable to do, and although their cannon shot had almost demolished the parapet, the bridge itself was never mate I rially damaged. On the projecting spurs of the lull crowded by the woods of Mariee, of which I have already spoken, the Bava rians had posted two batteries of six pounder rifled breech-loading steel Krupp guns, which kept up a duello, until’the very end of the day, with the seige gnus of Sedan across the Meuse. .Still further to the right llank, or rather east, for one line was a circular one, crescent at first with Sedan in the centre, like a star on the Turkish standard, was the undulating plain above the village of Bazeilles, ter minating about a mile and a half from Sedan, at the woods near Rubeeourt, mid way, that is to sav, in a line from Bazeil les! On the north there is a ravine water ed by a tiny brook, which was tjie scene of a most desperate struggle and the most frightful slaughter of the whole battle. This stream, whose name I have forgot ten If it ever had one, runs at the right be hind the town of Sedan. From the woods ot Fleigreuse on the I north, behind the town, rises a hill dotted \v idi cottages ami fruit-laden orchards, and covered by tbe woods of La Givonne, which runs down to the valley of which I have just spoken. Between tins Wood and the town were several French camps, their white shelter tents standing out clear among the dark fruit trees. In these camps one eould see throughout the day huge masses of troops, which were never used. Even during the height of tho battle they stood as idle as Fifz John Porter at the battle of Bull Bun. We imagined that they must have been undisciplined Gardes Mobiles, whom the French getieaals dared not bring out against the enemy. To the Prussian left of these French camps, separated from them by a wooded ravine, was a long, bare hill, something like one of the hills on Long Island. The hill, on which was some of the hardest fighting of the day, formed the key of the position-of the French army. When onee its crests were covered with Prussian ar tillery. the whole town of Sedan was com pletely at the mercy of the German guns, as they were not only above the town, but the town was almost within musket range of them. Still further to the left lay the village of Illy. which was set on lire early in the day by French shells. 8outh of this a broken railw ay bridge, blown up by the French to protect their right, was a conspicuous object. Right above the bridge, on a line to Mczieres, was a wooded hill, crowded by the new and most hideous chateau, as he calls it, of one Monsieur Pane. It was here that the Crown l’rinee and his staff stood during the day, having a rather more extensive bnt less central view, and therefore le-s desirable view than ours, where stood the King. <'ount Bismarck. Von Boon, the War Minister, General Moltke, and Generals Sheridan and For syth, to say nothing of your correspondent. Having thus endeavored to give some faint idea of the scene of what is in all probability the decisive battle of the war, 1 will next give an account of the position of the different corps at the commence ment of the action, premising that all the movements were of the simplest nature possible, the object of the Prussian gen eral- beiug merely to close the orescent of troops, with which they began, into a circle by effecting a junction between the Bavarian corps on their right and the Prus sian corps on the left. This junction took I place about noon, near the little village of ] Alley, on the Bazeilies ravine, of which 1 ! have already spoken. Once their terrible | circle formed, and well soldered together, I if grew steadily smaller and smaller until at last the fortifications of bedim itself were entered. l >n the extreme light were the Saxons, one corps d’armee with King William’s Guards, also a corps d’annee in reserve behind them. The Guards had suffered terribly at Grnvellotes, where they were met by tho Imperial Guard, and the King would not allow them again to be so cruel ly cut up. Justice compels me to state that the management was very far indeed from being pleasing to the Guards them selves, who were anxious to lie in the fore front of the battle. The Guard* and Sax on- then, about 75,000 strong, were all day on the right bank of the Meuse, be tween Rubecourt and La Chapelle, at which latter village Prince Albert of Sax ony. who was in command of two corps which had been formed into a little army bv themselves, passed the night of Tues day. • The ground from Rnbeeonrt to the Meuse was occupied by the first Bavarian corps, and the second Bavarian corps ex tended their front from near the Bazeilles railway bridge to a point on the high Toad from Doneherv to Sedan, not far from the little village of Torey, lie low the hill on which the Crown Prince was placed. The j ground from Torey to Illy, through the large village of Floin, was held by the ' first and third Prussian corps, belonging to I Prince Frederick Charles and temporarily I attached to the army of the Crown Prince, | This was the position of the troops about y o'clock on Thursday morning, Septem ber 1, ami no great advance took place ! till later than that, as the artillery had at first all the work to do. Still further to the left, near Doneherv, were 20,000 \Yurte m burgers ready to cut oil the French from Mezleres, in ease of their making a push for that fortress. The number of troops engaged on the Pru-.-iau side is estimated by General Moltke at 240,000, and the number of those on the French side al 120,000. We know that McMahon liad with him on Tuesday 120,0O0 men, that is four corps, his own, tnat lately commanded by Gen. Do Failly, now under General Lebrun, that of Fitz Donav, brother to General Abel Douay, killed at Wissemburg, and the fourth corps, principally composed of the. Garde Mobile, the name of the com mander of which e-cap ed me. McMahon, although wounded, commanded in chief on the French side, it is almost needless to say that the real earnmander-in-chief of the Prussian- was You Moltke, w ith the Crown Prince aud Prince Albert of Sax ony immediately next in command. 'There were a few cannon -hots fired, but the real battle did not commence until six o'clock, aud became a sharp artillery tight at nine, when the batteries had each got w ithin easy range, and shells bepui to do serious mischief. At 11 :o5 o’clock, the musketry fire in the valley in the rear of Sodau, which had opened about 11:25 became exceedingly lively,being one con tinuous rattle, only broken by tne growl ing mitvailleurj, which played with dead ly ctfcct on tlie advancing Saxon ami Ba varian columns. General Sheridan, by whose side I w as standing, told me that he did not remember ever to have heard such well sustained small-arm tire. It made itself heard above the roar of the batteries at our feet. At twelve o'clock, precisely, the Prus sian battery of six guns on the slope above the broken railway bridge, over the Meuse, near Villete, had silenced two bat teries of Freueh guns at the loot of the j bare hills already mentioned, near the vil , lage of Floing. At ten minutes past 12 o’clock the tn 1 fantry, no longer supported by its artil : lerv, w as compelled to retire to Floing, ‘and soon afterwards a junction between