The New York Herald Newspaper, September 3, 1870, Page 4

EUROPE. PESPATCHES BY MAIL TO AUGUST 20, War Incidents and Facts from the Battle Fields, french Sketches of Imperial Commanders, Heroes of Napoleon’s Armies and Navy. Who They Are and What They Have Done. The Prussian Pioneer System---Its Men and Their Duties, National Peculiarities in the Camps and on the March. Scientific Development for Purposes of Destruction. ‘The Red Cross of Charity and Union of the Religionists. French Naval Movements in the Elbe and Baltic. Hamburg---The Iron-Clads and the Kiel Batteries, THE BRITISH ARMY---ITS POWER AND GLORY. From Waterloo to Asia and x Africa. ‘Wellington, the Great Bonaparte aud Hing Theodore. THE FRENCH COMMANDERS, Paris Sketches of Army and Naval Heroes— Bourbaki, the “Father of the Children of the Desert’’—Frossard, the Scholar Soldier— ¥elix Douay, the Handsome Commander— Admiral Willaumez, of Senegal and Crimean Fame—Count de Palikac, Who Planted the Flag in Pekin—Forty-two Years’ Service and Twenty-eight Campaigns. By the European mail of tne 20th of Angust we are supplied with the following animated and most exceedingly interesting sketches of the lives and services of the great commanders of France, both ‘army and naval:— .From the American Register, Paris, August 20.) General Bourbaki. General Bourbaki is a type apart in the French army, and partakes less of the characteristics of the modern, erect, buttoned-up, rule-and-compass ofi- cer than of the famous soldiers of old. His feats of arms are more worthy to be related in the songs of troubadours than set down in cut and dried des- patches. Happily the soldier has composed a re- frain that will go down to future ages like ‘“Marl- borough s'en va Cen guerre,” and will be sung by many a camp fire—a refrain that will make the modern Roland de Koncevaux known to the sun- browned regiments of the édi’e in the French ranks. ‘Yo civilians the song is unknown, so we give the refraiy:— Oh, the charming style Of the Turco tile— ‘fo whom do they owe it ¢ Why, you all must know 11; ‘Lo Bourbakt, ‘To brave Bourbaki. (General Bourbaki is the father of the chiidren of ‘he desert. 1t was in Africa that he commenced his career, amd it was there that he gamed his renown. Fo lis Iniuative the army owes the organization in Airica of those splendid corps of indigenes, the Spalus and the Turcos, that have rendered such im- tense ‘services to the nation. Full of tire and artial enthusiasm, Bourbaki 1s especially fitted to i Such loops as those under bis command, When as Brigadier General he led his men to the ault at Inkerman his feats of personal prowess onshed lus comrades, and intused new araor into the brea.ts ot his followers. Seeing that the Unelish were on the polnt of yielding to tue sudden iiack of whe Russtaus, he hastily ralhed round him a few attalions chasseurs Zova and, charging at their head, he el the enemy, Who, ‘however, reforming »ps, made a Supreme effort to hold his ground square ith ¥ repeaced char Mna.ly overthrew then. d tt rounst bis head ik oom, room; this 48 Lue spot, my me mm. ‘Those who witnessed the scen that his entire body seemed to be trausfigured, to dart fire, and that the i lus Caample was irresistible. tid Spanish blood that runs in his veins caught dame and showed itself on this occasion. since the Airican Bourbaki 1s known by his troops but in spite of ch the Russians at lengih dis: Seizing a car- bate yy the name of inkerman-Bourbaki. Jt 1s more ban probable that he will, in the coming campaign, eschauge this title for one even more glorious General Frossard. Frossard is a soldier and a scholar, a man who bas vever Sought reputation at the cannon’s month, bat who has nevertheless gained it by his intrepid de- ineanor on the fleld, A trae philosopper, he has been and can never be intoxicated by any suc- ress, however Unexpected or brilllaut. By force of ynguering himself he has conquered others, With ‘ more than ordinarily original mind he prefers to he a good imitator of the great men whose lives erve as examples to bumanity than to place implicit coufiaence in iis own qualities, Egotism being one of the prevailing sins of the century General Fros. sard shines out in bold relief (rom the selfish mass of the world. The nation ought to be glad to see the education of the Prince Imperial confided to @ man whose erudition is in every way equal to nts courage. And yet, notwithstanding that Genera! Fros: cupies such @ high position at court, he retaius his charming simplicity of character ‘A man with a nine of his talent would now be a member of the A At any rate his merit will not be over- d, We think, and we shall not be surprised to find him in the midst of the iiterary n jand as soon 4s the campulgn shall have finished, General Frossard’s bearing is more that of an English thana French gentleman. Tall, erect, his air is grave and though:ful, and bis whole appear ance indicates that he is isible of the high daty he bas been called on to | yim in educating the “hope of the country.’”’ He is now about y-two years of age. Captain in 1s 1858 that he was made genera! of division, ceeding year he made the lalian und was named aide-de-eamp to the Emperc Years alter he Was appombed goveruor of wh Imperial, aud never was &@ happier choice mentor than ta this instance. nis) it was only during The suc- Fros- tifleations, and in this capacity he has rendered ricuiable services to the army. Ie 1s now about Lo prt into action the theories that he teaches to his haperiat pupil, and We are sure thet on his remrn je wit be able to say with trath:— Prin —idoner, courage, patriotasm, al! the noble 1d elevating qualities of which we have so often ken together, have been displayed by our army, and } haye dove my part to prove to you and the couutry €aat 1 can practice as well as Wieoiis Gereral Felix P gar. us is one of the most d.stites same me one of the souages! SlueCiaiy — ded iscu tn gnates of the | rd became President ot the Cowsnission of French | i The Greek | ‘iver | } Battle ‘Supplementa Treatise for tb f those Serving in Trou | are all remar! for their clear and succinct sti NE the Frenoh army, being now but fifty-two years of age. fils features are very fine and regular, hia | brow expansive, his glance penetrating ant his voice sonorous im the extreme, Sitting in the sal- die he remains unmoved, even during the hottest | fire, and never bows before the balls. however thiok they may fall around bia heaa, This 1s @ pecuilarity; for all, even the greatest veterans, are sabject | to this involuntary movement during the deadly 1ead fail. Pelissier used to make @ horizontal, aud Bugeaud a vertical movement whea they lound me bullets whistling round their heads. But Douay re- mains inuexibie, undinching aud bis san /roid is. in every respect equal to his courage. However great niay @pear lo be his excuewens in the heat of bach eVer Loses, HOt ior au iastant, win pres | sence of mind, and he never allows lls clear eagle glance to be clouded by the simvke of bal- ue. An oflicer speaking the other day of Douay said, “ie bas the tire of Bourbaki, tue martial beariug of MacMahon aad tae ioue of voice of the republican advocate, Emmanuel Arago. Let Douay but Cr ‘Forward,’ on the bauks of the Rhine, and they will be sure to hear him at Kastadt, may, even in the depihs of the blick For st.’ Of course this portrait was drawn by a loving hand, for throughout the entire army Gen- , eral Douay is & favorite; but stil, m the main, it is an accurate one, As a sharpsiooter he has not got his match in any regiment, and he handles the car- bine and Chassepot as he does the sword. Like Marshul Bazaine Felix Douay 103e from the ranks. He entered the infantry of marine in the qgualiiy of full private, nothing more, and that, too, in a sore | that is not very highly favored nor suppos’d to | in anywise @ Crack one, Nevertueless, the talents of the man made themselves known, and soon we find lum rivalling tn reputation his superior officers, Who bad their military bese Ae afew of their military grades in the Siate College. We find him bearing the rank of lieutenant colouel of the Twentieth regiment of the line at the Crimea, one of the first at the taking of Malakof and one of the tirst also to enter Sebasiopol. —1n recognition of his services and his bravery he was put at the head of @ regiment of Voltigeurs de la Garde, During the Italian campaigan he fought like @ lion at Ma- genta, and was made general of brigade on the Held of battle, At Mexico ikewtse his miiltary capa- city was remarked, and after this uafortunate expe- dition returned he was named general of division. Rome, Sebastopol, nia, Mexico, in all of these campaigns General Douay distinguished bimself, and undoubtedly we may look forwurd to Kee hun bring back successfully the eagles of France from this campaign of the Rhine, which service may bring with it to him the baton of Marshal, of which he iy in every way worthy. Count de Paikue. Charles Guillaume Cousin Montauban, Count de Palikao, upon whose shoulders bas devolved the task of forming a new Ministry, is @ man especially suited for the arduous task confided to him by the country. Energy, tact and rapidity of action are the qualities needed at this moment, and Palikao has already given very strong proofs that he possesses them. Born on January 23, 1796, his natura! dispo- Sition inclined him to the army at a very early age, | and it was not long after being admitted to the sei vice that wstinguished himself highly tn the Al- gerian campaign as a cavalry oificer. Named Chef a’Escadron of the Spahis on the 4th of September, 1836, he was raised to the grade of lieutenant coionel on the 7th ot May, 1843, aud to that of colonel two years afier. On the 21st of September, 1551, he was naned brigadier general, and was pat in command of the tlemcen division. Appointed generai of the Constantine division four years alter, Recalled to France some time atter, he was placed at ihe head of the Swenty-firsi military division, having its adquarters at Limoges, ere is a tide in the affairs of men taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.” $0 said the poe, and certainly nowhere is the truth of this afirmation so clearly exemplified as in the life of the present Minister of War. The year 1860 saw him at the head of the ex- pedition sent out to China to act in conjunction with the Euylish, and ever since that time Paitkao has had a hold on the popular mind as being ux homme capable ta every seuse of the word, He haa the signal honor of planting the French fag in the cap- ital of the Celesaal Eupire, and thus imposing re- Spect, for the moment at ieast, upon the inhabitants that uhospital land, ‘The capture of the Loris of ‘akou, at the moath of the Pei-no, the great victory of Pa-ii-kao (from which he takes his ttle), were th! principal exploits which hay e rendered him lamou: After he had concluded the treaty which opened the gates of ;the Celestial Empire to Buropeans the General went to Japan, visiting several places oa his way, and returning to France in the moath of duly, 1861. He had aiready been raised to the dig- nity of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor (26th of December, 1560), and immediately on arriving 2b Paris he was made Senator. On the 22d of January, 1862, he recetyed the ute of coant, and a propost- tion was made in the Corps Législatif that he sbould receive # good service pension from the coun- try, which, however, met with some opposition. The General himself requested that the proposi- tion should be withdrawn, vat the Emperor, know- ing and appreciating the immense services he had rendered to the country, refused to accede, and finally the Chamber vored the measure with an amendment. On the 220 of June, 1865, Pali was sproiniey to replace Canrovert a) the headquarters of the troops at Lyons. In the year 1860 he had already counted forty-two years of active service, during Witch he haa served in twenty-eight campaigns, from which he issued a conqueror, With bus one wound of auy importance. Count Louia Edouard Bourt-Willaumez. | ‘This officer, the present commander of the Fren:tt Baltic squadron, was born the 24th of April, 185, j and entered the Royal Naval School in 1823, An en- | sign in 1829, ne Wax promoted to a lieutenancy six H years after, being then attac’ to the naval station | of La Plata. Afterwards he took prominent part in | the bombardment of Mogador, and in 1838 he re- celyed an order from Rear Admiral Montagnies de la Roque to make @ plan of the coasts of Western Africa, which work was mserted in the Annal Maritimes, and subsequently in a separate for under the utle, of “A Nautical Deser ft Coast Line between Senegal and the short while atier iis nomination as c; sel (September 17, 1844) he was appointed Govern of the reach possessions in Senegal, from whence he returned to France during 1847, receiving, two years Haver, as a reward for his services, the dignity of Commander of the Legion of Houer. Named Rear Admiral (Augnst 12, 1804), he took part in | the Crimean expedition, under the orders oi Ad miral Hamelin, At the conciuston of that war he was entrusted with te post of Maritime Prefect at Cherbourg, from whence he was promoted (March 4, 1861) to the same positic Youlon, but not ! at fore he had been named Vice Ad- | miral (July 9, 1860) and had been In command of the Mediterranean squadron. On the Sth of August, 1565, Bouet-Willauines was raised to the dignity Seuator, 4 all bis powers to get the marine artillery y remodeiled, but the comtission | appointed to report on the subject rejected his pre i However, 8 roncessions were after: iu conseg e of the combined efforts ntuttons of Bouct-Willaumez and Rigault | milly, aNd great Improvements lately effected | de Ger in the French feet are entirely owing to the indefati- gable and untiring exertions of these two saptent | salts. Bouet-Willaumez did not disdain to enlighten | the public on his views, and thus bring them on nis Hs publications Xpeditwn Lo the Westera A a,” “Toe nch Fleet and the Coico: ¥ Land and Sea,’ * Vice Adiniral Bouet-Wiilaumes is likely now to ha a five Heid for bis abliines, and we wish him success. eral Changerniee and the Emperor. | Figaro describes the arrival at Metz of General | Chapguraler in the following manner: AD aged man, dressed in gray trousers, with straps, and a closely butioned great com, his hat sunk in his shouidera, crossed the anxfous and dis- trhed town of Metz, and coming from the railway | station, bent his course towards tbe prefecture. A steady rain came down towards ulghtfail and drove the spy-hunters into their hoases, otherwise tie m- dividual in question would seareely have reached his destination without hindrance. On arriving at the prefecture he entered tie courtyard, ascended the steps, and found himself before a Cent Garde, of whom he inquired for the usher. The soldier looked at the cid man, so wet and et Perhaps ho would have refused him admittance had be not ex- pertenced that impression well known to soldiers by Which those who are accustomed to obey recognize those accustomed to command. The usher Was now sent for by the orderly, who, when he saw the visitor, obeyed him with even greater readiness, 80 thai in a few seconds Generat Keille was informed that General Changarnier edd to speak to the Emperor, is name bad & magical effect; the Emperor, who was alone, ordered the General to be immediately admitted. These two men, who had not spoken to ach other for nineteen years, were now face to face. ‘e,”’ said the General, “France is in danger; am a id soldier, I come to offer you my experience and my sword. My sword ts, perhaps, not worth much, tor I am seventy-eight years of age, but I think iny head 1s still good.” The door was shut, and the interview lasted two hours. When it again opened tlhe Exmperor spoke. “Get dinner for the Genera,” said he, “he has not eaten since this morning. * * Also tell the Count dAure to choose horses for the General; he belongs to us, gentlemen; let his apartment be prepared.” Since then the Emperor and the General have been inseparable; the old soldier, having come straight of on hearing of the disaster, had nothing with hin en and clothes had to be found for him. The Emperor is detighted, and the presence of inls glory of the past has had a wood effect upon the Hicers who saw Changarnier with the Emperor at Panlquemont, Connt Bismarck on French Tactics. Count Bismarek’s report of the victories of Saar- brack and Woerth concludes thus:—The Frepch will concentrate their armies towards their cear, | and the decisive battie will therefore have to be fought inthe interior of France. But the inhumanity aud incendiarisit of their rare in seiting five to an open town like Saarbrnck, belore relinquishing it, cries to heaven stil more than the atm of their rlike expedition, Which Was nothing but the fore \ cibie spoliation of our peacesbie Fatherkad, and ileayen Wil puniel tye by the aria of our warnors, | | You, has but one voice, one wish order of the day | war of princip! inflamed to increased indignation and wrath by this { lucky thi m. act of vicience, THE FRENCH LEGISLATURE. Tho Suppressed Paris Newspapers und the State of Siem: In the Frenen Legislature August 18M. JuLes | Ferry said:—1 have a question to put to the Cabi- nei, (Various movemenis.) The President has been advived of it, and he believes that be has the right | to reply in the name of the whole Cabimet, My | Schwestern strike the eye, more ike @ procession of question is Concerning the use which the Cabinet ib- tend to maxe of the powers conferred on the gov- ernment by the state of siege. (Interruptions from several benches.) From 1h Lerr—Excellent ! oxcellent! M. JuLus Ferry—The Chamber has just set a splendid exam ple of patriotic union, I regret to say that that union 13 disturbed by repressive measures, the caraeter of which is not in accord with the im- pemenes of Lue present crisis. (New interruptions.) fhe oid government suppressed the Reveit yesterday (Augast 9); the new government, jollowing the evil preccaent set 1, lus Just suppressed pis Bape 1 ask the President of the Council of State tf that 1s so? I carry the question further, and ask the Cabl- net whether it thinks 1t necessary or becoming, in the present grave and exciting situation, to main- tatu the siate of sicze, (Murmurs,) The state of siege, gentiemen—and I meet these murmurs by care 80-4 not the state of war. The difference s— A MEMBER OF THE RIGHT.—We know tt perfectly. (“No, no,” from Lae Lett.) M. DE JOUVENCEL—1 certainly don’t, and I wish to learn what it is, Count KERATRY—The state of slege is a measure directed against our own citizens, M. DUGUE DE LA FAUCONNERIE—Against domestic enomies, M. EUGENE PELLETAN—Thoy are our domestic enemies who give France up to the foreigner and rofuse to arm tie city, M. JOLES FERRY—The state of war gives the Mallitary author.tice all rights and powers needful for military defence. I need not Hioagn the provisious to secure that object. But gentlemen, Tour—We cannot discuss ‘what is the state of siege? M. LE CoMPrE DB LA iat M. JULES FERRY—Is it one of the varieties of war? Do not believe it, gentlemen. A state of vege is the suspension Of the most essential liberties. is the Tight of delivering up citizeus to a muitary tribunal, | the musketry and and denying them their natural judges—it 1s the right of unhunited visits and unlimited arrests—(‘‘No, no,” from the Right)—the right of suppressing jour- nals—in a word, it is che dictatorship against insur- rection, Well, I know We are at’present engaged in war, and in a great war, but 1 defy any ouc to say, after the events of the last lew days, that we are in astute of insurrection. (Great applai from the Left.) It any one should say so | would appeal to those wo saw Paris and the approaches of the Leg- islative body yesterday. (Ob, vt!) L, LE OoMre DRLA LouR—Is not a part of Prussia In a siate of siege? M. JULES Ferry—Let any one dare to say that he has heard rising from the great erowd, which is ani- mated at this ume by a siugie thought, a mad deli- rium—the aélirium of patriviiam—(“isxeellent | ex cellent !” from near the Speaker; murmurs from the Right) @ single seditious cry, a solitary insurrec- Uonary appeal. M. THE RESIDENT SCHNEIDER—J remind M. Jules Ferry that he has demanded to be allowed to speak in order to put aquestion, and that he musi not diverge from it. (Man: embers from the Left— “It is the question liself M. GaMbetTa—Ihe Chamber is listening, M. Presi- ent. M. JuLES Ferry—I said, gentiemen, and I aftirin, that from this immense crowd of Parisians, which you do not know, no cry rose except the patriotic and generous one, “To arms! Toarms!” Lsaw, gentlemen, as others saw, Marsha! Baraguay d’hil- Hers walking on foot among the crowd, and ull these brave men round about him, pressing his hands, touching his clothes, and demanding from him arms ! arms! (Murmurs from the Right.) M. le Baron ESCHASSBRIAUX--They tnsalted the Chamber at the close of the session. M. GamBerca—It is the popukition of Parla which would be your best defence. M. 4 Ferky—Gentlemen, the situation is too permit of oratorical artifives and useles seriou words. that Parisian populace, which L know better than rins, arms to repel the foreigner. (Kaough, enough.) If, then, Parts 1s not in insurrection, what 1S the nse of a state of siege? Of what use are those regiments whicit would be so much better at the troutier? (Excellent; applause from the Left.) Well, gentlemen, the enemy has repulsed one of our armies, aud you keep here 000 men to satisty your false and foolish fears | Very well; Jet me teil You in conclusion tiat those jears are something Very like to your country, (Fresh applause from the a} Voick Yo tHe RichtT—The order of the day! tb 1 tell you this, on my houor and conscience, | } that the imperial responstbitity was aintained in the Ollivier consutution. THE SPIRITUAL COLUMN. Charity and Religion in Practica! Union. Saarbricken (August 10) correspondence of the | f “fondon ‘ritn ifs C8, | | ‘The sanitary and spiritual columns give almost a | religious arpect to the warlike proves*lon, it moves away over the hilis looks, here and there, | when the red crosses of the Krankentrager and the black oud white dresses of the sarmnherzigen pilgrims approaching & holy shrine than of soldiers | Invading & hosule country. Of the Krankenirager, some ure men of the landwehr, wearing uniform; others ac s\udents irom the hospitals or universi- ties, In plain cioihes, All exhibit the red cross, worked or stamped on white cioth, which ts tied upon the leit ara. Besides the Sisters in black and white there isa | corps of sisters who wear dark slaie colored ; dresses and waite hoods with butterfly wings, and, | like the Krankentrager’. display round the left arm | | the red cross on a white ground. These admirable | women have already done excelient service, They | were on the deld of battle on the night of the 6tu, belore the frug had ceased, and this ORIEN, as | the clock struck five, I saw @ party of them walking through tie streets on thelr way towards Forbach, beyond which town there will soon be more work tor them todo. All the Saar esis som bts 4 fot] i a ora vor, cranpenerager on foot; but a few of Oharge of the litters and je ltteers Are of two pane —s ortable—pleces oO! can’ or seven feet Tiretched over a couple of slender poles—others on large, light wheels and furnished with a hood ike @ Bath chair, with cushions for the head and shoul- ders and holes for the heels. These elongaicd Bath chairs are go lignt that they may be lifted with ease over ditches or carried by niga men, one before, vue bind, over heavy ground, io Vis natdataatory tos see that the art of solacing the wounded In soimé measure keeps pace with that of maiming the sound. It took just two hours for all the troops Who had passed the night of the sth in tle com) of the thein ride to wi medical stores, being market day, the market, as usual, was held. Ww airs in the hotels Suggested breakfast, which, un- til then, they had declared themselves utterly unable to serve; business went on as usual, and the town, which had been partially bombarded a week before, and which three days before had been agitated by artillery ‘accompaniment of a ttl bloody as ato on “as mqulet as Readiag or Guildford, What is sull morc extraordinary is that some 15,000 troops, with a most abundant train, had scarcely yet quitted the towa, from which they moved Without music, without drums, almost with- outa word of command being heard. No shouting, no —, no confusion of any kind. All was rapidity and regularity—a few necessary, not unfor- seen, stoppages,| but no biocks. When the troops had fairly leit the place I followed them to the hills aod watched them joined by other troops from neighboring encampments, as, in an upbroken line, the taain body made its way towards Forbach, THE RED CROSS. From Holland for the Hospiti Ywenty Dutch’ subjects, fourteen men and six ladies, wearing the badge of a red cross on @ white ground, of the International Association tor Assist- ing the Wounded, passed through Li¢ge two days back, on their way to the seat of war. They were followed by two Wagons luli of linen and articles of cloth ing. ‘The Datch have also sent on to the Rhine @ steamer fitted up to receive one hundred sufferers. THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA. ‘er Majesty's Care for the Wounded=Eog- ish Hamanitarianisn (From the London Telegraph; Lord Shaftesbury writes:— ‘Yhis extract was taken from your impression of this morning: BERLIN, August 12, 1870. ‘The Queen of Pruysia js personally devoting special eure to the French wounded. She has caused shirts and other small articles to be distrib 2 ments, cigars, €c., are distributed among the French prison: ers, as well as among the Prussian troops passing through by the Ladies’ Committee. German ladies may be seen al the railway stations acting as searetaries to the pris ouers desirous of writing home. If the war is to be carried on by both sides after this fashion it will go further to civilize mankind aud put an end to wars altogether than al! the schemes of force or arbitration that have as yet beco propounded. Itits a noble effort to bring hu- manity aud religion to abate these uaspeakable atrocilies, But may I ask yon to employ the pages of your wide-spread journal in an exhortation to M. the Mimster of the Council of State rose to | English men and women not to be behind the Ger. speak. (Do not reply! Do not reply! Pass to the | Mans mm the endeavor to mitigate the amount of order of the day! The order of the day!) human suffering’ Both the contending parties are M. THE PRESIDENT—The order of the day is de- | onr atites, and We earnestly pray that they may cop- manded. (Yes, yes.) J shail consult the Chamver. M. JULES FERRY—I demand to be heard against closing the discussion. M. THE PRESIDENT question. ‘The ovder of the day was put to the yore and ried. M. JULES Ferry —I protest, M. GARNTER-PaGes--They wilt not reply to us, be- cause they canna M. HOUANE DF CHOlRUL—IE tion. SCANEIDER—T have pnt the is a Ministry of oxe- BONAPARTE’S STAR Nis Brilliaucy and Eclipse. (M. About's Letter from Saverne of August In the auspicious reign of ® Third Napot (Napoteone Terto jeliciter buperante, as the oficial inscriptions say), I have enjoyed a spectacle which my lather and prandiather saw fwice, 1b 18l4 and y never spoke wiihout shame and rag You are horn in happte to me days, said these good with a illite envy in thelr tones; ive stich an experience as we have Poor France! She bas permitted everything and for everything to the man who once said to fue empire is pe and who afterwards |, “The empire is glory und victory, the revision shameful Creanes, the rectiication of frontiers, the day by day. ed im the disinter- estediness of Morny, 1n the austerity of Troplong, 1m the genias of Kouher, in the Hberatism of Oly: What an awakening! Wo-day ‘the empire means defeat through ihe incapacity of its ehiel; i means panies in the generals: It means tivasion wit train of wretebedness and misery: it means the Prussian soldier surutting avout us master through Mree or four departmenss aller a canipaign ol eight days. About two o'clock ft Was easy to see the scouts on every lithe hillock, or Coming rewnd about one by one, oF Iwo bY two, along our reads. At last, ab half-past four o'clock, a movement of the people in the main street announced to me ue final result. so Slowly up to the height of the Casino, whe authorities of the town were milked. them, 109 paces off, three more were see five risked themselves in tie midst Of 4 the guide book tells the trutn. One of the two first, whom $ never Was a simple cavalry imap. wit 4 stumpy mus! the other must Heutenant, from the strips oo his sles weapon was asword. Both of the and were rather good looking than ¢ went slowly forward, looking to jeff behind therm, with # distrusitu! & conquering air. Their ors; the y sking here, the: an ariny of 150,000 men Int of who will avenge ns, The Mayor came down from the Casino; and asked them if Cerman what they wanted. The oficer, in a there soldiers hi At the same time the soldier covered the chest of the excellent Arivovate and Mayor Ostermann with his Weapon, The Mayor pul ibe nacomfortabie looking thing aside and said, “If you wouldn't cover me in that Way I could talk more at my ease.” ‘The oMicer asked drily 4 second tine, soldiers “No, sir; Tam the Mayor of the town —? “That js nothing to me. “J shall tell you everything sou wish if you will come with me to the Town B “We have no ume. Have y “Yes, afew in the ambulance ‘Much wounded Some much, so Wave you any t “None.” “J saw some In the plain of Mouxviiie “They are alleither runaways or sick, which is why our soldiers abandoned them.’ “Very well ‘The oMficer then turns his horse's head, bis orderly follows him. The three otter hussars, who had meanwhile bought some wine and some sausages, grin, pay for what they bave had and disappear. Twenty more came back at a quarter past seven. Their leader went to we Mayor and said: — “We must have, at ten to-morrow moraing, 20,000 loaves of six pounds each: or hot, we must bave 100,009 francs down.’ “We shail do everything that ts poss! “Good evening.’ After that they disappear in every direction, Wander,through the streets, gather together again, And go oi, to come back In greater number to-mor row. Our enemy is lke @ prudent player, risking litte first, then more, then & good deal, but always safel Would t our leaders would profit vy the example, and get into the way of feeling about @ her maste been a Bib- 6 His only "med young, sorwise, They we right and nghty and asked, “Are “Have you 1 any wounded i? ” | little before putung thet last sixpence down on the table. J don’t know how the Mayor of Saverne means to manage with these gentlenien. The peopie are just as incapable of paying 100,000 francs ma day as | guns; and, approaching them, they are of improvising sixty tons of loaves in @ night. They are not rich liere. as told, believed tn | ithe | tinue so; and there will be no better way of effecting it than by showing them sympathy in an hour of distress, Colonel Loyd-Lindsay, M. P., has forined a comuittee, which has its office av Ne, 8 St. Mar- tin’s place, Sratalgar square, where all donations yoay be sent. May t hope that you will give this Jetter @ place tn your colarus: NATIONAL PECULIARITIES. { | How the French and Germans Deport Them. welves After Battle, ‘orbach (August 10) correspondence of (ne London Times.) ‘The heights taken py tue French on the 2d are in Germany, The heights taken by the Germans oa the 6th are ta France; and both battles fought between Saarbriicken and Forbach were jought across the ‘ontier, Which is Marked only on the nigh road by a milestone. Ever since the morning of the 7th troops passing in ove unbroken stream througn towards Forbach and St. Avolda, The € the outposts to be in the limmediate f Metz, and are counting the number ii willtake them to getto Paris. Bat, in spite of their marvellous success, the Prussians are stillalong distance from the French capital—I | forget now many marches, and then there are ob- stacles in the Way Which may Or May not prove | formidable. The drst person Tsawv on entering the mys Conliiry Was that disconsolate woman who moaning op the Uireshold of ber rained inn. te of this poor Woman is not co be looked that of all France, Ag to the neay Dothing, they having ror fown. ‘The’ shops are shut, (of the catés and hotels are turned into hosp nd there are no French, excep! prisoners uuder prt, 10 bO seeD in the streets, The behavior of the Prussians m such inns and hotels a8 are still Kept open, ami still devoted to their ordinary purpose, 1s studiously courteons; but we are stil only seven miles from Saarbracken, and \ “8 hope the lowly, | Almost Wumeditely | saw two hussars | | been domg mecessantly since Monday. | at Manufactures are | Where these Forbach has only been in the bands of the Prussians for the last three days, Already I-hear of a Frenep peasant having fired at a Prussian soldier, and @ proclamation um the usnal fort, sigued by General Zastrow, has been issned, warning the French of the penalty with which sich offences, and all of lences of @ leaser degree, but of the same kiud, will be visited. Troops are sul pouring im, ax they have j but for the admirable organizauion of the Prus- } ‘lana there would be a famine poth here and at Saarpricken. But al Saarbricken everything can ve Lad: and Foroach, now that troops have passed through the city by tens of Unousands, by inynads, has only been exhausted of Seltzer water and cigars. The army carries its own provisions, and 1 observe that im some cases the provisions carry tne cloth The military butchers in charge ot oxen have folded their great coats, after the regulation method, and hong them, like horse collars, over the Wf the unhappy beasis, st ves non nobis, | PRUSSIAN SCOUTS. | A French Guerilia system. We should regret, suys the Brassels ord, to see populations of Alsace and Lorraine follow it Our peasants, th erally the counseis of the Patrice, #ays that journal on the subject of the last proclama: ton of the King of Prussta, do not nire the per. mission of King William to repulse the foreign tnva- sion, and we specially recommend the uhlans to them. very time that they encounter these robbers separately let them be struck down without mercy. Fear will render the Prussian scouts less enterprising, and the énemy will be pinnged into uncertainty witn respect 10 our movernents, Which circumstance can- not but be advantageous to the French. Courage, then! Let these bold horsemen know that behind every bush, at the bottom of every hollow, death ties 10 wait for themn, and our peasants, at ihe same ume thal they withdraw themselves from the enemy's de- predation, wilt coniribute to the deliverance of tne country, WHAT THE FRENCH LEAVE IN CAMP. | Scenes at Spicheren—“Needle Gun Alter Plante.” {Saarbracken (August 10) Correspondence of London Times.) ‘The heiguta commanding the town, which the French bad occupied fue some days after the adair of the 4, look nowlike the scene of a recent pic- mc. Here a bottle, the plece of paper which might have enveloped sandwiches or the butterdrod of the country; there the remains of a wood fire, there the Ud of @ tin pot. Then more remains of wood tires, more lids of tin pots, and broken botties innumerable, ‘The sort of débris that one sees on a racecourse the day after the race—an idea which is again suggested by a Dumber of sticks sUll remain- ing in the ground at a distance of fifty or sixty yards ahead on the way to the Spicheren heights, ‘These are not #ticksk, however, they are needie- pass from faise tn- mace to true indications of war. ve needie-guns are planted in the dications of stopped, and the workmen, living almost trom day | earth (with bayonets for roots) five Prussian soldiers to day, have hardly any savings. The crops, too, have been very midding. ‘tne burning. shi which chokes O8 to-day Will soon mingle with the miseries (hat accompany i. sve, Cwsar, Le is have failen, The men are buried; but thetr arms, ame | for this day at least, are to be lett here. A few yards ahead there are three more of these needie-piants hen pine, Wich @ dyzen; then Close fa a cidge, | be clearly und Saarbrick to get ont of the town tis morning. At half-past ten the streots were empty, descriad. The | prepared for those coutests into which we may at villagers had come to marketas usual, and, Tuesday | any day be drawn. Nevertheless, it 1s no exagyera- ton, but the simple truth, to gay that for nearly a NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SKPTEMBER 3, 1870.—TRIPLE ‘SHEET, where th: Prussian sanattante had thought they | wants to know how muei would and cover, but failed to do #0, twenty-seven. | get to Paris. A polutstnan Tepe ete Passing this and climbing, not without aim- “My dear teliow, have a ‘many hills to culty, up the sleep ascent, | find knapsacks lying | climb yet and a many men to shoot.’ torn open on the ground, broken accoutrements, ‘The officer coi in und ‘says sharply to his men, tered helmets, blood. clothes, and bodies | “No more Etre sf J rigid m the coavulsions of death. aboue At the wateh. andascher, a big Hauptman, are to be seen here, and looking dowa into the plan | or captain, has his wa'el mended and tries to re if to show how diftoult they were, with needie- stands ie a sign, or, at least, fell uuabie any longer to use it, { The military Beolony of the Spicheren belghts can erstood, — Afier ihe f needle-gun region, the region of Pruss.an Knapsacks and ac- coutrements; then the region of te Lrusstan dead whom the “dead buriers,” wader the divection of the “sick tenders,” Lave notyet been able to remove; then the first Hne of French dead, lying thick behind the natural and artificial intrenchments watch to the | last moment protected them as they shot down or drove back regiment uiter regiment o tie advance. | ing, surprising Prusstins; thei Prussians and French lylug mingled together on the summit of the mount; then more Freach tian Prussians, the French alone | ying across a ridge in the wood crowning the | eights, whose sheiter a poruion at least must have sought, and often sought in vain; then on the lett | side of the battie deld, looking from Saarbracken, | nothing but graves, “titer ruhen in Got,” says one | pesoelnay “28 Proussen, 69 Fraugosen, Grab (0, “Here rest friends and foes together,” says another inscription, “6 Prussians, 11 Freachmen.” 1 ob- served that the words “and foes” hal by sone charitabie or patiosopuical person been marked out. THE BRITISH ARMY. d Can Do for War~What She Atrica—From , Mage What Engl Has Done in Europe, Asi Waterloe to the Indian Mutinies dala. From the London Times, August 27. All ale. POanE a ow ering Gut thes penile euro) Zi reat European 4 with Turopean duties now confessed, are iutterty un quarter of a century—that 13, for a period as loug as that of the great French Revolution ana its wars we have been busted without intermission on those | very preparations whi-h are siill supposed to. be waiting. It was in January, 1847, that the first note of alarm was sounded by the famous letter of the late Duke of Wellington. ‘Twelve montis afterwards | came @& new revolution in Parts; tn the | spent Sikh wars, then the war in the Crimea, then the Indian munity, and, later still, the Abyssinian campaign. Thus, under impulse after impuise, we have for nearly tive and-twenty years together been laboring to complete those preparations for which tt 13 now said we may look in vain. flow far is that saying true’ The answer is not the least wonder- ful part of the story, and, that we may give it dis- tinctly, we shall place a few broad figures before ihe reader's eye. In the year 1845, just before our pre- Parations began, we had, as an old return before us states, an army of some one hundred thousand men. | As the army, however, im those days did not, for Statistical purposes, comprise artillery or 2ngincers, - which were vided for under separate estimates, we must make a little addition to the total. — It with not be much, for the entire strength of the artillery in that year was but 7,590, and tiat of the engineers 1,288. We may say, therefore, that Sngland pos- sessed for service n India, in the colonies and at home about one hundred and twenty thousand troops, all told. Now for the comparison, At this moment we pos- 808s close upon 500,000 men, Looking to home service alone we had in 1845, according to the Duke ot ‘Woelingian's reckoning, an avatiable body of 6.000 men, ‘e nave now at least 400,000, Of artillery, tnstead of 7,000, we have upwards of 50,000 at home and abroad, the regular artillery alone being nearly 30,000 strong, In short, if we take 90,000as the strength of the regular army at home, and then add the pumbers of the militia, volunteers and other reserve forces, We shall find that at the present mo- ment we have within these islands @ larger militury force than that with which Prussia, four years ago, entered the list against Austria, consolidated Ger- many, and raised herself to that eminence which has provoked the present war. Jf, then, all this pro- digious increase has actually been achieved by our twenty-five years’ a gdp how can we be said to be unprepared? We answer that if we have got the meu, aud, indeed, the material of war, we have got nothing else. Of that machinery which makes an effective army out of @ maititude of men we have hardly a trace. Our roilitia 1s nearly 100,000 sirong, not merely on paper, but on parade. Our volunteers, ‘with the impulse which this new alarm will give to the movement, may be reckoned at 200,000, These 300,000 men are there, and they are as good men as the Prussians who won the battles of Wissembourg and Woerth. They have seen, indeed, almost as | much service, for those Germans of the first line wel oung conscripts enrolied since the campaign of Sadowa. But the Germans had a complete mill- tary organization, while we have none, Every regi- ment of those young troops had its full and sufiicient complement of skilled and disciplined officers, trained to service on the best and most rigorous of systems. Every regiment had its own brigade, every brigade its division, and all tnese divisions and brigades their full quotas of commanders, with commissariat, hospital and all other services in perfect eficien From the General-in-Citef to the jowesi drammer-boy every man knew mis place in that mighty army, and ev map was tound in it, Fiore Hes the difference between England and Germany. Our Tillie is not half oMmcered, and of its few officers ‘assure tue natives:. “You are under our provection, ns | We are responsible for your tranquility; | stuck in the turf, Every man who owned one of these you afraid or You have'been told thal We eat A which, as | muskets either died close to where his Weapon annex Alsace and Lorraine; | Only want to put down French e cam le Tite ee of whom we have had enough fore Some young: country louts staying with the citi. hh a Say that Phalsbourg will be takyn in the even- “fhe placo has been summoned to surrender. whos oer one Georg Lm for propriety’s fal Ml Without news, Ni bourg we shail goto Maiz, we have only to fire the | town at the four corners and everything is done.” We shail see about that, 8:15 P. M.—At a Detar § to seven the enemy re- opened nis tire against Phalsbon: Sh ree bravely. ‘The fring, well ‘Kept Rats Gone les, stopped five minutes It hi hour anda hall.” Ib by fri ntuily ariy and pala i torrents. The Prussiais have no. ‘tents; they say He 1s too much botiier. ‘They tura tn, iu thee dry or wel overcoats, under the baked sky. if PRUSSIAN REQUISITIONS. How the Victors Levy im the French—What was Reqalred tor Kighteen Germans, {M. E, About from Saverne, August 11, ‘Thursday 1s tue great market day of the ins fa Saverue. ‘All the neighboring villagers come in dur- Re Octo aey ne a and and vegetabies, but~ cl chickeus aud eggs, To-day, to ft 6,000 inbabitauis, besides tue tonal Ne oo there Spares | vuree or tour baskets of cucumbers, ten pound butter and a few aozen of exge. People are afraid of u. Ofte Sen me en 01 1 Arse which the horsemen who visited us was to order Paty SU Piftere follows he. text ek ve follows the text of a second Which Was Meant lo replace the first, keer Spected the tistakes in speliiny, because ev in 48 respectable ip a victorious enemy. Read tie and Fecuilect Wat Saverne has 5,331 inhabitants, the richest of whom have fled:—10,000 loaves of bread of six pounds cach, 60 oxen of 550 Pounds (sisughtered), 17,600 pounds of rice, 2,750 pounds of burned coffee, 1,650 pounds of ‘salt, 1,1u0 pounds of tobacco, or 180,000 cigars, for the soldiers 75,000 ne cigars, for the oMicers; 3,390 gallous Wine, as unuer:-—2,200 galious lor the privates, 1,100 @alions of Ane red wine for the officers; 440 gallons el Baty, ie ponies fis Champagne, 200 pounds » for the ambulances; 45 ~ Served mieat, for beef tea °) Pounds of pre Oats, 55,000 pounds of Forage—152,000 pounds of Day, 55,000 pounds of straw. The communtiy must place at the disposal of the army # workhouse Where the ubove mentioned articies can be siored, Delivery must commence immediately, so that One-half of the prescribed quantity shall be de- livered by four P. M., and the other half by six O clock ib the morning, ut the Latest. Men must ve provided for the distribution, about twenvy, and four scales, with welgnts, The community wali also take care that one bun- dred wagous wili be put at the disposal of the troops vo curry the provisions and forage with them, Jn case this reouisitioa as above mentioned should Not be executed, tweuty-live per cent of the actual Value in addition wil lave to be paid mstead of the idee rations, tittery f " necessary, ut ry force will be employed to entorce this order. bah oat ‘The Comuussariat of the Eleventh Corps of the Prussian army. UJegibte Signatures.) WAR MISCELLANIES. Letter from a Frenchman in Paris co a Friend in Glasgow. We (Glasgow Herald) have been favored by tha communication of the following letter, which pro- vably indicates a state of feeling extremely general in Paris:— Paris, August 12, 1870. Treceived yours, and I was sure you would sym- pathize for the misforcunes Just falling upon France. Jv is our own fault; we have seen it, and it wul turn to our benefit. France was ace to be the ag- gressor. What has taken place proves the contrary. We were not at ull prepared to make war; but, receiving aa insult from Prussia, the country started, and could not bear it. Our government assured Qs that we were ready, and trom Gus all the muschief, The Prassians and aliied Germans have three corps of army, Lumvering One Million soldiers, and France has scarcely been able yet to bring to her frontiers 400,000 men. In the beginning of the action we had not imat number by tar; and now, perhaps to-day, there 19.8 grceai bulile iought, where the French jorces are 220,000 and the Prussians 860,000, Weconsider Wat we are even like Wat, but not when tuey are six Or eight times our num- ber. ‘The French nation 13 nol accustomed to lose battles, and the last checks to our brave troops have created a certain pani—uot of fear; but it showed us clearly that we were not prepared for the campaign so boldly begun, and that the enemy Was in full power agaiust us. The tault and blame were thrown against our government, and 1b 1s easy lo tmagine the rage—plenty of men volun- tarily wishing to go aud fgttthe enemy, and nw provisions tg ar ne: ue arrangements were not ready to supply a lirge army with arms, amuu- not hall are trained. Our volunteer officers have no knowledge but what, tw spite wl all. ficulties, they have contrived to pick up themselves, For neither lorce is there anything like stam, admu istration, commissariat or other supports. | The re- sult is that on the first alarm we perceive the aefi- ciency, and, instead of relying upon this enormous mass of national strength, we hastily pour afew thousand men into the tine. The Prussian army of 490,000 men was, in the Space of a formight, despatched to the frontier as completely equipped, supplied and supported in ail respects as the flying column of 5,000 men which we occastonally contrive to send out of Aldershot. Within three weeks after the declaravios of war that army had already fought three bloody batties and Won as many victories, 111s now clear to what this snecess was due, Asa purely military caste the Prussian soldiers were not the equals of the French soldiers. Less of their lives had beea spent in bar- 8 or cam, they had more of the avian element among them, and they went lo war not so much ip the way of trade as in that of exceptional and temporary duty. tn other words, they resembled our own volunteers in character and composition, bot there. unfortunately for our- semblance ceases, Accomplished om- ese lovies Into battle, and @ masterly organization gave them the full advantage of their numerical superiority at ev pomt of attack. No roops in the world, itis now plain from our own correspondence, could have fought betier than the Freuch, but they were everywhere outoumbered and in the end overpowered.” The citizen soldier nas nition, &c., and the Prussians were soiling te French terrttory. ' There have been two days tn Paris when I thought the government would be upset; but, fortunately, calmness has prevailed after the exciiement, and everybody understands they must ali be united with one thought—that 13, turn out the enemy trom France, A change of Ministry has been made. Laws have been voted to enlist all men nearly to thirty-five years of age. up We may have another check yet, because it 18 Dot posaibie to send to our frontiers all those new soldiers before two weeks; but ihey will be in me to repulse the Prussians and pursue them exhausted into their own territory, Prussia bas brought for- Ward all she had aud France has only brought what. was ready: 80 you are sure to see circumstances turning vo our advautage in a few days, even if we were to lose another battle. But what we sbali never recover are the lives of the so many thousand brave fellows who have fallen and will fall yet, Paris is quiet now; itiwseven dull, The only excite- ment i8 on the boulevards tu hear of the news and detalis of events, But there Is @ great calmness, and if no ektraordinary event comes we shall pass the crisis, Every day, however, something new is expected [rom the seat of war or from foreign coun- tries, We ilve tn @ state of continual anxiety, Father Hyacinthe. The following letter, reported to have been writ- ten by Father Hyacinthe to the Maire of the Fifth beaten the professional soldier, but only because he was Jed by professional officers and sustained by the Invst adiairacie professional organization, Our citizen soldiers have no such machinery to render their Strengta eficetive. As to being “unprepared, there are many degrees of preparation. 16 is uct Napossible that we showd hold ourselves absolute! ready for war at avy moment of peace. The strongest milita movareiies are not prepared in that seuse. France, with all her asionishiny aptilnd nd what we have always suppose to be Her incessant preparation, was ‘ unprepared’’ in 1866, and, Indeed, ax the fact seems to show, at this ‘Y crisis, Prussia berself was ‘“uuprepared’’ far as her frontier fortresses were unarmed ovisioned, and her army required a fort- ve i conld take the Held. Bul our pre- are fav in arrear of such standards. If the alarm sound » we copid cali ont the militia ¢ id the militiw would come, but without officers and without as much organization as would enanle it to keep the fleid. It would be the same with the volunteers: and our authorities know {t, and stow that they know it. The only branch oF oyr land forces with any semblance of or- ganization is the reguiar army, ana so when the emergency arrives we augment that army as rap- ‘ily as possible. ‘The militia, our real of re erve, is only regarded as a nursery for the line, and as for volunteers, no inilitary man can tell how to employ them. Yer this nnitilized, and therefore hall useless, force represents nothing less than 200,000 British soidters, the very pith and marrow of the nation, as well educated, as courageous aud 4s apt for dnty as the best mune who crossed the Rume, CRYING FOR HOME. 2 German Industry Aguimet War Glory. [M. B. About, from Saverne, August 1.) 11 is remarkable that al) Lieae German victors arc much inclined to cry, My gardener told me just now that passing near dvanced senting! he was rather afraid. ‘The German said to hun, “Comrade are you afraid of me?’ “By Jove, a littie ! “You are quite wrong, for two reasons —frst, # cause we are not allowed to make use Of On wo when we are on observatt ‘ do Ot wish any Jil to We “What do you want, the “What Twant, and should ike, is 10 go Mich to my coupiry and see my wife and ebildren.” Then tears, In every house where the enemy's soldiers bave eaten or slept there is weeping. A heavy father, incorporated tn the landwehr or Jandscarm, 1 don't know which, who was taken from @ bakery iu Saverne, said to me, with tears in his eyes “Why can’t Tend the cai ie beside my dece: oven’ 1 am the tead oe jourishing house; I rmpioy five bakers’ boys; Ihave a wile and three tuidren, Is my proper place, now, under the flag, & Inark for Frenet bullets? A musician, who ts perhaps the composer of a comic opera in nis own country, showed my Valet the photograph of bis wife, and cried, “She is pretty, {t seems, that jittle Gerinan girl, and she has two cradles to Jook after.’ The enemy goes mounting steadily up tn the direc- tion of Phalsbourg. They say, “We are going to havea blow at the French (Kloplen)—Harran’’ ‘The staf of the Eleventh army corps, under General Roze, lias taken possession of the Sub-Prefecture and set the Sub-Prefect into corner. A few loafers amuse themselves at the station and show, laughing, an excellent map of France, such as our generals haven't got. One of the men stretches his arms to- wards Strasbourg and asks the wheel greasers out ne 7 OC WOK AC Paria is mot Un tual direction. Apotiior | arrondissement of France, was not written by him, but by a namesake, probably belonging to the fam- iy of Loyson, Father Hyacinthe’s real nawe ts Claries Loyson, uot Jules Th. Loyson:-- M. LE Marke—The spirit and the laws of tie Church do not atlow a priest to take arms, unless the immediate danger of tne country should require ths, This danger, if it should tall upon France, wili certainly find all of us who are not retained by our holy duties elsewhere on the ramparts to do our duty as clnzens. Awaiting this moment there areno oObjecuons whatever that we shoulda haniie the spade and the pickaxe. Be pleased, tnereiore, 10 point out to me at what working piace | have to report myself, to take part in the work of fortifyi Pans. From to-morrow I will be at your disposal. Be pleased, Monsieur le Maire, toaccept my respeet- ful considerations and the assurance of my patn- oue devotion, Vive la France! L'ABBE JOLES Ua. LOYSOK, Professor of Sacred Eiocution at the Faculty oi Le. ology, Paris. Vanis, Kue Gay-Lussac 9, 15th August, 1870, A Thirsty Vivandiere. The way from Saarbairuck to Forbach was made on foot through the pouring rain and tn the midst ot the military tran, I had fortupately provided myself with some brandy and cigars, and with these acceptables I managed to bribea thirsty vivandiere to allow me to sit. by her side. Some of my readers | will perhaps smile at this, and think it improbable that a vivandiére can be thirsty. I beg to assure m that, for the matter of tat, it would have en better for her not to have filled that post, for every drop and part of a drop that was transporta- ble Had vanished, Nor was she as fair and engu- ging a8 these creatures are generally sujr posed to be. She was quite as old as her cart, and that, I am sure, had passed the half cen- tury. Unhappily, it was by no means as tough as she, for when, after a block in the road, she put her horse tn # trot, the playful animal threw ap his beels, separated by that simple act the two front. wheels, and walked off quietly, leaving us in # slanting and exceedingly ridiculous position. [ im- mediately took up my properties with dignified and lefther to the laughter which ber poste asioned. Overcrowding at Forbach. 1 got to Forbacb, after three hours’ good walking, and 1ound my worst fears realized. Nota bed, let alone a room, was to be had for love or money. Nor can apy one be astonished at this when he shears that the town contains perhaps a thousand houses, and that forty to fifty wousand men are quartered within it, giving ‘to each house an average of forty persons. in our despair we went to the ratiway station, laving beard that atrain started that evening for St. Avold, The sta tion presented an extraordinary appearance. The luggage ofiice had been cieared of everything apper- taining to luggage; the floor was thickly covered with straw, aid a company of soldiers had taken up their quarters there upon it. Some were already fast asleep, others were smoking, and a few most ardently attached to the Inner fire, had built @ fire Inside the stove, which had been for some reason or otber buitered to pieces, and were cooking. General Steinmetz and the Bakers. je the station a scene still more curiom ww eyes. Under a yery short yerandah Out niet