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THE WAR. CONTINUED FROM THIRD PAGE (people and miliary are united and upadlmous In dhe desire to defend the capital. ‘The populace is orderly and wellbeliavod. There 4sn0 violence, no ruManiam of apy sort to bo seen, even among the most dense crowds. ' (he people remain firm i their determ'uation to ‘earry out the republican form of governimcnt with ‘order and according to socia! rule 4nd In citixen se- curity. M. Rochfort snow at the Hotel de Ville, a free man, and in the fall enjoyment of ‘is citizen rights, ‘The people are eg ige! in tearing down the im- perial insignia and arws at al! points. thas deen Just now reported that the ex-Empress Engémie bas made a formal application to King ‘Willlam of Prussia, asking bim that sue be per- mitted to join the ex-Emperor Napoicon. ‘Whe Repablic te Expel the Foreign Invaders As in 1792. Paxis, Sept. 5—Evening. Special telegrams just now despatched, via Lon- don, forthe HzraLp in New York, will inform the world that in the Frencn proclamation, signed by WDepaty Keratry, announcing the policy of the now wepublic, he says thas the French revolution of to- slay has the same object as had the revolution of 2792—the one object of the comple expulsion of a foreign invading army from the soil of France. ‘The new Journal Oficie! of the French republic ‘Was issued in this city this eveding. | ‘The paper bas an editorial article on the subject of ; the governmental crisis and changes. It 1s addres- | wed to all Frenchmen, and saya that when the : people disavowed the course of the late government | the members of the Legislative Chambers hesitated in their desire or effort to save the country. France being then placed in immment danger has de- manded the republic, as her friends, tue fmiends of the country at large among the repre- sentatives, were not in power or place hitherto. There was thus grave peril to | the nation. The republic has vanquished invasion. In 1792 a French republic was proclaimed and the revolution accomplished in the name of right and ‘the public safety. Tho cittzeus of Paris to-day will ‘watch over the satety of the city of varis, In con- clusion the new journal says:—‘The trust 3s, citl vens, confided to you. To-morrow you wil! be the svengers on the enemy of France of all the wrongs of your country.” Conant Palikao’s Proposition to Parilament. Panis, Sept. 4—3:50P. M. 4 Via LONDON. § Minister the Count de Palikao to-day tnureduced © the Freach Parliament a bill providing for the institution of a Council of Governiment aud National Defence, and to consist of five members, to be elected by the Legisiative Body the Cabinet Mints- ders to be appointed by the approval of the mem. bers. ‘The bill provides that the Count de Palikao shall be Lieutenant General of the Council of Defence, and that that body shall accept and be guided by the terms and spirit of the revolution. M. Thiers said that he would adopt the Count’s views and plan under the ihen existing circum. stances, The Chamber adopted the proposition and will ap- point a Commitiee ot Government and National De- fenee, accompanying the action with the resolve that a Constituent Assembly shail be convoked as soon a5 the circumstances of the nation will permit. LONDON REPORTS OF THE REVOLUTION. 1 t TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. Compesition of the Frovisionnal Goverument— The Tuileries invaded, the Throne Destroyed and the Baste of Eonapartes Destroyod— Liberation of Rochefort. Lonpon, Sept. 5, 1870, ‘The members of the provisional government es- tablished at Paris are General Trochu, MM. Jales Simon, Gambetta, Pelletan, Favre, Forry, Kérirty, crémieux, Picard and Grévy. M. Kéritry performs the functions of Prefect of Police and M. Arago those of Mayor of laris. The excitement created here (London) and in the | provincial English towns by the news is Intense, Acorrespondent of the Datly News at Pars says at three o’clock Sunday afteruoon he saw the palac of the Tuileries invaded by a mob, who tore down the throne, destroying everything marked with the “imperial bees” and other Napoleonic insignia and carried away and cast into the Seme all busts, stataes and pictures of the Bonapurtes. Henn Rochefort was borne in triumph Hotel de Ville. In these scenes the soldiers frater nized with the people, and all shouted, “Vive la France!’ “Vive commerce!’ They Jaugned and wept with joy and embraced each other, ! to the FRENCH BECRE! TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YOK TELEBRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Set Oat for Paris. Brusexrs, via Lonpon, Sept. 5, 1870. The Counts de Paria and Duke d’Aumale, grand- i Sons of the late King Louis Philippe, aro on their way to Paria from Belgium. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE. Official Proclamation of the Birth of the Repub- lic--A Provisional Government Formed— Memes of the Mombers. TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD, ‘The following proclamation has been issued by the new government and telegraphed to the Naw York HERALD :— ’ REPUBLIQUE FRANOAISE, MINISTBRE DE LINFEKIEUR, ‘The dechéance has been pronounced in the Corps Légisiatif. The republic has been proclaimed at the Hotel de Ville. A government of national defence, composed of eleven members and all the Deputies of Paris, has been constituted and ratified by popu- lar acclaination. Thelr names are Arago, Isaac Adolphe Cremieux, Jules Favre, Jules Ferry, Gam- betta, Garnier-Pagés, Glais-Bizoin, Eugene Peiletan, M, Plcara, Rochefort and Jules Simon. General Trochu will at the same time continue In the exercise of the powers of Governor of Paris, and 1s appointed Minister of War in place of General Pallkao, Please placard immediately, and, 1% necessary, bave prociaimed by the public crier this declaration. For the government of national defense. ‘Tue Minister of tne Interior, LEON GAMBETYA. Paris, the 4th day of September, 1870, at six o'clock P. M, General Trochu Appointed Minister of War, ‘The following circular despatch has Veen sent by the Minister of the Interior to the Prefects of De- partments:— PARIS, Sept. 4, 1970. General Trochu, Governor of Paris, bas been ap- pointed member of the government of national de- fence installed at the Hotel de Ville. He takes the portfolio of War, and his colleagues have conferred upon him the Presidency, LEON GAMBETTL THE NEW GOVERNTIDN 2 ---NAMES NEMRERS. or ITS Panis, Sept. 5, 1870, ‘the following are the names of the principal mem- bers of the rpovisionat government of France: — Minister of t Leon Gambetta, ‘Minister of F ules Favre. Minister of Finan ‘terre Mague. dtinister of Public Tistruc- UDMeseeses Minister af Minister of War. President of the Council Secretary General af the Provisional Government, Andre Lavertugon, Mayor of Paris Prefect of Police aiiltiary and Cvwt Com mrssionas for Asay Generat trochu, Jules Grévy, Count de Kératry. Valentin and Englehart. SKETCHES OF MEMBERS ViSIOWAL OF THE PRO. LOVERNMENT. The following are brief biographical sketches of the principal members of the provisional govern ment of France:— Leon Gambetta, Minister of the Interior. M. Gambetta was born at Cahors in 1833, He made little noise at college, but was a hard worker, although he toiled after his own fashion and when he pleased, agreeing but indifferently with bis tutors and regarded by them as rather eccentric than intel- ligent. He was self-possessed and vehement in one, fond of solitude, fairly worshipping his own personal independence, but too precocious and too eminently gifted, perhaps, to be understood by his classmates. He came to Paris, went through his law studies there and entered the bar as the secretary of M. Crémieux, who gave him nis confidence, his friend- ship, called him his “son” upon all occasions and predicted for him @ brilliant fature, Gambetta soon becaine known among kuots of friends at lectures and at the bar. His rapla advancement has surprised none who were ‘acqnainted with him, for his tri- waphs ected and were looked upon by all ble. Occasions for them were sure to aris greatest of these was the Baudin aita, when tie republicans of Paris gainored at the tomb of that orator and martyr of thely cause. [t was this striking tmeidens witch prepared the way jor Gambetta’s entrance w the chamber, whens is high tone, yet determined Hiberansm, und his tact and eloqnence com- bined as a debater, soon placed him among its lean ing mind us glance at the physique of the man. His piexaon 18 pall contrasting strongly with very tinek. black hair and beard, te has ® masculine and Intetlectnai head, solidsy emvedded in a staiwart page of shoulders. lis bust is superb, and his frame } thiek-set and wuscnlar. His walk is prisk, yet firm, Parlinment Dissolved-Paid Senators Abol- | aud his speech rapid and isa Hits voice, ished—! i o which ney: seems to re, is sometimes: ined scees aoe ee full of cadence, sometimes ' stuualog in its New Kegime—Free Manuincture of Flre- | intonations and | somewhtt low, bul aiways arma. powerfal, His countenance 18 a very attractive Panis, Sept, 5—Evening via Lonvon. A special correspondent of the Ligrany, teiegraph- ing @ report of the existing situation ot irs in Parts, announces the fact ihet the new Ministry under the Presidency of Trovhu las issued a de- cree which dissolves the Corps Lgislotif and abolishes the Senate as constituted under the em- pire, sweeps away the office and salaries of the of Senators and extinguishes ti the Council of State as astirme: Napoleon. The right to manufacture tlrearims free to any or every citizen. A complete amnesty is proclaimed for !! persons convicted of political crimes or offences. Perfect order prevails in the city. The republic has been duly prociaimed und fally acknowledged in the cities of Lyouy ani /ordeans and the other large towns of Frauce. PREPARING FOR WAR. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. Energy of the New Governmont—The Senate Suppressed ai the Corps Legisintif Dis- solved—Soldiers and Citizens Fraternizing— ‘The Constituent Assembly tv be Convoked— Dismemberment of Frauce Impossible— Spirit of the Paris Journals. , PARIS, Sept. 5, 1870, ‘The provisional governmeni has taken possession of office without the slightest disorder. All the Ministers are acting with energy. Orders for the immediate formation of coiessal armies nave been issued. Over 200,000 men are ready to take the fletd. ‘The government Superintenden' of Telegraphs has announced to all the depariimenis the events An ‘Parts. ‘The Senate is suppressed and the Corps Légistant dissolved, An important fraction of the Chambers have met at President Sctineider’s residence, and seeM dixposed to act mdependentiy of the provir sional government, to whom, however, they bave sat deiegations, OMe>rs and soldiers fraternize with the people and place themselves under the ordei+ of the gov ernment, which is in permaneut session at the Hotel de Ville, under he Presidency of General Trochu, The Francs-Tireurs, of Paris, gaard ail the Minis- tries and pablic oMees, and evince the utmost de- sire to be courteous, It 18 understood that the govervmeat will con- voke the Constituent Assembly. ‘The Paris journals, without exception, urge the ution to make an unytelding deleuse, and declare the dismemberment of Francr impossible, The King of Prussia, they say, proclaimed that ne was warring only against Napoleon. Lf it now becomes evident that he is warring against wie French peo- ple, the struggle must be one of extermination. ‘The fleet must be ordered to treat the seaports of Germany a3 the Prussian arinies treat the rowns of Alsice and Lorraine. The enemy must be made to feel what united republican France can secomoiish. Ali mou here must bear ering, of President of nd recognized by is declared aud sympathetic combination of Itatlan deitcacy— tor he is of Genoese origin—and of Gascon vigor, fo'l of commingicd thougitfulness and audacity, frankness avd banghtiuess. His nose is siraigny end regular, wita strongly marked nostrils, broadiy dilated. Mis mouth is neatly cleit, with fair expansion, and is nove the worse for a strong disdeimful lip, that is sometimes brightened by a hearty jaugh of Rabelalsian mirth, His arms are Inuseular and yet lengthened as though to clasp an adversary, and his hand is broad, firm, olid, and vg made for energetic grasping and setttag tree y turns, When Gambetta is In repose. the observer would #ay that he ts just about to leap upward or to take bis fight in the atr; in other words that is gomg to speak. His large black eye looks upward and far away ihto the distance. He then seems to be counting tue “black spots" on the hori- zon, Yet this does not prevent his scanniag with sufficient accuracy the minor questions that swarm below and on either side. His mind is versatile enough to sweep in at one and the same moment the grandest topics and the most minute aetalis. He can soar aloft or creep below, and 1s just aa much nt home amid the intricactes ‘of affairs as on we glia of po.itics, is, above all things, a popular orator and advocate, and It would be impossible to find one more electrical or more vibratory in the shock and tremor o! tis words, Ue lives in wedest apartments on the filth floor at Nu. 45 Rue Bonaparte. A few engrav- ings, 4 good many » books, 2 buat of Mirabeau, form avout all the laxurtes of these quiet quarters, which have been occu- pled by the student, the lawyer and the aeputy in the successive stages of his career. Sucii 1s, im brief, a hasty picture of the man whom the grand evenis of the current year have made a conspicuous igure in French contemporancous history, and who is now called to the front in a decisive hour. Cinade Jules Favre, Foreign Affairs. The name of M. Favre heads the list of members composing the provisional government. The dis- tinguished politician was born at Lyons on tne sisi of March, 1809, his father being engaged in com- mercial pursuits. Sent to Parts to recelve his educa- tion, he was there studying law when the revolution of 1830 broke out. in @ letter published in the Nattonat on the 28th of July he declared in favor of the abolition ef monarchy and the creation of a con- atitutional republic. His views, however, were not adopted. Lonis Philippe ascended the throne, and the young republican student immediateiy after engaged in the practice of law. Returning to Lyons, almost his frst punite appearance at the bar was a4 counsel fur the workingmen chargea with belonging to Megat assoctations, This affair was the signal for a bloody siruggie orkingmen and the garrison, during which M. narrowly escaped death from @ ire of musketry directed at him. La 1836 be defended the revolurionists of April and began his great 1h With the defiant avowal, “1 am a republi- As an orator a8 Well a3 @ revolutionist ne bad by this tine made @ cousiderabie reputauon and was recognized as one of the heads of the republi- can pariy of France. Uniil 1548 M, Favre remained ont of office, but still a neverending thorn im the side of the government. Que revoiuitont of 1644 suceceded as mach under his hip os under that of aay other man in France. al once appointed Secretary General of tne the Interior, and as stich wrote the fa- lars to the commissioners of the provi- Gabriel Minister ef cy Eional goverament instructing them Low to exercise 7 « untimited powers. Soon after he was Clooted a represontative from the Department of the the 4 Loire, when he at once resigned bys office in Ministry. During the samo beled WUAbe a4 Unser Sesnaieey, and fn this comeaty an peties the prosecution of Louis Blane and Vaussidiere for the insurrection of June, Voting with the extreme left te, re‘sed to vole the national thanks to General Cavalgnac. Soon aiter be became an opponent of Louis Napo- leon, and bitterly denounced the expedition to Rome, He waa re-elected to the Legislature from the Department of the Khone, and, aft Ledru-tollin, beoame the leader of the “Mountain.” The coup a'é'at of 1851 pat an end co the politi career ol M. Favre for six years, In 1857, however, he was elected to the Corps Legislatif as an opposi- tion member. As the de‘ender of the conspirator Orsini ho created # great sensation by his denuncia- tions of tyrants, Since then he has remained & member of the Corps and been distinguished by his bitter hostility to the empire, He is a radical repubilcan, a brilliant orator aud an author of note, by his capacity as a ‘esman ts remains to be Singularly enough Pierre Magne, a devoted Bona- partist, has been retained in oitice by a republican government, He was appointed Minister of Finance afew wecks ago on the overthrow of the Olivier Ministry, and this position he now retains, M. Magne Was born at Perigoux, December 8, in the year 1800. He ts @ self-made man, being of what ts termed an “obscure” family. In 1831 he was admitted as an avooat, or attorney, and was patronized by Marshal Bugeaud, M. Fould noticed his peculiar ability, and soon afterwards took charge of his politica, fortunes, He became # member both of th Constituent and Legisiative Assembtles, in which bodies he was recognized as a practical wan, al- though not much of a debating speechmaker. He retired to private life tn 1844, but was recalled to oMcial position a8 Under Secretary of State for Finance in 1849 April 10, 1861, he was appointed Mintster of Pabbe Works, in which Sine was je was very successful during three or four years. an able advocate of railroad extension in France, and during the tnterim inspecied ali the main ines already down tn the empire and in other coun- tries of Europe, rg sy and suczestiag improve- ments. From 1864 to 1860 he held the portfolio of finance. In 1860 he was nominated Minister without @ portfolio, retired from the Cabinet in 1803, and was named @ Privy Councillor in April ol the last named year, He is a Senator, and was commander of the Legion of Honor before he received the Grana Cross in 1854. M, Magne originated and conducted most of Napoleon’s great loans. During his absence from Paris at one period the Empress Wugésnie visited him and found hin feeding a flock of chickens. Jules Simeon, Minister of Pablic Instraction. M. Simon is a native of Lorient, where he was born on the 31st of December, 1814. He received a brilliant education, which was concluded at the Norma! School, Setecting philosophy as his pro- fession, he was employed in 1835 1m teaching that science at the Lyete de Caen, and subsequently at other places, gaining great reputation by lus nu- merous lectures and writings. In 1945 he was dec- orated with the Lexton of Honor. During the following year he was au opposition condidate for the Cusmber of Deputies and was beaten; but in 1848, when he espoused the cause of the revolution, he was elected by the same department by 63,000 yotes, In the Assembly he votea with the moderate republicaas. He was made a member of the Coun- cil of State in 1849, Refusing to give his consent to the coup @état he was forced into temporary retire- ment, trom which he emerged when elected an op- position member to the Corps Légisiatif. He was Known as oneor the most determined opponents of Louis Napoleon, but was not regarded as an extreme republican. AS a philosopher M. Simon has achieved @ brilliant reputation. His published works are quite voluminous, and rank with those of Cuvier and other eminent writers on philosophy. Major General Trochu, Mivister of War. This distinguished oMcer, who is now tn com- mand at Paris, bears the reputation of being one of the ablest military men in Kurope. He is fifty-four years of age, having boen born in 1816. He was educated at tie military school of St. Cyr, where he displayed marked aptness and ability. On gradu- ating he was commissioned a sub-lieutenant in the army, and was soon aster sent to Algeria. Here Lieutenant Trochu, as 1 the case with nearly all ef the prominent generals of France, first saw mlil- tary service. In the numerous campatgna ogainst the Arabs he greatly distinguished himself by hus skill and gallantry, and at the outbreak of the revolation of 1848 had risen to the rank of major. Immediately after the re-establishment of the empire he was comulastoned @ colonel and for a time served on the staf of the oe Napoleon. During the war between France and England on the one side and Russia on the other Colonel Trochu ‘Was sent (o the Crimea as the confidential agent of Japoleon. He took part in all the military councils of the allied commanders, and ts said to have had more to do with determiaing the action of the French army than either Marshal St Arnand or General Canrovert. For his services he was promoted to the rank of general of brigade. The Ityltan campaign of 1859, report has it, was plauned by him and tae Jate Marshal Niel. Its complete sucvess ia well known to all students of history, Subsequently Tro- chuwas made major general. {1 ts certain that unt 1860 he was looked upon as a Supporter and friend of Napoieon, Siace then If 13 claimed that there has been a coldness ung between the two, Tro- chu laboring under the Lapression that he hus been oversiaughed by tae Emperor, who bas promoted mverior ‘ofticers over him, But it is not tue that he wes always an adherent of the Orieans dy- nasty. He may be now, aud If ne 18 hs partisuoship dates since the Italian war. As regards the present war ihe Geueral is not only reported Ww be @ bitter enemy to Prussia and in favor ol it, but also to lave sive and defeu- wo may depend » Lo the bitter end, ablisvents in favor ox 6 long been known, Sooa after the de- nd if these stat that he will coptinue ihe Trochu 1s @ liberal and b parliawentary governmey Hie is not a republican, howe feat of Marshal MacMahon at Woertt General 'tro- chu was appointed Governor of Paris, @ position he still holds im connection with the otiice of Minister of War. Whether be will remain faithful to the re- public, now that one hus been prociauued, or 1a- trigue for a restoration of the mhiouareny, tue atone can decide, Jules Grevy, President of the Council, M. Grovy was born at Mont-sous-Vandrez, i tie Jura, in 1610. He moved to Patis when a young man, studied law, and, afier his admission to the bar, became conspicuous on account of tle radical sentiments he gave expressiva to at every oppor- tunliy. After the revolution of 1643 he was ap- pointed a Commissioner of the provisional govern- Ment in bis departineut, and exercised his powers with much discretion and moderation, He was Subsequently elecced a member of tne Consiuiuent Assembly by a large majority and became Vice President of the Assembly and amember of the Committ AS # representative he was noted for hi aservative though he generaity voted wikn the und 1or bis G elojuence as an orator, After tne election of Lows Nupvleon he went into opposition and denounced the expedition to Rome, ite-elected to the Assem- , be remained faitiiut to the democracy, and Op- posed the coalitton between the royalists and Booa- usts. The coup dda! drove btin from political owhich he retarned last year, waeu he was ps Legisiatit, Garnier Pages. Louis Antoine Garnier Pages was born In Mar- seilies ou tho 17th of July, 1803, The double name he bears is owing to the fact that his mother had been twice married. When the revelntion of 1809 broke out Garmer Pages played his part, though an unimportant one in and around the barricades in the streets of Paris. When quict was restored aud the machinery of government was again in running or- der in the French capital Garnier Pages was returned asa deputy of the arrondessement of Verneuil, and took his seat in the Charader on the liberal sida, From the tenor of nis speeches and the course which he pursued it was evident that he had given te subjects of thance and commerce no small degree of attention, ‘nis was acknowledged on both aides of the house, and his remarks on these tm- portant questions attracted constderaole attention. He became one of the leaders of the organization whica was engaged in tne getting up ci the ban- quets Known a8 the reform bags rp which pre- ceded the revolution of 1848 His ability was at that time so recogiuzed that he was chosen Mayor of the city of Paris, and discharged the duties of the oMice with euch marked ability that he was after. wards appointed Minister of Finance under provisional governinent. [n this more delicate post- tiow he proved himself equal to the task. He intro- duced many tinportant reforms and had also to deal with a financial crisis. The ability with which he handled this latter duty again won for iim an en- viable confidence. A system of dock warrants and bonded warchouses were among soine of the reforms he introduced while acting in tie capacity of Finance Minister, In 1#64 he was elected a member ot the Executive coramission and also of the Legislative Assembly. Though his carcer as a poi- tcian has been an active one, exteuding at tines theongh periods of wild excitement, he ba: md tune to devote sume attention to literature. has He written a “History of the Revolution of sts," a | work of considerable merit, H Henri Rechefert. Perhaps there 1s no man w-day living In France whose name is better known than that of Henri Rochefort. Certainly none in Parisian republican circles. Mis well known, outspoken aud determined hostility to Napoleon LL. involved bun im many troubles. An intense republican, he was ready ab all times to express with nis tongue with his pen sentiments which less courageous men would hesitate to pronounce. This proclivity on his part was the means of bringing him Into collision with the government, and as a conse. quence he was arrested and convicted, and the publication of his journal, the Lanterne, was suppressed by the government. Roche- fer however, succeeded in making bis oscape to Belgium, where he again entered upon the publica- tion of fis notorious journal, Though proscribed in France, it found a ready sale, the very van of exclusion which was placed upon it by the imperial government dog more to increase tts popularity than to prevent its circulation. After @ short exile the Emperor oxtended @ fall pardon to the noisy Journatist, and he returned to Paris. For a time he was (he lion of the hour; but he gradually subsided into something like comparative quietness. Yet mally he fell into his old habits, As the Lanierne could not be revived in Paris and a# Rochefort could not do without & journal to ventilate bis opinions, he commenced the publlew ton of the Marsedlese, In this paper he again atiacked the government, and so biter were hus strictures on the Executive, induiging in personal slurs rather than discussing the public management Of aifuirs, that his paper was not only suspended, but he himself was imprisgned. Last year Koche- fort was elected @ momber of the Vorps Légtslatif, buc his career in that body is not remarkabte for anything which can distinguish him from any mem~ ber of that Lody possessed of ordinary ability. Louis Joseph Ernest Picard. M. Picara, who nas just been appointed ono of the Committee of Public Defence, was born in Paris on the 24th of December, 1821. He 1s a strong republt- can politician, and, like many others of the Parisian politicians of the French capital, 18 @ lawyer by pro- fession, being called to the bur in 1644, He was elected 4 member of the Corps Législatif tor the Fito Simamecription of the Department of Seine in 1858, since Which t.me he has been more or less ac- tively engaged in politics, Alexandre Ginis-Bizoin. ‘This statesman, one of the government of national defence, was born at Quintin, Cotes au Nord, on March 9, 1800. He was admitted to the bar in 1622, and, at once entering into political life, associated Nimself with the liberals against the restoration. After the revolution of 1830 he was appointed Coun- ollior General of his department, and was subse- quently clected a deputy for the arrondissement of Londéac, serving in this capacity until 1848, He voted always with the extreme left, signed the Compre Reldne of 1532, and was conspicuous for his demand for the complete application of the prin- ciples of 1789, He took an active part in the reform banquets, and aided in overthrowing the ministry of M. Gulzot. After the revolution of 1848 he was elected to the Assembly, and adhered to the extreme leit. On Louis Napoleon's election to the Presidency le at once went into opposijion, and, being beaten for re-election, retired to private life. In 1883 he was returned to the Corps Leyislatit as an opposition member, and was re-elected in 1869, M. Giais- Bizoin 18 regarded ag one of the moat radicai of Piench republicans, Eugene Pelletan. AM, Pelletan, who 1s @ distinguished French writer and politician, was born at Koyan, Charente Inie- rieure, on the 20th of October, 1815. He studied law mm Paria, aud was elected & member of the Corps Légisiail in 1504, He 1s the author of severad works, some of which have attained a good piace ta # rene luterawure, WAPOLZON AS A PRISONER. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. pata Interview of King Wiikam with the Ex-Gm- peror—He Describes Him—Queen Avgusta— fis Place of Asylum. BERLIN, Sept. 5, 1870, The following despatches have been received here from the King. It is the King’s own account ina letter to his wife of his interview with the captive Bonaparte, THE KING TO THE QUEEN. VARENNES, Sept. 4—3 A. M. What a thrilling moment that of my meeting with Napoleon! He was dejected, but dignified. I as- signed as his place of immediate stay Williamhoh, near Cassel. Our meeting took place at a small country house opposite tie western glacis of Sedan. When summoned to tt I was in the sadile inspect- ing the positions before the place. You must ima- gine my reception among the troops, It was inde- scribable, Their exultation was overwhelming. At dusk | ended a five hours’ ride, and at one in the morn returaed hither. May God aid us further, WILHELM. hg The Incidents of His Surrender from a French Poiut of View—Jeua Avenged—Ac- count by an Officer Wie Escaped trom MacMaton’s Command. PARIS, Sept. 4, 1570. An officer who attempted to reach the army of Marshal MacMahon furnishes the following details to the journals of the surrender of the Emperor:— In the second attack of our. armies we understand that all the positions of Marshal MacMauon were turned. Baseilie, Douzy, Bolan, Vellers, Cernay, Givonne, La Chapelie, Fleigneax, St. Mauge and Vrignes and the woods of Doucnery formed an ellipse of fire around Sedan, kept up by 450,000 soldiers and 900 canon, At Sedan, with 400,000 men before him, and seri- ously wounded m the shoulder and groin, with bombs bursting around him, the Marshal turned over bis command to General Wimpifen. AS regards the Emperor, MacMahon’s corps cov- ered him on the fleld of battle, and the walls of Sedan protected him for one hour longer. Pomg was the headquarters of the King of Prus- sia, the Prince Royal and a host of German princes and strangers. These two potuts (Sedan and Floing) are at a dis- tance of three kdometers one from the other. We weat through Serigny without hindrance, but not without difmiculty. At Fletgneux and St. Mauge, 500 metres distant from Floing, the music of the russian bands inlngled with the hurrahs of the onicers. The Prusstan soldiers dishonor the “Marseilaise.”* Our song of battle becomes, as provoking sarcasm, their hyma of victory. ‘Two shells shoot across the sky in the direction of Sedan, The town will probably be bombarded. A thick cloud of smoke, followed by Names, rises above the t , Where there are only wounded women and exhausted troops. The Emperor hoisted the white fag an hour before sending his rd to King William, As a reminder of Jena his implacable adversary made him send him his sword, as Napoleon [, made the King of Prussia do in other days, when he wished to have the man Ninweif in the grasp of his double files of soidiers, King William desired, in his turn, to have the Eia- peror Napoicon in his possession beiore ordering that Sedan should be destroyed, “One coes not discuss with a sword,” answered the King to those that brought him the sword of Bonaparte, “It should be broken—that is already done wita tue man, I would have Napoleon come here.” Ai the invitation of King William he was escorted by the wiute cuirassiers to his quarters. Bismarck aud Von Roon were preseat at ihe laterview. Imperial Project of Vengeance Aguinst Paris in the Fatare. LONDON, Sept. 6, 1870, Ti is said that a friend condoling with the Empe- ror ov Saturday expressed the hope that his popu- larity lu Paris was not gone, The Emperor replied:— “it matters not, I shall return there to exact a reckoning, not to give one.” Tho Original Text of Napoleons Leer of Surrender. PaRis, Sept. 4, 1870. ‘The Gawots gives the following as the exact text of the letter of Napoleon to the King of Prussia:— “Having no command in the army and having placed all my authority in the hands of the Empress as Regent, { herewith surreader wy sword to the King of Prussia.” ‘The Emperar to be Detained at the Couseut of Belgium. BRUSSELS, Sept, 3, 1870.) Via London, § Napoleon, a prisoner, will be conducted to Cassel. One of the principal OMcers of the railroad company positively airms that he has recetved orders for a train to go to Liege, where Napoleon will be provi- sionally detained, with the consent of Belgium, 1 have seou the telegram of the first hypothesis, which was taken to the station be the Brigadier de Gen- darmes, and I believe up it. The Imperial Pesoner on His His Place ef Confinomeni—itts AttendanteEis Heolth Bad. “ROUILLON, Belgium, Sept. 4, 1870. ‘The Emperor, with a sutte of 100 persons, on horse~ back and in carriages marked with the imporial cipher, arrived here at noon, escorted by an armed force of Prussians. He is going to Germany via Liege. Consent to tis passage (urough Belgian Wor Way to suite of NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. ritory had previously been gained from the Belgian government. The Ewperor ts reported to be seriousty tll. Stay Over Night at Vervieres, Vearvirnes, Belgium, Sept. 5, 1s70, The Emperor arrived here at five o'clock Sunday evening. He alighted at the railway station and proceeded to the hotel, where he slept for the night. He leaves to-night for Caase! The Emperor is accompanied by Count Cholsieul, the Prince of Moskowa, and others. EUGENIE. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Beported Flight of the Empress from the Tuileries. Panis, Sept. 5—P. “aga via London, During the existence of the popular excitement tn this city yesterday, and after the announcement of the formation of a provisional republican govern- ment, inquiry was made by the people for the Bm- press Eugenie. . It was stated in reply that her Majesty, accom- panied by the ladies who lately served her at court, nad fled from the Tutlerigs and from the city. fils Arrival a Eugenie’s Advance Guard at Brusxo!s. BRUSSELS, Sept. 4—Noon. Several of Eug¢nie's ladies of novor, who left the Tutleries some days before the fina! surrender of Nae Poleon, have arrived at this capital and are await ig the coming of her. Majesty. Rumored Abdicatioa of the Empress. Lonpon, Sept, 3, 1870. It fa sald that the Empress’ abdication in defer- ence to the national will, appearr in the Journal Of- Jciel this morning, and that she will leave for Bel- gium to-day. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Reported Flight to Belgium. BRUSSELS via LONDON, Sept. 5, 1870. A report is again repeated here conveying the positive assertion that the Prince Imperial of France | fled from Paris during the excitemeut yesterday and fled to Belgium, | Another Story—The Young Prince Surren- | ders with Gis Fathe: LONDON, Sept. 6, 1870. An Amsterdam telegram reports that the first an- nouncement thatthe Prince Impertal had escaped | into Belgium is erroneous, He, woo, surrendered at Sedan with the Emperor and MacMahon's army. Sull Another Account—The Prince and «genie to Join the Emprror at Cassel. BRUSSELS, Sept. 5, 1870. The French Prince Imperial has reached Namur. He goes to rejoin his father near Cavsel. The Um | press Eugénie is hourly expected to arrive here, en route for the same destination, | ‘The Prince Imperial UL. | Brus: Sept. 5, 18" | The Prince Imperial 1s reported to have been | seriously ill at Avesnes on Friday morning. ! THE FRENCH REFUGEES. = | TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Thousands of French Soldiers Disarmod. BRUSSELS, via LONDON, Sept. 4—Night Fifteen thousand refugee French soldiers, de- moratized toa very considerable extent by the de- feats of Napoleon's armies in the fleld, crossed the territorial border into Belgium duriug the day and evening of the 3d instant. ‘They carried with them many cannon and their | regimental eagles, and had 1,200 horses. ‘They surrendered at once, as have others of their countrymen who preceded thein, to the demands of | the neutral authorities of Beigium, and lald down | their arms. j wee, with | Arrival of Gencral Felix Douay at Brussots— | ‘The Orleans Princes Gone to Paris. | BRvasus, Sept. 6, 1870. It is reported that the Orleans Princes have gone (o Paris. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Ofiicin! Notification by the Prussians of Ubeir Determination te Contioue the War. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 1870, | The following official despatch has just been re- | eeived at the legation ot the North German Union:— | “The Emperor Napoleon having declared that bis captivity prevents him from negotiating the peaci the French government being at Varis, the war will | be continued. | THE SURRENDER OF SEDEN. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Fruits of the Victory—The Total Number Sur- | rendered. j LONDON, Sept. 5, 1870. | ‘The total number of prisoners surrendered at Seaan by General Wimpflen aud the Kinperor reaches one hundred and twenty thousand men, | including one Emperor, one marshal, a large nom | ber of geuerals and an tnnumcrobie host of smatier | officers. t The city of Sedan was burned in } Thurs tay | Additional Ineidents of the Surrender—Jey of | the Prussian ‘Vroopse—Speech trom Bin- march. BBvusseis, Sept. & Is7h [ A Prussian oiicer saw the Emperor on Saturday | at & cottage near the Prussian headquarters, with iwo Prussian cuirassiers guardiag him. i The Emperor rode from his place of detention to eallon the King a8 4 visitor rathey than as a prisoner. His barouche was piloted by two Uhlans and surrounded by several generals, the Imperial Piqueurs, in greem ana gold, being the only vody guard, The Bmperor smoked a cigarette as he rode. When the object of the visit of the Freneh tag became noised about as the surrender of the Em- peror, the cnthusiasm was more than French. their arms about the nearest necks and get up the “Marseillalse” and “Partant P la Syrie,”” which for some time rang through the camp until the King siienced it. ‘The soldters shouted around Bismarck, who, when silence waa regeined, said: — . “Gentiemen, lam notiing in cus wer. . Whank the King. Thank Moltke, General Felix Douay and stait have arrived here. | ‘mish Bearded fellows, discarding thelr weapons, poset | T After farther uproar he resumed :—“Wenh, Mf T aor responsivle for anything it is the powerfai ald given us by the Southern States. To them we owe this Jutest victory.’ The population of Sedan waved on the ramparts ‘the Prussian fag when the firing had ceased. Additional Strtisticy~ Thirty Thousand Freach ia Belzgiam. BRUSSELS, Sept. 6, 1870. The Indépndanee Belye says wuen Sedan sar- rendered it contained 70,00 soldiera, Last night 15,000 more surrendered to the Prussians an@ 80,000 took refuge in Belgium From these figures it (nfers that MacMahon’s army did not greatly ex- ceed 115,000 men, General Wimpffen's capitulation included the whole force of Sedan, Tue Prussian loses are Woa- derfally small, notwithstanding the rifled cannen, minies and initratiieuses;, ‘The following incidents are from Belgian fl General Fatlly was killed, not by his own soldiers bat by the Prussians. When hix body was foun@ the right arm was gone and there was also @ fright fui wound from a grenade in the thigh. THE ADVANCE ON PARIS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Arrival of the Prussians at St. Quentin—Pee March on Paris. Lonpon, Sept, 5, 1870, The Prussian advance last night reached 8% Quentin on tis route to Paris. St. Quentin is a tows: of some significance on the Somme, in the Depart ment of Aisne, and is somewha! famoas for lace and Tousiin manufactures, TELEGRAM TO TUE NEW YORK HERALD. ‘The Crowa Princes Kesaming the March. BRUSSKLS, Sept. 5, 1870, The Crown Princes of Prussia and Saxony begam their march on this morning. The King and Count Bismarek accompanied them, TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The Water Supply Cuc Of-The Belengured Army in a Desperate Steait—Usptare of Bazaine’s Despatches. LONDON, Sept. 6, 1870. A despatch from Borin, forwarded here for trans- mission to the HERALD, says the Germans have dis- covered and destroyed the liidden aqueduct on which Metz depended for wa ‘They also captnred Bazaine’s deapateh bag, the contents of which show that the Mrench are im & desperate condition, An early capitulation ts looked for and the Ger- mans are making noble preparations for the teat meat of the Frenely wounded with whom the city ! must be died, The prisoners taken by the French nave been roleased and sent out of the fortress on account ot the scarcity of food, Complaints come from Berlin that the Germans staylug in France are harshly treated, TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. | Overflow of the Khive and a Partial fuanda- tion—The Cathodral Badiy Injured. BRUSAELS, Sept. 4—Night, A telegram written specially for the MrBasp m Carlsruhe yesterday, ana forwerded here for trans mission to London and New York, brings the infor- | mation that on the previous day tne cellars of Stras- | bourg had been inundated by the rising of the river Khtue, oi ug great sutfering to the people, and » heavy and serious destruction of property, ‘The magoificent cathedral of Strasbourg, so much | admired, venerated almost, by tourliis, is partaally destroyed by the bombarding Gre. MON TMEDY. TELEGRAM TO THE REW YORK HERALD. Rofuses to Surrender. Brosse.s, Sept. 4—Night—via London, ALP special telegrams from the seat of war to ity, received during the day, report that a de- ad had been made by the Prussians upon Mont- medy for (he surrender of that town sad garrison, and that the demand was refased. Hr this | m PRUSSIAN EXULTATION. = TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. | Universal Excitement—Halr a Million of | People in the Strocts of Berlin—A | General Mlumiaation aud Fireworka— | Qacen Augusta in Tears of Joy. BERLIN, Via Lonpon,Sept. 5—Evenng, By special telegram tor the AeRaLp, to London, I have to report that there is a mad, intense, flery, | excitement of joy prevailing everywhere, on all sides, and indoor and out, in the Prussian capital, | caused by the wonderful developmeats which are taking place momentarily, There are five hundred thousand persons, at the least caicuiation, in the streets of the cily just | now. There is a most magnificent ilium/ination in every ; dwelling, from the highest to the most hambie. | The trlumphs of the war, the action of the King | and the good feeling of the people have been again } saluted by a salvo of one hundred guns. Fireworks are being lighted and rockets set off at every avaliable point, ' The royal palace is surrounded to its very doors with the joyous crowds. | Queen Augusta came out and saluted the people, but in doing so her Majesty was so completely over- come by her feelings that she burst into tears, THE MILITARY OPERATIONS. } THE WAR TO BE CONTINUED, { TUE BATTLE OF SI i. TELEGRAM TO THE REW YORK HERALD, (fhe following is the conclusion of the description of the battle of Sedan, telegraphed to the HeRALe on Sunday, bat which was interrupted by the break. ing of the wires ti ow Brunswick.) CRARGE OF TAN FPRENOM CAVALRY. “There will be a « of @ tight for that crest be fore it is won or lost,” said Sheridan, straining his eyes through his tleld glass at the hill, which was not three miles from us where we stood, with the. full sun shining on it from behind us. At half-past one the French cavairy—this time, [ fancy, a regiment of carbiulers—made another dash at the Prussians, who on their part were being re- inforced every minute, but they met with the same fate as their brethren in the tron jacket, and were sent with heavy loss to the right-about. The Pras- | stans took.advantage of their Mmght to advance their line a couple of hundred yarda nearer the line which the French infantry held. These adventurous Pras- sians split into wo bodies, the two bogies having break of a hundred yards in their tine. We were not. long m seetag the object of this movement; for the litde white put from the crest bebind the skir- rs, followed by a commotion in the: dense French masses, showed us that BELGIAN NEVUYRALITY. Count Bismarck chose that moment to comein and have @ talk with his English and American, friends, Iwas anxious to know what the Federal Chancellor had done about the threatened neutrabty | of Belgium, and my curiosity was soon gratified. “LT bave told the Belgian Minister of War." satdy Count Bismarck, “that so long as the Belgian troops: do their utmost ta, disarm any namber of Frencm soldiers who may cross the frontier Twit strictly respect the neutrality of Belgium, | bat if, om the coutrary, the Belgtans, either | through mnegtigeace or inability, do nop dis arm and capture every man in French uniforna, who seta his footin their country we shall at once : follow the enemy into neutral territory with oar troops, considering that the Frenca have been. the first to violate the Belgian soil. Ihaye been down wo ; have a look af the Belgian troops uear the freatiar,"” added Count Bismarck, “and I coufess they do not inspire me with @ very high opinion of their martial order or disciptine, only when they have their great- coats On one can see 4 great deal of palettes, but hardly any seldier.”” 1 asked his Excelleney where he thought the Km- peror was—in Sodan? “Ob, nO?’ was the reply. “Napoieor, is not verry wise, but he ts not quite so fooliah as to. pat himsel, iu Sedan Just now.” ' For once in his 1% Count Bismarck was wroog., Aj a quarter to Tiree o’¢lock the King carne.te. where | was standing, saying he thought the Freagh were going to try and break out just beneash usin ‘cont of the Seoond Bavarian corps, At ten mauutes lo four General Sheridan tot me (eat NAPOLKON AND LOUIS WHEE IN SEDANY At twenty minutes past three the Kavarlang®elow NS Not Only contrived to get inside the fortigeutions of Sedan, bu! to maintain themselves there, work- ing tAeir way forward from house to house, | Aboat four there was a great fight forthe posses. | Sioa of the ridge above Bazielies; that Alone, Sedaa, | Was swept on all sides by the Prassian/ cannon, ‘This palnt of vantage was carried bye the Prussians fat twenty minutes to tive, and when ‘carried there could ne longer be a shadow of doabyius to the ulti. mato fate of Sedan. About five o'clock there wr, again a sudden sus, pension of the cannovade aloag the whole lime. “YES, DIABLES 42 PRUSSLANS”? have contrived, heaven Guly knows how, to get couple of four-pounders up the steep ground, and have opened on the French. Something must have H At tus point been very wrong with the Froncy igs QONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE,