The New York Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1870, Page 3

Situation of Affairs In Paris and Through- t out France. OF Cn FIGHTING WEAR PARIS YESTERDAY. A Series of Severe Engage- ments Going On. Crossing of the Seluc by the Prussians. An Early Capitulation of Stras- bourg Necessary. Great Britain Refuses tc Mediate Between France and Prussia, Territorial Agerandizement or Continual War Prussia’s Ultimatum. A FRENCH MILITARY LEADER WANTED, Attempted Assassination of Napoleon. Return of tho French Tron-Clad Fleet from German Waters. THE MILITARY OPERATIONS, TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Sovere Fighting at Ablon aud Juvisy—The Prassiaus Routed im ove pince and Maintain their Position at tle other—The Attack to be Renowed—Skirmish near Amiens—Can- sobert in the Ficld. Lonpon, Sept. 17, 1870. The HERALD special correspondent at Rouen sends Word of a sharp engagement yesterday on the line Of the Orleans Railway, near Cobell, between the ad- vance of the Prussian left wing and a body of Gardes Mobiles and Francs-Tireurs, supported bya @etachment of the army of Parts. The Prussian cavalry were defeated on Thursday afternoon at Guignes, end driven back on Melem, on ‘the Parts and Lyons railway, which town had been oecupled in force on Wednesday by infantry and artillery, Yesterday morning a column of three arms ad- vanced from Melem upon Carbell, fourteen miles from Paris, with the object of destroying the flour mollis and selzing the granaries at that point, and to throw forward & party to cut the direct line of tho Alean3 railway, two miles further north, at Juvisy. The second object was attained, but the Prussians having pushed on three miles further to Ablon, were attacked by a supertor force, and, siter a severe copilct, were routed and compelled to vetreat upon tée entrenchments which they had thrown up on a hill at Juvisy, commanding the passage of the Orgo, the bridge over which bad been blown up by tho French. At the same time the Prussians at Caboll, who had established themselves in the ham- ‘et of Ris, were attacked by a French force wivancing from Langpremean and Ftampes, They succeeded in maintaining their positions, and Tering the action the extensive mills and grana-" des on the Essone wore set on ‘ire and burned to fhe ground, with ajl of thetr contents that had bot been previously transported to Paris, Inthe action at Albion many villas and private residences were set on fire, and the ancient Protes- tant charcb, one of the few exempted by the revoca- Won of the Ealct of Mantes, was serlousiy damaged. ‘When your special left Chartres a column of troops Was nioving out to renew the attack upon the Prus- wlans at Juquisy, SKIRMISH NEAR AMEINS. The city of Calais and the whole Pas de Calais were this morning declared to be in a state of siege and put ander martial law. Communication bg rail snd telegraph between Paris and Calais were yes- verday cut between Ameing and Paris, A detach- ment of Prussian cavalry attacked the staiion at Longneau, three miles from Amiens, captured a train coming in from Brussels, and burned the build- ings at tho station. Communication between Amiens and Rouen still, however, remains open. BEPORTED MOVEMENTS OF MARSMAL CANKOBER?. We have® rumor irom Mous, by way of Ostend, that the foree under Marshal Canrobert on Wednes- day attacked and defeated the Prussians near St. Quentin, and that an action was going on on Thars- day near Terguler, It is believed that Canrobert has formed a junction with troops from Lille, Valen- clences and Arras, and that he 1s treatening the right wing of the Prussians vefore Paris at Cam- piegne. THE CANAL LOCKS BLOWN UP. ‘The HERALD correspondent at Ostend confirms the statement that the French engineers had blown up the locks of the canal of the Marne, and let out the water, so that the Prassian stege guna which were transporting for the sicge of Paris have been stuck in the Mud, aud cannot be brought np for some time. ATTACK ON THE PRUSSIAN RIGHT WING, ‘The ramor from Paris to-day was to the effect nat alarge force has been sont out from the city to at- tack the Prudsian right wing to the northeast of Paris, at Compaigne, The city remained tranquil. Wighting at Several Points Near Paris Treachery iu. the City Feared—Lmprudence of the Ofiicints. LoNDON, Sept. 17, 1870. The Heraip correspondent from Paris wettes shat the news is meagre and contradictory. The usual Jines of communication haye been inte rapted, The Northern Railway, leading from Orleans to Paris, bas beeu cut between Abion and Juvisy, aout elght miles south of Paris, At the lavter place ‘he Germans had pianted a battery. Heavy firing has been heard in that direetion, and 18 thought a batue was m proge No details ave been received. Sharp figuijng has occurred at fue, another smali town on the Qrieaus Railway, where the line had been cut, FIGHTING ELSEWUBRE NEAR THR CITY. Telegrams written by the Heranp's Special cor- respondent et Rouen, France, under date of this afternoon, report that Aghting commenced between ihe Prussian and French forces within twenty-five miles of Paris yesterday, ‘The raliroad commantication around Paris has deen cut, with the exception of the routes leading to Brittany and Normandy. TREACHERY IN PARIS PEARED, {i tsevident that the King of Prusgia hopes for as. wstance within the Walls of Parky thug garrying owt NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1870,-TRIPLE SHEET. a an old military trick. Within the last few days & great many Ubians have been captured, all of whom pretend to have lost their horses, Two were taken on Tuesday @ great distance from thelr corps. It looks suspicious that all these prisoners speak the French language perfectly, 1 fear we shall have an- other wooden horse affair. It is most imprudent to keep Prussian prisoners in the city when the fight ‘The ratlroad to Laon is now entirely in the hands of the Prussians, Positions ef the Prassiane—Their Siege Guus Still in the Caunl Mud—Laon Blown Up by a Prench Veteran. Pants, Sept. 11, 1810. The Prassians are still numerous near Villeneuve, Dammartn and La Plessis, A force of 3,000 has oc- cuple@ Villers Cotverets, and there are 10,000 at Nanteail, . It {s still believed the Prussian line of at- tack will be from the east, by way of Vincennes, THE PRUSSIAN SIEGE TRAIN STILL IN THE CANAL MUD. It 1s said the Prussian slege train is still fast aground in the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, occa- sloned by the sudden withdrawal of tho water in the Western division by the French engineers, THR OIYADEL OF LAON BLOWN UP BY AN ALMA VETERAN. ‘The commandant of the Fortress of Laon has been exonerated of the charge of blowing up the citadel, ‘The work was done by @ guard of the magazine, ab Alma veteran, in a state of patriotic eXaltation. A Donleful Statement About the Fort at Vincennes=Minor Engagements Near Paris—Prussians Firing into Traine=They Have Crossed the Seine with Fifty Cannon. Tours, Sept. 17, 1870. ‘The fort at Vincennes was blown up and destroyed yesterday by the French, the position bemg unte- nable, It is understood there were several minor engage- ments outside the fortifications of Parts yesterday. ‘Tho following news is promulgated through the office of the French Secretary of the Interlor:— All the service of the Northern Railway has been suspended. ‘The Prussians have fired into passing trains at Ablon and burned the depot there, They have crossed the Seine, with fifty cannon. ‘The Prussian cavalry now Isolates Solssons from Paris and Tours. OPERATIONS ON THE RAINE. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The Situation at Strasbourg Growing Despe- rate-Au Eaxly Capitulation Necessary— Prussian Advauce on Paris irom the Khine— Reported Defeat of Their Advance. Panis, Sept. 17, 1870. ‘The commander at Strasbourg, General Uirich, telegraphs to the War Department that the situation of the city 1s continually growing desperate, neces- sitating his early capitulation, Adespatch from the Sub-Prefect at Mulhouse to the government at Tours announces that the enemy now occupy that town and Cernay, and seem to be seeking a new route to Parts. It is reported that the advance guard of the Prussians has been defeated between Mulbouse and Colmar. THE SITUATION IN PARIS. TELEGRAMS 19 THE NEW YCRK HERALD. A Special Herald Report from the Ceuntry— The Peoplo of the Depurtments Sad and Downcrst—Grand and Stirring Memories but No Man to Load to Glory—Bismarck Rea garded as Inexorable Outside of Paris Belgium Hopeful and Sympathetic with France. Lonpon, Sept. 17, 1870, A special correspondent of the Hexanp writes by telegraph from Martenbourg under date of the 16th instant. I received his report in this city at an early hour to-day, and proceed to transmit it by cable to New. York, The correspondent says:—I write to inform you that as I was proceeding by ‘the railroad train to- wards Paris and had arrived at Calais, en route, when I found that the Mnes, both of the telegraph and iron road, had been cut at different points still farther on and nearer to the city. I deemed Its use- less to attempt to get to the French capital by any extra, and perhaps donbtful and hazardous, means of consequence, thinking it of no avallto go there for purposes of news enterprise, as no person 19 permitted to quit the city for the work of for- warding reports to newspapers or even to private in- dividuals. I have not been able, owing to these causes and considerations, to run under the walls of Paris asi have been commissioned todo, In- deed wy efforts would havo been almost worthless under the circumstances, in so far as regards the fulfilment of the HERALD enterprise, nad I been there. In this emergency I availed myself of another line of French trains and proceeded through cities and the north of France to the frontier with the view of getting cu board of the cars at Rheims, Imade an accurate survey of the condition of the country through which I passed. I must say, as the result of my observations of personal communication with them, that tho peo. ple are downcast in spirit throughout France, Outside of Paris they have no military organiza- tion, no political confidence. There 1s no chief, no controlling mind. The army forces appear to be vastly discouraged by the unavailing efforts which have been made against the Prussians, The general prevailing sentiment of the population 1s very much akin, exceedingly hke, to one of general hopeless- ness of the result of a public cause. A man such as was Napoleon the First, a man like Hoche, or a man like Moreau might even now retrieve the condition of French affairs, but men ike these are not to be found in France to-day. Leaders such as they were are looked for, but they are still wanting. The desire of the French people for peace is unl- versal in the lend. An impression prevails ever—{t is expressed, very generaliy—to tho effect that Count Bismarck will not be satisfied, either ag Premier of Prussia or a8 a German political leader, with any result of the war short of signing a peace treaty with the French in Paris, The sympathy of the people of Belgium remains strongly in favor of the French. They know very well that 100,000 good men and true to France may yet arise, could, in fact, now be had, in the Northern Department; but they fear—and hence comes disap- polntment—that no man fit to lead them would rise at the samp time. The Heraxp special writer concludes the telegram report of lis frontier observations at this point, and then adds:—“I hope to write to you soon from the headquarters of the Prussian army, notwithstanding the many difficalties of present travel.” Rairead Travel Stopped—Destruction of Biidges—The Newspapers in Hard Straits for Printing Material—Republican News from Marseilles. Paris, Sept, 17, 1870. No railroad trains have left Paris to-day, the Com- mittee of Defence having given orders to that evfect, The very latest telegrams from the French pro- vinces report that the members of the National De- fence Committee exhibit the very greatest possible activity at Tours, and, in fact, in all the departments of France, The Gaulois this morning gives a list of twenty bridges to the east of Paris which have been de. stroyed by the French to prevent the approach of the Prussians, ‘The scarcity of printing paper in Paris is begin- ning 1o be seriously felt. Galignani’s Messenger, which was recently reduced in size from this cause, to-day announces that its pubilcation will be en- tlrely suspended In a few days. A report received here to-day s@ys that a grand -re- Publican dewoustratjon recently occurred at Mar- . sel!les. M, Esquiros made a strong discourse in honor of the United States, asserting that the empire was the friend of the Southern rebellion, and that the French republicans favored the Union. Mr, Price, the American Consul, also made a speech sympa- thizing with the new government. Looking ,Out for the ProvisionsSympathy With Napoleon—The American Minister's Advice to Americans—Price of Meat—The ar enn Mente, Lonpon, Sept. 17, 1870, ‘The grain which has been stored at the various rallway stations in Paris has been removed to points nearer the-centre of the city, Many of the old potice force of Paris have been arrested on the charge of being concerned in a Bonapartist plot, The nephew of ex-Prefect of the Slene Pietri, who was recently arrested, 13 believed to be at the head of the conspiracy, ‘The United States Miuister has advised all Ameri- cans remaining in Paris during the slege to stay in their apartments, but be sure to keep the American flag flying from their roof or windows. The Ameri- cans accordingly are taking the siege coolly, and Putting a chip on their hats, waiting for some one to knock It olf if they care. There are reports, not traceable to any authentic source, of great revolutionary violence at Lyons, going so far as to assert tnat the red republicans demand the erection of the guillotine, the execution of all pseudo-republicans and the proclamation of the Univerzal Republic, The Paris Journal Opiciel of the 15th publishes a decree fixing the price of butchers’ meat that of the best cuts at twenty-one sous per pound. ‘The Prefect of the Police has issued an order that all the wines and provisions found in. the imperial palaces shall be distributed to the ambulances. The interest on tie French treasury bonds has been fixed at five and a haif per cent. JULES FAVRE AND BISMARCK. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. An Interview Between the Statesmen Anti- cipated. Paris, Sept. 17—Night. Persons who are regarded as being very well in- formed as to the course of public events state to-day that @ personal interview 1s about to take place be- tween M. Jules Fayre and his Excellency Count von Bismarck, Premier of the North German Confedera- ton, on the subject matter of the war between France and Prussia, its mode of conduct and tho probability of its close. This movement has been initiated in Paris, M. Fayre having forwarded a specific proposition, drawn up by his own hand, to Berlia with respect ° it. AFFAIRS AT TOURS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Republican Demonstrations in Bordeaux— Parisian Newspapers=The Minister of Jus« Uce at His New Post—Large Numbers mie erating. Tours, Sept. 17, 1870. Demonstrations have been made dt Bordeaux in javor of the republic. The American Consul was loudly cheered, The Liberté, Constitutionnel, Gazette ae France and’ some other Journals which have, heretofore, been printed in Paris will appear in this city after to-day. M. Cremienx, the Minister of Justice, is lodged here at the residence of the Archbishop. There is a perfect understanding between them, which is con- sidered as foreshadowing the union of all political parties for the national defence. Advices received at the War Department show that gre.t numbers of the French are emigrating. Bordeaux telegrams state that great activity exists there. The Committee of Delence 1s enrolling a large force collected there and in the surrounding departments. : REPORTS FROM RLIN. TELEGRAM TQ THE NEW YORK HERALD. Indignation of the Germans Expelled from Brance—Situation of Affairs Ia and Around Strasbourg. BERLIN, Sept. 17, 1870, The Germans who have been expelled from Paris will demand indemnity through the Prussian gov- ernment, Eighty thousand Germans have been driven from the Department of the Seme alone. The Gazetie of Cologne to-day has an editorial article giving the following pinteresting statistics and particulars:— There are now before Strasbourg eighteen bat- terles of mortars and rified cannon, ‘These fire col- lectively more than seven thousand shots into the clty every day. Thirty car loads of munitions of war, including eight thousand quintals of tron, are taus consumed daily. The Gazette then goes on to show how immense must pe the expense of besieging Paris. If @ proportionate outlay be required there five times these resources must be exhausted. THE IMPERIAL EXILE, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Attempted Awnsassination of Napoleon. BERLIN, Sept. 17, 1870. Considerable excitement was occasioued at Wil- helmshoehe recently by an attempt to assassinate the French Emperor, by a German apprentice. He ‘was arrested betore he could accomplish his purpose. A loaded pistol was found on his person and he boldly declared that the bullet was designed for Napoleon, THE QUESTION OF PEACE. the Emperor TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Territorial Aggrandizement for Prussia or Continual War—Great Britain to Remain Neutral—Newspaper Advocacy of Intervene tiouParis Hopeful on Thursday. LONDON, Sept. 17, 1870, The Standard’s correspondent, writing from Berlin, gives the substance of a conversation recently held with Count von Bismarck. The latter aMrmed that Prussia would prosecute the war indefinitely rather than abandon the idea of territorial aggrandizement. GREAT BRITAIN TO REMAIN NEUTRAL I have been specially informed to-day that M, Thiers, after having been accorded two diplomatic interviews with the members of the British Cabinet, was informed, definitely and officially, by Earl Gran- ville, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that the government of Great Britain post- tively declines any interference in the settlement or arrangement or negotiation of a peace between the King of Prussia and the executive of the French republic. I have been assured that ministerial information to the same effect on this subject was placed in the hands of the Prussian Minister to the Court of St. James by the Foreign Oflce of England to-day, AN ENGLISH PAPER SUPPORTING INTERVENTION, The Economist of this city to-day has a strong article in favor of peace. “The very object of the war,” the article says, | “was to sustaim the principle of German unity against the objections of France. That object is now attained, and mankind should tnterpose to save Paris, and then ‘agree that no great city shall hereafter be fortified.” JULES FAVRE AND THE SPANISU MIN SULTATIO: The correspondent oi the New Yor« HERarp, writing from Paris under date of the 15th 1ust., Says that the frequent interviews between Jules Favre and Olozaga are attracting much attention, The latter left for Madrid last night. HOPEFUL FEBLING IN PARIS ON THURSDAY. There is @ more hopeful feelipg at Paris to-day, Srom the announcement that Lord Lyons bas gone tER IN CON- to tho Prussian headquarters and that the elections for the Constituent Assembly will take piace on the 2d instead of the 16th of October. All accounts from Paris describe the French as eager for peace. LONDON REPORTS. TELEGHAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, English Neutrality—?Tho Trade of War—Ba- varia Wauts to Remain Outside of the North German Confederation~Humane Proposition of the Crown Prince=The London Press on tho Parls Red Republicans. Lonvon, Sept. 1%, 1870, Ihave reason to know, by information obtained from reliable sources, that a quantity of the English muskets Which have been sold into France since the commencement of the war were the property of the British government, and that the sales were eifected by government agents, Bavaria has repudiated any desire to enter the North German confederation. ‘ A Berlin correspondent of one of the London Journals says the biowiug up of the citadel of Laon after the capitulation was worthy of the Fenians, but not of men of honor. ‘The Crown Prince of Pressia nas addressed @ cire cular to the German people, urging the creation of a fund for the sick and wounded, A correspondent of the Gove, writing from Paris, gays the red republicans are now really more dan- merous to the safety of the city than the Prussians themselves. Some of them are already urging the erection of the guillotine, It has been announced from Brussels that the In- ternaitonale has begun to disseminate throughout Southern Germany documents calling upon the peo- ple to Make common cause with the people of France and to demand the abolition of the nobility and of monarchy. Itis certain that the Bavarlan government has been forced to declare that it in no way aaheres to the project of consolidation with the North German Confederation, PRUSSIA AND BELGIUM. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Prussia Demanding Explanations from. Bel- gium—The Belgians Waxing Defiant. Lonpon, Sept, 17, 1870, It is said that Count Bismarck has asked an explanation from the Belgian government for hav- ing allowed twelve thousand French soldiers to cross her territory unchecked, In this connection the tast number of the Independance Belge says, “it fears Belgium has already leaned too sharply to Prussta,’? AN EXTRAORDINARY ALLIANCE. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Russia, Austria and Italy in Alliance Against Prussia. Lonpon, Sept. 17, 1870. There 1s great excitement In diplomatic circles nere tonight over the report that an alliance be- tween Austria, [taly and Russia has been completed, the object of which 13 to be the division of the Turkish Empire, the ane nexation of Prussian Poland by Russia, the annexa. tion of Prussian Siberia by Austria and the gurren- der of the Italian Tyrol to Italy. © * This extraordinary story, coupled with the news that @ Prussian demand upon Belgium has been met by a sharp refusal, and with the oficial declaration from Berlin that King William will positively recog nize no government in France but that of the Em- peror Napoleon and the Regency arouses the greatest alarm, Jt is beileved that Wurope is on the evo of complications more formidable and extensive than any one dreamed of a few weeks ago. »» REPUBLICANISM 1 EUROPE. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Radical Demorratic Demonstrations in Aus- trin aud Germany. LoNpon, Sept. 17, 1870. The HERALD correspondent at Ostend sends word that a formidable popular demonstration was held in Vienna yesterday before the hall of the Impe- rial Parliament, The German banner of 1848 was carried im the procession, and cries were raised forthe republic. The crowd was dispersed by the police, and a few arrests were made, but no lives, fortunately, were lost. The excitement of the peo- ple in Prague, Brunn, and other cities of the empire is on the increase. ‘The walls of the Romer, in Frankfort, were found covored on Wednesday morning’ early with huge placards calling on the people to prepare for the proclamation of the Deiwocratic Social Republic, Asimilar placard was afMfxed to the main entrance of the Panius-Kirche. The plicards were printed in French and German and were headed “By order of the Universal Commitice of the European Re- public,” Groups gathered about them, and the police tore them down; but no demonstration was made. THE FRENCH NAVY. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Disastrous Failure. of th War—Special french Navy in the Exposition of the Men-of- War’s Men to the Herald~How Napoleons Tron-Clads Went Forth to Failure—Prossian Vigilance On and Under the Deep—Why Kiel was Not Bombarded=The American. Built Ram Rachambeau. LONDON, Sept. 17, 187 0, One of the HEKaLp special correspondents serv. ing with the French ficet writes as follows iman interesting report which I recelyed from him to- day, He says:—The French sailors express much satis. faction at the news that there 19 now a prospect ofthe breaking up of the blockade of the ports of the Baltic and the other harbors and seaports of North Germany, ana of the menbetog in consequence returned to some new points or centres of duty at which thelr more ac- uve service may be made available in the defence of their country. When the Freneh Meet took thele departure from Cherbourg (they write) the Ministes of Marine in Paria gave Admiral Bouet-Williamanez, its commander, @ distinct pro- mise to the effect that not only would several armor. clad vessels of war follow his flag at brief intervaia of time, but, that (and this wae deemed by the Ad- miral asof the first importance) a feet of trans- ports, capable of conveying @ farce of from thirty to forty thousand mon, would be despatched in his wake with an army of this strength, destined for land operations agafast the Prussians on the coast line, All these official promises were, ag is known to and repeated by tho sailors, broken. Tha French fleet was left to ita own unassisted resources, Which were, im consequence of its facing and armament, barely suflicient to effect a legal blockade of the ports of the “enemy.” This service was very tedious; itsoon became very distasteful and unsatisfactory tothe men, Toe aa- chorages of the vessels were exceedingly dan- gereus, They were made in waters abounaing with hidden, uamarked reefs and shallows. There was no friendly light to Warn the ships of their approach to danger by night; no buoys, no tidal surface marks to guide them by day. While themen were compelled to be constantly on the alert in thelr endeavors to guard cgaiust sudden surprises of the encmy, they possessed, in reality, bot very alight means of retal- jation against the German ports which sull remained open. Tac French navy was ‘forbidden to attack thy shore fortresses, Indced, there was not the stightes® prospect Nom the frst of ita being abia to do so with any chance of success. Tho heavy tron-clad war ships had a dranght of water ranging from twenty-threo to twenty-eight feet, with the exception of the great iron-plated ram Rochambeau (Dunder- berg), which combines a most formidabie armament with @ cowparatively light draught, Very Little could be done by a single ship, however, in the con- duct of such a war. The Rochambeau may have attacked Kiel, but for what purpose or with what aim as to immediate consequences? The forts which command the entrance to the harbor of Kiel are situated on high grounds—so high, indeed, the Rochambeau could hardly elevate her guns sufficiently so a3 to range then with auy par- tcularly damaging effect, while the French ram and her consorts would become exposed at once to a de- structive fire downward from the battertes. Escap- ing this, if they did, they would encounter still more formidable obstacles in a bay tilled with sube merged torpedoes and rendered almost completely unnavigable by means of sunken vessels which were connected by @ perfect uctwork of iron cables and chains which held them together, thus leaving only one narrow and tortuous channel through whiche vessels of the smallest cra(t could barely manage to pick thelr way. Under such circumstances, say the French men- of-war’s men, it would have been perfect madness to attempt to penetrate sufficiently far in so as to take position for 4 bombardment of Kiel. To en- deavor to pass Im for the mere purpose of attempt- ing to capture a few Prussian wooden suips-of-war would have been an act either of madness or of Senseless temerity; @ piece of folly which would re- sult perhaps in a grand German triumph being had at sea as well as im some of the battle actions on land. Hence and for such reasons, as the sailors ex- plain, came the complete and most disastrous failure of the hitherto vaunted and very powerful feet of France in the our of the country’s danger, notwitn- standing its huge cost and really flne equipment. ‘The inference which is drawn from these facts here isto the effect that France under Napoleon should elther have had no war fleet or had one four times as powerful as that which she sent forth in the moment of her emergenc; The Recalled to Ports. PaRis, Sept. 17, 1870. Tlearn that the French tron-clads have been re- called from the Baltic and North Seas to proteet Cher- bourg, Havre, and the other ports from capture by the Prussiaus, M. Tourichon, the Minister of the Marine, is now at Havre, Fleets Protect French DEUTSCHLAND HOCH! Enthusiastic German Meeting. Protests Against All Interference in the Franco- German War—Germany Alone Competent to Dictate Peacs—Aleace and Lorraine Must be Reannexed—Advice to the Ameri- cans and [rish—France Must be Punished. Mass ‘The grand mass meeting announced for yeaterday evening at Steiuway Hall “for the purpose of pass ing resoiutions of protest against all uncalled for. mediation of foreign Powers in the war now pending between France and Germany which could tend to deprive Germany of the just fruits of her victories was not very numerously attended. Come. pared with the first mass meeting, held at the same place at the outbreak of the war, it was rather tame in point of numbers, the hall belag only about two- thirds filled, 1¢ would appear that the spirit which Keeps the German armies in France on their endless forward marches, carcleas whether tt rat Water or hatled bullets, dues not animate our loc: German population ta the same degree, for it was Undoubtedly the slight rain and fresh breeze which, kept the “masses’? away from Steinway Hail. But In point of enthusiasm this meeting was in no way behind the first one; om the contrary, iL exceeded It, if that could have been poasivie, This was made especially evident as the orchestra struck up the “Dueppeler Schanzen Marsch; the applause with which tis was received would Nardly end. On the platforin, among the more noteworthy per- somages could bo seen ex-Consul Friedrich Kuehr, Mr, Oswald Ottendorfer, ex-Governor Salomon, Mr, Sigismund Kaufmans, Mr. William Stemway, Mr. F. Schwedler, Mr. Magnus Gross, Mr, Gerson N. Herrmann, Dr. Adolphus Bere manu. No oficial representative of auy of the Ger- man governments appenred at the meeting, prona- bly for the reason that in thelr view it might have been considered diplomatically improper to assist at procecdings the evident object of whica was to exert a popular pressure upon their governments as to the further conduct of the war, and of the pros- pective peace negotiations. Mr. A, Klamroth called the meeting to order, and proposed Mr. Oswald Otteadorfer for chairman, which was unaniinously carried. Mi, OTTENDORFER ontaking the chatr spoke quite at leagth, and to judge from the enthusiastic applause and the many exclamations of “good,” “bravo, his sentinonts were fully those of his hearers, He matntalued that the heavy sacrifices which the German peo- already made eatitie them to claim, that ho peace snall be made whitch does not secure their Tights, Un pace, their freedom and their high aud justly cutinent position among the natons of whe world. Th e adoption by France of the name of a “repu after the Jorcible detiironement by the successful arms of Germany of the Napoleon dynasty, should not deceive anyvody aud it was the daty of ¢ rmans in us country to explain the trutnful p ton of affairs to thelr American coun- fluenced by tuerr innate love for libe nfranchisement, belleve in repub- opos Jor ibe spread of freedom In n newly awakened by the procla- h republic, arousing their sym wing them from the just cause pathies and wit of Germany, MR. 0. 1. PRTRASCH then read © long list of vice presidents and secre- taries, which all carried, aud then Mr. Albert Klamrota r he following preamble and reso- lutions. It 14 proper to remark that the se: of the necessity of the reannexation of Alsac Lorraine to Germuay, and that as Germany alone carried on the war aud won the’ victory, Germany alone can conclude peace and dictate its terns, wore received i tremendous cheering, burral clapping of hands and waving of hats and caps, th excitement continuing for séveral mipates, Still, when the vote was taken, about six noes, shouted ous with vim ond unwonted ener, heard, The resolutions read a3 follows: Since Frane welght the aitack. Franc pay the penalty. F may bave erected Napoleon's throne France hi free will, endorsed the wo " after continuation of her nerv\- welcomed the re f ° to continue the war to the koife, Withoutany pretext whatever she, allied with tho Darbarous hordes of A‘rica, precipitated herarit” upon’ Gee many; but now, when the unjust war has broupht defeat, whe accuses Germany barous aggression. The German armies bh the chains of Napoleonic despotism ; but neti or ne moese word ‘ republic” have been able to Mberate F from the heavy fetiera of ber own demoralization, which alone caused her to fall a victlm to Napoleon, That ‘is the task of decenniums. The Fr people alone oan perform ft, bar rent » could be } Until this ts done, however, it i not ouly the fy right, but the sacted duty, of te German psople itheif against the possibility of having again tof aweat of its labor and the lifeblood of ite som wislen the world’s immutavle laws of morals a exact for the demoralization of France. It ittherefore resolved, 1, Tuat we hope and expect to aeo a.trm organte consolidation ot all German Slates effected without delay, aa the union of Germany and the unimpeded developmnent of her freedom are ladispensaile to «liberty united can guard Germany, ‘Againnt renewed uitacks from France. jeregulavion of its loternal aifaira tudis- putably belonga to the French people alone, yet the original relations between tle bel ixerent powers have in no way been ublic hag been proclaimed r French cities after the empire bad been Jerinan armies, an 3. That Germany has the right amd the obligation to de- mand satisfactory guarantees tor the future presetvacion of eace. He That we unite with the German people tn considering the cessiou of Alsace and Lorraine, as far as the linoits oF the German language extends, aa tbe first und principal of these guarantees, %. ‘Vbat we coufidently expect that the hing of Prussia will @ penalty clvitization icer ithinduty to enforce this unanimous demand of tha German people at any prices, ©. That no other State has any nght to interfere in any wey whatever in the final termination of the struggle. Germany Alene has repulsed the criminal attack of France upon ber frentier, an ,inerutore, Germany alone je now envitied to dacide tpon the conditions of peace. 7. That we livmly ‘convitee! that the German people, aa well as the King of Vruasla, will insist upon the most iste realization of thie tudiavysable right wkd bhat tue feunted firmness which they bave evinced inthe war with} 8, ‘That ft is our intention to prevent, with all our and by every means jur power, as far same ot be at vutiaoe with our duiies na citizens of the States, atieupt at any uncalled for and Interference, : TUE LIEDERKRANS AND ARION CHORUS here advanoed to the froat, and, with orchestral so companiment, sang witn their wonted success “Dig Wacht am Khein,” meriting, they received, @reat applause. At the conclusion the whole but thoy til shouted “Ohne Musik,” without the chestra, ‘This was Com pited with And she Stork Cf aps for the same song again, lauae again broke forth with redoubled strengtls ‘he first regular orator of the evening was . Mi, SIGISMUND KAUFMANN, mio pepeecent i? ed rome. of the firat 4 tein looked forward with dee] ccna sion to the next future, believing thacthe™ rande Nation, ander the lead of a Napolt for war, be ove! ks to the skilfal manceavring of Napoleon, MacMahon and other reach generals, this has been prevented, and Louis’ pie ‘up bul. letd at Saarbruck was answered by the bat of Woerth. Now, alter six weeks, France les over- powered at the fect of Germany, aud Woe’ lo the lorelgn power that would now s DARE TO INTERVENE at the conclusion of peace. {Avplause.) Germany alone won the victory, aud will not suffer dicv tation from elsewheve, but will insist om conditions to secure lasting peace, It is mone time that Germany should koow and proel: its own greatness, This woula have its effect for the Germans in thia country; enouga have they “suffered under tue stigma of being “Dutchmen,” subject toany conqu-ror who may come along; they now clatin recognition a3 soms of the “great Vateriand.” (Some one tried to mters rapt th aker by referring to the presence of “reporters,” who would t the remark. “Put bim out” sounded from all and the valiant el of reporters subsided.) What is 1t about the Frene! republic? Shail the German victory be frattless because France has changed the name of her firm? Does a republic Ww over night irom the —_ gutters? Was it Napoleon alone who provoked war? Was not the Corps Légistatif almost unani- mous? Germany rose not against Napoleon bug against the nation which Clamored for the war; and now “Tul’as voulu,,George Dandiny’? The Frenca Wanted the war; let them suffer its burdens, Mr. Kaufmann spoke with enthusiasm of torical iimportance of the revolution of 176%, but denied that the present republic has any comparison: with that ofthe first Revolution, The fruits of the present victories dipiomauc knights of the quill should not be allowed to fritter away. Alsace and Lorraine to Germany, and other guarautees that France never again Will be able to disturb the peace. (Tremendous applause.) He was a republican and in favor of republics. ‘But do you believe,” asked the speaker, “that this mushroom republic has ® chance to livet? (Yes, “*No,”? tell promiscuousl; from the audience.) Ib was Zvendnadelgeehr not republican France which freed them from the tyrant Napoleon. (“Bravo,” “Thac’s so,” and lanse.) In conelusion, he hoped that “rman people will know how to preserve their liberties at home; (hat they will be as able to diclate terms to the enemies of Liberty in Ger- many they have overcome the enemies of free. dom in France; and, thongh he did not think the day had come for a German republic, he hoped for & united country, under one Nberal constituuon, with one united Parilament, The Fatheriand’s greatness and welfare must be secured for the people. ME. MAGNUS GRO33 ‘was the next speaker. Ie opened by ente: into, proofs to show that for the present war the bh people were even more responaihie than thelr ime prisoned es hy beginning his demonstra- tion with Hugo Capet, down to the pre~ sent day; showing also that the republic of 1789 was more despotic than the kingdom receding it or the empire after 1, Thomas Paine Ray escaped the guillotine then, and now, la the repubite of 1870, German workinen ‘are chased out of France like as Many wild beasts. Ali honor to the Brench encyciopedists of the last century, who have enriched the world with invaluable ideas of Iberty, and no nation thanks them more than tue German.; But as practical republicans the French rule of thial day is no betier than the despotic rule of kobesplerre and Marat of 1793, What do the French want now, A few months ago they endorsed Napoleon with a, Tuajority of millions of votes; they urged iim on into: tuis indelensivle war; cheered him when he declat it, and two weeks after they deny their defeated captared Emperor, proclaim the republic, and say to bleeding Germany, “He, Napoieon, is gulity. 1, France, vam innecent.! Bus the. eoumpialny ot tue French themselves agalast Napoleo: ig, not that he began the war, but only that he begar it before he was duly prepared tor it. But, re, uolio. or not, French arrogance and assumption must be punished; it 18 a necessity for t ce of Europe, ‘and for the development of a united Germany, and the German who does not wish «his to be done ia a renegade to his county. The American people Should not hold thew sy1pathics too cheap; they should wait until thls repablic or a night has given proofs of its stability aud of a true, libers init and republican. Virwe to the ins,’ wio beheve that France fights the battle of Catholicity against Pro- vestantism, the speaker woult say, that the same king, who promised to help the Irish, made peace With Protestant England; tat tn c ¥reneh peo- ple proclaimed the gordess of reasoa and drove the Pope from Roine aud imprisoned hun, aud would do anyrtag now for selfish purposes. Gy the pid of Prauce [reland would never be tre now strive for unity und power ¢ equival ve, pro-perity, p dom to ail the nations. (Lmumense « EX-GOVERNOR SA was then introduced as the ty enth ttle torms, referred to the unity of the rinan people, which, at least, after many I been’ achieved, and “also to the great so shorta time by the strength sequenco of this vi b duckie the “Wi peaker, who, tk put forth which, hov many, Wh om Franeo wim peror ople of in wis by ex. clamations of asse: He was followed by Dr. kinann, Dr. Gehrke and Dr. Von Wao ail expressed similar sentiments, all urgim he necessity of a union with Germany of all Ge: wf punish. jog France, Whether under imp: hiean government, for the many ¢ guilty of in past ages ag and of exacting lasing s: for peace. fhe speakers were all warily r and enthusiast. cally applauded, With patriotic songs the mecting adjoarned. EMPRESSONS A royal or repub- e% shi had been st German nationality rhe UX ARMEs, The Popular Feeling iu Favor of the Fronch Repudlic Finding Uxpre+sioa—Volunteers and Arms fer France Patriotism 1s an ati which has been aceredited to the sons of the Emerald Isle, aud tho fact that the good ship Clvy of Brooklyn yesterday took a number of men who have volunteered to eter the army of France proves tha! they still pose sess that warlike tlre and patriotic warmth of soul, ‘Tho principal number of then hed intended to go by the French steamer Le to her detention In port until Tu nest, for causes ex. plained in the H#taup of yesterday, they have thought if best to leave by the (rst named vessel so {is to avoid delay. irda Of 10 4 started in all, inctu ding nehmen. ‘ tingly reticent in tion, although one man ventured viva fo! ‘Vhey were principally from the country ab the most prowinent personage among iacm being an Algerian, named H. R. Muiltek, who had for- merly served iu his own country in’ a Freuch regi- moni, siuce leaving which he bas been a law student in Engkind, but returus now from a visit to the United States to take up arms for the French cause. ‘The Irish, Who were princtpally mecnanics and laborers, were Ln the imajority, sone of Whom had direct from thelr workshops, without wait- auge their working raiment, or to take the 3, Valises of trunks. nted to have an opportunity of w tain the glory of the French 4 in most cases being considvrably elevated. Were accompanied by an ofileer wao had been engaged In the late American w named Marphy, The Germans going by the same ship, many of whom tt was apparent had bub recently’arrived in tis country, Were #8 Cautious 48% possible in thetr remarks beiore the cits and Gauls. The Germans were under the care of two eX-Prussian soldiers, Richter and Idler, who appeared high!y conscious of their charge. Among the passengers were fificen Italians, who were also hasteatng to Ltaly to take pres- ent ertsks in | a lew Sp: t in the ship, bat they extibited neither montarchial or re~ pubilcan sympathies, being mere jookers-on. A niminber Of the fate sex were near the dock when the steamer steamed out, id oy their hearty ex. pressiuns of good wilt ifled that they had the hiost sincere sympathy » cause Whick the French and Irish had as hear eW sued tears on parting with thet ronds, They HEAVY LIBEL SUIT. Sr. Lovrs, Sept. 1%, 1870, General Clinton B. Fisk to-day entered a suit in the Circuit Court in the sum of $59,000 agaist the Si. Louis Zimes for bel. The plainth alleges that the defendants some since published faise and Malicious statements concerning his connection with the South Pacific Railroad, charging that he had withheld and aestroyel a book aud youcher, and alowed & claim for several thousand dollars, tor which the company received no benelit. In connection with the prosecution of Miss Sted. man, tn Judge Dowling’s Court, as detailed im the Hwrap of yesterday, Mr. Joseph Wehrie, proprietor of the Belvidere Hotel, denies having rented apart. ments with the understanding that they were to be used “by a gentleman and his mistress." He farther states that the purty who engaged the rooms, made such a plauaibie representeuon as to deceive hin for atime wnt the actions of the person in question aroused iis suspicions, when he pransptly requested her (0 seek other quarters.