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an THE WAR. Circular from Jules Favre to the Foreign Powers. France Desires Peace, but Prefers Disaster to Dishonor. Jules Favre Gone to the Prus- sian Headquarters. Prassia Still Insists Upon Getting Alsace and Lorraine. COUNT BISMARCK’S ULTIMATUM. More Contradictory Reports on the Peace Question. Active Military Movements Around Paris. Hard Fighting and Severe Losses of the Prussians. The Parisians Quict and De- termined to Fight. Red Republicans Still Struggling for the Ascendancy. Provincial Gardes Mobile Refuse to Cheer for the Republic, FRANCE TO FOREIGN POW- ERS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Ministerial Statement of the Policy of the Nation—Porliamentary Freedom and Citi- zen Indepeudence—Bonaparte’s Policy to be Repaired—Paris to Vindicnte the Nation— The Country to be Defended to the Last Extreme. . Panis, Sept. 19, viA LONDON 19th, Thasten to forward to the HERALD by cable report & synopsis.of a French government circular which has been issued by Minister Jules Favre, addressed to the representatives of the republic in foreign countries, and which they are directed to communt- ate m its completeness to the Powers to which they are accredited, He explains why the elections for members of the Constituent Assembly have been fixed at an earlier date than was at first proposed. Objection had been made that the present provisional government at Paris was not regular—a fact that we were forced to admit The urgency of the case is.also presented in strong language. It was the first duty of the @Eovernment to defend the soll and preserve its honor, and then return the delegated power to the people without violence. Nothing is to be expected from Prussia. Her supreme will and exaltation at success are irrecon- cilable with calm impartiality and statesmanship. Two hundred thousand victims have already been sacrificed to her ambition in this impious war, and 1t is certain she will dictate to France tondt- tions that this momentary and incompetent govern- ment should not accept. Hence we convoke the Assembly, fteely chusen, to decide. What we ask now is only to give the country our hearts and our Diood. Then let France decide, not our transient authority, but immortal Francé® raising itself to confront Prussia, France, released from tne winding- sheet of the empire—France, free and generous—is ready to mmolate itself for right and liberty. Dis- avowing all these exalted political ideas of the old government, France has now no higher ambition than to remain mistress of herself, in order to de- velop her moral and material resources, and labor Sraternally with her neighbors tn the development of civilization. It is this France, recovering her free acom, that now asks for a cessation of the war. But she will prefer a thousand field disasters to dishonor. The very ones who awoke the storm now falsely say the country Is willing to yleld. This may mislead abroad, but not here. France wishes prosperity, commerce and civilization, but prefers disaster to dishonor. {t is the duty of France to repair, as far as possible, the evils of the past government. The French elections of 1869 meant peace on the part of the people—peace with citizen liberty. The pleviscttum coutided the realization of this sentiment, and this alone, to the hands of the imperial government. The men who were in the Legislative Chambers of that day defeated the idea, ‘They cheered Grammont’s war fulmination speech against Prussia Just as lively as they had cheered Oilivier’s pacific declarations a short time before. No person dare affirm thar tf the French nation had been freely consulted it would have made war on Germany. Jt was wrong, certainly, to tolerate the late government and its acts for such a lengthened period of time. France will now do everything that is possible to repair the mischief. The liabilities of France in this war cannot reasonably be held to be sreater than tie‘ compensation for the evils occa- sioned, and reparation in so far as the saine does not involve self-destruction. Should Prussia attempt, however, to overwhelm the French nation, as now represented jn the Cham. bers, by military force, the government and the people will resist to the last acts of war; resist to the extremest desperation of battle. To the Power now seeking to crush us We must oppose a desperate re- sistance, until the nation 1s‘able to speak through the Constituent Assembly, freely chosen. “Make t& Powers understand this,’ adas M. Favre. Mankind must admire but pity the spectacle of Paris, without looking to the right or the left or backwards, but with its eyes fixed on the great and simple duty of defending its firesides and ite freed@ims I may aad, says the HERALD writer, that this ctr- cular of Jules Favre meets the universal approba- tion of the people. . ‘rhe Russtan Ambassador left Paris for St. Peters- burg almost immediately after the circular was deeucd. BISMARCK’S ULTIMATU: Visit of a Secretary of the British Legation at Paris to Couot Bismarck—Ultimatum of the Prussian Statesman=Metz and Strase bourg Must be Surrendered—Paris to be Starved Gut and Burned if Necessary— Chances of a Successful Defence of the City—Attitade of Russin. LONDON, Sept, 19, 1870. A special correspondent of the NEw YORK HERALD ‘writes from Paris as foliows:— Mr. Malet, second Secretary of the British Em- bassy, who finally succeeded in getting to the Prussian headquarters, returned on Friday, bring- an answer from Bismarck to Lord Lyons. Before this mission Lord Lyons had asked Favre whether, if England requested an armistice, the French government would welcome her inter- vention. When this became known to Lord Gran- ville, Lord Lyons was politely rebuked for his pains. Bent on improving the situation Lord Lyons then sent Mr, Malet on an informal mission to Bismarck, notifying Lord Granville after Malet had gone, Lord Granviile forthwith directed Lord Lyons to summon Mr. Malet back. Lord Lyons obeyed, but nis mes- senger took the wrong road, and Mr. Malet, after several failures in making his way through the crowd of Uhians, reached the King’s headquarters. Out of all this succession of cross purposes grew considerable coolness between Lyons and Granville. Malet’s talk with Bismarck was plain and to the point, te asked for an ultimatum. “We must have Metz and Strasbourg,’ sald Bis- marek. “Dismantied ?” asked Malet. “No,” replied Bismarck, ‘stronger than ever.” “Then suppose the French government finds your terms impossible?” * “We shall invest and starve Paris, and If that does not succeed, we shall try sharper means.” “Would you bombard the city?” “Certainly, and burn it if forced. The necessity is triste, but how to escape it?” Bismarck’s talk about Gladstone and Granville and their timid message-carrying was reverse of respectful, and he did not hesitate to let it be seen that he cared nothing for the eiforts of outsiders, and was resolved to settle all questions with France alone. For Lyons himself Bismarck professes re- spect and good will, and cordially advised him to get out of Paris whie he could. He had notified Lord Granville that the siege once begun he would allow no communication between foreign govern- ments and thelr embassies inside the city. The written answer sent by Bismarck to Lord Lyons was confidential, and has not been disclosed; but Lord Lyons intimates that he thinks Biswarck means to have Paris in his hands before concluding @ peace as the most effectual meens of enforcing his demands. PROSPECT OF A DEFENCE OF PARIS. Nor is the French government at heart confident of making @ successful defence of Paris. General Trochu vold Lord Lyons that he would do his best. “But,” he added, “there will be @ massacre, ana that will be followed by anarchy.” Tho Ministers ‘still utter brave words, THE ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA, Russia's attitude is still one of reserve. It has come out that Gortchakoff was asked by England to join in a fresh guarantee for Belgium. He answered, “Yes ; if you will mclude Holland.” THE QUESTION OF PEACE. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Jnies Favre Gone to the Prussian Head- quarters—Action of Earl Granville—Prussia Opposed to Pence—She Will Treat Only With a Stable Government—M. Thiers En Route for St. Petersburg. LONDON, Sept. 19, 1870. ‘The reported armistice ts said to be unfounded, nor are the prospects of peace any better. The Opinion Nationale of Paris asserts positively that no mediation has yet been proposed by any of the neutral Powers. JULES FAVRE GONE TO THE PRUSSIAN HEADQUAR- TERS. Jules Favre has gone to the Prassian headquarters. Fears were entertained that he would not be re- ceived, but he requested of Count Bismarck a safe conduct at least, and was answered favorably. He set out Immediately for Meaux, the present head- quarters of the King. Referring to his departure a Paris telegram says that no base of negotiations has been arranged. . Advices from headquarters: to Foreigh OMice have been communicated to the American Minister in Berlin that Favre, without waiting for the result or Granville’s step to procure himtan interview with Bismarck, applied to Bismarck direct and received & prompt permission for a conference immediately. ACTION OF GREAT BRITAIN LOOKING TO PEACE, Ear! Granville, her Majesty’s Secretary for Foreign Affairs, remains personally anxious for the arrange- ment of peace between France and Prussia, but ne still refuses to interfere oMicially for its arrange- ment. Acting upon suggestion which Lord Granville made‘ to M. Thiers, the latter communicated some unofictal advice to M. Jules Favre on the subject. M. Favre submitted the matter, as shaped by the in- dication from England, to the other members of the provisional government of France. The French Minister subsequently applied to Count Bismarck for an official interview, informing the Prussian Premier that he had a special proposition to make to him. The meeting between the states- men will take place to-morrow. Good reasons exist here to excite hopes of a successful and pleas- ing issue of the negotiation, AN IMPORTANT DESPATCH FROM LORD LYONS. Ateegram from Tours of to-day’s date reports that yesterday a courier from the English Cabinet reached Rouen carrying important despatches to Lord Lyons. The railways were cut, and the courier was obliged to go forward on foot. PRUSSIA OPPOSED TO PEACE—WHAT IS THOUGHT OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, Prossia distinctly says she recognizes no French government, imperial or republican, Ste 1s reluct- ant to make peace at present. In connection with this subject the North German Gazette, of Berlin, says the republican government of France exists de fucto; the imperial exists de jure. We shall treat with that offering the best con- ditions, PRUSSIA WILL ONLY TREAT WITH A STABLE GOv- ERNMENT. A Paris telegram says that Prussia explains that she will be fully prepared to treat for peace only when France presents a government suficiently stable to enforce a treaty. GERMANY TO BE REORGANIZED AND ALSACE AND LORRAINE ANNEXED, The reorganization of Germany has been con- sidered at Rheims. The details have been post- poned for the present, but it is understood that a common constitution will be given all the States North and South of the Main alike, with ample guarantees for heathy political and economical development. Bavaria and Baden distinctly decline territorial enlargement, while agreeing that Alsace and Lorraine must return to Germany. The re- cently appointed civil commissioner for Alsace, Von Kuhlwetter, has telegraphed to the Boards of Trade at Elberfeld and Bremen for their views of the in- fluence upon German industrial interests of the admission of Alsace and the Department of the Moselle into German Zoliverein. BISMARCK INSISTS ON THE EVACUATION OF &TRA® BOURG AND METZ. The Datly News correspondent says that Bismarck insists on the evacuation of Metz and Strasbourg, or else Paris is to be starved out. M. THIERS GONE TO 8T. PETERSBURG. The French steam yacht Jerome Napoleon, with M. Thiers on board, has started for St. Petersburg. The mission of M. Thiers is the same as that on which he came here. PRUSSIA ACTING AS MENTOR TO ITALY. The HERALD correspondent at Berlin writes on the 15th:—Bismarck 1s busy at Rheims settling various diplomatic matters relative to the non- intervention by Germany in Italy. It has veen agreed that the Italians may occupy Rome, Savoy and Nice, if the people wish to renounce their former allegiance. The other European Cabinets have been notified accordingly. BISMARCK ANXIOUS FOR AMERICAN SYMPATHY, The Pall Pall Gazette to-day, in its correspond- ence from Rheims, dated September 12, says:— Count von Bismarck is anxious about the policy to be pursued by the United States government, now that France bas been deciared a republic, It is said that’Prussia craves American sympathy, but cannot treat with the French republic. PEACE REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Despatch from Minister Motley—Reason Why Prussia Does Not Kecognize the French Republic. WASHINGTON, Sept, 19, 1870, A despatch from Minister Motley, dated London Saturday evening, has been received at the State Department. Mr. Motley says the statement that Prussia refuses to treat except with the Regency, and intends to reinstate Napoleon as Emperor of France, is faise. Prussia, he says, objects to recog- nizing the present government, not because of the proclamation of the republic, but on the ground that it is unauthorized, unstable and incapable of giving lasting guarantees, Thedespatch adds that @ favorable reply was hoped for, but had not been received, to the proposition for an interview be- tween Favre and Bismarck. THE MILITARY OPERATIONS TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Versailles Occupied by Prussians— Their General Movements—Severe Fight on Su day—Review of the Gardes Mobile—Gen- eral Army Reports. Paris, Sept. 19, 1870, Reports have reached Paris announcing that a detachment of 400 Prussian ublans entered and oc- cupied Versallles yesterday. ‘The postal service between Versailles and Paris is suspended, A communication by mounted and foot- post messengers wiil be organized, Several Prussian scouts were killed yesterday by the men of the Garde Mobile and the Franco- tireurs in the neighborhood of Paris. HARD FIGHT WITH THE PRUSSIANS SUNDAY. A fight took place with between the Prussians and French within ten miles of the fortifications of aris yesterday (Sunday). The Prussians, who have Leen entrenched on the heights to the number of thirty thousand men, were In contact with a strong recon- noltering party of French. The engagement, which was very brisk, continued two hours, but the result has not been reported. REVIEW OF THE FRENCH ARMY—SOME OF THE GARDE MOBILE OPPOSED TO THE REPUBLIC, On Saturday there was a grand review of the Garde Mobile and National Guard. More than 300,000 men were under arms. There was great en- thusiasm among the troops, with the exception of some of the regiments of the Provincial Garde Mo- bile, who refused to cry vive la Republique ! by order of their oMcers, FRANC-TIREURS SURROUNDED, The government ts afraid that the Prussians sur- rounded last night @ battaiion of Parisian franc- tirears at Meany. The forest therefore cannot be set on fire, PRUSSIANS EXPECTED AT BRETEUIL. Trains on the Northern Railroad from Rouen only rum as far south as Breteull at present, ‘The Prussians were expected at the latter piace on Saturday, MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS. Many Prussian scouts have arrived near the walls of Paris, All the departments are arming actively, A fragment of the Sedan army bas arrived at Rouen. It consisted of 600 men, who previously escaped from Metz. ‘The loss of life in the hospitals of both armies from typhus bas been very severe, Movement of French ForcesProbable Route of the Prussians Upon Paris—Fighting Going On—Ne Hope of Escape for Bazaine. Lonpvon, Sept. 19, 1870. A correspondent of the HERALD, writing from Paris the 17th, says:—General Vinoy led 30,000 troops last night to Vincennes, to dispute the pas- sage of the Marne, The advance of the enemy yes- terday was notgreat. Their troops are massed near the Seine, ready to cross at any moment, PROBABLE ROOTE OF ADVANCE, The corps there is taking the course I indicated in @ late letter, Crossing the Seine at Villeneuve and St. Georges they will pass in the vicinity of Lonju- mean to the rear of Versailles, Established there they will press forward by the wood of Meudon to plant batteries on the heights of Clamart, and if the city ig bombarded will open fire upon Vougirard. From this point they can greatly damage the city as far as the Boulevards d’Enfél and Mont Parnasse. ne Northern army ts marching on St. Denis. Since morning the Prussians have made slow pro- gress towards Marseilles. There has been fighting at Juvisy and Athis, 1 saw @ dozen wounded men carried to Val-de-Grace. XO HOPE OF ESCAPE FOR BAZAINE, The despatches received to-day destroy all hope that Marshal Bazaine and his army will succeed in cutting their way through the German lines and escaping from Metz. The Germans laugh at the idea of his getting out. Thus far only a handful of men have succeeded tm effecting an escape from the places GENERAL ITEMS. The siege of Toul is vigorously pushed, Accord- ing to military experts the place will not hold out much longer. General Sheridan, writing under date of Septem- ber 8, from Rheims, says:—‘‘The French were always beaten, and the resistance of Paris cannot save France.” The HERALD military correspondent ‘“Nich- wachet,”’ writing from before Strasbourg, says the seven days’ preparations for the assault cannot be completed in less than fourteen, THE SITUATION IN PARIS. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Gloomy Weather and Discournging Reports= What Is Said of the Prussian Position—The Armament for Detence—Scenes at the Pre- fecture of Police—Executive Resolution— Special Declaration of Victor Hugo—Social and Economic Reform. Lonpon, Sept 19—1970, A special correspondent of the HERALD, dating in Paris on the evening of the 16th, and on the morning on the 17th instant, writes by telegram as follows:—He says, ‘It never rains but it pours’? is an old but very truthtnl adage, which was fally verified yesterday and during the night here in Paris. With respect to the news I have to say that the weather during the evening and night was the wettest of the wet. The Parisians were comforted im the gloom, however, by the hope that the Prus- sian soldiers serving outside of their fortifications, were suffering most, if not all, the ills which flesh 1s heir to while endeavoring to capture their fair city. The roads are reported as being quite im- Passable in consequence of the rain, and Biemarck’s march to have been arrested from the same cause. ‘The report that the Prussian advance has been seen very near the city was declared without foundation. “Not a ghost” of a ublan had been observed from the walls at the latest moment when I write. Paris, therefore, sat down to its déjeuner Q la fourchette in comfort and commenced to discuss its usual quantity of absinthe on the bouievards and in the cafés with the very greatest amount of self-compia- cency and enjoyment. EXCITING NEWS—A CHANGE OF APPEARANCE. Yesterday in the morning and evening this con- dition of affairs was completely changed. The city was thrown into a fever of excitement, “A corps de armée was despatched to meet tne Prussians, who were found to be under the wails of the city.” The enemy were also seen to be “nidden fn the far off Weods wud at every other available point of shel- ter.” “They were still engaged in their work of devastation.” “The wood of Clmart, which re- sisted all attempts of the French to fire it,” covered the Germans in the rear, “The railway train com- municating with Senlis had been captured.” “There were more Prussians at Creteil."” ‘The outside popula- tlon “had ‘skedaddled’ on every side.” Almost end- less rumors of this description were circulated every moment, any one or two at least of the stories be- ing of an import direful enough to upset the best- balanced Parisian head to be found in the city. STREET SCENES. It was ot enongh, however, of the frightful. We had plenty of other practieal hints, The enemy was within a stone's throw of our doors.” In the rue de Trevis a woman who strided along with a soldierlike tramp had been arrested. The pretended female proved to be a Prossian spy. A respectably dressed man, Who wore some sort of decoration on his breast, ‘acted attention next. In his hand he carried a laay’s crinoline, just out from the store. He was halted and examined. Inside of the crino- line was found a printed map plan of the city of Paris and of al! its fortifieations, A few ahlans, dressed in the uniform of French soldiers, Were arrested in the streets, They had come from Courbevote, These uhlans spoke the French language perfectly and had penetrated into some of the forts in their disguise, A weak party of the soldiers who had escaped from Sedan were passing on the upen space front- ing the new opera house when they met a detach- ment of the Gardes Mobiles escorting 1p triumph a man who was dressed in a bran new uniform of the French culrassiers. The freshness of his clothing had attracted their attention, It was far too bril- itant for the present moment of fleld duty. He was spoken to, when bis unmistakable guttural accent discovered lis true nationality at once. He wasa Prussian spy. These spies would have met a very summary in- fiction of justice tn tuis world bad they not been protected by a force of the National Guard. EXECUTIVE ENERGY. During the past few days the government has evinced & most unflagging, untiring energy in the work of the city defence. Almost every man of the Garde Mobile has been supplied with a chassepot rifle, At the corner of every street you see the men, in “mob lots,” fondling their newly acquired trea- sure, even Kissing the weapons of siaughter with the greatest show of affection, and just as a child would treat a new toy. SPECIAL VISIT TO POLICE HBADQUARTERS—HOW YoU GET ALONG TO THE MINISTRY, I visited the Prefecture of Police the night before jast, The hall was guarded with a double line of officers. In the interior of the building the centres presented a strange spectacle indeed. The long cor- ridors were crowded with troops. Men of the Garde de Paris were lying, fully armed and accoutred though, stretched on mattresses which had been latd on the floor. They appeared packed closely as are herrings in a cask. After great difficulty 1 made my way over and past them to the cabinet of the Prefect. You would not encounter greater ob- stacles in riding a steeple chase race than I did on my journey. On the lengthy corridor men of the Municl- pai Garde were tying ta every possible position and attitude. Some were snoring in profound sleep. stumbled here and foundered around there at every step. One drowsy son of Mars opened his eyes wide, uttered a few hearty curses at my intrasion and went off in sleep again. 1 found afterwards that 1 had just trodden on the man’s chest as he lay fat on his back. I next sprawled over a lot of vacant mat- tresses and there upset @ gendarme who was en- gaged in arranging a “shakedown” on which to rest nis weary limbs. 1 picked myself up again, but Just next moment caught my foot in some horrid instru- ment of war and, in consequence, took a “header” forward on the steps of the great staircase where [ landed at the feet of Monsieur le Secretaire Générale. INTERVIEW WITH THE MINISTER. In a few mowents afterward I fonnd myself in the presence of the Chef de Cabinet, the most energetic person, perhaps, in public life just at present, He ap- peared careworn and anxious. In reply to my question if he had and information which he desired to communicate with respect to the condition of pub- le affairs, he replied, with @ remarkable unge of sadness, as Wa: ‘ir, be good enough to tell ‘the peopte uf America that we are most gratefu! for the sympathy which they have so generously extend- ed to us, that during the past fortnight we have worked incessantly and with all our power for the defence of Paris. Everything has been effected for its security. Nothing more can be done. We now await the final result. We are determined to fight the Prussians to the death. We are prepared to blow up the Prefecture, to blow up the Hotel de Ville, to blow up every public building in the city before we yield.” VICTOR HUGO'S RESOLVE. A gentleman told me yesterday that he heard Vic- tor Hugo say, “We will blow up quartier after‘quar- Ger, We will do something to dazzie the world,” ‘This is very sensational but true. SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES. Cabs are at premium. Fourteen hundred fallen women were arrested a few nights since and sent from Paris and the boule- vards are now cleared nightly of the remaining un- fortunates, Seventy of these women were taken in charge by twenty Sisters of Charity and brought to Rouen. They will be placed in a prison reforma- tory, the Sisters looking alter them. Others are forwarded daily to the same place. ECONOMY OF THE SUPPLIRS. Measures are being taken to get nd of uscless mouths every moment. The People Discontenied—The Present Gove ernment Does Not Snit—Conduct of the Reds—Discovery of Prassian Unitorms—Am- bassadors Who Will Not Leave Paris—An American Millionnaire’s Contribution tor the Wounded—The City Quiet. Panis, Sept. 19, 1870. ‘The people of Paris are generally dissatisfied with the government, which has failed to adopt revolu- tionary measures. A manifesto, voted by the twenty arrondissements of Paris, has been presented to-day to the provisional government, and will be posted to-morrow on the walls of Paris. The manifesto re- quires the immediate envoi of general commission- ers in the provinces. General Cluseret is designated by the people of Paris at the request of the people of Lyons. It is doubtful if the government will yield under this double pressure, The red republic: continue to placard the walls in the city with h bills announcing @ new government. Trouble is ap- prehended. The citizens di that they prefer Prussian rule to communism, The railway to Havre 1s cut at Conflans. Three thousand Prussian uniforms have been dfs- covered this morning in three different hous ‘Yhe Swiss, American and Belgian Ambassadors have declined to quit Paris. We it is learned that a fleet of steamers is removing merchandise from Havre and other Freuch ports to England. A weekly tax has been imposed upon those resi- dents who have houses or apartments here and have left the city. The Opinion Nationale acknowledges the receipt of 20,000f, from A. T, Stewart, of New York, for the relief of the French wounded. « The city is quiet, even todulness, The boulevards are crowded with soldiers. No symptoms of dis- turbance are observable, General Trochw’s Reception of the American Volunteers—Unnecessary Killing—Lack of Discipline Among the French—How Forcign- ers are Treated—The Government Not Radi- cal Enoagh—The London Press. Lonpon, Sept. 19—P. M. General Trochu on the 13th recelved the advance fuurd of the American volunteers, so says Galig- nani’s Messenger, referring possibly to the ambu- lance corps and possibly to the passengers who ar- rived from America in the ship Queen to enlist in the army. A workman in Louis Roederer’s champagne estab- lishment shot dead a Prussian hussar of the Elev- enth regiment. The former was instantly despatched by the Prussians, The past two months has given a better view of French instability than fifty years of peace. The rapid transition of public sentiment is startling. When Favre's first circular appeared the unanimous cry was for war, and the renewed etthustasm which fell away again at the news of the victories and ad- vance of the enemy, again blazed up brightly at NEW YUKK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1870.-TRIZLE SHEET, the news from Laon, For three days there was not @ cry heard, no singing of the Marseillaise, but their patriotism was under- going @ sharp trial, As the danger draws nearer their enthusiasm rises again and the soldiers march out jauntily and bravely to encounter the overwhelming force approaching against (he city. ‘To-day ail hope for peace has died out, yet the war enthusiasm 18 at its height, and men exliibit a chivalric determination to fight, even to death, ‘The great fault in the French military organiza- on is @ want of discipline, evident in everything now more tun ever, ‘The great want of discipline in the National Guard and Guard Mobile is witnessed dally, which recalls to my iind the causes of the de- feat of the late American Confederate army. The one claimed to be treated by their officers as gentie- men, the other as the citizens military. You know what thut means. Foreigners are in great danger of being treated 48 spies, and passports are of liiue use. Mapy Amer- acans have been roughly handled from their iinpru- @ence, Marshal Vaillant narrowly escaped being hanged by a mob, while visiting tue jortifcations. An announcement was made that a socialist meet- ing would ve held, at which Victor Hugo, Ledru Rolin, Louis Blanc and Pyatt would be present, to protest against the moderation of the goverument, lamagine that the meeting was suppressed, as it has not taken place. The “reds” are strugging bard for the ascendancy. Since morning the enemy has made slow progress. ‘The Globe comments severely on the supineness of the Parisians in permitting the Prussians to repair roads and replace bridges in Ube line of their advance without interruption, ‘The London journals have no telegraphic news to- day from Paris, Mail advices indicate that the be- sleged and besiegers at Metz suifer equaliy from disease and casualties, AFFAIRS LN TELEGRAM TQ THE KEW YORK HERALD. Jules Favre to Remain Hazards. Tours, Sept, 19, 1870, Mr, Washburne, the American Minister, and the im Paris at all Minister from Switzerland, have been ofScially in? formed that Jules Fayre will remain in Paris, not- withstanding the removal of the capital to this city. LONDON REPORTS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Transfer of Trensure—sickness Among French Prisoners—Failly not Deud=—Treatment of French OfiicersBazaine All Right—State of Things at Rheims—starvation or Emigra- tioa—Will Paris be Attacked=Destruction of a Village by the Prussian: LONDON, Sept. 19, 1870. The Russian government has transferred 40,000,000 roubles lately on deposit at the Bank of France to London banks. The varioloid is raging among the French priso- ners at Magdeburgand Wittenburg. neral Failly 1s not dead, as has been so often re- portea. He and his staff occupy finely furnished apartments at Mayence, and are sumptuously pro- vided for by King William, When the news of the capture of Sedan reached Stockholm the royal theatre was closed. The officers of the landwehr have been offered commissions in the army. ‘The French captive officers ‘are allowed their choice of German towns as residences, They re- ceive the same rations and pay as at home. ‘The Post of to-day says that a balloon wi 50,000 letters trom Metz was captured at Neufchatel, In one of them Marshal Bazaine says bis army is well supplied with everything. The French were victorious Inevery fight up to the gist of August. The Herav’s German correspondent, writing from the headquarters of tne King at Rheims, on the 8th, says:—Upward of thirty establishments here manufacture woollen clothes, employing 10,000 workpeople. All of these are idie and on the point of starvation. The full amount of misery cannot be realized as yet. The only remedy weems to be emigration, The American Consul informed me that hundreds of applications had been made for information on the subject of emt- gration to the United States. 1 recommended him to apply to the State Department at Washington for French copies of its reports on the subject. I do not apprehend any bloodshed at Parts. I do not suppose the Parisians are so unwise as to attempt defence or the Prussians so barbarous as to proceed to extremities. Nothing can prevent the later going to Paris, nor will they suffer the King to enter the city without an army. Every one seems bent on entering Paris in pomp. All the petty sovereigns of Germany are making endeavors to be present, and It Is diMcult to say what (heir vanity may lead them to, It is hoped that the good sense of the King and Bismarck will put a veto on these pro- ceedings. The village of Bazellies, near Sedan, was destroyed by the Prussians because some wounded fugitives from the German army were massacred in its streets. The Berlin correspondent of the HERALD tele- graphs, the 19th, Favre's last cireular is in the maia received favorably. The correspondence bet n Count Bernstorit and Earl Granville and the account of the Daily News of the large quantities of arms Engiaud is furnishing France created great indignation. ‘The reported intention of the King to return to Berlin ts entirely unfounded, The movements in Bavaria and Wurtemberg in favor of forming a United States of Germany un- der the constitutios of North Germany, properly modified are successfully progressing. Notice has been received the Bre team. ers will resume their New York trips on tho ist of October. REPORIS FROM B Ne TELEGRAM T0 THE KEW YORK HERALD. Napoleon’s Eulogies on the Prussian Solliery. BERLIN, Sept. 19, The following news is official:—While Napoleon Was at Namur, in Belgium, he ewlogized the disct- pline and courage of Prussian soldiers, and said nothing could keep them out of Paris, TNS GERMAN SEAPOR:S. TELEGRAM TQ THE NEW \QRK HERALD. No Blockaders Seen off Stralsund—Precautions Still Taking at Hamburg. LONDON, Sept. 19, 1870. A Stralsund correspondent of the Shipping Ga- zelte says that no blockaders have been seea tn the Baltic for a week past. Adespatch from Hamburg, dated to-day, states that, notwithstanding the suspension of the biock- ade, there is no abatement in the precautions for the public safety. A special correspondent of the Henan telegraphs from Berlin, 19th:—The American Legation has been advisea from Paris that the blockade of the Elve aud Weser has been raised and would not be resumed, THE IMPERIAL CAPTIVE, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The Emperor Visited by the Countess Cowley. LONDON, Sept. 19, 1870. The Countess Cowley had along interview with the Emperor on Saturday on behail of the Eupress, NAPOLEON’3 SURRENDER. Special Account of the Act—“lt is Well, Sirc? (Winant (Belgium), Sept. 6, correspondence of the Listen, for what I can now give you 1s a page of history. Napoleon Il, Prassia the lette: Wilham replied, aving written the King of himeaelt ih t to the farm at which the sing hid extavitsied Aquarvers. rived at the door of the , exuinguished cigarette and entere 0 (he low chamber, Where the King, Jb agencrais valor, Wilk by helmet on, was walking up and down in a feverish state, his hands er behind his back. The Prince and the great oficers formed a ip Jn one of the corpers of the apartment. The ex-Em- peror took oiT his hat, and saluted the King, using the German language. William did not reply either by word or gesture, but after a few more paces came and himself, erect, stlif and terrivie, in front of Napoleon, who remained bareheaded with bis body slightly inclined, “Sire,” he said, still in German, *T came to repeat to your Majesty vor voce what Thad the honor of Writing to you yesterday evening.” “16 ts welt, Str,” replied the King, whose color Was considerably heightened, while his voice had a whistling souna owing to the efforts he wade to re- strain himself; “Ihave decided that Spandau shall be assigned to you for prison—I mean, residence; you will there wait for my further orders,” Bye ais Mapclenn, “1 have 8 » Sir," exclaimed the King, stricing his sabre on the dusty floor of the he gga “au revo dono Monsieur, mon rere,” said the Emperor, this time tn French. He then saluted in the most courteous manner the different personages, and left the room a8 Calm as if he had peen presid- ing at an opening of the Onambers, Ven outside he took a cigarette and lighted it by the cigar of a cuirassier in white uniform, and was preparing W again get into his carnage when @ gen- eral officer came from the King to beg him to pase into @ neighboring court, Where Williau, who wished to have @ lopger conversation, would send for him. Napoleon said not @ word, but, escorted by two culrasaiera, passed into @ court where there Was asuiall wooden bench at the edge of a little piece of water. On this he quietly took bis contunulng to smoke, and only stopping at intervals to look at the podl and at the staff oficer, who, standing up. was watcilng all his movements, After Waiting & quarter of ap hour tue ex-Em- peror, in French, begged the oMcer to order him a 1as8 of water. One of the Cuirassiers brought tt, je moistened his lips with it, aud then, looking at the contents of the glass, smiled and sald to the oficer, “Nero, When conquered, passed his last hour near a pond, from which he arang; I am more for- tunate than he."? Then, having swallowed all the water and given back the giass, “1t is true,’ he added, “t my Teigu never resembled his,’ So saying he regut his smoking. After Tig half hour a general officer came from the Prassian monarch to beg him to enter @ room where the King was alone, They remained to- gether for nearly au Lour and @ ball, speaking in a very low tone. Atthe end of the interview the ex-Emperor got into 4 post-chaise with the Prugsian arms in it and took the route ‘by Luxembourg to Cassel, where he will proceed to Spandan. This last is a fortress which protects Berlin on the northeast side; it con- talus a State prison of a very ging army ‘Those who lorm the suite of the King pretend that it ts the intention of his Majesty to leave Napoleon there to the end of his days. A perpetual tm- prisonment, the King is reported ave said, would be only the just chastisement of 60 great an offender, An officer of the Prus- sian staff, who 18 going to Namur and Brussels on a special mission, aMirms that without the intervention of the Prince Royal and that of Count Bismarck, the King was determined to have the Emperor shot, sv great was his exasperation against him for having caused the death of so many brave soidiers. The equtpages, carriages, and tho imperial servants were seized at Arion by the Bek gian authorities; the various persons belonging to lim were Itberated on parole, but with the recom- Wation to get rid of their liveries, which they readily did. You can have no idea in Paris of Xusperation that prevails against the Emperor and his Intends among tae French who throng here from the fleid of battle. The Cologne Gazette, of September 7, has the fol- lowlng:— ‘rhe Emperor Napoleon, according to the King’s telegram, would only give up his sword as a private individual, and not a3 chief of the government, al- though that pretension might be questioned as a point ofright, He was unwilling, perhaps, to see himself constrained to @ peace ilke the one which Francis L. concluded with Charies V. at Madrid in January, 1626, ‘Lhe fact will be remembered that the French monarch had previously declared, tn presence of witnesses, that le would not be bound by the treats and he had it broken by the notables a: Cognac. Vrussia will take care thatthe one which will shoruy be signed shall not be treated in a suinilar inanner, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Jules Favre’s Platform—Ministerial Exposl. tion of the Government of Defence. ‘The following 1s the complete text of the circular address to the French diplomatic agents abroad by the Vice President of the French government of nationa! defence and Minister of Foreign Affairs:—~ Sin—The events which have just taken place in Paris expiain themselves 80 well by the inexorable logic Of facts that it 1s useless to insist at length on their meaning and bearing. In ceding to an irre- sistible Impulse which had been but tov long re- strained, the population of Paris has obeyed a ne- ceusity superlor to that of its own safety; it did not ‘wish to perish with the criminal goverament which was leading France to her ruin; it has not pro- nounced the deposition of Napoleon LL and of his dynasty; Ithas registered it in the name of right, jus- ce and public ery and the sentence was so well ratified hand by the conscience of all that no one, even among the most noisy defenders of the Power that was falling, raised his voice to uphold tt. it collapsed of itself under the weight of ts faults, and amid te acclamations of an lmmense people, without @ single drop of blood being shed, without any one individual being deprived of hu sonal liberty, and we have been able to see—a thing un- heard of in history—the citizens, upon whom the popular voice conferred the peritous mandate to fight and to conquer, not thinking for a moment of their political adversaries who, but the day before, threatened them with execution. It 1s by refusing to their udversaries the honor of being subject to any sort of repression that they nave shown them their blindness and thelr impotence. Order has not been disturbed for a single moment, Our confidenco in the wisdom anda patriotism of the National Guard and of the whole fs curr permits us to amirm that it will not be disturbed. Rescued from the shame and the danger of a government Wilch has proved itself a iraitor to all 1ts duties, each one now comprehends ‘that the first act of we national sovereignty, at last reconquered, must be one of seif-controi—the seek- ing of strength in respect for right. Moreover, time must not be losi; the enemies are at our gates; we have but one thought—namely, their expulsion from our territory, But tis obligation, which we reso- Tutely accept, we did not impose upon France. She would not be in her present position if our voice had been listened to, We have energetically detended, even at the cost of our popularity, the policy of peace. We suill maintain the same opinion with increasing conviction. Our heart breaks at the sight of these human massacres, wherein 1s sacri- ticed the ower of the two nations, that a little good. sense and a great deal ot liberty wouid have preserved from such frightful catastrophes, We cannot find any expression capable of rendering our admiration for our heroic army, sacrificed by the incapacity of the supreme commiander, but showing itself greater in its defeats than in the most brililant victory; for, in spite of the knowledge of faults which com- promised its safely, ihe army has immolated Itself With sublime hero!sin 11 the’ face of certain death, redeeming thus the honor’of France trom the stain cast upon her by Ler government. All honor to the army! The nation looks towards tt with open arms, ‘The Imperial power wished to divide them. Misfor- tune and duty join them in a solemn embrace, sealed by patriousin “and liberty. This alllance renders us invineibie. Ready for every emergency, we look with caiumess on ~ the position’ of agairs, made what it Is, not by us, but by oulers. this position - will explain in a few words, and 1 submit tt to the judgment of my country and'of Europe. We loudly condemned the war, aud, while protesting our respect for the rights of peoples, we asked that Germany should be jeft mistress of her own destinies, We wished that libs should be at the same time our common ue and our common shield. We were convinced that these morat | would forever insu eace, but as a sanction we claimed an arm for every citizen, & civil organization, and the election of leaders. Then we should bave remained tnyincible on our own soil. The govern: t of the Emperor, which had long since separated its Interests from those of the coun- opposed that policy. We take it up with the ghope that, taught by ex- perience, France will bave the wisdotu to put it into pracuce, On his side, the King of Prussia declared that he made war, not against France, but against the imperiat dynasty, The dynasty has fallen to the ground. France rises herself free. Does the King of Prussia wish to continue an impious struggle, which will be at least as fatal to bim as tous’ poes he wish to give to the world of the nineteenth cen- tury the cruel spectacle of two nations destroying one another, and, in forgetfulness of humanity, rea- sop and science, heaping cot upon corpse and ruin upon ruiny He 8 free to assume this responsiblity in the face of the world and of lustory. It {9 @ challenge; we uccept it. We will not cede etiher an tneh of our terruory or a stone of our fortresses. A shameful peace tovuld mean @ war of extermination at an early date, We will only treat for a durable peace. In this our Interest is that of the whole of Europe, and we have reason to hope that, freed trom all dynastic considerations, the question will thus pre- sent itself before the Cabinets of Europe. But should we be alone we shall not yield. We have a resolute urmy, Well provisioned forte, a well established enceinte, and, above all, the breasts of 309,000 com- vatants determined to hold out to the last. When they plously lay crowns at the feet of the statue of Strasbourg they do not obey merely an enthusiastic seutiment of admiration, they adopt ther heroic mot ordre, they swear to be worthy of their brethren of Alsace, and to die as they have done. forts we have the ramparts; after the ramparts we have the barricades. /uris can hold out sor three Thomths and conquer. If she Pipes ining om Yet ote siart up at her appeal and avenge her, France woutd continue the struggle and the aggressor would Such is, sir, What Enrope must know. We have | not accepted power with apy other object; we will | pot k ita moment if we should not ind the popu. | | jation of Paris and the Whole ot France decided to | share our resolutions. T sam up these resolves y in the presence of God, who hears me; in the hail Judge us. We wish y peace, but If this disasirous War, which we condemned, is continued against us we shall {, and T have the firm conf. cence that our cause, Which 18 that of right and of Justice, will trimaph in the end, It ts in’ this man CONTINUED UN TENTH PAGR of posterity, which