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PS cities rr THE WAR. SEVERE FIGHTING AROU’ iD PARIS, Engogements Near Voissons, Join- ville and at Fort Mont Valerein. A Series of French Successes Reporied. Tho People of Strasbourg Vote to Defend the City to the Last. ‘Hopes of Peace from Jules Favre’s Mission. ‘Prussia Ready to Recognize a Stable Government. ‘Congratulations to Germany from the Czar of Russia. REVIEW OF THE SITUATION IN PRUSSIA. Probable Movement Further South of the French Seat of Government, Defence of Napoleon by Ex-Prefect of Police Pietri, THE MILITARY OPERATIONS, TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Severe Fighting Around Paris—Engagements at Vissons, Fort Valerien and Joinville—The Prussians Repulsed with Heavy Loss— Barricades Erecting in Paris—Prussian Headquarters at Versnilles—The Army of Lyons Organizing Rapidly. Tours, Sept. 20, 1870, GERMAN REPULSE AT VISSONS. Aavices from Orleans attribute great importance te the engagement which occurred at Vissons yesterday. The Prussians suffered much from the French artillery hidden in the wooas. The battle Jasted nearly ali day. The Prussians were at Tength forced to retreat. REPORTED ASSAULT ON FORT MONT VALPRIEN, A report has reached here from Paris by way of Orleans that on yesterday the Prussians made a ‘Vigorous attempt to storm the fort of Mont Valerien, on the west side of the capital. After a severe en- agement they were badly defeated and retired, having suffered heavy losses. ENGAGEMENT NEAR JOINVILLE. Advices from Paris to'the evening of the 18th “fave the following:—The Prussians made a recon- noisance near Joinville to-day, An engagement eccurred with the French sbarpshooters posted on the opposite bank of the Marne, in which the Prus- sians were defeated and driven of. at midnight sharp firing had been heard near Courget for two hours. BARRICADES ERECTING IN PARIS, ‘The provisional government has decided on the tmmediate construction of a complete system of barricades in Paris. Henri Rochefort has been cbarged with the superintending of the work, which 18 in rapid progress inside the fortifications. THE PRUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS ESTABLISHED AT VER- BAILLES. Versailles has been occupied by the German Uhians, ‘The chateau, which serves as a French ambulance, 1t is thought would be protected. It is understood that the Prussians will make their headquarters at Versailles permanently. THE ARMY OF LYONS ORGANIZING RAPIDLY. Tne Pays says the army at Lyons 1s incorporating the African recruits. The organization 1s progress. ing rapidly. This army is designed to operate in the Departments of the East. Detachmenta have al- ready gone forward to Besancon and the Vosges. GENERAL ITEMS. The Garde Mobile around Paris are killing great bumbers of Prussian scouts, Lyons isin astate of defence. Many troops are posted there, ‘The Prussians have threatened with death all who attempt to repair the railways they destroy, The Prussians Beaten Near Paris—The City Still Resolute and Defiant—Positions of the Prussiaus—Situation in and Around Metz. LONDON, Sept. 20, 1870, There has been skirmishing near Ivry and Chatil- jon, on the outskirts of Paris, The French have constructed earthworks near St. Denis and Clamart. SEVERE ENGAGEMENT AND DEFEAT OF THE PRUS- BIANS. Despatches to the NEw YorK HERALD, dated in Orleans to-day, report that a sharp engagement has taken place between a large body of French soldiers and a force of the Prussian advance near Vissons. ‘Ywenty-flve thousand French troops who were massed in the rear of the town of Montlery at- tacked a force of Prussians, numbering about 15,000 men, on their advance. “A very severe action ensued, The Prussians were literally mowed down by the fire of the French artillery. Alter sustaining considerable loss the Prussians retired and recrossed the river over which they had come, falling back on the main army corps in good order. PARIS STILL RESOLUTE AND DEFIANT. The defensive preparations in Paris are continued actively. Troops are being sent out from the city to harrass the enemy, The ramparts are fully manned by the members of the National Guard. The most martial and defiant, unyielding spirit prevails every- where within the fortifications. POSITIONS OF THE PRUSSIANS AROUND PARIS. ' , The Prussians now occupy Clamart, Meudon, Va- leneuve, Vauve (?) and Fontenay. The Crown Prince is near Fontainbleau, advancing. Large detach- ments of his forces have crossed the Seine at Cholsy Je Rol, a few miles above the confluence of the Marne. Prussian infantry ate iso in force at Cla- mart and Cretell, and Prince Albert, with a large force of cavalry, occupies the range of hills within sight of the advanced works defending the French capital, It is belleved that a serious movement upon the French position cannot be delayed much longer. SITUATION IN AND NEAR METZ, The London Times correspondent, writing from Searbruck, says:—On Monday a sortie from Mets ‘was ordered, but was subsequently countermandea, ‘The French peasants in that neighborhood continue to murder German officers by picking them off with Tifes, They have also cut the twlegraph wires and inflicted other damage near Kpernay. ‘There are no #igns of the capivalation of Metz. TELCORAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Progress of the Siege of Strasbourg—Genern) Ulrich Baciy Weunded—The People Yete'to Continue the Defence. ‘Lonpon, Sept. 20, 1870. Advices have been received from Strasbourg up to yesterday (Monday). The cannon of the garrison was nearly quict, General Ulrich, the commander, had been badly wonnded, His office headquarters had been re- moved to the cellar of the Prefecture of the Police, A vote had been taken by the people of the city on the subject of surrendering. It was decided bya large majority to continue the defence to the last. A despatch from Berlin says that General Uhrich, ‘being a Bonopartist, has greatly relaxed hig zeal sinee the republic kas been proclaimed, Belfort Evacuated—The Prussians in Retreat. Tours, Sept. 20, 1870. ‘The following news Bas just been made,public by the Ministry:— The sub-Prefeot telegraphs that the enemy has evacuated Belfort, goimg to Bartheheim and Enis- ‘beim. THE QUESTION OF PEACE. ‘TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Jules Favre's Missions—Hopes of a Favorable Resnkt—Prussia Willing to Treat with a Stable Governmeut—Departure of M. Thiers from Tours—History.of the Late Diplomatic Movement—Position of Russia—Prussian Disgest with England. Lonpon, Sept. 20,:18%0, It ia. expected that a very favorable result will ensue from the personal visit of M. Jules Favre to the headquarters camp of King William of Prussia. It is thought, indeed, that the conditions of peace between the republic of France ana the German Confederation will be fixed simultaneously with the cessation of hostilities which will then ensue.’ HOPES OF A SPERDY PEACE NOT ABANDONED. A despatch from Tours dated to-day says:—It is reported, as a result of the interview between Jules Favre and King William, that the hope of a speedy peace is not abandoned. Prussia is not disposed to consent to an armistice. If there is to be peace at all it must be settled Immediately. PRUSSIA READY TO TREAT WITH ANY STABLE GOv- ERNMENT. The Zimes’ Berlin correspondent confirms the Prussian readiness to treat with any French govern- ment which is capable of making and guaranteeing & peace. According to the latest Berlin telegrams King William has agreed to receive Jules Favre, the French Minister of War, and listen to propositions for peace, at Kheims to-morrow. DEPARTURE OF M. THIERS FROM TOURS. M. Thiers left Tours at ten o’clock this forenoon, after an interview with M. Cremteux, the Minister of Justice. It is assured that England favorably received M. Thiers’ explanations and is prepared to act joindy with Russia and Austria if they also ac- cept the proposition of M. Thiers, * HISTORY OF THE LATE DIPLOMATIC MOVEMENT. The Paris Constitutionnel gives the following his- tory of the late diplomatic movement:— England took the initiative, caarging the Prvs- slau Minister at London with certain propositions. ‘The Minister-transmitted these to the headquarters of King William. Some days passed without an answer. Lord Lyon, the English Minister to France, then interposed, daring which time the answer of King William reached London. The answer was to the effect that, whereas the great Powers did not succeed in preventing France from declaring war against Prussia, the latter now demands her rignt to treat directly with France for peace. But as France had no regular government, Prussia can have no certainty that the conditions of any treaty ean be fulfilled. To settle this point Jules Favre himself has gone to King William’s headquarters, GERMAN NEWSPAPER BUNSBYISM. The North German Gazette says Count Bis marck consents to see M. Favre, premising, how- ever, that Germany is not disposed to inter- meddie in the internal affairs of France. The German States are ready to recog- nize the republic when they are sure that the French people prefer that form of government. But, to protect military operations it is necessary to recognize in the territory actually accepted the au- thoriiies left by the empire. Moreover, it is still unknown whether Marshal Bazaine recognizes the republic and government at Paris; indeed, it is re. ported that he expressly disallows both, THE POSITION OF RUSSIA. No faith is placed here in the statements which have emanated from French and other sources to the effect that the government of Russia is opposed to the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine to Ger- many and gbjocts tg {te consummation by Prusgi A déapatel pr nie io 4 e ester Brae miner says the report of Russia’s arming is regarded here as simply sensational. The Eastern Budget, Count Beust’s London organ, this evening contains @ despatch from St. Petersburg, which says:—The re- ports that Russia has protested against any diminu- tion of French territory 1s untrue. I can positively state that there are no signs of extraordinary activity im the military department here. The troops are ali stationed in their usual garrisons, and even the force in Polanu has not been increased. No one be- lieves that Russia will take an active part in the present war. The fecling towards France, however, is very favorable. PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF ANXIOUS TO SEE M, THIERS. M. Thiers startcd to-day tn @ special train for Vienna, whence he will proceed to St. Petersburg. Whlie here he received a despatch’ from Prince Gortschakof, inviting him, in the name of the Czar, to come to St. Petersburg, and urging hun to hasten his visit, PRUSSIAN DISGUST WITH ENGLAND, Prussia is intensely disgusted with the conduct of the English government, especially in its publishing instantly confidential memoranda communicated by Count Bernstori. THE SITUATION IN FRANCE. ey ae TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, The Seat of Government to Go Farther Soath—Drendfal Railway Accident Tours—The Paris Municipal Election. Tours, Sept. 20, 1870, As it is possible for the Prussians to send a force here, orders have been issued to remove further south the enormous quantity of stores and army munitions which has been collected here. Letters received. in this city from Nice say that, contrary to reports spread abroad by the Prussians in their despatches to the newspapers, Nice and Menton are perfectly tranquil, as is all of the Depart. ment of Alpes Maritimes, Strangers are commenc- ing to arrive at the various watering places in the €epartment, and the season bids fair to be as pjea- sant and quiet as usual. Adreadfal raitroad casualty occurred near here early this morning. Two trains collided. Eleven persons were killed outright, one of whom was M. Duval, one of the editors of the Paris Journal des Débats. Besides these twenty-tive were seriously injured. All telegraphic communication with Paris ceased yesterday. The journals here express approbation that Tours may be attacked, in whioh Case they say the govern- ment will remove to Bordeaux. The wife of Marshat Bazaine is in Tours. She received a letter from her husband a few days ago. Near It was sent ont of Mets by a balloon, which fortu- nately fell outside the Prussian Itnes. Tho contents have not been made public, ‘The administration of the Transatlantic Steamship Company has been transferred to St. Nazaire; but the New York steamers will continue to sal! from Havre, The: election of members of the Munfcipal Coun- cll of Paris willta'ke place on Wednesday, the 28th inst. ‘The postal service with Paris 1s now performed entirely by megsengers. LONDON REPORTS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Sufferings at the Seat of War—The Polis Legion not Wanted—Steinmeté Relieved— Mail Service from Paria sStopped—French Prisoucrs Employed on the Public Works. Loxpon, Sept, 20, 1870. , Colonels Seymour and Carleton, of the British army, who are with the armies now operating in France, attest the horrible suffering at the seat of war. The soldiers and peasantry are perishing from starvation, Women are violated, the dead outraged and the prisoners famished. In order to avoid complications with other Powers, the French government has decitned the services of the Polish Legion, which was recently tendered, The bearer of despatches from Earl Granville to Lord Lyons waa obliged to travel from Rouen in a post chaise. The mall service from Paris in all directions 44 stopped, and the railroads are cat and destroyed. General Von Steinmetz was relleved of his com- mand 80 as to leave Prince Frederick Charles the sole creditof reducing Metz. The General nas been appointed Governor of Posen and Silesia, Rumors, which are to be received with caution, circulate here of local uprisings in France against the Prussians, ‘The London morning and evening journals of to- day have uo news whatever from Paris. ‘The Prussians have distributed a large arined police force throughout Alsace and Lorraine. Advices received from Nice and Mentone repre- sent that the outbreaks which recently occurred there have been entirely quelled, Pruss{a, citing the precedent of the first Napoleon, employs the prisoners she capsures on the public works, Several more newspaper establishments have been removed from Paris to Tours, The Stockholm Gazette denies that the French have purchased American rifies in Sweden. Colonel Frank Moore, of the American Legation at Paris, arrived in London tois morning the bearer of\important dispatches to the American Legation here. He returns to Paris this evening. The des- patches brought by Colonel Moore are gata vo have connection with the peace question, A despatch from Berlin says all the reserves have reached their regiments. The corps gone to storm Toul is under the Dake of Mecklenburg. General Clugeret is placurding the walis of Paris With Indamatory addresses against the government. Kesolutions were passed by the government of Lyons, that in case of a surrender by Paris her right to capitulate shall not be recognized by that city (Lyons), and that the people will defend the country to the last man, Paris papers compate the personal income of Na- Poleou at 200,000,000 francs. ‘The submarine cable between Prussia and Sweden has been cut by the French. THE SITUATION IN PRUSSIA. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The Peace Question—Prussia Does Not Treat with Napoleon—To Paris First and Arrange- ments Afterwarde—Bismarck’s Platform— The Premier’s Exposition of the German Tesiion—Peace, Reparat! and Natienal Security in the FPuture—Court Life in Ber- lin—Queen Augusta’s Care for the Wounded. BERLIN, Sept. 20, 1870, Jam in 4 position which enables me to state om- ciauy that there is no foundation whatever for the statements which are put forward by English cor- Fesponden‘s to the effect that Prussia in- tends to treat the terms of o peace with the Emperor Napoleon, The rumor had its origin ana was based for circniation on articles which have appeared here in certain journals which are recognized as official, but which have really no authority to speak on this subject. On the contrary, I may say that it is of- ficially known here in Berlin that the King of Prus- ala 1s prepared to receive proposals for peace from ana make proposals for peace to the executive gov- ernment authorities who now hold possession of power in Paris. In every instance, however, King William maintains that the German troops shall hold and occupy the French territory and capital until the terms of the, treaty of settlement between the two countries have been duly ratified by a par- Mamentary chamber elected by the people of France. BISMARCK’S PEACE PLATFORM. Acie mpi ty Peemiet Gaunt _Blsmarey under date of the aliny headquarters in the eld, Septemver IH, was received here in Berlin yesterday. Jt {8 @ mostimportant document. Count Bismarck says:—'The next phase of this most wonderful war will be developed in Paris, and all hope for the two countries after that will come from the conclu- sion of peace. It is impossible that the men m power in France, whoever the men may then be, can desire the perpetration of a further slaughter of human life—can wish vo perpetuate such a terrible amount of human suffering—when all that they will be required to do is to give, in the name of France—if they are entitled so to speak—an absolute, certain guarantee that the misery and suffering, which they themselves in the matin have brought upon two — great nations shall never again be renewed. I see that I alm paraded by certain newspaper correspondents— says Count Bismarck—before the world as having asserted that those guarantees of France to Prussia must be of a nature and force which are just exactiy what they must not be. Statements of this sort are merely romances of the writers, When I am ap- proached by gentlemen belonging to the newspaper press I generally receive them courteously and give civil answers to their questions. Their own tmagi- nation does the remainder, as it appears for the most part, from the newspapers. Some of the news- paper writers have asked me what Prussia will do, Others again have inquired what Prussia ought to do. Lpermit them to answer their own questions just as they deem best themselves, and—here tne Count gave a shrewd shrug of his shoulders @ ta Francaise—leave them to interpret whether I mean assent or dissent, according to their own inclina- tons, “You know, of course every one does’’—the Count went on to say—"‘what guarantees are necessary in order to secure a lasting peace between France and Prusslawhat guarantees are necessary to prevent France from ever again making- aggressive war against Germany. These guaran- tees partake more of a military than a political character, Their exact future shape remains a question tor the King and the generals of his army to decide at his Majesty's ewn good time, In the meantime no overtures of peace on the part of France can now be received with exact propriety until the moment when the German armies are before Paris. You may rest assured that the certain safety of Germany will then be maintained and the peace of the world secured. Towards this hope- fal end Germany will not place one single obstacle in the way of the cessation of a horrid war, into which her people have been dragged unwillingly, but from which she will never retire until her chil- dren—the sons of the whole German nation—are rendered secure from further aggression by war— Secure Irom the chances of cruel aud unnecessary slaughter in the time to come.” COURT LIFE IN BERLIN. The Crown Princess of Prussia, Queen Victoria's daughter, is now in Berlin, at the paiace, with Queen Apgusta. The Queen and Princess devote aii their ? time to the furtherance and promotion towards complete eMciency of the measures which have been adopted for the of the wounded soldiers. A suite of apartments in the palace bas been assigned for the purposes of this sanitary and hospital work. A large number of women are employed there day and night in making bandages and lint and splintsana all the other articles and appliances which are more immediately pecessary to the hand of the surgeons, The royal personages give their attention to the hospitals all over Germany by letter and printed instructions, Queen Augusta has published an appeal, signed by her own hand, addressed to the ladies of Ger- many, in which she calls on them as Christian sis- ters toald her in the good work. All the Court pomps and pleasures and festivities have been abandoned for the time, and the royal women of Prussia remain strictly domesticated in the dis- charge of these grand and ennobling duties, Queen Angusta never refuses vo respond to the call of the people when they visit the front of the palace on the occasions of the receipt of bulletins from the armies, She comes out at once, announces the con- vents of the despatches, tells her subjects of the vic- tories which have been obtained, and in no wise conceals the losses which have been sustained and the sufferings which have been endured. Her Ma- Jesty appears generally on the balcony in front of the grand entrance during these interesting interviews With the masses. She 1s robed in @ plain morning dress, and looks for the most part as if she had just come from her superintendence of the sick room and as if her high position tn the State did not exist. REPORTS FROM BERLIN, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ‘The French Blockade of Dantzic—Notification te the Great Powers Kegarding Naviga- top—Latest Statistics About the Capitula- tion at Scdan—Delny in Sending the Siege Gans to Paris—The Future Organizadion of Germany. BERLIN, Sept. 20, 1870, The merchants of Dantzic have protested against tne French blockade of that port, mo men-of-war being near there to enforce it. ‘The North German government has oMcially noti- fied the great Powers that, though the blockade has been raised, the navigation of the Baltic and North Seas and the approaches to the German ports are dangerous on account of the remeval of the usual lights and buoys. The final oMctal figures of the capitulation of Sedan are 39 generals, 230 staff officers, 2,095 line officers (besides 600 oMcers of various grades dis- charged on parole), 84,483 privates surrendered and were transported into Germany. Twenty-eight thousand were made prisoners during the battle, 6,000 escaped into Belgium, 20,000 were killed and wounded. Total, 137,000, Mitchel, of the Constitutionnel, and Paul de Cas- sagnac are at Bresiau, ‘The cattle plague is still spreading with alarming rapidity. Cases are reported at Khems and Nancy. Communications are uninterrupted by rat) from Homburg, in Palatinate, to Nancy. The brancn road building around Metz, connecting Saarbruck, Pont-a-Mousson and Nancy, is nearly finished. The heavy siege guns needed at Paris cannot be carried forward unul Toul is reduced. There is strong op- position amoag the German liberals to restoring the Bonaparte dynasty. The tone at headquarters is indicated by a Jetter from General Forsyth, received on the 17th, saying that it is hard to tell what crowd Pruseia can treat with after reaching Parts. Not with the republic, for thatis a private Parisian arrangement, Generals Forsyth and Sheridan con- tinue to receive assiduous attention from Bismarck. ‘Minister Delbruck has left the King’s headquarters for Municb, where the future organization of Ger- many will be further discussed. The question is whether the South German States shall simply pro- claim adhesion to the North German Confederation under the existing constitution, or whether a Con- stituent Assembly shall be called and a new constl- tution adopted for both North aud South. Bismarck prefers the former. RUSSIA CONGRATULATING GERMANY? TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. Compliment from the Czar to the Prussian Crowa and Armies. Lonpon, Sept. 20, 1870, Despatches from Berlin announce that on the evening of the 17th inst. a special courier, coming direct from St. Petersburg, handed to her Majesty Queen Augusta an autograph letter from his Impe- rial Majesty the Czar Alexander of Russia, in which the Emperor congratulates the royal family of Prusala, In the warmest terms, on the great vic- tories which have been obtained by the German arms in the field. ‘Me Czar also extols the commanding ability and soldierlike qualities which have been displayed by the Crown Prince of Prussia and every other male member of the royal family ever since the very tirst opening of the war. ‘This tribute from Russia ts very agreeable to the Prussian Court, affording, as It does, evidence of the friendship—of blood and family as. well as execu- tive—which the Czar holds towards the Crown in Berlin. THE IMPERIAL CAPTIVE. nnn ara TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. 3-5 2 Piciri's Vindication of Napoleon. Lonpon, Sept. 20, 1870," Ex.Prefect of Police Pietri, who is visiting the Em- peror at Wilhelmshohe, writes to the newspapers here to “silence the slanders against the Emperor.” He says it 1 untrue that “to conceal court extrava- gance he reinforced the civil list from the war ap- propriation—a thing impossible in French finance.” Jt is untrue that he has “ten millions safely invested at Amsterdam.” It is untrue that he “borrowed two thousand thalers at Sedan.’’ He adds that his mas- ter’s misfortunes should protect him from such out- rages. THE FRENCH REGENCY. TELEGRAM TO THE MEW YORK HERALD. Reporied Revocation of the Decree of Com- mission. LONDON, Sept. 20, 1870. Letters which have been received here trom Cassel state that Napoleon Bonaparte has, from his place of confinement, formally revoked the decree which he promulgated in Paris before he left the city for the front, in which he confides the regency government of France to the Empress, THE SURRENDER OF SEDAN. cles of the Trenty of Capitulation. A correspondent of the Soir of Brussels, writing from Namur on the 6th of September, says:— A fortunate chance has given me a sight of the capitulation of Sedan signed vy Moltke aud Wimpf- fen. ARTICLE 1 declares that, secing the little re- sistance that can be offered By the town of Sedan, the whole French army 1s considered 4s prisoners of war withont conditions. ART. 2 says that in virtue of the valiant behavior of the troops, au exception shall be made in favor of officers and superior employes who shall take an oath not to bear arms for a year against Germany (Prussta not specified), nor to take part in any proceeding of a nature to injure its interests. Under these circumstances the officers will be allowed to retain their arms and effects, Akt. 3 say8—Everything belonging to the army, the eagies, bands, drums and all the munitions, ex- cepting only the clothing worn by the soldiers at the moment of the capitulation, are to be consigned to the staffs of the armies commanded by King Wil- Ham; and Arr. 4. Itts understood that every soldier or man- at-arms existing in the extent of territory occupied by the victorious army 1s at the discretion of the conqueror. There is also a filth artic! 80 as Lo avold: any: sophisti minming up the above, { interpretation. THE REPUBLIC TO THE FRENCH Union for Detence. ‘The government of the French republic addressed the following proclamation 10 the army on whe 6ih of September:— Panis, Sept. 5, 1870. When a general has compromised his commend NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEER he 18 removed from it. When a government has, by its faults, imperiliea the safety of the country, it is . ‘that 19 what France has just done. In the first by abolt the dynasty which is responsible for our mistortunes, se has in the face efthe world formed @ grand act of justice. She has executed the judgment rendered by every one’s conscience, and has at the same time provided for her own safety. For that the nation ‘needed but tts own initiative, and must henceforth count npon two things ouly—its resolution, which is Mvineible, and your heroism, which is unequatied and astonishes évery one in the midst of unmerited reverses, Soldiers !—While accepting power, at the formi- dable crisis we are at present passing through, we have not thought of any work of party, We are not busied with holding power, but preparing to combat. We are not the government of @ party, but of the national defence. We have but one aim, one de- sire—the safety of our native and, by the army and the nation, grouped round the glortous symbol which forced Europe to recoil eighty years ago. Now, as then, the name of republic signifies—ine close union of the oT and the people for the de- fence of the native soll AID FOR THE WOUNDED. Appeal to the Citizens’ of the United States. The Nentrality of the Battle Field—International Treaty—Immense Number of Wounded in the Franco-Prussian War—Interest- ‘The following address to the people of the United States, calling for aid in behalf of the wounded in the battles in France; will doubtless mess with a generous response: 1n 1863 & convention was held at Genev: delegates of moat of the E govern t among mr Switzerland, of European Powers, fa which our own ited, for the purpose of securing, by agree: eutrality in me of war for hospitals, ambulai nis and ail persons legitimately gaged In caring for the sick and wouuded. In f International Congress eld at the same place, satist articles of neutrality were d-upon, and been signed by all the chief Powers of Hurope. Austric which held out againat the humaue plan, came in on'y uite? the vaitle of Sadowa, from a Practical experience of the great benefit of the internation ‘Kuss has final yielded to the same evidenee since the present war begun, ‘Turkey and the United States ure the only conuldersine Powers that are at present out of the Sacred League, Our own government bas tus far declined 10 fuln in the agreement, on the general policy of avoid- ing entanging alliances with Euro ower; but, [with the changed | relations of "the two conti: nenis, which ure now brought so uigh together by scleiee and political aspirations, it seems probable that we sia ace long be able or willing to isolate ourselves from: the rect ot world on any question that concerns the universal rights and duties of humanity. New eilorta, t made to remove the painful exception of government trom # treat the rene! factory he Unt vrument rom Ky that, more than any 0: ment of modero times, iustrates the Internat common brotherood.’ ass a i a bral of “The International Society of Wounded Sotdiers™ was established tn America, eng or continued in correspondence with tue central ar With the chief branches in Paris, Berlin and ‘American branch of twe International Associa lief of the Misery of Battle Fields has bitherto ontined itself. to furnishing the pareut society and its branches with allie experience gathered m our Jute war of the beat mecha relief, and. iia not too” much tone methods of our Sanitary and Christian Commis have been the lelet ghia ofthe “Yuspiration “ut "the humane plans which bave now spread through Europe, Ce to thiy time “the American Association” ban retrained fray any direct efforts to raise money in this country for the ait of k and w don the battle “icids of France and | Germany ; firstly, because it did not wish to interien ty at Way with the earnest movements of German ant Een yoaidents, who were calling upon each other and upon liberal citizens for pecuniary and other supplies; and. secondly, be. cause It wished to see clearly How the pieme ee? ties “International Association were working, and whether could with full faith assure the American ‘public ar the fate, direct, elicient and ‘unpartial “application Means of felicf oflered by ‘our people to oe les, A farther reason for deck aad had subsided. The ttme las now come wien the Amerie Association feelk that it in imperatively due iret national character to make purely American cemoustra Hon of sympathy. with, the victims of this great war, and to take our place with the other great nations i nthe uty work of reilef to the tens Of thousands of sufferers Inthe lamentable atriio that has deluged Europe ‘wit her homes with tears. That the urgency of the eam oaend ay understood, -e “Anes ry give a succifet account of the nombers and condition of the woun Bi how employed for their reilef. sot ud hanes THE IMMPNSE NUMUER OF THE WoUNDED. Tho French army was sent into the present war before any reforms had been inade in its bail system of Intemaenre Was unprepared to provide for even so many of the seonce thas wounded as fell beiore the 20th day of August. And been the fortune of that army to have almost iia entire sat ce material swept away in successive defeats. The volun! ald “that was sent forward by the Natlonel ‘‘Bociete de Secours” at Pi inded. . up to the present time, been obiefly provided fon be its government. In the bel cities of Metz and Btras- however, the French surgeons have the care of a vant In former cit) ported that there had accumulated nearly 20,000 wonedog, And that thetr sufferings were, and doubtiess continue, lntat erable, notwithstanding the great efferts made by the Prench, German and English societt of iccor to ‘suppiy their rr the ambulance ff material of the French has been 0 far awept away that thee repared to render adequate Wounded nod sex if the war continues, 1a augeheeia In the Prussian atmies that have crossed the Rhine there existed, ana exists, ® regulation requiring an outfit for ambulance and field hospital to accominodate twenty-a1x thousand men. This vast outfit tor the field medical service s near the moving forces. 1 for the surgical care of any number of wounded, not exces. ing twenty-six thousand, in any one serica of batties, Tho ian army medical and hospital aysem has heen so enlarged as to provide for the possible care of foriy per centum of the entire force in the course of one year, and an been so reformed as to accept or use any needed she from civil surgeons, in accordance with the German Gate. ence, Its plans gnd facilities for the ‘and. nate {ransportation of wouuded men are uboll @ fran scale, Byt, noiwithatanding all these préparations, ‘they ‘were uiletly overtaxed even before the of August; for, fustead of 26,000 wounded needing care and succor on tho field, the conquering army had more than thrice number upon its hands, while yet the slaughter was becoming more and more terrible: and, yet, by the lst of Septemoer, in only dre month of fighting, the total number of wounded’ in Ger. man ‘handsis reported to exceed 14,000, But even if there were only 100,000 wounded in German hospitais from both armies, it would be an unpresedented task for any one army department to provide fo wo many i #0 brief a uantity of wounds in particular battles is fearfal to contemplate. In the single conflict at Vionville our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr. Frederick Kapp, writing from Berlin, testifies that the Prusalan losses exceeled 15,000 men.” ‘The Prui Society of Succor, or “Huta Verein,” ‘and its auxiliaries, hastened forward all fhe goeans of assistance in thelF power, and thelr aid was ladiy aécepted, But before any great amount of auch fielp “came the armies moved [orward, and the wonnded were being sent eastward across the Rhine, where, in the temporary and other hospitals, this kind of help is now being abundantly need. Some idea of the movement of the wounded and of the vast numbers of them, formed from statements that reach us. fi ticular stations on the routes, For example 27 upward of 18,000 led have ence by railway and steamboats. At Saarbruck the 4 8 tate that upwards of 20,000 had passed by railway trains up to September 1. At Hingerbruck 10,000 had arrived or and at Bingen on the Rhine in'a wingle night 2,71 nd were immediately distri- buted to hospitals In Bonn, ¢ ‘Cologne and Dussel- dorf. In Southern Germany’ the same process of distribu tion hes been going on through Baden, Wurtemberz and Ba- may be “4 varia. ‘While all this timely and rapid distribution of the wounded that could bear transportation had been going on, there still remained many thousands in the villages pantry houses near the battle fields, At Remfly, near Metz, writes a correspondent of the London Tine, “The nouses crowded full of wounded. * * * Many hundreds are lying by the waysides. * * * Later, 400 peasanis’ wacons arriv full of wounded mer ‘There was no room, ana so they passed on, though already more than two days on the road.” THE KINDS OF AID NERDED—PUROPEAN GEN: Precisely such kinds of help bave been most urgently called for as were called for in our American war on the battle fields of Gettysburg and in General Gravt'’s march from the Rappabannock to the James. And the wanis now reported in the hospitals are exactly simiiar to thos which the people supplied throuzh the United States Sanitary Commission, following those great battles, personal help which the wounded require is being given by civilian surgeons of France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, England and Switzerland. These surgeons, wa well as the military authorities, have reported the more urgent w of the hospitais, and as {ar as possible they are being supplied by the people and from the Ewopean markets, In meeting this ‘of demanda the English Soctety of Succor hat raised and used 465,000 sterling before September 3, be- OstY. sides sending forward more than £20iK) worth of hospital supples. And upon the strength of appeals for further assistance, the Mayors and leading citizens of the chief towns in Engiand and Belgium have convened .public meetings to urge the contribution of funds and materials. In Birmingham, for example, 41,2 sterling were quickly contributed he call of the Ma: and £1,100 more by the Germans, who said the ‘conquerors and the conquered should alike, The people of that city have also sent ward materials—stich as 3,200 water pillows, 2,000 yards adne- sive plaster, 100 cases of ‘instroments, et cetera, in separate ackages for immediate distribution; and in each pa They have appended to the labels of content these wo “The peopie of Birmin, armies, in sincere aymp facts illustrate the international as well as the patriotic con- tributions throughout Europe, Society for Siicoor has sent upwards of forty ns, who apeak German and French. The chief Privy Council nas taken © general supervision of a hospital under the Red Cross of the Inter- national Conference, and placed one of hia frst assistants in local charge at Bingen on the Rhine, Belgium and Switrer- land have promptly sent surgeons, and the Russian National Society of Succor-one’ of the latest formed in Europe—has sent one of ite chief professors of surgery with a corps of assistants. The President of tne International Committee at Geneva has written to us thai, for the present, it may not be expedient to undertake to send from America ay other kind of aid than funds, as the wur- weal help and the hospital materials have to be procaret near by in Enrope. WORK O¥ ¢ In accordance wit! MMITTERS AND SOCTETIEA, meeting ot the delegates of the In- ternational Societes de § at Kerlin, last year, the Gen- tral International Co Geneva, at the bead of which fx the honorary President, General Dufour, imme- dintely upon the deciuration of ‘war, undertook to esta- hist wm (depot and central agency, that wouid be mos: convenient to the hospitals and battle fields of the bel ligerent armies. chy of Basie, Switzerland, was jected for such wn agency. The batue flelus, however, been so near the Belgian {rontier aid bas been sent througi: ri territory, or, in some fnstances, directly to Park and to rt Berlin. “The English society har found it expedient to extabliah in Luxembourg fte central point of de: arture for German he Frencit Societe de Sccours has done nobfy. Ite tield work {s directed, appointment, by Dr. Leon L Fort, 4 distinguished surgeon, its first eljght Corps d’ Amb lance Mobile were orgapized and made ready tor the field berore the news of defeats reached Phris. The Prussian Society, or Hults Verein, with six central offices detoreboures in Berlin, Js reported to be doing a vant awount of work. Ite methods and contributions are Vi es wid i f * a F i i $ 5 Fi : gee it pensable co-uveration, France teem each otber in ti ity to tue treaty, uch Wo tay that the neutrality of bate folds is secured. Surgeons, nurses and volunteers of mercy are no los sub- Jects for ihe military prison. Not vuly need they not fly from. their own wouuied when a victorious enemy wav bus bore can burry into the nemy's own camp atter be ‘aten, and minisier to the viettna of war too numerous f his own care. A The American JOAN OPL. International Association Row confidently aype the whole, Aimeriean pablic 10 send in promptly. gen contributions 0 the sick and woundel of the war, to. be appited ‘and die- tributed impartially to the needy of both armies and to the euterers by siege and famiue, by stholene, Ane damere - tras ele wad oe stricken cit a Paris ‘tacit. Tt guarantees the American public that nok a dollar of tis cactributions aball be wasted oF tp @ partisan or partial manne ite correspondents are persons of the mort uniinpeachable charneter an dime cretion ; and, if necessary, it will have an agent, experienced {nour own sanitary work, ou the Kuropead soil to see that the American’ contributions are { Contributions, 1 Beret, ag ied. tributions, in money only, may sent to How- aPP tier, treasurer, of Brown Browsera, No: Bo Wall street, ™ jew York. Wen W. Bellows, President; Charles L. Bi Becre- tary; Elisha Harris, M. D.; ©... Agnew, M. D.; J. F. Jen- kina, M, D.; Howard Potter, Treasurer; William 8, Sr. ; Charies P. Bowles, Tu lore Roouevelt, Ainerican Asso- elation for the Relief of the Misery of Baitle Fields, The ‘American branch of the “Comite International Secours aux ‘Nugw Yous, pept. 20, 1870. PARTANT POUR LA FRANCE. Depariure of the Steamship Lafayette With Freight and Passengers. < soi ae: Candidates for Glory and Guns for Vengeance— Enthusiasm of the People—Arrest of Some of the Passengers—They Are Bet at Liberty on the Dock—Scenes and Incidents—List of Passengers by the Lafayette. As the struggle in Europe grows in intensity and interest our local French residents become more and more absorbed in contemplating the progress of the military operations, The first effervescence of exuberant patriotism bas now calmed down, but it has simply given place to @ far deeper and nobler feeling. It is felt that the destanies of France are now hanging in the scales; and Frenchmen, firmly as they are supposed to believe in the omnipotence of 4 blind fate that guides in some mexpltcabie manner the fortunes of men and nations, believa also far more strongly in the overwhelming power of an enthusiastic and self-denying patriotism, What though the God of Battles has decided so far with almost undeviating regularity agalust the arms of France! In this Rour of greatest trial and national affliction, the men who proudly claim that they are children of the “great nation,” rise to the almost awe-inspir- ing height of tne politicat situation, and still hold fast to an unwavering faiin in tae ultim te triumph of the tricolor, The fall of the empire and the prctamation of the third French republic has stirred the son! of every trae son of France to itd innermost depths, and yesterday this city witnessed a significant ex- expression of the present condition of PRENCH POPULAR SENTIMENT. For some time It had been announced that & strong party of French recruits would shortly go to the relief of their imperilied county. How large the French population of New York is can only be credited by those who have a pretty thorough knowledge of every phase of Gotham life. Chiefly drawn from the poor and unfortunate classes, they have come to the New World to seek their for- tune, and tn the sharp and bitter competition of the labor market are forced to accept pursaits that are neither very lucrative nor popular. They are largely personal servants to rich New Yorkers, whose wealth makes it unnecessary for them to walt upon themselves, waiters in restaurants, bartenders, cooks, &c. Even this class has felt the contagion of the enthusiasm of the present national crisis, and no leas than 300 youllg men, w @ great extent drawn from this section of the community, left yesterday morving in the Lafayette. with the avowed intention to take part in the war, and, shouldering a musket, repel THE PRUSSIAN INVADERS, whose presence, as the phrase goes, ‘pol!utes the soft of France.” Some of these gentiemen, however, were political ¢xiles, who had been banished from their native land by the man whose incapacity and reckless ambition have brought about the present. disasters. Some of these latter recrutis had been driven trom France as far back 8.1861, immediately subsequent to that ever memorable coup détat. Curiously mingled imdeed must have been the futons they felt as the good ship left e dotk, r prow turned to those sunny shores which, few weeks ago, they had scarcely hoped to ever behold again. Gratified they must have been, to some extent, at the igno- minious overthrow of the tyrant whose despotiam had poisoned so many of the best years of their lives, and they must also have felt some degree of pleasure at the glorious triumph of the democratic principles for which they had suffered, But these feelings were no doubt more than counterbalanced by the sadness with which every loyal French heart mast be filled at the grievous disasters that have recently overtaken the Lational arms. THE NIGHT BEFORE this expedition satled all the various local resorts of resident Frenchmen were navuraily in a state of abnormal activity. Stroliing through the half a dozen restaurants of this character down town, one could not fail to be struck by the general air of animation that seemed to prevail. The tables were unusually full and the popping of corks was unusu- ally lively. Many a little group, composed of com- rades who had probably grown dearer friends from the mere fact that they had been together “strangers in a strange land,” was evidentiy employed tn demolishing farewell reunion dinners. Joining @ party such 4s tms, a HERALD reporter found himseit surrounded by an atmosphere of en- thusiastic patriotism that was really quite inspiring. Thanks to that intimate knowledge oi the minor de- tails of city II i is so sedulously cultivated by journalists and detectives, he recognized at once the character of the men who made up the group—this one @ bartender in a saicon, that one a walter, and a third a typeset All, however, were men of un- usual inteiigence, and in thelr native land had filled very much higher positions in society than those In which they now gained (heir bread, A conversation ensued, Wiuieh s000 tv0k an Listructive and interest- ing turn. “Happy he.”’ satd one of the gentiemen, “who can fly to We defence of his country, 1, was, have a family, and am obliged to stay bel.nd aud find them bread.’ how many men are going with the expedl- * asked the HEALD reporter. ell, there are whose passages are pald by the French Consul. ‘Then there are som. 200 others, who pay themsel the expenses of the voyage. We shall also have some z0) or 300 Americans and non- French pasengers, mapy of whom, | taink, are, ike ourseives, volunteers.’! “How are your arms?" “Well, how you are touching a matter which onght to ve kept @ secret, at least until after the saliing of the Lafayette, We have no less than forty thousand Remington rifles, made by the best Ameri- can makers, and tree million six hundred tnou- sand cartridges. Then we have also avout five hundred revolvers. The mitrailieuse nas proved the biggest delusion that the ‘nephew of his uncle’ ever nursed, But we tniuk that Ameri- can rifles are an immense improvement on the needle gun, and far better adapted for active field service. Perhaps the mitrailieuse may still do good service from the walls of Paris; but in the campaign that will tollow—the campaign’ in which the French army will be vigorously driving the foe beyond the Rhine—our new arms will be an immense advantage.” Further conversation only led to a reiteration of these statements and a general explanation of nee oO tie of sunk tin? seit th “Nearly every man that with us,” said the ablest aud Mnoat enthusiastic of the party, “is a staunch (ovat) republican. Here and there, perhaps, there may be a man who still belie¢es in the empire and the Bonapartes, but they keep their sentiments in the background, Weare for liberty and France. But let us fi! our glasses aud drink to “LA REPUBLIQUE UNIVERSELLE.” “La republique universetle ! echoed the remain. der of the party with thr ling enthusiasm, adding, 100, ‘+A bas la despotisme 2” vion Then followed a giowing picture of the future of . Europe, and the man who drew its outiines—him- self one of those who rose in the last great European convulsion of 1548—\oud\y proclaimed that he was hoping for the success of nis country, chiefly be- cause it involved the political liberation of every branch of the Caucasian race, and that he had no doubt that within a year from the present date—and at any rate before the completion of the first Ameri- can centenary of independence—the whole of the European Continent would be a famtiy of repubites, 1 then, Of course, the antagonisin of race, e the antipathies of religious creeds, would be stilled, and the graad hope of the novlest en who have ever lived, “liberty, fraternity and equality,” would cease to be a vain dream, but would become the fundamental principles of al ctvilized govern+ jug thus given some insight into the ehare. CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE