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THE WAR. Special Report of the Siege of Montmedy. Heavy Cannonading on Both Sides and Expected Fall of the Place. French end Prussian Activity . at Strasbourg, The Field Round Paris Almost Unchanged. Paris---The Internal Situation and Food Supply. . BISMARCK’S PEACE PLATFORM German Frontier Rectification, Territorial Ac- quisition and Neutralization of French Fortresses, Napoleon’s Government Still Re- cognized by Prussia, French Opinion of England as -@ Neutral. LETTER FROM A “FRIEND” TO NAPOLEON THE MILITARY OPERATIONS TELEGRAMS TO THE HEW YORK HERALD, yo News from ParisThe German Army _ Concentrating Around the City—Reports of Prussian Movements—News trom Metz—Or- leans and Tours to be Defended—Miscella- neous Intelligence. TOURS, Sept. 23, 1870, No news is received here from Paria, The people Gnd the journals seem to accept its absence ag a matter of course, THE ENTIRE GERMAN ARMY CONCENTRATING AROUND _ PARIS—THE CITY TO HOLD ov, It is reported that the Prussians are withdrawing their forces from other points to concentrate them Ground Paris, Their cavalry is in incessant, mo- tion, Numberless squads of ublans patrol the coun- try for miles around the capital in every direction, their main object being to cut off all commnica- tens. Bat Paris will surely hold out and will pro- ~Ceed to hold elections for the Constitutuent Assem- diy even under the sabres of the Prussians, FRENCH REPORTS OF PRUSSIAN MOVEMENTS, A despatch from Souppes, dated yesterday and Ddulletined here, reports that a large Prussian force has entered Fontainebleau and made a requisition for 150,000 francs. The Prussians are marching on Nemours, and @ detachment is going towards Orleans, Despatches from Ramboulllet of yesterday's date state that the Germans have disappeared from Vour- dan and Arpajon, moving to Limours, 4 FRENCH REPORT OF THR PRUSSIAN PLAN oF CAMPAIGN, A writer in La France gives the following as the Prnssfan plan of the campaign, and claims to have his facts from an unerring authority:—The advance on Paris was regulated with mathematical exact- ness, 20 as to bring several German army corps around the capital by the 14th of September. Then Paris was to be turned on the south, cutting the com- munication on that side with Tours, the seat of the Provisional government, From Versailles—the Prus- sian headquarters—they were to narass Paris until it surrenders. Metz, Strasbourg and Toul still hold out, and present at least @ fortnight’s task. Mean- while the Germans will detach two corps to Lyons, Havre and Cherbourg, and send flying columns throughout all the country in all directions for for- age. Seventy-five thousand fresh cavalry for that service is now expected from Germany. A portion of the programme has already been realized. The writer affirms further that the Prussian General, Steinmetz, was disgracea because of the heavy losses inflicted on his army by Marshal Bazaine, LATER NEWS FROM METZ, Another balloon from Marshal Bazaine’s headquar- ters at Metz has fallen within theterritory controlied by the French. The balloon contained 187 letters. From these it seems butchers’ meat is very dear at Meigs, and the army and citizens are consequently eating horseflesh. There 13 a gieat plenty of pro- ‘Vislons other than meat, ORLEANS AND TOURS TO BE DEFENDED. Effective military measures have been taken for the protection of Orleans and Tours. A large force of laborers are at work throwing up fortifications and mounting guns, and in other ways preparing for the Prussians. TAR SITUATION IN LYONS. There is an immense supply of cartridges at Lyons, Despatches from that city announce the arrival there of great numbers of French prisoners who escaped while en route to Germany under the guard of German soldiers. Many more managed to reach ‘foul. 0 DEFENSIVE PREPARATIONS AT LILLE. Arrangements lave been made at Lille whereby a complete inundation of the surrounding country may be effected in twelve hours. This means of ‘defence will be resorted to on the approach of the Prassians, Details of the Fight at Chatillon—The Paris Garrison Becoming Mutinous—Orleaus and Pours Threatened—Prussian Movements. Loxpon, Sept. 23, 1870. A correspondent in Paris, writing to this city by the special messenger who came through with gov- ernment despatches, reports as follows under date of Tuesday evening:— The fight of yesterday at Chatillon was anything but satisfactory, It appears that originally General Trochu, having reviewed his forces, determined to defend Paris withoat the help of an army outside, He made up his mind to give up ail the strong places beyond the line of the forts, when suddenly came Dacrot from Sedan, in the guise of a peasant. Here ‘Was 0 general fit to be trusted with a command out- aide of Paris; Ducrot should have an army of 50,006 Jnen to defend certain heights, They came to a trial yesterday, and the most 1m- Tertant Incident ef the day was the might of the zoyaves—the boasted zouaves—without firing a shot They ran into Paris amid execrations and hootings, They have been arrested in great num- bers, and It is proposed 9 shoot them, or, at Teast, to make a good example or them, in the Champs de Mara, The young Mobilots cud better—they stood their ground. But the result ct all is that the army of Ducrot hag returned behind the forts, and General Trochn falls bagk upon his original iva of defending Paris by itsels, | It iw admitted that Ducrot retreated at night, Jeaye | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET eight guns, spiked. All henceforth wit! be conducted behind the walls. PORITIONS OF THE PRUSSIANS. The enemy occupy all the heights overlooking the Seine from Believue to Montretout, Nothing now prevents them from crossing the Seine, rebuilding the bridges and bombarding the city, both from the heights of Moutretout and even nearer, since the fire from the ramparts is obstructed by buildings and trees. Trochu was at Sevres Tuesday morning. The bridge there and the Grand Jatte were blown up by his orders, The London Pimes commences its leader this (Friday) moraing thus:— ‘The isolation of Paris appears to be complete. The railways and telegraph wires are cut and the German forces command the hishways out of the capital, Not @ scrap of intelligence has escaped from the unhappy city since Saturday night last, THE PARIS GARRISON BECOMING MUTINOUS. Reports trom Ferriéres, France, by way of Berlin, say that all discipline is vanishing at Paris, The eyldiers are mutinous, and ta some cases have shot their officers, PRUSSIANS THREATENING ORLEANS AND TOURS. ‘The indications are that the Prussians are prepar- Ing to move upon Orleans. The city has been com- pletely evacuated by. ue. Frencn, ad Jt jp atatea that the ublans have already appéared there, Blois @jfo has been occupied by a force of Prussians. Their movements threaten the safety of Tours. BNGLISH REPOS OF PRUSSIAN MOVEMENTS, ‘The Prussians avoided St. Denis, near che north- ern boundary of Paris, ag much time would have been lost fo carrying it. ‘the i gund at Sceaux now command the southern part of Paria, The Prussians have occupied Dourdan, a town eighteen miles southwest of Versailles, No Prussians are reported anywhere in the De- partment of Auve, MILITARY REPORTS PROM VARIOUS POINTS. The fortifications at Vincennes have veen aban- doned by the French, The railroad has been finished around the Paris fortifications, The bombardment of Toul continues incessantly and furiously. The franc-tireurs at Thionville make constant allies, They have inflicted much damage on the Prussians, ‘The slege of Metz has become a mere blockade, ‘The French Minister of Marine announces the re- call of the fleet from the Baltic. At Beauvais the excitement of the citizens on the approach of the enemy became a panic. THE SIEGE 6F STRASBOURG, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Ukich Willing to Sarreud:r—The People Re- fuse~Germans Arming she Captured Lu- nettes—A Terrific Fire from the Garrison Horvible Report-The Theatre Destreyed by Fire and 260 Persons Burned to Death. LoNvon, Sept. 23, 1870, The Manchester Examiner says General vlrich, the commandant of Strasbourg, is strongly inclined to surrender the city, but that the wounded soldiers and the citizens 01 the place were ununimously op- posed to it, THE GERMANS ARMING THR CAPTURED LUNETTES. The Germans have armed the captured luneties, Nos, 52 and 58, with mortars. Other batteries have been erected on the heights, The German loss on Thursday was one officer end seven men kiiled and four officers and thirty men wonnded. TERRIBLE FIRE FROM THE GARRISON AND MANY GERMANS KILLED. The Prussians in lunette No. 52 at Strasbourg, which had been abandoned by the French, became the objects of a ternble fire. Many German lives Were lost there, lacluding that of the commander, Quitzow. A HORRIDLE CATASTROPHE REPORTED, Telegrams are postea up in the news rooms here reporting that the theatre of Strasbourg was sct on fire by ashell and 200 persons, who had taken refuge in the building, the majority of them women, were burned to death. Also that private residences in the city have been broken into and plundered by the mob, The reports are not conflrmod from other sources, and are entitled to ttle or no credit. THE SIZGE OF MONTMEDY. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Gallant Defence of the Fortress—Effect of the Cannonade Twelve Miles Distant—A Herald Special Advance—Report of the Investment— What the Prussian Officers Say—Looking to Paris. Lonpon, Sept. 23—Evening. Aspecial letter addressed to the HERALD from Virton, on the 2ist inst., has just reached this city. I hasten to telegraph the report of the correspon- dent, He says:—I have returned here from Mont- medy, whither I went in order that I might witness the gallant defence of the fortress by the French, The “plucky,” firm resistance of the garrison equals anything which;has been written in the history of the present war, indeed, I might say in the history of any pre- vious war conflict, The Belgian town irom which lt write 1s distant twelve miles {rom Montmedy, and yet we can hear the sound of the guns which are battling around the place quite distinctly. The can- nonade 1s carried on with great spirit and much Ppromptness on both sides, The air here is filled with atoms of cartridge paper, wh'ch are borne into the houses and tossed in one’s face out of doors when the wind comes from the direction of the scene of strife. PRUSSIAN OUTPOST DUTY, Journeying outnear to the hamlet of Torgny I came on a Prussian outpost consisting of forty men. My further progress in advance was barred by the officer in command, who informed me that he haa most Imperative orders.to prevent any approach to Montmeday. his officer took my papers and exam- ined them closely, Returning the documents, he permitted me to proceed to a high ground in the neighborhood, from which, with the aid of a field glass, I could observe the main operations which are being carried on around the fortress, if it 1s desira- ble to call them operati¢ns, SIEGE ACTION The name of asiege fs @ misnomer. ‘The Prus- sians are merely blockading the place with a force amounting to about 15,000 men, From time to time occasionally this force appears to enter an artillery procest against the French continueing to hold the place by firing a few shots from their heavy guns against the fortress. The French invariably reply to the Prussian fire by discharging exactly an equal number of cannon shots against their position. They change the programme occasionally, however, by sending a few shells among the invaders, Active proceedings appear to have been discon- tnued on both sides.” The Prussians have aban- doned their work of digging trenches. The French have ceased thelr sharp sorties and remain closely inside, Both parties are evidently waiting to know the result of the more important events which are transpiring in Paris. The Prussian officers assert that they will starve the garrison of Montmedy into a surrender. On the other hand, prisoners who have been captured by the Prussians say that the garrison has frequently received supplies from the outside despite the Ger- man fnvestment, This I believe to be true, DETERMINED. A Prussian officer assured me that the Germans have resolved to capture the place at all hazards, and that he himselr believed that @ storming had ‘been ordered to take place within a very few days. The German officers generally express much sur- prise at the stubboraness which ts still displayed by the French garrisons serving in the different fort- reases, considering that, witn the exception of the garmson at Metz, none of them have more thana sprinkling of regular troops in the ranks. The gar- rison at Montmedy ts made up, he sald, of strayed soldiers who belonged at one time to each arm of the service, without regard to regimental register, and, as at Bitche, scarce'y any two soldiers wear the same uniform, AT DINNER. The Prussian investing foree before Montmedy ts Well fed Juss gow, but tho yaUous are of @ very | £ ing tn the bands of the enemy redoubt Crouy and | plain description, and, of necessity, carefully hus defensive movemerts | banded. I dined at the mess of the oMcers of one of the outposts, Our fare consisted of cold ham, some potatoes, aud @ bottle of very indifferent beer, ‘THINKING OF PARIS. ‘The Prussian officers and soldiers near Montmedy believe firmly that the war with France 1s virtually over, and that the army of King William will oo- cupy Paris without any furtber fighting of import- ance, PARIS, TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HEAALD. The Counter-Revolutionary Agitation—As- saults of the “Reds? on the Government— The Food *upply—Good Health—Hope. Lonpon, Sept. 30, 1870. ‘The special correspondent in Parla who wrote by the Queen’s messenger, who got through to Dover, continues his report of the condition of the French clty—under date of Tuesday—to the Heratp thus:— The attacks on the government continue, and are,® i ble, more bi Ww 2 Paice eet ne OMe We He OL sae together, Some of the red organs—the Revell, fox Instance—insist that there shall be no peace on any terms; that the war must go on at all hazards, until victory 1s won. These game people insist on a clean Sweep being made in the public offices, so that the whole of the administrative body employed under the empire, rank and file a3 well as the heads of do partments, shall give place to-new men. How tsa government possible under such conditious? Itis of the last importance that the government should make pence, and here are a set of men who declare that they shall not make peace on any terms; who Teproach the Ministers bitterly for entertaining the question of peace; and yet these very men begin to cry out for an equal division of food among us, and would embarrass the government with disturbances, If anything goes wrong these are the peopla who are to be feared. The government officers are doing their very best, but the reds are getting louder aud louder each day. In thelr dissatisfaction they threaten seriously to hamper the government, and it may be that before long Paris may regard the incoming of the Prussians as a lesser evil than thelr supremacy. We arodoing well enough about provisions and supplies, The government fixes the price of meat, which is cheaper, I dare say, than in New York; it js not yet more than twenty cents a pound. There is no scarcity of animal food and the supply of bread 1s unlimited, For wine the Pruselans outside may envy us. ‘The city seems unusually healthy; even tne small- pox has disappeared, orat least we hear nothing of it, The people forget to be 1!1 in the midst of war. ‘W: are waiting In no little excitement the return of Favre from the Prussian headquarters, but those well informed have slight hopes of his success. Louis Blanw’s Report. LONDON, Sept, 23, 1870, Louis Blanc writes on the 19th inst. from Paris as Tollows:— They have been fighting to-day all round Paris, ‘with alternations of success and disadvantage. ‘The city is full of spirit and yet calm. The National Guard has shown itself resolute, aud tne Garde Mo- bile, coming from all parts of the ccuntry, display that careiess gaiety so characteristic of the French. We are sad yet hopeful. Don’t suppose we expect to escape from the consequences of a war into which we have been dragged in spite of ourselves. We desire peace on equitable aad honorable conal- tons, If we cannot have that we are ready to accept war to the kuife, Street Scene at the Gaten. LONDON, Sept. 23, 1870, A correspondent in Paris writes on the 20th instant:— The Champs Elysées are Mned with cavalry and infantry; fy! pcre near all the gates. The Americans, witb all other foreigners now here, will leave for Tours if the bombardment begins, Bemt- lunes are erected before the gates, the sides of which are lined with boards covered with spikes, and crests with rows of stakes to which wires aré fastened. Jn front of the fortifications a zone has been cleared for a few hundred yards. Beyond that the houses and trees afford shelter enough to the bev al The guns on enceinte are mostly of lignt calibre, Outside the Fortifications=What the Prassians Say. Lonpon, Sept. 23, 1870. A special courier from Paris reports conversations with Prussian staff oficers, who laugh at the idea of Paris standing a long siege. They declare that they know vulnerable points they can force to surrender if permitted in a short time. Versailles and ®t. Germain were taken with- out a show of resistance. ‘rhe courier made his way repeatedly out of Paris, but was turned back by the Prussian patrols. Finally he passed the picket on the St, Germain road and reached the headquarters, He was notified by the cmef of the Crown Prince’s staff, Blumenthal, that he was the last person who would be allowed to pass, Hewas asked curionsly how he got through the lines, and was told he could not retarn without the personal permisston of the Crown Prince or the King himself. They mean to enforce Bismarck’s intimation to embassies that no commu- nication whatever will henceforth be permitted be- tween Paris and the world outside. He rode tnrough from Paris to Rouen, thence by rail to Amiens and Calais, THE PARI PRESS, TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. A Newspaper File from the Belengu City~Editoria) Comments and Speculation, Loxpon, Sept, 23, 1870, By a Paris courier city newspaper files have been received, including those of the Journal Opictel, Débats, Teinps, Rappel, Liberté, Soir, Gaulots, Figaro, Electeur’ Libre and many others, of the 20th and 2ist of September, with three days later news from the French capital. Sicard’s paper—the Elecieur Libre—announces conspicuously the departure of Jules Favre on Sun- day, at six o'clock In the morning, adding, “thes Vice President of the government for the nationa defence could not take such a step without the cer- tainty of neing recelved in @ manner wortny of France and with a well founded hope of a good result, We reckon accordingly on the result as being in immediate conformity with our wishes. Lord Lyons would not have aided, nor would Jules Favre have quitted his post merely to be deceived. There is every reason, therefore, to believe that an armistice will be concluded, and an early and honorable peace will follow, and france will accept no other.” The same paper says that General Trochu had de- termined to defend Paris wholly within the walls and not attempt field operations at all. General Ducrot induced him to change his purpose. Hence the battle of Chatillon, the plan of which was ma- turely constdered in advance. Had General Ducrot been seconded by his troops he would bave won a brilliant victory. The filght of the zouaves ruinea all, Sixty thousand cartridges given them before the battle were hardly distributed among them when tnese cowards dispersed, crying, “We have no ammunition.’? ‘The Journat oficial was printed on a half sheet on the 20th, an@ pub‘ished a decree abrogating Article 75 of the constitution and all other laws exempting public functionaries from prosecution; a decree au- thorizing organization without the usual formalities of an. insurance company against losses by the selge. A decree of the Governor in regard to the state of wiege in Algeria, an appeal from Gampetta to the citizens announcing that the supreme moment has arrived and warning them against panics like the Tecent one and exhorting the people to remain un- moved, since court martial just appointed to try the cowards and deserters who spread lies and disor- der will protect the pubiic safety; and a notification that the government will take energetic measures against butchers disobeying the laws regulating the sale of meat. The Journal des Devats of the 20th inst. finds It dimeult to understand how with the province in- vaded France can freely elect a Constituent Assem- bly. It ts aecessary now to see what France 1s ca- Dable of dging without Paris, A disaster would t Prove @ benefit if the provinces recover their indl- vidual life, The Prefect of the Police order every liquor shop closed #0 as to prevent men from getting drunk, The Figaro protests against the enrolling of con- clerges as they are necessary for the safoty of each house, and complains that too many officials are ex- empted trom service, A battalion of volunteer journalists has left this city. Three thousand have signified their intention of joining, but only efx hundred have started. Bal- loons filled with letters will be despatched regularly from Paris, BISMARCK ON THE CRISI3. TELEGRAM TQ THE NEW YORK HERALD. Diplomatic Cirenlar to the Foreign Govern- mente-No Prussian Interferauce With In- ternal FranceNapoleon’s Government Still Recognized—What United Germany Re- quires tor Peave—Territorial Frontier Rec- tification and the Possession of French Fort- Tesses, Lonpon, Sept, 23—Evening. Count Bismarck has addressed an important di- Plomatic circular tg the representatives of the North German Confederation serving at foreign courts, ac- companying the document with an official letter, in which he directs that they shall communtcate it im- mediately to the governments to which they are ac- credited, In this Prussian state paper Premier yon Bis- Marck examines the circular which was recently issued by M. Jules Favre, and then goes on to declare that Germany does not entertain the slightest desire to mix herself up elther by act or in her future policy with the internal affairs of France. Germany, he adds, remains indifferent as to what form of govern- ment France may select or elect. The government of the Emperor Napoleon is, however, the only one which is at present formally recognized by Germany and the other great leading Powers of Europe, The regulating and shaping of the con- ditious of peace between France and Prussia are therefore just now dependent on the action of that government. So long as the fortresses of Metz and Strasbourg remain armea France will retain and have really a power for offence much greater than is the power for defence which 1s now {fn possession of the Germans, In the hands of the Germans these fortresses could only acquire a defensive character, as Germany would certainly never become the assailant ofher French neighbor. Prussia fears that France will regard a loosely arranged peace as an armistice merely, and that she will consequently seek to re- venge herself on Germany for her present defeats in war just sosoon as she feels herself or imagines herself strong enough for the undertaking. No dis- turbance of the peace of Europe need be feared from Germany, and she will accordingly demand future safety and territorial security for herself as the price of her present exertions in war. Count Bismarck concludes in the following words:—‘‘Germany can only draw up the articles of peace in terms which wiil demonstrate her direct aim for the placing of national ob- stacles in the way of French attacks on her territory, more especiatly on the hitherto unprotected frontier of South Germany. This will Ue accomplished in such a manner as to push back the frontier line, which has embraced in times past the starting points of attack from France, and bring the territory within the power of Germany, to be ased as @ bulwark of defence against the force of these fortresses with which France has hitherto menaced us.” Count Bismarck winds up this tmportant paper With the usual oficial assurances of good will, re- spect and so forth, Bismarck and Favre. Lonpon, Sept. 23, 1870. The London Times this morning, 38 reported, pub- lishea @ telégram from Berlin of yesterday's date saying (a8 was reported by telegram to the HERALD in New York ‘yesterday) that Count Bismarck and Jules Favre were closeted ali day (Thursday), the former insisting on the meeting of the Constitu- ent Assembly to ratify a treaty. Jules Favre conceded an indemnity for the cost of the war, the surrender of part of the fleet, the dis- mantling of Metz, Straspourg and posstuly other fortifications, ENGLAND’S POSITIGN. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Fvenca Opinion of the Grent Insular Neutral— British Ideas of a “ Civilizing” Union. Lonpon, Sept, 23, 1870, M. Charles Hugo publishes an editorial article in the French Rappel newspaper in which he launches forth in the most severe terms against England's Continental policy and the datly course and habits of the British people. M. Hugo says:—When ‘John Bull’ hears the national death ratte in the throat of Denmark and listens to the cries of rage which come from France, whom the sinister public scoundrel has at length handed over almost defenccless to allied savages, but who will liberate herseif despite of lim, he is gratified, ‘John Bull” wil, however, continue for a season to swallow his beefsteak and drink his double X porter and “brown stout,” ejaculating at the same time, witha profound sigh, “Iam very sutry indeed that my friends on the Continent are being swallowed up,” M. Flugo adds that Engiand has ever maintained this line of policy towards nations in distress, The London Times publishes an editorial article in which the writer says that if Engiana, Germany and America were united in a determination to se- cure @ peaceful progress in both continents they might really shape tne woridly destiny of the whole human race, THE BALTIC BLOCKADE. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO, KF ce Not on the Qui Vive. LONDON, Sept. 23, 1870. Notwithstanding the blockade of the Baltic ports forty-four ships have entered Swinemunde, the port of Stettin, since the 2d ef September, INCIDNTS OF IRE WAR. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Rumor and Personal Movements. Lonpon, Sept. 23—P. M, Count Benedetti is at Brussels, where the Princesa Mathilde 1s qaartered at the Grand Hotel, The Count de Patikao is with the Emperor at Wil- helmshihe, The London Times to-day says the proclamation of a French republic turned American sympathy to the French side, but neither the republican nor tho democratic party is sacriticing the German vote to this sentiment, One of the journals of this city states that M. Magne, formerly Minister of Finance, writing privately to a friend, assured him that he haa short time before the change in the government paid, upon receipts presented, for over one million Chassepots and three hundred thousand other guns, As these guns have never been seen it shows the extent to which swindling was Carried on under the ald régime, * A corps of Spanish guerillas is forming at Toulouse to assist in the defence of France, Minister Gambetta has sent a prefect to take charge of the Department of Haut-Rhin. M. Valentin, the prefect recently appointed to the Department of Bas-Rhin, has succeeded 1n entering Strasbourg. The captive balloons at Paris are still in active use, enabling the mil.tary authorities to keep sharp watch of the movements of the Prussians, The road from Paris to Orleans is gorged with all sorts of vehicles, These are maiuly loaded with the effects of the Paris refugees, Facets, MM, Thiers, before leaving Tours fos Vienna vasaed ; statues were taken, the night with Prince Metternich, the Austrian Min- ister to France, Nothing defaite has been received from Parts in England. Large quantities of grain which had been collected around Paris nave recently been burned in order to prevent ita falling into the hands of the Prussians, M. de la Gucronniere, who was lately arrested and Imprisoned at Marseilles, has been unconditionally released, The inhabitants of Sevres on the approach of the Prussians sent out @ deputation to sue for protec- tion, It is said they were actuated equally by fear of the violence of the “reds” and anxiety to get rid of the imperial functionaries, Telegrams dated at Tours to-day, September 23, re- Port:—Newspaper files and letters arrive here sp2s- modically from Paris, General Cluseret has been recalled from the South, ashe ts thought to encourage dissatisfaction and aisorder among the people, The Bank of France 1s closed, and @ hundred Mo- bile Guards are now stationed in the building, Although the French Constituent Assembly 1s to be elected on the 2d of October it will be a fortnight or three weeks before @ vote will be arrived at as to the form of government, The Prefect of Rouen has published a notification contra ictiny i atement that the Prussians have invaded Normandy.” The railway at Havre has received no more mer- chandise for transmission, A despatch from Cuxhaven staves that q steamer, loaded with torpedoes, blew up accidentaiiy, kuli- ing the captain, four of the crew and four landwehr officers who went on @ visit to the vessel to gratity their curlosity, it 1® stated from Tours that intelligence has arrived from Paris that a mob had commenced pil- Jaging the hotels which have been deserted by their owners, and the silver, furniture, pictures and ‘the continuance of negotiations between Favre and Bismarck inspires confidence in a successful conclusion of their efforis, Were their views trre- concilable, it is justiy argued, there would have been @ rupture been them before this, Napoleou’s English organs, La Situation ana the London Figaro, are endeavoring to make capital for the fallen dynasty by publ‘shing alleged deciara- tions of the Emperor and his consort that neither — ow proposed to us—Aow to save France fiom (he congherer and how to save ler Srom hersey, ot irae it “wane, Du to out ‘no hi course » bur milisiing page in her imiltary history of the last six weeks, cries war to the knife, Germany has choice but to prolong the le until she dons the contest from sheer inability to cout or France admits herself vanquished. In the name humanity we cannot bring ourselves to con If terms not tucompatibie the possibility of so terrible @ sulamity, her national honor it is the duty of neutral i peace are offered to Fran ii to recommend her acceptance of them. If, on the, other hand, Prussia es demands not wan- tonly humiliating to France, but dangerous the interests of Kurope, it may then be incumbent om neutrals, even atthe cost of armed tutervention, te ‘step in between the victor and his prey. No reagon- able being can object to Prussia gathering in the first fruits of the bloody harvest she has reaped. The question 1s, of what should these frults consiat® ‘The neutral Powers, on the invitation of Great Britaio, have already settied the terms w whic! they are coujointly prepared to offer the! nervioes as mediator, supposing the time for mediation to have arrived. It woula say little for the collective diplomatic wisdom of Europe tf itis unequal to the task of devising som> terms of accommodation wnich would satisfy, we do not say the Prussian government, but the majority of the German y Whose wishes must Welsh greatly in the scuie, ut wounding too severely the Lectings of the French bation. LOU.S BLANC ON ENGLISH OPINION, Duties and Dawsons of the French Republic, The Paris Temps of September 8 publishes a letter which has becn addressed to it by M. Louis Blanc, who, after many years of compulsory absence, has. just bated to Parls. M. Biante sayai— = I have just arrived from England, and I bring aban nal impression which it 18 of extreme impor- tance should be made known. It ts unfortunate! but too true that England has up to this time, but few exceptions, favored agalnst us, But within the last few days, even before the republio’ had been prociaimed, & change of opinion Englishmen and in our favor became obvious, of which | personally had numerous testunonies in the shape of replies to the accusation of unjust partiality which I had made against the people uf Great Bnitain. Some of tne letters addressed to me were coutined to expressions of sympathy with France, but others were full of admiration for the noble and calm firmness with which Francehad endured her reverses, and the sincerity of the declaration was proved in some cases by being accompanied by con- Urtbutions in ald of our sick and wounded. In ad~ dition to this there are in England many men ginea with clear political viston who begin to see clearly through the monstrous pretensions of Prussia put forth as the legitimate consequence of her success. These persons remember with what cynicism the “will recognize any Prussian agency or interference between them and the French people? A ‘TTER TO NAPOLEON, Whne a “Eady Friend? is Made to Say to tho Emperor. Lonpon, Sept. 23, 1870, Astray number of the Paris Rappel, which has been received here by some means or other from that city, contains two letters, said to have been once private, purporting to have been written by a female who signs herself Marguerite Belianger, and Who ts satd to have maintained intimate terms of relationship witn Napoleon, {and in one of which she confesses that an illegttimate child whose pater- nity she had at one time eudeayored to fx on the Emperor fs not his, The woman ls made to write to the Emperor in the following words, in Jetter No, 2:~ CHER SEIGNEUR—I have not waitten to you since Iny departure, fearing that it might offen’ you it I dtd so, but after a visit which I have received from M. Devienne I think [ should. lrthe first place I beg of you not to scorn me for losing your esteem, I do not know what would become of me. Secondly, rae brs beg a ni ny for Witting aanare eee guilty, it 1s true, but I assure you I wag jn douiy myself on the suhjeot. Tell me, Cher Melensce at there is any way{!n which I can redeem my fault. wil not shrink from anything. If an entire Ife of future devotedness can regain your esteem {t 1s at your service. There is no sacrt- fice which you can demand that I am not ready to undertake, If it be necessary to your peace of mind that I shonid exile myself you need say but the word and I shall doit. I will leave thee with my heart so filled with gratitude for ali the favors you have conferred on me that to now suffer for you will be @ happimess, ‘The everything which I desire 18 that you will not on any account whatever doubt the sincerity or the depth and force of my love, I would beg, in conclu- sion, that you will forward'me a few linea in ieply. Address Madame Bellanger, Commune Ulle Berner, near Laumur, soveiane your answer, accept cher Seigneur, the adieus of your entirely devoted and very unfortu- MARGUERITE, found in the se. the Emperor, marked ‘rhis with other letters has been cret correspondence of “guarded letters,”” WHAT THE PEOPLE SAID OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. {From the London Times, Sept. 6.) The volcano hus burst, The surrender of the Emperor and the capitulation of MacMahon’s army could not stand alone. Such tidings would muke the earth open, and the earth has opened in Paris, A revolution has begun. The Emperor might weil scek to dissever his fate from the fate of the empire, and to make ~his surrender # personal act that sliould not affect his dynasty, whatever influence it might have on his own prospecis; but It was appa- rent a8 Soon 4s the intelligence of his captivity was published that the empire was at an end. All| the dearest feelings of a Frenchman’s — heart were wounded by the catastrophe of Sedan, The head of the State a prisoner, 80,000 French soldiers capitulating, and al: without a note of warning that could have led the nation to anticipate such tremendous disasters, It may, indeed, seem strange that Saturday passed over in Paris without an insurrection against the dynasty and the régime; but the Ministers, partly perhaps from prudence, and partly perhaps because they suill clung to the hope that all might not be lost, told only haif the truth on Saturday, and reserved their {uil confession ll yesterday morning. Even then some hours passed before Paris, stunned and bewildered, mastered the whole truth. The Corps Législatif met, and it seemed as if the transition. from the past to 4he present would have been effected under Parliamentary forms; but the temper of Paris could brook no trifiing with the fortunes of France, What was the Corps Législatif? Its mem- bers might seek to separate themselves from the em- pire, to vote it extinct, and to form some new ma- chinery of its own to take its place; but had not these Same members been elected for the most part as the oficial candidates of the empire? Had they not supported the Emperor 1a every proposal he had made? Had they not voted obsequiously as eacir successive Minister had aemanded? It mattered not whether M. Rouher, or M. Oliivier, or General Pali- kao was nominally at the head of an adminis- trauon, the Chamber followed faithfully as the empire led. And now, when the empire = falis, the Chamber must follow. Pars yesterday recalled the Paris of F 1848, and the Paris of 1702. The people rushe the Palais Bourbon at the hour when the be 3 proposed to hold their afternoon sitting, The Na- tonal Guard, which had filled the Place de ia Con- corde and the quays and bridges siuce the morning, fraternizea with the crowds asin former days, and the Chamber was filled with the surging muititude, What need to repeat or even telegraph Lhe details? ‘They are already written in history, M, Gambetta— te Udilon Barrot of our time—vainly exhorted the throng to respect the sunctity of ihe Chamber, and, after a scene of wild confusion, he, supported by the Deputies present, proclaimed the deposition of the imperial uynasty. Thus once more has Paris as- sumed for France the right to shake itself free from. the past; but a nation dves not vie thus, and out of the ves! of revolution w new constitullon inust be formed. * * * Apart from the war, though the termina- tion of the war is its greatest work, the provisional government constituted yesterday tp Paris eaters upon its labo; s under dificulties that ought to miti- gate criticism, if the German forces retired from France to-day they would leave far-spreading misery behind them. The country is devastated up to the walls of Paris and the West and South have sent their stores to feed the caplial. Unnumberet houschoids mourn sons and husbands lost lurever. Industry has been paralyzed. Civil order has become chaos. A provisional gov- ernment nominated Do one Well kuows how and unaccustomed to act together nmiight weil quali at the prospect before them if their patriotism allowed them to sbrink fromit. Among the names that bave been mentioned are, however, many which have substantial claims to be trusted in respect of their ast services. General Trochu and Count de Kérairy, 'M. Jules Simon, Crémieux, Grévy, Jules Ferry and Pelletan are honored names, and the eloquence of MM. Jules Favre and Gampeita is known beyond the limits of France. We do not dou) that the na- tion will readily accept such @ comunitee of safety. as Paris is about to propose, and all who have ang sympathy with a gallant and sufering people must hope and even pray that{the path of the new govern- ment may be made easy for them, {From the London Post, Sept, 64 * * * This ts the most deplorable admission of weakness that France can make. MM, Gambetta, Pelievan, Favre, Ferry, Crémieux, Picard and the- rest can hardly constitute a serious government; one that will win tne support of friendly States, or inspire the foe with respect for the attitude of France. A republio wm France means a threatened revolution tr Spain and Italy; means the alienation of possible allies, the distrust of reasonable and well governed States. Nothing could be more dangerous in this supreme hour tuan confiding to ardent, inexperienced and desperate theorists the serious interests of @ great ‘Js upon 3 country. The raral eer uf we may judge by all recent accounts, far irom sharing the opinions Of the Parisian mob. It may thus occur that civil war may be aided to the horrors of foreign ipva- $0, Whatever happens, tho donvie auestion is Prussian government devoured its Danish prey be- fore the face of shocked and tndignant England, They remember that the Prussian Chambers justi- fied the annexation of Hanover by a shameless declaration of the right of conquest, not hesitating to vote the adoption of a report in which tt way piainly stated that “the right of conquest, by virtue of the modern international law, constitutes a just title to the acqusition of Loreign territory, and that there is no necessity to consuit the people upon the quesuon of their incorporation, because that would be substituting semblance ior ree ality.” ris vrulal theory of brutal force 1s now recalled to many worthy minds of Eng- land, aud it 18 not forgotten under what ciroum- stances nor with What ostentalious cagerneas the Prussian Chambers professed it, They now again find itin their hunger for the dismemberment of France, which is ‘ayer by the organs of M, Bis- marck, and they ask themselves whether an im- mense German empire, subject to men animated by such sentimenis, would not be a fearful menace to Europe, including England. Is it our interest to encourage the development of this reaction of Eng- giish opinion? Very blind, iudeed, must they be who entertain a doubt, Very ignorant, indeed, must they be who do not know that it 13 in more than purely moral respects the sympathies of Eng- land under present circumstances are likely to be of use tous. Well, then, (he course we ought to pur- sue is plainly traced, At the woment I was about to quit London I re- ceived from an etainent personage, a liberal meis- ber of the House of Lords, whom I bave always nown a8 a friend of France, @ letter in-which he itterly complained of the ill-will which, accord- ing to him, had been exhibiied in certain ps of France towards bia countrymen, If the fact be true the republican government wilt do well for many reasons to disvow such a disposition. ‘One of the most active causes of the tendency of Englisi opinion to side with Prussia is the aggressive character given to the war by Napoleon. That Is so true that the very party which in England has most strongly pro- nounced against us 1s the liberal party. Wei, ‘ee itis of the utmost importance that we should do all in our power to banish that error from the English mind. ‘The enthusiasm with which the republic has been proclaimed must prove to the English chat a vast gulf existed between France and the empire. Now & the time for the republican governinent to i1 them, to tell Europe and the whole w that republican France—France did not desire this war: that ao aggressive war with no object but that of ucquiriag territory would have been im- possible if France had been is 80 now that France has been restored to her- self, and that we unreservedly repudiate the prin- ciple of right of conquest—an odious prinelple, opposed to ull our ideas, to all our feelings, to all our revolutionary traditions. The right o1 conquest we leave to tyrayts. International law, as we un- derstand it, ts that which seeks to put an end to in- ternational hatred. [v is that which the French workmeu, ip agreement with the German workmen, themselves have so well stated. The character of the contest is, therefore, from this time entirely changed, The empire having fallen, France re- covers herself and resumes her rights. France is now on the defensive, The bombarders of the herote city of Strasoourg, the King of Prussia, if he should dare todemand Alsace and Lorraine afver having solemnly declared that he made war against Napoleon and not against the French nation, they are the aggressors. We have taken up arms to pre- vent men who are flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone Irom being by force made foreigners. We have our country to save. Europe will not Witness with an unmoved hart children dying tn defence of their mother, ad THE PRINCE IMPERIAL. His Last Moments in Fran:e. From Galignani’s Messenger, Sept. 7.1 ‘The Prince Imperiai had arrived at Maubeuge on Saturday, escorted by Ceut Gardes and accompanied by his household. He alighted at the residence of M. Hamoir, deputy to the Legislative Body, During the day he walked about the town, and every one may have remarked, by is pale and careworn face, how much the late events. had ailected him, He received tn the after- noon a despatch from his father, ordering hiin to leave, and in ovedience to that message he started at five by rail for Namur, leaving his escort behind him, and attended only by his two medical men and aides-de-camp. A considerable crowd had followed him to Maubeuge station. At Teignies a large crowd had assembled, and marks of sympathy towards him were manifested, At Mons a large number of Jadies awaited him, but he was able to pass unpercetved to the Hotel de ia Couronne, in the principal square, and where he stayed for a time before continuing his route. At eigiit he lett Mons tor Namur, The Empress 1s sald to have arrived by train from Paris, and to have joimed him at Brame-le- Comte. THE REPUBLIC IN THE PRO- VINCES. How the Great Civic Centres Acted. [From Galignani’s Messenger, Sept. 7.) Lyons even anticipated Parts in the Jate movement. The Decentralization gives the following detatls :— At the ‘§ of the fresh disaster, which struck both the army and the country, the population on Sunday morniug, at nine, prociaimed the republic. ‘The crowd assembled on the Place des Terreaux, and even invaded the Court of the Prefectare. ‘Tne post, consisting of eight men, armed itself and appeared on the steps, while the multitude. excited, but in no Way aggressive, cailed for the Prefect, who did not appear, A group of persons .aving a small red at their head, came ont of the Kue Romarin, cries of “Vive la Republique!” were heard. Tiits 1 cident caused a certain emotion in the Place des Terreaux, and several voices exclaimed—No, we must keep the tricolor; itis that under which our brave soldiers have fallen for eighty years.” The contest soon after subsided. Ata quarier past ten, however, the grand balcony over the gate of the Hotel de Ville was tnvaded and a man with @ red cockude in his hat proceeded to harangue the peo- pie. To cites of “Vive la République!” many per sons answered by exclaiming, “Vive ia France!’ A bust of the Emperor was broken, and the pieces thrown down among the crowd. Troops then began to arrive, the Sixth Hussars oc- cupying the Place des Terreaux and the Filty-second of the line the lower part of the Rue de I’ lmpeératrice. ‘They were well received by the people, who cried “Vive Varmée |’ A party proceeded to the prison St. Joseph to deliver those confined. At Led og twelve a detachment of infantry, with a captain at their héad, passed rhe, oo Place Impériale, Toop 00) the direction of the Place Bellacour, This tr marched with their arms shouldered, the butt en uppermost. ‘There was something melancholy and solemn tn their aspect. The following proclamation Was soon after posted on the walls:— Frevon Repu; COMMUNE OF LYONS, Sept. 4, 1870, fortunes of the country dictate to us our duty. We jediately the arming Of the nation, the dowafall of ire, the proclamation of the republic, This was signed by the Provisional Committee of Public Safety, consisting of eleven persons, At Bordeaux the intelligence was known at three o'clock on Sunday moruing, and at sfx a Council of Administration was held by the authorities at the Prefecture. A decision was taken to arm all the National Guards as speedtiy as ible, aud the foi lowing proclamation was posted up:— Serreupee 4, 1870, Dram Fritow Citiztxs—The painfu’ tidiogs we recel may jlduze as ip adliction, but not abate our coupes The herotem of the army bas had to yield » movaeut CONTINUED OS TENTA PAG,