The New York Herald Newspaper, September 28, 1870, Page 3

HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, it ‘>PARIS. ‘Severo Battles Before the City ‘on Friday. THREE ENGAGEMENTS IN A.SLIGLE DAY, NO Feats Signal Victories for French Arms. The Prussians Dislodged from Their Po- sitions with Heavy Loss. Bagaine Still an Adherent of the Emzeror. , He Persists in His Determination to Held Metz Official Ropor! of Jules Favre’s Inter- view with Bismarck. France Will Never Accede to the Conditions of Prussia, thg Reported Programme of M. Thicrs in Russia. Napoleon Moving Towards a Treaty of Peace. Wiectcria Gondoling with the Bmpress Eugenie. Queen THE MILITARY OPERATIONS. ‘ -_FRLeRAAMS TO"THE NEW YORK HERALD Brench’ Reportn of Fighting Befuro Paris The Prassians Defeated fo Three Engage- meste—Buzaine Sill an Gnperialist and Will Not Surrender—The Situation in Stras- bourg Growing Desperate—Genernl Pesi- ons of the Prussinas—War Euthnsinsoe in Frawe. LONbon, Sept. 27, 1870, A ‘special telegram Jrom the New York HeRALD @orrespondens at Tours, dated to-day, states that ‘M. Gambeita, the Minister of the futemor, has ‘Just made publican oilicial degpatch received from Pass Dy means of a carrier pigeon express. ‘Tne do- spatch reached Lille on yesterday, and its contenty were immediatety forwarded to Yours bythe Pre- fect of the Departinent of Nord, It reports thaton the 2ut inst, there were three @ngagemenis fought outside the wallaof.Paris bee ‘ween the French and German forces, in each of which the former wore the assailants, aud ai) re- saited in sigaal defeats.for iho Prussians. General sandhay’s@ivision advanced beyond the dine of fortresses south of tie clty and attacked the heights forming the plateau of Vilicjuif, which were veccupied by the Brussians in considerable force. Fighting commenced at the early hour of three “o'clock m the mornmg. was replied to with great spirit by the Prusstan ar- tilery, the French infantry advanced to the assault. . Abevere struggie ensued and resulted tn the com- * plete discomfiure of the Prussians, The heights were svearried at the point of the bayonet, and the redoub }of Mouling and Sagne, both heavily armed and well ; manned, together with uwil which had been fortl- Med and the town of Viilejutf, fell into the hands of “ethe victors, Bruyére, The French anaintained and, when. the despatch ‘ feft Paris, still neld the conquered positions, . toss of the Prusalans 1m men and material was very severe. The Garde Mobile behaved :with marked coolness and gallantry. Aredoubt was also captured at Haute ‘ While this engagement was in progress % move- ‘wnent was made by the way of Bourget, north of Paris and easi of St. Denia _Admiml jLayset et (fected. a brilliant reconnoissance at the head of a force of fusileers, mares and light cavalry, After 2 brief struggle he succeeded im dislodging the jPrussians irom the village of Le Grand Droncy, situ- short distance east of Bourget. On the same day the division .commanded by Gen- \Bellamére, the commander of St. Denis, at- the Prussian position before the village of Trefilie, north of St. Denis. A severe eagagement Place here, and resulted in the Germans being @igiodged from the place nnd forced fo retreat, al- Whough they were 2n considerable forcf. The object oX the movement having been accemplished the Firach troops returned w St. Denisin safety, belng un wolested by the Prusstany. BAZWINE STILL AN IWPERIALIST~-¥E WILL NOT SOI+ KENDER. Malwhal Bazaine, repudiating the republic, de manct the orders of the Emperor or the Kmypress to surreisder, It is OW eald that Marsha) Bazalwe has not offered ‘© sun ¥nder Metz on any Wtms whatever, unless. le obtains \the authority 2s ststed above. ‘A cor. espondent wit tie German army writes aa follows: \-2 travelled ap’ conversed from Corny to Frouard the 25th wib Favre's brotner, who had arrived t bree days previously from Paris, via the royal heac \yilarters, with royal permission to enter Metz. He \ was chirged by the Paris government with full po Wers ts treat for Metz, provided Bazatine would reco, \uize the Paris authorities and thetr Policy. Suna vy Morning he returned from Metz, being awaitea ¥ the Uessian outposts by Rithmeis- ter.von Willicm,\commnnder of headquarters of the Second army corps, who had conducted him through the Germ vu lines, He then had a final in- terview with Princ ¥ Frederick Charles, having nad one previously to bil entering the city, at which the Prince had ssrve mission. Jn his two days’ stay in Metz ne had f Vled in nis object, Bazaine be- Ing averse to all treati ¥s at yet, and being slightly imsubordinate towards \the new goverament since the appearance of its pe. proclivities. The Prince knows that’ for several weeks yet, at Jeast, hunger wil! not bY his ally against Meta, Although disease is to the «\xtent of several hundred deaths dally, there 1s not th: Jeast intention, st pre- sont, to carry Metz by force, DNt it 18 gimply intended to await the developments at Paris, which are ex- pected to culminate in sometXing dectsive within three weeks, No offensive moverNents gre contem- plated during these three weeks, oNly the invesiment Will be matntained, ‘The siege of kMtz has, in fact, become a close blockade, interrupted occasionaily by an exchang? of active hostilities, | Another correspondent takes 9 different view of the French Marshas position. He says:-—lhe re- ported offer of Bazaine to capitulate turma out to ve canard, So will aisg bis allered yrenm)ation of, Alter a well sustamed ar- Stillery fre, which lasted several powrs, from the | French field batteries, vigorously supported by a éheavy fire from Forts Ivry aud Bicetre, and which The the Provisional government, It sults Pismarck’s Purpose to create thia impression,” THB GIECE OY STRASBOURG, ‘Telegrams froma Bertin state that a breaeh broad enough to warrant am assault has heen made at Strasbourg. ‘The Berlth préss, tn repelling the charge that the bombardment. of Strasbourg was carried on while the city was crowded with women and children, say® that General Vivien, the French commander, has persisted 29 declining to allow non-gombatants to leave, ‘Three desertere from Gtrasbourg 6n the 22d say General Oirtch hea buppressed al} last Monti’s news. 4 the Moblles kgew it the defence could not con- tinue, Genera) Ulrich @nnounces that Strasbourg can bold Out bat a short time, A special corzespondent telegraphs from before Strasbourg on #he 2ith:—The assault now fixed a week honce has been delayed hitherto to construct food passages acsoss the great ditch in frons of the iain walk The town will be atiacked at four points simuttancously. Lots have been already drawn w decide which regiments will compose the body of «flack and, which companies will forna the assaulting columns, These honors ave claimed by the whele army. The siege works re adapted to prevent great los of Mves in attack- ing. Assiduous searchesare made for mines, Two were found and emptied after lunettes 52 and 63 were captured, No further egress trom town is permitted; the last bateb of refugees comprised three hundred persons, Atew wealthy citizens sill remain mside. Many of the refugees went to Baden, the government con- voying them there gratuitously. KING WILLIAM'S PERMANENT WEADQUANTERS, A telegram from Ferneves, France, dated to-day, says that King William apparently intends retaining his hoadquarters nere, Te baa made every prepa- tation for a long stay; erected telegraph lines, &c. DEPARTMENTS OCCUPIED BY THE PRUSSIANS AROUND PARIS, ‘The Prussians around Paris are said to maintain strict discipline, The dopartments of Seine et Oise and Seine et Marne are now al under their control, except the city of Pavia. A corgespondent with the German army writes Chat Pass was closed 1a on the 19th, as follows:— ‘The Yourth corps opposite St, Denis, the Twelfth supporting them. The following ave on the east and south sides:—Toe Guards and the Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh corps, One hundred and twenty degrees of the western are of fhe wall 1a protested by the douplings of tue Setn@ wud 16 vuly beld by the cavalry. OUR FRITZ SAYS PARIS WILL NOT BE ROMBARDED, A correspondent, writing from Homburg on the 26th, says:—-"The Crown Princess of Prussia is re- siding at the Castle with her children, She stated to an.oficer who visited ber the previous day that she Rad a letter €rom the Crown Prince, who writes that he does gotexpect much fighting at Paris. No effort will be made to dake tue city by bembardment ovassauit.”? WAR ENTHUSINSM IN MARSEILEES, “The HERALD correspondent at Marseilles telegraphs ‘that the greatest enthasiasat prevails in that city, ‘The Mayor has calted @ loan of tem mililons of Srance and the monegedmen are respoading liberally, "One Greck merchaa’ ed Gafinaio, doing busi- ness there, &as pl ted the government with three millions of franga to be expended in the pur- chase of rifles, The people generatly are united and resolute in ther doterminauor tw carry on the struggle to the bites end, The ‘city is, in fact, arming and otherwis® preparing for the contest ‘with her traditional payiotism, A grand roviow of sie Garde Nattonaleoceu:wed yesterday. Thirty fhonsand soldiers were dn Jive, of whom eighteem thousand were weil armed, ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS YOR FRANCE. A special correspondent of the New York Hewanp telegraphs from Marseilles, under date of last night, that upwards of five Wundred Garlbaldians, who re- cently arrived at that place from Italy, left there in the evening for Tours. #@bumen were all ia splenatd spirits and thoroughly @smed and equipped. They received a perfect ovatkoa‘fromn n vast crowd of cttl- zens which ha@ agsewmiled to witness thete depar- ware. “THE FRENCH PRISONER IN GERMANY, A correspondent writing from Mayence, 22a, estimates the total wamber of French taken prise oners since the Wok at 140,000 ‘The pris- oners ere suLjeouMs to the severe Prus- alan rule of — digcipline. One French oflicer attempted te escape He was tried by a court martial and shet, The previoys day in Hano- ver the prisoncrs wer@pat at work on the canals, Among the prisoners#§ @reslan are Robert Mitchell, of the Consitutionm, Baul de Cassagaoac, of the Pays, wud Ciarette £30Broment, well koawn Paris Journaitsts, 3 A FRENCH BALLOON’ HOT AT BY TOK GERMANS, Daruth ts the name of the acronaut who landed at Evreux a few days.ago with despatches from Paris, He repoits that he was shot at repeatedly by she Prussians, and same of the builets come disagrec- ably near thelr mark. A POPEDO DISASTER AT CUXHAVEN—-AFFAIRS TUB ELBA AND WESER. The correspondent of the HERALD at Hamburg avrites on the 24th:—Another dreadful torpedo acct- dent occurred at Cuxhaven. The steamer Neun- felder was blown 4o pieces by torpedecs, which sne was removing. fhe captain, crew and four land- wehr oiticers were killed. Ships may now enter the Elbe cautiously, Most of the torpedoes in the channel are sunk too deep for merchant vessels, Many of them have been removed, and the positions of the remainder are exactly known to the pilots. Many neutra} vessels are arriving at. Bremerhaven and Hamburg? The buoys, beacons and iightships ‘will be replaced by to-morrow, GENERAL ITEMS. All strangers ave arrested at Orleans and Tours. General Trochu pronounces stern penaltics against cowardice, pillage, desertion and other unsoldierly conduct, The gans of Mont ‘Valerien bave dislodged the Prussians from St, Cloud, it tg estimated thas there are now 800,000 Gerinan troops around Paris. Tae branch Bank of Francs located at Havre has stopped payment, The port of Kiel bas been reopened now that the French fleet has beea withdrawn from the Baltic. The Jidependance Belge, of Brussela, noves the frreconeilable contradietions in the war-vews and {he news about the peacooyertures, on The Removal ef the Governmem from Tours ImminentO@rleans Evacuated—Ac- tive Defeosive Measures tn France. ‘Tours, Sept. 21, 1870. ‘The removai of the governmental delegatiop fru: Tours toa polut farther south is imminent. ORLEANS EVACUATED, The folowing despatch from the Prefect of the Department of Lolret, dated Oricans to-day, has just been received by the Minister of War:— “The generals here, seeing they cannot resist the overwhelming forces of the enemy commanded by Prince Albert, have Just evacuated Orleans tn good ander,” DEFENSIVE MEASURES IN Fanon. Ata meeting of the Council to-day the most ener etic measures Were resolved upon fox the national defence, Requisitions are to ba made at once for all firearms in the hands of the people, and the inhabitants everywhere are to lodge aud feed the troops. All men under twenty-fiye years of age are to be called into acilye acrvice. There is @ great scarcity of arms. TOE FALL OF TOUL. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. The First Assault Repulsed—Siego Guns Mounted—A Heavy Bombardmeat—Tho City Set on Fire in Twenty-three Places— [ts Surrender at tho Demand of the Citl- vens—A =Small Garrison Only—Railrond Comminication Intact With the Army Bee sieging Faris. LONDON, Sept. 27, 1870, A Correspondent telegraphw to-day, via Arion, from headquarters of Prince Frederick Oharles:— {have just returned from Toul, travelling one day and two nights. The investment began on August 4 On the 16%) an denagit was made on the works ata polnt not defended py cannon, It was repulsed with a loss of sevoral hundred. to the Ger- manus. Thereafter an irregular succession of vom- bardments followed, not suMeciently : erious to effect anything. These commenced on the 23d, ‘The artil- lery employed was fleld pteces and suen mediaeval slege guns ashaa been captured at Marsal, ‘The Bavarian Railroad Direction, who run the line between Welssenburg, Nancy and Paris, offered to bulld @ branch @round Toul in a fortnight, but Moltke said, “No; we shall have Toul ioug before that.” However, tho struggling attack availed nothing, the‘fortresa having @ double escarpment, with full bastions, no glacis, double ditcn, thirty- five feet wide h, all around, fully casemated and defended by seventy-five guns, of which twenty-six were heavy rifled pieces from Strasbourg, brought thence while yet Sauce intended te defend Toul earnestly. ‘iid vownanpaent. ‘Within the las: fortnight heavy siege guns arriv- ing from Germany were put in position on a spur of Mount St. Michel, north, on the heights opposite the Faubourg St. Egare, southwest, and at Domar- tin les Toul southeast, Nothing serious was then attempted until last Friday at daybreak, when a concentrated bombardment of the works was began by twenty-four-pounder batieries of the second and Fourth artillery regiments, supported by the troops of the Thirty-fourth infantry brigade, All these forces form a partof the new tnfependent command, under the Grand Duke of Mecklenpurg- Schwerin, embracing ali that le between the armies of Prince Frederick Charles and the Crown Prince— that is, allthe invading troops not engaged im the sieges of Metz and Paris, The firing conttnuea at day Friday, with an active but very tneflective reply from the garrison. THE SURRENDER, In the eveming, the town be!ng on fire in twenty- three places, the pressure of the inhabitants upon the commander Induced him to holst a white flag and offer to capitulate. The offer was imme- @lat_iv accepted by Colonel Manteutfel, commanding the slege corps, andhey entered the town the same evening at seven o'clock, The conditions were pre- cisely chose of Sedan, A council of the muntetpality held Friday decided not to favor # surrender, but the urgency of tdividuals fearing a useless de- struction compictely overwhelmed the belligerent determination of the military and civil authorities. A SMALL GARRISON, The garrison was ridiculously weak—sixty cut- rassiers, 100 line, forty gendarmes and 2,000 raw mo- biles, among them not one regular artillery soldier, Their commandes was Major Huck, an oid cavairy- man. The German officers are wroth that such o torce should have blockaczd the Paris railway, so essential for twansport, in fact the only line, for six weeks. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION INTACT WITH THY ARMY BEFORE PARIS. The line becomes now at once complete, commu- micating direct with the Paris slege army. Every- thing had been prepared beyond Toul for weeks, and trains were running by horse power, Only twelve foot bridge near Toul had tobe replaced. ‘This Was done on the 25th, and yesterday the first locomotive went through. I went to Toul on the first inspector’s train that approached the town after the surrender. TUR DAMAGES, Many houses are destroyed, Tuo condition of things 18 worse (han at Sedan, but not so.bad as at Bazelllea, The gothic chapel of St. Gengoult, of the date $14, 15 a@lmpst ruined. The very tmposing Byzantine cathedrd!, built ag early as 292, has only @ window arch demolished and ite outside battered bya score ef shells. There are few wounded and no sick 1 Woul. Only two battalions of the Nine- teenth infantry remain as @ garrison. The prisoners of the Garde Mobile of the place were released on parole not to serve again during this war. Tbe town end environs have a picturesque appearance, being built much in ithe old German style, Five hundred ofthe Mobiles had becn trained during the siege to serve the guns. 1 did the artillery work, but in repressing the assault of the 16th all the male dp- habitants'that could procure arms.participated. THE QUESTION OF PEACE. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. «telat Report of Jules Favre's luterviews with Bismarck—Prussia Demands Alsace and Part of Lorraine~Another War Cer- tain ‘nud Germany Must Prepare for It— Favre Regrets the Conditions and With- draws. ‘Tours, Sept. 27, 1870. Juioa Favre to-day made.an official repore to the government here of his avission to tae Prussian headquarters in behalf of peace, He says a great many diferent soluttons of the aiticulties had been propesed al rejected, and he determined 4% last to make adirect move. There- Tore on the J0th of September he demanded ef Count Bismarck @ categorical reply as.to whether he would cuter upon negotiavons for peace. BISMARCK WANTS GUARANTEES, count Bismarck’s first answer was unfavorabie, though he subsequently asked what guarantee France could oifer, The Foreign Minister, who was actingas an intermediary, advised M. Favre to see Count Bismarck and make his demands in person. Accordingly M. Favre saw Count Bismarck, ex- pressed to him his tove of France and Mberty, and bis determination to accept no conditions which weuld render the peace only a menacing truce. THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT SHAKY. Oount Bismarck replied that if he thought peace were possible he would sign immediately; but the actual government was too precarious and likely to be overthrown, France would not be any more apt to forget Sedan than she bad been to forget Water- loa and Sadows. She would soon attack Germany again, WHAT PRUSSIA WANTS. Helng:pressed ‘or conditions M. Favre was explicit; but Count Bismarck asserted that the security of his.country demanded the retention of part of the territory.the Germans now. occupied, and mentioned tn that connection the departments of Upper Rhine, Lower Rhine snd Moselle, with Metz, Chateau Salmis and Soisons. To the objection of M. Favre, hat tho people of France would not agree to that, and that hecould not act without their sanction, Oount Bismarck replied that ke felt confident of that before; but #s another war was certain he wished to make tt with all the advaatages possipic, FRANCS WILL NEVER VOLUNTARILY YIELD TEREIVORY. M. Vayre theo intimated that Evrope might find the pretensions of Prussia exorbitant, He was cer- tain that France would never accept them. She might perish ae a nation but she would not be dishonored. The country alone could decide upon the quesuon of territorial cession, and M, Favre could not doubt what that decivion would be. Count Bismarck would not listen Ww any proposition for an armistice, THE ARMISTICE PROPOSITION. The second iterview occurred at Ferriers on the 19th of September. On this occasion Bismarck seemed to accept the idéa of an armistice, M, Favre asked for fifteen days. BISMARCK’S ULTIMATUM, ‘The next day Bismarck handed M, Favre his con- ditions, adding that the Jiermans mast have the forts commanding Paris, tavre especially Fort du Mont Valerten, on the western border, M. Favre replied that 1s would be more simple to demana Paris at once, Lisinarck said if these terms were not satisfactory the French must seek other arrange- meuts. M. Payre proposed a meeting of (he Con- sultuent Assembiy at Tours, Bismarck made a con- dition that the garrison of Strasbourg should sur- render as prisoners of wor. NO CHANCE OF PEACE, Upon M. Favro’s indignantly refusing Count Bis” marck consulted the King, who tstsied upoa the surrender of Strasbourg. Wearied with his,useless efforts M. Favre retired, expressing the conviction that France would figtt to the last. FRANOE MUST FIGHT To THE BITTER E M. Favre concludes, from the manner in which his efforts Yor peace have been met by the Germans, that they are determined upon conquest. He says the interviews were not altogether uscless, as they have proved that potwithstandiow Prussia declared HEB she warred only against Napoleon and his army, she 14 really Sighting the nation, an@ which must arise en masse either to disavow the provisional government or resist the encmy to the last. Supposed Programme of M. Thiers in Rus- sla~England, Avetria and Belgium to be the Victios~ Napolcon Moving Towards Peace— His Restoration Not is the German Plane— Prussian Denials ef Jules Favre's State- meute—*‘No Government in Parie’?—Gencral Intelligence. Loxpon, Sept, 27, 1870. ‘The following 1s given as the probable programme of M. Thiers at St, Petersburg:— Constantinople and the road to India to be guaran- teed to Russia; Belgium and Egypt to be guaranteed to France; Alsace, part of Lorraine and the road to Vienna to be guaranteed to Prussia—thas ts, England, Turkey, Austria and Belgium tobe tnno cent victims of the peace, NAPOLEON MOVING TOWARDS PEACE. The special correspondent of the New YORK HERALD telegraphs from Berlin under date of to-day that reports are current in that city vo tne effect that the Emperor Napoleon having revokea the decree issued by him at the outbreak of the war creating s regency in the person of the Empress Eugente, has despatched an envoy to Metz with instructions to consult Marshal Bazalne, respecting entering into negotiations with the Prussian government looxing to peace. The envoy, it 1s furthermore reported, has been allowed to pass the German lines and enter Metz. THB RBSTORATION OF NAPOLEON NOY IN THE GER- MAN PLANS. ‘The North German Gazette (official journal) of Berlin to-day says:— “Whatever may be the German plans about France, the restoration of the Bonapartes is not among them.” ANOTHER STORY—BISMARCK PROPOSES TO RESTORE NAPOLEON TO THE THRONE. Notwithstanding the statements of the Berlin om- clal paper, a Madrid correspondent, writing on the 22d, says:—At the Prussian embassy it 1s openly avowed to be the plan of Bismarck, when Paris is taken, to declare Napoleon the only legitimate power to treat with, and to sign with him a peace; that he will then permit him to abdicate in favor of the Prince Imperial and constitute the Em- press as regent; that he will appoint @ Council of Regency composed of Eugénie, Rouher and some Generals well aifected to the dynasty; i the depart- ment& refuse to concur he will send there Prussian troops, re-establish the old prefects, inaugurate ‘a reign of military terror, and transport the recalol- trant republicans to Cayenne, THE ENGLISH GETTING SCARED. Now that it is evident that the war must go on,and the chance is that France will be reduced to a second or third rate Power, public opinion in England is reacting against Prussia. The pretensions of the Jatter are alarming the English for their own safety. Lord Carnarvon, in @ speech at Eastwood, shows ,how sudden may be the collapse of a great nation under a new system of warfare and how defenceless England is. He gays there is no military organization im England. The whole defensive arrangements are a viclous circie of incapacity, waste and routine, and whatever is to be done has to be done quickly, for Eugland is living on the sufferance of otner nations. Declarations like these, from men like Lords Carnarvon and Bulwer, are frightening the English into remorse for not forcing the government into active mediation. . THE KING OF PRUSSIA ON JULES FAVRE’S REPORT A despatch from the King’s headquarters at Fer- rieres, near Paris, says:—M. Favre, in his report of his interview with Count Bismarck, errs in omitting to state that the question of an armistice was con- sidered preliminary to any discussion of territorial cession’. Bismarck actually declined to state the claims of Prussia until the basis for an armistice was decided on. FRANCE LABORING UNDER A MISCONCEPTION. ‘The French still believed on Sunday that 1t was Fort da Mont Valerien that had been demanded by the Prassians, as the condition of peace, notwith- standing the Prussians say 1t was the city of Verdun. ‘Thia aegounts for the unexampled excitement which has suddenly beea created throughout France, A QUESTIO", OF VERACITY BETWEEN BISMARCK AND FAVRE. Connt Bismarck’s repudiation of the demand for Fort du Mont Vulerien has been promptly met by a reafirmation of the statement, signed by three Min- isters of the provisional government, PRUSSIA ANNOUNCES THAT THERE IS NO GOVERN MENT IN PARIS. ‘The Forelgn Office of Prussia has advised the Ger- man representatives abroad, as well as the dipio- matic corps in Berlin, that no government exists at Paris. The government de facto is located at Tours; hence Paris is left to pure military treatment. KING WILLIAM MUST ENTER PARIS IN TRIUMPH. ‘The cordition made by King William preliminary to all peace discussions is the entry of Paris. So Says an officer of the headquarters who left there after Favre's visit. AN ENGLISH DESPATCH BEARER ROUGHLY HANDLED. Captain Johnston, the bearer of despatches for the British government, was recently roughly handled near Paris by the Prussians, and subsequently by the French, under the belief that, being an English. man, he must be @ spy. ‘the English are unpopular ‘with both armies, SOUTH GERMAN UNION WITH THE CONFEDERATION. Preliminary propositions having for their effect the consolidation of all the German States under one confederation have been submitted to the South German Cabinets. They are’said to be acceptable to the government of Wurtemburg, but the Bavarian Cabinet objects to the proposed military arrange- menta, The Wurtemburg Minister is sald to have gone to Munich for the purpose of inducing Bevaria to accept the propositions as they now stand. EXCITEMENT IN GERMANY OVER THR ARREST OF LIBERALS, A Hera. correspondent telegraphs from Berlin to-day that the excitement 1s intense and constantiy increasing in Germany over the arrest of Herr Jacoby, the liberal leader. An imposing protest nas been forwarded to Count Bismarck against the matn- tenance of mihtary law now that all danger of inva- sion has ceased, ‘The northern States of the Con- federation demand that Vogel von Falkenstein be held responsible for his arbitrary conduct and ex- cess of duty. Herr Herbig, the president of the meeting hejd at Kongsberg, has been seized and dwprisoned by the military authortites, LONDON REPORTS, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Queen Victoria Sorry for oule—A Story About Another Coup d’Etat by Napoleon \Enulish Workingmen Urging Mediation. LOnpon, Sept. 27, 1870, Queen Victoria, yielding to public sentiment, has writen a letter of condolence to the Empresa of the Fren¢n. Evidences of a plot for another coup d'état, pro- jected by the Emperor Napoleon, with the assistance of MM. Mouher and Cassaguac, have been discovered in Lyons.& It is thonght that papers containing de- tails of the¥ conspiracy were burned in Paris by M. Piéirl before us flight from the city. A deputation of workingmen waited on Mr. Glad- stone to-day\and urged bim to wedtate beiween Germany and\ France. THE YRENCH BLOUKADE, Escape of the\ Stenmer Hermann—‘the Ger- man Lines Prepared to Run the Gauntlet about and returned up the Bay. On the sudden departure of tho La Touche Treville the Hermann again got under way and put out to sea Monday night. Since that time nothing has been seard of or from her, and Bremen lines can steam away from the gun- boats following them at the rate of three to four miles an hour, and consequently if they gain atri- mu by the time they pass from the protection of neutral waters, be out of sight and danger. veo aprouching the boundaries of American jurts- cen the d: inttie, Oelrichs & Co. unity. vi 1@ dauger,so little, Oelrichs & C will despatch thelr veaneld reguiariy after Uns date, unless The Hamburg American also despatch their steamshi) October and Hammonia on the succeed! Just received at their ofico state that the Silesia Wilh also sail from Hamburg for this port om the 6th of next month, and the Thuringer on the 12th. returned from outside Sandy Hook, and is pow anchored off the Battery. Bouvet, Captain Fregate, from St. Pierre, Miquelon, N. F., mounting three eighty-five (oflicers an anchored near the Treville, THE DEFENDERS OF PARIS, Review of the Troops in Paris by Three Hundred Thousand Men in Armi—No Another Frenclt Guiboat on the Blockading Squadron. The steamer Hermann, which was to gall on Satur- day, found herself convoyed by tne French gunboat La Touche Treville when passing the Hook, and, not Uking her company,}refused to pass beyond \the jurisdiction of the United States, She pe At ts sald the steamships of both the Hamburg start of them on leaving the coast they can, tion, they find the gunboats near them, they can and await & more favorable oppor- complications now unforeseen arise. Packet Company will ip Westphalia op to be followod by the Cimbria weeks, Advices The French corvette La Touche ‘Treville yesterday The French corvette juus, and having # crew of men), bas arrived and is General Trochu. Police— ipline Lacking—Independent Ac- tion—'Vive Strasbourg’—La Vilette— Tho Garde Mobile—The Bois de Bou- logne in Flames—The Last Hope Gone — Fight to the End. Panis, Sept. 14, 1570. Yesterday General Trochu, Governor of Paris, in spected the Garde Mobile and the Garde Nationale, The long sine of troops reached from the Bastile to the Arcde Triomphe, both sides of the boulevards and the Champs Elysces, in sue places eight deep, being lined with them, General Trochu, accompa- nied by his stad, rode past, escorted by the mounted National Guard, amidst cries of “Vive la Nation!” “Vwe ia Republique!” “Vwe Trochul” “Vive Vordre!” As & proof, were ay wanting, of national courage, tho display was most significant. Three hundred thousand men under arms—men who have, but @ few days since, forsaken trade and calling in their desire to sacrifice their lives, if need be, for the defence of the capital, It was a sight cal- culated to create an impression on the human mind not easily described. Of their willingness none can doubt; of their ability is auother question, L saw one battalion of National Guards pass entirely dressed in plain clothes, They had rites, but. no belts. The oMicer, also in plain clothes excepting cap, leading the first company beld in his band a small sword cane. The men themsetves were of all ages and = sizes, from the hoary-headed veieran with staggering gait to the strip- ling of sixteen. There were, moreover, the iamo and a hunchoacked dwarl among them, When General Trochu passed the various companies marched fur home, and then followed an extraor- dinary scene of confusion, Of police at present ‘there are none. Carts and other vehicles nad crossed the boulevards yaresirained, At the corner of the Rue de la Paix a line of carts had been stopped by some sentries of the National Guard and formed an effectual barricade against all comers. Then the battalions of the National Guard and the Garde Mobile arrived from vartous directions; fright- ened women, of wiiom there are siill enough left In Paris to get in the way, atiempted to cross the roadway; they screamed; the National Guard bawiled tie “Marsotilaise;”’ their officers tried to maintain order; everybody talked at once, the men yelled “a Strasbourg! 4 Stras- bourg! & Strasbourg!” The horse in the cart of a laundreas took fright and backed, and the wheels crushed sentry of the National Guard against another cart, I almost heard him crack—a sicken- ing sight. How he escaped frum death | know not. He was extricated in a deplorable condition, bis uniform torn tortbbons, The crowd rushed on and I was carried in safety to the pavement. Never was want of order more apparent, and many regretted the absence of the police, I fear the same confusion will exist before the enemy. Oficera will lose their heads, In the National Guard the oficers are elected by the men. This I believe to be a bad system. a man may be the best fellow alive, be able tadrink an unlimited quantity of absinthe, sing (ie we songs, have more money and danco more outra- geously “At public balls than his friends; but it does not follow that he is iit to be an oMcer. Yesterday I saw a company turn down the rue Auber; this did not suit some of the men, who shouted “a Stras- bourg!? “a Strasbourg!’ They fell out of the ranks, formed a squad of their owu, which soon increased to @ company, aud then to a batta- lion, and away they marched to the Place de Ja Cou- corde, There hundreds had already assembled before the statue representing the city of Stras- bourg, which has been decorated wiih Nowers, fags and lanterns. More bouquets were presented, ofi- cers mounted the steps, waved their swords, on the points of which were flowers, with one h the men raised their kepis aloft ou the muzzies of thelr rifles, Everybody intoned the “Marsetilatse"’ and shouted “Vive Strasbourg!’ “Vive lu Repul- lique!” Everybody became hoarse with the dust which whirlel] down their throats, as Paris bus neither been watered nor cleaned for many a dy, the scavengers, who for the most part were mans, having been seut tome. Byveryhody became thirsty, and “smiled around” as quickly as possible. I witnessed a reverse to this piciure the nignt fore last. You may remember that at the time of the Rochefort riots 1 visited a wineshop of the smallest and dinglest order in the delightful regions of La Villette—a hotbed of red republicanism, [ went there on Monday hp a to see what change the republic had brought on the denizens of the locality. There were one or two women, with Childrea in their arms, waiting patiently until thelr lords had become sufficiently drunk to be led homé. There Were six or eight ugly customers in blouses sitting in the, dimly-lighted, low-roofed shop, boozing and quarreliing. I passed into an inner room and asked the keeper of the estabiishmeut, an ex-concierye, what he thought of the repuolic. “Why, sir, many of the people in this district don’t understand what 1t means, ‘Those 1n the next room wink they now have the right to call for everything they like und not pay @s0us., I can get no money from thena, and when I ask they reply, ‘Chalk it down and give us more drink; itis arcpublic now.’ It is uscless to remonstrate, for they are a rough set about here,’ In my opinion the Garde Mobile will fight better than the National Guard. My moblot teils me they have not confidence in their officers. It may not be many hours before th» merits of both ure tried, 4 lancer has just passed; he has been to some and is on his way to the remainder of the Maty them that the Prossians have eniwre The enemy 1s gradually closing around ua, and prot ably iis may be tie jast day of postry or telegraphy direct rom Paris, | It 18 sad to Witness the destruction around Paris ‘The Bots de Boulogne near the ri stroyed, the handsome lodges at the with the ground. The forvais of Montinorency Bondy were fired yesterday. To-day Unose of Mw don, Clamart, Ville d’Avtay, and probably the t de Boulogne will share the ing crowds flecked to t wateb the progress of Uv the woods m witch Park wander, away froim cares aud tolls and vices of ersailies, ne capital, One regiment of the Garle Mobile wuich arrived yesterday evening fromi Poutoise atiracted It attention, 1 have selaom seen a ner They were preceded by a good baud, t marched a vivandiere in her picturesqu leading by the hand her child of lour yours of ag who appeared delighted with the wusie, us she forced to trot 1m order to keep up with lick not She Supported on the other site by a my iy her father. It a sad sicitt, d, LOW many days may e| orphan? The announcement that the government of ine United States had telegraphe! to Mr. Washburne that any direct attempt at wedtation woul less, as M. de Bismarck lias refused all miter has extinguished the last hopes of thos believed that an honorable peace might be effected. 1 have conve with many Preneh people and tiey Unantmously declare they will fignt to the last. That, should Paria be | destroyed, the government will retire from town totown and defend each tn sucecsston, and then, when all hope is lost, the government will er: } bark on board ship and sail for America. ‘Tu? last alternative toa Frenchman must be the climax of | misery. It 1s with difttcuity one can repress a #mil at the idea. The prospect of a steamer and cer- tainty of sea-sickness would force the government! pse before you are an who stil . THE PREFECT OF POLICE, Monsfeur de Keratry Interviewed by a Herald Correspoudent. Through the Streete—A Visit to the Profet of Police — Diffioulties—Seenes on the Way~ Waiting for an Andience—Admitted—-& ‘Warm Recoption—Personal Appear. ’ ance of M. de Keratry— Half an Hour’s Interview. Pants, Sept, 14, 1890, ‘The clock of Notre Dame struck nine as I traversed the Pont au Change on my way to tue Prefecture of Ponce. Paris was sud. The Thédtre du Chitelet and the Théatre Lyriqne, which 1 had just passed, were closed and silent; the shops in the neighbor. hood already shut; the stariess sky was dark ana threatening, and even the Belne appeared mose sombre and sluggish tan usual ‘Tue stillness of the olght was mnnbroken except by the wind, which howled in Utful gushes, and of the “Marseillaise,” which wa roared by some half dozen drunken moblots, drinking absinthe as a vin d vowre wine shop, By the Mickeciugiilgnt of, the gas lamps I could distinguish the roand towers, ofthe Prison de la Concierzerie,jm one of which, you may rememper, [ visited Pierre Bonapartg when a prisoner awaiting trial. Passing the Paials de Justice and the Sainte Chapelle L tamed down the quay with the intention of entering the Prefec- ture by, one of the side entrances, f waa stopped by two of the National Guard on sentry, one of them in full military glory, the other in plain clothes, but with rifle and pouch belt. “Ou alles vous? they shouted. “I wish to see the Prefect of Police,” “Go to the west enwance; 10 person can pass this way.” A few steps further and [encountered several of the municipal Garde de Paris, il in the uniform of the former régi In reply te my inquiry for the Pretect they referred me W auotier couple of Na tional Guardsmen, a% they no longer have autho rity, Agatn in the darkness 1 aeard “Quallez vous 2” instead of the smart éHallenge of the regular sol- ders. “You cannot enter this way; Jou must do so by the principal entrance.” ‘Yhere I foumd alive of sentries of the Garde de 2% at some distance th aavanee of the Preface’ one of them Twas conducted to the gate, Witch was guarded by the Garde Nationals, “Ou @iteg bytes 2 subd @ round barrelled oficer of tie eltizea soidiert. “I have come to see (he Preevt,’ seid 1. “Wait there,” replied rotand!t) ‘L shall send & man with you and if you are not kKaown tm the Pree fecture,” he added wiih characteristic inpertimence Of 8 persed iu UnACCUsLOMed AULOTILy, “you WH be brought out again.” I Lave a swong impression that I have seen the corpulence Of Glis oficer cove ed wilh a white apron, standing behind a counter of @ tripe aud trotter sbop in the neighborhood of the Rue Moat inartre. ; Not a cocked-hatted sergeant de vilic is to be seen near the Prefecture, =) conductor, one of the ational Guard, took me ln tow. Wo mounted the wide stone steps, turaed abarp to the rigat throvgh ® temporary passage with sides of Ny plank- ‘i ings (the Prefecture having beeu for mang, months under the process of heing trante formed into a modern police palace), and soon becamne entangled in a serious of windings and Mntricate chanue!s, which Without the assistance of my guardian J could not bave threadel. We came w another wide staircase, mounted to an upper story, gave my card to a hulssier, who @isappeared and returned in @ few minuves with the announces mient that we must go 60 unother bareaa, More passages, More staircases, Wore tenal @uards, more everyting. ‘fo approach the PreJect of Poles under arepudld ia far wore dificult thas te dine with the Emperor. What oo earth has be done to be afraid of being seen + We arrived at two enotmous folding doom, No sign of life, We entered a dark passage, at tie end of which thesgitmmer of ight throng) a key hole spoke or more doors, My escort, who, by the by, smoked furiously, groped is way. The secon doors opened and We entered a large room with vaulied roof, Siting au & table were three anissters; @ half opened door revealed a guard room sled With National Guards. ‘Vivre was # National Gaard with rife and fixed bayonet on sentry in the room, and another, reiniorced with & Municipal ‘d, ta the adjoloing chamber ah the twe ge foiding doors, entering, withoat doubt, the chamver occupled by the successor of M. Ptetrt, tne ex- Preéfet de Vollec. One of the lorisstere asked for my card and lefius, Jn the waiting room were four gentiemen decorated with orders of every imagmapie desorption and country. ‘They looxcd tmpertant and impatient at being Kept walling. My chance of AM luterview With Mouser le Pré.ot fell te zero, I had, iowever, walted ont afew minutes when the door was opened and my name Was called, As I left the room the ribbons of the decorated changed color; they bad beat the devil's tattoo in the waiting room in the ante-chamber for more thaw an hour, Entertigg & @utaill room I found Monsteur Jay Chef du Cabimet,, who, holding out Bis had, sai tat te Préfer de Poiice waa auxtous to see imo personally and that he would Introduce me to hua, He gpened the large folding doors opposite to those by Which f bad entered and we stood in a spa- clots e partment sti Dearing the stamp of knpertal’ inxury. in toe centre of the room Was a handsome table, enriched with ortolu, on which were a set of ivory keys similiar to those of& piano. They Based connection wiih electric belis—and could be playe: on when hecessary—for calling the huissiers an various other employ’s connected with the prefecture, — Sittiag at the table was a man of «bout forty years of age, of midule stature, simply utttrod in black, out Wearing wt the buttonhole the red ribvon of the Legion Wen. near. It was Monstear de Keracry, Préiet de Po- lice. Lontercd. He rose ana oftere ohair as his side. © never touud that the impression st giance of @ person is Wroug, and when afterwards 1 may have i my opinion, in consequence of payiug too mur atiention te that of others, I iave tnvactably discovered that J have made a mistake in not adhering to my awn, M. de Keratry 18 gentlemanly and unassuming in manner. His regard 14 open, fixed and penetraung. He Js evidently cool, active and dectsive in action. “Lhave heard,” sald the newly appointed Préte “that you have arrived from the neighvorhood oF Strasbourg, aud shall be obliged tf you wil give me any information in your power with respect to the sitto of the country.” I brought io his notice the state of distress and suffering in which the jahabitants of Alsace und Lorriue. As in my corre Dave already give you full detaiis wiih thereto it is useless for me to repeat them on this occasion. With regard to other questions more especially connected with thie operations im the field and the muisiakes waich had been snade by the French military authorities, for vartous reasous | moat refraim from meationing tiem. It is suficient to say that in iny opinion over coniidence Lad becn one Of the princrpat causes of disaster, and L trusted that thia country, which E consider ny home, would not out any precaution, as Prussla was now oringiig her choicest troops ngainst the capital, respect * said M. de Keratry, and hts biancned with determination; “We are pre- Not one ol them wiilever revura to his own country. ‘the world will see of what the French nation is capable!” Ww ed for hail an hour, und before taking pointed Out to the Protet of F the sto which I had been subjected by the h authorities and impossibility for ime te fu nish correct information anteas | was protected. by the government, Calliig the Chef du Cabin M aly de Keratry instracied him to give me ever, in his power. The Préfet shook my hand w. and I left, well pleased with the result of ny it view and the thougl tut, should my unlacky star bring ine again within the e!utches of ome buinnkin mayor, I shall noe he forced tn sel-defeace to “stamp lim out’? DHE TEST OF BUMAMTY, ed and Widows and Proposed ter KairAp. wnittes of Arrangements. an | gentionen Who have andertak en to r jor ihe above purpose have issued the tappeal to the public for generous Tho German Wo vhans—Tie with unex- verity has caused so much sutering that L requrcs the utmost effort to relieve the distress, Germany has, besides vic enormous number of uer own Wounded sons, $0,000 wounded French in her cbarge. Every household ts taxed to the uttermose. The hospitals have become inadequate to receive tue Wounded, and tie people ye taken tiem to cend with mes: but the distress ‘Toe peculer mit y Was ealiod inio the Beld wbte-bod od unale family has been bereave lor these innocent victin Jar phe greater population, and of tis support fore of the war, for Whiow and orphans oF te {uilen We aso appeat to your synmpatth ‘ . Never yet bas eal of suffering hnmanity t heart of (he American fatied to toue ve confident (he publte wil respond people, and we to this call, omly by visiting the fair, but also by sending contributions, Tho sinailest gifts will be moe with the largest, a iG Matters not e whether in Inopey or saluble articles, mong along list of subscribers ‘to tne projees M Hall, Geueral Aspiuwall, Henry Clews, Geveral McDowell, Judge Bedford, Williaa Guillen Bryant, Major General Shaler, Rev. Dr, Osgood. Oswald Otlendorier, Mt. Roesing, Consub to make terme before they trost Whewselves on tne “briny.” " G ab North Germaay Oonfederation, and all tie German cousnls