The New York Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1870, Page 3

PARIS. Severe Engagement Before tho Capital on Friday. Wrench Assault on the Prussian Position Sonth of the City. ° Their Repulse with Heavy Loss After Three Hours’ Fighting. Despatch from King William Announcing the Repulse. © The Herald Special Report from Ver- sailles Giving the Details. Operations of the Germans in Va- rious Parts of France. Wembers of the French Constituent Assembly to be Elected on the 16th Inst. News Direct from Paris to Friday Last. The People and Garrison Still Resolute and Defiant. Provisions Enough in the City to Last Six Months. German Reports of Movements to Restore the Bonaparte Dynasty. General Bourbaki Escaped from Metz and in England With the Empress. Disappointment with the Result of the British Cabinet Council. THE MILITARY OPERATIONS. ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT BEFORE Pin ‘TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. King William’s Despatch Announcing a Sor- tie from Paris—Herald Speciat Aceount of the Exigagement—A Fierce Assault Upon the Prureian Lines-The French Kepulsed, and a Retreat in Disorder—The Casnalties. LONDON, Oct. 1, 1870. A telegram from Berlin, dated to-day, reports that. King Wuliam has forwarded the following despatch to Queen Angusta from his headquarters at Ferricres under date of yesterday :— Karly this morning the French troops of the line made a sortie against the troops of the Sixth Prus- sian corps, while the Prussian Fifth corps was attacked by three battalions. At the same time a brigade made a demonstration against the Eleventh corps. Atthe end of two hours the French took suelicr under the guns of the forts. The Crown Prince commanded the Prussians. WILHELM. PARTICULARS OF THE ENGAGEMENT. The New York HERALD correspondent at Ver- failles writes from that city, via Ronen, on the 30th of Septenber, the following account ot the French fortie upon the Prussian forces: ADVANCE OF THE FRENCH. The werk of the shovel and spade, which has been pertorming quietly aud vigorousiy at this post for the past three or four days by the army of the Crown Prince of Prussia, was interrupted at six o’clock tis morning by a sharp attack made by the French on the position held by their enemy, ‘The French, in heavy force, made a sortie from the city, coming from the direction of forts d’issy and de Montrouge, on the south of Paris, and attacked the Prussian Sixth corps, occupying the right of the army of the Crown Prince, At the same time another large force, said (6 have been under the command of General Ducrot, advauced from the direction of St. @lond and assaulted the position held by the Eleventh army corps, on the heigtis of Meudon, in front of this city, Jt will ibus be seen that the Frence line of advance extended from the junction of the Seine and Marne rivers to St. Cloud, at the point of the decp bend of the Seine, between forts de Vauves and fort Mout Valerten, OBSECT OF THE ATTACK. Considering that the Freach were aware that the Prussians were engaged in erecting lortifications, it 1s evident that the object of the attack was to inter- rupt the progress of (he Works of the investing force and to drive them from the postiions they occupy, before they could have time render them less axsatlable, TAK ENGAGEMENT AND RECULSE OF THE PRENCH. A signal fuilure was the result of the movement. Immediately after the action began the Crown Prince, accompaniet by stag, hasieued from Nis quarters at Versailles to the battlefield, and as- | eumed immediate ¢ French troops ada! under cover of a he forward vigorously they posts of the Prussian to his tue orps, Pushing advance compelling | This they im- nearly three hours of h the Pras st sixth them to fall hack upon the maim line. mediately assaulted. After severe fighting, during wh. Tonined onsbaken, the Prene heavy fire of artillery aod commenced retreating Yapidiy towards their torts, : THE ruRsUrT. Immediately upon “ movement the Filth Germiaa corps took the offen. sive vigorousiy, following their retreating enemy and making a tank movement with a& view to cut | Ung of thelr retreat, Although this latter mano ¥re Was not successfal, Lhe Germans t capluriig many prisoners, Wille on the oie and during the greater puri of the eogagement the French behaved better thua they did in a former Bttack, and displayed much gallantry, Bave way to the pressure of the Prussian artillery re, however, thelr ranks became badly broken aud Whey retreated in ansolute disorder, THE RESULY AND THE PosrrioN, A8& result of the struggie we have first the fall- ure of the French to attain their object, and next the increased ability of the Prussians to construct the works, The German toss is roughly estimated at between four and five hundred. The Joss of the French iv kiied ang wounded cannot be ascertained | peree| this retrograde After they | not to those we | the total loss of the Germans greatly exceed these } Sgures. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. vwing to the fact thas most of the wounded were carried off during the battle. The Prussians, how- ever, captured over four hundred prisoners. Every day adds to the strength of the German positions around Paris, a GENERAL WAR NEWS. TELEGRAM TO TWE_NEW YORK HERALD. German Denial ef Freuch Successes Before Parie—Preparation to Attnck the Weak Points of the City—Goneral Mevoments and Operations ef the = Prussians—Maintenon Threatened—The [ate Blockade—French Prisoners in Germany—The Prussian Lonsen—General War Notes. LONDON, Oct, 1, 1870, ‘The reports of fighting before Paris on Wednesday and Thursday (September 28 and 29) are false. A Prussian oMcial despatch, however, reasserts that there was sharp fighting in front of the city on the ‘24th and 25th of last month, GERMAN DENIAL OF FRENCH SUCCESSES BEFORE PARIS. The reports of French successes in the nelghbor- hood are flatly contradicted by tho Prussian organs. ‘The latest report, the retaking of Versailles by the French, the Prussians characterize as a wholesale invention. PRUSSIAN MOVEMENTS AROUND THE CAPITAL. The Prossians now surrounding Paris are said to havo received orders to keep outside the range of French guns. It is thought, however, that they are preparing for a grand attack on Paris from the north at Gennevilliers. WEAK POINTS OF PARIS WHICH THE PRUSSIANS RELY UPON CARRYING. ‘rhe weak points of the defences of Paris which the Germans rely upon carrying promptly are the heights of Sceaux, which approach the forts witnin 4,000 paces, the distance between the forts and the city being only 1,500 paces more, and the gaps on western side, North and south of Mont Valerien, FRENCH PEASANTS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE. ‘The peasants who fled to Paris on the approach of the Prussians from the east have asked permission to return to their homes, The Prussian General has refused, on the ground thut his object 18 to starve out the city, CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS FOR WAR PURPOSES IN PARIB. A letter from Tonrs states that a great sensation has been caused tn Paris by a series of experiments performed under the orders of General Trochu by @ board of chemists, with a novel fulminate of bvicrate of potash, which has produced the most tre- mendous results, and which will be employed in the defence of the city. Exposed points are thickly sown with torpedoes charged with this preparation. DISCONTENT AMONG THE GERMAN TROOPS. Aletter received this morning from Rouen gives details of repeated battles at Versailles, and adds that great dissatisfaction is reported by German deserters brought into Evreux to have been caused in the camps before Paris by the news of the proceedings against the German liberals, and by the refusai of Bavaria and Wurtemburg to enter the North Ger- man union. The landwehr regiments are said to be exasperated at the prospect of a winter cam- paign, and the small-pox has broken out among the troops at Versatlles and Rambonillet. TOURNON FULL OF GERMAN WOUNDED. The town @f Tournon is filled with German Wounded. Most of them participated in the late unsuccessful atiempt to capture Charenton. PRUSSIANS APPROACHING, MAINTENON. ‘The Prussians are approaching Maintenon, in the Department of Eure-et-Loire. Communication be- tween that place aud Chartres and Epernon has been suddenly destroyed. THE SITUATION AT AMIENS. A correspondent at Boulogne telegraphs as fol- jows:—I have just returned from Amiens, whence I auempted to reach Rouen. The train was stopped at Polx Station, twenty miles out, by authority of an officer of the Garde Mobile, who, at the nead of @ detachment of some two hundred men, with ®@ brass cannon, occupied a small stock- ade thrown up around the station. He announced tuatteGerman cavalry had this morning ridden into the town of Grandvilliers, about nine miles southeast of Poix, and that a severe battle was raging between Beauvols and Clermont. I asked him how a battle could be raging there, and with what troops. His reply was a threat to arrest me, which he was only prevented from doing by the sight of my safe conduct, signed by General Trochn, and my American. J asked him for news of the battles before Paris, but he Knew nothing of them, had not been in Kouen for two weeks and was ciearly only bent on getting There with his men as soon as possible. fe peremp- wrily refused to allow our team to proceed or to allow us to telegraph for permission to proceed He was waiting for an from Sergaeux for in- to the station at Rouca. engine and wansportation his men, and as he manifested some tention of taking our train we backed ont and turned. We have no telegraphic commmnicau to-day with Rouen. Amions is full of tne Gardes Mobilesof Picardy. Earthworks have been thrown up on the line of the Tourme, and the place will be held against casual gttacks, not against any serious force. The Germay Cavalry are reported there wo have been seen on Thursday at Monididier, nearly thirty miles south, towards Tolssans. REPORTED ACCIDiNY TO A BRIDGE AT CRIEL. The French have a repost that on Wednesday a bridge spanning the Qise at Cretl gave way under the weight of Prussian cannon which were being moved across, whereby several of them were pre- cipitated into the river, There was also some loss of lize. THE LATE BLOCKADE OF THE GERMAN COAST— LIGHTS AND BUOYS TO BE REPLACED. The bark Pacha has arrived at Hull from Ham- burg. She reports having encountered no French blockaders nor other obstacles, Atelegram from Berlin, dated to-day, states that General Von Yaikenstein, in announcing the termi- nation of the French blockade in the Baltic and North Sea, says all haste will be made to restore the lghts, buoys and other facilities for torcigu trade. THE FRENCH PRISONERS IN GERMANY. The number of French prisoners in Germany does not fall short of one hundred and seventy thousand men. One hundred and ten thousand and twenty are within the territory of Prussia, sixty thousand and sixty of whom are in the several fortresses, and the others in open camps, which are well guarded by the landwenr. At a council of the Prus- sian Cabinet it was decided that the prisoners may be employed by pr ms not connected with the military aeparcments, The wages to be paid them will be presertbed by the district anthoritics, The Jabor to be performed by them shall not exceed ten hours a day, and their work shall be who'ly volan- tory. THE PRUSSIAN Losses, ‘The published tables of ihe Prussian losses since the war began place the casualties at 1,690 officers killed and Wounded, and 38,151 men, It 1s not stated U the latter figures refer to the meu kijled alone, and nded. It is, however, certam that | Prossian oMeial reports of the battie of Vionyille give the total losses in that single en- gagement a eXveeding sixteen thousand, and ‘at the battie of Graveloite, two days later, they cer- tainly a far greater number of meh. There are | veandes all the previous and subsequent battles@o be taken into consideration, A PRENCH CAMPAIGN ON PAPER. Poni de Givardin bas pudlisned a plan for a cam. | paign, recommending the establishment of two vast | training camps and Wo armies of diversion, des- tived to seriously harass the besiegers of Paris and Metz. The Preneh armies are reported to have com- meneed moving in the departments, but it is be- lieved thelr evolutions are Confined to paper, RETALIATION IN KIND, The Moniteur, replying to the Prussian reports about iasnburdinatioa aad the shooting of mem- pers of the Gardes Mobile, publishes stories of mutinies among the Baden regtments at Versailles aud the shooting of Geran soldiers, SMVERAL WAR NorEs, The Prench soldiers in Parts are clamorous to be The red republican movement at Marsellles is gaining head, Lyons is perfectly quiet. ‘The Constituent Ausembly to be Elected Oc tober 16—More of Napoleon’» Correspond- ence Publishcd—Skirmin Near Rouen— Ecauvais and Pithiviere Occupied by the Prussians, Tours, Oct. 1, 1870. The oMelal journal of the republic to-night pub- lshes a decree fixing the time for the election of the Constituent Assembly and prescribing the man- ner in which the election is to be held, The total number of representatives is to be seven hundred and fifty. These are to be elected by Fronce alone, No provision has thus far been made for Algena or the other colonics. The representutives are to be apportioned on the basis of population. Alt Frenchmen who have arrived at the age of twenty-one, and who have becn residents for six Mouths of any commune and whose names may be inscribed on the list of electors, will be entitled to Vote. Prefects and Secretarics Gengral actually in office may be re-elected. The electors will vote at the chief dieu of the canton, The prefects of the de- partuents may, however, under certain circum. stances (which are given at length In the original document), divide the cantons in wo or more elec- Uon districts, The voting is to begin at seven clock in the morning, October 16, and end at seven o'clock in the evening. The bdallots are to be countea the same evening by a committee of at least six persons, who are to be named hereafter. MORE OF NAVPOLEON’S PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE . PUBLISHED, The second lot of private correspondence seized at the Tuilertes 1s published here to-day. Among the imperial documents are despatches to the Empress Eugénle, showing that the Emperor bad an intention to return to Paris after the second deteat of the French army. The papers also contain the $evela- Uons of the journey of Rouher to the camp. The provisional! government has issued orders for the arrest of Grandperret and Conncau. SKIRMISH NCAR ROUEN—BEAUVAIS OCCUPIED BY THE GERMANS. A despatch from Ronen dated yesterday states that ah engagement occarred near that city on Thursday between a body of French sharpshooters and the Prussian scouts. The latter were driven of, Beauvais has deen occupied by the Prussians, PRUSSIAN OPERATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF Fy LOIRET, A despatch from Pithiviers, a sma)! town situated some twenty-three miles northeast ot Orieans, and dated yesterday, reporis the occupation of the place by @ force of 1,500 Prussians. The citizens of the town of Beauvre la Rolande, some ten miles south- east of Pithiviers, have barricaded the streets and will detend themselves should the Prussians advance upon the place. : NAVAL PREPARATIONS AT HAVRE, A despatch from Havre dated w-day reports that the French frigate Impregnable has arrived there. She will be stationed there permanently for the de- fence of the harbor and city. The Protectrice is eraising in the Channel in the neighborhood. THE SITUATION IN PARIS. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Another Balloon from the Cdpital—The Acronaul’s Acceunt of the Trip—Condition of AGuirs in Paris—No Fighting Reported. ‘Tours, Oct. 1, 1870. M. Tissander, the acronaut, whose arrival at Drenx was announced yesterday, has aiready arrived here from Paris. He publishes in the journals an inter- esting parrative of his balloon trip and the situa- Uon of affairs in Paris at the time he leit. THE DEYARTURE—THE PRUSSIANS EXCHANGE SHOTS ‘VOR PROCLAMATIONS. We started from thateity at two o’ciock yesterday aiternoon. No Prussians were to be seen near Paris, A complete silence reigned about the city. ‘There Were no people to be seen on the roads-leading to the city and no boats of any kind on the river. On nearing Versailles the Prussians were observed in great numbers in camp. M. Tissander dropped among them great numbers of the proclamation of the government officers, which had been printed in the German language for that express purpose. The Germans opened a sharp fre on the bulioon, bat the range was too long and no damage was done. THE DESCENT AT DREUX. On arriving over Houdan, fifteen miles southwest of Mantes, the balloon began to fall, and M. Tissan- led on a sortie. My Fourichon bas not reigned his place in the French provisi i government, a8 has been re- ported. The civic guard which has recently been doing duty at Marseiiles lag Leen dlabaudeds der was obliged to throw out “ballasi.”” Formnately he had several packages of newspapers which an- swered the purpose and he was not obliged io Lbrow over ints letters or sacrifice anything valuable. The balioon then rose rapidiy and was cayried along to a point near Dreux, in the Department of Eure et Loire, many miles west of the Prussian tines, M, Tissander descended slowly until ne came Wihin halling distance of a few peasants, whom he now saw for the first time. These assured him that there was no danger of capture, as no Prussians had yet been seen in the neighbornood. M. Tiesander therefore alighted on reaching an open spot favor- able to his project, the ballon was properly secure: and the letters, twenty-five thousand in numbe: were placed in sacks and taken to the Post Oniee at Dreux, whence they will be forwarded in all direc. tlons wherever the tines of communication are un- interrupted, A special locomotive was place at the command of M. Tissander at Dreux, in which he came forward to Tours with a targe number of despatches to the goy- ernment, PROGRESS OF THE DEFENCE OF PARI Relative to matters in Paris he says:—The city is admiraniy defended, More than 500,000 soldiers are behind the wails. These are all well armed and disciplined, The firing from the forts has been so accurate that Prussians have been baMied in their attempts to erect batteries. The city 1s per- fectly tranqul!, Nearly all the shops are open os usual, and the public squares are oceupled by the troops, which are there drilled and exercised. The boulevards next to the fortifications and the Champ de Mars in the western part of the city, have been given up to the barracks for the Garde Mobile, THE CITY AND FORTIGICATIONS AT NiGHT—PLENTY OF PROVISIONS, Atten o’ciock in the evening all the cafés are closed, and a constant waich is kept thvouguout the | night, The forts are supplied with electric lights, | some attention by their mvestme which are found to be admirably adapted for gaard- ing against surprises. There ts neither butt vr | fruit to be had anywhere in the city, and fre at | will soon be scarce. ‘There is, however, no lack of | salted provisions, and of four the supply is suil- | cient for e1x months, TROCHU LOOKING AFTER THE DA OVS CLASSKS, General Trochu has issued a prockimation on the suiject of violating domictiary right Ual have been established Denis. All thieving and perty are suinmartly punished, DECREE FIXING THE RATIONS OF THE The oMeial journal of September rts maty at Vineonnes and St. 8 Upon private pro- HABITANTS, | vontains & decree from the Minister of Agricnimre ordering that the daily distribution of meat to the habitants shail consist of 500 beeves and 4,000 sheep, These are to be sold by the butchers on account of the State at certain fixed prices, PRUSSIANS DISINOLINED TO TIONS. The Prassians seem disinclined to attack the city. They still occupy heights at a respectfal distance | from the French lorts. Whenever they see convoys or reconnoissances they open a fire with shot and shell, They have coustructed an entrenched camp at Versailles ana seem to have gone into winter quarters there. DEMAND FOR THE SURRENDER OF FORT D'TY: One of the despatches to the government s that on the 26th a Prusstan officer demanded the surrender of Fort D'Ivry, on the southeast of the city. The commandant promptly r NEWS ITEMS FROM THE CITY. ‘The messenger of the government from Tours had succeeded in entering Paris. An official decree institutes a Counc! of War for the Garde Nationale as well as for ihe army. The Academy has passed a vote of thonte to Jnles Favre, ATTACK THEIL OPERA: | Y. | although mach superior to that pl | across the river on the south, but THE BONAPARTE DYNASTY. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, ‘The Restoration of the Benapartes—Bazaine Proposes to Bring It About—Wilhelmsbohe Crowded With Visitors—Letter from Napo- leon to a Herald Correspondent—Escape of General Bourbaki from Metz and)Hin Visit to the Empress, Lonpon, Oct, 1, 1870, ‘The New YORK HERALD correspondent at Beri, under date of September 29, writes as follows:— RESTORATION OF THE BONAPARTES. An idea 13 strongly entertained and advocated here that the surrender of Strasbourg is likely to produce a complete change in the war situation. 1 am assured that Marshal Bazaime 18 willing to capitulate upon condition that Prussia agrees to aid him in bis efforts to restore the impertai govern- ment and order in France. This done the beilige- rents can agree the terms of peace. ‘This idea, it 1s believed, meets the approval and support of all the imperialist generals, the soldiers and a large majority of the bourgeoise and Peasantry. Many well informed, persons express a firm conviction that Napoleon, or biz son, under the Regency of the Empress Eugénte, will shortly be re- Seated upon the throne of France, WILHELMSHOHE CROWDED WITH VISITORS. A letter from Wilneimshdhe reports the place ay @ general rendezvous for distinguished guesis of the Emperor Napoleon, The hotel in the victnity of the castle occupied by the imperial prisoner is crowded with visitors. Napoleon himself seems to be in per fect health. He makes daily excursions on foot and in his carnage. accompanied by several adjutants on horseback, ‘The rest from the cares and anxieties of oficial life seems to have been beneiiclal in its effect upon him. He does not petray any apprehen- sions of the future fortunes of his dynasty, LETTER FROM VHE EMPEROR TO A HERALD CORRES- . PONDENY. The I#RALD correspondent, from whom thc fore- golng statements have been received, continues in his letter:—“I recently addressed a polite note to his Majesty, requesting the favor of a personal inter- view. Consideriag the peculiar and delicate posi- tion of the imperial prisoner I was not surprised when I received a negative reply couched in the following language’ “MonsikuR—His Majesty the Emperor has recetved your letter of the 19th inst., and 1s much affected by the sentiments of sympathy which you express therein. His Majesty has charged me ‘to convey to you his thanks, and to tell you how how much ho regrets that the circumstances or his present posi- Mon do not permit him vo receive you. “Please accept, Monsieur, the assurances of my ideration. “L’Otticier de Ordnance A. DE LAURISTOCQ.” ESCAPE OF GENERAL BOURBAKI FROM METZ—NE GOES TO SBE THE EMPRESS, General Bourbaki, the commander of the Eighth corps of the French army, which forms a part of Bazaine’s forces, left Metz a few days ago, disguised im the garb of a peasant. Afver numerous adven- vures he succeeded in passing through the German nes undiscovered and in reaching the Belgian fron- Uer. The General arrived in England yesterday, and immediately proceeded on a visit to the Empress Eogénie. Much importance is attached to his not communicating with the provisional government of France. It seems to confirm the statements which have been made to the effect that Bazaine ana his generals, a8 well as the forces commanded by them, remain imperialists and will not recognize the re- public. THE QUESTION OF PHACE. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Result of the British Cabinet Council—Bulwer Deprecates the Miuisterial Policy—Denial ‘That Nassia is Arming. in, upon Lonpon, Oct, 1, 1870. The resalt of the Cabinet Conncit yesterday, ac- cording to the London Times, is a further postpone- ment of the action of the Ministry tn regard to medi- ation, This delay cannot be of long duration. The tone of the Tunes itself yesterday shows that the governfoent must yield to public sentiment. An- other letter from Bulwer this morning to that Paper on the conclusive duty of England in thia crisis declares as historical facts that if, when the Emperor Nicholas told Sir Hamiiton Seymour that he meditated marehing his troops to the Principaliues, England had firmly protested, he would not have taken that step; and that if she had protested against Napoleon the Third un- dertaking this War in the same manner he would not have commenved it. Sir Henry, therefore, de- precates the ministerial policy of waiting for good opportunities which may never arrive. Mr. Somerset Beaumont is preparing an claborate exposition of what he cails the “policy of inaptt- tude.” The conservative leaders are very active. ‘The Earl of Carnarvon and the Earl of Derby have come up to town to confer with Mr. Disraeli on the situation, DENIAL THAT RUSSIA IS ARMING. A correspondent teiegraphs:—* I recommended you the other day to place no reliance on the statements that Ruseia was arming. Govrtschakoff’s policy is to ke4p Russia out of war at present. We have now an oMeial contradiction of tie statement that Russia is preparing for war. The rumor of the pur- chase of iron-clads from the United States ts dented.” On the other hand, the marked abstinence of the Journals of St. Petersburg from any reference to Ger= many and France, and their particularity in denying any hostile intentions against Turkey, have deepened the outside feeling of anxiety as to the immediate future. PRLGIUM ARMING, ‘The Belgium forces, whi had. been partially withdrawn from the frontier beyond Namur after the surrender of Sedan, have been ordered for- ward again. The Count of Flanders has returned to Namur. General Secocy is forming a camp of 20,000 men at Allen, in Belg! Luxembourg. THE Below we give brief sketches of the fo) Mezierea aud jun, which a now resses of ttracin and boul, meni by the Prussian for MEZi This place is a strongly fortified town of some 4,500 inhabitants, situated in the Departinent of Ar- nnes, of which ibis the capital, not far from the Belgian froniicr. It is bullion @ pentnsula formed by (he course of the Meuse river, and is distant | some forty-seven miles nortieast from Rneims, AS a fortress it fants with Thiontitie, » by reason of its absolute tmpregnabtlity save on the east, the river Meuse forining an impassable barrier of an the other sides, The fortafications, however, extend thelr position is as the place very formidabie, Méziires is ne whore Charles arcied| Isabella, of Ausiria, the marrige ceremony pg place in Ks fhe Gothic | chareh. Dt has (we yYanarmy | Of 40,000 Spaniards, in | nit Was successfully | defended by the French forces commauded by the Chevaller Bayard, and again ta 1815, when it held out against the Russians for (wo months. During the reign of Louis Philippe it was repaired and greatly strengthened, Since the prevent war began | the fortress has been also much improved. It was | designed as a recondary base of operations for the | French army wader Marshal MaeMabon, and was heavily armed and provisioned. After the | surrunder at Sedan detachments of French soldiers which had escaped rallied at Mezier the distance petween the two places being | some tweive miles only. ‘These, with the old garri- gon and the Garae Mobile and Garde National, com- prise the present defenders. From the statements made by the cable that an arin! stioe had been agreed upon to remove the wounded, it would seem that either many of the French wounded in the battles near Sedan had been carried there or that there has been severe fighting around the fortress, of which Prussians we published a sketch of this fortress. It is situated on the Meuse river, which becomes navi- gable at this point, in the Department of Meuse, and 4s about twenty-eight miles north of Bar le Duc. The fortifications are strong, but are by no means impregnable to assauit, Verdun was besieged and captured by the Prusstans in 1792 after a severe bombardment, but was held a very short time only, a8 the battie of Valmy took place soon after its oCcupation, and compelled its speedy evacuation by the Prussians. After the uefeat of Bazaine at Gravelotte, on the 19h of August last, Verdun was invested by the German forces under the Crown Prince of Saxony. A few days befo e the battles around Sedan took place an attempt was made to storin the citadel, ‘The Germans, however, were repulsed, with heavy loss, reported to have been 10,000 in killed anit wounded. Whether the place is well supplied with provisions and ammunition we have no means of learuing. It has been closely invested ever since Sedan sur- rendered, but no further attempt has been made to storm it, The garrison 18 said to consist of some two thousand regulars, with the Gardes Mobile and Nationale of the town, which contains some tifteen thousand inhabitants, aud the Garde Mobile of other points in the department of Meuse. ACTIVE NEUTRALITY. Postponement of the Sailing of the French Steamer Ville de Paris—Reported Consign- meats of Arms and Munitions of War. : ‘The storm of Friday had one other unpleasant result besides those already enumerated in the newspapers. Owing to the high wind and sea it was found impossible to load the Ville de Paris, the French steamer, whose advertised time of satling was noon yesterday, and it was therefore found nec wary to postpone her departure until Monday, This was all the more important as a number of passengers, who are reported to be recruits for the defence of the sunny sol upon which they frst drew the breath of life, as well as large quantity of mulitary stores and accoutrements, were among the intended human and other cargo of yesterday's boat. Altogether, no less than abou- two hundred passengers gathered on the pier yest terday, with thelr vaggage, but alter some little waiting were finally obiged to retara to their hotels. Some among them were. stated to be officers who had already seen hot service and attained a good rank in the French army. Indeed, one of them, an old withered veteran, who had already passed the grand climacteric oi ble, boasted that he had served under the standards of France for neaily half a century. It 38 belleved that the Ville de Paris will take a very large consignment of munitions of war, but we authoriues prudently maintain a discreet stleuce in regard to their nature. If only the weather remains as propitious ag it became yesterday, there ts little doubt that the embarkation of both gouds and sengers can ve accotmplished belore Monday alter- hoon Without dificuity, 80 as to allow of the steamer sailing as at present propo: Of course it is still possible that the United States authorities may inter- fere on the ground of some real or supposed breach of the neutrality laws. But their ill-success tu the case of the Lafayette will probably deter them from moving in the matter unless they are in possession of really authentic and detailed Information, WAR ITEMS. I saw something ts morning, says Edmund About in one of his letters, which set me thinking A satanic looking and herculean Turco was sitting. close me while I was bi tasting. He was cov- ered with gold chains, rings an@ jewels of all sorts, and had avout him several purses crammed with gold, which, Of course, he was spending lavishly. DSeelng me observe his thoroughly Eastern splendor, and no doubt gratified, he informed that all his Weulth was the epolls of # Prussian canunter, or man wbo keeps the canteen and follows the regi- ment, From what he told mo tu his bad Freneh, a mixture of Arabic and every Known tongue, It up- pears he kihed him with three stabs of his bayonet and found 6,000f. on him. | mugs to imysell—your tale may be true, my frieud, but } tuink you would easily mistake anybody for a Prussian il you sus pected nim of having 6,0v0f, As it was the Freuci aray which Was ronied, and uot the Prusstum therefore ] am afraid 16 was not a Prassian tnier you rified, ¢ fortress of Saarlouis was the r veiween Louls XLV. and his famous engineer, Vau- ban, who declared himsel! able to build a lortress un Six ‘months; aud so Saarlouls was erected, ‘The Figaro says that at Keichshorten the body of Colonel de Lacarre, of the Tiird cuirassiers, was borne along in the Charge upright in the saddle, but without the head, Which had beeu swept oif by a cannon ball. ‘The sume bali had cut the trumpeter 1n two, and cut off tie head of a captain who was at his side. La Liberte publishes an anonymous letter sent to one of the stat, in reply to an article in which he called the Prusstan advance a war of savages, The letter warns him that Where are 40,000 Prussians in Paris, and that 2,000 German houses there can de- stroy the Pansian financial houses. fhe Germ: says the writer, “are masiers Of the situation, 4 driven into & corner will be compelled to employ the savage means of Which they are now wrong- fully accused,” ‘The Chateau de Chambord, which has been piacea at the disposal of France for the wounded, Is, suys the Figaro, most admirable place for that purpose. It contains 440 chambers, 900 of which are uuiur- nished, M. About reports a good mot of a Frei the ambulance. It Was said ty bi treated than the enemy—you have vents (des lentes)” repli It of a wager Mdier at e better “Yes, tents.” he, laughing angrily; but it 18 an uncle that we want.” Another witticism 18 altribuied by the Figaro to the soldiers coliectiyely, They are about (says th: Journal) to dispiay an example of abstinence, ‘Th say they will be satisfied with soups sans Le Baw. At Vienna, says the /udependance Belge, a maiu- facunrer has carried out the happy idea of prindug pocket handkerchiefs with maps of the theatre vi war, They have been a great success, everybody wishing to “poke his nose” into Alsace und Lorraine without risk. Vice Admiral Jachmann is charged with the de- fence of the coasts of the German Ovean, NEW YORK CITY. City Chamberlain Bradiey has paid into the city treasury for the month of September, as interest on the city and county funds in his custody, the sam of $70,497. The remains of an unknown woman, about forty years of age, were found floating in the dock foot of Canal street, Norih river, and takeu to the Morgue for identification. Bernard Smyth, Receiver of Taxes, gives notice that che books for taxes on personal property and bank stock will be opened for payment at lus office on Thursday ne. Marshal Hart, during the past week, has granted the following licenses:—To expressmen, 62; public carts, 460; coaches, 12; venders, 8; Junk shop, 1; Junk cart, 1; drivers. 42, Yotal, 42. Total amount received, $97 Tbe Fire Marshal MeSpedon reports vat twenty-three fires occurred duriug the week ending at noon ) terday. The total loss was estimated at $13,520, Juily covered by tasurasnce, ‘The vital statistics of the city during the past week are reported as follows by the Board of Healih:— , 508, being 62 more than last week; mar. 219; births, 211, and still births, 4. past week were as fol- Police arrests during th , 20th, 231; Mon- 68; Wednesday, 28th, 24h? Thurs , wth, AST. Total 1,842. G. D. Cardozo, chief of tie license bureau, makes the following report for the week ending yesterday :— Complaints received for violations of corporation ordinances, 395; seitied, 1 erred Jor remedy ww Une various deepartunents Alderman Coman, presiding at the Tombs, yester- day afternoon sent overt MeGinn to the Island f six months on a charge of disorderly condi Udicer Groden, of ihe’ Second precinct, nad a prisoner tu charge, and the accused attempted to | rescue him, The new market between ayenve C, East river and Sixteenth and Seventeenth sireets, was formally opened to the public yesterday afternoon. lier © Comp- trol Holly has disposed of a g portion js and ihe remainder will doubtless tind ready takers, as Ue Want of such an establishment has jong been ieitin that part of the town, ‘The Brennan Society of Bloomingdale Js not alto. gether a political society, butit has been organized, Wiihout distinction of party, with a view to aid im perfecting city improvements, particularly on tn jong weglected West side. A meeting of the society will be held at Sion Park on Wednesday evening next, Oevober 5, for the diribution of badges and hearing such suggestions as may be offered, e: jated to carry Out the intentions of the organization, Mrs. Mary Lawler, a woman forty years of age, at two o'clock yesterday morning, was found lying in- sensible inthe hallway of premises No. 216 4, ‘ton street and conveyed to the Tepth precinct station, Where she died soon afterwards. De- We have received no reports, VER Soon altar tha nosnawe of te Moseclie river by tag lived with her husband at No, 280 first ave- There are suspicions iat deceased had wken poison with suterdal inte oroner Fiyan was moudied 69 hoki Gn MGUCKL ON the hardy, YELLOW FEVER. NEW YORK’S NARROW ESCAPE, — TWENTY DEATHS ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, nN Sixty-five Cases Removed to Quarantine. NAMES OF THE PATIENTS. ‘The HeRALD yesterday morning gave particulars of the discovery of yellow fever of a mnalignant type on Governor's Island, and of the preparations being made by Dr. Carnochan, Health OmMcer of New York, for removing the fever patients tothe quarantine hospital Investigation reveals a terrible state of affairs at Governor's Island, and the people of New York may be very thankful that the pestitence haa been 80 promptly inet by the Health OMcer, and thas cool weather is so near at hand, NETY CASES of yellow fever have occurred on Governor's Islana since the 14th of August, when the infection was frst communicated by vessels evading the quaran- tine regulations and discharging cargo at Harbeck’s stores; and of that number twenty have died and sixty-five are now in hospital, But for the tmely discovery of the nature of the disease infesting the island the mortality must have become frightful and the fever would undoubtedly have been communicated (o the city in a very short time. On Friday the quarantine boat Andrew Fletcher came up to Governor's Island after the yel- low fev sex, but in Consequence of the severe storm the patients were not transfémgd until yester- day, when Dr. Carnochan and Dr, Re, accompa« nied by Dr. Sternberg, of the garrison on the Island, and Dr. McFarland, of West Polot, took the cases down to the quarantine hyspital at West Baak, The Jollowing is a COMPLETE 1187 OF NAMES of the cases above meutioned:— Charles Stewart, Thomas McCaery, Frank Luke, . Company B. William Garike, and Addison Sebultz, John Fuller, of Company James H. Green, A, — regiment. James Keogh and Charles Taylor, Andrew Keid, of Com George Keynolds, pany ©, ‘ergeant Delaney, Frederick Vermesile, of Michael Toomey, Company D. David Flannery, John Lynch, Thomas Wilson, John Haynes, Joseph Huber, doseph Mower, Fraucis Kearns, James Fullerton and William Beardsley, John McCann, of Com- John Ward, pany E. Witham Kotes, —— Lauchebaugh, Conrad Bandiger, Wiilllam Darpenning, Charles Dietrich, Frederick Appell, Joseph Williams, Irwin Birnstien, and Frederick Creamer, George Elusel!, of tne Alexander Chesom and band. ‘The following 1s a list of the attendants upon the above:—William Lane, of Company C; William Welsh, William Kelser, James Burke and Lewis Wicker, of Company E; John Donohugh, of Company F, Eley- enth, and Charles Appleby, prisoner. ‘The tollowing ts a LIST OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN sick with yellow fever, and removed from Gover nor’s Island to the Quarantine Hospital: — in of Mrs. Bradley. Ada Jones. Mrs. Fuller, Eliza Jones, Mrs. O’Bri Sarah Loptne, Dra, Jone: George Fuller. Mrs. Alien, Robert Allen, ATTENDANTS. Henry Joner, of Company ©, and George Henry Jones, William Jones and James Fuller, In addition to the chaplain, Rev. Mr. Page, whose death was reported In yesteraay’s Henap, two men died yesterday, and several are m a critical con- dition, Dr. Carnochan and Dr. Retd have been un- tirlag in their labors connected with this terrible pestilence, and were all day at Quarantine yesterday devoting themselves to the comfort and restoration of the patients. ‘They express the belief that most of the cases can now be saved, and that the mea- sures adopted by the Health Omicer will not onty prevent the fever from spreading from Governor's Island to New York and Brooklyn, but will soon overcome the «disease ou the island, It is formate that the island was ander | military discipiine, a& the promptness with which Dr. Carpoehan’s direcuons huve pen carried out by the commander, General Me J], Was greatly facilitated the removal of the sick and the preven- tion of further infection, while, at the same tine, perfect order and trayquillity have been maintained. Now that cool weather is coming oo the danger will s00n be passed, bat it is terrible to realize what might have been, had the fever broken out a few Weeks earlier, TWO Weeks of hot weather at the resent time would place the lives of New York anu Brooklyn in imminent jeopardy, aud perhaps spread pestilence through the country, ADDITIONAL CAS) | of yellow fever were also recet esterday at the Quarentine Hospital from New Orleans vessels. The steamship Washington arrived yesterday mourning, seven days (rom New Orleans, sme has a clean bill of health; but came ta With one of ihe crew, John Hart, sick wiih the tever. The steamship Mississippi, seven days from New leun Dill of health, also arrived na yesterday with two seamen, Heury Smuidt and Otto Siviuski, sick with the dise: THE STEAMSHIP DK SOTO, which arrived on Tuesday at Quarantine, has had more cases on board. This vessel left New Orleans on the 17th inst. Havana on the 22d, with sugar, tobaceo, cotton, forty crew, five passengers and no bill of heaith, She was in New Orleans seven days and in Havana two an. a halt days. At the latter pia sitial Wale liam Huxiey (second Devlin and George Weeks ( watters), and Joon Murray (fireman), suffering with On the 234 of Septem- ber Charles € (Waiter) 100k sick and died of the disease on the 27th. The eet englucer was sick, but 18 now on duty again, Guuifoyle, Was removed to the hospital on the arrl val of the steamer at Quarantine. Yesterday the first assistant engineer, L. Burlingame, and the sec- ond assistant engineer, Aiphens S. Ferris, were also removed from the De Soto to the Quarantine Hos- pital, The steward, J. The Yellow [From the Pi 5] Board of Health and the Savitary Inspector of ond distrect do everything that it is possible to do to cleanse dnd purify” tue infected locality, by using all the Various disinfectants that are known to the medical profession, and great credit ts due to the Board of Health tb having so far, at least, suececded in confining the disease t the locality where tt first made its appearance g heen brought here by asailor named R. Tell Craig, direct from Havana, by way of Mobile, who died with the black vomit at the Charity Hospltal, August 2 Galveston is ready to cut ou all communteation with us, A number of “leading merchants aud business men” write to the port physician to this leaving him to judge of the nec A clear case is test COU f the teiegraph. w Orleans Temes gives the following Infor- obtained at the Charity Hospital sunday now abont fifty cases of yellow rai wards of hoapital, 0 em trom erville, on Algiers and the rest from different porttons ® the chy, mostly from the infected district in the viemnity of the French Market. re have been forty-one deaths up to date at the hospital from yellow fever, ayune, Sept. ‘om since Angus! 25, when the firstdeath occurred, ‘The | following list will show the deaths per da. baie, Deaths, ate, Deaihs, August September september ts... Seprember September September 21.. Seplemt ; September 4 September 4 September August L 2 1 1 2 7 ‘ 2 September 1 September 4 AQUATIC. Withdrawal of the Atalanta Club from Hudson Amateur Rowing Associntion, | ‘There appears to be something wrong at the helm of the Hudson Amateur Rowing Association, 4s evi- denced by the following resolutions: Whereas in the lare ta of the Hudson Amateur Rowing Association t nd regulations were openly violated, aud it parent to any disin- terested person tat tie race Lor the championship Was prematurely and uujitstly dectded; therefore, Resolved, That the Atalanta Boat Club hereby de- ciares itself 1 ounected wiih the Hudson Amateur Kowtn, Acton. Also, svlved, That ils preamble and resolution be presented at (he next ine he Assctation, RE J. W. Rpwanns, Seevela the An Iotercstiogn Boat Race. A handsomely contested race between the Hudson, ant Oneida Boat Clubs, of Jersey City, came off yesterday afternoon, Which was witnessed Ly many -nundred persons from the surrounding shores, ‘rhe Hudsons pulled their 81x-oared gig, the Oneidas cheir #1x-oared barge. The distance was tree miles, ‘The start was from the New Jersey Oenirai Railroad do rounding Bedioe's Island and back. The Oneidas took the lead from the start and Kept it to the close. The time made by each was:—Oneidas, 21:7; Hudsons, 28:7. Several hundred dollars were laid on the contest by outside parties. The Oneidas are & young clu, having been organized only lash epring, ‘TUE stryke ou evel ‘sue Was the ranid.