The New York Herald Newspaper, October 9, 1870, Page 3

" Ontposts from the Forte, The Bombardment of the City to Be- ° gin Next Week. SHARP ENGAGEMENT IN THE VOSGES: German Attack on the Fortress of New Buisach. Lyons Energetically #reparing for Defeuce. Arrival of Gambetta at Tours from Paris. German Forces Pushing Into : Normandy. Probable Postponement of the ‘French Election. Russia, Germany and Napoleon Conspiring to : Destroy the Republic, Bazaine Working for a Restoration of the Dmpire. Herald Epecial Report of the Condition . of Strasbourg. THE MILITARY OPERATIONS Wigereus Cannenade from the Paris Forts— The Bombardment to Begin Next Week— Pesitions ef the Prussian Batteries—Pros- peets of Pario—The Last Sortie From Metz— A Battle ip the Vosges—Attack upon New Basach—Railroad Communication—Scveral War Notes. Lonvon, Oct. 8, 1870, A telegram from Versailles, dated yesteritay, state that the French forts around Paris maintain & vigorous cannonade on the Prussian ontposts, “THE BOMBARDMENT TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK. ‘The Manchester Guardian of to-day has » special telegram which announces that the bombardment Of Paris: will begin early next week. Tho cannon- ade will be preceeded by a formal summons to + surrender tho. city. THE ASSAULT TO BE MADE NEXT SUNDAY. A correspondent says:—We are told by correspon- Gence from the neadquarters of the Prussian King ‘hat the guns for the selge of Paris are in place, and jn snother week the assault will begm. It ts “Debeved the “aaiaws wil begim om tho anniversary ofthe batde of Leipsig, the 16th. ‘The Germans count on belng in the city of Paris by the 19th. They May not find thetask so easy. Op the question of ‘the provisions holding out, and respecting a suimi- clency of them, there is @ variety of opinions, POSITIONS OF THE GERMAN BATTERIES. A telegram to the London Times, dated Berlin, 11 A. M., says that on the hills between Sevres, St. Cloud and Bougival batteries of siege guns have been Placed. A mortar battery at St. Cloud threatens the neighborhood of the Elysian Fields. The guns on the heights of Clemart and Chatilloy, with a five tiles range, would reach the+quarter of Grenelile, the Champ de Mars, the Invahdes and the noble hospital for sick children, The Prussian Position at St. Cloud cannot, it is thought, ‘be established under the guns of Mount Valerein, French reoccupy Villejuif. The redoubt of Plerre- tte, near St, Dennis, has beep abaadonea by the French, the position being untenabie. OPINIONS REGARDING THE FROSPECTS OF PARIS. George Sanders writes from Paris that the city 1s good for a six months’ siege. The Fall Mall Gazette has @ correspondent there who writes in a similar strain, Another despatch, however, says Paris is now at the mercy of the Prussian guns on ‘the heights of Villejuit, “i ENGLISH PITY AND SYMPATHY. ‘The near approach of the horrors of the bom- bardment excites universal pity and sympathy here. ‘Eloquent advocates of mediation, in papers like the Standard, are trying to move the government to ac- tion. The'horrors disclosed after the siege of stras- ‘bourg forcibly ald these appeals, but the Ministry manifests no intention of moving, and the people ‘await the result of the assault in dread and anxiety. ‘Iman eloquent article this morning the Standara Says the siege of Paris is not called for—it is going ‘too far, THE ARMY OF THE LOIRE ADVANCING. A correspondent from Boulogne telegraphs the important information, received from Rouen, that the army of the Loire has taken the field, 80,000 wtrong, and is slowly advancing on Paris. It has been driving back the foraging parties of the Prussians before it in all airections, and at Pointhierg captured and destroyed an im- mense accumulation of stores and forage intended for the support of the advance upon Tours, The ‘National Guards of Normandy are co-operating with ‘the advance on the line of the railway to Rouen, and @ strong force is assembled for the same pur- pose at Chartres. DETAILS OF THE LAST SORTIZ FROM METZ. A despatch from Corny, a small town near Metz, dated yesterday, says that on Thursday when the French attacked General Knonmer’s division the ‘French Imperial Guard was engaged. The French directed several divisions against the First aud ‘Tenth Prussian corps, on the right bank of the ‘Moselle, where the cannonade wassevere. The losses of General Kummer and of the Tenth corps amounted to 600 men, and those of the Third corps to 130 men, A SHARP ENGAGEMENT IN THE VOSGES. A despatch from Epinal dated last evening reports sharp fighting yesterday between Raon L'Etape and Bruyeres, tn the Department of Vosges. The Prus- tan force consisted of about 9,000 men, The French Jorce was not so large and hud much less artiliery than the Germans. The fighting lasted all day, and when night put an end to the conflict the event was undecided. The French retained the position which times. General Dupre, the French commander, was sligitly wounded in the engagement. FIRE OPENED UPON BREISACH. Adespatch from Frelburg dated to-day has the following:--New Breisach having retused to sur- Tender, the Prussians to-gay cpened cannonade at Several poms with eight guns. Fires have broken ut in the town In consequence, RAILROAD COMMUNICATION WITH THE ABMY—A TRAIN THROWN OFF THB TRACK. A telegram Jrom Berlin reports that railroad trains now ran day and night on the railways to the eastward of Paris, They are used by the Prussians, ‘who ara bringing up sheir heavy siege guns. Ope of the trains was tarown from the track last night near ‘Vitry, Four Frenchmen living in that neighborhood Were arrested en suspicion of having wilfully loosened the rails. 4 ROBBERS ON THR PARIS ROADS. : despatch, from Bertin states that the neighbor- hood of Paris, and espectalty on the roaa to Roanne, is infested with robbers, Night patrols bave begn organized to suppress the lawlessness. f THD FRENOM PEOPLE WERE OPPOSED TO THE WAR. A Paris correspondent writes under date of October 34:—The documents found in the imperial archives and published by the provisional govern- ment, show conclusively that the people of France were opposed te the war. Lettera from prefects of departments establish this fact. ‘This is important as furnishing an answer to Biamarck’s main argu- ment for harsh condittons, GENERAL WAR NOTES. There are no Prussians in the department of Aube, The Prussians again threaten Gisors, where they were repulsed by the National Guard a few days ago. ‘The Prefect of the Rnine threatens severe penalties against insubordination, Two Frenchmen who were caught cutting the telegraph wires were immediately shot by the Prus- slang. Easterly winds continue in aiding the Parisian aronauts. ‘The Burgomaster of Berlin 1s constantly annoyed by the receipt of deadly missives, steeped in chem!- cal poisons, addressed to Cannibals, wolves and Prussian bears.” They are all dated and postmarked in Belgium. Lyons Preparing~Cheering News from All Parts—Detuils of tho Prassian Defeat Near Pithiviers=The Movement on St. Quentin— Advance into Normandy—Reloforcemonts from Rome and ltely—General War Nows, ‘ 4 Tours, Oct. 8, 1870, The news from Lyons ts excellent. Every effort 1s being made for a strenuous defence. ESCAPE OF M, GAMBETTA PROM PARIS. M. Gambetta, Minister of the Interior, has escaped from Paris in a balloon and arrived here. To-mor- row we shall have the news from Paris made public, ‘The balloon left the city yesterday and effected a safe landing, CHEERING NEW8 FROM ALL PARTS OF FRANCE. ‘The enthusiasm 13 increasing. ‘The volunteers are rapidiy swelling the ranks of the two armies now forming. ‘The government announces cheering intelligence from every quarterof France. The peasants are prepared to risé and crush the invader. Army re- organization procseds rapidly, DETAILS OF THE PRUSSIAN DEFEAT NEAR PITHIVIERS. Further details of the battle near Pithiviers have been received. The Prussians lost, by the success of the French, over 6,000 cattle and sheep, which ‘ney had gathered from all parts of the country and were ready to drive to the army now investing Paris. This success has animated the franc-tireurs, who are coming ap on all sides, PITHIVIERS REOCUUPIRD BY THE FRENCH. Atelegram from Bellegard datea yesverday, re- Ports that there have been no serious engagements since those at Thoury. Pithiviers ts now occupica by the French, THE PRUSSIAN MOVEMENT ON ST. QTENTIN. The Preject of the Department of Aisne sends the following despatch to the government, dated at St, Quentin, midnight, October 7, 1870:— The Prusvians lave arrived within three leagues of us. We expect them to attack at light. We shall defend the place with the Garde Nationale and the firemen. Z Another despatch of the game date says:— The enemy now seems to be abandoning his mareh on this point. tis reported the entire Ger- man force ich has been operating in this direc. tion 1s now moving | ae} Soiasons, waolch is able to make an energetic defence, PRUSSIAN ADVANCE INTO NORMANDY, The Prussians seem tobe determined to advance isto. Normandy. The people in that province are sending their grain and catte further south, and placing every obstacle possible in the way of the Prussians, OPERATIONS OF THE PRANO-TIREURS. News from Chartres to the 7th inst, states that the Paris ffanc-tireurs were defeated at Abiis. Ohe hundred god fifty Prussian horsemen were captured.aixty of the French and many horses, A Geapatoh has been received from the Mayor of Arthenayltéting that 800 franc-tiroura nad driven back a forc: of Prassians. CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS OF BRITTANY. A letter from Paris has the following:—"The Mobiles from Brittany are Christian heroes, They have the moral courage before going into a combat to kneel and pray. After their devotions are con- cluded they receive a blessing from the priest.” As @sigo of the times, the writer adds that the people do not jeer or langh at this, PONTIFICIAL ZOUAVES IN FRANCE. Colonel Charette, of the Pontifictal Zouaves, has issued an address calling for volunteers to increase the force of hiscommand. He says he wishes to form @ well disciplined corps to be called Volon- taires de Ouest. He says these zouaves shall be the type of devotion and honor. He sends to-day three companies to the front. REINFORCEMENTS FOR FRANCE. The franc-tireurs from Borddeaux passed through Tours yesterday. They are fine troops and well armed. Twelve hundred Gartbaldians have arrived in France. They are commanded by Frappoll, who is to organizea larger force. The Papal troops and Garibaldians make a force of 6,000, and 1orm the nu- cleus of one of the new armies,, FRENCH ARNOLDS. A telegram from Rouen, dated to-day, reports that several French speculators have been caught send- ing supplies tothe invaders. They were all arrested. SUBSIDIES WITHDRAWN. Advices from Paris state that the government subsidies have been withdrawn from the operas and theatres, and all such establishments have been closed. THE POLITICAL QUESTION. TELEGRAM TO ‘THE NEW YORK HERALD. Russia, Germany and Napoleon Intriguing Against the French Republic—Bazaine Working to Restore the Empire—The French Conetitnent Assembly to Meet at Bordeaux—Expected Visit of Bismarck to Jules Favre—Address of Ginis-Bizoin to His ConstituenteFrench Opinion of Napotcon’s Denial. Lonpon, Oct. 8, 1870. Itis announced by some of the papers in Tours that tne elections for members of the French Con- stitaent Assembly are kely to be again postponed, Nothing, however, says @ despatch from Tours, will be decided about the elections until the Council Meets. It is not thought the Prussians will take any action to oppose the convocation of the Con- stituent Assembly, RUSSIA, GERMANY AND NAPOLEON AGAINST THE REPUBLIC. The Journal de Bruxelles 1 responsiole for a story that negotiations are now pending between the Ger- man government (backed by Russia) and Napoleon, the object being to prevent the establishment of a French republic, ACTIVE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN WILNELMHORE AND VERSAILLES. From Cologne we havo it that courlers are con- tinually passing to and fro between Wilhelmshoe and Versailles, and from Namur that three messen- gers have passed during the last two days between Metz and Meaux, and between Metz and Wilheims- Rohe, H Beside Lady Cowley, who is one of the most ener- getic of women and has twice made the Journey from Chiselhurst to Wilhelmshohe and back during the last fortnight, Colonel surnell, aid-de-camp of the Count of Flanders, passed through Ostrand on his way from Cassel to England, on Wednesday, having gone from Brussels to Cassel on the Sunday Previous. Brussels is now full of conspicuous ime perialists, among them the Viscount La Queronntere, lormerjy Minister to this Court. and more recently INTRIGUING to Constantinople. These men loudly aver that Marshal Bazaine refuges in any way to recognme the republic, BAZAINE INTRIGUING FOR THE EMPEROR. . tton of Marshal Bazaine to eupport the imperial cause it g.stated that ho has offered to surrender Meta. and to bind himself and his army not to fight against Germany tt he 1s allowed to march out of the fortress with the Bonora of war. It is fur ther added that he has made proposals for Prussia to assist atid put down the republic and restore the Emperor, Bismarck, rumor says, has declined ths proposition, not being satisfied that the officers and soliters of Bazatne’s army will obey his commands, This intrigue has gained credence ever since the affair of Bourbaki, who gained permission to pass throagh the Prussian lines for the purpose ef visiting the Empress Eugénie im England, REPORTED SECRET TREATY BETWEEN PRUSSIA AND RUSSIA, The latest. story from Berlin 1s that Prince Gertsohakotf signed a secret treaty with Count von Bismarck against France in July, Prussia engaging to menace Austria while Russia seizes Constantinople, This story no one here be- leves, and its publication is thought a sign of alarm ‘at Berlin concerning the designs of Russia, and an attempt to pacify the popular mind in Germany. RUSSIAN, MILITARY PREPARATIONS AND DIPLOMACY. From persons at Liege, whose relations with the Russian War Ofice entitle them to credut, I bear that by the 1st of November Russia will have under arms in Western Russia and Po- land no ‘less than 450,000 men, Active negotiations are golmg on between St, Petersburg and the Hi , and there is great activity tn the Dutch arsenals and dockyards. Count Stevess, the Russian secretary at the Hague, has twice visited Brussels within the last week. JULES FAVRE EXPECTING A VISIT FROM BISMARCK. General Burnside, who is in Parts, writes to a friend that the people are calm and the general appearance of the city much a3 usual. He has had & conference with Jules Favre. The latter was hourly expecting a visit trom Bismarck, ANOTHER STORY—A PROPOSITION NROM BISMARCK TO FAVRE. s Acorrespondent at Boulogne sends word to-day that General Barnside returned from Versailles to Paris ;yesterday,} at the request of the German au- thorities, with @ proposition from Count Bismarck to Jules Favre to aefer tho bombardment of Paris until the Constituent Assemby can decide on the question of peace or war, France meanwhile to give Prussia quiet possession of certain points already occupied. It is belleved that tne proposi- tions will be rejected, the matter having been already debated and decided in the counctls of the government at Paris, as already telegraphed to you. GERMANY GETTING ANXIOUS FOR PEACE. Many things consptro to excite the bellef here that King William 1s growing anxtous about the pros- pects of tho war, and eager for peace. The disaf- fection of the German liberals. has been increased, not lessened, by the harsh treatment of Jacoby. The refusal of South Gormany to enter the Northern Union districts the South German troops before Parir already maicontent on other grounds, The reported ucoesses of the French of late, although in small engagements, are also telling on the morale of the investing army. The change in the feeling of Europe also towards the German cause can no longer be ignored. It is general and growing. THE TRENCH CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY TO MEET aT BORDEAUX. A despatch from Tours says:—It 1s again reported to.day that the government will he obliged to quit Tours after the election, a8 there 1s no place there large enough for the sittings of tne Constituent Assembly. Bordeaux fs likely to be chosen as the capital. p CANDIDATES FOR MAYENNE, The Constituttonnel, of Tours, to-day announces that the arrondissements of Mayenne have chosen the Count of Paris and Generals Trochu and Ba- zaine as their candidates to the Ooustituent Assembly. ADDRESS, OF A FRENCH MINISTER TO AIS CON- STITUENTS. Alexander Glats-Bizoin, one of the members of the National Defence Committee, has issued an ad- dress to his constituents in the Department of Cotes dur Nord deciiming a re-election. He expresses con- fidence in the situation, and descripes the armies now forming, which he thinks will expel the enemy from France. He tells hs constituents that great and effective armies are not improvised, «Notwith- standing this,” ne continues, “thanks to our eilorts, during some weeks past, two armies of two hundred thousand men, and probably three hundred thou- sand, the mserves not included, comprising the National and Home Guards, mobilized and in. creased by the effective men of the six military classes from twenty-five to thirty-five years, will be organized and ready to march to the deliverance of Paris, or more properly speaking, to the deliverance of France.” « TOURS PAPERS BELIEVE NAPOLEON DID WRITER THE MANIFESTO. The journals here beileve that Napoleon was the author of the Wilhemshoehe manifesto, notwith- standing the dental by M. Pictri, and that the dental Was made only because the document was not wel received, PRUSSIA PUSHING HER SUCCESS TOO FAK. Ruskin writes that Prussia is pushing her success too far. She should concede an armistice and offer terms possible to French honor. VARIOUS ITEMS. The Prusstans have attacked Neu Bretsach. The cannonade is sharp, the besieged answering vigor- ously. General Uhrich will receive the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. Garibaldi is expected here to-morrow. CONDITION OF STRASBOURG. TELEGRAM TO THE MEW YORK HERALD. A Visit to Strasbourg—First Sight of the City— The Citadel in Ruins=The Girls Favoring the Prussiaue=A Holiday Appearance—The Damaged Quarters—Estimate of the Losses. { Loxpon, Oct, 8, 1870, The New YorK HERALD correspondent at Frank- fort writes from that city under date of the Sth inst., as follows:— FRANKFOR?, Oct. 5, 1870, Thave just returned from a visit to Strasbourg. Soon after communication with the clty opened peo- ple flocked thither from all sides. As Strasbourg could be reached only by way of Keh), the crowding of the railway cars and the confusion on boasd was great, people fighting for places. THE FIRST EIGHT. When I got to Kehl the streets of the little town were filled by the most motley crowd imaginable. ‘The morning had been foggy, but the fog suddenly clearing, we saw from the pier up the Rhine the flag of the North German Confederation floating from the celebrated Minster. Atthe sight a cheer went up from every patriotic German heart, for it was exactly 159 years_,hat very day since the master work of mediwva!l German butiding art has been in possession of the forcigner, and though its recovery has been the theme Of a thousand songs to the poets, hitherto all attempts to capture it have failed. GOING INTO THE cry, After waiting for some time the: barriers on the pontoon bridge were removed and the passage thrown open to the people. An endless procession began to move slowly on, When we passed over the bridge and entered the main road to the town we had thne to examine the havoc made by the shells. The fine old trees which lined both sides of the splendid avenue tad been cut down and were lying in the ditches. But even from this devastation some good has come; forI saw the poor people already busy taking wood from the drying trunks and branches for purposes of use and sale. Tho citadel is one heap of ruims and the ditches around it dry, the Aluices around it having been opened, AT THE PORTE D’ AUSTERLITZ. Tentered the town by the Porte d’Austeriits. The NEW YORK HEKALD, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1870—TRIPLE SHEET. first thing that attracted the’ attention was a large place close by looking very much like @ bechive. A market for fruit and vegetables was being held here, while a large force of workmen was occupied heaping up stones and other rubbish taken from the FAVORING THE PRUSSIANS. , ‘The streets were full of people. Many wounded French officers and soldiers circulated freely about, appearing on good terms with their recent foes, the Pru:sians, Many of these latter are on amicable and friendly terms with the Strasbourg giris, who are nothing loth to receive thetr attentions, A HOLIDAY APPEARANCE. ‘The main atreet had more the appearance of a hoii- day than the day after the bombardment. The beer houses and restaurants were so fu'l that people were forced to take refreshments In the streets. All the shops were crowded, tne shopkeepers saying that the landwehr bought more in one day than the French soldiers purchased in a month, TAR DAMAGED QUARTER, As Lapproached the Minster the devastation began to appear. At the quarter containing the miltary barracks—those facing Shilighan, tho recent head- quarters of the beleaguering force—great harm was apparent, But very little mjury was done to the Cathedral. Only on one side are a few stones out, some tigures damaged and a few windows broken. Tnside the church» everything is intact—the clock, pictures and the superb framework. An old house, standing near the Minster, and built in the Twelfth century, did not receive a Single shot, while others adjoining it were totally destroyed. Tne fashionable part of the city has greatly suffered. Some splendid mansions have been totally burned, among them the Bibliotheque, Where much valuable matter was destroyed by the conflagration, according to some, but the statement by others is that a great part of what is said to have been barned was stolen, The theatre was totally burned and the prefecture, one of the finest buildings in Strasbourg, much dam- aged. Approaching the point where the breach was made things looked worse. There two entire streets were heaps of ruins, ‘The large barracks which stood here had disappeared, and on thelr site was a mass of stones and other débris, In these barracks Napoleon was imprisoned alter his foolish attempt on the French throne in 1838, To the parts I have mentioned had the havoc been restricted, VALUE OF THE INJURY. The damage of Strasbourg is estimated at not less than two hundred million francs. These fgures in- clude everything, private buildings, public edifices and the fortification s, ¥ THE NEW YORK BLOCKADE. Departure of the Bremen Steamer Ameriea— ‘fhe French Gunboat Declines to Follow— Determination of the Germans to Reopen the European 'rade—Fears for the Safety of the Hermann. An intense interest has been manifested by the merchants and traders of New York regarding the resumption of shipping facilities between this coun- try and Germany. It 1s well known that prior to the commencement of the present Prussian-Franco wara very large interchange of commodiues took pinee weekly between Germany and America, and it 1s easy to conceive what an amount of dimculty, to say nothing of the loss, the merchants must have experienced whose trade was almost entirely with German ports, The ‘'rans- auiantic Steamship Company, it 18 true, have kept their steamers running to Havre and Brest, and they have aided, im some degree, those whose trade is more of 2 miscellancous character, but they have afforded no facilities tothe thousands of German merchants doing business in this city and adjoining places; in fact, for nearly three months past the Teutonic merchants have been precluded from com- mercial relation with their own country. ‘ne agents here of the Bremen and North German Lioyd Steamship Company have been painfully alive {othe Intense anxiety evinced by merchants here; their oMces have been frequently, during the past tour weeks, literally bestegea by parties who were aad are stilt suffering in @ monetary point of view from the stringent blockade of the German ports. They telegraphed on several occasions to their princtpals in Bremen, asking permission to start a vossel {rom New York, a8 a full cargo and good freighta Were easily obtatuable, and, promising at the same time that if permission were given them, ag much care should be taken as possible to prevent any disaster befailing the steamer. After @ consid- erable number of despatches had passed between New York and Bremen in reference to the subject of resuming the trade the principals agreed to allow them to despatch one of their fastest vessels, at tne same time giving them full instructions to beware of the Frencn cruisers whicli were reported to bo hovering in and near the bay of New York, and also to beware of the traps which might be laid for them on the other side, Every one on this side admired THE SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE, shown by the German company and their desire to Incet the demanus made upon them by traders. The Uermann was toefirst steamer despatcheu, and, it will be remembered, was making her way out to sca a fortnight ago yesterday morning, when she was driven back into port again by a French gunboat— the Latouche Trevilic—and was compelled to anchor of Quarantine untl the following Monday morning belore she could leave; and she could onty then get away under cover of the darkness, #0 close Was Lie watch kept up by her enemy. Her succvss in pas- sing the gunboats on this side prompted the com- any to Send another the same week. The Frank- ‘url Was the next steamer sent off. Suc, like tle Her- inaun took a valuable cargo, and a number or pas- sengers for Bremen, but Was not impeded in her endeavor 1@ zet out to sea. Yostel the America, another of the Bremen steamers, Was sent off. This vessel was advertised to start early in the day and to go out in daylight. Accordingly she was loaded at the dock in Hopoken with a cargo consisting Of cotton, tobacco, oil, rosin and hospital and sanitary stores. She also carried a few passengers, who were cympelled to make ar- rangements with the captain a8 to their passage, as the agents did not wish Passengers to go on lier. At eleven o’clock on yeste! morning the captain arrived gt Hoboken, and ali being ready in twenty minutes’after the cuains and ropes were unfastened and the America QUIETLY SLIPPED OUT into the stream and commenced making her way down the bay. As sire was pasi\ing out of the dock all the officers and men belonging to the other ships, at present blockaded at Hoboken came over on to the dock and on the decks and rigging of their ships to witmess the ceremony of “‘clearing,’’ as it is called, and gave expression of thelr pleasure at her ee in shouts, gesticulations and waving of ats. The America was gayly dressed up with flags and presented a truly picturesque appearance as she steamed slowly down the bay. She passed the two French gunboats, Latouche Treville and Bouret, which were lying at anchor off the Battery, ana as she passed them it Was reported she dipped ons of her pennants in mock formality as weil us in defl- ance of the cruisers, Itseemed that THE LATOUCHE TREVILLE was about to follow her, so as to keep up the empty farce that has been performed by these ships each Umea German vessel has left the harbor for the past fortnight, asa column of smoke was seen ex caping from her funnel shortly after the America had 4, and it was inierred by those on the docks at Hoboken that she was getting up steam in order to give chase to the steamer. The bopes of the spectators who were watcning her movements were, however, destined, this time, to disappoint- ment, for, strange to say, the performance of Cap- tain Bassett dia not come off: the gunboats were still lying at anchor at fivo o'clock yesterday agter- noon, Perhaps Captain Bassett has for once acted wisely, as he is doubtless well aware that lis vessel would be of no use whatever in a race with tue Bre- men steamer, He endeavored to stop the Hexnann and also Hamourg boat Westpnaiia, bul lis faduce in both cases must convince ulm of the tuulity of making any further attempts for the present, THE HAMBURG MAIL STEAMER CL ‘ia 1s adverused to sail on Tuesday next. She yesteiday compiciely coaled, and the greater portion of her cargo-—cotton, rosin and o!1 and hos- pital stores—was on board, and sie is now only wailing for tue thine to elapse when she ts ordered to start, and to rece:ve about two hundred passen- gors. Who proceed on her to Uamburg. The Bremen Company have vow only turee boats left on this side, and a HERALD reporter was yeater- day informed that they intended to claim an inden nity fo: ery day these aud the other steamers have bes ‘n detained in consequence of the French block- ade. The Hermann has now been out fourteen days— viz., three days over the time when, under ordinary circumstances, she Would have arrived at Bremen— but as yot she has not even been Spoken or heard of in any way since her departure from these shores. ‘This canses Some anxiety In the city, but when it 13 remembered that she took a soutli-southeast course instead of the ordinary route the time which has elapsed may be readily reconciled with the addl- tional distance ste will have to traverse. If she should be fortunate eneugh to evade the French craisers in the German ocean and the torpedoes in the river before Bremen a despatch may be looked for by Tuesday morning next, Ali the remaming ships are now ready for going to sea, and will be loaded when the safe val of the Hermaun is telegrapbed, » be deeply POSTSCRIPT. SUNDAY, OOT, 9—3 A. M. THE LATEST WAR NEWS. OTHER SORTIE FROM METZ Repulse, of the French with Heavy Loss. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ‘VEnsAinies, Oct. 8—Afternoon. Last night the entire garrison of Metz, including the National Guard, made a sortie to the north on both'banks of the Moselle. Their attack was on the entrenched position of the Germans, which was repulsed, when they returned to the fortress with a loss of 1,500 men. The Prus- slan logs 1s 600 men. _ REPORTS FROM LONDOY. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALG. Lonpon, October 8—Evening. PRUSSIAN MOVEMENTS. It 13 reported that the Prussians are a short dis- tance from Pithiviers, which town 1s occupied by the French. The Prussians have also appeared at Malesherbes, A telegram from Tours gives the following items of news:— ‘The Breton volunteers are ordered to march on the 11th from Aboisey. Besancomnt has been placed in a complete state of defence. Alarge amount of artillery is being concentrated at Toulouse. The fortifications of Lyons are advancing rapidly to completion. A steam mitrailleuse with a range of 4,000 metres is being manufactured at Lyons. Atelegram from Carlsruhe dated to-day regorts that on the 7th instant the town of Nen Breisach was bombarded from nine o'clock in the morning until midnight. The town was fired in three places. ‘The bombardment was continued on Saturday. PUNISHING FRENCH TOWNS FOR GUERILLA WARFARE. The appearance of guerillas in several of the de- partments in the North evokes the Prussian threat of imposing a contribution of a million of francs on any department where they appear, and the com- mand that the authorities take warning. Despatches from Rouen state that M. Gambetta 1s expected at that place, and that an honorable re- ception awaits him, The Czarina has sent a large amount of hospital suppliess, with money, to the Wurtemburg Union. The number of unwounded French prisoners in Germany is 3,577 officers and 123,700 meu. EUROPEAN NEWS. Bismarck Approves the Arrest of Jacoby— Hambarg News—Belgian Bishops to Con- sider the Roman Question. Lonpon, Oct. 8—Evening. Count Bismarck has written a letter approving of the arrest of Jacoby. ‘The Belgian bishops will soon meet at Mechiin, with the clergy and laity, to protest against the treatment of the Pope and eonsider his situation. A telegram from Hamburg reports that tnree pilot boats and two lightships have gone to Copenhagen. MURDERS IN MASSACHUSETTS. A Mother Nearly Bebends Her Son and Cuts Her Own Throat. {From the Evening Telegram of yesterday.) Boston, Oct. 8, 1870, The Traveller's Haverhill correspondent says that this morning, about half-past six, Mrs. Cella Beck- ford, and her son Clarence, a lad ten or eleven years of age, were found dead in thelr bed, with each of their throats cut in a fearfal manner, at their resi- ‘The throats of each were dence on Frankiin street. cut transversely, and both deep eno: carotid artery. covered the body was completely saturated with blood. ‘The throat of the mother was cut ver, deeply, directly across the front, apparentiy wit! one stroke. On her right hand was some blood with the hair of her child mixed with it, Mer left hand was bathed in gore. As she was 4 LEFT-HANDED PERSON these circumstances favor the supposition that the fear{yl deed was perpetrated by her own hand, The body of the child lay at her right side, aud the razor which inflicted the wound was found in bed between the two bodies. The mother lay upon her back, with her limbs crossed and her right hand and arm resting on her breast, with her left hand re- posing at her side. The bed was literally drenched ‘with gore, and the blood from the throat of the un- fortunate woman had spurted nearly across the room. The bodies were cold when fouud, but had not assumed a state of rigidity. ‘The house 18 & small one, containing only one room, Everything in ft was in its usual order. Her bonnet, as she Lad laid it off the evening previous, after returning irom a call apona neighbor, wes Jaid upon @ shelf or bureau at the head of the bed and her clothing, as it was laid off on retiring, was on the foot of the bed, and | there was no evidence of @ wrestle or struggle, as though there had been a Contest with an assassin who had entered the pre- mises to perform the bioody deed. She was known to nave SEVENTY DOLLARS IN HER POSSESSION yesterday. On examining ner pocketbook, seventy- three doilars and are cents were found in it. The nena of the dwelling was found unlocked this morning. News of the terrible trageay spread rapidly, and hundreds flecked thither to learn facts and satisfy the natural curiosity which the event excited. Last evening Mrs. Bickford visited the family of Mr. G. J. Dean, to whom she is related and is on in- timate terms, and had arranged to leave her child there to-day, during her absence on @ business visit to Lowell or Lawrence, for which her plans had been previously made, and it was ason of Mr. Dean who Made the discovery of the fatal deed this morning, | on going to the house for the child, which wag to be his companton for the day. Mrs. Bickford was about thirty-five years of » and had experienced rather hard fortune in tife, Her husband, George W. Bickford, was A SOLDIER IN THE ELEYZNTU NEW HAMPSHIRE REGI- MENT, and died from disease contracted in the service of bis country. Mrs. Bickford was the recipient of a Pension, and though living humbly and obscure, was not in any condition of want or suffering, as her finances clearly indicate. sesides, itis said she was expecting soon to receive quite a gum of money due her husband as back pay and bounty, and it w supposed it was in relation to this that her absence from home to-day was contemplated. Coroner Jeffers was called and immediately sum-,| moned a jury to view the bodies, who, after the view and examination of the premises, adjourned, to continue the inquest at the Police Court room. Boston, Oct. Evening. Later particulara of the Haverhill tragedy show Lng Mrs. Bickford committed suicide after killing er son. A Schoolmistress Stoned to Death by Her Papitis. Boston, Oct. 8, 1870. Miss Etta FE. Barston, a school teacher tn Canton, Mass., died to-day from a brutal assault with stones made upon her on Wednesday last by four of her scholars, named James Cogsweil, Jeremiah and Daniel Keilker and John Coffee, who have been ar- rested for murder. Miss Barston Was twenty years old and in poor health. INSAKITY OF THE EX-SANITARY SUPERINTENDENT OF BROOKLYH Dr. R, Cressen Stlles, lave Sanitary Superintendent of Brooklyn, under the Metropolitan Health law, was removed from his residence, Livingston street, near Court, yesterday afternoon, to the Bloomingda’e Lunatic Asylum, he having become insane. The doctor, who was regarded as the best mi- croscopist in the Country, was at one time professor of a college in Vermont. He was appointed Register of the Brooklyn Health bureau, upon the organization of the Metro. | politan Health Board, which position he held until the resignation of Dr. Conklin, the Sanitary Super- Intendent of that city, when he succeeded the latter entiemav, He is the author of the “History of rookiyn,’’ a Work which is regarded as most per- fect in accuracy of detail, ana which 1s decid- edly the best history of that city extant. The doctor was 9% great student, and i 13 said that his mind was overtaxed through intense study and ciose application. Dr, Stiles, who enjoyed an excellent practice, is married and has one child. The malady with which he has vhus suddenly been strickey is pot tucurable, and Ume and patience will, itis to be hoped, again re- store bfm to his family and his aphere of usefulness in the community, where the oresext aMitction will deplored h to sever the ‘The throat of the child snowed five or six irightful gastes, and the head wre nearly severed trom the body, There were evidences of some struggling, and the clothing which partially OBITUARY. Prosper Merimee. A cable telegram announces the death of this di. tinguished author and member of the French Acad- emy. He was born at Paris on the 28th of Septem- ber, 1803, His father was the patater Mérimée, Sec- retary of the School of Fine Arts, After receiving an excellent education the subject of this sketch stu- died law and was received as an advocate, out in- Stead of practising his profeasiom he at once entered into the service of the government, at the same time Making @ spectalty of liveratare, which occupied all his leisure hours, After the revolution of 1830 Comte @’Argout appointed him Secretary to his Cabinet, and subsequently he became Secretary to the Minis- ter of Commerce aud Chief of Bureau to tue Minis- ter of Marine. In 1831 he succeeded M. Vitet as ine Spector of Ancient and Historical Works of France; but this posiiion he abandoned almost immediately after its acceptance to re-enter the Ministry, M. Mérim¢e mude several tours throu; France for literary purposes. The results of these journeys were his “Voyage dans le midi de la France” (1885-8), “Voyage dans l’oucst de Ia France’? (1836-8, “Voy- age dans Auvergne et dans de Limousin’ (1! “Voyage en Corse’ (1540-8, “Monuments His! riques”’ (this being a report to the Minister of the I terior), “?elntures de Vegiise Saint-Savin,” with de- signs by Gerard Seguin (1844), In 1840, While on a Visit to Spalu, he became acquainted with the family of the Empress Eugénic, who seems to have borne him ia friendly remembrance alter her elevation to the throne. ‘The Tevolution of 1543 Was supported by him, and the Provisional government appointed hiin one of the commissioners charged with the work of selling the property of the Orieans family, Some time after, vcause te courts had condemited M. Libri, an old friend of his, for contumacy, M. Mérimve pub- lished two letters in the Revue des} Deux- Mondes, sharply criticising the action of the judges. For thls be was brought before the court and condemned to make an apology. as also to sufler fifteen days’ imprisuoment. He suc- ceeded M. Nodier in che French academy. Never having been at apy time a republican he was one of the earhest to give in bis adhesion to the empire, and in 1863 he Was appointed a Seuator of France, He was named Commander of the Legion of Honor im 1860, having been for several years previous an OMllcer Of the order. It would consume more space than we can spare to name all the published works of M, Mernnée. ‘They are {ea nuinerous and volumtnous, and have won for their auihor @ decidedly high reputation. His véry first work was entitled “Theatre de Clara Gazul, Comédienne Espagnole,” which professed to bea translation, and was publishéd th 1625 under an assumed Long for the purpose of misleading the classical critics, Subsequently ie pe lished “La Guzla” (1827), the sécret of which was first divulged by Goethe. The first precipitated the revolution of romance in France. As one ba expressed it, M. Mérimée was the Mazeppa of army, of which Victor HugO was the Charies XII. Prominent aimong his other works are “La Double Meprise” te), “Colomba”” (1840), “La Fauille Car- vajal,"’ “La Jacquerie, Scénes Féodales,” and pu- merous other fine novels. M. Mémimeée also gave to the theatres, besides his “Clara Gazul,” “Le Car- rosse du Saint-Sacrement” (1850), but its success was negative. By his death the French Academy loses one of its most brillant members, Paul de Cassagnac. Until we heard of the interment of his remains we were not aware that Paul de Cassagnac, the fire- eater of French journalists, was dead, Poor fellow ! He was captured with his Emperor and the French army at Sedan and sent to prison, where he died, probably from pure mortification. He was the gon of Granter de Cassagnac, the famous Journalist, by a creole lady, and was less than thirty years of age when he died. From his father he inherited that ar- dent devotion tothe Bonaparte dynasty which made his name known throughout Europe. No sooner had he lett college, where he had received a briiliant education, than he eugaged in journalism, Hig writings were bitter and audacious, but witty and forcible. To attack those who assailed Napoleon or the dynasty was his constant duty; he never defended himself save with the sword, and, consequently, it was not surprising that Paul de Cassagnac had always @ duel on hand. His encounters were numerous and were principally with editors. Among those whom he fought was Gustave Fiourens. Altogether nis Success a8 & duellist Was astonisiing. If nots ‘dead shot” nor & master with the sword, he was at least suMiciently expert with weapons to infucnce his adversaries into making their wills before meeting him. Nevertheless, we doubt jf he ever killed any person, Of course a man of suck a character could not fail to make many enemies. IJfhe was regarded by the tmpertalists a8 their champion aud hero, he Was looked upon by the opposition.as a bully and cut-throat. ese epithets were once appiled to him by a democratic speaker, to whom De Cassagnac sent the following reply :— “Surrounded by some hundre 1 knaves and, fools, M. Ducass*, you have insulted us at a distance from our horsewhip, giving yourself the easy appearance of @ still easier Courage. Now, | tell you you are the cowards of demagoguism—the men who demand heads becuse the executioner would help you, and who dare not ask for hearts because you yourselves would have to put holes in them, You, citizen Dn- casse, Who always talk of saving the republic, have now a fine opportunity of showing your rare in- trepidity. Never will you have had vefore your pale and quivering face a more disdainiul adversary.” This was foreible enough, and Lo the potnt, “What came of the challenge we do not know; but it is very likely that there was no duel. Of Iate years the men whom he attacked refused to resent bis insults, Orat, because thelr extreme violence blunted their etinga, and made a@ meeting unnecessary, and next, because of the reckless cbaracter of the Insuiter. Asi well known, Paul de Cassagnac was editor of the Paris ays—the ultra imperialist paper. He was a great favorite at the court of the Tatleries; but, to do him justice, he was no sycophanut. When Prince Pierre shot Victor Noir, De Cassagnac denounced him with extreme bitterness. “It will not do for princes to shoot journalists,” he said, and, although he probably entertained the bitterest animosity towards Noir, he mercilessly assailed the man who shot nim. There were many fine traits of character in De Cassagnac. He was generous, nobie-hearted, and in all things, rave in the question of the dynasty, magnanimous, ‘The world will be as well off without him, doubuess, and France better off, perhaps, but still Ins virtues, such as they were, deserve to be held in kindly re- membrance. Tibesor, Prince of Kung. A cable despatci tom Bombay via London, mem tions @ report that the Prince of Kung has been mur. dered in China Should tms report proye true it will be genaraily regretted by all foreigiPszovern- ments, a4 the Prince was one of the most liberal men inthe empire. He was an uncle of the reign- ing Emperor Ki-tsiang, and brother of the Em- peror Hieng-fung, who died in Augast, 1861. For many years he had held important positions in the empire, and after the death of his brother he became regent and held that office during the minority of Ki-tstang. He first obtained a reputa- tion in Europe and America at the time of the diplo- matic quarrel which followed the last war between China and Great Britain and France. Appointed absolute plenipotenuary to negotiate a treaty, he astonished the representatives of the allies by a display of diplomatic skill they had hardly expected to meet with in China, The treaty which he concluded was as advantageous to pis country as to England and France, * and was observed with gcrupulons ;fdelity um tal lately. To the influence of the Prince of Kung Was due the intment of Mr. Burlingame as En- voy Extraordinary to foreign Powers, and it is said that he gave the mission a hearty support and did all m his power to make it successful. At this time he was Prime Minister of the empire, which position he had held from the close of the re- ncy. He did much to extend the resources of ‘uina and, to liberalize her policy and place her on @ fvoting with the civilized nations ot Europe and America, If he has been murdered we may depend upon it,that it has been because his en- lightened and progressive policy waa inimical to the wretched barbarians who have for some time pust been engaged in the bloody work of Amassacring foreignérs. The Prince of Kung probably eu- deavored to suppress these barbarous manifesta tions and became a victim to his humanity and en- ueavor to advance his people to the height of Chris- tian ¢ivilizauon. The Queen Dowager of Hawaii. We announced yesterday the death of Queen Dowager Kalama, of the Sandwich Islands, She ‘was the widow of Kamehameba IIL, and mother, by adoption, of Kamehameha L1Y., whose wile, Queen Emma, visited this country and Europé some years ago. The deceased Queen was avery oid woman, Femarkably, intelligent and very popular wit Tmusses, e gave her nusband a liearty supp all the iiberal measures ne introduced, and alded actively In the establishment of schools and ober og on the islands, Her nephew is the retguing ng. GEATH IN A GAMBLING RESORT. Yesterday afternoon the habituds of the faro banks in Union street, New Haven, were greatly startled and horriged py seeing one cf thelr number, in ap- parent good health, die while sitting in a chair, Without scarcely showing @ siga of his approaching dissolution, The name of the deceased 1s Joel ©. Osborn. He belonged to & most respectable family in the city and served during the War in the Seventh Connecticut with credit. r the last two years ne has been a dealer ina faro bank. Yesterday atter- noon he was sitting in the faye bank room, opposite the depet, when he died without a struggle, of nears disease. His body was laid upon the (aro table and viewed by @ jury of inquest, who returacd a verdict a2 ce With the facim