The New York Herald Newspaper, October 14, 1870, Page 3

Ly at Of Orolo £ od 4 HQ Details of, the Baitie of the Tih—Desparare Av. 30 APPA Sf Bamatnn te’ Cat Titeugh dye Ger, man Une—Advance of the French~Their * > Ba tre) Suine’s Army Repulsed aud Driven iste theit Felgned Attacks) | ' Blotter dated af. Meuidres-we-Mets on the Tin Te-dayrs batt wad she: mppRt Hoportant efor! thay Aheir belt of ted, Guneend earthworks Anomad: tng Jortress: He usd’ at Jeaat fifty thousand “men “tn ‘Aged. The Prosslans were cotusiuerdhiy more put ‘mnerous, 4 ' ve ’ ; HY CALM SEVORE THR Sronu:”’ Duce ‘The morning was dull and misty, and as I reached the eminence at Pulx I,comid barely seo Mont Fi. Quentin above tho fog In the valley. the eun reyh striking upon Ite warm gray peak. It seems as if @ éneral armtutios had been aééelarea, ‘for even the Forepost fre lad dropped... OSrrTO OF THR GERMANS. In the bombardment of the two. previous days the position occupied by the batteries of German heavy guns was st frénecourt, near the commencement of the rise of the hills, at Some distance to the southwest of Mézitres, To speak more ‘precisely, they were stationed in the low hetghte of Leboriment, on the rising ground, beyond which stands an observatory, which com- mands the whole plain. Maranage, the headquarters of the russian Thin! Army corps, Is considerably ‘m thé rear of this position. These heavy guns, cu- riodaly enough, belong to the State of Hesse Darm- {eadt, Bar the Prussians pushed their batteries con- siderably beyend Frdnecourt. They had six field ‘Datteries midway between it and Semecourt, and on ‘the 6th they had passed forward a seventh battery ae far as Semecourt trseif. THE FRENCH POROBD TO RVACUATE A VILLAGE. From the several position the bombardment of Fort Steloy had been going forward, and also shell Mire into the village of Ladouchamps, some little distance nearer Meta than Stremy, on the line of railway. ‘Till lately this village had been reckoned meutral territory, but on the 24 of October the French had seized tt and estabdilahea a battery in front of wu, The village itself was burned the same night by Prosaian shells; but still the French retained the position, and ‘me Prussian fire for the last few days had been + paruy directed to the dislodgment of the enemy from a position which was Important, as the occu- ‘pation of it con!d enfiiade the whole front across tne valley, On the 6th nearly a thousand shells nad ‘been thrown inte Ladouchamps and the neighbor. hood, and late in the evening the Prench had evacu- ated the shattered fragments of a once smiling vii- lage. PRUSSIAN OCOUFATION OF THE POSITION. ‘The Prasstana at once threw forward troops in its direction, establishing thelr reserve in the rear and sending forward sergeants’ parties to occupy it and Grande and Petites Etapes, villages to which its ‘possession was the Key, Stremy, constituting ita chief support, and here lay the Fifty-ninth regiment of the Landwehr. Maxe, close to the river and considerable in advance, was. occu- plead by outposts sent forward (rom. the Tenth Army corps. On the other side Of the Moselle the twe divisions of the iandwenr | stretched right athwart tbo valley, trom the priige at Argancy, where they touchea the Tenth army corps, to near Maranage, where they met the Fiftn, and to them was confided the duty of Keeping the Gat alluvial tract on the western bank of the Moselic, At Maszieur { found the headquarters of General Von Kammer, who commands the !angwehr. the men, tos great extent, were located in temporary barracks, Whioh they had themscives constructed, ana which did great credit to their ingentiity. HS FIRB OPENED, About one o'clock I was sitting at lunch with two staf! oMcers in an arbor in General Kammer's gar- den, when the guns of the Prussian batteries by Frenecourt began to give tongue. only a few Frenchmen were loafing around at Ladonchamps. One of the oMcers said, “There willbe nothing serious to-day; there if too much mist in jtme valley.” Gertainiy, it seemed as if he mugs ‘be right. When I was on the heights at Frenecourt (could not see the viliayes in tne valley nelow, and the cathedral of Mets, our constant lendmark next to St. Quentin, was ntteriy tovinible, But the roar ‘of the guns gréw louder and louder, and then came (Mires one great boom and then another trom the big guns tying behind av Frenecotrt, The of. ddgeted, all would not own anything was the matter. Bus their jonchatance gave way when an aide-de-camp came P at the gallop, spreaaing the alarm everywhere as {bo wentand dashing on the General's quarters for (Mstructions to guide the front. In five minutes more ‘Wo were all inthe saddle, and after a short gallop ‘were looking ont on the scene of action from the Sriuge of the wood, in front of the chateaux of Bryeux dad Amelarge. THR BATTLE GROUND. ._. TOexvIAI the taotics of Busaine ang the manner r Preasian troops in all these places, tens betanilal ed, . ” te PLaW OP Action. win bch held the place as tf whey 000 instead of 100 men, and the French titans wich swarm- Lad img ‘into’ © 16 ‘with thet! oe a , the gre: at Frenecourt 5 uit fi ng 4 seui-cross fire, And the peg ae the le, rh ahs ) Malroy, the Prussian fleld artillery wore roaring, ° deter 8 dh ined ADVANGE. a my frien siatl was not, for an” ti ae # og) arbor. “fhe® attack on Ladonchamps Was @ diversion. -Buddenly the’ vil| lages of Grande, and.PetitenBvapes, of Stremy and | Maxe were overwhelmed. bye, cataract aot men: The Fifty-ninw iandwebr in Stremy. would faih back, as it anould: have done tp commen: pru- dence, but stood up there inthe strestpatil the Freneb, baving played upon.rif with thelr, artillery, and) ratued, Chassepet ang ;initraillense bullets, finaly pushed backwards yemnant on ler, -hattation-,of, the, Fifty-eaghyh oecupied Btepes, and. It occupies Gautadianenamsassed have been, annilslated, aa tt stood, he men being foe. | The other beifaions of the same regiment suf. oS aumronaRy suqéesy Ov THe rmect, | | «Se far Bazaine had, succeeded: be nad ocoupie the chain of villages avhwart’ the valley; and’ got Blew batteries of artthiéry ont on thelr 1rdnt’ to {Wished to nor "Gould’ reteiny ‘The Pro if hrowiyg ; thelr ‘projectiies trom three sides.of the parallelogram, interfered with s comfortable reahzation of the latter Aa Fogarded the former, ft aeémed'cléay that Bazaine Would not have done what-he Rad If he did not cou- ‘fempiaté something more, “That something, 1 21s ooaseotions with ‘Thionville, His tactics Etapes Re: kept the» Prussian ‘woe two landwehr men; but best ‘this he massed a great boay of tien, nearly 80,00 tn ail, onthe bank of the Moselle, under cover),of she Louses of Maxes an | newt them forward to ont, tke Prassian-e: vironment where it was close to the ARRIVAL OF GARMAN REINPOROMMENTS. ©) | the exception of ove brigade that was in reserve. Bys the Tenth atmy Corps nad been crossing the pontoon dridges and massing between the river and Amelange. . There General vou Voight wag in com- mand of operations in the rear, and gave orders for several regiments to advance, It wos a sight never to be first came the fusileers, extending | at @ rapid run Into akirmisbing order, and covering the whole plain wiih thelr long, thin lines; then the dense columns of companies of the grenadiers, the bands playing and the colors unluried. Ua. wonted sight! But all the work was not leit for the infantry to do. ‘he artillery entered the village alone and concentrated thetr fire on the Preach colupins advancing along the Moselie, THE MITRAILLBURS AT WORK, Bazaine 1s etugularly wi in field artillery, and the only reply came from the snilen sides of Mount St. Julian or from tne ramparta of Fort St. Bloy. But the mutrailleurs venomously sounded thelr angry whir compelling the akir- mishers to recoil as they crossed the line of fire and tearing the chasseure in the front of the solid masses of which they were the forerunners. The artillery and the skirmishers were enough for ibe French, ‘The dense columns staggered and then broke, ‘Through my glass [ could see & continnoas sauve qué peut into tne vil- lage ef Maxe; but when they had once got stone and lime between them and the Prussians the feilows Were obstinate and would go no further, AN OBSTINATE STRUGGLE, advancing closer and closer in alternat order of batteries, with @ precision and rapidity that couid not have been exceeded on parade. That obstinate battery In front of Grande Etapes would not shut ap, and the French tiratlieurs etilt limed the chaussee mm tts front. By thls time it was nearly four o'clock. A gallant captain of cavalry pulled up as he galloped past me to swear at the Freach for spotting his dinner, which had been ordered for four, AD! The gapiatn wilt want no More dinners. He had not gone a hundred yards tomy right) when a shell irom St, Jolien lighted and burst right before him and blew himself and his horse jnto fragments, This same shell disturbed a hare, which jbounded from its form and roshed across the hattle Held right in a line with the guns’ fire. The landwehr mew roused at the sight, and but for the restraint of the officers! believe that several would have quitted the shelter of the en- trenchments to go in chase. GENERAL ADVANCE OF THE PRUSSIANS, As we stood in this suspense a staff oficer gal- Joped along the front line with orders for a genera! advance, to take the village by storm, The advance, he tola mey was to consist of four brigades of the jandwehr, with two drigades of the ‘Tenth army corps supporting. Ina few rainutes more the command came sweeping along the line and the men sprang from their cover and went forward with that steady, | quick step so characteristic of the Prussian march. ing. The shells from the battery in front of the Grande Etapes tore through the line, the mitraetieuse and Obassepot bullets poured against it their leaden hail; Dat stil! the landwehr, silent and siern, went ateadily to the front. | have been under fire many times, but { never Knew @ more furious fire than that to when (the centre of this line was exposed. General vou Brandersteia, com manding the third brigade of the iandwehr, was shot down as he rode close to me, and several of hia staff were wounded. Atiength the entrench- ments were reached, behind which were lying the shattered remnants of the Fifty-ninth and Fifty. eighth Jandwehr. The fraternization consisted in the cry of “Hurray, Prevasen !” and then, “Vorwarts tmmer, Vorwarts !" and the tine threw iteelf co its frontinaran. The ganners from the battery drove on, and, sinbborn, had barely time. to run roana the corner before the ilandwehr were upon them. A BLOODY CONEEST—DEFRAT OF THR FRENOM. ‘The guns they left per force. In the villages tho French made s last stand, but it had been better for them had they rin away at first. The landwenr, with less of the covventional warrior tn them than fhe line, are not so much inclined to give quarter as are the professional soldiers, With many a Frenchman this afternoon the first shock consisted of + @ payonet trust, They fouwht lke devils in the nar || Bazaine had aid hia scheme with great art. Under |} battle of the 1gth Of Augusts, I! saw them, || Cover of the dense fog he bad made his dispositions | against the mitrailleuses on, the slopes of adroitneas that when 1t lifted,'s Witte || fotte, dna I saw them dash back the Frenchmen to the Ohavsee: by: dint of sheer numbers. The fusi- |'the Kourth, who. returned singing..aud. triumphant, occupation consists of the dead aad wounded, »Thé | thende bad a ‘battalion would:nobgive ground, and may be said to | of Nolsgevillé, but they had been repaldea with.cans reply to the Prussian ‘fire; but the statu quo he | 4° mat the remotes doubt, Was @ sortie to estay | tue-condict on bot days, “Forward from Grande Etapés great swarms'ot ttruel- | tended forgotten. | The Bombardment of Paris Mo } In vain the Prussian ardllery fired on the village. Sho srasien, chaht from the, oe: Se cee enee nares os san ice by Holding the villages wl they ‘ign who.cowid stand ‘and fire the needle gun. “thew also was entrusted the grand final {Wwtitch éwepsthe Freuch out of the villages, |’, 7 paps Ay pend PRUBBIANS. ea i z uy g t : 8 -Spicheren on thelr hands and Kuecs; Isaw thé Geployin front of Colombey and’ Montoy, in the stand £ aide on the 12th of September. I lave terday that I, gauged the calibre of the Jandwel Were 1 @ general I .When they Jay calmly tn. ppsitign,. picking | villages. “4 cal “Shay are troups to del ch PRICK ED APPAOK. 3) vartillery, was-etill firing in the tdop- velehth above, Olgy aiid 8, Jullen, were sluggishly throwing’ projectiles.onm | tile table- land, sin, the rear of Charly and forward of tite Gay; # brisk musketry tre Was still going on in) advance | wit T have seen the Prussian line voldiers fyht before | 4,000 Mobticw dpratied to, me by the,ataid, oMver| hdd, been | to-day. ‘I saw’ them clamber up the face Germans have also appeared at Moutdidter, @ emall detachment of them was defeated by ‘the franc-treurs, |, M telegram from Arion, Beiginm, dated last even- seye:—Heavy cannonading bas been heard to- Gay tn the direction of Thionvilie. It is said the gar- ‘Fison of Montmedy has retreated to Stenay.’? On Mouday @ Prussian cavalry divisien drove the Eure near Vherisy. The i F of ‘the | losses of the latter were heavy. ‘The town of Abiis has been burned according to ‘tWe'tbreat of the Prussiang, The people, not regular soualony of Kranct, had fred at thé P a he geeupy Bretewl. he Germans are certainly advancing on Amiens. 4m engagement took place on the 11th between @ strong as | believe the Prossian linesman can do anght that aay | the Prossians and French at Measangere. ‘The lat- Wehr outposts | soldier in the world can do, but it wag novth! yea | ter Were dcieated and compeliea to abandon the A COrpA -Of frane-tireurs left Lyons yesterday for _ the seat of, operations on the Lone, THR PRENCTY RUSIMING TO ARMS. |. Phe people tn Tours and ihe vicinity are reported fo be mshing tq arwis, It is expected that large Masses of fresh troops called out by Minister Gam- | betta will take the fletd within ten days. f “GEMMAN ATROCITIES, A correspondent at Boulogne sends from Tours .t shut np their iire.'AU the ground |, dreadiul accounts of the tury exelted by the crneity Many waspittea | of the Prossiag detechments, Villages have been outraged and murdered, At Menars-le-Chateau a front of Chicoulies and Lorme, so quiet when I rode [Small detachinent of Bayartant, who had perpe- ‘Whrough }thém* in« tne. . worming... The! Freneh: pourlbg down out of’ ‘the’ Bolg de’ Gtimour, up this valley, anditie: old women and chijdren im. Ehio minsp. Nave hid their equanimity not i koa | La 3 hear 2 that in be there” were dead ana wounded, ‘T met! a forward into. the fire: from out of the village “Yremy and! Polx “Aked with men who md Poapiiied‘alti, te day, te ambulauige, train, commng | MOVEMENTS oF ine at inoue at 8 low right over Laden-, champs guiong ibe gdyasging Freuch. ; patroh at Ame! Qther batteries were | with shehs that. Nad: fallen’ and ures: during | burned, Frapes.tircurs siot in cold blood, women mi trated great excesses in the neighborhood, | hay- Ing, been surrounded and forced to surrender, the hour ot }mpade);e feigned « attack. ‘in. considerable ; force | ,Aubaitern in command was fogged to death with ucks by tie pearauiry, aud the rest of the men “were hanged ove by one from a great tree, The recruits DockingJo the armies of Lyons and of the re are estimated ut 1,000 a day in each section, PRUSSTANS—CONPLICE AUTHORITY AMONG THE FRENCH, A correspondent writing from Rouch’ on the 1th, or ab how: dutet statés that the Germans not only oveuny Gisors, ‘there, “A.little Turter onl camte-to the rearef Per, | "Ut also doumay,” on the railway between o Notssevtt 6. I niet m Rouen” ‘and’ Amiens, the only line con- iMacs tia Ji uatsgati ph cay of necting” Northern and Western France. There- ‘The French, from Mets and the siopein front of gt, | 9Fe the cofimunicarion Is threatened. © At Sieh Ri owal bateillogs ine Nofity, and |. es 9 | depiiratie —disaccord continues i a r pit eed to exist between tne French civil and mititary au- i fe the’ Prussian’ artillery driving them wish thein RAQKPitO: the. Wall and their faces to we |, out.of Nollly Into, the woods. 8 MOVEMENT OF RHE ARTIDLERY, : the Prusalan artillery along:the Chausete, right Under the: earth works! of Atte’ Bellecrotx,: whtcn wae chie@y remarkable from tue circomstance that ‘Bt.ciuiieu: made noveffort to arrest the operation. WHLCLAN BHPORTAHE BATILE RENEWED BaATUR- ifs ~ DAY—A FRENCH VicToRY. | Your special at Ostend conwadicta formally. the 1eport that the Germans were victorioas in the ac- man, officia)..account of thoxeractions has yet been ppbuushed, which ly cOnsidered'ti Belgim uo pe de. fy cjsive proof, that tt ch won the advantages of Ostend: gives «the 8 of the Germau lossds.on these days béfore Meta at 7,000 killed and wounded, Desides great punibern ef! prisoners: Your corre. it also. giveg rumors ‘trom Namar of the Jn- retreat of the German iorces ‘at Metz upon leura, who fared extremely Ul at the hands.of the the menaced: main trunkof the German commant Mons.. The THA RINDERPESC IN METZ. " ein aud.around Mets are dying. by hon- quick. enough to prevent, epidemics, withstanding ‘that hard frosts fave occurred these ‘Tho moment wag. a Gritidalone. The laudWenr } “sedses are spreading rapidiy. had all been sent forward: ageiHac the Villages, ‘with | OM the festieauone ef 2mc4: continu InvoM- santiy. cevers). wir NEWS. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. pected—German Report of the Orlesns—Ten Thousand Prisoners tured—Garibaldi Goes to Cap- the Front—Prun- Repulse at Brayeres—Minor Operations at Vario Pointe—The French Rushing to Arma—A Winter Campaign Expected —Min- cellnneous War News. LONDON, Vet. 18, 1870, Nothing important has been received (o-day from before Paris by way of Reriin. WOMBARDMENT OF PARIS MOMENTARILY EXPECTED. A telegram from Beritn dated yesterday evening says that the obstacles to the conveyance and plant- ing of the Prussian siege guns have been so far overcome that the cannonade before Paris may. bo Mmoumeuterily expected, PARIS RESOLUTE AND CONPIDENT, General Burnside reports Paris perfectly calm and quiet, The tenrper of the people ts resolute, and the troops are in the best of spirits. 4 high ofiver of the goverment to whom he expressed some surprise al the fact (at no action had yet been taken by the poweri| force within against the enemy with- out the walls except In a desnitory detached way, replied by saying that the gacrison of Paris was the garrison of France. We are fighting, he said, noi for the Alplomatic salistuction of other nations, bul for the liberation of France and for the restoration of the tarnished bonor of the French arms. We not in so great 4 harry to strike as it seem the Ger- mans are to be struck. what yourenemy obvionsiy wants you to do, sad as the Germans are very onxious to have the anny of Paris maren out upon them now you may per- haps infer that we nave our own reason for choosing onr awn course. PLENTY OF PROVIAIONS. There ts no anxiety in Parts a8 to provisions, ahundant supplies of all necessartes not heving been yet Ao much astouched, The most striking facts ia the situation before Paris to-day are the increasing | confidence of the besieged sad the diminahed cont. dence of the bestegers. KPYEOUIVE FIRE FROM THE Powrs. The fire from the fortresses of Mont Valerien, Montrouge, Issy ant Vauvres deny inflicts heavy jouses on the German camps and upon the soldiers engaged in erecting the German siege works, ‘The French guns open upon the beslegers at all nours of | the migiit, im the wost irregular, exasperating way, | the besi¢gers selecting their own tine, und having great advantages from the supertor range of thelr artillery, Sickness is apreading alarmingly in the camps at Versailles. A correspondent, writing from the German side on the 9th tost., says the bombardment of Pans will positively commence on the i8th or igh, He knows from best authority nat such are the King’s orders, GK RAMAN REPOR! OF THE BATILE NEAR ORLMANS. A telegram trom Versailles, dated yesterday, and Tecelved bere by way of Berlin, states that ou Tues- day the French Army of the Loire were driven out of Orleans after @ nine hours’ ght. Orieans was subsequently stormed. The Prussians took upwards of 10,000 prisoners. Their loss was small, The Bavarians participated in this engagoment. ‘The Prnsslans occupied Orleans yesterday. French corps was encamped on the left bank of the river, GARTBALDL GONE TO THE FRONT, It is Known that General Garibaldi has left Tours mm company with Colonel Frapoll for the seat of war. ‘(ne exact destination has not been divulged, but it {8 Intimatea he will take commang at Orleans. A COMBAT NEAR BRUYERES. A despatch from @ French source has just been. received here, giving the following ne An engagement occurred om Monday, the 10th, near Brayerea, between a body 1 franc-tireurs and the Prussians, After a short confict the jatter re- tired with @ loss of thirty killed and wounded, The French Joss is not stated. MINOR OPERATIONS AT VARIOUS POINTS. ‘The Prusalans are leaving Gourneny and meroh- ‘The French fie ‘ rhe rumored disorders tn Rheims are denied. ' The rumor and the coutradiction are equally un- urust worthy. Iu ts reported that General Bonrbakt has accepted we, Its a rate in war not to do | | a balloon from Parts descended at Tournay to-day. | i | | | | Ai } | no doubt of their ability to withstand tt, thofities. General Gudin had sent a vody of men ahd two pitres vf urtillery to Forges the other day, but they were met by counter orders fromm the Sub- Preféct and ‘sént in diferent directions. He adds T was th time t0 aécompilty a tentative advanhélor that, If some General would assume the Dictatorship the swhole, country would bieas and support him. There arebetween Roven and Havre 13,000 French troops of all kinds, but unde ie orders of every one and nowhere exactly, AMERWAN VOLUNTEERS FOR PRANCR. A correspondent of the London Post reports that ofe hundred and fifty volunteers (rom the United States recent) arrived at Tours, and met with an “conception. | tions before Metz of Frid&y and Saturday. No Ger, { *BMuslasticneception, , ERBEUP MISSING. There'is much ctriosity w know what has become of Marshal .ebeouf, as nothing has been heard of The best information: in f 14m #iNce the frst series of batties around Metz, A WINTRR CAMPAIGN BXYECrED, ‘The Russian journals infer from the fact that the ‘are purchaving sheepskins that a winter campaign is certatn, PRUSSIANS BXAGGERATING THEIR SUCCESSES, ‘The Correspondent of ‘the Standard charges the Prossiangs with coustant exaggeration, He writes thar the numberof men and the umount of material coptured at Strasbourg shonld be reduced at least a ‘The ‘rinderpest. ‘Tne’ vodies cantiot ve | OBe-Dalf from the Prussian figures, e { Not- | APMIRABLE CONDUCT OF ‘THR UNITED STATES CON- SUL. AT STRASBOURG, The geverous and devoted condnet of Mr. Felix Petard, vhe United Sates Consul at Strasbourg, who Wad the only defeien Tepreseniaiire retained tn the city during the siege, fs the “theme of warm = ewegium by the Leadon journals to-day. He not only protected all for- eign residents, but when hia premises were burned down he took them tv another, in the cellar of which they were sheltered from the enemy's fires, attended on them, with the aid of his admirable wife, through the dangers of the bombardment and of the smallpox, which broke out among the popu- lation, adding thus anew element to his anxieties, The approbation of his behavior by the Prestdent will be conveyed to this excellent couple, SEVERAL WAB NOTES. ‘The frane-tirears not belng nniformed, the Pras- sians do mot regard them as regular soldiers of France, and sheot them on sight. The French feet was still of Heligoland this morning. Adespaich from Brussels says thatthe French Une et Indiviethle.” Around the pheriphery are the Words:—“siberté, Egalite, Fravernité.”” Bismarck asd Buraside ia Cousetl—Proposi- tens of Peace frem Franco Must Cowe Speedily—A Deubttul Story About Bour- baki’s Mission—Napeleon Amxlous for His Personal Safety—The Loudon Times Fright- ened—Floury with Napoleon. ‘ Lonvon, Oct 14, 1870, General Burnside has frequent tuserviews with Count von Bismarck. 3 @riving the enemy from her sotl. That done she Would attend to her own domestic politics, NAPOLKON ANXIOU ‘BIS PREYONAL SAVETY, ‘The Feho of Bruasels doubtts the story of Nape. leon’s complicity In any conspiracy. He is too eager to his personal safety to return to France. THE LONDON TIMES PRIGHETRNED AT THE SITUATION, The Tones bas another leader this morning de- Precating the protraction of the war by Prussia as unreasonable and unwise. It says the proxpect of the Prassians with the winter before them ts not cheerful, Even if harassing attacks of new levies May be despised, ihe dimcutty of the emergency, ft adds, caunot cortatvly be solved even by the capture of Paris, Why did not tne “Thanderer’? talk in this strain when he might be of use to stop this dreadful war’ Simply because the upper class BISMARCK ON THR QUESTION OF PEACE. The correspondent of the New Yorw Heranp at Versatile writes that the weather has been lovely during the past three weeks, notwithstanding tne prayers of the French for rain and frost. Since his arrival at Versailles Count Bismarck remarked to General SDeridan, in reply wa question regarding the probability of a now proposal of pesce from France, that if It comes it must come speedily, or its voice will be drowned by the noise of the siege guns This is au additional proof that the Prussians are resolved not to consent to a moment’s delay in the work of pressing the siege. A RIDICULOUS SYORY ABOUT BOURBAKI'S MISSION, A correspondent at Tours, on the ¢th inst., #ays:—~ A balloon despatch from Marshal Bazaine, not published, but which I know to ve in the hands of vhe government here, reveais Bourbaki's appearance has #oO greatly puzzied the London press, ‘The improbable expianations hitherto given Were not the true ones. The ex-Emprese, in connivance with the ex-Emperor and Bisinarck, senta messager to Meta saying that she desired to confer with a trusty general In au afair of captil importance, Marsiial Bazaine, though not liking to part Wb @ general whose mission he waa not al- lowed to Know, was so pressed by the messenger who gave undoubted proof of his being sent by the Empress, that he was persuaded to send Bour- he secret at , Cheselhurst, of which are becoming thoroughly frightened at the prospect of @ European conyuision, ‘he opinion 1s fast going round that the French, beaten like the North in the commencement of the war for secession, will end by whipping out the invwiers and repaying the indifiers ence of Eugland to her, misfortunes, PLEURY WITH NAPOLEON, General Fleury has been permitied to rejoin Na poleon at Wilhelmshine. FRENCH PATRISTIC UD SOCIETY, The members of this society held their weekly meeting last night at. 21 West Houston street. Mr, Gerdy, the president, assumed the chair at eight o'clock, and began the evening’s business by an- nomnetng tiie receipt of $2,000 additional subserip- tions, apd the sum of $742 from the treasurer of the picnic held 1a Willlamsburg two weeks ago for a kindred patriotic purpose, In deference to the feel- ings of Mr. Salmon, who was reported to have been expelled from the committee during its last sitting, the vote was rescladed, and he 18 now eligible as me! er once more, after proper explanation to the society. The cause for which Mr. Salmon was superseded does not redect on Lis honor as 4 gente man. ‘The laudable exertions of thia charitable body of men become move vigorous a4 national disasters vender the ubjects of their aid more Rumerous and helpless. Last uight several uew measnres were adopted accessory to the interests of the society. Tt intended thai @ briiliaut bazaar shall be held about the middie of Novetmber by some American and French ladies, under the auspices and for the purposes of the society. ‘There i# also to be a dra- matic entertamment in the French theatre, Pour- Wweuth strect, on the 26th Lnst., in the same cause. The moneys now fu hand and those to be realized for some time are, by resolution of the society, to be placed in a trust company unuil a suflictently large sum be collected to follow Lhe $30,000 already sent baki. Canrobert, who was fora moment thought of, having been hurtin the leg, which prevented bim from traveling. When Bourbaki, who, armed with Bismarck’s pass, got throngh the Prussian lines withaat diMculty, arrived at Cheselhurst the Em- press, so far from being surprised at seeing him, thanked him with effusion for coming, and proceeded to say that she wanted him to take charge of the Prince Imperial, conduct tim wo Meta and let him remain with Bazaine’s army until the time came for the completing of the arrangements for peace on the basis of the cession of Alsace and Lorraine, wie abdication of the Emperor and the restoration of the dynasty in the person of Napoleon the Fourth, with herself as Regent, Bourbaki was thanderstruck at this wild proposal, He expostwated mildly for some time, endeavoring in vain to make the Empress under- stand the reality: of things; but when he found her illusion irrevocable he bluntly refused the mission sne sought to impose on hum and told ber plainly that no French army would tolerate the presence of the son of Napoleon the Third. Lhe Empress burst into tears, Bourbaki returned to Metz, Bazaine was highly indignant and seut a veport of the strange story tothe republican government at Tours. It is highly probable that the letter which the Empress some time since commissioned Lady Cowley to take tothe Emperor at Wilhelmshohe, had reference: to this previons afair. The tntrigne originally fated and 1 is bow completely exposed. AN OPPOSITE BUY EQUALLY WILD STORY oF TAR MISSION, A correspondent at Boulogne sends fron Tours the full explanation given by General Bouriakt of his apparent intrigue between Mershal Bazaine and the Emperor. Marshal Bazaine, not knowing pre- cisely the political state of the country, and the Ger- man commander pressing him to vapituiate, he finally said that if they wished lim to act in that di. rection they must give bira the means of forming a Proper decision. Upon hit preposition, theretare, the German commantler before Metz was ordered to allow General Wambak to leave Mew aud visit Wilhelmhoho and Engiand, The Em- beror’s jdirections to Marshal Bazaine were to recognize the authority of the provisional government on the condition that the army of Paris should march to his relief, under the commana of the Count of Palikao, and that General Bourbaki should take command of the other armies ralet to expel the enemy from France. The Prussians once expelled, the question bevween the empire aud the republic shoula be submitted to a@ vote of the people, On hia retarn to Brnssels General Bourbaki received diyeet tn. formation, trough the Count of Flanders, from Prince Freeeric Charles before Metz that he would Not be allowed to re-enter Metz. He watted three prisoners were removed from Beverioo because ot a conspiracy to murder the guards and escape. acommahd in Tours, Dishanding Ambulances—Cheering News from ParinA Sigoificant Message—Parisians Op- posed to PencemAnxiety to Hear from Or. leans—A New Commander=EFrench Civil afta | | | | ToURS, Oet, 13, 1870. ‘The French international ambuiances have been disvanded, and those organized by the members of the French press soon will be, LATER FROM PARIS—CHEBRING NPWS, A telegram from Lille, dated to-day, reports thas | ‘The navigator, M. Carjot, had wuch dimeuity in alighting. The news from Parla is most cheering. ‘Tne popular ardor is unbounded. The soldiers ara anxiously awaiting the Prussian attack and have Perfect order reigns everywhere, The confidence in Gen- eral Trocha seems to he littties. Kvevybody is quiet, firm and conrageous, A SIGNIFICANT MESS AGH. 4 Jate message from Paris hag the following com- prehensive statement:—Materials for the work- men, coal and metats, food and good will are abun- dant here,"? yHR WORD “PRACK TABOOED, A Paris letter printed in the Consticutionnel to- day says the word ‘peace’ is tabooed in Paris, Severy body is casting cannon, making mitrailleusee and consiructing pontoons, Enough of the latter nave been constructed to bridge the Atlantic Ocean. ANXIETY 10 HEAR FROM ORLEANS, No news bas yet been ived from Orleans or Chateaudun, Whither the reinforcements were sent lastevening, Much anxiety ts inanifeested, aa it ts Known that the Germans were in heavy force in that neighborhood, NEW COMMANDER OF THE ARMY OF THB LONE. the oMcial decree appointing General Aurelis de | Paladines to the command oi the Army of the Loire, in place Of Getieral La Motierouge, is published to- a SRMAURK OF FORKIGN ARMS IN PRANCE. ‘The government has decreed that ail toreign arms reaching France may ve seized by the authorices, and that the War Department will assess che value, take possession of the sume and give un order for reunbursement, YRENOM SUCCESS NEAR BRUYERS, General Cambriels reports having gained a con+ siderable advantage with his command over a [urce of 16,000 Prassiang, near Bruyers. WRENCH TELEGRAPH AND POSTAL DEPAETMENTS, ‘The French tiegraph and postal departments of | the nation have beém united, Francois Frederick Steenackers has been appointed to the superin- tendency of tho new department by the provisional government, M. Legoff will be chiet secretary, COAT OF ARMS OF THR REPUBLIC, The new French coat of arms has made its appearance, Jt consiats of @ figure of Liberty, with the legend, “In the Name of the French People.” On the reverse is a garland of mixed oak and olive, with @ wheat ear in the centre, There is aiso the In- days at Brussels, and thea went to Wiluelmshone to induce the Emperor to use bis inftuence with the of Prussia to secure permission for him to return to the army of Marshal Bazaine, as it was understood he should be free to do when he first left Mets. The negotiations fatied, aud Genera Hourbaki is now on his way to Tours, His expiansiion !s accepted as satisfactory by the government, BAMARCK WiLLINe 16 AcdtPY LvrwRvENTiON. A correspondent at Versaiiies sends word that Count von ismarck has cansead an oin ‘imation to be conveyed fo London, St, Petersburg and Vienna that an intervention to wecure peace would be acceptable now to Prussla. The conclusion reached vy & council of war at the Prussian headquarters yesteraay that Paris cannot be successfully attacked, but must be reduced by a siege of many months’ duration; the increasing «dis- content of the troops, the approaching session of the German Parjiament, in which the course of the government will surely be discussed with much nit- terness and hostility, ax above all, the te spread of virulent pestilence through all the camps of the German armies, with the danger, nourly increasing, of the interruption of thetr times of communication, have combined to bring about this grave resolution on the part of the German authorities. ‘The steady ad- vance of the army of Lyons in the east of France, an advance checked for a few days by the battle of Raon and Etape, put now resumed threatens the Germah army before ‘meta with disaster, and the raistng of the siege of that city has already been announced by rumor In the camps at Verseliles. The parses of the Vosges are literally swarming with Francs. tirours, and the general aspect of affairs in the cast of France canses the profoundest anxiety, now to day alarm, both at Berlin and Versailles. The appeal of Count Bismarck has been met by Russia with a proposiiion through Prince Orloff for meatation by a congress of the great Powers, to be held at Brug seis, GRIMANY ANXIOUS FOR PRACH. Count Bismarck naa recelved urgent representa. tions from many quarters of Germany that every vic- tory costs Germany 4s much a8 France, ani that the people are Intensely anxious for peace throughout the German States. He has authorized the Prus- sian Minister at Brussels to give tne Powere to un- derstand that Germany fe willing to propose a set- tlement on the basis of @ disarmament of the fron- tler provinces, the ratification of the frontier jine of Racnlsh Prussia and a small Indemnity in money, STORMY SESSION OV THE BNGLISH OsBLNEt, A stormy meeting of the British Cabinet was held to-day, The Marquis of Hartington devounced the government as Weak aod dangerous, and demanded a vigorous Intervention in behalf of tne integrity of the territory of France, the only faithful ally of Great Britain. Thero was mach feeling exhibitea by the various ministers, and the meeting is thought to foreshadow a serious ministerial crisis. FRANCS WILL NOP TREAT POR PRACE. General Burnside returned from Paris to Ver. sales on the night of the 10th with a mes sage from} M, Jnles Favre to Count von Bis marck, on the proposition of Count von Bismarok te permit the elections to be held freely, as the Departments of the Seine, Seine and Orse and Seine and Merne, A conncil of the Ministers present im Paris was lieid, and a reply agreed on to the effect sexiption:—“Repudlique Prangalsg Dewooratique, , Wat France would devote herself now io the duty of oi! on ifs charitable mission. The suns sent hereatier are not to be confined to the wounded soldiers, The widows and orphans are HOW Lo revelve ald, OUR FOREIGN MAILS. War Facts, Incidents, Anecdotes, Persoualia. It will be the fate of the Parisians again to drink Seine water, The artificial supplies of the city nav been ail of them imterrupted, The Belgian police authorities have received orders to make out the lists for the recall of the militia recepuly sent home on furlough, The /nde- pendance Belge says the departuce of the Russian Ambassador from Coustuntinopie had created some sensation. . It is’said that the inhabitants of Alsace are signing an address deciaratory of their fidelity to France, Ibis calculated that since the commencement of this war 35,000 foreigners have sought retage in Bsussels. The hotels m that city are crowded and to scan ouly be obtained with dimculty. ihe ara n Zeitung of Darmstadt complains of the defective Commissariat Petco a Hesatan troops:—"' ‘Kor three daga no. bread,’ ‘three days without meat,’ Bungee, wet and cold had had » terripie effect in our division. Ou the 17th alone there were 1,100 Hessians on the sick iist.’? Biameron (if we may credit a German paper) hes made a rather cruel joke at the cost of the prisoner of San reste is & Most pollie; Neman; he ia supposed to haVe sald he was. anion vo return the King's visit of °67.”” Asan instance of the aoe. relations existing be- tween officers and men ‘fn the German service it in two of the Fighth Batialion of Ril Gaptein Count Batiler and Licatenant Dadertain: the iy thetr resolution to bivouae on the where bogies Of ‘their comrades lay, thus intending» to dlemonatrate (ie eateem and affection they bore them. Having procured 23 many candies as they could gew they formed a cirale of lignts around the two vodies and eneam ped beyond that circie. IN MBTZ. | A Berlin telegram says that “from the statement) of prigoners and the contents of intercepted letters “W¥as been ascertained tat the garrison of Metz Is composed soiely of Gardes “Mobied. » The French army is encamped round Metz, and its meat rations during the past fortnight have consisted of nothing but horseflesh. They have no galt, but abundance of bread aud vegetables, There is no forage, and the horses are fed upou bariey and grass. ‘The ept- demics 12 Meta do uot appear w have ‘Gecroaspd, The proclamation of the SEES has been posted up in the town, bnt the soldiers outside the walls betleve the pepe of the capitulation of Sedan and the ghange of government to be false, A Prussiao tant clergyman, who has been & prisoner in Metz for the last month, describes Metz as DEIN 11 A state Of Hie Most perfect order aad dis- Cipline, The hospitals are well regulated and care- Twly attended to, aud tbe wounded Fapidly re- covering. Sickness is, however, still {n the aacend- ant, typhus, diarrhoea and dysentei ban grievousiy ‘requeat, As to provisions, horsefes! 1s the #tuple commodity in the shape. of meat, but there is po lack of Bae biscuit, coilee, wine, &o, Each soldier is allowed one pol of neat and one-half pound of bri or biseuit per diem. Phe jnabitante pI pees I avocations 43 usual, while all the oafe hoteis are doing ® good business at enormous Tt is only the small cabarets that ate closed. The general tn comman ine, bag informed the officers and men that be is expecting a French le which will sweep the Praogsiaus out of France chaff; that they must be patient and watchful, for | thas @ millioa of #rench svidiers are arming for thelr relies. A letter from the camp before Metz, written by the Daily Telegraph correspondent on the 224, saya:— ‘Sue French have been in the habit of coming out of Metz and of digging potatoes in tne fields in the worhood of tie vill ne! which form the suburbs Of Metz; to-day was the firat time had been prevented, for bo évoner did they make their appear. ance than the Prussian outposts, who D reviousiy sirengtienea, opened fire, The french then withdrew, bus only for a few moments, fo halt an hour's time tne French, much to the astonishment of the Prussians, opened a smart Ore from the earthwork of St. Pri- vat. This work js situated about 8,000 yards from the suburb of Montigny, and 3,600 yards from ihe Prussians. inte village of At occupied by the tus work the Fronen had brought some fiéld artil- lery and they opened a neavy fre upon the village of Augny, the Prussian fore in that direction and algo upon the village of ly, to the left of Augny. While this was going on the enemy, evidently do- termined to have potatoes, made an advance, aap porte by cavalry, m the neighborhood of Meroy le ‘aut, driving back the Prassian outposts, and oc- cupying that village and the village ef Peitre, both under protection of guns of Queuieu. They were, however, after some sharp skirm: 4 driven out, and, baying No doubt Ch WE their object of foraging, they retired into Mets by of le Sablon. Tue vordon Is now to be drawn tugbter than ever, the oest shoia are to be supplied with French Preyer cord nd to do duty oo thé cutposts close ty the veleaguered city, THR CAMP OF CoURS 1s situated to Mie south of the town, at the end of the Grande Avenue de Grammont, at apout the dis- tanoe of a kKUometre {rom the south end of the Rus Royale and the Place du Palgis de Justice, It is itched in the waste land near the Grand Avenue. uivion wagons, ns, Keneral stubuisncs carriages: te alan ae, ‘The men seew in excellent condition. THR OAPITULATION OF STRASBOURG. Several French officers who were made prisoners on the surrender of Strasbourg have becn allowea to leave for Switzerland on parole. eral Uhrich who c mbes foreigners ready flocking to Sireabourg, TOF t * “Ajgious to enter the town. The news of the st of strasbourg, says the Berti oe bo Rea , Waa re- wa " sf oapital With extraordinary rs jabastd, Toy: was raised on tha castle, aD were ali the public Dutldihgs aud many private 7 ¥ aT paris. According t8 the Berlin correspondent of the Times hundreds of peasants dally apply to German pickets, requesting tbe let out of Paris, but are refused. In a letter from a German soldier iu the Tagediats we read:— “When one has seen the dreadful Wounds of man. of one’s comrades ong feels Seeakfaito con Oreator for having encaped ne 5 and i confess that the second a 1 the _— ee more on, ay hind me. lo know how it one Wholly Torgots the danger one is in, and thinks only of the effect of one’s own Patines ® for the nide. One ceases to be a comrade on human beipg and turns Into a brute. % complete brutes?