The New York Herald Newspaper, October 16, 1870, Page 13

UROPE,. Germany-—-Its Future Constitution-—-De- mands of Bavarla--The Cities of Strasbourg and Metz. Denmark—French Diplomatic Negotintionsx— The Duke of Cadore’s Mission—Change of Public Feeling Among the Danes. Spain--Olozaga’s Recall—Dissen- sions Among the Ministers. Ireland—Terrible Eviotions in Wicklow— War Fover—Feeling Against Prussia. MISCELLANEOUS WAR ITEMS. . GERMANY. Strasbourg and Metz—Fortechritt Manifesto~ Future Constitation ef Germany—A German Parliameut—Direct Taxes—Military Duty— New Election=Demands of Bavaria—Bis- marck’s Organ. BERLIN, Sopt. 28, 1870, STRASBOURG AND METZ. White we are writing the streets are enlivened ‘with flags waving from most of tne houses, as the ews of the capitulation of Strasbourg has just been omectally made known. This is evidently another step towards the’ termination of the hopeless strife of France against “manifest destiny.” As it has been asserted by inilitary capacities that both Stras bourg and Metz would be able to maintain them- selves against the siege for months to come, we should not be surprised if the latter would surrender svn, and thus allow the vast German forces to take up again the offensive. Though Marshal Bazaine is aupposed to have yet thirty-three cavairy regiments and sixty-two fleld batteries, both comprising about 30,000 horses, iis repeated unsuccesstul sorties must have a very depressing effect upon his spirits, As to the provisions within the fortress the most conilicting rumors are afloat, some speaxihg of a state of starvation, others of ample stores for three months to come. It is hardly credible that the Magazines could have contained enough forage ror ‘nis great number of horses, but it must be consid- ered that fully six days alter the battles of Grave- loute and Rezonville ti Yaily of the Meselle for ten mules above and velow the fortress was lett open to the besteged, and that at present even seven French villages te within the circuit and under the com- mand of tie outer forts, Supposing that some of the horses have been slam for iood ana that there should be « want of provender for the rest, Bazaine will be compeiled to make a desecrate and final ef- fort to break through, because with the loss of his artillery teams his last hope would be gone, it may be, however, his intention to hold out at all events until peace as been concluded, in which case he could claun tue merit of having paralyzed nearly one halt of the German forces, and of having saved to France at least the remnauts oi an army. A voluntary surrender on the part of the Marshal 1s eonsidered iiere walikely, a8 heis of an ambitious character and would provably try—as he did when with Emperor Maxunilian in Mextco—to hoist, bin- self into prominent position in any fature French government, FORTSCHRITT MANIFESTO, From tue tenor of the latest emanations from M. Cremieux it would certainly scem asif the war Aight be protracted for a1 indetinite ume, and in view of this the following manifesto of the fortuchrity or liberal purty might appear rather premature. As, however, in the present configuration of affairs— North and South fighting as brethren side by side— it must be considered a document of importance. Wesupply the meagre synopsis already given by wire:—“Tue confident hope with which the whole nation took up the war forced upon it has not been disappointed. Our incomparabic army has over- thrown all opposition that stood in the way of its § victorious march. The people may exultingly look forward to # peace that will give them for @ long time security from abroad, and opportunity for internal development. Already tte eye of the patriot is turned toward the real object of this crnel war—the build- ing in a uuted Germany. ‘The negotiations of the princes nave begun, agents are going hither and thither, aud te press bas commenced its work. It is ume for be whole nation to awake in order to take an iutcliigent part in this, the greatest act which the present ceutury will behold. ‘That which te best spirits of the nation have planned, for which they have lubored, fought and suffered for more than Atty years—a united German empire—is about to be- come @ reailty. Let us take care that the constitu- tion Of this realm be not a temporary structure, serviceable tur a few years only, but thavit bea wrong, comfortabie and secure edifice, affording & Tasting home to justice and liberty. The claims to such are vouchsafed to the Geriaan people, as in the times of their forefathers, by streams of the most precious biood. FUTURE CONSTITUTION OF GERMANY. The undersigned me‘ubers of the fortschri! arty have united to ay, nut only before their partisans, but before ali those in favor of political liberty in Germany, their views respecting the basia of a fu- ture constitution, sor mutual exchange of opinion and be cheat upoa @ common line of action. It would be very dangerous to enter upon this new move without having previously agreed upon the aim of ovr political action. Would, ac this decisive moment, thai all erty-loving men on tis and the other side of the Main, could forget what until vow has separated them! Liat they would uulte with us ander the old symbol 0: German union and hberty, tne biack-red golaen banner. in joint vigilance for the rights of tue people, so that, together with the regained union of the Fatheriand, there may also be gained and permanently secured those poliiiecal Nberties whict, twenty-one years Ee were de- manded ‘by the first German Parliament. One impedis ent which caused the wreck of the German constiiution of 1849 has disappeared at pre- went; the royal dynasty of Prussia has now fairly ined, by eutering upon a national policy tne upon the central power which at that ttme it would not accept at the hands of the German people. or the first Ume m centuries unitea Ger- , uuder 1s lead, has gone into war, and thus decided (o yield to its military and diplomatic lead- ership. * “A GERMAN PARLIAMENT. Onthe other hand the nation expects from the constitution cf the Confederation soon to be & secure condition in the interior, supported and develo; by 9 parliament elected by general franchise, with all the rights and attributes @f & genuine re, muiative body. This parament must be entitled tea full sbare in the legislation, ratification of international. treaties, unconditional budget right, and @ voice in deciding upon war and peace. It must be empowered to hold responsible, ctvilly and criminally. the Ministers of the Confedera- tion, The rignts of theseveral States are to be limited by the. consiitution as iar as .1s required by the secu- rity and welfare of the whole, and their sovereignty shail be ackuow: and pnasanvics by the cen- tral government. ‘The constitution shall vouchsafe tu each State a just representation hg oe from frauchise, with full legixiative and bndget respousible cabinets and cifective control the aduiunistration. We attach much importance wo Sp boarar in the constitution the mdividual rights of the citizens as well as the essentials of communal liberty. Constitational barriers must be erected for the administration of the law by an Inde- Pendent Judiciary, for the responsibility of all State officers, for submitting to the regular conrts ali vio- dations of justice am bho acts bapa tration, eapevially the polive. Only when tie later isreatored to the Communjties thentselves willit be in with the views of the people, without losing nN arough the free administration of cor- and the sel pp nod 5 Se Indes the vitizep= Prepared for igner luties of the State, will gain & comprehension of the harmony lig with, the progrestig Gover, " ite wi pI - opment 0! tite hation'we must demand that popular Instrvotton shali be gratuitous; the Itberation of a Hibeaty, fresdom of opaion Sad rehgious couvicnon, 100 4 conviction, the right of ptt dee ana intefcourse, acquire Experience during the last Te has si lence dui w years has shown tuartue bnrdens of taxation are Constantly on the increase, 1/ those who vote the expenaitnre do not Vote also the revenues, lng the burdens of the several States, tue Gnances of the new confede- maust be based ou itsown receipts. Revenue for the government must be levied tuore and more direct taxation, that each citizen may know per feotly the share he contriputes, und that all fetters ie ee from commerce and tramc. This | only way to distribute the taxes justly, 40 NEW YORK MILITARY DUTY. Ph ar: lia to duty is @ valuable boon shown the whose army, thas ‘bear leas ty atte 3 tae tide eengee coononige™ ° POT and af the fagotto we Boulder wards only hava hs Le ntemporary with a the irewent Ne Adapted * S = the feamie initia Ger- for the. whole of Germuay, Moroover, the presont Nortn German Re! which has onged its session during the war, though it has ex. ired, is not entitled to take the initiative for all many. New elections are absolutely mecessary, A newly elected North Germnan R hi c jerman Reic! 3 - ing to section 79 of the Cons: cts eae entitled to admit the South German States into the Northern Confederation. If this procedure should be adopted we stall not object to it, Dut Consider tt highly questionable whether it should be. Without great alterations in the form of the tution the entrance of the Souther: Northern Confederation 1s not possible. But for the newly elected North German Reicha’ > With ite bund Council on the one hand, and th different South German Chambers, with their governments to deliberate on every special alteration on the ‘ id, would lead to endless discussions. A. work of such magnitude as the constitution of any must be resolved upon In frec deliberation Of the representatives of all the German peoples. We therefore demaud that @ law should be pone both in Northern and Southern Germany convening ® General German Parliament. ‘Io avold, however, ren ona igi connected with the 1 lative in- stile io Germany, we would that the newly elected members of the North man Reich- a in conjunction with the present representatives oe the Southern German States, should constitu this Parliament, ed The people, as well as the governments of Ger- many, are greatly interested in the prompt forma- tion of this constitution, im order thab any uew European 4: F may find us united and ormly established. Nothing will give more confidence to the nation, more real strength and security abroad, than the real supremacy of law based upon liverty and justice in the interior, Thus is the most renable guarantee of the peace of Kurope aud the progres- sive Morality of mankind. DEMANDS OF BAVARIA, It may be teft to the reader to make his own re- flections on the document ubove. We would only tell him that if he supposes the unification of Ger- many as @ sait accompli ora child's play he 1s 10 great error. In years of this we would potnt to Propositiiens coming from Bavaria endeavoring to Tetain privileges for that State of such an extraor- aipary nature a8 would exciude, of necessity, a united Fatherland. Bavaria demands @ yeto of fier own im the question of peace or war, a sepa- rate diplomatic representation in Vienna, Rome and Paris. ‘Tne North German coustitution empowers the government to butid railways in every Sate for the defence of the country; Bavaria demauds the right of vetoung tls, Th rthern consutution provides for o untiorm post and telegraph system; Bavaria 13 be to it—she will not even submtt to a uniforns military organization. The aforesaid bd gr ma emphatically reserving the right tothe King of Ba- vurla, in umes of peace, to drill, dress, equip and do wien his army what he deems best. She will Dot sub- mit to the erection of fortulcations om her territory; will not allow her troops to join in the vath of obe- dence to the commander-in-chief of the German armies, Indeed ,she claims that-even a two-thirds vote of the Bund Council repecting changes of the constitution shall not be vaiid tn case Bavaria should tind herseif: in the minority, which means that whatever amendment to the constitution might de resolved upon by the rest of Germany Ba- varia would bave the right of frustrating by her veto, We do not aay that this semt-ofictal document, containing the Bavarian stipulations, may not be ultimately disciaimed by the Bavarian government, which, undoubtedly, has originated 1t; but it shows what pecuilar party notions prevail and how necea- sary it is that the liberals—not the national ltberals, who look tar more to the form than to the quality of ‘unlon—shouid tmely agree upon s piatiorm. BISMARCK’S ORGAN, the Norddeutsche Aligemeine, promisos in its issue of to-day to thoroughly review the foregoing Fortschritt Manifesto, Itis sure not to handle it with kid gloves, and by way of preparing its readers for that review it sneeriugly says:—“Afraid of coming too late the Fortscbritt party produces at this moment, so unsuitable for political discussions, a long-winded programme, tn which, though natural to ‘the eritser,’ but’ very uanatural in view of tho present circumstances, it demands among many other things ‘reduction of the ume of milttary sor- vice,’ ‘army budget right,’ individual liverty, &¢.?’ ‘that the programme of Count Bismarck with re- spect to ihe German question can have no affinity whatever to the platform of the Fortschritt party is evident frow hls recent circulars trom headquarters. The War Not Ended—Constitution of Germany. BERLIN, Sept. 26, 1870, ~ The meagre news from headquarters which reached here last nigat dispelled all doubts respecting an ar- mistice so fondly hoped for as a result of the interview between Bisinarck and Favre. The effect on 'Chauge, which holds itg meetings privately on Sunaay, was rather depressing. The Pessimists argued that the situation had now become 8 diffcult as ever, and that the German forces were face to face with the dilemma of occupylng the whole Freuch territory, from Dunkerque to Marseilies. As to information from the different scenes of ope- rations it 1s not saying too much that your readers are iar better supplied than wo here at the capital, who read only the accounts of correspondents for- brie accredited, and seeing everything through o/i!- cial gi Were it not that a fortnight must pass beiore American papers can reach here the German press would likely glean from them their war news. As it ia, they treat their readers to copious translations from tne English Journals, Whenever a plain and intelligivie descrip- tion of a battle or an expression from Bis- marck on the state of affairs is desirea by the good Berliners they have to look to these sources, As to the wniter, who has been favored with news in previous times by government officers, he 18 now completely left in the lurch, for nearly all of them have gone to the seavof war, and the few who rematu solemuly assert that everyining centres in headquarters, aad that the whole ma- chinery of the Foreign Department, as far as re- gards its working here, has come to a standstill. Herr Delbrick, the rignt hand mau of Count Bis- Marck, and several Privy counsellors, are now at work to agree with the South German governments upon the best modus operandi of their éntraunce into the North German Confederation, It 1s under- stood that the Prussian government expects theae States to apply for admission, and that uns bey assented to by the next Reichstag, it may be suii- cient to agree upon & few alterations of the North German Constitution, HERALD, SUNDAY, OUTOBER 16, 1870.—QUADRUPLE SHERT. Ol nel ling troops, in either case there would obably” tse roadie Of gonildentiat diseusaigaa of confident ons with the former Danish Minister of War, Gene- would have proved a success, Bat in and at the time he did come the whole un- , fortunately for Denmark, as uke of ore, It would seem, was no be: Of any distinct, positive omer or proposition, and the power with which he was vested was Mmited to mere confiden’ usaion. Officially he did not come in contact with the Danish goverument. He Reither sought nor obtained an audience with the ing, and his conversations with the Minister of ~ Affairs Were brief and of omelal char- He carried on his real negoitntions with the ex-Prime Minister, Count Fras, who, equally with himself, lacked the power to enter upon any defiut- between tem, but win th re ines dle riuich 16 CO ie whi Denmark could at all be expected to pees herscif Ceased to exist, the: French envoy himself perceived the inutility of attempting anything fu rf, and, though he still tarriea week after the newa of Woerth and Forbach were received, it was fr at Moment periectly understood that, uniess the French arms siiould be lavored with a moat decided suc- ceas, Denmark would maintain the state of neu, trality which the King had proclaimed to the letter. When the Currespondence de Nord Ext saya that, tm reapect to the attitude assumed by Denmark, & disagreement existed between the Kiug and. ina Cabinet and between the ministers themselves, 1t states what in the nature of the case is impossible. Asno tion of an official character had been made by there could, of course, be no differ. enve of opinion as to whether it should be received or not, and that Denmark should declare war on her arn account was OF gourse entirely out of the ques- To the unfavorable. circumstances which rendered abortive the sem.-oficial Seine to ‘gduce Den- Par oop eh te en nm Was added @ cer. tam want’ of address on the part of the Duke of Cadore.. He had before the war Milled the post of French Minister at the court of Munich, and his tive assertions had strengthened the belief very gen- orally entertained by the French ple thas the South German States, and particularly the Bava- vians, would be sure to remain neutral. This Want of correct msignt he then ex- hibited was also apparent here, and his reveal no reat diplomatic Depotlalian He came here without fuil power, and his own address and cleverness were sufficient to tura what he did have \o # proper account. When he left tor France he must have heon convinced that the Danes were by no means tuclined to risk their na- tional exisieuce on the strength of vague and dubi- Ous promises of France. On dit, that ina lew days—next Thursday is men- tloned—Wwe may expect the arrival of another Freach statesman, the famous M. Adolphe Taiers, who, in his hopeless mission to various Huropean courts, ta expected to come to this city m the armored ship Solferino, en route to dt. Petersburg. Mis stay im this city will be but of short duration, It is not lkely that he has any special mission to the Danish government, and lis appearance here will simply be in the character of a private gentleman, His great name wall of course insure hun # disunguished re- ception in private circles, and the misfortunes that have vefalien his unhappy country, and whica.ne, more keen-sighted tian the Emperor and his ad- visers, foresaw, will ouly furnish an added reason for the cordial sympatuy of tie Vanish people. The French Baitic squadron continues ww remain riecily inactive, and, trom everything I can learn, am tnelined (0 give credit to the assertion of Ger- manu papers that it cannot even maintain the block- ade efiectively. The arrival and depariure of ships to and from German ports are of daily occnrreu aud orders have becn received by various German vessels lying in Danish ports to try to break the blockade, which is uow supposed to be atiended with very litiie dangor of any capture. The French North Sea squadron haa left its station at the moutus: ot Eiba and the Bay of Jande, owing to their coal getting short, thus enabiiug the German war slips vo take @ breath of iresh sea air on a trip as far as Heilgoland. ‘The French ships, after taking tn coal in Dunkirk, will pron, return y their stations as s00n as possible, Change of Public Feeti Among the Danes. ‘The following ts an extract from 4 letter trom Co- penhagen, published in the Daily News, of London, September 20, showing the revulsion of feciing in Denmark:— ° We quite agree with the provisional government in believing Napoleon to be a despot who commenced @ war of robbery against Germany, buiat the same tume it canuot be denied that the French permitted this man to rule over them for nearly twenty years, and there Is no security against the recurrenc another such eptsode in their uistory. For instance, Jet us suppose that, after the lapse of ten years, Na- poicon LY., sitting on the throne of France,. should try to execute what his father was not able to per- form. M. Favro, if he were still alive, aud his friends, would no doubt oppose such a policy by ail the means in their power, but thelr op; on Mmugnt be just as unposent as it was in the time of Nupo- leon IL. Its all very weil that the Freact repub- leaus recognize the justice of our cause; but expericnce ot e past shows — that we have not much to expect from them in the future, No, we must have material Guarantees, and insist on obtaining possessioa of Algace and Lorraine, the fect of irou-ciads, and a few miliiards for the oxpeuses ol the war; tien we can rest mm security, and accept your Wand in bro- therly love, What would Jules Favre say to suci language’ He is endeavoring to slip out of the dilemma in which he is involved, by ineans of his forensic dupiicity; he says, “the war declared inst Germany was an unjust one, Wuich We lave always condemned as loudly as we could;” but now that he is called to the head Oo! affairs, it has suas denly become a just one, and it 18 the King of Prus- Sia who is now carrying it on in the most unjustiva- ble manuer. How Can he spitt hairs to prove a citl- ference between the war agreed to by the French Cuambers on the 15th of Juiy and that carried on now? If the cause for which Germany wox up arms Was & just one, its justice remains the same, whe- ther conducted by an emperor or & republic. The responsibility which M, Favre would throw on the shoulders of King William for the continuation of the war i3 much lessened by the attestation given by France that the Germans bave the nght oa their sie. There can be but one way of accounuag ior the use of sucn languaye on the part of M. Favre, and that is to suppose that, when writing the cir- cular, lis feelings were aiternately those of a patrivt and of @ partisan, for it 13 evident he was laughing With oue eye and crying with the other. Though the enemy was almost under tne wails of Pais, he cannot suppress bis joy and triumph at the fall of the dynasty, aod at the form of goverament that he Bnd his supporters have succeeded in establishing, for a while at least; whilst on the other hand ls hatred of Germany induces him to use such strong language as to threaten the enemy with extermina- tion, and dare them to take possession of Paris." SPAIN. Olozngw’s Recall—Why—Disseusious Amoag tho Ministers—The Sproad of Yeliow Fe- ver—Iinmors Abrond. MADKID, Sept. 17, 1675 The recall of Sefior Olozaga, the Spanish Ambas- sador, from Paris, 1s giving rise to many specula- tions In political circles. There Is evidently a DENMARK. Freach Diplomatic Negotiations—Hesitation and Its Resulte—The Duke of Cadore’s Mine sion—Diplomatic Mistakes aw Well as Milie tary. ry COPENHAGEN, Sept. 20, 1870, When the war broke out between France ana Prussia there were but few persons in this country or in France who doubted that Denmark, who tad So many Wrongs to avenge, would be bound to take part in the war as the ally of France; and when the Duke of Cadore arrived in Copenhagen, on the 2d mysiery in this proceeding which nas yet to be cleared up. Most people imagine that tere is a political Intrigue sur le tapis to get this able states- man out of office. The Spanisa government sent hia instructions to open official relations with the new French government, in consequence of which Olozaga’s first step was to recogrmze the repnbiic. This act now appears to have given oifence, and be has been recalled, and is expected here to-day, Olo- zaga is nota man to be tiled with, and when he arrives will, no doubt, clear up the mystery In which his recall 1s involved. I know for certain that of August, it was considered 4s a settled matter that the treaty of alliance would then be definitely settled. My letters from that period were tinged with that untversal belief and were written under suppositions which the stera logic of events bas since then made¢ obsolete. The mission of the Duke of Cadore belongs, however, to the dipio- matic history of that interesting period; and, as the episode has agatn been brougat up by a French paper, Correspondence de Nora Est, 1 shall recapltu- late the matter, more especially for the Purpose of correcting a mistake or two of which that Journal has been guilty. At may safely be asserted that the diplomatic nego- tations with Denmark have been chatactertzed by the same strange uncertainty and vacillation that have marked French management in everything else during this fatal war. The Emperor commenced the war, compelled, as he asserts, by the strong public. feeling in France, but totally unprepared, both from a military and diplomatic point of view, as subse- quent events have abundantly proved. His army was not by one-third as strong as that of the enemy, and whue, perhaps, @ prompt and vigorous advance in the beginning might have secured troportant ad- vantages, he lingered on the frontier to no. Purpose, thos giving the enemy time two gather strength to deal the crusting blows which have, in rapid suc- cession, laid France e. ‘The diplomatic ne- gotiations have of the same pieoe with the. mill- tary operations. By @ quick and determined act‘on, before fortune turned egainat France, the Emperor Napoleon might have secured bimseif alltes, pie he exhibited an equal want of wens in his diplomacy, and when he final the Duke of made a move it was too late. Aad Cadore coiue to Co] ee ig the middle of Jnly, provided with ® draft of: an alliance con- taining a distinct and falr offer on the part of France there can hardly be any doubt that the Danish government would have been com, to yleld wo the ardent wishes of the nation. But ie ‘ar- rived here first in August, and io @ few days afier his arrival (he defeats of Woerth aud Forbach le the success of all further negotiations pads about a week ago General Prim said that he was not quite ready to recognize the republican government; therefore it Is possible that in the telegram to Ulo- zaga the word “officlous” may have been mistaken oficial relations, or it may happen that the word was purposely changed by the French; vat my owa opinion is that Olozaga has taken upon himsel: to exceed his instructions—as he has done on other oc- casions—feeling convinced that he could bring nis government over to approve of the step Le had taken. The Spanish government is losing a great ceal of its unity and strength. Zarilla, President of the Congress, 18 at loggerheads with more than one Minister. Rivero, Minister of the Interior, Ix shirk- ing office under the deuble pretence, firai, of seck- ing rest and repairing shattered heaith at some mineral bath establishment, though he appeared heartler than a ploughboy when I saw him a few days ago, and, sve. ondly, to examine the state of Barcelona, and for which latter purpose be 1s to be accompanied by one of the doctors of the Board of Health. If Ri- vero's health be in a delicate state I cannot under- stand why he should go to Barceiona, whea tre ee is infested with yellow fever; po Eos eat re sick, bat ‘the healthy, are ng in, ‘Stor Garis cae pat of lon e yello' the Y rather Of opinion that Pid father to look tor populsrity tian health. Hi ity with Siar s mrenne tot Rei Ti Cataionia, called here the “yankee Brate of the Poninsula;”’ therefore I expect that the ex-republi- can Rivero, when he gets to Barcelona, will adopt some importunt sanitary measures, visit the hospt- tals, deliver a few hea, promise more than he can accomplish, . if not swept off by the pesti- lence, rerun again to the capital fully reinstated in the good opinien of the Catalans, and gain some- thing of his old prestige in the nation. yellow fever haa also made its appearance in It is said that it was imported there by that the yellow fever has broken out at Valencia, (but have nov yes seen the report voniirmed, . it is said that ating je absence of Rivero, Minister of Interior, his duties are to be discharged by his predecessor, Sefor Segasta, the Present tary Of State for Foreign Affairs. Some are of option that Rivero ts to replace vlozaga as § ee oe 2 France, Sad thas he bind pa je pro uropean Congress; others that Cristino Marios, ex-Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs, 18 to be the panies Minister, A great many, towever, are of opluion that, notwith- standing Olosaga’s frieadship for the ex-Emperor of the French, he will agatn return to his post after having explained. his conduct in recognizing the Fepublic: and, perhaps, after all, he dia this to win wenger of the new government and so secure his The Regent, who has been for some time rusticat- ing at La Granja, is to leave here for the sulphur baths of Alnama, as the papers say, to “to fortify his broken health,” though 1 have just seen him on horacback with the ruddy bloom of health on his cheek, 1 rather think the Regent constders it good Poltoy just now to keep oué of the way of political Glreles as much ashe can, The Duke de Saldanha, who has at length con- sented toaccept the post of Portuguese Minister to Great britain, has passed through here en route for London, aud before leaving had an interview with eral Prim and other important PF wy od is now some talk about Spalit and Por- tugal being united and the German Prince Frederick “Charies being invited wo accept the throne. ‘Tue Vortuguese government wantea the Duke de Saldanha to §o, to London by steamer, but the old gentieman declined, stating that sea Yoyages did not agree with him. J alo learn that the Portuguese government sont a telegram here to @sk if he had let Madrid. and when. ‘This shows ‘hat they were uneasy about bis not passing through Without having an uterview with his political frieuds here. The resiznation of the Portuguese Minister, the Marquis d'Avila, 18 Supposed to be on account of certain engagements of @ delicate pature with the lute Portugueap (al ges in the Fpl Portu- ministry there are only three Ministers, and it expected that the ministry will not be completed until aiter the elections have taken place, For the ‘une being the porsiolto of Finance bas been handed to Dom Carlos Vento. hi IRELAND. ‘Terrible Uvictions in Wicklow—Oue Hundred and Fifty Persons Evicted—War Fever in Treland—A Fight Between the Sy hize ore—The Ambulance Corps for irance— Feeling Aguinst Prussia. Dusiin, Sept. 21, 1870. After all the strife, the discussion und the bitter- Ness occasioned by the Land bill of last session, it now turns out that the work of extermination in Ireland proceeds as vigorously as ever. Alas! I fear there ts no hope for the Irish peasantry, at least in our generation. Another land bill must be passed, as much in advance of Mr. Gladstone's as Mr, Gladstone's is in advance of the ola system, before they can be secure in their hokdings, and even then thelr position will be precarious enough. Though not as attentive to business as one could wish, still it must be ace knowledged fiat the tenant farmers are the most industrious class tn the Irish community. It is un- fortunately too true that we want new blood, new Spirit, new activity among us. We are too idle, too fond of squandering away our time, too apt to un- aerrate the importance of industry; and if the most active class in the country received more en- couragement they would set an example that might be fohowed with great profit and advantage. But this 18 not to be, at least for the present. Near Baltinglass, in the county Wicklow, on the estate of Mr. Dick, the member of Parliament tor that county, what, think you, took place durmg the last few days? No less than twenty-four families— one handred and forty-six persons in all— Were sent adrift upon the world! All of them, without exception, were well to do and owed not a penay of rent. They were willing to pay Migher rent: sooner than be obliged to “go,” but their offer to this efect was not accepted. Mr. Dick, “the patri- otic member for the county,” happened to be travel- King on the Continent, and, of course, could not be communicated with, either by the sufferers or their friends. He was, theretore, spared the unpleasant task of listening to the importanities of his serfs, or of witnessing the terrivle tragedy enacted by his express command. Dr, Gowing, au eye witness, thus deacribes what he saw:—‘Here was a scence. The mother, an aged Woman, With eleven children, fainted av the last conjunciure, and was deemed to be dying, Her son gave me a sudden summons to see her. I hurried on aiter him. When { arrived {£ found the woman in a field. I had ker brought into a shed and there [ ministered to her, and most auxiously did she desire the holy ministratvions of the Church, which, more than anything else, convey consolation to the troubled heart, When bid her be calm and resigned she toid me ner heart was break- ing: that she had had many sorrows through iife— the death of her chiidren, worldly disappointments and the recent toss of her husband. But tais cross surpassed them all. Leaving this poor woman I re- turned nome. Oo my way | met horses laden with lurniture and farm produce, then droves of cattle, | pigs, horses, fowl, men, Women, boys and little chil- T exhorted them to be patient, but my words rowned by the wild cry of the women, ‘¢ no home to-night,’ ?. The next emigrant ship may, in ali probability, land some of the poor sui- ferers in New York; for to the hospitable shores of Ameticathe unhappy children of rin turn in their amictions and sorrows. How delighted they will be to Know that the sad story of their grievances had Preceded them ! The war feyer, still continues, and, if possible, Tages with greatey fury aud madness. This mania— for It can hardiy ve cailed anything else—is not con- to Dublin or the great towns, but extends to ountry, and is, f reports are true, as warm and nt in the wilds of Connemara as it ia in the cropolis itself, In the North it has been attended fn toss of life. A day or tivo ago, as some parties were returning froma lairin the cow Ferman- agi, some expressions of syinpathy for France were use of by the Komau Catholics, and these caited forth Jrom the Orangemen rival declarations in favor of Prussia, A desperate attack was made on the French sympathizers, and, 1m the quarre! that ensued, @ farmer named John McGovern, who re- sided afew ruiles trom Enniskillen, was beaten so severely that he has since died, Several arrests have been made in connection with the murder, but. it ts aot Known as yet by whom the unfortunace man was done to death, Immense sums of money are every day being, for- warded to France. Notwithstanding that the relief ol human suffering 13 a work of charity and mercy, ® targe number of persons here are by no means pleased that so much money should be sent out of a country in which all classes are sqbadly in need of it. Another cause of vexation ts that much of what has been viready transmitted has fallen into wrong hinds, and there isiitile Ukelinood of 1t3 being ap- Pecans to the purpose for wich it Was originally Intended, AD ambulance corps has been organized and will proceed at once to France. A deputation left Dublin last Sunday evening tor Paris to make arrangements with the French governmeut reiative ty the corps, and from it the following telegram has been received:—"France accepts with gratitude tie frish Ambuiance corps; Will take It under thelr spe- cial protection inswontly on 1s arrival. The Fren government will maintain the Irish Ambula corps 48 & distinciive Ir sh body, subject to the ne cessary regulations of the public service. Frauce thanks Ireland.”? According to the committee, no less than 12,000 applications ha beea ived from persons anxious to serve as volunteers tn the Irish Ambu- lance corps, and that no more would be entertamed at the hall. ‘This fact shows how wide 1s the syin- pathy in ireland with the people of France in this the direst hour of their history. An idea of the feeling entertained by the French sympathizers towards the ah and people of Prussia may be gathered from the following letter In the ir Times, Sveuking of the advance of the Prus- i$ On Paris, he says:—*When will the Powers in- pose to check this awful avalanche of barosrism? It is now no longer @ question of France or Prussia. Are the fountains trom which the world has lutuerto drawn education and renuement to be dried up and destroyed? I@ clvuization to be trodden upon and thrown back by the barbarous hordes of this modern Attila? this impious, biasphemous miscreant, who, standing to nis (i in human gore, dally raises his 3 |. Diood-polluted hands to heaven invoking the Al- mighty God of mercy to aid him in his further pro- gress of ruin, slaughter and desolation 1"? I need say no more. These few sentences, wild and imcoherent as they may xeem, express the opinion of three-fourchs of the Irish people relative to King Wilham and hus army. MISCELLANEOUS WAR ITEMS. GERMAN NOSPITAL SERVICE. According to the Berlin correspondent of the Times the war lazarettes in Germany contain 65,000 beds; 60,000 of these have been provided by the State, the remainder being due to the voluntary ex- eriions Of the Charitable. A good many of the beds are unoccupied, asa large number of the slightly Wountled have never been put into hospital, or else left very oon, Others have preferred being treated at their homes. To convey the wounded {rom France into the home hospitais thirty physicians and some hundred lagaretie assistants and nurses haye OF It) ROCaeL baa a aniee or see a ‘an escort of one or two doc! two lazaretie assistants and thirteen nurses. Ths The thirty physicians set for this duty see thetr ae hely convoy ea as far as one ot the three Or principal stations on the fron- ter, by which the army communicates with home, Thence to the hospitals the journey is made under the direction of eof ant F body of th hy: irty " sictans di Over the Hiappen. As rie Torcement of the sanitary staf, about two hundred foreign su have placed their services at the disposal of the German army. The sum of the doctors employed in the army exceeds 2,700, BELLIGERENT PROFESSORS. The Frederic Willam University of Berlin bas con- tributed no less than Afeea hundred volunteers to the German army, exclusive of those students who Were summoned, to jota their battalions, A large D rion of the volunteers belong to the Faculty of Medicine, Many of the proiessors and university tutors (privatdocenten) have aiso devoted them- selves to the service of their country. The Host enumerates Professors Langenbeek, — Bardeleben, Skrzeczka, Roventhat’ and Munk, and Privatdocen- teu Miischerlich, Lucae, Euenvurg, Ziizer, Gatt- mana, Wold, Nothnagel, Cohnstein, Riess, Fringe, of the Medical Faculty, and Privatdocen- ten Eek and Gierke, of the Faculty of Law, ‘The correspondent of the Daily News writes that the Germans took possession of the unfinished French works, All aloog the line from Meudon to Chatou they are establishing works, The satue cor- respondent writes:— “rhe diferent corps of the Crown Priuce’s army are taking up positions that command every ay proach to the city on the side which they have attack, They have goue near enough to seize tne two or three aullving works by which 1t hal been tn- Sended to remove the atiuck to & longer range. Paris will now have nothing but her regwiar ramparts and her regular chuin of forts, Pa age years ago, and there will be no extension of the circle to meet the possinuiuies of modern range, From what I re- Taeuber of Charleston arbor, I should judge that the distance from Fort Warren to the Nonses destroyed by the federal shells was greater than tne distance trom the captured redoubt behind Chatillon to the tower of Notre Dame.” ‘This ia the reason of the attack which the French made yesterday. They taust either destroy the Germau works, or the Ger- man batteries will be brought nearer and nearer, The North German Gazette, in pointing out the tm- Doriance of Fort Mont Vulérien, aays:— The fort rises at it# inferior enceinte 125 metres above the level of the sea and forty-five metres above the surrounding terrain; but the height of the vitlaze uf Garcher, at a distance of only 2,000 metres from the fort, rise to 165 metres, doun- nate, therefore, by-some metres, the most elevated Forons ofthe fort, This inconventence, and the lsolaiton of the fort, weaken considerably the impor- tauce of the flue works, and its importance as a fort- ress. ANSLDE PARIS, ‘The Morning Post publishes to-day a Jong and imteresting letter from its Party correspondent re- celved by balloon, The writer, describing the at- mosphere of suspicion in which he tives, and which in @ Journey to and from St. Denis brougit hin three several Umes iuto trouble, says:— You have no idea what a nervous thing it is to move about under & thousand jealous eyes, in turned suspiciously upon one, and belonging to twice the number of ready bands burning to puta oniier or a litte cold steel iato the first stranger they come across. The oppression of the thing is terrible, and { would rather be vader any amount of fair open fire. You dare not look at the name of a street or ask for the sligntest information, or even so much as turn your head, aud to point at any object or to take @ note would be as much as your life was worth, The ouly salety, aud that, of course, is purely Comparative, iles iu assuuitug an air of most careless indiference to everything around, and when the tnevitable arrest cgmes, in remaining per- fectly cool and showing the wosi per‘ect frankness, All the same, Lam convinced that had tt not been jor my pass our friend's prediction would have pecn realized, aud that we should never have returned safe to Paris, When we did return, | assure you, we were looked upon with an tnoreduions wouder by no means voucnsafed to troops who are hourly returniog from battice, ‘The chemisty have been set to work for the defence of Paris, One assured the writer that with @ receatly discovered prepara- Uon—fulminate of picrate of potass, which as ten times worse than picrate of potass ‘im its simpie those actual andisputed masters. fallen, Paria is beieagu far south a8 Orleans is in the tavade new army, provabiy under the lamous Vogel, ‘wikensteln, has entered Upper Alsace, and seems intended to operate upon Beasan- and Lyons. With Cneumles tn Orleans, on tho otre, the ‘Uovernment of tie National Defence did not consider Yours, on ‘the sane river, @ very scoure residence; bul where will they now estab- ish thetr headquievers? And what upon the destiny and di ot the can ment have which a constantiy on the move, Grey by the euemy trom pluce te place, and lowed up by the terrible aulans, even to the remot est corner of Francet A tevde en marud decrsed, but how can it posmbly be carried gol inte working order’ And even if it was got up i would not avail them anything. — It is uithd people of the year 1792, The War levies of year were beaten and thrown O#ok Dy armies of Austria and Prussia in sok. encounier. It wax ouly aiter Prussia retired from the struguic, atter the raw. had neariy two years” traiuing, and after wud others had invented and carried out (heir new system of are, that the rev ury ArTRICs prevailed against the Austriana, All the cénditions Of Buch events are wanilag ia ihe present crisis; invaders stand no longer on the outskirca, bul th bhe: very heart of Francs, abie and ready to prevent aug attempt at combined action; the seat of nmews ts encur by the enemy and wall Deeg in bia hands; so that there in not the saialleat Chance of aoyting like resistance on the part, of France egdluine Lhe Mvadiag (oe, A WANT IN #RANOR, ‘The Saturday Review remarks:— It is the misfurtune of France at this moment thas she wants the one sped which can enectumiy draw out the lasent forces Of popuiar resistance. In every instance 10 whic’ reverses, such as she has lately eee, have been turned into victories, there has been pecerela Gitter didcoverabie at home, or supplied (rom without. Iti true, no doubt, Lua there has as yet beeu very little time for neces- sary element to abow iiself. But the oe ase ts absence is easily explaincu will not make the eifeou. of that absence less disustrous, Uniess some wi foreseen change taxes piace in this reapecs i Wul probably be reduced to see the enthusiasin of her people remain doubtful for want of a ieader competent to cail it forth, or blaze up and die amid fresh dixasters for want of » icader competent to turn it to account. PROVISIONS FOR THIONVLLLE. ‘The following telegram t& trom the Day News correspondent, disted Each, September 2y:—) Since about # week preceding last Sunday large amounts of provisions were accumulated in the city of Luxembourg aad Petembourg, ostensibly for transportation vw Saarbruck tor ie German arinics. Ou the night of the 2410, a6 One O'clock, Ube displaced rails on tne Luxembourg-latonviity tue, French aide, were replaced, and the accutnaluged provi~ sious—foor, ries, coifee aud sugar—ioaded in sixty Wagons of ten tons cach, and drawn by bwo locome- Uuves, Were sent irom Keltembourg Lato Thieuvilie siation, Where the French garrison received thea on eunday morning. The German troops, lylag south and west of Thionvilte, obtained knowledge ol tue matter, and made an attack on the staiou, endeav- oring to destroy the goods, or at least prevent their unosaing, by cannonade. In tals atlempt the; were unsuccasstul, as tie station, lyitig ou tine wee side of ThivuVilie, Was protected by Lue gums of the battery at Maigraage. ‘the whole aflair Was man~ aged py the Fronei Mastern Ratiway Corp: own the itue in question, They had ui Luxembourg donaners to disvonuane the alot guard at Beltombourg, the fropuer station, by re- presentiag Wal tae brosen Coudidonu Of Ube ratiroad made the precaution supertnous., The customs any thorities are making & report on the mattor, whic Maay cause (he expulsion of the freach ratiway oift- ciais. On sunday the Gormeas re-exteaded their lives, Which had beea con(racted, Unus agyin biook- $3 form—he can“blow vue Prussian army off the ‘ace of tue earth, He has another preparation which at once asphyxiates wud burns aay bving creature upon which it ts projected; and, m #ddition to that, he deciares that he possesses the means of decompos- lug water itsel/ and turning tt Into consuming fame. ‘This gentleman 1s in the employ of the govern C, and has aircady prepared a most diabolical rec i uon for the Prussians, They have, indeed, aircady experienced the awful effects of his skill in tne ex Bence of two torpedoes, which are said to have illed 700 men, and tae exposed points of the de- fence are thickly sown with like engines of destrus Uou. There are dangers even to balloon mais, it appears, The correspondent adds a postseript to his letter, in which he says:—I went down to the post oitice ab 81x O'clock this morning to send off a jetter by the balloon which was to have been started, its departure ts, however, postponed tl to-morrow, but mean‘tine various private individuals have re- solved to try thew fortune througb the air I shall send my letters whenever an opportunity offers, and to imerease the probability of their ar- rival have had them printed, so as to be able to send off several copies, on the chance of one at least arriving safely. ‘fe mail batloon promises to be a regular ingutation; but it appears that even that is, hot quite sale, tor we are told that the Prassinns seut & balloon of their own in pursuit of that which started yesterday morning. A diary of a gentieman in Paris, under date of September 19, says:— There have been two deputations to the Hotel de Ville to interview the government with respect to the armistice, One consisted of about Loo officers of the Naiional Guard, most of them from the Fau- bourgs St. Antoine and du ‘Temple. ‘They were, of course, accompanied by a large crowd. Having been admitted into tne Salle du Trone they were re- ceived by the Mayor of Paris and M. Jules Favre. ‘Tpe latter's reply isnot very car. Shortly after this deputation had left another arrived from the repubitcan clubs, It is stated that M. Jules Ferry’s answer Was considered satisfactory. The walls have been placarded with a proclamation of irochu to the armed fore’. He tolls them that some regiments behaved badly at Olamari, and their assertion that they had no cartridges 1s false. He recommends all citizens to arrest soldiers who are drunk or who Propagate faise news, aud threatens tite with ihe pe nic 2 ae pga of tie Articles of War. An- other proclamation from Kératry warns every one against treating soldiers or selling them liquor when they already have had too mach. I went to dine this evening in an estaminet in the Faubourg St. Antot At was uli of men of the peopic, and from of their observations I am cersuin that tf M. duies Favre concludes an armistice involving any cession of terriiory there will be a rising at once. THE ENGAGEMENT AT CLAMART. The Francais in its account of this fight says:— During the night General Ducrot had disposed his batteries on the piateau of Chatillon. The general had intended to cut oif the enemy in the flauk move- ment irom the cast to the West of Paris, He also, by & bold defence, covered the height of Chatillon, an Important position to hold, The bettle co:;nmenced in the morning, aé four o'clock, and lasted nearly ail day. It is caiculated that we fired 25,000 shots. Despite the bravery with which Colonel Konnat de- fended an advanced position of the plateau towaras the place calied the Mare-aux-Moines, beiow Pleasis- Piquet, General Ducrot was obliged to give orders to retreat about four o'clock. Jt was impossible to bring away the pieces in position In the redoubt of Chatitton, the horses all being wearted out. General Ducrot had them spiked. The troops etfected their r treat in the best order. Woitle the platean of Cha- tillon was witnessing this struggle the Prussians advanced towards the heights tuat command St. Cloud, and took, a4 1 seems, Che yet unfinished re. doubt of Montretout, FRANCK IN ARMS. The Times’ correspondent at Tours writes as fot- lows; — What I hear i that the government rec! soon having an army of 200,000 men betw the three central places of formation—Yours, Bourges and Lyons—and the intention is suid te be to menace the German rear and cut off their communications, which might certainly cause them much trouble. Kismarck told soinebody the other day he had 250,000 men round Metz, and if this be not an tntentional eXaggeration (it has generally been believed there were only about 150,000, but reinforcements may poasibly have come up), & portion of that large fore might probabiy Le detached to meet the new ievi now organizing in Central France, which are not to be looked upon as an army of recruits, but @s con- sisting in great part of old soldiers, So long as the sieges of Metz and Paris ure undecided, and uniess more troops are sill coming from Prussia, the Ger- rs may dee it inopportune to de- tach army corps large enongh to go to any considerable distance from those two centres of operations. As regards tne defence of Paris, & is probable the garrison will fight well, but mere bravery unaer certain circumstances becomes an nnprofitable waste of life. Iam assured that the detached forts are wholly unprovided with casemates. If sais be true are mere shelitraps— nids a bombes, as the FYench wottld say. ach weight need not be attached to Count Bismarck’s declarations that the place ts Lo be starved into sur- render. ‘he probabilities are that if the French can be driven out of the detached forts the Prussians will attack Paris. ‘The last thing they wii! do, if they can help it, is to risk an aasault. There ia prety Consiant communication now becween the Foreign Ortice and Tours. Three messengers are on the siation. Should M, CréemienX and bis colleagues be driven by @ Prussian wdvance to teave Tours it is supposed that they wonk! go to Toulouse. ence their line of retreat would be on Marsetiles. France Js thoroughly roused and the spring to the front ia universal, Will that sudteer If Met% and Paris can hold out for some weeks much may be done. It strikes many people a6 extremely odd that tae pro vinctal Gardes Mobiles are sueh a much finer body of men than the iniantry of the line, [i louks wait all the best men had been left at ome, and ali the puny, narrow-shouldered, knock-kneed inde taken by the conscription, THK SITUATION. ‘The German Provincial Corresponctens saya that “France can no/longer hope to change defeat into victory. ts military power t# broken, all contiuua- tion of the war is useless, and, therefore, doutiy criminas, Coant Bismarck having announced the terms which Hermany will unconditionally demand, it rests with France to mt the tinal conditions or ce becoming stili more severe. It also reiterates te statement that in the interview with M. Jules Favre an armistice was the main point con. sidered, and the surrender of Tou}, Strasbourg and Verdum was only mentioned as the condition of act No demand was made for the surrender of it ceded érien, nor /’as the extent of territory to be al Or any expressed intention to re- duce France to the rank of 4 second rate Power.” ‘The military situation is summed up as follows hy the Continental Correspondent (a German organ): — In the whole northeast uf France the Germans ara adding Thivuville, SVRAM IN WAI A correspondent of a contemporary cites the fol- lowing a3 un evidence of the use Of steam ln iwoderm warfare: Two tra tion of Mr. engines were placed under the direc- per, wud sud lo Pont-a-mousson alter successluly aciueving & preliminary trial at Magdeourg. Atv Poni-a-Mousson they were une loaded, und As s00n as they were 4 they started with a train of tweive wagons, tied together by chains, he; y loaded with bread and oats, for Comumercy- The journey was eccomplisned in eigh- teen hours Without auy wishap, aod the engines were driven over a roxd Where the gradients tp some places were one in eight. ‘the distance, was about thirty mnies, and no one Knew where either water or coal coulda be procured oa the road. A wagon filled WIth Water Ca-ks obviated one diliculiy, While wood and rejuse did duly foe the other, The engines are Now employed ta takiig locoMOLLVES Ut Pkeces, to be: put together ut Commercy, 80 4% at once to set up Tuilway communication between that town, Sedan, Rheuns, Bar-te-Du Verdun and Chaious. The en gines are constructed #8 foliows:—They are of 2-horse power and are built ‘upon the locomouve principle. ‘There are two cylin- ders of nift inches diameter inside placed upon a mullt-tayuiar doublesriveted = ooner capable of working at 150 pounds pressure ou the syuare inch. A steel crank shaft of Li tucacs stroke, having a silt pinion Keyed upon it, by means of three intermediaie shatts and gearing, ai Li su communicat-s the power to the driving Mind wheeis of the engine. ‘Che power ts reduced frou) 160 revo- lutions per minute of the crank shaft w 7 revolu~ tions per minute of the driving whee. The latter are 6 féet 6 inches in diameter and 24 mcbes wide im the tre—thus presenting # considerable frictional surlace tothe road. The front end of the boiler rests upon an axle and 2wo wheels of ¥ feet 6 inches diameier and 2) iuches im breadth. A cup joint at the place Where the boiler takes its bearing allows the iore carriage to adapt itself to any irregularity 00 the road and Lo iacilitate the steering gear. This latter is of the simplest description. Two long rods extend from the fore wxle to the extreme back of tue engine underncata the boiler, endtug inv puch chain which passes round # small corresponding wheel. This is fastened to & spur wheel of 2% Jeet in diameser, and, by, means of a hand wheel aitached to an uprigh’ Shaft and small pinion, the steersman, who ptauds ona small platform attuched to the outside ol te tender of the cngine, obtaing suiflcions’ power to move the leading Wheels tuto any angle suiticteat to guide the engine round a corner, The most 1inport- ant and the imost usetul addition to. these engtue lies, however, tu the Winding apparatus, Under th centre of the boiler, exactly in the middle, and re- Volving Upon a strong stand, 15 placed drum, capable of holding 500 yards ‘ol seven-eighis stool wire rone, by means of an upright shalt and gearing direct from ihe crank suaft Uus wir Z drum can be put into motion and is Teady to haul, fat a distance of 450 yards, a load equal fo 334 tons strain upon the repe. ‘This winding gear 18 really —, most essential adjanct to @ traction engine, for oy ineans of It heavy yans can be di up sleep accitvites. The engiue weighs about 17 tons whea empty, and the driver standing in front of the fire- box hes every bande within reach of husarm. The coat of each such eugine 1s, I believe, £1,000, THE VENDRAN UPRISING. ‘the delegation of the provisional government at Tours having approved a suggestion from eurt de Cathelinean to raise an armed force tn La Vendée, and conferred upon nim the command of the body to be thus formed, that oMcer has issued an address which says:-—‘France, in her hour of wlal, looks to you, calls upon you, expects you tw preserve her honor, Let ourcry be ‘God and France!’ and we shall be victorious,” An appea! has been addressed to the descendants of the Chouans, which states:— j itis behind ihe Lowe that your lormidabie pha- lanx must coliect to fall upon’ the enemy when he makes his appearance to levy contributions upon you, to violate your wives, to burm your villages. Your sons ure fighting on the ramparts of Paris; ou will ignt i the Bocage in the ame ot God and jn the name of France. Let the priests lead their arishioners to the fight; ict the mothers arm the fathers to avenge their sons slain in the carnage Neid. of Alsace and Lorraine. Let the women de- nounce as accursed al! wio shall seek to avoid share jing m the national defence.. Inhabitants of tue Western departiunents, ly wo arms! Take your mus- Lets, take pitchforks, pikes, axes; cast bullets, make gunpowder, and unite yourselves with us to wage against the cnemy War to the deash, without truce or mercy. A ROMANTIC NARRATIVE. ‘The story of the Duc de Grammont’s escape, aaye the London Globe, from France, after the disastrous collapse at Sedan, is so full of romance as to make us feel donbiful whether we are really living in the ter-offuct mineteenth century. It ts, at all events, worthy of being preserved, and we preseat our readers witn the following facts, which we have. g00d reason to believe to be perfectly correct: The Duc de.Grammont, a4 Minister for Foreign Affairs, naturally heard of the “s surrender @ day before the news was published in Parts. He saw at once that Might Was necessaryas tue wrath of the mob wus sure to be turned age it the Minis try, who were responsible for the » He sccord- ingly went to lus bankers to ‘provide hitaseif with money aud various securtiies, bat was informed that. the partner who had charge of his affairs was in the country, whitner the Duke pursued him, The partner was found engaged tn burying rg lok nade | ‘a the garden, but retuned to Paris and deliver up to the Duc de Grammont the papers money which were requited. Om the next, day the bad news was pubdlisiied Mintster flea. He sent of a servant in nis carriage. openly, and escaped kimself by a private door. mob pursued the currage, but of Course found no ‘one in tt that they waited, and the Duke got sacely to. Caiais, On his activa! there, however, a vew cause for alarm arose, It was neceaaary {ur him to pro- dace tia passport before be sreat and it waa cvitent that in 5 would be discovered, and he himself, av seemed | wo bad.c, Would be al vent . Paria never to quit it ain the Coe homeves hak to be encountered, aud be wed wus proper ollicer, and Was, Wueh fate ott a gato eRe ene de Gi