The New York Herald Newspaper, October 21, 1870, Page 4

a adit EUROPE. from Prussian Headquarters. PRUSSIAN POLITICS IN THE WAR CRISIS, Bisamarck on Territorial Compensation. NAPOLEON'S PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE, Incidents and Facts of the Great War Struggle. By the Kuropean mati of the 8th inst. we have the following special reports aud general newspaper dotails of our cable uews telegrams. THE SIEGE OF PARIS. Camp Lite at the Prussian He: Scones near Ferrleres—Discipline and En- joymont—Memoutos of the Past of France— King William and the Hopes of the Future. MEADQUARTERS OF THR PRUSSIAN ARMY, FERRIEKES, Oct. 3, 1870. } Mf this little village may be styled the capital of France for the time being, one may rightfully call Versailles the most pleasant spot of the whole coun- try, (or everywhere else im France the inhabitants are weighed down by humiliation and anxiety, Aira cura accompany all Frenchmen to-day. The burden ts a grievous one; and, If al is which one sees aroaud one should go on much longer, oue would tuink {t suficient to modify raptdiy the French character, rendering t far more serious | than ever before, Nob that the natives of Versailles are very gay aud sportive under the national mis- fortunes; but, then, the chief inhabitants of the place, the Prussians, are so, and are enjoying them- <tiuvely. When drill and musi¢ are over the pleasures of the restaurant, of the case and of the billiard saloons come In, and atver these, by way of interlude, there remain the charming picture galle- ries of the palace to be visited, the pleasant walks of the gn 0 de indulged in. Toa looker on it is rather curlons to see the Prassians so eattrely replac- ing u ssual element of tourists at tats celebrated r ©, which was not dedivated to the greater glory 6! Prasola; but things will tara out queerly some- Umes. The order is that none put officers and men shall be allowed to enter the patace doors; but King Withelm’s pass opens all doors hereabouts and. ail lines, too, except (hose immediately around Paris, which. however, it is said and believed by many, it | will open very shorly. Even on entering at tie ground floor rooms that grinning, sharp old mon- Key, Voltaire, hails the enemies of France, seeming to remind Wem of his literary victories over their great Frederick. A siep further on and hosts of Vruasians are to be seen peering through the chambers Oj che most interesting and torllling tustortea) paint ings now in existence—the campaigns of Napoleon 1. What do they think of them standing by those of Tiat other Napoleon which they have just personally seen’ ‘They have seen Se’an: but look yonder ai Uim apd tue great conqueror towering over a Queen of Prussia in Berlin hseif! What a contrast du the catmpaigus of the great Captain, although dis- viayed ov smali cauyus and in small reoms, present to those of hits iate Majesty \ Of the iutter the Prussians were rather tickled as they olferico,” “Malakotl (and last, though | not leaat © “The Taking of Mexico” in bran new cole ud extensive frames shown forth to the best possible advantage in the largest and dest arranged rooms of the palace. One could see them ttitering and chatting over the prim but now faded glories of the second empire. It may be imagined that tis spec ther “a selzing moment’’-—to use King Wiliatw’s iistorieal expres- sion—for the beholder. Any number of the wildest rumors are to be Rad in Versailles. Tie scarcity of reai news cir- culating in this army for the benefit of either the military or the cilizens is remarkable, espe- cially if one recollects the style alter which the news was reguired and circulated in our campaigns, But here discipline interyenes to say that an army can do without news; soldiers are even better with- out any, and they are decidedly disposed to accept that decision. Accordingly the siammest accounts of what is going on in the Prussian army come to it from its rear in the newspapers wiich are printed du Germauy, without, it would seem, any particular concern or object to give thorough or live descrip- tions of what is being done at the seat of war. Over and over again have I seen the German gazcttes transiating the description of battles and battle tields (rom the English papers, which are so near at hand and convement to them for such a purpos ul there is never—very natu- rally for the rest—any rush for thelr slim accounts when the Feldpos! comes into the lines. Yet a good live paper would wake these German warriors to a Just appreciation of the advantage of that intercom- inunication of ideas, ts and criticisins which the press so amply affords in all lines of business, and which the art and trade of war cannot well do without. Two mornings since we were apprized by the French peasants and subordinates that a great battie was in progress at Chartres, and yesterday moinuig we had it op the same anthority that au army of 12,000 men—‘the Ariny ef the South’—was advancing upon Versailles, where it would pass the day im treating us to the Heaviest kind of Ughting. Contimual alarms occur all along tiie jimes: that is the natural course of tings in war. Yesterday 1 actually witnessed one such, for [ sav the officers galloping up Coa house where I had spent the might au company with a division. general, in order to mmander tidings of an advance on the part of the Drench. s ‘Ten minutes atter Prasslan helmets and bayonets were seen marching olf in the direction indicaied by ‘by followed aud the whole tram ggage, ambulance munition wagons. The staf ofiicers soon, also, got up thelr trappings and the tmposing torce c sian division was rapidly under way and ready for action. Ihave not nad time to find out what the, did or where they went, Atthe tre i thought it was 2 false alarm and I was gomg along on a dif. fereut route. In iull view of Paris, Jt seems to us rather strange to be so utterly deprived of comforts and news; but so it Is, for the country around about is a wilderness in these respects; especially do ithe deserted villages appear sometime tn this way, presenting @ dull, graveyard aspect now, where, turee weeks ago, the continual hum of French chatter, cries and laughs, given forth by children of all ages, could be heard from afar. Now and then, at some ont of the ‘Way piace where sucl things could least be ex- pected, a stray number of a newspaper does turn ‘up; but it is always four or five days old. Since the asth inst., for instance, [have enjoyed the perusal of two papers—of two red only—viz., the Jndd- pendance beige of the 25th and the Journal de Rouen of the 24th. 1 begio to feel asif { knew very Httle about the things of this world, however inuch [ may hear or talk with these soldiers aud their oficers | or see guns and vehicies of all Kinds. WHAT PARIS REFUGEES SAY. Paris itself is tryimg to get the news, if we are to believe the accounts of refugees from her walls, and are disposed to put any rellance on balloons as sub- statutes for railway express trains. We see those instigutions rearing their proportions upwards from the city, and the information is given us that they mean the business of conveying letters and papers between the beleagured city and the outside werid. If so, your readers will ceme in for their share of the news so conveyed, and perhaps even the fair city may thus also be enabled to send along with the budget of gossip those inimitable fashions, terns and modes which may help the ladies throughout the | aud fine routes, descriptive matter and pictureaque emcee canna n= o cleck aid have been awaiting since; but they will mainly “me go. the wentinel there at the door will not Ive ie pasa. (or { bave tried several times. Tonly wanted ta go Bowsy, where I was sometime a driver aad whore L have an old master, Paris is getting on very wo, Everything 8 cam and quietand the Parisians are waiting for the attack: they Wk Of nothing but resistance to the Dib ter apd devliing goes on night aud day. ‘uey are Supplied With ail they want. It is perfectly true that A service of balloons tor communicating letters and Papers has been { buree leave per day. All are serious there pow and 1a strengthening the works of the defence. On 3'y ennute—the people See. however, are annoyed, and there is nothing Such was his budget: Parisians serious, walling for the Prussians, but anneyed, which is of greater significance and more to the common rua of nature. He also informed me that the soldiers of the Garde Mobile are winning laurels for their rapidly oquined dri and inilitary prestige. Even on this side it is said that they stand now better than the Zouaves. Jn the attack on General Vinoy’s Third division, when the redoubt with seven cannon was captured, on the 19th inst,, in the vicinity of Sceaux, the Zou- aves and the ‘farcos skedaddied in capital back- ward style, It aeems likely that all tne Freach La ulars have nn demoralized by close contact wit! the needle gun on the battle flelds as fought by the generalship of the ex-iémperor, Tn presence of the two g§eut eventuailties which have always to be kept in view at this siege of Paris—vis: a great attack on one side or the other, and the eg mene of at beadquarters between M. de ‘uk the French authorities, helped by the one has to try to slip poses of inspection, without venturing to be caught away from the main spot at the proper moment; and the lines are here go extensive ears is ol ratuer diMicult to enjoy that if ubiquity which is ‘ggg 2 tt bie un- der the circumstances. The are mostly good; they have plenty of dust and no one living bere can move an ii on them without a cloud of it, so long have we enji ed weather, without a drop of rain, ands0 frequent the movement of the troops to and fro. Tne dust and now and then the huge, rough stones with which the grana ola hway routes are Daved, are the chief drawbacks in welling around the lmes. But, then, the chapter of accidents in war times is not to be despised, es} in te the solid- ity of one’s conveyance and the enduring powers of uorsefiesh when Illy recuperated by hay or fodder, as I happened to have found out in my tour of riding around this time. I think, owimg to the fact that onr French manager and pilot liad lost bis head—not in battle—put from the exciting influences of the war in general, we broke down six separate times and were smashed up and came near being dashed into the Seine across a pontage bey we ona seventh occasion. — #rench fenuity and tools within a circuit of ten miles and beyond laying both taken refuge iu Paris we had to repatr our damages im rather a primitive fashion; and, afterwards, many a general, on passing us, good-navuredly remarked that he thought we had had an accident Ia our search after the unknown and the un- knowable awhtle—that is the given bolnt where General Moltke witl make his onslaught on Paris if any is to be made The opmuions, of course, sull ditfor, Many say that we are to lhe down Still as mice all the time, while others assert that we are only watting for the coming up of the heavy siege guns, which will soon entertain us with noises Lil now unheard, As to getting aay facts or u€WS, One Way or the other, wule one 1s touring it on the war path, such a thing 15 out of the question; we may catch the state of preparation and we do see thata constant alert is Kept up—allare on the qui vive. Thatts all, unless we should suddenly run #muck into a great battle before we know our reck- onipgs, tn which case it Would pot be unacceptable to stand on some emineuce where we could best ascertain the played. run of the game as it should be THE PICTURESQUE. On the other hand, while going over these broad Sights are not luckiug. There we have either au Mumense train of artillery or supply wagons, kicking up a devil of a cloud of smoke, dust, no!se or what not; here we have the ublans trotting along; per- chance only one ubtan oticer riding along at full speed, with bis two orderlies, both bearing aloft the Peccetee lance; or there again a long marching ine of the formidable, infantrymen, with helmets and Usedy JOJ Avad ay 0} Bulod suodva uonjunu AjdUla 04 JO9UL Ast AON ‘RABI 8,UnS 8) Jopun Spaowesp wos Buyyyavds oa oy] Fus1977113 syouodvg arucles; now a herd of oxen or Hock of sheep are wending tueir way slowly on to the slaughter house to become food for the fighters. They come from parts unknown and they come from known parts of this country as well. One sees at every step, almost, in passing, the oddest of vehicies and teams with the qucerest of occupants; @ Variety Of persons and a va- riety of accoutrements and habilaments—the stream thereof is incessant. Ambulance professionals, and many amateurs in all lines except that of tight- ing, amateur correspondeuts and newspaper men, doctors, sightseers, &c., &¢., are to be seen pell-melt along with those who are on earnest business and are chief actors on the stage. Fat men and lean men, but all with spectacles on nose, have come fiom Deutschiand to take a peep at things, with a splinkling of the students, savans and philosophers from Boun, Hetelberg and other ceutres, not to Speak of a Lew speculators from sharp Berlin, who, im defauit of good suilers, are visiting the lines and selling cigarettes of Consiantinople (Berlin) make and cigars trom Hamburg at ten times the nome rates. A box of one hundred cigarettes of we inost inferior brand fetches three doilars, and some- umes they are not to be had for love or money, aud yet the army ts bent on smoking all the tobacco ibat the government Can supply or that it can get from any othe urce. These specuiators trom Berlin are @ shi set, and they will make a lot of money out of the war, it is thought, In more ways than one. Miiitary discipline and authority are the only obstacles to their overrunning the whole thea- of war, like the locusis of Egypt. he Crown Prince’s, or the Second army, is stretched around from Versaiiles to Vincenues, Where tt gives the hand to the forces of the Prince of Saxony. Along all this tront one kears a dropping tive of the skirmishers, and now and then catches a gilinpse of asheli as it bursts tn midair, The ap- pearance everywhere 1s one of destroymg war. One follows the least by-road, and it leads one plump into a field where a battery is to be seen with its guns unlimbered and pointed enemywards—precauuions at given points against sudden surprises on the part : ‘033-Toads onverging on Paris, aud they stand surveying certain directions with tixed gaze. Those great routes are all strongly barricaded with huge trees cut down from the way- side, where they bave towered aloft for many i here] and’ such barricades have peen prolonged and assisted on the flanks vy slight breastworks of mother earth, The air is one of readiness, Across ‘one of these barricades, on one occasion, we 10st our Way, and the commauding oilicer ordered us to travel back very fast, a8 the French advance posts Were not more than a few nundred yards off, aud we were liable to draw @ fire, the royal pass belng of no potency between the two foes; we rather preferred, 100, Not risking the fire uselessly. We went about, bot had not gone far when the rough stones of the master route gave our vehicle @ general smash, which required some time for fixtare. This region being somewhat of a wildernes, as above observed, one im well replenished centres can- not have the jeast idea of the seareity, if not abso- lute dearth, existing here as to many prime articles Of necessity in ordinary lite. There are places at home, nodoubt, where pens, paper, or boots or sugar Were articles of luxury some lew years back, and the inhabitants of such places only might, by past experience, be enabled to figure up our present plight around Paris—a deserted zone in the enemy's country and enjoying small communications with the home markets to our rear. Coffee, sugar, tobacco, can ties and many other items that do pot grow hereabouts are out and unreplaceanle for the mo- ment; there are no more eggs, tor the poultry has been massacred; no more milk, Jor Ue cows have “NEW YORK HERALD ane? Me aud brought me to tis. whore he, ody Ces be examined by the Ke Tarrived, FRIDAY, OCTOBER William not to gxpoao, unnyoit to danger before Paria but t retarn tothe Capital were answered by is Majoaty—very condescendingly, though —with adeeided declaration that he would not leave the army previous to the Vermination of the war, VORKIGN POLICY, As rumor hag it, English and Russian government couriers are daily going to and from headquarters, and it is believed that the neutral Powers are hard at work paying the way towards an armistice, Whether or not they may demand to be heard pre- Vious to the surrender of Paris is a matter of uncer- tainty. Disunion in camp, 40 characteristic a feature of German politics, tas crept openly into the Fort- schritt party, whose late manifesto is violenuy at- tacked by une representative from Breslau, Deputy Kirchm van, himself, with the two other representa. Uves of Bresiau, being prominent members of the party. He finds fault with the manifesto because 1t does not decide upon the annexation question. To say “the people expect a peace which will give for along time to ceme guarantees of security,” are Words so indefinite that they will embrace even the views of Jacobi, while the Fortschritt party ought to declare unmistakably in favor of annexing the two provinces to Prussia. To demand “a voice in peace and war’’ may be weil enouzh im theory, but is altogether impracticable. What would have be- come of Germany, says Herr Kirchmann, if the preparations for war this summer had been delayed for a fortnight only, in order to obtain the approval Of the Reichstag? The question of peace and war in the present condition of Europe is too complt- cated, and depends apon many details which at such a time cannot be made public without a ee enon ve ae ce onaty resid dangering country. exe! Counell of tae Bund from the administration would be a political error. According to Kirchmann it is a great advantage that the legisiati' the Bund Council and Paruament alone, without an immediate co-operation of the sovereign. Still more questionable seems to him the propriety of holding @generai German Parliament for framing @ consti- tution. ‘The power of the German monarchs has so materially ipcreased, physically and morally through the wars of 1864, 1866 and 1870, that it wi require no effort on the part of the government Organs to secure overwhelming majorities in such a Parhament. Deputy Kirchimann, who 1s withal a stanch liberal, considers liberty @ boon of such in- finite value that the attempt of the Fortschritt party to obtain it with @ single grasp 18 @ vision never to be realized. He sees so much social, religious ana bureaucratic dependency of the great masses that he calls general franchise the stone of Sisyphus which in revolutionary times is rolled up to tho tup of the hull only to roli down again in quiet times. I have given before the views of Dr. Jacobi and his party, and may here remark that other resolu- tons have been since drafted by democratic meet- ings fully concurring with them. The strong pro- tests and petitions sent to Count Bismarck have thus far met with no answer, and Dr. Jacobt—as the Berlin Punch says, the only prisoner made by Gen- eral Von Falkenstein during the war—is still mm duranve vile. in order to show that he ts not the only anti- annexationist we cite a letter just published by Lud- wig Simon, of Treves, one of the revolutionary lead- ers in 1848, wherein he expresses the following DEMOCRATIC VIEWS. With reference to a treaty of peace two courses are open to Germany. Besides a sultable compensation for the costs of the war it can content itself with the simple razing of the fortresses on the boundary without annexation, or it can insist on the annexa- tion of all or a part ot Alsace and Lorrame. In the latter case the material guarantees seem to be stronger; but whether they are in reality 80 13 anotner question. Razed fortifications need not to be guarded, while the strongest fortresses, when they must be occupied in the midst of a hos- tile population, often weaken instead of strengthen the possessor, At least the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom was always, despite its celebrated quad- rangular shield of fortifications, a constant source of the inhabitants of Alsace and Lorraine will prove a matter of great difficulty. They will sooner infect the troops of the garrisons with the spirit of French equality than be infected by the latter with the op- posite spirit. In addition to this, through the forcible annexa- ton of Aisace and Lorraine, Germany would iose all moral guarantee, If in time to come, by changing fortune and altered circumstances, the Frene' should demand the Rnine, the Danes the Eider, and the Russians 4 settlement of their territory on the Baltic Sea, what could Germany oppose to these demands? Whether the Rhenish provinces of Prussia should desire to become French, the German Schleswigers Dantsh, or the East Prussians Russian, would be a matter of as little consequence taen as the wishes of the people of Alsace and Lorraine are now. It 18 adinitted that Germany does not wish to take away from France any Frenchinen, but only Germans— nevertheless they are Germans who desire to belong to France. But whenever nationality and inalien- able rights of the individual come in contact, Uie lat- ter, as the basis of all human dignity, must oaturally und moratly gain the upper band. Even Napoleon MIL. held a plebiscite in Savoy and Nice, who have a French speaking population. It will be satd this was but mockery. Weil, if such mockery can be 80 easily managed why not have it in the case of Alsace and Lorraine? Alas! it is the fashion at present to attach no weight to moral guarantees. 11s true, of course, thatthe public opinion of Europe conid not spare Germany the preseut war. But opinion respecting the cause of this war was by no Mvans unanimous, but considerably divided. A vast and united ex- pression of public epinion is always a power. From tus power the governments of some of the States of Europe origimate visibly, of some of the other States invisibly and slow There are individuals, how- ever, who will er acknowledge the moving springs of society, unless they have taken the shape of police cudgels and soldiery., ‘The spirit to them is nothing—formal regulations everything. They con- sider themselves practical, thougn they are only short-sighted. May Germany, the nation of profound thinkers, be spared such @ State policy, OFFICIAL STATEMENT. And now for variety sake the dictum of the Oficial Prussian Gazette, which, speaking of the union of Germany, thinks that central power should rest in the dynasty of the Hohenzolierns, not by way of transfer or common consent, but by merited and Spontaneous homage. It rejects with great energy e centralized constitutional union, which always has ataste of republicanism, and of which, in reform- Ingthe present constitution, it ought to be tho- roughly purged. “Do not interfere with the au- tonomy of tbe several States,” says this amiable journal. “and do away with calling our monarch “President of the United German States.’ German Emperor is a more befitting ttle, though we will leave its bestowal to the ciscretion of the Ger- man sovereigns. We wiil not discuss jast now these matters with the incurable Fortschritt patients, who, dn their hallucinations, yet dream of the black-red- old fag and the constitution of 184% Jn our day it is the Emperor who makes the constitution, but not the constitution tie Emperor.’ PLACEMEN’S CANARDS. One of the canaras, of which the number fs legion, spoke of incorporating both Mecklenburgs into Prus- sla, and compensating the Grand Dukes of those States with Alsace and Lorraine. As the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schweriu, however, has now been appointed Governor-General of Rheims and been given jurisdiction over all French territory occupied by the German armies, with the exception of Aisace and Lorrame, the probability of such a transfer can no longer be entertained. The afore- said Governor-General has appointed as his civil been butchered tor beef, What little remains be- lund is seid by tne cilizens at exorbitant rates. ‘The citizens are taking in plenty of German paper and coin—thalers and guilders; but they are aweary, and stand ou the anxious lookout for crumbs of comfort from Paris, They seen to harbor some kind of idea that Paris will deliver them from Prussian service or bondage, and they brighten up and smile upon any one who will mention them any item which can be strained into an apparent advantage for their side, * GERMANY. The Political Crisis in Prussin—Military Efforts Amid Party Disunion—Democratic Views— Official DoctrinemA German Emperor—Braye Sailors—Catholic Meeting. BERLIN, Oct. 5, 1870. The observation made in a former letter that we at the capital could obtain only second hand news from the seat of war, and that a season of vacation prevailed in the Department of Foreign Affairs still hot good. It may be that military events of great importance have transpired before Paris, or that M. Favre 1s once more closeted with Count Bismarck; that the South German States have sabmitted to Herr Delbrack’s condition of a simple incorporation into the Northern Confederacy, or that they, es- pecially Bavaria and Waurtemburg, have insisted upon a thorough reorganization—all of this pertains exclusively to the domain of headquarters—nothing of it is known here. It 19 evident, however, that the war has assumed a new phase, as the principal military operations are world to cherish the belief that Paris will be Paris, and is not coming to an untimely end, whatever maf or may not be the havoc committed by Prussian bombs aad investments. But perhaps Paris is no longer in a mood for such CUnER SE least to any great exvent; its usual aspect is changed, as the whole gear and ig of its citizens have been c . We know tat this is the fact, and it Would be legitimate to divine as much even had we Ro authority to base it upon. In the last two days I have taiked with seve out of the French advanced posts, and who Dave certainly been arrested at the Prussian ad- Vanced posis—nothing is aliowed to escape these you may rest assured. unty afew hours since I had a@ chat with a Parisian ourrier, who, for some mo- tive, whether innocently or to act asa spy, lest the persons who have slipped | much in favor of such a result. now directed agatnot fortified places, thus excluding the wonted quick succession of triumphs, ‘The sanguine people here all make calculations on the early entrance of tne German forces into Parts, though they must confess that this is not necessa- rily thé return of peace. Nor does the great num- ber of reserves constantly pouring through argue The efforts of the military establishment are of the most exhausting nature, every former officer of the landwehr has re- ceived an invitation to join the army, and the prin- cipal guardhouses here and tn other cities are sup- ty this morning. “I left Paris,” said he, ‘his | plied witn bata few men, uuder command of a non- Sizune atten o'clock. Any body anatase posts or the lines towards Vincennes and Charenton: 1 came on and nobody troubled me gpl I got to the Prussian lines, when @ hussar @r- $e h | commissioned officer. THR KING. Several petitions by loyal citizens requesting King deputies Prince Charlies of Hohenlohe and Count Tautfkirchen, the latter of whom enters upon tus new functions with the announcement that there is a want of grocery stores in the departinent, espe- clally along the railway line Chalops-Meaux, and weakness io Austria. The political Germanizing of | that the same can be imported duty free, BRAVE EXPLORERS, Both captains of the vesseis of the Polar expedi- tion have been honored by the Queen, who senta gold medal to Captain Koldewey, of the Germania, and a silver goblet to Captain Hegemann, of the Hansa, A CATHOLIC MEETING. At Fulda, which has played @ prominent part in the sentsm of the Ecumenical Council, a numerous congregation of the Catholic aristocracy ot Germa- ny, princtpally of Westphalia and Bavaria, is ex- pected to meet on the 12th inst. to pray at the grave of St. Bonifacius for the welfare of the Church and the visible and intallibie representative of Christ. NAPOLEON’S CORRESPOND- ENCE. A Letter from Maximilian in Mexico, ‘The following letter trom the Emperor Maximilian to the Emperor Napoleon was found at the Tuileries: It 1s with lively pleasure and a sentiment of true gratitude that 1 have just received at the hands of M. Langiais the kina letter of your Majesty, dated August 29, The good advice which your Ma- jesty gives me as a sincere friend, remarka- je as your counsels always are for their Jucidity, is very precious to me; it emanates from the reatest sovereign Of Our age, who {scertainty the est judge of those perplexing questions which cause us solicitude in Mexico. Siuce M. Langlais has enjoyed your Majesty's confidence he may safely yeckon upon having mine. His assistance will be of the utmost vane tous, since the great difficulty we enceunier here is that we are utterly unable to find tools to work with, As Minister of Finance M. Langlais will have opportunities of mak- ing our present situation Known to your Majesty, It is difficult, but not desperate. It is only the army which burdens our resources, The other branches of the administration cost less than other country, In the war expenses it 18 those unfortunate anxiliaries which cost so much, and which the Marstal thinks so necessary, although 1 doubt whether they are of any reai value. Within the last few days we have completed our works of political, administrative and judicial or- ganization, in several volumes. I will send them to your Majesty. I have given up my visit to Yucatal where the Empress will go alone, in order to set work in right earnest with M. Langlais, who has now all my sympatnles, The Marshal will send you the Draconian law, which I have been obliged to sign against the guerillas. It will have a good effect, and we shall see the last of these scourges of the country if the troops do not fail. I pray your Majesty to recall me to the kind recollection of the Euipress, and to believe in (ue KentiMents of high in any Oy to esteem and amncere friendanip with which f am Agour Majeaty'n good brother, MaXwuLiaN, BISMARCK ON TERRITORIAL COMPENSATION. What liaty Lost and What Germany Ke- auires—Balances of Popula The following circular note has been forwarded frem Berlin Ww the North German embassies and legations:— FERRIERES, OCt. 1, 1870. As We learn from the newspapers, the section of the French government residing at Tours issued an official proclamation, containing @ passage to the eflect that the undersigned told M. Jules Favre that Prussia would continue the war and reduce France to @ second gate Power. Although such a statement can be ltended only to impress such circles as are alike unacquainted with the erdinary language of diplomacy and the geography of France, yet the Lact that the said offictal utterance beara the atures: of “Cremicux, Glais, Bizoin and Fourichon," and that these (mpm form part of the government of a reat Huropean emytre, induces me vo request your ‘xcellency to comment upon it in. (oe official con- versations. In my interviews with M. Favre we never got so far as to br on on terins of iy at his 1 communicated to the French outline of those ideas which form ciroutar dated Meaux, the 1th of Sep- tents of m; tember. yet I nave never and nowhere raised hose ideas. lets and the adjacent this ‘eae area as 30 Oi occasion as part of our Ne ate involves the diminution of ike Iterated. ues ter @ general @ principal con- territory, alluded to by me on French te by an area almost equal to that gatned by Savoy and Nice; but the population of the territory we to exceeds, is is true, thas of Savoy and Nice by three-quarters of amiilion. Now, conside! that France, according to the census of 000 of inhabitants, and with 1866, Algeria, which latter! an casential portion of her army, even 4200 }, it is clear that a loas of 750,000 will not affect the position of France in re- gard to other Powers, but, on: the coutrary, leaves tus great empire in possession of the same abundant elements of power by which ta Oriental and ‘Wars it was capable of exercising #0 decisive an in- fluence upon Kurepean destinies. These 1ew sig- gestions wili suffice to wssert the logic of facts against the exaggerations of the proclamation of the 24th ultimo. J will only add that in our conver- sations Texpressly drew M. Favre's attention to these considerations, and that, therefore, as your Exceliency will have known without my telling you, I was farfrom making any offensive allusion to the consequences of this war as atfecting France's future position in the world, BISMARCK, GENERAL UHRICH IN TOURS. Scene at His Keception. The gallant defender of Strasbourg is a short, square built man of sixty-five, but scarcely looks more than fifty. The curtosity to see him Was so great when he entered Tours that he bad, as we are informed by mail, to descend among the crowd and Fo through @ great deal of shaking of hands. He kissed the Mayor, M. Gouin, and begged the peo- ple to consider that he embraced them ail in the per- son of ther Mayor, He made one or two Iittle speeches, the burden of which was that France would not perish, that he thanked them for Alsace and Lorraine as well as for himself, that this was the proudest day of his life, and that an enemy drank with success must be drowned in its own blood. M. Cremileax, placing his hand upon General Uhrich’s shoulder, uttered a few sentences about the imperishable renown he tad achieved, in such moving tones as to draw down copious showers of tears from the audience. The Archbishop wept, aud was understood to say someting about elevated re- gions of sentiment in which there was no distine- uen between a Jew and a Christian. A subscription has been set on foot to present General Uhrich with a model of Strasbourg in silver. ‘The generat did not, as reported, receive any wound during the sie gt How the Village Agitators Rule the Couutry, The current (October 9) number of the London Saturday Review contains a very striking article, evidently written by one who has carefally, studied his subject on the spot, on ‘Village Politics in ‘The writer presents a vivid picture of the Anything France.” intellectual condition of the peasantry, more lameatable could scarcely be conceived. The schoolmaster of a country town has ‘to exe out his living by acting as clerk to the sous-prefet;’ the dominie of a village has vw content timself with “serving as I- ringer, acolyte, charch-sweeper to the priest.’ The chances that instruction given by men in such circumstances wiil be of a high character are cer- taloly not very great. “in a parish of the south,” says our contemporary, ‘‘it is the usage to present to the cure certain wooden images bearing the names of saints, but whose form shows them to be figures ofthe older gods of heathenism, which become by his benediction sovereign charms against certain bodily atimenis.” One parish priest, disgusted with tus superstition, took it upon himsell to burn these images, but “he nearly paid for the act with his life.” Our contemporary is of opinion that the peasantry de not think highly enough of tne im- perial dynasty to expend a sou on its behall; but he points out that the Napoleonic rule has had one very powerful etfect on their minds—it has tanght them their own political importance. For twenty years the government of the country has depended Tor 1t8 existence on their vote, not on that ef Paris and the other large towns. Mow will they now regard the resumption of power by the capi- tal’—a question which it 1s all the more important to ask, as the peasant has come to associate with the idea of @ republic the notion of danger to private preperty. There are some considerations to which our contemporary has perhaps not given sufficient attention. If Paris were to fail to rise to the present emergency it would be hopeless to expect that she could ever recover her old authority; but everything seems to indicate that, if she is given to talkmg largely, she is also capable of heroic’ action, and will shrink from no sacrifice to save the country. If she fulfils expectation in this respect may she not ouce more aeguire her ancient hold on the provinces? Another point worthy of notice 18 that large numbers of the peasantry are at the present moment, as inembers of the “Garde Mobile,” engaged In the most surring events of the cent ‘Ths will not be without its effect upon their intellectual activity; and when they return to their old homes may they not carry with them an influence which will be a source of new life to the stagnant rural population + French Provincial Opinien of the War. Public opinion in the west of I’rance appears de- cidedly in favor of peace, ifwe udge trom the courrier du Havre and the Journai de Fécamp or the latest dates by mail. ‘The former paper says:—*Peace ! That 1s the cry Which at this moment millions of voices raise in all be of the earth, as well as in down-trodden rrance, and in Germany, intoxicated with unex- d triumph; iv intelligent England and in prac- Uecal America, in far-sighted Russia, in loyal Spain and in ly, Where war 1s still Jresh in peopie’s recollection, Everywhere this cry is raisea to the Almighty and seeks to make Heaven gracious, seemg that tue leaders of the peoples are wituout mercy.”? ‘The latter journal, commenting on this artic Le, says:—“Yes; peace ‘is the wish of France. Yes: conquered and humbled France desires aud demands peace, Ali resistance is for the Inture unavailing. It will only add new hecatombs ot @ million corpses to the millon of corpses mouldering on the fleds of Wissembourg, Reich- shofen, Jaumont and Sedan. We are conquered, scattered, as a nation has never been before. Let us cease to delude ourselves wtth new hopes, and to calculate on an impossible resistance. We are honor- ably conquered. Our army, which 1s no more, has made heroic exertions. It nas even won the respect of the victor. Honor Issaved. We are conquered. Let us humbie ourselves! Let us assume the dignity of misioruune! Silent and modest, let us submit! Peace, peace alone, which is everywhere demanded by all France, can save the country’s future by its men and resources being spared. country’s misfortune we must at this hour have the courage to bow our necks and sue for peace,’* AN “INCIDENT” TO BISMARCK. What the Premier Found in His Bed. At the Prussian headquariers in Meaux the King occupied the front, Count Bismarck the back rooms of the Archbishop’s palace. The apartments of the Count were on the ground fluor, and looked out upon the extensive gardens to the rear of tne alace. ‘The 16th of September had been a very usy day to many of the Prussians, and not least of all to the Count. He was riding all day, and in the evening he had a long conference with the King. ‘Tired with these dificult labors he hastened, when he reached his room, to prepare for bed. He had scarcely, however, begun to undress himself when he heard a rustling among the bedclothes, and on searching found there, to his astonishment, an infant not more than four weekr old. On looking closer he found by the side of this enfant trouve the fol- lowing nete:—*‘My husband fell at Medan; I have nothing to eat. Despair forces me to part with my only child. It has been baptized Vincent.”’ Nor does this curious story end here, To make it dra- matically complete and symmetrical, the untor- tunate mother committed suicide. ‘the matter is sata to have reached the ears of the King, and orders were nats that the desolate infant should be sent to Berlin. Was ever a iife so curiously begunt Ragas Naha THE QUESTION OF THE EAST. Russian and British Interests Towards C. stantinople. The extinction of English influence on the Contl- nent, Says the Saturday Review of October 9, has re- moved one of the chicf securities af peace. Even the blunders of English diplomacy were formerly prompted by a sincere desire to avert the evils of war. Any ambitious designs wuich might be cherished by Ruasia would now be encouraged by reliance on Mr. Gladstone’s dread of war and on his sympathies with the orthodox Eastern Church. It is possibie that some ot his colleagues may see the necessity of firmness, it the Russian government proposes a revision of the In view of the | a al and it seemed to the purposes, While France 1s for the time incapable of poking, © in European col the > cert of England with Austria would suffice to ter Russian aggression. ‘The fa no imuie- det ere diate reason to apprehend an invasion by land, | wuids to for an intended war would have been by revolts in the northern provinces, which might have served as & pretext for intervenuon. The arian tasurrection has long siace come to an end, Ser- yla and Montenegro have lately been quict, Greece, haying sunk into the lowest disrepute, would not be @ useful ally, even if the Greeks still wish to promote Russian aggrandizement, which would involve the dizappointiwent of their own ambitious hopes. If Russia meditates a restiess and troublesome policy at will at a. be easy to the English government to tdicate disapproval. Russian statesmen must have learned, from the rupture which preceded the Crl- | new spars and sails, while mean War, that it ts not safe to rely on the inexhaus- ble patience of Englisa Ministers until! itis known that thetr indtference is shared by the nation. Firm- ness 13 In and safer than anxious Gmidiy., Aun English correspondent at st. Petersburg, who saw M, Thiers enter the ments of Prince Gort- sohakolf in the at oe Selo, Willen & lasted three boura 1e contemporar; \e ‘vi anda half, aid he ie ialrriow a few facts, for the | before next season, and among other things wilt tm- accuracy of which he vouches, thus:— Bussia is fonrhe £ Pushing torward her armaments, Sol- diers Limit be Maga ote eel oar aS Srlival at Kied, aga F that object all val ai of have'for some time boon seen wheth wo fore the review lu onty put, ernment to asset suspicion, a for the, Crimes, iO) of holding» ean veviey "on be repre pics ip hg Mgr excl o the four red iat Kugland alone "wilt never onthe forward It ‘There seems to be no deubt, and, in fact,t y ty Cer] js, U esterday onl; competent authori! territorial aggrandizement na from entering into the P of Prince Gorischakoff, The desire is tu obtaiu Lil of action on the Black Sea, ‘there isno knowing, howeve ¢ how rapidly this idea may expand, should not the afulrs 0 France take a more favorable tura. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE: anne The New Guard Ship ef Our Port—Measures Taken to Enforce Noutrality—The Guer- riere Naval Court of Inquiry—Tie Cambria at the Brooklyn Yard Refitting. The frigate Guerriere, twenty-taree guns, Captain Thomas H, Stevens, came to an anchor off the Bat- tery on Wednesday afternoon, from the Navy Yard, preparatory to proceeding to the European squad- ron when her services as flagship of the Port Admiral cun be dispensed with. Yesterday the tag of Rear Admiral Stlas H. Stringham, Port Admiral of New York, was hoisted at the mizzen of the Guerrtere aud saluted with thirteen guns. Ia consequence of the preseace in our harbor of men-of-war and merchantmen belonging to foreign Powers now at War Wilh each other it has been found necessary to keep an armed veasei of the United States always ready to enforce the neutrality laws, as announced by President Grant, in order that the hospitality of our port may not be abused by either belligerent, It is the duty of the Port Admira: to aid and assist the United States civil authorities in maintaining our laws, and for that reason his flag has been hotsted upon a ship afloat, ready for any enrergency. The Guerriere 18 not, however, likely to per- form the duty of guardsmp of the port very long, as it 18 understood that the sloop-of-war Narraganset, iourth rate, 566 tons, five guns, Lieu- tenant Commander George Dewey, now receiving her stores at the Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard, has been ordered here to relieve the heavy frigate, which may be of more service abroad at this junc- ture of atairs, The steamer Frolic, Commander Henry Wilson, will soon return from the Fisi Banks and will resume her position as Oagship of} the Port Adiairal, in order that the cruisers may be sent to.sea. ‘The court of inquiry ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to examine into the facts connected with the greunding of the frigate Guerriere, om Nan- tucket, while on her way to this port from Ports- mouth, N, H., with the remains of the late Admiral Farragut, assembled in the Admirals cabin of that ship yesterday morning. ‘Ine detail of the court con- sisted of Rear Admiral Sylvauus W. Godon as Presi- dent, Commodore iheodore P. Greene, Captain Me- Jancton B. Woolsey and Commander ‘David 8. Har- mony, the latter Judge Advocate and Recorder of the court. The court was duly organ- ized and engaged during its session mn the exainination of Captain Thomas H. Stevens, commanding the Gurriere. The facis elicited did not vary from those published in the H#RaLp's special account of the accident, snowing that the ship Was in the hands of au experienced and capa ble pilot, and that all the oficers were perfornung the various duties in @ zealous and thorough manner. ‘The examination of the captain wilt be coneluded to-day, When the testimony of the pilots: and officers will be taken, and all facts elicited that can throw lignt upon the subject. The investiga- tion will be thorough, complete and satisfactory, ‘The Nantacket pilot, Captain Punham, was present, attended by a lawyer, but for what purpose aid not transpire. His evidence will doubtiess: be taken, in order to ascertain how far he was instru- mental in extricating the ship trom her uncomifort- able position—a question about which he ts so unfor- Lunate as to widely differ from all who were present on the occasion. The salty gossips of Nantucket have found in the affair food enough for idle and unfounded yarning about the officers of the Guerriere, who have been falsely accused of being intoxicated on the occasion of the trip of the snip to Portsmouth. The story haa been echoed elsewhere, but it 13 totally without even the shadow of a foundation in fact. ‘rhe court of inquiry will put this base calumny to rest forever. ‘fhe English yacht Cambria is now lying at the Brooklyn Navy Yard undergoing some repairs pre- paratory to making her voyage along the Southern coast before Ler return to England. Every facility has been extended by the naval authorities to enable our English friends to refit in the very best, manner, Naval Personals, Lieutenant Commander F. V. McNatr bas been ordered to equipment duty at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Master Nathan E Niles has been ordered to the Pacific feet. Ensigns Edward H.. Wiley, Sum- ner C, Paine and ©. H. Buckingham bave been or- dered to the Saginaw, to be employed in the Darien expedinon. Lieutenant Commander George B. White has heen detached from equipment duty at the Philadeiphta Navy Yara, PETIICOAT PICNEERS. The Woman's s ge Women in Conven- tiou=Second Decade Meeting of the Irre- pressibles, ‘The pioneers of the woman's suffrage cause re. | ceived anc reuntied in the parlors of the St. James Hotel yesterday afternoon. In spite of cloudy skies and sloppy streets the veterans were out in force, and for two hours the motto was, ‘‘Let joy be uncon- fined,” Everybody was glad to see everybody, and the hum of talk was as unceasing as if the Illustrious company were @ sewing society, belonging to a fourth-rate cuurct in the suburbs. Many distinguished people belonging to the Womlan’s eutrage traternity were present. The venerabie Lucretia Mott, the iady who, with Mrs, Cady Stanton called the first Woman's Rights Con- vention twenty years ago, was among the most honored guests, When, many years ago, Mrs. Stanton Went to England, and there met Mrs. Mott, she sald in answer to the question as to What was the most impressive sight that she saw in England, “Lucretia Mott,” And ‘ THE LOVRLY OLD QUAQUERESS In her delicate musiin kercnief and cap, and her dove colored draperies was as impressiveyesterday in the parlors of the St. James.as when she was using her eloquence for the slave among the British aristocracy. Mrs. Lucas, the sister of John Bright, Was noticeable for her brother's sake, if not for her own. Mrs. Stanton was fair and beaining with good humor, as usual, and, 49 usi elegantly dressed. Miss Anthony, proud of her fifty years, was angular and business like, yet with a face whose sensible kindli- ness nobody can impugn. Mra, Pauline Wright Davis, beautiful and stately, wore her laces with te air of a duchess. JOSH BILLINGS BAYS that he will join the ranks tor women’s rights when he sees one really handsome woman among the sui- | fragists, He would be forced to yield the point if he | haa seen Mrs. Davis yesterlay, Mrs. Bullard, of the Revolution, and “Netta,” of the Women’s Trade Union; Mra. Governor Jewell, i of Hartford; Mrs. Saran Pugh, a veteran reformer; Mrs, Martha CG, Wright, Mrs, Mott's sister; Mrs. Biake, and many other ladies more or less charming | ane more or less distingmshea surged through the ; rooms and converged of the good times past and of the better times coming. ‘There wasa light sprinkling of gentlemen, and among them was strikingly visible THE UNTAMABLE TILTON, Maly not only claims that women should vote, but that Men should drink wine on “proper occastons.’?. Mr. Packard, of magazine Tames the Rev. Mr. Powers, of the Eim street enarch, Brooklyn, snd a few others, served as @ slight balance to the pre- Vailing Jeminine element. AN INFORMAL LUNCH was partaken of at six @clock by such of thecom- pany as chose to stay till that hour. ‘To-morrow, at ten A.M. and at hal ast seven treaty of 1856. It Happens that the restrictions which are most obnoxious to Russia reter to her naval forces iu the Biack Soa; and, noww;ithstandiug lic and private affairs often cheaper | tne Narrows in about ten days, etihpnceao tine aicieenaoe YACHTING NOTES. ‘Bhe SARS Daustion’ Match Kaco— Mevemeuts und Stations ef Our Pleasare Navy, she Vongress tt wus prudent to prohibit th weapon witch could aniy'be wsed for wine so ot ‘The match race botween the Sappho and Deunt- less, which was to have taken place.to~day, nas been postponed until Tuesday next. The course wilt be from the Sandy Hook iightship, twenty-five Windward und back: ‘This will probably be the last contest of the season. The Sapphe ts of prosens on the dook get- ting cleaned and being otherwise for the sere ‘The Dauntless left the dock on Wednesday, and is now lying at aneh ld ar or Of the Club House, The Cambria ts in the Ni re where she is being fitted oat tor sectbs ye oa on her retura trip to Oowes, She will have seme ek ‘ @ general overhauling. ‘All the piste ae ems over inher wil retarm by!steamer, Shp, frais cheer The Phantom is laid dp for the at London, Her’ owner, Gommodore hod — poses to make some important alterations on her The famous little, schooner yacht Magic, whose name is now as familiar as @ household word, is also at New London, Her new owner, Mr. Lester Wal- lack, has enjoyed some very pleasant cruises the past. few weeks. Mr. Wallack is becoming em earnest and enthusiastic. yachunau, and will doube- less bring: into requisition the very best racing Powers of his handsome craft in the regattas of next year. The Paimer is anchored at Nowport, Mr. Gyay- Vesant, cncouraged by her excellent display during the season, intends to make some improvements, by which he hopes to make the Palmer gall even faster than she has already done. Her qualities before the wind were this year satisfactorily demonstrated, The Fiectwing ts at New London. This splendia vessel did not have much opportunity for the exin- bition of her capacities during the season, Her owner, Mr. George A. Osgood, was, nevertheless, anxious to match her against the Cambria, and, in fact, issucd @ challenge to that effect, but the depar- ture of Mr, Ashbury for the Weat prevented a satia- factory completion of the necessary arrangements. The new schooner yacht Tarolinta, owned by the Messrs. Kent, is anchored off the Long island shore. She has not yet been laid up for the season and will continue cruising for perhaps two or three weeks to come. Mr. Frankiin Osgood, a sterlmg yachtman, who has labored zealously to advance the interests oF the pleasure navy of this country, will doubtless be induced to pulld a new schooner yacht for the com- Ing season. His long experience and careful obser- vation will assuredly enable him to select a model that cannot fall to be productive of the most Batie- factory results, Mr. Osgood favors the idea of plenty of beam, tne better to enaple a vessel to stand up well under a full spread of canvas. Should Mr. Osgood accede to the request of his many friends aud add another schooner to the splendid feet of the New York Yacht Clup it is not at all un- likely that an international contest may take place during she coming season between her and the eraft now being built tor Mr. Ashbury in England. Such @ race would be replete with interest. : ‘The Madeleine will shortly be laid up for the win- ter. Commodore Jacob Voorhts, Jr., intends to lengthen her some ten or fifteen feet and to make other alterations. Mr, Ashbury’s new yacht will be over three hun- dred tons and will be ready by next season. She is to have & great many American improvements, for Mr. Ashbury has been a close student of the apna- ratus, gear and graceful surroundings of our yachts and has judiciously profited by his experience. The Tidal Wave is at Nyack, where she will remain for the winter. Commodore William Voorhis, fot- Jowing suit, will also make some alterations on his yacht. Mr. Henishoif 1s batlding a new sloop yacht for Dr, Sisson, of New Bediord. She is thirty-eight fees long and fourteen feet eight inches wide and about twenty-five tons. Mr. Peter Voorhis has sold the Storm King. DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. Meeting of the Board of Commissioners—Fi- unocial Condition of the Board. A stated session of the Board of Docks was hela yesterday afternoon, with the President, Commis- sioner Agnew, in the chair, and, as usual, a Cait Board present. After the reading and adoption of the minutes of the previous meeting Commissioner Hunt, from the Executive Committee, presented a report on the petition of John Galt. and others, asking that a new pier be built at the foot of West Twelfth street, The committee recommended that the petition be de- nied, a8 a new pier bad lately been constructed at the foot of Little West Twelfth street, The report was adopted. Commissioner Woop, from the Auditing Commit- tee, then reported on SHE FINANCES OF THE BOARD, as follows:— August 83i—Balance tn hands of treasurer. , . $202,720 September 40—Amonnt received during Sep- tember from rents of wharf property 7,115 Interest on deposits to September 30. . 48 rota ss, ok lek wots — ye wees. $210,485 Amount of biils paid to September 14. $7,200 Pay roils of dock builders, Jaberers, SAMNU, MCs. 06 05 -e Pai to Jonn J. Bradiey, City’ Cham: beriain, for Commissioners of Sink- ing Pund.........006 Ba,ance on hand September 30..... At the organization of the Board the troller debited the departinent with the amount of accraed rents on leases remaining unpald—viz., $112,077. There were im all Spay oe unexpired leases, eighteen of waica had expired, but the holders of wich were allowed to continue in possession on verbal agreemeats under the termsof the leases, and two were what might be called simply verbal agree- ments, making a total of 101 leases. ‘There remained unpaid May 20... ++ $212,077 Accrued to August 1, unexpired leases. 84,983 ed on expired leases renewed 4,960, ed by the Department......... 16,152 Total to thé debit of the Department, Amount collected and deposited. ..... $215,106 165,772 Balance uncoliected.... = $62,394 Of thls $60,628 is in two ftems, about which there i$ some dispute, and which is in process of settle- ment by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, Commissioner Woop explained that the Board was really acting as collection agency for the Sipktu; Fund Commissioners. As far as the rents and revenues were concerned the Department could not use the money, and had only to coliect it and trams- Ter it over to the City Chamberlain. The report of the Auditing Committee was re- ceived and ordered on file. Some little routine business was transacted, after which several leadc- ing merchants and business men—among others, Messrs. Peter Cooper, P, N. Spofford, 0. A. Lilien- thal, Peter Gilsey, L.’G.” Morris, of Westchester— Waited on the Commissioners, with General Viele, to advocate the adoption of the plan furnished by General Viele with a view to securing means for rapid transit between the upper and lower ends of the isiaud, as the pian in question was evidently the most practicable «nd feasible. Sbort addresses were made by General Viele, Mr, Spofford, Mr. Morris, Mr. Peter Qooper and others, after which the Board adjourned, REPUBLICAN FRATERNITY. Arma, Animunition and Men for France. The steamer St. Laurent, of the French Trans- atlantic Steamship Company, sailed out from pler 60 North river at three o’clock yesterday afternoon, haying on board substantial ald for the patriots of the grande nation. Since her arrival in this port two weeks ago the French agents throughout the eutire country have been unusually active in nego- Mating with firms and private tndividnals for the purchase of arms and ammunition for the French government. ‘The resuit was that within the past Uiree days upwards 10,000 cases’ OF ridges, 76,000 stand af ora ieee many ‘thousands ef Enfield and. Sprini rifles, us Well as 8,000 breech-loaders of a new pattern and a large stock of provisions, were placed ou le From seven to ten thousand, of she approved Rem- ington modela, hundreds of revolvers of all sizes and six of the celebrated mitrailleuses were also stowed away. ‘The later were procured from*an agent 10 this city, The weapons and cartridges came from all parts of the United States, and not a few were purchased In Canada, There appeared also on the vessel yesterday about one hundred able- bodied men, volunteers for the French army. A few ladies and aged gentlemen completed the list of paseengers. The St. Laurent ia bound for Brest, bat the agent here dtd not kcow Whether she had crossed the bar at Sandy Hook Last night owing to the delay, where P. M., meetings are to be held at Apollo Hall, cglebrated addresses will be delivered by the most of the Irtends of tae SWTTURe CAGO. she met before leaving the pier, The mails are ow board. The Pereire will sail next Saturday wi With auotuer cargo of mugitions of war (or