The New York Herald Newspaper, October 28, 1870, Page 3

cetaceans $1 te RSE: MET Z. Despatch from King William Announcing the Capitula- tion of Bazaine, The a aia and Fortress in the Hands of the Prussians. Reported Understading Between Bazaine and the Prussian Government. Personnel of the Captured Forces. CHRONGLOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE SIE Sketch of tho City and Portress of Dotz. KING WILLIGIYS ANNOUNCEMENT oF Tan SURRENDER. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. OMecial Despatch fro King William Ane nonneing the Surrender of Metz~Bazaine and His Entire Army Prisoners—One Hao- dred aud Fifty Thousnad Their Arms. Men Lay Dowu 27, Berni, Oct, 27, Tne King telegraphs to the Queen to-day:— ‘This mornmg Bazaine and Metz capitulated. One hundred and fifty thousand prisoners, including 20,000 sick and wounded, army and garrison, laid down thelr arms this ufternoon—one of the most im- portant events of the war. Providence be thanked, WILEDLM. 1870, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1870,--TRIPLE SHEET. THE CONQUERED PROVINCES. dakiin. mau ” | GhuaWaigiel Glocn coe Coincy, which gave the Prussians shelter, lave been utterly destroyed. A TO9 CONFIDENT REPORT FROM FRANCE. A despatch from Yours, dated tosday, reports that ® young officer has jnst arrived from Metz with despatches for the government, He succeeded in cloding the Prussians by disguising himself, He covficms the accounts lately published of the suc- cessft! sorties of Mursual Bazaine. He says, fur- ther, that the city and garcson are well provisioned and able t hold ont indefinitely, “ ANOTHER STORY FROM METZ, A despatel: from Tours says that an officer, one of | a party of five who escaped from Metz, has arrived here, and Makes the following statement:—He and four others lef. the forvress in disguise; he alone | suceseded mn reaching Tours, Marshal Bazaine was | well, aud his troops were in good condition, The supply of provistous was aupie, and could be made to last mhuy weeks. Baxaine bad 85,000 troopa, riok abd Bie. sorties made tad been much more sueeessful than the Prussian or English reports acknowledged. The captures and los-es of the French had been vastly misstated by the published accouiit® There wd Leea no disorders ta the city. TO). SURKE army, the surrender of which ©, comprised the very tower of tae Fr a ral pting oaly the First corps, Which “1 by overpowering numbers at Woerth, ana subsequently surrendered at Sedan. 1ts heroic eouduct i the battles of August around Metz attest what admirable material tt was made of It consisted of the Second corps, commanded by © 1 Frossard; the Tuird, commauded by Marshal Pazalue originally, but we are unaware who was placed at the head of it afier Ba- zaine became Coimmander-tu-Chief—most probably General Decsen; the Fourth corps, commanded by General Count Laduairauit; the sixth, commanded by Marshal Canrobert, aud the Bighth corps, com- prised exclusively tic Imperial Guards, com- manded wotil recentiy by General Bourbakt, These five corps numvered, at the outbreak of hostilities, not less, perhaps, than 200,000 men of all arms, of which, lowever, on¢-fourth was in depot and either surrendered with the Emperor at Sedan or is now im Paris, Tours and other parts of France, This would leave Bavaine an effective force of not jess than 150,000 meu before the battles of Pagny, Vionviile, Mars-le-Tour and Gravelotte, As his losses in these eLgagements and m the nus nerous sorties Which he has made must have been very large, he eould not have had more then 100,000 regulars remainsng when he surrendered. Adding to these the Garde Mobiie and National Guards of Metz and the local troops of the Department of Mo- selie, Would give very nearly the 160,000 prisoners | Which King William saya in his despatch surren- Marshal baaeln is Anweuneed DETAILS GF TOY CAPITULATION. TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. Warticulars of the Surrender—Bazniue As- sumes the Kesponsibility—iHe Acts Against the Wishes of Bugenie—Protess of General CoMnleres~-Plenty of Provisions in the PlaceThe Nows from Berlina Gull Une éerstunding Between Bazaine aad Prussiam The Marshal DBexounced as a Traitor Sterengt, ef the Prussian Army Before Metz—Lts Losses During the Siege. LONDON, Oct, 27, 1879, ‘The recent negot'ations between the camp of Mar- shal Bazaine, the Prussian headquarters at Ver- sailles and the Empress Eugenie at Chiselturst have received @ striking commentary to-day in the sur- render of Marsha) Bazaine, MARSHAL BAZAINE ASSUMES TNE RESPONSIBILITY, A correspondent at Ostend telegraps a state- ment received from Merey-le-Haut, m the arrondissement of Briecy, and Department of the Moselle, to the effect that upon receiv- tog @ jormal declaration signed by the Empress Eugenie, that she was unwilling to sign a treaty involving @ cession of French territory, or to ve @ party to any scheme involving the probable out- break of a civil war 1a France, Marshal Bazaine exclaimed wat he would take all necessary vespousibilitits hunse'f, This was on Wed- mesday night. Marshal Bazaine mmediatery sent a parlementaire through his nes to Prince Frederick Char! at Popt-a-Massop. The Prince vame up during the nignt to the Chateau de Fres- coty, where this morning early the stipulations were signed tor the surrender of the army of Marshal Bazaine and the fortress of Metz, GENERAL COFFINIERES PROTESTS—PLENTY OF PRO- VISIONS IN THE PLACE. The report. adds that General de Vomnieres, com- mandant of the garrison of Metz, entered a written proteet against the surrender, dectaring that he was abundantly able te protract the defeace into the winter; that the recent defeats of the Germans has made it practically impossible for them to im- peril the posscssion of the place, and that provistons were in abundance both for the army and the popu- tation, Since the 15th of October the inhabitants had received daily rations of 400 grammes of bread for the adults, 200 grammes of bread for cbildren, and 100 grammes of bread for infants. In spite of all this particularity a corre- spondent at Ostend telegraphs that the Belgians do got believe im the surrender of Bazaine or of the city of Metz. The story is confirmed from Berlin, but not a word has been heard at Ostend on the su fect from Namur, which is in direct communication with Mezieres. UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN BAZINE AND PRUSSTA— THE MARSHAL jOUNCED AS A TRAITOR. We have Lerlin reports to-night of the sur- render of Sazine. It is stated here that his surrender has been made upon a full under- standing with the Prussian government that the occupation of Metz and Strasbourg shall be accepted as an adequate basis for withdrawing the German arinies from France aud concluding a peace, The republicans in London loudly declare that the Marshal is a traitor; that he coocerted his action with Prince Napoicon, the Empres3 and King Wu- Uam, and that the governments of Paris and Tours will repudiate any peace prepared or signed by him, STENGTH OP THE LATE INVESTING ARMY—IrS LOSSES DURING THE SI Your correspondent at Ostend sends the following as the latest authentic statement of the condition of the German army before Metz. The Ninth German Army Corps, and especially the division of the East Prussian Landwenr, under General Keemer, suffered tremendous in the defeat of te forces upon the Moselle by Bazaine on the 16th. Stckness has also made great ravages in their ranks, and the total joss of the army of Prince Frederic Charles from the beginning of the siege to date 1s estimated at 45,000 men by battie and disease, Prince Frederic Charles consisted, on the 2otn of October, ef the First, Second, Third, Seventh, Eignth, Ninth and Tenth army Corps, with two divisions of Landwehr attached to the Ninth Army Corps, Maktiag a total of 160,000 men, the arttitery aud cavalry included. Should Prince Frederick Charles now be able to move westward to the rellef of Paris, lie will probably be able to bring up those forces te au effective army of nearly or quite 300,000 men. BEPORTS PROM WETZ BEFORK THY sTR- RANPER. TELEGRAM 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD. Sertics from Mctz Before the Capitulation— Confident Reports from Toars—The Garri- The army of | {2 Vincent—religious edifices of yj dered with the tortress. By the capitulation of Metz every French officer of known skull and ability, with the exception of Bourbakt ‘Trochu, bas been made prisoner of war. The surrender tcludes three marshals of the empircavaine, Canrovert and Leboeuf—and such distinguished generals a3 Frossard, Ladmirault, Decaen, d'Brvilic, Picard, Changarnier and others, Tn addition there are a large number of officers who have won distinction on the battle feld., Of the war mitcrial which has failen into the hands of the Pruce slans We caa eay nothing positive. It must be im- mense, however, a3 it has been stated that there ‘DANS | MONTMED DNQUZIERS BRIEV se 3 mans = Ls pue ‘ ATRY SOR — a! Be. Were $00,009 Chassepot rifles stored in Metz. CHRONOLOGY OF TEE MILITARY OPERA- TIONS AT METZ. AvGusr 7-~Prussian army advancing on Franco Was reported to be at St. Avoid, twenty-eight kilo. uctres distant from Metz. Avgust %—"rench army concentrated before Metz. AUGUST 10—The Prussian troops have advanced within tem railes of Metz and taken position, Acoust *-+Marsbal Bazaing commissioned Com- mander-\g')h¢of ofthe French army on the Rhine, Avoust 14—Emperor Napoleon left Metz, with the Priuce Imperial, for Verdun, tits Majesty issued a Proclamation to the French army, calling on it to défend Metz, “the bulwark of France.” AvGust 15—Cannonading going on between Metz and Verdun during the day. AvGusT ié—German official report of the battle of Vionville states that Marshal Bazaine was retreating from Metz to Verdun when attacked, and that, “notwithstanding the great superiority of the enemy in numbers,’? he was driven back to Metz. Fighting continued by the French from Metz to Verdun, with the view of preventing the Prussians trom cutting oif their line of retreat, A is—French army posted to the west of Metz defeated by the Prussians in the battle of Gravelotte. King Wiiliam reported to the Queen of Prussia in Berlin that after nine honrs’ severe fighting Napoleou's troops were cut off from their communications with Paris and driven back on Metz. French state that the commumicaticn between Metz aud Chatons ‘has become diMeuit."” AuGuST 22—Metz completely isolated, Prassians cut the lines of communication between Tuionville, Montmedy and Metz, Siege overations planned and carried on from this date, AvGust 31—Maranal MacMahon’s endeavors to re- lieve Metz frustrated by the result of the battle of Sedan on the 30th instant, SePPEMBER 4.—Napoleon surrenders himself to the King of Prussia, ana Bazaine 1s ieft to defend Metz 4S hy aD. ServeMeee 5.—Prussians coutinue to Metz. SsPrrvEmMBer 10.—Garrison of Metz, under Bazaine, commence & regular system of sharp sorties against the Prussians, This plan of defence and offence was persevered im with great vigor and persistency by the French at intervals, inflicting heavy losses on the German investing force almost to the moment be- fore the capitulation of Metz yesterday, bombard THE CL2Y AND FORTRESS OF METZ. ‘The city apd fortress of Metz have been made famous by the war beuween Fraace and Prussia— famous on account of the protracted stege of the place by the Germans; famous by reason of its persistent defence and sharp sorties under Bazaine, and famous by its capitulation, which we report to-day. Metz or Was, a fortified clty of France, te capt iaLor the Department of the Mosejle, it Is situated atthe confuence of the rivers Seille and Moselle, and distaut 245 miles east by north from Parts. It was one Of the strongest fortresses of France, rank- ing next after Strasbourg, and was garrisoned by 10,000 men even In times Of peace, It 1s surrounded by a regular system of fortitications, and entered by nine different gates, furnished with draw bridges, ‘The most form/dable and important of the works, which we jumenced by Vauban and Belle-Isie and completed by Cormoutaigne, are tie fort of Belle Oroix, Which commands the eastern part of te city from Port des Allemands to ie river; the Fort La Donbie Couronne, wifich protects the southern portion; and the Redoute du Pare, which form4 an island connected with the ey by 4 subterranean gallery. Inside the town there are many steep and narrow streets, | ‘There is also the arsenal, @ cathedral, the Charch of tre Dame ce lt Ronde and the Abbey of St. great antiquity. There are a miullary hospital, a ual of jastice and public ibraty also. Meta contains many Catholic churches, 4 Calyintst chureh aud severai Israelite son Well Provisione: Lew Losses. Plenty of Vreope and | LONDON, Oct. 27, The news irom Metz is interesting and iroport- ant. Rumors had again been current Prussian army vesting that city that Razaine wis dead, but they are now proved to have been false. ‘he activity of the garrvon had greatly increased ately, and the Prussians have been compelied to destroy the bridge at Ars Sur Moseile as 4 precautionary measire. The French make vigorous sorties Whenever they see the sughtest opportunity for an advantage, They havo 230 reopened an artillery fire on the be- siseure Few he rut beads of the Moselle, Whereny istu. im the Marehal | synagogues. The city had, befure the war, mana- factories of Woollen goods, hosiery, piush, beer, tiles, nails und so forth, The annual value of tis products was estimated 4s eqnal to $2,000,009, Metz was kuown to the Romans under the name of Dividorum, ‘This was changed sabsequentiy to that of Mediomatricl, the place botug then the cap kal of Beigic Gaul. lt Was named Mettts in the fth ALSACE AND LORRAINE. Their Geographical Features and Past Annals. ‘The cupitulation of the French army under Mar- shal Bazaine, and tne surrender of the city and fortress of Metz to the Germans, give to the laiter complete military occupation of the two French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine—the only points of importance still held by French troops within those provinces being the fortresses of Thionville and Belfort. No serious atvempt, of course, will be made now on the part of the French garrisons to retain those strongholds; and the Germans may, therefore, bo regarded as in full possession of the territory from the Moselle to the Rhine, Under these circumstances, the following brief sketch of | the geographical features and past history of these two provinces will certainly be eagerly read by all who desire to attain an intelligent view of the situa- tion. Alsace and Lorraine now comprise six French | departments, the former having been divided tuto | the departments of the Haut and Bas Rhin, and | the latter tato the departments of the Meuse, the Moselie, the Meurthe, ant the Vosges. They aro chiefy watered by the Moselle, | and the Mense, two principal tributaries of the Rhi and are traversed by the chain of the Vosges moun- | tains, connected with the Swiss Alps and the Bl Forest. They are bounded om the east by | the Rhine, on the west by the Champagne y, om the south by Switzerland and | north by Rhenish Bavaria, They some of the most fertile territory and pic- turesque scenery in all the broad and beautiful land of France, Corn and wine, tobacco, pulse and NENECHATER WIRECOUR | ment to the present French government. | sighted sy: The Cities and Portree in Alsace and Lorraine—-Prus- sia’s ‘Territorial Acquisitions, OTREVES / SAWAEBOURG f \ \ \} ya SARRELOUISS DEUX PF 27s SAPRERRUGK EIront J SARRECU INE An i AAGUENAY 569 SCUNY SALINS een SARRERURG“areeine. pst Wie POLYTE 7 LAF 1s, ‘4 BEAUME BESANCON {is rich in many scones of similar bownty. indeed, a prize worth battling for. So far as their Wistory 13 concerned the principal potntto be borne in mind 1s that these same pro- vinees of Aisace, Lorraine and Franche Comté are 1% an integral part of France than a series of terri- torial appendages, added to her domains by conquest ant by treachery at various pe- rods, but during the reign of the most bril of French monarchs, Louts Quartoze. They are peoplet by men of Teutonte blood and are many respects still pa 'y Ger. man, All over Aleace and tn a part of Lorraine the peasantry even now speak the language of Goethe and of Kant with a greater or less degree of purity, though, of course, the tongue used by the higher classes of society and in the administration of yus- tice is that of Voltaire and Racine. The habits of the people, wo, are remarked by travellers to be strongly impregnated with German stolidity; the village fetes and social merrymakings display many traits pecuilar to the Fatherland; and even the wines grown in this pleasant tand have the same agreeable acid that gives the julce of the Rhine its cbaracter- isti¢ flavor. But though merely a graft upon the French nation there can be no doubt that the people, in despite of the blind instinct of race, are loyally and devotedly attached tothe fag under which they are now ranged, They are absolutely dead to the extravagant enthu- siasm for German unity which seems to prevail among all the other branches of the Teutonic stoc chiety it | One need not seck far for the cause of their attach- They are Gallicized, becauso they have been loaded with bene- | fits by the empure, because the existing regime has raised these provinces into a state of prosperity and wellbeing such as one Ume they never dreamed of realizing It 18 notorious that the policy of Napoleon has been to develop the country towns as well as to beautify the capital, in striking contrast to the short- em Of the monarchy and of all the pre- fruits are raised without dificulty and in harvests of almost fabuious plenty; timber for every useful and | decorative purpose is found inthe greatest abun- dance; and there are rich mines of silver and cop- per, of lead and iron, Many of their springs possess medicinal virtues of world-wide renown. ‘Then their scevery presents almost every phase of the beautiful, of the sublime and of the picturesque, } the | And this new ceding governments, until the proclamation of the republic of 1848, which was just as clearly and markedly to concentrate all the industrial activity, all the accumulated wealth and intellectual force of the nation Par! and wise polley has nowhere been 0 conststently and earnestly carried out as in the deparimenis of Wie Moselle valley and the at Many and mauy a pilgrim from distant lands has carried home with hima pleasing memory of that celebrated littie valley, through which the tron | horse tracks Its way between Strasbourg and Paria, | just a few miles westward of Saverne. Only a few | weeks ago, before the air was thick with | t bloodshed and strife, the writer passed | *! Vsti hal Attached tate rite | tnrone of the modern Cesar, through this charming scene ou his way to the Gay | Olty. Jb was bear nightfall, and the whole land. | scape was bathed tn the tender hues of sunset, winie an air of sober gravity—one might almost say of solemnity, such a4 usually ushers to a close a beautiful summer day—seemed to impress itself upon every outhne of the scene, Shooting through | # dismal tunnel pierced through these ancient hills we suddenly emerged tn a rarrow valley so entranc- ingly lovely as to take completely away the power of expressing our admiration, On either hand steep | but weil rounded bills rose up, covered with grace fl Ors and grand old oaks and stout busty birt A little river ran smiling throngh the bed the vi apparently not in the jeast happy t the sleepy, sluggish canal that | ran along between artificial banks me { few feet higher up the side of the hill, had drained | it of the greater part of its natural volame. Eve where the earth was carpeted with brilhantly ver- daut grass; but such few patches of sou as w bare only added by the splendor of their brignt red lve (greatly similar in appearance to what one s in darge sections of Alabama and Georgia), another element of picturesqueness to the coloring of the landscape. Now and then we passed some pleasant little coftage, surrounded with vineyards and patches of cultivation, with some honestly-wearted | Villagers seated in its porch imiy sinoking off the fatigues of the day. And occasionally we rushed by | some home-retarning Wagon or were greeted by | the treble-voiced shouting of a band of children, or | century. From this it became ceiebratea as the capital of Austrasta, Which was afterwards called the Kingdom of Metz, but which assumed the name of Lorraine tn the middle part of the ninth century, Sarly In the tenth century Metz fell under the power of Henry the Fowler, of Germany, but re- covered its independence in the eleventh’ centary. After that period the city became famous for its commerce with Germany, It3 briiliant and tascinat- ing soctety, and its patronage of letters and art. tz was formally united to France In the vear Apa perhaps saw some maiden din the simple dress of the country, ith snow witte cof and | @ akut short enough to display a pur | of the prettiest imaginable fect, loitering ucross a | Uttle rustic bridge, fully alive to the admiration of the crew of the passing canai barge, and pot unwill Ing, probably, to continne the flirtation so far as to exchange the usual evening selutation—perhapa | even a ittla further. Such is one of the fairest | NOOKS Of this beautiful land, now overrun with ster n, | Dlood-etained, powder-nemimed warrior Ane Jf ) Pecervinn th plain of Alsace. The population of these provinces during the past score of y has, it 1s said, almost been doubled, while their wealth bas grown in a mach greater degree aud the facilities of producing wealth been added to tenfold. No wonder, then, that these shuple countrymen—Germanic though they be, whoily in blood and te eat extent in ch—are loyal with uo hgll-hearted loyalty to the ve ‘The hb ce and Lorraine 13 singu- 3 carly as the ume o ¢ the remainder was sull rub man princes owing fealty to House burg. The peace of Ryswick im 1 up to France in addition the city of Strasbourg ritory that had beea occupied by tie son the lett bank re miles of territory But ained some few squ a fief of the — emptr i) -| ning of we Revolutto: when Assembly, in a ara ‘oclamatior | declared them to be a indicated | by nature — herse since no foreign Power ; could, under aay consideration, be permitted to retain territory in France. Compensation Was oiered to the ‘Germ anaholders hus dis. possessed, but few of the ned to accept tt, and this was one of the chief Sof the War that brok out shortly afterwards between kranc and ¢ many. It should be mentioned that tt ‘ people cheerfully accepted this chan ment. Alsace had long been ce! ced for the free | dom of its reiigious sentiments, ve the con- quests of Louls Quatorze most of ifs inhabitants had embraced the principles of Luther and Melancthon, When it came under the authority of the bie 16 soon distinguished itself by ihe ancomprounsing extravagance of {ts Bal Hovis and forntsbed to the National Assembly etal of its most dery and earnest demagogu ‘The earliest ruler of Lorraine of whom we hay any record was Lothair, he grandson of Char magne, and he was succeeded by a n prices Who acknowledged fealty to the man empire. Its position, however, marked it out as the battle fleid of Germany and France, and for centu- ries 1) was the scene of constant conflet. On the death of Louis XL, the last German emperor of the | blood of Charlemagne, Lorraine was annexed to ol govern. state of things lames about eighty years, when the Emperor Henry Til, again auited the whole a foe rane in a stugie dukedom, and bestowed it upon Albert of Alsace, whom the heraida report to have been oonded = jrom the — Hector of Homer, The line of princes = tins Jounded igsted 700 years, Among them were some of the most gallant and chivalrous of media- val celebr.ties, whiie-others aequired a questionable renown for ecceutricity, Simeon, the fourth of the line, after reigning iwenty-two years, retired into a monas er hits nephew, Frederick, who succeeded him, wa ebrated a8 on@ of the moet “ec .m- pushed men oF his me, but perished miscrally by Polson at (he treacherous hands of @ favorit: mis- trees. Hix brower, Matthew If, reigned in his and lives Iu history as & monster of cruelty, hs explos was the skinning alive of ihe Ome stall town, WHO Was accuse of Raoul, pagor, WAS ani » WhO fol- ler to follow the for- the King of e Black Prince at | wascantiwel py.t Ihe battle of Poicticrs and shared the expttyity of the Vrench monarch, Wuile he Was away his duke dom was of an toubdles, Uh? unserupalous oppression of t yoked the pea aniry into insu on Was for a time sucees fal, and the Revolution of 1792 were enacted on a 1e, mu Not the Vest blood in ihe due poured out by the infariat dda Prof tie disputed srccossion, “4 minent a cearure in Waiver pvel, “Anne ot Gerersieh sof Burgundy cated the dueny for his vassal, the Comée de \ermandois, but Atecame forms so was defeated near Nancy hial ber, Duke Rone the Second, ated (he rs ret outsife {he ats. When his body w ove ene seized he cold bond and s od have your soul, ‘ for you lave ¢ @ many @ pain and a oll other respects, acced with the MaZuANIMIty OF Tis OCeas refusing to ae the Linds of such of the notality of Lor- raine as Wad sappovied the pretensions of Charles, aad ouly taking @ er il Vase ouc of all the rich pous of the B ancamp, In this vase, on the ening of Ube lunerai of Charles he drank to the Avion ol vegeance,” Upou his death his wile emony of her initiation p cuts one of the most striking piccures in medieval Her son, & boy of ten years of age, handed va zs indie which serves a8 the symbol of and thea turning away wept » In attendance, and s touching spectacle, Ges.in.es cf Lorratne pléi, who had a lew years previonsly made qui conspleuous Sgure London fashionuble society, exchanged hia he: Ir tary duehy tor that of Ta-eany, in or le marry Marke ‘theresa, the km ress of 4 oth Franeis and Muria traced back their descent. to Germrd of A'sacs. The duchy Al1 not inunejiately come within che furisdiction of France, tal v handed over to Stanisiaus Lee inskt, | King of Voland, who reigned tw Hie was one of the most s,agalar in tion, Re was b; itlons devotee; uy turns a less rake and & 5 now he donned the cook's apron wuployed hunsett ja inventlag nd again torne: r gg mumorthty by rthy of lim; as he his pipe hs deessing g dtodeati. Abr gis dece pessesx.on of ihe Fret ‘ever, by no means took Kindly to GL inasiers, and various bieody Leh Women Wook & consplenoUs THE NATION CONDING DERT. New You«, Oct. ‘OR OF THE HERALD: It is generally understood in Wall str tary Bout | nis eireular of October 8 desiguatng te terms upons which the new loans Will be tssued, has ree ceived numerous discouraging letters from banking houses In this city. Indeed, It is even hinted that he has reeetved but one or two favorable replies. it is & matter of surprise that there sre American | bankers who will not only not assist the Se ar but try to thwart his endeavors in funding the debt at lower rates of interest, especially in 4 people | whose liberaitty and patriotism were so eminently ) distioguished during the late war. 118 a weil known fact that in Eogland money ts j Plenty and cheap, the one thing necessary jor tie lender co know being that the security is entirely | safe. Registered bonds are held more desirable for the reason that they cannot be used for the purposes of speculation by trustees or bankers hold- ing them for other. Safety, thet, t ie one great desideratum, When that i assured we can borrow any amount of money irom England. a high rate of interest implies upon its face doubt on the part of the borrower as to lis ability and eon- actousness of the necessity for some extraordinary inducements to persuade peorle to tavest, as when Bak cial civeies in in response to a railroad company in the .ar West about whieh nothing is known offers its bonds at periiaps ninety cents on the doilar and seven or eight p nt in- terest, It is well enough for securities or for petty governmeuts to offer a big borrower Whose credit 18 poor is comp this class te, as a led to de. The credit of the Unitéd States ‘woverument, ROW ever, Is now beyond reproach, aud our produ and resources surpass all previous expectation. for ine stance, the total excess of pts in the year is7 over 1869 was $80,060,215, ‘There was expended on account of the Iuteraal Reveaue Department, the , the Treasury and Interior Departments, in 4,606,178 loss than Lo 1869—an itamense saving to the government. ‘The reduciton of the public debt under President Johnson's administration, froin September 1, 1867, to March 1, 1869, wa while from’ March, 1860 Sepiem $169,542,100 has been saved and applied to the re: duction of the pubic debt. The amount of jiaverest saved upon the debt actually paid 18 $*,745,5 ‘There has also been a gain ia the decrease of the debt since March 1, of this year, to August, and the corresponding months of last year, to the exteut of $32,906,568, necordiig to the Statement of the Act ing Secretary of the Treasury, issued Septem ‘this great reduction in tie amount of the eviucing such tremendous resources, when the reve nues are properly collected and honestiy handled, will do more to assure the financial world of we ability and determination of the United States to honor its obligations tuan the assertions 01 politi- clans, and have greater ett than the tempting of- fers of high rates of interes ‘The Freneh four and a half per cents, accor ding to the HERALD of the 26h, In 1868 were quoted af iv2f. , two and a haif per cent above par. Certainly France is a rich country, but the tinperiat family had not so secure 4 foundation at tial day as We United States go ernment has at present. English consols are quoted tu-day al 92!.; these pay three per cent; in comparison with ‘waich United States four per cents should at least be pe ro- tiated at par in Eogland end in countries of Hurope wie e money 1s plenty if uot im this country; and ¢ 18 no doubt that Hnglish investors have jure intirin usnow than toey ad formeriy, “One + ng- lish firm ol bankers stated a short tune since over their own signature that wey could guaraaiee successful placing in England of two huudged lions at five per Cent, and after a gradnatia the rate to our, as bes bas gone rate to a low one, In conclusion let me say that some bake rs urge as anargument against the new fh nts that when ten-foriles, paying five percent aud having five years more to run, can be purchysed on t et for 108, (hat investors will not pay par tives or four and a halt per cents in coi, rties are only 96, Say in coin: but the per cents have ten years to run, the four ua have fifteen, 3 he jour per cents hay years: besides, the fve-twenties, which cous ihe larger portion of our debt, are the cireular of ary Boutw ma redace high or uhese eat Julius, was a field of battle for Oelts and ¢ paid, con utly holders have the opti on of taking fans Cxsar himself tells the story of how the All Lhe coin for them and oor t ine: r aie mauni and some other allied tribes crossed trom the | United States bond, or of iasing the coin 4 aim forests of Germany over the Khire into } We ese tpumiaricks. now 80 se this fertile aud beautiful land, and drove out we the Gauls, who had hitherto peopled it, | ~TeGWid OF THE UNIO It subsequently became a German duc > but ta | 1203, the hne of its ered tary dukes becouhing ex- | Interesting Statistion Showiug the Prayress Unct, it was parcelled out among several menibers | I 1 Cite | of the German empire. By tne peace of Munster, in 1045, a part of Alsace belonging to Ans together ‘he following table shows bie with ten free cities of the empire, were ceded to wuiation of We chics named sin France, w eke 1, Lots. Chicago, Rostov. . Cincimnatl New Orleans, | Burtalo. . | Wastington | Clevelaud.. ie: ‘%. | Dewoit. Mu waukee, Providence, Ky t,. Rochester, N. ¥ Allegheny City New Haven, Conn Memphis. Charieston, 8. © Worcester, Mass. Lowel, Mass. Judianapolis. Cambriage, Hartford, Cor ‘Toledo, . Columbiis Wiimington, Dayton... Lawtenee . Charlestown, Lynn, Mass Fail Kiver, Springfield, Mass. uiney, Hline Saiem, Mass. . Manchester, NH. 20,08) France, and the well known Regnier, tie ere of the satire “Reineke Frets,’ was appointed as its sequent contests half of Lorraine was ay by Germeny and given to dukes ry hominatian irom the Kaiver. Ths Peoria, Lilinois. . New Bedford, Mass Oswego, N. Davenport, low St. Pant Minn, 20,111 24,048 2, 28 14,026 10,199 PARIS. Probable Success of the Armis- tice Negotiations. one King William Disposed to Ac» cept Mediation. Protests from Freneh Citizens Against @ Cession of ‘Territory. ch Repevta of the Mili tary Operations. Fren The Prussian fiemee: Upon Lyons Checked by Garibaldi, sara Reported Going On Meas Orleans. The Prussian Blockade of Parig to be Broken. Napoleon's Correspondence and the Scam dals of the Tuileries. THE PEACE QUESTION. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Probable Success of the Negotiation=King Wiliam ty to Accept Mediation~ Terms Propesed by Ausizing Enyland and liussia~Prussian Account of the Negotin« HousSufe Conduct for M. Thiers—His In. torview with Lord Lyous—Prussia Atrald of tho Parisians—No Cope for Vrauce bat in War—Protosts Aguinnt Cession of Territory. Lowpon, Oct. 27, 1870, M. Laurter, delegate from the Tours government, rece;ved & despated to-day from Tours intimating @ strong expectation of the success of the armistles ned negotiations. KING WILLIAM INCLINED 10 ACCEPT MEDIATION. The Rugsian ‘ours has recetved & despatch from Versailles assuring him that a safe conduct will be granted to M. Thiers and that the King of Prassa shows a desire to accept the mediae ton of the neutral Powers, PEACE TERMS FROPOSED BY ENGLAND, AND RUSSIA. ‘The Manchester Guardian of to-day gives the fol- lowing wrms of peace, whi were proposed by England, Russia and Austria:— Forst—No cession of territory. Second—The fortifications of Metz and Strasbourg to be razed. Third—krance to pay 200,000,000 francs Indeme nity, The neutrals are to guarantee peace, RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. A telegrain {rola St. Petersburg dated to-day says that the following summary of the negotiations, on the part of the neutral Powers of Europe for am armistice, Is published here to-day from an authene ho source, Alter reciting the determination of the neutrals to seize the first opportunity for mediation that presented itsell, vhe document proceeds: ~ Russia, on Jules Favre's visit tothe Prussian head- quarters, believed that the loug-lock d-for opportn~ nity had arrived. At this moment the reception of a Prussian noie on the subject of the probable early starvation of Paris caused change In tha idea of the neutrals. When, however, thes pressed the subject of mediation again, Rua sia held back, on the ground wat mediation, unsupported by fo would be worthless. The conditions of peace must be left exclusively to the belligerent. course was still possible to cone yoke the Natioual Assembly, which alone was com. petent to decide t question Of peace or war, In view of these considerations it was Engiand thag proposea the , and im this she was supe ported by all the ral Powers, A SAF CONDUCT FOR M. THURS. A telegram from Tours says itis announced there to-day that the Prussians have at last consented ta offer M. Thiers a e conduct to Versailles, bat na further. M. Thiers has refused to avall himself of this, as he must first conter with we governmens at Paris. INTERVIEW BETWEEN LORD LYONS AND M. THIERS. A telegram from Tours dated to-lay says Uiat the journals there announce wat a long interview ove curred yesterday between Lord Lyops and My Thiers. Minister at AUSTRIA PRUSSIA AFRAID OF TAB PARISTANS. A telegram from Tours says that thus far no safe conduct has been forwarded from the Prussian headquarters for M, Thiers, [tts asserted here thag Prnssia’s disinclination in this respect proceeda from her fear of having ihe Parisians informed of the true state of atfuirs elsewhere in France. The Prussians have thus far taken extraordinary paing to conceal from the beleaguered city the capacity of France for resistance, ° 4 NO HOPE RUT IN WAR. A telegram from Tours says that from all parts of the country there comes bub one expression—tnd hope that the governnient will accept no humiliating conditions as te price of peace. The journals of that city are unanimous that the only hope for fair terms lies in the indefinite prosecution of the war, FRENCH CHIZENS PRTITIONING AGALNST A CBSSION OF TERRIDORY. "the inhabitants of the departments of Jura and Vosges have forwarded @ petilion to the government authorities at Tours against th ceplange of any peace which is based on the surrender of an inch of Srench territory. PRUSSIAN AUTHORITIES SNUBBING ENGLAND. The English government {8 stiil (avon) without a reply from the Prassian authorities to the request for # sate conduct for M, Thiers, la order to evable him to enter Baris. England decepts this delay as an tndisposition on the part of Prasssia to grant an armistice, oy THE ee opin vo peer ntt pia TO THE EW YORK HERAL2. whing from the Lotr The Paris Idlorkade to be Brokcu—Atuirs at OrlenuseSkiremints on the Ledre=ad Weather=Laribaldi Ore gaulzinyy Tis ForcosSevere fight —The Checkod=M. Keratry —tierman Movements the at Droux—Mare + giltes More Quict—Instrnctions to Prefects Urcing itesistamce+ Goeverument foe ATIONS. ot ~@ Prussian Advance Org? sizing the Britons in North=@russtans and May orsetiambett ow ous War Noten. ‘Tours, Oe 1870. ard, the French Anbassactor to Maly, hag Prussian Algeria— Hixcetla: ' M, Sen been recalled to this Citys NOTHE ROM THR ARMY OF THE LOLS. No tmportanrinilitary movements are announced by the government. ‘the Mintsury is mute as to the army of the Lowe, fhe weather contivaes stormy and otherwiee unfavorable to military operations. WHE FARIS BLOCKADE TO Bk BROKEN. ‘The Monieur to-day announces that persons whe CONTINTED OW TENTH 22068