The New York Herald Newspaper, December 30, 1870, Page 7

"11 fever Intend to Remonnt the Throne on the Strength of a Military Prohunclamento.” the Fxendh Feople~The Ariny—! Frenéh Offigers Opposed to the Napoleonic Bysiasty—Extent of the Orleani:t Con spiraty—Ite Aims— Bazaine. Wiiuerwsnone, Deo, 12, 1870. ‘The gluggishness which characterizes the events Defore Paris naturally xeacta upon the company here at the castle, While the fati of the capital has been expected for the last three weeks, and at the latest eomputation was to have taken place at the close of November, it 1s now considered useless to venture any more predictions in a matter as {mportant as it je wneertain, and as if by mutual agreement all speculation as to the ultimate surrender of Parig has “% FAPOLROR'S MALT. ‘The Emperor enjoys perfect health and daily takes an airing on foot or horseback, Thero have been no arrivals of late at the castle, All reports about @ second visit of the Empress and her presence here now-are incorrect, It was Friday noon ,when, dur- ing a walk throngh the Park with several gentle- men of his suite, she Emperor spoke freely on the ebances of his RESTORATION. “18 would be quite well,” he sald, “if {t were pub- ely understood that I never tntend to remount the throne on the strength ofa military pronunclamento, by the ald of the soldiery just as little as by that of Prassia, Iam the sole sovereign who - governs next by the graccof God by the will of the people, and I shall never be unfaithful to the origin of either. ‘The whole people which has four times approved of my clection must recall me by its deliberate votes, else I shall never retarn to France. The army pos sesses no more right to place me on the throne than bad the lawyers or loaiers to push me from it. ‘The French people whose sover I am has the soie decision.” In the farther conrse of the conversation the Emperor spoke very highly of an article cou- In Count Biswarck’s organ, the Nord- deutsche Allgemeine Zevung, of the 9th Instant, re- —— the de facto aa de jure authority in nee, and called it weil written—"ives sensd e ares adroit.” TAL FRENCH OFFICERS OPPOSED TO NAPOLEON, Yesterday, at the occasion of mentioning to bim ‘the protest of some French oflicers wid, in the 7ndeé= pendance Belge, publish a declaration against the fe-establishinent of the Bonaparte dynasty, the Emperor related that shortiy afier the plevisette of May, 1870, the Minister of War showed him @ Ist eontaining the names of several hundred oMicers who secretly—and some jew almost oveply—had engaged in agitations favorable to the Orleans Gynasty, The Minister wished to krow what to do fu the case. Napoleon, jooking over the tist, called the Minister's attention to tie fact that nearly all on it were leutenants, but few captains, and barely a her officer, He then banded hun the copy ot a bier Written in the r 1859 or 1860, by the Duke @’Aumale, wherein be counctls all adherents of the Orteanists to fend their sons aid the sous of their friends to St Cyr. Being asked aguin by the Minister, some time afterward, What steps should be taken, the Emperor repiled, “None whatever.” ‘*fhus,’’ said Napoleon, “these officers Who publish that protest do not deserve to Captive—Health—He ios . Captain Monchez rides in the rather quaint ai ade peculiar to @ Frenchman outside @ Dui is not at all a bad cavalier, eve In all French towns where the Prassians Tbel approach a little spy-fever is to be expected. We ave not taken the epidemic at all bi iy. here, but ve had some slight traces of it. The other day, as I was prowling ‘about towards evening, I was startled by some of that abominable screeching in which @ ch crowd excels; I was inclined to dane a at ras TADLUIy. appronching mo. Pre: found the spet was 1 approact Bae’ strect @ miserable looking stavesman. “Our principal blue men are chiefly republicans, not of to-day, hut of se Gere many Lists of repdbiicans. J; however, yhere are ve distinguish three-—tho judicious and politic republi: cane, accept our existing form of Zot then isouss the qni sently rushed out of a petore “hiss wit! ee Nes or wm the | little man, heaving hunted hare, his long dreamers Of the day, for tho ean procecdy to | Il streaming behind him, his mouth mule open, address bis plea to the mode) republican party, | his eyes almost starting out of his head with ghast and, in doing he denounces the ery sha low of terror. Behind him resounded the infurial al the terrorists, who, he fount be Kap! aloof at a Almost atone bouud he was across tp road and hazards, and’ then proceeds to sketch the rival par- bolted down a small street opposite leading towards ties confronung those who desire a repubucan form. the sea, Instantly ursuers burst out after him, a. Toe NAPOLEONIO PARTY, | elling crowd close ind. in such mad haste spiagh- “7 shall say but a Word of the second empire and the rong cor pane ane on nary aaal of Bonapartism. It 1s said that their servants are ee Eine tate naterel ot uaienoe truggull kicking, pee tani sa fixe ‘the post at ing, Ol e 6 poor ite victim, taking the way to the sea, I remained hind somewhat disgusted and deal splashed, but I afterwards beard tl hunted man had been deliverea by some Mobiles and had turned out to be a highly respectable character with an impediment in hts specch, which had been con- sti inte a Gernian accent by his excitable com- patriots, THE SOUS PREFET AND THE HAVRATS. ‘The spirited proclamation of M. Ramel, the sons prefet 3 been received with great iavor here, nat he has sworn to the government that the Havrais will be victorious may Spee, to some minds like probable penny, but it gratifiea tne Havrais themselves, The kiea of a Prussian occu- pation here makes them scream. The taies of Prus Sian cruelties are of enormous magnitude, but nothing has impressed them s0 much a3 THB MONEY CONTRIBUTION LEVIED ON ROUEN, Jt is monstrous, unheard of, extravagant—seven- teen millions of francs! M. Ramel suggested that Powers for chances of a reste: to speak of the vanquisned, particularly those who are Vanquished through their own iaults, I respect misfortune even when it has been deserved; bat one rithout offending either truth or propriety, say to France as regards any atterspt at imperialist resure rection, ‘The ttial has been made; you Know what toexpect, You will find therela neither glory nor wisdom, neither the services of @ strong Power nor the benefits of ilberty.’ THE LEGITONTSTS have twe considerablo and respectable forees—their rinciple itself and thelr fidelity to that principle— But these are, to-day, on; ‘ces Of «pposition and resistance, not forces of action. ‘The legitimists can hurt a gevernment already establishea, but they cannot, by themselves, establish their own govern- ent. The time of conspiracies and insurrections past for them; they can, henceforth, do nothing, except by uniuing themaclves to the national feelin; and movement, whether they relate to the iniernu! or external aifairs of the country.’ THE ORLEANISIS. «eyhoge who are called Orleauists are not a party. | they should give them seventeen million bullets 1n- The government of nis Philippe left bend it | Stead, which sentiment has become very popular in jaithiul friends, and, in the country, some good re. | the town and fs in everybody’s mouth. “Of all the in- @ignations I had seen knocking abont in France during the present crisis 1 never saw anything shriller, more demonstrative or more Intenso than the rage here about those seventeen mmiiltous, “We will not be occupied; we will not give to these blood- thirsty invaders, Iouen has vetrayed, but we will staud firm.” This is what one hears everywhere. Meanwhile the enemy 1s very near. It may-be that our Sunday hymn will be the roaring of the cannon, the shouting of tne battle, The question is, wil tho Germans perform thetr usual version of Veni, vidi, vict—I came, I cannouaded, I occupied—in these arts? For my part Il cannot think what they want Javre for, particularly; but I suppose they do, aud if they do I cannot help thinking they wall take it. become and will collections, which hove ulread: more general. Ib coutinue to become clearer anc did not, however, form or leave a party; one cannot apply that pame to the mass of men of gense and order, essentially conservative and tranquilly liberal, Who ask nothing of government Dut to maintain the laws at home and peace outside, and to give to the different interests of the nation, accordingly as they develop and in the proportion of their rightinl claima, the saiisfaction that they ask. That is not a party; ttls that immense, laborious, well-to-do population, bet discontented with its lot, which has often been called the fuste milieu (the happy medium, and whieh bc'd so Importanta place Inthe life of France, whom it 80 effictently serves both as ballast and asa source of progress. This tsaclass of population almost always too tind, too obliging, Boinetumes, fo those who, in the name of order, refuse it necdful Mberty, and, some- times, to those who in the very name of that liberty comproinise i's industrious repose,’? THE EXAMPLE OF AMERICA, “As to the necessity existing for the republican government to Identify itself with France, It cannot satisfy that need excepting by securing to France herself the means of manifesting herself to it and of influencing it by being Inflnenced through it in re- turn. From 1776 to 1783 the Congress of the United States of America on Many occasions caused Wash- ington many embarrassments, many mortifications, many perils. oes any one believe that Washingion THE ARMY OF THE LORE. Phree-Quartors of a Million of Frenchmen in Arms, The New Levios— Their Appearance — Resc!u- tion—-Spirit—The Nation Awake at Last— be charged with having turned anu-Bonaparte on eecount of ibe ill success of my arras,’* AIMS OF AN ORLEANIST CONSPIRACY. Tam also informed upon the very beat authority that for the last ten years a cougpiracy has existed with a view of flooding the French army with oil- cers Of Orleanist sympathies, A NeW ORGAN FOR THE EMPEROR. The neW Bonaparte journal in Brassels, Le Dra- u, 18 supported by funds advanced by Count beau, Who gave 800,600f. for a start, MARSHAL BAZAINE does not leave his hoase or room. He has not been seek Outside for the last ten days. Some would have it that he left on a secret mission, ‘This 1 know to bé S¢UIZzor. His Great Pamphlet on the Situa- tion in France, ‘We have before us the complete text of a very re- markable utterance of opinion from no less als- ‘nguished a publicist, orator and statesman than M. Guizot, 80 long one of the ruling and autheritative mmnids of Europe. ‘The limits of our space precinde ita reproduction tn full to-day, but, to use the Janguage of a leading French journal of December 48—the latest date of the pamphlet in ques- tion peng & ew days earlier—“the talent of M. Gnuizot has never, perhaps, been more strizingly manifested and characterized than in this little work. Tho reader finds Mt there complete, condensed, summed up with all ‘Jés eminent quaiitics, and all its deticicnetes, too. ‘The critical sketch of the situauien is superb. The eminent writer distributes to parties and t6 Individ- uals praise and blame alike with admirable impar- uality; and if he errs in some points he does so through his indulgent hamor. Age excuses while Mexplains this weakness. Republicans, legitimat- iste, Orleapists and even Bonapurtists are judged in a style that may be termed irrevocable. But M. Galzot sensibly weakens when he sug- gests the remedy to be applied to the evils that are now preying on France. The old Parliamentarian gees no rescue for ourfcountry excepting in the con- vocation of a national assembly. How could such an aasembly bo called together under acceptable conditions of free choice, and how could it, when convoked, meet and move the government? This ts what M. Guizot does not explain with saficient pre- Cision, simply contenting himself, as he does, with investing the Ide the splendid flowing garb of bis pinlogophic ie. M. Guizot may be pardoned his preference for the parliamentary régime to which he owes most of his glory; but those who have no personal cause to feel any attachment for the wordy system of goy- erpment may ask themselves whether It is not to this dissolving method that France owes most of her exietmg troubles. M. Guizot cites for the support of hts propositions the history of the formation of the United States of America, when Washington led their armies and had to struggle, at one and the same time, against the British troops and the distrust of Congress. This citation of his is iagenious, but we would ask the eminent writer to show us where there is a Wash- ington in France, in December, 1870? When we sha! have found a Washington we shall, perhaps, feel the le: repugnance to placing him under the tutelage of Congress.” ‘The above rapid aperou is a fair enough criticism of M. Guizol’s ideas, aud may serve as a sketchy i- dex the pampuilet of which we can cite only a few passages to-day. It is plain enongh, however, that the critic himself prefers a dictatorship to an Assembly. . M. Guizot address “the Members of the Govern- meent of National Defeucc" in France, and earnestly complimenta them not only for refusing to despair of thelr country, but for the noble efforts that they have made to reacue her from the invader and to save her from anarchy. “Yon have sustained the war,” he says, ‘without appealing to revolutionary passions, and while showing yourzelves friends of peace, previded it were neitier @ shameful nur a vain one, you have reantmated the living furces of the couniry and reorganized armies which have already shown themselves effective. Considering together all the facts and diMculties of your situa. tion you have conducted yourselves like men of heart and good citizens,” This much admitted, the writer reminds those whom be addresses that France, aiter all, her houor saved, desires peace, and that the boon cannot be obtained on @ solld basis without a complete effective government td treat with We enemy. He then regrets the incomplete, provisional aspect presented by the existence of two governing cel one at Paris and the other at Tours (now at Bordeaux). He rebuses certain coucessions to ultra parties on the one hand and on the other, and ‘ands only safety from all these contradictions iba NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. “Sach an lara pe he adds, ‘‘could alone, by ita discussions and decisions, realize and cover the bility of the depositaries of power, and, at the same tiie, give the government the wniry, the faicrum and the strength at ail points which it uires.”? He must notin our day, as wos dene in other ages, week merely to appeal to the ideas and the passions of ai aig Ooo strongly pronounced and Well known; the objcct in view 1s no longer to eet Catholics and Protestants, the whites and the blacks by the ears. The questions and arrange- meats before us are far more complicated and doubt- ful. We have to enlighten and shape public opinion as yet deficiently instructed; we have incessantly to sostain and direct sentiment, inciped ever songht to elude, to indetinitely ad- journ the presence and the action of Con- gress? He, too, had a war to maintam and an army to create, bat at the sime time he had the repnbiican heart and a politic mind; he ‘was convinced that a free government and its gene- Tal, @ free people and its army, essentially require to be well acquainted wi b and to be mutually Inter- penetrated by each other. From bts camp be was obliged not only to Lucessantly solicit, but to suggest measures, to indicate to Congress what ne hunself had to do in or to accomplish nis work so that it, the ribad He and the army, should not be but a vain word. His letters were readin open session and became the text of its deliberations, “France has yo Washington as yet, and she 1s less preeeres than the United States for arepublic; but he proceedings Of the American Congress and of its generalin their relations with each other have nothing in them that is not natural and applicable to other countries in lice circumstances.” Here we are compelled to suspend our hurried translation, merely adding the poemonat which M, Guizot appends under date of December 8, appar- ently in amet good hgmor:— ie praised! | Patriotto ho have not been deceived, Patriotic efforts have not been in vain, Nation and army, citizens, generals and soldiers are doing their duty. France is rising to her feet, and begins again to conquer. May she ursie, may she accomplish her work. And after wing, by her own exertions, saved hersclf, may she hikewise govern herself by and through herseif alone. With the help of God, she will at the same time recover glory, liberty and peace."? EXCITEMENT AT HAVBE. The Military—Revictualling of Parie- Bourbaki to Make the Attempt—H:w It ia to be Acconiplish: Tours, Dee. 5, 1870, Sixty thousand men have gone through this city within the three days past. They move trom here to Orleans and thence are sent forward to reinforce the Army of the Loire in its operations against Prince Frederick Charies, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg and Genera! Von der Tavn. Ordinary travel is ens tirely suspended in every direction from this centre, in order that the government may devote to the transportation of troops all the resources of the dif ferent lines, From the west and south there is for the moment no travel into Tours or ont of it because of the coming this way of the seidiers, and to the north and east quite as little because of the urgent hurrying forward to the scene of active operations of the men that so many arriving trains accumulate here. REINFORCEYENTS. The soldiers thus constantly coming and going are brought from the different camps of instruction, in which, during the past few montis, they have been exercised in dally drill and instructed in the ordi- nary military manceuvres. They present the general aspect of similar regiments the world over—an ap- pearance made familiar to the American people by the marching regiments of 1861, 62 and '63. As A rule, the meu here are rather under the size of the men seen in the American regiinents, but they are large enough, and have THE PRACTICAL LOOK OF SOLDIFRS who have got past the gold lace and gilt gingerbread stage of military existence, ‘They are all well uni- formed and well shod; are supplied with good knap- sacks and shelter tents, and with either Chassepéts or Remington rifles, Remington rises seem to pre- dominate. As the weather is now quite cold here it would have been @ eomfortable sight to have seen every one of these good fellows in a stout overcoat. Some had a sort of loose blanket cloak, with a hood—a garment offering jess protection and giving more embarrassment. Many were without eveo this, and these WINTER NIGHTS in the Ines are dreadiuily severe, But they fnee the chances of the weather With spilt. ‘it is no colder for me," sald ove of them, ‘than it 1s for the Prussians; besides, 1 am at home and they are not.’? Certainly the wen, asa rule, are less robust than the Gorman soldiers I have seen, This 13 doubtless due to the levy en masse, which, as it takes every- body, must take many who would bo rejected Be the surgeons in ordinary mes, But we Freac will, perhaps, more than make up for this difference by their spirit, and perhaps also by superior num- bers. The Winter campaign may kill more of these young fellows than tt will of the already hardened veteran Germans; but, then, France can now afford this difference. Her soil swarins with soldiers, and she can aord to give two oreven three for one, if there is no less extravagant way of crushing the Germaus; and she is animated with such an intense, bitter, semi-savage hate that she is ready for this sacritice. THR SPIRIT OF TUF MEN. In the presence of such a spirit, and possessing the visible evidence of the large numbers of men that fare actually under arms, and that are even already tolerably well trained soldiers, it ts scarcely possible to resist the conviction, which hes taken a firm hold of ail minds here, that the republic will save the country and push the enemy beyond the Rhine. It is plainly enough admitted, o1 course, that Paris Is the great gifficuity in the case, and ihat because of Paris thmé ts all important; and but for this dift- cee uo one could doubt of eventual French tri- ump! THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION OF MEN. For tasiance, the government here has now on hand, and more or less ft for service, not lesg than three-quarters of 2 million of men; and it bas in General de Paladines u man thoroughly competent to train them, to make them into a splendid army and to command that army. But, in order to make these troops fit to meet the Prussians, they must be still More maturely formed by the discipline that has done 80 much in moulding them aright. The situation on the Loire, therefore, seems to require that this army should not be precipitately thrust rainst the well-tried enemy; but the situation at ‘18 requires that relief shouid come soon, THE SUREST COURSE TO PURSUE. If the Army of the Loire, now practically in an in- trenched camp, should jorthwith take tho dell against the troops which won the battles of Woerth, Gravelette and Sedan, it might be seriously broken in one or more great defeats, and this would destroy the iast hope of the nation. But if it stays on the Lolre till Paris 1s compelied to surrender, this ter- rible discouragement would be, perhaps, an equally disastrous blow. THE CRISIS. Such is the diiemma that people here contemplate At this moment. ‘Ihe solution the government ap- Departure of General Briand from the City. Fears of the People--Determined to Resist— Troops Leaving — The New Commander— Chasing a Spy-Mistake-M. Ramei’s Qath—The Rouen Infliction. HAvRR, Dec. 10, 1870, Since the fall of Rouen Havre has become busier and more excited that it was ever known to be be- fore, The determination, with which we are now familiar, to resist to the uttermost—a resolve which has, unluckily, so little availed many another French clty—developed very decidediy and omphatigally here, The citizens seem to have no idea of qualilng, turn up their noses at the conduct ef Rouen, and de- clare themselves prepared for any sacrifices, ‘The appearance of the town 16 wonderfully lively, swarming with soldiers, Military music 1s con- stantly beard, spurs and swords jangle on the pave- ment, fresh troops constantly arrive. The popula- tion receive them with open arms. TBE GARRISON OF Havne. Upwards of 60,000 soldicrs are now In garrison here. The heights round the town are fortified sirongly, and it appeais that there Is no lack here of either arms or men, What the force may be which will attack Havre we do not know. There Is a foree of about 10,000 at Bolbec, we understana— that 13, within twenty miles of us—uncomfortably close quarters. All the cattle ofthe neighborhocd seem to have fled before them im here. The droves that have been arriving quite choked the streets. Wagons of corn and other provisions and familes of fugitives have also presented themselves. 1 have said that the town “is excited,” but the Intensity and universally of the exeitement 1s hardy to be described. Sometimes wid reports of vic- tory elate these people io madness. The tidings of a supposed victory of the Lolre army—of a defeat of the Prussians before Paris—spread like wildfire. People rushed out Into thy streets to hear the news, embraced, shouted, cries, and afterwards probably found out their mistake, The advance of the army to Yverot, the occupation ef Dieppe, the presence of Germans at Bolbec—one after the other depressed the moet sanguine, DEPARTURE OF GEN*RAT, BRIAND. The Havre people were much startled and troubled at the departure of General Briand with troops tor another point. He announces that he has been ap- poloted to the command of forces between Cher- bourg and Carenton. The step ovcasioned some discouragement in the town, as tne General was known and trusted. The Mayor was especially dis- turbed at the idea of his departure, “Hasten from under our house,” he said to him, on dit, “and we ues to propose has certainly a promise of success. shall think that it ts faliing.® The General | sage of the balloom post and the pigeon post assured lum this was not by any means tho | the government is in complete correspondence case; but bis orders were 8o precise that go he must, aithough he would use his own discretion about the force he withdrew frem Havre to accom- pany him. Accordingly ne went, and Captain Monchez, of the French navy, succeeds to his com- Inand. ‘The Havrais have great confidence tn this new commander, whose gallantry and devotion to the republic are ‘generally esteemed as very great. What his skil! as a commander may be remains to be proved, ‘The tewper of the troops is excelleut at present, their position is improved by their sea ackground, with men-of-war in theif rear, But one begins to despair of French successes, and, above ail, of Freuch commandera, CAPTAIN MONOHRZ. A friend of Captam Monciez—now usually called “The Captain” tn these parte—was waikiug to me the other day, and aeguring me that this officer pos- sessed all the good qualities possible for nis posi- with Paris, and thus movements of troops may be concerted; and a@ well executed coucerted move- ment, even though it mtght not actually compel the Germans to raise. the e, might cut the investing line and make It possible to send In 2,000 or 3,000 Wagons and 60,000 cattle before the auaconda gathered his coils again around the victim, BOURBAKI’S COMMAND AND ITS AIM. That such @ plan is on toot may not he news by the tme this letter reaches you, General Bourbakl has been put in command of a force that ts forming independently of the Army of the Loire, charged es- pecially with the duty of revictualli val Al. ready on immense accumulation of cattle and other stores have been made and put in places ready for a run into the veleagured city. At the right moment the Army ofthe Lolre and the Army of Paris wiil push with the greatest euergy toward ove another at a designated point, and i they succeed im tion, He was “brave as only a Frenchman could } doubling up any portion of the Prussian lines Bour- be,” but he bad a cool head and plenty ; baki will run in lis suppiles, Should the Prussians of judgment. | saw him two days ayo | evensubs2qnently revake their position the supplies sat edton, from Garae Mopile opposite the Hotel ce | will give Ue for operations that may accomplish Valle. and he weemed to call forth the soldieriy | more to faint | skill In @ very ae ner. Some of the tt a Le have now Wre Harfleur and Mon- wai le Botrtia, ot them march tow iy ex thas the goverament of the country and, singing as egg ge in Mon- uentiy, the paynonce: ofa Brsonal assembly chez le ay pone ith the tlemen— forms one condition indispensable success.” | possessing, aa @ agreeable free end easy ‘The writer then urgently asks why “the National | manners which Ke erally expeets more irom a Defence” will not acce| conclusion, even while | naval by military commander. He is & wonder. he scouts at the idea Ws mo- | ful man peng oP ony and late, amd almost ve to their refusal. Aud here to ggome to be Lik ens’ tive, “4 oll manner citate Changarnier upon his defencé of General at once.” Happen to take @ strol) at seme ne against the charge of treason tn neh ey late, and be canine aap ing Metz. He thon passes on to Parties in rere aie does Bot ae at . “OpRe REPUTE °. expects trom @ sailor, eually 1a now Our peat.) 3 a Ie the venerable ae ee ignowinious level with a tailor ia this NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DEUEMBER 30, 1870, “DANGER TO FRANCE. Blighting Influence of Politicians in Their’ Interference With the Army. Tho Defeat of the Army of the Loire—Paladines Blamed—Wild Outory for His Executioa— Gambotta’s Meddling— Why the Army Was Beaten—Political Enginecring—Results. Tours, Dec. 6, 1870, On Monday the anthorities here were on the verge of panic, and people were excited so far that a “demonstration” was looked for from moment to moment ; that ts to say, it was looked for by that very large number of persons assembled here who are most at home in Paris and who seenied to have forgotten that the people of Tours are not exactly as the people of the now beleaguered capital. GROUPS WERB GATHERED IN THE STREETS discussing the alarming news, which seemed to in- volve nothing less than the destruction of the Army of the Loire and the advance of the Prussians down the right bank of the river, People of course dis- cussed such news with more or leas excitement, and atthe end of their discussions arrived at no other conclusion than that of cursing loudly, deeply and indiscriminately, any one and every one whom they could by any fight of fancy hold responsible for the disaster, M. Gambetta came in for the greater part of the denunciation, as the man whoae name was mostknown, apd even d@’Aurelfe de Paladines was not without bis share, ALARM AT TZ DEFEAT OF TR ARMY. Perhaps the apprehensions of the people from the consequences of the defeat wore not greater than were at one Moment those of certain members of the government. It is not geverally known, but it is true, that the orders were actually written and made out in due form! decreeing the removal of tho government from this city to Bordeaux, This was on Monday. Some packing, I am assured, was done in the different departments, and trains were mad up at the station; but before the act had taken out- ward shape there was @ council of the Mimstry and it was determined to stay, M. Gambetta overruling to this effect all opposition. ANOTHER SEMI-DESPRRATE PURPOSS was abandoned in the same way, but on thts occa- sion the Secretary of War and the Interior was ine champion and supporter of the semt-desperate pur- pose. The proposition was for nothing less than he immediate trial, and, if possible, military execu- tion of d’Aurelie dé Paladine and Marte Pailieres, As the English government once shot an adimjrat “to encourage the others,’’ 80 1t was thouvht here, apparently, that the execution of the commander of Army of the Loire would restore what was lost at Lougy and balance the victory ofthe Prussians, A® T have gaid, the head of the goverument at oe mo- ment favored this course, There seems to have been almost @ moment of trenzy. M. Gambetta returned to Tours at three A. M, on Mondiy’ after nis ineffectual eifort to reach the Army of the Loire on Sunday and Sunday night, and your correspondent can testify personaliy to the dificulties surrounding that at- tempt. Physical exhaustion and great mental de- ression combined to prostrate the Minister, Frou his state of prostration he passed, at ten A. M., as it Js reported, to a state of absolute fury, in whieh was conceived the idea of executing the head of the army. Fortunately this embryotic purpose was also given up, and there remains of it, a8 also of the proposi- tion to simply REMOVE DE PALADINES FROM HIS COMMAND, only the innocent decree appointing @ committes to mquire into the causes which led to the evacuation of Orleans, Without any disposition to anticipate this commit- tee, I will here state plainly what those causes were, In the titst place there 1s—a3 you may remember there once was in the city of Washington—a,very ac- uve conflict bewveen the civil and the mailitary au- thoritics, General Paladines iutends to com- mand nis army, and the civil authorities do not altogether assent. Some days v1) M. Gambetta, without consuitation with the General, directed a military movement which with- drew a large division of men from the Army of the Loire and sent them to Le Mans, which the Prus- sians seemed tothreaten, General Paladines imme- alately resigned his command; but his resignation was not accepted. Instead, Mesers. Glats-izoin and Crémieux made a little visit to the army, ostensibly to make some public inspections, but in reality to induce the General to withdraw his resignation. He withdrew it, bus declared that in case of further interference he would resign, though it were in the middle of a battle, INTERFERENCE AND ITS BFPEC There was, however, further interferon could not rebel against it, since, im fact, he had already accepted it When he made this declaration; and it was this further interference that made neces- sary the retreat from Orleans. In the Army of the Loire there are good engineers, but they are not mill- tary engineers, and, strangely enough, do not act under orders of the roy commanders, Shey are civil engimeers, who have hitherto been attached to the Raliroad Construciion Burean of the government, aud they are preferred to the army duly through the favor of Mr. Freycinet, a sort of right-hand man te the War Department, and formerly himself # rail- road man. ‘These engineers made the entrenched camp before Orleans, and made it 1n defiance of the protestations of Palacines and Bartal. Both these soldiers declare that the position could not be held; that it could be turned on either flank, and that an army which was persistently kept in it m defiance of a turning force would be simply sacrificed ond add third to the chapter of marvellous surrenders, RESULTS. So, when the Army of the Loire suffered a reverse at Lougy, on the 2d inst., and retired upon the fortitied lines’ behind It, these Ines were part of that inde- fensible camp, and General Paladines had to choose whether he would stand and look eat measures: that would lead to the surrender of hia army or whether he would abandon Orleans, He abandoned it, of course, THE SPIRIT OF THE FR NC . [From the New York Evening Mail, Dec, 29.) The HERALD plempotennary, who has been let loose on the Continent of Europe with general in- structions to inveigle every Prime Minister, Prince, General or Cabinet Minister whom he can tato an “in- terview,” bas caught the French Mintster Delegate for Foreign Affairs, Count de Cnaudourdy, and ex- tracted from tie latter his views as to the prospects The Count, 1f he is correctly reported, does not hold out any very fattening fed of the close of tie present terrible coatest. If he repre- sents truly the sentiments of the French people the ‘war must be protracted until it will assume phases disgraceful to the civilization of Europe and dis- tressing to all humane men. The Count is reported as baying that “although there is hardly a man in France who does not la. ment the continuance of the war, there 13 scarcely any one who would allow the government to give up Frenon territory.”” He also sald:— and poor unite in the opiniun that the only thing left is tof ust Kent out the war to The bitter ends If In so doing France js tinanelally ralyod, there will, be leds for Prussia to te te ee ee Prussia ie dotormined to annex the two pro- yinces on the German borer, inhabited, by a people eutircly French and opposed to annexation. France will never sub. mit to this, It is the people and not the goverument of France who have resolved, sooner than abandon their countrymen to foreiga rule, to allow the whole country to be rutned. The Count's opinions as to the military aspects of the aituation are worth no more than those of any other tutelligent observer, and we, therefore, mase no other allusion to them than that they are hopeful in tone. All that is importaat in his statements {s the fact that thoy shows Resp Oe determination of resistance io the bitter end. We do not see ex- actly how he and his countrymen are to make this resisiance effective against the finest army that Eu- rope ever saw; butthere is no telling What resources of offence may We developed out of the depths of the despa‘r of a great people, SHOCKING AFFAIR. Brooklyn Bearing Off the Palm for Rowdy- igm—Cheking 2 Man acd Bilng OF His ’ Tongue. Abhocking crime was committed by some fiends bearing the form of men at an early hour yesterday morning In River street. It appears, from what can be learned, that a young man named Joho Hicks, who nad been attending a party in Wilhamsburg, and who may have been slightly under the influence of liquor, started for his home at an Mae! hour inthe morning. When reaching River street ~he was assaulted by three or four rowdles, whom he gays beat him inthe most violent manner, The choked him until his tongue hung out, when one oO! the flends seized it_ between his teeth and bit it off, He was fonnd by officer Spellman, of the Ninth pre- cinct, ina ahtuerane unconscious state om the side- walk in River street. From the loss of the por- tion of - his tongue he was unable to epeak clearly, When taken to the station Ges scription of the parties who assaul him, and upon this description Michael Connor, Patrick MoLaughiin and Mf eres were arrested on supicion of being the parties who com- mitted the crime. The prisoners were taken before Justice Lynch yesterday afternoon, when » charge of mayhem was preierred against them. They pleaded not guilty, ana they were then remanded to the County Jail until Hicks 1s sufticiently recov. ered to appear against them. At ten o'clock yesterday morning a fire occurred in the third story of the premises No, 770 Broadway, causing & loss of $1,000, ‘The building was occupied by Emit Hines as a restaurant, and was lisured In the Imperia) Company for $5,000 of peace, Henry Vasquez, the Alloged Murderer, is Proved To Be Insane. Medical Testimony on the Point—A Sketch of the Prisoner’s Early Life—He Falls from the Belfry of Monte Serrato Church, in Ha- vana— Hoe is Sent to the Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Isdand. ‘Tre case of the People vs, Henry Vasquez, a young Oban, charged with the murder of Josephine Weiss, by stabbing her with a kuife on tho 21st of October, 1809, at No. 99 Crosby street, was yesterday called up in the Court of Gencral Sessions, before Recorder Hackett, It will be remembered that the murdered woman Was the mistress of the prisoner, and ubat after kill- ing her he attempted to take his own life. His counsel, Mr. Anthon, stated that he wished to with- draw his plea of not gullty and to plead that the prisoner 8 now insane and not ma condition to make a rational defence. Assistant District Attorney Sullivan sald he had no objection to the plea being withdrawn, to which the People would take fssue, ‘The Recorder allowed the plea of not guilty to be withdrawn, aud the jury were sworn to try the question of the sanity or insanity of the prisoner, ‘VASQUEZ, WHEN SIX YHARS OLD, FALLS FROM A CHURCH TOWER, Mr. Anthon opened the case, and proceeded to read the deposition of an Havana physician, who attended Henry Vasquez im his youth. This gentleman de- posed that Vasquez had a delicate constitution and a nervous temperament; that in childhood, wnen six years of age, n 1849, he fel) from the belfry of a charch tp Havana, receiving severe injuries, which deprived him: of his senses; that bis life was de- spatred of, and, upon partially recovering, he suffered acute pain in the ear, which deprived him of his reasou; that in 1862 he had such & severe attack as to be compietely deprived of his reason and ATTEMPTED SUICIDE; that be was subject to mental aberrations, during which be would throw himself on tie floor, be very Violent and would make violent efforts to escape 1.01 the house, using strange language, ‘Phe testimony of other citizens of Havana. who were intimate with his family was also read, which confirmed the evidence of the medical gentiemen, ‘They stated tbat his father desired to give young Vasquez @ good education, but he could only rea and write aud was unlit for business. The deposi- tion of the futhor of the prisoner was similar to that of the other witnesses, “He stated tbat the PAROXYSMS OF INSANITY with which his son was a‘iicted lasted fifteen days, and when they were severe he Was excecdingly Vio- Jent and had to be watched by the servants in the house, He sent him to the United States in 18¢4— when he was twenty years old—for the purpose of learning the trade of a machinist, but particularity in the hope that a change of climate would be benell- Cial to bis health, MEDICAL TESTINONY. Mr. Anthon then called Dr. Gonzalez Echeverr who by mutual consent of the counsel and Dis! Attorney Garvin visited the prisoner ia the Tombs to find out his state of mind. ‘The Doctor first stated that hc knew the parties men- tioned in tie commission, and that they were very respectable citizens of Havana. He had interviews with Vasquez in Spanish at (he Tombs, and became convinced that he was not simulating. He was very much troubled, saying that they were persecut- ing him at the prison; that ghosts were constantly after him, and that Josephine and Nelile came to see him. He said that Josephine was his mlstreas, and his conversation upon every visit was very indecent and always upon obscene subjects, He complained at times or pain in the ear, from which there was a slight discharge of pus, The Doctor further stated that when he resided in Havana he learned the fact that there isan hereditary tendency to insanity on the mother’s side and that his sisterts very eccentric. In his opinion Vaequez was subject to paroxysms of Insanity; that his in- vellectual faculties were rot much developed; that he was suffering from syphilis, and that he consid- ere’ lim insane at the present time and incapable of making a rational defence. There was no summing up by the counsel on either side, and after a brief cnarge by the Recorder the jury rendered a verdict that Vasquez was insane, The Hecorder directed the clerk to make out an order remanding bin to the Insane Asyluin at Black- wWell’s Island. NEW YORK CITY. ‘The folowing record will show tho changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding Gay of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Mudnut’s Phar- macy, HERALD an corner of Ann street:— 1870. 1869. 1970, 25 450 29 24 OPM. 430 23 26 «OPM. 410 16 27 12P.M. -) 14 Average temperature yesterday...... - Average temperaturé for corresponding date last year......++ Erastus Brooks will lecture to-night on “Our Early American Inventors,” before the William M. Tweed Cind of the Eighteenth ward, at No, 295 Third avenne. Postmaster Jones, of this city, has received in- structions irom Washington to increase the rent of the boxes in the office here to $16 # year, to take effect on and after January 1, 1871. This increase 1s ordered to meet the expenses of the box depart- meat in the ofiice, Arrangements have now been completed for the grand dedication services at St. Aun’s church, in East Twelfth street, on Sunday next. Tho sermon will be preached by the Most Reverend Arehbishop McCloskey, while,the solemo high mass will be sang by Very Nev. Wililam Starrs, V. G.; Rev. R. L. Burt- sell, D. D., acting ag deacon; Rev. J. A. Keogh, sub- deacon: Rev. Francis MeInerny, Master of the Cere- monies, and Rey. W. ©, Pooie, Assistant, ‘The deputy marshals and supervisors who failed to get thelr pay from the chiel deputies in the several Assembly districts are now belng paid at Marshal Sharpe's office. They are kept in single file, enter the oMce singly and receive their pay from Colonel Des Anges, the Grand Chief Deputy Marshal, fome of them are unable to sign areceipt for ther pay and “make their marks,”” The following gentlemen were elected datrectors of the New York and Long Isiand Bridge Company yesterday, at the ofice, No, 25 Chambers street:— John L. Brown, Henry W. Genet, George Wilkes, James M. Sweeny, Joel A. Fithian, Cornelius Corson, J.D. Cochran, William ©. Connor, John T. Vonnor, A. M. Bliss, D, L. Potter, Shepherd F, Knapp, A. W. Winans, C. R. Trafford, P. L. Tyler, Jacob M. Long, 8. 0. Walker, H. L. Livingston, H. Vandewater, J. J. Watson, G, L. Knapp. Inspectors—William LU. McCarthy, Richard A. Storrs, Giubert A. Palmer, Mr. Dexter A. Hawkins, of No. 5 West Thirty- fourth street, having at present on a visit with him tho Rev. Dr. Samuel Harris, President of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me., last evening entertained at his residence anumber of the alumni of that col- lege, as weil to honor the president of the 4ima Mater as to bring together the most prominent of the alumni} resident tn this city in order to make-ar- Tangements ior the annual dinuer, which is shortly to take place in this city. Quite a pleasant reunion was bad last One and the intention was formed of not allowing Bowdoin to be second tn the annual alumni gatherings so popular at present in thie city. ‘Two notorious river thieves were caught on Wednesday evening, by Officer MeConnell, of the Third precinct, in the act of stealing a tub of butter, va)ued at twenty dollars, from the store of John M. McUave, No. 83 Murray street. On being pursued they both showed fight, and it was only by @ liberal use of his locust that the efficer was enabled to take them to the station house. On being brought before Judge Hogan yesterday morning the prisoners gave the names of John pavetn and James Haley; but ioe Judge immediately recognizea the man. giving is mame as Thompson asa well known character named William Oourkly, who once attempted to oot his keeper while serving out aterm on the island. The other prisoner is one of the Water street ‘ His real name is Willlam Revel. He escaped m the ofiicer three times while on the way to the Tombs, Locked up. The work of taking the new census of this city ia being pushed forward as rapidly as possible. Al- ready some thirty-five or forly districts have been completed and the returns handed in to Mr. Wiliam. Masten, Chief of the Census Bureau, in the Mar- shal’s oMoce, and they show, as a rule, a@ slight in- crease over the former returns. Three or four of ‘the districts have fallen short a little, and others are within one or two of the number of the original re- turns, but the great majority of them show a@ de- cided gain. General Sharpe gives it as his opinion that the complete returns, which will be completed within thirty days, will show a@ total increase of from twenty to thirty thousand persons over the returns made during the summer and fall, Thus far the enumerator have met with little or no diil- culty in the performance of their arduous task, and itis believed that this census will be all that could Feasonably be desired, THE BUILDING MURDER. Close of the Omecial In vestigation, Testimony of the Officers of the Department off Buildings—Interesting Testimony — Ver. dict of the Jury — Nobody but the Wind and Logislature to Blame for the Calamity, The mvestigation into the cause of the failing of! the factory of Mr. Hale, in Thirty-flfth street, on the. 16th inst., by which four lives were sacrificed, was’ resumed by Coroner Keenan yesterday morning, when the following testimony was taken:— Bernard M. Sweeney, sworn—Am Inspector of Buildings In the Department of Buildings; have been so for three and @ half years; before that was mason, builder, &c.; was in that business about: twenty years; have charge of the Eighth districty heard of the building that fell about a week before it was commenced, ard had a copy of the plans; heard) that it was to be built before that, of such a size, to) be erected by J. B. Hale; heard of tt at the Building: Department about tho 12th or 16th of October, and: received the plan or a copy of it (plan shown. and identified); visited the place when they were clear< ing away the Jot, and again about three days alter! they commenced the stone work; after that; every’ second day at least; sometimes every day; they were going on eatisfactorily; my duty 1s to gee that the! law is carried out; the timber was three by twelve, except first roof timters, which were three by ten. the workmanship was good, first rate; never sup< posed ‘i TRE BUILDING WAS IN DANGER OF FALLING; there is a chance of the wind blowing over any: building in course of erectton, but did not think this more lable than one of the same height; 1t was not, more exposed than any other butidings in the dis- trict; there were three or four as much exposed ae, this; the cause of the fail was the force of the wind) upon the roof, and ralsing it, shifting it towards the; east and carrying the wails with it; i¢ might have: been shifted any way; do not think the building was’ erected too hurriedly; if the windows had been) closed it might have prevented the fall, or if the: floors had been laid tye accident would not have, occurred; don’t think that cross walls would have; prevented it; if the walls had been thicker, say four: inches, it might lave resisted more, but no’ pre: vented the fall; saw Mr. Hale after the building had been up two stories; he wanted to place beams inj the wall for the purpose of @ platform; did not give; peruussion, but referred bim to the department, and; he obtained permission, because 1t was thought thas, beams passing through the wuils wonld strengthen’ them; the beams were run through the walla, and Lb tnink they stengthened aud not weakened them, Edward 'l, Fitzpatrick, sworn—Am a& SERGEANT INSPECTOR IN VHR BUILDING DEPART- MENT; i his business is that of carpenter and joiner; was ex-; amined by the Board of American Architects;) visited the buildimg that fell aud examined the thickness of the wails, their plumbs, or straightness, | the material that was used, aud found everything excellent condition; never saw better rough walls im his life; no thought of danger ever struck bim with, reference to the building. Walter W. A » BWorh—AM i DEPUTY sv’ NDENT OV DEPARTMENT oF BUILDINGS; am amazon end builder; Mr. Tyson applied for the place about October 7th or 8th last; he inquired about the law as regarded a building of abouteighty’ feet high and twenty-five or twenty-six feet front; ‘witness called his attention to the law and showe lim a copy of it, and oifered to explain anything he wished; he then made out a paper similar ‘the! one showr and left it for examination; it ye found, to be in accordance with the laws, and witn signed a@ certificate to that effect; the department has nothing to do with tbe plan, either to approve: or disapprove of it, but merely to certify that it be or 18 not In accordance with the law; heard no more of the building until it fell; never found -any faulg with the work. JAMES M. MACGREGOR ' aworn—Am Superintendent of Buildings: under the Department of Butidings; waa Sunoinven inte) and have beld the position ever since; my business: 4s that of a house carpenter; the law requires thas: every person intending to erect a building must, submita detatied stavement of its plans, &c.5 the imspectors are changed from ono distriet 0 an- other, and act as detectives, so that there may be no clashing-and no collusion; by the system adopted, they could tell every visit the inspector made to the build! that fell; reports were made of this one, but nothing was said about its insecurity, or that’ would lead witness to suppose that everything was not going on according to law; there have been. 2,011 bulidings commenced since January ie H alterations, 1,150, Witness stated that he 4d tried to make the departiccnt efficient, but under the existing law he could not render It so ef- fective as he wished. Witness also stated that he examined the ruins of the building; he found that it had been constructed ‘ing to law; the mortar was green; he would not use mortar for such high walls, but cement; still the law, was compited with; he would not have made @ cross, wall. but used counterpois, eight incbes from the wail and two feet on the face and twenty to thirty: feet apart; the beams resting on these and anchored: would be of great strength; the roof did not wet eleven pounds to the superficial foot; votal weight, 60,952 pounds; thinks that if the walls had been. twenty mches at the foot and sixteen at the top ) would have made no difference; if the bi YJ had been enclosed it would not have falien—the floors iaid and the windows in; the ie stronger than many oth buildings in New York.) ‘The witness remarked fihat he hoped the jury) would visit lis department, and, if there was any: wiong, censure bim; but the great fault was in the: construction of the law; give him the power, if they roe! Pes properly cons.racted, to interfere and) rem ) No further evidence was offered, as it was con- sidered unnecessary, and the case was given to the; jury with a fow remarks by the Coroner, who re- ured, and, after a short absence, returned with the, following VERDICT, j The jury in the case of the ‘teath of Annie Hamil-’ ton find:— } First—Uer death was caused by th falling of the building, known, &c., owned by Mr, Hale and bulls, by Mr. C ne. ) We exonerate the owner and builder from; all blame, as said building (etal och up according ta law and built of the best materials, ’ ‘Thtrd—The law, in our opinion, ls defective, and we recommend the Legislature to so amend or revisa it asto make special provisions for all lavlatea build-\ ings. ‘Fourth-We find that the Building Departmen’ have performed thelr duties in this matter according: to law. tL QUICK TRANSIT. Another Pneumatic Solution of the Dim~ culty—De: ption of the Project. ; Another plan of mecting the crying need of a! speedier means of getting up town than 1s now, or’ evercan be, afforded by the horse cars is now on exhibition under the Madison Park Hotel and has just fairly entered the lists of competition, Its inventor, Dr. R. H. Gilvert, has been long known: as anenthuslastic believer in pneumatic power, and it of course, therefore, like its rival, “the Tunnel,” which exhibited a short thae since on Broadway, ; opposite the City Hall, proposes to utilize this form: of force. Its special distinguishing featare is that the tubes are to be laid above ground, and that thus the vast expense of “boring through the rock bed of Manhattan Island will be avotded. It is pro- posed thata charter should be granted giving the projeotors power to put up a line of double arches! along one of the avenues. Both arches sprin; from @ common base and, resting u| the edge of the carb (which of course would be adequately: will span the st | ant ne and one In the up| Bothlo. apace between the two the tubes will be deposited, a - cushion of rubber being placed between them and the iron, amd the noise of the running of the cars bet thug almost entirely absorbed. By an at yal ment of truss girders the immense th of the point arch ‘s ingeniously wi » and stability and firmness given to the work thal could “scarcely be attamed in other manner, The tudes are proposed to be mad of wood, on account of {ts superior cheapness, Smaller tubes for letters and parcels will rua par- allel to the passenger lines, and the pedestals ef the arches will serve both as gas lanips and as telegraph, poles, The motor to be employed for thé running! of the cars 1s a new comp! engine, vented by the gentleman above, and capable of drawing in larger: volumes of air, with little or no loss power from friction, than the older models. The 8, ced to be attain will, of course, vary. according to the number stations, but the inventor promises to transport NLD eth apd the whole length of the isiang An a maximum of TWENTY hl a ' and he personally believes that the timo would be little more than halt of even that short period, ) The great advantages claimed for this acheme are greater speed than is promised by anyother. and Jess danger from ranuing off the track, less ree to property holders and leas rement of tl bireets, Its estimated cost, too, is only $200,000 mile—only a sixth of the Roganaasie Scosel wae it could be constructed and finished in six month: from the date of its commencement by the 41 of July next. There can be no doubt that, even the expectations of its projectors are somewhat ae sanguine, this pian deserves careful considerw . How