The New York Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1871, Page 7

INSIDE PARIS BEFORE SURRENDER | Effect of the German Bombardment in the Streets of the Capital. AND FIRE. FLAME zens Watching the Explosions iu the Boulevards, Ci DISASTER STORIDS OF e Roaming Through the Streets and a Visit to the Ramparts. MAKE WAY 50R THE COMMUNES. Papis, Jan, 7, 1 fhe habitants of this besleged city nave for months rocked themselves in the cradle of security under the beltef that the King of Prassia would Keep his plighted word, not to bombard Parts, and that even Kiupp could not reach it wat one or more of the detached forts haa been reduced, It was with some feeling of surprise, but not of fear, that the first shell from the enemy's batteries was received by the Parisians. I have hitherto shared the opinion entertained by thousands that it was eustomary—a point of etiquette, of humanity—pardon, we will say nothing about the last consideration, for THIS WAR HAS BEEN CONDUCTED ON PRINCIPL to sammon a city to surrender before bombardment, 1m order to allow the aged, the tnfirm, the sick, the women and the poor little helpless prattling chil- dren to leave the town or be removed from harm's Way. Although a foreigner, living in a capital where political changes are rapidly effected, where empire is destroyed and republic established between breaktast and disner, I have invariably written to you without prejudice for either purty, and have, with pain, exposed the mistakes and sbortcomings of the people among whom I dwell, [t is with piea- sure I now confess that it is out of my power t use words of praise suficiently strong in favor of the attitude of the inhabitants of that portion of the city which has been bombarded, nor terms suficiently condemnatory of the outrage on civilization perpe- trated by the rrussians, Yesterday and on the pre- vious day I was unable to send you more than short despatches announcing the arrival of the PRUSSIAN PROJECTILES WITHIN OUR WALLS and the proclamations of the government. Come with me to the other side of Paris, and then form your own opinion, During the night of Wednesday the enemy leisurely bombarded the foris of Issy, Vanyres aud Montrouge. It was no; until the follow- Ing morning, alter eight o'clock, that they received @ veritable avalanche of shells; many of them, which did net burst, measured in length mineteen and foure Mts inches, and nearty eight inches m diameter. The damage done was comparatively small. The Governor passed some time in the forts, and the garrisons were in good humor. At the commence- ment of the day the Frencn fire feebie; but later the forts replied with well sustained vigor. In- dee, Prussia must have found a “hi a for her | Oliver” but hittie expected. The first of the torts | which replied was that of Vanvres, Moutrouge fol- | lowed, and shortly the cannonade became general, | Vanvres, Montrouge, Ivry, Bicetre, Iesy, Uie redoubts | of Hautes Bruyéres and Arcueil on one side biazing | away against the enemy’s positions on Fontenay, | Chaulion, Clamart and Meudon, which were yomit- ing fire in return, Afier breakfast the bastion Rum- ber 66 joimmed in the fray, as did also the bastions between Auteuil and number 75. All was smoke, FLAME AND FIRE. Several hundred persons crowded up the road be- tween Auteuil and the Pont du Jour, If was acu ous sight. At every discharge down dropped .-num- bers. Bombardment is a pastime that creates a cn- rious sensution on sensitive nerves until accustomed toit. Besides the crowd in that direction were sight-seers attracted by the noise to a dangerous spot like fies to a sugar cask. “Oh, la! la!’ said an old Woman, “what a dreaaful noise.” “Oh, clest jot, is it not?” said the rotund wife of a still rotunder | INHUMAN | | { | | j | douryeots, a8 she gazed through ler opera glass at the flashes of light. Then, of course, there was the imevil irrepressible cocofle, the regular out and out Parisian screamer, with golden hatr and rouge and black rlimed eyes, faultlessly gloved and booted with a pair of Louls XY. heels, which kept her perpeiually on tiptoe, Bui what does she care for shells? She came because she thought that there would be a crowd, She has lived long enough in Paris to know that anything extraordinary will attract the multitude, ant from Vhe multitude, whether it turns out for a wedding, @ funeral, a bombardment or any other homan misery, sne is certain to add a few more to her long list of admirers, She does not fail down like the | rest, who have read in some of the Jouraals that to do so ia the surest way to escape annihilation oy @ bursting shell, nor does she even duck her head, The former would soll her dre-s, the latter would destroy the equilibrium of that wondertul head of false hair. Both are part of her stock in trade. Then there were many idiers and street boys—thos2 who had never heard the shur-shur-shur-sharch of the shells on the pattie ded. “Ic is like the mewing of cuts,” sald one, “No; like the howling of distant dogs,” said another. “No; it resembles the lamentation of the wind on telegraph wires,” sata athird, Between their tumblings and their duck- jugs the sight-seers laughed and chatted. They were becoming accustomed to bombardment. In | fact, rather liked it than otherwise. Towards Pent du Jour the people were lively, at Montrouge more serious; equally indi ferent to danger, but deter- wined to avenge the outrage, The former were for the most part sight-seers; the latter were the in- habitants of ihe district, which we shall presently visit. THE GUNBOATS iN ADVANCE OF THE PONT DU JOUR were also attacked by the enemy, but most of the ehells fell into the Seine. Some of them, however, Cleared the Auteuil viaduct and exploded on the road to Versailles. The enemy's battery of the Bergerie, in the rear of Garces, opened tire on Mont Valérien; but the giant fort repiled so angrily | that within two hours the fire of the Prussian bat- tery was extinguished, Tne firing which had been | sustained without intermission until nightiall ¢ diminished; butat nine P. M. it was reconumenced with vivacity. According to the military report there were but nine men killed and forty wounded. Unfortunately, several civillans were killed and wounded, of which the military authorities take no account. At Pont du Jour, between the viaduct and the Porte de St. Cloud a crowd, of men, women and children had collected. Siur—shur—shurch— boum! A shell felland exploded in front of a house, No. 174, but_ no person was wounded. Witiin h a minute another fell at the distance of a few yards. There was a scramble for the pieces. ‘The bombard- ment is asuceess. We are taking to tt kindly, IN THE GRENELLY DISTRICTS. Beyond the celebrated Hotel des Invalides, with its golden dome, if you pass down the Avenue de Breteuil, you arrive at the districts of Greneile, Vaugirard and Montrouge. They are wapleasant. locaiities even in peaceful days. The neighbornood | Ville have still any patriotism they will retire, ef the anode of invalided soldiers is thronged by tho Dlue-coated old veterans, and is also thickly In- habited by priests. ‘There are alse monks and friars and convents. It ts a deadly-lively puriieu. It iooks scraped and pared, and the shops as you draw nearer to the Tamparis appear more scantily supplied. Wine shops become more frequent, The men lounge listless! With their hands in their pockets, the women poe more slatvernly and the children more dirty. Besides, the windows adorned with Imen hung out to dry and various garments to air bespeak scanty means, and tell you that you have left the fashionable world. The exterior ar. rondissements of Paris are not inviting. Those to which I now allude really have looked during the past two days more lively than usual, as Grenelle, Vaugirara and Montrouge were the first to receive the Prussian shells, the earliest of which arrived about two o'clock, Yesterday I wandered on past TUE CEMETERY OF MONT PERNASSE, and made my way to the Rue Daguerre, in whicn several shells hac fallen. It 18 @ small narrow street, anhapited by the poorer classes, here was a crowd in the neighborhood, unconscious 01 danger, examin- ing the houses which had deen sirick by the enemy’s ehelis, a8 they would have dene rains caused by a tire, She fortsin the immediate neigh- NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. borhood were stil! continuing their artillery duel with the Prossians, but neither men, women nor children @ebited the slighvest tear, ‘The inhabi- tanis of the district seemed to be proud of exhibiting Lhe ridding which their houses had suffered, AN OLD WOMAN'S STORY. ‘There, sir,” sald an_old woman in rags, pointing to a smail havitation of two stories, with a dreadial gush down the froat whicu exposed the interior, “the shell came in there, at te corner of the roof, aud passed out at that hole to the left, Nobody was Kiiled.”? Every windew in the house was shivered, as, imdeed, were all in those sur. | vounding it 1 saw a woman in the reom Uhrougik which the ;stiell had passed quwetly making her bed. "She intends to sleep there,” said ‘the ragged old lady, who lad (aken me as a stranger im the neighborhood under her wing. “In @ room at the back of the house the vivandi re of the L46th batta‘ion of the National Guard was killed, She was in bed with her husband and children; but if you go oud Lito the neXt street you Will see better.” Aud away she hurried, The siniling ola lady had afew sous’ worth of that horrid cooking grease im her hand to which 1 hive beiore alluded. It was mei ing. At the back of the louse everything in confusion, te windows smashed to atoms. In the street Were sume people carting away their bedding, us their houses were no longer habiiaple; while others, probably unable to tind a refuge elsewhere, were busily engaged th patching up tieir windows or S\opping Lenn with rays or their wretched fural- ture. any were pastliy strips of paper over ua- broken panes to save them from future coucusstons. Ab tue Window of THE POOR VIVANDIERE her military trousers, with broad red stripe, were hanging, probably placed tl by hevself when, fatigued by having been out during the whoie day With the battalion, she retired to the bed trom waicn she rose no more. Her head was split open, and death Was instantaneous, Her husband’s head and face was dreadiuily lucerated; he 1s net yei dead, The cbil.ren escaped unburt. Further onin the samo str ich Was crowded, Were signs of destruction. In the court dof one house of unusual hehe a suell had fdlen acuy im the cenke as uw by measurement, kv window in that house was shattered, 5U6 Ro more serious damage appeared to have beea done, ‘ihe inmates Were joing out of We windows talking to the crowd In the street and WACHING THE FIRING OF THE FORTS and thatoi the Prussian battenes on the heights of Chatillon, which were piainly visinle. Every win- dow was densely pa ‘kead with humaa heads of men, women aad children, who appeared to beieve In the uiter impossibility of another shell visiting tbe spot. Ta the Kue Salat Jacques, a narrow, old-iash- loned street, there is scarcely an entire paue of glass. Singuiarly enough two wine shops have been de- stroyea witnn &@ hundred yards of cach otver by two Prussian projectiles. Phe frout of ie first shop is compictely Sumsued, with the exception of te looking giasses forming the sides of tre entrance, Which remain intact, and a row ol absinthe and Spimt bottles, Which stili smile invitingiy on the sheives., ‘(he secoud shop, which forms ine corner near tO the church of the Val-d Ce, 18 COM- pletely gutied. Whether the Prussians are tectotal- ‘s aud desire to force the enemy tO simJar abstin- ence, or stray shells have Waudered on weir own untin search of alcohol, 13 difficult to deter- mine; but iu oliver streets several Wine shops have suderod. YUE FIRE ON THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS, By the marks lefion the walls it is evident that the Prussians have fired ata great elevanon, But a he coe ae and ile projectiles would have fallgy on the chyrch gid miliary puspttal of tye Val- fees Tie charch ts einareabls Shaving been erected by Aune of Austria, to thank birth of Louis XIV. ‘The dome is very handsome and executed with remarkable care, and greatiy re- senvles that of St, Peter's, at home, although on a very reduced scale. It is probable tiat the enemys ire Was not intended, as popularly believed in the neighborhood, for the Val-de-Grace, but ior the Pan- theou, Which, ob examining ihe map, appears to be in the same tne, but farther than tac Valu ce irom ihe enemy's batteries. A wounded Prussian officer, When taken to an ambulance in the neigh. borhood, some days since, expressed great alarm, aud declared ihat lis couutrymen, believing the Pantheon to have been couverted into a magazine jor powder and comoustibies, had determined to shell it. This is ceriaimly @ more charitable explana- Uon than the accusation that they had selected for atm the Vai-de-Grace, [rom the summit of which floats the ambulance flag. in some of tae hou the ghelis have visited the upper stories, which ex: hibit enormous hvles, aud have peneiuated to the cellars. THs PROPLE WERY LOITERING IN THE STREETS, uninoved by the cannons’ roar end totally regard- jess of danger, m expeetation of seeing anotuer he One shell entered the carmh with sacn force loa’, although it has been searched for vo the depta of sIX Jeet, 1b has not yet been extracted. Sucll luanting is the rage. Passing onward through tae Quarner Laun to the Jardut des Luxembourg, L sound & cousideravie crowd waiting in tae nope of eeing more explosions, Three stielis had already fallen m the garden; when taey burst the specta- tors pressed their astonishment wiih @ subdued “oni? inthe same manuer as at a dtsplay of tire. works. Prussian pyrotechnics are not considered Al. About ove in Kn of the shelis wuiei have visited us dives not explode. Several handred sight- Scers Were stavioned near the Closerie des Lilacs (Bui lter’s)— you know i, the rival of Mabille, where ad for tue | students formerly consumed on a good night 1,200 hocks of be: besides innumerable — botues of wine and spirits, where y danced for aancng’s sake in al! tie wlid exuberance ot youth, with griseties Who sed their lunbs by tar too high for moral eyes. Everytaing now is wonder- fully changed. The students’ books are closed, the griseties are Suivering with cold and hange bourg or Bavarian beer is not to be had, and the of sullier are closed until the piping umes of shail again allow debauchery to hold high CING MY STEPS TOWARDS THE RAMPARTS J fownd Uie parapets ot the rail with persous. Every availaple spot frou whi viuapse of the firing could be obtamed was occu pied. id women struggled, young woraen clam- vered and children were held alot. The caunona- ding bewween the iorts of lssy, Vanvres and Mont rouge aud eneny’s batteries on the heights of Chauilton, Clamart and Meudon was fast ana furi- ou. In the midst of all was an old market gurdener tranquilly Occupied with placing giasses over @ hotbed. It was a fine evening, and the clear blue sky Was unsullied by clouds except a few hori- zontal, pale yellow streaks, brilliantly ligiited by the jast rays of the sun, Waich Was sink ng belund the enemy's position, The hiliside and the plaln were already Visible in the shade, Which, as it grew deeper, made the Mashings of the Prussian guns more distinctly visible. i the Heavens it was culm, on the Earth a storia, ‘THE PARTISANS OF THE COMMUNE. The bombardment was an opportunity too good to be lost by ihe partisans ef the commune. Ln the hope of injuring the government they had issued a red poster, Which was profusely placarded through- ont the town. Contrary to the expectation of its compliers, it disgusted the public, and before mid- day nearly ail the posters were torn down. The gen- eral impression is that it wil be time enough to e gage in political dissension after the war shali nave termmated, and that whatever may be the faults of the Governor of Paris and the provisional government bota snould in the present emergency be supported. ‘the “red poster commences tha: Hus the governinent which on the 4th september undertook the national defence fuliilled its mission? No, We are 500,000 combatants, ana 260,000 Prussians encircie us. On Whom rests the responsibility tt not on those who govern usy They have only thought of negouation instead of casting cannon and fabricating arms. ye refused the levy en masse, they have left Bonapartists in oitlce and put republicans in prison. ‘They only decided, after two months, to act against the Prussians, on the day after the sist Oc- tober, By their slowness, their indecision, their in- tinlence, they Dave brought us to the brink of the abyss. ‘They have pot kuown how to administrate, nor to fight, when they had under hand alt the re- sources, provisions and men. They have not unde! stood that in a besieged town all who sustain t struggle in order \o save the country have the right to re e subsistence; they have foreseen nothlig; where abundance could exist they have made misery; peopie «ie of cold, as already they have nearly done of hunger; the women sutler, the ciil- dren languish and expire.” The placard then ai nounces Uiat the military direction is stilt more de- plorabie—a repetition of failures, “The government replies with threats to the reproaches of pubiic opiion. tb deciares it will maintain order—like Bonaparte before Sedan.” If the meu at the Hotel de The muntetpality or the commune, or by whatever name it may be cased, 18 the only safety for the people. Lhe reteniton of the present government in ofice 18 capitulation. Metz and Rouen have shown that capitation 18 ruin aud shame, “It is the army and tie National Guard transported prisoners to Ger- ny and deliling through the villages under the insuits of (he stranyer, commerce destroyed, Inuus- try dead, War contributions crushing Paris; this ts What wnoran treason prepares for us.’ The “ped by demanding “gratuitous ration: ALLACK C7) 18 The poltey, strategy, administra- tion of the 4th September, continuation of the em- pire are judged. MAKE WAY OK GHB PEOPLE! MAKE WAY FoR THE COMMUNR ‘The above ts sizned by 140 of the rabid class, wit h none of whoin, | tnank Providence, am Liacquainte The jourmal ine Combat aso published a lester from AM. Gustave Flourens, who, ior the goud of Paris, still resides tn the Mazas’ prison, He an- nounces ihat ali the National Guards of Metz have been conducied prisoners of War to Germany. aad that should the Prussians take Paris the Parisians Will be subjected to the same process; that Prussian oMecers and soidiers would Install themselves in the best chambers, the best beds, finding nothing good enough for them and insolently making the wives and daughters of Paris wait on them; that Bismarck bad dectared in one of his proclamations that after the capital was taken it would be tmpossible to re- victaai the cily; that (bus whiie the male mhabt- tants will be sent to break stones on the troven roads of Germany, thelr wives aud chidren will dic ot hunger in Paris; that if the government will not abdicate it wiil force the people wo extreme measures and to appoint “youn, chiefs, energetic, intelligent and devoted," under Whose direction the Prussians will be crushed in two or three days and Paris will be con- ueror, provided that the parade of war, so dear to the culo‘fes de peau, as the prisoner of Mazas desig- nates the generals, be abolished and the real war of man to mau be adopted. “For we can,” continues the writer, “place three Frenchmen against one Pruasian, altiough we have again learned by ex- perience that one Frenchman is at least equal to one Prussian. Go ahead, good chiefs—300,000 men; no more plana of Trochu or Bazaine, and we sball conquer very easily!’ It was impossible to leave these denunctations unnoticed. As I returned home afresh proclamation was being placarded on the walls, around which eager crowds had gathered. ‘The shades of evemmg rendered it diMeult to be de- ciphered; but one of the group read it aloud for the beneitt of all, TROCHU’S PROULAMATIO! TO THE CITIZENS OF PATIs—AL the m enemy redoubles his efforts at intimidation lead the entizens of Paris by (raud and calumny. lefencs they bring our. snifer Nothing will make the arms fail (rot contidence, patrlotiaun, the Governor of ap ititiate, ‘The Governor of Paria, GENERAL “Good | good! good!" exclaimed the crowd, “Those who atiempt to create disorder are traitors to their country.” ‘The partisans of the commune have proved them. selves good friends to the present government, ‘Their ravings at atime when Parts desires in ad- dition to her sufferings durlog the past three months to sned her blood without snrinking for (he good Against 8 apd our sacrif TROCK of the nation, nave strengthened the hands of government to such an extent that It has determined to stop farther attempis to excite civil war. ‘he principal authors of these unjustifiable acts have been arrested and will be tried by court martial. COURAGEOUS BEARING OF THE PROPLE, 1 was deepiy umpressed by the courageous bearing of the people. Neliier tear nor hesitation was to be observed, There was neliher singing nor shouting uor bombastic parade of patriotism, but a quict look of determination Laat spoke velumes, —‘*Yes,"” said #80n Of toll, “Prussia bas fired on our wives and children, Until now we were divided by party (eel log, but she has united us, Political trebrands must remain quiet, We have a paramount duty to perform—to avenge tie outrage, France has Jought courageously; the fortune of wa veen In favor of the enemy and the capital may be destroy- ed, but if will never capitulate, ‘This 18 no time lor regret, Paris accepts the enemy’s challenge, Her wails may be reduced to ruins, her population deci mated, but she will resist to tie last." To-day Paris stifes in her bosom all feelings caleulated to un- nerve her; hereafter she will mourn her dead. COUNCIL OF WAR HELD, ‘To-day there was a council of war, All the mem- bers of the government were present, a4 were also most of the generais of the armies in and around | Paris, The decision arrived at has not transpired, The sieges of the present war have not as yet re- sembled those of bygone days, During the last mont! preceding the fall of Sebastopol thirty-seven sorties of the garrison took place. By night and day the besiegers were harassed by the besieged, Stras- bourg fell after a few sorties haa been made and the town bombarded, without trenches having been opened or assauit attempte The surrender of Metz was still more extraordinary. When abt that place | forwarded a description of the detached forts, by which not only was the town protected but also | an intreached camp. The garrison was composed of the flower of the French army, and Mel% was con- sidered tmpregnabie. The town surrendered with- out bombardment, What will be the fate ef Paris? THE BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES WITHOUT INTER SION. The inhabitants of the quarters of the town under the enemy's fire are obliged to seek shelter elsewhere, in the empty houses or the apartinents of those whd have been frighieued away from the capital. A family acquainted with some persons residing in this house were here the mght before last. They live ku the Rue de Sevres, and expressed fear at the thought of retyrning to their home; but uluimat they did so, Yesterday morning the husband c; jo search of anew avode. He and his family nad passed the night ina cellar. ‘The house in the Rue de Sevres had been riddied with shells and several persons killed and wounded. ca BALLOONS AND CARRICR PIGEONS, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In the letter of your Bordeaux correspoudent of Vecember 31 (published in the HERALD of January 29), entitled “Balloons and Carrier Pigeons,” espe- clal mention is made of Mr. C, W. May as acting an important part in securing Gambetta’s escape from Paris. Asitis evident that your correspondent has been misinformed as to some of the facts of the | case, with your permission I desire to make the cor- rection. The subscriber, as the representative of one of the largest houses in the arms trade in this city, made the first contract for munitions of war that was made with the government of the national defence in Paris, and carried it out to the letter, leaving Paris in a balloon to ac- complish it, The part played by Mr. May, who ts a resident of Paris, and not of New York, was simply that of agent or interpreter in the pursuit of his: regular calling and acting under my directions, and notin any Way or manner as principal, as the leiter of your correspondent would unply, The balleon | was my property, pail for by me'and entirely (so | far as OWnership Was concerned) under my control, | Mr. May only accompanying me in the capacity above siated. On learning the wishes of Gainbetta 1 Was but too happy to accede any favor to the secre- tary, who very courteously requested I would do so, aithough the circumstances in the case would have | justified him in taking it oles volens. Asan Ameri- nm Tam indebted to and most heartily thank M. Gambetta and bis compatriots tor thelr kindness and the promptitnde wiih which they aided we tn my depariure from Parts, yell as the prote given ine while in the conntry; and if by thi: sunpie act of courtesy toa patrioue man, representing a great cause, [have done the republic a service I have my reward, At Amicns we again met M. Gambetta and party, and with him, at his solicitation, proceeded 0, special train to ‘Tours, on arrival at which place pre-euted, through hua, to the government my bal- I receiving his autograph leiter of thanks, Which published in the Moutreur Ogiviel of the 12th of October, aud read as follows:— Tours, 12 Octobre, 1870. strut REYNOLDS—Votre offie xenereuse me’ to surprendre, et ye vous en remercie au nom de I ot de tous des collegues, dialemeut a yous daus la republique. L. Mon sane publiq bien MBETTA, ng the above you will oblige, very re- WILLIAM W. REYNOLDS, ‘eb. 6, 1871. dy Maiden lane, pectfuil. NEW Yok OF THE Wak. The French Soldiers in the Provinces. A correspondent of the New York HERALD writing from Versailles under date of January 14, Says that “the French soldiers in the provinces are raw indeed, and have suffered many defeats. Lt ap- pears to me, when near them, that they are always big fools to come up to meet the strong Prussian veterans with whom I have been campaigning, for I feel convinced that they are going to be whipped or thrust back. Suil, they come up again and again, take their whtp- pibg, and come back infallibly at all points, and the same old points, determined not to let the Prussians rest quiet or masters on their soil, That is virtually gaining ground for France, as the method is now, according to my own personal kaoowledge, vexing and harassing the very lives and spirit out of these same sturdy Prussian veterans. Waen I am off the battiefleld, where ail the details of the struggle tell so mugh against the new levies of the republic Isee, surveying a larger circle, that they are doing the only thing and the very best thing to gain their cause buat they could possibly do, seeing that they possess ao general of genius to force the hand of fortune, ‘That is What they Bave been domg against the forces of Prince Frederick Charles; they have had thetr Beaune, their Orleans, their Beaugenucy, their Ven- dome, Savigny, Nogent, Ardenay, tloir Le Mans already, aud they will have them over again, fighting in detail and getting thrashed, and losing five, ten or twenty thousand prisoners at @ pop; but at the same time getting enured to war. At last they will end by fighting with success. But, even now, or within a few weeks, these raw levies will oumumber all the Prussians in France, or that wii be brought ito France vor recollect. the temper of the German people and the diniculties of the situation, the dls- tance and the sluggishness of the raw German re- eruit; for, whatever t be said, he cannot be ao soldier any more than the raw French peasant), and | be at least three to one of the invaders. Now, Lam firmiy convinced that three Frencumen caa make very good headway against one siugie German. The veterans of Prince Frederick Charles are iretted and worrted at the manner in whicn they are trotted out at all times of the aight and day—aud it has been going on so since the 2ova of November last, six Weeks—to march or fight, sometimes without sufll- cient clothing and always without sumicient food. Each battation is paid off every ten days m thaler notes, sent from Berlin and distributed by the quar- terimuster; but netther thaler notes nor goid can buy when there is nothing to be bought, aad occupied France las been pretty well ransacked.’ ‘The Evacuation of Dijon. General Glimer, im bis report of the evacuation of Dijon, published in ilie Carlsrahe Gazelte, states that step was decided upon in consequence of a con- siderable concentration of hostile troops at Besan gon, the entire suspension of civilian trafic on the Lyons and Besangon Ratiway, the possibility of por- tions of the Loire army vetng despatched to the east, and the probability of those forces attempting the re- lief of Geliort or ® wovement on his Nank. General Werder was accordingly directed to concentrate the Baden division on the live of Vesoul, Luxe and Montbeliard, to give up the advanced positions of Dyon and Langres, and to repel any attemps to relieve Belfort, ‘Tue march of strong hostile di- visions from Besangou toward Belfort rendered it necessary to withdraw by forced marches to Vesoul, and a route was selected by which the river Saone covered the flank inarch. “he scattered positions of the division and the unfavorable weather Increased the difficulties of the task, but it was successtuily accomplished, about seventy miles being traversed in three days. According to other reports ten or twelve officers and 400 or 600 men, wounded, were left at Dijon, but no anxiety 1s entertained on their account, the municipal Council belug well disposed, Moreover twenty “notaoies” of Dyon have been sent to Bremen as hostages for German sea captains. The town was summoned en the entry of the Germans to deposit £20,000 as security for good bemavior, but at the entreaty of the Mayor, who described the als- tressed condition of the working population, the amount was reduced to £12,000, The latter sum was returned to the Mayor by General Werder on his de- parture with a letter complimenting the inhabitants on their exemplary condych ion | OUTSIDE PARIS BEFORE SURRENDER. Looking Down on tho City from the Heights of Mentmorency. STORMY NIGHT BEFORE PARIS. At the Outposts With the Senti- nels---Approaching Danger. A NiGIITr SORTIE. L Jan, 14, 1871. There 13 something particularly frightfal in fight. ing by nlgut, Mad, { do not commit myself by saying that everyvody would like Aguting by day light, but fewer still would relish it in the dark, There are plenty af peayle T doubt noc wha would take excepilon at (this litte remark, and raak the remarker as something Nttle bolder than an arrant coward, his chair by his fire. He may be reading his paper, with his fragrant grog beside him, reposing lis slip- pered feet upon his own particular hearth, Under these ctreumstances he is quite dtsqualided for ander standing what f say, but let bim step out as far as Versuiltes one of taese ently nights and be may Mud his comprehensions quickened, Les him joia the man batteries betore, Ue roar of the cannonade in his ewrs, the cold nippiug oS hands and feet and cruelly maltreating his nose, a sense of utier emptiness griping bis—well let me express myself gently and say his tnsides; the knowledge upon bim that if be falls he will be trampled into the mnd and forzotren, that nis name will be unmentioned in the annals of the war, that all his agonies will only make him a miserable title “&c.”? in the list of losses, he will be one ot the rank and ile missing. Tan! pis! only ‘missing’ in the battalion; but oh, how missed at home! Take all this mto consideration, my friend by the fire, and own that a sortie from Paris on a winter's night 1s not the joli in the world fora man to undertake; tint, In short, an ob- jection to it does not involve that “reductis what is vulgarly termed “sunk,” wach it see: first to imply. A NIGHT SCENE BEFORE PARIS. “The bombardment was heavy and continons,” say ihe telegrams, “with their dreaaiul columns; it continued during the night.” Would you lke w sce What sort of scene that implies? Follow me in the spirit to the heights before Montmorency on the evening of January 13, 157i, (Aud let me ussure you, with all respect, Clat it is more agreeabioe to take the jeurney in the spirit than in the body just now.) Here we are in the midst of the desolation and the deso- Jated, looking down upon the doomed city. When you stand here in bright sumshiue you can distin- gush the towers of Nd fhe evening darkness has taiien drowning the distance in a great deluge of shacow, absorbine aii color trem the landscape; the last 1ow line of light has long since hiv overhead tie frosty stars are already iwinkliag, looking down {rouso faraway. They are hke the thoughts of home to many a brave heart here, bright and teadly, but with such an iunmense space vf darkuess im’ bevween. What can we sce of a3? Guly a heavier darknesa in the dark land- be. and 1 ue corner a yellow lurid glow ike the coppery SUnsel On a stormy day. There 1s alice there, how Kindied we cannot say; at the me- ment there is no tring near “us, but ta the distance there 1s still tuat heayy thunder—*no- thing but thunder’? The sound comes irom the Wesi, aud is only @ succession of Uidded dows irom Vv. 4 Hark! Now comes a boomg irom north of the city, almost beneath us. Iv is that cious La biciie, forever irying to make breaches, Weare going to have @ stormy night. In other places Dight means a ume to go Lo bed and be lortabie; here it meaus a ime [0 get np aud ve Qui vi Take the wings of the wind—the dreary, sad- voiced nigut wind that is biowing—and pass round tue town Lo Une south, What is moving taere as we | descend trom our Mil? Only a gra; senuuel, iay friend, who would chalieage you fast enoagir it you were bere in the flesh as well as in the spurt, ie passes us iooking Jake a wreath oi gray Mist, but there is “uo Light on Barth or heaven but the pale ight of stars,’ and MW you were to meet your own particular sweetheart in the imidst of the soldiers you Would hot kuew which io Kiss. Wiat 1s ue dolng nowy Happemng upon another senti- hel, may be, aud eXchanging tue civilities in the form of tobacco aud the national “wurst? (noy Me worst Ulug tuey get to eat) So we pass oa, Who comes cresping this Way, Wan and weary, through te darkness? It 18 soue poor starving ‘deserter, seeking mercy and victuals. He 1s soon chauen nd stopped. Come on, hungry deserters ar rarity; you need not stay and sce. hungry victims down there, s ‘ose home has been devoured by ming up Lo Lnplore charity of mind; come on. no ‘uere are more 2 poor peasants FIRE. The night is growing older and colder; the stars are clusiering more brightly above us. "We are at the south of the town—youder is Vort Issy, silenced, supposed Lo be only @ habitation of the dead. Close beside At are Meuden and tie German batiery at Cla- mark -AWay oa the right, as We staud tacing L-sy, joom, dark and threatening, Vanyres and Mont- rouge, With the two hostile batteries fa them, L'viay, Bourg la Reine and Chatiilon, Hark to thundering round the corner; that 13 the cannonad- ing in the bend of the..arae. Aad now the heavy guns are waking ear us—the ground shakes be- neaib our feet, With hash and roar enough for iwenty thuuderstorms out bursts the fury of We suite again, See how these ghastly flreworks throw ont tue ir Jewde douieur, instead of ayew de joie! How the balls whiz through the air, seeming to cut it ay If 10 were something buick! Everywuere Lhe night is full of death, No saout of war is heard, no command, no sound of human striving—onty the fire, only the can- non, only the Shattering shock. Awiul it is to see and hear this man-made carthquake and tempest. Who says that King Wilhelia 1s ruler herey Tuere ds anottier monarch to-night. Very busy are ie hands Wat huid tbe sceptre; Mesiiless is the head Viat wears the crown. Tue real ru is King Death. WATCHING IN THE FOG. But how 1s this’ A deeper shade of darkness is gatuering over the night; the stars are jost, even the flash of the firing can scarcely be seen, It is as if deep waters Were rising above our heads. The fog is upon us, dense and sombre; the ring slackens as tue dimness grows. Now, then, look out for squalls! A sortie is expected; the Germans are everywhere on the alert; thousands of ears trying to pierce the darkness; thousands of eager eyes ready to caicl Ube first sound of the advance, On the south of the city, between Sceaux and Villejuif, tuey are on the Jook out especially for the enemy, but none appears. On the other end, at the headquarters of the Crown Prince of Saxony, they are ull alive to-night. They have some troublesome neighbors in (he shape of Franc-tireurs, who are apt to dash out when they ar litde expected and 1ea3 Wanted. Look at this coim- pany of well-armed,steady-iooking seidiers, They are two battalions of the Queen Llzaveth reguneut, like the rest of us, Watching through the mist. A NIGHT SOKTIE, There is a great stirring now in the French lines— agreat but silent movement towards Le Bourget, Unat tne Saxons guard. Lovk out, you Queen Hliza- veth men, for they ure coming straight down upon you! Nowa considerable body of Freach troops has passed out irom Dreney, advaneing ava steady pace. Hight down they come upon the Saxon outposts, and then tre Queen’s laen sce them and the word is fire! Fierce fighting easues, the French are within a hundred yards of the enemy, and a violent mus- keury fire rattles from side to side. Still tie Kren would press forward, but the Saxon fire is deadiy. ‘The Parisians hesitate; their fire slackens; tuey retire into the more distant darkness. But they have not bid a final good nigat—it is not to rest that they have gone. Another effurc 18 to be made at once; and once more they make a rusn out of Draucy. But the Saxons are ready for thein, and tiey have to meet an enemy sheiered aud sup- ported by his batteries, Wuue they have no sueiver but the dark. They come out boldly, but (heir c rades {ail avound them, They falter asain, ovicers spring forward resoiutely, wave tiem on, implore tem to follow. ‘Their voices reso through the night; are heard above tne cannon roar, shouting “An avant! Pour Vamour de Diew en avant!’ It is in vain; the case is a aes- perate ene; the retreat has already begun, and once more they retire. in tie morni it will be discovered that they have carried off th wounded with them. ‘Then the forts oi Est Aub villiers and Roumiamville burst out upon Le Bour- get to avenge the repulse of their comrades, Bat there is another “ugly rush” trom Courueuve before the night is over, with a similar result, “What fas night to do with sleep.” asks Milton. Not much, he would haye answered, before Paris just now. When at last the firing ceases a little a band of Ouvriers come forth from Paris. Like industrious gnomes they work by night, and repair the reats in the fortresses before the dawn surprises them. Ah! weil—it is very dreary work. Should not you long for the end of the slege after many suca geormy nights? Fink IN A Yacut.—B, M. ©. Durfee's yacht Josepuine, lying at Lindsey’s wharf, Saturday, grounded at low water, and in careenumug two mat- ‘tresses slid brom berths upon the stove. The smoke issuing from the cabin was discovered by the cap tain, who was near by and prevented any iurther damage than the burning of the mattresses. Josephine 18 now ready tor sea, and only waits the opening of our river, when she clears for Barba- dos. — Providence Journal, ets be Bat the objector is propably comfortable in | Parisians, with starvation behind them and tue Ger. | ire Dame—but Not wo-mght. | thick and fast, | ed trom the sky; but | IT Ig. Religions and Materinlistic Questions of the Day—The Pope and the People for Present Existence and Henven Afterwards—Premier Gladstone's Interest on the Wane—Poilitical o8 e from Cork Belfast—Agrarian Outrage—A Wreiched Life and Death. TRELAND AS Miserable Dusiiy, Jan. 17, 1871, There can be no doubt thagthe Irish people are greatly concerned for the Pope, and that no efforts WI be spared on thety part to insure him his per- sonal safety and the restoration of his temporal dominions, There is hardly a Catholic in this coun- try—froia the highest to the lowest—who does not Delieve that this dominion will, sooner or later, re- vert to the Holy See. They say that this event may not happen anring the pontificate of Plus [X., nor in that of his successor, but that, some time or other, 1t is certein to take place. Acting on this pe- lef, which nothing can dispel trem their minds, they are, so to speak, moving heaven and earth to secure the co-operation ef tie English government in behalf of the head of thetr Church. ‘The bishops and priests, instigated, of course, by Cardinal Cullen, are the clues actors in this movement; and I must cay Qikt, Lopeles® as IC may seem, tley have suc- ied in enusting in their cause the sympathies of the whole Catholte population, Av TUR ELECTIONS. ‘The question, indeed, Las become a tost for par- liameniary honors, and no candidate for a South Ireland constituency will be returned who does | not pledge himself to do his best to secure the inde- | pendence of the Pope. IN PARLIAME ‘The question with be brought before the House ef Commons by Mr. Maguire, member of Parliament for Cork, Who is not ouly a Sincere Roman Catholic and @ personal frend of the Moly Father, but is also. the auinor of an excellent work on Rome, Mr, Jounsion MP, Bolfast, im order, as I belleve, to please the Orange section of his constituents, who are becoming Qissatisled with his liberalism, dee clared a few nb 0, ln the Ulster Hall, that, in the event of no other member doing so, he would underwke Wo guesilon Mr, Gladstone as to his letter to Mr. Dease. In that letier on the Roman ques- tion the Prime Minister sald that the English government would guarantee the independence of | but that it would not interfere as regards the unifi- | cation of people. Mr, Gladstone's letter, though well tn- tended, expressing, as it did, the honest convictiona of the frst Englishman of the day, dissatisfied all parties in Ireland, and, as I firmly believe, did more to make the Premier Uapopular among Lrish- men than any other act of bis life, The Protestants belleved that he went too far, vy the Pope as the fieaa of the Roman Catholte Chureh, | lialy and the aspirations of the Italian | 6 AUGUSTA, Queen Augusta, of Prussta, During the Progress of the War. WORDS TQ THE WOMEN OF GERMANY, Relieving the Sick and Helping the Wounded Soldiers. THE QUEEN AND THE PEOPLE, BERLIN, Jan, 16, 1871, When the gray-naired hero, who, as a youth, had bravely fought fur the Mberation of his fatheriand | from foreign rule, repudiated the anmannerly and fnsulting demands of an overbearing and seifen | dynast and a pation blinded oy self-concelt with royal dignity, aud when, acting as the representative of @ great and free nation, ue resented every inrer- ference of @ neighboring poopie im the tternat affairs of Germany, the eyes of the whole world rested on OLD KING WILLIAM, They followed hia eagerly wien he summoned the grandsons of his tormer feilow-cumbatants in the struggie for German independence to renew tho fight agalast the meddiesome hereditary foe of Ger- many, when, despite hls age, he assumed the com- mand-in-chief of the combined German armies, bore alihe many hardships aud fatigues of the cam- paign, repulsed the French forces ready for an inva. sion of German soil, defeated them in successive battier, and victoriously progressed to the very heart of France—to her capital, But comparatively little notice was taken of the sell-saerif ing, charitable labors of Queen Augusta, who irom the very moment it became evident that Franca Was bent on war, wilether there was @ reasonable pretext for it or not, made it her special duty to sea to the arrangements for those who should be wounded In defending the honor and independence of their countyy. As King William had appealed to the patriotisin of those able to bear arms, she ap- peated to those whose special oflee it 15 to tend and comfort the sick. On the 18th of July, the very day on which the French avon Of War Was re ceived here, she addressed (he following WORDS TO TH OMEN OF Gi cMAnY? | $ that every Woman is ready First of ail stance must be given Aud from this very moment until | now she has never ceased unlalteringly to labor for the wounded and the families of those who paid i on the Rhine.” while the Catholics thoucht he did pot go far | their debt to fatierlaud with their lileblued. Every enough, So between these “two stools” the Premier } day she was, wid Sul 45, occupied Wii inspecting | came to the ground. He has lost caste considerably | tue arrungeients for tie cave of our suileriag ware mong all classes of frisimen, and I have no hesi- | riors, or WIM visits to dilereat bospitals ana the | tation in the worla in ascriping it to bis unfortunate | families oO. those who ivil ia battie, pre | letier to Mr. Dease. A priest told ine that the bit- | siuiag at meetings of instiutious for wid to terest Orupgeman tn Ulster could not have written | te sick and Wounded, encouraging others to the anything wore hostile to the Pope, ids promise, | christian Work of charity and acknowledging the | guaranteeing the Independence of the head of the | have been .orendet Une care Churen, inay mead anything or nothing, and he (the | wounded wid ait Work o pre= priest) did not beneve be taken ii the matter, though some nominal effort might be made to please the Roman Catholics.’ ‘his is the language of an Irish Catholic priest on the subject. aud 1 am inclined to think that he | fuirly expressed the opinion of te vast majority ot his bretnre ‘The Protestants, however, are of a contrary opin- ion aud have passed resolutions to the effect that ihe | Boglish goverument has no riyzht whatever to busy | Viseli about the Pope or Wo take any sleps to seoure his independence. ‘Saus you see that Irish pablic opinion on thi on every other conceivable subject, is divide 1 do not exaggerate when I say that tiree-fourths of tue but sople are decidedly In favor of the restora- tion of the temporal power and the Independent sovereianty of tae Pop THE LAND QUE: Tt way surprise you ON—OUTRAGE STILL. to know that agrarian ont- haw Uhat the new Land get bas come tuto op- n, are becoming very frequent, and particu. rly 1 those districts in which the provisions of the Coercion bil are in full force. In one of my lavest munications { referred to the strong language made use of by the Lord Lieutenant in reference to the disturbed condition of the county Westmeath, A few days alter bis departure for Dublin a dread- ful murder was comzaitte in the very district through which his Excellency drove from the Kill- ucan siation to the residence of Lord Gre- ville. It appears that the Coercion act 13 vigorously enforced in that district that police are detested by the inhabitants, Tue inso- jence of some of these police o.licers in the pro- claimed dis'ricts, where their power 1s gformidable, is really intolerable, and is likely to render them as odtous iB (ie sight of Une inhabitanss as tue Prussian the | ublans are to the French p ntry. TUR VICTIMS. The viciim in the present instance was the ser- geant of the police at Kifiucan, who was found dead ou the road, with two revolvers and a hat lying be- side hin, He had five lealen bullets in his nead, As the police in that district are patroling tue roads might and Gh and 4s they have the power to stop and interrogate any person they may chance to meet, search him und, under certain circumstances, take jum Into custody, 1t i assumed that the constable in question bad made an arrest and lost his life in a struggle with his attempted prisoners, ‘Yhougn tais cannot be stnetiy called an agranman outrage 1é is certainly @ poiitical one, and people are waiting with anxiety to see whether the government will curry out the threat of the Lord Lieutenant oy resorting to a severer measure than the Coercion act to secure the maintenauce of the peace. At Moate, in the Kings county, @ respectable farmer, named Moran, when returning from mass on Snoday )ast, was fired at, but fortunately es- caped uaiurt. His wile, however, received several slugs of lead in her head, and is said to be <n a dan- gerous condition, COMPLICATIONS. Another outrage Wook place a few days ago at Lisnaskea, in the county of Fermanagh, A pre- iuminary lovestigaiion was held at the Petty Ses- sions in thattown before a bench of inagistrates into a charge preferred against a shopkeeper named Joseph Swan, for having sent a threatening letter to Mr. Johns. Murray, J. P., agent to the Eari of Erne, The letier, it is alleged, was posted at Clones, and jis represenicd to have been most denuncia‘ory of Mr. Murray as an agent, and referred to bis antecedents In a scurr! lous tone, A bailiff named Swindle was asso- cinted with Murray in this denunciation, and both were, according to the letter, deserving of bemg suot. They were warned against their pert- Jous position. ‘The handwriting was proved by several persons, and a head constable, on searchin; the prisuper’s nouse, found a Gopy,of the letter sen’ to Mr. Murray. ‘This, it is said, proves the guilt of the prisoner, and he bas beea lodged in Envisktilen Jail to await his trial, The event has created the greatest excitement throughout the country, as the accused isa man of wealth and position, a'/avorite, Lam told, with all parties, and very . sympa- thy is felt for himseli and his family. The letter also, I may say, contained the usual imege of acotiin. It i8 stated that the priseuer and the agent have not been on Iriendly terns, owing, it 18 reported, trom the former holding possession of land of which he had never been the recognized teuant. ‘A STORM BY THE NATURAL LAW. Seldom has there been a more violent storm in this country thau that which raged im tus city for turee hours en Sunday night. People say that it Was the most violeat of any siort storm witch they remembered. Vroperty, as far as [ know, has sustained little in- jury and lew lives have been lost. NE MORE UNFORTUNATE, One wretched woman, an unfortuna death under the following circumstances:—A bout Taidnight, when the storm Was at its height, this irl, Whose name was Lizzie Healy, was Walking on the banks of the Royal Canal. A man named Duty, who was going home at the time, says that a sac den blast of wind, of great force, seized the unfor- tunate creature and huried her into the canal, when she immediately disappeared. Notice was at once given of the occurrence and the poilce were d spatched vo the place; but notwithstanding their &c- \lvity the body was not recovered until yesterday. In the pecket of her dress were found a silver hunt- ing waicn and @ purse containing one shilling and sixpence. There 1s not the siigntest reason to douvt bne that the unfortunate girl Was carried ito the water by the vivience of the wind. RUNTED BOWK, tor of an Old Robbery Discov. covered. On the 25th of last November the apartments of John Brennan, on the first floor of No. 2i1 East Fortieth street, were entered by some person or per- sons at the time unknown and robved of $225 worth of wearing apparel and jewelry. The case was re- ported to Captain Clinchy, of the Twenty-first precinct, who instructed detectives Grace and Falion to investigate it thoroughiy. It was not, however, until Sunday that their suspicions against any certain person could be relied on as evi- dence, When they arrested a Pern! man named James Smith, Who, at the time of the robbery, lived in the same house with Mr. Brennan, On being ar- rested Smith confessed all and gave infermation to the officers’ which led to the recovery of all or most of the stolen property. Yesterday alternoon he was taken before Justice Bixby at the Yorkville Police Court and held ia default of baal for trial. The Ferpe General Grant has a dairy farm near St. Louls, With @ ine stock of cows. A choice lot of Alderney and Holstem catile, of vast milking capacities, to- hat any “real action would | p | the time the Que | Wuo have been couiorted by her wii ing for tie weees, BULL Aut Lae fied. THE PLOPLE REIOIOING WITH TH And tie hatlon tas om Whenever the 1 Lat suilering suidiers R QUERN. are iy The muiutuge Hocked lo the Koval faiaee and rejoiced with we Queen, Who did hat get Und of grecting tie asse Died concourse of people, Waving ver lKwudker an! being qteeted in retarn by Lo navonul hymn, Al we | w baitie of Sedan, te surre nt dd harcais or the on We NEWS O1 the ine Malon’s army an the glad tduags were fount to luv, and the Queen at short intervals appeared on ule baicouy waving her handkerchief, aud when Wie statue of euerick the Great was decorated with fags by boys Who clambered Up Ute statue she veck= to come Lo her aud gave tue some gold edericks, But L abso remeny when tue Hirst news of the V.ciury at Woerth arrived here and a Special thauksutving service was licld in te cathe- Gral, how plously We Queea kumpied herselt belore the Lord of Hosts, knecied dowmand jotned im the prayer, Wile the tears were tickling dewa ler cheeks. WORKS OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY. Mucn of the Curistian work of chacity in which the Queen speads her tine almost exclusively is done So seeredy that scarcely anybody Knows oF it. However, this much ii Knowa by everyvody, thal she is the head centre of the yvoiuutary aid bo ti wounded. roi her private pu pays an bo: pital of her own where the w receive he medical atiendance of the most emineat surgeons of the etty and are (ended by Sisters of Charity. O1 the frequent Visits Of the Queen to hospitals aad toss thal have been most severely tricd vy ie loss of dear relations, 1 have already spoken. Bui L may be permitted to speak of one case Which has come to my Knowledge particulurly. Alrs. Priech, who Ned Jost two sons 1 Me bate of Gravelotie aad was thereby deprived of the hope of her old age, was Visked bythe Queen and comlorted, while at the same time she received pecuniary assistance also in Avery delicate way, On this occasion L may add that the well kuown Wr. Kapp also presented Mrs. Frisch witu a gift from the ladies of Sacramenio Calitoruia. It i8also by the Queen's special ordur, as 1am in a position to know, that a list of the concrl- buiions that are seat us frou the United states published in the official Siaats anze ger. IN HER VISITS TO THE MANY HOSPITALS of the city her Majesty directs her inquiries aiter the Provisions mae tor the Waunded to the minutest details and Inspects everything herseii, copverses With the wounded and 1s espectally eager to Rain in- formation regarding new inveutions which are likely to prove of great servive tor the cure of the invalids, as 1 jearned from a iriend of mine who had the honor of bemg present at one of Ler Majesty's Visiis to@ private husplial he In order to ene courage Le ladies to We care of the invalids ber Majesty has distributed goid medals and crosses te those who distinguished themselves pa: tiouiariy im devoung their energies bo the Care OF the Wounded. How much is done by the acti operation of her Majesty in the work of allevia' the sufferings of those tat sacrificed tuetr healtu lor their country, directly and indirectly, by stlinulating amd encour- agiug Others to ihe same Work, Bone can righuy cal- culate, but everybody KuOWS Laat wiso throughout the war she has proved @ true laudesnitier, Or mother ol her country, and the Ddiessings of many be suowered down upon her, FIRE It WILLIAMSBURG, Tarce Stores and Dwellings Partially Dew stroyed—Loas Over $25,000. At half-past two o’clock yesterday morning a fire occurred in the three stovy frame building No, 139 Grand street, Willlamsburg, and spread rapidiy east and west, unill three siores aud dweilings were partially consumed, witu their contents, The fol- lowing is @ summary of the josses and insurauces:— No. 139—Owned by Thomas A. Devyr, and occu- pled as & liguor store ou the Lrst foor by Wiliam Dugan, @ club room on the second Noor aud a resi- deace ou the third. Mr. Devyr’s Joss 18 $3,000; in- sured for $2,000 in the Willamsburcg City, Mr. Dugan’s joss 18 $4,000; wsurcd lor $2,500 In the Phenix, of Hartiord, The occupants ot the second and third siorles lost about $1,000 worth of furni- ture aad were Uninsured, No. l4i—vobn Meyer ovcupied the first floor as 4 confectionary store, Ls iuss 18 $1,200; tusured im the Pheonix, of Brookiyn, for $1,000. William Fos- ter resided on the secund Boor, iis 1083 Was $500; no lusurance. No, 143—First Noor, occupied asa cigar store and dwelling by Martin deyer. Loss, $1,500; usured for $2,500 tu the Sterting insurance Campanr, of New York, and for $600 11 (he Greemwick Company. Mr. Charles Thompson owned both the above buildings. His loss 18 $5,000; fully covered by insurance in vari- ous Companies. No. 1s7—Owned by William Shaefer and occupied by him asa@ stove store aud dwelling. Totai loss, $11,000; fully insured in vartous companies. BitihD ThE GOUNTER, A Correction. In the arucle, “Bebind the Counter,” in ths HERALD of last Sanday, it was stated, on the au- thority of the “Clerk,” that only Arnoid, Constable & Co, aud MeCreery & Co. used their dines for the benefit of the sick in their employ, and aiso that the fines of A. T, Stewart & Co. are enormous. Jt hes since been ascertained that A. I. Stewart & Co. have always used their fines for thew sick and needy, and as to thelr fines Delng enormous, this 1s equally incorrect, as parties Wao preier to submt 10 fines in preference to periosming their duty cannot remain in their employ. CARELESS KELLY. Fatal ting Accideut in Brooklyn. On Sunday evening Thomas Colgan, about fifteen yenrs old, was acciaentally shot at the house of his parenus, No. 618 Pacific street, by @ lad named Kelly, @ neighbor. Tue lads, baal i with 3 in the house, were disc! the bdlooly deus of the mysterious fend of Willtamsburg, whe has been so busy with the kpife iu Unat region. Keily remarked that if he caugnt him in this region he'd 1x him, and pulled out @ pistol to show bow, when in handing It the weapon was accidentally discharged, and the ball, plereing Keily’s left hand, gether with a select number of Ayrshire heifers, are also On the way to the Presidential farm, and le wil son have the finest dairy ip the county. eniered the breast of Colgan, inflicting mortal wounds, Dr. Wilde was calied in and did what be could to relieve ie suilerver, DUL Qe dieu lest wig lie A