The New York Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1871, Page 5

THE WARS OF 64 AND "70, The Prussian Invasions of Denmark and France Compared. SUFFERINGS OF THE FRENCH. Barbarous Practices of the Middle Ages Revived. TOWNS AND VILLAGES RANSACKED. Points of Resemblance Between the Siege of Paris and the Siege of Dybbol. THE PRUSSIAN FLANK MOVEMENTS. COPENHAGEN, Jan. 18, 1871. To one who, like your correspondent, las seen on ‘the Danish side the war of 1864, which formed the intreduction to the recent victorious Prussian cam- paigns, it is of peculiar interest to watch and follow the developments of events in the present extensive theatre of war, and to compare the manner in which the present war is carried on wiih that which characterized THE DANISM INVASION IN 1864. ‘The points of resemblance are very numerous, and te peculiar features which have now become pa- tent to all the world of the Prussian system and its mode of working am attentive observer would al- ready have discovered as having been all present in the Danish-Prussian war, Its indeed only owing to the circumstance that Benmark 1s such @ little country, In such far-of corner of the world, and the tact that it was the first crude experiment of Herr Bismarck, that the incidents of the campaign failed to attract any general attention; but the logical con- sequences of the system which now strikes not alone France with amazement, but all the rest of the world, were im all respects fully developed in 1864, when Denmark was last invaded, and even to a certain extent aa far back as in 1848, when the German ar- mies for the first me tried to SPOIL THEIR LITTLE PEACEABLE NEIGHBORS OF SCHLESWIG AND HOLSTEIN, I believe that a more detailed proof of the above assertion May not be devoid of interest, inasmuch as it will appear that what now takes place in France is not of a meie accidental nature—the natu- ral consequence of the passionate bitterness which animates the combatants onetther side—bat that it is the very essence and spirit of the Prussian mode of warfare, - UNFORTUNATE FRANCE is astounded and indignant at the heavy requisitions levied by the Prussians on the country ; not content with the necessary provisions and forage, they de- mand that supplies of all kinds—often mere super- ‘Aulties—be rurnished by the inhabitants, who thus sufferin an intolerable degree more than the ordi- nary burdens of war, The same was the case in Denmark, not many years ago. When the enemy look possession of a town he forthwith imposed a contribution of bread, meat, forage, &c., but added frequently a requisition for cigars, wine and otter and not seldom one for such articles as cloth, drilling, sole leather, &c, MP IS A GENERAL COMPLAINT IN FRANCE that the Prussians rob the peasant of his horses, thas disabling him from tllling the soil. This pro- ceedmg was rather of frequent occurrence in Den- mark, too. Every now and then smal) detachments were detailed from the town garrisons for a regular organized horse hunting expedition. If the farmers got wind of such a raid in time they generally managed to secrete their'property, but if the Prus- Slans swept down upon them unawares they lifted the horses they wanted, without troubling them. selves whether they were private prope rty or not. FRENCH PEASANTS COMPELLED TO LABOR ON GBR- MAN EARTHWORKS. It has excited a J [riartae and deserved Indigna- tion in all parts o! @ civilized world that tue French peasants have been compelled by their con- querors to labor on earthworks constructed against ther besieged countrymen. A similar feature of lhe Prussian system prevailed in this country also, during voth tue German wars. At the siege of Frederica, in 1849, which by the by was conducted by the present famous strategist Blumenthal, then chief of staf te General Bonin, a large number of Danish peasants were ordered to work on the siege batieries. Asa consequence the gunners of the fortress abstained from firing on the German working parties, well aware of the fact of the presence among thei of a great many of their own countrymen. A similar instance occurred after the engageinent near Velle in 1864. The Germans forced everybody they could lay their hands upon, among them all the students of a neighboring col- lege, to assist throwing up earthworks and digging trenches. REVENGE ON FRENCH TOWNS AND VILLAGES. It 18 mentioned as something unheard of before that the Germansin France revenge themselves on entire towns and villages when any part of thelr troops have been annoyed in or near the place by the French. A counterpart to tis occurred in Denmark during the first war. A Hesaian squadren of hi were sur- ussars, prised and captured at the village of Norre snede by @ party of Danish dragoons. In consequence there- of the town was the next day occupied by a large hostile force, thoroughly plundered and the poor mhabitants shamefully misused. Jn 1864, when the war Was mostly centred about Alsen and Dybbol, but few surprises were attempted on_the part of the Danes, but a single descent of a Danish reconoi- tring party on the Jutish coast was avenged by the demolition of a neighboring farm. SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOR OF THE PRUSSIAN MILITARY AUTHORITINS. Our attention 1s als> called to the shameful be- havior of the Prussian military authorities, which punish by heavy pecuniary fines all French bebe where their troops have been harassed or annoye on ther march, Thus, we learn that the town of Orleans has been mulcted in the sum of 600,000 francs because a German soldier had been killed there in a street row. ‘This feature of the Prussian system 38 also not unknewn here. Randers, atown of 11,000 inhabitants, was ordered by the @erman com- munder to make up a fine ef 300,000 francs, by way of punishment for its less friendly attitude towards the invaders. The inhabitants refusing or unable to raise the sum demanded, the shops were gutted and the warehouses plundered by the German soldiers and their contents carried off te Germany. REVIVING THE BARBAROUS PRACTICES OF THE MIDDLE AGES. it is looked upon in France as a revival of the bar- barous practices of the wars of the Middle Ages, that the Germans are accustomed to seize upon the per- sons of citizens of, substance and note and send them to Gerinan prisons as hos: ‘The Prussians did exactly the same in Denmark in 1864. Onicials of high standing and the most promment citizens were sclzed upon immediately alter the occupation of a town and transported to the southward to be retained as hostages till the conclusion of the war. Even citizens who had been deficient in politeness towards thelr cenquerors were occasionally put under airest on bread and water; but this last instance was, however, among the more rare cases. JUST COMPLAINTS. Fnally the French complain that the German troops, im spite of their much vaunted disci- pline, oveasionaily evince an ill-reguiated predilec: tion for the silver spoons of thelr hosts, upon whom they are quartered. This “appropriativeness”’ Was not entirely unnoticed in Denmark. Even in the ranks of the Elizabeth Guard, a Prussian corps @elite, persons might be pointed out who were not above a little private plunder, in addition to the wore extensive operations Carried on in pur- suance of higher orders, PRUSSIAN PRACTICES. When We consider all this we rather wonder at Vhe assertion of am English journal, which states that no war jn our time. has been carried on with more humanity and more forbearance than just this Dano-Prussian war. The English journal js rignt, however, toa certain degree, and especially when we compare the Danish campaign with the atro- cious war which now devastates beautiful France, ‘The system of the Prussian mode of warfare was undoubtedly the same iu Denmark as now tp France, bat its practical execntion was dif- ferent then. The inferior subaitern authorities charged with its execution were net then hardenea rvice and experienced a certain amount of in doing what they tooked upon as unneces- ry barbarity, and ¢xXamples were not wanting of rman oficers who, when ordered out on « horse- litting raid, woule the night before ride out in the country aud secretly acquaint their former hosts with What was qo the tapis, in order to enuble them to take the necessary precautions. Even the be- havior of the common soidiers toward the native population was on the whole rather friendly, and not untrequently the Prussian Soldier would be seen to Jend a hand to their farmer bosts at harvest time and assist them in uousing thelr corn. On netther side were the passions wronght te such @ pitch as now in Frauee, A consciousness that Denmark was suflering an unprovoked wrong Was rife among the German soldiery and made thein reluctant to add to it Dy the Uterat and severe exectttion of the standing orders. PLANK MOVEMENTS. 1 have in the above made no allusiens to the atrategical teatures of the war. Butin this respect also Wany DOs Of resemblance may be discovered I NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. aa the Danish and the present war, It would secm that the French generals have onty very lately dis- covered that the strength of Prussian strategy lies in ite flank movements, We were duly impressed in Denmark at an early stage Li tat fact, and took our measures accordingly. ‘hen the Danish posi- tion at the Danneverke was atiacked in the beginning of February ij de Prussians and Austrians it was lanned that ce Frederick Carl, who commanded be rigt of the German army, was to force the passage of the river Siie at Mysunde, and, while the Aust eccupied the attention of the enemy in front, to execute a march by which he would have fallen On the rear of the Dunish army and desttoyed itentirely, ‘The Danish commander saw through the pian, and, after the first attempt on Mysunde had iniscarried, he abandened bis front position and withdrew to the flank position at Dybpol, his retro- ene movement being effectively covered by the williant check administered to the pursuing Aus- trians by the Danish rear guard at Oversac. The abandonment of the front position, upon whose de- fence so much money had been expended, was ‘ouch Jamented at the time; but, in view of the fate of Metz and Sedan, o1 now disposed to admit that General De Meza, whe then commanded the Danish army, successfully crossed the plan of the sens. by commencing his retreat while yet ie. PARALLEL SIEGE. After the position at she Danneverke had been aban- doned the flank position at Dybbol became the prin- cipal object of attack and defence. 1t was covered only by ten small carthworks, but it was held suc: cessfully for more than two months against a greatly superior enemy, aud it succumbed at last enly to areguiar siege. Tne attack on Dybbol has nota few features in common with the bombardment which now threatens to destroy the capital of the modern world, It was at Dybbol that the huge Prussian siege guns were first employed, and the amazement at thelr precision and enormous range Was then just ag great as it now seems to be in Paris. It was pardcnabie that Danish ofiicers did not believe m 1864 that even rifled Prussian twenty- four-pounders could carry thelr vali a distance of four English miles, or that they were disagreeably surp! when the first shell exploded at that dis- tance, for guns of that calibre and range were then tested for the first time fa ras but tngt the astonishment should remain unabated still in Patis, noW tn 1870, a8 it Would appear from the accounts tu the Parisian papers, 1s less pardonable, as the ex- perienoes from the Danish war ought to have re- moved poy doubt on that point. Both General ‘Trocha and the oMelal French jeurnals declare that no troops have ever been exposed to such a rain of projeoulea a8 now pours down over Paris and its circle of forts. But, though ona smaller Saale, the bombardment of the Danisn troops at Dy was carried on with equal intensity, and yet they defended their ition for weeks, under most vorable conditions, To prove tne intensity of the fire directed against Paris and surroanding forts, itis stated that the enemy expend about twenty thousand shells each twenty-four hours, and most assuredly 1t is @ prodigious amount. But the num- ber of projectiles thrown by the 118 siege guns of the Prussians inst the earthworks of Dybbol is still propoctionably greater, For while the bombard- ment of Paris 1s spread out over a length of many miles, had the Dybbol position had only a front- age of less than two Engiish miles, and yet towards the close of the siege frem five thousand to seven thousand shells burst over it daily, and on the d: upon which the final attack was made it is esti- mated that between fiiteen and twenty thousand projectiles were thrown against it during the six hours which preceded the clos assault. It is then not for the first ume that a bombardment of similar invensity as that under which Paris suffers now has taken place, nor tor tne first time that troops have borne 1t without Minching. In respect to the awfui destructive power of the heavy Prus- sian prologsiot, the Corres; nce Navas states that they have burst through the casemates of Fort Rosny, hitnerto considered bompproof, and killed or wounded the soldiers there. The same occurred in the blockhouses behind the earthworks of Dyb- bole, which also were luoked upon as impervious to all Kinds of projectiles. They were shot through and through, and the soldiers compelled to seek some kind of cover in holes they dug out in the earth from the bottom of the trenches. DYBBOL AND PARIS COMPARED. We see then that the bombardment of Paris has many points of resemblance with that of Dybboi and the town of Senderborg behind, but with thie dif- ference that the scale is 80 much greater, the stake at issue 80 much more tremendous, that public atten- tion 13 of course absorbed witn the bom ‘ardment of Paris in a degree to which the already bali forgotten siege of Dybbol could lay no ciaim, an event which yet from a military point of view was well qeserv- ing of we greatest attenuon. In Berlin, we may ve sure, its siguiticance was fully understood, and when the effect of the various guns and projectiles of the Prussian arsenal was tesied on the earthworks of Hybbol, im the presence of the whole general staff, itis not unreasonable to suppose that far-seeing sbatesinen and generals may have Jooked upon this In the light of a dress rehearsal of a drama which on a future occasion was to be enacted on a theatre of much greater magnitude and with the whole world tor spectators. CONCLUSION. Nothing of any importance has transpired im Den- mark and in the rest of Une North which would 1n- terest the general reader. The doings of the Danish Rigsaag wili hardly claim attention beyond the bor- ders of the kingdom. Ab important change in the administration of the Danish West india tsies ia contemplated, butthe committee appointed in the sdag to frame the law, under the charge of Gen- eral Raasloff, the former Danish Minister in Wash- ington, hus not yet given in its report. CUSTOM HOUSE AFFAIRS. The Warebouse War—Goods Not to Be Landed Until Forty-eight Hours After Being Enotered—Collector Murphy’s S-heme of Buying the Battery—The Kumors of His Resignation. The introduction of a ‘highly important measure, from which great advantages will accrue to the im- porters, is under the consideration of the Custom House authorities, The subject is being discussed concerning the propriety of not permitting imported goods to be sent to the general order store untl forty-eight hours after the vessel by which they arrive has been entered at the Custom House. Accoraing to the present system goods are landed and sent to the general order warehouse almost immediately alter arrival. If the measure proposed 1s to be car- ried out the importer will have one clear day to pro- cure the permits and the Jollowing aay to get his goods direct from the steamer, thus avoiding the expense and trouble which the present araangement entails. Collector Murphy also holds that there 1s no legal authority in Issuing night permits, as has been hitherto done. ‘The law requires that the goods should be discharged between sunrise and sunset, and it does not give the Collector any discretionary power on this head, except im cases of distress ur damage to vessel and cargo, THE STEAMSHIP COMPANIES WILL PROBABLY OBJECT to this arrangement, because it Would necessitate & change in their system of landing goods, and their steauicrs would have to remain a little longer in port; but, says the Collector, it will result in giving adaiuonal facilities to importers. On ihe other hand, much benetit will accure to the revenue from the fact avone of having goods discharged in broad daylight. The system of night permits 1s pernicious, Collector Murphy suggested, during an intervie’ with the President and the Secretary of the Trea- sury, that the government should acquire the Battery by purchase from the city, and erect thereon a Custom House, bonded stores aud a warehouse for unclamed goods. The genera! order business woald then be completely under the control of the government, and the preseut facilities for defraud- ing the revenue could not exist, The Secretary of the Treasury agreed to this proposition, and has promised to give the matter his fuil consideration. The rumors which have been set afloat concerning Mr. Murphy’s resignation are void of foundation, and, as the Colie:tor says, merely “tricks of his eneinies,”? who, Im spite of their persistent efforts, will not be abie to shake his position. SHOCKING SUICIDE 1Y BROOKLYN. A Mother Involuntarily Holds a Kaife While Her Son Draws His Taront Across Ii. A suicide, which is shown by the evidence to have been @ very shocking case, came to the knowledge of Coroner Jones on Friday. The Coroner was noti- fied in the usual way that a young man had com- mitted suicide at his residence in Pacific street, and that it would ve necessary for him to hold an in- quest over his remains. The Coroner visited the house in question und found the bedy of the anfortusate victim, Mr. Frederick D. Ogden, stretched across the doorway in the basement and THE FLOOR COVERED WITH BLOOD, whicn had gushed from the ghastly wound in his throat. Coroner Jones said he never saw @ more shocking spectacle. The deceased was about twenty- eight years of age and resided with Dis mother and sister, He was a very 1utellectual young man, but at times was subject .o dts of melancholy. He was the nephew or Judge dmonds, the great Spirituals ist, of New York, and who bas been engaged as counsel for him in some real estate transactions, ‘The loss of some property appeared vo affect the mind of Wie deceased to such an extent that it bee came apparent to Ris relatives and Irenas that his mind was deranged, The best physicians were summoned, anid they advised him to travel. He did so for sone montis, bulIt did pot have a beneficial effect, and he reached Nome even more melanch than when he lett it. His mother and sister deemec it advisatie to Keep all sharp tustrumenis beyond his reach. On Friday his sister requested him to get some cual from the cellar, On reaching the base- ment he found tis mother cutting some bread with a large knife, and immediately made an attempt to take it from her. She clung to it with all the strengih she possessed and screamed for assistance, Being unable to get the Kaife from her he got the blade in such @ position that he could draw his throat across 1, and did so despite her eiforts to pre- Vent him, He pressed TS THROAT UPON THE BLADE With such strength that It cut bis head half of, Tis sister, hearing (the cries of her mother, ran down stirs and raised his head up, wheo the blood spurted ever her mother and hersetf, He fell upon the floor and foundered about unui he reached the doorway, woere he stopped, and after lying a few muuments he breathed Mls las INA SHELL. Remarkable Feat of a Herald Correspondent. He Gets Inside a Shell and is Fired Into Paris. THE AIR LIN nouTts. A New Idea tor Siege Artillerists. INSIDE A SUELE, Jan, 24, 1871, In a@ few minutes I shall be dead. bits of my dissected body will be splashed against the house fronts of Paris, and the splinters of my bones will have become assistant projectiles destined to slaughter Frenchmen. At this supreme? moment but one human sentiment remains within me— pride at my uncompromising execution of my duty as your correspondert. I am going to be volun- tarlly shot away, in order to supply you with sensa- tlona! copy. { do not wink any other American special ever went so far as that; and I confidently expect that you will retain the monopoly of this sell-sacrifice. I was looking ata BOMB some five weeks ago, when the lominously udaclous idea of getting into it first occurred te ime. Bombs are now as large as the buoys otf Sandy Hook; there is lots of room inside them to stow away a thin man, only, a8 the space is irregularly distributed, a litle practice is necessary to enable one to coil up neatly. A Week’s reflection and some acrobatic exercise in my bedroom permitted me to ascertain that I could’ get my body into the necessary shape to fit the in- side of the sugar loaf; all 1 had to do was'to PUT MY ANKLES AGAINST THE BACK OF MY HEAD, and then to fold myself in four and tie myself up with my right arm. In erder to be quite certain that Icould effect it without dificulty 1 borrowed an empty shell tfom an artillery captain and had it transported to my bedside, under pretence of using half of it as a tub; the upper section I suspended by @ rope and pulley from the celling, telling my land- lady that it was the top of a shower bath. EXPERIMENTING. Having thus ingenuously prefaced the means of experimem I got in and let the cover down on me. At first It was very awkward, for I had to manceuvre rather more than a hundred weight of metal, but my deep feeling of duty to THE HERALD carried me through. I jammed my fingers several times as the flanges met, but 1 did not kill myself. This, how- ever, was not the diMculty. The real point was not TO PACK MYSELF INSIDE AN OPEN SHELL, but to get into one through the fuse hole when tt is closed and loaded. To vanquish tnis obstacie | ap- plied my entire energies, The problem was to jamp rapidly and surely through the tube of @ pencil case, 1 purchased a pencil case, I suspended it by a string avout four feet from the ground and resolute- Jy began to leap at it. Six thousand times I knocked against it and fell 1diotically on the floor; but at last, one evening at eleven, ] succeeded. 1 bounded clean through the tube and came out on the other side, From that moment all material obstucies were sup- ressed. SHE NEXT POINT WAS TO REACH A BATTERY, and there to unscrew a fuse, penetrate into the shell and wait my turn, Ditigent inquiry sausfed me that, on no possible pretext, should I be allowed to approach a battery; but the absence of perinisston, of course, offered no bar to the action of my will. My first idea was to assassinate my friend the artil- Jery captain, put on his clothes and take his place; but I discarded that plan because I was sure you would pot approve it, After examining various systems | finally adopted the simple solution of the red cross—-1 would ge out with an ambulance and trust to luck and my invenuon for the rest. FAREWELL GEFORE BEING SHOT AWAY, Having matured my propositions I imvited all my frends to dinner yesterday, not as @ farewell—for 1 kept my secret—but as 4% moral satisfaction to my- sel, Iplayed three rabbers afterwards and won some money; you will find it, with What remains of your generous remittances, in the top drawers of the secretaire in my room at Versailles; please offer it as my subscripuon to the French reijet lund, HOW I GOT INTO THE SHELL. ‘This morning early { joined a Jonanniter wagon. No one suspected me; by ten o’clock I was at Clamart. I nid myself behind @ wail till a shell cawe irom Montrouge and knocked over three men who were serving a gun a hundred yaras on my right. I rushed to them, and saw, with a hurried glance, that no one watched me, opened an artillery caisson, bounded into it, and shutthe lid down. Instantyy 1 unscrewed the per- cussion fuse of the tepmndst sheil and wriggied through the hole. 1 found it very hot inside; 1t was dificult to breathe, but my end was at last attained, I felt that I merited the confidence which you have placed in me, and drawivg from my pocket my paper, Ink and pen 1 BEGAN THIS LETTER—MY LAST. Ifmy writing should appear wo you tw be even Worse than usual let_ me ask you to consider that 1 ai scribbling rapidiy in & niost cramped posiuon; my paper is behiad my back and my pen appears to come out of my eye. But 1 am sustained glorious policy that 1 have beaten ail 1 lieagues, und that no bewspaper in the world ‘hus e ceived suchi a leue: this oue, OFF FOR PAKIS. As I wrote the preceding phrase I heard, through the fuse hole, the order giver, “Bring op ammuni- tuon to the guns.” Two urtilery men take hold of me and carry me with difficulty to the battery, where they geiilly lay me down on an embrasure, my feet towards Paris. Lat is most lively; for, by a litde shitting, by twisting my left 1 into my stomach ana pacing my spine between my teeth I am able to apply my left eye to the orifice aud t gaze atthe city wilteh I'sbak shortly heip a de- stroy. [am quite elose to the fortifications; the day 1s clear; and a8 my sight is good ana the fuse pipe counteracts my vision | can distinctly see Lhe popu- lation in the streets. 4: happy. The vext gun to n BUSINESS BEFORK DEATH. It startied me so that | dropped my inkstand be- tween my neck and my shirt collar. “At any over moment such an accident would have uanuyed me, but really it does pot matter now. J continue in pencil. Fortunately J have taken the precauuon to bring With me one envelope addressed to you all Teady, With @ request: to Whosoever picked it up In Paris, after Lam blown up, to put it into the first balloon mail. e you they Jook quite eas Just been fired. LOUKING AT PARIS BEFORE MY FALL, You sce [ have thought of everything. { look | ain ab Paris; seven old men ure playing at hope I shall not disturb their game when | am projected. Why, there is ® woman, a positive woman, walking along as if there were no siege av all. Agunner jeans upon me-of course you will understaud that | do net feel hin through my hard rind, I simply see his suade—he says to the ni to him, ‘nat’s the good of all this humbug THR BOMBARDMENS A SHAM, We are not bombarding Paris; it is alla sham to | please the newspapers al home. Where's the use of Knocking Of a foof or two once a day? That ‘won't make the place give in. I am 60 disagree- ably stiff that lam beginning to hope my turn will come soon, for if it lasts much longer | really shail be unable to go on wniuing. My right thighbone hag assumed the form of te letter &. However [ am doing my duty, and am sustained by that proud convicuon., Montrouge 1s going 10 ire at us. MY END APPROACHES. It ig the first ume I have seen a cannon pointed direcily at my face. It does not frightea me at all. There comes the shot—ali! over our heads, Bad work, my friends in front; you won't stop the Prus- gians if you shoot like that. ‘By the way, I should real- ly like to Know what your opinion will be as to thisact of mine. It is odd that [shoula grow cu- rious as my end approaches, As for myself, I think it ig smart, very smart. 1 fancy 1 detect a certain incoherence in my ideas; yes, I thought so; I have just felt my pulse with my tongue (iy left hand ts locked In betweeu my leit stonlder biade and my right knee); 247 strokes a minute; a little feveristi, you see; natural tinder the circumstances. 18 SWEET FOR ONE'S DUTY TO DIE. I hear some one say, “Bring up that shell.” Is tt me? Itis. They are lilting me. “Why, the fuse is out, you thundering ass! put in another.” T with- draw my eye and bid adieu to daylgbt. I continue to scrawl on mechanically in darkuess, feeling that your readers wili wish to Know my im- presstops up to the final moment. When my successor comes out please tell him to pay ‘eleven francs 1 owe to the washerwom 1 have just thought of it. Jt’s areadsully hot. py are loading me. I’minth® gun! { wonder whether I shall be killed when they fire, or only when I blow up—if the latter I shall have the curious sensation of tra- Velling in a shell, In that case I shail describe tt to To the last 1 am and will be your correspon- yon. dent. SPECULATING IN MY LAST HOURS. Goon. * * * [tis most disagreeable to walt in this way; that mk ts trickling down my back. What Will the Prusstans say when they find out ail this? What a good iiving | could have made at Astley’s if had come out there as the Imperial German Dis- locator. There never was & clown there who could twist himself into the position [ am in at this moment—ouly I can’t get out of It Now pray be Kind enough to fire; 1 positively ain tired out— there's my brace buttons just gone—too much strain upon it; itis not fair to braves to treat them in that way. How duil ail the other specials will be when they read this, It 1s so hot in Were; positively I twink. UP IN THE AIR AND ALL IN THE DARK. The shock was. furious, especially in the present position of my body; but Pam still alive, and 1 know by the whizz 1am making thet Jaw traveling weep air, Your readers will be glad to learn that when ‘ou are once off you do not feel it, I wish I conld see out, If} could detail the view instead of being limited vo the description of mere personal sensa- tions T could write oe interesung. AB It 13 itis very slow. 1 assure you itis not at all amusing. Even the novelty of the t hing do not compensate for ‘the want ol ligni, LOOKING OUT FOR A SOFT FALL. I wonder where | shall fall. 1f I should happen to pitch on @ soit place, and not explode, perhaps the Parisians will unpack me; If 80, shall go back to Versailles ag fast as possible and continue my ordi- nary letters, Walta day or two to see before you ship of my snecessor. I think Lam falling, and [ Jancy my shell is turning point up and bottom a least lam now ying eu thenape of my r Pa h seems to indicate that Ihave rolled over—the ink is running out agai into m: hair, that makes it certain; my shell wil come down botiom first, and, i so, Won't burst ab all; thaws the disadvantage of these German pereus- sion fuses; & true fuse blows up every hour, In an- other second | siall know, TROCHU THINKS IT A “BIG THING.” Iwas insensible for twenty minutes, out 1 puiled through, Lopened my eyes; { picked up unis letter, ‘Trochu was so struck with the grandeur of my act that be lent me ils own horse, and sent me out With a flag of truce, I have just got im here, all right; Just in time for post, ‘fhe over specials are all mad with jealousy. PROPHETIC FORESHADOWINGS, General Molike’s Speech Two Years Ago Before the German Reichstag. HIS EYE ON ALSACE AND LORRAINE, National Ideas a Vision and a Humbug. Diplomacy at Versailles Very Good, bat the Ger- man People Must Have a Voice. BERLIN, Jan. 16, 1871. Though I have been able to announce to you that another despatch of Count Bismarck is being pre- pared which will drastically prove that heretofore the enemy have never seriously entertained a wish for peace, I have as yet not been able to procure the said despatch at the Foreign Office. The regular mall time between Paris and _ here is but twenty-six hours, while now even the official tcommunications with headquarters at Versailies require generally six days in going and as many in coming. As the beginning of the end the bombardment of Paris causes great satisfaction, and the hope is univer- sally cherished that it will capitulate before tne ex- Piration of the present month. The public imterest in the oficial teiegrams, posted throughout the city on placards of scarlet color—during the war this color is prohibited for ail other Placards—has again become more lively, while the natural consequence of their frequency—numbermg already 166—had been a general indiflerence to their concents. The despatch announcing the Sedan victory was No. 39, and at that time everybody supposed that, at the highest, with despatch No, 60 the war would be ended. No wonder, then, that the people became impatient, and that bitter remarks tell from many lips when these despatches reached No. 100, Still, if we look buck to what happened alter the 4th of September, and after the proclamation of a national in lieu of a dynastic war, it would seem as if everything had to occur just as it did, Could the Germans determine otherwise than to complete the work fully? Nation against nation! If the French shrink from no sacri- tices, if they put their shoulders to the wheel and employ their utmost strength, is it not quite natural for therr opponents to do the same, and even to out do them? A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW. Two years ago ral Moltke, in a speech in the German Reichstag against reducing the military pudget, said the ideal of those who wanted to cur- ‘tail the funds could wot be realized unul a German realm in the heartof Lurope should become suM- ciently powerful to dictate peace, Itis hardly pro- bable that at that time the thought of Alsace and Lorraine had entered Count Molike’s mind. He was undoubtediy thinking of the completion of the work of 1866, and hinting at the incorporation of the South German States as the necessary guarantees for tne fature peace of Europe. Count Bismarck, and, indeed, wil the nauonal parties spoke a similar strain, and the greatest reproach upon the North German Confederation was that of having severed Germany by tie boundary of the Maine. As conflicting with the Treaty of Prague, the blunt speech of old Moltke excited even the sensitiveness of France and Austria, so that Bismarck saw iit to declare that these were only the utterances of a general, aud that no diplomatic significance was to be attached to them. Whei in the Zoll Purliament, two years ago, an address to the King was under discussion which the nationals were in favor of, while it was strongly opposed by the conservatives and parlicniarists, Deputy Van Blauckenburg, the jeader of Ue old fogies, cried out: “You uationals can never bave enouch., You have just gotten the North German Bund and now you would have tne whole of Germany, and finally demand Strasbourg, Metz and Toul.” Great noi in the Zoll hament, the nationaiscrymg, “No! no “Orde and preventing the speaker from proceeding, unul President Simson, the chairman, interfered, saying with peculiar dignity:—“1 nope that among the per- sons Whose ligtomal prochivities extend as far as Alsace «nd Lorraine the gentieman did not allude to any member of this body.” Whereupon Deputy Von Bianckenbu lied:—"*By no mean: Lhave expressly stated that I consider such national ideas a vision and humbug; heace I could not have meant funy person on this flour.” The above obviously shows that at that time no one thought of nexations on the over side uf the Khine. DOOM AT HAND, Who will contend, however, now, after this war has proceeded as it did, has caused’ such immense and paintal sacrifices, with victory constantly smiling upon tb rian arms, that they should retire without trying to obtain che spoils and s ing a slice of territory wineif, it must ve admitted, woud greatly tend to protect them against any future aggressions of the same Power? It is no mean exc of theirs that the French, in spite of continued'defeat, uave never for a mo- ment descended Irom their haughtiness and ima- ginary superjority; have never consented te argue ndilfons of peace, but nave ever been lustily ery- ing out, Wer to the «knife; not an imea of our terri- tory new a stone of Oar fortresses |”? it must seem entirely out of place to waste any more ink in speculations at a moment wien (he uluimo rato regu is bringing us so near to the crisis, Lamentations over the imminent fall of Paris will do no good to those Who walk its streets or hide in its dutidings in the forlorn hope of surety irom the exploding missiles. For humanity's sake one could almost wivh that, in order to terminate all this misery the Germans might become within the next few days masters of tne city. ANTI-LIBERAL SENTIMENT, “Our well founded jeulousy of the Folks-Zeitung has at last been quieted,” says the Zukunft, the mocrauc organ founded by Dr. Johann Jacoby. We, too, have been excluded from the barracks; we, Loo, are cousidered as poisoning the minds o! the defenders of the country.’ The calented editor, Dr. Weiss, gives a severe hit to the Minister of War by grouping together the oficial figures publisned by the posial department, showing thereby that of every one thousand men tn the field only four read a political journal, and hence the minuteness of the “demoraitzing influence’’ from their perusal ot Spponann, journals as = appre- hended by the Mintster, With the same reliable figures at hand, the Zukungt poimts at the support which was sent to tne soldiers from their frieuds athome. It amounts in money, alto- gether, to three millions, while the sums remitted by tho soldiers te thelr families in Germany amount tonine millions, which shows clearly enough the penury of the wives and children left beliind—a cire cumstance never admitted by the self-satistied, ser- vile official press. The Zukunfé announces, moreover, with great Satisiaction, that Dr. Joni dacoby fas declared his willingness te become ndidate for the next Reichstag, anc calls upon the democratic party to unite their strength for his election. BAVARIA STILL UNDECIDED. The voluminous reports from the Munich Cham- ber show’an unwavering opposition on the part of those who call themselves tne patriotic purty, who want to maintath intact the crown of Wittelsbach, who proclaim against the heavy military ¢tat, and, in a word, are not willing wo be Prussiantzed, Our diplomatists, they say, have deliberated a great deal at Versailles respecting treaties and the empire, but as for concessions to the peop!o, their rights and inbertles, these are to be found newhere. Prussia affirms that it will not employ any pressure against Bavaria, why should we be in a hurry to accept these treaties? To these arguments the nationals reply that King Ludwig himself has reached out the hand to unite the German realm—though tt is an be od secret that he did so only to gain tne Btart of the King of Saxony—that Bavaria would be completely isolated and become the laughing-stock of Enrope. As there are probably twenty and odd deputies yet te air themselves in the Chamber, the final vote may be postponed a number of days longer. The elections for the Pirst German Parlia- ment are expected to take place m the latter part of February, and whetber or not Bavaria will have decided to partictpate. Im them, the existence of the rman realm 18 manifested by the signature to State documents aimee the Ist inst, “In behalf of She German realua* THE SNOW SEASON ABROAD Travelling Through Europe in Mid- Winter. VIENNA AND VENICE Crossing the Semmering When Covered with Snow. MAXIMILIAN’S PALACE AT MIRAMAR, VENICE, Jan, 24, 1871. It has been my fate and my good fortune during the past ten days to study snow under an unusual variety of aspects, It bas been the fate, this bitter winter, of many better men, All over France men nave found to their cost that snow may be as for- midable an enemy as fire. But few have been so little influenced by the serious results of frost in increasing the diMeulties of attack and the dangers of defence, the chances of disease and the certainty of death, to be quite alive to the beautifying effects of snow. From some points of view SNOW IS SIMPLY A NUISANCE. Tt occasionally stops a ratlway train; tt generally lessens the ordinary facilities of communication; tt always converts every street into a very slough of despond, and it never remains long enough wo be of any use. In Northern Europe snow retains its clear crispness for months, even in the streets, and it quickens the cireulation of carriage traMec as much as the frost quickens the circulation of the blood. It completely changes the customs of town-dwellers, as well as the mere aspect of a town. In Dresden, for instance, where there 18 & lack of public convey- ances on wheels, and where sleighs can searecly be said to be in customary use, snow has forced the members of the American colony, who settled in the Saxon capital under the delusive idea that they would get comfortably through a pleasant, gemal winter, to see much more of each other's society than they anticipated or desired. With the suow lying three feet deep on the ground, ana com. ing down as hard as it can, tt 1s an undertaking even to cross the road, Hence the completest, if not the finest picture gallery in Europe is always deserted except by a few hard-working copyers; and it is possible to recline full length opposite the Madonna di San Sisto and gaze your dil upon the loveliest face ever painted. The theatre, for the same reason, has been all but empty. This splendid edifice, which used to dwarf the proportions even of the neighbor- Ing Zoringer, has not yet been rebuilt—i am glad to add that it is not to be restored in such dangerous ' contiguity to the pictures which can never be replaced—and a temporary wooden circus- Uke building does auty in its stead. The in- congraity of seeing artistic acting in a house that looks like a huge barn cannot fail to be amusing for afew minutes; but I defy the most in- veterate playgoer to enjoy the finest drama if he has to wrap himself up to the ears ia his fur-lined coat and beat the devil’s tattoo to Keep the frost-vite from his tovs. THE COLD IN SAXONY. At Dresden, as evervwhere else, the exceptional cold 1 the never-failing theme of conversation, and the oicers whom you choose to meet will even cease holding forth on the fact that we—i. ¢., the xons and Prussians—are now at the top of ivillzition,” to tell you with a shudder that they have had in Saxony twenty-two degrees of cold, Yet if wey were as patriotic as since they have been Prussian, these Saxons would be grateful to the frost, which has taken away the ridicule from the name they give to their prettiest district, and which has made Saxon Switzerland look a little more like the real thing. It is od, indeed, to see ON THE WAY TO PRAGUE, the peasants striking merrily aiung the broad stream of the Elbe, the boundaries of which are completely lost In the wide expanse of snow. At tte littie vil- Jages, Which generally lave a few houses on each side of the river, there is always a regular roauway, marked by small shrubs trom oue bank to the other. It is only where the narrowness of the valley in- creases the force of the stream that it is not securely frozen over, but is crowaed, lke the Khine, with masses of crashing ice, It 18 hard work to keep the smallest peephole open in the window pane of the railway carriage; but by unremitting breathing and rubbing and cleaning it is auite possible to make out the dark pine trees, just fringed witn white, standing out boldly against the liver-colored rocks, whose strange couformations constitute the peculiar beauty of Saxon Switzerland. Of a surety Prague gains vastly im beanty by the thick winter garment that now envei opes it. THE CAPITAL OF BOHEMIA. The magnificent natural advantages of the capital of Boliemia, and the barbariv splendor of tis public buildings, render it at all times one of the most pic- turesqne cities of Europe. No wonder that Queen ‘Libussa was so struck by its admirabie situation that. she established there the chief seat of her monareby. The bridge, # third of a mile in length, from which St. John of Nepomuk was harled, and which, since that pregnant event, has been Jined on both sides with colossal statues of saints and martyrs, is alone worth making a journey to Prague to see. Just uow as you emerge from the shadow of the fortified gate on to the broad bridge itself the view in front of you -Is absolutely fairy-like in 1ts dreamy grandeur, Foron the opposite side of the river the Hradsuin, the Acro- polis of Prague, rises abruptly from the bank, and the mass of palatal buildings aad green-domed churches and glittering spires and crenelated bat- Uements loom vaguely through the misty air and lovk—thelr pure white’ manties just tnged by the bright morning 6un with a roseate nue—like a eity Noating In the clouds. The view from the Hradsbin is eve , more characteristic, for the dark gronps of battlemented towers and tne green and gold roo of this Ortental-iooking city seem to be rising from a tranquil sea, The Moidau, as wide as tie East river at Fuiton ferry, 18 completely frozen over; tircles are cleared of snow for skaters, sledges ure gliding abont-and the river is dotted all over with carts laden with ice, which men steering them- selves about on raft-nke masses, are busy hewing out of the thick crust. There is no pleasure without pain, and tnere are serious aimeulties in the way of locomotion in Prague; for the wretched Bohemians, being heavily taxed by Austria, have no money to spend upon themselves. Tieir cities are, for the most part, liter- ally unsweopt; the snow in the streets is allowed to remain and freeze, and thaw and freeze again, until 4t forms @ mass of ice from one to two fees in thick- Dess, and as uneven as @ ploughed field. The autho- ritigs seem to be fully alive to the evil, for they make use of their convicts as scavangers. On the Hradshin you may see groups of gray-clad Jailbirds removing the snow from the pathways. VIENNA. All the weary Way from Prague to Vienna you pass through little else than tracts of forest; how they look in January Iam unavie to say, for the simple reason that the intense cold made it ulterly impos- sible to keep an inch of window-pane clear of ice lor a single moment. To one coming fresh from torpid Prague, Vienna looks as though Paris, with all ts superb new boulevards, lofty man- sions, elegant caulpages and well dressed woinen, dad escaped from the Prussian cjutches and setiled un der schinen blanen Dondu, beautiful still, The very sleighs. med cheerful and warm, such southern wealth of color did they bear along the crisp roadway, and the bright eyes of the crowded flaneurs gave the He to their red noses ana muffied throats. They were evidently bitterly cold, but they were as determined to make the best of it ax though they had been Frenchmen born. The tilu- Siou was carried out by the true Paris idiom that rang out on every side, im hotel and café und thea- tre, Of atrath all the Parisians out of Paris who are not in London have takea refuge in Vier he public feeling, too, seems to be entirely in their favor. This you will have gathered from the journals; but the sympathy of France and the & blue now, but - 5 | nana of winter. ‘The engineering aimentties over, come in this splendid rauway “ive jerman Tallon of Which Cost 15,000,000 lorims to construct —are faml- Har to everybody; but so few foreigners travel alon, this road in winter that its glories at tnis seaso! are Unknown, ‘The loftiest point of the pass is some thing less than a mule ta wetyit, but the way to Ith along @ series of winding paths skirting the sides o! the mountains, and sometimes traversing a valle: in such & Manner that, after a sti’ ascent of five og six hundred feet, the passenger fads himself unme« diately above a Village he ieftsome half hour be« fore. The gradient ts throughout very st wene« rally one in forty, and frosty siippery her wa oscillation and uncertain motion at the very edge of a broken, overt pice, hundreds of feet in depth, are llable to emvarras# the timid traveller, For some six days before DE crossed no tickets for Trieste were issued at Vienna,, the snow having $0 obstructed the line that it wad impassable, I found the roadway almost entireiy, cleared, though @ number of men were hard at work} pitching over into the precipices immense loads 0} snow, Occasionally, too, a troop of grim miners, black in visage and expression as In apparel, wouic start out from behind some snowy promontory, look- Ing Itke the hobgobiins who attend upon the demon) king in ® Christmas pantomime. Other stranga figures were to be seen, too, in the shape of gigantia some eight or nine feet bigh, hanging from every rocky projection—sometimes split Into the sem~ biance of misshapen arms and legs, and then looking for all the world like huge suow men, bardened anc brightened tuto transparent ice, Every now and then one caught a glimpse of a ruined castle on some deserted height, and ef two or three straggling cottages lost in the waste of white. Now the train, hurries through a gallery, of which there are fil- wen in abont five miles; now it passes across 4 double viaduct, bridging a deep valley; now it clings close to the mountain side, and now it pluugest into & tunnel of 6,000 feet in eng! ‘The variety in the character of the landscape ta literally startling. Every turn in @ road which is made up of turns offers a different kind of view. But everywhere the snow 1s the great charm, and the constant beaunfier of the grand scene. In one place it fails over the sloping ridges, as in some modern atatues the folds of alabaster drapery clothe @ marble figure; im another it sinks tnto the hollow, smother- mg all beneath it in its coid embraces; here it is broken by the dark and rocks, there tt flows out Inte an undulating stream, and here again tt is just lightly pewdered over the bI K pines as though it had fallen from a hand unwillt ‘5 to hide their delicate design. The Semmering ts « ways lovely and always grand; but it is grandess and most lovely when clothed in snow. ON TO TRIESTE. ‘The painter will be scarcely likely to pass Gratz, second only to Prague in the natural beauty of its position; and the Styrian capital has much to in- terest even the hurried traveller, ‘The remainder of the route fs full of variety until the Karst 1s reached—a desolate, stony region, so bare and bleak that even the show refuses to remain on its surface. This terrible region lasts se long that yeu begin t@ despair of its ever closing, wren suddenly you find! yourself on the summit of @ steep mountain, and) you see your iron pathway traced in zigzags until ib reaches at your feet, far below, Trieste. In we dis- tance the Julian Alps and the Enganean hills are alll covered with snow, and in the broad expanse tween lay 1ne blue waters of the tideless Adriatic, securely sleeping under the full, clear, constant gaze of an Italian sun. TRIESTE. And what do they say about the war in Trieste? Simply nothing at all, They do not speak about it, nor do they give it a thought; for, theugh Trieste 18. Austrian by law, it Is, I believe, by nature, im race, language, manners and habits, are essen- thaily Italian. Why sh about a war between Prussia? The, better classes stroll about the Campo Marzo, and the lower orders squat in the san, the women employed in sanitary investigations on the children’s heads, the men, too pobdr or too lazy even to smoke, busy in trying hard tosleep. What 1s the war to them? When they are tired of the town cannot the inbapit- ants wander up the promenade to Servola, wnere they can see tne Bay of Muggia and watch the read sun dying into the sea’ This lovely view I par- ticularly mention, becanse, though only half an hour from the centre of the town, tt is unknown to many visitors, and because the bay forms one of the finest natural harbors 1 have ever Strange to say, itis deserted ana unused, ex- seen. cept for the hnge and handsome shipbutiding work of the Austrian Or if the Triestine is in- chned to drive t ach in half an hour, having the splendid for his companion all the way, THE UTIVUL CASTLE OF MIRAMAR, erst the abode of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. Ifafter this visit he can ever indulge tn any dreams of activity he is surely no true Itahan. 1 have sech many mere sumptuous palaces than this, but none more beantifal and none that so co: pletely reflected the refined taste of an accom- plished geatieman, The castle Is new just as twas jeft by the unhappy monarch and his stil more helpless lady. The study and library both having fine views across the sea to the Istrian coast, are fitted up like the comfortable cabing Inbabited by the Archduke when on his journey round the world tn the Novard. There is nothing ostentatious or gaudy in the whole building, uniess It be in the portratts of crowned heads, conspicuous in almost every room, and in the rows of German emperors whom it was Maximilian’s ambition to equal in renown. This trait in his cha- racter comes out, I think, In an scat painted emblematic apotheosis of the House of Hapsburg, and | observed particularly that in a map of Europe which occupies the centre of the picture Mexico wag represented as one of the appanages of the imperial house. You doubtless remember the story of how Maximiltar’s first exclamation, whem he heard of the attempted assassination of his brother, was:— “Then I shall be Emperor.’’ I was surprised to bear that the banqueting hall, in which ts the picture al- luded to, is now called the Coronation Hall; but when J questioned the servant abont itl learned that the room had only borne the name since the Emperor's death. The palace is superbly placed on a promontory, commanding extensive views on every side, having a diminutive haroor of tts own and hanging gardens and avenues even now abundantly clothea with veraare, ‘The unfortunate Archduke, when engaged in the Juckless expedition where he met his fate, must often have thought Li gel of his beauti(ul home on the Adviatic, and must have longed to benold once more such @ sunset as gladdenea my eyes from ius palace at Miramar, VENICE. But we have not yet, although now in Italy, iost sight of the beautifying effects ot snow; for all'along the line of railway Which goes KA Udine and Treviso, from Trieste to Venice, we skirt the Jullan alps, which at this season rival in beauty, in their amph- tude of “pencilled valleys and shadowy deila,”” the grander mountains of Switzerland proper, As we hear Venice we see, about Mestre, boys sledging about on the shallow waters of the lagunes; and even as we enter the City of the Sea, or feel a searching iciness in the northeast wind. Bat the unsullied setting sun irradlates the golden fagade of St. Mark’s, almost as brilliant as in full summer; the female maskers ratte their belis merrily under the echo ng colonnades of the Piazza, and the thickly coming gondolas, full freighted with pleasure seek- ers, have lost all their customary funereal aspect in their covering of snow. JUDGE BARNARD INDiGNANT. How Unanspecting Men are Victimized by Sharpers—A Charge of Judicial Bribery and How It Is Met. Ways that are dark And tricks that are vain. Edward Lawrence arrived recently m_ this country, und being possessed of considerable money be was arrested, it 13 alleged, on a@ trumped up charge and lodged in jail. Of course he was anxious to secure his freedom and release from the accusation preferred against him. A man named Abraham Greenthal, who is said to bave been one of the parties imatrumeatal tn his ar- rest, called on the incarcerated and frightened emi- grant at bis quarters in Ludlow street. jail, and told him the grand open sesame was money. Mr, Law- rence, as he avers, gave Greenthal a draft on Wall street for $5,000, and the result was an order for his release and repayment to him of $1,200. “What did you pay the rest of the money for i?” asked Mr. Lawrence, “{ paid $600 each to Judges Barnard, Cardozo and Sutherland, making $1,500; I have retained $2,300 for my own services, and the remainder have givey to vou.” “It is alt right, T suppose,” said Mr. Lawrence. “All right,’ answered Mr, Greenthal. Subsequently Mr. Lawrence discovered, 80 he alleges, that be hed been the victim of a vite fraud, ‘and applied for an order of arrest from Jadge Bar- nard, sitting in Supreme Court Chambers, ‘This ap- plication was made on Friday, The order was promptly granted, and the Judge in granting it took ion to pronounce @ scathing diatrive upon vroken down lawyers of unscrupulots proclivities in thetr claims of bribing judges, and said suck chi did nor weigh @ featber’s weight with him, In giv- Ing the order he also expressed the belief thaty he had once sent Greenthal to Sing Sing asa receiver of stelen goods. The matier come up again yester- day on an application to show cause why Greenthal, who meantime had been commited to Ludlow street Jali, should not be discharged. : hatred of Prussia are tuiinitely stronger than even the most Independent Vienna paper—tne Neue Freie Presse, for instance-—would lead you to sus- pect. The Austriaus have certainiy not torgorten the events of 1866, and they Would seize the first op- portunity of siding with their old enemies, ine French, against _thetr dreadea Northern neighbors, the Prossians. Meanwhile they make the enforced stay of their guests as pleasant as they Can, and the ready smiling courtesy of a true Austrian is very agreeable, even to those who most appreciate tho unamiable good qualities of Berlin. The Parisians seem to enjoy themselves to their heart’s content in Vienna; and why not? They have @ superb epera house-—without any excepen whatever the most magnificent and comfertable in the worid—several other theatres, Where such actresses as Gallineyer and Geistinger riva! Schneider ana Devéria; heaps of sumptuous cafés, pienty of masked balis, good cook- ery and no epd of congemial society. hat more can they want until Paris shail again hit up her beautilul bowed head ¢ ACROSS THE SEMMERING. On the way southward, oowever, snow regains ail its beautifying power. For the road 1s across the Seuimering, every inch tn which grand pass receives a touch of additional grace from the Srosty rs “I decline to give the order,” promptly spoke up the Judge. “On what eo ¥ asked Greenthal’s lawyer. “On what T deem good and sufticient grounds," answered the Judge. ‘Aman who has paid $1,509 to the Judges can get out now without further pay,” said the Judge, ‘Judge Sutherland was holding Oyer aud Termier and might issue a writ or habeas corpus.” “Do you hold bim on general principles ?’’ asked the counsel. 3 “T don’t mean it on general principles.” replies the Judge. “I mean for going around and lying about the Supreme Court Judges. {twill teach him to keep a civil tongue in his head. The judges he has defamed are strangers to him except - aml I think I have seen nim twice—ouce when ‘was Recorder and once when I sat in Oyer and Ter- miner, Three-fourths of the bar, when they are beaten, lay tt on the judges, and when they collect any money tell their Clients they have paid it over to the judges. Tne District Attorney told me on Friday that such statements were continually made by lawyers about hun, The defendant mast take the usual notice of ten days unless you get the pial uil’s counsel to withdraw.'? And thus eads the second lesson,