The New York Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1875, Page 4

4 “TAR SISA. MANGUTRES Magnificent Display of Evficiency and Skill in the Art of War. THE TURER DAYS’ BATTLE OF THE KATZBACH. Mimic Battles that Prepare the Young Soldier for the Stern Reality, The Great Military Chiefs and the Imperial Staff. & VISIT TO THE BIVOUACS. Livasirz, Sept. 19, 1875, The Silesian manceuvres were concluded yesterday, \fter three days’ mimic battle on the Katzbach, on {round where Blucher defeated Macdonald in 1813, where, too, Frederick the Great more than once gave Jattle to his foes, The mancuvres commenced really two weeks ago. There were interesting parades and tham fights and marches by the Sixth corps near Bres- jan and the Fifth corps near Liegnitz; but not until These two bodies of troops met did they reach their freatest interest. The Kaiser was down with the troops wout ten days. First he visited Breslau and attended jhe mancuvres of the Sixth corps, and on Monday morning last he took up his residence in tho old brick yehloss in Liegnitz, driving every day from eight to fif- ‘een miles, and back, to the parade or manwuvre round. On Monday was the parade of the entire Fifth | torps, commanded by General von Kirchbach, the freat event of that day being the appearance of tho | Crown Princess, who is chief of the Second Hus- vars, superbly mounted, taking her regiment vast the Emperor on the parade ground, amid the theers of soldiers and spectators, On the following | lay the Fifth corps alone executed some interesting manwuvres against a “marked” or indicated foe, the Bixth corps not yet having reached the Liegnita dis- trict, Wednesday was a day of rest for the troops and tteeplechase day for the offlcera, whereat two horses | were killed and five riders unhorsed. On Tharsday vommenced the BATTLE OP THE KATZBACH, tarried on on Friday and finished at noon on Saturday, tome eighteen hours of fighting, at which Kaiser, general staff, foreign officers and your correspondent were present, being in the saddle at least six hours vach day. To the latter these three days have been full | of interest—rides over historical battle grounds, with memories of the great Frederick and old ‘Marshal Vorwirts;” rides at early morning, when the sun was fot yet too high, along the plateaux overlooking tho beautiful valley of the Katzbach; at night again among the blazing camp fires of the bivouacs; then, during the day, the ecehes of war—the charge of cavalry and the storm of infantry, the fearless dash up to the can- | ton’s mouth—but scenes of war without the blood snd carnage; war, with its victories and defeats, but deathless, It was but a play of war—a Kriegsspiel, as the Prussians call it—it was ‘Hamlet’ with only the Ghost left out, the ghost of death, We sould stand on the heights overlooking the Katzbach Valley and witness the thousands of players carrying out an entire battle in all its details; could hear the shrill calls of the bugle to the attack, the cheers of the men as they dashed to the storm, the shouts of joy as the victory was gained. We imagined for a moment that we were looking on the reality of war; but knew that it was but a Schawspiel, a play; but a play where the chief actors, if they performed their allotted task tm an indifferent manner, would be removed from the boards of the Prussian military theatre. Wherein, if they elicited the applause of the critics (the genera, staff), they might hope for promotion ana honors, To the chief actors the manwuvres were no mere play, but true battle fields, and bad or good leadership will | be rewarded accordingly on these fields by pensions or | promotions the same as on fields of earnest conflict. 8ixty thousand men were engaged in these three days of mimic warfare. THE MANQUVRES. I will describe to you the Prussian method of condact- Ing such things. In the morning each officer is provided a |. Junglingsberg, on which a number of batteries were | Here the infantry found itself opposed to the Tenth | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1875,—TRIPLE Janer. We have now to do with two corpsthe Fifth and Sixth—the former friend, the latter foe, On, the | morning of the 16th the commander of the Sixth corps | sent his entire cavalry, with the exception of a few | squadrons, under Major General von Barnekow, and the | mounted division of the corps artillery, to reconnoitre | all roads leading from the Goldberg turnpike to Haynau, | sible, The infantry was collected between Michelsdorf and Neberschaar, ready for marching at a mo- and at early morning sent its cavalry over Rothkirch, toward the line Gassendorf-Lobendau, in order to get Von Barnekow, who, with his cavalry, has reached the | proach of the Sixth corps, and he orders the artillery to | heights near Nieder (Lower) Lobendau. Though the cavalry of both corps were here opposed, the nature of the ground prevented the development of great masses of this branch of arms. From Schim- melwitz the Eleventh and Twelfth divisions of the Lobendau, Scharfenort and Ober Lobvendau; one | brigade succeeded in crossing the Fellendorf brook, near Nieder Lobendau, and taking possession of tho quickly planted, then pressing on toward Blumen. division of the Fifth corps, and its further progress | stopped. The entire corps of artillery of the Fifth © corps had been by this time planted on the heights between Blumen and Scharfenort, and @ TERRIFIO IRE was opened upon the Junglingsberg and Ldbendan, and this, in conncction with a general attack of the | of the Sixth which had already ascended the hills across the Fellendorf brook to retire again to the val- | ley. It was here that I first got into the midst of the fight and entangled in the lines occupying the valley of the Fellendorf brook which I was unable to pass, though I wished to reach the imperial suite, which I could see on the crest of the opposite hill, I spent over an hour, however, with the troops of the Sixth, and watched irited though unsuccessful attack of tho Ninth infantry division of the Filth corps upon Scharfenort and Lobendau, About one o'clock the sig- nal to cease firing was given, and according to the sen- tence of the general staff, the Fifth corps was declared | to be victorious. That night the Fifth corps bivouacked onthe ground between Blumen and Straupitz, the Sixth corps to the south of the Liegnitz-Goldberg turn- pike, near Kroitsch and Riemberg. The enemy is thus compelled on the first day’s engagement to retire from Schimmelwitz toward the valley of the Katzbach, but has not yet given ap the idea of pushing on toward Glogau. THE SECOND DAY'S BATTLE. On Friday the conflict was resumed at an early hour where it bad left off on the previous day, in the valley | of the Fellendorf brook. It was another beautiful morning, the air still, cool and delicious, as T rode over the plateau around Liegnitz, on my way to the heights above Kroitsch, where I anticipated the best view of the conflict would be had. A slight haze covered tho distant mountains of the Hessberge rangof across the Katzbach valley; but on the broad plain around me tho sun shone brightly on the red-tiled roofs of the village houses. Notasoldier to be seen; but on every point of the horizon clouds of dust told me that the troops were marching into position, I could hear thé words of command given by the officers, thdugh they were two miles away from me, down in the Katzbach, so | still and lovely was the morning. An hour’s ride brougnt me to the heights above Kroitsch, and the beautiful panorama of the valley was before me. To my | left was the clean little village of Schimmelwitz, where, on Friday morning, the 16th of August, 1760, Frederick the Great had his camp, before the battle of Liegnitz, but which said camp ho left with burning watchfres that night, so that when the stealthy Pandours had crept softly across the Katzbach, near by, they found that the Prussian king had fooled them, and Daun like- wise, who, too, had been PLAYING THE WATCH-PIRE GAME, Below us in the valley is the Blicher battle ground, there between Nendorf and Brechelshof; and here, too, certain Duke Henry of Liegnitz defeated the heathen Mongolians in 1241, but fellin the battle, and then his brother, St. Hedwig, erected a chapel on which the monastery of Wahlstatt, now a military school, was founded. Inthe church of Wablstatt it is said that sacks of the ears of these said Mongolians, 11,000 pairs inal, are preserved. Below, in the valley, hidden from view by rows of poplars and brushivood, flows the Katzbach, very calmly, murmuring softly, as if it never took on strange moods and became angry, as in 1813, with a series of lithographed instructions and maps. In aemall lithographed pamphlet before me wo find on the first page the “General Idea” of the day’s manau- vres, Thus:— “ GENERAL IDEA. “4 Western army has been driven by a superior Eastern army from Liegnitz to the left bank of the Schnelle Deichsel (Rapid Deichsel.) “The Western army bas taken its positions on the 13th of September on the loft bank of the Schuelle Deichsel, to the west of Haynau s “The Eastern army has followed with its ‘téfes’ up to the right bank of the Schnelle Deichsel. “SPECIAL IDEA POR THR WESTERN ARMY. “The Arriere Guard of the Western Army, only weakly followed by the foo, have been able to assert | themselves on the left bank of the Schnelle Deichsel. “The bulk of the army has bivouacked on the right bank of the Small Bober, on either side of the Bunzlan Haynau road. * “The foe stood with his vorposts on the evening of | the 13th of September on the heights to the east of the Bchnelle Deichsel, on both sides of the Haynau-Liegnits , road, and has commenced entrenchments. “Officer patrol announce that columns of the foe are marching back to Liegnitz; the entrenchments begun” by the Eastern army prove to the Western army that the foe, weakened by large detachments, is endeavoring to strengthen its position. “The Western army, in consequence of thts informa tion, determines to attack the Eastern army on the morn- ing of the 14th of September. The Pifth Army corps receives the command to commence the attack by founding the left wing of the enemy. “SPECIAL IDEA POR THE EASTERN ARMY, | when in it and its tributary, the raging Neisse, so | many of the French found their death. We caunot perceive from our point of observation the bodies of | infantry collected under the bushy trees, but we know that during the night, two bridges have been built over which the Sixth corps is to effect its retreat to Jauer during the day. At a later hour I visited the | little river and found that its waters hardly came up to | my horse’s knees, not enough to float the boats of the pontoon division, which bad been brought out for prac- | tice. THE STRUGGLE RECOMMENCES. with instructions to force the foe to retire if pos- | ment's notice, The burk of the Sixth hostile corps | occupied positions around the village of Schimmelwitz, | possession of the Liegnitz-Hagnau turnpike. General | heights to the east of Parthenau, discovers the ap- | open fire upon the artillery of the Sixth, posted on the | Sixth corps pressed forward iu the direction of Nieder | { infantry of the Fifth corps, compelled the portion | di | mon soldier ten pounds, an otlicer forty or fifty—only | some other district, may meet with While I was waiting 1 heard, about nine o'clock, | heavy cannonading away off toward the Fellendorf | brook, of yesterday's conflict. The Sixth corps ocen- | aed the gid position on the right bank of the little | stream, the Fifth on the opposite bank at a respectful | Gistance, As soon as the Kaiser arrived on the feld the | Fifth corps commenced the attack upon the enemy’s | right, the Ninth cavairy brigade, supported by mounted artillery, pushing over Gassendorf and Grosning. A sharp fight ensued near Rothkirch between tho mounted forces of the contesting armies, she result of which was that the cavalry of the Sixth corps was de- feated and driven to seck shelter along the Liegnitz- Goldberg road, on the hilisides sloping down toward the Katzbach Valley. And in consequence of this pressure upon its right flank the bulk of the Sixth corps was compelled to retire slowly from the plateau between Rothkirch and Roth-Brinnig as far as the Liognitz- Goldberg turapike, where A FRESH STAND WAS MADE, in advantageous sheltered positions. The batteries were planted on a high point of the platean between the Liegnitz-Goldberg turnpike and the road leading from “The Eastern army, weakened by great detachments, has remained on the 12th of September on the heights eastward of tne Schnelle Deichsel, with the intention of not again taking the offensive, but of preventing any ad- vance of the foe. | “Trenches and ditches have been made during the | night. The left flank corps (marked enemy) receives | the order in case of an attack to occupy the heights | westward of Ueberschaar, from the road leading from | Ueberschaar and Ober-Conradsdorf to the ravine to the | north of Woitedorf. “The foo is seen with numerous patfols in the valley | of the Schnelle Deichsel. Large bivouacs are seen ‘west of St. Hedewigsdort and Steinsdorf, rength of the murked foe:—Righteen battalions, | fifteen squadrone, fourteen foot batteries, one mounted | Dattery. One white flag indicating one battalion, one | Fed fing marking one squadron, one black flag two bat- teries ” “THE GuyrRAL mR.” | The lithographed pamplict contains some further in- structions, giving detai of every movement to be ex- ecuted by friend and foe, and «a chart giving the “ordre de bataitle” for the Filth corps, This will give | you an idea of the carefulnces with which the Manceuvres are planned and carried out. I hardly need occupy space in describing the day's fight, which, after | the crossing of the Deichsel, culminates ina joint attack | of cavalry and infantry on the heights to the east of } Woltedorf, Similar lithogrophed sheets containing the | “general idea” of the manwuvres were issued on | ‘Thursday, Friday and Saturday, though special instrue- | tions were omitted, the execution of the ‘general idea!” being left to the skill of the commanders. Permit me first to give you a general idea underlying the three days’ conflict—the battle of the Katzbach, as we shall call it, We hi to do with two armive—a | Seuth amd a Nortn—the former lying near Striegau, to the south of Jauer; the latter, after crossing the Schnelle Deichsel, between the roads leading from Haynau to Goldbergand Haynau to Liegnitz, to the | south of Haynau, The commander of the North Army has learned that on the 14th of September (we bave the 16th) an entire corps of the South Army has passed | through Juuer, on the road loading to Goldberg, evi- } dently with the intention of going to THE RELIRY OF GLOGAT, | directly north of Haynau; he, therefore, gives the or- | der to his Fitth corps (General von Kirchbach) to drive back the foe Ghe Sixth, General Tuempling) Upon, Ly the battle fleld 80 a8 to be able to overlook the care Rothkirch to Wildschuetz, and this formed the rallying point, Here tho brilliant scenes of the day occurred, witnessed from our standing point above Krpitech, where, too, the Kaiser and suite now watched the progress of the conflict, Again and again | did the cavalry of the Sixth dash forth | to oppose the advance of the cavalry of the | Fifth corps, but in vain. They were driven from posi- tion to position, and when the Tenth division of the Fifth corps, by a circuitous movement, had com- pletely surrounded the right flank of the Sixth, the entire corps of the latter began to think earnestly of getting eafely over the Katzbach. Over the bridge, near Kroitsch, and at the ford, near Dobnau, some Fegiments had. crossed, when the Fifth corps, seeing | their advantage, proceeded to a general attack, push- | ing on from point to point until they had secured the entire plateau overlooking Kroitsch and the valley of the Katzvach, while its artillery was planted on eminences commanding the two villages of Wildschnetz and Kroitech, which were still bravely defended in order to cover the retreat of .the corps across the river. The cavairy and artillery of the Sixtn corps crossed the Katzbach on the way from Kroitsch to Krayn. Wildschuetz fell into the hands of the Fifth | Corps after great resistance, The Nineteenth infantry | brigade then sought to get possession of the ford over the Katzbach near Dohnau, but they were repulsed and the entire Fifth corps got successfully out of | harm’s way. Theobject of the Sixth corps in retreat. | ing towards Jauer was to procure from this point rein- | forcements from the army, which, as was intimated at the commencement, was lying to the south of that place. THE BATTLE GROUND. It is almost impossivle for me to give you any ade. quate description of the brilliant battle scenes wit- | nessed during the whole of that day, Friday, Tho | ground fairly trembled at times with the thunder of | the charging squadrons and the deafening roar of artil- lery. The clatter of musketry was incessant, the movements of the infantry rapid, precise and beautiful, The artillery was worked with an ease and rapidity which was simply astonishing to come of the foreign guests, At all times the contre of the conflict and of Interest was the Imperial suite, with | its central figure of the Kaiser, who, mounted | to-day on a beautiful sorrel, rode to points of eminence | rying out of the plans laid down, Be was wutiring, | the Goddess of Victory to spread her wings ov | gesticulating violently. Then the signal “halt” was | spare hours regularly to sleep and recuperation. and, though seventy-eight years of age, rode his horse | as easily as if but a young lieutenant of twemly, He | was driven to the field from Liegnitz to a point near Rothkirch, where he mounted his steed. After passing a few words with members of hiswstaif or with 0 foreign officer, he would put spurs to his charger and dash off ata canter to the contest, his approach being | the signal for the battle to commence. Near him during the three days’ contest rode COUNT MOLTKR, calm and thoughtful as ever, and looking but litfle the worse for wear, Once, duriug the stampede pf the suite, while led by the Emperor from one partof the Held to another, I almost bad the misfortuno, in the (lense, blinding dust, to run down the great war-planner with my charger, a noble old animal belonging to alivery stable keeper, who charged me $20.4 day for his use. | ‘The King of Saxony, in dragoon uniform, was present during the three days’ battle, Prince Arthur was a noticeable personage in the suite—tall, good-looking and observant, The Archduke Albrecht could hardly be mistaken; the Hapsburg lip would betray him any- where, The Brown Prince was with his suite, looking well and winning the hearts of soldiers and civilians by his kindly manner and good-natured ways, Hrince KF jeserving of the title *Ited beard. Among the Prussi suite was General Steinmetz, looking aged and weary. I have already mentioned in a previous letter the | names of the foreign officers Present, General Count Kotzebue, the Adjutant of the Czar, created great in- terest. He is a man of very small proportions and has great difficulty in mounting bis horse unaided. To get over the difficulty he leads his war steed into a diteh o: to some roadside bank and then springs on with great agility. The French and English officers were great favorites, especially Mujor General Walker, the Duke of Manchester, Prince Polynac and Escadron- chef Morell. Tho Turkish officers were exceedingly observing, and spent their time to the best advantage. 1K AMERICAN GUSTS. Quartermaster General Meigs, his son, who acts as his secretary, and his adjutant, Lieutouagt MacComb, arrived on Wednesday in time to watch the three mancuvres on the Katzbach. General Meigs leaves Liegnitz pleased with the courtesies he bas re- ceived at the hands of the Prussian officers and full of admiration for the manner in which the mancuvres were carried out, Colonels Woodruff and De Lancy Lloyd Jones arrived at the same time, put in a private capacity, and attended the manuvres for the first two days on the Katzbach, leaving Liegnita for Berlin on Friday afternoon. It'is to be regretted that our army was not more fully represented at the manmuvres. Even Turkey had two official delegates; Sweden three, Italy threo and England six, and the Prussian govern- ment would, doubtless, have sent more invitations or accepted more guests had the demand beon earnestly made. THE BIVOUACS. But to our campaign. At noon on Friday when tho straggle ended the Sixth corps had been Successful in crossing the Katzbach, and the road being clear as far | as Jauer we have to imagine that there they procured reinforcements from the main army. They bivouacked, | therefore, along the valley ot the Katzbach, maintain- | ing there old positions, while the Fifth corps occu. | | pied the plateau between Rothkirch and Liegmtz | A visit to the bivouacs along the valley of the Katz- bach on Friday night was to mé one of the most interesting events of the manauvres. As I rode along tho plateau above Kroitsch I could see the waich fires of the Fifth corps 4 ex- tending for three miles in a somi-circle about three | miles distant from Liegnitz, while the fires along the | Katzbach valley were as numerous as stars in the Milkey Way, extending from the bridge at Riemberg by | the villages of Kroitsch and Wildschuetz, a distance | of at least three and a half or four miles. How delightfully warlike the scene in the delicious moon- light, and how romantic to the correspondent with no fear of hostile bullets before him! There, in the meadow, a regiment of Uhians were bivouacked ; in long rows the horses stood calmly munching their fodder; beforo each was stuck the bannered lance, and behind, in mathematical order, the saddle and accoutrements, Near by ‘ GROUPS OF UNLANS stood or sat around the glowing camp fires. Further down the valley were the artiliery, the cannon and car- riages arranged in order, the horses resting on the ground in rows of twenty or thirty. ‘The infantry had formed their bivouacs on meadows and fields and along- side the stream, among the trees. Their resting places were circular enclosures, padded round with sheaves of straw, and in the centre blazed merrily the great camp fire, whose glow was shed not only on the group of gos- sipers smoking near by, but ou the forms of a hun- dred others who, with feet turned toward the fire and resting on beds of straw, slept and snored, dreaming perhaps of campaigns. The officers slept along with the men, only they were allowed more straw—a com- tho staff officers having tents. I sat awhile with a group of officers AROUND ONE OF THEIR CAMP PIRES, and really enjoyed their conversation and the delight- ful Glihwein which a young lieutenant prepared on the | embers of the camp fire. In the bivouacs the bugle calls to prayer at nine o'clock, when most of the men goto rest, ouly small groups still sit around the embers to smoke and talk. Before nine, however, the greatest commotion and good focling appear to prevail, and the soldiers join in their customary choruses, or sing again the songs of the war. The camps were vis- ited every night by thousands of persons trom Liegnitz, | The Crown Prince, the King of Saxony and some of the | foreign officers visited the bivouacs of the Fifth corps, to the great delight of the men. At eleven all strangers must leave the camps, and then the greatest stilness prevails, broken only by deep snoring, at which some of the men are adepts. You can hear them half a mile away from the camp. Altogether bivouac life on the | moonlit, pleasant evenings is by no means a hardship. When uot in bivouac the men are einquartigt in the villages. For each man lodged the householder re- ceives a compensation of eight groschen, or somewhere | about fifteen cents per day, which the soldier pays in the shape ofa ticket, or schvir. It is the rule, however, | for the householder, however poor he’ may be, | to present the said sehein to the soldier on leaving in the morning. The poorest peasant scorns to take pay- ment trom the soldier, trusting that his own son, 1m | the same hos- { pitality. And a German soldier 1s a good natured guest, who knows how to make himself useful and at home wherever he may be esnquartirt, fetching the water for Gretchen or Mutter, aud smoking his stinkerado or porcelain good naturedly with the old peasant, THE LAST DAY'S BATTLE took on quite a different character from the two pre- ceding ones, General Tuempling Sixth being replaced by the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin. The Fifth corps bivouacked on the plateau between Roth- kirch and Liegnitz, the mght wing extending to Lobendau, The morning of Saturday broke out as | beautiful as the preceding The Sixth corps was awake betimes; it had received reinforcements during the night, said reinforcements being marched «by “flag battalions.” Besides, it had a new leader, aGrand Duke at that, and this was enough to ind tho fuvored troops. “General von Kirchbach, hitherto victorious commander, trembled in his boots when he heard ofthe change. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke ordered that the Fifth should be attacked, and that vigorously. Let us see how be went to work. First, in order to save tho ume and life that would have ensued by capturing the lost positions in the Katabach Valley, he directed the bulk of his troops over Haeuchen and Laasuing, leaving b's vorposts in their position of | the previous’ day to hide his movenents. The Grand Duke is playing at Frederick’s camptire game, you see, The Fifth corps rémarked this subtle movement only after the avant guard had reached the Goldberg Liegnitz turnjike, and bad developed to fighting order on the plateau between Rothbruching and the road. Thus th Grand Duke got up out of the Katzbach Valiey without a blow, and once upon the plateau the contestants were on more equal footing. The advance guard of the Sixth began the attack, soon compelling the cavalry of | the Fifth to retire. Even the artillery of the Fifth corps, planted on advantageous positions on the plateau could not prevent the Sixth corps from gathering in fall force on the plateau. A violent contest then ensued along the entire line; One position after the other was wrested by the now triumphant Sixth from its foe, until the latter began to retreat, slowly and without confusion, however. The conclasion was a grand in- fantry charge of the 8ixtb, some two regiments taking by storm a hill defended valiantly by the Fifth, Back of the defenders, on the crest of the hill, were the Kaiser and suite, watching the progress of the mimic conflict, The Kaiser was evidently displeased at the mannor in which the defence was conducted, for he rode once or twice up and down the line storming and iven, and the roars of artillery and infantry coused, fino three days’ battle was over. The Silesian manwuvres, happily, passed off WITHOUT ANY ACCIDENT ofaserious nature, I saw a fow cavairy unhorsed dur- ing one of the charges, but the men were not injured, Up in Mecklenburg somewhere, however, I have read of one poor dragoon who was siruck on the breast by @ ublan lance and felj dead from his horse, Nor bave I heard of any case of sunstroke, though a great many cases occurred at the beginning of the inanwnvres be- | fore the men had become accustomed to the heat and | the fatigue, and the attention of the military authorities | was seriously devoted to the subject. A miltary | physician forty years in the service states that cases of suastroke and death among the soldiers occur every | year, but only during the first tew days’ exertion. He attributes this phenomenon to the fact of the mon | carousing with Iriends and relatives the nights before thoir departure for the field instead of resting and pre- paring themselves for the work before them, while, when they are once on the field, they devote their To the truth of the latter assertion I am able to give wit- ness from my experience of the last few days. So soon | as the signal to halt or cease firing was given the men | would cast themselves upon their backs, using the | knapsack in its usual position as a pillow, and sleep | soundly until the signal for starting way given, There was no discontent apparent among them. They san every day as they inarched from the mimic battle ‘eld to their bivouacks, and, after enjoying themselves for awhile around the camp tires, went carly to rest, Of drunkenness I saw next to nothing. The men seemed | in the best of health, and the ambulances bad little | or nothing to do during thegthree days’ hard campaigning, and at times the sun shone down m the plains with almost tropical flerceness, I think that nearly all who’ attended he manauvres must be convinced of one important ty { ul U E INUNDATIONS IN’ FRANCE. Tremendous Storms in the South, with Deluges of Rain, FARMS AND COTTAGES SWEPT AWAY, Enormous Loss of Life and Property--- Awful Scenes of Horror. A PERIODICALLY RECURRING DISASTER. Panss, Sept, 21, 1875. A terrible series of inundations have burst over France, carrying with them indescribable misery and ruin. Tho disaster at Toulouse arose from the sudden melting of the snow, ‘The later floods have been brought about by some of the most tremendous and awful storms which have been heard of on the European Con- tinent within living memory, For eight nights and days ® deluge of rain poured unceasingly down upon the South of France, and it still continues, partially, in many places, accompanied by thunder and lightning, Day after day, night after night, the storm raged on with astonishing fury, and seemed to lash tho earth in its wrath. ‘The rivers, swollen beyond all precedent by the tempest, overflowed thoir banks euddenly in all directions, and the valley of the Allier was drowned by the waters. Wherever there was a hillock ora slight descent the mass of waters roared and surged down ft with the impetuosity of a cataract, ‘The streets of villages and small towns were filled with rapid and uncontrollable currents, dragging strong menand cat- tle, houses and goods away in their whirlpools and eddies. TMMENSE DESTRUCTION OP PROPERTY. Small rivers, which might haye been spanned by a etone’s throw from a child, suddenly increased toa mile in width, covering the cottages and farms upon their banks with water, and sapping their foundations and whirling them away in fragments, The dostruction of property is enormous; it is estimated at 8,000,000f. for the valley of the Allier alone; at 25,000,000f., or $5,000,000, for Herault, the Gard and the Lozére; and the number of honses alone thrown down by the floods already mounts up to 400, | No less than 100 lives hate beon lost up to the latest reports, and seventy-four persons were drowned at St, Chinian, The damage done to the magnificent Abboy of Fontfroid will require $40,000 to repair it The flood burst suddenly upon the monks at prayer, and a scene of frightful horror ensued. Father Frangois, one of the community, had his skull fractured and was killed on the spot. Another monk had one of his eyes put out. The Fathers might have saved themselves by taking refuge on the high altar, but they would have preferred to dic rather than to commit sacrilege. ‘A greater part of the harvest of the rich south lands has been spoiled and now ligs rotting bencath the waters, which are covered with tall trees, rooted up by the storm, and pieces of furniture floated away from ruined homesteads. All the hamlet of St. Germain des Fossés has disappeared beneath the flood. The districts of Vesses, Scharmeil and Hoterive have shared the game fate, Between Clairmont and Briowd railway com- munication bas been interrupted at several points, and many bridges have been carried away, notably that be- tween Lembron and Breuil and that of Brassac. A spec- tator caught in the storm, who found refuge up a high tree, counted the number of the wooden beams of houses borne past him in the angry rush of the waters of the Allier, There were 203, and many of them struck the tree to which he clung with the force of battering rams, During eleven long hours the poor fellow, whose name is Argeret, held fast to the branches of the tree; then it was struck by lightning, but he, fortunately, re- mained uninjured and contrived to float away to land on a part of the split trunk. Near Brassac, also, a peasant named Tarbé was saved by his cow. He mounted upon her back, and she swam to land with him. 5 COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTED, For several days there has been no communication between Clairmont and Brioud, and a goods train stands in the middle of the pjain of Lavaur, unable to proceed, At Issoire the market place was suddenly drowned by innumerable torrents descending upon it, The flood | rushed down with such violence and precipitation that it struck men suddenly down in their ordinary occupa- tions and hurled them into eternity, Thus a grazier was counting ten notes of 1,000f. each, which he had just ‘received for his sheep and oxen, when the waters smote him from behind, dashed the monef from his grasp and bore him fiercely away. the department of Puy-de-Dome great numbers of cat- tle have been drowned, and tho bodies of oxen and horses were dashed about like balls by the furious water, Day aud night boats are out trying to save the unfortunate, The inundations have been most terrible in the very heart of the South country, hitherto only remarkable for its delightful climate; and the departments of the Aude and the Tarn have suffered greatly, The acts of heroism and courage have been numerous, as might have been expected from the chivalrous character of the French, and many brave men—themsolves in ex- treme danger—have done all that devoted valor could do to save the lives of others, too often in vain. MONTPELIER, ‘The trim, pretty town of Montpeliér, hitherto known as the healthiest place in France, has not escaped. It was on the night of Monday last that the rain began to fall there with such persistence that it scemed as though there was one mass of water between the sky and the earth. All the drains were burst in a few moments, and the water, rushing through the pipes, sapped the foundations of houses and threw them down. But here the loss of property has been chicfly confined to the lower part of the town, and only one death is reported. Palavas, a village situate near Montpelier, on the | banks of the Lez, wos, for thirty-six hdMrs, ina situ. | ation of terrible danger, and the villagers suddenly found themselves on an island, cut off from help or pro- visions, and like to starve unless the waters had abated. At Jast one brave fellow contrived to reach the church steeple, and sounded the tocsin so lustily that succor reached them from the neighborhood, It was not eazy, however, to release them, because, when the waters partially retired, ail the fields around had been converted into asea of mud, which could neither be passed in safety by man or beast. ‘At Pezonas the lightning did great mischief, and a thunderbolt struck one house where eight people were assembled praying; their lives were all saved, but one of them bas lost his reason and became a hopeluss idiot, DROWNED IN THR RAIN. The plain of Lezignan Cébe and Castelnau, with its rich vineyards and orchards, 1s all under water. On the other side of the Hérault, in the canton of Floren. | sac, the case is no better, The overflow of the Orb has occasioned shocking disasters and presumably much loss of life, Not only the peasantry, who may have bean unable to find reinge, have suffered, but rich men, with all the appliances of wealth at their disposition, | have been caught in the storm and drowned. Among them is mentioned the Baron de Segouzay, an opulent land owner, residing near Tou- lonse. At Béziers and Narbonne the light- ning bas also wrought fearful devastation, and a poor man named Pontlevoy was literally drowned in the rain, While trying to save himself by flight a tree fell upon him and broke his leg. In his agony and despair he tried to wrench humseif away from the crushed Jimb, but probably fainted from the pain and then fell with his face downward, when the waters stifled and covered m. At Saint- Pons and Agde the floods hi also done reat damage, aud the valley of the Jaur, with its corn fands and vineyards, lies beneath a yard'of mad, with corpses buried in it, The railway in'this neighborhood has also been destroyed in several places. The pretty little town of Ceite has been almost destroyed. ts gas pipes and water pipes were all burst by the mundation, and the convent of the Sisters of Mercy was suddenly flooded there. ‘ON THE MEDITERRANFAN, High waters on the stores of the Mediterranean have also added to the widelyspréad misery caused by the mountain torrents and the overflow of the inland rivers. There have been such tempests at sea that the Mediterranean swept over the streets of Palavas, and the shores have beon covered with wrecks of fishermen’s craft and merchant vessels, ‘The mischief done to lands and houses will not conse with the ubating of the waters. The foundations of many houses still standing have been so sapped that | they will have to be palled down and built up again. Leagues of Jand have been thrown out of cultivation; yards and orebards have become heaps of rotting sticks and timber; cattle have died 1h such numbers that gcoros of breeders’ have been ruined and will have to turn to some other employment. THE DEAD WASHED PROM THRIR GRAVES. Even graveyards and cometeries have been so soaked fact—(hat ta, these annual manuvres are all-essential in the training of soldiers, who thus become accustomed to move in masses as in’ actual warfare, accustomed, | moreover, to the smeli of powder and the thunder of cannon atid the rattle of tnuaketry, apd the result will be that when they are called at some future time to the actual conflict they Will tace the death dealing fire of the foo with a confidence which will be surprising to them- selves, Tho difference between mimic and actual wa. fare is apparently so small at first sight—simply a bullet or a ball more—but it is nevertheless the dillrence be- tween life aud and disturbed by the waters that coffins and bodies ar laid bare, and tho memorials which piety and afle aye raised to tho dead bave been whirled @y ay, Wo In the mountains of © SHEET. one knows whither, #0 that what remains of the loved and the lost can no longer be distinguished even by those to whom they were most dear; and they will bave to be buried, none knowing henceforth where their nearest kinsfolk he, The hideous fp’ in the earth which have opened these graves are being hastily filled up, and new collins are being made for the remains of the dead. But how ghastly is the scene may be im- agined from the fact that ten dead bodiess mashed to- gether were found in one place, HELP POR TU SUPFERERS. A very large-handed charity, as may be supposed, is comlhg everywhere to the reliof of the sufferers. Bi tween $6,000,000 and $7,000,000 have been already sub- Scribed, and still the donations poured ungrudgingly into every receptacle which is open to receive them, Never was a national disaster so promptly comforted by ational help, Notonly are all the great numes of France down on the subscription lists, but foreign countries hav cagerly joined in the good work. fvery trades- man in Paris'and the great towns, every church, every public institution, every exhibition and place of amuse- ment has a monay box “pour les Inondés.” Authors, painters and actors vie with each other in giving the pro: duce of their labor to these unhappy people who have been smitten by the hand of God. Lotter! les and tombo- las, every device that human ingenuity enlightened by human sympathy can imagine, has been tried to increase the amount devoted to the aid of thogsands of people who have need of it. It is @ significant fact that the sums subseribed for this purpose is many times larger than that whieh was contributed during the last inun- dations which took place in the timo of Napoleon LL, so that whatever may be said against republican institu: tions, it is plain that they have neither made France poorer nor less charitable, And if, indeed, the time has how come when good mon in all countries acknowledge that the human race should be one great brotherhood, bound by @ solemn and inevitable duty to take part in each other's afflictions, surely all who are merciful and high-heartetl will streteh out ahand to France in her present trouble, and give to her most bounteously, ‘THE FLOODS PERIODICAL. It can only be added to this sad and sorrowful re- of what has just happened in the fairest of tho ‘rench provinces, that although the present series of ; inundations has been more terrible than any which has preceded it during the present century; yet, as @ matter of fact, inundations more or less mischtevous occur in France about once in every twenty years. The Jatest inundation before this took place in i855, It is, therefore, only reasonable to presume that they depend at least in some degree upon natural causes, and that they will occur, as they have hitherto occurred, at almost regular intervals, ‘Thus it would be becoming to the pradonce and foresight of a very ingenious and thoughtful people tf they took some measures to pro- tect themselves against such terrible consequences as thote which have again overtaken them this autumn, Had it not been for great engineering skill and patience Holland might long ago have been submerged beneath the sea as completely as ne Soda. Saudg. Only S admirablo system of ykes could have protected ft from such a fate, and doubtless enginecring skill, well directed, could have little difficulty, nowadays, in dealing with mountain torrents and the overflow of rivers, The art which has pierced the Isthmns of Suez, and which is about to make a tunnel under the British Channel, might easily have saved the South of France, at a cost influitoly less than that incurred by the losses from which it is now suffering. But unless public attention is energetically cailed to the subject, and some enterprising contractor— such as Brassey or Lesseps—is induced to take it up, and bas influence enough to obtain parliamentary con- sideratipn for his plans—so gay and careless are the Freuch people that probably the great floods ol 1875 will sow be completely forgotten or only spoken of by farmhouse firesides in the South as a wiuter’s tale. FRANCE AND’ EUROPE. #» M, THIERS’ VIEWS ON THE SITUATION—PROS- PECTS OF A LONG PEACE—FRANCE EARNING THE GOODWILL OF THE GREAT POWERS—THE “DARK POINT” THE ULTRAMONTANE AGITA- TION—THE AGED STATESMAN’S INTENTIONS. The following is the text of an interview which a cor- Thiers at Ouchy, Lausanne, and which has attracted considerable attention in Europe:— Europe desires peace. She wishes it pecause she needs it; and 1 hope that nothing will occur to modify that disposition or to arrest her goodwill. Our misfor- tunes have brought to us the sympathies which our good fortune had alienated from us; and the modest attitude which we have taken, and in which we ro- main, our ardor in repairing our ruins, our lively desire to live on good terms with our neighbors, the remem- brance of our faults—all this has procured for us precious fmendships aud unequivocal ments from all governments. Eng very desirous of our rehabilitation. Italy, reassured as to our Intentions, and persuaded that we do not wish to interfere in her internal agairs, has not forgotten that we have been the most devoted artisans of her fortune, Austria, which also has her internal difficulties, encourages us Even Russia, which is reso- lutely bent upon peace, and whose Emperor is united by intimate bonds with the Emperor of Germany, ceases not to give us undoubted evidence of her good wishes and of her friendship. THE DARK POINT, There is, however, one dark point, The clerical movement, which seems just now to be carrying aw: France, canpot fail to disquiet foreign governments. must not be forgotten that Germany is in the midst of a struggle with ultramontapisim; that the campaign which she has commenced, although conducted with energy, 18 not yet ended, and that the Chancelior of tho ‘Empire could not see but with especial displeasure his ment only, but also help. Now, it is clear that the law recently voted by the National Assembly | upon the liberty of higher teaching has produced a dis- agreeable impression upon foreign Powers, But I am sure that the Cabinet will know how to stop this | movement, and that it will thus counteract, by the energy of its attitude, the difficulties which must otherwise result. ‘THE EASTERN QUESTION. In the East also there is a dark point | I wish to be- | lieve, nevertheless, that Prince Milan will be energetic | enough to restrain Servia, and that the Skuptschina, | informed as to the intentions of Russia and Ausiria, | will show sufficient political spirit not to raise difficul- | ties nor to create embarrassments, Happily, both Russia and Austria have held language at once reso- Jute and perspicuous. These two Powers do not intend | that the Eastern question shall be opened to-day, result, Besides, Prince Gortschakoif is here at Vevay, which {s an evident token that he feels easy in regard to the issue of this atluir, Everywhere atively desire for: peace prevails, a unanimous accord in favor | of its maintenance, and it will not be permitted, unless these pacific dispositions should undergo achange, that the most trifling political incidents shall be exaggerated andenvenomed to such an extent as to cause tresh ciplomatic complications, TILK FUTURE OP FRANCE. ‘Then, alluding to the internal situation of France, he says: believe it to be good, and I am hopeful of it. The elections are near, everybody is preparing for them, and I think that, if they cannot be fixed for December next, at least they cannot be retarded till the spring. The constitution is voted; the work of the Assembly is finished, though a little against its will, and it only re- mains to proceed to the general elections. I know well that for many people this resolution will be pain- ful, but, in a word, the Assembly knows that it cannot last for ever, and the electoral body will look kindly on those who have worked toward dissolution for the course they have adoptedgin not retarding an event so | impatiently expected. opinion on that matter is well known. In ordinary times the voting for names singly appears to mo | preterable, but now, alter the vote of the constitu. tion, and when irreconcilable adversaries, having ‘no | other care than that for their party, discuss this vote with a view to make it part of the law of the country, it appears to me necessary to create a great movement | of public opinion so that no one,can resist it, It is de- sirable thag the country should say boldly what is its will and what are its hopes. As for the conservatives, who haVe positively rallied for the Republic, they have nothing to fear from the verdict of France; this verdict will be favorable to them, France has always had a treasury of indulgence for jts prodigal children, The clections will be good because they will be wise. They will not be ultra-radical or Bonapartist, and espectally not clericul. There will, of course, be bad selection: but they will be rare, and we need have no anxiety abou it. HE NERDS REPOSR. Coming to speak of himself, M. Thiers is reported to have éaid:— shall accept th | but I shall not seek it, At my age one must prepare for death, 1 believe I have been one of the most active men of my generation, and | am still in complete possession of my when the want of peratively. One may attempt a final career; I have done it and am weary, Besides my studies demand | My attention and whatever activity remains to me, | Believe mo, the hour of retirement has struck, | and I must now think of my memoir. It is now forty | years sinue | began this arduous task, which I have | pursued through the thousand accidents of life, Certain portions of it [ have retained in my recollection, but | order or succession, and now I wish to terminate it, | That will be my testament, A statesman should have a rule of life, for polities, like Jaw, has its principles and bases, I Have sought those principles, and believe that I. have ‘found them, 1 do not, of course, intend to | publish these studies while I live, but I hope to put together and determine the principal points. After mo ee vr . A BRIDEGROOM’S SUICIDE. | | On Wednesday morning the bridge tender of the Pat- | | orson and Newark Railway Bridge, at Newark, found floating in the Passaic River, between the bridge piles, the body of an unknown man, From some marks dis- covered on his face and head it was at first supposed that ho had been the victiin of foul play, which suspi- on was increased from the fact that a man ar- | he in East Newark had stated thay he saw | sted @ man thrown overboard from a barge im the river near the bridge named, Investigation by | | the authorities, however, has disposed of this theory, and it is now certald that deceused committed | suicide under very peculiar circumstances. On the body was fon» slp of paper with the name “Anton | Wuenseh 3 huontavenue.”” It was found that Anton, tbag maker, had been missing for a wo ago ba married a widow, Who 1 appears his wedded life be- tat be nally drowned himself, Slug Le Wit bome be bad @ serious quarrel with respondent of the Paris paper Le Temps had with M. | 4a worst adversaries finding in France not encourage. | and their representations will not remain without | As to the mode of working, my | I shall not seek the suffrage of my fellow citizens, I | mandate they may impose on me, | none of it is written except notes which are devoid of | MONTENEGRO. THE CAPACITY FOR WAR OF THE LITTLE MOUN: TAIN BTATE—A SPARTAN SOCIAL SYSTEM— HIGHLY TRAINED OFFICERS AND A BOLD AND HARDY SOLDIERY—INTENSE HATRED OF THB MOSLEMS, Certrxar, Sept. 13, 1875. One naturally wants to know something about the capacity of Montenegro to sustain @ war with the once formidable and still not tobe despised Turkish Empire. Their courage is sufficient and the natural ambition of every man is to fight Turks, no matter what the odds, Ho bas a great contempt of death and the worst puniah- ment for a Montenegrin is a fogging. As soon as the Mogfenegrin is of age to bear arms he is enrolled as a soldier and remains one as long as he ts able-bodied, The whole military population ts formed into two corps d'armée and consists of about 30,000 men, ‘The subdivisions are into battalions of 600, and these into six companies, the company being the unit of or- ganization, They are armed with breech-loaders and each carries a khandjar, or long knife, and a revolver of the Austrian model, loading with copper cartridges, and of greater length of barrel than those we use, They are organized as infantry, and wel drilled in all tactical movements, the higher officers being mostly trained at St, Cyr or other foreign mili- tary academies. There isa good force of mountain artillery, although the principal reliance is on the sharp- shooters, and every Montenegrin is a good shot, ‘The men are capable of marching twenty-five miles a day, and on the signal being given by telegraph to the country, the whole army must be at Danilograd, the centre of tho State, in twenty-four hours, The roads are simply good bridle paths, mostly in zig-zag, and the country is entirely impracticable for regular military operations, so that since the formation of the Principal- 1t,, between one and two hundred years ago, no hostile force has ever penetrated into the interior, In Omar Pacha’s campaign he was supposed to have subdued Montenegro, because only his despatches got out to the world, but the fact was, that after ahard campaign, in which the Turks had three armies acting at different points and were contin- ually repulsed, he finagjy gained an advantage on the frontier towards Scutari, where the country is more or lees plain, and then entered into negotiations for peace, which the Montenegrins, loft alone by their promised allies, and having lost, of 20,000 men in the field, 3,000 killed and 6,900 wounded—4, ¢., half of the whole force hors de combat, were glad to accept, not becanse they were conquered, but because they were being egtermi- | nated, without any prospect of advantage. The French under Marmont attempted to enter Montenegro and were deloated, THE PRINCR, WHO 18 THR ABSOLUTE RULER, is a thoroughly able, well educated man, a good soldier {and an adept in all military accomplishinents; a good shot, good horseman, of great physical strength and wor- shipped by bis peopla.. Ho is Commander of the Forces, judge of all cases appealed from the courts, and site im jedginent under a large lime tree, on a rough stone seat in the open street. He was educated in Paris and speaks French perfectly, and has a very complete idva of whata State should be. Since his accession schools have been established in every village in Ul country and education made universal and obligatory; | telegraphs run to every district, and a carriage road is being made from Cattaro which will be a piece of splen- did engineering and furnish one of the most remar ble drives to be fSund in Europe for its scenery, There is a seminary for girls under the care of an accom- plished Russian lady, and one of the most eminent Russian jurists is bore now engaged in codifying the law of Montenogro, which, he saya, is one of the most interesting in the World, made up of edicts and decisions, some of which are of great antiquity. The system of administration of justice is pula, every man being considered a soldier. Capital punis! ment is by shooting, and the most disgraceful punish- mont is flogging, which is only inflicted for stealing. It carries with it incapacity for any civil function and irre- teievable dishonor. Of the few cases in recent times some of the culprits after the punishment have blown out their brains, and all others exiled themselves voluntarily for the remnant of theirlives. For murder or infanticide women are punished by hanging. Under the old system the women are considered as interiors, and no Monte- negrin would walk out with his wife; but the Prince has discouraged this prejudice by nis own example, and | by his education of the females will, in another genera. tion, nave destroyed this remnant of the old system of | social organization, The Princess, who is a charming woman, and would be a beauty in any European capital, , is well educated and interests herself in the emancipa- | tion of her sex as much as her husband. ‘The government is curried on under the direct initia- tive of the Prince by boivodes, charged with the va- rious functions corresponding to those of ministers im | other countries, and seven senators, who are a consult- ing body. They are paid about £30 a year—a suilicient income in the simple way that the #Montenegrins live, | The details of administration are attended to by the captains of districts, and so thoroughly that any one who can talk the Servian language can travel over the | whole of Montenegro in perfect safesy. The hospitality | is on the old plan—everything that the stranger nee is at his orders, and there is a severe penalty tor asking astranger ahigher price than would be asked of the people of the country, and any violation of the law of ospitulity would be punished most severely, THY CHARACTER OF THE PROPLE IS VERY GRAVE and undemonstrative. Except continual application to be allowed to go to the war—going without permission being considered equivalent to desertion, and punished by confiscation of all goods—there is no display of ex- citement about the war going on at their borders. Hundreds have gone, and but for the general conviction that war will be declared thousands would go. Monte- negro, however, is mindfal of the war of 1862, when she was left to fight the Turkish Empire alone, and she will not move tll Servia has declared war. For this we wait, and when the declaration comes the Prince will take'the field at once and enter Herzegovina in force, leaving about 6,000 men for the defence of the southern frontier. ‘This question must be decided in two or three days, and until then we suspend all arrangements as to the future. + THE NEW AUSTRIAN MINISTER. Among the passengers who arrived in this city yester- day was His Excellency Count Ladislaus Hoyos, the newly appointed Austrian Envoy Extraordinary and Min- ister Plenipotentiary to this country. Mr. Havemeyer, the | Austrian Consul General in this city, went down the Bay in his steam yacht, the Ideal, on Wednesday, to meet the Russia and welcome the Minister to the United States. He was accompanied by the Chevalier Tavera, the Austrian Chargé d’ Affaires, and Dr, Blum, attaché of | the Austrian Legation at Washington, Owing to the prevailing westerly winds the Russia made a somewhat | protracted voyage and did not arrive till early yester: day morning, and before the reception party had started down the Bay again yesterday the Russia had arrived in Jersey City. The Minister was asked if he preferred one of the quiet hotels up town, but he de- clined, and said that he wanted to see a regular Ameri- can hotel, and selected the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Shortly after his arrival there he was called upon by the Consul General and the Chevalier Hugo Fritsch, the Vice Con- | sul, the representatives of the legation and several other | gentlemen, SKETCH OF THE MINISTER. | _ The new minister who succeeds the Baron Schwarz Senborn at Washington is a Hungarian by birth, and it about forty-two years ofage, He commenced his diplo- matic career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but for the past seven years he has been First Secretary of Le gation at Paris, where he was very popular, on account of his agreeable manners. He has been frequently of fered the post of Minister in European countries, but has always declined. When, however, the post as Am bassador in the United States was olfered to him, he at once accepted. He is a great adinirer of American instt tutions, and will doubtless be as popular at Washingtom ashe has been at Paris, Count Hoyos is descended from one of the oldest and wealthiest families of the | Hungarian aristocracy. He is accompanied by his newly married wife, who was a Countess of Herben- stein and a native of Upper Austria. The Minister will proceed to Washington lo present his credentials, after which he will visit Niagara, and other places of inter before commencing his labors at Washington, whi can hardly be suid to commence till the mecting o Congress. A VOICE FROM THE DEEP. ‘The currents of the ocean often cast up on the shore of various countries bottles or other receptacles com taining messages purporting to have been written by persons on board sinking ships. It is often difficul to determine whether such messages are genuine o spurious, Recently a bottle was picked up on thr Filey sands in Yorkshire, England, in which was foany a lock of hair and the following note in pencil, writter on wu sinall pieco of paper an addressed “Miss M. J Brown, Fitth avenue, New York:”—‘Dearest Mary— The sip is sinking fast; the boats away; 500 miles from’ land. Al Tho Board of Trade has considered th matter of sufficient importance to send over the not and lock of hair for the purpose of being delivered, & possible, to Miss Mary J. Brown, Fifth avenue, Buta the note omite the number ot her address in Fittt avenue, and ag the name of Brown is certainly no | Tare, it is not easy to carry out this instruction. Bal if this shall happen to catch the eye of the person & whom the note is addressed, she will learn that the interesting relic and pote are at the British Consulav | General's in this city. 8 5 & & E S 8| R 3) ~ Zz F) o > =| b> ey y = = _ Application was made in the Supreme Court, befor Justice Pratt, yesterday, (or a writ of habeas corpus fo William Jotinson, who is in jail awaiting examinatiot on acharge of shooting William McMahon, the pro prietor of Deorfoot Park, on (he evening of Septembe 17. The prisoner was remanded pending the examina tion, and his (r ends are now seoking his re on bail, The Court will render a decision today McMahon, whose life was for some time despaired of is now said to be slowly recovering Irom the elects @ bis woundg