The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-07

THE ART OF FIGHTING THE FRENCH ARMY.
Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia has just pub
liihed pamphlet, under the title of The Art Of
Fighting the French Army. The royal author gives
as the first principle of the French system of war
fare, that the French soldier always marches for
ward the second he SAYS, is that moral IS superior
to physical force. So Marshal Canrobert when ne
had coup de main on his hands IN the Crlmea, al
wavs asked his soldiers: "Do you feel equal to it?
They never answered "No;" and the promise which
they themselves had given to their General was the
guarantee of their The third principle OF
the French according to the Prince, is to hold
themselves in a serred column against an enemy
which is badly disciplined and unaccustOmed to
military mauHuvres; and, on the contrary, to tight
with dsordered ranks and like skirnishers when
they have to do with regular and wedisciplined
troops.
The Fourth French principle is, never to defend
themselves passively. OF this the Prince says: of
it happens that the French are attacked by close
column, they proceed in this way; and it Is espec-
ally excellent when the attack is not supported by
a corps de reserve. The French rifemen give way
at the point of attack; the attacking column, i'm
aginng that this is the commencement of retreat,
pushes on but soon the rtemen present new front
one or two columns advance. The sbarp-shooters
surround the enemy on all sides; he hestates; he
loses time; he cannot turn back, there he is com
PEELED to fight, and is abandoned to his fate. The
French soldiers ordered in this case not to Kill
any more, but to make prisoners, because soldier
take five or six prisoners in the time required
| to kill one man."
at is a principle" says the Prince, Gin the
| French army, that an attack, when once resolved
upon, can never be executed too soon too rapid
| w. In Italy, fire seldom lasted quarter OF an
hour before they came to the bayonet, and often
times they did not burn a cartridge during the at
| tack. 1t appears that the French attack at a
full run, to which they are exercising during peace.
so that, when they reach the enemy, they are not
| out of breath" The Prince claims many OF these
principles of Prussian origin. He believes that
| they are not even the product OF the French ma
tonal character, and that the temperament of the
Prussian soldiers is admirably adapted to their
adoption. In conclusion, he proposes, first, to en-
ploy rifemen by columns OF one company each;
second, to dispose the army in depth rather than
in BREADTH which increases the power OF resistance
on the tanks and prevents rapid loss OF men; ana
thirdly, the disposition OF an army as much as pos
sbe like the squares on chess ooaru Whlch Is Tue
best means of sustaining the impetuous attack of
such troops as the Zouaves and Turcos made on a
full run and with the bayonets.
The Princes last sentence is 'fMay we consider
these principles a0hile there IS get time"
ALL SAINTS DAY IN New 0RLEANs.-The New
Orleans Picayune of Thursday last says: To-mor-
row, according to the ancient usage the cemeteries
Of New Orleans will be crowded and assume that
lively appearance contrasting so strangely with the
usual silence and solitude these abodes of the dead
preserve throughout the year. The tombs, built
up like many houses either side of narrow
streets, have been freshly painted, white-washed
and repaired. They will be decorated with gay
flowers placed in costly vases, artificial wreahs and
garlands, where the ingenuity, taste and skill OF
the workmen have combined the colors OF nature, s
flowers with the bright tints OF gold and silver eat,
and the sombre hue of black enamel, jet and Grape.
Beautiful shrubbery and rare plants have been ta
ken out of the hot houses and gardens and tasteuy
disposed around the houses of the dead. Friends,
relatives, who mourned some cherished dead, idlers
drawn hither by curiosity, crowd the alleys, and
from 10 o'clock in the morning until sundown, the
cemeteries present the most curious spectacle a
stranger can contemplate in New Orleans.
We are sending apples to Great Britain. An Al
bany paper says: ga freight train which ar
number of barrels of apples, marked 'Greeningsl
for shipment to England The fruit was grown IN
the Western part of this State"