The New York herald., 1870-11-08

are forwarded every night fso 10 100 pags contain
ing each about four bushels. and requiring four large
wagons 10 transport them 10 the depot 70 say
nothing of other postal centres, such as hampurg'
Leipzig, Cologne, Frankfort-on-the-Main ana saar.
brucken To these centres forwarded all letters
from the districts which surround them. For ex-
ample all letters from the provinces OF 5randenDurg
prussia Posen, Pomcrluia and sesa come Si q ~, ~
Berlin where they assorted and those Of the men
separated from those or the officers IN order that te
latter may be more rapidly iorwarded Aierthat ooln
kinds OF letters are assorted according to The army
corps ana stll once again according 10 the patla-
hons, squadioDs ana batteries to which they happen
to he directed. In which condition they are for
waried To the onices in the field. OF which every
division has one, whence the separate bodies VI
troops obtain their letters.
DIRE DESTRUCTION.
inc omcial Stats Aiazefper, speaking of tne siege
OF S'rasbourg furnishes the following details, which
may interest your readers. II Says
During the ege strasbourg there employed bv the
prssians ght deren. artillery and BY the Baden
y Inss morssrs sa
sssas a.n .adsa I'.s %SI.s; 3
g TIs soial number Of shot. fred these "a guns
sas There as0oo Eensass from long rIhea s
grenade. oo raed spoaadsrs. 800 pe sarspne from rdsd
Hpoander 1000 ssrapnel from rhed lapounders lo99
nloriars 600 comic shells from alcsn!ms,er
lps mo from
'm9on T,nl. mor.ars mortar. - a.v =,
the Siege tie ed daily ys
% SSs aSs
thaiers
rreparable Is that OF the library, which
petcy destroyed by c Though previous TO the bombard
men had been the custodian To remove the
most valuable works to safe piace he was not listened ~
but told by ocers they did hg for his
books
RESTORATION.
A proposition has just been made that all Inc pun
fishers OF Germany should gratuitouslv contribute
to reestabsh the library as far as possible and that
universities, royal collections and museums should
make over TO iC such copies OF ancient and rare
works as could be spared bytnem.
INVOLUNTARY GUESTS.
The number " French prisoners within Germany
Is constantly on the increase the last official returns
give 10 at 3,5T officers and l22, 700 men. Confined
within the f0rtresses OF North Germany, 1884
officers, 90 392 mcn In open towns OF Prussia, 22
officers ia men; within The States Of the Confed-
Grafton SO officers, 9940 men; within the states OF
South Germany. 395 0fi1cers 20 194 men.
Many OF them are employed by farmers. who cx-
press great satisfaction with their services. BY y
recent TRANSPORTATION OF those open camps to bar
racks AMI caienateS the sanitary condition iH much
improved. The Oiicers have been permitted TO &C.
lect for their stay among a number OF cities and
towns, arc not obliged 10 wear uniform and can
move about at H0itum. So many Of them have
taken up private quarters IN the town OF Magdcburg
that furnished rooms now command double the price
they did before, and IN Bresau, the second city or
Prussia regarding the number OF inhabitants they
felt themselves so much at home that OF them,
by Dragging and other imprudent conduct, got
themselves into difficulty and were elected from
public gardens and coffee houses.