, 1870-11-10
BERLIN.
Capitulation Of Orleans and
Soissons.
French Forces Captured by the
GermuMs-
Garibaldi.--American 8ympathy.-Ger'
man Politics and Social A8airS
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Bxz11N, Oor. IL
Tho taxing Of 0rleans did not 1t frat pro-
duce the Impression that us tmpoxtance, II
nftesxatd shown up, deserves. Tho public
did not expect victory from that quarter,
and 40 had not prepared themselves as COM
monty for ita appreciation. Ia perceptible
effect on the Exchange also was a1ight. be-
cause, 1t the B&tno time. news was received Of
the reappearxnce OF the French feet IN the
North Sea, which, 1t is thought, will
materially Affect tho duration Of the
war, among other REASONS, bscanss
it calls the army Of yogel ron Falkenstein to
the coast, which WIS about to operate in the
interior Of France. The military importance
Of Orleans ia weighty in several respects.
although it is not a fortified city. Through
its position On the right bank of the Loire, it
will serve to coser any sonther1J march at
tempted by the army around Paris. It is, bs-
sidee, one Of the wealthieAt cities OF France,
and In ono Of the richest countries, 70 that in
case OF long siege it will furnish valuable
provisions, and through its extensive gar
risons very desirable shelter. It ia the point,
ALEC, where the railroads from EAates. Bar
deAux, and Toulouse, ~ well as the National
line centre. This last, communicating by way
Of TouIs NTH Chetboutg and Bsest, will rem
der necessary the removal OF the proyisionary
government, as the latest telegrams fuEtnor
assure us. Il is afso pc8siple as soon az
Chaites shall DO taken. to cut Oh tho supplies
OF marine soldiers from Drest and Of at troops
from Bretagne. The chief weight Of the VIC
tory At Orleans, however, il in the 0efeat OF
the Loire army, which had begun to attract
considerable attention and nome fears in Ger
lisny.
Yesterday, about noon, We received intel1i-
yence Of the capitu1ation Of soissons, which
was rather a disappointment th,n other*iss :;
tecarse, having no news since the capture OF
orleans, the people expected the next tele~
gram to announce something important from
b+fore I's1ie, ~ there lad been 1umors OF &C.
tiyities there. 1t is common here, II good
uews arrive toward the end Of tho week, to
keep il till Sunday, 90 ~ to surprise the neo-
pi. :. u 11me when they can give themselves
up to lis celebration. It has SO happened Qt
may be only chance coincidence) that Ill the
occasions Of jubilee, when salutes or illumina-
HOES were in order, have fallen on Sunday 80
that yesterday there wzs great rush in Ill
the streets WHEN tbs messengers were seen to
approach The announc.-colunns with the
sixty-t1fth deapatch. Besides announcing tho
cspitulation OF soiasons, the govern
ncnt eAw fit, also, in tho
s.mo sespatcb, to contradict the
French actonn,s Of varioua yictories by them,
Soiesons ia thought 10 he chiefly important II
4 convenient point for tho forwaEdiug OF pro-
visions and besiegiuG material. II las had
German and French Wars. 1t had already
teen taken IN 14l4 BY Carl VI. On the 1ath
Of March, ISL, 1t Was captured by Du1ow and
Nintztne1ode, it being then fortified only after
the old manner with ditehes, towers, etc., ~
as We still see German aud French cities forti~
fed or at least the relica Of their old fotti6e1-
ti6ne). It waa 1etaken, however, by the
FRI nch under Marmont and MoEtier t8o days
nft+r- In 1915 1t Was bcsieged By the Prus-
eisns. and. on the 14th OF August, surrounded
IT. Present capture Is announced with great
pomp by the Grand Duke Ct Hecklen5urg,
3,U00 prisoners, and 132 guns having been
/ captured.
Tho Germsns take no little pride in recount
| ing their prisoners and trophies. According
| to the sast report, published yesterday in the
3.577 Ulcers and l23,700 men, exclusive OF
| the wounded; also, 2,100 guns. OF these.
$500 men were captured at Weissenpurg,
6.G00 at Worth, $500 At Spichern. 1877 in tie
several battles at Saa1gemuud, HAguenau, and
lichtenterg, 1000 at ThionyiIle, $50 1t vi,ry,
Laon, LAO It Toul, and II, ,3i7 At st1ausbonrg.
| OF these, according 10 another aocount, 1854
officers and 9, ,S9a men are kept in the North
German fortihcations, 1852 officers and 174
men in the open citles OF Prussia, Sc officers
and $40 in the open cltlea OF the other Slater
| Of tie North Herman Confederation, aud 1886
officers and 20,03i mon in South Germany.
OF the North German fozti6cations, Magde-
lure has SIG officers and 10,0l6 men, 10
blentz, 64 officers and 98,216 men; Cologne,
l h.R* i II 0r{}S
and 1905 men; MaJe 1s5 oiilce1s and
ah ut 7,100 men; Glogan, about 1000 men
Erfu1t an6 MiLden, over $500 lin Effort some
334 ofticats we're brought Oh the 14;h Of
6ertenb ber); Tosen, 4,4o0 men Nesel,
1s.2uo: Neisse; Torgsn. srasndau, and wit:en;;
kcsel. 1,000; kustrih. 900, sad Grandenz,
500. In the open cities there arc mostly otti-
cere, the following containing the greatest
number: Bteklsu, S65; HAbezatsdt, 233 !;
Weistaden, 159, kc. Mefseburg, Bonn, Dus-
eellorn, Ascherlebeu, StenGsl; E.aukfot on
the-O Ode r, Laudstee..g, Drauuenturs, D,etz.
NenVeid. ar3 Aacher, contain small num-
bers. OF the North German Staten, Prussia
has AZ out So, 200 prisoncrs; Saxony, 6,000 !;
Mcch1enbure. ,10i REaunschweig, COO. and
20 On TIL the two little principalitiesof Of Reuse,
which have kkout Leu each. In South Ger
many, Rava1ia has about 10 600: Wurtem-
berg, $500: Baden, LOO, and Hes=e, 1860.
These, in several respects, are not held a. the
PRISONERS in America we're during the war.
Az far as have observed, it appears common
to give them their ratious 10 money, IS is
also the case with the soldiers in time OF
peace-a1lowing each about fifteen cebts per
day-eo that eutlets and petty huckaters
keep up lively business in the ueiGhborhood
Of the gnrnsous and hospitals. Beer, "vege-
etable eau.ago," II d =" STRAW btead," are the
moat common articles OF this traffic. on which
the retail dealers have profit Of about ?
per cent.
Tho German press shovs contempt rather
than atIjety At the acqul-ition Of Cart Adj
By the French, esteemiug him too old and too
J L practical to do Ereat barn. Yet they keep
suggesting the imprudence Of Italy in permit
tins II, and also 1eiats numerous difficulties
that 1t raisee among the French Catholics, on
account OF his relation to the church. There
had before been many admirers Of Garibaldi
here, and they regret this step "a calculated to
injure him. not Germany. The Germans of
moderation which the Ebe.sls should exercise
in regard to this contest, 1nA not be led assray
By the EaIne OF "Eepuhlic," which the French
have unworthily assumed Greutts procians-
ton sgaiprt hfllbustera il uuiyerealty copied
by the Gs1man press, and fAsornbly comment
I'd Oh. Tie continued sympathy Of .Asnssi-
cans for the Germans, As shown by large
portion Of the press, gains for us credit On 4
lcint that re need credit hare; for while the
Germans have ALLOW ed every other virtue to
| u.
bad no resrect fer our moderation, but
thought Us altogether too fast for our own
safetv.
There is great complaint raieed here about
the unnecessary destruction OF property by
the French. Even the government officials,
in their dispatches from The seat Of war,
make frequent mention Of It, g,ving US to
hope thu, they themselves will pause before
they destroy 1:a1is. Tho Vienna press, on the
otheE hand. accuses the lprassians OF greater
vandalism IN the destruction Of French Wills
ges On eljght pretexts, and helaying waste Of
iAlsace and Lorraine. Since the French jour
nails do not find their Way here Tor very rare-
ly) the Tzntsian press defend theis cause
mostly against the Austrian and Bohemian
press.
In diplomatic circles there haa been con.id-
erable talk for the list few dAss over
StaAt-Haus in the North German Reichstag,
e.a legislative body someahAt like thn
Cnited Statee Seuase, which shall represent,
not tts people, hut the different States
in the Federation. Tbs court organ
| threuts .z4tung) favo1s this very strongly,
prol aoly because there Il an element Of afis-
tocracJ N it, but more likely ~ An attempt
| Against the German States now belonging to
Austria, The South Ge1m4n papers SEQ il in
ter: for the same Krs.l:z-zeitang hAs been,
ever since &c, the advocate, not Of fedeEa-
'iSe. hut Of ! consolidated empire for the
Austrian ssatet. 1t knows thss Austria will
never succeed in incorporating the Ci4-Lithu-
Anian countziea IN any closer union than now,
70 that. II che prrtuea a more exclusively
Austrian policy. It will be m easr matter for
hrsaiA, in case sha establishes for the North
fadetatite government. to draw Oh these
states to herself. End 10 fulfil the long-cher-
l.hed eraau Of ! union Of al Germany.
Withuut this explanation it il hard to see why
11ussia should de sire anything like loosen
1rg Of the bonds Ct the North German States
by such an eEnr-present reminder Of their in
cenendent sosereiKnty, especially while it Is
still working 20 h%Id to set BsvariA into cloeer
NJ iuo.