The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-20

the siege. Then tIey Ill began 10 speak az
once. or rather 10 shrek out their wolnl ex-
ler.ences. the dearness Of the food. the
terror Of the Germans, the fearful fcsers and
OF the cousins they had lost 1ghting--a came ont
Ia q erect yocy, accompanied Dy tears and aestlc-
ulailons. jacques, however. seeing tnat he had no
caancc against the female tongues, soon resigned
himself 10 silence, only throwing ~ an occasional
acqulescent grunt here ana there.
AZ length. after half an hours eloquence. the
Mere Ferra and Marie took to s0Ublng, Ia winch
their bony friend joined them heartlly.
Then jacques came out a4aiE:-"But ngure 20
name, mot loaf OF bread a. any b2kef's though
one VI the generals offered twenty francs iot Gal
OF -four sOus-and no meat but horseleSn nArun-
ana no water III for Christian To drink-and a the
soldiers almost mad, and as upsy; but upsy mau
nose VINO could eet ANYTHING 70 dsiIs Anu cp aev
did look sntyerins and starved when lacy were
And vet Marshal Bazalne has betrayed your I
put IN, observing their unreason attentiyeiy.
"Mas. oui, Monsieur, mails, oui y they cried, IN
PATRIOTIC vInAGo.
~ he has BETRAYED us, pursued me grisy Angc-
you should have seen the sight when that miscreans
traitor drove through our village. we were waitln8
LOT .he man some OF my nci2hoors ana i anu w wv
hand ~ cut. That was against the Marshal's CAR
rage window An, If 1t had nos been !or COS MES,
seurs the Prussians We would have mad MS oioOu"
did not doubt II, looking at her-slie WAS tho
very mpersonaion OF one OF those red viragos who
used 10 watch the gulllotine IN '9j.
Mere Ferre gave withered grin OF delight eAnd
ne was not TO be irightenedfn pursued Angeiiqus
or the Prussans say 10 him, DO not be alarmed N:
| lie General. Think Of that. do not DO aiarmedl
voice. NO, monsieur, whoever has no more hope naa
no more lear An, yam! fear Tor me! The wolves
| The others applauded her amiahle aud womanly
sentiments Poor Bazaine Is tho honorable lame OF
brave gentleman to be stained 10y such breaths al
these?
made yesterday little tour Of inspection OF some
OF the wounded in the hospital The men SEEM
mostly brave and patent Some could hardly
fran from tears when speaking o the surrender OF
the town. one or two ope.iy declared shat Bazaine
had BETRAYED them. When asked why they thought 20
they merely answered because BaLalnc Was trai-
tor surely reasonable ana ioxca reply; V me
explosion Of shell, took very diIerens view
ine Marshal Is as brave and as true rs any Frencn-
man IN the world; but he could not starvc quarter
Of million OF people TO death could ,er All and,
Mons.eu there were some VINO could nave heiped
| by those who thought grow rich cur miseres.
| Tue Ma shall has disappointed them, and now they
are the most furious patriots OF them all"
| believed there was q good deal OF truth ir tho
poor fellows words, presented INN with syinpa-
thlzinQ cigar and lett hun: Tue men seemed toiera.
bly, well looked after as the RUSSIANS I'D Mt allow
| any Of the surgeons TO leave the French wounded
| waen they entered the town.
| PILES or SMALL ARMS.
| think nothing inpresses one more with the mag
nitude OF the French disaster lnan the sight OF the
| arms laid down by the French troops These deatn-
| dealing weapons, in their imnense stacks look ut
first 81 ght likesonc Extraordinary buildings bristng
| all over with points, do not neabcr ever feel
ing Il greater sensation OF numbers than when con-
tempatng this strange heap OF rides, thousands on
thousands together. Surely such u singular war
| trophy was never seen IN tue world.
| A Metz man came up to me scoWliny. as l looked
at them. "Ah, monsieur sad nc, n man who had
those at his command had no business 10 surreii-
| der.u
.'what If he had nothing to pur Into tnema" I
| said "And those who bore them. what II he hal
! nothing 10 put into them Z" battered myself that
| had .sht MINI up: but he remained gazing ar
| The CBassepois an1 displaying an amount or inge-
nutg (Which might have been better employed) In
cursing BaZainc in about s71 different ways.
meanwhile lost myself In mental calculation as TO
how much he would have To pay had he been
british subject and Bned at Ave shlllnQs oath.
FORAGE FOuSD.
To-day, az was walking down q side street. was
attracted by seeing various soldiers bringing down
great bundles Of forage out OF private house. Some
unucky Spectator mad Tiled all the upper rooms VI
his house win forage, waiting Tor tho highest
famine price. He nad now yanishei and some
neignb9rs, who literally ''smclt ratn Tor these
ANIMALS had found out the lood), had brought the
soldiers to the spot.
QUIET OF THE TOWN.
In walking through Metz the restored quiet ami
order OF the very STRIKING. but Is for tas
most part, think, the quletneSs despair me in
| habtants nave sort or .knowlng the-woraJn ap-
pearance. and they droop. especially the women Tho
| dapper neatne5s OF French women has deserted
them, aud they even sink To the depths OF becoming
| od-a- hOncd
| Meanwhile the Prussians are very good ana
tr,islye,y happy. But wrat would soa have Tney
cannot but e1ult wAo nave just oeen assured ny
their King that Win ''such soldiers victory was
certan.'' should ike, though. To remind ms Ma
jesty that that entirely depends upon whom they
were lighting against