, 1870-11-22
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The Surrender Of Metz and Rumors
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whole army in Metz, elao II. would not nov
haye been posaihle to take it; 70,
II there had been only force there suf1cien'
to hold it, it could neveE have been starved te
terms. We have, As Jet, no detailed report Of
the booty captured. It Is estimated that there
10 1t least s, 800 cannon, 100, 600 mitzai1euses
md IS eagles. For eight days, we arc told, the
beeieged lived On four and water, the horses
having Ill boen eaten up except those belong.
ing to two artillery batteries. Peyer had been
raging at terrible rate for / long time before
though the condition OF the besiegess was
equally bad AZ regards disease and discomfor,
generally. (The Journals here revealed this
Immediately after the surrender, having had
the news before, but been compelled to sup
press it, Ne arc told that a yote Was taken
among the soldiers, On the 25th, az to whethe,
they ahou1d capitulato OF make another effort
to break through, and that the vast majority
voted to capitu1ate,
There ia Al oDluous silence In regard to the
terms Of surrender, 80 much SO that it T.
hinted that King William has reserved Baxalne
and his forces for hia OWL purposes. It IL
known that there we're = series OF long inter.
views preceding the cApitulation, the import
OF Which ia not in the least diEulged. Ac'
cordlng to somc reports, the prisoners are
gtVan to understand that those who do not de-
Clare for Napoleon are to be sent to Prussia.
MheteAa tho others will bs retained il
France. There ia great PRAISE Just nox given
TO Bazaine in the Journals, and metbodical
aefenca Of hiu, against tbs charges, By the
French, OF treacbe1y. It ia believed bv almost
pvexy one here that the Prussians viii xeplaca
Napoleon, OF else An Orleans, under the pre-
text, OF course, that thate must ba = respou-
Fiblc government With which to conclude
peace, and fhat the French did not ara,l
themselves OF their opportunity to
legrtlnsttze the republic Il il we'll
known that Napoleon had much hope in Ba-
zaine and now, since the capitulation Of
Metz, ho and bis officers 1t Wilhelmahohs ara
much cast doHn, - they were several DAYS
before in expectation Of ii; for theI aro
known to have had the news in ady4uce, On
tho 26th Of October Napoleon tasted neither
1000 nor drink What mikes him still more
party in favor Of III Orleans. Special eeforts
are taken BY his f1iends to keep up good in
preston In regard to him in Bsrlln. DAT eucea
Of him appear daily on eome point, q, e. a..
aSa'nst the charge that he has Lid up large
private sume IN foreign banks. The opposi-
him: and the ultra radicals claim that Dis.
mark veil unde1standa that be must Kill the
French Republic. or else he will himself be
titled politically, and also his party in Ger
Many incidents are related In connect;or
with the boubardmaut OF Metz. We will men-
| tion here one When MacAtahona army and
the Emperor surrendered, and Prince Fred
efick Carl wished to acauaint the a,my Of ss-
2ehe %'th the faet, he did not aend an ofieer
WITH the white tag to communicate It, as he
would, probably, hare been greeted With a
ehoTet OF bullets, aa others hsd benn fron.
l1atg, Of course, to the rules Of war>: and.
moreover, he knew that the newB 20 conreveti
would be kept BY Baxaine from the troops.
But as about that time Bazaino hsd ciyon out
TIT.
Frederic. Carl determined hat ho Should
not give them gratis, and 20
resolved to send, il ~ rot urn e
GOO French prisone1s-a regular Danaans
troops, but OF bread, which, in fact, was the
reason thas the German prisoners were re-
lcated. In chooaing the 600 that should be
sent into Metz, they we're 30 selected that
mere Wess s, from Ere to ten ont Of every regi-
course the defeat at Sedan thus BECAME eaai1r
knoHn to al u the Notifications. But. W.
may ahd here, ha played his Joke = lit4le too
Hsil, and caught the German press-in 4 lia
bad kept his troops in entire ignoranco of 1he
defeat at Sedan. - '0o
a Aauession a1ises a. to what disposition
ehail be made OF the prisoners Of Ne.z. Manv
OF the prisoners now at spandau are emp1oEed
sire satisfaction to the employera) 4 PROPOSE
non 1s made to employ large unmber on the |
Berlin Ieh1ter road, but disailo Ell hy tha
PRESIDENT OF Police, because he has not snt1i- |
sient iofce 70 prevent eec,pes To meet this |
difficulty il is proposed to increase the nolfc, |
temporarily, the Increased expense to be- psid
W the employers. From other parts, va hasr. |
again, that greater striugency il to bo taken
WIN tho prisoners everywhere on ACCOUNT OF |
Tug tte9Eent desektiona now occurring
the arny before Metz will be divided into ,i,rea
parts tho tirst, and principal, to operate
aEatnst tho French east army anu the Laire
amy, which have heretofore been opposed by
Genetal Ven wezder and General Won der
lam. :11 oseE this fores Prince frederic Carl
go to Paris: aud the third to the beeiegiug Of
certain fortifcations. and to garrison duty in
the e. elattieis already taken POSSESSION OF.
Ih9 fala'ng OF trocps for France atfli. coca
u up lis part p,spe5a 81 The Pss,n policy keep
whether they think the war will continue 4
Wtek or : year, 80 that no une1pected issus
Nih teke them By surprise The resetre
ep ee9spa L1ndxehE), which has bcen formed in
bombaFdment before Paris, il Is thought that
s., COO ceutne1s15o.0o .0o0. 600 pounde) Of amn1unj-
tton arc yst required 10 complete the prepars-
sions. sMe hear nearly eTery day Of akirmis1les
Mouna a ice outer iorte, which ire alwaYs re-
spAtches come With mete rsverse In
care OF q defeat, 1t ia kept mill
victory occurs. and then tho two are
tent hers together. Thus, the fight Ut
Hourget, where on the 25th the Germans we're
defeated, vas not reported until after the
sub, when, on the contest being renewed, the
Germans prevailed. taking so officers aud
,2U0 men. which made good despatch and
sonn.eEasted 1. ~ bad results that the defeat
report that the King WAS wounded; and then
\ contradiction stating that il was ouly Gem
eral von Rcon. To-day the papers are silent |
On the matter, 20 that It Il probably ali report.
We have already Lad three different reports
son aead. use i sias' e 'et otbsls' shS ''ss
not confirmed. From Verdun We heat
that fheE A1e prepared for a long siege, hav- )
1Dg Great abundance Of provisions, arms, &c.
In France, We are told that at Rheims they
complain that they must pass VINEYARDS wlara
the sines are oyerliden With rho REapes. .
+ Ethout daring to pluck single one, aud that
[hey must see Wagon loads Of full wine bA1-
ess sels pas " =. ~, Ike impnp.ty These, how
fhey would 20 to Americans; for II is char
acte.1stic OF the Geuaans, that in their beer
drinking, for example. they they can consume
anense .sa Quantities, ana yet, when they have
heir appetites, however they indulge them, P
rarely get tho MYSTERY over them. e
The De1t official despatch. after those an y
noun chg the capitulation of Metz and the de- {
Crown Prince aud Prince Fredsrio Carl 10 :
General Field NarshAla, the highest military b
tank. and one very seldom given, Never be- | o
Eoro has It been given to any member Of the | =
~ family, IL tho King mentions IN the OH
William w appointed hla hrosher md sue /
:eeeor "GenafA Lieutenant Of Infantry" c
nd Prince Carl, his other legitimate brother.
father Of Frederic Catl) General Fold. Zsng
I, 4srsha1, ho having before been Chief Of A. ]
L. t. 1
y Earl {GnO- Il WAS generally understood :
hat, On the celebration Of tho hnndredth | t
birthday of Frederic Wllli1u. III which xas t
0 inva been celebrated en- the Sd of August, I
ut delayed on account Of tie var. General e
Field Na1zhal Was to be appointed The pub- a
&C thought 1t would be eitker Moltke or Stein {
metz. I
a. to political matters, maj mention n
Important political meeting Of tbs Catholics r
emblias ara held hero on SUNDAY, 40 that tho t
,eople who must work on the weak dars can Il
'ttend)- The prircipal points made prom Il
nent for which they are to work, are the tax p
Il Of usurg- or complete abolition Of ususy; ii
improvement OF Casholic schools generally Il
" large arpsopfiationel and opposition to Il
'seemasonrE. In al those provinces where / v
he Catholics predominate. u in the Rhine
snl3} Msssphsls, o1eaa. sleaia, and o
hey generally unite On oue canisdsta Il
i their, owu. Ye may mention II
lds connection, That the German | ri
hshopa who opposed the Ecumenical Il
;ourei1- the doguA Of infallibitity, now re- 81
PURE all the pEieets to give their assent to il
q writing. This WIS expected to raiBa some | a,
rouhle N Germany, md 1t was thought that | s.
n eEost would BE- made to-. INDUCE the Prus- ii
7an ernse!nment 20 Assuna , mora independ- b
entions (for tho Catholic u wen az the | b,
'fctestant Church h partly supported b. fhe
tate In Pruasi1); but Thus faf We have kasrd =,