The New York herald., 1870-09-26
wAa ITEMS.


The German Continental papers give some very
interesting revelations OF plans and incidents con-
nected with their hostile operations in France.
Ihe Gazette OF Aix-laChapee says OF the fortinca-
tons OF ParIs:-
Between St Denis ana the Fort OF Mont valerien
u IN opeDns OF aoont zen miles, and which was The
undeended place alluded To IN the report OF the
Minister OF War on the Sth Of August steps are now
being taken .o &C s'ose o !. ey large work above the
the road the Prussians will take, we think we are
not mstaScn IN saving that our first cannon balls
wll fall into the BOls lie BOlogne aud the Champs
Elyst The Arc de pEJoile aud the Avenue de
rlmperutrice VIII be reached by our four and six
pounders The siege artillery now employed before
Metz ana strasboug wil prooaDly be tree 10 90 anc
salute the Tuilerles.
The invading force seems now 10 be working out
this very suggestion
General Ulrich at strasbourg upon being Informed
OF The important events when bad taken place &.
Sedan proposed 10 surrender Slrasboarg provided
hts lorces were permitted 10 march out with all the
honOrs or war The German commander refused
these terms insisting upon an unconditional sur
render.
The Prus ians rot being able % use the railway
from Metz 10 the frontier which ls within range OF
the forts, have const ucIed another Tor their COM
mInlcatons with sagrDrack, Strashourg and the
East. They have also formed another mountain
road, to be connected with former from Remilly
TO Pont-a-lnousson. About 1900 iaborers were
pied on It, among whom IRE many miners and $50
plate layers.
citizen OF Treves had three sons In the Second
regiment OF the Pruss.an Greiadieis OF tue Guard,
W,
same rank. They were ali tnree wounded by the
enemYs bullets On the 18Th OF August at Grayelotte
one was only slightly wounded the second severely.
while the third, VINO had received two bullets In the
breast. remained upon Tue leld When both his
brothers knelt at hs side and asked hun how he felt
his last words were, 'CoVer me up; am very cold"
-. The Ee,o Hessfan gazette, writing from Kongs.
berg, stae3-'ln tne bat.e VI Metz the soldiers or
our Forty third regiment, az protection against
poured upon then fastened tletr knapsacks across
their chests. After tae battle many OF Them were
convinced that these tacucs had saved their lives.
In them they found no snail number OF bullets,
which. instead OF striking chem IN the Breast had
only entered their cailskn culrasses."
NAPOLEON ILL is the seventh French sovereign de-
priyal OF his liberty by the ale o battles. LOUIS 10
Ddbonnare. In 5l9 Was confined b. his sons with
his second wife, Judith In monas cry. In $40
nobl2s. John l. was made captive at the battle Ql
PSIcsers ns gsysas 2 Pis sgSrl e. e Rs,ssa
conducted by Charles the Bold IN the suite OF the
Burgundag army. which was gong 10 besiege the
Leseols, The kings own allies. Francis l. was made
prisoner az the battle OF Pava. Like King John, he
gave up his sword Belgian, Count de Lannoy,
Viceroy OF Naples. Lastly, Napoleon l. surrendered
twice, In 1914 aud lsl5
when the Partisan populace forced their way into
the Hotel de ville nne portrait OF the Emperor
was on the point OF being destroyed, but NJ. Gam
beta caused II TO be tnrned agallss the wall anu
prevented violence, exclailnlng. "lt Is useless
Unfortunately such not the case with the por-
traiv painted by Horace Vernet. which surmounIed
one OF the chmneys in the Sale du Tr0ne. This
painting was TO pleces and panel III the nall
of the Municipal Council, representing the Emperor
| handing TO Baron Haussmann the decree Of annex
| ing the suburbs OF Paris, was much lacerated.
| Such. apart from few benches and busts broken,
was al the damage done AT the Hotel de Viile the
library Municipal Council. as well as the other
adjoining compartments, were respected, owing 70
| the efforts OF NJ Dardeune the librarian ana few
| National Guards
The following Incident shows the spirit OF tho
Parislans-A woman belonging to the environs had
brought several sacks OF potatoes 10 the centra |
| market. A customer presented hlnisen and asked,
| "fiow much the bosseau thirteen ItreslP' -Four
francsv 81 Ofcr you two francs fifty centimes, y,
1 .sFifty sousi ! had rather give them to
| the Prussans p AT these words the dealers around
| overwhelmed the woman with reproacnes, and the
crowd scattered the potatoes over the pavement
| rne woman called policeman, but he did not act
IN the matter, that sne lost her potatoes by the
rude justice Of the people.
A romantic incident OF the warfare In Alsace took
place In small hamlet not far fsom WasS2ionne.
poor old woman lived there with her two grandddugh
ters aged eighteen and twenty, ana her grandson o.
fifteen. During the evening OF the 2Ist two Badest
dragons allgnted the house, called for ano
! drink, and ordered beds TO he prepared for them
| The women were forced TO obey. When the soldiers
bad gorged themselves with food anu wine they
commenced playing with one Of he girls; tue young
peasant, seeing the danger to which her SISTER was
| exposed, went up into the garrett under the pre-
| text OF fetching some sheets took gun when had
! belonged to ner father loaded and cooked it and
| then waited behind door; presently one or tho
dragons aud advanced towards a sidcboard TO
| take soma wine when she fired, killing hun the
spol the other terrified. aud believing III attack
rushed TO the door, and jumping Oh his horse gal
/, loped or