The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-19
NOTES o. The WAR.


Professor Won sybel wrltes TO the London Times TO
declare mat the Germans are determined do for
themselves what England's chiefs once did for
LuIope, VIZ, found their security aud Independence
on arm and solid basis. and 10 this eni II Is inds-
pensabe that they should recover .sElsass.n
The Tours correspondent OF the London Ne,os
mentions Wild ruilOr current that Russian ennis
saiies are tempting the republican government with
offers TO buy the French neet Ia Tor an ofreu-
siye ana defensive alliance in certain contingences
A band OF volunteers calling themselves the
'Wild Bears OF the Ariennes,' joined 10 another
styled the "Railway Destroyers,' have, says
French telegram, caused 4 German tram TO ran on
the line between iaunols and Sauless A great
many Germans were allied.
ON the 18th OF October queen Augusta. Of Prussia
sent the following telegram TO Prince Frederick
Chares:''I SEND my sincere CONCENTRATIONS To you
ane ysur brave troops. Your splendid success has
marked an era III tins memorable war. beg That
you VII send the details oI The surrender"
A positive denial IL given to an attempt on the
lie OF the King OF Prussia by some Franc-tireurs
ON which occasion General Won Room was said 10
tie announcements IN LIE Ne,c Pitssian (CrOssj Ca
&ette that her husband was in perfect health.
The French Siscie which Is now published at
PoltlerS, says:ihe tone ol the rural districts IL
iamcntaDe. Why n nothing done 10 engntsn them
as TO the real state oil ahairs; NOT unlrequently,
even IN the streets OF towns, people may be heard
peatng, amid the applause Of their hearers that the
Prtissidns were paid 10 come TO France. Only yes
tertlay speak r. half citizen and half beegar was
eXpala.iag on this VITA the approval OF ms audi
tors. What does sucn wfonaheadedness indicator
Thai Ignorant men WHO naye been astonDeieI Dy tina
terrible e.ents vi the last few months understand
neither The iali oi the empire Its consequences,
the iutulen
The London flames says:--"M Tniers is a charming
Oh man one OF e best OF cluseuis especially Ia the
company OF those VINO pay due Difference To IFS are
ana experience. We ali ike his wit his spirit. his
rerre, hts energy. Yet there points To he
noted about ~ Theirs the first - that his circle OF
ideas ts no longer elastic. such rs they twenty
years ago they are now. Sedan, we know, made no
change IN his views, and IN al! probability, Metz has
mad as iiltle effect upon aim. The seconds that,
we were to search for the man who aeovc an OH.
mi
tunes OF France we should DO compelled harsh as
the statement must seem, To point 10 NJ. TnIers.n
DR.. Russell, writing 10 The London TINES describ-
ing Visit TO the hospital ut Versailles, saSs:"one
man alive with ball lodged IN his BRAIN he had
even been conscious; another had the side OF MS
skull clean carried Oh by shell, and third, In q
ward ali by himself, was-but no, II was TOO horri-
bierhe man was in mania. ana Mr.. Fuiley and
hurried into the next ward, whence an orderly was
sent 10 Keep watch aud ward the case. The
simpering swagger ana fcatherly haunting OF some
OF these marshals la their sales would be enough to
make man who merely nervous quite delir-
GUS. / would not spend night alone with CatinaC
aud Vitry FOR large portion In my strongest days"
The Earl Of Shaftesbury sends to Londen Jour-
mai short commentary on the following passage In
the letter Of correspondent at Metz:.'rhe entire
| army besieging Metz voluntarily gave up their
deeply touched the people OF Metz, and did much to
relieve their fears.n His 0rdsllp snys:-'srhis Ia
according to the advice OF the Prophet a. we read
! said unto Elisha, when he saw them, my father
snail sts ,n them snail sm,s ,nsn i,
thou smite those whom thou has taken captive witt
thy sword and with thy bow? Set bread and waite
before them, that they may eat and drink"
| German paper says that ut the sOrtie upor
Bagneux, before Paris, on October II, a Prusslar
truinpcter found French signal book and tried K
sound the French signal OF retreat. He succeeded
and III the most terrible drift OF bullets he took up
position within the French first line, hiding himself
| In garden house, where he at any moment ex
posed To be discovered and Killed by the enemy
There he sounded his hnge with such force and per
| sistence that number OF French bugemen soon
answered with the signal, and the whole
French detachment that until then had Courageous '
/ advanced began TO retreat. The Prussians imme.
| ulaicly closed upon the retreatng force which on
this rctrograde movement lost upwards Of 800 men
4 In Killed, wounded and prisoners. The vaiianL
trumpcers name II Fred. /. Freund, from Damn
| In Puncraula.