The New York herald., 1870-09-19
The nIeur.i.g in Germany.

Too mourning IN U0rmeuys
The great Victories won by German arms,
and the almost miraculous prostration Of Ger
many's most powerful and most dangerous foe,
have sent . thrill Of national exultation
through the pulses of Fatherland. Bonfres,
Examinations, triumphal professions, public
meetings and congratulatory addresses have
not been wanting in any of the large cities
that dot the broad region extending from the
Rhine to the borders Of Russia. The echo of
these jubilations comes to us across the Allan
the cries of grief and anguish which ascend
along with it from thousands aud thousands of
homes made desolate by the curse of this
dreadful war. In fact, there is determined
effort, and, under the circumstances, not an
unwise one, on the part of the German authori-
ties to suppress the true details of the carnage
inflicted on their troops The story would be
80 appalling, were 1t all frankly told at this
juncture, as to awaken all over Germany
voice for instant peace that could not be
resisted. Hence, the most is made of the
successes gained and az little as possible is
said of their frightful cost. However, King
William himself has, once or twice, iuvolunta-
rily given glimpse behind the bloody scenes.
In his famous despatch to Queen Augusta
from the battle fields iu the neighborh0od
of Metz he admitted that it sickened
him to think of his losses, and all correspon-
dents agree in representing the slaughter of
the Germans In nearly every engagement
fought since the beginning Of the war as two
fold that of their antagonists At the battle
Of Gravelotte the German dead lay heaped
upon the heights whence the French had been
dislodged toward the close of the action Sin
swathes and wiurows, like grain in densely
planted and well mown field, and the distress
of the royal commander-in-chiefa at the almost
utter annihilation of his splendid Guards-the
pride of the Prussian army-is described as
having been extreme.
Again, the peculiar system Of recruiting and
organization pursued for the German service
is such that in many cases large proportion
of the able-bOdied men of whole villages and
small towns are enrolled together in the same
companies and regiments, with the idea that
their conduct will be benefcially influenced by
the additional esprit de corps thus preserved,
and by the fact that every man will be fight
ing under the eyes of his own neighbors and
early companions. Consequently, the slaugh-
ter of these recent battles has thrown whole
communities into mourning, and, as the South
Germans have really done some Of the severest
H. l. Dr.Jo
ria where almost every family has lost
father, brother or son. Saxony, too, has been
literally decimated by the Wholesale destruc-
ton of her best troops. 1t is one pecu-
liarity of the German soldier that he
is more likely to have wife and
family at home than is the more volatile
and tickle Ffenchman and, hence, his death
is not simply the passing away of unit from
among the multitude, but involves the imme-
diate suffering of several persons. This fact
has been very touchingly illustrated upon
many occasions during the struggle. The
fierce Uhlans scouting in the neighborhood of
the Alsatian towns repeatedly exhibited great
emotion when caressing the children of the
villagers upon whom they made their requisi-
tions. and, when questioned as to the cause of
their agitation replied that they, too, had
wives and families at home.
But so general has been the carnage that no
class in the German armies has been spared.
At Sedan there was an absolute 6dttue OF
titled officers: and long lists of counts, barons
and gentry Of distinguished name and social
position figure among the slain in the state
| ments of the press in Austria, where the care.
full restrictions imposed upon the North Ger
man editors are not enforced. In one word,
| the domestic heart of Fatherland is lacerated
as it has never been before. Her homes
grand and humble alike-are wrapped ir
gloom. Men whose own hearths are in safety,
| on this side of the Atlantic and elsewhere, a
wide distances from the actual scene Of sorrow
may hold war meetings and pass ferocioui
resolutions; but the afflicted people of Ger
many, In all her cities and in all her fields Of
rustic poverty and labor, pray that this riot o
blood may be stayed and that their stricker
hearts may be no lenger torn by the fang
of military ambition.
| The Rod Of Heavenly Vengeance and
Warming.
| Our cohlo toloora m nowa renorfs TO-DAY Os