New-York tribune., 1870-11-16

halted. BY some unaccountable means, part VI 'no
train before had got on the track ana P'o"oo nv
the ground This accident seemed provided espee'Ay
TO divert us; for about the samc ''o ~
telegraped from saverne that no trains
could be received for four or hve hours
This time WAS spcnt In clearing the track,
and the travellers who found 1t too tresone 10 roam
about under woodshed near the train, wied away tno
time by standing in drizzng rain ana observing INC
progress Of the work the demolished carr IL "@'
o'clock when at last In condiuoh 10 mo'o o
but after an hours ride obliged 70 stop ior INC
night at Hochfedez, the first station pcyond hru',
miserable place with miserable inn Most OF the OH
GERS preferred to sleep the but having secured
mattress on the with the additional luxury OF
heavy carpet TO cover me, spent very co'nior'o'
night in the nn We started early this morning. anu
erept slowly along to Saverne, where nearing th' A
express train was pass through, succeeded IN
having my car attached it, and arrived at Nancy IN
safety.
"Nanzie ia an photographic innovation that the Ger
mans have already made in the city itself the pro
cess assimilation Ia not In every respect 20
Either the inhabitants do not or Will not uhders'au INC
German language, and in most cases they exhpt DUCT
hostility to everything German. The Germans ha'e
the introduction OF their own system OF Or
ganization. Already they have postal service apart
from the field postofce for the OF the city, ana
tee graph Office also been opened for general use
The railroad has independent head and everything
relating TO railroad affairs Ia conducted IN
the same In Germany. The rairoa'
depot shows immense amount OF business trahsac-
tons but Of in connection with the army and 10
not proportion TO that in the streets Of the city Nancy
the place where army jews Knights Of the Order OF
St. John and donation for the army, col
eet Further than this place the contractors 90
venture and they initiated by the knights OF inc
Order OF st. john class Of wealthy Germans who, haV
ing officially constituted the benfactors OF sick ana
wounded soldiers have advanced az far a. tins city IN
their charitable purposes When these purposes com
bned with the certainty Of personal discomfort 10
Themselves they occasionally penetrate further into the
army. Their subordnates however have brought them
into great disfavor Very little discretion seems
10 have been exercised in their selection OF
subordinatee and out Of the 1000 persons
who bear the red cross on their @ very great
majority pursue aims entirely at variance with Their
prcensons and many OF them OF the lowest Glasses
who have no other intention than pllsge and plumber
An incident in which was concerned exhibits very
common mode Of procedure. believe 1t was at Meaux
that waiting in my carriage before my hotel for
my servant TO bring down my baggage. youth OF
about nineteen years. with red cross his arm and an
other on his cap, pleased with the appearance OF my
vehicle jumped IT, and seating himself at my side,
ntnated pretty bad French his wish that would get
on the eoachman's box and drive him a certain place
When inquired his authority for this procedure, he
pointed TO his cross, and, brutal manner, told me
that my carriage "requirir" by him. and that for
the next week must drive him about on pleasure
excursion He had mistaken for Frenchman, but as
had strength my side than he the process of his
election was rather summary. BY this class OF people
most Of the charitable gifts for the army consumed
or dssipated before they get beyond this city When
left the 'front.' two weeks ago, nothing whatever had
reached the army before Paris and while the hospitals
and depos Metz and Nancy were overburdened
with uIures OF every kind the before Paris was
Twin nm had notaf
pue into which the red has fallen, that inquiry
has been ordered by the Prussan Government and the
Crown Prince stringent order to correct the
abuse of the power exercised by the persons wearing II
iu his army,