The Portland daily press., 1870-09-17

Saturday Morning, September II, 1870.
Incidents of the War.
CORTLAND. A

into the Prussian army with great success, and
.ue so'uiers' who now regularly get rations of
IT, are much pleased with it.. 1t consists of san
sages made of bacon, onions and nea four
mixed up with pepper and pmento. The
sausases will keep long time and are verv
portable, so that the men can carry rations
for several days with their biscuit in their
linen bread bags.
As an instance of the kind of cheerful liter
ature that now finds its way into the Paris
papers, taking the place of the frivolous, witty
and often immoral anecdotes that are usually
the staple of those interesting sheets, we give
the following story, abbreviated from the FL
saro: little girl of four. the daughter OF one
OF our brave colonies cf the army of the
Rhine, was saying her prayers at her mothers
knee: "God preserve my dear papa, aud let
him Kill good many Prussians" Mamma
reminded the child that perhaps some little
German girl was praying that God would help
h-r iather to kill good many French. "On,
that doesn't amount TO anything" she replied.
why bot?" Because God doesn't under
stand German"
An Inhabitant of Strasbourg, who ESCAPED
and took refuge at Bale gives some details of
the seige of the city:
Whole streets have been burnt. The Rue
de Dome is mass of ruins, as IS also the Rue
la Nuce Bleue. The City Library and that
OF the Protestant seminary have been demol-
lshed. The Protestant College, rebuilt about
I0ur years since by public subscriptions from
ail parts OF the world, no longer exists. The
Iemple Neuf has been partially burnt. Three
quarters OF the city nave been entirely de-
stroyed. La Kratenau and the Marais Ka-
ian ~ n n xyicf
Gallery, the Scheidker Mansion, the Church
OF st. Thomas, with the famous mausoleum
of Marshal SAKE, all have been destroyed.
Everywhere there is ruin, ashes and fire.
The unhappy inhabitants, huddlcd together
in cellars, see their homes burning, and can
not attempt to save them. Shells and rock
cts continually feed the flames. MANY citi.
zens have been killed. The pastor of the Ho-
tel de la Maison Rouge, while going his rounds
with lantern 10 hand. had his head carried of
by cannon ball The statues of Kleber and
Gutenberg have been injured, and the Cathe-
dral has received its share OF destruction.
Several portions. OF it have been knocked
d1wn. General Ulrich has declared that he
will not surrender except upon a heap of
ashes, and heap OF ashes will very shortly
hl the place OF city which but little while
since was so fourlshing.
The correspondent of the Carlsruhe Ga
zette, writing from the vicinity of Strasbol r.
on the 9th uit., says:
AT this moment Strasbourg is burning In at
least tour places, one near the Cathedral. Al
though this is Intentionally spared as much as
possible, the root has already been struck by
few bullets. The condition of the inhab-
tants, as described by few fuctiyes. is
frightful, ard one cannot deny them the
deepest sympathy. Already 600 persons have
been killed by our projectiles, and whole
streets are as good as destroyed The Cover
nor has declared that if the town fails into the
hands OF the Germans they will find it only
beap of rubbish. This fierce resolution is
partly attributed to his having lost a son in
the battle of WOerth. Evenmg.-It has now
become quite still and the burning town looks
still more terrible. What is more plainly VS.
ible than anything in the flames is the garden
ers' quarter, between the White Tower and
the Kronenbulg gate. There the flames have
ragged for three days. There are fires, how
over in five or six other parts, and even in the
citadel. The village of Bscheim has been
set on fire by the beseiged. Ever and anon
there is glowing streak towards the east;
these are the bombs which are sent from
kehl into the citadel. On our side it has
been perfectly quiet since noon.
A despatch from Brumath SAYS the opera
tions against Strasbourg are carried on by
slow but sure rule. General Lowensky, who
is General Won Woerder's chief of staff, ex-
pressed the opinion that it is mathematical
certainty that the place will fall about Septem-
Der "a. ihe course pursued in the siege is not
entirely matter OF choice. Strasbourg is
surrounded by three consecutive moats,
eighteen feet deep, and, unless the channel of
the LII can be changed, they present an insur-
mountable obstacle TO stormng. The GEN.
e,al belief is that Ulrich will capiluate soon.
The third parallel approaches completion, and
the first and second parallels are arrnrd with
24zpOunders. The ihird- will te armed with
h., 399p9Ipders, 9p9p which, at the distance of two
bs,teries. hardly fail to silence the
The English Army is beautifully ma--
The other day a"crack" regiment (the Royal
Fusilers) happened to be at Alden on its way
to India. Some curious civilian went among
the men and discovered that they were still
armed with the old muzzle-loadipg rifles
which they had used in the Crimean war, and
that they had never seen breech loader in
their lives. And yet Mr.. Cardwell, the War
Minister, had the assurance to tell the House
OF Commons little while ago that there were
tens OF thousands of breech-loaders ready
over and above what the army needed. II
England had been put to the sudden test to
which France has lately been subjected, can
any one doubt what fate would have over
taken her?