, 1870-07-28
The French Empress Appointed Re-
gent During Napoleon's
Absence,
French Naval Armament ut
ChcrbourE.
Further Developments Concerning Napolton's
Absorption Scheme.

Absorption Scheme.
AT THE FRONT.
NEw YORK, July ss.-Thc special correspondent
OF the 1f.t,e, at Metz f4uhs sisy1cts on the e4th
inst. that these then no neWs from the 'front.'
There Was 10 possibility 0f cruising the lines He
had IN Interview With the SECRETARY OF General
Daxa,ne. To the repeated requests Of the nephew
of th+. lattes for rasa, the reply consisted tn
showing letter from Ii pruf, sayn3 that, In
ccr,ancc with the EmperoE's special desire, all
corps commanders *err to use the greatest rigi-
lance 10 prevent all persons not belonging 10 the
army from accompanying 1t 10 Germany, and es~
pcc!sIly Journalistic The correspondent urged an
eAcT1tn In fav1r Of American Journalists. He
replied that permission wouf be given 10 Ameri-
cans II 10 anybody. The uncle regretted TO refuse
lie fe2Ees1 the refusal would lie rsiutetpreted In
the tinted States. The correspondent thinks
that tlIs has reference to the General having
been orIetetl ont OF MEXICO rather Sharply BY his
American compstnots. The matter was ended
b5 referring the correspondent to Ii Buuf, who
also refused even to look at the passports and
letters from the American Legation.
On NGnlaJ, the Soth. = correspondent telc-
Er1thed from Netx: Gen. Hazainc lc2ves this
forenoon with thittvnye thousand men Ii
1lrainanft goes also The Emperor Ia expected
10 arrive next Ihutsday, and battle 1t was anttck
Iatc1l, would shortly atterWaru lake place The
ARMY Of Africa wfs rapidly arriving. The
II uaycs That left Constantine oQ the 18th had also
come.
A epecial correspondent OF tho New York 7fi-
lnt In frts, under date Of aoth Inst, states that
private letters from the headquarters Of the army
says that no Stranger wlu be respected Formal
oraers have keen given 10 shoot any man Attempt-
ing to cuntravcue oEders against the pstsa
The Emperor will nu. leave Paris uuul all The
psrparations are concluded. When he goes he
Will xo quickly.
Frum Ssrasl,ourg, on the eed, there arc a1rtcea
OF s.ea1y concentration Of troops towar.l Thtou-
vile Nothing remains 1T Strasbourg, apparently.
The mall attack ts to tn made al0nE the valley Of
the Moseiht amt the great eattt will be in the
1hentsh prpytucrs hut The 1'ruEsians seem to bc
falling bark tehlnd tic Rhine.
NEW lbEK, .Jniy s;.-1'hc following " the con-
8nation of the Tribune cable nespatchcs sent last
night: When arrived at Metz for the first time,
transport hnTErS were u In fotnd In n1rnoera-
They were HI asJ, strpng-looking horses, many OF
tl.M rias. They WEIR tickrtcrl IN a large square,
their halseTf tic to the wheels ef country waHons
Ths. totses Eut cleartr Just cumc from the pluw,
anil t*1i'!e tl.etn Lay their orsltnary harness. An
auxiliary corps ct peasants hal heen engaged to
conduct tllr wagons. They had no uniform. bpt
wore rs-. er,ls IN their hats dcrpt1ng the oorps
tfnr,"e to which they belonged. The court yarls
of the hntrls were crowded With baggage belong
ing to staff masters. nazainr, alonc had At least
four twtrh0ffe wagons Onlctles and
Puanis crowded. the gates The
private sititng-Toons were tuned
Into Offices 1Ed the saloons were surrounded by
uniformed men. This evening tOok walk with
An acquaintance lie asked ME: ado you OH
ker@e aIst1ln2 peculiar about the FFcnch
ut1eers." | rcp1 d, "No, do not He an
s~cred, ~ They are .lrexs:d III marching orsier.
They embrace inktcad Of bowling when they part.
They ray a" rtrsfr, and not au dditn- There will
he n march Tomorrow" True enough whcn we
Fns tn the hotels the STAN wagons wefe being
Ioatltrl. anl VIZ we're Informed that Marshx1
Isaza!ne anA ut 1eAst one llrison of Ills corps
would ktt out as sbreak- Hazaire commands not
only <n # ar,ae, hut tie lett wing of the French
Army. Ny Own lelsef Is that grand movement
across the irunsler will commence Wednesday or
Thursday. Tie crntse and nearly the whole Of
tho right except the Army Of Africa, which Is
rapidly ceinlng up. ahd Of which corps the wagons
are all At hand. arr now in line between Btche
ami SnrTsruemlDcs- The left wing. which ts in-
mtnseys st1fong, At Metz xnd ThioDvl'le, will make
fox SaarItts anil Btrcktnacl.i, thei1ght and cen
1zr heading for ka!scr,s 1au,eFn. Thus the moye-
Entnt y III he along the western A1Are Ut the
SasseR. although the corps will probably he or
seresI to E..ye on parallel direction along thc
cast Of that ranrr II watch the ,fenlea and TO give
warning If 4 nauk attack by the Pfussians, II II
no1 unlikely that the French army will
then descend to the valley OF tht
Nahc, Ard that the King OF Prussia, II b.
Unwilling III iehf at NIL IN the left bank, will &C
cept hattie somewhere atnat Krrutznacn, a post
ton strung lu itself, and 2nonlnx secure retrca
upon Mayence, The iulwArk Of Germany the stand
ing ,nensce OF France. With regari to the chance
OF SUCCESS Of the two contatants In the hrst bst
tic. I hetievc the odds to III Immensely In favor o
France. For tic last tHelse .lsys she has bee,
1naAslng the whnie Of her army OH The frontier
and within one or two marches OF Rirche ant
:'afregHtnllncs. have read of certain nnmbe
Cf tlattxcas ts:tn4 sent forward, anu Of other.
rcmatnfuE lNh!nd, tut as far ~ can Judge. til,
French xse ryaeuattng every garrison rsasst
/ put eight huntrc.l thousand town Al ID,
lowest nuhbrr the Emperor means 10 have undo
his hand and In complete communication At th
entrance Of the caNpaigu- l becye the coaoen
tIatiou now to 1T within fD7y-fI:lt hours OF CON
plcti0n, The uun!l'er VI guns will be LARGE In
theJ will not le adequately housed. The cavalry
also, will uot htar high proportion, rrohah!
un,ler onr-renth Of the lniant1y. The whole q
these trop14+ arr In magnificent K,Ate ut iltf
ctr1lne, and the officers a5e nnch Naofe nnrneruu
than tho-e nt the l'.usRtans The French atttilcr
FAs superior 10 the austrian At soterino, and th
Austrian was superior to the Pr1,sslan at kon!t
'Iatz- There, IL no doubt oi the chasser.
lrasslan nm. can hard
t,cllcyc in Trus-lans having been gahle 10 e
feet sueh I concentration uf strength NJ Il
French have certainly done. and believe that &
tho opening Of the c&mp&igu. either with or Wit
out llttr, the 1russtaas must retire behind Il
Rhine The weather Is mos1 inviting for militia.
operations Even LADY, conld nut consider It
hardship 10 t,e fo,eea 10 rlerr uni2cr D tent. tt
country secms made for *at from the absence
fences 10 cnabarIAss moyemcnt4 Water, fQe
Outstanding sr sssoctea corn far forage IS ia
met with everywhere. There arr mauy villag