Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-20
ITEMS OF THE WAR.

The rambling imperialists who lately
lived in Paris, and drew salaries anu
subsidies from the treasury, would now
be satisfied with their running ex-
lpenses.
There must be some mistake in the
cable dispatch which represented the
Paris republicans as sacking the fuller
les, when another report says that they
bagged nothing.
The population of Paris, according to
a census taken in 1868, amounts to-, l50,-
9l6 souls, of whom 202S,74 were born
in France that is, 733,4IS IN the de-
partment of the Seine, and l,295,25o in
other departments.
General Sheridan, il is said, has writ
ten private letters to friends in New
York city, in which he gives it as his
opinion that the Prussian army will not
lombard Paris, but will endeavor to
starve it into submission. ~
The Crown Prince of Prussia is Yale
man as to his English education. Prof
Thatcher, of Yale College, while studying
lin Germany was his English tutor, and
taught him what he knows Of the English
language. He knows nothing Of farm
ing, however.
Sadowa and Sedan are the names
which must forever perpetuate the fame
of Prussian arms. Sadowa humhled
Austria in the dust and gave to Prussia
the chief control of the Germanic States;
Sedan struck down Imperialism in
France and established Prussia as the
first military power Of Europe. 1t will
be strange, indeed, if the harvest of these
two great battlefelds does not serve to
create wider brotherhood, more liberal
governments, better order and more en-
during peace.
The cost of the defensive works about
Paris is estimated at over two-thirds OF
the value of the city they protect. In
ls4l the Government obtained grant
from the Chambers of 100000 for
the work. Since then they have been
constantly strengthened, and the extern
sive repairs now being mace. on which
many thousand workmen are engaged,
are intended to complete the great work:
Six thousand cannon can be worked
from these defenses.
The Empress Eugene and the Prince
Imperial, accompanied by NJ. de Les
seps, attended service on Sunday at the
Roman Catholic Chapel at Hastings,
England. The people of the place
treated her with great respect. When
the Prince met his mother his first ex-
clamation was o, mon Paarre paPaF
The French military officers are ac-
cused of jeopardizing military maneu-
vers BY their excessive vanity. They act
upon the theory that they can afford to
despise all information and every sug-
gestion not coming from one OF them
| selves. Before Woerth captain on out
post duty was warned by the peasants
that body of Uhlans were cutting the
telegraph wires and destroying the rail-
roads. His only answer was, What's
that to me-we are not fighting with the
telegraph, are weY" Many Of the surprises
which the French have suffered recently
are ascribed to this cause.
DR.. Russell tells good story of French
wit and Prussian practicability. There
/ is a great tobacco mandatory Nancy,
on which the Prussians descended with
/ irresistible elan. Cigars and tobacco,
which they consider a necessary of life,
were seized at once, and all that was
needed TO be done was TO carry the trea-
sure off The director made his bow,
took, perhaps, pinch Of snuff, and said
with bow, Apparently, N. lie Colonel
has forgotten something. WhatY
There is a quantity of tobacco in leaf
which he has not been good enough to
notice. Will he not kindly take charge
Of itg' "0h, dear, mol" said the. Prus-
sian; " set to work at once and manu-
facture it. We viii pay the work people
NJ. Henri Rochefort has now a SPLEEN
did opportunity to distinguish himself
with the sword, too, as he has distin-
guisbed himself with the pen. He has
shown the world that he is a formidable
satirist now let him show the world
| also that he is likewise q redOuhtable
warrior General Trochq and the Pro
visional Government of the French Re
public, after studying for a while about
the field in which NJ. Rochefort's talents
| might be best turned to account, have
finally hit the nail on the head by decld-
| ing 10 appoint him Commander-in-Chief
of the Prussian barricf1es. Now, let
the German soldiers tremble. EveD
when they shall have successfully car
! ried the continuous eEcieate Of Paris,
they viii not have conquered the great
city yet, for OH the harrieades in the
streets they will be confronted by the in
vincible Rochefort, who, on this occa-
sion, will probably do better than last
February 10 the narrow alley Of Belle
vile, where be tamely surrendered TO o
commissary police, after previously
| threatening that he would resist TO the
last IN case the authorities should at
tempt TO arrest him. Cincinnati Com
mercfai, 18th.
The landlady Of an inn near Metz pre-
tends TO recognize in Prince Frederick
Charles a tourist who, few years ago,
made pedestrian excursion through the
Vosges and along the Moselle. She then
took him for medical man, as he pre-
tended to be lover of botany, Yho, with
an old gentleman extremely like the por-
/ traits Of General Moltke, explored in
search Of fine specimens Of Alsatian
fora every pass and forest in the depart
ment. They looked like military men;
indeed she thought SO at the time, but
this did not seem incompatible with their
alleged profession, for every Prussian
she knew yas soldier. Theyoung gen
tleman innocently picked flowers, and
the old one had a passion for geology,
and increased his knowledge of the
science by scanning every wall and cut
ting. The nephew most eonsoientiously
walked through the passes and over the
hills, and the uncle took drives in various
directions. They we're in the neighbor-
hood for more than a month, says this
worthy woman, and then paid their bill
and went away quietly, but she swears
that she recognized the Prince when he
came up with his army to fight hazaine.
Whether this story is only ben tropato,
and not zero it is positive that Frederick
Charles does know every foot Of the
ground on this side Of the Rhine. He
was at Stolzenfels, above coblsntz, in his
boykood, and was in the habit Of making
tours when an Undergraduate; and knows
composition Of every corps Of the enemy
which be has encountered-a species Of
, intelligence invaluable to an able Gen
/ eral.