The New York herald., 1870-09-08

together at tho hotel ana how ready
ne was to bring them co6ee, cigari,
lights and what not. IT was through
French army was made known at Berlin. and owing
| 70 hs observation ana communications to hts mas
ters that the original plan OF attacking the French
mans across the line was carried out.
You may remember my writing 70 you from stras-
| b0urg that on one occasion Marshal le Bruf ar
rived unexpectedly at that city, and after a long
| consultation with MacMahon the TWO started to.
| there at one A. NJ, and remained In consultation
| with his Majesty until 1ye A. M, MacMahon then
returning to strasoonrg During tnat consultation
waiter. managed to get two or three times into the
room uuder pre.eXt OF taking In coffee, cigars notes
tlon, and sent report OF It, in duplicate. to the
Prusslan headlaarters One copy reached Its destl.
post and being found, was sent to Metz just as the
| pretended waiter was making his arrangcments to
leave tne place But he was too late and instead OF
me french spy system In this campaign has utter.
Y failed. French onicers-lk Americans and
so utterly dtsgracefu to an honorable man In doing
the work OF spy tnat they Will not volunteer for
Jew. not unknown in former days to young men In
LONDON who borrowed money at sixty per cent, nave
until war was proclaimed. But By far the most most
ei,Gent agent they have had IS certain Parisian
and whose face IS soSd Gapd Gea ise %
her fame. This ..young person" has for some
m0hths been attached TO the following OF Prussiau
amorous but yet economical by nature. The lady
had larger ideas the sub ect of expenditure tn an
she tried whether patriotism In the shape OF a little
mud reporting TO an old '.frendn the Empcror's
@ ack the @ aScrer hs has ps,san Sssn oTnd
wei 'worthy, OF her hire" only, like many
OF her class, her education was Somewhat ne
that 1t takes not little trouble 10 decipher her
| meaning. ought however to write Of ber hand
Pr,sslan army. and Is now trying her luck at Wies-
baden. the only German watering place at which
the pleasures of rouge et nor or e1e ct Qsdrante
are to be had during this unhappy. war. But so
long as this young lady renamed With her elderly
lover, she continued to send 20 Metz the only valua
bic Information they received Of the enemy's move
iuent.
spRuJAL CORRESPONDENTS.
IL Is most earnestly TO he hoped that tho Amer
can and the English press will make an earnest
protest before the world OF the way In which news
paper correspondents have been treated by both
war; 1t Is said OF the latter government that 1t has
grown wiser SINCE Tue war commenced, AID that a
able Journal would have nothing of fear. shall
be able to test the truth OF this 10r II all goes WE'LL
shall pass through Basle Tonight, get across the
French frontier again. and III forty hours
among my old friends witt. the red tr0wsers, some
where near Chal0ns. And this much may be SAID
OF the French government, viz. that their conduct
has throughout been consistent. II they have
turned away one newspaper correspondent they
have turned away ALL and have shown neither par
The Prussians' conduct has been utterly contemp
ible. week ago an extra war circular was sent
round by Cne Kings express orders to all the dier-
terms all newspaper correspondents to be warn al
away from headquarters OF all the army corps d-
ent corps d'armoes directing, In the most exp lett
visions and brigsdes General Won Beyer, com
manding the Baden army now before StrasOourg,
was very much Inclined TO be kind to the newspaper
reporters and has, IN moro than one instance, vol
unteered 20 give them special Information. But on
saturday last he was obliged, by the King OF Prus-
siS express orders TO tell them that he could have
no further communication with them.
The PrussIans have, In moro than one instance,
treated newspaper reporters most UNANIMOUSLY. Tn1s
the two gentlemen OF the Figaro and GoutOfs, who
were taken prisoners at WOerth after the batt,e,
were marched for six miles with their hands bound.
They were plundered in the most barefaced manner
OF all they possessed, amounting, In the OF the
one, to some 1000 francs, besides field glass; haver
Ills Companion was also pIundered Of some ZOO rancs
field glass aud everything he lad. The Crown Prince
promised they should nave everything restored, but
nothing whatever was returned TO them. They were
taken as prisoners all the way to Mayence, and It
was only by che absolute charity OF some persons In
France In third class train hope ali journalists
In America will do their utmost to show how these
gentlemen have been treated
AS regards tine superior officers OF the Prusslan
army have no complaint 10 make but from what
saw at Woerth have no hesitation in saving that
some OF the men, the soldiers are about as delibe
rate plunderers ever wore uniform, and in
another way tho subaltern officers are very little
better.
After the fight at WOcrth was over a lieutenant of
the Forty y-seyenth Prussian regiment wanted to ar
rest me as french spy because had French money
upon me, and because my boots were French make.
He went into the bedroom had occupied at the inn,
turned out all my EXT" cooly took what he liked
OF It for himself and then. In order to silence Inc,
wanted to shoot me there and then spy, although
he could see By my letters and passport that was
on duty for the NEW YORK HERALD
FRENCH PROVINCIAL FEAR OF THE PRUSSIANs.
All through the province OF AlSace the people are
In the utmost dread OF the country ever beng given
up to Prussia. Although a German speaking race
they hate ana detest the Prussan government.
During, the ten days | was in that country
1t had become regular saying with the
peasanry that the French paid for all they got and
were civil In the extreme; but that the Prllssians
paid for nothing and were brutal IN their behavior
have seen them not once but q hundred times at
WOerth enter house and ask for bread. Tie peO.
with truth, that was all they had for themselves
The soldiers would take 1t from them and then 70
through the house. even to the bedrooms, turn over
everything, take what they liked and walk OF with
the PrusSanS paying for everything they took can
only say that saw very different state or thIngy
where was on the frontier. did not write all or
even half that saw; for the Pru5sian authorities
pect may contain news important to themselves;
and am enough Tired Of life yet TO wish 70 be
shot, as they have shot more than one French cor
respondent during this war.
In proof Of my remarks we may as the Old people IN
Belgium who remember the allied army In that
country In 18I5-ask those people how the Prussias
behaved when there. They were detested, ana no
people can hate an army more than all classes In
Alsacc, without any exception hate the Prusslans.
The affair wrote to you at the time, respecting
the six old men and the Catholic priest who were
shot at Guensteln In cold blood, was one of the
most Infamous murders that history has ever re-
corded. But no matter what German you speak TO
concerning 1t you will hear 1t defended ana even
praised.
SEhsAri0A IN A THEATRE.