New-York tribune., 1870-09-07

the corner of the street who has raised his hat
10 the fallen Emperor. There are few who
raise their hats, but they are horribly afraid
OF tie German soldier in these parts and
thlnk themselves as brave as the old high
lander beneath MOnteoses scaffold IL they took
much notice of Napoleon. Then too, judge
Dy their muttered remarks that the greater
part of them are decidedly anti-Imperialists
now, whatever they may have been before the
war. The prisoners are even stronger In
their language. They have been ruined
by lmbeciles; they have been betrayed; {;
their Generals ought to be shot.
THE EMPEROR SAVED BY PRUssIANs FROM THE
FRENCH.
The Emperor found his position so critical
In Sedan after the armistice became known
that he was glad to come over and surrender
himself. He could control the storm while the
men were to fight and die for him, but when
1t came to all being prisoners together, they
were somewhat dangerous in their MOOD.
hear that this same angry, despairing astonish-
ment at what has happened makes 1t hard
work to manage the $4,000 prisoners OF more
who have been taken first and last about Sedan
there was actual danger of bloodshed this
morning when the prisoners began to move
out of the town. Happily the officers in COM
mand showed admirable tact aud firmness.
The French kept their old authority by not
straining the cord too tight, the Germans by
not showing themselves too much on the scene.
Sedan is presenting the widest scene oil
confusion which You can imagine. Narrow
streets deep in mud, for we have had heavy
rain to-day; the soldiers half-drunk with the
stores of liquors; the houses half-burned, and
dead bodies lying everywhere. There are
thousands Of wounded men to be cared f0r.
Marshal MacNiahOn was severely injured at
the beginning of the battle, but his life Is not
danger.
The loss among the French in superior Of
ficers has been something dreadful. You ask
what is to be our next mOvef l answer, to
Paris; so say the men, so says the whole voice
of public rumor and public opinion in the
German armies. To Paris unless the French
will yield up Strasbourg and Metz, and pay
war expenses.
Count Bismarck would be content with less,
but the German people insist on hard terms,
and the German people must be obeyed. ITO
Paris" then, is the cry and with their accus-
toned energy, the muddy, travel-stained le-
gions of King William are of, and away on
the road to the French capital
AN EXPLANATION FROM GEN. DE wIMPFFES.
PARIS Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1870.
| Gen. De Wimpffen, who surrendered Sedan, pub
fishes long explanation in tt Paris papers regard
| ing its position at the time of the surrender
In it he states that he had recently arrived from
Algiers, and was Immediately ordered to command
under MaeMahon at Sedan.
On his arrival there he found MacMahon suffering
from severe wounds in his hip and back, resulting
from the explosion of shell, fragments of which
had struck him, ncapacitating him from the active
directions of the movements of his army Gen.
Wimpffen was then compelled to assume the COM
mand of an army which was already beaten.
Though ignorant o' the position still he refused to
sign articles of capitulation. The Prussians pro-
duced a map which showed the position OF the
German troops and batteries, and convinced him
that the destruction of the French army was iney-
| table Then, only was the surrender concluded.
! In conclusion Gen. de Wimptfen very feehngiy
declares: And now my name viii go down 70
history linked with the humiliating capitulaon FOL
| all timen