The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-09-08

We find in the Paris correspondence
of the Times a summary of Edmond
About's letters from the French army,
giving vivid and interesting sketches
Of the events following McMahon's
defeat. Commenting upon the causes
of the French disaster, he says:
"The officers of the troops, the SOL
diers, and the citizens who have had
anything to do with the army, are
unanimous in complaining Of the ig-
norance and the defatuation of the
chiefs. While the youngest ensign in
the hostile army is perfectly conver-
SAINT with French topography, our
Generals do not know their own coun-
try. The small square maps that have
been distributed the last few days are
ridiculous bits of paper; the staff map
of which only a few copies exist, has
not been corrected down to the present
time, and several strategical routes,
completed more than five years since,
are not even indicated upon it. Yes.
terday one Of my friends met Gen.
eral at full gallOp in the valley Beh-
renbach, turning his back to Phals-
bourg, whittier he thought he was
gOing! In Lorraine, as well as in
Alsace, the inhabitants placed them.
selves at the disposal of the military
authorities. Some offered to give in.
formation to the General others pro.
posed themselves as guides in the
neighbOring forests. Their services
were refused with utter disdain, The
French army did not want guides
and should not be guided it suficed
unto itself. Recent events have proved
this arrogant pretension to be alto.
gether unfounded.
In front Of Saarbruck, which was
said to have been taken, but which
: was not, and that the Generals were
, afraid of taking, for fear the neighbor-
ing forests might be full of enemies
1 asked why he did not burn those
naturaFintrenchments. I was almOs
treated as vandaI. Why, burn {
forest that would be ours tomorrow
This fine reasoning cost US severa
! thousands of men,"
M'MAHoN's SOLDIERS STARVING.
The e1tremities to which McMahon'
! soldiers were reduced after their re
treat are thus pictured:
"In Saverne, he adds, we have seer
not only soldiers, but even captains
begging mOrsel of bread from doc
to door. The men were exhausted t,
such point that myself, assisted b.
NJ. du Solier, the SUB Prefect, pickle,
, up a poor wretch who was lying upol
the pavement, and who preferre,
crOuching there to undergoing the ex
. treme fatigue of being led to the am
bulance. 1t is difficult to admit tha
our inhabitants have done their duty
Where they are not wanted provision
j are abundant; but they are constantl
= scarce wherever the army stands i
need of them. The supply of ammu
i milton only failed at WOerth, where
t convoy of powder expected wit
p impatience turned out to be convo
= of boots and shoes; but bread ha
been wanting everywhere. On tn
g other hand, wagon forgotten in fron
= of the chateau of Saverne has just bee
II opened, and the stencil which escape
e from it put the whole people to f1igh
u The wagon was full of mildewed bEea
J. and purified meat"
THE PRUssIANs LIVING OFF THE Ell
EMY.
AS for the character of the Prussia
= demands for supplies in the occupie
!, territory, the Times correspondel
= writes:
n "I told you that in the first simp
~ visit of eighteen Prussian horsemen
n Saverne, they demanded either 80, ,OC
,s three-pound Ioaves or 100000 fran
4 in cash. Here is a text of a seeOr
- requisitiOn, which was to replace IL
- first, which had not been compile
: with. 1 have respected the faults
~ the spelling, as everything must
4 respected in the case of a victorio
n enemy. Please to read it, and remer
~ Der that saverne only possesses 5 ,3;
~ Inhabitants, the best off of whom ha,
- taken flight to safer quarters
10 10000 loaves, of three pounds eac
: 60 bullocks, of 500 pounds, aIreaC
- killed; 10000 pounds of rice, 2,5
49, pounds of roasted coffee, / 500 poun
- - of salt, 1000 pounds of tobacco, 18D
- 900 cigars for the soldiers; $50
- cigars of superior quality for the Of
=. GERS, $4,000 quarts of wine, to-wi
- 10000 quarts for the soldiers, 80
-, quarts Of superior red wine for t
- officers, 1000 bottles of Burgund
~ 200 bottles Of champagne; 200 poun
= of sugar for the ambulances, so poun
~ of soup tablets, or extract Of meat.
~ the way of forage, 10000 pounds
10 oats, $4,000 pounds of hay, 500
bo pounds of straw.
,,o The town must place at the dispc
.or ton Of the army a warehousein whi
- the preceding articles are to be dep
en- tied.
The delivery is to commence at on