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rag!es and 200 hors-s, hz.i crossed the Bel1tan
[tontet and laid dox1 their guna
rAR1s. Sept. THE total nusn'es OF French
soldiers Who ncd INTO Belgian territory is believed
70 bc af,cut 1k-eoo.
4 demand had been made upon 3ln1tmetsy for
th~ surrender Of that town and garrison, which
r1s refused.
1H8 eHiSCE tArkRtAi-
LONDON. Sept. o.-An Amsterdam telegram re- /
ports that The 1l1t announcement that the Prince
Imperial escsped into Belgium WIS erroneous.
He too surrendered With the Emperor and Mac
3tahons army.
STILL uoLntS1 OCT.
LONDON, Sept. 5--Fertiun and Mont1ucis Still
fold out against the rrusharA
THE LAST OF xleNAuoSA5 ARMY.
Especial to the New York sun.1
BRUSSELS, Sept 4.-Sedan Was partially burned. |
Napoleon will be conducted to cass"lt.
MacMahon surrendered with s,voa, aad rot |
$1,000, rs tzst reported.
Fntl!y was shot By hIa men. There Is no Innrc |
OF MarMahons army. 1t 1as so,*D strong when |
tt bcRan tie 1Ght, and has been sca.ere'! every
whcfr. |
sAPoLEnSs eCRREsnER. |
PzEis, stl'f. 1.-I'he G"sfoi. gives thr to'!owlnS
81 an exact Of the letter OF Napoleon 10 the k4ng
Of Prussia
"IIaslng no command IN the army, ant haT}ng
placed all my authority In tho nands Of the En-
press rs regent, herewith surrender mt sword to
the kiDg Of Prussia"
PARIS, s..rt. 4.-An officer, who attempted to
reach the arnts Of Ma1shal MacAahon, furnishes
the following details to the Journals Ut the sur-
render Of the Emperor: In the second attack Of
our armies, We understand tnA1 tho positions o?
Marshal MacMahon were turnel. Baxeilira,
pouzy, Bolan, vtl1ers. Cernar, tiw0nne. LaEha-
pelie, fit,eurux, 5atnt MauFr, md Srtgncs n The
woods Of noucl,cry formel au eIipse OF Ere
s'oussA s+,lan, kept Up by 100000
soldiers anu soo cannon 1t Sedan.
With 4e0,coo men before h:u,, anu seriously
Wounded IN rae :sa..euider and grc.5. with bombs
bursting around him, the MaEshsl turned over his
command to General Wipfen. Al regards the
Emperor, Ma,Aanun's corps covered hun on.tae
field Of battle, and the walls Of Sedan protected
h!m for one hour longer. F1oins YVES the hcat-
quarters OF the klns Of Prusxia, the Prince
| 1soyai, and host Of German Princes
and Strangers. The two points, Sc
| dan and FiosnR, n1e nj distance
| sf three kilometres zone from the other. Ne
| went through Sengny without hindsauee, but not
| without dlt1culty. At FIe1gneux and st. Mango.
so mt ties d!staut from Flo;rg, the uuaic Of the
t frussian banda mingled With the hurrahs Of on
Gerry. The Prusstan soldiers &t1shnnor the MAJ
| fellatse. 0ur song OF battle becomes as provok-
| rug III aa.casM as thelr hymn ot victory.
Two shells shoot across tho skJ in
the direction of Se.lan. The town will probably
be hoMbarded. 4 thick cloud Of SMOKE, followed
by i1ames. is rising about The town, wIc1e there
| are only wounded women and exhausted truops.
| The Emperor holste.l the white flag Of truce an
hour bcfote sending hts sword 10 King William
| as -ourehir of Jrua. Hts .lmplacab1c adversary
made him send him his sword as Napoleon first
| sent his III other days to the King Of Prussia.
wishing to have the maE h,mselE IN the grasp o!
1,1e ftfho lsj1v II.
s're4l, In his tnEn to have the Emperor Napoleon
III hts Possession before ordering that Sedan
shtui,I be destroyed. "One does not discuss
! Ttth'a sForsl, answered the Hing to those that
brought him tue swori vi Bonapaste. 1t
shoutI hc bEnken. That Ii already don't With the
1nais. would have Napoleon come here. 1t The
iLyttatlon OF King William lie was escLttsd BY the
with cuctrassicrs- E!sma!k and You Room were
present.
norl,Los. Belgium. sunday, Sept 4.-Thc En-.
| pc:oT, with a suite Ct one hundred persons, or
horseback and In carriages marked Wilt tsIs
ttupc.ia! cyphcr, arrived hc:e At noon
tscotte,s hy an arracd toTcr OF FrussIana lie Ii
| 9uitg 10 Gcsiuauy, ri1 LeGc. Consent to hts pas
| saee through nlu1rai territory ha'i previously
hecn galaet1 from tho Hc1g!au Government IT |:
not tue that the rrtuce Inlperiai Is the guest .
| Prince lie Chinlay. lie was last hearl Of a
| MaubEug.
This morning tho Emperor is reported setians
lsnL
r1.et1 here ut O'Clock Sunday evening. IL
a!shte., al the railway ssasie,,. aud pfoceetied
!. hDtel, whczr he slept fur the night. He leave
Tonight for easel. The E:iptroE Is accomraulc
:. hy Chun; Choisreul, the FRINGE OF Maskowa, an
:, others,
a rrussian officer saw the Emperor. on Saiul
lay, nj cottage near tho rt1is<tan headquarters
| With rruss,an cui-uss1er guarding hln-
I The rrsEce Imperial .ts reported to have bee
seriously III at Avcsnes on Friday morning.
TIE Emperor rode from his pfac
= Of detention to call On the Kin
c "a a visitor rafhcr than as rrisonc
= Ills baronche vas plioted Us two Ihlans, and su
4 | rouude. by seyernl GcneFn!s, the tmpert
p!oneuEs in green and gold. being tho only bod
= | guard. The Emperor smoked Cigarette as ne rot
When tho object OF tue visit Of the French I'll
became nolse,1 about as tho surrender Of II
E1.perot. the enthusiasm was caoEe than FEcnct
J Bea1leGfellows, ltscarding tAeit weapons, thre
thets arms about the nearest uecks. and set u
y the "Marsel1lAse - anf =" Partant pour II Syrie,
u which, for some time, rang through the enca1n,
r meut. The King slIencetl It. The s5ll.ess shou
| ell uroun,l BIsMa:k, who, when s!lcncc was 7
| gntned. said:
u "GESTlhMKS: I am nothing IN this wat. Thai
'e the King: thank Mo!ikc-~ After the uproar
said, Well, II l an responsible far anything,
!
p states. To them We owe this latest victory"
&c The population Of Sedan waved. On the raj
D. parts, the I'russian nag when the 1flnG HI
- ceased.
=" cAr1TrrA7IoS OF METZ
IL AMSTERDAM, Sept.a, +. m.-tt ts report
ae that Metz has capituate and that le0 .ge0 Fsen
's troops there were surrenderctf 10 the fTusslau
IS NEKl!S. Sept. o.-Thc rrusslaus having refns
to have thct tags Of truce shot 1t, sent 81 N
D. seiget 10 Summon Metz to surrender, a Frcn
70 General who was prisoner OF val.
N MISCELLANEOUS.
oa IoNnnS, Sept a.-The frlsstans were report
M at ~ Quentin last night, advancing Oh paIls+
IN, Moutmc'ly still holds out
The city Of Sedan was burnt In Thursia
aR. ngh:.
ne 4 despatch from Berlin says the GeGmf
ls have discovered amt destroyed the hide
'eu aq,,e,uct Oh which 3fetz depended
sor wafer. They also captured Dazainc's despa
Ill., | bag, the contents OF which show that the Frc1
1c- ar, Ia desperate condition. An easly c1piIu
M ton is looked for.
zen The GERMANS aec making nohle preparations
In the treatment Of French wounded, With VII
'tf- the city must he nllcd- Prisoners taken bE
hat French hare been released and senr cut OF
he fortress on account OF the scarcity OF food.
TT. Comrla!n,s come from Berlin, that the G
md mans staring In France are harshty treated
IA BRrssEs, Sept. a-Tbe independence 3
!lb~ saws when Sedan surrendered 1t contained -
'st- soldiers, Last night 5000 more surrendered
a'l the rtu.sIans, anu 81, 600 took refuge In beg
ect- From these figures 1t iufers that AacAah;
scr- strpy d!d not g1eails exceed lis. .oo9 meu- +.
pro General Felix pouay md stan have atr1
nfl here
ngs General w,mpden's sapitula,.on included
whole force at Scdan.
The prussian losass are wonderfully SMALL
.ou- witnssandus the rl1e,l Cannon. man1'ies AID
ssct trailleprs.
one The following lnctdeats are from Bel
hall | nlts:
give General Failly was killed. no, by his own .
| ters bu. bF the rtusalane. When his bod!
fouud the right arm WAS gouc, and tacfc was
cred istgnttul wound from grenade IN the ,h1gl
that TIE sCKRESpEr or sEpAN.
and tsrteai Cable DcspsssA to the Srw Fork Tsihut
tre1 The following Is the continuation OF the n
'ns- OF Thursdays battle At Sedan:
atch .There viii be devil Of Eight for that c
before It is Won OF lest," SSH Sheridan. stra!
Ms eyes through his hrli.Glass
E1ni* the hill, which was not three !
from Us wheze VIC stood With the full sun sh'
stcl. An II from behind us At half past oac the Fl
OF to cavalry, this time fancy regiment Of caroi
rand male another dash fat the PEuaa!ansr whe
tlts- their part, were being reinforced every mi
use- bo, they met with tho same fate as
tren- rse,hrcn tn the Iron Jacket and
ople | SEE, with heavy toss to
: the right about. The Pfcss!aus took adTaotAg 8
pa their hight 10 advance their Inc couple o.
head tred ya1ls nearer the Line Which the Ffencl
,anu. | tantsy held These adventurous Prussans
asses into TWO bodies, the two bodies having brc
a,n.s hnu,lrrd yards In their line.
new were not long IN ecctnE the
tect Of this movement, for In 4 little
puffs from the crest behind the skiEmtsasrs
lowed by = commotion In the dense Fl
MASSES, showed us ttat "t<s diable4 DE- fruss
,,,,. nave con,rlyei, hesycn only knows how, 10
&a@4c l aopn.a ~ fonr.nount1rrs m The Steru r7,