New-York tribune., 1870-08-29
WAR MISCELLANY.
THE TROUBLES OF THE WAR CoRRE-
SPONDENTS.

SPONDENTS.
INTERESTING INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE CAR
TURED JOURNALISTS AND THE CROWN PRINCE.
The two correspondents of the Paris press.
NJ Henri Chabrillart Of the Figaro and NJ Carbon OF the
Gauos have published account Of their adventures
OF which the full text has come to hand by mall AT
souz they were brought into the OF the Crown
Prince and the interview is thus described ny m. Cha
brilliant:
"I confess am very much embarrassed. II draw q
faterng portrait OF the Prince II will be said that an
sold 70 the Prussans II draw unfavorabe picture
of him TO crafty any malevolent passion shall be
guilty OF injustice and fasehood. am reporter, when
and trulv state what saw and what was said Those
who may be dissatisfied with my account must deal with
fnn bnman f, Would to Heaven that ali Germans were
like him; but, unfortunately, it Is not so. Prince
man OF tall stature, thin with a calm and placid
coun,enance hut in the curve of his aquilne nose
and his datirH nostrils there are evidences OF
energy while the rapidty of his glance convinced you
Of his decision. full fair beard softens the somewhat
stern expression OF his features. He has great sim
picty OF manner and affects rather kind of bourgeois
style OF speaking thinking and genera, Deas,"r he
without any embroidery gold braid upon the shoulder
a small epaulet to indicate his rank but no other dis-
dcred with red. and the whole uniform was seyereV
simple He speaks French with great purity, without
foreign accent beyond slight German intonation ana
occasional hesitation at certain words DO you SPEAK %
German, sirr said he TO me No Prince not nlt sum,
heard in what ne
IN what es1ee ,e Sd II is unite deserved We have
all admired the tenacity aud the courage which
have been evncedb the humbest OF your soldiers
Then with much delicate consideration, and almost
making for mentioning the iacts 10 US nc tOd US
na5 they sSd two eagles Among the
prisoners said he, is Cen Raout went TINS morning or
10 see him at RechshOfen where he lies wounded his hip
and thigh being broken fear that he is now dying He
is brave officer, and he has given me some % addresses IN
observed the other prisoners also have families
have thought Of that have had them the supPed, with tn
our Consul at Geneva, who will forward them to
France Prince, we thank you on e behalf ,l %, o.
suage' Il do not like war, gentlemen II should reign
would make it. Now despite my love Of peace e.
nas s went 0S$fY $Sy ss sspSaes Sasis {is this ws waF
who would have it; it was not we who wanted it. And
yet the Emperor has been very good to me and very nd
Tueries, the 18th OF January, when he said to me-
You know that I have found new Minister That
was this NJ. Olivier, who now makes this war against
u.s. 1t is terrible, indeed and think your artillery
very formidable No, Sir 1t is not superior to yours
placing it more freely with the advanced posts Your %
aim Is very scodmtoS rsS good , indeed y6 tsSs iSs
have regmen which have lost 20 or 30 officers But we
have taken prisoners and that restores our advantage
had before you Yesterday Nearly 10000 men, the
enth Corps did not intend to attack wishing only To
make reconnaissance in force, but one not always
able to put an end to night when once ~ mas pegun; II
have received reGnorcements and we should have had
still harder work next day Prince, 1t seems TO me that
you are very well informed concerning our army
'0ne must be so,' said he, smiling But, sald 1,
wfully committing error. IL was your entire
army which was engaged 10000 men ut least Not so
many-1s0,0OO men. They all fought Wei Dut II .he Ba-
varans had marched well ~ our men we should nave
had by instead of fighting until after
o'clock should not give battle TO your army unless
superior in number-otherwise would prefer To re-
tire. you have great advantage, Prince in the
precision OF the movement Of your troops FROM the
tower OF Worth we admired. though with the gref
caused by witnessing your success, the two faDkng
movements which you effected upon our position The
hills OF FroschWeiler real fOrtlncatOns, ana
/ did mot care to attack them directly. By
turning them / lost fewer men, we are very
much Obliged, Prince, for the few minutes you nave
pleased TO devote to u.s. but we do not see win you
the Duke of COburg whom desire 10 thank Tor II was
he who saved yesterday, and, Notwithstanding ms
many anxetie he has not forgotten the promise which
he made to speak to You about US u VIII perform d,
your commission we ask that we may be taken
back to the advanced posts see no obecton; and
then, having courteously saluted us he Withdrew"
NJ Emile Carbon gives briefer account OF the inter
view which he confirms the chief points in NJ Cha
brllarts statement Both gentlemen were subsequently
taken the and conveyed under escort through
Germany where they were released, ana wnenco
| they subsequently proceeded to Paris.