The New York herald., 1870-08-16


they were In gentle converse, about ANYTHING b but
battle fields. with group OF ladies' surrounded py
cloud OF aides de-camp, orderles and senrles AZ te
entrance gate Having dned IN presence o a,' ans snis
a bed renamed for solution. Az Inc hOtel ue TEu-
rope, not room TO saving cat " aud shakedowas rs
being prepared In the dining hail. Az the Hotel de
Meta anot a room, sir, Of any kind" The minor
hotels were overlooking. "We have refused dozens,
tonight, sir was the sterreotyped answer made by
their owners but Monsieur can dine and breakfast
here. II he desires too" Everything Is frightiuly
goid-laced sons OF Mars Will have ceased TO breathe
with mangled limbs be biting the dust in agony
Tas win ave ucuS %e Ss s N s
vast hospital Already 5000 beds have been
ordered Tor the wounded and the softer sex OF all
&c. Twice week the ladies' OF the leading families
In the place meet In the Paais de Justice which Is
given up TO them for scraplng lint and stitching
bandages, have formed an association similar 10 an
American sewing circle. While the Messines are
OF the future suIlerings OF tue French army the
sins do not fail to demand exorbitant prices from
those about To sacrifice themselves for the honor OF
| France
troops were SO sudden that neither oilcers nor men
| were prepared with the necessarles Tor campaign
az ets as prcs are As have
| delay In making an advance was In consequence
Of the inei1lcency Of the Commissarias Department t
| respect the long continued drought has caused
great detriment. The innumerable empty country
l
waiting in the large space near the esrIanade, to be
laden with forage, give some idea OF the enormous
horse the government paws ten francs per day,
but the wagons remain inactive and have done SO
Tor weeks. There Is no forage 10 be had for money
or patriotism. That the army will see hot work
there Is every reason 70 believe. Ambulances are
beng scot to the front and the troops are already
tary band at four O'Clock In looking from The win
dow found the Forty-fourth regiment OF the line en-
now THEY MARCH,
There Is something about the marching OF French
regiment that Dleases me amazingly. The men,
heavily laden as they are, come Oh a long march
fresh and in good order, with but few straggiers.
Should there be any, they almost invariably coRe uD
Is no limptng and pedal torture, so painfully appa-
rent In the rear OF the British troops
THE EMPEROR's EQUIPPAGE IN WAR.
The Prince Imperial. accompanied by General
BouDak The pet OF the Guards visited the camp yes
mind the lad appears too delicate to un-
dergo much fatigue. The Emperor went by
turned about five O'Clock. AS two OF the imperial
carriages were In waiting at the railway station
for considerable time goodly crowd collected TO
receive Napoleon on his return from the neadquar-
ters of General Frossard. one OF the carriages
d u Daunoat. The Emperor's horses are splendid
animals and were much admired by those who had
come to years OF discretion, while the small boys
took great delight IN the POSITIONS jacket OF green
| ornamental with gilt buttons, his bright glazed
| hat, saffron colored leather Quote and huge
| boots which, polished, reelected like mirror the
| faces OF the inquisitive young imps who crowded
| round their wearer These boots, however eXten.
| sye they may now be considered, are but plgmies
| If compared with those p0nder0us affairs worn by
French Positions before railways caused the hign
road to fall into insignhcance. In those days the
boots were like MartellO towers; they would have
withstood siege II necessary. They often remained
in the stirrups. aud at all times instead OF pos
tlllon taxing OF his boots ne was liiteu out oil them
| a1d another dropped in
The imperial boots have made me wander from my
subject, the return Of Napoleon ILL., from St. Avoid.
at last the special with It's richly decorated saloon
entered The station and the ruler OF France followed
by his son and a small stan, descended on to the
platform. His Majesty looked fatgued and very
thoughtful. "vive rEmpereur Vive le Prince
Imperial p' shouted the people. Within lew
bumped himself out OF the station dragging behind
him tue man on whom the eyes OF the world are SO
anxiously fixed in expectation of the NON. mt when
he Will give the signal Tor slaughter unparalleled IN
THE GREAT STAKE OF BoNApARrE.
The coming strife VIII be the heaviest stake that
the Emperor has ever played. Should success
attend him his prestige VIII be unrivalled; but
and should the army he defeated. the result will be
complete downfall who. on earth can tell
any personal disaster beial the Emperora What
between socialism, republcansm and the unbrldled
passions OF an lnurlated soldlery, anarchy would
stalk unchecked Throughout the land. That the
French viii be vctorS Is the popular belief They
are a gallant people, the army is in good order anu
provided with the most perfect weapons. The peo-
pie even his enemies. give the Emperor credit Tor
Unparalleled sagacty, and declare that unless certain
OF success he would not nave declared war. The
greater the confidence In victory The intense
viii be the disappointment OF defeat should it un.
fortunately occur
GRIEF OF THE SPECIALS
The correspondents OF newspapers from all parts
of this world and IRON some OF the next are in de
spar. and vow vengeance. They are not TO be per-
mitted 10 follow The army. Every device to evade
the imperial order has been resorted TO In van
choker and a respectable suit OF sanctited cut. He
| describes himself as travelling English parson,
and up to the present moment he has escaped hang
ing Several have applied to be attached to the In
| ternational Sanitary Commission. and have
ceived polite permission from The general IN
| mand. with the addition that the headql arters
| OF that phianrropic body will be at Metz.
TO be smut up In fortified town, mics
| be slow torture to gc-ahead correspondent
| and bring him to an early grave. Some have offered
themselves US assistants to the vivandieres to
plates and glasses and supply drink To the Gallo
| warriors. Olners have pettoned the Prince I'M.
perial and every general commanding division on
| whom they can pounce, but all have been refused.
THE PRusSIAN SPIES.
Yesterday Metz was enliyened by the appearance
OF three Frus5ian spies, who were brought in to
| headquarters from the front 10y party OF gend-
| armes Inerrogaied al ffesco by two staf officers
IN the court yaTd Of @ the hote de rEnrope, large
| side of the frontier. and were charged with being
spies and marauders Dressed in dirty gray bouses.
with faces OF a dull brick color, and with hair TO
| match, their personal appearance did not make q
decidedly favorable impression on the inhabitants
OF Metz, who are but little higher ON the
ladder OF poilteness than those OF Nancy
in which latter city even infants In swaddling
clothes scowl and growl passing stranger. This
may not he the case during tile piping times OF
peace but at the present moment can vouch for
the fact. One or the prisoners ''owned up' 10 hav'
Ing been non-commlssioned oifcer IN the PrusSlan
service another declared thai he had formerly
worked in nanufactory at Metz, but the third ac-
cOrdiDg 20 the Information afforded by a cominuni-
cative gendarme, "se reyersna1t dd11s un SyStenle
dc de7egdtton abSOLue et Dluttsqne con1ple" which
being interpreted may be best expressed ''dumb as
an oyster" The officers who were taken prisoners
some days since Will be kept captives at Orleans.
Their names are Barons de Wehmer and de Villiers.
Before starting for Orleans they dned with the
| Maj General. The report that the English officer
killed was Lord Charles Hamilton Is untrue. The
oflcer in question was Lieutenant Vins Company G.
He was born In Baden but OF English origin, his
mother being an English woman. He was an oflcel
III tho Baden army.
CAUTION.
Many OF the journalists yesterday experienced an
uncomfortable sensation about the neck on being
informed that during the preceding night two trains
OF chorlde OF lime, thirty gross OF handouts and
| two thousand YaIns OF the sinutest Xhin cord had