The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-28
NAPOIEON'S CORRESPOND.
ENCE.
A Claiman. Locked Up 4. Lunatic.


in The Sandon affair requires word OF explanation
to make IL ntelligiDle. NJ. Samoan, an advocate,
had, or iancied he mad. claim upon M. Billault,
then The EmpeIor's Minister ana prime lavorlc.
Bllault, TO get rid OF the approximate suior locked
HIM up as iunatlc ana Kept MIN IN Gnarenl on lof
ever anxious about The Enperor's credit, anu never
scrupuIous about the means Of Keeping II up wrote
TO N. Coat, his Majesty's Secretary
MY DEAR CoNTI-This Is very serious business which
ought 70 be nnshei up At any cost Biauss conduct
on the point becoming instrument the hands OF par
ties There VIII oe rsh,ln exposure seems mat ,o
mean would get the money from the funds And eesdes
thousand compliments. PERsiGSY.
IL does Lot appear on the face OF the letter what
"the funds'' were TO which the Duke de ferslgny
referred They Were as an imperlalist Finance MIN.
ister described the resources OF France, nexhauSt-
ibe." But the Emperor was not IN the giving
yeinr on that occasion ana steruly told the service
able DR.. Conneau that II NJ. SandOn felt himself
aggreved there were judges 10 wnOm he might
Appeal ihis was mocaery because IN those palIny
days no prosecution could be instituted against any
1unctonary without leave or tina Council OF state.
and most assuIedly the Councillors knew what tner
places were worth better than TO allow anybody TO
prosecute Of The Emper0rs Ministers. The day
after M. Billaults death NJ. Sandon was discharged
from The lunatic asylum without redress and without
inquiry into his long wrong III imprisonment
sBad News'' from tho Army--Tclegrams
from thc field.
Among the secret papers found In the ruleries Is
series OF telegrapnic dispatches which, 1t Is SAID
show that the Emperor continued to command the
army, ana that the government IN Paris aware
of the position OF Razaine. At the moment wncn
Pallkao was giving good news to the Chambers he
had received disastrous intelligence. The following
are among the dispatches now pub!shed-
THE EMPRESS TO THE PRINCESS MATHrLDE AT SAINT
GHATiEN
ing. am returning TO Paris, where am snmmonlng
council OF Ministers. EUGENE.
TO HIS MAJESTY EMPERoR CANT CHA
CANT OF FORT PL ArrEvILLr 18th Aug. 1901
do not understand the of provisioning YER
f aan from sI the plateau The
asf has r ns q a
positions. one renentthe sxethhas suffered severely
MARSHAL MAoMAnos TO rnx MINISTER u TEE or an
The Intelligence which show that
M @ % the and S.
tnnwn the direction n Of sa1anss retreat asoaeh an
hays Of the direction taken BY Sszsns Whether
The Minister of War, IN reply, says
The only information give you is the Following
Amanvllers TO Tassy.
Another telegram states, authority from
Vienna that typhus and cholera are raging in the
the next is from the delegated sfafr inspectors to
Colonel srofee of Marshal MacManon's star, and Is
dated LongwY. August - informing the MARSHAL
that Bazaine says
have obliged TO take up position Metz to give
the aolders and to renew supplies o. provisions
and shall probably take the northern line to Join you,
aud vii give warning II march can be undertaken
without compromising the army.
Then follows a despatch from Bazaine 10 the En-.
pcror at Chalons, dated Bau St. Martin 10Th August,
$780,
army fought all day yesterday In ts positions OF ST.
Prlvat and Rolsreules AND has maintained them The
change 'front.' the right wing in the rear 20 guard against
enemy attempted. with the assistance OF the dark,
ness. This morning moved the Second and Third
on The EFT bank he aoee from Losas
vile to sarsonoe forming curved line passng over the
Pappev,e The wearied with cobats,
he King a his morning Gn With
Won Molke and everything indicates na the Prssan army
by Monedy the road to St Menehod and Chaons IL Is
to reach Chalons There zoo
prisoners who will become embarrassment the place In
Moke for like number of French ofcers and
soldiers.
The nexr despatch from the Minister OK War to the
Emperor al Rheims, dated Paris, August % says
Not GO to aid Bazaine would be deplorabe for
which in such would probably defend itself;
that Paris defend itself agns, the army of the Crown
Prince and that new army Is being formed in Paris.
Nextfolow despatch from Bazaine TO the En-
perOr, dated Bau ST. Martin, August 20, which
says.
NY troops sti occupy the positions. The enemy
seems to be establishing batteries witch mus. serve to
forcements General Marguerite killed 18Th.
supposed to be missing We have IN Metz than
The next, OF the I'D, from Bazane to tRe Minister
OF War, says--
We are under Metz taking supplies Of PROVISIONS and
munitions The enemy increases constantly
begin to invest us
A despatch from the Emperor urges the necessity
OF keeping communications open by means OF a large
force as Rheims