, 1870-12-10

~M GtsSSA nu0ef utlAyI Ol LOs ~ n 1oN - |
al, "a Cho,.y le Roi ID on tho mAis road Of
operztiop&. |
lis trna. I caunos vouch for tho correct
neha Of m thene rumors and Fep ste, but I
can SO enouxh ru1l.s On the eurfacs 80 - 10
it mn Gro long rsge in ali . fu'y; and shaIf
not be tu1pt4sed It I'll to hna m.self one dae
moinh 6, sba- doned bv my GenmAa fr'ends.
in the midst OF French 1Imy. Tho CITY 10
ntaal, stripped Of trooas; Inatcsa Ut II, ,on0.
tho number Of our glrFieon only Nctk
ss.{ ,{,t w. have 70. - so;ree.y sn ~ =, 2 9n9, nsn n
have been tusbed RouthW1rd to sGsns' hen
the PruRsiAn lines against tho French forces
thttaEe Advancing from that direction Yer
s1il1es has but little loft Of the appe arArce 10
indicate that it contains tas graAt he1dquN-
the Hword, which the PIu-=i y ofho-r Ikea 20
we'll 10 trail behind him on the ttooe osved
aidtxalte. il but seldom heard. Nor do tho
halls OF ehe Cafe Eettuuo. where the greAt
Ii Bi1s ere wr.ts opce hls oe'ehrated chArac-
ter.. reeonnd with tho nnersy-n ting OF the
got teE1. Tho few tfics1s remaining tefe look
sullep, and are very retlcens. All seem to
feel that the wxr has entered d fnto new phase,
and that It rnaF last longer tban they we're
made to believe By sfeit success,on OF Elc'o-
hes. Tic bou,baIdment hss not conmeuced
teo mrnsbs eince the German army hss tak~n
its portion. A 6etrnsa paper nmanting
upon thus. naiyely remarks that BY tho time
the guns will be placed in pos, ion kesdy for
bonn srdment, Paris NIL also b ready to sur
1ender through fannie.
From the frat I did not believe much in ,
bo,nbas1meLt. II, German troops, who
hare shown themselves e1ce,lent soldiers II
Al Of en- battle dur1pK this war, hare not, to
my knowledge, carried ono single fort or for
t1ded po+ition BY Assault: hence. : bou5atd-
mint. without ! succeeding assault against
the be,iegers From day to day We have tho
beginning Of the houbatdment, ike theat-
IicM performance, announced u taking p1aca
on snch day ard such dsy, but I pAJ htt1s
heed to Buch announcements I have aaea
thtir Krupp cRnhoLs-the heavisst Of which
them in position 3et, nor hAvu seen their
Ammunition. They'have succeeded, uuder-
etatd, in placing Rotne in position 1t L Hay,
opposite Fart Mont rouge, and It il possible
that they will mako the beginning 1t that
po.nt. provided the soung Dicta'oF. Gam ,es-
II. does NOT, with Lis approaching Armies,
spoil thar game.
At The point whence tho homb2riment Of
Paris couln be effe-.ed most uc:esatuI1y. they
baye falei ~ get in erectir bat erries, on ae-
maine gut nora destroyed with their shells
~ day all the works wh ch the Pruseians hsd
erect I'd during the light On the heigh@s Of tho
Park Of St. Cloud. Another eou1cs Of annoy
arce and ilquietuda to the Pruseians, I mssu
thnee who CO not. 1lke Bisu1k, believe the1n-
eelvee arhitere OF tie whols Of Europe, is tho
arrival At headquarters Of special envoy
from England, Hho comea to demand e1plsua-
tiona from Msma.k In 1eg,rd to Kusaia' = late
diplomatic note, that sbe will not any longer
consider herself bound to tie treaty OF peace
OF 1856, or. IN other words. that she will no
1nr fTef NJ hA
~ one OF the main posers who WAS party to
that treaty, and from WHOM she had most to
fear in case Of noncompliance With the eame,
III nov pfottsAte 1t tho mercy Of her ally
The Engiish officers, as VEL a. eorresoond;
ents, with the execution Of the P1nssiaui2ed
Dr.. Russe1. are indignant aud xrAthy against
Memark, whom they charge With having olayed
this underhaudcI game in order to humIiate
England. They ezpect hourly to be recalled.
unubt, however, Hhether England will let It
year,, allowed himself to be kicked and cuf1ed
10 much by various powers. whom he believed
10 be the stroe ger, that be will also this time,
after venting hia wrath in : little growing,
fall back into his mercenAty stupor-
It IL. however, otherwise ~itti Austria, for
whom there Can p1eeeut itself no better op-
porunity to avepge Konisgratz, and save It's
German provinces from PruseiAn incorporat-
irg tchemes, ~ veil as Hungary, Bohemis,
and Poland from Nuasian rapacity-
AOuut Geu9-' 100 6QfeWQ 6t1tob1&Q LOT
] to fathom the deop-iA,d plot Of Msmlsk,
which, u successfully carried through, would
be the dismembermant Of Auasria, and the
| aggrandfzenent Of Prussia 1s WILL ss I.usnia.
| The bargain between Bisna1k and Rus-ia
would, probably, imply conditions somewhat
ike these Russis to enter the Black Sea,
and take Corstantinople. and thus hold the
key Of tha Mediterranean. and paesihly iacot-
porste along with the DAnubisn PrincipaIities,
Hungary aud the Sc1ave-speakipg countries
Ike Dalnatfa, ,Cros'ta, etc. Prussia, On the other
| hand. to 1eceiTe from Ru-siA eutire control Of
! the GeEEaan-spesklnG provinces OF the Baltic,
! or, in 0ther words. make Of it ka we'll - ths
| North S. GtrmAn Ocean
But clever p'aus OF great diplomatiats,. IA
| we'll rs Of common mortals, do not a1ways dnc-
! cee6, and 1t may possibly happen tdat Austris,
| who h4s, from tho pommenceu1ent of this
| WAT, put her &ruy and Rrmarnents, although
| noiaelesAiy, in ahipshApe order, will not sbut
| her eyer. like England, to tho coming danger,
| And II Benst sea the initiative, and demon.
sttates to Lord Granville that Austria car
fu1pikh 600, ,0G0 men, well armed With breech-
losdere, the lstter mas cou.ent to bayo Erg-
| land say / word or two against the coming
spolia7iou OF Europe, BY furnishing her monsV
| apd navs as in opposition to Hisrnark's anbi'
| tious plans.
The plot is thickening, and the "dogs oi
WAT" il etead Of being wi'hdr.wp from tht
| charming country Of La Ieel'e France, Enar. il
| few weeks, deysstate the whole Of Europe
| CYCtA