The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-12

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not 70 tramp back to Versailles in the dark, as 70
,su nor only DC hard marching, but periloas
ready g eve you arc srs g be arrested a. every
Ross Between here and headquarters Iney haye
s sasssi to a DO a' s?E s ~
ne ne 3 n SSa S E an SyS q M
room, some Whisky, bread: and anything exc
Versailles" The joyal oGicers pfooosa Was Id
tempting under The circumstances. and so wa al
rng which are mere matters Of con srs Alarms ~ and
eNpo .tc position os S d Following our gay suen
Us red wine, not whiskey brown bread ana S,ttcr
Our sleeping ioon the floor OF which Was our he'd.
WAS mkt 70 ,S Sns occupied cy party Of me Field
having much 10 spare in The wa OF covering. Early
next morning we awoko TO ind thai our next door
pany were perfo. ming on tacir toilets IN our room
some or US having been walked npon through ms
more correctly. We ourselves We're IN The dressing
room Of these men OF iigtaing,
AT about eight A. NJ. Moat Naeflcn opened fro
heavily, OF wnIch operation we obtained splendid
view from tue window. IL nad some SIX or seven
guns at work, and IL was interesting TO watch the
discharge OF each shot and TO listen to the bursting
OF the shells in the woods between US ana
the fortress. Returning nomewards we passed
houses situated on the h,ghroad between Svres aud
Meudon, buS only after series of uucAlngs ana
aonsnss ana On akng through sanay garden
most advanced post Of the invading army. As strict
orders had been given not To show finger we hai
ranged for The watch Of tho sentry ana the view So
obtained was necessarily circumscrlbed. We could.
other side lew bullets whzasd over the lt lie luz
IN which the sentry stood In compliment to our VISIT
same precautions as for advances arresred, now.
ever aud carried up before The headquarters OF the
tste to the sergeant major OH duty. The men evi.
IDENTITY thought we were great catch, and crowded
now how o. 10 crowd aro1nd One man eyaen
very much disappointed at tho discovery, recognized
US as the party whom he mad allowed to pass on
post the day previous, ana the officer, being called
out IRON couch Of repose, immediately ap ,logized
for any detention and allowed US tine hdM ~
par6 back TO Versailles. Never were a more clvu
set OF gentlemen than these same German officers,
who, am free to CONFESS have treated me with
marked courtesy, and who seem aniable 70 all OK
cept their enemies In battle array
BURNSIDE'5 PAPERS AND GENERAL SHERIDAN.
General Burnside leaves this morning for BrusselA
out patches OF the French papers--a treat for tue
the headquarters folks OF every TX. He is now
making up mail bag for all VINO wish 10 send or
letters with more speed than the Held post uses.
Ills bag is already dubbed tho Through U. y. maip'
respective Of nationality, aud ali the more he
Is expected TO return again shortly from Belgium
with other Letters anu o1e i p n sn Gsngr ser
turn, regarding the war uS virtually over anu the
siege too slow and dull business oT him TO witness.
as ne prefers to get knowledge OF European things
in general before returning home next spring. lie
expects to stop few days 10 outfit IN Brussels and
then pass the month Of Novenb r In Italy. He IL
accompanied by General Forsyth OF his stan. Count
Bismarck paid him visit or adleu last night ~ the
Hotel de ReservOiss whore mo. a0 has ceen quite
rendezvous of visitors, curious and newspaperdom.
All the correspondents OF the English papers, from
Bull Run Russell down TO the smallest my, have been
generals, finding them sucn energetic aud perspica-
cIous news gatnerers.
thing here the sole and unique union Ltber0t6
stopped Its issues from our Ministers at Brussels
and Berlin, as well aS from the headquarters StaH;
but ne could never manage TO keep them on Ills
table, SO much was he begged for them. He told me
rovav rsased by the Pruasa and thai Inc Kns
Crown Prince, MOltke and Bismarck could not have
been more cordial and KIND 10 him. lie dtned IRE
qucnLly with King William. The General says the
French have Oil his sympatnies, nut they are making
al present such poor out OF things that ne regards
farce he ever came across. ~ have been disap-
pointed with the French" said he; $50 mas the
whole w0rd for that nlatter.n 1t is easy to account
for their failure. They have been weakened SO by
contamination that they have accepted to lay all on
the shoulders OF the empire US u scapegoat; but
still, viewed abstractly the spectacle OIL nall0n OF
40 900 not being able to move peg or turn o
wheel to RID themselves OF the invaders is the most
aughablc he ever saw. read OF expects to see
OH oSH' Little It rnir' has made gouS impression
among these German people IN arms. He - Ill
vorite with all who meet him, and doubtless 1t has
been gratifying to him to find that his name and
says the initiating direction OF his hand may be
needed by next February in the west, where his
therefore he OF opinion that he Will return in
that month. AS regards the Indians, he says all the
trouble Is about tanning Jhem there being TWO kinds
Of Indians the tame and the sayagcs, distinction
no lays stress on, and yet IL Is the gst Of the
whole indian question. Tue reason or tui5 Is that
there are certain spectators who. IN order to
pocket the money (sOne i've millions yearly apprO-
prated by Congressl must keep the public IN tho
dark, and therefore are not disposed to cut at tho
root oil the evil. The Indian, in his wild state, thinks
1t D great honor to scalp man, and Ii they were
around here they would delight TO take the scalp3
queues as badges OF hOuOr-a "Kewo for stealing u
horse or taking OH mans hair That is their ap.
probation OF the acme OF bravery and honor. They
never can amount TO much. lie visited
all the famous points IN this neghDUrhood lie says
that the Old palace here 5nouid have been built
at ST. German, whero the view and situation are 80
much better; bnt then, such vast piles, In his
opinion, never will be buil5 again anywhere 10
build this one nation was taxed and impoverished.
Nowadays, an Individual may build fine palace.
but does SO from his own earnings, not from the
pockets oil others. The more man in this ago
spends his earnings anu makes The money circulate
the better CITIZEN ne Is for the State and among hl8
fellows. Only individual boarding or building Of
these Improbable piles out OF money ilched from
the peoples pockets Is wrong
| must close, for General 3. sends word that his
"through mail closes immediately after seven
o'clock "nO letter will be received" Fifty siege
guns up ut the front, but yet in battery.
They are nom 18-pounders to 60-pounders, and yet
on their high carriages Starvation, however,
alter all, seems TO be the true cue for Paris. No
suCcor Is expected for IL from either Ganbctta or
Garbaldi, both of whom az latest accounts were as
Tours Day before yesterday, at ten A. NJ, Orleans
was stormed by the German troops, and the French
threw away their arms and lied preclpitatey.
Slight bloodshed and few prisoners. The affair is
only important as q sign-the army OF the Loire has
thus been defeated.
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