The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-17

| They are fierce race. not knowing what tho wore
fear means, and, II report speaks the trath. ar
greatly addicted To crimes winch can hardy DC ever
alluded to- Even while here IN Strasbourg one o
them has been shot for bis treatment OF litte o.
whose father complained TO the military authorities
| The question arises whether. TO help his coun
try Ia the hour OF need Napoleon justified In usnt
old answ er that IN love and all things allow
| ablc. do not set up as mofalist, nut confess
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bring the scourge home TO the helpless wife ane
lite ones he leaves behind him ia his village Is
another. - 'f.
THE MITRAILLIusR.
| have Just returned from trial OF this weapon a,
en heartily
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working of the machine. and was afterwards able to
ascertain the different distances from which It was
always at sam isse ana WIN point
range as able TO hit at ten yards at 20oo without
Of what this gun Is Imagine this weapon turning
slowly from left to right and then from right 70 lett
n0 esSrns. an %or 1al aer s
s ToaaY 500 saw Ersnch wsrssd witch dis
am no, mistaken. would make about two thousand
yards OF American measurement. Al that distance
the gun. or machine, or whatever you like 60 name
ferent butts each mark being tho height and width
or an average front company OF regiment. Thus,
have seen service IN the field Win understand. the
three black marks the three represented as
against battery. The Brigade Of living men would
have taken at least tw enty minutes, ut double
IN ten TO gei Syss s ground In na that time
wards OF four hundred balls or rather, proectiles
into the three black marks and every ball was we'll
apart nom Its fellow; ana al this, mind, without
any alteration the part OF the officer in charge.
the weapon, or gun. has merely TO be loaded and
self. The object 1t is aimed at may come nearer
but 1t has no occasion TO be elevated depressed
IL wGrks nom lett 70 right and from right to left,
ton whatever In saying from what saw to-day,
that no Infantry or cavalry that the world has yet
seen would advance against this terrible engine OF
destruction.
An oficer belonging TO one OF the four batteries of
mitrailleuses which are with this army corps told
me the other day that at 1900 and even up to 1000
metres he looked upon this instrument to be quite
In the hands OF very good SHOT. From SUCH a wea.
pom what may we not expect In the way OF uesiruc-
ton during the present war;
Must the War Go o. s-Napoieou's Danger
French Hopes Of Invasion of Germany ut
the Besinninz-The Rhine Must BE Crossed
or Dctlronement May ,n's
Return from Metz-Not Ready and Goa.
fused. M ~,
HEADQUARTERS MARSHAL MAcMAHoN's)
ARMY CORPS, STRAsDoURG, August l. 1870. !
In an English newspaper that reached me last night
Il have only seen four papers from England, and
have not spoken one word Of English since l left
Paris, ten days ago. see 1t stated by the Partisan
correspondent Of the journal in question that the
Emperor OF the French would now gladly make
peace. Believe not such statements. Napoleon
could now no moro stay the army from crossing tho
Rhine than he could stop the progress Of the Rhine.
am perfectly certain that II tho war was stopped
now, or even II any propostOns-no matter what
were for moment entertained. that Napoleon the
Third would at once have to take his place among
the numerous royal personages out OF situations that
are now to be found in Europe.
1.-THE readers OF the herald have been Informed
by cable kilograms since the above was written
that the Emperor did not cross the Rhine What
then1
And what IL more, the FIRST to revolt against him
would be the army, upon which he much de-
ponds. No, the war must now, 30 far as France IS
| concerned, be fought out to the 'bitter end.n OF
| that there be no doubt whatever. Whether the
people Of Prussia would be more ready TO listen 10
terms OF peace Is question which your correspon
dents IN that country will, OF course, be far better
able to tell you than ain. But believe they would.
And my for believing il is the great differ.
ences IN which they 1.-THE Germans have felt already
| the evils OF war as compared with the French Tho
latter have really not as yet felt any. hardly any,
of the misery that war is supposed to call forth.
Ii Is true the reserves have bean called out but
not at any rate az yet, to fight. And in fact moth.
ing could be better proof Of what say than this
very town Of strasbours from which 1 date my
letter. is true that provisions are dearer than
before, but not for the people OF the place. l.,
stranger in the land, cannot get my two meals a
day under something Ike fifteen francs, and this
without counting lodging or carriage hire or wine
or beer. But then it Ia entirely because l am a
stranger in the land that am taken inn although
not by any means in the sense meant In the Bible
But although the Strasbourglan may have to pay
trine higher taxes next year he does not for the
present drink single book Of his favOrte beer the
less nor reduce his dinner bya single dish. Every
weeks declare that grim care already rules IN that
land. But here everything is just exactly wnat it
was, save That there Is much more money floating
about than there was formerly.
IMAGINATION AND METZ.
Tie Marshal returned from metZ, wliither he mad
been called 70 have an interview with the Emperor
last night. saw him drive up to the Hotel de la
Iaison Rouge about an hour ago, where ne comes
and at seven T. NJ. to dine. His chief Of the star,
General Coulson, and two aides-de-camp were with
never did any four men look less ike taking the
field. Their epauets are OF the brightest gold their
swords, &C.. as highly FURNISHED as soldier servants
can make them; The Marshal himself is looking
wei. and as II he had not care upon his mind,
although suspect lew men In the world have more
at the present moment.
FRANCE NOT BEING READY,
or at least, not ready her authorities
believed her to be, has been terrible blow TO the
amour 1)iOpre OF tie nation. For, II there was one
administration in France OF which Frenchmen were
proud, 1t was their tatendeaeS, commlssafiat
which, by the way, Is more like the commlssariat-
| clothing department. and pay department rolled up
! into one, or rather more nike that we In England
| call the control department tnan anything Of the
| Kind know. But 1t seems that the French
troops have been complaining bitterly Of the fntea-
denes ever since the unfortunate Mexico business
where the men were fed upon beans when cam.
pagning IN one OF the first corn countries in the
| world. But these complaints have been kept back
from the powers that be, and matters have for years
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