, 1870-09-28

and nowerh immense crowds turned out 70 look
Al these Dreaded implements Of murder.
THO people o1 the Rheni.h n atnatc have
suffered more from tho xax than The anhahttsnt
Of any other part Of Germany. Subscriptions for
taeif benefit being ral.e IN MI parts Of Ger
mahy, and money comes IN readily Il one
meeting tn Hamburg tho handsome sum Of twen-
,y-cye thousand dollars was collected Tor this
purpose.
An immense Siege ;sain, the largest ever
used, Is being transported to the German army in
front Of Paris. Wonderful improvements hxyc
tceu made in tho Siege Guus, and some Of these
cnRlncs Of destruction nte Of such delicate con-
stucflon that parts Of them are being sent PACK
ca un carefully in sltsue p7pes.
The -fes5 Htsstdn Gazette states: ssIn the bat
tie Of Nets the soldiers Of our Forty third ResE-
ncnt. as protection 2atnEt the continual show
efs OF bullets that the enemy poured upon them,
fastened their AnapsacH acroks their chesta.
Alter the battle many Of them we're convinced
tbat these tactics had saved thcf lives. In them
they found no small number Of bullets, which,
instead Of striking them IN the breast, h4d only
entered the1r calflriu culr&sses.~
Champagne, It Is believed, viii be very scarce
for several yeafs In consequence Of the districts
producing TINT wine md the great depots of
Rheims and ChA1onx, with their millions Of battles,
has1ng been occupied BY the German armies
This yeArs vintage u dcstzpred, and the damage
to The owners Of the vineyards, the wtne-makers,
and the merchants, It 1s calculated, Will e1ceed
twenty millions Of dolla1A or course the ahAn-
paguc wines will still be produced, and IN greater
abundance than ever. 40 that the manufacturers
q cider win profit By the war.
When the rarfs1an populaee forced their why
into the Hotel de Vile a One portrait Of tho Eu-
re;or wRs On the point Of being destroyed, hut n.
GaMbetta caused It TO be turned A7ainat the wall
t.fn min 4
lcsp." Unfortunately such was not the Csc Win
the portrait painted by norace vernet, which sur~
mounted one OF the chim1cyB tn the Sale du
TroDe. Tits painting W1s torn to pieces; and
panel In the ball Of the Municipal Council, repre-
seutng the Emperor handing to Baron uapss-
mann the decree aunexfng the sub1r:>s ct Paris,
was much lacerated. Such, apart from few
benches and busts broken, wa8 alt the damage
d"Ir At the Hotel de Vile. The library of the
Municipal Council, As well ns the othcr adjoining
compartments. wc.c respected, Uwing to the
Efforts Of M-I'ardcnne, the librarian, md few
Natiotal Guards.
THE Paris Siteit tells many stories Of the ex
r1oits OF the feared Fruss1an horsemeu, the
Uh!ans, who sccu, to create the utmost confusion
in French Government circles. In st. Dlzies the5
perpetrated the practical Joke OF sending Ill
sorts o. fictitious 1elegr2ms to the aouth ern de-
partments IN the name Of Bazatne. They coun-
a new revolution, dc. 1t took the French Minis.
ter Of the Interior several days to bEiug order
Into all this confusion.
"A German paper states that an infuriated
mob recently broke tlto hospital It 9iFasoourX,
Nhele young wounded German otIlcer was IT,
Ing. They tore the victim out Of his bed, dragged
hitn into the street, aud then stoned him to deaih.
After this they cut on his head, which they car.
Rcd through the st1ccts, hoTl!nx with delight
The Baltimore american says: "a heavily
fsclghted express wagon. In pasaiug down Balu'
more street, near Calvert, yesterday aitesroon
| colNded with = showcase that WAS standing npor
the pavement In front OF store No 14s Baltimore
street, and In an Instant the showcase and .
larEe aquarium, hlled with gold 1sh, lza1da ant
| o1het aquatic pets, was reduced to Fragments
Just u the aquarium bu.st, 3 lady passed By, ant
| great was her CONSERVATION to nnd green ant
kltny lizard III tho bosom Of her dress The iresl
was one Of thoee open-oosu1 ones>. The lady
| upon asce.tatninG what kind OF 4 varmint hat
nradcd the sanctitJ Of her person, set up serie
OF piercing shrekE, and IN an instant she was sur
rounded by q large number OF persona. Had no
| courageous lAIy thrust her hand into the bosoo
OF the .lress Of the anr1ehted lady, and removes
! the &mpudent reptile, there Is no conjectuIin
what the result might hare been. Several gentle
men would h8Fe removed the lizard. but, no: be
Ing acquainted with the distressed lady, felt
ttclicacy in as1tng permission TO assist her In he
dilemma