The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-08
DATEY JOURNAL
THURSDAY, sEPTEMBER 5. IS7e.
Affairs In FFance-IntePesting Items
by the Correspondent or tho New
York Tribune,

New YORK, Sept. .-AIIri6une cor
respondent telegraphs from the-aspec
Of Paris, one could suppose that news
of great victory had been received
such perfect unanimity / never wit.
messed; as it is Sunday, the men are
walking about with their wives and
children, in holiday dress.
The National Guards are marching
home along the boulevards as.though
they had come from review, and the
windows and sidewalks are lined with
people cheering them.
It is felt by all that the surrender
of the Chief of State must be repudi-
ated by the nation, aud that it had
been repudiated, and that the dis
honor falls consequently on a man,
and not on France.
hear that. last night, the general
opinion among the politicians, was
that, If Prussia will grant fair terms of
peace, they must not be rejected. The
difficulty, however, is to find states
man who will incur the odium of
urging peace.
IL has been suggested that an
anonymous ministry of nobodies
should be formed, who would make a
treaty and then disappear. / was told
this morning by a gentleman attached
to the Court that the Empress is in
dignant with the Emperor, and says
that he IL a coward, and never should
have been taken alive.
My friend tells me that as far as is
yet known at the Tuileries, he be-
haved with an absolute want of dig
nifty that he recommended General
Wimpfen to surrender, and that he
himself appeared to be so afraid of
his own troops avenging their dis
asters on him that he seemed to have
but one thought, to get safe away
within the Prussian lines.
NEW YoRK. Sept. THE EibHne's
Paris orrespoudentW writes again that
story is current in Paris which would
account for the difference between
paper and effective force Of the army,
and which, to a certain extent, ex-
plains why the Emperor rushed into
war, although he knew be was unpre-
pared for it. Of late years. his civil
list has not been large enough to pro-
vide for the lavish expense of his
court.
His largesss to his adherents, was
out CT the secret service money, which
was require1 to keep up a love of
Imperialism among his subjects.
About e2,000,000 were, therefore,
yearly taken from the Ministry of
War aud handed over to him. The
larceny was concealed by stores,
figuring on accounts, which had
never been bought and footing
money which was paid into the mill
tary treasury by those who were
drawn for consumption. to enable the |
government to buy substitutes.
Regiments fully 1000 strong only |
had 1900. Money for substitutes and |
the supposed yearly cost of substi-
tutes were appropriated to the civil
list. When the Emperor was obliged
few months ago, to yield to the cry
for a parliamentary government, be
knew that the next Legislatif assem-
bly, would contain so much constitu-
tionality that even if there were still
an Imperial majority, scandalous
ground would be brought to light.
His only chance, therefore, was to
wage war. A successful campaign |
gained. might put off the Parliamen-
tary government; if that were impos-
sible, the falling off Ia men and stores
might be ascribed to the war.
Marshal lie Bout and the personal
adherents of the Emperor were in the
secret, and they felt that they must
sink or swim with their master, and
that for themselves, as we'll as for
him, the only chance Of impunity was
in victory. But when the chief robs,
the subordinate will rob too. The
Emperor and his Minister of War
found they could not well count on
men and stores, which they imagined
they possessed. Food and ammuni
ton were found to be wanting for the
movement across the frontier. Hence
the delay to attack and the subsequent
disasters.
The same correspondent telegraphs
that the SSgGTO proposes national
subscription 10 reward the man who
murders the general commanding the
troops around Strasburg.
A. 1ribune's correspondent writes
from the headquarters of the King, at
DANGLING, near Sedan, that on the 81
inst. the Emperor found his position
so critical in Sedan, after an armistlce
became known, that he was glad to
come over and surrender himself. He
could control the storm while men
we're to fight and die for him, but
when it come to all being prisoners
together they were somewhat danger
Gus in their. mood.
hear that this same angry, de-
spairing astonishment at what has
happened, makes it hard work to man
age eighty thousand prisoners or
more. who have been taken, first and
last, about Sedan. There was active
danger of blocdshod this morning,
when the prisoners began to move out
of the town. Happily, the officers IN
command showed admirable tact and
frmness. The French kept their old
suthority by not strainiDg the cord
Goo tight, and the Germans by not
showing themselves too much on the
scene. m,
scene OF confusion which you can I'M
agine. The narrow streets are deep
mud, for we have had heavy |
rains. To-day the soldiers are half
drnnk with stores of liquor houses |
6aTf hrrn..d. and dead bodies lying |
svervwhere There are thousands of |
won1Sed 10 be cared for. Mcmahon |
was severely injured az tne beginning
of the battle. but his lie j. hos IN
danger.
The loss among the French, In gu
perior officers, has been something /
dreadful. You ask what is to be our
next move; [ answer, to Paris. 30
say the men, and so says the WhoIe
voice of the public. Rumor and pub
lie opinion is, the German army to |
Paris" unless the French will yield |
up Stras bourg aud Metz, and pay the |
war expenses.
Count Bismarck would be content |
with less, but the German people in
sisk on hard terms and the German |