The New York herald., 1870-08-31

account. The army no longer wishes to obey war
AS to the supreme chief his account viii be settled
In the proper time and place, according TO the
circumstances Emperor is the translation OF .
victorious general or emperor IS vanqushed. It s
not the enemy nor the nation, nor the army winch
and plain grammar. Already the peasants OF Alsace
tnose model electors, cry aoud:"rhis VIII teach us
~ ~ soee lor tile Official candidate" we should not
, DC IN danger. perhaps we had answered moi to
rne piepscitum. Olivier should teach US what he
troops here (saverne, The last stragciers iefs for
rrnaisn0arg during the day What shelter can they
i1 naawnas ,sH t change Of clothes will they have-hov
s wLn suyy aecu tnemselves-hOw oppose the enemy
those thousands OF fools who have had care only to
save thsr miserable or persons' The enemy must have
oil the Officers oaggsge and thousands Of full Enap.
sacks are his 10 those acquisitions he can add .
sabres, helmets. rines--which strew the deserted
camps. Old soldiers lost their heads IKE conscrpts
have seen small boy struttng in tnnic With
three good conduct stripes the siecvei Anorner
carried ChassepOt given to him by sosssicr: ten
others had their blouses full Of csrtndsaS Tna
bealle makes a collection OF trophies ~ tine town
house. The women ih the streets have pouches; the
children trundle the hoops OF drum. IA play
perish Of hunger II the knacker does not arrive To
put an end to their suiIerings.
A dark picture this The writer adds some traits
which deepen its sombre colorIng He says:-
The young men OF the villages are lying in hum
dreds lest the Prussans should press them into their
ranks and entrench themselves behind them as the
hosts OF King Cambyses did behind their sacred ami
mals. And yet not Prussian cannon had been
heard during the day. not Prusslan gun seen. IL
is q blockade by an invisible army.
The diary ends by the expression OF patriotic
faith In the elasticity Of French arms. They may
bend back to the Marne to rebound to the Spree.
"Amen," winds up NJ. Edmond About.
Aid to the Wounded.
The Paris correspondent Of the London Medical
Times ana Gazette learns that up to the 10th OF
August the SOciete de Sec0urs Blesses Mitaires
has received l23 743 francs and that their primary
expenses for the ablishment OF eight tambulances
amount to 100000 francs, and they have allotted
0Oo francs for these ambulances, at the rate Of
$4,000 francs per month for each that they have
given Ia relief to towns IN the neighborho0d OF host.
ltles about $4,000 francs, that they have expended
200 200 francs In fitting up places OF refuge where
they even wanted aid In the nourishment and trans
port of tbe SICK by rail ana tnat the cost of orga nj
cation and publication comes to about TO- 900 francs
They have also sent TO different places on the from
tier 2ls Packages OF linen, blankets. &C., weighing
1929 kilOgrammeS, and 2,3O0 bed5
There are IN the depot $3.50 BEDS about 5.450 klo
grannes OF various goods, besides wine, sugar anu
medicine.
The Dead on the Ficld OF Battle.
special correspondent visited the field OF battle
at Forbach immediately after the battle was over.
and thus describes what he saw
Proceeding up the hill found the Prusslans lying
thick, while every here and there the gray coat aud
red trousers OF the Twenty-iourth French infantry
.
little heaps Of French and Prussians mixed, while
the second ridge the French uniforms lay thtckest.
Upon reaching the brow or the hill o heartrendng
sight met my eyes. 1t had evidently been the last
stand OF the Twenty fourth for their uniforms.
mingled with tho Prnssans, lay to the number or
seventyfve IN a. very small space. Facing the
road, with smile on his face lay the major OF
the French regiment. In one hand he clasped
sergeants, and in the other lock OF halr wrapped
in a bit OF paper. Both the sergeant and he must
have been shot at the same tinle. The woods 10
the lett were, as anticipated. filled with wounded,
whose piteOu5 cries were heartrending to hear. On
the tile hill the Prusslan uniforms lay very
thick. counted more than $50 to about thirty OF
the French. This was the hard fought for point,
and where all the slaughter took place-l say advi-
scdly slaughter for II was nothing less The unfor-
tunate men were still being carried into Saarbruck-
en- at twelve O'Clock to-day. leave you to imagine
their sunerngs all night long without drop OF wa
ter All branches OF the service seem to have SUI
1ered for picked up lancet and some surgical In
close to the body OF doctor who mad evil
denLly been shot While attending to wounded man.
Here saw French soller OF the ine his race stlil
bearing stern, determined look upon 1t, even IN
death, while close by his side lay the protector or his
Fatherland, With his lace TO the enenI and his he'll
IN. to Al