New-York tribune., 1870-08-10

feet OF srasborg TO try and get leave to mount the top
o ue oahedra and produced passport letters on o, re-
cohmendation inEumerable, &C. "a letter from queen
ncoa herself would not do you any good salu VI le
The Imperial Guard had arrived at Nancy when my
Iend passed through, and this shows that II Is ere tne
Eror ~ gong and that he is nor coming nere, r. f
ueaSoed to telegraph this, and the faettne pare
NJ utlls having chance or passing tno ui
guards arrival was peremptoriy refused ihe dlspacn
concerning my cOnnero's arrest was aCccpeu tlnu ny
stopped in Paris. In that case, you VIII return ns
m0neyP' "Oh, nor, monsieur" some people wouIu
say mat TINS was very like highway T9pDI! ou III, -
ihe to the Imperial Government near thhl ~ L1 :,
enbnrg the ordinarily pcaceabe lnhaDllats poh w ai
terre gs, as susPcousy as Is GuS a bc comprosed
by the imprudence Of some stranger more 10 oD
T1lh @ news Than To respect the neuTality oi nj
IIe army OF Africa is rapidly arriving AZ @ tiIs
seat OF the coming Very rapid PASSAGES nave pee zen
made; some OF the Z1uaves, VINO eft m h o 5d
At ThiOnye there yesterday, four dlVsions OF IN
hntry, 6 batteries OF field artillery, TWO DatIersS s oi
mtrieuses eight mitrailcuscs form plttery3 IIc9
VIII be reinforced to-day by regiment oi aruery anu
one OF the line, which to leave TINS aIteIhool'
Besides infantry there is great concenraon oI cav
airy at ThOnye and that fact coupled with the scar
city OF troops at Strasbonre looks much as il the main
attack TO be made along the valley OF me MoSGne
and great battle fought In the Rhenlsh froVsS 1 t
behind tbe Rhine with the fortrrsses of Ehrcnbretsten
and Mayence TO protect their TANKS, WIN t f.nino III
their front The french need hardly repeat are most
confident Of success Why it is very easy to discover
Look at the enthusiasm OF our troops salu one d ~
me, how can they be beatenF u 10 lposSoSS ~ az nop ~
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confidently Of their coming victories, ana Oh ho" '!
were going TO take Berlin. c,,
Mr.. OShea, the correspondent or The Lo',doh otuHu
ard has Just in. and has told me his adventures III
the character of Trssian spy Last nlght ne was con-
tcmplating with delight (he is an IrsnInanl Intchcu
battle between dragOOn and lncsman. suddenly tWo
haftpsy soldiers accosted him and asked MN VINO he
They then requested him to come to the gllIu-
and explain himself, saying he was lrussah spy
From the guard-rOOm he taken TO the pOcc-std-
tOn Co. and, after being searched, was locked up IN
celia very dirty One-wh two drunken lnhaDitane oi
Metz, OF whom persisted in declaring that ne was
Prussan, that he would be PruSsan, ana lhhJ every
body ought to be "A Prussan" The unfortunate CORE
spondent vainly protested, begging to be taken 10 NE
hotel, where he had passport signed by LOrd Lyons
But his cdptOrs Obdurate, and kept nm locked up
till about IN the morning, when he was woke out on
sound sleep and let 90 unrcasOnaby as he had Deeh
arrested. The fact Is that, to all ntens ana purposes
Metz is in state OF siege. There is not single sergeant
de Vile the streets and, what is worse, no
military pickets are formed at night outside the
camps, that people after dark completely at the
mercy OF the first drunken soldier they meet MI
OShca, | understand, intends asking Marshal BaZalne
either 10 apologize to send him 10 the frontier under
escort. The French exceedingly annoyed at the
want of sympathy shown for their In England bt
IL is hardly the way to gain good will in England 10
arrest one English correspondent after another. sup
pose they will begin with American journalists shortly
The feeling is not much more friendly toward Americans
than toward Englishmcn. Frenchman has just told
me that the Americans were the avOwed friends or
Prussia. "NO, they are neutral" said; and nave
doubt before this, President Grant has Issued his
proc amaOn OF neutrality" How they be neutral,
American Minister in Paris is TO protect Prus
slams the absence Of the lrssian EmbasoadOr T. Of
course to such au argument there was no repyt