New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-12

cleaning those pans lie bankers clerk AZ for that one
helping TO skin that In yonder field he lawyer,
and WAS just about purchasing his thldt. I'm France
they purchase an ttude practice) Certainly II Is
very unpleasant to be taken and forced ito become
private. but since they had TO do IT, wonderful that
young men should be fOuad who prefer taking all the
drudgery and greater share OF the drndgery, in
order to he In contrast to these are the
men who go Frsncstireurs but with oil that move
ment Of Fancstireurs there not hear, more than
$1,000 of them under IN France up to the present
day.
IL ia probable this week will not pass without
the long expected battle taking place. God grant
II be victory for us, but, elias, soldiers who have
got into the habit Of giving way, as the French
infantry has, scarcely have confidence nculcated
into them, unless they obtain few easy successes TO
encourage them Now 1t Ia than probable we shah
encounter the Prusian scarcely equal 10 them In num-
bers, II not even, fear inferior We shall come up
with troops who have been beaten In encounter
who have not yet fire at ALL and who, one and ALL
have got into such q habit OF singing out 1--WE
are betrayed" whenever they cut and run, In
order to put the blame on other shoulders; that
whenever xpected fro lie opened upon them Ia
battle they say they betrayed They expect their
officers tell them these squads are 200O men, we are
20oo, must fire at them :" but II In the meanwhile
battery opens upon them, concealed battalion opens
fire from behind @ hedge they cry Treason ana
run away. No doubt they have been orten, and
light cavalry at Balaksva but they went and and
never said they were betrayed talking yesterday
to cavalry officer who at Sedan and was with the
few squadrons who cut their way through, or rather
rushed Of under a heavy fire into Belgium, when the
Germans cured round the French through the village
which lie near the Belgian frontier, on the
road to Bouillon, ia Chapelle" think 1t
10 called. He At the battle Of Arthenay, and
gave some interesting and rome ludcrous de-
tails on cavalry affair which took place there There
nine regiments Of cavalry there under the c9In-
msnd Of brave but stupid odd general Of the Of
NJ. BE took care 70 have them we'll massed together,
TO oner easy mark to artillery, and then ordered
charge upon the Prussan cavalry, each regiment In
column OF squsdrons. II s well known tie Prussan e-
airy move without proportonate srnount OF |
artillery. The consequence was that they had not
advanced many yards before-whirr. aud b she'll
passes in the midst of them, followed rapidly by Others
An immediate retreat Of necessary which they
executed slowly. but under fire Of the artillery. Now, II
tina, large force cavalry had been spread out In IT.
regular charge against which while the Prussian guns
had comparatively little effect, the result might have
very good The cavalry which was less numerous,
might have been eDvelOpod and Its guns taken The
same officer told the face. of the soldiers, soon ~
they hear the canonsde, are remarkable study,
when they the about them carried of they
to know where they or what they are about
II you want man 70 gallop of TO some neighDofins
corps take single message OF for any reason what
1t is only by sheer menace you can induce him 70
ride on In fact they terrorstrcken, and yet the
cav airy is better than the infantry Row different from
the soldiers OF the Crimea and OF Italy In the Crnes
soldiers sometimes played 1T spenDy in the trenches
Yesterday, In camp, I talking about drawings
with officer, and he remarked what dfereIce here
IN the type OF the French soldiers He was quite
right The French soldier presents now none OF the
characteristics which made him ffne study for the
painter draughtsmsn OF military scenes. Where are
the fine faces, aquiine noses, good nustaehcs
and imperials strong Jaws, and goodshaped era
NUNS which SEQ in the paintings OF Horace
yernet Charet Beange Gel They may still DC iouno
In the remnants Of the Imperial Guard, and in the gen
but as line set Of more oabooD faced
or chubby faced men could not be found. am very
much afraid nothing will be done with them and trem
BILE for issue Of the battle which seems Impending
aud for its results.
What will take place II, as fear We arc again badly
beaten on the Lorei As expected al the Republicans
won't hear OF peace The Government know very well
that II they make peace under blow, those who have
put them up will knock them down again without any
scruple Yet lie difficult to see what they really expect
10 do II we win the next battle-nOthiDg is inpos-
sible-aI may go well, for the French troops will
thus take little But We have yet to gain that
battle, and am arguing In the much more probable
hypothesis that lose II. That battle then being
lost and the troops scattered In the way they were at
Reichofen, what win become OF the Government We
shall Immediately have all kinds OF strife and con
nal Government win perhaps take place for this But
this WILL doubt dispute the seat 10 those
who will attempt to put ont Of IT, Al the same time
the Prussans will be running over France worse
than they are now As yet IL is only onethrd OF France
which is ruined and out Of that third most Of the
people have fed taking their money with tiehi which
they are spending here the unnvaded parts Of the
country In the invaded parts there 10 misery,
money but paper money local banks have stopped pay
ment, everything IL at a standstill and ruined
but here there IL nothing OF the sort Here, and
In all the South, there is abundance or money,
abundance OF food, tradespeope are coming
money that why they do not realize what Will proba-
bly, come 10 them long. Here, think. everybody
who pursnes anything would be quite ready 10 make
peace In the South where they further OF from the
Immediate peril, they perhaps more for war but,
ON the whole all thinking all substantial people are for
peace. II IL the Republicans who swear they viii
make peace Is the Republicans who, na word only
exist by this war, who declare Not inch OF
ground O stone OF the fortresses shall he eur
rendered" AS for the army tell you IL signs for
at any price. We verging toward such chaos Of
conflicting parties that 1t s impossible to form any dea
OF what this country Is TO become think the Govern
nent are In terrible fright about the Army OF the Loire
They have propped up the hopes Of their party 80 much
upon It, that were TO fall the consequences will be
terr1blel
20 TO take my abode 81 the camp tomorrow.
Tours, Oct %As TO the real strength OF the army ut
sabrs since my soiOurn there yesterday do not sin
cerely believe II lie more than 10000 men They evidently
desire Il 70 be thought stronger.
letter received by friend Of mine from 0fcer Of
Mobiles belonging to regiment irtatioDed at Metz and
10 the Sixteenth Corps ssys the troops al Mer
have orders TO on the Army Corps at Bois, the head
quarters.
The railway communicate between Verson and La
Mars have this instant suppressed for the public
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