, 1870-10-24
FRANCE.
Condition Of French Prisoners on the
Way to Germany.
Of kerussian Soldiers
--DfssrcsB Among thc
People.


Tt1tkt d. Will eeAnty supply Oh STRAW bEneAfh
them, the rain pouring down upon them. and t
The cold wind blowing over them; their once |
brilliant uniforms torn and covered with mud;
their detected bearing aud eickly, za,low com-
Ele1Ion, ia such marked contrast with that Of
the sta!wart r.ussians WHO stood guard ore1
them, calmly smoking Their never.ret,nquish-
Cd lipe--all this made them a nournful and
pii;ful SPECTACLE. There wero MANI Turcos
amctG them. conspicuous by their pictur-
esqne dress, as we'll as BY their different build
aut cauiage. They are not Csucaetan. aud
nut African, but bring forcih1y to mind ones
idea OF the Bedeuin Arab by their restless ac-
tiyi.y an1 1.-the grace. Their ferocity Aul ma
Ii ulty have been greatly exaggerated some
of them, indeed, arc very stupid, aud pro-
rortionatcIy brutal, hut they are generally
found ordinarily well disposed in their con.
duct, and intelligent in their idoas, while iu-
starces Of the desilish malisnisy which has
keen asrrited 10 them are, in tho main, en-
rail.uaIs III this part Of tho world Are over
ing rate. and regular business il suspended,
and that only Of the government aad tlle war
nitetded to. There arc two end
less liues Of Trains. tho one rushing
lack from France to Gormsnr with
wounded soldiers, aud French prisoners, .nd
captured military stores, and many empty
flesh relays Of troops, new supplies Of artil-
lery, and horses, forage for tnau and beast,
sAultaIy kuppsies, and all other imaginable sup
plies for which the war has created = demand
In getting from Btngen tc this place, 4 dis
tance ordinarily accomplished in four or fiye
I has fSco o1.y<r Ia
in miserable, uncomfortable thira-class coupes
III siat. There werc absolutely no dsst or
teconG-c1aEs seats to be had, and passengers
Of ey.rs rank submitted. With euch grace as
they could command, to tho suairs progress.
til. intcsminAble delays, and the miserles of
sleep in those miserable cara which genius
seeu,s to have becu employed ia making tn
comfortable. and, compared with which, the
eecond. Glars cars on American EaitwaYs are
Auu.ptnous and pleasant.
RsmillY il Trench town Of few hun 1rcd
ithabitsnts, where about 1 ,000 Aotiiors arc at
present quartercd. This rainy weather has
made the town ono immense 1nud-hole,
through which muldtudea Of troops, h,rsa
and foot, walow back and forth in endless
confusion. There is Al immense deal OF bus
ua aud business here, and tha number Of peo-
pie III very greatly in e1cras OF tie elbow
room. a large number OF tho private DWELL
ings and public buildings are turned into hos-
p.tals and filed ~ith wounded of both armies,
aud the fortunate fow who can obtain 4 bod to
sleep in aze an Insignificant fraction OF ths
whole numhe- ~Io sMvouac IN sheds aud berne,
: III 1tunk themselves happy II they have \
roof to shelter them, floor To aleep Oh, and
I blanket to cover them. In short, oue may
eafels bid sateu to all cheer and comfort on
crossing irto this part Of France; unless. in
oecd. one can extract cheer and comfort from
tl,e practice Of self-denial and the approval Of
| ot,nfa srntrianra
The r1t,ors Of the army here arc common
and poor wAA quartc-ed a. Pruss,su ori-
| Ger, mud to be thus qraricred usual!y mc1ns
c.,Iatoit and elegance even, but on this OccA-
tion il sncant uattress on the floor TO sleep
| Ut. " h,to tho application FOR rAtionB WAS met
viii, tlaek breAd, raw evtIee- md pieca OF
hacou-thc only obtAinablo arti.loa Of food.
There IL great dte:itutioa in tue country. ]
searched through the town Of St. Avol:l the
o'her oyoniuE, va'n1y looking fur place where
could get sotne supper, and at last wss f.sn
10 content myself with : cold piece Of boiled
mutton and pound OF bread, for which a.ti.
c!cs I paid an old woman IN exotitant price.
found many honsts xhers dozens Of eoldiera
wee quasteted waere tho people had no:hing
to eat except as the aoldlcss shared with them
their satiers; and hero I will say
TINT tho humanity and consideration oi
DAte people who are placed 1t lis mezey
command my admiration. It's quits different
from the conduct We havo nsually been taught
to expect in war time from soldiers quartefed
upon the enemy. So far as The exisencies Of
W.. will allow, the rights Of person and prop
heard OF An instance where violence has beeu
used against the weak, where theft or robbery
have been perpetratcd, wberc 4 wouaan h1s
been iusnl,ed. Tho eoId,ors know that suct
offences would be visited With tho soveres
punishment, hut it il not fear alone tia.
l r<sr ia S,f $.,Sf nx,5
rectl;ade, tlle manifestation Of which is II
honor to any army. 1wss in one fasm-houst
occuried " sn old woman ana twt
chlldren.-the only remaining MON
snIn of tho fsni'y,-whero Elk Chlan'
T,h H., the,s @ Sn hSsss., e., were & aSA.se7 y ID i
rstiors for iheui, WAS sick, and thev not only
prepared their own food, but employed :,
ncEhbot TO take caro- OF the children aud the!
sick grandmother. They were rough, savage
fellows: too, Of whom such kindness woulj
h+1d's have been expected. The scarcity o.
hnforary, and caused IN part bv the panic
which the war has spread alnung the peopls
in 1sa1t by the deraata,ion which its tcourgt
effected in this immediate vicinity, for fusshel
On, in French Territory, in the direction oi
Nancy, supplies Of iii sorts are abundant ani
/ as cheap the present moment II they ever art
in our own country. This learn from gentle
men who come from Tant-h-Nousson aud 1lit
vicinity Of Hheima, and other localities fu1thol
tou ard T'a1ia.
1o nemily business thrives With people who
deal in provisions At the chief Lotel, III.
ohteqnious French host is making fortup,
on the numeroua EeoNe who arc TOO fast,dioui
10 depend upon the coarse army rAtions, IN.
employ him to cater for them. He aud hi.
foEce Of dunkeys use their airs and bl1ndish
meAts as readily uFon PruseiAns a. formerl,
they did upon Ffenchrnen. and thes find ii
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