, 1870-08-11

A Visit to Metz.
Ms- tynls ~ Correspondence n The Lonia -ttw..
Twas Just sitting down to write ron an n--
count Of ms visit to the Fort st. Quentin, now
constsuctingon one Of the bills which surround
popdrnt of the London Times and tEo Eng
ii-h officers hid Just been arrested. They arc
Accused Of having made soldier drunk and
Of trying to '.pump" him, The officers we're
semitic tho frontier: hope to Lave ~ inter
an and % to eive : sou s' ". III tarther iA'*,s. ae.,
t.ils as to the rae Of 80 eevcre >
| measu1e toward two English ofEe.ra. Journal
ists. we al know, aFe fair same, and ro7r
| Of the more than Drsconian law on the press
| during The war with p1ussia. passed By II.
| Olliviere government.
Now, to give you an account OF ny visit to
Fort st. Quentin, wEeB, 30 far from being ar
rested (althonGh was aeeon2suied By an
facs>, was treatetl with the greatest possible
poliseneea. had been struck By the nuuer-
ous and important NoFk9 being coo-
struc,ed on i'll sides Of Metz on my
aEst arrival, md determined %
aay possible means I conld obtain an en-
t1auce. At the hotel in Metz they assured
nc II once that it xaa quite impossible for
any civilian to enter the new forts they
would, Of course, b. delighted 10 supply me
With canisFo to 60 10, and We should enjoy
"Nhy, never saw them nyeelt," said mine
bott. Eut We thought 1t possible there were
. probably good .aapy other things our land.
! lord Ind neve1 seen, 30 OF We ssAsted. We
. passed one Of the three Campo new formed
rourd Metz o9 our M airees;! We as NAG s1sase
: portcuii.es, ard dr4~bridges- l eoantet
! hour at theso last, andnr friend, the Easlisi
. officer aforementioned, sa?: uiesed one
; and that there were FIVE in slL Soon after vi
> had quilted the town and passed the camp Q
Dau-st Martin. We got anloug the VINEYARDS
= the rad, in many cases without even disc'
/, 10 protect tie grapes from the gamins Q
q Ne;7. 1fte. about half IN hours drive, on
l. csuiace waa brought to s.andstiu by ! Ion
= train Of artillery wagons, whose drivers hi
r stopped to breathe their hotees in front Of IL
10 and now our cooaer begun 10 sa9H slg1 1
IS Of fear. He wanted to stop, SAYING be eoul
e not get past the wagons. but just a
he vas speaking they started on, aud he COZ
sented to 70 on again About quarter Of
mile On be came to another atop, aad tn
time be refused to bs con,forted, crpressin
K about quarter Of = mile higher up, maxim
y y nte Of his chaasepot il we went yard fu
= tter, There waa nothing for It but TO ret o,
y. w. and walk; 80 ne trudged up the steep NJ
- | dusty road to the entrance OF the Tort IT
~ sentinel received Us very politely, and shop
u ed 10 signs Of any hostile use Of his rn1ske
- he told us We must cuma VII
in hun to the guard-room, and speak
- the Sergeant. Ihe Sergeant REFER,
- ns TO tho Captain commanding, md We 3
"a down 10 wait for ihat personags in his bore!
.. in one Of the. casemates. Getting tired
r waiting, We asked permission to 70 out ai
II seek the Captain, and soon met him iii.
ID back from i sister tort hard By. When
= heard what we wanted, he denured ht,le
10 the fzt, but, after having examined our pss
'e- ports, and sati.taed himself that they we're
o. rrgt ha not only decided to let us visit q
es fort, Lut told one Of the Leutenauts@ or On oa on
u. to accompany us, md do the bouorf- ~ :ssi VI
~ aceordinGy shown every sJvhere and eIsnng g,
ar Amost Intelligent young officer. VIC nus nv
% volunteered INFORMATION which p noag aG,
might interest Us. The fort, be tolo ~ ns,"oe =.
be be detensihle IN twenty-fouf hoasS .o7 81, g.
Il. got into position; and the d.chos' sa;ss NY
%; yards deep and IS many wide, we're It 1nls.
i: for purroses of defence: a. too we're tne & 81
Al mates ind bonab-proof 5sr7acfs. tots