, 1870-10-17

*efo dehlinE bcforo our own eYne noWlY
clothed from head to foot, hapstcks viii |
uienails. III new. s "a ssch % man hsi h1z bssad
With him, aud the want Of sohnesy which pre- /
vailed ehowed thst there WAS DO faek Of apirs- |
tuona ll4uoEe. Il may be said that thar hars |
had little Or nothing eleo than bread md wine,
but With these two things it Will take Soma |
ever, WA most wanting in Ill the regiments,
vas discipline md order. Those Who ma1ched
past us *esa the best troops, snd set hardly
one company paid attention TO dress or closibg
up their ranks, nhich wero composed Of Tuscoa
;aod Aouasea- 1htse fellows hung behind and
~ theis outcsies sgainat the capitu1Ation.
Nous so1fn.ss rendus, they cried, 81 Uhlr1ch
ct IN cuq4in, brandishing the remnants Of
tthe damaged weapons they carried with them,
:and dAshlng them On the r0ad so - to break
:them yet smaller. They bent and broke the
had already broken their rifles against tho
stones OF the streets of tho town and thrown
the remnants into tho moats Of the fortseas,
Which, ~ some places, we're quite filed with
them Tie artillery presented The moss re-
spectacle and orderly Appearance, but they
o. tner uniform, we're tots ally devoid Of al
military appearance. but were quiet and sober,
most OF shtm belonging 10 the adjacent
country: They seemed heartily glad to get
ouH o. tue fortress. Some carts aud wagons
AFRO detied, most Of them belonging to aut-
| most !epnlsiEe appearance. Tie passing
nass OF men becomes moro confused, and
when they have detled another BODY comes on
shouting and Yelling From all NO have seon
We can unly say that it would be purely i'm
! pc ess1lly Tor the best commander to hold sach
| men II cheek. But it Was Impossible to wait
for the whole OF the enemy to dehle, for till
late in the evening tue Streets were crowded
! with st1agglerB-*ith drunken soldiers who
bad fallen into the bitches and there partially
slept OF their debauch with the suffers
i.ea1ts, oEe Of them overturned and everything
rolling about, and o:te1s in which the red
@ih1eechcd prop1iet1esaea were surrounded By
f'nFsy ZouAves.
What I sight presented itself inside the
town! 1t the entrance there were no houses
simply heaps Of ruins could be seen ~ We en-
teled the picturesque Gate de la Tour. Fira
ard OUT etorm Of cannon balls haye destroy I'd
everything II far as the Ill Canal. Close to
etones, aud upon them 1 FfenchnAn, appA-
rcnt1y dead, tic ties sws-ming round HIM ~
round 4 corpse. An. old woman SAT beAlde
him, and We sskel her il the man WAS desd,
Tut the gave no ANSWER, and ecoWled At u
with hatred and fury in her looks. As We I'D
yaucej. things began to look more lively, and,
when the noisc<of the approach Of our horsee
was heard. the window-thutters began here
and there to be opened. and disclosed now and
tten pair of merry and coquettish eyes. Ths
windows on tho ground hoot Of many houses
have been fitted with rough boards, sloping
outwsI1ls. to protect them from tho aplintert
Of our SHELLS In the interior OF the towr
only some few houses have been destroyed
! and naapr atreets have received no damage al
all Our inst 1ide WAS. Of cour.e, to the c.the-
ltal, and 1t is n4tcuishing how many chance
| shots have struck it, in eplte OF all prolib
tiobs and orders to the contrary; bus it pre-
cents far better appearance than might bs
imagined. t1on1e OF the stones forming t1lt
long pillarH have be on shot away, one Of th<
windows entirely destroyed, and the masont.
severely damaged, but, on the whole, not man,
IcpaitH will be required. We wore astonished Il
find, III front OF tue artillery school, long
TOW Of now and seryicesble cznnona OF heavy
calibre, fifty-nine emooth-boro guns but, OF
the other haIl. all the guns on the rampant,
were spiked. thu warmth OF the day, com
bipt ] with the long ride and tho dust We has
swallowed, made ID thirsty, and We put up \
the Notel de Ia 1'tle IL Paris, and, with th
fit>t glass of wine in the conquered fortress
We d.ank 10 the health Of tie German town o
Strastonrg May abe be ours forever, stron
point Of vantage against our trpublesom
neighbor in the West, and may she move
again geo catrhworks, batteries and p1rallel
in front Of her walls. Ours will now all b
| level1cl.