The New York herald., 1871-02-02

PrussIan ofrlcer In full UNIFORM gloved ana shod as
In drawing room, advances uIon the bridge as far
the broken arch, raises his hand to his cap, and
addresses the French officers who await him-"Gen.
tlemen / have the honor to oder you my saiuta-
HGn IneY we ne she I hover noye the 20
honor TO inform you that am missioned 10 nand
TO you the COMMUNICATIONS Tor Mr.. Washburne?' TO
which the reply IS, "Sir, we will have the honor to
send for the packet" After another exchange or
military salutations each party retires from Ine
bridge TO their respective banks OF the river. The
French send OF a boat and receive from the hands
OF the Prussian officer the dplomatlc letter oag
Further saluiatons follow and the parties wlIhdraw
to their respective entrenchments ana the nrlng II
deemed advisable, Is at once resumed.
The Siege of Phalsbourg.
The surrender Is described by correspondent
who walked from Saverne over the pass In the
vosges which leads 10 Phalsbourg. distance OF six
miles. 1t was dusk as he passed through the Porte
d'Aemagne, and found the streets Of the little city
filled with a tumuituous throng. Onetnrd OF the
town was burned down, aud the outcasts thrown
Tor shelter upon their neighbors One OF the COM
manding officers Of the garrison, who kept jour-
nal, gave the correspondent these partculars:-
"PnalsbourR closely invested on the 9tn Of An.
gust. IL was bombarded the next evening for an
hour and a half by two batteries the besieg-
ing force being under the command OF General Ge-
radorr with four and six FOUNDER shell guns. The
firing was intensely rapid ana 1900 projecties are
computed to have been thrown into tue fortress IN
that brief space. Nevertheless, one house only as
seriously injured. On August IA the bombardment
was renewed. In Inc connagratlon which It Occa-
stoned about forty houses were burned includngthe
church, and of the $50 houses Of the town few
escaped without more or less injury, many being
made uninhabitabe. The summons to surrender
which followed refused, and after this the siege
lapsed into a blockade. The garrison consisted of
about 1000 regular troops and 800 Gardes MOBILES;
the investin orce varied at the close 1t numbered
5000 infantry with artillery. and squadron OF
Bavarian cavalry. On November "a there was
another smart pOmbardment 1t was, however,
Iamlne which at The last compelled the garrison to
open the gates The fortress was not well provi-
stoned. Very early in October they began to cat horse
flesh, and hencelorward horse was killed every
other day. Salt. tobacco, coffee and sugar rapidly
failed, and lattery wine. Towards the close. every
Oiher day. the ratons OF the garrison consisted OF
water SOUP in which th0talow fat OF the cattle and
horses, cut cande-fashion, was dealt out to Stir 1t
up anu make 1t nourishing. Meanwhile, the prOvl-
sions of the town were becoming exhausted.
Prussian spy had cut the conduit which supplies
Phalsbourg with water, and thus want OF water was
added to The rest Towards the close OF the block
ade the cOmmaD,lant had to iced daily LOO OF the
inhabitants in addition TO his garrison. Two, whose
pride recoied from these aims, were found dead OF
hunger in their dwellings. Before the doors OF
Phalsbourg were thrown open to the best gers
Il, 900 muskets, together with 500 rounds Of amunt-
ton for each, destroyed; $4,000 Gulntals (20O
pounds EACH Of powder were flung into the moat,
and all the cannon spiked and their wheels and car
riages broken The work was done most thoroughly.