The New York herald., 1873-11-15

enacIng the marks OF krupp's guns upon y. A
Prusslan officer stalked haughtily by us with his
sabre clattering against his spurred neeis, ana
was touched at the French gentleman's words,
which had certain far OF pathos In them: was
sorry to observe that he had red rose, as moved
my hat respectfully to him ana went upon my
Idoubt, the French gentleman's lament notwith-
standing whether hundred wel-to-do citizens OF
Strasbourg would vote for remuneration to France,
u secret vote were taken from them. THIS Is,
however,
not as yet entrusted even 10 their wives and pos
siby unknown TO themselves, though certainly
plumper OF them when they talked IN lachrymose
tones oil the hardship OF their case. 'lt
The landscape along the line OF rail rom Stras-
bonrg to Metz Is pretty. The country round is a
hop country-a land OF hops ana orchards. In
some parts u IS as pleasant and fruitful as Kent,
In others as beautiful as Wicklow. 9lH9
Very comfortable are the farmers OF Elsass-
Lotnringen, who till the good land around Stras-
bOurg; very well on the merchants and manulac-
turers, also very quiet and meek No nonsense
now about any OF them. They stand up respect
July, with their hats on, when an officer speaks TO
them, and are taught to know that their place is
not among gentlemen IN this country. No asser-
ton OF equality between honor and money bags
taking their own view OF that question, and
steadily npholding ~ as truth forgotten among
value betwixt mind and matter.
1t was very cold as left strasbourg at day
break to hurry on ior Metz and Verdun. The last
thing / remember TO have seen in the conquered
city was little pothouse in back street, which
had changed hands recently and passed apparently
from French to a German landlord. The French
man had painted over this establishments
GRAND HOTEL OF THE UNIVERSE.
the German naa already begun to pant out TINS
skeleton lines for the single word
wIRrHsCHAFT. -s4 1M1 III
Mlsts hung heavy over the Alsace country that
morning and the sun came slowly through them ;
but by and by 1t shone out brightly enough and
the there was was some resemblance between the autumn
dawn and the present state OF the conquered prov
air Is chill 10y perhaps unw6oiesome; but bennd that
log is the sun and serene day is coming.
The feeling which fingers for France In the
nance It's devotion to q myth, not unlike that
beautiful fiction which made the Scotch SO loyal to
ladies' have vowed they would not marry till the
trcolored 1ag was again hoisted on the towers Of
Straspourg. But
Prithee, why SO pale, fond lover,
viii ih,'nfe i looking King we'll Rrts Can't win her
Looking Ill prevailY
/ Prithee why so pales
"Crest egal tout de mense," said French girl
pas celia en- Parddisn Probably not, but in this
world Strasbourg Is at present German property.
on rushed the train through the ripe harvests OF
5000 years OF human thought. There will be
plenty OF game and good shooting In Elsass-Loth-
ringen when the hereditary Prussian mobiles get
the large estates into their hands, for there is
famous cover. Away we steamed BY sequestered
m Sy the ~
road where the poplars grew, and past quaint old
wooden church steeples with their bells a-ringing
by browsing cattle and by herds OF swine BY farm
yards where the dull pumpkin sat dazed amid the
straw and chewed the fat bacon which is SO sweet
in rustic mouths. On through woods where trees
conferred together with more than
SENATORIAL DIGNITY,
and where lanes wandered lost in shadow, leading
nowhere-much Ike modern philosophy or rev.
cries without Issue, upon mysteries never to be
explained in this world, such as the social question
and others now much troubling the heads OF the
overwise In Asace- Lorraine and other places
on by mount and by meadow by river and copse,
where sly foxes lie hidden with their eyes upon stray
poultry, and the fat fish SWIM rejoicing into the
nets spread for them. On by wild marshes, where
the swift-winged blttern whistles and the pover
calls Past moors, where the blue heather bell
blossoms, and that Plantagenet emblem OF human
STRIFE AMI victory tremDles at the ootstep OF the
frightened earth MOLE On BY Held and by stream
1ond sunnower welcomed back her lord, and
waited him ever with watchiul looks. Past
commons, where the
SOLEMN GOOSE
OF Strasbourg pie renown waddled as though con-
scious OF his merts and SO away farther and
farther into the land which once was France, till
yonder are the Dutch villas, the hops and the cab
bages which surround the low-browed gin OF
Metz.
WHAT relief 1t must have been to a noisy and
excitable community all at once to have dropped
rHpt sleeps when hope is overi How Very W restless
he is while his dlficuties may be overcome and
yet grow darker and deeper daily
TO know what the Germans nave made OF Metz
1t may be as well to note the contents OF the Mont
ter de Ia Mosetle an opposition paper, on the 4th
OF September. IL announces IN its best type that
the navigable branch OF large river will be
barred by bridge set up for great mill
told what 10 do with itself meantime by a
corporal, upon discreet inquiry. Signed, The
Mayor Bezanccn.to wit, Paul Bezancon, but.
he should have to sign such document, and he q
light OF trade, wholesale, retail and for exporta-
tion, but now has to sign it with feelings OF his
own too deep for words, or about which words are
IN manner inexpedlent. NJ Paul Bezancon
Mosele. has something to do with the tobacco bus-
ness and has just been graciously permitted to
sign o convention or contract with Al. le Comte
Arnim, President Of La Lorraine, and there is q
sum OF $40, ,000 francs which has been paid to the
town funds, with the appreciation Of superior
authority, says the Monitor or the Aoseue. Very
surprising this idea OF superior authority to a
whiom French patriot.
The Councillor General OF the district also being
more less unwilling to go quietly In harness, so
arranged that every one the Council must pull his
share OF the State burden, and therefore, declining
to assemble in sufficient numbers f0r the prompt
despatch OF business, the Councillors General have
seen q singular thing happen to them. They have
been briefly told ,oy superior autnortyma at Celmar
suppose we put 1t mildly and write-were not in
dlspensable9 2 NOW they all want to be reelected,
for Office Is sweet to all and very indispensable TO
some Of them.
'.An,n observes superior authorlty-that thing so
long forgotten In this country-'let us sleep upon
gone to sleep, and having no logic in it, not
easily reused. The Councillors General think rue
ON II.
last Saturday. says the Monitor, being upon
its good behavior, and indulging in no literary
jumps or bounds OF the festve-"last Saturday
some peopleu mot some patriots) 'iving in the
second story OF No. 1872 tine Monitor. has already
learned to be precise), .'in the Rue des Cercs,
threw stones at some Bavarian soldiers VINO
were" gaping about the streets; though the
Monitor puts this fact more respectfully. s1t is
impossible to blame such acts sufficiently" con-
cludes the newspaper, having superior authority
now clearly before It's eyes.
.sYoung Alsatans,'' continues the Monitor or the
Moseue In its third page, "must not" tonly think
selves French SUBJECTS without consent OF their
parents legal guardians" mo reasoning possible
with boys,n ruminates a superior authority ana 1t
will tolerate no hasty decisions, insisting upon
being judged alone by those capable OF judging It,
The young Asatians made a row and Superior
Authority took other methods with them. 'sGlve
up the cause of these young men," said superior
Authority to gTe4 ta..