Year: 1871

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SUBMISSIvENESS OF THE FRENCH.


[FRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE


DIEPPE, Dec. 15.-The PrusSians revisited
this yesterday about O'Clock. Gen. Van Goeben
with staff and detachments Of different brigades,
berng in all upward of G0 OF course their appearance
was looked upon unwelcOme by the French, but the
latter remembering how well the detachment that was
here last week had behaved, gave the usual
expressive shrug OF the shoulders, as though
determined to bear it philosOpically as pos
sibe. The streets were full OF cavalry In
fantry, carriages wagons guns and vehicles OF every
description. The crer drummer announced that
the inhabitants to prepare to receive them and
their horses 500 Of the latter Before dusk every
man was beted and each horse had found shelter and
food Gen. Van Goeben and staff took up their quarters
at the Hotel Royal. sentries were mounted at all
the principal public buildings but the French nag was
not hauled down from the Marie.


At dusk proclamation appeared, ordering every per
son who possessed horse TO take it to the cattle marSe
that day IL O'clock under penalty OF the pains OF
courmartl and 100 francs fine for each hour they were
late at the rendezvous The selected were to be
paid for at such price might be fixed upon them by
the commission appointed for the purDose All the boot


makers OF at the same time and under the
same penalties ordered 70 take ali their stock OF mems
boots and shoes they possessed TO ha town bal &c IL
O'Clock the same day Toward O'Clock the town was as
quiet as usual and not sound heard in the streets





under review, out OF which number only about dozen
were bought. OF course there were many more good
and valuable ones but ineligible for some cause A to
the "screws," they were very numerous. and some OF
them in wretched condition TO be sighed for by the
famshed Parsians. The hOotmakers did well with
the sale OK their produce, during the selection
Of which a wedding party in six carriages drove
UP to the Marie, where the usual civic
formality of marriage was gone through At about the
same time the band played lively airs at the Hotel
Royal treat which was not reished by the Frenchmen
proper but there nevertheless a crowded audience
including several glish Americans &C. Later in the
day the few remaining guns on the fort near the
harbor we're spiked, the shells which were found
in the magazine close by emptied OF their con-
tents and the empty shells forciby dashed against the
beach and broken fragments Some 5000 old flint mus
kets which had destroyed at the Chateau last week
by the 9th Regiment this afternoon burnt In the
courtyard Of the castle. Just at this time much excite
ment was caused by the appearance Of a steamer
in the distance which proved to be the British
war steamer Dasher, guns, sent by the Ad-
miraty 10 protect the English, nd take home such OF
them might be unable 20 ray their passage back TO
the northern country The russians fred blank gun
at her. TO which she replied fJnning up her coors and
In few minutes after she was safely moored alongside
the Marsees steamer belonging to the Newhsven Com
pany, which leaves this evening with fun cargo, con-
ssting Of among other thin g, -fdtes OF mistetoe for
English festivities If remember Alright, the license OF
sauting lady under the mistetoe is of German origin
and amusing TO the several sentries posted
along the quay with twig Of IL in their muskets.


Van Geben has given orders for the free exit and
arrival Of the steamers Eng and at the same time
such other English ships as may come into the harbor
and the Dieppe pOstmen perform their functions as
usual but they much troubled in delivering En-
gsh correspondence, which is generally week or ten
days in arriving The French submit very patiently
and submissvey TO the indgnities of the occupation
and the other hand the conduct OF the PruSsan troops
pTasworthy In the extremes they are as friendly ana
sociable their position will perm-giyDg aims TO the
little beggars dividing their rons OF sausage and us
cut with Others kissing their children and doing al IN
power make their unwelcome presence as little
CALLING possible.