Year: 1870

New YORK, September IA TiGme
correspondent telegraphs: From the
aspect Of Paris one could suppose that
news of great victory had been re-
ceived. Such perfect unanimlty |
never witnessed. As it is Sunday, the
men are walking about with their wives
and children i'll holiday dress. The
National Guards are marching home
along the boulevards as though they
had come from review. The windows
and sidewalks are lined with people,
cheering them. 1t is felt by all that
the surrender of the Chief Of State must
oe repudiated by the nation; that it
has been repudlated and that the dis
honor tails consequently Oh the man
and not on France | hear that last
night the general opinion among poll
ticlans was that il Prussia will grant
iair terms OF peace they must not be
rejected The difficulty, however, is
to find statesman who will take the
odium OF urging peace. 1t has been
suggested that an unanimous ministry
Ot nobodes should be formed who
wonld make treaty and then disappear


was told this morning by gentle
man attached to the Court that the
Empress is indignant with the Emperor
She SAYS he is a coward, and never
should have been taken alive. My
friend tells me that, rs far as is yet
known at the Tuilleries, he behaved
with an absolute want Of dignity; that
ne recommended General Wimpten to
surrender, and that he himself appeared
to be so afraid Of his own troops aveng-
ing their disaster on him, that he seem
ed TO have but one thong ght-to get safe
away within the Prussian lines.


The New York Trib,mcs Paris cor
respondent writes again: A story Is
current in Paris which would account
Tor the difference between. the paper
and effective force Of the army, and
which to a certain extent, explains why
the Emperor rushed into war although
be knew he was unprepared for it. OF
late years his civil list has not been large
enough to provide for the lavish ex-
pense OF his court, his largesse to his
adherents and secret service money
which was required to keep up the love
OF imperialism among his subjects.
About G2,000,000 sterling, were there
lore yearly taken from the Minister OF
War and handed over TO him.
The larceny was concealed by stores
figuring in the accounts which never
hsd been bought, and money which
was paid into the military treas
ury bv those who were drawn for
conscription to enable the Government
10 buy substitutes. The regiments that
were fully 2000 strong only had an
effective force of 1900. Money for sub
situtes and supposed yearly cost OF
substitutes were appropriated to the
civil list. When the Emperor was OBJ
liged few months ago, to yield TO the
cry for Parliamentary Government,
he knew that the next Legislative
Assembly would contain so many con-
slitutionalists, and that even If there
were still an imperial majority,
scandalous frauds would be brought TO
light. His chance, therefore, was TO
wage a war. A successful campaign
gained, might put off a Par,
liamentary Government or if that
were impossible, the falling of in men
and stores might be ascribed tc
the war. Marshal LIE Bouef and
personal adherents of the Emperor were
IN the secret, and they felt that the,
must sink or swim with their master
and that for themselves as we'll as fol
him the only chance Of impunity wat
in victory. But when the chief robs, th'
subordinate will rob too. The Empero
and his Minister OF War found tina
they could not well count on the mel
and stores which they imagined the.
possessed. Food and ammunition wer
found to be wanting for the movemen
across the frontier. Hence the delay 4
attack, and the subsequent disaster
came.


a correspondent telegraphs that tn
Figaro proposes national subscriptio
10 reward the man who murders III
general commanding the troops aroun
strssbars