Year: 1870

craft sailing along the coast, taking inc ehppers
and board their own ships OF war, anu
either setting FIRE their pSes OF abandoning them 10
drift about the sport Of the winds and currents on tue
coast From this 10 Is inferred, and not without some
good grounds that their object to Obtain pos
session Of some pilots able-wh revolver at their
head prevent treachery and wifuy running aground


to conduct the ships without beacons ana puoys
up to CuIhaven or Whcmshsven for 1t can scarcey pe
supposed that they would undertake such costly eIpeh
dure In keeping q number OF large ships uhder s'ea
for week or ten days without intermssion Tor the
paltry game Of destroying few fishing boats ana eos
ers, and taking 20 OF 80 prisoners OF war


IL has excited much SURPRISE and the question mas
still to be answered TO where these loo men nave
been all this while without ever having been heardSf
before and IL the information had not been ociaiy
authentic there would be much room to doubt the truth
OF their existence, when know that all the hghting
men France can command so much more urgently
required at home TO defend their domestic hearths
against the advancing hordes OF the German lnVader
And II 1t be meant demonstration 10 Keep the
German troops the alert and prevent any reeh
forcements being sent TO France, they appear TO
be ignorant Of the fact that by the capituaon OF Metz
after deductng the troops be left there ms garrison
and the detachments required TO guard the
prisoners their forced journey to German fortresses
there remains still available force OF at least 2ooOo
under Prince Frederick Charles, either TO support
the army encrcng Paris TO carry the war into othe
OF France and elect the mlntary occupation vi 'nc
more distant provinces, OF even beleaguer the ha'a
arsenals Of Cherbourg Brest, and Toulon


Out of consideration for the many voluntary sacrhces
made by the people OF Hamburg with regard to the war;
and the patriotic spirit oyinced by them in subscribing
largely for the lief Of the wounded. the widows and
orphans OF diers killed in action their contribu
aid OF the urers by the bombardment OF stras
bourg and other benevolent we have hther
10 been spared the Expense and Inconvenience OF having
to provide for the safety and support OF our
full share OF French prisoners; and hitherto
we have only been sadded with about 1OO
who are confined board large steamer belonging TO
the Hamburg American Company But now since the ca
ptulaton OF and the addition OF l73o prison
ers Of war-thus raising the total number now In Ger
many TO the almost incredible figure Of 400 900 men-Han
burg has given another proof OF her Willingness to bear
any burden for the good Of the Fatherand by volun
tarly Offering 10 take charge Of as many OF
them as may be Srcquired-an r'ofer that In
the present over-crowded state Of the German
fortresses has been gratefully accepted, and for
which the Senate has received special thanks In
telegram direct from the King OF Prussia 1t Is there
fore arranged that to receive 1000 French officers
Of Marshal Bazaines army 800 OF whom with their mil
itary servants to he qsarerd in the new barracks
outside the city, and the rest lodged In private
houses, from which 1t appears that their parole Is
accented