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VOL. XIV NO. 70.
PHILADELPHIA, AVEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
STRASBURG.
Fallen at Last.
Progress of the Sies:e.
The Heroic Defense.
The City and its History.
Its Objects of Interest.
The Cathedral and the Library.
End of the French Rule.
Etc.. Etc. Etc. Etc., Etc.
HEROIC STRASBUIU;.
The Courneus Vhrlch Hu crumbs at
rrrnilrr of the Kortrem Yesterday
Jjiml
After
oon-A IllMory of the Remarkable HIk
The City, Its Mltaatloo, History and For till
rnllons. Btrasburg has fallen ! The announcement of this
event will be hailed with great rejoicing by all who
sympathize with the German cause, but even the
reJoiclDgs of these will bo mingled with aping of
regret. The great Rhine fortress has been defended
BO stubbornly, so courageously, that the heroic band
cf Ubri-.h will live forever In history. The siege of
Strasburg Is, in many respects, the most remarkable
episode of this remarkable war, and Its fall Is of
significant importance to the linal Issue of the
Btrnggle.
Stiasburg has fallen, and ere th's the triumphant
entry of Von Werder's army has doubtless taken
place. In the early days of the siege, a German
soldier In front or the fortress wrote a characteristic
war song to the popular old tunc of "leh hatte elnen
Camerad," which was at once taken up by the whole
besieging army, In rehearsal to be sung as they
jnarcbed Into the city after Its anticipated fall. The
following Is a spirited translation of this pro
duction: In Alsace, over the Rhine,
There lives a brother of mine ;
It grieves my soul to say
lie hath forget the day
We were one laud and line.
Dear Brother, torn apart,
1s t true that chauged thoa art?
The French have clapped on thee
Red breeches, as we see;
Have they Frenchitied thy heart?
Hark ! that's the Prussian drum,
And It tells the time has come.
We have made one "Germany."
One "Deutschland," firm snd iree;
And our civil strifes are tfumo.
Tnee also, fighting sore,
Ankle-deep in German gore.
We have won. Ah, Brother dear :
Thou art German dost thcu hear.'
They shall never part us more.
Who made this song of mine?
Two comrades by the Rhine;
A Suablan man began it,
And a Pomeranian sang :'t
In Alsace, on the Rhine.
The City of Xtrnitburir.
The city of Strasburg Strasbourg nccanling to
the French orthography, and StrasBburg in tao Ger
manla situated on the west bank of the river 111,
about a mile from the left bank or the Rhine, to
Which its glacis extendB. It is 250 miles east by
Booth Irom Paris, and Is the capital of the French
Department of Bas-Rhm. At the outbreak or the
war, it had a population or about ss.ooo, the inhabi
tants being chiefly or German descent, but speaking
the French and German languages with equal dif
ficulty and inaccuracy.
Directly opposite Btrasburg, and near the mouth
of the Klnzlg in Baden, la situated the small German
town or Kchl, with a population or less than 1500.
It was rortllled by Vauban, and was formerly a Ger
man bulwark against France, but its fortiacatioHS
Lave been dismantled. Kehl has long been con
nected with strasburg by a bridge or boats across
the Rhine. This bridge was strongly fortified on
the French Bide, and ror years two silent sen
tinels had been on constant duty upon it, the
represtntative or each country tramping
tiuletly from the Bhore up to the lino which
marked the limit or his jurisdiction, and then re
turning on his monotonous beat, without a work
with the companion who kept watch and ward with
him. This quaint scene will doubtless never be
witnessed again, as Germany will doubtless. reUm
the hold upon Btrasburg which she obtained after
such a protracted struggle. On July 22 the eastern
end or the bridge was blown up by the Prussians, as
the first step towards attempting the capture of
Strasburg.
The river 111 flows or, rather, did flow through a
part of the town In a northeast direction, has many
branches, and is crossed by several wooden bridges.
The streets generally are narrow and crooked, but
the principal thoroughfares are broad and attractive,
and there are several fine squares. The houses are
lofty, well built, and have steep roofs. There are in
the city a large number of prominent public build
logs, including lifteen churches.
The largest of these, the cathedral, is considered
(me of the finest Gothic structures in Europe. Origi
nally rounded in 604, it was almost entirely de
Btroyed by lightning in IO0T. The present building
was commenced in 1015, the architect being Erwln
von Stelnbach, but was not completed until 1439,
The principal dimensions or the cathedral are:
Extreme length, 857 feet ; height or ceiling, 79 feet ;
length of transept, 140 feet ; and breadth or the nave,
83 feet. The west front, which is richly decorated
with sculptures, statues, and bas-reliefs, and con
tains a circular window 43 feet m diameter, rises to
the height or 230 feet. Far above this, however,
towers the spire, the loftiest in the world, to a
height or 400 feet. From the peculiar location
or the town, a splendid view of the coititrj ror
miles around is afforded by an ascent to the top, this
grand panorama being one of the chief attractions
or the city to the tourist. The great feature of the
cathedral is the famous astronomical clock, the work
or a German clockmaker, in about the year 1550. It
la a marvel of Ingenuity and mechanical skill, and
the world has never seen the like or it elsewhere.
This maivelous affair performs not only the ordinary
Bervlce of a clock, but exhibits the days, and the
months, and the years; the progress of the seasons,
the signs or the zodiac, and the names and move
menu or the heavenly bodies. At each quarter-hour
an angel comes out and strikes one stroke on a bell ;
at every hour another angel comes and strikes
twice: and at 12, meridian, a figure or Christ
appears, accompanied by the twelve apostles,
.all or whom move around a central
point and pass in, out or sight, by
another door, the stroke or twelve being given, and
a cock Caps bis wings and crows. The clock is
enormous in size, like everything else connected
wfh the vast cathedral, &cj is lr.y.s:io;c turn Ih1
o itshle street the spectator passing thrjugh the
navj of the cathedral to see it. It has suffered frou
fire and violence before the present year, having
been out of repair and motionless from the time of
the Revolution of 1 703, until the year 1S42, when it
was repaired by a watchmaker of Bas-Rh'.n and
was In full operation from that date up to the out
break or the present war. Atone time during the
siege It was reported to have been again seriously
damaged by the rrusslau fire, but later reports
have stated that it was still uninjured and in opera
tion, the full confirmation of which intelligence will
be Impatiently awaited. When Strasburg wis
united to France full freedom of worship was gua
rauiced to its inhabitants, but the great cathedral
was still consecrated to the service of the Church of
Rome.
Among the other great curiosities of the city wis
the vast library numbering 180,000 volumes. This,
it has been announced, has been almost if not en
tirely destroyed by the fire of the besiegers. This
library was the slow growth of a thousand years,
and included collections of rare and curious monk
ish parchments, but few of which can ever be re
placed. But, although the art of printing was pro
bably invented at Strasburg, if not first practised
there, the lihrary contained, with one remark
able exception, but few works of substantial
value. That exception was a small folio volume In
which the depositions in the famous lawsuits be
tween Faust and Guttenberg were written by what
was said to be a contemporary hand. This is open
to doubt, but the volume was of the greatest interest,
as one of the most trustworthy sources from which
the prevalent opinions as to the origin of printing
are derived. Among the early specimens of typo
graphy there was a copy of the first German Bible
printed by Mentelln about 1466, but undated; also
three early Latin Bibles by Mentelln, Jenson, and
Eggestcln, the last bearing the manuscript date
14C8. There was, besides a rare copy of Virgil by
Mentelln, a still rarer Commentary of Servius npon
that poet, printed by the celebrated Valdarfer; a
Jerome's "Epistles," by Scholfler, 1470 ; and about
4000 other books printed before the beginning of the
sixteenth century. There were only two or three
illuminated MSS. of any great value.
The History of Ntrasbur.
The city Is supposed to have been founded by the
Romans, under the name or Argentoratum, as a
barrier against the Incursions of the Germans.
They ultimately made themselves masters or the
place, however, and retained possession until they
were driven back across the Rhine by Clovls. In
the sixth century the ancient name was changed ror
that or Strasburg. In the early part of the tenth
century the city passed under the dominion of the
German emperors, becoming a free city and being
governed as a republic. After the Reformation it
became Protestant, and remained such until 1SS1,
when it was seized by Louis XIV and annexed to
France, the province of Alsace, of which It
was the chief city, having just pre
viously been ceded to that country
by the terms of the treaty of Westphalia. For
nearly two centuries it remained in undisturbed pos
session of France, becoming, from its situation on
the extreme eastern rrontler, one of the most im
portant cities in that country. At the outbreak of
the war it still retained, In general appearance,
customs, and language, the principal characteristics
of a German town, although its long subjection to
Fiance caused its interests gradually to become
identified with those of the latter country,
and prompted its people to espouse
heartily the cause or the ex-Emperor Napoleon,
when he started out upon his grand crusade against
united Germany. Before the siege commenced, the
people were so enthusiastic in their support or Napo
leon as to offer up prayers dally for the success or
the French arms, the churches being crowded
with women on these occasions.
Nnpoleon'a Attempt Upon Nlrnabur' In IIS:Ifl.
One or the most remarkable episodes in the his
tory of Strasburg was the attempt made upon it In
1630, by the ex-Emperor Napoleon III. Ia that yoar,
while an exile from France, and living in obscurity
at Ahrenenbcrg, in Switzerland, he formed the
ridiculous design of attempting, almost single-
handed, to overturn Louis rhlllppe and set himself
upon the vacant throne. Efavlng perfected his plans,
be seized Strasburg as the first point of attack. This
city, with ts strong garrison, its associations with
the first Napoleon, and a population not very
well affected towards the existing government,
seemed to him a favorable point ror a demonstra
tion. In the event of success he intended next day
to march towards Paris, rousing and arming the
intermediate provinces, and taking with him the
principal garrisons on the route, hoping to
reach the capital before the Government could
take any effective measures against htm. In June,
Napoleon proceeded to Baden-Baden, where he sue
ceeded la winning over Colonel Vaudrey, who was
in command or the artillery in the garrison or Stras
burg. In August he paid a secret visit to that city,
where he had an lntrvlew with lifteen officers who
promised to co operate with him. He then returned
to Switzerland, while his adherents were perfecting
the plot. The project, however, was a miserable
failure, and Napoleon was taken prisoner, detained
at Strasburg from October 80 to November 9, and
then conducted to Paris. His life was spared on
condition of his going to the United States. This he
did, under protest, but soon returned to Europe, to
engage, in 1S40, in the equally ridiculous and abor
tive attempt upon Boulogne.
The Foritficntlons of Straaburc.
At the outbreak of the present war, Strasburg
was justly regarded as one of the most formidable
fortresses in Europe, and In France It ranked equal
toMctz in importance, and only inferior to it la
strength. The fortified citv is of triangular form,
enclosed by bastloned ramparts, strengthened by
numerous outworks, and entered by seven gates.
At Its eastern extremity IS a strong pentagonal cita
del, built by Vauban. The city stands upon level
ground, and Is nearly six miles In circuit. Numerous
outworks and detached forts, large and small,
linishcd and unfinished, added to Its strength. The
nastioned wall wus surrounded by a moat Oiled
with water, and by means of numerous sluices the
greater portion of the surrounding country could be
Hooded. The only side or the fortress which could
sot be laid under water by means or the sluices
where the 111 enters the town was the Porte des
Mines, and on that side the glacis was ruined. The
safety of the city depended greatly upon these
aqueous appliances too much so, in fact ; for, at the
commencement of the siege, after a rour months'
drought, the river was so low that at the landing
place or the destroyed boat bridge the standard post
showed but two reet or water, while it was.
constructed to reach nineteen feet. When the
besiegers succeeded in turning the coarse or the
river 111 from its bed, the fortifications were still more
materially weakened.
The citadel was pronounced to be the master
work of Vauban. It is constructed upon a penta
gonal basis, according to that great engineer s first
system, and presents five great bastions which, with
their supporting works, command the city and the
neighl oring Rhine. Close to the citadel, on
the city side, were the great arsenal and
military Uibtitu'Jons ror which Strasburg
was famous before the war the Salle
d'Armes, the Military Hospital, the Artillery School,
the Arsenal de Construction, and also a magnificent
esplanade. For twenty years past the French Gov
ernment was engaged in the uninterrupted task or
strengthening the defenses by the construction of
additional works, and the improvement of the old
fortifications to meet the requirements of modern
military science, a task that has proved to have been
In vain,
The Hlege and Its Preareas.
On the loth of August, a few days after the great
defeat of Marshal JIacMahon at Woerth, a Baden
for', numbering about 30,000 men, and under the
JjDUieUiute command m the Grand Date, togeUier
with some battalions of Bavarian troops, appeared
before Strasburg, and took posscsl3n of the rail
roads leading from the city. The Gran 1 Dike de
manded a surrender, but General Uhrlch, the
Fnm h commander, returned a positive refusal, and
on the same day Issued the following proclamation:
Disturbing rumors and panl;;s have been Boreal,
either by accident or design, within the past few
days, in our brave cwy. Koine individuals nve
dared to express the opinion that tho place would
surrender without a blow. We protest cnereet.ically,
in the name of a population courageous ami French,
against these weak and criminal forebodings. The
ramparts are armed with 400 cannon. The garrison
cor sists of 11,000 men, without reckoning the sta
tionary National Guard. If Strasburg is attacked,
Strisburg will dcind herself as lontr as there shall
remain a soldier, a biscuit, or a cartridge. The well
affeeted may reassure themselves; as to others they
nave iiiiT. to wu.naraw.
"The Genrral of Division Thricti.
"The Prefect of the Bas-Rhin. Baron TnoK.
"Strasburg, Aug. 10."
The Bishop of the city and tho entire population,
apparently, Joined in the refusal to surreuder, and
pal rlson and people alike began their preparations
for a stubborn defense. The force of the besiegers
was soon increased to 60,000 or 70,000 men, mostly
from South Germany. Tec Grand Duke of Balcn
still remained on the ground and took an active
part In the management or bis troops, but the chief
command of the investing army was entrusted
to the Baden General von Beyer. ne
however, was soon obliged to return to
Carlsruhe by reason of Illness, when the
chief command devolved upon Llcntenant-Genoral
von Werdcr, who retained the position till the close
of the siege. On the 19th of August a bombardment
was commenced from the German town of Kehl,
but without much damage being done. Aftor this
first bombardment it is said that the besiegers auain
demanded a surrender, and were again met with a
refusal.
The besiegers then went to work systematically
to reduce the works by regular approaches, varying
their task by an almost incessant bombardment
after midnight of August 24. Their fire was directed
principally against the city itself, and the destruc
tion to the houses was so great that
the people were forced to take refuge In
the cellars and sewers. Large numbers of non
combatants were, however, permitted to leave the
city by the German commander, and those who
remained were, according to all accounts, reduced
to a desperate strait. The great cathedral was
seriously but It is thought not irreparably damaged
by the lire, the vast library was destroyed, and the
walls of Vauban's strong citadel were hammered
away at until they began to crumble. Early in Sep
tember an attempt was made to divert the course of
the river 111, and by the 9th this task, which mate
rially assisted the operations of the besiegers, and
weakened those of the defenders, wai announced as
completely successful.
And so the great task of Von Werdcr has pro
gressed from day to day, and the hopes of the heroic
defenders of Strasburg have dwindled away. On
September 20, one of the lunettes of the works was
captnrcd, and on the 221 another fell into tho hands
of the besiegers, while the privations and sufferings
or the besieged had by this time become almost in
supportable. And still the garrison and the people
held out, even against the reported desire or General
Uhrlch to yield to the decree or rate.
The fire or the besiegers ever since
the 2Jth or August has been regular and Incessant,
while that or the besieged soon became titrul and
finally almost ceased. Yesterday It was reported
that a breach In the walls broad enough to warrant
an assault would be made in about a week, the delay
being necessary to allow the construction or good
roads across the great ditch in front of the main
wail.
But all these Dnar preparatrons have-beett'f-
dered unnecessary by tho yielding, ut last, of the
garrison. On Tuesday, the 27th, the siege or Stras
burg came to an' end. Some reports state that the
surrender took place at 11 o'clock in the morning,
while others place It at 5 o'clock in the evenlcg.
But the first reports have been fully and officially
conllrmed as we write, and the siege of Strasburg
has passed into history. The fortuues of the heroic
city are henceforth with Germany; the French
dominion, after lasting nearly two centuries, Is at
an end, and Germany will not be In haste to give up
the fruits of her prowess.
General L'hrlch, Commander of the Fort res ,
General Uhrlch, the heroic defender of Stras
burg, was born at Prulzonrg, February 15, 1502, and
entered the military school or St. Cyr. He became
lieutenant at the age of twenty-two and captain at
twenty-nine. He then advanced by successive
graucsunui ne was mane a general oi uivision in
1&55. He served in the (.rlmeau campaign, and
afterward had command or a division of infantry in
Paris. He had for several years commanded the
Sixth Territorial envision, winch is at present occu
pied by German troops. He is an energetic officer,
and knew Strasburg perfectly. Under his immediate
orders were Brigadier Moreno and Colonel Ducasse.
About a week airo it was reported tUat General
' Uhrlch had been seriously wounded, but the report
has not been conurmeu.
METZ.
It Is
Surrounded by 'jOU.OOU i'runUns
iUelnncholy Neruea.
Mttz Currepondence Sept. 14) of the London 7'imen.
Trlnce Frederick Charles, who fired a salute of
100 guns ot shot .and shell upon it on Saturday last,
the 10th of (September, in honor of the victory
gained by the 1'russians at bedan, has commenced
the work of destruction. The whole of the troops
now around Metz, amounting to uearly 200, ooo men,
are under the entire command 01 1'rince rederick
Charles. They are, however, divided Into two divi
sions, one of which Is under the direction of Priuce
Frederick Charles, comprising men of the id, 8J, and
9th ltegimentsof the Ud Army corns, and onedivisioa
01 l.amiwenr, amountiug to aoout i&,uoo men. -i ue
other division Is under (leuoral Steinmetz, who has
under his command men of the 1st, Vth and 8th l!e
giments of the 1st Army Corps. They have at pre
sent no large siege guns at Metz, they belug all em
ployed at Strasburg. The heaviest guns nscd there
at present are 12-pounders. bazaiue Is now tao
roughly hemmed In In his fortress, the Prussians
Having entirely Eurrounaeu it, aim opened rnie-pits.
Two days ago Kazaine sent out of Metz all Prussian
prisoners that he had captured, and uls3 all the
wounueu. t spoke to one 01 me loriuer, who in
formed me that they were shamelully treated
both by the townspeople and soldiers, and that
the people seemed to have nothing but horse
flesh to suitsist on. I also heard that they have
discovered how Bazaine and MacMahon kept up
a communication; if the story should prove
to be true, It Is both a simple and an iugeuious me
thod. They are supposed to have thrown bottles
Into the Moselle with notes written inside or them.
For several days there was a report going about
that an underground telegraph had been discovered
oetween btrasburg and Metz, and, naturally, one
was led to suppose that the same thing might have
been instituted between the other fortresses,
but I have since gathered that there is no truth
In the report. In driving from Saarbruck here we
were much astoulsued to observe all the deserted
villages as you near Metz. Where all the people
have flown to God only knows; there is scarcely
a peasant to be seen anywhere. The villages for the
most part are occupied by the Landwehr, who are
only now coming to the trout. We passed Innu
merable wagons of provisions and cattle, driven
along the road to the great army now well into the
heart of France. The town of bt. Avoid, as is the
case with all the couquered towns and villages,
being under military law, the rules are very strict:
no one must be found outside the town after dark
without a special puss from tho commaudaat, ami
all letters are examined before they are permitted
to be posted. It Is not the intention of the Prus
sians to storm Metz: should tliev attempt su".h
an enterprise their losses would be dreadful
and most probably might lead to defeat;
therefore, their intention at present la merely to
harass the occupants by keeping up a continual tire,
and eventually to starve them out. No doubt, the
fall of Metz will make a great change to tne country
The Prussians will either retain it or keep it as
neutral ground, and dismantle it. The fall of Sedan
settled the fate of the empire ; but with the fall of
Metis all will be over. All nlnht lontr, as I write.
French prisoners have been passing through the
village, coming in from bedan, Metz, and other
Maces on their way to Germany. Last uight lad
oiiicers passed through, one of whom was accom
panied by bis wife and daughter, who were permuted
to juia tie wretched prvjcs'sivu.
SECOND EDITION
TO-DAY'S CABLE NEWS.
TheSurrenderof Strasburg
King William Confirms the News.
The Prussians Occupy Orleans
German Review at Versailles.
A 48 Hour Armistice.
From Paris by Balloon.
Desertions in the Garde Mile.
Zlcn Shot for Insubordination
Etc. Etc.. Etc., Etc.. Etc.
FROM EUROPE.
Surrender f Htraabarg.
Darmstadt, Sept. 27. A telegram has been
received from Ludwigshofcn, announcing that
Strasburg surrendered to the Prussians on Mon
day afternoon at 5 o'clock.
A Forty-eight Honrs Armistice.
London, Sept. 28. An armistice of forty
eight hours was concluded at Mezicres on Mon
day tor the removal of the wounded.
France Will Resist to the Last;
Torus, Sept. 28. The disposition to resi&t
the Gcmans 1o the last grows stronger in the
west and south. Troops continue to pour into
Tours.
Order lo Paris.
Advices from Paris to Sunday, the 23:h, have
been received by balloon. Perfect order existed
in the city.
Occupation of Orleans.
The Prussians have marched into
Orleans and are now in full occupation of that
city.
The Crown Prince at Versailles.
London, Sept. 28. A grand parade of Prus
sians in the court yard at Versailles took place
yesterday. The Crown.Prince, standing under the
statue of Louis XIV, distributed honors to the
soldiers who had distinguished themselves by
their gallantry.
The liuke of Wurtrmberc Wounded.
The Duke of Wurtcmberg was wounded in
the action at the outposts of St. Cloud.
The Mobiles are Dcsertlac
In crowds at Paris. 200 have been ehct for in
subordination.
Fall of Ntrabur Kin William' Despatch.
KlDg William's despatch to Queen Augusta,
announcing the capitulation of Strasburg at 11
o'clock last evening, is just made public here.
enner tiCBpatcnes say tne city surrenderee ai o
o'clock.
Russia Preparing for War.
London, Sept. 28. Reports thicken that Ru6-
eia is preparing for war. The army at the
South has been mobilized, and the late move
ments towards the Turkish border arc ominous.
The Capitulation of Toul Description of the
Fortreaa and Detail 01 tne surrender.
London, Sept. 27. Special Despatch to the New
York Tribune. A correspondent at the headquar
ters of Prince Frederick Charles, telegraphs via
Anon, this day: "l have Just returned from Toul,
travelling one day and two niehts. The investment
of that city began August 14. On the 10th an assault
wai maue on uie works at a point not ueienaed oy
cannon: it was repulsed witn tne loss or several
hundred Germans. Thereafter an lrrecrular sue
cession of bombardments followed, beginning on
the 83d, but they were not sufficiently serious to
effect anything, the artillery employed being of the
Held service, together with sucflt medieval siege
guus as iihu ueeu eapiureu ai jusutrii.
"The Bavarian Railroad directors, who run the
line from Welssenburg through Nancy to Paris,
onerea to ouiid a d rant 11 road around toui in a
fortnight; but Moltke said, 'No; we shall have Tout
Inner liufnrA that, tlnw, Thfi atrnffcrlfncv atttilr hnwJ
ever, was of no avail. The fortress had a double
escarpment with full bastions, and was fully case
mated. There was no glacis, but a double moat,
each ditch being thirty feet wide all aWund the for
tress. It was defended by seventy-five guns, of
wmcn twenty-six were neavy nnea pieces rrom
fctrusburg, brought thence while vet France in
tended an earnest defense or Toul.
"Within the last fortnight heavy siege guns
which had arrived rrom Uermany were put in posi.
tion on a spur or Mount bt. Miciiaeion tne uortn.
on the lit UUts opposite the Faubourg 8t. Kgare on
the southwest, and at iommrtin-ies-ioul on the
southeast. Nothing serious was then attempted
until last rrmay, wnen ai uayoreaK a con-
teutratcd bombardment of the works was
begun by impounder batteries or the
2d and 4th Artillery lieKlments, supported by troops
of the 84th Infantry Brigade. All these form part of
a new Independent command, under the (Irand
Bnke of Juecklenburg-Suhwerin, embracing all the
forces lying between the armies of Frederick Charles
and tho Crown Prince that is, all the troops of the
Invasion not engaged In the sieges of JUe'.z and
Paris.
The firing continued all Friday, with an active
but very Ineilective reply from the garrison. In the
evening, the town being on tire in twenty-three
places, tho pressure of the Inhabitants upon the
commander induced him to hoist the white nag
and oirer to capitulate, me orrer was im
mediately accepted by Colonel Manteuifel,
commanding the siege corps, and the town
was entered at T P. M. The conditions of surrender
were precisely those of 8edan. A council of the mu-
nlcipality, held on Friday, decided not to favor a
surrender but the urgent representations of indivi
duals whs feared useless destruction completely
overcame the belligerent determination of the mili
tary and civil authorities.
"The carrlson was ridiculously small. It con.
slated of t0 cuirassiers, loo troops of tne line, 40
gendarmes, and 2'joO raw Garde Mobile, There was
not one artilleryman among them. The command
ant was Malor liuck. an old cavalrrman. The Ger
man officers are indignant that so small
a force should have blockaded for six
weeks the railroad to Pans, so essential
for transport In fact, the only line. Now the
railway is complete, comrauulcating directly with
the Paris sieee army. tvervtuiu naa been pre
pared beyond Toul for weeks, and trains were run
ning by horse power, only a uridure or twelve ieei
inleiiirth near Toul had to be replaced. This was
done on the X&tli, and yesterday Olh) the first loco
motive want throueh.
'I went to Toul on the first Inspector's train that
approached the town after the surrender. Many
houses are destroyed. The condition of things la
worse than at Sedan, but not so bad as at ltazenles,
The (Jothio chapel of ttaint Uengoult is almost
ruined, but the ancient and very Imposing Cathedral
has only a window arch demolished and us
outside battered by a score of shells.
The town and environs have a picturesque
appearance and are bum very mucn in tne old tier-
i man si vie. There are but few wounded, no sick.
and but little disorder in Toul. Only two battalions
of the mil infantry remain as garrison. The prison
ers of the native J arde Mobile were released under
Itiroie not to nerve again daring the wa, v: UiO
Oarde Mobile BOO were trained during the siege to
serve the runs; they alone performed the artillery
service: but in repnlsing the assault of the lth nit.
all the male Inhabitants that could procure arms
participated."
Thin niornlBK'H Unotatlona.
London, Sept. 2811-30 A. M. Consols. 92 for
both money and account. American securities quiet
and Bteady. U. B. 5-208 of 1662, 90 of 166S, old,
W: of lb7, 88; 10-4(19, 88. Stocks steady; Erie
Railroad, l?;4 ; Illinois Central, 113 ; Great Western,
SOX.
LivKitrooL, sent. 2811-30 A. M. cotton flat:
Piddling uplands, 8',d. ; middling Orleans, 9 "id. The
sales to-day arc estimated at JOou bales. California
V heat, 9s. lid. ($108.
Thla Afternoon' Quotation.
London, Sept. ss 1-30 P. M. American securities
quiet. Storks dull.
Liverpool. Sent, 291-30 P. M BrealstufTs
easier. Flour, 23s. Pork, 110s. Lard, 72s. 6d. Cheese,
Cv. Uacon, 60s. for Cumberland cut.
FROM THE WEST.
Duel Between Newspaper Men.
Lovisville, Sept. 28. It is thought that the
difficulty between Colonel Kelly, managing edi
tor of the Commercial, and General S. Bur
bridge may be settled through tho Intervention
of mutual friends. Captain Burbrldge, the second
of the General, arrived yesterday, and was re
ceived by Colonel Kelly's second. General Bur
bridge is expected to-day. The difficulty arose
from allusions in the Commercial to General
Burtridge.
Tho Green I.tne Excurtlonlst.
A large delegation of business men left Nash
ville to-day to escort the Green Line excursion
ists to this city. They will arrive here on
Thursday, and before leaving for Cincinnati
wiil partake of a sumptuous banquet.
Wliiconaln State Fair.
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 28 Tho Wisconsin
State Agricultural fair opened here yesterday
under the most favorable auspices. The weather
was charming. The race track was never in
better order, and the entries and attendance
were larger than ever before. The quality of
the products exhibited indicates the most suc
cessful farming season known for years. Pota
toes is the only crop that has failed, which Is
owing to the terrible ravages of the potatobug.
In connection with the fair the soldiers of
Wisconsin are having a grand reunion. It was
a great day with them, for many had not met
since the suppression of the Rebellion. The
lion. Horatio Seymour, who is on his way East,
has accepted an invitation to remain during the
lair, and will deliver an address at 12 o'clock on
Thursday.
FROM NEW YORK.
Fire at Albany.
Albany, Sept. 28 The works of the Wash
ington Mowing Machine Company, at Sandy
Hill were burned last evening. The loss is very
heavy.
Fatal Railroad Collision.
MiDDi.ETOWN, N. Y.', Sept. 28. Lent's New
York Circus exhibited here last evening, and
left during the night for Paters'on, but at Tur
ner's Station a detention was caused by a hot
journal, and the train was run into by the ex
press tram o. i at a o ciocK this morning.
Director A. Hitbeck, of the circus, who was
standing on tne platform of the rear car, was
killed, and the engineer and fireman were in
iured. The track being wet from the heavv
dew. it was impossible to stop the train in time
to av&iu me accident.
FROM NEW EXOLMXD.
Obituary.
Hartford, Conn., Sept. 28. E. S. Woodfrd,
one of the Board of Directors of the Connecti
cut State Prison, died at his residence at Win
stead on Monday, aged sixty-one.
WAR'S RAVAGES.
frene About Sedan Village Burned
and
lliouiMinds ol Inhabitant llouiele,
A correspondent writes rrom Bouillon:
The BelKiau frontier Is about three miles outside
Sedan, and ut that point striking traces of the war
began to be seen. Families who have fled from the
irencn villages on tue approacn 01 tne nostue
armies, and whose lut e homes have since been
blown and ourued on me lace or tne eartn. are
living in the open fields, without even a canvas roof
over them. Here and there they have placed rough
wicker work made of the branches of trees, and only
tnree or tour ieci m neiguc, aim as many in widtn,
as a screen to keep the wind from blowing away
the wood lircs with which they warm themselves.
Horses of troopers who were killed in the battle run
about wild. I saw hundreds of them. Many have
wandered up to this town, and from morning till
night the peasants are catching horses. On reaching
. Chapelle I found still more decided traces of
the terrible conflict. In the steeple or the church
there Is a canaon ball. Another has left a great
hole ia the roof, through which it fell to the nave.
There are marks of riile-oalls on the fronts of the
houses, and portions or the accoutrements or sol
diers are scattered all over the place. Men lie
wounded in nearly every dwelling. Passing rrom
La Chapelle and pursuing the road to Bazeilloa by a
Blight detour rrom the road leading direct to bedan,
you see lofty trees, which, smashed by cannon-balls,
have their tops rcstiug on the ground. Head horses,
swollen to immense size, lie in the fields. Little
mounds of earth cover dead men, who have been
buried just uuder the surface of the ground on wtilch
they Ml. On some of them Prussian helmets have
been placed. At either side of the road are sleeves
of coats, legs of trousers, shakoes, cartouche boxes,
and bottles innumerable. Hedges aro broken at
every few yards distance, the trees of whole orchards
lie flat on the earth, and here and there are large
gups in the woods where the timber was burnt, or
wnere troops naa cut a passage inrougn.
But it was at uazaiues tne xreutest navoc marked
the filial struggle between the 1'russians aud Mac
Mahon s army. The Prussians sot lire to it. A
handsomer or more prosperous village there was not
in the northeast of Fiance. It was small, but it
contained an industrious population. Among the
buildings were a marniiiceut churcii aud rrom
twenty to thirty houses or considerable pretensions
ror village residences nouses 01 1 aeu muue aim
having elaborate bronze gates and doors. Bazoilles
is now as complete a rum as rompeii. mueeu,
there are houses at Pompeii in a better state or
preservation than any at uazeiues. ivoiarooi or a
floor remains in any one of them. The Prussian siiells
did their work so well that even the front walls of
Caen stone have been blown and burnt to fragments,
which now block up tne pavement arm an duc
cover the roadway. Even In the lanes off the main
street every habitation was utterly destroyed. No
human being couiu new uuu aiieiier m jtaseiues.
When a troop or Prussian lancers rodothrougti it
yesterday no sound was heard there but the tramp
ing of their own horses, aud there was not a living
S'lUi, man, WOUiau, ur cunu.ui iuo uayj iuimm-iuu
who dwelt there little more than a weuk ago. Tne
Prussians say they destroyed uazeiues because me
inhabitants had fired upon tnem from tne
houses. Ihls is aemea by tne rrencu, wno
say trial me snois wmcn eauio iroui ui iinusi-s
Were Iireil by me rrgumr Buimeia uuu wio viai-iu
Moblle. Be this as it may, destruction was never
more compute than at Bazeilles. Thence
to Balan, and also from La Chapelle to Balau, tne
country is a complete waste. Crops and oronirds
have disappeared, and the farmhouses are riddled
by bullets. Jtiiles and cannon both played their part
at Balan, and thence on to Sedan, a distance of
about anvEuglish mile. Bead horses abound all
along the route; Chassepots lie about in huudreds,
there are shakoes, helmets, and cuirasses in heaps,
oiirt i-nanmifka and eartouche-boxes enouxh for a
Whole regiment. In the vicinity or such spoil I ob-
Bn.-Mt ai-.irtH of men wearing me wnite badge ani
cross, whose work waa not administering to the sick
and wounded, but seeking for anything worth flud
lng. Some of them wore soldiers' knapsacks. Num
bers of these men and other badge-bearers whom I
hAvtt met about the tattle-field are
evidently mere tourists; whUe not
a few of them are downright rascals. I have
been tola that they have robbed the dead . Some of
them are villainous-looking enough for anything.
Certain of the societies engaged in the work of
tLarity do mi fciow any person to act lor them who
does not exhibit an official ttmbre on the armlet a
wen as tne red cross, lr any or them have not
adopted that plan, or some plan like It, the sooner
tney do so the better. Although every wounded
man who can be removed from Sedan without posi
tive danger ts being brought away as quickly as
possible, there are still about 2000 of them lying ia
town. The floor of the large church which stand
in the centre of the Tlaee d Amies Is covered with
them. There are ladies attending to their wants.
It Is the same thins in several of
the catrrrw. Every day for the last eieht data
hundreds of wounded have been sent on;
but there are cases too bad for removal, bestdea
which, though the Prussians press into the am ba
lance service every carriage or cart they can find, a
considerable period must yet elapse before tho whole
of even those wh may be remoted can be con
veyed to Llbramont. In the meantime, the breaking
out of some terrible epidemic at Sedan Is much
to be feared. The smell all over the town is some
thing dreadfuL It is offensive beyond all Imagina
tion. Along the streets you sometimes meet aa
many as a dozen stretchers in procession, on each of
which Is a wounded man. Even that movement
seems to cause great suffering to some of the patients,
bnt what Is it to the jolting which they sustain when
passing over the rugged pavements of Bonllloa
In carts without springs? Fortunately, the roads
between Sedan and Llbramont, except just here, are
as good as any to be found elsewhere, England not,
excepted ; but twcnty-elght miles is a frightful jour
ney by sucn conveyances. Some dozen or so of
ambulance carts set ont at a time. They are for
the most part very long ones, and each is drawn bj
four horses, Prussian troops riding as postilions.
One or two Prussian surgeons and several prsoni
wearing the red crosses accompanied the sad ccr
trrje. bisters of Charity Bit in the carts attcndjcg to '
the worst cases.
KOTES OF THE WAli.
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS Pl'B.
The Pall Nail Gazette says there is a tendency M
exalt the great talents of the strategists and gene
rals who have planned and executed the various
movements, and to attribute the defeat of the
French to the want of skill of their marshals. No
doubt a very large portion of the Prussian miccesa
may be accounted for In this way, but it would shov
a disregard of the lessons ot war If the Influence
attaching to the composition of their rank and file
were overlooked. In the first place, few can fall to
be struck with the difference between the discipline
of the German and French regiments, not only
when defeat had tested to the utmost the quality of
the latter, but even before the war had actually
commenced, and during the march of tho troops to
the front. - . - --
THE" REAL DEFENSE OP ENGLAND. ' '
The 77?ii?s says the wonderful successes of the
German army, and their obvious generation from the
Prussian military system, have naturally drawn the
thoughts of Englishmen to their own military short
comings. It is so seldom that their minds do turn
In this direction, and there Is so much to occupy
them when they are turned thither, that we have
had no wish te check the tendency, On the con
trary, we have had some share in evoking and guid
ing It. But now that this bias has been imparted to
the popular sentiment, It becomes necessary to
guard against Its taking an exclusive hold on men's
minds.
THK TOSITtVISTS AND THE WAR.
The Time, referring to the manifestoes with which
the leaders of the church of Positivism have re
cently covered the dead wall of London, says Mr.
Congreve would have us treat our soldiers as sca
ver gers-fullllling an occupation necessary, it may
be, bnt dispustiDg. He would call upon our armies
to accept the arduous functions of driving the Ger
mans from the soil of France, but when the hard
work was done, and the land of Comte was freed
from the Invader, he would give no honor to the
victors. Such are the conditions on which the leader
of the English Positivists Invites the workmen of
England to fling away their lives In an unequal con
test with the conquerers of Metz and Sedan.
FUVArtCE ARD COJOIEROII.
Kviniho Ttlobaph Orocr,? t
Wednesday, Sopt. is, 1870.,
The money market is without change worthy
of notice. The supply of money is, perhaps,
more ample, whilst the demand to-day, so far,
has scarcely been up to the average. Call bor
rowers continue in great favor at the banks, as
well as among lenders generally, and rates
range between 5SG per cent, on choice collate
rals. Discounting is done at the banks with
great reserve, and rates range irregularly. OfS'lO
per cent may be quoted as the extreme range
lor really good paper.
Gold is comparatively active and steady,
ranging up to noon between 133J ..Yo 113;', clos
ing steady at U3.
Government bonds are rather quiet, but firm
at last night's closing figures.
Stocks were quiet but'steady. SaJcs of City
6s, new, at 101; Lehigh Gold Loan sold at 88.
Heading Railroad was Bteady at 4SJ '., without
eales; small sales of Pennsylvania at 00, an ad
vance; Camden and Amboy at 114: Minchill at
57: Lehigh Valley at 59, and Philadelphia
and Erie at 20(5 20. 44. was bid for Oil
Creek, ex-dividend, and 4'i for North Pennsyl
vai la; Warren and Franklin second mortira"e
bonds. 95 bid.
In Canal shares the only feature was Lehigh,
which Bold at3:3s 33; llestonville Passenger
Railroad Bold at 13..
The capital stock of the Provident Life anl
Trust Company of this city has been increased
from $150,000 to f 500,000.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES;
Reported by De Haven 4 Bro., No. 40 S.Tnlrd street.
FIKST BOARD.
flOO City 6s, New.ciOl t:
4(I00 C & Am 6s, 69. 9J
19 shC A A R..1S.114'.
100shLehNav..b5. 3.1'
20 do....ls.c. 33 i
6 Bh Miuehtf; H... 81 v
22 Bh Leh V R..1B. bO'J
110 sh Penna R. ,.;a 00
200 btl Ph A n It 20
200 dO.....bG0. 26 -i
'jooo Leh 6s gold 1. . . t-9
fiooo do 69
1 14 W0 O C A A R K bs
IS. bo. , SO'
810000 do....ls.b5. 60j
f lonu w riiuait is., vj
2oo sh llestonville.. 13.'
Nark & Ladner, Brokers, report this morning
Gold quotations as follows:
10-00 k. M 113)$ 11-20 A. M vs;s
10-02 " 113 .V 11 -SO " Ill,'
10-12 113; 11-55 " lii'S
10-18 " 113V12-04 P. M 113
1016 " 113 '12-13 " 113;f
10-20 " 113;,-; 12-30 "
Messrs. Pb Havkn t Brothfh, No. 40 S. Tmrd
street, Philadelphia, report the following quotations:
U. S. 6s of 18S1, 114114',-; do. lStitf, r.CV3113;
do. 1F4, lm.iO.lllX; do. I&60, 111 ',(4112; da ISOtt,
new, 110,H(i ; do. 1807, do. IIOJ.110, ; 00. 1608,
do. iio1107 ; 10-40S, 106i106 U.S. 30 Year
6 per cent. Currency, llU,aill.. Gold, 113ji
llHJj"; Silver, lOs.lll ;Union Paciflo Ka;)road 1st
Mort. Bonds, 8254S3&; Central Paciflo Railroad,
M'.'(aUlO; Union Paciflo Land Grant Bonds, ?io
740.
Mbshrs. William Painter & CO., No. 36 S. Th!r4
s'reet, report the following quotations: U. S. 6s 01
1S81, mutiu'.'; 6-20sof lsea, 112'4'112;,-: do. 1804,
111?, (Sill1.,; do. 1665, 111 '4lll;,-; do.,Jo!y, 1666,
U0.(llo?, ; do., July, 1667, I10,vlll0; do. Ju;y,
1869," 110s, ,(;io4 ; ss. 10-40, M',M'A ; U. s. Pacific
Kit. Cy. 6s, lll),(3111)f. Gold. 113;c4113'.
Jay Cooks Co. quote Government seccrl:les as
follows: U. 8. 68 Of 1981, 1141114 '1 ; e20s of 1662,
Ui113; do. 1864, lllilll?i; do. Nov. 16tt,
Indiana: do. do., July, HO'.in0'i; do.da,l6C7,
110Xw110V, do. 1669, 110i(110'i; 10-408, 100,(4
KMii1 Paelflcs, ll,&Ul?i. Gold, 113.
Ilitlndelplila Trade Iteport.
Wednesday, Sept. 28. The Flour market Is dull
at previously quoted rates. Tuere is no demand
for shlpmeut, and the operations of the home con
sumers are confined to their immediate wants.
About 1600 barrels sold, including superfiue at v
6 to; extras at 5 60ig5-TS; Iowa, Wisoons-n, and
Minnesota extra family at UaO-ST;.; ; Pennsylvania
do. do. U-b0vT; and Ohio do. do. within the range
of i6-7raT-25; and rancy brands at f 725 s,S 50, as to
quality. Also, BOO barrels Quaker City Mills on secret
terms. Rye Flour may be quoted at fv&o. la Cora
Meul nothing doing.
The Wheat Is bteady, with a fair demand from the
local millers, and 13,000 bushels sold a: f! 31irl 4(1
for Indiana red ; l-25iu l-l-i tor Delaware da ; f 1 42
0.1 46 for Western amber. Rye may be quoted at
6O10 NSc. fur Western. Corn Is dull and we.ik ; sales
of siooo buBhe:s at fl for Pennsylvania yellow; 9:.4
fl for Western do., and 8Sii,6c. for Wesiru mixeu.
OaU are unchanged ; sales of 40OO bushels jt f4
for prime Western aud Pennsylvania, and !3,ij.'i4c.
for Delaware.
2:.;u buButii Cnr-ada and 3000 bushels Western
Brley sold on private ierni9.
80 bushels t loversecd weK 1 i at S 1 j.
Whisky is firaier and SO tanc.bWes'.ein ir-a-bounl
BOld at 0c.