cpartmcnt 
spots, as though upon a pic-nic, seemed 
asleep. Pools of blood remained where the 
wounded had been found. There were knap¬ 
sacks, rifles and overcoats, either thrown 
away in flight or led by the wounded on the 
field. Then I came upon a spot where the 
French had rallied, and where the dead of 
both sides lay thick. Turcos were there who 
to the enemy. A good lesson of equality, 
followed by an example of courage. ' Thus, 
then, there are men so daring as to fire upon 
the Prince Imperial?’ * Quite so, your High* 
THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR away in ttighl or lett by the wounded on the I ness/ ‘ Very well; let us see.’ And the boy 
- " field. Then I came upon a spot where the stands still in the luidBfc of the bullets. When 
Believing our readers will he interested French had rallied, aiul where the dead of I say the boy, 1 mistake; he was a man 
in more details of events of the war than we both sides lay thick. Turcos were there who when he returned from the field, 
can give in our News Department, we mnke had evidently fought to the last, and had The Vi-cueli National tsowr. 
the following extracts from correspondence tried to fire their pieces as they lay. French- The New York Tribune says:—Notone 
and foreign journals: men of the line regiments had here and there of the least important changes which the 
The Retreat of McMahon. fallen in numbers, as though they had halted present, war has given rise to, is the remark* 
Edmond About, a Parisian journalist and faced about in regular order. able recognition by Napoleon HI. of the 
writes after the battle of Worth: — “Our The French in Camp. celebrated French revolutionary hymn,pop- 
artillery must have been roughly used, so “Everything, from the selection of the ularly known as the “Marseillaise.” ITith- 
many caissons pass along the road without general position of the camp to the pitching of crlo the inspired melody of the young French 
* _'_ 
1 'ly Hi,' story of bis ,lr 
jH -- -'-111 
150,000 in front ot me. '! " MB 
We have given way fHBBBBIE I'fex 
before ntlmbdrs. They !J r v l , i 
have killed or wound u ^ I I ftScjiv < 
ed about 5,000 men. „ 'MM 
I, III III' I lull. III! ' . 
walk they help; the others they carry with 
the gentleness of a mother. The men of the 
railway, humble soldiers who also risk their 
lives without any hope of glory, are equally 
attentive. They break the windows of the 
carriages lest the wounded should want air; 
they provide them with fresh water; they 
ask permission to remain with them to re¬ 
lieve their wants on the journey. 
How they Quarter Troops in Gorman 
Towns. 
There is something peculiar in their meth¬ 
od of quartering troops upon the citizens of 
a town where there are no barracks. The 
city receives them from the Government, 
and the individual families from the city au¬ 
lie continues, “ the panic 1 u liiiiinntHliHL 
stricken arc flying along SA..A.R 
the railway or are hid¬ 
ing in the gardens; but some good regi¬ 
ments of the line are tramping in steps 
through the streets. Their passage, calm 
and courageous, is not over before eleven 
o’clock at night. These last belong to the 
Fifth Corps. They reached ReichshoiTcn 
too late to give battle. I find the little 
town a prey to a panic really fabulous. 
Marshal McMahon arrived there on Satur¬ 
day night at eleven o’clock, followed by 
the remains of liis army, and preceded by a 
swarm of breathless fugitives. In the twink¬ 
ling of an eye Saverne saw itself filled with 
the First Corps, which the foe luckily be¬ 
lieved to have retired upon Bitche. They 
messed together where they could—those 
most fort unate, in the houses of their towns¬ 
men ; those who had brought away their 
knapsack and camp equipage, under their 
tents; many upon the pavements and in tho 
fields under heaven’s canopy. The night 
was passed in terror. If the enemy had 
known how to profit by the opportunity, he 
might have made 10,000 or 15,000 prisoners 
at one blow. The population was only half 
reassured by the presence of troops broken 
down, starved, and discomfited. Some 
families got off by the mail train at midday, 
the last that went from Slmsburg.” 
The Field Alter lira Buttle. 
“ At a distance, the French musketry fire 
had told more heavily than the German; and 
I heard that the French artillery had been 
very well served. But though the burying 
parties were busy with the German dead on 
the eastern side of Worth, there was more 
than an exchange of slaughterous work on 
the western side. Here the Prussians and 
Bavarians had poshed forward in strong 
force, and their fire had told fearfully upon 
the French. The high spirit and rigid dis¬ 
cipline of the one army had been more than 
a match for the desperate resistance of the 
other. Whole companies of Frenchmen had 
been mowed down in their wild attempts to 
check the enemy’s advance. It had been a 
tolerably equal fight in some places, for the 
ground was strewed with German dead ; but 
more and more Frenchmen had falleu in 
proportion. Black Turcos and wide-trous¬ 
ered Zouaves lay thick at many points, and 
the cuirassiers had suffered much. There 
were steel breastplates and brass helmets 
scattered thickly on the line of retreat, while 
the dead horses in all directions might he 
counted by hundreds. And so westward 
tit rough the wood went the traces of increas¬ 
ing disaster; officers and men lying grimly 
where they had fallen. Some in quiet,shady 
SAARBRUCK, WHEKE r i?I£E FRENCH PRINCK IMRERIA-Ij RECJSIVED HIS “ B-AFtL'ISM. OF FIRE. 
each individual tent, was conducted with I 
that apparent regularity, that real attention I 
to sound system, which characterizes the 
French army. The population mixed freely 
with the soldiers, bringing them little pres¬ 
ents of beer, wine, eggs, &e. They watched 
the soldiers cooking, the women repeatedly 
suggesting improvements, or taking the 
management of the pot,. Boiling and stew- 
iug seemed to be the only recognized sys¬ 
tems of preparing the rations? They looked 
at the fuel (wood) for each mess being care¬ 
fully weighed out by tho subordinates of the 
Tn ten dance, or they coaxed the men to take 
to pieces the Chasscpot for their inspection, 
and listened to the prodigious yarns which 
each marksman spun of his prowess at 1,500 
yards, the longest range for which the wea¬ 
pon is sighted. The red trowsers of the 
men, most of whom had doffed their coats; 
the blue blouses of the civilians, tho country 
costumes of the Alsatian paysauues, all mixed 
aud jumbled together among tbo white little 
tents that dotted the green fields from which 
the hay had been removed—these together 
combined to turn a quiet, cheerful country 
scene into oue of the most animated and 
picturesque camps it has been my lot to wit¬ 
ness.” 
The Prince Imperial Umler Fire. 
Edward About writes:—“ The honor of 
the day, it. is only right to declare, belongs to 
the Prince Imperial. The soldier is no 
courtier; you will know how to appreciate 
at its just value, this little dialogue which I 
caught in passing: 
“ ‘ I say, the Emperor was jolly plucky.’ 
“‘Parblcu ! it’s his business.’ 
“ ‘ But the young one—1 saw him; lie was 
in the hottest of it, and didn’t duck to the 
bullets.’ 
“ ‘ That, now—that’s good!’ 
“ Another story of charming simplicity. It 
is of the Prince: 
“ ‘ But, General,’ he said, ‘ they’re firing 
at us!’ 
“ ‘ Yes, your Highness/ replied Gen. Fros- 
sard. 
“ Think of the manner in which princes 
are brought up, the homage with which they 
arc wearied, the thousand proofs which es¬ 
tablish in their eyes the doubly sacred invio¬ 
lability of tbeir little persons; measure Lhc 
profound astonishment which must rise in a 
princely breast at the sight of these projec¬ 
tiles, of which the very least, in falling so 
near, commits the crime of high treason, and 
then say if war is not an admirable school, 
and if emperors arc wrong to offer their sous 
artillery officer, IIouget de l’Isle, has been 
under the ban of the Imperial Police; but 
now the Emperor, finding his dynasty im¬ 
periled, publicly recognizes the song, which 
only a few months ago made Paris re-echo 
as a token of discontent and riot. Although 
no correct idea can he given in English, of 
the beauty of the song in the original, the 
following is a masterly translation : 
Cotnr>, flliildron ot your Country, romo, 
Ncwiclnry (lttwna upon title world. 
Our t.ynmU ruithlnu to thtlr doom. 
Their bloody standard have unliuTd; 
Already on our ptlilna wo hoar 
The murmurs of a uuvn^u horde ; 
They threaten with Hie murderous sword 
Your comrades And your children dear. 
Then up, and form your ranks, the hirtHinu foe with¬ 
stand. 
March on—his craven blood must fertilize the land. 
Those banded serfs—what, would they have, 
Ily tyrant KlriB- totfct.Hor broudht? 
Whom are those fetter* to enslave 
which lonti nun their bands Have wrought? 
You, French men, you, they would enchain ; 
Doth not the thoneht spur bosoms flru; 
The ancient bondage they desire 
To force upon your nooks again. 
Then up, and form your ranks, tho hireling foe with¬ 
stand ; 
March on—his craven blood must fertilize the land. 
Those marshaled foreigners—shall they 
Make laws to reach tho Krerieh twill’« hearth? 
Shall hireling troops whollghL for pay 
Strike down our warriors to the earth ? 
God! Shall we bow beneath the weight, 
Of hands that slavish fetters wear? 
Shall ruthless despots oneu more dare 
To be the masters of our fate ? 
Then up, and form your run Its, the hireling too with¬ 
stand ; 
March on—his craven blood must fertilize the land. 
Then tremble, tyrants traitors all— 
Ye. whom both friends nml foes despise; 
On you shall retribution fall, 
Your crime* b1hi.II gain a worthy prize. 
Each man opposes might to might: 
And when your youlliltil heroes (Ho, 
Our Prance can well their place supply; 
We’re soMler* all, with you to tight. 
Thou up, and form your ranks, tile hireling foe with¬ 
stand ; 
March on—his craven blood must fertilize the land. 
Yet,, generous warriors, still forbear 
To ueul on all your vuiigel ul blows; 
The train of hapless victims spare. 
Against their will t hey are our toes. 
But, oh, those despots stained with blood. 
Those traitors leagued with base Hmiille, 
Who make their unlive land their prey;— 
Death to the savage tiger-brood ! 
Then up, and form your ranks, tho hireling foe with¬ 
stand ; 
Marcli on—his craven blood must fertilize the land. 
And when our glorious sires are dead, 
Their virtues we shall surely find 
When on the self-same path we tread, 
And track the fame they leave behind. 
Less to survive them we desire 
Than to partake their noble Crave; 
The proud aiubiUon we shall have 
To live for vengeance or expire. 
Thou up, and form your ranks, the hireling foe with¬ 
stand; 
March on—his craven blood must fertilize the land. 
Como, love of country, guide us now. 
Endow our vengeful arms with might; 
And, dearest liberty, do thou 
Aid thy defenders in the light. 
Ditto our Hags lot victory. 
Called hy thy stirring accents, haste; 
And may thy dying fees lit, last 
Thy triumph and our glory sec. 
Then up, and form your ranks, the hireling foe with¬ 
stand : 
March on—his craven blood must fertilize the land. 
The French Soldier and the Wounded. 
Nothing is more touching than the care 
of the French soldier for the wounded, 
whether friends or enemies. Those who can 
thoritles, with no privilege of appeal. For 
their keeping, an established allowance is 
afterward paid by tho Government. Heidel¬ 
berg is to receive her quota, and this instruc¬ 
tion concerning them has appeared:—The 
Einqmvtierten (the quartered soldiers) shall 
be contented with the board enjoyed by the 
quarterer and his family. Wine, beer, or 
cigars they shall not demand. In case eit her 
party is dissatisfied, the following legally-es¬ 
tablished bill of fare is to he adopted as the 
daily allowance of each man: One and a- 
half pounds of bread; three-fourths pound 
fresh or salt meat, or one-half pound smoked 
bee? or mutton, or one-third pound bacon ; 
of vegetables, one-fourth pound rice, or the 
customary groats, or one-half pound meal, or 
three-fourths pound potatoes; of salt, one- 
fourth ounce; of coffee, three-fourths ounce 
browned, or seven-eighths ounce unbrowned. 
The WcBtplinllnn i’cnnant* and t’nnudnn 
Soldier.**. 
The military train passed over Minden 
and Hamm, and the moment we got out of 
Hanover, a scene Commenced which I shall 
never forget, 'flic Westphalian peasants 
flocked to the small stations along the route, 
and as the train moved slowly by threw 
to the little Italian, ns I took him to he, < 
made a parting motion with his hand aiul 
his hat, and pursued his way to the house 
where he lodged. The little man snatched 
oir his hat in a hurry, turned on bis heel, 
and feeling in his breast pocket, drew out a 
paper which lie gave to one of the gentle¬ 
men that accompanied the King. And this 
little pepper-pot, as 1 afterward learned, was 
not an Italian, but a Corsican, aud his name 
was Bknkdetti.” 
The French Mistake.**. 
About writes after the battle of Wcisscn- 
burg:—“Wo committed, then, the first, fault 
in waiting for invasion. It, is we who declare 
war, and yet Ave wait at home until tlio 
others make Avar upon 
us. For twenty days 
- now avc have been play¬ 
ing the fool l his side the 
frontier, instead of dnsh- 
------- — ing at. the enemy. We 
were not ready—admit¬ 
ted ; but, Avere the Prut* 
_ - sians better prepared? 
H i have watched how 
-- ' ' these twenty days have 
: nave been wasted in use- 
- - / > vi less marches and coim- 
■,-v teunarchcs, Avliich have 
bored our soldiers, 
li Many have marched 
j* \ V- .>* more than was right, 
| li Yj d I \\ have weakened them- 
mim ^IlliinliF/ rfl se l ves * a,u * scarcely re- 
1 / entiled their strength. 
jzW,» The order fov dislrilml- 
f ing rations in the field 
. has only arrived to-day. 
4^- These fatigues and these 
ISSsHl! - privations, had they 
-|g|& any object? Was the 
I,.f v ,-, v , V\ v , A... soldier’s flesh thus cliast- 
cued to lead him to 
■ ' . - I’lTlaii! victory Y Was 
ji,i\ ?/. £ there any plan of the 
campaign at all? It 
~ if,l!,t • RjRn would be excusable to 
lyyt doubt it; the corps which 
11 IIBBIMI rflfl S° backward and fot- 
| ward, as if Imp-hazard, 
0111 ' 10 l ' iunl ' < ' 1 '’ i,ot ' 
I Hi ill W Bill sw ' ni he grasped in 
H 11 I I P a firm hand. Perhaps 
1I«— unity of direction and 
I llllp' ‘ command Avas Avanting. 
“ The. generals, are 
' - •' _they all young enough ? 
It is said not. As to 
fire.’ the soldiers, many of 
them are too young, and too new to the ser¬ 
vice. Many of the reserve still have to 
learn how to manage the chasscpot; they 
are only acquainted with the old fashioned 
piece. These men are drafted off into other 
companies, Avliich they weaken instead of 
reenforcing. Such conscripts lire at ran¬ 
dom like wild things; they arc subject to 
panic, disorder and demoralize the old sol¬ 
diers.” 
The Front’ll Vivnmliores. 
A correspondent Avrit.es :—“ I am afraid 1 
must dispel the illusions of many of your 
readers as to the French wmndierc*. Those 
one meets daily walking about the streets 
here, or selling eau-de-vie in camp, are very 
' different, from Mdlle. Patti, in La Fille da 
Regiment. Coarse and sun-burnt, they have 
very little poetry iu their looks, though 
many of them wear the cross of the Legion 
of Honor for bravery in carrying drink and 
help to the wounded under fire.” 
Hiiarbi'ucli. 
We give hercAvith a vieAV of Sanrbrtick, 
scene of the first battle, and Avhere, while 
Gen. Frossaud avus bombarding the Prus¬ 
sians, the Emperor brought his little hoy to 
receive his “ baptism of tire.” It is a small 
bread and provisions in to the soldiers, and manufacturing town, notod for its coal mines, 
running along Avitli the cars they handed out 
coffee from large cans that they had pre¬ 
pared. The sight Avas still more interesting 
when wo got, into the Rhine province. The 
cans of water gave way to buckets full of 
the purest white and red Avities of the coun¬ 
try, which were dealt out, like water. These 
Avines are of the best years, generally of 
1808, and are here worth from ten to fifteen 
silver groschen in gold per bottle. 
The Interview Between Kins William and 
Count lieiiedetii 
at Ems is thus described by an eye witness: 
“ On Wednesday morning the King was 
taking his usual walk on the promenade, 
among tho other visitors at Bins, in the 
company of two or three gentlemen. Hap¬ 
pening to turn my head, 1 saw that the K ing 
had been fastened upon by a abort, fat fig¬ 
ure, avIio was gesticulating and talking with 
the utmost animation. 1 asked the by¬ 
standers avIio Avas that little man in the 
light-brown summer dress, with his hair cut 
close to the head, hut could get no satisfac¬ 
tion. His liveliness struck me as very 
strange, it formed such a contrast to the 
quiet manners of the King, and I could not 
help following his movements with my eye. 
The conversation did not continue much 
longer; the King spoke a few words mildly 
situated on the river Saar, AVhieh is navigable 
for barges and lighters from this place down 
to Treves and to the Moselle. Saarbruek 
stands on the left bank or soutliAvest. side of 
the Saar. The view we give is taken from 
the suburb of St. Jolmnn, looking over the 
bridge and river into Saarbruek. The road 
to Forbach, and the French frontier, lie be¬ 
yond the dip in the hills to the extreme 
right. The wooded hills overlooking tlie 
hack of the town, on the left, are the bights 
of Spicheren, which were occupied hy the 
French for the purpose of attacking Saar- 
bruck. 
Near a little tavern or public summer 
house on one of these bights, among a group 
of poplar trees, avcic planted three batteries 
of field artillery, 12-pounders, and several of 
the famous mitrailleuses; and here came 
Napoleon 111. and the Prince Imperial to 
witness their operation. Aud here it was 
that the young Prince was consecrated to 
Prance hy a “ baptism of fire,” albeit they 
( were not in the slightest possible danger of 
harm, the distance from the Prussian fine 
being too great for the Prussian lire to reach 
the Valiant. Emperor and pretty Prince 
avIiosc valor provoked such a shower of 
tears from French eyes. Tito place and the 
Prince then and there became historical! 
