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CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1870.

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NO. 9.

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MOON'S PHASES.
Fuut. Moon, 6th day, 5b. 11m., even,, E,

Last Quarter, 14th day, 2h. 45m., morn,, 8.E.
New Moon, 20th day, 8h, 20m., morn., N. E.
Finst Quanren, 28th day, 8h. 2m., morn., N.E.
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3 Monday | 19) 2 36) 7 15) 30
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4|Wednesday | 49] 21/4361 8 64 93
5 |Thursday 49 22! 6 86 9 42) «33
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7 |Saturday 48] 25, 4 2911 15, 37
8 |Sunday 48} 26) 5 2611 67] 38
9 |Monday 48} 27) 6 29 even 39
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14 |Saturday 45] 83\morn| 431! 47
15 Sunday 46} 84/0155 27) 49
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17 |Tuesday 44 87) 2 42) 7 33! = 63
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19 | Thursday 42; 40,518 941) 58
20 |Friday 41) 41) 6 2310 41) 69
21 |Satarday 40; 42) sets 11 33) 9 2
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28 |Saturday 34) Sijmorn! 3 69 18
29 |Sunday 33] 63| 0 23, 4 45 20
30 |Monday 82) 65] 1 25; 6 84) 21
31 |Tuesday Si; 87|325| 626 23

PRICES CURRENT.
Cn'town, Dec. 23, 1870.
Provisions.

Beef, (small) perlb. — - - sha7d

Do. by the quarters - - - da ba
Pork (carcass) - - ~ «= 44d a 54d

Do. (small) - - - - bd asd
muiion, per lb, - - - - 3a6d
Veal, per Ib. - - . - 3d a 6éd

Iam, per lb. - - - - - Tdasd
Butter (fresh) - - - - Is 38d a isd
Do. by the tub - - - 80d a 1s 2d

Cheese, per lb. - - - - Sd a 5d

Do. (new milk) = - - - l0dals
Tallow, per lb. - - - - idaod
Lard, per Ib, - ~ - » © sal
Flour, per 100 lbs. - - - 198 a 208

Oatmeal, per 100 lbs, —- - lbs 6d @ lis 8d

Buckwheat flour per Ib. - - ljd a 2d

Eggs, per doz, - - - Is3dals6d
Grain

Barley, per bush. - - 38 Ga a 4s 0d

Oats per bush, - 28 3d a 2s 4d

Vegetables,
Green Peas, per quart - —- - 6d a od
Potatoes, per bush, + - - IsGda is 8d
Turnips per bush, +e 10d a Is
Poultry.
Geese - . . . - 2s 6d a 3s
‘Turkeys, each =~ - - - Bsa7s 6d
Fowls,each - - - . ls 3d @ 2s

~ Is8da3s0d
- Is3dal1s6d

Chickens, per pair » -«

Ducks - . ° e
Fish.

Codfish, per qtl. - e046)
Herrings, per barrel - . ‘

208 a 308
258 a 40s

Mackerel, per doz. . - °
Sundries.

Hay, per ton - - - . - 70s a 808
Straw, perewt. - - ~ - Is 6da 2s
Clover Seed, per lb. - . - -

Timothy Seed, per bush, - ~~ -

ILomespun, per yard - + © @560s
Calfskins, per lb, - - - - Gd a 9d
Hlides, per lb. - - - - - 44da4djd
Wool - - - - - - Isalséd
Sheepskins - - . - $s 6dahs 0d
Apples, per bush. - - - 8s Od a 48 0d

Partridges - - - - Is 0d als 6d

Groran Lewis, Market Clerk.
ANotices.

BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND !
(Corner of Great George and King Streets.)

Hon. Dante, Bryan, President.
Witrram Cunpar., Esquire, Cashier,
Discount Days—Mondays and Thursdays.

Hours of Business—From 10 a, m, to 1 p. m.,
and from 2 p,m, to 4 p. m.

ta The P. KE. Island Saving’s Bank is in
connection with the Treasurer's Utfice. Days of
deposit: Tuesdays and Fridays, trom 10 a, m.
to 3 p.m.

Union Bank of P. E. Island.
(North Side Queen Square )
Citantrs Parwen, Esquire, President,
JAMES ANDERSON, Esquire, Cashier.

Discount Days— Wednesdays and Saturdays
Hours Business—From 10 a.m, to 1 p.m,
and from 2 p. m. to 4 p. im,

Banking

Summerside Bank,

Central Street, Summerside, P. BE. Island.

President—James L. Hotman, Esquire,
Cashier—R. McC, Stavant, Bequire,

Discount Days—Tuesdays and Fridays,
Hours of Business—10 a. m. to 12 p, m., and
from 1p. m. to2 p.m.

Farmers’ Bank,
Rustico, - - P, E. Island.

ident—Jenome Dorroy, Esquire.
Maren J. Buancuann, Esquire,

Business Cards,

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| J, F. BRINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN,

Surgeon and Accoucheur.

FORMERLY

A partner of Dr. J. T, Jenkins, Charlottetown,
may be consulted professionally at his
Office, Mt. Stewart Bridge.

Residence - - = The Manse.
Dec, 14, 1870. 38m

REMOVAL.

NR. PADDOCK has removed his restdenco
to the house lately occupied by Norman
McLrop, Esq., near the Malf-Way House
Georgetown Road, Head of Vernon River.
Dec, 7, 1870, 3m*

HEAD QUARTERS.

'PMIE Subscriber would call attention to the
fact, UAT PCTSONS IN Wane OF & Bod

Shave, Hair Cut, or Shampoo,

Would do well to call at Head Quarters, Upper
Queen Street, DesBrisay’s Block. Not only
will he get the above in first-class style, but
also OYSTERS, in every variety.

CHAS. O. WINKLER.
Dec. 7,1870.

RONALD MACDONALD,

COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AUCTIONEER,
—ARD—
COLLECTING. AGENT.

Sourie, P. E. 1., January 2, 1870.

ne

HENRY J, GAFFNEY, M.D.,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON

OFFICE IN
DesBrisay’s Block,
(Next Apothecary’s Hall)

QUBEN sSsTREDT.
RESIDENCE:

North American Hotel,
Charlottetown, August 8, 1870.

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FITZCERELD & SHAW,
Attorneys and Solicitors,

—AND—

NOTARIES PUBLIC.

OFFICE:
O Halloran’s Building, Great George Street
Charlottetown, P. E,. Island,

R. R. FirzGerarp. - - R. Suaw

Nov. 2, 1870,

OYSTERS. OYSTERS.
Oysters.

F you want any good Oysters, in shell or by
the barrel, just call at the Subscriber's, and

he will show you a sample of the above worth

looking at,

Having planted down one hundred barrels

of the best Cascumpec Oysters, he is prepared

to deliver them at his cellar in quantities to

sult purchasers.

Private familics can be punctually supplied

by applying to

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JOHN 8. O'NEILL,
Proprietor Union House.
Dee. 14, 1870.

& aad.
Fall Importations.

TENEHE Subscriber is now happy to be able to
announce, to his friends and customers,
that he has completed his Fall Impgrtations, in
each department of his business, and invites

their usual Patronage.

DANIEL BRENAN,
N. B.—An early settlement of all accounts
over six months due, is expected.

D. BRENAN.
Ch’town, Dec. 14, 1870. patie ea sp $m

Wood Wanted.

th Large or Small Quantities, 1,000 to 2,000
Cords of WOOD, in Logs, Timber, Spars
and Cordwood, to be of Oak, White Ash,
Birch, Beech, Elm, Sprace, Pine, Cedar, Fir,
and Poplar, to be delivered at the

“Hillsborough Mills,”
Corner of Pownal and Water Sireels.
ALSO:

Ash Hoops and Hoop Poles,

For further particulars apply to OWEN
CONNOLLY, Esq., or to

CARVELL BROS.
Ch’town, Nov. 2, 1870.

CHANGE OF BUSINESS,

NOTICE TO DEBTORS.

_ the Subscriber is abont to make a change
in his business, he hereby notities all par-
ties intebted to him, either for the Vinprcaror,
the Heratp, or the Royat Gazerre, or for
Job Work, Advertizing, or in any other way,
up to date, that their respective amounts must
positively be paid in this Fall, as otherwise, a
recourse to law must be had. The bills will
be made out in a few days and forwarded to

the debtors,
EDWARD REILLY.

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Musurance.

London and Lancashire

LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY!

Head Office:
London, - ~- Leaden Hall St., Cornhill, E.C
Liverpool Office, No 11 Dale Street,

Chairman of Board of Directors:
F. W. Russel, Esq., M. P.

Special Features.
Assurances granted either with or without
participation in profits,
IIalf of the Premiums on Policies for the
whole term of lifé may remain on Credit for
tive years, at five per cent. interest.

Eighty per cent. of the Profits returned to
the participating policy holders.

Surrender of Policies under liberal condi-
tions,

Policies granted to suit the circumstances
of each individual applicant.

General Agent for the Lower Provinces,
ALEX. W. SCOTT, Esq.,
Ualifag NS
Medical Adviser at Charlottetown,
F. P. TAYLOR, M. D.,
L. R, C. 8. Edinburgh.
Agent for,P. E. Island,

ROBERT SHAW,
Ofiice of FitzGerald & Shaw.

Nov. 23,1870. ptf

CHARLOTTETOWN MUTUAL

FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY!

Board of Directors for the current year:
TIon. Gronor Bren, President,

Hon, H. J. Calbeck, William Brown, Esq,,
John Grett, Eeq., Bertram Moore, Esq ,
William Dodd, Esq., W. E. Daweon, Fsq..
Robert Hooper, Esq.
W.E. Dawson and
John Scott, Esqrs,
Offlee hours from 10 a, m. to 4 p.m,
HENRY PALMER, Sec, & Troacuror
Mutual Fire [Insurance Office, }
May 7th, 1870.

H Surveyors or Appraisers,

CONFECTIONERY!

The Subscriber begs to inform his Customers,
and the Public generally, that he has
always on hand the Largest and Best
assortment of

CONFECTIONERY

On the Island, from 8d. to 2s. 34. per pound,
which he is prepared to SeLy Cunarer
than it can be imported;
CONSISTING or—

Cake Ornaments, inj Sugar Carraways,
variety ; Medallions,

Sugar Almonds, Cockertines,

Scotch Mixture, Jujubes,

Princess Alice do., Cinnamon Strings,

Erin go Bragh do., Medals,

Rock Candy,

Strong Peppermint
Lozenges,

Gum Drops, different
flavors ;

Chocolate Creams,

Cream Almonds,

Burnt Almonds,

Cordial Drops,

Brandy, Gin and Port
Wine Drops,

Liquorice Gum Drops,

Kisses, Fishes,

Thousands,

Card Lozenges,

Maple Sugag¢ Shapes.

Lemon do.,
ConversationLozenges
Conversation Hearts,
Peppermint Drops,
Polka Drops,

Pine Apple Drops,
Raspberry Drops,
Peach Drops,

Love Drops,
Strawberry Drops,
Scissors and Dogs,
Motto Lumps,
Almond Candy,

Fig Cream,

Raisin Cream,

Fruit Paste,
Dominces,

ALSO?
The Largest and Best Assortment of

Cakes, Pies and Tarts,

To be had on the Island, which are too well
known to require coumeration, and all of
which will be sold, Cheap for Cash,

by
ALEXR. McKENZIE, Confectioner.
Queen St., Victoria Buildings, }

December 7, 1870, Gin

“Ttalian Warehouse.”

UST RECEIVED, from London and else-
where—

100 chests and half-chests TEA,
5000 Ibs. Jamaica COFFER,

50 hhds, SUGAR,

560 pans. MOLASSES,

100 doz, PICKLES and SAUCES,

400 boxes RAISINS,
10 kegs Green GRAPES,
10 bbis. CURRANTS,
10 ** London Crushed SUGAR,
20 casks & 200 cases BRANDY & GIN,

Casks & qr. casks Superior WINES,
&e., &e., &e.

WHOLESALE AND Reratt.

MACEACHERN & Co,

Dee. 7, 1870. lm

Tobacco. Tobacco.

HE Subscribers having purchased the busi-
ness known as *' Lowden's Tobacco Fac-
tory,” have entered into Co.partnership, un-
der the style of HICKEY & STEWART.
They keep on hand, at all times, a full sup-
ply of the very best Tonacce, which they offer
on liberal terms,

te Payment of all Debts due the former

Proprietors is to be made to the Subscribers.

MICHAEL HICKEY,
ALEXR, B. STEWART.
Ch’town, Deo, 7, 1870. iw

CHEAP PRINTING

AT TUE

HERALD OFFICE,

Mercantile Advertisements.

THE WAR.

et lt Nl At

Avrewie’s Vicrory at Orteans,—-The
Journal de Loriet writes as follows :—
A Prussian colonel, conversing at
Gemigny with one of the members of the
International Society, has made some
admissions, which it appears useful to
us to record, He had felt the strongest
surprise from the very commencement
of the battle, when he had perceived in
in the French army, the perfect order
in which it had been drawn up. ‘In
looking at them through my telescope,
I could not help exclaiming that there
was an unexpected spectacle offered to
usthere. Ilalfan hour afterwards, when
we had seen them manceuvre and we
had observed the deploying of their
artillery, the officers who surrounded
me showed themselves very anxious.
We pressed one another’s hands,saying,
‘This is a lost game for us.’’’ Such
testimony is eloquent. It will contri-
bute, we hope, to make still firmer the
confidence with which Gen. d’Aurelles

THE WAR VICTIMG.

The following are extracts from a let-
| teraddressed tothe “Society of Friends,”
iLondon. It is dated. from Metz:—

‘*T feel inclined to give you a descrip-
j tion of the villages I have seen in the
‘last two days, as a sort of sample of the
lcondition of this unhappy country. Yes-
‘terdiy morning I left Metz, by the Port
}des Allemands, and proceeded along the
lroad which winds under the Fort St.
| Julien, to the village of thatname. This
village, which was one of the tavorite
resorts of the people of Metz on Sundays
and festivals, has not itself suffered
much, but all around it is a scene of
hopeless desolation, There were great
numbers of suburban residences here with
neat gardens,and besides these, many mar
keting establishments, on a large scale,
with great quantities of fruit trees, &c.
All this is one mass of ruin—the walls
are levelled to the ground, the houses
destroyed, and the gardens rooted up.

a great many masons, carpenters, &c.,
who work generally in Metz. Now, of
course, there is no work, and they are
almost on the verge of starvation. To-
day I was at Petrie, where 92 out of 106
houses were burned, together with the!
church and a convent, part of which waa,
a school for 500 girls. The unhappy)
people have taken refuge in the various
villages around. Who can measure the
distress which such afrightful occurrence
as this causes? It was a rich village,
but there is absolutely nothing now but
crumbling walls and a few poor people,
who, 1 suppose, have nowhere to go to

Ilave I said enough to show you that
there is use for every shilling you can
possibly raise? As far as our inquiries
have gone—and they are not yet finieh-
ed—-there are now from 6,000 to 8,000
persons in need of assistance, and there
will be 12,000, or, it may be, 20,000, be-
fore the war is over. In fact, it is im-
possible to say how many people will
actually want bread before the Ist of
January. There are so many villages
in which there is still a little left, and

insnires the Arme.of the Loire A_hat-
tery had been’ is uring the
battle of Coulmiers, in sight of the wood
where the Prussians were defending that
village, Thence the enemy kept up a
rapid and dangerous artillery fire, but
the activity of the l’rench guuners ren-
dered nugatory all the efforts of the
Prussians. Our guns, posted near a
farm, ceaselessly changed their position
and direction, whilst, hindered by the
trees and the nature of the ground, the
Prussian battery in its painful move-
ments, never found the fixed point
which they were to take aim at. The

skill of our gunvers had the success
desired. Tho Prussian battery was dis-
mounted, and the wood, confided for its
defence to Bavarian foot soldiers only,
was occupied by our troops, after a
quick and sharp contest. This episode

lof the battle has been related in the
| Army of the Loire with a just and trac

admiration. ‘The retreat of the Prussians
was carried out in good order on their
left wing, but in their centre and right
wing, the retreat changed into a rout.
The three or four inhabitants who had

evening and night with every tumult
and disorder of a great defeat. This
spectacle was to them a compensation
for the unwonted treatment to which
they had been subjected. The troops
dispersed and did not rally again—
horsemen rushing through the crowd of
foot soldiers, groups of soldiers, having

dered fugitives, vehicles seeking their
road at haphazard—such was the picture
which, from their windows, several
people of Gemiguy had been able to
contemplate with an entirely patriotic
pleasure. The cavalry, charged with
the duty of pursuing the Prussian army,
caused the fugitives great damage.
They nearly took General Von der Tann’s
entire artillery park, A wrong direction
given, is said to have deprived this
pursuit of all its hoped-for results. The
material couseqnences of the battle of
Coulmiers are not yet all exactly known.
The cavalry, sent in pursuit of the enemy
has, it is said, captured more cannon,
waggons and prisoners than the official
despatch announced. Whilst this des-
patch speaks, indeed, of only two can-
nons captured, it was affirmed at the
staff of the army, that ten Prussian can-
nons were now in our power. In_ their
flight the enemy left two cannons ina
field at Ifaisseau, where they were
found buried in the mire.

Tre Geraans perorr Pants.—The
Times’ correspondent at Versailles, says:
—**We have had cold as well as wet
weather this week, but the invading
troops do not complain, The outposts
are changed every day, and every eight
days all the battalions change quarters.
Matters are so managed that no battalion
has more than a week of hard times,
Blane Memel is anything but a desirable
place even for a week’s residence.
Bourget is rather worse ; but I know of
worse still—a temporary wooden barrack,
consisting of a series of sheds, in a field
where the occupants are up to their
ankles in wet clay. In those quarters
the several battalions of the Queen
Angusta Regiment are obliged to take
turns week about, but her Majesty of
Prussia js very kind to these troops.
She sends them various luxuries from
Berlin, and they are very happy, even
under the adverse circumstances of their
quarters being in a place of damp and
desolation. No such thing as ‘short
commons’ has been-experienced by any
of the troops. They have plenty to eat
and to drink, There is no private with-
out his wine and his tobacco. The
Saxon soldiers in these head-quarters
have a tobacco allowance of five cigars
a day—the same number as that served
out to the officers. Oxen and sheep are
slaughtered daily at all the quartors,
and the soldiers’ soup, prepared from
preserved meat, is excellent. Brandy
is not among the articles of regulation
allowanco, but it is given to the men
actually on post duty, and the .others
can and do procure it at the market ten-
der, or canteen. Up to this date, No-
vember here has not been as severe as
we usually have it in London, and the
Germans say it is an improvement on
what they are accustomed to at home.
There does not appeat, therefore, any
probability of their being obliged to re-

“Herald” Office, Prince 8t.,
Oct. 19, 1870.

Prince Street, (near the Atheneum )

tire from cold or hunger,”’

strayed from their companions, bewil-|

Le |

Great lines of carthworks stretch alone
tne pram, nastily erected by the French,
before the battles of the 12th and 14th
August. One great conservatory was
still left standing—why I know not It
was pitiable to see the various and beau-
tiful trained fruit trees so hopelessly
ruined and trampled into the ground,
and, of course, the people ruined, too,
in another sense of the word, for they
were all small proprietors, each owning
his house and a piece of ground. Be-
yond St. Julien the open plain was
trampled and beaten down by the ar-
nies that had been encamped there,
great fosses running across it, with trans-
verse earthworks and pits sunk in the
jground, defended by breastworks of
fascines; and yet all this had evidently,
within a few months, been ground on
iwhich patient labor and skilful cultiva-
ition had been expended. ! visited the
villages of Prix aud Savigny. In the
former there were two houses burned,
and in the latter eleven. The Mayor
told me that it would take a year’s pa-
‘tient Iabor to level the earthworks and
/restore the land to its normal condition.

the courage to remain in the village of) Almost everything is gone—crops of
Gemigny, saw them pass all through the | CYe@'y kind—hay, straw, corn, oats, and

potatoes; no horses, no cows; the farm-

‘ing implements, carts, &c., having been
‘almost all used for firewood by the peas-
antry. Great quantities of bedding and
‘clothes pillaged. Out of 260 persons,
|60 are now in want, and there will be
100 in three weeks, when the little that
is still left is gone. This is a fair sample
of three out of every four villages in this
district. ,

“‘T went next to St. Barbe, where no
| house was burned, but the pillaging was
almost incredible. Everything was gone,
Let me give you a picture of one house,
It had a frontage of 115 ft., including
the granary and stables, and was sub-
stantially built of stone; the dwelling-
/rooms nicely papered and painted. Like
/most houses of the class, it consisted of
farm buildings, and at the other end was
'a long passage off which opened doors
jinto four rooms for the family. These
rooms and the passage were littered with
/straw and rubbish of every description.
The first room I entered contained a
|heap of straw in one corner, evidently
used asa bed; a broken chair and a frag-
ment of a table were in another, and in
a third, a handsome armoire of walnut
wood, with the dvors wrenched off their
hinges for firewood; in another room
was a broken bedstead, a good piece of
furniture, but no bedding—a heap of
straw supplied the place of the matirass,
another armoire was here which had been

treated in the same fashion ; the kitchen,
' which came next, was littered with emp-
ity bottles and fragments of biscuits, and
‘the fourth room contained nothing but
irabbish. In the stable we saw frag-
|ments of two handsome covorlets torn
jand dirty, which had evidently been
used to coverhorses. The unthreshed
corn was littered about the graniry and

barn, even of the roof beams, had been torn up
or hacked away for firewood, and there
was not a door to the whole concern ex-
| cept one, which seemed too strong to be
broken, Many of the window frames
had been taken out and burned, and al-
together the scene was one of almost in-
describable ruin. 1 went into house
after house and found them in the same
condition. 1 visited nearly half the
/houses in the village, and in all I saw
only one bed. The church had been
jused asa barrack, and the belfry had
| been used as astable Half the seating
in the church had been burned, the
walls were disfigured with hooks and
nails, the pulpit rails and the confession-
al had been broken. In the belfry,
among the litters of straw, | observed
the fragments of a handsome candelabra
in gilt bronze, which formerly hung in
front of the altar. The people hore are
all small proprietors, who look to the
produce of the autumn for their support
in winter and spring. They have noth-
ing now—their homes are uninhabitable,
the have neither food, bedding, nor cloth-
ing. Their vines, the labor of years, are
all destroyed, trampled into the very
earth, The tubs and casks for makin

and storing the wine are almoct all
burned, as well as the sticks to support
them, which are worth a great deal of
money. I do not say that this is an or-
dinary case, but it is little in ercess of
many others, On my way home, I visit-
ed Nouilly and Noiseville, both of which
have suffered severely. Lere there are

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were 15 ‘a spirte of tn
and brotherly help (a very noble form

of Communism), that as long as half the
population have enough the others won’t
be let to starve. But this cannot last
long, and in many villages we shall find
some day (or rather those who sueceed
us will,) that there is neither food nor
money left, so that it is impossible to say
how far our estimate is below the mark;
above it it certainly isnot. Thad along
conference to-day with Mr. Maguin, and
we arranged the headings of information
he is to seek from the Mayor of each
commune, as to the condition of agricul-
tural affairs, and the probable wants io
seed corn and other seeds, One fact he
mentions is of the greatest importance.
IIe said that there was no question that
in the spring there would, be numbers of
speculators going round selling old seed
cheap, wick, of course, will not grow,
and he said that there was no way in,
which we could confer so great a benefit
on the agricultural community as by sell-
ing seeds where we did not think it need-
ful to give them. Tle said that it could
be easily advertised beforehand, and
that his warranty would give confidence
to all purchasers. He will prepare a
tabular statement, according to the heads
I gave him, and have it ready in about
four weeks. There is great need of
warm clothing, and of clothing of every
kind, and we are very glad to find that
you have already sent ont a good quan-
tity. I wish you could have seen ‘the
delight of the poor people to whom I
made distribution at Bricy, last Sunday
and Monday, andthe followingday. As
I passed through the villages I was, of
course, recognized pleasantly. Poor
creatures! many of them looked as it
they had not had a good meal for a long
time, which was, indeed, no doubt the
case.”

Garmmacpi’s UnpopuLantry.—A corres-
pondent writing to the Daily Telegraph
from Tours, says :—‘‘General Garibaldi
seems to have made more enemies than
friends in this part of France. ITlis ex-
pulsion of the Jesuit Fathers from Dole
appears to have been most arbitary and
unjustifiable in every. way. The Jesuits
had been lodging and feeding at their
own expense no fewer than 800 Mobiles
for upwards ef a month, and there were
in their college at the time nearly a hun-
dred lads, sons of the mest respectable
people in the department. Some of the
boys were ill with severe colds, and a
few with fever, but despite the remon-
strances of the sub-prefect, who had
prepared quarters for Garibaldi and his
staff clsewhere, the fathers and_ their
pupils had to clear out at twenth-four
hours’ notice. Two of their number

Uneastness or tae Genuans Brrone
Pants.—The 7'imes says it is evident
that a feeling of uneasinegs took hold of
the German army before Paris, towards
the end of last week. It would be an
exaggeration to say that it partook of
the nature of a panic, yet it had some of
its characteristics. he anxiety that
was excited was mainly due to the ig-
norance of the Gernians, as to who they
were that threatened, or appeared to
threaten, to fall upon their rear, A da
or two showed them that their uneasi-
ness was, in this instance, groundless.
But the sense of alarm was a new and
significant experience on the part of the
invaders, throwing an unexpected light
on the realities of their position. It is,
in fact, tolerably certain that the be-
siegers have as muchas they can man-
age on their hands, and that if it were
not for their best ally, ‘starvation’
the reduction of Paris would be problem-
atical. As it is, the Germans can do
nothing but keep the place shut up, and
they will undoubtedly have to fight hard
—possibly in the course of the current

to prevent a sortie. Ifthe Freach
forces outside of Paris can be kept away
from it, however, the fal! of the capital
is morally certain. Should this event
not bring along with it the submission
of the country, the victors would seize
upon sufficient guarantees for the in-
demnity they intended to claim, and
would retire on the departments they
were resolved to annex. France would
be left to recover her strength, and, con-
sidering what, according to the latest in-
terpretation of public law, is the obliga-
tion of a treaty of peace, it is quite as
well that Count Bismarck should not go
through the hollow form of negotiating
a convention with the vanquished na-
tion. ILe may spare himself all anxiety
on the ground of having no one to treat
with when a treaty comes to nothing.

Generat Caancaryier’s Optnton or
Bazaine.—A contributor to the Daily
Telegraph has interviewed General Chan-
garnier. Naturally the conversation
turned upon Metz. The veteran did not
think that the place fell through treach-
ery, but through tke incapacity of Ba-
zaine. ‘' Bazuine was incompetent te
command so large anarmy. The uum-
bers bewildered him, He could not
move his men; he could not operate his
forces, Ile had no judgment, ne fore-
sight (clairvoyance), Also, Bazaine
was a selfish man—for himself, for his
personal glory, not for his country’s
honor. Bazaine thought all the time
that peace would soon be proclaimed,
that Paris would never hold out; that
the war would fail flat, and that lis mil-
itary reputation would not be impaired.
Further than that, Bazaine expected,
when peace should be insured, that he
could march out of Metz with 150,000
men, the cream of the French army, and
make the public believe in effect that he
was a hero, because he never surrender-
ed, but held Metz against every adver-
sity.’’ The veteran General added that.
Bazaine could, at any time, have cut hi«
way through the hostile army, ap to the
15th October, Of this there could be no
doubt. The troops were obedient, and
numbered 150,000 good men, Changar-
nier has strong hopesthat the Orleanist
family will reign in France.

Notwithstanding the assertions of the
Prussians, that very little damage wax
done to the Cathedral of Strasburg, dur-
ing their late bombardment of the un
armed portion of the city, it now appear:
that such great ravages were effected
that the architect estimates the cost of
repairing them at 1,500,000 fr., “the
fabric being far more injured that might

being old and infirm, have since died,
from the effects of the weather and from |
the shock to their system, caused by
their being made beggars and sent adrift,
I met the other day a young Franc-tireur
who had an uncle among the Jesuit
Fathers in Dole, and two nephews
among the pupils. Ile showed me a
ball with a mark upon it, which he in-
tended for Garibaldi whenever he came
across him, even if he should himself be
shot the next moment,

The Morning Advertiser (Nov. 23) ob-
serves :—To take Paris by famine, the
Prussians will be obliged to blockade it
until the month of May. Will Moltke
advise this? Ile will not. He knows
well that before that time the 600,000
French civilians, who are drilling at least
six hours every day, will be equal to the
Landwehr of Prussia. Ile knows, also,
that before the end of April there will
be three great armies out of Paris, con-
sisting of 150,000 men each, at least—
one of the Loire, another of Brittany, and
the third of the North. These three ar-
mies are rapidly forming at the present
time. Moltke knows all this, and that
i( the Prussians wait much longer before
Paris, the three armies will all converge
towards the capital, and, in combination
with the 600,000 men of the Paris gar-
rison, will surround the Prussians, and
make prisoners of King, Prince Royal,
German Potentates, Moltke, Bismarck,
and the whoie “kit.’’ But the Prussians
will not wait forthis. * * * Before
the new year, the Prussians will, we be-
lieve, be obliged to raise the siege of
Paris, and make a disastrous retreat to-
wards Germany, followed by the garris-
on of Paris, and attacked on the flan
by the Provincial Mobiles and the

be concluded from a superficial examina-
tion.”’ Thedamage done to the pictare-
gallery, by Prussian shot and shell, am-
ounts to a quarter of a million of francs:
the loss of the library, with its mann-
scripts and many precious volumes, ia
inestimable and irreparable The burn!
contents of the picture-gallery are esti-
mated at nearly half a million of france.
The total injury inflicted upon the cits,
without regard to those portions which,
being military,ave liable to the operations
of war, as allowed in civilized countries.
is estimated at between fifty and sixty
millions of francs.

Ganrmato’s Mistaxe.——The Times ol)-
serves that among the earnest and honest
peasantry of the French rural districts.
together with a great deal of gincere
piety, there is perhaps an immense
amount of superstition and bigotry ; bin
religious intolerance is scarcely to be
cured by political fanaticism, and, at al!
events, Garibaldi should have consider-
ed that he is a stranger in France ; thin
his business there is to fight the Prus-
sians, not to worry the priests. The
only way for him to fight the priests i.
to tight the Prussians better than th
priests, or, at least than the priests’

artisans can do. HW the Republica»

ree-shooters under his.son can do more
for France than the Papal Zouaves undev
Charrette, there is seme probability that
after the victory, become the banner of
France.

Karl Granville again proposes peace
intervention in Franco-Prussian war,

ks | and ap Russia and Austria ‘to mevt

Eogland in securing @ cessation of hox-

Franca-Tireurs.

tilitias.

the Red, and not the White flag may. ©