Post awe to Germany.—A Wash
ington dispatch has tho following im
portant information :
“The direct lines ofUormuu steam
ers heretofore plying botweou New
York, Bremen and Hamburg, respec
tively, having suspended trips to
those ports iu consequeuce of the
French and P.issiau war, the reduc
ed rates of postage chargeable under
tho existing postal convention with
North Germany, on letters und oth
er correspondence for tho North Ger
man Union and countries beyond,
forwarded by the direct route, aro for
the present inoperativo. All corres
pondence for North Germany will
consequently, until "direct steamship
sorvicc is resumed, bo forwarded by
closed mail via England, subject to
the rate of international postages es
tablished for that route, viz : For
letters ten cents each per half ounce
or under, prepayment optional, or
fraction thereof prepayment compul
sory,; for books, packets or patterns,
or samples of merchandise, eight
cents each four ounces or fraction,
prepayment compulsory ; letters in
sufficiently paid on the above rato
will bo charged for on delivery with
postage for unpaid letters, after de
duction of tho amount prepaid.”
Awes Contrasted —The great age
of tho French and Prussian comman
ders is very remarkable. Of the
French army Marshal McMahon is
62; Canrobert, 61 ; Brzaine, 61; Val
liant, 80; Baraguey, 75; Foroy, 66;
Raudon, Changarnier, 77; Gen. the
Count do Palikao, Admiral do Gen
ouilly, 63. Of the Prussians Gon.
