The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-08-20 00:00:00

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an obvious want of both courage and patriotism, and the city
itself no longer logis like the once glorious capital of the
Lorraine, but merely an obscure chef licit of an obscure de-
partment destituteoi any leader, ami half forgotten by the
State."—Pall bf allGazetta Corropoutlent.

A formal denial has been given to the assertion that the
French had violated the Convention of Geneva by tending
only the French wounded.
The new calls upon men qualified to serve in the French
army hare taken silty employes from the effice of the
finis:er of the Interior. At the oM:eta of the Hotel de
t tulle as many as 25) places are vacant.
The mast important item in Tuesday'. German papers is
the news from the Palatinate that the country the German
uncles bad passed through en the opening of the campaign
ii thorouehly stripped of its provisions, taken for hungry
detachments when rations were delayed.
Two .r loads of German Immigrants recently arrived in
the provance of Ontario, Canada 'rhey were proceeding to
the West., la States of the American Cadou, shoe, en hearing
of the ear bitween France said Pa ussia, a number of them
at once determined to return to the Fatherland.
" lint it ia not to be denied that the ineestment of
Strasburg has produced a deep sensation—not of the sort
which we had :ast week, noisy, blatant, • rampaging,' but
silent and profound. Strasburg, to the Parisians, is the
'key of France. "—Letter from Paris.
'At evei7 station troops of young women, supplied with
cans of Rhine wine and baskets full of cigars, came up to the
carriages and dispensed their burthene liberally to the not.
diem. I saw one old woman with a large isnuff-box going
from carriage to carriage giving away pinches until her box
was empty."—Letter pone Cologne.
The following war captures were made known at Lloyd's
on Tali sday :—The Prussian ship Graf von tirassoir, Captain
Nausch, from Teisk to Amsterdam, with a cargo of rye, has
been towed unto Brest In charge eta prize crew ; the Prussian
ship Sydettkon, last tram Ply mouth, for St. Potersburg, has
been captured and taken into Cheraourg.
" ' Was blasen die trompeten,' and 'Napoleon shall never
see Perm agile,' were the song and the sh• ut which
awakened its at Itamburgh on Friday mornlog last It was
In exeltation over the oft air at Wefaienturg, and you may
be assured that the ergagement at Woerth Is not the ICES
glorified here."—Aetvepeper Correepondent.
The Kim{ of Prussia, exercising the rights of war, has
aboliihed the conscription in the French territories occupied
by his armies in Otia r words, he has forbidden the
touts to retailer military service to his enemy. 1110 King
could hardly be expe 'led to allow the French Government to
levy soldiers in the rear of his army.
The bakers of Paris have received notice that they must
always have on their premises flour enough for a fortalightl
consumption, instead of for three days only, which was the
maximum required by preexisting regulations.
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"To-day, 15th August, Is," says Ge/ignent, "the Emperor
Napoleon's fete, hut nothing whatev, r is taking place at
Paris t.l mark the dale no Ilia' ou'‘, to gra' uit,ms theatrical
performances, in snows foi the r”pularc - il.iflhilg hut reli-
gious services in the churches calling down the aid of Heaven
on the liench arms."

M.AlfrodDwPraahas written to the Journal du Havre
proposing that the SO,OOO secret polo. agents In France
should be dls,ributed amongst tho army, or sent to the
frontier to act as scouts, or to be employed in any other
service where their peculiar experience would make them
maul. . .

The Slaatsanzieger mentions that her Majesty the Queen
of Fru•sta sent a telegram to General von bittenfield, at
Coblent., on the sth of August, advising him that she had
that day sent to him two golden medals for the poet and
composer of the song, "Die Wacht ant Rhein,'' in which
the patriotic sentiment of citizens and soldiers at the pre-
sent moment is so well expressed, and which has become •
real national Borg."
"France, which can bear no rival near her throne, must
henceforth be content to find herself an equal among equals,
and no longer, the centre of small dependent States, consti-
tute herself by turns the bully and arnitress of Europe. The
joy which today fills the honest Germsn heart is quenched
sold saddened by the consideration of the human suffering
which has been untergone, and has still to be endured."—
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Times' Correspondent.
General Fear col., killed at the battle of Forhach, was the
first general °diver it the German oriel, s that has fallen In
this war, and WAS alto the junior an the Prussian Army List,
hating only been breveted front the rank of colonel one week
before his fall. He had served for some time on the stall,
and was considered fortunate alme the average In his pro-
motion, which made him a general at about CA.
In the French Ch tmber, on Tuesday, Count Palikao an-
nounced that the Prussians had relinquished their intention
of cutting the line of retreat of the French army, and that
according to unofficial despatches they had faller hack on
Commency, after three or four engagements, and had there-
fore suM red a che,k. The Minister a-ided that afresh army
under the Pole command of Marshal ft tosMe w. ready to
support that of the Rhine.
On Monday evening a party of five ladles left London to
join the Prussian army at the seat of war, as nun., under
the auspices at the English li,anch of the hoclEte 11.terna-
aqui Up ti the present time 110 request for lady nurses
hail been forwarded from the head.onarters of the French
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army, and, therefore, acne have been sent. The ladies who
have gone out have heen carefully trained In hospital proc.
tice, and have had pportuultiesof gleaning some experience
on the field of battle.
AZ move that was taken prisoner by the Prussians in-
formed his captors that his regiment had been hid for cer-
tain that the Germans invariably shot tire prisoners they
make. Ile was greatly astonished at discovering his mistake,
and becoming talk.stive, he endeavoured, In his brokers Ger-
man, to exploits the superiority of the needle-gun over the
Chasesplt :—" Chases/sot nought !--aimed at mounted M er
eight times—would not fall. Prussian shot with needle-gun
—pop pop l—every shot a man!"
A correspondent at St. Petersburg, writing on the Stir,
lays:—" The news of the coptitre of Saarbincken by the
French, and of the Prussian victory of Wissembourg, has
arrived 'Vinod simultaneously The latter caused a great
deal of surprise here, fir no one expected that the French
would be defeated. All the blame is thrown so.t Napoleon,

who is very much di hireAl by the It:nails., though the;
warmly sympathies whh the Frenth natnn.
The movement of o.nliaans (torn Liverpool en route for
the seat of W.U. continues. Almost all the German sailors at
the pint have taken their departure. As an illustration of
the strong patriotic feeling which inspirts their c•Aintryineu
generally, it may be mentioned that last week fifty of them
arrived in Liverpool from Amer' :a for the purpoie if en-
rolling themselves as combatants under the national Pig.
There is a report that before leaving Me'. the Emperor
orderea General Frossard under arrest. Accordia gto
Captain Jeannered, of the Temps. Fvosaril. while his troops
were engaged from ten o'clock In the morning, at peered
among them i.e iinly live minutes and a half. It was only
at nightfall, when the rarest was being sounded, that the
viillery of reserve fired for the first time, end then galloped
off with a full aupply of ammunitton. Means hits the
division on the height. of Spikeren, having exhausted their
ammunition, hot ouly their bayonets to trust to in the face
of the n• edle-gun.
"No more awful implement of destruction than the Ger-
m m Army has ever done its destined work. It is the phy.
mica force of a nation brought together WIWI driven against
the foe after lurch training and discipline, Butt Witil such •
re idy c incurrence oi every man in the array. that it acts m
a single man would act under the volition of his heart and
brain "- Tine Times.
"Nobody doubts that we are on the high root to a
Repuhlic ; d what aftcr that? is the ,piestion asked, for
pact experi ace of a Republic in France has not inspired the
bulk of the nation either with love for that Corm of govern-
ment, or with a belief in its duration. the Orleans Family'
is the usual reply. Alt,ether the tone of the newspapers
and of conversation in Parts at the present moment is not
cheering fir the Imperial dynasty. ole hears very Pttle of
S.'Empereur !' but • good deal of Vise la France!

Letter/rotes Paris.
"Verdun, for Ste present the head-quarters of the
Emperor, is a fortress which many Eoglislimen if the last
teneration had prod cause to remember, as it was the
place of confinement in which they spent eleven yews,
from 1803, when they were unjustly seized by Napoleon on
the breaking out of war, and kel t there until his fall In
1814. During the wars of the Revolution, fifteen girls of
Verdun, all under fifteen years of age, were rent to the
gitillotine for having danced at a ball given by Franioss
oth,ere."—Nevapaper aarespondent.
"The farcos, captured In large numbers, continue to ex-
cite curiosity, followed by disgust. Will stories of their
conduct are fl,in, about the G,rman papers" (sap a corre-
spondent of The Times). "Their habits are bestial, and the
French prisoners hhrink from them, ashamed of their com-
panionship One Turco in is aiti to have been caught with a
number op little fingers, which he Mid cut off to strip the
rings from them others are charged with mutilatirg
wounded Bavarians. A very angry feeling pervades tile
German army at the employmentof such savages by the Em-
peror,"
A curicua report Is going round just now; I mark it as at
least a sign of the times. Is is said that ell the families of
the Bon:wanes have been invited by their chief to meet in
Paris, for some purposes inexplicable. Even Jerome, the son
of Bedtime Pettus in, in reported to have had his 'card.' It
is certain that he has embarked for France. This American
Bonaparte has already served with seine distinction, both in
the Civil War and in the Crimea. Cardinal Bonaparte, we
hear, In deaf to the call alike of country ad kiiimian. Ile
has formally refused to quit Rometunder tiny circumstances. '
—Correepondriit of Daily Telegraph.
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Fxther Hyacinthe has written a letter to the Mayor
of the fifth arroudhoement which is printed in the Dt'batg,
offering his to rvices for the defence of Faris. lii. not per-
mitted t a priest, he says, to take the sword except in a
moment of supreme u.inger, hut there is nothing to prevent
his making) imself welul whii the pick and shovel. "To-
morrow, alter moss," the father writes, dating his letter
Bxturday, " I hold myself at your orders. Vire is France?"
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" Among the prisoners taken at W,rth were the corre-
spondents of the Gottlots and the Figaro. They had been
unable to keep up with their retreating army. Their appear-
ance excited general merriment. Thy were elaborately
atti-cd in a costume which they probably suppeed well
tided for a c impaign. Th 40 who have seen Free ca sports-
men dressed for the chase will form a a reed notion of the
rarb of them corieepondents. Being regarded as nomcom-
ettants, they were not kept long in captivity As soon as
the Crown Prince was informed of their capture he or.eri it
that they should be released."—Correspondent of Daily

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In all tho various hospitals the French and German
wunided are on the best terms with each other. They hive
evidently learned to rest, et each others gallantry. A trite.
sin, who had been wounded at Spicheren, told me that the
French bad 'fought like lion.;' a Frenchman, who was
Mauling by, hut who, of course, had no idea whet we had
been sneaking of, declared that he never imagined anybody
could be no utterly indifferent to death as he found the
Fras,ians wore. And set they lock so innocent,' lie added
with a perplexed smile, pointing to a young fair haired fel-
low, whose vacmt features certainly denoted no particular
ferocity."-7 into' Correspondent.
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There appeared a few days ago a small notice In the well.
known Zeidter Gazette of Berlin which, though placed in an
Insignificant corner of that paper, has not failed to a;tract
attention, and forms, indeed, the suhirct of agitated din.
CUSOi 41 both In the dlphmitie etrc;es of Perlin and In the
Geroinn press. The otice In question obi, recalls the fact
that as early as Ilds the C.blnets of Europe hod hitt nded to
make the Archduke Chroles of Austria King of Eto g.thly,
Grand Duke of Lorraine, and Duke of Aliace This is a
pretty open feeler, and, putting the Austrian Archduke out
of the questioo, the titles might possibly be given back ug
hereafter to the succeoior of the Emperors of the Iluly
Roman Empire to whom they originally belonged.

" The Prussian., evidently have no Intention of coming to
terms with the Frenca for some time to come, if ore may
judge by the immeme iehiforceineitts they are still pouring
into Front, The Prussiaris took malty large droves of cattle
fr.m the French. and Lie former are so w4ll elf for pros--
Moms that great many of ilia commissariat supplies hove
been sent back to Ma>mce and Colder.. Certainly their
organisation seems perfect. Everything Is Cone with the
utmost regularity and precision. Nobody is excited ; and
one sees an almost prov.king calmness and self-possession
en every face."—Daily Telegraph Correspondent at Bingen_
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"Marshal liszaine had to doubt very excellent reasons for
retreating instead of fighting, but his policy, however judi-
cious in a military point 01 view, cannot fall to have a very
mischievous political effect. The nation exoected him to
make a hold and successful stand before Metz, and to take
revenge by a victory over the whole army of the nemy for
the reverser suAxitied by small bodies of French troops con-
tentin g with overwhelming numbers. As much was, almost
promised it by the Government, and thin su.len filing back,
dials abandonment of so large apart of France to the mercy
of the enemy, will be a terrible disappolutment.”—The
Standard.

A Berlin telegram stet.; that the green of Prussia is per-
sonally devoting special care to the French wounded. See
has caused shirts no.. other snail int,cles to he dietributed
among the French offhers. Refreshments, cigars, etc., are
distributed among the French prisoners, as well as among the
Pr,Mall Woo passlng thr ,ugh Berlin, by the Ladles Corn.
inittee. German ladies may by seen at the railway stations
acting as in cretaries to the prisoners desirous of writing
home —Lit the war is to be carried on by both sides after
this fashion, it will go father to civilise mankind, and put
• end to wars altogether, th in all the schemes of force or
arbitration that have as yet been propounded. It is a noble
effort to bring humanity and religion to abate these unspeak
able atrocities.)
The Paris pspers speak with much exultation of the victory
which the Fien h were reported to have obealned on Sun
dry. The Palri says that the !rattle of Longeville was very
brilliant, and 'hat the result has been to permit the entire
army of Marshal Bas due to cross the Moselle in order to cut
off the route of the enemy.— lire Librei,n says that it spoke of
calmness in the midst of reverses, and CAll now do so in the
presence Cl wee, as —Toe Star regards the engagement bathe
first act of alien military drama. Before a week is over, it
soya, the lava ors will give way to discouragement anti
fiLtigne, and will find their graves at the Vosges.—The bast,
States that the Germans were superior In numbers to their
cpponenta, and that, therefore, the victory of the French la
Milks more glorious.

On the authority of Prince Achille Murat, who was CO
London on Friday and Saturday, it Is stated that Martina
Macklahon's army had been badly supplied with rattans, and
fought the battle of Woerth after a fast of twenty.four hours
The friends of the French Emperor (according to the John
Deli) pressed strongly on him to seek an Austrian alliance,
and to offer the Emperor of Austria any material advantages
which might scat°.

The Emperor since his defeats has given up the ,Ole of
special correspondent. We no longer see any despatches
from Napoleon to EnngP to. The news, and poor news It is,
now conies anonymously from headquarters."—Netespaper
C 011,61,0 14,1.0.

The Gazette de Franefort of the 10th of August says
The Inhabitants of Woerth having fled upon the Prussians,
ant been guilty of cruelty (exceed des ertioules) towards the
wounded Germans their town has been treated in hostile
fashion. Twenty of the offenders were shot upon the Fpot."

The Baroness 3. de Rothschild has written to the Minister
of War to say that she ha. provided on her property at Bon.
loam- sur-Seine a building which can receive a permanent
ambulance of 20 beds, and another on her property at ter.
riEres Saine-et-Marne 01 30 beds, to be supported at her ex-
pense.
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The Journal Ogiciel says Oa account of the war with
Prutria the Emperor has received an address from the prin-
cipal hitch- tghas, Aghas,.d C,l Is of the three provinceaof
Algeria, asking that they may march to battle with our
troops, and may open aultecriptiona for the victims of the
war."

'The direct road to Paris lies through Chains, an open
town, w ith is promenade planted with 2,000 elm trees, it is
a great seat of the champarne wine trade. There is one
mei chant there who holds 4,000,000 bottles as his ordinary
stock. his galleries, excavated in the chalk rocks, are six
miles long, end are traversed with tramways, through which
loaded wavons are driven."—Daily Sties Correspondent.
The Opinione publishes the text of a proclamation ad-
dressed "to our brethr.iii of the towns and country," a d
shred " The Central Republican Committee," denouncing
Namilcim at the fiercest enemy of liber,y, and calling upon
tie Italians to refuse any demand of their Government Or
men or money in o insentience of the war. The Qpinione O-
f sees to believe that the manifesto does not really emanate
tom the Republicans, but from the reactionary party.
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A Paris correspondent of the Daily Nerve says that people
there are becoming more and more hostile to the Emperor.
It is openly said in all public places that he will never agent
return to the capital. At the same time patriotic feeling is
strong, and everyone declares that the enemy must be driven
out of France. The same correspondent adds that unless
Marshal 'lamina should gale a great victrn y this week, there
seems but little probaaility that a revolution can be post-
poned many days.
A shocking event occurred 011 Tuerday in a railway train
naming prisoners from the Rhine to one of the Eastern
fortresses. In a Vast, containing route twenty prisoners Bad
a Prussian private, acting as guard, the latter was murdered
while asleep. The crime, bein4 perpetrated while ;he train
was in motion, was discovered only on Its stoppii g at Wit-
tenberg, and easily traced to a ferocious Zonave, who, it
appeared, bad stabbed to victim without the participation
of his fellow prisoners The murderer was brought Lelore a
court martial nod immediately shot.
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The Parix Journal states that when the appeal to the
National Guarda was published, the Mayor of the lath arron-
dissement of Paris received the f allowing letter from M.
Carnot, the Republican Minister of 1848s—' La Fend Albite,
M. le Moire—Br good enough to inscribe me on the lists of
the National Guard, and also my son, a mining engineer. I
am nearly 7a years old and shall not be able to perform much
service; bat a good example is always useful. We shall be
at Paris to-morrow. Your devoted fellow citizen, Canny',
And.- D6pute."
" M. Jeanuerod, a military correspondent of the Tempo,
writes from Metz, under date August 11, that a regiment
coming from Ldle, which was halted by cries of 'Vise
l'Arma.a,' responded D wn with Froaaarel.' TIII4 in hard
upon him, under the eircumettuces, but is very signiti,ant as
an index of the feeling in the army, and the way in w Melt it
will express it. feeling ' Ile that is down can fall no lower,'
we read In 'lluelibras,' and to cry 'Dawn with Frossard '
pod. now is something very uvractiod."—eorrespondent of
Daily Newt,.
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We (Taws) understand that a rumour referred t some
time ago lu our Foreign Correspondence respecting certain
harshneis practised towards French subjects, oh were, it
was alleged, excelled with uniitcessary rudeness from the
Grand Darby ci Baden, has caused much vexation to the
linden (investment and pa pie. Subsequent information
has moditlad very materially the construction to which the
original ...wits of this transaction gave rise, arid we have
gladly given admittance to more than one contradiction of
them. It la only tair to soy that the conduct id the Baden
officials does not appear to have been marked by any con-
tempt for the rules of hospitality to foreign -guests.