The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-12-31 00:00:00

THE WA R.

Till ASSASSINATION OF COMMANDANT ARNAUD
LT vs, Dec. 22.
The following are the macular, relative to the assassina-
tion of M. Arnaud, the Commandant of the if lii Battalion of
the National Guard of La Croix R :use.
The populailon was greatly excited by the hew, of the oc-
cupation of Nude by tie Prussian., and the women were
articutatly agnated,oeing to the report that two battalloris
of the National Guard id Ly MIS had been entirely deatroyed,
A public meeting was held the same evening In the Salle
Valentino, at which seteral ipeakere of the lowest Ultra
Radical class, delivered Gil mimatory harangue. Tie
meeting resolved to vpoint lllte.o deltiPten Initool
arrondissement, to call out the .ls'atlonal Guard If their
respective quarters, and to meet in arms on the Place des
Terreaux. One delegation was then to Invite the pethidine
lion of the Mobideed Guards of the Chartreux thrfacks;
anther to sound the tocsin and heat the while
• third wan to ask the commandant If
oe would support the
agitators or not ; and finally, we. the the whole body of the
Guards should be ats,m'..led, the Hotel de Vill• was to be
Cleared.

'the
of de,
...tate* met In the Salle Valentino on the morning
20th, and many violent women, dressed In black, some
Carrying red and others i'lack thgr, were among the crowd.
The men wnre red c.,ek .rfes ,mmandsot Arnaud arrived
at the Salle Velentieo ah ,nt neon, fool rsq n sled to be
all ,wed to enter the hall, but was refused. Ile was then
hustled a, d struck, and hls sword broken. Ile thereupon
drew hie revolver, and fired twice, but was Immediately
overpowered.

Ho eau teed by the rabble In the Salle Valentino, con-
demned to death, and Immediately taken a thert distance elf
and
.shot by a party of Nat!onal Guards.

The time. ocCupled in cenvey In; Commandant Ikrowul to
the place of execution was about ten minute- •..t flattain, .
Was made to rescue him.

bECERMINED To Flour TO TOE I MUIR Erra.
ii•V
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General Chat ty, to an order of the day to hie f n,
ribilates the text of a protest sent by him • ',ler der
of ince, to the °ricer commanding the Pruett, or. •
ist 1 endows General Chanty adds that bets sure e• • 11.
Will share his ImPernation and his desire to ts, - • •••• tor
the insults beeped upon the French nation. lollowing
to the text of the protest :
"To the Prussian C onmandant AS Vendome,-1 am In
formed that violence, which I can rind no language suit.
able to express my Indignation, has aeon resorted to by the
trooPe under your common,. •slnst an Innocent population
of At. Calais. notwithstar ' god treatment of your
etch and wounded. 1.• have extorted Money and
authorised pillage, $ •• use of power which will
Welsh upon your v patriotism may enable
out countrymer •• ,•. sot be permitted that
you should a? :••• .1 ,t: insult. You have
alleged th• To' • ..a. We have
fought a• .•ds ; $ of December.
.eat as sonar' • entn who could not
an, - og that they sub, ,d to the will of the
oist.toesli Delete., ' • resisting when they
r peace. I :do •sss ,ed in protesting against
. :ant by the velistant of thy whole of France,
the realotatee • or army, which up to the
tierce ye, have it, been able to conquer, We
c.lrtn.t our sir .ggle has already taught you;
strairg!e • . conscious of our good right,
irternit ad to triumph at any cost We shall struggle
••• r $ v truce or mercy. It is now no longer
• ' iding against a loyal enemy, hut against de-
e.. „es, whose sole object is the ruin and hi:mils-
: I • •.ston fighting for the preservation of Its honour,
$1 :spender:Ca, and the maintenance of its rank.
ors reply to the generosity with which we treat your
I Winn and wounded by insolence, by arsom.and by pillage.
1 protest with tbdignation, In the 'mine of humanity, and
the law of nations, which you trample under loot"
This order of the day has been read three times to the
ream& troupe on parade.

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I. Gambetta reached Lyme on the ll3rd Instant
The Alfa California states that the lady known as Fanny
Fern ha. written. tnettingthe Emprom Eagenie to leoture in
the Veiled States.

The Munletrat Council of Mann tiles has voted the sons a
£4.00a to llartbabli's arms, abd has telegraphed t, the
Gent ral to know to what objects that sum couli be applied
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Several F-each ladies, some of them members of filo
noblest families of France, assist personally in the prepara-
tion of the dishes served every day at the tables of their hus-
bands or soya in Paris. They have discovered how to make
hone and dog not only eatable but tempting.
The All yem. int Zeitung states that 130 000 German recruits
have rscintly pas-et thrinsh Badt-n on their way to the seat
of aft?, and that Baden Artillery sblilters have rho been sent
to the south, for the fur lit'. the theatre of operations ex-
tends the more men bee :me necessary.
Experiments have recently been made at Paris with a new
navigable balloon. The steering apparatus, which is of •
Complicated character and Is attached to an ordinary balloon,
consists of two sets of !11l An wings, which the aeronaut puts
In motion. The trials were made with a small balloon, and
appeared satisfactory. Trey will shortly be repeated on •
larger scale.
The Paris garrison are still very reckless In throwing their
Shells about At bit vres a woman had both her legs carried
away, • men had his arm blown otf and his site ripped oven
—both French peasants. If these shells could reach Ter.
sallies, they would calve the death of their own people,
men, women, and children The soldiers ci di move to
places of security. Where, it Is asked, could the townsfolk
go to /
.

The Echo in Turkmen/ from Berlin. learns that Jules
Fame Intends te represe,t l'esnce at the Lind n C mterence,
sod to provoke a debate upon the war. ,hou'd the German
repre entative protect solost the discussion of a question
foreign to the purpose of the Conference. M Jules Fame
will ode the precedent of Connt Carom., who at the Faris
Congress stated the grievances of Italy against Austria
Twenty-three Impolite have quitted their monastery at
Domliee, in the Ain Department, and have joined the Garde
Mobile. A French proriultal j mrnal, which announces the
het, predicts that their devnteduess sod bravery in the fleht
Will he equal to their ahnegation and c .urage in the cloister
and in agriculture and it calls on those who irsult monks
to join the ranks of the army, and prove themselves as
patriotic and brave as the men whom they hon:ur with their
Inveottves.

see Special Corn Reorient of the Daily Neus at the head-
quarters cif the Crown Prince of Prussia, writing on the 21st,
recalls the fact that on the previous day Paris Lad been shot
In by the German armies for three months. The city now,
he Ude, is more likely to hold out six weeks than she seemed
likely to hold out six due on eeptember 20. The popula-
tion ea. then to Poole extent to the measure of its destiny,
and there will ouly he a surrender when inch Is absolutely
necessary. The hombaniment which seems to be probable
against the Parisian outworks will be not an attack upon
dwellings to compel non-combatants to ark for surrender,
bat an attack upon French artillerists, with a view to be In
a position to threaten harsher measures.
French e fficers living In Germany on parole have recently
burin to run away so frequently that stringent measure.
have been adopted. Henceforth ten officers will be sent to
a casemate for every one breaking his solemn engagemeut
and attempting to mate, Nor Is this the only unpleaunt-
teas that hu arisen At Coblentt, Kenigsberg, and
other place. French officer* have come Into disagree-
able contact with the public in ccnsequeece of using
°gently° language in beashouses and eafee. At the
first-mentioned place their conduct has been to pro-
voking as to cause General Wedel, the Commandant, to hue
an order or the day arm:riming that all soldiers have been
enj 'teed to arrut Frei oh officers "using inulert and
scandalou. language "in their haute,. The 350 COO privates,
too, swain to give trouble. They were pacific enough until
proclamation, bearing the signature of the French Govern-
ment found their way to the fortresses in which they are
detained. since then seme bare tried to escape, and many
others evinced a muttnene disposition, necessitating the
proclamation of martial law to keep them within bounds.
The German regimei.ta before Paris, though very Judi-
ciously relieved, have plenty of work When a battalion I.
stationed at those pointa whence the outpost duty is carried
on, each company has four days and nighta out of quarters,
and four days and nights in quarter& The company that is
on duty at the outposts sends out its outline picket., and
furnishes ite sentries •iong a certain front, and each man is
on cinty one hour, and has two hours' repose. Daring this
winter work, however, there has been a charge 1., Dint
respect, and each man takes two hour.' duty, teed than has
four hours' rest. The men of the company not on duty cook
for those who are In front, and whose position near the
enemy prevents their ligntleg camp firm
"It Is a relief to met. be of a little use in the ambulance,
although itt. a tad and painful duty. I was on the battle
Debi three days and two nights at the thampigny affair.
What a terrible t Wog a betties field let too sere ,wfut to de-
scribe. I picked up 35 wounded ;4lve have died since. The
troops are in a pitiful plight—poor, dirty, cold, tired, worn-
out neon; the hones are even wont. What on earth this
Is Does It not seem hard for theme creatures to be sent
here logo through all thls misery ? On the field I heard
poor fellow. calling on mothers and brothers In their last
aeoey. What had they done to be treated thus? And male
dare make war !'—C rresponelent of Manchester Exammer.
Three Franc-Tireurs having been hung by Baden soldiers.
Colonel Bounce wrote to Genera Weeder, at Dijon :—" I one
Informed that three of sny Franc.Tireurs who were captured
by your soldiers have been hung. beg to sek you whether
this was an isolated case which will not be repeated. If this
muter of treating prlaoners bee' mu the rule I should be
obliged to resort to reprisal. on the 70 pri10121314 whii are at
present in my hands." General Wonder replied :—" I have
given orders to investigate the case of which you apprise me
Whatever the result, I haeten to announce that similar cases
will not occur, and that I WWI never permit a prisoner of
war to be sent to the gallows."
A bank has been opened In Versailles, and has already,
proved a great boon to the luLabitatita, many of whom were
In great straits for ready money, their coannueications with
the outer world having been utterly cut it? for the last three
motet.. One case is related in which a French lady with
something like £12,000 a year was compelled to borrow
Of an keeglish friend to meet her daily payments Where all
the French money goes that Is breugh; into Versailles Is one
of tee many mysteries of the war. Wine is becoming scarce
In Versailles, but the dearth of It cannot be more than teen-
Porary, as there must be plenty to be had for the re
enltitinnlng in Rouen and the rich towns of Normandy.
Candle., too, are scarce and dear. and people have to pay
31. bee for "composites." which are little better than dips
enoepttn appearance._
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The Dei:y NaCorre.pondert with the Saxons before
Paris writes from Champs on the 20th .-1 get angry ss I
book at the battery (Mort Avron, made right in our faces,
but ths other day comparative,y harmless, and at whoa('
Our, ) oung as it Is, Ito the deaths of so many stalwart
Barons, whose corpses will Irtlihe nest year's crops in the
fatal horseshoe. I get angry and Impstient when I think
that this place, which our gruund dominates no that not a
gun could ever have been mounted but for unaccountable
lain faire, should teat the elasticity "of our forepoet
line it, • three Von that I am disgusted and savage to have
the knowledge of. The tai•sez [tire days may be over—let
roe say they are over—but there seldom comes an indulgence
with, nt a penalty, and when certain turntable graves come
to be dug, the pioneers may substitute for the flier ruhen
In Gott," the words, Lien, lie the consequence. of vacil-
lation.'

The prevalent desire, ways The Timex' correspondent at
Bordeaux, seems to he for peace. A friend who has been
mush in this part of the country, and has had good oppor
tunities of observation, Is of opinion that if it were put to
the vote, an enormous mej,rity of the population would de-
clare itself VW pe4oe, To, matter on what terms One Gears
it sald that Gerrillett• is the only man who baldy wishes the
war to go on. This is an ersggeratlon ; but we may believe
that few are In favour of the prolongation of • ef ruggle which
mc st people foe can have but one termination. lt may be
very glorious for France to fight until she is utterly ruined,
and till famine and cheerio, more fatal than shot and shell,
sweep away her people by million,, but that is not the
amnia which the majority lu thth district, or probably in any
Other, would desire to see adopted.
Inn et the Daily None' correspondents in Pais says that
the attitude of the population is worthy of all praise. No
one would recognise the Parisians of to-day as the Parisians
Of ell or even four mobths ago. They accept the privations
of the tour as a neceseity, and although there I. no business
there Is no grumbling. Meat was becoming more and more
rare in,, correspondent's portion for himoill and a servant
for a week's coneumption was lees than tour ounces of pre-
served beef. The winter had corns upon the city suddenly
and rigorously. The Government had accordingly been com-
pelled to recognise the fact that people must warm as well
as feed thenmelves, and an embargo had been laid upon coal,
ci he, and bakers' overt wood. Private citizens were to be
allowed five tons of Coal for their whole Winter's consump-
tion ; the rest of the stocks In hand had to be surrendered
by the dealers to the Government, at a price to be deter-
mined by appointed factors. In consequence of these
measures fuel had greatly risen In price, and was sail
tieing.
'the Paris balloon which, after a nine hours' trip, de.
ecended on the gist at Rothenbing, in Bavaria, contained
aiim-ecu, copies of the Bands Correepondance and a large
inanber of letters. lhe letters gave the most contradictory
act"nn'o, cf the stores of provisions in Paris, one affirming
that no scarcity prevailed, and soother stating the contrary.
Almost all expreesed a her" that the forthcoming sortie
(that of the 2Is1) would he mu, Inl (tie writer m.nti,,ned
that he hod t.ought sir If Sic , or an ut 3. ...ell
The aerobaut and the three passengers, who described them.
selves as an engineer, a mechanic, and a commieldOillafr
We beau lodgeitg tb• Inllltsr7 Prim M MV11"

M,.a of

Ist Regiment of the °nerds at Pont lblow.

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The P.aefert of the Rh6-e bag ferbiddam pub 110 meetings
and MI. . ite,tatlona In his department. Commuelatic demons-
tration, here taken t`lace it JR Etienne, but they Cr, now
pr.hiblted.

M. Vele" or Marialnes, Is said to have Invented a Wool',
able b.,iloa which can carry heavy weights, and Can be con-
structed in twenty days. UI. sinitath has been approved by a
C otroittre of edentina *ea and engtneers.
ri.e r:ersnan Correapondent publishes a ISA of
teentylwo ?much dicers, prisoners of war, Who have
deserti.d, after giving their word of honour not !lc/ make any
attempt to escape.
An article in the taps the mission of the Provisional
no‘rrnment I" to erpei the Invader and to found a republic.
It I. ncessary that the monarchial Institutions, which dur-
ing seventy years have vainly sought to become acclimatised
In France, ehould be destroyed, crusla.d, and radically ex-
tirpated,

A letter frlm an Eng'sh prloter femp'oyed at one of the
Paris newspaper ottl:es. addressed to his wife In England,
st des that he has during twenty days 011 if received four
ounces of meat, and that he has been obliged to support
'omen by the use of come olive oil which he had by him.

The Do e Mune., lately killed before Orleans, had jnat
eleeeEdel to the large family estates In France at the period
~1 his untimely death. He has left • widow and • child two
,no LbolLf. After the capitulation of Sedan he J dned the
Nliddle I,card, taking with him all the able-bodied men from
the villages on his estates.

The lows of the SIZOII troops before Paris amounted up
to the 2nd Ind ,to 2,194 killed, wounded, sad missing Oa
that day alone the •,chlitzen regiment loet Goi7 men, or about
a third (4 its tffactlve fro, In common with the whole,"
c say • letter from Dresden, "our King has been
flfr"'.Oiy affected by the largeness of these lowa."
Ids that the entire Saxon fortress artillery has
• abed to Paris.

. • , • • ,iermalt. and Mantes there Is a sad awn of the
..... .0 ' a Germane In the shape of a burnt village.
!Peak,. is •he nay, d place, and its hLstory is .imply
thls:—As - -• •• alets were passing through, an
•1. Called upon to give up the
offer ~we I selves either urable or unwilling
to • ' • !issuer's. lighted Mezllres by
e-third of the huts and house.
•ed z,lew ',tics ago are still standing.
'oil utessls.o," &aye s rreepondent of The Times, le
s• • o.mtnidtailion Is lei,: Nevertheleas, if ever aen y
„ invaded—,.ccm , Ily—that city in Itouen.
A toe shop IA I, nor, sitar a. an ordinary
0 /, nss thy petty commerce of the town been
In sni 03 erfa•., with. But capital is too sensitive not
to take I • .• au actual occupation by the enemy. Nearly
all the re, sactorin and print works whose operation. con-
stitute Rouen's wealth are awed, and the distress of the
nnhappy workpeople is obviously very great Same Ingenious
speculators at Rouen had f Trued a special Insurance corn-
puny for guaranteeing subscrilers againet the various evils
of war; hut among these evils the occupations of Rouen by
the enemy had not been lOrellooo, and the c, moan), too
so sera, tested at the very outset of its enterprise, has entirely
°napped.
We learn toy letters received direct from the French capital
that the ll,vernment continued its measures for making the
nioet of the food resources of Faris. A proclamation pla-
carded on the walls Int rim the public that there is bread
trough and to spare, but that housewives must not be run-
ning to the baker's in panic and buying up other persons'
shares with their own. As soon as the existing stock of
white loaves is exhausted, the wholesome brown cake ant.
venally eaten by the peasants, and none other, will be per-
mitt° Ito be offered for cab. Th 3 supply of meat is also
assuretl. insionuch as 500 horses are slaughtered daily, Parte
Can hold out for another ten weeks. An official nota in-
forms the Parisians that there is broad and wine till the be,
giuning of March A decree hug been tuned putting into
requleltion all stores a Bola and wheat. By six o'clock on
the same vetoing there was no broad lobe had anywhere for
money. Oa the following morning an appeal to the public
good sense, steed by all the member, of the G vernment,
was placarded. The manufacture of bacults is prohibited,
e• ti .nr Is not obtainable, the sale being forbidden under a
heavy. tine.

WHAT THE BRAVE BONS OF ALBION ARE DOING.

The Cologne Gamte says The pavilion erected by an
E .glish committee on the R ,chusberg at Bingen for wouneed
fool sick soldiers has hem, presented by it, with all its ap-
purtenances, to the Relief Committee here, and hen lately
arrived. French prisoners are a ready employed in levelling
the ground for the erection of this, as well as of a second
pavilion, with a barrack, which is to serve as the kachen
connected with it. This hospttal comprises everything re-
oisite, to the senaliest details, such as beds, litters, re
Sr. shit.g articles, to chests of condensed milk, ckc., and has
been got up with an elegance not easily found in any other
establint meat of the kind. It is not nurprining, therefore,
Strut Shea hole thing cost about £lO,OOO. One of the brave
Secant 011)100 who have devoted themselves ,o the care of
the sick and wounded on the Rochnsberg, &medical student,
has accompanied the establishment, luring determined to
devote hltuselt to the work until the end of the wan and the
cloning of the hospital."