The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-04 00:00:00


fltrt -t. rseigned. Ths la Understood to be
s Orel, le strain of excitement wbich causes

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grest satiety.
Prince chU Hard was at Brussels on the 16th. and hid
several commit, oas with M. Granter de Usseagnac, after

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before the (rmistice) being drilled In
?rttd.l.t istruction, atm will be gradually replaced
ty tott.l the ... of Is7l, ant called out.
Tim impediz of the barrio :ides has verified (ss3s the
-.orrespondent • he Telegraph the i raphetical words of
Moltke, •ed when itochefort'A plan of defence was
first 'a v to him—" So much the better; their
barricades • root their own movements."
The Nord • sport, which it publishes under reserve,
that • general of Li, army of Paris has poisoned himself.
In • Lombard telegram the name of General Ducrot Is men-
..

A Special Correspondent with the Head-quarters of the
Crown Prince of Sa‘ony mils that in the bombardment of
St. Denis especial orders were given to aim clear of the
Venerable cathedral ; and every one hoped It would escape
nalritured, the German gunners having skill enough to
enable them to obey these orders.
"Al t rode down the hill of Manly this morning a French-
man was nimercifully thrashing • donkey which manifested
• diainclination to pot Its weight Into the collar and help to
drag a heavy load up-hill. A companion whom the man
had, interposed in favour of the ass, to the great wrath of
the other. Why shouldn't I Bog the brute,' he cried, • tie.n
a regular Bismarck !' "- I 'orrespondent of Daily Net.,
After mot Bismarck left the German Emperor on the
night of the 2ith, he walked into Lehndortf era= the chief
aide-de-camp, anti began to whistle the Prussian " liullah,'
which Is blown at noar.hunta when the king is down and
settled. After concluding the tune he walked out again,
never having woken to • single soul present.
The Emperor William on Saturday afternoon vielted the
wounded :tithe Chateau, Versailles , and spoke to two French
ladles who were tending the victims of the lad engagement.
Ills Majesty thanked them, and staid, "There wlli soon be
an end of all this misery."
It is to be hoped that the safety of General Parrot will
either be assured by • special stipulation, or that he will, If
he has not already done so, mate his escape by balloon:
otherwise, In all probability, he will receive hard treatment
from the Germans, for when the war was raging they
threatened to shoot htm if they caught him.
The news of the surrender of Paris has molted Immense
jubilation in the valley of the Saar and throughout the gar-
rot/Odin( district In feet, all over Germany, says a corm
imondent, aslenultausons bombardment would appear to be
going on, there being a perfect uproar of cannon and Me.
bete and pistols fired off in every direction.
It Is pointed out that some colooldenoes of dates In the
campaign have been at least slogular. The first Interchange
of shuts between the outpoets took place on the 28th July,
the capitulation of Strasburg on the 28th 9 pternber, the
capitulation of Meta on the 28th October, and the capitula-
tion of Peels on the 28th January.
The Berlin Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph enys It
Is stated on good authority that the majority 01 the French
officers now capttve in Germany are in favour of the re-
establishment of the Napoleon dynasty, which they believe
will be the certain sequence of the reign of anarchy in France.
The corretpondent adds apparently as hie own optulou
The fact that the country ttourlahed to such an extraordinary
degree for nineteen yearn tinder Napoleon 11l cannot but
tell greatly In his favour should his claims come Into Corn-
petition with those of the Goose of Orleans.
; The Electra), Libre poblishes some details of the escape of
ht. Memento, the only aeronaut who his returned to Paris.
Ile was captured near Cobleetz, where he was detained for !
some Dine. Ile was taken thence to Versailles, where,
having been questioned by the King and the Crown Prince, 1
he was ordered to be removed to St. Germain. Wails 1
passing on the way through the Forest.of Marty he contrived
to escape Into the SVOOO. The night was very dark, and a
, thick fog further aided his attempt. In hia path he struck
! upon a string, which discharged a gun and brought out the
I guard of the nearest post, but he escaped their ftre and
reached the French outposts in safety.
The very heavy tomes of the French in the last eortle from
Paris says The Ti,,,,', Correspondent at Versailles; are to be
accounted for by the nature of the position they attacked,
by the exceeding power of the Prussian infantry at close
quarters, and by the very evident defects 01 the French
Infantry as trained soldiers. They came on to a certain
point, and there they remained, near enough to be killed, and
not all near enough to overwhelm their enemies by superior
numbers. The abandoement of Montretout was • capital
military mime. A few It urn more and their position would
have been most formidahle. II all their officers and men
were of the same Muff as those who fell in the midst of
the felled timber along the Prussian position, fighting splen-
didly, the sortie o.oall only have been repulsed by the best
efforts of all the troops on the spat, aided by every avail-
able support.
Early this morning Jan 26; the town of St_ Cloud was set
eaves by the Germans. ( the Palace was uthlessly destroyed
by V ahrien some time ego). The town is laid in ashes to-day
to prevent the houses affording cover to the French should
.they he minded to make:another Sortie on the Moutretout
'position. It has long since been deserted except by the out-
posts and a few wretched people; but it was live months
ago a busy suburb of 6,0c0 inhabitants, with chatmul perched
on the slope. around and great bustle of life In its narrow
streets. le one house. hid in a cellar, the soldiers Lund •
girl of IS, who had lied there to perish in the flames sooner
than leave her home. She was saved. The French are
replying briskly to the German lire from the enceinte.—Cor•
respondent of 2 he Times.
Yesterday morntng ;Jan 25 a perWrnentarie came In wtth
despatches for Heed Quarters, and it was announced to
Count ll'smarck that M. Parrs was corning oat that after-
noon. I was away on a visit to the north site, as 1 was
anllOtle to ascertain the tenth of the report that St. Denis
was In limes, and to appreciate the s fleet. of the bombard-
meat, and I was not aware of M. Fevre's arrival till my
return last bight. Ile was then dining with Count Bismarck
and lodgings had been prepared for him as before in the house
of Herr Stieber, the chief of the Prussian Police, In the .
house No 1, Boulevard du 11 it. M. Fevre, who Is con-
sidered to hear a certain reeentblance to President Lincoln
In face and figure, appeared to be more at his ease than he- ,
fore. lie woe attended by • secretary and by his son-hi-
law_ There are t eople who may be interested ins hearing
that he seemed vie) much to en') .y his iiinnrr. and that an
arrival of good things from Berlin for the Chant:ell-tee table
enabled him to get a very good one. Every one tells that
little secret, and It Is also reported that lie ate very heartily
of the rep,ot which Wee prepared for him at Ms first
coming.—Timee Correspondent.