The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-12-10 00:00:00

ITEMS OF THE WAR.

The King of Prussia has accnated the title of Empercr
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G erma,y,
A private latter received in London says :—"the Prussians
have taken possession of my house at epantilly, drank all
my wine, smashed the furniture, and now use the house as
a gond house for soldier."

M.lller, a naval officer, who was recently arrested at
Tours In a cap, has been handed over to a court-martial.
lie Is accused, it is laid, of having Insulted the leaders of the
army In his conversation.
The sword which the Emperor Napoleon surrendered to
King William at Sedan has been given to the Prushlsn
Military College at Berlin, to be p d aide by aide with
that of the Ant Napoleon.

A teb gram 'ram Tours states that M. Ginsbetta, to trying
to reach Orleans. on Sunday, was prevented by the ene oy,
who took possession of the railway. 'I he Uhlans brad at
him, and he on,y csped by a miracle. Ile returned at three
o'clock In the morning, and received an encouraging despatch
from Jaure-Guiberry and Charzy.

A special correipendent at Amiens says it is quite a plea-
sure to notice the changed aspect of Amiens since it has been
occupied by the Germans. A quiet spirit of order even-
where prevails, the inhabitants are beginning to reappear,
tie shops are reopening, and the conduct of the troops ix
admirable.

The Standard Is Informed that it Mho Intention of General
trochu not to att. mot to try and sueleenly break through
the Prussian coulln, but to gradually stretch it, like an
Indiarubiwr banildttll It breaks from sheer tension, and to
hammer away. am Grant dil M the Coulodemtes, with the
view of wearing down the Prussians.

The Uarette de France states that a Prussian General
having caused four unarmed National Guards to be shot at
Neuvilla-sur Yonne, the Government at Tours delloerated
upon the measures It should adopt, and it was determlued
that an energetic mit Ast should he presented to the neutral
Powers against such wanton and barbarous acts.
The internal otninttrntton of the occupied French pro-
vinces is provid, d for by the Prusstan authorities with the
most businesslike regularity. The Meniti us Officiel of Ver-
sailles, announces that head post-takes have been established
in the Dapartmeots of the Aisne, Aube, Ose, and Bribe et
ohm. Thts notice Is signed by It issiArt, "Director of Foes
In the occupied French territories."

The Prussian 31,pniteur Officiel. published at Versailles, In
It. num'eor of the Ist of December, Contains a notice from
the baton Si blister of War that two French officers, whore
names are given, have broken their p vole, aid h tee fled from
!leaden, where they were held as priaoners of war. Toe
alone paper also pnbil•hes the mantes of tett French officen
who have breken faith and tee .pod from If irachberg lii
Silesia. These officers are nil of the rack of either captains
or lieutenants.

The National Zeitung relates that a few days ago the
French vOicer. 'stained in Cele ium were Invited to awe& Is
at the house of al. Z tchard, the French E .coy at kiressels,
where they met NI Richard the French Army Intpector,
who in the name of his Government asked them to break
their parole, go to France, and re-enter the army. -Wilcor,
were wanted, and they would be Innuediarely promoted It
Is added that many French officers have lied during the lut
few days from Germany.
" Yesterday I was at Meaux, which is about 14 miles from
here. Is was gratifying to observe that on several of the
'arms along the route the French Pe vie were sawing crops.
Near Meaux I observed many stacks of corn which had been
left untouched where the farmers had erected them. Men
and wamen were digging up mangold seismal In at
fields, and fixing It lei heaps that very much resemble the
earthwork fortifications of the Germans These heaps they
are thatching on the weather side."-7 i,aea Correspondent
at Versailles.

The advance of the Prondans In the north at France, and
the consequent interception of traffic leoween Rouen and
Waive, have caused • flight toward, England from the
latter place and the country mond it similar to that which
took place from Boulogne and Cafes • few month, since,
when the investment of Parts was foreshadowed. The
L ,ndon, Brighton. and South Coast steamer %Inch arrived at
Newhaven on Totality from Dieppe, was crowded with
refugees.

The son of General Awelles de Palladino is among the
French prisoners internee! at Kiiltesherg. By means of a
Berlm houte bowleg relations with the G 'man [lrmo! gala,
at Marseilles, the young man hu hitherto received • monthly
allowance of SOO franc.. In recognition of this favour General
Madre* had directed that Herr Feick might remain at
arstilles without moleatation. A few days ago, however,
a letter from Geneva was received from the lat.er stating
that in spite of the General's prole:Von he had loon expelled
and mast therefore twg his Berlin correspondent to SW paud
the pa 3 meads to the prisoner.

One of the Dairy Nrieg correspondents writes from If even
on the god Inst. t The New Yolk 'Learner arrived here last
iaturdav with a heavy cargo of cannon, and mitrail-
leurs. Kerry day slave then her crew have horn I.udints
ca,es, etch coot& log twenty R,mit atone. I have heard,
it cannot vouch for Its correctness, that she brought from
to:erica 20.001 vfb • al/ cameo, end 100 mitrailleura It
thia be to all the Nett nil Gourd. Ca be supplied with •
better weapon than that which they have at pr“ent, v z ' the
Piston, no old muzee-loader, • eery inferior Weapon In theee
dat, of improvement

The InN:rnational statical the eCorts n filch ere being made
at the suggestion of the einbient giench artist, St Theodore
9titlin, to provide fun: is for the relief of the ruined peasants
in the occupied districts of France, and it retire'', as a
erettf)lng fact that the name of "Weflto tn,' once the
.1)111b01 Of War between the two countries, It now essociated
wlt a a generous symosthy for the victlins ot war, the Duke
having contr:b dad £lOO to the funds The list cuitio
a diuehter of Lord James flay, his undertaken to mete a
personal collection throughout England ant Scotland, ard
the benevolence of her object, together with her intimate
relators with anoe and this country, give cause for hel,ing
that her success will be adequate to her self sacrifice.

lhs Doc do Gramont Iva writt-n from Lo:alon to a Brus-
sels paper, to deny a statement taut prior to the declaration
-f war the Kh.g of Ninth d-rust.de.l the withdrawal of
Prima Leepola's nomination to the Spanish Crown, and that
this communicati-n was c irefully concealed ftsna the French
Chambers The Culolne Gaze tte admits that the Duke is
correct, but moult that the Prince himself renounced the
nomination, and that, not content with thin, the Duke
iasisted on the withdrawal being a humiliation for list King,
well knowing that this would be refused. It expresses our-
prime that a mar who hat i•rought so much chaster oa the
world should venthre to present himself again to public
notice.

..TLe field post never goes OUt without a Titian In front
and another in rear of the van. Teo of these poor ordeilies
have been sht in the servi,u between th's place awl the
point at which the mail Is pot on the railway. A regiment
ot Unlans could not 6013111.11 the convoy against ends lire! by
Francs-11min. The latter can elie,:tusl4 conceal themselves
in the th'ck woods which the mall must pays through be-
tween this place and Dammartin. It would be neceinsry to
clear milts of forests toeffectually deprive them of shelter.
rhey don't collect in bodies. I h-ir attacks on field posts
are individual exertion.'—Tioses' Correspmdebt at Ver-
sailles. .

Ihe following', professedly commuhicated by a member of
the Uy picnic 0 clety, to published in the Pt Pre Preen
"Oat of the 75,000 hove, in Neb. from 30 OtO to 35,001 con
be spare] for the slaughterhouse—thus at the rate of one-
fifth of a pound per hem) per day, furnishing the entire
population with meat for 40 days; salt meat, 20 day a; salt
cod sod other dried fish, 10 dsy a ; total, 70 days. Flour for
six month.; rice salt, oil, coffee, and chocolate for 5
months ; aloe sad spirits for 12 months. In addition to
this the same statist -a make meotion In a paragraph at foot
of the existence of a large supply of hams and other dried
meata in the possessPh of certain firms, which if put into
rtsolaition, 0 ould furnish animal food for more than 30
days.

The Ordre of Caleb publishes a protest, signed by Drs.
Robert and Bernard. surgeons, attached to the four French
Ambulances InternaVonales, complaining of the conduct of
the Fru.sllona dining and alt. r the clogs of La Fere. Their
first comulaibt is in it when the bom'airdmeut commenced,
on the 25th of November, the Prussian shells were directed
upon the hospithl and the Hotel de Ville and museum.
where anibulances haul been established, so that ,it became
absolutely necessary to remove the patients into the cellars
of those buildings. The doctcrs also complain that whets
about to leave the town slier Its capitulation they were
fired upon, notwithstanding their white flag, and were com-
pelled to return, being ultimately able to leave only after
a lapse of some hours, and experiencing vary rude and in.
suiting treatment from the PI usslan aficers.

The Pent rig relates the circumstsuces antler which a num-
ber of peasants resident In the neighbourhood of Paris re-
cently effected their escape from their German conqueror?.
A requisition having been made Cm labourer, to work at the
construction of some intrenchments and redoubts in the
plain of Chatellan, the country people were called upon to
assist In the task of completing works which were destined
to bombard the Forts Vanvres, leery, and Montrouge. The
men thus employed were for safe custody lodged at night in
a church, but resenting their involuntary employment
against their countrymen, they determined to escape, and
accordingly, by a pre-concerted arrangement, they burg
open the door. of the church, killed the sentries. and fled to
the woods, whence they singly made their way to the French
outposts
The reader needs no map to follow the movements re
ported on Tuesday morning, nor any gift of prophecy to dis-
cern their general bearing. To any that Orleans has been
retaken by Prince Frederick Charles, and that Ducrot haa
given up his attempt to force his may out of that inward
loop tithe Marne which had seemed to be naturally adapted
fur a great Vie de-pont, Is to say that the fluely-comliined
efforts of Trod's and D'Aurelle have. in spite of great exer-
tion and devotion on the pact of the leaders, utterly failed.
Whether Du rots movement was really designed to carry •
part of the Paris garrison beyond the lines into the open
hold, or rather to take up an entrenched position so far in
advance of the forts as to render it almost impossible for the
Prussans to maintain • complete investment, is what can-
not be known as yet The latter proceeding, carried out
successfully, would have placed the French close to, if not
upon, the main Imes of communlcstion between Versailles
and the railroad to Straaburgh, on which the investing army
depends ; and to any the least it was as likely a strategy as
the other. But in any case Use failure la evident.