The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14 00:00:00

T H WAR.

The linited States' Consul, M. Reed, has been permitted
to lanes Paris, and has arrived at Veriailles.
M. Gambetta describes General Chanty '• the real man of
war, se revea'ed by late events.''
An Arras journal s ,ys that the numher of Prussians killed
and wounded to the late battle rear Vapaume Is estimated
at :,

is reported In a telegram from Versailles that one ft
the German shells hies falioalo tho gardens of the Luxem-
bourg.
M. niers denies having offered at Versailles either Bel-
gium or Holland to Germauy on condition of Alsace and
Lorraine rentaleing French.
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M Gambette, to inaugurating the Polytechnic School at
Bordeaux, said that science rust he moralised. The Prus-
sians, he added, were the Mohicans of science.

lofteen young men of Rheims, who had plJtted an escspe
from the occupied tidy to volunteer with the French army.
were betrayed to the Prihri anthorftles, Md every one of
them suffered corporal punishment t,y the oel7.
lhe Pet,, Gan In speak, of a report which hag been
publ6hed of illevigueecientg between the Cr ,vn Prince of
Saxony clot the K lug ct Prawiw, as a mischievous and stupid
Invention for which thorn is not toe slighte,t ground.

A telegram from liordeaus says that public opinion there
II more Inclined than ever to accept the probability of the
1.11 of Paris. The bom bard int fit Is believed to he too severe
for the resistance viilrch the French artillery can oppose.

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According to the Faris ./..ttrnal the cltoyennes of the
Faubourg du Temple are making preparations to receive the
Prussians. They it tea carried net only broken hot ties and
abandoned flower pate, but paving stone., Into their apart-
manta, some of which are regular eraeinda.
NI. Rum an, the Mayor of Versailles, who was arrested and
Imprisoned a week ago for refusing to pay s tie or £2,4011
for them .1 of groceriee in Germ mv, wits pet at
I,nerty on the 0,11; the 5Y,009 having hmir paid for Lim by
subscription among the grocers of toe town.

The Rappl WS that the aspect t f Parts at night, in cOu-
Sequence of the eatinetlau .1 the gaslights, Is su rysingniar
Many persons nod It c.myenlent to c „try Liaising, abd for
their accommodation a new kind of lamp bat been invented,
which Is carried easily by belt g suspended from the button-
hole of the cost.

Those honillar ith (lathe's play of Uutz edit the Iron
Band will be luta e,ted In I. Aiming that the Itero's last lineal
descendant. Joseph von hal chine, n, lately DIA with Ids
death before Peel,. Ile had beeu N Z ,11100 In the Pontifical
army. and on its dissolution returto.l to Stuttgartt, load. I
the Whrtetubera forces, and fell lasi le the two yew g Counts
Taube at Champlin.) on its recapture by the thiflll6lli on the
3rd ult.

A paragraph In the Nqrd states that the lirst Prussian
shell thrown Into Pule tea on Thursday the 15th of Decem-
ber, near Point du Jour, inside the enceinte, near ilastiot 72,
and that the battery which had thrown it was reduced to
silence by the basal garners of issy and Mont Valerian.

A breves newspaper slates that a few nights since a mys-
terious railway train passed through the station at thnt city.
It has since loarot that the train conveysd au finnecsa
amount of coined money and vreat bundles o' papers, which
were embarked on hoard the F.nadlish mall packet in charge of
four travellers who had accomp oiled it to the pert

The off List German Inspection of the French privoners has
given on the I/ h"le satisfactory results. Everyt Ling poesible
Is done f3r their nourishment : the shoemaker:. and tailors
have been formed Into band. of workmen, and other artisans
are seeking employment by private iudividuais. They are In
good spirit, and frequently perform domed es In truprovieed
theatres.

The balloon Newton, whleh left Par% at four in the morn-
ing of January 4th. tr Ii at tin m. of the same day at Dlgoy,
in the lure and Loire. lhls department Is eccuVed by the
eneo,y, hot the aeronaut contrived to escape with the
liorermtnt hag to Mortagae, in the Onto, and he te:earaphs
from Caen this moraine. Sin otter bags which he brought
were taken and concealed by the peasantry, and is is hoped
they will all ultimately come t t hand.
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The Tim,' Correspondent with the Snore before Parts
doe, not t eliese all I. ever with the l'aris I srts yet The
k`reuch generals are probably considericg the position, and
very likely they are walth,g ti see what the nest German
more is, and whether an advance on the French position to
really Intended. There Is no large bottles of French troops
out, but their advanced posts are still mounted as usual,
am: the movements of the Germans are closely watched from
the French observatortee.

The Allgemeine Zeitttng gives a descript lon of the tearful
state of French prisoners on thtir arrival at Camel. The
Journey there from Orleans had lasted for seventeen days,
in open waggons. The rain was tailing In torrents. The
prisoners, utter having been served with sonie %arm drink,
fell into a kind of stupor. The Z mares, sent to a winter
campaign In a northern climate in habiliments suited only
for Algeria, were unable to go on further. Nothing Is said
whether the luxuriously lodoed and fed guests at Wilhelm-
glans went to look at the sad spectacle.

A correspondent of the Daily Nem, mentions a report, ac-
cording to which Abace and o,rman Lorraine are to become
a fief of the Imperial Crown, governed byl Viceroy, and with
a distinct legislature. A large number of landed propels ,a rs
in Alsace, who have been con, ailed. are said to be favourable
to this arrangement, which moreover, is to be carried out
before the conclusion of peace.
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Captain Li S. Ogilvy, formerly in the British service, but
whose s)mpathy with ifronce induced a few weeks ago to ac-
cept a commimion in her army, was killed by a bullet in the
forehead silken catharsis charging the enemy at the battle of
Beaune la Rolane. tie was serving as captain of the Staff.
Ilia military taltuts were highly appreciated by the Breech,
and IL Gambetta is known to have held him in particular
esteem.

Isurreription opened at the Club Earle to re-establ!sh M.
Blinn:jure journal, the Paine en Danger, resulted In 261 30%
beteg collected on the first day and 12f. 800 on the second
day. width, with the ruhrcription of the committee, amount.
log to 31 490 , produced a grand total of 40f 500. ! proving
that, however popular ultra- Republican principle may have
heen on ier the M-cond Empire, they are quite the reverse
under the Third Republic.
In the Yoga/tire Po.t there in a letter from a German
gentleman who has just been summoned from the neigh-
bourhood of Leeds to join the army In toe course of lithe
writer nays:—" We expect a general thins of the French
prisoners in Gluon, Posen, B.l9weldnilz, and Sdarberg. nd
should this take place you will hew something In Englat
which will startle you Every thirl man of these 79 Cid pri-
soners in sure to- be shot if they attempt pinch a thing."
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The Echo du Parlem^ne publishes the following paisage
from • letter of M Troen to • friend:—" I have not said a
word about Belgium or any neighbouring Power in my nego-
tiations st Versailles Ido not c Her that which Ido not
possess; I hove, therefore, Hared to Herr von Bismarck
neither Belgium nor Holland. I have discussed the condi-
tions of an arnehtlee between France and Prussia. Herr von
Bismarck and myself, I venture to say, have too much
common sense to step beyond the limits of the objcet on
which we tad to negotiate. I authorize you to say this
publicly."
The following order has been issued icy General Faliiherbe,
Commander of the French Army of the North :—" All dis-
banded soldiers arriving in the towns or villages where they
are liable to serve in the Garde Mobile or the Mabill,ed Na
tional Guard will be immediately arrested, couducted by the
gendarmerie to Dunkirk, and embarked for one of the camps
In Brittany. Any one who may resist will be sent to Lille to
undergo trial before a Council of War."
The f crty hostages lately arrested amnng the wealthiest
inhabitants of !Hien and Gray were so well received by the
inhatetante of Fray Mort, who eutscrihel to give them free
lodgings snd a good dinner, that the Prussian anthoi lies
hastened them away from the town. As they passed through
Carmel, Napoleon 111, sent S patronising message from
Wilhelmshohe, to say he would he happy to see them; but
although among the number were several who had been
cajoled into votiug the P:ehtectte, the curt answer (4 one and
all was that they did not wish to make his sequalutance.
The fiarMaldian officers who have been taken prisoners
are to be sent to 1:0 ilgsberz, an! only the Frenchmen ameeg
them are to be allowed the privileges conceded to other
persons of the same rank. The ['shame, Spaniards, Greeks,
and Poles will be lodged in the barracks and cloiely
watched. 'flier will, in other words, be treated as pri-
vates. A large number of prisoners are to be quartered in
Fsat Prussia.
The Commandant of Phalaborg, Colonel Taillant, writes the ,
following letter to the Literfr of L'Elerault :—"The Fe min
Journals have repeated, copying foreign papers, that l'oals-
burg has capitulated. Phalaburg has not capitulated. After
having repulsed two attacks in force, endured four bombard.
meats, when we saw that provisions were about to fail. we
drowned nor powder, broke the 11,100 guns in our soldier,'
hands, and spiked our sixty eve cannon in the enema, end
broke up the carriages. Ou the day when bread fatted we
opened or gates, informing the Prussians that we had tic-
stroyed all our material of war, and that we asked nothing.
That is certainly not • capitulation "
The Bordeaux correspondent of the Daily lelegrnyh says
it t. now arranged that the task of attempting to join hand.
with Troche's army is to be (mudded to Chaney, who will, le
all probability, move towards the cepital by the read which
leads through Alencon, L'Aigle. and Green, upon Versailles.
" From what he hears the teak of marching upon Paris into
be undertaken somewhat In the way of a gigantic forlorn
have. The men are to move an light as poisible, to carry
with them only seven day s' entices, and to push on for Paris
In two or more column., fighting, bat not retiring, and
determined to arrive at their destination rand memo, even
should half the force be left on the road.
A story is told of • visit by M. Glais-Bizlon to the
camp of Conlie. The member of the le evemment rec•gnized
a moblot of Ws Matelot. tie asked him what had been doing
at the camp for the laat mouth. "It could be difficult tei
say," was the answer. M. Gialailllzion insisted- "Well,"
said the soldier at last, "we have changed shirts font' times
and generals-tn-chief three times." M. Gials-Blzeln continued
tile walk without asking for flutter information.
It was some time ago stated that Prince Napoleon had
eanvaesed General Changarider at Bruseels, bAnslf Of
some sort of Imperialist restoration with a Regency. The
fact is now attested by Baron Evian, formerly a deputy for
the Ardennes, who In • letter from Benssels annoencir g
himself as an old and intimate friend of General (henget-
Wee, says it is true that Prince Napoleon called upon him,
and had the impudence to matte &proposal of the kind men-
tioned, hut that the general repudiated his overtures with
the "contempt they deserved." and refused to mix himself
up in any way wiih a dark pre pct. the realisation of which
could only MI up the cup of shame and htimiliation of
France.
Practical sympathy, on an extensive scale, for the French
people seljeeted to privations MA suffering by tits war is
being shown on the other 21de of the Atlantic At New
York and Boston arrangements are being pushed forward
with a view to the speedy shipment to Francs, of large quan-
tities, of provisions and clothing of various kinds for the
relief of the prevailing,dietres• From all parts of the cc entry
contributions of this kind are being forwarded to the deeeit
established at New Volk. According to the latest Int elligerce
two large vessels with full cargoes of provisions, die., were
"'WIC tn leave for Havre or Bordeaux, and other equally
acceptable shipments will follow at the earliest oppor-
tunity.
Some Paris papers of recent date cemplain of depredatiens
upon vlyste eroperty, and, especfa ly nine, the emmer ce-
ment of the sevem weather, of the oestruction of fences and
timber. The DAbefe eat., that disgraceful scenes have oc-
Cuffed lathe districts bordering open the Champs Elites',
where hands of men and women havepulled down hoardinge,
fences, palings, cut down trees, and carried ( ff beeches,
while in some it titmice's even the telegraph posts have die
appeared. The S,mle refers to similar proceeding+ In the
'oth arrondissement, near the PPre la Chaise Cemetery,
which were carried to such a height that armed force was
called into requisitinn, and the pillagers were put to flight
by a detachment of National Guard, the sufferings entailed
upon the poorer classex of the city by the severe cold of
course explain these ler ad., hut it Is asserted that the supply
of fuel in Faris, although limited, is not by any means ex-
hausted.

GENERAL TROCRIT TOO BLOW FOR Tilt FATIMA:IS
A correpondent of the I,,depandancA Beige, writing fmm
Parill on December SO, says:—" The feeling of impatiencd
provoked by the tardiness of the Government ardware
to
have extended to the Council itself. Several of the civil
members of the Government have called upon General
Trochu to exhibit greater activity, and even, it Is said, have
demanded that, ahonld he refuse to yield to their euggestion,
he should reeign his post. MM. Jules Fevre and Picard are
especially mentio ed as having expressed themselves in that
Sense; but it Is averred that Gareral Trochu has insisted
opon adhering to his plan, and possessed the r.ost complete
• gdence in the result. Many of the newspapers nrge the
.dop..:on of continued and energetic operations, so Into keep
the ones.', employed, compel him to retain ail his forces
around the Capital, and especially to prevent him from send-
ing say portion of his troops to the assistance of those who
are fighting solos: Our heroic Army of the Loire It is es.
"and here that some popular manifestations will be made
In consequence of the dissatisfaction caused by the alleged
Inertness of the Gover,ment, but hitherto none have
occurred; ell the Journals, ;:owever, this morning concur In
urging a more energetic coarse. If General Trochu dots not
within a few day• adopt a vigoroal and persevering course
of action, he will be ousted from his poet; not by the people
of the streets, who are still quiet, nor op the poor people,
who suffer heroically without complaint, notwithstanding
the incessant incitements of the clubs, but by this educated
classes, which hitherto have supported him.

ENGLAND MUST LOOK OUT!
The Reononsiat quotes a contribution by M. Michel Cheva-
lier ta one of the Hance newspapers, entitled, 'Whet the
policy of Inaction may bring on England." Is thinks If

admlssable to assume that Prussia, supposteg he
hmtph over to be cmnpicte, may procure herself a I
neat equal to that of Etoeland. Indeed, to do tots only a ques•
41011 of motley ; Mid from the extent a coasts she would have
under her domination eho would have no ilifficuliy in
manning It, eel ecially as steam has rendered thoroilOs sea- I
men let, necessary than they used to he In the Falling days.
With such a II tt Paligitt would only have to wait until
ET,gland ehould lie eagis,al In some dialculiy with the United
States, and ndglit then declare war on her elk the sudden-
toms which ch,racter re, htr resolutions. Although says M.
Michel Chic dier, nui persans consider a descent Into
England per,,tiy chimerical, the Duke of Wellington
nod L-'rd Falmer,ten held cue to be possible, and urged
that preparations should be made against it Therefore,
with a numeroits steam fleet P:usata mlght be able to I•
throw • largo army Into Y:ugland An hivaslon of the
country would he popular among the Germans, especially as
'under 11,A01,[00 weat unarms In their eyes,and England would
be • magnincent deb' for pillage. In case, than, France,
which is the only ally of the first elan Eastland can have,
should la gru,hed, the latter will he oliliged to take preoau-
Mons against the humiliating and &smarms eventuality
that presents Itself to her. She must, fir example, mahotalu
permanently at home 350,000 to 400,000 trained soldiers, for
Prussia has 1 200,000; rho must throw up new fortnica
duos riachi her ermine,. ; have intrenched camp. and Ms-
pi einmble forts to protect her crpitaL and mu-t rein ',tether
dint. The result will be that while "Mr Lowe, the Chau-
I CO:A' of the Exchequer, may have conceived the hope of
m cient Ina a red iwed Budget for IS7I, he will have to dechie
the probleni how to prevent one of 60 and odd millions from
growing into one exceeding 100 millions." In conclusion,
id Michel Chevalier ee4s:—" There Is no exaggeration In
affirming that lo the tragic dean a now being played In
Europa, the Interests of England, whether she will or no,
an,) aim 'at am much engaged a, t'oose of France How Is
that tho men of superior intelligence who go, ern her are so
long In seeing that 1"