Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-28

fighting the nation, which must arise Ell
masse either to disavow universal gov
eminent or resist the enemy to the last.
FROM ENGLAND.
A Misunderstanding, or Worse.
| LONDON, Sept. 27.-The French still
believed on Sunday that it was Fort Du-
mont Yslerien that had been demanded
by the Prussians as conditions OF peace,
notwithstanding the Prussians say it was
the city of Verdun. This accounts fol
the unexampled excitement which has
suddenly been created throughout France.
1t is now said that Bazaine has not Of
fered to surrender Metz on any terms
whatever.
Later-Bazaine Awaits Orders from
| -A Napoleon.
| LONDON, Sept. 27.-Bazaine repudiat-
ing the republic demands orders of the
Emperor or Empress to surrender.
| Trochu's Discipline.
LONDON, Sept. 27.-Au strangers are
arrested at Orleans and Tours. Gen.
Trochu announces the sternest penalty
against cowardice, pillage, desertion and
other unsoldierly conduct
The port of Kiel has been reopened,
now that the French fleet has been with
drawn from the Baltic. ,.-rI
| A Denial from bismarck. AO
LONDON, Sept. 27.-Bismsrck's repu-
diation of the demand for Fort Dumont
Valerien has been prompted by reafir-
nation of the statement signed by three
ministers of the provisional government.
The branch bank of France located
at Havre has stopped payment.
Germany Profoundly. Offended.
LONDON, Sept 27.-The arrest of Herr
Jacoby, the noted Liberal, has given pro-
found offense throughout Germany.
Dispatches from Marseilles, received in
a round about way states that the city is
borrowing money and arming with her
traditional patriotism. The Prussisns
around Paris are said to maintain strict
discipline. The departments of Seine.
EtOis and Seine Et Marine are now all IN
der their control except Paris.
Theirs PrOgramme-Turke and
Belgium TO be HnmOlated. I.
LONDON, Sept. 27-evening. The fol-
lowing is given as the probable programme
of Theirs at st. Petersburg: Constantine
pie and the road to India to be guaranteed
to Russia; Belgium and Egypt to be guar
anteed to France; Alsace and part of Lor-
raine and the road to Vienna to be guaran-
teed to Prussia-that is, England, Tur>
key, Austria, and Belgium to be the inno-
cent victims of the peace. ..-- ff
The Taking of TouI-4OO Raw Re-
cruits Block the Prussian Advance
for Six Weeks.
LONDON, Sept. 27.-Special to the Tri-
bune-A correspondent telegraphs via
Arlon, from the headquarters of Prince
Frederick Charles have just returned
from Toul, travelling one day and two
nights. The investment began August
IA or 15. An assault was made on the
works at point not defended by cannon.
1t was repulsed with the loss of seveIa
hundred to the Germans.
Thereafter an irregular succession of
bombardments followed, not sufficiently
serious to effect anything. These com
menced on the 22d. The artillery en-
ployed was field pieces and such medieval
siege guns as had been captured.
A Bavarian railroad director who run
iAC llhO UClmOCu w 4NduCl duO
Paris offered to build a branch around
Toul. Before that hour the struggling
attacks ayailed nothing, the fortress hav-
ing double escarpment with full bas-
tions, no glacis, double ditch, "a feet
wide each, all around, fully casemated
and defended by IS guns, of which 26
were rifled pieces from Strasburg brought
thence, which yet France intended to de-
fend earnestly.
Within the last two weeks siege guns
arriving from Germany were put in posi-
ton on spur of Mount st. Michael on
the North, on the heights opposite the
FaubOurg st. Egare on the Southwest,
and at Demartin les FOULS on the South
east.
Nothing serious was attempted till last |
Friday at daybreak, when concentrated
bOmbardment of the works was begun by
the 24-pounder batteries of the second |
and fourth artillery regulars, supported by
the troops of the thirty fourth infantry
brigade All these form a part of the !
new independent command under the |
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg -Schwerin,
embracing all that lie between the armies
of Prince Frederick Charles and the |
Crown Prince-that is, all the invading |
troops not engaged in the sieges of Metz
and Paris.
The firing continued all day Friday,
with an active but Intellectual reply from |
the garrison. In the evening the town
being on fire in twenty three places, the
pressure of the inhabitants upon the COM
mander induced him TO hoist the white |
flag and offer to capitulate. The offer
was Immediately accepted by Col. Month
file, commanding the seigiDg corps, and |
they entered the town the came evening |
at o'clock.
The conditions were precisely those of |
Sedan. A council of the municipality |
held Friday, decided not to surrender, but
the urgency of the people, fearing the
useless destruction, completely over
whelmed the belligerent determination of
the military and of the civil authorities.
The garrison was ridicuously weak six
ty currassiers, 100 of the line, 40 gend-
armes and 200 raw Mobiles; among them
not one artillery soldier. Their cOmman-
der was Maj. Huck, an old cavalryman.
The German officers are wrathy that such
a force should Lave blOckaded the Paris
railway, so essential for transportation,
in fact the only line, for six weeks.
The line becomes now at once COM
plete. Everything had been prepared be-
yond Toul for weeks, and trains running
by horse power. Only II foot bridge
near Toul had to be replaced. This was
done on the 18th, and yesterday the first
locomotive went through. went to
Toul on the first Inspectors train that ap-
preached the town after the surrender.
Many houses are destroyed. The con-
dition of thingsis worse than at Sedan, but
not so bad as at Bazailles. The Gothic
chapel at st. Guyonette of the 18th cen
tury is almost ruined The very impos-
ing Byzantine Cathedral, built as early as
1892, has only window arch demol-
ished and its outside battered by score
of shells.
There were few wounded and no sick
in Toul. Only two battalions of the 18th
infantry remain as a garrison. The
prisoners of the Guard Mobile of the
place were released under parole not to
serve again during the war. The town
and environs have picturesque style.