The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-10-26
EThs War

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The situation around Paris is not
materially changed. The dispatches
which came last night, contain moth
ing conirmatory of the reported with
drawal of King WILLIAMS forces
from Paris. Never, since the Repub-
lie was declared, has there been the
slightest sign of wavering from the
resolyesto defend the Icaptaf tor the
last. = On the other ihahd,A not only
do the besieged ever present a firm
fed with a mere negative resistance,
they r continually making offensive
foraysEdestroying his works, break.
ing his lines,5 and keeping him ina
constant worry and anxiety.InS'The
terrible artillery FIRE of Fort Mont
Valerian," says . London dispatch, OF
the 14th,a tshas literally swept the
fco6ftry about. For a. circuit Of Esix
kilometres the Prussiana worksrahaTe
hare been destroyed. dnAll the batr
teries the Prussians, have sought TO
erect against. Mont Valerian have
fbeen annfaffated.s' The oGhateau of
FMindon was also destroyed. The
Prussian Engineers have been drawn
from Clamart, Meudon and Montruge.
I Villebuif Cachiem are both recovered
by the rench:.z 0nsrthe north Che
fPrussians hive beensdriEsn!ihack 3as
ffar as Menil and Bonneul. The 1ep-
tire .peninsularI around .GenyiIieTs
has been freed from the PIussians BY
several strong cavalry feconnoisances,
and is now ind renchrfhaHds againi@
Or the east of Parisaaivelya esnnon-
Eade has been maintained toward Bon
.dy. The Prussians have also been
driven from Champigny, more than
three miles east oflViBeennes. SFhe
'Prussian circle arouadi Paris in fherea
fore expanding daily, instead q. con-
tracing, and the Prussiahs are great.
1y discouraged" Ts7s AsAi 90
The peopls of othe provinces are
'fuHoof thatspraeticalpatriotis which
them to rise I'M defepsebefs the
country: thousands Of recruits are
pouring into Tours from Brittany, ID
which province tie. patriotic excite
ment is at fever heat. 10 1n1tRe Vosges
thebpeasantry are rising, saIidlsin con,
junction with the tFranc-tireurs are
seriously molesting the. Prussian lines
of communication. The cable news,
of to-day, says the Prnssian commando
ers make this annoyanee-whichR is
felt by them on all their lines-ean ex-
lcuse for their severe treatmeut0o 81
such provincial officers as fail into
their hands. The terror OF the Oh!
lansj which seemed at first to~bparalyze
the peasantry ofsLrance Seyerywhere,
is apparently giving place to an ener7
getic offensive, which is of great ben
eft to the national u The Eng
lishhpictorial papers contain many H.
lustrations representing attacks upon
Isolated parties parties rot Germans
by French peasants !; q recent num-
Der of the Graphic has a very spirited
picture of sharpshooters in their Sc:
amid The cfags Of the
Vosgesypicking cff.1he bofieers 9anda
men of q Prussian baggage train.-
But all these, are but incidental anf
which the Prussians have
no doubt counted or.
Their hold on the French throat has
been in no degree loosened.i Paris,
notw outstanding an occasional SUCCESS
full sally of the besiegedyis held as On
a vice ; and every hoEr the lombard,
ment is expected to open. After the
bombardment, with It's attendant hor-
rors, comes the assault handl we 9sussi
pect that yerybfew pcoels iobservessipf
the conflict, have any ilea- that the
city Will hold out, BAzAINE contir;
ues his desperate sorties from Metz,
but the result is always the same
backJwithin Its sheltefing walls
with great loss, Perhaps Bazaine,s
is this-that if be cannot get
from Metz, HE can at least keep
on .slauehtefirg bisaenemfes, which Is
bettertthanjying Idle, even if his OWN
are severe.s We hayeb had
nothing new as to the political side of
the struggle, lately. 'Bismarck has
rent out no now manifesto and SFaIl
vre is as quiet iazasmouse.o g Nothing
is said abgut the. elections for the1 Gon5I
stituent Assembly, sGambetta says
when the military strength o fthe
country IS fully developed, it will be
seboughdtoi attend te ofolitics.A1
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