The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-11-18

battle before Orleans on the 9th, he lost
AZ officers 967 men killed and wounded.
The French admit that their loss was
1000.
BERLIN, Nov. 12.-Dispatches from
German headquarters, at Versailles, an
nounce that Paris is not to be bombard-
ed. The garrison authorities are con-
WINGED that the city is so lily provision
ed that its surrender may be expected
within a month from this alone.
NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.
On Monday the 9TH, the Prussian war
steamer, Meteor, with three guns, and
the French war steamer, Bouvet, car
rying five. entered the harbor. The
Meteor sailed out again after the French
mail steamer Noveau Monde had sailed,
but the mail steamer Immediately re-
turned, fearing capture. On the night
of the Sth, the Bouvet left port, but
waited outside for the German vessel.
After Their expiration of twenty-four
hours, the time prescribed by law, the
Meteor followed, a naval duel having
been arranged between the officers Be
fore starting.
The Spanish steamer, fernando Cor
tez, accompanied the two vessels. The
Meteor had crew of sixty men and
the Bouvet eighty. The Bouvet was
ten miles beyond the offing. Upon the
Meteor coming out. she started inward
towards the neutral line. The Bouvet
opened the contest by firing five shots,
to which the Meteor promptly respond
ed, The Bouvet then attempted to
board the Meteor. In this she was not
successful. Her rigging became entan-
gled and her main and miZzen masts
were carried away. AT the same mo-
ment the Meteor sent a shell into the
inside of the Bouvet, smashing her
steampipe.
The Meteor, by reason of disability of
her screw became unmanageable, and
the Bonvet finding her quarters hot, and
capture certain, if she waited until the
Meteor could disentangle, set sail rapid
~, and made for port, the Meteor con-
tinuing her fire. Meanwhile. with q fair
wind, the Bonvet was enabled to cross
into Spanish waters, before the Meteor
could disentangle Der screw. At this
time the fernando Cortez fired a gun
as a signal that the combat had closed.
Both fought bravely, and the Meteor
was accorded the victory. Both vessels
are now in port repairing the damages.
The Meteor had three killed and one
wounded. The Bonvet had only three
wounded.
The Germans in Havana are much
elated with the affair, which caused in
tense excitement.
London, Nov. 15.-World's special of
14th says: Trochu informed the troops
in recent speech that the whole force
of Germans around Paris is only 20O,-
600 men spaead over circle of invest
ment 60 miles in circumference, and
when the proper times arrives he will
easily break this attenuated circle. An
official report shows that provisions are
sufficient to give fresh meat, bacon,
bread and dried vegetables, in all, two
pounds of solid food per day to each in
habitant till the 10Th of May.
RUSSIA.
ST.. PETERSBURG, Nov. 15.-A circular
of Prince Gortschakof, concerning
treaty of Paris of 1865, is dated Oct. 81.
It recites successive alteration and vio-
lation of European treaties; among
them that of 1856. and is unable to see
why Russia should observe the latter
when it has been disregarded by others.
Therefore, Russia disowns the obliga-
ton to the limited enjoyment of the use
of Euxine and invites the Sultan to en-
joy equal rights with her. She has no
wish to re-kindle the exciting eastern
question, and only aims at improving
her defensive strength. The govern
ment has preferred as compromise a
substitute which is for arrangement of
the questions at issue on an equivalent
and therefore permanent basis.
says it is certain that Russia has sixty
iron-clad gunboats on the Black Sea
ready for use.
LONDON, midnight.-Freneh churches
are offering their bells to be cast into
cannon.
Prince Frederick Charles reached Ba-
vonne, his columns conveyed at Sores.
He will cross the river to the assistance
of Won der Tam with his army of 100,-
000 men.
RUTLAND, VT, Nov. IA desper-
ate fight took place in the woods on
Mount Holly eighteen miles from this
place, Saturday, between a gang of
French wood-cutters, IL in number,
and three officers who were attempting
to arrest them. Che Frenchmen were
armed with axes, and beat two of the
officers in brutal manner, nearly sew
ering q wrist of one, besides indicting
several severe wounds on the head, and
knocking the other insensible with q
blow of an axe across the face, after
which they kicked and beat him horKi-
bly, about the face and body. The
Frenchmen escaped to the mountains,
and this morning Is of them were
arrested, and are now undergoing an
examination.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. I4.-AH parties
concerned in the recent railroad rob-
berry were arrested. All the treasure,
except one thousand dollars, were re-
covered.
CATTLE MARKET-The Abilene
Chronicle furnishes the following items
relative to the cattle market Of that
place:
ssSince our last report, three new herds
have arrived in this market, most of
which have already been sold at good
figures. We hear of ten herds now On
the way to Abilene We know Of one
party who has gone to Baxter Springs |
10 drive his herd to this market. Others,
we are told, viii do the same thing. |
Cattle OF all grades are in good demand |
here
There have been shipped within the |
past few days, from this point, two hun
dred and forty three carloads,
.Wc hear of few sales At about the
following figures:
aBeeves-Common, $50 to SIS per
head; first-class, to 45xc- Stock cat /
tle-Y earrings, Sc to 81 two-year-oIds, /
$40 to So; three ear-olds and COWS. |
SIG to S2z; We hear Of one or two