The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-22
EUROPE.
War.
Paris Calm and Confident.

LONDON, December 81.
AdviCcs received from Paris to the 17tll
inst, states that the army and citizens nrC
still calm, resOlutc and confident O.
success. Provisions Nrc plentiful. Nc
disorder whatever.
German Success ut Nuts Exaggerated
Tic first dispatches announcing the
German victory ut Nuts were cXaggcrat'
ed. The number captured was six hun
dred instead Of six thousand.
ManteutieI Again Menacing ITavre.
The news from the German army of the
north is important. Gen. MantGuITGl is
again marching on llavrc with much
larger force than before. The French re-
port that they have taken measures tO
resist.
Minor Operations in the North.
An engagement is reported already IL
have occurred at Balhrc, II miles from
ilavrc, in which the French were Vict0.
riOus, and the PrussiauS have bombardcd
Matle, thence they marched castwardly
to VCrvinS. The Germans on recon.
noissnnCc from Amiens, recently, attacked
the corps of General FaideherbC, but
we're repuIscd with considerable loss,
The PrlSsianS have evacuated Servigy
and Beaumont. There has been some
fighting Mt Bray. There are $4,000 Ger.
mans at Mont Didier.
Hopeful Feeling in Paris.
The rcNOrIs Yesterday about mObs and
riots in Paris lack confirmation, and aC-
cording to the latest accounts the tone Of
public sentiment in that city continues
hopeful,
Incidents of the Surrender Of ThiOn-
vile.
On the capitulation of Thionville 5000
French trOops'wcrc paroled. A majority
Of the besieged were very much enrNged,
andisome Of troops threatened to blow up
the magazine, but they were lissuadcd
from their purpose on the appearance OF
women and children, who on their knees
besought submission. During the en-
gagement $4,000 shells were thrown into
the city, involving damages TO the extent
Of over $5,000,OOOOO0
King Williams Speech to the North
German DeputatiOn.
BERLIN, Dec. 20.
'Fhc following is the speech Of King
William delivered in reply to the address
Of the dGpuLatiOn received by him ut
Versailles on the 18th:
''GeRtIenmen In receiving you here in
n foreign territory, far distant from the
German frontier, l am prompted to cX-
prGss my gratitude 10 that Providence
whbsc wonderful dispensation has brought
lis lngether in this ancient and royal resi-
dCnCc. God has given us victories which
we hardly dared TO hope or ask for. Last
summer when | asked your support in this
great war, you gave inc that support to
its fullest extent. thank you in my
name and TINT OF the army and nation.
The victorious armies, among which you
have sought nc here in the field, in
sacrificing spirit OF the country in its en-.
cOurNgement and support amid battles and
privatiOns. The means voted for Contin-
ling the war by the Dict have given
proof that the nation is determined to GX.
Crt all its energies. The political life ol
the Germans will develop itself all the
more, because the basis offered to tho
South German allies is our free choice.
l hope those States yet to be consulted
will follow the same path. A summons
was addressed to me by the King Of Ba-
vNriA to establish the imperial dignity Of
an ancient German empire here 1t deep
ly moved me, and not my own feeling,
not even my own Judgment, have deter
mineti my decision.