The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-10-29

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Margaret Waters, the notorious bsby
farmer, vas hanged In London on the
lin, for the murder Of an infant She
died protesting her innocence.
A London telegram Of the nth reiser.
stes the statement that Russia denies al
reports that she IA making unususl militia
~ preparations The entire press do
clare that the governments wants peAce
The French Ministry at Tours claim 10
have received news on the 12th that .
battle occurred on the 7th between Fort
Mont vslerien and 81. Cloud, on the west
side Of Paris. The French, under General
Ducrot, having made q sortie, In force,
the Prussians were completely defeated,
and were forced to retreat 70 Versailles,
entirely surrending the position they had
lately occupied, and from which they
might have shelled the western part Of
Paris.
A Versailles dispatch Of the 18th, via
Berlin, says ten thousand prisoners were
taken by the Prussians at Orleans on the
18th, and the French army was driven GU,
ofthe placeafter nine hours fighting. Also
that an engagement took place OF Messan'
gere on the 18th, in which the French
were defeated and compelled to abandon
the place.
A late message from Paris has the fol.
lowing statement: Materials for work
men, coal and metals, food and good will
are abundant here.
A London telegram of the 18th says
"Count Won Bismsrk's latest circular Il
interpreted to indicate that the Pruasiar
Government is becoming more lenient
and that it now desires the Intervention
Of the European powers. There are ru
mors that Russia ID about to take the mi
tiative and prefer her offices as q medi
ator.n
The particulars Of the battle befor'
Metz on the It'll show that the Frencl
made a sortie In force, and, after . battle
were driven back with tremendous loss
The Prussians took q great number o
prisoners
According to a London dispatch Of The
14th, the Prussians had not yet been able
to plant a single battery near enough t.
disturb any part Of Paris. The French
claim to have captured most Of the ad
vanced positions Of the besiegers, and thu
Prussian circle around Paris was, there
fore, expanding daily instead Of contract
ing, and the Parisians were greatly en-
couraged.
Minister Gambetta issued q proclama
ton at Tours, on the 14th, announcing
that, on the 18th, the French forces ii
Paris had driven the Prussians out Of al
the positions they had been occupying
around the city. for three weeks
A Versailles dispatch Of the 18th, Via
Berlin, says; s"The French have shelled
and wantonly fred the palace Of st
Cloud. Ten French batalions made
aortie fropP Paris to-day They were sasi'
ly repulsed by the Second Bavarim Corps
which lost only nineteen men"
An official account shows that the
French war vessels have captured thirty.
two prizes since the commencement Of
the war.
A Versailles dispatch Of the 10th, via
London, says the reports Of French sue
cesses before Paris are untrue. They are
invented for the purpose Of rekindling
the courage Of the people. The Prussiana
hold exactly the same positions they occu.
pied on the 10th Of September. Two
small skirmishes between the outpostA on
Thursday and Friday, are the only en-
counters that have occurred during the
week."
Ina ship.ysrd at Newcastle. on 7 yne, on
the afternoon Of the 14th, : large iron
vessel, which was in the course Of con.
s~truction. suddenly fell over, crushing
sevenl workmen. Many were killed, and
about thirty wounded. ! d y
Three opening shots Of the Prussian
bombardment Of Paris were fred from
Bellevue-on the 18th. a Berlin diapAtch
Of the 18th states that heavy reinforce
ments were daily reaching the army be-
fore Paris. Scissors cspkulated on the
morning Of the 10th, and inthe afternoon
the Prussian army under the Grand Duke
of Kscklenburg entered the town. -Four
thousand prisoners and 1s2 guns were
captured.
The cable news on the 17th does not
confirm the reported escape Of Bazaine
from Metz. A Berlin telegram says he
had made ofersof capitalization.
Rumors that negotiations were pending
for peace on the hasisof che cession Of
Alsace and Luxenburg 10 PrussiA were
believed, st Bxussslaon Ne I'm, = beweIl
founded.
Crowdsdn meetings were held ID fpndon
ON the l6th md l7th, n fyor Of Englhk
Intervention il the France rushAn NHf.
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