The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-09-07
'.EURoPEl :

PARIS, Sept. 3.-No official inform.
alton has been received to-day from
the armies in the northeast. The
battles, for the past few days are gen.
orally considered undecisi2e, though
the losses on Both sides have been
very great. rhe majority of the
journals here look upon an attack on
Paris as impossible now. The Prus-
slams are not able to leave, with Mac
Mabon and Bazaine, with their i'm
mense forces in their rear. Paris,
with the formidable preparations she
has lately made, would require all the
forces the PrassiaIse could hardly hope
for even partial success without exert.
ing their utmost strength 1t is we'll
understood now in Germany that
Paris, instead of making peace, will
defend itself to the last extremity,
which will readily account for the
Prussian. change. of plans, It is GER
tain that an enrolment Of men be-
tween the ages Of '25 and 35 will in a
few days give a new force of 3OO,-
600 men to the national army. The
ministry has instituted q committee
of servants who will act in concert
with the military authorities for the
purpose of applying, in the defense Of
Paris, all the latest results made known
of chemical destructive agents. oat
The news that a French army corps
entered Baden and cut, the railroads
and t~elegraphs in every direction is
f,,ltv conirnad
All the cattle have been brought in
to the city from the Bots de Bologne
and placed in capacious stables prepar-
ed expressly for them. Tho animals
will be better. cared for in their new
quarters, as the Bots de Bologne is
greatly o~vercrowded. OH
z The Psblie, to-day, says rapid COM
m~unication between Paris. and the
army. operating in the northeast is still
lacking From private information
received we may state that the accounts
of the Prussians are greatly exagger-
ated, and in some instances totally
false. Bazaine and MacMahon have
independent positions; they are fully
supplied with provisions and arms,
and it is supposed they . are. fighting
to-day. O. eaye 9s.i.i :, ..fr,
Severe measures were taken against
General Railly for his incompetency.
The military authorities here have
given permission for the sale Of the
chassepots ito the national guards,
many of whom purchase and return
inferior guns to the authorities. By
this means . large number have been
armed oe a-idw -29foi 8;
Prince de Joiuyille, writing yester-
day from belgium, says that the bat
tie continues. We have taken thirty
cannon. Z Bazaine marches toward
Moey. e9NiveTla France" a3 d Is
The Moniteur announces that the
Alsatians nre enrolling en- masse in the
army at Lyons Large bodies of
sharpshooters have started for the
frontier. In the south of, France
volunteering il general. Throughout
the country the same spirit exists.
Peace Is impossible while a single
Prussian stands an French soil. In
Brittany the volunteers are nearly
all large and hardy men,.
IaTlS, ocpI- f4uC SOuuSh ~
Ministers have issued the following
proclamation :.
To the French People: A great
misfortune has come upon the coun-
try. After three days heroic strugs-
giles, sustained by the army of Marshal
MacMahon against 300;000 of the
enemy, with forty thousand men made
prisoners, General De Wimpfen, who
took command of the army in place of
MacMahon, badly wounded, has sign
ed a capituiation. This cruel reverse
will not shake our confidence A
complete state of defenses for the
country will be organized. In a few
days a new army will be under the
walls of Paris. Another army is
forming ON the banks of the Loire.
Your patriotism, your union, your
energy, will save France. The EN-
peror being made q prisoner, the
Government, in accordance with pub
lie powers, will take all the measures
required by the gravity of events.
in the Senate, yesterday, the Min
lister of War said:
eve have learned through various
Official channels that Masshal Bazaine
failed in an attempt to free himself