The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-27
Miscellaneous Foreign News.

LONDON, August 26.-The German
Uhlans are objects of prodigious ter
ror at Paris. Their arrival there is
momentarily expected. Patrols are
stationed every where In the vicinity
to announce the event.
LONDON, August 26.-The Times
this morning has the following resume
of the situation:
King William. leaving sufficient
force before Metz where siege works
rise like exhalations, joined the
Crown Prince, who was pushing on
for Paris.
The movements of Marshal Mona
hon begin t. be ineligible. A fugitive
from Woerth, evsding Metz, he
passed through the Vosges to the Mo-
selle, to Nancy and to Chalons,
where be was reinforced by the Garde
Mobile and volunteers. His obvious
aim has been to bar the passage and
prevent the advance of the Crown
Prince on Paris. Affecting to
disregard him, the Crown Prince
moved on his flank past the camp at
Chalons, Offering Mcmahon battle,
which the declined, retreating on
Rheims, and leaving Chalons camp all
to the Prussians, Since that time
| Rheims, itself, has been abandoned.
The obvious motive throughout on
the part of the French, has been to
avoid fight. The Prussians are now
within a short march of Paris. where,
perhaps, some slight additional re
sistauce may be met. One corps of
the first and second armies still con.
front Bazaine, while the remainder
of the Prussians have marched on
Paris.
| [CasIe Special to the Tribune.1
LONDON, August 25.-The Prussian
front now stretches thirty or forty
miles, the main column apparently
marching by Barbecue and Vitry,
while the left wing has enVeloped
Chaumont and Brienne, from twenty
| FIVE to forty miles southwark of the
liae of march of the main army. The
French War Office privately asserts,
nevertheless, that Mcmahon and b.
zaine are In full communications and
pursuing the Prussians-Whieh any
body may believe who likes.
A Worlds special says an envoy
from Madrid has arrived 10 Florence,
to reopen negotiations for Offering the
Spanish throne to Prince Thomas of
| Genoa, and brother in law of the
Prince Royal of Italy.
| The Papal Government no longer
opposes the plan, and Marquis Raj
| fall, tep-father of the Prince, faVors
its resumption. The Prince is six
teen years old.
The same correspondent telegraphs
| from London: have now the key
of the recent Wurtembur mission to
England. The Court and people of
Wurtemburg are both dissatisfied
with the course of the Prussian gov
eminent. The contingent of Wurtem-
burg has been massed with that of
| Baden In one corps, and put under
the command, not of Wurtemburg
officer, but of the Prussian Gen
eral Won Werden, the second
in command of the Grown Prince as
Governor of Stettin. This gives
great ofense 10 the field and at Slut
CART, more that the Bavarian corps
are commanded by Bavarian Gene
rails, Won Undezoderton and Won
Hartmann. The King of Prussia has
announced his intention of bestowing
Alsace and Lorraine upon his son in.
| law, Grand Duke of Baden, whose
| dominions are contiguous with Wur-
temburg. Against all this Wurtem-
| burg chafes, and is preparing to resist
the projects of the Prussian crown.
The mission of General Piole to
Rome has been entirely successful.
The Italian army is moving to the
frontiers. and there are no symptoms
now remaining of trouble either 10
the Pontiical States or in Italy.
PARIS, August 26.-The environs of
Metz have been inundated by order of
the French authorities.
At the Council of Ministers yester-
day favorable news was communicated
from both the French armies.
1t is now certain that there was no
hghtlng yesterday, IS reported in the
Figaro last evening.
The government has received in
formation that the Prussians are no
longer at Chalons. The army of the
Prince Royal has retrogaded.
Orders have been given to mounted
gems d dTnles to resist the raids of the
Uhlans.
The Li6eHfe says at Toul, Yesterday,
! the Garde Mobile made a sortie. de-
feating and killing the greater part of
two Prussian regiments.
PARIS. August 25. Eve General
Trochu, Governor Of Paris. has de-
creed that all individuals devoid of
means of subsistence, and whose pres
ence contributes to danger public or
der, and security Of person or proper
| ty, or whose acts tend to i'm pede
the measures of the authorities for
defense and general safety, are to be
expelled from Paris. All infractions
OF the above order must be defended
before military tribunal.
PARIS, August 26-Many arrests
were made last night. Over 1000
were occ3sioned by the order of Gen.
Trochu. Two hundred persons were
arrested IN the Faubourg Mont Mart.
CARLsREUE. August 26. - There
was a severe artillery battle at Kehl
and StrasbourZ, on Wednesday night,
lasting until Thursday forenoon at
one o'clock. A large part of the cita-
del and arsenal In Strasbourg was de-
siroyed. Many fires occurred in that
place on account of the vigorous
bombardment.
The French battery, located at
Marvin, was captured without loss to
the Prussians. The French fire has
destroyed about twenty houses in
/ Kehl.
BERLIN, August 26.-The French
stories, that the Prussians were check
ed yesterday between Chalons aud