Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-06

Private DISPATCHES received in Londcn
on the 2sd report severe b&fue sOuM o.
Paris On the 22d- The French, IN hnU
columns, made the sttask, but were n
pulsed with great loes.
A circular from Bisnark, dated NeAux,
September 1e. addressed to the MOTH
German Representatives abroad, = pub
lished. In which ne says: After having
had this war forced upon as which, FOR
| four wears, by our care and by restEaiaing
the feelings Of our national selt-respees %
incesaartly outraged BY France, We had
i nrsyented. We mean now, for orr future
safety, to demand the price Of cur mighty
efforts. We shall demand Only that
which we must have for our defence"
According 70 special to the New York
World the Prussians made o general at
tack, in two columns, on the French gar
risen at Toul, On the night of the 18th,
and their loes was 60 severe that at day.
break they were in full retreat on al sides,
| and active prosecution Of the siege was
| Abandoned.
A Paris dispatch Of the 23d states that
among ell the flags displayed in that city,
"that of the United States is the favorite,"
and "Mr. Washburne is perhaps the most
popular man in Paris"
A Tours dispatch of the 25th states that
the only channel Of communication be-
tween that city and Paris was by balloons,
one OF which would be dispatched each
| week.
Toul capitulated on the 281, on term
similar TO those at Sedan. A Berlin dis
| patch states the result Of the capitulatior
TO be the surrender Of 100 officers, 2,24
men, 100 horses, an eagle, 1877 guns Tin.
clnding as rifed cannon), 5000 rifles, 1900
sabres, 500 cuiraeses, and large supplies Of
ammunition, bombs, and other war mate
rial.
The French Ministry at Tours issue
the following proclamation on the Gath
Before the siege Of Paris, jules Favre desired u
| zee Count Won Bismarck, 10 know the intention
| OF the enemy. The following ID the declaration
| the enemy: Prussia wishes 10 continue the war
in order to redpce France to q second rate power
| Prussia d. fnssds Aisace and Lorraine, ss far a.
Metz, by right OF conquest. Prussia, before con
renting TO IN armietice, demands the r. ndition O
suasbourg, Toul and Mort Valerien. Paris lie ex-
asperafed, and will rather bury herself beneath
her ruins. To such insolent suggestions we can
France accepts IL. struggle and counts upon her
| children.
(signed) CREMrtx,
GLAIs BHIoN,
n FoURCHeN.
The government had also issued dtcrees
that all municipal elections, as well as
those for the Constituent Assembly, be
ADJOURNED, and all municipal elections
which have been effected are annulled.
A great battle is reported 10 have &C.
CURED north of Paris on the 23d.
A Berlin telegram of the 18th states
| the number Of German troops on French
soil 70 be $4,000. The statement that
Bismark demanded, as one of the condi-
tions Of peace, the surrender of the for.
tress Of Mont Valcrien, near Paris, is de-
MED.
On Favre's return to Paris from the
Kings headquarters meeting Of the Com
mittee Of Defense was held, and Bis
marks propositions were read. General
Trochu called for the rejection, instant
and unconditional, of propositions which
he described as insulting. He said: 81
dare condemn hopeless contest, both as
q citizen and as soldier. The capital Is
able to resist, and with the fall Of the
capital the defenders will rise. Winter
is ia st approaching, and the armies OF thu
inv aders, already harrassed and suffering
W i'll then be exposed to the greatest wan
and misery" These remarks were We.
hemently applauded, and the terms Of.
ferred by Prussia were unanimously re.
jected.
Advices received in London on tn.
Goth from all parts of France state tina
the people were rising in arms and con
centrating upon the great cities in which
the government was rapidly accommodating
arms.
Another grand mass meeting was held
In Hyde Park, London, On the 26th, at
which an intense feeling against Prussia
was exhibited,
Accounts were received at Tours on the
9th from Paris, by carrier pigeon, Of
+ rench victories around that city
A Berlin dispatch of the 9th says
F avre, In his report Of his interview with
Count Bismark, errs in emitting to state
that the question of an armisticc was con-
sidered preliminary to any discussion of
territorial cessions. Bismark actually
d eclined to state the claims of Prussia
until basis for an armistice was decided
on.
A report was current in Berlin on the
27th that the Emperor had revoked the
decree which he issued on the surrender
of Sedan for the revocation of the Regen.
cy of the Empress, and that he had there
fore sent an envoy to Metz TO consult
Marshal Bazaine in regard to terms of
peace. The North German Gazette, the
official journal, says: Whatever may be
German plans about France, the restora-
ton Of Bonaparte is not among them"