Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-08-04
Foreign News.

The Paris Moniteur saws that the arrange
Observation-Disclosures and Italy concerning Rome
Lave been concluded to the satisfaction nt all
parties Interested. Yesterday the Paris Jour
nal Oticel stated that Franco was rot wagiEe
was against the King OF Prussia, hut against
Bismarck. Tie city of Versailles was fired on
Tuesday by The explosion OF powder maya
zine. Negotiations are pending to keep open
the BORIS ,nl Hamburg and l'rrmcn
Prussia has summoned q levy ~ naSse
fer coast itl4nse. King William issued
his PROCLAMATION ai Alaycnce assuming
colnmanlerstip in chial nt the armies Of Ger.
many. Negotiatioaa are pending 10 KEEP the
ports vi Hamburg and l!remcn "prn during
the war, and the United States CO well as
Great Britain is said to he al active promoter
OF this Object It Is said in England that III
| SIT; bismarck wished to ccde the region about
the river Saer to France, but King William
and lis council refused, The French Gardr
Mobile is going forward to Cl!alnus aa fast a.
possible Ali c0rrcsp ondentS, have been Ina
| ~ expelled from 10th arnic4. Marshal Ia
| Zainc's advance had slight british with the
| Prussan sharpshootcrs yesterday, aud several
| were killed. SharpshUuling occurred during
| the day all along the lines, and much a!ntnu"l-
ton was wasted. Englanu's alleged i!rcSoiutc
excite partisan criticism al home and popular
deounciation in Germany. The Pru>sians aic
preparing IN immense cntrcncird camp lac.
tween Maycncc and Frankfort. 1t ii asserted
that the PrllS>iln army j. tn carry the war n
70 France, assuming the offensive, ;nsteal OF
the defensive, as at present. a London rulnor
credits Napoleon with having delayed the
campaign to prosecute efforts Tor peace, q
renewal of which was finally refused yesterday
by Bismarck
King William in liz proclamation TO the
army declares that cali Germany stands united
against her ncishboring State, which has sur
l,rised US by declaring war without jusllhca-
ton The SAFETY Of F1therand is thrca tened.
Our houor and our hcartha are at stake. To-.
day, assume command OF the whole army. |
advance chceriuily to 4 contest which 10 Tor.
mer times our fathers und:r similar crcrm
stances fought rloriously. The whole Father
land and myseflrus confidently in yon.
The Paris Figaro claims that the victory ct
SaarbIuck was one Of great nIporancc. The
Emperor wished TO gain possession Of Saar
bruck because it commands the valley OF Saar
ard the railway TO Treves. The latter can not
now he Of service to the enemy.
Yesterday. when the heights CT Snartruck
we're occupied, battery Of mitraii!euse played
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the Emperor and Prince Imperial. Tie En-
pcror ordered the officer in charge not to fire
unless it was necessary, as the PrussIans were
hidden 10 the woods, but afterWard detach
meut of the enemy were seen near the railway
at distant Of ] 600 metres. and were tired at.
They lett halt their number on the field a
second detachment met the same fate, alter
which the enemy failed to appear. The rrs-
oners taken confess the superiority nt the
French guns.
Nine hundred surgical students have gone
to the front from Paris.
Among the chaplains in the French service
are nine Protestant and three lsraelltc clergy.
men.
The Emperor, since he has tcen with the
army, has kept one telegraph wire constantly
busy with correspondence with the Empress
The Paris Figaro announces that the gov
eminent has refused the offer Of the American
general, p. II. Sheridan, to serve Ia the French
army. The Gaulnis says that the correspondent
of the London News and another EngIishman
named Cameron have been arrested ut Metz
as spies.
The Pope, it is reported, accepts the situa.
ton, and Is negotiating with the Italian
Government.
TIE METROPOLITAN DIsTRIcT. There at
pears to be ''Split' in the radical party ia
the Richmond district Yesterday Porter re
cevcd the nomination for TT election to Con
gress By what the State journal lcsirnatt;'
Sham convention" there being but Ahou:
thirty persons present, Ut whom only seven
were whitr Another convention was held the
same day by the opponents ot the Porter fac.
tion, and resolutions adopted Protesting against
the l.ioceelings'ut' "llumphrcys and his ~
called t0netnsion" aud recommending The call
ing Of "proper convention ii the psrty.
The Irrarnhlr 10 ti.rse resolutions sets forth
that clique oI designing politicians, who
or? seek persona! ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and self n
ends aud who are controlled by custom.
house ring, healed by Humphreys and Lewis
Lindsey, called IL convention in the interes: Of
Charles III. Porter, the master Of sMid Hum,
phreys, without eny authority from the
Republican, party; and that no ptlson wss al
lowed admission To said convention without a
ticket from said Humphreys, either ID protest
aeains lis proceedings Or participate in its
business. Porter, it Is said, has the { olorcl
clement on bis side.