The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-10-14
THE WAR NEWS.
BY WEDNESDAYS MAIL.

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LONDON, Oct. S.-A special corre-
on the 18th telegraphs this afternoon at
one O'Clock: Bazaine made desperate
attempt to break through the Prussian
environment in the direction of Thion-
vile. The Prussians on the previous
evening, had driven the French from
the village of Lodomichamps, and had
established foreposts in st. Perry, Pc
tites and Grandes Topes and Make
Bazaine, under cover of thick fog adj
Vanced his troops and commenced an
| attack for the recovery of Lodomi-
champs. Having engaged the Prussian
artillery, he made dash for Petites and
Grandes Topics, annihilated the fore
posts, and throwing great masses of
men on their supports. BaZaine sent
forward large body of troops on the
right, close TO Moselie, which advanced
up the valley till checked by the Prus-
sian cannon from both sides of the river,
and was finally stopped by the advance
of two Landwehr brigades of the 10th
army corps, which occupied a position
opposite Grandes and Petites Topes. 4
Fusileer battalion of the Fifty-eighth,
| Landwehrs regiment. was nearly exter-
minated. Other battalions of the same
regiment and of the Fifty-ninth, Land
wehr's, also suffered severely. Finally
at 30 O'Clock, the French were driven
back from al their positions by a gen.
eral advance of the Landwehrs and the
tenth army corps. There was much
bayonet fighting in the villages. The
| Prussian victory is complete. The loss
in killed and wounded was considera-
BILE, and was the heaviest on the French
side.
| The same correspondent telegraphs
from Maisserville on the Sth inst: The
French, during the night, accumulated
in large masses On the eastern slope of
st. Julian, toward Metz. The Prussian
outposts were driven back and the re-
serves called up. Artillery crowns ev-
cry eminence. Shells from st. Julian
go crashing into MaisserviIle. The
French fort of st. Privot is also firing
CARLsRuHE, Oct. S.-The following
has been received by the Duke of Ba-
den: 1--WE won an engagement near
st. Remy on Saturday, with one French
tie lasted from nine in the morning till
four i'll the afternoon, when the French
were routed and fled"
Tours, Oct. 8, Ella LONDON, -1O.-Dur-
ing the sitting of the Government u
crowd gathered in the Court Yard dis
playing French and American flags
Garibaldi, on descending to the Court
Yard, was vociferously cheered, and
made speech, in which he eulogized
? the volunteers, and expressed his belief
in the approaching redemption of France
from the invader. He wore the Carl
baldian costume and hat, and looked
healthy though not sturdy. In sub
sequent address to the National Guard
of Tours, he said he was to command
all the volunteers in the French service.
LONDON, Oct. "a correspondent at
Tours telegraphs to-day that Garibaldi
arrived there this morning at Z o'clock.
The Archbishop, almost concealing his
robes, accompanied Cremieux to receive
him, and shook hands with Garibaldi,
who says he must now overthrow all
| superstitions of monarchy, the cause of
: all disasters to France. After receiving
an ovation at the station they moved to
the Archbishop's palace.
. VERSAILLES, Oct. 8.-A proclamation
of the Paris Government, dropped by a
balloon and found by the Germans, is
as follows: ''The Paris Government of
: National Defence regard the resolution
; of the Tours Government as the result
of an error. 1t is opposed to decree
of the Government of National Defence,
which alone is binding. The adjourn
ment of the elections will be maintained
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Republic.
[Signedl "October l, 1870. Carrier
Pages, Jules Favre, Gen. TrOchu, E. Pic
ard, Jules Simon, E. Graga, Jules FIRE.
~, Leon Gambetta, Henry Rochefort. -
: LONDON, Oct. lit is stated that
; Lord Lyons suggested to Bismarck the
eXpediency of an armistice, and Bis
marck replied that Prussia would be
glad to make peace at any time and any,
where, but no proposition looking to a
truce would be entertained for a mo-
ment.
Margaret Waters, the notorious baby
farmer, was hanged here to-day for the
murder of the Cowan infant. She died
protesting her innocence.
Twelve French iron-clads passed Do
: yer to-day, bound east.
: General Garibaldi has exhorted the
= people of Nice and Saxony to discontin-
ue agitation at present, as it does no
good, and only embarrasses France in
: her struggle against Prussia.
A Berlin correspondent of the Times
sends by telegraph the statement that
Italy is about to invite the States hav-
ing catholic subjects to contribute to the
support of the pope.
A dispatch from st. Quentin, yester-
day afternoon, says the Prussians have
! not reappeared in that section, and that
there were 600 French troops of all sorts
in the town.
: 1t may be presumed that the Prussians
= opened fire on the Notifications of Paris
to-day, and postponing the lombard
, ment of the city itself until the resist
, ance of the people makes it inevitable.
A detachment of the army of the
crown prince, under General Won Der
/ laun, defeated portion of the army of
Soirs, yesterday, near Orleans, taking
l 900 prisoners and three pieces of artil-
: cry. The French fled in disorder.
The Prussians were a second time re-
} pulsed at Choisy, but rallied, and, tax
t ing possession of the place, set fire to it.
The town is now in ruins.
The French say the Prussians have
burned several villages in the plains of
Denance.
, The clerical party in France, especial
ly in Brittany and La Vendee, have tax
, en- uInbrage at the popularity of Carl
baldi, and refuse to fight under him.
, The national guards 10000 strong,
: under Gustave Flourens, demanded OF
the government that the Chassepot rifles
be given them, and that a change be
: made in the practice of opposing, in ev-
cry battlefield, one Frenchman to three
Prussians. The answer was unfavora-
BILE, and Flourens resigned his COM
3 mand.
f A special correspondent, writing from
a Rouen on the 9Th instant, states that the
provisional government is more anx-
ious to effect the relief of Metz than
even that of Paris, for the former fort
ress, it has reason to know, contains
! 100000 Chassepots, immense quantities
of ammunition, and other stores.
Among the documents found in the
Tuileries, is deed dated Immediately
prior to the marriage of Napoleon with
Eugene, in which nearly G, 900, 900 francs
are settled by the Emperor on Mrs.
Howard and her son, the count de Bou-