The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-24
PRUSSIA AND BELGIUM.
Manitoba and the United
States.
Market Reports.
reported Expressly for the AReus. ]

Carolina, telegraphs to the Secretary of ar
| that an outbreak occurred at the Lourens
| court house on Thursday last, gotten up in
| he interest of the so called reform party
| Three persons We're shot, with what result is
! not ascertained Gov. Scrtt asks for supper.
| from the United States, and Gen. Perry being
| hpprIsed OF the facts replies that he will sup
| port the executive of the state with any
| military aid he may require to restore order
| The result of the recent election was made
| known Tuesday.
| LONDON, Oct. "a. The Times saws that
Marshal Bszsine, when offering to surrende 7.
| demanded for himself position which
would have enabled him to take promine n,
part in the revolution of order IN France
after the conclusion of peace.
| A Berlin correspondent writes that Gen
| Boyer upon leaving Versailles went direct
% Luxemburg in order to get Rain beau,
who had previously been to st. Petersburg
| 20 proceed as an envoy to Napoleon at
| Hilhelmshohe to communicate the result
| of his negotiations with the King and Won
| doltke at Versailles. Ram beau s the per
| son who saved the Gear AleXanders life
Shen Befsouski shot at him.
LONDON, Oct. 24.-Telegrams from Flor
| ence announce that Greece and Turkey ha ye
concluded an alliance for mutual defence
and offence against any power threatening
CONQUEST IN the east.
Tours, Oct "a A dispatch from Char
res, Lemans, announces that the Prus
,ians, from $4,000 to 10000 strong having
completed the investment OF Char,res, sents
courier under flag of truce to the mayor
and project, demanding the surrender of the
city, under threat of bonn bardment from
fifty guns. The mayor and prefect dispatched
\ note TO the Prnssian commander, surren-
iering the town. The Prussians then marched
IN and took peacesble possession of the city
RoUES, Oct. 24-The Prussians under
the Crown Prince Albert of Saxony, are
moving on this city, upon the south of Seine
md have commenced the bombardment OF
Vernon. They have established battery
n the forest of Vernon.
LONDON. Oct. 22.-The troops in camp 8
Tours are to be reviewed once a week
Reinforcements are constantly arriving
The Prussians now occupy Gsrgeau, near
Orleans Nearly the whole of the depart
nent of Haut Saone is under The control OF
he PrussIans.
The people of Chateau Neuf have refus
d to answer the repeated reguisitions OF
attachments of the Prussians. 1t is under
stood that the Prussian commander sustsins
he action OF the people.
Gen. Bourbaki has commenced operations
u the north.
There is e force of about 10 900 Germans
At Beaugeny.
Nantes Is threatenedsby the Prussisns.
A dispatch from Tours dated on Friday
10 p. m says the pspsl nuncio has arrived
Communication with Amiens By railroad
- interrupted.
The mum Der of volunteers asked for by
| Gen. Trochu, 100000, has been greatly e1
ceeded.
The art treasures at St. Cloud were re
uoved by the French before the fire was
,pened.
| 1t is reported that the North German
,overeigns have been convoked at Versailles
20 declare KING William emperor of Ger
many.
Deserters from Metz are constantly arriv
ing at Berlin.
King Leopold has given $4,000 francs in
I'D of the German wounded.
Keratry arrived at Tours from Madrid OF
Fri1a az. His mission there Was to ask material
Aid, but on the advice of friends he reflected
and only asked leave to import arms from
| Spain aud Spanish colonies. This was, how
| ever, refused.
! A telegram to the Manchester Guardian,
| la ed at Tours to day, says an armistice for
| . month has been agreed upon, In order that
| The elections may proceed.
Bismarck has repudiated all the share
| ,scribed to HIM in the sorrows of W. IL
| Russell, the newspaper correspondent, whom
ne asserts he had only corrected in q materi
| Il point
The evening edition Of the Times con-
| aims q special telegram from Berlin, stain 3
hat Prussia has repeated her willingness to
| grant an armistice if the principle of the
,ession of territory is conceded. The mere
dismantling of the fortresses in Alsace and
| Lorraine under European guarantee is in
sufficient
A cable special to the New York Herald
contains letter dated at Paris, Sept. 18th,
which says:
! Negotiations for peace continue. Bis
marck sent letters yesterday to Washburne
and Jules Favre They were of q concilia
tory character. An srmistice to allow the
constituent assembly to be elected to decide
definitely on peace was under discussion
the prin cipal conditions of which are that
the military stu stion shall remain in statu
quo; the members elected be allowed tc
enter Paris and none el'e; Alsace and Lor
raine no. to vote, to which Favre objects
very absurdly, as those provinces canno,
vote while occupied by the Prussian armies
The solution of the neutrality Of Alsact
and Lorraine is favored by Bismarck.
The channel squadron has been ordered
to embark as much provisions ss can b
slowed under the matches.
Tours, Oct "a The Constitutional to
} day announces that Lord Lyons has made al
imp ,rtan' communication to the govern
ment. He wishes, aided BY Austria ant
Italy, to effect an srmistice, 10 order thu