Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31
War News.

Paris dispatches of Aug 80, say measures
have been taken to blow up the bridges and
tear up the railways around Paris promptly /
on the approach of the enemy.
The Corps Legislatif have voted that the
urgency of the situation demanded two i'm
portant measures First, the formation of
battalions from the Gardes Rationale and
home guards, and fremen of each department,
who sheuld BE- lightly equipped and specially
AanE uT,Juf s5f5 -rrresrvta OF tiIr
enemy, attacking him at every opportunity. |
The second was tor the government to take |
at prices agreed on all arms manufactured in
France, either for foreign or private parties,
and now ready for use.
The committee of defence meets twice dali |
", and the measures it orders are promptly |
executed. 1t is positively asserted that Pail !
kao will announce this week to the Chambers
that the work of preparing Paris for siege is
entirely completed.
Nothing has been received from the front,
except rumors of engagements terminating
favorably TO the French. The country peo-
pie are now beginning TO second the French
scouts in giving precise information of the
movements of the enemy TO officers and 9TH
eFs. The presence of shaTpshOOters and mo-
bile guards encourages the country people,
who now put on a holder front. In some
cases they have attacked the enemy, killing
and wOunding quite a number, and at many
places they resist actions before tamely sub
mitted to.
Our special correspondent writes from
Meziores, Sunday: l left Rethel yesterday
morning, and was one day on the road. On
my arrival here | found no troops besides the
garrison, but the Prince Imperial has arrived
during the day. Officers and Others from
ss,e. front insist a great battle was fought
&s4bday the 9th, and that Bazaine and Nc
Mah0R had gained Immense advantages.
Thfy1ay the latter is expected to meet by
this tihe4 ae army Of the Crown Prince, to
which refhforoements are constantly arriving.
There Is no donbt-a great and most impOr-
tant battle will take place at once. The con-
dition of the French troops Is excellent.
McAah0n has also received large reinforce
ments. An entire corps, the 18th numbering
$4,000 men, organized here has been sent to
him. Bazaine has been abundantly supplied
with provisions and munitions
Paris is now fully prepared to resist at
tack. The authorities are exceedingly ac-
tive. Working men declare they Will defend
the city street BY street, should 1t become
necessary. Democratic and Repu blican Jour
malls are ardent as others in urging the de-
Tense. Political differences are forgotten in
presence of the enemy. A private party who
had purchased 800 600 old muskets from the
government, has returned them, and they
will be distributed. The National Guard.
armed with these weapons, are daily drilling
under experienced officers, and are certain 10
- s-ss~od stand ssgainst aR.ass@sslt- Zee
haly Of the Prussians in their move on Paris
gives time for the arrival of enormous rein
tOrcement now on the way from the prOyin,
ces. The capture Of the city is considered
impossible now. Advices from all parts Of
the Provinces invaded show that tho sharp
shooters are becoming very efficient. They
capture numbers of PrussIan scouts and
sJragglers, and repel attacks on towns and
villages
The correspondent Of the Tribune with the
Crown Princes headquarters, writes from
Nancy, 18th: While Gen. Steinmetz and
Prince Frederick Charles have done SO well
on the right of the main French army, the
Crown Prince has occupied more and more
threatening position on the right of the
whole French position. Unless Gen. Failly
can quickly muster sufficient force to cover
central and Southern France, the Empire
will be exposed to imminent danger in re-
gions quite unprepared for defence. Once
relieved from a possibility of a movement
+ from the Northward, the Crown Prince can
do pretty much az he likes in other quarters
a special correspondent writes from the
/ Crown Princes headquarters at Ligny, the
9th: This is the great day in the campaign
OF the third army. The King, Moltke and
Bismarck have arrived The streets have
been choked with BaVrian troops from
morning until late this afternoon. The word
/ is forward TO Paris. Infantry, cavalry and
/ artillery, wagon teams and everything move
ceaselessly forward. The troops are in ex-
( cellent condition.
The same correspondent adds d sentence
showing that the Prussians knew a week
since of the last French movement The
Emperor is reported TO have gone TO Rheims.
Some think he will try to return and march
TO the northward of the Germans to rescue
the troops at Metz.
a special correspondent writes from Paris,
Monday, that more than FIVE thousand peo-
pie have moved into Paris from the suburbs
alone since Saturday night. The confusion
is endless. The Octroi duties are no longer
levied, it being a sheer impossibility TO do SO.
/ There are still 40, 900 Germans here, of whom
/ Gen. Trochu's last order reaches thirty
/ Thousand in the suburbs of La Villette and
Belleville alone. Provisions for the siege
have arrived in enormous quantities. Three
t hundred and fifty hundred thousand weight
/ of flour, $50, 900 hundred thousand weight of
rice, 10 900 oxen and half a million sheep are
~the Bois de BoulOgue. Sixty million of ra-
tiOns of preserved meats, three months supply
of salt, spices sugar and coffee, and six months
supply of wine and spirits, havebeen stored.
Private families supply their own stores.
Grocers and other shops are surrounded by
purchasers, aad their entrance is regulated
by the police. The government invites far
mers to bring all their supplies to Paris,
promising fair price for the same.
The Pail Mall Gazette places no credit in
the statements made as TO the numbers of
the Prussian forces. Those reports, it says,
r IL e
Moltke wishes to be thought facts.
A despatch from London, August 30, says
the French authorities to-day stopped travel
via Calais to Paris, and the BOulogne route
will probably be closed tomorrow The
Channel steamboats, are already withdraw
ing.
A despatch from Paris, dated Aug. %,
gives the following news as official: The
Prussiaus, under command of the Prince
Royal, have been seen going towards Suippes.
The German forces spread throughout the
department of Aube, have abandoned their
encampment and are now marching towards
sommepy. Twenty-Five thousand Germans
have recently passed Joinville going in the
direction of Wassy and Montierender. The
enemy is advancing towards Rethel and
Vouziers, coming from Monthios, Grandpre
Croix-au- Bots. \ force of twenty thousand
cavalry has passed through Chalons going
toward Epernay. Phalzb6urg and Stras-
burg still hold out.
The Journal 06icleL publishes note from
the Project of the Seine, pro TEN, NJ. Blanche,
advising all citizens to provide themselves
with such food as may be most easily preserv-
ed. and advising all persons incapable of
nerform ing military duty to leave Paris.
Recent official dispatches received in Paris
state that the Prussian army continues its
movement on Rethel and Vouziers.