The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-08-17

levies, is being rapidly organized by
Trochu, and a new corps is forming
at Paris under General Vendz. Vol
unteers are coming forward in large
numbers In Paris, and the city Is tuil
of recruits that have come in from
the departments, Additional orders
have been issued calling the Garde
Mobile into service in those DEPART
hents not embraced in previous calls.
frussIan spies swarm in the French
capital, and the police are busily
searching for them Many are al
ready arrested.
Advlces from Metz state that the
French army has withdrawn to the
west bank Of the MoseUe. .MacMa-
hon is at Toul, twelve miles west of
Nancy. The evacuation of Metz is
considered certain. The Prussians
count on star wing OFT the defenders
OF Strasburg, without recourse to bonn
bardment.
A dispatch from Nancy via. Berlin
dated Saturday night, says a French
battalion moving to ar Metz was
encountered in the morning ON the
railway near Pout-a-Mousson, and re-
treated, leav ny its baggage trains in
the hands OF the Prussians. The
RUSSIAN cavalry destro, ed a portion
OF h railway between Fronard and
Paris, cutting off supplies and forage
for the French troops sheltered under
the glacies OF Metz.
Napoleon's retreat from Metz is
fully confirmed.
Preparations for the defense ofParis
war continue to be theoretically push
ed, and are of a colossal character. It
is thought the Prussian demonstration
On Str ,sburg is only a feint. Seven
ty thousand volunteers left Paris to-
fuav for. the army.
Advices from Amsterdam say Uni
ted States bonds are the only excep-
ton 10 the steadiness of the stock
market.
The Stats Adziergsr publishes a
dispatch from Thiele, denying any
fear OF an alliance between Austria
and South Germany.
The British Consul at Hamburg
telegraphs that the mouths of the
rivers Elbe, Eyder, Jahde and Weser
are blockaded by the French fleet.
The Governor of Helighland refused
to grant a permission to a pilot to con
duct a flag of truce boat to Cuxhaven.
Advices from Metz, through private
channels, seem to confirm the story of
the removal Of the Prince Imperial
from France: He has not been seen
there, either in camp or at church,
since Sunday. 1t is reported, on ex.
cellent authority, hat the Empress
Eugene has made preparations to go
to England. via Belgium, in case of
necessity. The tone of the French
press Is hopeful and resolute. Gsner-
al Soumain- is in command of the
forces in Paris. General AIrith, COM
manding the fortress of Strasbourg,
has issued a proclamation declaring
that he will defend his post to the
q t.
A body of the enemy came near
Frorard. a station on the Paris and
Strasburg Rrailway, this morning.
Phey were attacked and driven off,
their commandtr taken p i oner. To
day our cavalry male a brilliant re-
connoissance in the direction of the
River Med. The "nemy's couriers
and small bodies OF cavalry penetrate
far int" the country. but the main
body of their army is not making any
forward movement.
Paris, Aug. 1.-THE J,ursnl or
fetal contains the following intelligence,
which it is authorized by the Govern
ment to give to the public:
At the beginning of the war with
Prussia, the Emperor received ad-
dresses from the principal native
chieftains of three provinces of AL
giers, who asked that they be permit
ted to march and fight by rhe side of
our troops, and to open subscriptions
tor sufferers by the a
The Empress Regent, on the re-
port of the Keeper of Seals, has COM
muted and reduced the sentences of
1,641 convicts, now confined in all
VI pclIitcIIEtTf cSldullSilule1GS
in France and beyond the sea. I'm
portal clemency is applied especially
to those cases where uniform good
conduct has given the prisoner n claim
to indulgence.
One of the public journals of this
still presumes to doubt that real
work is going on for the armament
and defense of Paris, although it may
he an act of treason to SPEAK thus to
the enemy. Such insinuations impose
tine necessity of q reply, notwithstand-
ing the danger of doing so. All the
material necessary for the armament
of Paris is in Paris itself, where more
than SIX hundred. cannon are already
mounted on the walls of those forts
which r likely to be first threatened
with attack, and the work of placing
other pieces in position continues with
out interruption, day and night. Yes
seven thousand five hundred