The Portland daily press., 1870-10-10

France.
WAR FACTS AND RUMORs.
ToUas, Oct. S-Gambetta is here. Nothing
will be decided about the elections until the
council meets tomorrow.
We shall have news from Paris to the It'll.
Garibaldi is expected to morrow.
News from Charities to the 9TH states that
the Paris FrancsTireurs we're defeated at
Ables. A force of $50 Prussian cavalry cap
tured GO French and many horses.
A dispatch has been received from the mayor
Of Artheuay stating that 800 Francs-Tireurs
were driven back By body of the enemy.
CARDINAL CULLEN's VIEW OF NAPOLEON.
LONDON, Oct 8.-[Special to Herald Car
dilal Cullen in a letter to the English people
says in relation to Napoleon, at is disagreea-
BILE to say anything against fallen greatness, es-
pecially when it has been not unfrequently ex-
ercised in the cause Of Justice and religion. 1t
is known all success has abandoned the arms
Of Napoleon III. and that wisdom has left his
councils since he began to seek tbe ruin of the
POpe's authority. His star com menced to de-
cline in 1859 and 1860, when he first openly
abandoned tue Pope. Since then his policy
miserably failed in Mexico, Germany, Turkey
and the east. Iu 1859 while he was still pre-
tending friendship to Rome he encouraged the
Sandman siege of greater portion of states of
the church and guaranteed to King Victor
Emanuel the sacriegious possession of stolen
property.
pronounced by the Holy See. lie has proclaim
ed his adhesion to the revolutionary principles
OF the French iDfidels Of 1889, and boosted that
he had inscribed them on his banners. When
he undertook the present war against Prussia,
and betrayed still more than ever his evil de-
signs against the Holy See, in ordering the few
troops stationed in the Papai States to return
home, thus abandoning to the mercy of a man,
who since 1859 had been using the NEST wicked
means to get possession of Rome and strip the
4 -. II
tanned by him an action so much more repre-
heDsbe, inasmuch as when Spain, Austria
and other powers offered to assist the Pope.
Napoleon refused to permit such assistance,
assuming the vindication himself alone, aud
threatened war should they seLd troops TO
ROME What has lately happened to the EN-
peror is known to the whole world. After
having prevented others from assisting the
Pope; after having urged Victor Emanuel to
seize the States of the church; after having
abandoned the Holy Father to his enem es, he
himself was abandoned and fell suddenly, like
the statue seen by Nebuchadnezzar
PREPARATION FOR THE COMMANDMENT OF
A correspondent from the headquarters of
the Prussiau King says guns for the siege Of
Paris are Dlac. d, and in another week the as
sault will begin. Il is believed the assault will
begin on he anniversary Ot the battle OF L lip
SIC, the 18th. The Germans count 90 being
in Paris on the 10Th. They may not find the
task SO easy. On the question OF provisions
holding out aud respecting a suficiency ol
them, there IS variety of OpiniOus. In the
me lntime the French arc beginning to show a
successful resistance, the departments oppos
ing step by step the advance OF the new Prus-
| sian corps now in the Vosges The near APP
preach of the horrors of bombardment extj
| universal pity and sympathy here. Eloquent
advocates of mediation in papers like the
Standard are trying te move the eOvernme Mt
to action. The horrors disclosed after the sies
Of StrastOurg fOrcibly aid these appeals, but
| the ministry maDlfrsts no intention OF moving
and the people await the result of an assault
iD dread and. anxiety. In an eloquent article
This morning the Standard says the siege Of
| Paris is not called for and is going loo far
ESPECIAL to N Y. World 1t is said Burn
| side is negotiating for the pOstponement of the
bombardmcnt OF Paris till after the meeting O.
the Constituent Assembly. The army OF the
Loire, $4,000 strong, are slowly advancing on
Paris.
BOMBARDMENT OF NEW BREIsCH
CARLsRUHE, Oct. Son the TIN New
Breisch was bOmbarded from O'CLOCK In the
| morning until midnight.
MOVEMENTS OF PRUssIANs ARMIES.
CHARITIES, Oct. 8.-The Prussians are a
| Dieux in force. Prussians scouts were seer
near Pithvers on Saturday, where the french
waited an attack.
MALEsHERBEs, Oct 8.-The Prussians arr
massed near Etampes. On Friday several Col