The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-24
THE WAR!
PARIS.
Rumor of a Severe Battle.
Scenes I'm the Beleagured
City.
Pr.issian Guns Command
the Southern Part Of
the City.
safety of Tours Threatened.


French in heavy columns made an at
TACK and were repulsed with great loss
NEw YORK. September pa Paris
special to the Tribune says 1t is sale
that General Trochu intends 10 call
!ntO Pari, all the troops Which are now
outside and not embraced in scouting
The heavy guns Of Fort lvrv die
great harm TO the Prussians masSed il
The woods. The French losses are mo-
vet published, but are reported a. much
less than that Of the Prussians. Thu,
has commenced series of struggles
which inaugurated the siege Of Paris
aud which must now he terminate
either by victory or the withdrawal o
the PrussianS, or by a de'eat that vii
convert every house into n fortress.
The elan of the Garde Mobile il uu
questionable, and that Of the Nationa
-iarde Is not less firm because less tois
lerous.
Provinces and communes are fast
coming to the relief OF the beleaguered
capital. Three communes have already
4Gbscribed 100000 and thirteen other.
$&200,OO0 toward the national defense
Tine aspect Of the streets changes
wonderfully from day to day Fewer
people are in them, More shops are
closed, more soldiers are out and fewer
women, and people grow solemn. AT
10 P VI the cafes are vigorously
closed and by ] o'clock the Boule,
wards are deserted Ambulances with
wounded soldiers are continually pass
ing, and we hear grim rumors OF houses
and whole streets are being mined Car
RACES passing the line of Notifications
are forbidden to go OFT the walk foI
fear OF an occasional explosion
The dread of spies has not vet died
ont. each man looks al his neighbOl
with suspicion.
Yesterday morning the most curious
sign of the siege was the number ot
foreign flags flying about Paris | went
ta the English EmbasSy-there was the
Union Jack flying over the gateway in
the Faubourg ST Honore and that
there might be no mistake, a great
blackboard was put up to inform the
public that this is the English Emhas-
": there was also a similar board on
the garden side, facing the Champs
Elysses; and similarly all foreign EN-,
lassies have their flags flying. Every
foreign resident in Paris hangs out the
flag OF his nation. The number o.
Aags with the stars and stripes that
meet one in every street, gives vivid
idea Of the regard in which the French
capital is held hy Americans. English
fags are much fewer. 1t is supposed
,hqt all houses covered with such flags
will be respected by both belIigerents.
The .red-cross flags OF the society for
the wounded are also very frequent. Ii
any one sets up private ambulance III
his house-that is allots one or two
beds TO the wounded, he may hang ont
red-cross flag. Among all the flag.
the American is the favorite, aud
Washburne is perhaps the most popu,
az man in Paris.
LONDON, September 25.-The Prus-
>an guns at Sieux now command the
-outhern part of Paris. The Prusslans
avoided St. Denis near the northern
boundaries as much time would have
been lost in carrying them. a raj Iroad
IL lsfnished around the city of Paris for,
iihcations. Arrangements have been
made at Lille whereby complete inun'
dation OF the surrounding country can
be effected in twelve hours. This
means what defense will be resorted to
On the approach Of the Prussians
Large quantities of grain which had
teen collected recently was burned &c
prevent its falling into the hands OF
the Prussians.
The Prussians. have occupied Dour
Ian, eighteen miles southwest of Yer
sailles.
No Prussians are reported anywhere
with the department Of Aube. 49,.
Theirs, before leaving Tours tor VI
emma. passed the night with Prince Met
ternich. the Austrian Minister.
The road from Paris 10 Orleans !:
corged with all sorts of vehicles, mainly
loaded with the effects of Paris re
flgses.
The siege OF Metz has become a mere
blockade.
The safety OF Tours is threatened, a:
he Chlans are at Orleans and Blois
LONDON, September 23.-The Prus
slams are in Lunette No y, Strasbourg
which had been abandoned 10y the
French because they objected TO the
terrible fire. Many German lives were
losr, including Commander Quitsow
The Times TO day saws: The Procla
nation of the French Republic turned
American sympathy to the French side
tut neither the Republican nor Demo
cratic party is sacrificing German fat
70 this sentiment. :.
Jacob Bright, member oi fariia
nent for Manchester, last evening mad
speech to his constituents, taking
Roseate view OF the war an'
the results OF the progress of humanity
Reports from Ferrieres, France, u
Berlin, say that all discipline has var
i,hed al Paris. Tie soldiers are mi
,inous, and, in some cases, have shc
their officers
The Manchester Examiner says ths
General Ulrich, commandant OF Stra
burg is strongly inclined to sgrrende
The city, but the wounded soldiers an
citizens unanimously object to 1t.
The Germans have armed the ca
tured lunettes, Nos 52 and %, wit
morars. Other batteries have bee
erected on the heights.
The German loss Thursday was OF
Cficer and seven men killed, and fol
ofScers and thirty men wounded