The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-06


manner surrendered their armu andtba Il
te m; 70 nus majesty King William.
The French officers bore also and deli,
cred to the Kings hand an at1toyrnrh lnfte
from bis Majesty the FnapuroS Nanoleo
Ill. or France, III which NAPOLEON q,
pressed his desire to surrender Himself pej
sonally 20 tne. King, he not having now an
hlng William r~eceivedthe French officer
ana their message g%raciousiy, and wit
much stlavity Of manner,
a formal capitulation of the French a,
mies took place at once.
Inc articles of this solemn act were cor
GUIDED and ratified at half-past / o'clock IL
the afternoon.
a most momentous event was thus con
summated. - -
It is said that the Emperor Napoleon will
he forwarded under guard of a strong escor
TO the castle of Magdeburg, Prussia, bu
aus exact destination is, it is alleged, still
kept secret by the Prusslan monarch.
Large numbers Of French soldiers hav,
already escaped from the scene of the dis
aster to Belgium.
Another account to the Herald says:
Aprivate telegram from Brussels inform
me that King William was profoundly over
come when the Enperor's proffer of surren
der was brought to him by General Coun
Lepic, one of the imperial aids.
His Majesty appointed a meeting a
once, and exhibited the most ~considerate
courtesy.
1t was not fully known by the Prussian'
that the Emperor was with the army unit
the surrender was proposed by him. 1t il
said that the Emperor insisted upon tht
surrender Of the army against the urgency
of the younger officers, as he was so much
shocked by the fearful slaughter of Wednes
day and Thursday.
1t is believed the residence of the Electol
Of Hesse-C assel will be assigned to him by
King William,
PRINCE IMPERIAL.
The Prince Imperial crossed the line into
Belgium on Wednesday, and was received
by the Prince of Caramen, who married
French lady dc Fezonsac, and conducted
to the chateau of the Princes father, the
Prince Of Chimay, at Chimay, in Hamault
He will probably proceed to Paris at once
Unless q revolution should break out there.
[I1e is now reported to have surrendered
with his father. If so. he returned for the
purpose.]
PROBABLE r. OF PEACE.
New York. September 3.-The World:
cable special has the following additional
" 1t is given out from the Prussian EN-
bassy here that the King of Prussia is pre-
pared to abandon the claim Of indemnity
on condition that he shall be allowed tc
take possession of Alsace and L part o.
Lorraine. It is understood that Austria
and Russia oppose this settlement, but thai
rnoland favors it, and that if France re
fuses England will join Prussia to abbre
yiate the war. Above all things the out
break of a republican movement in force i:
deprecated. 1t is understood the King o.
Prussia is prepared to treat on the basis O.
the abdica.ion Of Napoleon j. favor of the
Prince Imperial. The Crown Prince il
openly opposed to extreme terms and ir
favor of recognizing the B%onaparte dynasty
It is hoped %Strasbourg and Metz will al
once capitulate TO avoid che prolonged hor
rors of war, but all depends on Paris. It i:
estimated between fifteen and twenty
thousand French and Prussian stragglers
are in Belgium, who have been disarmeC
and sent to Manor and Bruges."
THE NEW AT BERLIN.
LONDON, September 3.-The war new!
was made known to the public in Berlin
shortly after the hour of s o'clock in the
morning, and the entire population of the
city poured out into tie streets soon after
wards.
The people rushed off to the palace
grounds.
They asked to see the Queen.
Her Majesty. Queen Augusta, appeared
on the front balcony of the building every
few minutes, and gracefully acknowledged
the grand national compliment on each oc
casiOn.
The Queen was dressed in q plain morn
ing wrapper.
Nhe was weeping with JOY at the goot
news on the first occasion, and she became
still more affected as she heard and received
the almost deafening cheers of the vast null
titude.
Hundreds and hundreds of womer
dropped down on their knees, and. Will
tears streaming from their eyes, held VI
their hands in thanks to Almighty God fol
the now apparent approach of the hour O
termination of q terrible and bloody war.
The schools were closed all over Berlin
Professions ofschool children came out from
every quarter of the city. The little one:
were to be seen clambering up the statue o
King Frederick the Great and GROWING tht
head with wreaths Of flowers and tiny flags
The general belief entertained in BerliI
is to the effect that the French people vii
now abandon their war resistance, and ar
range Il peace with Prussia without Bona
parte.
CAPTURE OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL~NEWs 0,
THE SURRENDER IN PARIs-GkEAT EXCITE
MENT AMONG THE ~PEoPLE-THE STREET
CROWDED.
LONDON, September 5:-An Amsterdam
telegram reports that the first announce
ment that the Prince Imperial had escaped
was erroneous. He, too, surrendered q
Sedan with the Emperor and MacMahon'
army.
The total number of prisoners by the sui
render reaches 120, 600 men.
THE SCENES IN PARIS YER THE MINISTERIAL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES STREETS CROWDED.
NO VIOLENCE.
PARIS, September 4.-Adught.-As th
proclamation of the Ministers announcing
the cupitulation of MacMahon's army an
the Emperor becomes known the excite
ment becomes Understandable. All the eve
ming great crowds have occupied the Plac
de Ia Concorde. The story of the captur
of the Emperor was circulated, but no
credited. A stormy scene was known I
have taken place in the Corps Legislatlt. l
was reported that a Dictatorship would b
declared, and that a secret meeting OF tn
Corps Leoislatif was being declared, an
the crowd anxiously awaited the news.
A. large police force was on the ground
but there was no violence. Finally tn
crowd separated. !,
At this hour ~(midnight) many OF tn
streets are crowded with an anxious an
excited people, but there is no disorder;
LoSDoN, september So 4. Nth
members of the Provisional Government
established at Paris are Trochu, simon
Gambetta, Pelliter, Fravre, Ferry, hera
try, Cremieux, picard, and Grey.
prcES1E GOING TO LEAVE PARIs-GENERA
THoCHU