Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-09
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Grant and sherman Come 20 Sherl'
dams Aid.
New YORK, Aug. 8.-A special dispatch
saws that the President after consulting
with General Sherman, on Friday last,
took occasion to forward tc General Sheri'
dan several official documents which in re-
alitv placed him in position as a repre-
sentative of the Presidentas commanderi in
chief of our army and navy. He also sent
some telegraphic messages on the subject
to Ministers Bancroft and Washburn, and
to Gen. Sheridan. There is no doubt in
the mind of Gen. Sherman that Gen.
Sheridan will be admitted to the head.
quarters of the French and Prussians and
treated with all proper courtesy. He says
that DR.. Evans had no right to make any
request of the French authorities for Gen.
Sheridan and that when our Ministers re-
quest it there will be no refusal
Views of the Press.
There are no further advices from the
seat of war than that telegraphed last
night
The Tribune says that the French army is
badly beaten, with heavy losses, and is in
full retreat that its centre is driven in.
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the Prussians have taken many prisoners,
cannon, small-arms, and flushed with sue
cess, are eagerly following up their victory;
that Napoleon is calling upon France to
rise and save the country, and that he is
hurriedly preparing for desperate de-
tense. The Emperor's conduct inspires the
respect even of the enemy. He acknow-
lodges the full measure of the disaster, aid
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the country. Despite the excitement and
disorder reported at the capital, we believe
France will answer him with enthusiasm.
The Times says of the situation, the mo-
ment has come for the friends of France
In Europe, if she has any, to declare them
selves. Without allies il is clear as the sun
at MONDAY that France must be hopelessly
defeated. Napoleon wished to beat Prus-
SLAMS nssingle handed; ihe cannot do 1t unless
troops of other powers come to his assis-
tance. He cannot save France.
August Belmont t(IIOthschiId's AGENT
Predicts that Napoleon will Save
Himself by RcViVing the Republic.
The World, in alluding to the call of the
Emperor upon France, and the declaration
that Paris is IN a state of siege, has the
following: This, to our thinking, is the su-
premely significant feature of this days
news, and this means not so much de-
Tense against the Prussians as a menace to
Europe, for it means this, that if the EN-
pire cannot, within a very brief period,
repel the Germans on the Rhine, France
will rise to repel them in her own fashion,
as of old, to follow them with the flag of
the Republic in the van of her armies.
This truth, blazing up in a night, means
more and worse to the King and the Royal |
Princes of Prussia, if they would but see it, |
than all the mitrailleurs of McMahon and |
all the chassepots of Bazaine.
The Herald observes of Louis Napoleon |
that success now will establish his dynasty, |
but defeat will be his ruin, and the ruin of |
his house. 1t is possible that timely action |
in the direction of re-establishiDg repub- !
lie may save him. but it is not certain. If |
Prussia enters Paris in triumph, a congress |
of Kings will depose the parvenu, and |
France will consent to the restoration Of |
the House Of Orleans. On the next great |
battle hangs the fate of dynasties and En-
pires.
France a Unit.
Private dispatches from Paris say that |
the excitement there is absolutely over |
whelming; that all political differences are |
forgotten, and that success against Prussia |
is demanded by the whole of France; that |
enlistments are making from all ranks of |
the people, and that the country is a unit |
from this day until victory crowns her for |
ever.
Official dispatches received by the Secre-
tary Of State from Minister Washburn con- |
firms the news which has been telegraphed |
to the press.
The excitement in this city among the |
German population is indescribable.
Last night the streets were filed with !
groups, earnestly discussing the latest war |
news, and anxiously inquiring for further |
The German newspaper Of |
fees were crowded long after midnight by |
the excited multitude, and when the ex-
tent of the Prussian victory became known |
they became frantic with enthusiasm, and |
cheered, and screeched, and howled, and |
wept, and sung by turns. The lager beer
saloons, as a general thing, were not closed |
during the night.