Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-05
Paris Less NIercuriaIs

Paris Less mercuriaIs
| LONDON, Aug. 4.-The Paris correspond
ent of the Daily Nel0S writes on Tuesday :
| Enthusiasm for the war has entirely disap-
| peared in Paris. 1t is now evident that
war with Germany means a prolonged
| struggle against one million armed COM
| batants, determined to defend their own
country, and if possible TO give the French
| such lesson that hereafter the Emperor s
peculiar mode of making his reign an era
of peace by attacking his neighbors, will be
| rendered impossible.
The announcement that the Notifications
of Paris are to be placed in a condition of
| defense, and the Emperor's admission that
the war will be long, have singularly
dampened the ardor of those who imagined
that within a fortnight a glorious peace,
which would re-establish the supremacy of
French arms, would be signed in Berlin.
We are still told that the Germans are
trembling at the idea of encountering the
Mitraillenses and Turcos, but the legend
has lost its effect
How England was Kept ignorant.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The Daily Nelos gives
an important contradiction to the statement
of the Paris De5ats respecting the recent
treaty. The Debdts says that the treaty
was not secret, but as project reduced to
writing and vaguely formulated. 1t was
within the cOgnizance not only of the gov
ernments of France and Prussia, but of the
English and Belgian governments. Next
to itself, it is said that it was in the hands
of the English government from the very
beginning.
To this the Duly NelcS responds without
any fears of we'll founded contradiction
We take it upon ourselves to assert that
our Partisan contemporary is misin-
formed. The text of the projected treaty
was never in the hands of the English gov
ernment, and first came under their eyes
when it was published in the Times. The
HeacS suggests that any member of Parlia-
ment who wishes to be officially assured of
the absolute ignorance of the foreign Office,
has only to put the question, to elicit dis
tlnctly negative answer.
NapOIeon's Health.
A special from Paris Tuesday says that
DR.. Nelaton joins the army on pretext of
forming an ambulance corps; but every
body knows that he goes as special attend
ant upon the Emperor, the state of whose
malady does not permit him to dispense
with his most trusted physician.
Money Advanced TO Six per cent.
LONDON, Aug 4-The officers of the Bank
of England have just demanded still fur
ther advance in the rate of discount of one
per cent; minimum rate is now six per
cent.
Hungary.
PEsTH, Aug 4--The Diet of Hungary
yesterday emphatically declared in favor
of Austrian neutrality in the France and
Prussian war.
a IlOId Wager.
BERLIN, Aug 4-The officers of the Uni
on Club of this city have accepted the large
wager offered by Mr. Thomas, of Paris,
that the French will be in Berlin on the
18th of August.
A Prussian reserve of one hundred thou
sand men is encamped in front of Berlin.
Forage is scarce in the Rhine provinces,
and Prussian horses are suffering severely.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The ports of England
are rapidly filling with North German YES
sells anxious to escape the French cruisers.
A circular has lately appeared from Sen
or Sagasta defending Spain as innocent of
the cause of the trouble between France
and Prussia. The document was well re-
ceived.
The Danes for France.
CoPENHAGEN, Aug. 4.-The Danish Gov
ernment still struggles hard to preserve her
neutrality, but the popular excitement is
intense, and perhaps ungovernable. The
sympathy for France among all classes is
very marked.
Portugal Neutral.
LISBON, Aug. 4.-The Gazette officially
l., ~ fl,o e
Portugal.
The Importance of SaarbruCk.
PARIS, Aug. 4.-The heights taken by the
French at Saarbruck form key to the rail-
way approaches to Treves, hence the i'm
portance of its conquest.
Prisoners and Wounded.
METZ, Aug. Fourteen Prussian SOL
diers were captured at the attack on Saar-
bruck, and passed through this city late
Yesterday afternoon, part on their way to
Belfort and part to Thionville, where they
will be imprisoned. The Prussian wounded
are cared for same as the French.
Official PrusSian Report
BERLIN, Aug. 4.-The Prussian Govern
ment furnishes the following account, more
in detail, of the affair at Saarbruck. A
feeble garrison held Saarbruck until the
French deployed and advanced in three
columns, the Pr1ssians then retired to q
position north of the town to observe. the
enemy. In spite of the free use, by the
French, of the Mitrailleuse artillery and
the chasseports our losses were only two
officers and seventy men. The loss of the
French appeared more serious. Our troops
were admirably cool.
Disarmament Controversy.
PARIS, Aug. 4.-The Journal Oficjd
publishes a diplomatic circular of Gram
mont on the disarmament. The document,
after refuting the statements of Bismarck,
terminates thus:
If Europe remains armed; if million of
men are on the eve of shock of battle, it
cannot be denied that the responsibility is
Prussia's, as she repulsed all idea of dis
armament when we caused the proposal to
be made, and began by giving the example.
Her conduct is explained by the fact that,
at that hour when France confidingly re-
duced her military contingent, the Cabinetat
Berlin was secretly organizing candidature
of a Prussian the price of the throne of
Spain SO provocative of mischief What
ever calunlnies the Federal Chancellor may
invest, we fear not that he has lost the
right to be believed. The conscience of
Europe and history will say that Prussia
sought this war, by inhicting upon France,
preoccupied with the development of her