The Portland daily press., 1870-08-29
war Notes.

pirit and law OF tce churcn forbid priest a
rom taking up arms except in moments of ex- i
RENE danger to the country. There is now no ]
eason why they should not assist in the nations |
u defence by the use of the pick and shovel, /
According to the French reports Luneville is Q
10 filled with the Prussian wounded that 5000
ire left unshelered in the street.
Bismarck's son was severely wounded in one
IF the late battles.
The following is officially published in Paris:
The Prussians, passing through Nancy, are 60
ing towards Chalons. The siege of Toul has
been abandoned owing to the victorious ress-
lance of the Prussian scouts They cut the
railroad at Lamouily, between Montmedy and
Mezeres. This body was repulsed by the
French sharpshooters, and the railroad was re-
paired again. The Prussiaps who were at Ste
nay are now falling back upon Don, several
miles further south. The armies of the King
and Crown Prince commit unheard-of out
RACES as they move towards Paris. Bourges, |
the capital city of the Department of Cher, is
fortiiying. 1t is said that the Emperor and
members Of the Senate and Corps Legisatif
will go thither. The right wing of the French
army has already taken that direction.
There are continued arrests in Paris Of per-
sous deemed dangerous to the public safety.
The Prince Imperial is said to be at Bethel,
23 miles from Mezieres.
The Paris journals persist in the statement
that there have been serious engagements with
in the past few days, resulting in favor of the
French.
There are now in Paris 10000 Sheep LOCO
hogs and %, 600 beeves Tt is said that tie au-
thorites, even in case Of siege, will prevent |
any undue advance in the prices Of the neces-
saries of life. This morning several more Prus- |
sian spies were condemned by council of war |
and executed.
The approach of the Pruss.ans on Paris |
creates the most intense excitement. Dispatches |
received from the various provinces announce
a sudden and immense increase in volunteer
ing to defend the capital.
The Steele says, "it is our duty to warn the
pubic against emotion, which the presence of
the enemy before the wall may produce. All
must understand that tie strategic plans of
our generals mey involve Paris being left to
selfdeence momentarily. There is tere now
but one sentiment, that of national defence.
Let all Frenchmen do their duty as we shall
aurs, and the country will issue gloriously from
this struggle, and e7pe the enemy from her
sol'
According to the French report 5000, aud
and according to the Prcssian 10000 French
soldiers are disabled by hospital and typhus fe-
vers.
A London special di,patch says Gen. Trcchu
is becoming unpopular, and is distrrstsd by the
French Ministry and the Empress 1t is be-
lieved revolution will soon break out.
Large renforeeDents have been sent from
Paris by the Northern Railway for McMahen's
army. The tactics of Mcmahon appear to be
to gather up all brosen corps and thereby
| swell the ranks of his new leyies, and then
sweep along the borders of Belgium, avoiding
| any encounter tn the Prussians that would
/ be likeiy to involve pitched battle.
! A Paris dispatch of Saturday says: Six
wagon loads of Prussian prisoners, captured in
the recent engagements, reached Lille to-day.
The bombardment of Strasbourg and Pialzburg
| continues
Great disturbance prevails in the invading
army. The Prussian soldiers quarrel with those
from Bavaria and Wurtemburg, and ithas
been found necessary to place them in separate
camps. The development of this spirit has Sc
|
the invaders. A somewhat similar spirit pre-
walls in Berlin, where a serious riot occurred
in which Bismarck's house was attacked.
| Hotel Meyerbeer in this city, Paris, kept by
Germans, was also attacked Friday night, and
only saved from total destruction by the inter-
! ference of the police.
| Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain has given her
palace in Paris for the use of the wounded.
| Typhus fever is raging in the Prussian army
| 1t is reported that the governmr mt is prepar-
| ing mole to be addressed to its re representatives
| abroad, announcing that France will prosecute
| the war to the last extremity, and that no pro-
| posals looking to peace will be entertained so
long as the enemy is on French soil.
The Presse affirms that the force of General
Steinmetz has been cut of from Prince Fred
erick Charles army, and driven off to the
northward; also that the Prussians have been
| decidedly checked at Mezerles.
A Paris correspondent of the N Y. Courier
des Eats Unis telegraphs on Friday night:
In spite of the orders gwen by the command
ers of the enemy's army, the Prussan invasion
of 1870 surpasses in horror the recolections of
1874. The War Department accounts, receiv
ed from all parts, speak Of pillage, devastation
and of summary executions caused by the re-
sistance of the peasantry against the invasion
of their houses The Prussans cOncede to
them no rights of defence The Uhlans, above
all, commit depredatons only worthy of Cos
sacks of other days.
Little is said about the Emperor and with
good reason. Deeds, not denominations are
necessary. 1t viii be time enough hereafter to
demand an account from him who was the orr
gin of our first disasters.
The Empress shows the most noble devotion
to the wounded. Every day she visits the mil
itary hospitals and extends care and consola-
ton to the victims of war. All ladies of rank
and high in social position initiate her exam
pie. There are, unfortunately, some exceptions
to this noble conduct.
The system of Prussian espionage has stolen
into some churches and sacred places, where it
would be scarcely possible to discover or pre-
vent it. One or two examples have been made
which will put stop to this secret connivance
with the enemy.
In answer to the dispatch which you address
ed to me, reply that it is not true that all Ger
mans have been expelled from Paris. A great
plumber left voluntarily before the Opening of
hostilities, since which only bundled or so of
Germans, who were SUSPECTED of conveying in
tellgence to the enemy, have been expelled.
Our Young Garde Mobile perform prodieies
at Toul and Pfalzburg. At Pfalz5urg they
hold superior force in check, and at Stras-
bourg they have made number of successful
sorties
M. Theirs, to whose foresight we are iudebt-
ed for the Notifications of Paris, refuses obsti-
nately to act on the Committee of Defence, and
Count Daru ac" pie this morning this diff
cult office.
The prospect of siege and perhaps of bonn
bar6ment has taught the government useful
measure Last evening the removal to a safe
place of the masterpieces of the Louvre was
begun. The precaution is timely. Are not in
vasions of barbariaus always fatal TO arts and
other most beautl ii productions.
Tho correspondent also reviews the military
situation, which he represents substantially as
already given. Mcmahon, whose effective
force numbers = 4 men, extends his line
ION the valley of Aisne to the frontier Of Lux
embourg, his centre resting at Ardennes. Ba-
zaine has about 5000 men at Metz. The part
of Mcmahon will be to hold himself between
Paris and Mel and in readiness to march to
the relief Of tte place most threatened.
King William and Frederick Charles are
leaving Steinmetz to attend to Bazaine at
Metz, and have gone v tn fresh troops to rein
force the Crown Prince, who is advancing on
Paris by the valleys of Marine and Aube.
The Paris Figaro saws the Tuileries are too
fond of foreigners. The American beauties,
Andalusians and sentimental Germans were a
weakness that is now possibly cured.''
The railway station at Rheims was recently