Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-16


Gently occurred in Italy as well as in Spain
Proelini,;i',..., establishing Republics il
both couutr.et. ..re hourly expected.
$4,000 Missing French Turn sap al
StrAsbOurg.
PARIS, Aug. 15.-Thirty thousand troops
McMahon's corps, who were cut of
ON the French army, aud believed tC
have fallen into the hands # the Prussians
bave arrived at Strasbourg in safety.
NJ, Durny, recently Minister of Public
instruction, has volunteered as private
In the French army.
20 French Prisoners Shot by Prus-
slams.
Twenty French citizens of Woerih were
shot by the Prussians in retaliation for
cruelties said to have been inflicted on the
wounded German prisoners.
Prussians Syvarming up the MOscIIe
10 Metz.
LONDON, Aug. 15.-The Prussians have
arrived at Vigneuel, few miles from Metz,
and are swarming up the Moselle. The
French blew up two bridges at Vigneuel to
check the rapid advance of the Germans
CarIOtts Receivers Her Reason.
1t is said the reason of the Empress Car
lotta is reawakened by the events now
TRANSPORTING on the'Continent. She mani
tests the deepest interest in the war;
Are Austrian Troops mOvingl
VIENNA, Aug. 15.-The Austrian Gov
eminent denies having moved troops to
Pennsylvania frontier, as recently re-
! ported.
German Refugees from Paris
BERLIN, Aug. 15.-Hundreds of German
families have been expelled from Paris.
Many of them have just reached Cologne.
Subscriptions have been opened for their
| relief in different parts of Germany
| Treason or PrussIans i'm Paris-They
Capture a StatiOnhOuse and Four
Gums, but are RepuIsed-TheA At
tnck Renewed InefEectuaIIy--A
Chance for COurtmartial.
PARIS, Aug. 15-The journal Oficiel re-
ports the arrest on the highway of an in
| dividual in whose house was found guam
tity of poignards and revolvers of large
| calibre and ammunition. Hewa followed
| night before last to an isolated house in the
| neighborheod Uf the Notifications, where
| they found list of names, number of
red flags, different rallying signals, dis
cription of troops occupying the forts sur
| rounding the capital, and carte de visite
| of person in the service of the Sovereign
now at war with France.
About four o'clock band of go to so
men, all armed with revolvers and poign-
ards, exactly the same models of those pre-
| viously seized, attacked tie engine house
on boulevard Villete, they attacked the
guard with daggers and revolvers. One of
the officers received wound in the breast,
and fireman was very seriously wounded
by three bullets. Four guns kept at the
station was carried away.
The policemen of the 10Th arrondisse-
ment, who went to their aid, also received
a voley. One of them fell instantly dead.
Others were seriously wounded, and the
physicians think there is little hope for the
recovery of two of them. A little girl was
also killed by stray ball from a revolver
The police, led by their officers, and IN
der orders of the commissary of police,
arrested Immediately the ringleaders and
four accomphces The population co-ope-
rated, and full of enthusiasm, proceeded of
their own accord to make other arrests.
The guns taken from the fremen were
retaken. The weapons abandoned by the
insurgents were also seized, and call to
arms having been spontaneously made IN
the quarter, a goodly number of National
Guards were got together, who, with the
aid of the citizens, contributed towards the
re establishment Of order squadron and
company of the Garde of Paris, which i'm
mediately arrived, was hailed with warm
acclamations. Several Sergeants dc Vile
also received applause merited by their
courage.
The commissary and agents OF police
have made great effort to protect the in
dividuals under arrest. They number
about fifty in all. They were imprisoned
in the Department of the Prefecture DUR
ing the evening.
Two persons were also taken there,
whom student pointed out on Bonward
street, Michael They carried daggers
Villette. They offered resistance on
questions were put to them.
After o'clock the Boulevard Villette
assumed its usual quiet. A crowd of three
to four thousand persons continued to
search for the rioters and manifested the
highest indignation.
At quarter past o'clock other parties
made an attack on the sentries of the same
station, and two we're arrested by the
A'o1lOAeA u Ia anu AOOhCu up III OaA-
racks The rioters will be brought before
a courtmartial to-day.
The Empress sent letter of coincidence
and aid to the parents of the little girl
killed last night.
mazzini Gagged.
FLORENCE, Aug. ia dispatch from
Palermo announces the arrest yesterday of
Mazzini. He had Just arrived from Genoa.
After his arrest he was taken to Gaeta.
Prussians summon the Surrender of
EauI
PARIS, Aug. 15.-The Sous Project tele-
graphs to the minister of the interior from
Faul, as follows: august 14-P. M.-Some
Prussians were noticed near this town about
this P. NJ. A reconnaissance was made
by Gendarmes and cavalry, who came
upon 200 Uhlans. Shots were exchanged,
and sGendarmes killed one and wounded
twenty of the enemy. The slater summoned
the town to surrender, but received de-
fiant refusal, when they retired.
The attitude of the Paris populace is ex-
cellent. Numbers of the Mobile and Ma
tional Gardes fastened to the rsmparts.
The Combat at Metz = The French
Claim the Victory.
An official dispatch states that the corps
OF IL AQmlrault and DecalQ were engaged
in the combat at Metz yesterday. Marshal
Bazaine was present. The enemy was re-
pulsed after four hours fighting. The
troops are in fine spirits.
The details of the battle have not be en-
received, but the first reports received last
night of its favorable result created i'm
mense sensation. Crowds went to the
Minister of the Interior and demanded the
particulars of the fight. All night masses
of people marched through the boulevards
and principal streets shouting joyfully.
The Emperor and Prince Imperial have
arrived as Verdun.
Very Few PruSSians around StrAs.
bong.
Advices from the Rhine indicate that the
enemy does not really intend to lay siege
to Strasbourg, but merely to cut off its
communication; for this purpose they
blew up the bridges and railway to Basic.
1t is thought the surrounding forces of
enemies are uncomfortable in numbers.
1t is only the alarm of the people which
imagines the force greater than it actually
is The city is fully garrisoned, and pro-
visioned for siege, and the supply of
water is under the control Of the autho-
rites and cannot be cut off.
Bitche Still Holds Gut.