The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-08-27
France.
SOMETHING ABOUT TO Re DONE.

SOMETHING ABOUT TO BE DONE.
PARIS, Aug. &c, Forenoon.-LSpecialt to N. Y.
Times. J-Do not expect specific intelligence
from this side for several days. There is great
strategic movement in progress, the import
ance OF which is to be judged by the reserve of
generals and authorities here. All letters and
comm IN; cations for the army have been STOP
ped, and all correspondents are imprisoned
where they are found. Place no faith in the
lying Prussian organs in London or journals
counting German patronage in New York
The military prospects Of France are clearer
and more certain than at any time since the
commencement of the campaign. The French
strategetic combinations will scarcely fail to be
attended with decisive results in regard to the
destruction of the invading army.
DISSERTATION OF A CHURCH.
PARIS, Aug. ga letter to the Universe,
ultra-montane organ, says that cry of horror
rings throughout Alsatia which has been SO
tried by war. Our magnificent cathedral at
Marenthal no longer exists. The Prussans
burned it after profaning the statue of the Vir-
gin by covering 1t with mud and breaking it to
pieces.
TOWN PILLAGED.
count of total exhaustion to furnish rations
forage and money demanded by the Prussians,
was giveu up to pillage for one hour and the
inhabitants terribly treated.
PRINCE CHARLES FREDERICK MARCHING ON
PARIS.
The corps of Prince Frederick Charles and a
portion of the Kings army is undoubtedly
marching Oh Paris, while Gen. Steinmetz is
left to hold Bazaine. The enemy may reach
Paris within six days should there be no change
in their plans. The Senate and Corps Legisla-
tiff are to be notified of these facts to-day.
THE coNsCRIPTJoN.
Especial to Herald. 1.-The CONSUMPTION for
1870, which will be drawn on Monday, makes q
new army. Subscriptions for the wounded are
deposited in boxes are hung up in the streets
of Paris. They amount to 1000 francs daily.
Yesterday 1920 oxen, 1902 cows, &c, 642 sheep and
1912 pigs were taken into Paris. Thirteen
deputies have been drawn for the army. Sub
scriptions amounting to 10000 francs for the
French wounded have been received from Con-
stantinople. Clesinger. the sculptor, has vol
| unteered. The loss to the German commerce
| by the French blockade is about a million dol
lars daily. A corps called the mounted volun
| teers of Paris is forming. The Empress has
offered the use of the imperial hunting estab-
lishment, and several wealthy persons have fol-
lowed her example.
Accounts from the places now occupied by
the Prussians show that the hostility of the in.
habitants is increasing and is encouraged by
the Mobile Gardes and sharpshooters, who at
tack small bands of Prussians, killing and
wounding many. The provincial journals say
that the Prussians increase the anger and hat
red of the peasants by desecrating the Catholic
churches.
Several rich prizes have been taken by the
fleets in the channel and Baltic.
The latest news from Strasbourg is that si1
persons were killed and sixteen houses burned
and the cathedral slightly damaged. The PEG
pie take refuge in their cellars. The ire from
the town is killing large number of the be-
| siegers. As many spies still Turk in the city