The Evansville journal., 1870-08-02

Friday, says large French forces arc
said to be getting Immediately behind
the hills, but deserters say they have
nothing 70 eat, aDd appearances con-
tlrm their report They are half
starved and woe begone.
Some OF the infantry entered the
Prussian territory at 3 O'clock this
morning, to dig up potatoes. They
were driven off without the potatoes.
and with loss Of two men. Potato
digging is attempted at intervals an
along the frontier.
The common belief now as TO che
plan of the campaign Is, that three
armies will form at points from Saar-
| brucken southwest The souther-
most is to advance on Strasburg, the
next on Nancy. and the third to
march on Metz, CO. operating with the
second
The French can hardly have been
acquainted with the weakness OF the
forces at Saarbrucken during the last
few days. We are not 30 much at
their mercy now. Our patriots are
active, and penetrate TO the extreme
right and left Of the valley. The bad
ness of the enemies sharpshOOting
encouraged them to go within an un-
necessary short distance Of the French
outposts.
A party made their appearance and
began shooting. Our party rode off
40 hard as they could, the Frenohmen
firing at them from behind. These
are the worst exhibitions yet Of
French unsteadiness and want of self
restraint. Ii the Chasseurs could
have remained quiet a minute or two,
they might have destroyed or made
prisoners the whole party, and even
when they had nothing to do but 10
take good aim at th8m at e distance
of fifty yards aud upwards, they did
not succeed in hitting their bodies.
Three shots we're received in the
pants Of the men and Cd cir equip
ments.
Bodies Of infantry are continually
going out TO reCOnD oitFe.
The same correspondent writes on
Saturday: Our patrols In the night
suffered more severely than usual.
One was surprised BY the French,
who were concealed in q wood, who
suddenly fred upon them and wound
ed an uplaner and a fusileer, of tho
second battalion Of the 40th regi-
ment. Two other men we're wounded
IN different patrols"
The French are making q bridge
over the Saar, between Grosblitters-
dorf and HucWeiter.
Fighting is expected ia the course
Of day or two. Our correspondent
also, at Copenhagen, writes us Tuea-
day, that Denmark'3 neutrality is be-
lieved to be temporary.
The maneuVers are finished at
Camp Boldts yet there is no prospect
Of the camp being broken up, on
Of the troops returning to Conlamont,
though orders arc understood 20 have
been issued fortnight since.
The FdederLdndet Journal says that
the general feeling decidedly war
like. The moment has arrived for
Denmark 10 throw off the mask, and
openly side with France. The gov
ernment is steadily for neutrality, and
the Cabinet will resign, if thG war
party gets the upper hand. Our cor
respondent at Frankfort, writes on
Friday, repeating that it is fully be-
lieved that it is the purpose Of the
Prussians to enter France Many
American families in Frankfort and
vicinity arc trying TO get away.
ILatestI
LONDON, August 1-2 P.M.-The
opinion is that the French mean
something at Sirasburg, and that
there viii be either a double move
meut against Palatauate and Baden,
or that the massiDg Of troops at Metz
is to some extent a feint.
Three members Of Parliament will
leave on Thursday for the Prussian
army.
In the House of Commons 70 day,
the debate on the war question
brought out large crowd Of persons
who filled gallerit7 and other places.
The feeling Of the House was again
marked in favor of energetic
policy when CardWell, Secretary of
War, proposed TO vote for $4,000 ad-
ditioual troops and e2,O50,000 ster-
ling.
He wss warmly eheered. SO was
Gladstone when he told Stapleton that
if the colliers ere chartered TO attend
the feet Of a belligerent to supply
coal, they will. 10 all practical interest
and purposes, become store ships at
tached to that feet, and will come
under the operation of the foreign
enlistment act.