The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-10-06
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Inc WnOio country % r1elng IN arms
j The statement in the Lordol
4 Times today thst Theirs II empow
ered to oEaf - Rassisn govefnmen
full latitnds o.. Adneaest in thessas
% the price e intcrvention in th'
Il Franco. Prnssian war is utterly pn
founded. Were Russia 90 Disposed
| she requires 40 consent from Francs
who Is now beaten and powsricss.
\ The Prussian occupation Of OrleaDl
renders the removal Of tho Govern
ment imperative. It h doubtfa
where they will 60 TO. TO Toulouse
there arc objections suggested b.
Prims continued negotiations Will
Bismarck and It's contiguity to.th'
| Spanish frontier.
| A cable special TO the Sun, datet
| Lyons, September 81 via London 2s
says: 81 81
Twas mot without difficulty tha
| reached Lyons. / left Paris Sat
urday mornings and was obliged Il
pass BY Roen, and arrived here onl,
Monday night. Everywhere tht
Froads werc covered with sOldicrl
and recruits for tho army dela Loirs
which il. in tho way OF formation al
Tours, and another OF du Rhone
under command of Gen. Cluxeret
| which is about to be organized iron
Masssillessito sIyoAs. These twl
armies will harrnss the Prussian,
during the seige. Here is certainly
the last hope Of France. The people
| ~ moro energetic and resolute than
bother parts Of France. They have
sssnlned tho directioa Of their owt
9n1Are. .s s%,ls ssss.sss sessfss. tss6
The municipal council yesterday
unanimously elected Gen. CIuzerel
Observation-Disclosures Of che voluntees
army of Rhons. de has not yet
accepted, hat will advise the. people
this afternoon from the Hotel de
Vile, and will require them TO, raise
BY c1nction fifty million francs Tot
the organization Of the army. If the
money is granted he will accept the
command. ... i
There is . rumor of Baxaine havr
ing cut his way TO. Sedan, but We
have received by . balloon about
five hundred letters form Baxaine's
soldiers, saying that they viii wsit
for fair weather before moving. /
believe more will happcn than tho
escape OF Basaine. / think the
Prussians are now in = very bad
condition. There are six hundred
thousand persons under arms in Paris.
Everywhere tho people ore anxious
to fight. Two new armies sre ID
formation on the tank 81 thc enemy
and there is determination on the
part Of the people TO treat as traitors
oil who dare spcak Of compromising
with Prussia. ts7 saga
A special to the Tribune, dated
London, 28th, says: g
A Tribune correspondent, writing
fo0m Berlin, the 25th, givcs an on
ciai statement oftho German captures
thus Gar, not including I.son, from the
I'd OF August, on which day Saar]
bruck was temporarily abandonded
by tho Prussians. The total is one
marehal, fbrsy-Dine eenefals,i 1859
other of6cere, loo. $50 psiyates, 1920
horses, at least 56 eagles, 102 mitrail-
Icurs, and S87 fcld and fortress guns
besides > number Of wagons and a
vast quantity 0f supplies, arms, Am
mn pifi0n h
-. -, London, Sept 2s.
Tho British Cabinet will meet on
Friday TO consider the question Of
intervention. @sfS& 30 s sgs
The troops In Poland are reported
70 hsye been strengthened 10 conse-
quss0e cf thc Synpathy Of the Poles
with France.
II ID reported sthst the Belgian
militia have been recalled 70. the from
tier b - 4asgss i s~scgyk n,
Adyiees from Tosfs represent that
great conAdencs and enthusiasm pre-
yaifiAmea9 the people snd troops in
Paris hat Impartial otsofvcrss do mot
ssnpport the statement. sssgg
|aci iTrOeps aro mastering at the prin-
CipAi FFsaoh cities unoccupied BY the
Prussisns, and largo bodies are NOV
iog mp nom the, south. ios8
English Journals arc filled with re-
ports q military movements in diff
feropt parts Of France. sE
The Provincials correspondence. Of
Berlin says France yainly' hopes to
0onvsst 8 defeat into victory. Fur
ther carnage would therefore be vain
and impioss. sf
There isgreat rejoicing through.
out Germany over the capture oi
6trasbourgs tfA
An armistice Of forty eight was
concluded at Mexeires on Monday fol
tho removal uf the wounded.
In tho court yard at Verseilies
yesterday the Crown Prince, stand
| ing under the statue Of Louis XIV
distributed honors to soldiers whe
had distinguished themselves by
gallantry.
the Duke Of Wultcnburg was
wounded in the action at the outpost
Of st. Cloud.
The Mobiles are deserving ID
| crowds, at Paris. Two hundred
have been shot fer insubordination
King Williams dispatch to Queor
Augusta, announcing the capitula
tion Of Strassbourg At eleven O'Clock
last evening, isjust made public herr
q. noon. Other dispatches cay th,
city surrendered at five o'clock.
Lyons, Sept %, via London, 90.
| The Prussians have retrcatsd from
before Mulhanson and generally fro,,
Haut Rhine. They left in 80 grea
| = hurry that they abandoned thei
siege reqaisition.
| London, September 20
| The new Roman government sll
nounces the appropriation OF fit,
| millions TO defray tho expenses .
the inAusurating OF Rome, rs th
oapital of Italy. The enthusiasm 0
! tho inhabitants IL boundlcss, and tn
I plsb;scitum it is expected will b
unanimous. The Pope will probabl.
leave Romeso soon as the result j
I determined
II s Parliament will meet on the 12t
/ proximo to ratify the pIcbiscituu
and on the 18th the King will max
I d