The Portland daily press., 1870-09-26
War Netes.
THE SURRENDER OF ToUL-ANoTHER REvo.
TrrrtON TN pARIS

| THE SURRENDER OF ToUL.-ANoTHER REvO-
LUTON IN PARIS
The following announcement sissued by the
| French ministry at Tours and signed by four
| of them. PRUSSIA wishes to continue the war
| in order to reduce France to a second rate pow
| err. Prussia demands Alsace and Lorraine as
far as Metz, by right OF conquest. Prussia before
| consentng to an armistice demands rendition
| of Strasbourg, Toul and Mont Valeria. Paris
SIS exasperated and will rather bury herself be-
meath her ruins. To such insolent pretensions
we can respond but by resistance to the last ex.
tremity. France accepts the struggle and
counts upon her children"
Marshall Bazaine has offered to capitulate at
Metz, on condition that he be allowed to take
his baggage and arms He engages not to take
up arms for three months.
special from London to the N. Y. Herald
is that Paris letters say that the state of affairs
creates the deepest alarm. States prison birds
and mauraders are already beginning to show
their teeth. Three days ago a member of the
Guarde Mobile, while drinking in wine shop
exposed fifty frauc note, and was followed
robbed and murdered in broad day light.
In the outskirts, burglares are committed
with impunity.
The commission to examine the private cor
respondence Of the Emperor have made discov-
cries that have set all the gossips aloat on sea
of scandal. Alleged amours of Napoleon are
exposed and Marguerite Bellanger is made to
snpplant beautiful Eugene.
Toul was captured by storm by the Prus-
SLAMS on Friday after determined resistance.
The b0mbardment for several DAYS caused
great damage to the town and destroyed the
principal public buildings. A favorable oppcr-
tunity for s'orming presented itself to the
Prussians and was made use Of The storm
ing party advanced and afterwards the Prus-
sian forces carried the town by storm. The
beseiged surrendered Internationally.
[Toul, which is a city of nearly ten thousand
inhabitants situated IL miles west of Nancy
has been beseiged by the Prussians siuce Mac
Mahon's retreat after the battle of Woerth,
and has been obstinately defended
On Saturday tie French ministry made pub
lie the following important information: Bis
marck demands as preliminaries and condi-
tons of peace that all the fortresses in the
provinces of Alsace and Lorraine be delivered
over to Prussia as well as the fort du Mont Va
larien, at the walls of Paris. The Provisional
government consider these conditions absolute
ly inadmissible and will Immediately address
proclamation to the nation as we'll as the
ambassadors from foreign countries, exposing
the situation and indicating the new measures
to be taken for The national defence In view
of the harsh terms proposed one of these
a will ho ind mil
of the election of members for the Constituent
Assembly.
Paris papers of the Goth inst. give accounts
of the disgracefCl conduct of portion ofGen
Duerots troops on Monday. LIE Temps says
portion Of the left bank of the Seine was kept
in the greatest excitement by soldiers who had
run way from their regiments and returned
to Paris without single officer. The Opinion
.Nationel states that Duerot had three divisions
with which he engaged body of Prussianslin
the'woods of Mendon and Cowart. recon
noissance made the day before showed that the
Prussians had crossed the Seine at Villescove
and st. Georges and were working round to
Versailles. Sunday evening Gen. Duerot mass
ed his troops in the neis hborhood of Chatelon.
At five next morning the Franco Tireurs
began to be active and were repulsed
Here an effective but not vigorous can
nonade was commenced in the direction of the
woods, but no euemy showed himself for half
an hour There was no movement by the Ger.
mans Then they began to reply from the
woods. Several French detachments then
pushed forward and entered the glades, espec-
tally on the French left, to carry Bognux. The
e.. ~
denly on strong body Of German suffered
heavy losses. At that moment some of our
troops came on corps of Prussians at Point
blank range. The latter had our men at great
disadvantage. Each tree was a fertilization
from which they took deliberate aim, firing in
cessantly and very fercely. Just at this time
battalion of the Mobiles of the Seine came up
and began firing into the spot where our 10th
regiment was stationed and which threw the
latter into disorder and caused their precipitate
retreat.
Two small villages between the Sieres and
Epinal have been burned by the Prussians. The
inhabitants attempted to extineuish the flames
but the Prussians opened fire on them with
artillery, compelling them to desist and the
villages were entirely destroyed.
The Prussians have hombarded Nantes la
Vile.
The French authorities at Tours blame the
American government and particularly the To-
cal officials at New York for stopping the
French volunteers who wished to sail in the
steamer Lafayette. They say the Prussians
have been allowed to return to Germany to en-
list in the German armies without hindrance,
and are surprised at this discrimination against
France.
A despatch from Feriere, near Paris, Satnr-
day morning, states that rife firing and can
were heard going on in the streets of
Paris on the 21st inst 1t was also distinctly |
observed from the heights that conflict was |
in progress, but nothing could be learned in |
the way OF details concerning the parties en-.
gagged. A letter which left Paris eight hours |
later confirms the rumor previously expressed |
of another revolution in the capital. This time |
It is in the interests of the extreme radical |
party known as the "Reds." There is great
LANCER of a revolution and any outbreak will |
be involving another change Ct government
An armistice now would save the lives and
property of thousands of citizens The people |
Of more peaceful order dread the Prussians
far less than the desperate ruffians belor ging
to the lower quarters.
The London Times has the following details
of the meeting Of King William and the EN-
peror Napoleon at Bellevue:-The meeting of
the two monarchs was very cordial, apparent
Iy. After shaking hands they entered the con-
servatory. The officers who were in the con-
servatory came out, leaving the two alone. A
dialogue then took place, OF which the follow
ing is the substance:
K:ng-God has given our arms the victory in
the war you have precipitated.
EmperOr-Tbe war was not sought bv me-
but was imposed upon me by public opinion.
King asserting >emphatically-You minis
tiers created that opinion. Your army certain
ly fought bravely.
E.-But the Prussans had discipline that
mine lacked
K.-Before and since, we have studied care
fully the experience and inventions of other
nations.
E.-Your artillery won everything. 1t is the
finest in the world.
K.-Iu the matter of artillery, particularly,
we have utilized the experience of other ma
TONS
E.-Prince Frederick Charles decided the
event OF the last battle, his army carrying our
last position.
K.-You err. 1t was my son who fought at
Sedan.
E.-Where, then, was the Prince Frederick
Charles?