New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-21
FOREIGN.

Frankfort Gazette on the War---A Ques.
ton Between Observation-Disclosures.
ment of the Bonapartes the Ultimatum
Of Germany.-UtfeT Prostrati0n Of Liv.
erpool Markets--Rich Yesterday and
? bankrupt To. o.Day--JleFchantmen Of the
Enemy Not to be lnteRferred With on
the High Seas by Prussia--Arrest as a
Spy--Speech of King William no Pre-
text for War Furnished by Prussia-.
Declaration of War Formally An
nounced-.N0 Fighting Reported--Ger.
man Army Quiet, Grave, Anxious, ResO-
lute.-French Army spelling for a
Fight-.Omcers of the swiss Army Ar.
rested in Germany. --..
PARIS. July 2O.-The journal Official con-
tains the decree nominating General Ed
mund LeBoeuf, lately Minister of War. a
Major General, and Viscount De Jean, Min
lister of War, ad interim. ."
; 1t is understood that all the French Con
suls in the Germanic Confederation have
received their passports.
No newspaper correspondents, French or
foreign will be allowed to accompany the
French army.
The declaration of war against Prussia
and her allies, was formally announced in
the Corps Legislatif to-day. ,.
In the Corps Legislatif to-day, Duke de
Grammont announced war had been de-
clared with Prussia and her allies in the
following words: Messieurs. The cDp0se
presented to You on the fifteenth instant
made known the causes we have tor war
against Prussia. According to the rules
and usages of nations, and by order of the
Emperor, I have requested the Charge
dAtfairs at Berlin to notify the Cabinet of
Prussia of our resolution to seek with arms
the guarantee we could not obtain by dis
cussiOn. This has been done, and have
the honor to make known to the Corps Le
gislatif that in consequence thereof state
of war exists since the nineteenth instant
between France and Prussia. This dcclar-
alton applies to the allies of Prussia, who
give her armed assistance. .,I.L
La Libcrte says, should Denmark join
France, the Prince of Orleans will serve in
the Danish army. --4-
Warlike enthusiasm in France undated.
rich manufacturer Of Mulhouse has of
fered to equip $4,000 volunteers, and supply
them with ratiOns during war,
$3.50 p. M.-No fighting reported as yet on
land or sea.
LONDON. July 2O.--Germany makes the
dethronement of the Bonapartes her ulti-
matum
The Liverpool markets yesterday were
utterly Frustrated. Nothing was ever
known like the commercial depression.
Many men worth 100000 sterling day or
two ago are bankrupt to-day.
Business in yarns and fabrics at Man
chester has also been completely paralyzed.
A gentleman just returned from trip up
the Rhine, tells his experience to the Times
this morning. He says the German army
is quiet grave, anxious and resOlute. On
the other hand the French are yielding to
drinking and staggering and are literally
spelling for fight. He says further that
for every one German soldier he saw one
hundred French.
FRANKFORT. July 20.-The GH-ete in an
editorial asks how does the causes OF the
war concern the people of France or Ger
many, and intimates that the question Is
one between tie monarchs OF the respective
countries. and one that the people do not
feel at all interested in.
BERLIN. July 2O-All Germans in the ser
| vice of the French have been ordered to re-
| turn forthwith.
The Prussian Government mas announced
| that the merchantmen OF the enemy Will
| not be interfered with on the high seas un-
less for causes which would expose ne,ltral>
to seizure.
General Wiedel, Adjutant General OF
Hanover, has been arrested at Weimar as a
| spy.
King William, in addressing the Reich
Z, stag to-day, said Prussia had no interest in
| the Hoenzollern candidature, beyond its
| bringing peace to Spain. Prussia, never