New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-18
LONDON.

Capture of S0iss0ns and Four Thousand
PrisOners-Escape from French Yes
sels-PrOtest Of the Pope Against For
eign EncrOachinents = Sheep before
Metz and Paris Affected with Rinder
pest-Russia Rejects Theirs PROPOSE
tion-Washburne still in Paris-TwO
German Vessels Captured - Opening
shots Of Paris BOmbardment.
LONDON. October 1.-THE capture Of
scissors includes 4000 prisoners.
The steamer Niagara, which was chased
by several French vessels, in escaping, col
lided with collier, which was sunk. No
lives lost.
The Tablet, the Catholic organ, prints a
protest OF the Pope and Cardinal AntO-
nelli, against encroachments on Italian tor
ritOry.
Sheep are also affected with the rinder-
pest before Metz and Paris.
Russia rejects Theirs proposition for a
Congress of the great powers.
Washburne is still III Paris.
The French gunbOat Hamelin captured
two German vessels of the South American
coast.
The Prussians blew up the viaduct at
Beaugency before evacuating.
Three opening shots of Paris lombard
ment were fired from Bellevue on Friday.
The Francs-tireurs, near Epinal, on the
thirteenth, checked the advance of the
Prussians in that direction i'll an engage
ment which lasted three hours. -.r
A squad of thirty Uhlans was repulsed at
Laurent IEaux, ON the left bank of the
Loire. .4 .r .-.
There is reason to believe that the army
which captured scissors, 100000 strong,
will attack other strong places in northern
France. s'... .u- .t
A balloon from Paris with quarter of a
ton Of letters has fallen at Manure; another
alighted at Valenciennes with two hundred
pounds of correspondence. ,,...
A decree issued by the Paris government
on the eleventh instant extends the time tor
the payment of commercial bills to the
fourteenth of November.
More than a million OF muskets have
been distributed to the National and Mo-
bile Gardes, and the distribution continues.
There are rumOrs to the effect that there
is fighting near ROuen.
No French war ships have yet been seen
Oft the river Elbe.
The marriage OF Princess Louisa and
Marquis Lorne takes place in February.
Late adyices from South America show
that q revolutionary crisis IS impending at
MOntevideO. The government troops have
been driven into their retreats, and the
towns invested by the rebels. MOntevideO
is distracted by factions. The present gov
ernor is expected to resign, as popular
sympathy had declared Enthusiastically for
the opposite party.
Bagally has been elected to Parliament
from the middle district Of Surrey, in place
Of Honorable William BrOddick.
The correspondent of the Times, writing
from Berlin, says: "The bombardment of
St. Cloud is condemned as an act of vandal-
ism, committed by the very ones who de-
plore the necessity OF bombarding Paris.
The Empress DOwager of Brazil has con-
tributed one thousand fOrins for relief of
the German wounded. ,.t,
Several soldiers who were captured at
Orleans, belonged to a corps named the
body guard of the Republican government
A bomb, which was fred from Fort Mont
Valerien Oh the TENTH fell into the bedroom
OF Napoleon l, at st. Cloud, destroying the
famous mirrors.
Advices from Metz say that the epidemic
in and around the city is growing worse.
Another emeute at Lyons was promptly
suppressed. a. .... "a