Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-10-28
Weekly. News Summary.
FOREIGN.

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hold exactly the same positions they occu
pied or the 10th of September. Two small
slirmishes between the outposts, on
Thursday and Friday, are the only encoun
4 ters that have have occurred during the
week" ,i
In a ship-yard at Newcastle-on-Tyne,o on
the afternoon of the 18th, large iron YES
/ sci, which was in the course of construc-
tion, suddenly fell over, crushing several
worlmen Many were killed, and about
thirty wounded. oa
Three opening shots of the Prlssian
bombardment of Paris were fired from
Bellevue on the 14th. A Berlin dispatch
Of the 18th states that heavy reinforce
ments were daily reaching the army before
Paris. Soissons capitulated on the morn
ing of the 10th, and in the afternoon the
Prussian army under the Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg entered the town. -Four
thousand prisoners and 1872 guns were cap.
tured.
The cable news on the 18th does not
confirm the reported escape of BazairM
from Metz A Berlin telegram says he had
made offers of capitulation.
Crowded meetings were held in London
on the 18th and nth, in. favor of English
Intervention in the Franco Prussian war.
A powder magazine explosion near Alex
andria, Egypt, on the 10th, killed large
number of persons, mostly natives, and de-
stroyed several houses.
Terrible hurricanes visited the island of
Cuba on the 14th, destroying vast amounts
of property Between 800 and 600 lives
are reported lost between Havana and Man
tanzas.
Advices from Hong Kong to September
9th are received Fresh outrages had
been perpetrated by the natives on foreign
ers in Kin Kiang, and missionaries every
where are threatened with violence.
A London dispatch of the 18th states
that the Prussian position at Bayneux had
been carried by the French at the point of
the bayonet, after desperate battle.
Peace negotiations at Brussels on the
18th, between Gen. Burnside and others,
kresulted in a total failure. Bismark's pro-
posals were the payment of an indemnity
of S0000,000 sterling, Alsace and Lorraine
to be neutral territory for ten years, and
then to decide by plebiscitum their future
status. The Prussians to enter Paris and
sign peace there The Parisians indig-
nantly refused these terms.
The French fleet were threatening Ham
burg and Bremen on the 18th, and there
was intense excitement in those cities.
The Government Censor of the press in
| Russia has been removed for permitting
attacks by newspapers on the King OF
| Prussia.
The German army in France is main
tanned by constant reinforcements. 1t is
estimated that there are fully 600, 900 armed
Prussians on French soil.
A London Telegram Of the 10th says the
expected battle at Orleans had occurred.
After six hours defence of the city the
French fled They evacuated the town so
precipitately that they had not time to
blow up the bridge over the Loire, which
they had already mined The forces en-,
gagged were about equal. Heavy requisi-
tions were enforced upon the inhabitants
by the Prussians, ar
The Parisians say they burned st. Cloud
to prove to the enemy that they will hest
tate at no sacrifice for the defence of the
capital
Baron Geralt, at Washington, has re-
ceived dispatch from Bismark, dated Oc-
tober 1S, at Versailles, declaring to friend
ly powers that the object of the German
military operations in France are not for
conquest, but only to secure such new
boundary as is considered indispensable to
the better protection of Germany against
future invasions from France. 1t is added
that Germany feels no hostility toward
France, and entertains sincere wish for
her future welfare. g."
A Berlin dispatch of the 10th says the
last official return of prisoners was 3,577
officers and 123,700 men, The numbers
were constantly increasing.
Dispatches from various parts of France,
on the Goth, report number of small en-
gagements. 1t is reported that on the 18th
division of the Grown Princes army at
tackled the French at the Chateau Duo,
10000 strong. The French were defeated
and driven back, and the town carried by
storm. Many prisoners were taken by the
Germans whose loss was small.
Secretary Fish, at Washington, received
a dispatch on the Goth, from London, say
ing that report that peace had been ar
ranged was much believed there, though
not officially stated. &. 10
The conduct of the Germans at Orleans,
according to the Prussian account is differ
ent from that ascribed by the French They
were perfectly orderly, and the occupation
was unattended by any violence or extor-
ton.
Later advices from China are much more
| pacific. A dispatch dated Tien-Tsin, Sep
tember 80, says: "Two Mandarins have
been transported, and fifteen men have been
'beheaded for completely in the outmges on
the French residents besides, an embassy
is preparing to go to France"
\ A Versailles telegram says that during
the night of the 10Th the Parisians kept up
a steady fire on the Prussian outposts. The
latter were well protected and suffered no
losses au ,h
The steamer Cambria, of the Anchor
Line, from New York, was wrecked on the
Irish coast on the night of the 10Th. Five
boats containing passengers left the steamer
previous to the wreck, only one of which
had been heard from up to the 21st, and
that, when picked up, contained only a
sailor and the corpse of little girl.
A Rome dispatch of the 21st says the
Pope has formally suspended the session of
the Gcumenical Council ON the ground that
there has been sacreligious invasion Of the
territory Of the Church, which might pre-
vent the freedom of action Of the Pope and
fathers. The jubilee in honor of the coun-
Gil, however, is not suspended. 8
A Toronto, Canada, dispatch Of the s1st
says, advices from Fort Garry to the 9Th