Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-03
Foreign Intelligence.

A London telegram OI the l0tn says
the expected battle at Orleans had oc-
CURED. After six hours defence of the
city the French fed. 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
engaged were about equal. Heavy requi-
sitions were enforced uppn the inhabitants
by the Prussans
The Parisians say they burned ST.
Cloud to prove TO the enemy that they
will hesitate at no sacrifice for the defence
of the capital
Baron Gerolt, at Washington, has re-
ceived dispatch from Bismark, dated
October 10, at Versailles, declaring to
friendly 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 indispen-
sable to the better protection OF Germany
against future invasions from France. 1t
is added that Germany feels no hostility
toward France, and entertains 4 sincere
wish for her future welfare.
A Berlin dispatch Of the 10Th says the
last official returns of prisoners was 3,577
officers and 123TOO 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 Crown Princes army
attacked 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.
The conduct of the Germans at Orleans,
according to the Prussian account, is diff
ferent than that ascribed by the French.
They were perfectly orderly, and the occu-
patton was unattended by any violence or
| extortion
Later advices from China are much
more pacific A dispatch dated ien-Tsin,
September 30, says: 1.-TWO Mandarins
have been transported, and fifteen men
have been beheaded for completely in the
outragcs on the French residents; be-
sides, an embassy is preparing to go to
France"
A Versailles telegram says that during
the night of the 10Th the Parisians kept
up steady fire on the Prussian outposts.
The latter were well protected and suffer
cd no losses.
The steamer Cambria, of the Anchor
| Y EaI an ha
Irish coast on the night of the 10Th Five
boats containing passengers left the steam
er previous to the wreck, only one OF
which had been heard from up to the 21st
and that, when picked up, contained only
sailor and the corpse of little girl.
| A Rome dispatch of the 2lst says the
Pope has formally suspended the session
of the Ecumenical Council on the ground
that there has been sacreligious invasion
Of the territory of the church, which
might prevent the freedom of action OF
| the Pope and fathers The jubilee in
honor of the council, however, is not sus-
pended.
A Toronto, Canada, dispatch Of the 21st
says, advices from Fort Garry to the 9Th
state that the smallpox was committing
fearful ravages in the West, and that the
Indians were dying by thousands, and the
plains were covered with painted corpses
and that the stencil was dreadful. The
government proposes to send medical men
there. All quiet at Fort Garry.
1t was reported in London on the 23d
that England will Immediately offer direct
| Intervention for an arnistice; that Lord
Lyons and Lord Lotus had taken steps to
that effect at Tours and Berlin, and thai
perfect accord existed in the matter be-
tween England, Austria and Italy 1t was
understood at Tours on the 23d that Eng
land had submitted there and at Berlin
proposals for an armistice. Great hopes
were entertained of the result.
A cable dispatch Of the ed says per
mission had been obtained by Mr. Wash
burne for hundred Americans 70 leave
Paris More than three hundred would