The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-30


official reports from the army are pub
lished:
Prussian troops are making onerous
requisitions on the country they oc-
cupy. They take the horses of farm
ers, cut down trees and trample the
standing crops.
During thunder storm, the head
quarters of the division of General
LoreDces was struck by lightning and
three officers were Injured.
All the prisoners SO far taken have
been sent to Orleans, where accom-
modations are provided.
PARIS. July 29.-Eve-Two per.
sons were arrested at Besancon, for
exporting gold to France, one had
40. 900 francs in gold; he professed to
be taking it to a banker in Basle.
nj. Klaciko. Director of the De
partment of Foreign Affairs at Wen
ma, an avowed adversary of Prussia,
has arrived in Paris.
A council of ministers was held at
st: Cloud, to- day; the Empress pre-
sided.
PARIS. July 29.-The Journal Off,
cteL publishes letter dated the 9th
of j uly, from the Chinese Embassy at
present in Paris, expressing profound
feelings of sorrow with which its
members heard of the murderous
affair at Tientsin.
The Embassy learned at the same
time that a Chinese functionary of
exalted rank had been charged to In
qulre into those lamentable scenes.
LONDON. July pa dispatch
from Pesth announces that Count
Androssy yesterday assured the Diet
that IN all circumstances Hungary
will act with Austria.
The Times says the drain of gold is
subsiding. The amount now on the
way here from New York will 90 a
long way to counteract the tendency
of the pressure In the money market.
The street rumors of successful ne.
gotiations between Lord Lyons and
Grammont, at Paris, whereby the
preservation of peace is assured, are
again Ia circulation to day, but are
not generally credited.
The war panic at the Exchange
continues. Six more failures were
announced to- day.
The Times has an article on the re-
call of Mr.. Motley. The writer says
Righteousness is the reproach of re-
publics. Motley has been here two
years long enough to be endeared to
every EnRlishman, and now he is re-
called. Motley is respected, not par
ticularly because he is an American,
but as a man. lt is a matter of con-
graduation that his recall, however
unworthy the motive, gives him back
to literature.
Further rumors are In circulation
that the Catholics of Austria will
embrace Protestantism, unless the
doctrine of Papal infalibility is CON
siderably qualified.
The British government is quietly
but actively preparing to meet any
emergency. All the dock yards and
arsenals are busy day and night.
A supplementary estimate for the
army and navy is expected.
The story is repeated here that
France has promised Italy sixty mil
lion livres for her fidelity, besides the
evacuation of Rome.
The discount demand at the Bank
of England Is rapidly diminishing.
LONDON. July 29.-OWing to deten
tion In the Irish channel, the London
passengers and news parcels, intended
to go forward by the Idaho, were left
behind at Queenstown, aud will be
forwarded by the Cunard steamer.
[CabIe special to the New York Herald
LONDON, July 29.-The popular
excitement at the course of England
in the present war is very great. The
people want notice given to France
that England views with grief and
the intrigues, evidently
having for their aim the violation of
the independence of Belgium, and
will oppose with Ter whole strength,
any attempt to extend French power
on the Continent before or after the
war. The British government, on the
other hand, while condemniug France
for breaking the peace, closes her
eyes to the large purchases of coal
and ammunition, made In England
for the French army.
LONDON, July 29.-~In the Western
General Conference to day, Bishop
Simpson, of the United States, pre-
sented his credentials from the Amer
lean Conference, and made an address
giving an account of the condition
and prospects of the denomination in
his country.
The Athentun1 announces the death
of Anna Cora Mowatt, the distin-
guished American authoress and ac-
tress, and eulogizes her.
There was another serious failure
to day in the cotton trade at Liver
pool; 20 name given.
LONDON, July 29.-It is reported
that the Landwehr throughout Ger
many responds sluggishly to the sum-
mons 10 come forward.
There is much discomfort in vi
emma at the neutrality of Austria.
The ship DIR. Barth, from New
York for Ham burg. put into a British
port to avoid French cruisers.
The bark Meridian, from PhiladeI-
phia for Bremen, has arrived at Bre-
men Haven. She was overhauled by
French man of-war, but was per
mitted to proceed.
The Post, in a double loaded lead
er, anGrily comments on Bismarck's
language in his organ, the British
CARTE, in regard TO alleged violation
of British neutrality, and calls it
direct threat against England. 1t
adds that the Prussians' boastipg
stories and lies will before long be
correctly estimated. It does not be
lieve France coVets Belgium, and de-
clares England will remain fairly
neutral as long as Prussia withholds
her hands from neutral territory.
Tribune cable speciaLl
LONDON, July 29 Marquis La Va
leti's assurances to Earl Granville. in
reply to Bismarck's dispatch, were