The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-31

as such by the belligerents.
The Corps Legislatif Yesterday voted that
the urgency of the situation demanded two
important measures. First, the formation
of battalions from the Garde Rationale, home
guards and firemen Of each department. who
should be lightly equipped, and especially de-
signed to hang upon the flanks of the enemy,
attacking them at every opportunity. Second,
it was for the Government to take, at prices
agre ed on, all arms manufactured in France,
either from foreign or private parties and now
ready for use.
There is no doubt but that great battle
will take place at once. The condition of the
French troops is excellent. MacMahon has
also received large reinforcements An entire
corps, the 18th, numbering $4,000 men,
which was organized here has been sent to
him. Bazaine has been abundantly supplied
with provisions and munitions. Paris is now
fully prepared to resist an attack. The work
ingmen declare they will defend the city
street by street. should it become necessary.
Advices received from all parts of the pro-
vinces invaded show that the sharpshooters
are becoming very efficient, and capture num-
bers of Prussian scouts and stragglers and
repel attacks on towns and villages. The
presence of the sharpshooters and Garde
Mobile encourages the country people, who
now put on bolder trent. In some cases
they have attacked, killing and wounding
quite a number, and at many places they
resist the exactions before tamely sub
mitted to.
Should the Prussians be defeated their re-
treating columns will be terribly harassed by
these irregular forces, who even now hang
upon the enemy's line of march, and infict
daily losses.
Nothing has been received from the front
except rumors of engagements terminating
favorably to the French. The country people
are now beginning to second the French
scouts in giving precise information of the
movements of the enemy. Officers and others
who have arrived from the front insist that
great battle was fought on August 81, and
that Bazaine and MacMahon Joined, and that
they expected to meet by this time the army
of the Crown Prince, which was constantly
being reinforced.
An American auxiliary ambulance train,
under the direction of DIR. Mccormick, set
out for the front from Paris to-day.
Dispatches from the Prussian general head
quarters, dated Sunday at noon, declare that
Bazaine's communications are completely cut
off, and the kilograms printed in Paris as
coming from him must be manufactured
there.
Brussels despatch of to-day says that
| MacMahon is about to make desperate effort
to force his way from Sedan, along the line
of the Montmedy and Thonville Railroad, with
the object of attacking from the north what
| ever Prussian forces may be gathered in the
triangle formed by the fortresses of Metz,
| Verdun and Toul, regardless of their num-
bers He hopes to have cooperation at all
those places The attempt is bold and des-
perate one, as there is no escape from de-
struction in case of defeat 1t is believed
that the Emperor and his son will await the
result of this movement at Sedan, and be
ready to cross at Bouillors into Belgium, in
| the event of defeat.
i Some journals to-day print q report that
the Prussians last night attacked a train on
the Paris and Lyons railway There were
some troops in the cars, and they made de-
fense After several of the Prussians had
| been killed or wounded the rest retreated.
The bombardment of Strasburg is becoming
very severe, and much damage has been done
in the city.
The Figaro reports that a leading banker
has received from America a telegram saying
that twenty ships, heavily armed, have
started ostensibly for various American
ports; that they are manned by Germans, and
are to prey on French commerce and unde-
Tended ports on the French coast. The report
creates q sensation here.
The French authorities to-day stopped
travel via Calais to Paris, and the Boulogne
route will probably be closed tomorrow.
The channel steamers are already withdrawn.
A decree appears in the Journal OftcieI, dis
missing from Office the Mayor of Epernay
for issuing a proclamation advising the citi
zens to make no defense. The Council OF
War at Paris have condemned two more OF
the rioters of La Villette to death, one tc
hard labor for life, and one to five years i'm
prisonment. Great preparations have beer
made at Charleville, in the rear of MacMahon.
| position, for the accommodation of tn,
wounded. The junction of MacMahon and
Bazaine is not yet despaired of. The JOurnG
O6iciel states that the blockade only becam,
effective on Aug 49,
PARIS, Aug. 3O.-(Special to the New Yorl
Times. )-One of the present writers for tn
Cologne Gazette was for a long time one o
the editors of the Paris Temps, and was wei
received by the Ministers, as he was suppose
to be a warm friend of France, and was deco
rated. At the time of the formal declaration
of war he bolted suddenly from Paris, bein
assured that he would be arrested as spy
He is q Prussian by birth, and his name
Becker. Another Prussian, named Simon
was one of the editors of the Ministerial OF
gan of Paris, the Constitutional His salar
as editor was only 125 francs month, and b
had no private fortune, nevertheless he KEEP
up a large establishment, had a carriage
horses, etc., was we'll received by the Minis
ters, and had free access to the best source
of information, and was decorated with th
Legion of Honor. AS soon as war was d.
clared he, too, made for parts unknown
: Becker and Simon distinguished themselve
Q in their papers by the violence of their art
: cles against France. This system of Bi:
marcks is perfect.
4 PARIS, Aug 3O.-A Tribune special CORE
4 spondent, passing through Paris yesterday
: was allowed to visit the Notifications o
: the inner line comparatively few guns al