The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-03
FRANCE

TouRs. October 1.-Advices from Paris
of the 18th state that the PTEssian oh1-
~. on the sOuthea t of the city. The COM
mandant refused.
The messeE ger of the government from
Tours has succeeded n entering Paris.
The Prussians seem dis1Eci med TO attack
the city. They still occupy the heighIs al
a respectable distance from the French
forts. Whsneyer they see conVoys or re-
connoisanceSs they open IRE with shot
and shell. Tney nave constructed an en-
trenched cannp at Versailles, and seem TO
have gone into Winter quarters there.
PITHIvIERs. Sept. 90 via Tours, Oct. l.
Fifteen thousand Prussians now occGpy
this town At Besaume the citIz9ns have
barricaded the Streets aud Will defend
RoUEN, Sept. 30, via ToUEs, Oct. Ian en-
gagements occurred near here yesterday,
betw cen body of French sharp shooters
driven of. Beauvois has been occupied by
the Prussians.
EvEREUx,- Sept. 30. via Tours, Oct. l.
Still anolner balloon from Paris passed
over to day.
PARIS, sept. 30, vla Tours, October L.
An officIsl decree Is instituted By a ooun.
Gil Of war for the Garde Nationale as well
as for the army.
Vincennes and st. Denis.and th1evtng and
attacks upon private property Will be
summariiy punishec.
ITO the Associated Press.l
ToURs, Oct. 1.-The official journal OF the
Republic publishes decree, fixing the
time for the election of the Constituent
Assembly, aud prescribing the manner In
which the elecIion shall 0e held, the to.
tai mum Der OF Repre- eAtatives TO b seven
hundred &nd huy, and these to be elected
by France alone No provision, thus far.
is made for Algeria or other colonies The
representatives, are to be appo-tiOned on
the basis of the population.
All Frenchmen arrived at the age of
twenty -one, and who nave been residents
for six months and and
whose names may be inscribed on the list
of electors, Wi lie entitled tc vote. Pre-
fects aud Secretaries in general, actually
in office, may be re elected. Electors will
vote at the chief town of the canton. TIE
Prefee $ of departments may, however.
under csrfa.n circumstances. which are
given at length IN the original document,
divide cantOns into TWO or more election
districts. The votipg is to begGn at An
October 9th, and enc at in the evening.
The ballots are 10 be counted the same
evening, by committee OF at least six
persons. who are 10 be named hereafter.
PARIS VIA ToURs. Ssptenahe 27-Tbe
official Jo9tI7lu contains decree from tn e
Minister OF AgTicu lture, ordering that the
daily distribution of meat 10 the tnhabi-
tants shall consist Of dive hundred Deeves
and four thousand sheen, these 10 be sold
bY the butchers on the account of the
state, at fixed prices.
The Academy has passed a VO of
thanks to Jules Favle.
HAyRE, October 1.-The French frigate
Impreguable has arrived here and VIII be
ferse of the hRrbor aud city. The Protect
ri e is cruising in the channel III the
neighbOrhocd.
TOUES, october 1.-The second lot Of pri-
vate CORES nc, which was Sc zed at
the Tuilerfes, is published to day. Among 2
the Imperial documents are dispatches to
the Empress, showing the Em eror had
an intention to return to Paris after the
second defeat of the French army. 7 he pa
pers also contain revelations of the jour
ney of R0uheT to the camp.
The Provisional Government has issued
orders tor the arrest of Grand Perret
and COuneau.