The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-17

AT the above meeting of correspondents
It was decided 10 destroy all papers ex'
cent their passports. The Luxembourg
notifications are rapidly being demollsh'
led, aud all laborers are being sent irom
Saarbruck and elsewhere. The mines
have been fired in every direction, and the
walls overthrown, but a long time vii! be
needed to make the fortress indete1sible.
B1BMARCK INTERVIEWED.
A delayed letter from our special CORES.
pondent with the Prussian headquarters
describes an interview with Bismarck at
NIayence, Saturday week, Bismarck said:
ave arc much obliged to the French for
leaving us time TO get the whole army on
the Rhine, and thence to tho frontier. In
a few days work will beg" Speaking
Of the Germans In America, Bismarck &C.
knowledgcd IN warm terms the sympathy
expressed by them From these and other
letters. it IS clear that the Prussians will
stop OF delay all correspondence from the
front. No army letter was received In
London later than theft inst, } except
ours Of the 10Th inst, the substance of
which has already been tclcgraphed. On
the French side . the campaign against
journalists has been more successful than
against the Prussians. OF our cores
p0ndents first rip ule Held one has
been recalled by tie English mill
tary authorities, ono escaped from
Metz, and joined the Prussi9p army, one
was Arrested and sent t64tLe italian from.
tier, and ono was se1EreIy wounded Eand
now Is in the hospital. Three others have
since been sent and have been moro tortIl-
nate, Zone Is at Metz, whose dispatches
reached YOU saturday, one nj Chalons, o
letter from WHOM Is just received and
substance tclegraphed; the third lCIt Lon.
doh Friday, and has not yet been heard
from. . Communication by Telegraph Is i'm
| possible, by POST uncertain, and by mes.
EsepgG difficult
10, LINE TO METZ, AGAIN OPEN. r.
SSsesd!to At 7fablsnS. ~" Pr ''H'S.! q.
aS,g1 LONDON, August 10.
Our special correspondent telegraphs
from Luxembourg this afternoon that the
line to Metz Is again Open, Large parties
belonging 10 the society for relieving the,
WOUNDED nrc passing through 10 tho front
l TnRFIGHT MONDAY.
The fight listed this morning from tour
o'clock Until nfne.a NJ fi'Ibt
Our correspondent from LudwigsliGfen
writes on Friday When the advance
guard of the Southern army arrived near
Hagucnau, two Lieutennnts, with q hand
full Of cavalry, entered the town and rode
through the streets. On reaching the bar
racks they summoned tho Fretlch tOsur-
render The men instantly threw their
cleSsepots out of tile wihdows and in this
mapner few cavalry soldiers captured
zoo prisoners, 140 horses, and 16 wagons
filed wfthi supplies; iSinGeN the battle Of
Weissenbltrg, plumbers of prisoners have
been captured daily. Many also fed to
the woods and valleys, and were compelled
from hunger, TO surrender. The county
.se{daustcd and the population are al.
host Iamished!! Even German soldiers
lacked bread forrone' day. 's'ai'' .er'@i .
BARBARrTY OF THE FREEoh PEASANTRY.
The peoplearc bitterly hostile and cruel.
Twenty peasants were shot BY court
martial for mutiIating and numbering the
wounded. A member of tho court gives
me some particulars..y.A Protestant sister
Of charity testified that ono peasant near
her hacked u Youpded Bavarian TO pieces
with q scythe, and his son cut another
wounded mans throat Even members
Of the sanitary corps, distinguished BY q
red cross on u, white ground were killed
by shots from houses.
THE pRuss1AEs SECOND LINE FORMED.
Great numbers Of troops continue 70 ar
rive from NIL i,parts Of Germany. Our
special correspondent writes from Man
helm, Thursday, = that notwithstanding
the Germans numerical superiority,
preparations continue without cessation.
Military trains arc pushing steadily on
ward, and regiments pass through here
daily. Tho Baden soldiers arc enthusias-
tic. A Prussian. second line Of the Ger.
man army is now moving forward. to sup:
port the first Until to-day this second
line, especially on the left flank, hardly
existed, all efforts going to strengthen the
front. Not until the firsttline was com.
Melted did the second begin to take posi-:
tton! Il Is now completely formed and
placed. 1t composed 'aalmost wholly Of
Prussiap troops, and Is perhaps even
better army than It'd first ~, ~, I'm 11 IL,
w0UNDED AND@rRBoNERs r.
L Trains. filledwitiI wounded and prison.
ers are continually arriving. The latter
are we'll treated, notwithstanding tho bar
,barous excuses, committed by the French
hf0sArts G5iaf no . 81 -. g-r. |.,r !
III .E'tE r.st'I f..IIl ~
i Z COMMANDER, OF THE FRENCH Army.
Our correspondent writes from Paris,
Sunday night: 1t Is still considered 1in-
certain whether the Emperor or Bazatne
Commands No decree has yet made Ba-
zaine Gcncrnlissimo.: Count Pallkao's
Statement Is oqnivOcil. Nothing proves
that the Emperor may not at my mo-
mcnt appear nj the head Of the army.
Changarnier Is in great favor, but no
command is yet assigned him. Nothing
Is yet known Of McMalon's position, and
1t Is probable that he has been unablc to
fejOin tho army alta nearer place than
Chalons.
n The Last French Retreat.