The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-07
lers continue their assaults upon Enelands
pretended neutrality and her proposed In
THE DELAYED CABLE prspArCgrs.

al sue ssOrLuy scenes the FRENCH RaQtcaiS
seem to have uttered nothing that looked
20 peace until the Prussians are expelled
from French soil.
The policy Of the neutral Powers has not
shaped itself, though popular opinion seems
IN FAVOR OF letting Prussia and France fight
1t out.
All the newly-appointed French officials
talk of resistance to the end, and all appeal
to the traditions Of France. The cry Of war
is not yet over.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
TIE SIEGE OF sTRAsBUHe-FIGHTINa IN THE
VICINITY.
PARIS, September 6.-The destruction of
the Strasburg library is confirmed,
Gambetta has appointed Edward Valen-
tine project of strasburg, and cautioned
him that upon his energy and patriotism to
reach and defend his post.
DEATH OF MARSHAL MAcMAHoN.
PARIS, September 6.-Marshal MacMa-
hon died at Namur, Belgium.
FRENCH NEWS.
PARIS, September 6.-The Prussians are
crossing the Rhine in the vicinity of Null
hansen, and the National Guard have gone
to meet them. They are also at New Picha.
tani, In the department of Cote Dor,
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said to have been removed.
The Republic has been proclaimed at
Havre, Marseilles, Lille, Nantes, Perequere,
and Montpelier.
The journals of Paris support the new
Government for national defence, discard.
ing all other considerations save patriotism.
n The journal Official de la Repubhque
tXhorts the army to rally around the glo-
rious flag that for eighty years drove back
all Europe.
The new Government has recalled the
present French Ministers at London, vi
emma, and St. Petersburg.
A new decree has been issued requiring
the withdrawal of all Germans from Paris.
Keratry, Project OF Police, in addressing
the. policemen and citizens, says the revo-
luton just taken place has been pacific. 1t
was understood that the blood of no
Frenchmen should be shed except on the
battlefield. 1t has for it's object, as in
1892, the repression of foreign foe. France,
under the auspices of Republican liberty, Is
prepared to vanguish or die. My power
can only be used to defend you from the
blows of those who seek to betray their
country.
Victor Hugo, upon. reaching Paris, vas
received with. an ovation.
The great French cities accept the Re-
public joyfully.
A decree absolving citizens from the
imperial oath and abolishing stamps on
journals is issued.
Victor Hugo'ss son is here with him. Hugo
exhorts the people to calmness and deter
mined resistance.
AS the Corps Diplo,nattque have not re-.
ceived the circular usual under such cir
cumstances, relations between France and
the other Powers are for the moment sus-
pended. Nothing has been heard yet from
the English Cabinet, which is understood
to have proposed mediation:
The papers declare that now is not the
time to discuss what form Of government
France must accept. One is already estab-
lished, and we must prepare for defence
q l'outrdnce.
The Project Of Police orders all Germans
unprovided with special permissions to quit
the Department of the Seine, and report at
| Disc in twenty-four hours fromS O'Clock to-
day.
APPEAL IF THE FRENCH woRKINGMEN TO THE
ERMAN TO RETURN.
PARIS, September 6.-The International
Workingmen's Society, addressing the So
cial Democracy of Germany, says
"Prussia made war against the Emperor,
not France, who now asks you to withdraw
your armies, otherwise it will be the uni
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scenes of '93. Frenchmen make no terms
| with an enemy on their soil. but they are
friends and allies of all free people. We
! protest against the Intervention Of the
Powers, and implore the Prussian forces to
re-cross the Rhine"
ADDRESS OF q REPUBLIC TO THE ARMY
PARIS. September 6.-The Journal Off,
ciel publishes the following proclamation /:
"To the Army: When a general COM
promises bis command he is relieved. When
a Government puts in peril by it's own
! weakness the public safety, it is set aside.
/ This is Just what France is doing in abolish
ing a dynasty responsible for all our miSfor-
tunes. She has done badly in the face of all
the world. This is a great act OF justice.
| She executes a decree under which all
your conscripts have been summoned, and
in the same act secures the public safety.
TO save itself the nation need now but
arise en- mdsSe, and henceforth count on
two things only-its W resolution. which
| is inyincible, and your herOiSm, WHICH has
never had its equal, and in the midst of I'M
merited reverses has astonished the world.
Rally around the glorious symbol which
eighty years ago drove back all Europe
united before us. AS at that time so now
the name Republic signifies the intimate
union of the army and the people for the
defence of the country"
| MESSAGE FROM TIL MAYOR OF PARIS TO THE
MAYoR OF NEW YoRk.
NEW YORK, September 6.-Mayor Hall
to-day received a message from the Mayor
of Paris announcing the formation OF q
French Republic. The flags were imme.
diately run up on the City Hall in honor of
the event.
SETTLING WITH THE LATE ADMINISTRATION.
PARIS, September 6.-Gambetta has
| placed Count Niemernorke under suryell-
lance until the missing paintings from the
Museum of the Louvre. distracted under
his administration, are returned.
The arrest Of Pietri. late Prefect OF Po-
lice, has been ordered.
The Cabinet of Marshal Valiant, Minis
ter Of the Imperial household, has been
! sealed.
The Princess Mathilde has been arrested
in Normandy, and is under guard at Dieppe.
| Her baggage consisted of siXty-twu trunks,
and is detained for examination.
IRISH SYMPATHY o FRANCE.
LONDON, September 6.-French sympathy
meetings have been held ut Limerick and
Killarney, in Ireland.
THE FRENCH OFFICIAL NEWS OF MACMAHoN's
DISASTER.
PARIS, September 6.-The following is
the first official dispatch received by the
| Republic about MacMahon.
"Menchould, September 5.-MacMahon's
army really numbered 100000. men. 1t is
extirpated. Transportation of the prison.
| ers to Germany has commenced. The adj
vance of the enemy on Paris continues"
JULES FAyRE's MISSION TO KING WILLIAM.
PARIS, September 6.-La Gaulois says the
| departure of Jules Favre to meet King
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