Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-09-08

csoesd. anid much applause n IL Cosps
LegislatiS, the rendered position On Ae
Committee Of Defense, conditioned OatAe
heassy sympathy and co operation q ne
ChnmbGrA
a PIsis SPECIAL TO thsNew Yoik Hws'd
on the 18th slAtes that sne hundred and
seventy thousand men Of the PruAtsa
army hsd been killed and wounded or.
ing the war.
twas reported in Paris on the 3eth =
| on the 18th the Prince Royal Of q.
With io0oO nen, had made sn "a es M
j,ful attempt to capture verdun- s
hons maiD arny wss = bevoy On tne
z0th. Tie Emperor was ct Removable,
and the Prince Imperial at RetheL
Prussian scouting parties were at
Meaux, one hour from Paris, on the 9Th.
The Prince Royal Of Prussiah has issued a
proclamation to the people Of France,
wherein he says: "Prussis makes war
against the Emperor. and not against the
people Of France. The people have moth
ing whatever TO fear" He also says:
sOnly surplus food will BE- taken for Ger
man troops; that only which ID not requir-
cd by the peaceful French" Paris tele-
grams assert that the invaders commit
fearful pillage and unheard-of outrages IS
they move along"
Austria has concurred In declaration
Of neutrality, - proposed BY England
and accepted by Italy.
According 70 official dispatches receiv-
ed In Berlin, great battle was fought in
the neighborhood Of 6tenay, northwest
Of Montmedy, on the 28th, which II said
to have terminated in victory for the
Prussians. fr
Il was rumored In London on the Goth
that the Emperor Napoleon was shut up
In Metz, where also were 10 200 peasants
and 1900 wounded soldiers.
The opinion was gaining strength on
the 10Th, that the movement toward Paris
was only feint, the real object OF the
Prussians being TO envelope McMahor
with their left wing and crush hin
Heavy fighting had apparently been go
ing on between Chalons and Verdui
since the 18th, the forces Of McMahot
! and the Crown Prince being engaged. 4
great battle near Mousson was begun q
the 2Sth.
A Berlin dispatch of the 9th state
that the prisoners Of war arriving thee
were already 90 numerous that the To-
tresses were full to overlooking. Cams
were formed at Wittenburg and elsewhee
to receive them.
| A dispatch from the Prussian genera
headquarters, dated ut noon on the 2Stl
declares that Bazaine's communication
we're completely cut cut eef # and & tteiegrami
printed in Paris az from him were manu-.
featured there. News from the French
War Office on the both states that Bazaine
was not shut up; that he had 100, 900 men,
that MacMahon MAS 10000 strong, and
that they were stealing two marches on
the Prince Royal, who was two days
ahead Of Prince Frederick Charles
Another dispatch says: "Not only haa
MscMahon failed TO form junction with
Bazaine, but wedge of Prussians has been
driven between the two armies. This hu.
man wnSl~e IL snv thicLn- sh-.> owes BE-
lore, and Mcmahon now finds himself
separated from Bazaine by two powerful
German armies instead of one"
Late advices from Shanghai state tina,
the negotiations for the settlement df the
Tientsin affair were progressing. The
imperial authorities of Peo Chu Lee admi,
that the conduct of the missionaries al
Tientsin was inoffensivc, and that they
were wantonly attacked.
Paris isreported as being fally prepared
TO resist an attack. Gold was again cir
culating on the 30th.
| An American newspaper correspondent
writes that the treatment Of American
journalists and travellers by the Germans
~ we'll as by the French, has been mos
catering when compared with that be
slowed upon people Of other nations and
testines to the popularity Of this country
in oil parts OF Europe.
risnung 10 reported ~ having sccurrei
on the Both, between Montmedy and 10
dan.
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