The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-13

diSt1nc9 ~ ABOUT - mllGA IN Mo FAl'
Ii0n The army has been halted a the drm
request OF tie Russian AinilcF, In order
that King William and Count Bismarck
may consider The prOpositiOn for an Ar
miStice, enanafiDg from Russia and Aus
Order in Paris.
Paris remains Tranquil, and the Inhabi.
tantB are nrm In the belief that the city
can be defended. The FnadS leading 70
the city are all closed, and NO rnnre pro-
Visions arc going Ia. What the city now
contains must provo sufficient for the
emergency. The PrnESihns will In few
weeks march triumphanily through the
streets,
The PTuSsian IIaItat Bismarck's
Request.
LONDON, Sept l2
The PruaSian army has halted twenty.
five miles from Paris at The special request
Of Count Bismarck, 70 consider the Rus.
sian.AustriRn proposition for an aEmiStiee.
French Ports to be Fortified and TeS-
sells Manned.
Orders have been issued by the govern
mcnt at Paris for tho Notifications At
HAvrc, MarSeiIleS, Dunkirk and other
ports to be put in state Of defense Tue
quotas Of men Oflarge French war steam
crs Vre to be filed TO the utmost and III:
vessels held ready TO sail at a moments
notice.
Wild Reports from tho Seat Of War.
TelegramS from the seat Of war, nthe
papers here to-day, arc apertoct chaos Of
wild statements.
A stubborn Defence Of Paris.
The Paris correspondent OF the 7TmcI
says that stubborn defence Of Paris Is
certain II the city Is beSieged. The idea
TINT the PrusSiaus will walk in without
difficulty Is mistake
Theirs ON a Secret Mission.
PARIS, Sept. 19.
ItiB officially announced that Thicrs
will leave this evening for London, ".
emma and ST. Petersburg, on secret mis-
sion. Tue Prussians were at Melum last
night
Marseilles Sends 1000 Volunteers
to Paris.
BIARsEu.LEs, Sept 19.
EsQuiros, hearing that two corsAirs had
passed through The Straits Of Gibraltar,
has ordered armed preparation to be made
here to repel any attack. 10000 volun.
tCcs lCil yesterday for Paris.
The ArmIStIcc.-By Whom Asked.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 124P.M.
Italy, Austria and Russia arc agreed in
principle and have authorized Russia to
ask Prussia for an armiStiCG. A dispatch
to that effect has been sent by telegraph
to Berlin. No answer has yet been re-
ceived.
An Ovation to WaShburne.
PARIS, Sept. 19
Minister Washburne while on his way
to the Central Telegraph Office to send q
dispatch, was recognized in front Of the
building by tho crowd when cheers arose,
the crowd increased and tho Minister
received a most enthusiastic ovation. Mr.
Washburne was much moved, This
evening tho employees Of 1.-THE Telegraph
Company and ninny others assembled 10
front Of the American legation and made
another demonstration in honor OF the
government and its representative,
The La france says that while the
Republic Is everywhere welcomed, the
dying meeting Of the Constituent Assem-
bly, causes dissatisfaction.
Tho Captures at Sedan.
BERLIN, Sept. 12.
The official report Of tho capltuiation
Of Sedan states that the total amount Of
prisoners taken were $4,000. The num-
Der Of wounded have been reduced since
the rcopening Of tho railway, and oil the
dead in the fields around the city have
been buried.
Fearful Explosion at LHon.
The following dispatch, from King
William 10 tho Queen, was received,
dated ten o'clock Sunday night:
"The citadel Of LAon exploded after
the surrender, Just as the PruSsians were
preparing to enter. Three hundred were
killed, including two hundred Of the
Mobile Guards, William, Of Mecklenburg,
was wounded. There must have been
treason. WILLIAM"