Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

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London courts have decided
that Inman's steamer, City Of Bos.
ton, was not overloaded, and was
sea-worthy when she left port.
Passenger travel between Eng.
land and Calais has been stopped.
The splendid Strasburg library
was destroyed by bombardment,
CHICAGO, August 3l.-An acct
dent occurred on the Des Moines
Railroad, by which s soldiers were
killed and - seriously hurt. They
were on their way to attend the
State soldiers reunion.
PARIS, August administers OF
the Interior, Agriculture, and
Commerce officially visited the
warehouses.
A committee of Defence has
been formed at Havre.
A late Turin journal says Prince
Napoleon is residing there.
French clergy are moving act
lively in defence.
Scarcity of water for few days
is apprehended, in which case it
will be necessary to I'LL Paris moat.
st. Cyr is empty; pupils in the
army.
The Pays says the nephew of
Bismarck, who recently wanted to
raise a legion Of Hanoverians, has
been arrested as a spy.
BERLIN, Aug. 3l.-The Nation
oil Gazette has the following:
Neutral powers are correspond
ing actively. The only result
reached is that each power must
keep the Others advised Of its
movements, the evident intcrven.
ton contemplated, though Prus;
STA regards the movement too late.
The intention Of Intervention is
almost Extensively announced from
Vienna and Florence. Prussia
objects emphatically to the course
of Italy. Italy threatened com
plications requiring an undcsira-
BILE solution that she is forced to
fight, or accept great sacrifices.
Rather than let the neutral pow,
ers profit by our troubles, all the
powers of the earth shall not stop
US half way in a war Of self-prcs-
ervation. England also preached
her intention to intervene, but
never meant armed Intervention.
The interests of Europe demands
the cessation of all such attempts.
LONDON, Aug. 3l.-Great exs
element in French department
regarding the alleged sympathy of
P~rOtestants with the Prussians.
PARIS, Aug. 3l:-Versailles,
though an open town, is organic
ing for defence.
The Moniteur says many OF the
Prussians expelled were actually
plotting against France. Prus.
sian uniforms were found in the
houses of suspected persons. The
expelled Germans have given false
reports of hardships.
The Moniteur is authorized to
contradict the statements regard
ing armed ships leaving American
ports in Prussian interest.
The battle between Dun and
Stena is without important re,
suits.
LONDON, Aug. 3l.-Sportsmen,
jockeys, horses and school girls are
arriving in great numbers from
France.
BERLIN, Aug. 3l.-Meetings of
notablcs adopted an address to
the King protesting against inter.
vention. Germany is willing to
conlde all to William in establish
ing Il peace not again to be wan
tOnly broken.
LONDON, August 31,-Troops
have been leaving Paris all day for
the north. NThe Emperor is re
ported to be at Sedan. The Prus.
slams will find McMahon strong.
The Prussians only stopped small
dctachmcnts Of reinforccmcnts
sent him, Mcmahon pcrsevercs
in attempting to attack the be.
siegcrs ut Metz.
Strasburg will probably capllu,
late within three days. The forti.
iications are manned daily to ac-
custom the soldiers to the situa-
ton.
Thirty thousand sick and
wounded have returned from the
Four hundred French Arabs
have been captured.
Paris is exultant, claiming that
the Crown Prince is thirty.slx
hours behind and cannot arrive in
time to form a junction with Fred
erick Charles.
LONDON, August 3l.-The Prus-
SLAMS attacked McMahon's army
to-day near Beaumont defeated it
and drove it back upon the Bel
gian frontier. The French camp
fell into the hands ofthe Prussians.
Pursuit of the French was con-
several miles, which was
interrupted by the number Of can
non and provisions taken. The
extent of the battlefield is so vast
that it is impossible to obtain