The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-22

of the enemy were anhouncsu w eho ss ~ :,
s Of Steinburg. the Duke de Magenta cahsea
general retreat to be beaten, ana Sayerne
thought itseK lost, whilst officers ana sol
pfalzbnrp road, and three-fourths of the
people went off wildly toward the neigh.
boring forests. A sad example was set by
the gensdar1nes and sergeants de Vile. The
townsfolk closed their shops and piled up
furniture upon their carts. Some of the
farmers drove cattle before them, as in the
time Of Abraham.
There were incredible Accommodations
formed, both Of men and animals, In the
houses of toresters and III rrins of the cas-
Ties. This morning all is calm In town, or,
to speak more accurately, all is dead there
Invasion is expected from one moment to
another. No one dreams Of defence against
the loo, 900 men of the Prince Royal. The
open their shops. A few devoted men AND
some brave women divide themselves be.
tween two ambulances, Of which one Is at
the hospital and the other at the AISLE I'm,
perial. There remain only sixty wounded
or so. One hundred and sixty have been
sent to Saarburg. Almost all the ZouaYes
and Turcos made their escape last night,
fearing to be murdered by the Prussans
How they were able to drag themselves as
far rs Pfalzburg, being in such STATE at
they were, I scarcely know. 1t must nave
been with stolen horses and carriages: MINE
was recovered this morning at O'Clock,
perfectly sound. from half dozen strag'
ylers, who had replaced the traces with tur'
bans unrolled.
THE SIREN OF STRAWBERRY HILL.
7 have Just heard from good source the
original cause Of the hostility of the Lon
lon Times to the Emperor, and the sudden
wheel around OF the London Daity Iete'
gr0phin the same direction. Lady Walde.
grave, of Strawberry Hill, great friend Of
The Orleans family, is dining and winning
the London journalists with view Ia
make partisans. Delane, OF the London
Times, dimes there three times week, and
has been the more easily won over 6y mel
ladyship from the fact that he lost S2O. 0oC
the time of the Hohenzollern affair by stock
speculatiOns for q rise on faith of the an
nouncement of the settlement Of the war
question by NJ. Olliyier's lie ConststuttonneI
Among recent conquests Of the siren OF
Strawberry Hill are Monsieur and Madame
Lesq, of the Telegraph. They honored the
invitation of her ladyship, and the alle-
glance Of that journal was secured.
THE POPE AND PRUSSIA.
The Journals of Paris comment on the
fact announced by the Austrian press that
the Pope has colnplimented King William
of Prussia ON the success of his arms.
WHY THE FRENCH SUPPRESS TIE NEWS.
N. Frederick Gaillardet telegraphs from
Paris to the Courier des Flats U7stS of Fri
day last to this effect: In an interview with
Nj. Chevreau, Minister Of the Interior, he
complains that dispatches which by special
favor l have been permitted to send to New
York have been transmitted back to Prus-
STA, to the detriment of our operations. He
further assured me that the chief of Berlin
police had perfected arrangements for re.
ceiving the moment they were published
sent from France to Luxem-
bourg, Belgium, Switzerland, and America !;
which dispatches he Immediately forwarded
to the Frussian headquarters. These dis
patches have made the enemy acquainted
with projected movements on our part, and
informed them as regards the strength of
our forces at certain points. 1t conse-
quently follows that Bazaine feels COM
PEELED to interdict the publishing of all
army news except such us emanates from
his headquarters.