The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-09-17
War ia Europe.

/ There has been no great battles fought
since our last issue between tho French and
Prussians. The latest advices up to Thurs
day are contained in dispatches from Lon
don which announce that direct mail and
Geographic communications with Paris
have been suspended. The Prussi;lns have
cut the lines at Cesil, ten miles north of
| Paris, on the Calais road, and have torn
up the Lyons Railroad at Corbeil, eighteen
miles southeast of Paris. On Monday the
Uhlans were at Nogent- Marine, but
five miles from Paris and by way Of Lon
plans were to have seven army corps before
the Capital on Tuesday. Minister Gre
mieux has issued proclamation, warning
the people of the approach of the Prussians,
and calling on them to rise and oppose the
enemy. General Trochu has reviewed the
army of defence, and announced his salts
faction with it. Heavy seige guns are
going forward to the Prussians for use at
Paris and Tours, and they have force Of
engineers at Champigny, a few miles east
of Paris. The French and Prussan fleets
are in sight of each other in the North Sea,
near the Island of Heligoland. A party of
Socialist conspirators against the Prussian
monarchy have been arrested in Brunswick
and sent to prison on the Russian frontier
A Brussels despatch says that it is almost
certain that Prussia will refuse to enter
tain a proposition looking to an armistice
because it would delay army operations, in
case negotiations proved unsuccessful,
until the unfavorable season sets in. Stras-
bourg and Toul still hold out. The French
fleet blockading Hamburg is reported to
have been withdrawn. Our latest des-
patches announcing the situation in Paris
are dated at Tours. They represent that
a great number of bridges around Paris
were blown up yesterday, woods were set
on fire, and houses likely to offer refuge to
the enemy were destroyed.-A Berlin
despatch says that Germany will not rccog
nize the French Republic in any arrange
ment for peace. When Paris is taken the
Senate Corps Legislatiff, with the Regency
and the Government de jure, can, and it is
expected will, resume their sessions and
appoint Commission to accept the terms
of peace. The empress will return, Napo
leon will be released, and, continues the des-
patch, France will be left to have any form
Of Government the people may want. A
despatch to tho New York World says that
the Prussian advance guard before Paris is
Al, 900 strong. 1t is rumored that an en-
gagement took place on Tuesday between
German cavaly and French sharpshooters,
four miles from Paris, i'll which the cavalry
were beaten and driven back.
The Papal Zouaves garrisoning Castel-
lana, a small town of the Papal States, on
the Tiber, about thirty miles north of
Rome, resisted the march of the Italian
army under General Cadorna wards
Rome. After an hours fight the Zouaves
were defeated and taken prisoners, and the
army continued its advance on Rome
The Pope refuses to acknowledge the au-
thority King Victor Emmanuel to treat OH
the subsection of the Papal States. Prom
inent citizens of Florence have expressed
their qualification for the release of the |
Roman States, and generally throughout
italy the course of the Government meets
with approval. The Pope is still in Rome.