Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-07
FROM PRUSSIA.
The Horrors OF strasbourg.

| Ahe hOrrOrS OF Str8sDOurgs
A Tribune correspondent telegraphinl
from Carlsruhe Tuesday, says there is n,
doubt OF the speedy capture of Strasburg
The Prussian General offered to agfe
10 an armistice of twenty -four hours if tn
French General would arrange the term,
OF capitulation. At the end of that tim,
the French refused. The Inhabitant
are eager to surrender. The shrieks 'ol
the women and children are distincil,
heard in Kiehl.
The French not only shelled the house:
in Keihl, but the churches, which had
been converted into hospitals, were fired
and the wounded burned. Nearly all the
villages in the neighborhood of Stras-
burg have been destroyed. 5-r7 4
Hismarck's Conditions of Peace
He VIII Take Metz and StrasbOurg.
NKW YORK, Sept. 5.-The Tribune's
correspondent Z had an interview with
Blsmark, at the Kings headquarters, neal
Sedan, ON the I'd inst. In response TO bis
inquiry as to what were likely to be the
conditions of ipeace demanded by the
King of the PrusSian government, the
Count replied that there were three ways
of stopping an attack on the Rhine
provinces, First. we might make
Alsace and lorraine a neutral State like
Luxemburg or Belgium, extending from
the former country to Switzerland and so
separating France and Prussia by a group
OF neutral States. But | confess it ap-
pears to me that the neutrality of existing
small States is already so difficult to pro-
tect and Is at every moment capable of so
much dangerous complication that l
do not think it would be worth while to
make more neutral States with that new
duet of dangers. -sr-
Secondly, We might annex Alsace and
Lorraine and hold them as conquered ter
ritory, but am sure that this would not
be looked on favorably by a majority of
my German fellow w-countrymen. We are
all most anxious to complete our unity,
but we do not want any people among us
who are unwilling members. a.-
That Alsacians would be most
dislOyal subjects of the King of Prus-
sia in spite of the great majority of
them speaking the German language and
being of Teutonic origin, there could be
no doubt. ~ i-
Thirdly. There remains to US then,
as third course, to take Metz and
Strasbourg, aud to ketp them. This
is what we shall do.
StrasbOurg, particularly is absolutely
needful for the protection of South Ger
many, which is at the mercy of the
French army. So long as France possesses
there is nothing to stop an
French invading army. Now it would
be very unfair if we were to leave
our South German brethren un-
protected after they have fought
so brsvely and well by our side in
this campaign. Then, by again holding
we could always prevent any
movement on the Rhine. We should be
able not only to march an army
by the Valley of the MaTne on Paris,
but to take French army marching on
Mayence or CobleDtz in the flank or rear
So we have besieged Strasbourg vigorously
and when we have the old German town
back again we shall make a Gibraltar
Of it IL. 7.3a.
To the People of Lorraine.
BERLIN, Sept. 6.-Gen. Bouin, the
Prussian Governor of Lorraine, has issued
a proclamation to his people. After citing
from the Royal decree of the 11th ult, be
promises security of person and prop
erty of all peaceable citizens, exacting in
return implicit obedience TO the authori-
ties, civil and military. @
Napoleon Passes Cologne.
COLOGNE, Sept. 6.-At two o'clock this
A. M. the French Emperor passed here
without stopping. The various railway
stations were thronged with people curious
TO catch a glimpse of the Emperor.