The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-10-24
0,ganiga.ion Of French Armies.

rovpa<. October 2l.-Thc armi>ticl
o., Nrziercs ended yesterday at tire,
o'clock. The bridge over the Meus,
..tn lie blown up to-day, but the bonn
rgrImcnt will not be commenced until
u..~. troops and munitions Of war are
.r,n-ht up. The. French force within
rba walls of Mezicres Is computed to be
a,uut five thousand.
LONDON, October pa dispatch
from Amicns, to-day, announces that
~. PruSsiaus are only three ki'omc-
,.r, distant. Every preparation has
.,.n made to defend the town.
\ special train laden with munitions
.,.n.,r passei through Amiens from
Lille. guin. 10 RoUrm.
General Bombaki is expected 10 leave
Lille. today, iUr some destination lie
... $4,000 men under his command.
=. spoudeut Of the morning
So. ud SAYS that the American am
balance corp, has been given to under
stand. by the Prus>ians lnat lis aid Is
uuI wanted.
\ i.spa,ch from Tours ON the Dist,
~ 80 =. NJ, says the Papal Nuncia has
arrived. Kcratry has also arrived from
MlIrjd. His mission there was to ask
material AID, but on the advice OF
friends he rerralucd, and only asked
leave 10 import arms from Spain and
.he Spanish colonies. This was, how
ever, refused.
The troops in camp at Tours ar, to
ba reviewed once a week.
LONDON, October 22-fhe iron ship
Uecuha, Captain Walker, which LET;
Calcutta on the lst OF July las, for
New York with general cargo and
1000 pounds sterling, toundered on Il
,unkcn rock in Stringis Bay on the l5th
ut September.
The diamond fever at the Cape o!
Good Hope is increasing. EXtgaomi-
nary gems have been discovered
bismarck repudiatcs all share as
,Iicl to him il, the sorrows Of W. H..
E.-,tl. 4 newspaper correspondent,
whom he asserts he had onl Y corrected
iu material points.
\ challenge for the annual boat race
has originated with the Oxford crews,
the .jr-t time in wears.
LoNpoN, October 22.-The S0tLard
publishes Berlin dispatch saying that
i, is officially stated that the French
charge d daffairs at the Spanish court
has asked the Government for the IN
iyr,st and preservation Of the Latin
race. to send to France an army OF htt!
taou,anI Spanish soldiers to assist IN
resisting the prussiaus. The PROPOSE
ton, was positively declined.
LgSpoN, October 22-Au evening
,liron contains a specia! telegram from
berlin stating that Prussia has repeated
willingness TO grant an armiSticc OF
principle. ii the cession of territory be
conceded. The mere di-mantling of the
fourcsscs in Alsace and Lorraine, un-
a,r the European guarantee, Is INSULT
c!enr.
Dc,crters from Metz are constantly
arriving at Berlin
LoNSov, October 22.--A Paris letter
Of the 18th saws that on the 10th 80
Polish dcserters escaped from the Ger
man lines, capturing their officers, and
came into the French lines near Men
don. They reported Tie fifth corps, to
winch they belonged, as greatly demor
allied bv the defeats It suffered at
Bourcril and Baqucmt, and the general
condition of he camps at Versailles rs
d,porable. The troops are suffering
rrtatv from sickness and want OF wood.
Al the Grand Lodge Of Free Masons
in Paris, King William and the Crown
Prince OF Prussia were expelled from
the order
Permission has been obtained 10y
Washburne for hundred Americans to
cave. More than three hundred still
remain, among them Colone! Hoffman,
Secretary of Legation.
4 special at Ostcnd sends word that
there is no truth in the peace ncgotia
ton, reported to be going on between
Bazaint, the Emperor and the Prus-
san Government.
Especial 10 y. Y. Herald
LoNpox, October 22-There are
rumor, that an agreement has been con
rlrl,l at the Prus-iau headquarters
with General Boyer, the messenger OF
Razaine. under which the Marshal is
10 march 10 Paris and declare for Nap
. ole0n the Fourth.
\ marble bust of Napoleon the First,
go1d cross from the chapel ana a part
Of the imperial library, were saved from
St Cloud and are in the custody OF the
Crown Prince.
The Prussiau General sheridan ar
rived at Brussels to-day on his way 10
Rome He will return to the Prnssian
army when operations become more
active.
Loxpox, October 23.-It is reporte2d!
that England will Immediately offer dl
ltct Intervention for an armlstcei tha'
Lord LYONS and Lord Lotus have take"
steps to that effect at Tours and Berlin
and that perfect accord in the matter
exists between England, Austria aho
Italy. 9,
LONDON, October 23.-A dispatch
from Bombay announces troops leaving
Madras for China. 1t is rumored tina
defensive alliance has been formed
between Turkey and Greece against th'
encroachments of Western Powers:
LoNpON, October 23.-General Van
dertann, commanding the German
troops on the Loire, has issued proc
lamation declaring that the main con
dition OF peace is the restitution o
Alsace and Lorrain to Germany.
The Prussians have taken all th'
clothing from the shops and wine from
the cellars in Orleans. --.