The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-03
WAR IN EUROPEl
FRANCE.

TOURS November News received from
Paris TO October 2gtn say that the people
fend the city to the last. Great numbers
OF new enrollments in the National
strengthen the defense of the fortlncations
private subscriptions, to pay for cannon
TO be placed uDon the worRs, had already
reached q sufficient amount to purchase
thousand pieces, which are being rapidly
made at the various works.
1t was estimated that the rationS would
subsist the city nntil the end Of January.
The Journals assert that bread y Ill not be
q ait out In Fations until the first OF jan
uary, the supply on hand being ample.
Work on the fOItficatio9s is progressing
actively in the direction of BaaneuX. In
enemy q large redan IL in course OF con-
stFuct1on there, W .ch 1t Is expected will
that Hoe. The Prussians are constructing
heavy batteries near NeSon, before Cour-
bevale, and at Bas-Mendon. They have
also planted heavy artillery az Conisy-L
Roi.
on the 9Th, G eneral Trochu received dis
patches from Tonrs, dated the - h.
roURs. November 2-The deputations
when called on Gambetta last night were
authortz I'd TO represent the natures OF the
political le union tbroughout the country,
and sympatbizeers with their object,
" 1ich was TO preSent TO the Government
resolutions asking levy en- masse, aud
/ for the apPointnl snts of com nllssioners for
/ the departments to be charged with the
I Fastening popular I'm preston that Gam
I BETA auuFeSSel 4 the 0eDuLEtiOA urging
/ that it were better Tor French men to deter
| mine to conquer or die. The republic can
I not fall If the people VIII stand, Tt Q Gov
/ ernment has bentits eYsry energy 10 the
/ TASK az defence. Efforts are being made 70
/ procure arms and munitions, but the peO
| Die must Assist The Government in this as
J IN other efforts. They must be Seif--eli6nt,
1 aud must not expect the GJVernfnent TO
surmCunt the obstacle which they them
I Selves might remove. All must unite In
Is is reported that the formal siege of
i New Briesach has comm menced.
i VERSAILLES. (7ia London) Nov. 2.--Tne
/ los Of Ihe Second Division of the Iufantry
Guard on the 30th ult. was four eli -ers ard
! i39 men.
night and this morning, but without
doing any damage whates er.
| Thiers reports nothing new from Paris.
/ The ouTpoStS of Gen. Werders comm and
/ eucou uttered the French near Gray, on the
S7th, two days before the occupation OF
Dion, and repulSed them At ali points,
4 taxing fifteen offltsrs and five hundred
men prisoners
To1rRs. Nov. 2-The Government has es.
tsbiished Pnze Court az Havre;
The citizens of Hayre have subserih d
2GG0,O03 francs to the French loan.
TouKs. November 2 The Governmenl
is in recet ot Of advlees from Z .ris, dated
October 2Sth: The Prussians had resumed
il force some OF The positions they had
! urevtcuSsv abandoned From Others they
had been dtsiodsed aitsr haru ngn Ing
and the Prussians had these points anc
ws1e fortifylDg them The principal can
non foundry of ihs city. which + eapa0l'
OF turning out ten guns pr DAY. had com
plele icon clad locomotives armed wiz
heavy ordnance. The same es abllSh
naenT was busily employee q in the manu-
faeture of ehasSepots and hight artillery
, The National Guald haG tecseNSu thirty
six new field pieces
, The EIectlr says that the Pru sian guu
are before the city, ana falis may D.
) BON barded at any moment
? Runors Of the eaPltuIatlon oi Baz an
1 | were circulated in Paris on tbe -4tn, a -
: ! created intense agitation
! The Le Combat Felix hyai'S neTsp2 PEI
! | charge1 the Gr.vernmeES with nov Ia
the fact and wi hholdtng IL from the puo
3 lie The citiZsns, incenseit destroyed a.
= the copies OF RyaGs jouFoal they coul
nnd, and sought to arrest the editor.
Tne JottFn1t 01iefeJ published an lndlg
} nant DENIAL. the GOeerumsnt not deemln p
a IL possible that Bszaive could betray h
: trust.
{ Fiourens and Bianqne failed 10 secure rS
II election as officers OF pattalions OF the Ns
r tioual Gua0dS which they hsd command
u ed for mole than a month. The journal
G / deem this worthy OF the intention or TIA
J. Parfsians to maiatein ord er.
" Gen. Trochu mas received $1,000 francs
s a voluntary contribution from certain CT
- izsns for the equipment OF battery.
- lrhScribers 10 the national loan wei
q numerous, aud I9e,vy5s.@y5 ~ iTancs has bee
There is sufficient saltpetre Ia the cat
81 ooIabs To make powder Tor SIX months.
Ie A the Coincide franchise mat1ne
10 were given TO raise innuS loF ~ w9unue @
ID purpose, which the pablo patronlzs IL
70 al aIvices from Paris conclude with q
statement that tne utmost deter al nate
al preyaiis, and the defense Will certainty
u ahsttnate anu prolonged.
Caarahaldiis he2dQuarLers are at AffanS s.
a In MS encounters vita the enemy ne
Ist Res lncon he captured over l,oe prisons