Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-11
FROM PRUSSIA.

outrage. he was tremendously applauueu
FROM PRUSSIA.
The Capture of Sedan-1Os,O00 Pris.
Oners-4OO Field Pieces-7O HEItraiI
Ieuse-15O Siege Guns.
BERLIN, Sept. 1O.-The following dis
patch, dated Prussian headquarters a
Rheims, last night, was received to-day,
More than $4,000 French were cap
tured in front of Sedan before the capitu
lation. By the capitulation $4,000 pris
oners fell into our hands, of these Ia, ,00C
were wounded. Four hundred felC
pieces, including 20 mitrailleuse, $50
siege guns, 10000 horses, and an i'm
mense amount of war material, were sur.
rendered.
Vivid Description of the Horrors Oi
-.f. .., StrasbOurg.
STRAsBoURG, Sept. s, via LONDON Sept.
1O-The siege of Strasbourg continues
with great vigor, and the Prussians are
making the greatest efforts to secure its
reduction. Four thousand Baden troops
are working day and night in the third
line of trenches quite near the city under
q constant fire from the defenses. Over
1000 citizens have been killed. The
scream of shells can be heard five miles.
The beautiful Cathedral has been partly
destroyed. There are now over 500 can
non bearing upon the citadel, and 40, 900
Baden troops are ready to enter as soon
the walls are broken.
There are over 10000 refugees within
the walls, suffering all terrors of the bonn
bardment The Notifications are slowly
crumbling. Germans who are captured
have their heads cut off and stuck on
poles. One hundred Germans who were
expelled have been killed between the fire
of the two parties The city is in flames in
twenty different places and the rabble are
pillaging houses and making destruction
of everything they can lay hold of.
There are daily thunder storms and the
Rhine has risen, driving the inhabitants
from the cellars. The people are fighting
for places in the sewers to escape destruc-
ton from the shells, poured by hundreds
into the streets. Six hundred citizens
were buried by the falling of buildings.
Every night the horizon for miles looks
looks like mimic sunset with the blazing
of Baden batteries.
Horse flesh is the only meat to be OBJ
tanned The Inhabitants are on the verge
of starvation. Awful scenes are wit
messed. Many people are killed in bed,
and the commander shoots at once all who
talk of surrender. The mob are riotIng
nightly and demanding surrender. The
city has not fired gun since the 9th. 1t
is under fire from three different direc-
tions. The sluices which furnished the
city with water have been destroyed,
thereby adding to the suffering of the
people. 1t is known that 10000 chas-
sepots are stored in Strasbourg. Its i'm
mediate surrender is predicted. There are
Z, 900 regular troops now in the city.
Five Corps Moving on Paris.
SEDAN, Sept 10.-The army is now
marching on Paris in five corps d'Arme.
The corps of the Crown Prince and the
Bavarian corps left Rijourat at five o'clock.
Other corps are ordered to take respective
positions ten leagues from Paris on the
14th inst.
gcration.
BERLIN, Sept. 10.-The peace condi-
tions, as printed in the Gazette Defiance,
are grossly exaggerated. Prussia demands
no 5000, 900, 900 francs as indemnity, or
the surrender of any portion of the iron
clad fleet.
BERLIN, Sept. 1O.-King William wrote
to the Queen describing his emotions on
meeting the French Emperor. He says:
''It was overwhelming for a moment. l
could not control myself on thus meeting
him, whom three years ago 1 saw at the
summit of grandeur. The Emperor was
equally moved"
A Blast from the Berlin Liberals
The Comforts of n CaptiVe-Offi-
ciaI Account of vionvilIe.
BERLIN, Sept. 9.-Political dissensions
are cropping up. 1t is anticipated that at
the close of the war the leading Liberals
will issue a protest and address to the
King declaring that territorial agrandize-
ment and military strength are not the
sole and best guarantees of peace, but
that morality, education and internal
liberty are the true basis of the future
Fatherland, demanding q reduction of
taxation sndithe term of military service,
increase of the budget for education and
ample support of the widows and orphans
of the war. Disapprobation is expressed
at the consideration shown Napoleon. A
cook chamberlain and retinue of servants
have been sent from Berlin to Wilhelm
shohe, to minister to the comfor.s of the
captive. The Emperor has, in addition,
sixteen officers and forty servants of his
own. The people regard this force as
sufficient for the prisoner.
The Hesse journal admonishes the
Government and people TO show practical
sense. The silence of death should sur
round the prisoner as around the graves
of the legions who have fallen during
the war. In the vast apartments once
tenanted by his uncle jerome, and con-
tanning many relics, he may ponder on
his fallen greatness and the failure of his
insane hope to ruin and enslave Germany.
An official account of the loss at Won
vile, Aug. 16, shows on the Prussisn
side 62O officers, Is, 625 men and 1882
horses. This account does not include
returns from the several cavalry regi-
ments. ....r ...