New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-31

news received at Verdun of the great battle
reported to have been fought on Sunday.
There is a large force of Prussians around
Mousson, Dun and Stenay. Cannon and
musketry firing was heard on Sunday in
that direction, and an engagement is
believed to have taken place near Bouzance..
Five hundred Prussians attacked fifty
French at Chauvency, the fight lasting an.
hour: seven were killed, and five wounded
The Prussians took twenty eight prisoners
and burned the station.
correspondent writing from Mezieres
on Sunday. SAYS he left Rethel yesterday
morning, was one day on the road, but
found no troops besideFthe garrison there.
The Prince Imperial arrived during the
day with an'escort of gardes. The prince left
this morning for secret destination sup
posed to be Sedan; proving that the
Prussans have not, as reported, cut the
railroad between Mezieres and Sedan
The Prince goes by the road but would not
be sent forward if the enemy were IL the
neighborhOod.
It is certain Mcmahon does not mean to
fight for some days. The national guard here
undrilled, but ready to fight. The Garuo
Mobile have no uniforms, but look sOidierly-
The prosecution of correspondents conti-
nues. All have been expelled from Rethei~'
The Ti.ibune's correspondent writes from
the headquarters of the Crown Prince, at
Ligny, under date of the twenty-fourth
This is great day in the campaign of the
Third army. King William. General Won
Moltke and Count Won Bismarck arrived.
The streets are chOked with the Bavarian
troops,
From morning till night the word is "For-
ward to Paris"
Everything moves ceaselessly forward.
The troops are in excellent condition.
Dispatches from the Prussian headquar-
ters, dated Sunday noon, declare Bazaine's
communications completely cut, and that
kilograms which are published in Paris,
| purporting to be from him, are manufae-
tured there.
! A large number of Irish field hands sud
| denly left Lancashire for Ireland just at the
| beginning of the harvest. The circumstance
excites fears Of mischief brewing.
| New YORK, August 30.-A special to the
| New York Herald, from London, says "a
special from Berlin, to-day, states that
Austria is secretly arming Furioughex.
officers and soldiers are being recalled, and
other warlike preparations are progressing.
The object is unknown"
A Madrid dispatch reports runners Of
disquieting nature regarding Cuban affairs.
| DeRodas demands 10000 reinforcements to
supply the losses from sickness. Recruit
ing progresses slowly.
| A special envoy from the French Empress
had an interview with the Regent and
| Prince yesterday. The Carlist movement
is increasing. The republicans are working
! quietly and with confidence.
| A Brussels dispatch says Mcmahon will
make q desperate effort to force his way
from Sedan, along the line of the Montmedy
and Thienville Railroad, with the object of
attackiRg from the north whatever force
may he gathered in the triangle formed by
Metz, yefdnn and Toul, regardless of their
numbers. Mcmahon, hopes to have po-
sitiOn at all of these places. The attempt
| is desperate, as there is no escape from de-
struction in case of defeat.
1t is believed the Emperor and son will
await the result of this movement at Sedan,
| and be ready to cross at BOuvilOn<intO Bel
| gi,lm in case of defeat at Paris.
The Figaro reports that a leading banker
| here has received q dispatch from America
saying twenty ships heavily armed have
started ostensibly for various American
! ports, that they are manned by Germans
| and are to prey on French commerce and
upon the pndefsnded ports of France. The
report creates a sensation.
Some of the journals to-day print report
| that the Prussians last night attacked a
train on the Paris and Lyons railroad.
| There Vore some troops in the cars who
made defense. After several had been
| killed and wounded, the rest retreated.
LONDON, August 30.-FOreign families,
| who are leaving Paris, are now allowed to
| take their carriage horses.
A dispatch from Copenhagen says naval
| attack on the Baltic fortresses may be ex-
| pected Immediately.
! "A dispatch from Brussels, dated Ell ght
| o'clock tonight, says the railroad commu-
nication between that city and Paris has
been suspended.
There is fighting between the advance
forces on the railroad between Montmedy
| and Sedan.
The Pail Mall Gazette places no credit on
the statements regarding the numbers of the
Prussian troops; those reports are not of
facts, but of what Moltke wishes to be
thought facts.