The Portland daily press., 1870-09-17

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city and the Prussian army, endeavored to
forcibly re enter Paris but were driven out by
the troops. Many Prussian spies were arrest
ed yesterday in and around Paris, and the citi-
zens with difficulty were restrained from kill
ing them. Twenty-Five thousand Gardes Mo-
bile from Brittany arrived in Paris yesterday.
| Gen. Ducrot, who escaped from Sedan reached
Paris yesterday and will at once be appointed
| TO an important command. The diplomatic
corps will leave Paris if the bombardment act
ually commences.
Especial to N Y. HERALD Eighty thousand
workingmen are under arms and over 200 900
OF the guards Mobile and National guarde A
new army is organizing in the south of France,
skirmish occuOred to day between the
French and Prussans. Several Ulhans were
| killed,
The Prussians have killed several peasants
near Paris Prussia demands the restoration
OF Napoleon. The palace of Versailles and St.
Cload are used for hospitals. French prisoners
in Germany are put to making roads.
Paris is eager far fight, but calm. French
Protestent clergymen called on Minister
Wgshburne to-day and rendered thanks for his
sympathy and admiral speeches. The Prus-
SLAMS are surrounding Paris.
Prussia.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
BERLIN, Sept 16.-The government of North
Germany have given official notice to mariners
mat the approaches to Hamburg are danger
GUS. The usual lights have been extinguished
and the channel filled with torpedoes.
Italy.
FLORENCE, Sept Is. Especial to Herald
1t is reported that the Pope has left Rome.
Inc Italian headquarters are ten miles from
the city.
A skirmsh took place four miles from Rome
between the National troops and Papal zou-
ayes and the latter were forced TO retire after
suffering some loss. The italian force expect
to enter Rome to morrow.
The Italian fleet has arrived in the vicinity
of Civita Veccha. National demonstrations
are made on the approach Of the troops, who
everywhere are received with enthusiasm and
with whom the people fraternzs with their ut
most freedom. The Italian troops occupied
Civlta Veccha meeting with no resistance
Great Britain.
OCCUPATION OF CoLMAR
LONDON, Sept. 16.-Five thousand infantry
and cavalry Of Baden, with TWEEN ty cannon,
occupied Colmar on Thursday after sklrmsh
with the French rlf-men. The national
guards in the provinces are suffering for want
of food and forage. The uhlaDs are reported at
Courcellos. Great restitution and suffering
exists among the miners and other workmen
on the German frontier.
WAR MATERIAL FOR THE FRENCH.
Tribune correspondence. 1.-The French or
ders for 100000 arms, including chassepots,
snyders, mitraileurs and Remington revovers,
are being executed in Birmingham, Sheffield
and London. One London house has contract
ed supply of 100000 cartridges at the rate
OF 49, 500, 900 weekly.
CHANCELLOR LOWE ON INTERVENTION
Lowe, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a
speech this afternoon at Elgin, pronounced in
the strongest manner against intervention or
mediation between France and Prussia in any
form whatever. Intervention, he says, means
the abandonment of neutrality, but we have
no desire whatever to be drawn into a quarrel
not of our own seeking, and see no reason
whatever to apprehend that we SHALL Media
ton We tried before the war, but when you
speak of mediation alter the sword has been
drawn you get totally different set of consid-
erations. do not longer question the rights of
the parties, but question the relative power.
The sword is an evil mediator but does it |
work decisively, and if after the parties have
called the sword in we we're to begin to mediate |
Then we should be wearing our neutrality ex-
ceedingly thin. Conflicting nations know their |
own strength and what they require for secur-
ity. II third nation tries to interpose be-
tween them, whatever advice it gives it must |
takes sides with either one or the other, and so
cease to be neutaal Should We advise Prussia |
to be content with less than she demands we |
should be actually taking the part of France |
against Prussia and throwing our moral might |
into the scale in favor OF France If, on the |
other hand we advise France to accept terms
she deems inconsistent with national dignity,
we should be taking the part of Prussia, and |
that is exactly what, in my judgment, we
ought to avoid" |
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
LONDON, Sept 16 The yacht Wasp yester-
day capsized in Loeb Erne, Scotland. The |
owner and several lady aud gentleman friends |
were drowned.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
United States steamer Plymouth has arrived |
at Gibraltar.
The monument of Alexander De Foe at /
Bunvilie Fields was unvei'ed to-day.
Experiments have been made at Shoebury- |
ness with the eating gun with the most sue
ces>fu results.
The Grand Orient Lodge of the Masonic |
order have issued a manifesto announcing the |
removal OF the seal of the lodge to Rome.
Holland.
ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
The HAGUE, Sept. 16. The FIRST Chamber |
have passed bill abolishing the death penalty. |
Dominion If Canada.
SEIZURE OF AMERICAN FISHING VESSELS.
OTTAWA, Sept. 16-The American fishing |
vessels j. n. Nickerson A. N. WATSON, Llzzie |
A. Farr, Kinnie, s. G. Marshall and Wompo- |
buck have been seized by Canadian police |
schooner for violation of the fishery laws and |
are now held subject to adjudication by the |
Courts. The estimated value of the seizures |
amounts to $4,000.