Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-27

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The funeral ohseczis Of General Lee
sook place q Lexington, Va, ca the i5.h-
The casequies were very impressive and
iEposins. and were Witnessed BY IN i'm
nenae crowd Of specsasora-
There were eleven deaths from yellow
fever Ct New Orleans on the 10Th
EoE. Robert Ridgwsy, member Of Con-
gren from the Fifth Virginia District
died In Amherst county on the 18th.
The Conservative Convention In the
Third Virginia District nominated Col
onsl Albert Ordway for Congress.
Foreign IntelIlgence.
The French Ministry at Tours claim TO
have received news on the 10Th that q
battle occurred ON the 7th between Fort
Mont Valerien and st. Cloud, on the west
side of Paris. The French, under General
Ducrot, having made . sortie, in force,
the Prussians were completely defeated,
and were forced TO retreat to Vermillea,
entirely surrending the position they had
hteiy occupied, and from which they
might have shelled the western part Of
Paris.
A Versailles dispatch Of the 18th, Ola
Berlin, says ten thousand prisoners were
taken BY the Prussians 81 Orleans on the
nth, and the French army was driven out
ofthe place after nine hours lighting. Also,
that an engagement took place at Messan-
gsre ON the 18th, in which the French
were defeated and compelled TO abandon
the place.
A late message from Paris has the fol-
lowing statement: Materials for work
men, coal and metals, food and good will
are abundant here.
A London telegram Of the 18th says |:
Count Won Bismsrk's latest circular 10
interpreted TO indicate that the Prussian
Government 10 becoming more lenient
and that II now desires the Intervention
Of the European powers. There are RI.
mors that Russia 10 about TO take the ini-
tistive and prefer her Offices ss . medi.
ator." 3Ha
The particulars Of the battle before
Metz on the 7th show that the French
made sortie in force, and, after . battle,
were driven back with tremendous loss.
The Prussians took great number Of
prisoners.
According to London dispatch of the
18th, the Prussians had not yet been able
to plant q single battery near enough to
disturb any part Of Paris. The French
claim TO have captured most Of the ad.
vsnced positions of the besiegcrs, and the
Prussian circle around Paris was, there.
fore, expanding daily instead Of contract.
ing. and the PAriaians wefe greatly en-
couragcd.
Minister 0ambetta Issued . proclama-
ton at Tours, on the 14th, announcing
that, on the 18th, the French forces in
Paris had driven the Prussians out of all
the positions they had been occupying
around the city for three weeks
A Versailles dispatch of the 18th, oia
Berlin, says: 1.-THE French have shelled
and wantonly hrcd the palace Of st.
Cloud. Ten French battslions made .
sortie from Paris to-day. They were easi.
ly repulsed by the Second Bsvarian Corps,
which lost only nineteen men,"
An official account shows that the
French war vessels have captured thirty
two prizes since the commencement of
the war.
A Versailles dispatch of the 18th, via
London, says the "reports of French sue
cesses before Paris are untrue. They are
invented for the purpose of rekindling
the courage of the people The Prussians
hold exactly the same positions they occu.
pied on the 10th Of September. Two
small skifmishes between the outposts, on
Thur sday and Friday, are the only en-
counters that have occurred during the
week"
In q ship yard at Newcastle on-Tyne, on
the afternoon of the l4th, large iron
weasel, which WAS In the course Of con.
struction, suddenly fell over, cu.hing
several workmen. Many were killed, and
about thirty wounded.
Three opening shots Of the Prussian
bomhatdment Of Paris were fred from
Bellevue on the 14th. A Berlin dispatch
of the 18th states that heavy reinforce
ments were daily reaching the army be-
fore Paris. Scissors cspitulated on the
morning Of the 10th, and In the afternoon
tho Prussisn army under the Grand Duke
Of Mecklenburg entered the town. Four
thousand prisoners and 1873 guns were
captured.
/ The cable news on the 18th does not
confirm the reported escape Of Basatne
from Metz. A Berlin telegram ssys he
had made offers Of capitalization.
Rumors that negotiations were pending
for peace on the hssis Of the ceasion Of
Alsace and Luxembourg TO Prussia were
believed, at Bfusselso on the 17lh, 70 be we'll
founded. ~, ~. :
Crowded meetings were held in London
O the 10Th and 18th, In favor Of Enslah