Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-09-08
THE. a EUROPEAN' WAR.
THE sITUATION.

Nothing since the beginning of the
war has created as much interest among
gs as the news, of this week, On, the 9Th
day, Of August the, lighting began at
saarbruck and Weisssen burg, .Ip TWEEN
ty-seven days nearly thE7sss h1gn.ddred
thousand h9gguiaf men hayse afse been killed II and
Youndsd, armies leontaipins as,i M pot qQt much
lass than q half millien, spda half of
men have met and l4' lt4o'-day sthose, ri, one
side, have been, defeated, dispersed oE
taken prisoners. Well may King VIII,
lam say what qpder Ged's guidance
have we, been, doing, Nothing in the
annals of war history car, be, found TO
equal it. McMahon's army was COM
pletely annihilated-npmber ofprisonera
captured estimated at one hundred
thousand, The forces Pr g, ri ri the Grown
Princes of Saxony p apd lsdl.rP Prussia 4 number- u
ed two hundred and forty, thousand I, !oor
twice that Of McMahlon,, Napelson ll4iIm himrl
self surrendered to King. ,WilliamAnd
under the direction of more generous
enemy thar. the English, viii retire to
some more agreeable. st. Helena to spend
the balance of Ills days. The losses dur
ing the four days fighting commencing
on Tuesday, and ending on Friday of
last week, is estimated at thirty thonsrI
and killed and wounded; Of which othe
;P5nssiaps lost ,two-thirds.. The battlsI
will be known in history by, the. -psme
of Sedan. ., BAzzains is also. IN reported TO
haye surrendered. Strasbufg must yield
and foolish Paris will seen learn her
fate if she. resists-. TO-, h.s,.ais,s - ..sa,d
| Our latest news strengthens the report
that FRANCE has, not yet /; given. III, All
hope. A Republic, has been declared
with Gen. 'Trpchu, as President, He is
at present Military Dictator Of France.
Two hundred thousand new troops hayel
been organized and peace is not yet. a'r
DEFEAT OF .M'MAH0N- sURRENDER OF
HIS SARMY-EMPERoR NAPOLEON ALSO
TURRENDERs HIMsEL. As''fi ~ "ai. ,f'a'i"'1
! BERLIN; September king iwTfliami
teiegraphs che following dispatches toll
the Queen and the War Minister, hnsI
SEDfAfHa SeRtembsE S,T5sThe, cspitula-
ton hos beeR concluded with General
Wimpfen,i wh6 com nianded instead OFF
McMa honp who u g18esnao b
! The. Emperor, duly. surrendered .hiHck
self to me, as he had no; command, He
left everything to the Regency at Paris. I
/! shall appoint NapOlHon's place of
residence afternthe interview at The
rendezvous, which takes, place immedi-,
What ii course ars events have Ga assumed stnla
by Gods guidance! THtAa"e '" I'd
(SignedGiVs haiiiragq !,WILLrAMl
lAmlsrican Minister, ,Matley teIegrsphi
Sent m ff at Washingtton,I as as foIioIs; s
The Emperor and eMcMahoh's army \
surrendered at Sedan to- theo King dof
Prussia. The Emperor's residence Is to
be appointed BY the King after an In
tervlewwithf him, 'tFhe capitalization
was concluded with General ANimpfenyI
instead OF McMahon, whoswas swoundrI
p sa''' 2'i"'y"h 'i''seMtootff motley. LEY.
fffiE lRREisJoiIc1Md RE Arf Al 1B3EREtNMootUiEsEN III I
AUGUSTA AGREDTEDABY THE PEOPLz.l d
A Adispatchfrom Betlin ito day ssys,f
The, rejoicingsi eyex the. Eeception. OF the
glorious news from Sedan baffies all des-I
oription. It twas known at eight o'clock I
initiiel morning! The whole populati0h
poured into thestreets' and rushed to che
palace of the Queen. In few minutes
the Queen WAS apt oo9 the, balcony,
dressed in 9 plain mprnih Yrapper, and
weeping with Joy as shS Teoefved the
deafeHing Il cheers ,of 1.-THE rmaltithdeiI
observation-disclosures wentdown ON theirJ
knees, with streaming, eyes thank Ing |,
God for'the apparent approach Of the |
close Of the terrible war. Schools were
closed and PROFESSIONS ofchildren' formi
'edinialb quarters.a Many. climbed sthe
statye Of Frederick the Great, ierowning |,
it with Wreaths and flags. Animpromptu
PROCESSION 'bf citfzehsn WaS gotten II ID, /
which marched througA estreets wfthi
banners and, mnsics Thersisaa eeaeraa
h Ssls
buoyancy of the markets. The people