The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-19
Mgeting Of lie COIps LsglsIatit
Statement Of Minister Pallkao
Pun, Aupust Is.


was interesting. A great crowd had col
lected aronnd the hall TO hear tho wal
neWS Th6 National guard ives at It's post
TO preserve order, but no soldiers were
seen at the comIneuccmen nf tho session,
Hallka0 spoke RB Enll0Waf
"The Chamber VIII understand that
cannot give the precise detais aS 70 tho
number Of troops engaged, the oasuailtieS
etc. cannot CTGn state the result u The
Engagement, but I.Inay say that the enc
my has made an Intellectual attempt 70
capture PfllSburg, and lost fI(een hum
dred men killed. The result has had Q
great effect both on tho enemy and peo-
Die Oi that part oFFfance. The moment
the Government has information Ot tho
great movements now taking place ! Will
Communicate Il 10, Tho Chamber The
Minister thGR withdrew y ~ :, ~
Jules FaVTg requested that tlle utmost
severity be shown the TioteS and aaSas-
sins q Villetta
Mi. Thlars suggested that in case Of the
BtcgC Of Paris the peasants be allowed 70
enter tho city with their grain and cattle,
and that they shall stilI be reimbursed for
their property. He also recommended
that the Chamber now meet daily.
Minister DuVernols, in reply, said that
the government had intended fully ITO
provision the deputies. Af(eF consultation
Il was decided 70 meet again, to-day.
The following news Is Official: K
Gen. FrossaFI d reported as grievously
wounded In i6He OF the battles around
Metz
The officers Of the French Geet now in
the Baltic have received orders 70 claim
ut each commercial port Of Prussia lndem.
nifty TO double the amount OF each con-
tri6ution exacted by the PrusHianS In
those pOrt8 Of France now under their
control.
The entire garrison Of Paris Is busy day
and night, making cartridges. The OpiE-
ion Ndt0RGb, nevertheless, complains Of
PallkAos sluggishneas. BY Saturday q
thousand guns will be mounted on the
Paris Qualifications, one.iOurth oi which
will be served by numerous but inexperi'
cnccd hands. Gen. Mellinet has been as
signed to the command Of the Garde Mo-
bile.
Marshal Bazainc has again stopped all
private teIegraphing, as by that means
news reached Berlin BY way Of London.
Complaints Of Austria.
PAR1s, Augustls.
The journals comment bitterly upon the
attitude Of Austria, in reference TO the
present struggle, when with barely hun
thousand troopsshe might htavengc SadoWa.
Bazaiue Trying to Fight His Way
to Verdun.
LONDON, August 1s.
The 7Ymes SAYS all day Monday and a
good part Of Tuesday the French were
lighting their way to get In position
against the enemy, who assailed them In
flank and rear. Their progress was con.
sequently slow, and Tuesday night they
had gotten no farther than Etain, 10 miles
from Metz These are tho only facts posi-.
lively known.
English W. American Journalistic
81 Enterprise.
Tho London papers have some three
hundred words OF war dispatches this
morning less and less fresh than AmeFi-
can paPeu have every day.
EngIISh Hopes Of Intervention
.'' Abandoned
The Daily NHoS today says, ssmi.Off.
cially, that The EngfiSh hopes Of succeed.
Ing In intervention arc abandoned
Preparations 10 Defend Paris.
There b immense activity ut Paris on
the deienseS Laborers are absolutely
swarmIng on the FortlficAtionS. Il Is hint.
ed that this measure Of strengthening the
works Is due more TO the wish 10 keep q
dangerous class busy, than from fear,
English Contraband Captured.
PARIS, August1s.
Tho Eiys says: Two days ago the
French vessels OF war captured an Eng.
lish vessel in tho EDgIIsh Channel, laden
with contraband Of war for tho PrusstauS
When the captain was Questioned as TO
how he dared TO do thSS, hO replied that
he knew revolution was about 10 occur
in Paris, and as the French fleet would
therefore probably berecalled, he thought
he could run the risk. The PdgIsays the
same impression regarding revolpt ptionaEy
outbreak exists In Germany, and Is one OF
the schemes Of Bismarck.
The Expelled Germans to DO Refine
bursed ont Of AlSace and LOr.
Talne.
BERLIN. August 1s.
Provincial correspondence says, in re-
suming possession Of the former German
Provinces Of the Rhine, Prussia means 70
reimburse her plundered subjects who
were expelled from France.
Revolutionary Scheme IN France.
Bazaine Holds His Ground.
LONDON, .August1s.
The coincidence In the time Of the 70.
cent revolutionary outbreaks in Paris and
the south Of France suggests 10 tie police
evidence Of a combined attempt to declare
a republic. The testimony Of the prison
ems concerned In the affair Of the boule.
ward Monday Is withheld.
In the serious engagements which oc-
Cured Tuesday near GrBvalotte, the
French held their ground but suffered
heavy losses.
A very Frenchy Resume Of the Sit
uation.
PARIS, August IS.
La Pltrie gives the following resume Of
the information received from its private
sources The army under NaB6al Ba.
zainc, resting upon one Of The strongest
positions In the world, occupied near Metz
q position RhICh enabled It 70 check the
enemy and gain precious time. The Prls-
slams decided TO turn Metz, but Marshal
BSzane knew Of their Intentions
and crossed the MoSellc in several
places at the sanle Cime HeWas not sur
pfised, as has been said, He knew he
Ilnst soon meet the enemy and yaa IEo.