Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-23

Saturday TO the Wirtemburg army. The
capture of this fortress insures the conf
municatiOn of the Crown Prince with his
basis of supplies. sdi ....si..s.. g.u..,s.,
The Fighting Saturday-'The Prus-
slams On rhe Road 90 Paris.
LONDON, Aug. q, $3.50 P. M.-The EN-
peror and Prince Imperial were at Chalons
Saturday. He was in the saddle that
day and visited the different corps. The
soldiers crowded around him, clamoring
to be led into action. Nothing has been
heard of the general action of Metz. At
ter nine hours fighting we completely de-
feated them, cut off their communications
with Paris and drove them back on Metz.
Such blow is decisive, as on Tuesday
the French were facing west and the
Prussians east. atEa
Prince Frederick, Steinmetz and St 1
Lecross are on the road to Paris, while
between them and that city are nothing
but the first leviesi of unorganized troops
and the Garde Mobile, which is mere raw
! material. The Grown Prince is still to
be heard from. r.-
Narrow Escape of Napoleon at Lon
gueviIie. TO /
Our special correspondent a. Chalona,
on Thursday, Aug. IS, writes that the
Emperor has arrived here; Mcmahon
and Canrobert also here. In the affair at
Longeville on Sunday, the Emperor
narrowly escaped Being killed or cap
| tured. 81. j.. --.'ll-ssa -l ID
1t was merely reconnaissance on the
Prussian side, but was conducted with
such incredible daring that they pushed
directly upon the Imperial headquarters,
and their presence was first announced by
cannon shots. Prussian bullets were
whistling past the Enperor's escort before
they could get on horseback, and nothing
saved them but the most precipitate re-
treat.
Yesterday there was almost panic in
the camp. Distant cannonadiBg was
heard or believed to be heard in the fore
nOoQ.
The Gardes Mobile, who are I'M perfect
ly organized and not half armed, even
with inferior weapons, began demanding
to be led back to Paris Finally even the
officers joined in the request, and present.
ly a staff officer came gallOping through
the camp, pronOuncing that their demand
had been granted, but in the meantime
they were consigned to barracks.
Metz OH short RaIiOns.
Other troops are coming in, and all the
way from Chalons to MansewllOn is a line
4 of camps. The inhabitants of Metz are
already on short rations of bread, but
meat is plentiful, the cattle from the
whole country around having been driven
inside. --.''- % ------ '-- IA
Bazaine Missing Since Friday. EE
PARIS, Aug. 2l.-A correspondent of
the GaulOis declared from actual Obser-
walton that the road from Metz to Verdun
is now occupied by the Prussians, and he
is positive that at Verdun no news has
been heard of Bazaine since the 18th.
The headquarters of Prince Frederick
Charles were near st. Michael, eight
leagues from Verdun.
| Drest, the ringleader of the Villette
outrage, has been sentenced to death, and
ROdeau and HoHgh to ten years impris
onment to hard labor Two of the &C
cused were acquitted,
The Constitutional reports over four
hundred thousand guns have been dis
tributed among the people in the dep art
ments.
| Peace OVcrtures.
The Constitutional says England, Rus
STA aud Italy have agreed to acttogetherto
insure peace. The success of such an eff
fort is certain eventually, but is quite i'm
probable now. 1t is understood between
them that none of tbs powers act singly.
Affairs in Spain.
| MADRID, Aug. 21.-There are strong
precautions taken here by the police and
military for the preservation of order.
Republicans protest their loyalty and love
of order,
The report of the departure of troops
for Cuba, in October, and of the early
convocatiOn of the Cortes is confirmed.
BazaIne Positively Claims strate-
gIc Victory, though at Grsat Loss
of Men-Tho Prussians Trying to
Turn ChaIOns and Move Straight
Oh Paris.
NEW YORK, Aug 22.-F. Gillardet, in
his dispatch to the morning Courier des
Etats Unis, says: It is with much difficulty
that 1 can obtain positive information con-
corning the situation in the neighborhood
of Metz. Marshal Bazaine still insists
upon the necessity of silence. This is
|
prevails, in spite of the categoric declara-
ton of the Minister of War, Is prejudicial
to the National cause. The bourgeoisie
are timid and distrustful and think there
would be no motive to conceal other than
unfavorable news, and this discomfort is
fed by not very Teassuring dispatches
which reach US from Brussels and
London. / have myself seen the
latest dispatches from Bazaine. He
declares positively that he is the victor,
and that his strategic movements have
been accomplished with success, but at
tended with serious losses. Why not give
, publicity to this dispatch and reassure I'M
quiet spirits? Surely the enemy could not
gain from them any useful information.
To sum up: 1 believe that the incessant
combats of the last seven days have been
favorable to us, but that they have not yet
. brought about decisive results. One fact
{ is certain, the army of the Prince Royal of
, Prussia continues its march on Paris Yes
, terday it was at Yitry LIE Franchise, and if
we may believe the report which has
reached the Corps Legislatif, it has the ap-
pearance of moving to turn the combat at
Chalons, and fall upon the capital.
The Emperor and McMahon are at Chal-
ons. They have too great revenge to
take to permit any movement not likely to
= be successful. The armament of the Ma
tional Guard is complete. Yesterday more
t than $4,000 guns were distributed, and
t Chareau declared to the Chambers that in
, few days a hundred thousand of the Ma
tional Guard would be under arms. Grain
is arriving in great quantities, and the city
is provisioned for more than eight months.
Ali this certainly indicates that if We are
threatened with siege, we are certainly
prepared to sustain it. The people of
| Paris are in excellent spirits and full of
patriotism. They will rise in this crisis to
: the height Of the situation, -sa-
! Water Cut OFF from SirasbOurg.
! PARIS, Aug 22.-Late adyices from Ems
, tein, a town near Strasbourg, says the
Prussian army besieging StrasbOurg caused
| the people of Ernstein to change the course
of the little river Ill in that neighborhood
: in order to stop the supply of water for the
|, city.
| The Prussians had appointed Mayor for
1 Erustein.
The General in command of Strasbourg
S has driven out of the defenses all who
| consumed army stores without affording
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