The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-26
EUROPE.
SKIRMISHING ON THE FRONTIER.
a ri REMARKABLE NJ DISCLOSURE.
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Secret Sc! . Negotiations BstWssn
!. L, /; France and Prussia.
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The City Of Metz and its Defences,
E6SDoS, July 90 2"
A special correspondent writes from
Meta under date Of July 21stpthat thrCc
camps have been formed around that city
He was allowed to inspect Fort St. Quin.
tin under guidance Of an officer, and full
information was furnished him. Tie
fort is 10 be completed In twenty.f0uf
holns4 Sixty cannon ore being placed Ii
position; bitches, easements, bomb proof
barracks and everything connected with
tho fortress are being Constructed on an
immense scale. The work is not destined
10 odetend Metz merely as that place was
sufficiently fortified before, but % protect
a vast enCampment like the present or to
give shelter to beaten army. The fact
that the, walls were commenced months
ago Is. clear proof OF how France has been
preparing for ah offensive war at tic first
opportunity. There are two forts,
ST. Qlintin, commanding the broad val:
ley 0ftlle river and appruachesto the town.
The guns ot this fort Can play with ire.
ulendous effect on any enemy That may
advance through the valley to attack the
town, while in the valley there Is ample
shelter for the whole army, guarded on
the one side by the guns Of the town, and
on the other side by the guns Of the forts.
Tho officers at the forts did not expect TO
leave for the frontier In less time than eight
days. A captain In the Prussian Engi-
neer Corps had Just been arrested in the
fort US spy. Marshal Bazaine wAs,in
Metz The horses belonging to the mem
berS Of his staff were Kept saddled and
before the hotel, but no move
ment had yet been made Great difficult
ties were experienced In getting supplies
forward, moi only from Paris, but from
all the country about Metz, All the horses
belonging to the inhabitants have been
seized and even meat and vegetables arc
beginning TO full. This indicates that the
French movement may be still some time
-''2EEG9d. ... y
SUI ms.SStnent of.Prussinn Troops.
through Black Forest, t0wuIu DIorO'
Several detAchments had been stopped Dy
The Swiss authorities, who have an OBJ
eqrps9 9taD, 900 sbldiGets9 Il
MasSing of French Troops.
McMahon,s head quarters wercat Stras'
burg. A strong French force was mas
sing TO prevent q surprise through the
Vosges defles. Troops we're pouring
ihing indicatesbt that the dtst, great ibloW
.viI1 III be strl,ck In the vicinity ofstras6urg,
and>a Efsat force had alteady arrived Il
StrasbITgU Gll sofIwAich had been trans
ported By railroad, A French lrlgate
Rsd been dispateheH TO- tlle Scotch coast
% recruit seamcn from the fisheries.
sfl,u c,FreRehc csecreey.,oh 90
The French War Oficcis taking extra
ordinary precautions 10 preserve secrecy.
Bureau chiefs are prohibited from holding
intercoursc with PERSONS outside. q Al1i9S
sF%,ittirIfs are 1pjasscd direct from the Nin'
later Of War, and not tht3dghT' 'subordl-
mates.
France to Force Denmark TO Antagfy
ST5F a oniSe Prussia.
A specisl dispatch. from Paris TO the
Dttilv News, dated Saturday last, says
ErNHee IL resolved TO force Denmark into
i LSStiI;ties a1ainst Prussia, hotwitlistanf
inr the determination Of t9e DANISH ZAP
met to remain neutral. A French nees
will MI, shortly appear before Copenhagen and
make n moyeme ent ID overthrow the min
ia,rv and save the Danes from Prussia IN
spite Of. themselves 700 saatn3,t
AngIosAmericaR BelatiQps.
Mccullough 'rr6rrsasg3 NJ p, viii this
week e ask the government whether the
statement staten ia true, received bY telegraph
ir"In America, that Lord Clarendon ri
.tStt ,t1,';n9 r tt1 communication from Mn
Notlev had declined to reopen the Ala.
bama negotiations. and i tr9e tS1 wnss1et do,ros
thc government will produce tns coFtgsI g ~ !
nondence. It Is doubtful whctler tae
whole correspondence will be pub!lSns \
E59laadS Rdaxht toEdTaS 8 E'isaaese, \ a! e,
'Ffie t0Tlc In official circles ts rather 700
Indifferent about protecting the Belgtan
neutrality. Englanl's relations with
France arc less strained than they were
n few days since. Some fears are express
ed thatHth6 government VIII be, ltdnd1to
have been too deferenlttiSl p Napoleon
New French NTinistOrltO the U. s.
~ s',, % y PARIS, July 80.
The Journal OGIeiSi contains the dc:
cree nominating NiscountI De Frielhard
MS French Minister to Washington.
RapOrted Treaty Between France
I f7' and Prussia. ,.,...., /
The London TTmes publishes y pro
jectcl treaty submitted BY the French V
the Prussian Government, ana g1aran s Eetss y
It's authenticity. The preamble setS iortL
that the King Of Prussia and u!
IEmperor UOt the French 10 orIel
to strenthcn the tics Of friendship
between tho Governments ana PeoplCea
&C., hereby concluded ntle9 subjolncSt
| treaty.. In The first article, Napoleon ad
mits and recognizes the late acquisitions Q
Prussia from Austria; in the ID the Prus
sian King engages to facilitate tho Frencl
acouisition Of oFLHxcmbcEG;in the Sd the En-
ieror acouicsces in theunion Of the NOrti
and south German States, Austria except
! el In'thc 4th, France finding it's nsccsSar!
IN absorb Belgium, Prussia lends hcr ~