, 1870-09-28
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PLOT for a Coup d'Etat at Lyons
in the Interest Of
Napoleon.
FRANCE.
FRENCH AocoUxs OF FRENCH VICTORIES.

FRANCE,
FRENCH ACCOUNTS OF FRENCH VICTORIES.
TouEs, Sept f7.-Ihe Protect OF the Depart
nent Of the Norl, und-r date OF Lille. September |
6. writes to the Minister Of the Interior, here,
u.lowB:
The following newa has been received here, BY
carrier pigeon, from Par!z, dated Friday, Sep
*:Erts.s g:
"The division Of General Mandhay, yesterday,
ttacEed1 the heIzhts At Vtllejuef south Of rat1s,
shich were occupied bJ the PFussans. The bat- /
lc began II O'Clock tn the fantuiag. After sus-
slnisg sharp P1usstan hrc for some hourA, our
rcops captured the rosIou.ts Of Monllag, SaEnc, |
GItlcjenf, and 11autc-Ufuyeres. VIC occupy them
:nw. The Gafde Mobile behaved well The en-
'my Il loss Is great |
~Thc 4ane dag, a considerable force Of French
t,atte reconnaissance and drove the enemy from
he village Of Droucy.
~The eane day, General Bellamesc, commander
At St Denis, atsncke.l tho village at rlcttcntse
shout u mile north Of St ncnls, which the rrua-
SLAMS had occupied in considerable force. Tac
tuemy was driven out Of the village, and tho
French troops returned to st. Denis unmolestcti~
ORLEANS EVACUATED.
T0ERs, Sept e7.-Tht following despatch from
the Project Of the Department OF Loset, dated
Orleans, to-day, has Just been received by the
Minister Of War:
stThe Generals here, seeing they cannot resist
the overwhelming forces Of tho enemy, CON-
snanted By Prince Albert, have jus. evacuated
Orleans In good order"
ORLEANS, Sept .7.-Trince A1hrecht's cavalry
corps eurnunterrsi the French gathered Tor the
sfefcuce Of Orleans. yesterday, near Arthcnny.
After brisk rght Of three hours, the French IT,
-rcete.l On Tours. The prnfs!an occupation Of
Oreans is expected to-morrpw.
TnfKRS' rEACE rR4FoStI1pE."
iOSnUS. Stpt- s7-5 p. m.-1he following ts
@scn as tue prrhab'e programme of Thiers ut st.
Petersburg: cunstauttpoptc and the road to India
10 be guaranteed to Russia; Belgium and Rgypt
to sE guaranteed to France: Alsace, paTr Of Lor-
raine, and the road 10 Vienna to l,e guaranteed to
Frtssta-that Is, Engl1n.'. Turkey, Austr1a and
Belfaum to be the tnu' cent victims Of the peace.
IC1ES FAyREs EkI04T Of HIS rkACE MISSION.
T0URs, Sept e7.-JnleA Fav!c to-day matte
sIrtiai report to the government here OF his MIS-
hlcn to the Pr9ssian headquarters In behalf OF
Fe7cc. He says great many different solutions
OF the dffslcuIty had been proposed, md rejected,
and he determined 1t last tn mike direct move.
Therefore, ou the 10Th OF September be demand
Of Count Bissnhrh categorical reply as to
whether he would enter up1n negotiation for
peace. Bismark's nFTt answer was unfayorab1c,
though lie subsequently asked what guar
u ntees France ccufn 0fey. A Foreign
Minleter, Who was ncttt g as Hn Intermediary,
a-yiscsi Farre to sec Blsruarx aud make his de-
nanls in pefson- Accordingly Eavre saw Bis
u,Aik, expressed to him his loycipf France and
lls,ersy, and his determination to accept no con-
s.it1ous which Would renuer peace only = nen-
ic.nE truce. Bismafk replied thatir he thought
pence were possibte he would sign Immediately.
hut the actual government was 100 prccarious,
'4s.i would likely 10 urerthrown- France would
TIC: be any more apt to forget Sedan than she has
tecu to forget Waterloo and Sa'f0wl- Sue would
soon attack Germany aEuiu. Betng pressed for
conditions, Fayre WAS explicit, hut BIsma.k as
serted that the security Of HIS country de-
mandctl The retention ri part Of the tcr7iory
the Germans uow occupied, and mentioned in that
,>hnnssction tho departments Of the Upper Rhine,
Lower Rhine, and Aetz, Fhateau Salmts md Sots-
ssuR. To the objection At Favre th1t the people
OF Ftancc would not agree IN that, and that he
could not act without thcir Eanct1on, ntsm1rk re-
pe, that he felt confident Of that before, but, as
= ano.her war WIS certain, he WlAhed to make II
with nil thr advantages roHsta'te- Favre then In.
.tanaa:eti that Europe might dnA the pretenAons oi
prassla exozb.tant He Was certain France wonld
acre. accept them She might perish Is q nation
: hut she womb nos he dishonorrd. The conut1,
al.ne could decide upon the question Of tcrttorta
cesslnn, and Favrc could not doubt what tha
decision would be. ntsmark would not listen Il
any proposition for IN ar.nissicc.
Tic second interview occurred al Fefrteres. on
The 18th. On this occasion BI4uatk seemed Il
accept the idea OF an arsnisiEre Favtc asasd TOT
Is Days. The next DAY tsssmar1 hantlctl Favrt
his conditions, adding that the Germans mus
hare the forts commanding Paris, more especial
IL Fort Mont ralertn on the western border
farre replied that it wonld be more simple to de
mand PAr1s 1t once. Ht-mA'k s1!tl II these teEsni
were not satisfactory, the French must seek othe
arrangements. Favrc rrnpnsed meeting Of TIL
Constituent Assembly at Taurs. Btsmarl NAL
condition that the garrison vi SttasbourR shnni'
surrender as prisoners OF war CrOu FAyre's IN
sl!Snautfv refusing. Blsmark consulted the King
who lnetstci upon the surrender Ct SfrasboufE
Weariet1 Nth his useless efrorta. Flrrc retired
expressing TIC conviction tint France would ngh
TO the last.
Fayrc concludes, from the manner in which q
Els efforts fnr pc1co have been met by the Gel
1pans, Tint tlcy are determined upon conques
He SAYS the Interviews were not altogether nss
ltss, rs :hcy hive proved that notwitnstanhu
Prussia declared Rhe uarrch only ngalnst Nap
lccn aud his army, she is really lighting the ri
sion, which muts arise en natsf, either to Ill
arow the provisional government, or resist The Ct
cmy Il. the last .-
BERLIN, Sept. s7.-A heEpasch from thc King
headquarters 1t FerTiercs, near Paris, sara FaEr
In his report Of hia interview With Count Blsmar
Crrslu omitting 10 state that rne question OF 4
saEIn.stice WIS considered preliminary tn any dt
<:nsston Of territorial ccssiona. DismaIk actual
declined to Ftatt the claims Of Prussia until b
.ris for IN armlsticc was decided on.
TIE giEGE AID cArTrHE OF TOLL
Especial prspasrh To the Nc< York Tribunal
LoSpoE. Sept a7.-The 7fibuae corresponds
-scleFraphs to-day, cia Arlop, from the headqaa
tcfs OF Prince Frederick ChAfles: IL have j.
. returned from Tout. travelling one day aud Il
-ntghrs- The investment began August II.
the 18th IN assault vas male on the works at
nt@F%1H
With q loss of several hundred to the Germs
Thereafter IN irregular succession Of bornba
ments followed, not sufficiently serious to an
anything. These commenced On the Esd.
ARTILLERY employed WIS 5tGeld pieces q
-,511cn medirval aicRc guns as
been captured at Marsal The BAEhr
Railroad director who run the line between Vi
kenbufg, Szncg, anu Paris. offered to bulk
'prk.acn around Tonl In a fortnight hut Mol
said, mo, we shall have Toul long before tn
However, the struggling attack aEslled moth!
The fortress having double escapencnt. with
tastIc ns. no glacis, double bitches thirty
wide each all around, ful1y casenasetl and defe
~, liz seyruty-nre guns, Of which twenty six v
hfav1 r.ted pleces from Ss:asbourR, brou
1hnnre while yet France intended to
1-nd Toul earnestly. Within
:.sst fortnight heavy Siege guns, arr1'
afnm Germany, hare been put IN posi-
IN a enur Of Mount st. Aichdel On 1ne ao1tn
she heights opposite the Fauoonrg 81. Est1t
4he southwest, and 1t A1doua1hn 'es 1oul ~
southeast Nothing serious Has saen .''sn
,,n4t, 1.st Frit1ay u tiayh1eaF, when coz
rated houba.duent Of the works WIS oe9u
1nc ctv~n,y-four-rocnderb batteries OF the set
and Fourth Artillery ReHmenta, snppos1ea
.sroore If the Tnirty-foufth Infantry Nt1s
An thesc forces form part OF I neF andepeu
= .commsnd u1.dtr the Grand Duke Of Aee8leha
Schvcrtp, embracing Ill that lie bcl"eeu
armies OF Prince Frederick C1aties aau
Grown Prince = that is, aA LIE
vading troops not engaged ~
-.deSes Of Metz and Paris. The h17ne eonlt
MI day Friday with an active but <e13 meme
reply from the garrison: In the esentn0
town besnx on fite in twenEJ-shree places
pressure Of the lnhabttautA upon the Conuaa
induced htm to hoist NtIte tlaK and o1ef u
pltulate- The onef was Immediately acccpt
colonel Aonteunel, CONN Anding the E1ege
and they ebiercd the towp the eame eycnins
n'clocH. The conhtttons wcfe precisely tho
Sedan. Aconucil Of the municipality, held Of
<lsy, decided not 70 favor surrender, bt
urgency OF tndirtdoals fearing useless de.
zion completely overwhelmed the hellisere
termination Of the Inilttary and xtsil autho
TIE garrison *as rtdlcusously wcak-so e
eieTe, 100 line, 10 ReudRrneA, and g, 900 n,
81 .lales, ,sDong them nut one regular artillery *
Their commander Was Major 1luck, an Of
a,7map. The German bsIcefs are wfotl
such 4 force should have blt4.kaaed the
.ai,wa5, 80 essential for Transporting. ID fl,
xnnly line, for sir weeks Tho line becom.
-at once complete. Everything had been pr
beyond Teai for weeks. and trains
11tnu1ue b. horsepower. Only twels
bridge, near Tou1, nad to be replaced. n
doue on the 18th, and yesterday the drs:
1lyc went through. ! IWent 10 Toul on The
@pcc&ors train that approached tic Town =
ssurren6et. II
Aan5 houses arc destroyed Tbs cfne