The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-23

rom Buzinc, Thursday claims greri yic-
ory over Prince Frcdeiick Charles and
zen. Stcinmctz on TUESDAY, at Il point
between Don cowit aud ViWAiile. A Lon
Ion dispatch, EVIDENT referring to the
same affair, and fixing the battle near
Mars it Tour, states that the Prussiaus
have been thrown b,ck upon the Moselle.
Bazainc has again prohibited all private
Ms in this way his move
ments become known in Berlin by the
way of London The Paris Patrie, in an
article reviewing the situation, based on
from the front up 10 Tuesday
says Bazaine was not surprised, as had
been said, and that having four times re-
pulsed German attack, he continues his
march, and is certain to make II junction
with the corps of Mcmahon and Trochu.
He will then, it is added, be at the head
of stronger force than the one opposed
to him. The French Government repre-
sent that the reverses have been fully
checked The investment Of Strasbourg
by the Prussians is said to be so slack
that the garrison has been reinforced by
French troops. a naval engagement off
the coast of the Island Of Rugcn, in the
Baltic, is reported. The affair occurred
on Wednesday afternoon, division of the
Prussian fleet encountering the French
feet. The former soon withdrew without
loss. The French squadron is now at
Dornbusch. Eleven German vessels
have been captured since the beginning of
the war.
Great activity is shown in Paris in the
defensive measures now in progress
Prince Napoleon has sent his children
and the Empress. Prince Bonapartc is
said to have gone to Corsica
Another Engagement near Metz on
Thursday last resulted in a French defeat
with loss of 10000, killed wounded and
missing. The French are cut off from
Paris.
A Paris special to the New York Her.
aid dated Paris 90, says: The utmost
CONSERVATION prevailed in this city this
afternoon when the first intelligence Of
the defeat and entrapmcnt of Bazaine's
army was made known. The scenes that
followed on the boulevards beggar de-
cription. Immense crowds of people sur
rounded the Chambers with loud express
sions of anger. The hopeful statements
Of Minister especially Montambau's asser-
ton that the concentration of the French
armies had been effected and the dis
patches read purporting to have been
Bazaine's were openly charged TO have
been concocted in in Paris. A report is
being circulated of the intcn ded abdica.
ton of Napoleon in favor of his son with
the Empress as Regent. Revolutionary
demonstrations are being made on the
boulevard Montenanc. All sorts of ri.
mors are flying one asserts change in
the Ministry, and the accession OF Theirs
and other Orleanists to power, another is
to the effect that the Empress has applied
to Austria and Italy for succor.
A special dispatch to the World
witnessed the battle The Prussians won
at fearful cost. The mitrailleuse did
terrible work. Four villages and the
battlefield are strewn with the dead
From this point ! can see the French OIL
Mont st. Quentin, overlooking Metz from
the east. Metz is surrounded, and it look
ed as if preparations were being made by
the Prussians for a seige
Gen. Sheridan, from the Kings head
quarters, witnessed the battle.
Murat Halsted of the Cincinnati Con-
mercial is in France lie saw McMahor
at Strasbourg, and describes that chicftair
in this wise: "His hair is white, soft
brilliant white, and cut close, and hi
moustache is also white-white as Fer
nando Woods, but is not half as large
He is said not to be an Imperialist, and S,
small circumstance as that he does no
wear his beard in the fashion of his EN-
peror gives confirmation to the report
He wears no imperial, his lower lip beinl
clean shaver. 1t spite of his white hair
he has not the appearance of advanced
years. His eye, complexion and carriag
indicate that he is the prime of life. Hi
face is healthy scarlet, the sun Of Afric;
being responsible, | suppose, for the bril-
liancy Of the bronze on his checks. Hi
features are not grand, but are refined
His nose is almost delicate in its fine out
line and sharpness, and his mouth is SAL
rather than severe"
A French officer who participated il
the affair at Saarbruck, where the Prime
Imperial received his "baptism Of fire.
describes the effect of the firing of tn
mitrailleures as follows:
81 heard noise as of close thunder
1t is the first discharge from the batter
of mitrailleurs. We reach the nights o
bove Saarbruck, the mitraileurs pepper
ing away all the time. 1t is perfect
frightful. A battalion of Prussians is re
firing in good order by the quay of tn
Saar, in the town, and making its way tt
ward the bridge over which the railwa
passes. The battery Of mitrailleurs, l60
metres off, covers them. The officer coo
ly regulates his piece. A continue
crash. The battalion scatters Eh
nu)b tuC l<lcutcluut kOus VIC W., cOcH
, me complacently, and as mulch as to sa
what do you think of that 2" hel
) out my hand to him. All the other o
D ficers of the battery surrounded US. Al
e other battaIio has shown itself. 1t tax
r the road Of its predecessor. The terrib
y engine is prepared. Another minute
secure the right adjustment. Fire
The second battalion disperses like Il
first. A few balls are sent after them.
The New York Herald makes a 60,
:, point in the following During 4
It progress of our rebellion some ofthe Pa
s jouInrls expressed their inability to d
o eide upon the success of the two conten
e ing armies. They said it appeared
k them that the Southerners gained all t
i. victories but that the Northerners to-
l. all the towns. 1t strikes Ms that simil
movements are now poinp on nm the nj h