New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-14
oEF.cAL JOURNAL OF STATE OF 'LouIsIANA.

| IN England to-day. He looks carcWOfn anu
ill; shows disinclination tO conversation
In few words interchanged with old &C.
| quaintances at Dover, who inquired
| whether he came as an accredited envoy OF
the French Republic, he intimated that ne
knew no Republic, only a government for
| the defense Of Paris.
There is good authority for believing that
a definite proposition for peace will be
offered in behalf of the provincial govern
| ment at Paris, and that Theirs is authorized
! to lay them before the British government,
whose intervention is solicited.
The terms are as follows; The payment
to Prussia of war expenses; the destruc-
ton of all forts in ASace and Lorraine the
temporary occupation Of Metz and Stras-
burg by German troops until an election is
authorized by the government for France,
and ratification Of the treaty by the pre-
per authority.
Especial Dispatch to the New York Tribune
LONDON, September ia special cor
respondent at Berlin, Tuesday, telegraphs,
by authority, that the report that Bancroft
has made representations to the government
at Washington, on the subject of mediation,
is utterly untounded. The United States has
not offered her good Offices, but will act, II
the belligerents request her to do SO.
A correspondent at Hamburg writes under
date of September IL:
There are many indications that the
French shortly intend to raise the blockade
in both the Baltic and North seas.
"When Fourch0n heard that the Republic
had been proclaimed, and himself appointed
Naval Minister, he assembled the officers of
the squadron on his flag ship, and consulted
them as to the expediency of recognizing
the Republic. Nearly all of the officers
were, willing, and Fourchon started for
CherbOurg."
News to-day from Alsen Sound, warn ves-
sells against entering Roadstead, all COM
munications having just been closed by o
triple row Of torpedoes.
Hamburg has been notified to receive
eighteen hundred French prisoners, who
will be placed on American steamers in the
harbor.
The TTi5une's correspondent. who is with
the Baltic feet. writes: "Copenhagen,
Septemb There have been 10 serious
demonstrations by the fleet since the affair
at Coberg, where the Prnssians hOisted the
hospital flag, and many ladies crowded the
pier. hence the Admiral refused to fire.
The greater part Of the Baltic fleet is con-
celtrated at ki0uge bay, and the remainder
is anchored off Maen Island, both in
Danish waters. notwithstanding the pro-
hibition of the Danish king. The heaviest
ships will be ordered soon to return to
France. The blockake is continually
evaded, as the ships are unfit for such
service.
Yesterday the Lubbock Chamber of Com
merce telegraphed to the German Consul at
Copenhagen asking whether the French
fleet was still in the Baltic, as it had not
been seen for more than a week
The news of the capitulatiOn and the
Inauguration Of the Republic caused some
disturbances.
"Fourchon's appointment as Naval Min
lister was well received, and it impaired a
fresh hope. The squadron will now receive
practicable orders or be recalled.
dispatches have been forwarded, order
ing all sGuadrOns to rendezvous at Lange-
land, to arrive on Saturday, the tenth, and
await Instructions
Since the above was written, it is believed
that one division OF the fleet has been Or
dered home, and that it has passed tho
Straits of Dover.
The TriJune's special correspondent at
Paris Tuesday writes: ''The ramparts are
divided into nine sections. each under a
separate commander. The guns there and
in the forts are manned by sailors from
Cherb0urg and TOulon.
The National Guards are camped on the
glacis.
THE forts are being garrisoned by the
National and Mobile Guards, who are under
stringent military discipline.
1.-The line troops are stationed between
the exterior forts and the ramparts, sup
ported by volunteers and provincial mo-
biles.
''There is little confidence among the Off
GERS that the city can resist The govern
ment is daily more anxious for peace"
A correspondent before Strasburg writes,
on September 9: "In the sorties on Thurs
day and Friday the French report the Ger
man loss to be from eight to ten thousand
men. The actual loss was under fifty. The
total loss during the past fortnight will not
exceed one hundred and fifty men,"
Efforts to divert the river Ill., which fills
the moat, resulted in complete success.
New mortars have been placed in posi-
tion for throwing shell Of two hundred
pound weight.
''The fire on the face of the citadel is ex-
ceedinglv effective. A breach has already
been made in the walls, and the assault will
be ready week hence. Capitulation is ex-
pected before the final attempt