Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-24
The SympathieS of the Pope
WilIHOhenzOllern Reappear?
seven Million Able Bodied Men.

seven Million Able Bodied Men.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-The Voltaire makes
the following calculations: At the last
census France counted men between 90
and 80 years, 8, go, 900; from 80 to 40,
3, 128, 600; and are we to be uneasy, adds
NJ. Clement Duvernois, on account of three
or four battles lost? We should become the
laughing stock of Europe. .--.r
Three theaters, the Vaudeville, Palace Roy
al and the Varieties, in Paris, were obliged
to close their doors from want of footmen,
employed elsewhere in place of regular
troops
The Defenses of Paris.
NEW YORK, Aug. ga special dispatch
to the Courier Des Flats Unis, dated Paris
Aug. %, says: Preparations for combat are
making along the lines. Paris is virtually
in q state of siege, and every one accepts
this part of the situation. 1t is generally
conceded the issue of the campaign viii
be decided under our walls If We are able
to hold out for a week-and we are able
against an enemy destitute of material for
carrying on a siege-all France will come
to the succor of the capital and will Sc
verely annoy its besiegers; as for diver
sion in their favor among the Faubougs
they need not count upon it, for at this
time it would be difficult to restrain sum-
mary vengeance of the people upon any
individual convicted of treason. l visited
this morning the line of Notifications be-
tween Neuilly and Auteil. An army of
workmen aided by the Garde Mobile
and the men of military classes are at work
cutting trees in Bots de Boulogne as far as
the lakes. The bastions are supplied with
mortar batteries, and cannon of very heavy
calibre have been mounted on the ramparts
and across the roads. Drawbridges have
been thrown up on the side of the city to-
ward Passy and Auteil. A large number of
nauses have been demolished; and, in
short, this part of Paris, at one time SO
beautiful, is entirely unrecognizable On the
Vincennes side. I am told that the work Of
defence is pushed ahead with still greater
energy on the entertainments. A camp has
been established on the plain of St MAur
which commands the passage of the Marine.
The inhabitants of all the surrounding To-
calities have abandoned their houses and
taken refuge in Paris. As for the really
effective force of troops to whom our de-
tense is committed, l estimate 1t upon
authentic data, in the neighborhood OF
10, 900 old soldiers of the regular army
aud $4,000 municipal guards and gems de-
Gardes Moliele Of reserves and battalions
armes; 10, 600 sailors and marines, 10000
de depot and about 100000 National
Guards, fremen etc. With this effective
force and provisions IN abundance We can
hold the enemy in check for some time.
On the MOseIIc-Bazaine's Conn
munIcaIiOns Intact-ChaIens Re-
infOrcing him by the NOrthern
Route,
The LEWIS from the army of the Moselle
is always scarce. What am permitted to
send you is in substance this Bazaine pre-.
serves intact his communication with Paris
by the northern route. The last battle
delivered at JaU mount has no other result
Bazaine is also greatly strengthened by the
vast Notifications of Metz and is still mas
ter of the retreat by way of the mountain
roads and strong ranges, and the valley by
way of Desue. He can, doubtless, by the
same route receive reinforcements, and we
have reason to believe that part of the force
lately assembled at Chalons set out for that
destination yesterday morning. The enc
my's army around Metz was at first supe-
rior in numbers, but has been decimated
by the late battles and is incapable for the
present, at least, of resisting a violent
attack The reinfOrcements which it has
received are composed of the Landwehr,
levies from the Southern States hastily
gathered for the invasion of our country.
The enormous losses which the Prussian
army has sustained will hardly be encour-
aging to these new corners, and there is
then a marked advantage in favor of our
troops at Chalons, who defend the soil of
their country from the invaders Indeed,
we are all well, and awaiting brilliant re-
venge for Woerth and Forbach in the
military circles around Metz.
Guerrilla Warfare i'm the RhenIsh
Provinces.
Prussia seems to provoke a war IN
worthy of two nations, but one which the
instinct Of self preservation forces upon the
weaker party. She has inundated our
country with spies, and we have been COM
PEELED a. q measure of safety to expel all
suspected Germans at the risk of injuring
some innocent persons in Alsace and Lor-
raine. The necessities of the Prussians
and the exorbitant demands of their COM
missaries have exasperated the unhappy
people, who, plundered. harrassed and
abused, have inaugurated a guerrilla war
against their invaders.
Moreover, King William has launched
proclamation declaring that every indivi
vidual not belonging to the French army