The Portland daily press., 1870-11-08


. ssya taiI lie hsadqnarteia 81 Lbs i1ti Corps
are At Maruhcaors anu he headquarters OF thu
q my If the Loire yesterday were at Mer. To.
DAY there Vas a reirogade movement The
general headquarters there moved from Mr. to
a village two leagues nearer BOis, on the Or
leans road. Forty thousand Prnssiaps are re-
ported TO have arrived from Metz to reinforce
Gen. Taun. On our side nothing is likely TO
De done unless we are attacked. The Govern
ment breads the effect of reverse, aud has re-
solved to risk no. hing. No attempt 10 relieve
farls will be made for SIX weeks at least. This
army equals the enemy directly in front. nu-
nrr'caiiy, ont shows a complete want of c0n-
hdence among the mep. COmnlete inditfei-
ence Is manifested among the officers, who are
mostly without sympathy with be GOvarumnt.
The government is everywhere dstrust-d and
disliked. o. the 800 900 national guardes, per
maps 100000 have guns that would fire without
bursting. The government, though volunteer
ing talls does not attempt to carry out the law
suDJecilng all men between the ages of % and
80 10 enrolment. The workingmen are so fond
OF their sl'uation, getting franc and half a
day and ratiOns tor their families that the fac
tories vainly offer six francs for skilled work.
men. The government is so afraid of iuitiati0g
The people that salt meat is distributed only
to the garrison aud the wounded.
NJ. Theirs has been here and waa warmly
welcomed aud went back t., Versailles with
nearly carte blanche powers from the govern
menu. w'o are anxious to treat on any plat u.s.
BILE pretext.
The Flourens party complain that the gov
eminent agreed to an election of the commune
ON the recommend ton OF all the mayors, and
then retracted and took refuge in plebiscite.
Inc reds therefore advised absentaton. Though
Fioureus and other battalion commanders
were cashlered, no attempt was made to de-
prve the m of their actual commands.
Rochefort resigned his seat in the govern.
ment because he agrees to the election of COM
mune.' saw Trochu yesterday and found him
utterly Frustrated and incapable of Going BUSH
ness | asked him why he did rot act ener-
getically against the utras, and he replied that
he wished to preserve his power by moral force.
Another Tribune correspondent writes on
The 81 inst: Thers mission absorbs all atten-
ton. Doubtless everybody, the FlOurens par
ty excepted, desires it to succeed. THEIRS
brought assurances that the neutral parties
were working desrously to arrange matters.
The proposed armisfice is only the first step.
II revictualing is allowed the contest may
continue some weeks. The stock of live food
is nown to be much smaller that is asserted.
The weather is very cold and coal and wood
are very scarce and dear. We experience pri-
vations but not much suffering
correspondent of the Tribune with Carl
baldi writes on the second that Garibaldi has
just returned from visit to Michael, whose CO.
operation was and is doubtful. His staff saw
they hoLe Micha-l will make common cause
with GaribaIdi if attacked, but we are sure of
nothng. The French show few signs of fight
ing. they are young cOnscripts aud their off
GERS are no b. tier. The ITALIANS are picked
men and will do well. Ricciotti Garibaidi has
just arrived after his imprisonment at Allies
sandria by the Italian movement
Bismarck's chancellor says that very small
proportion OF the Metz army will come to
Paris, the present force being considered sniff
Gent to repulse any sortie.
RocHEFoRT's RETIREMENT.
official statement of the reasons for Roche.
iorl's retirement. The first being the failure
to hold commune elections, ard the second.
tue governments consent to the armistice ne.
go:ations. Rochefort is equally aleniated
from Flonrens and his party. Favre, Trocbu
and five other member OF the government.
wrote to Rochefort asking him to return but
he refused. He intends to begin the publica.
ton OF new paper.
"A CORRESPONDENT of the World at Amiens on
the 9th te'egraphs that while the people are
anxious Tor an honorable peace rather than
yield any territory they prefer a continuance
OF the war and the struggle will be one that
ever' Frenchman will join in with utter des-
peratiOn.
EIsMARCK'S TERMS OF AMNESTY
The Worlds CORES pandent at Paris the 9Th
writes the terms insisted upon nv Barmarck
are announced as follows: That France should
pledge herself either by the assembly or the
s"'Si "uioHt " nav t1gutV DtInODS 1n0emD1tV,tO
consent to the Germans retaining all the war
materials captured. to maintais a STANDING
army OF onlv 10000 men and agree to the an
uexation of Alsace and Lorraine Bavaria form.
ing a neutral State; not TO oppose the pur-
chase of Luxembourg BY the Prussiaus. When
these terms were made known the people I'M
anlmously rejected them with the cry, mo ar
mistice; resist the Prussians till DEATH"
BATTLE-TowN BURNED.
BERNE, Nov. 7.-Heavv cannonadipg was
heard in the direction of Monhilliard and Bel
fast.
The French have burned the village of We
zalois.
THE OLD STORY REPEATED
NEW YORK, Nov. bismarck stated that
curing the hive days negotiations with Theirs
all had been agreed except the question of re-
vctnaling Paris As this would have been
great military advantage to tbe French Bis
marck demanded that they should give some
1n'ns eqnivalert in military pont of view
Inc provisional Government was unable or nm
willing TO do this aud ordered the negotiations
to be broken off.
Great Britain
SHIP LOST
LONDON. Nov. 7.-Ship Geneva is reported
n1ost on cornwall. She lett Liverpool on the
9Th ult. for st. Johns.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The failure of Lanzel & Co., cloth manufac.
,nrers at Bradford, was occasioned by New
York failures
Sir George dickinson. reported lost among
the passengers Of the sea mship Varupa, {. ON
New York for New Orleans, is at home in
Gloucestershire
The new French loan has been conceded
place in the Isis at the Stock Board. The
present price is from 10 to s premium.
Large Quantities of provisions still leave Liv-
erpeol for France
Spain.
MORE TROOPS FOR CUBA,
MADRID, Nov. acknowledgements to the
number of 5000 are preparing to leave for Cuba.