Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-02

= I poE week VIII De manufactured.
Austria
has given her sanction to the taking pos
:. session of Rome by Italy.
Official Adyices.
The French War Office received no adj
vices of any engagement or movement of
, troops up to / o'clock yesterday after
noon.
The sanitary condition of the army is
i excellent.
!, The reported skirmish of the Goth gave
some. idea of the comparative merits of the
needlegun and Chasseport rife, though,
owing to the shortness of the affair, the
I test was not complete. The Prussians
commenced fire at distance of 800 me-
tres, and the fell short one hundred me-
tres The French fired almost simultane-
, Ously, and some Prussians were killed.
Arrest of Priests.
French priests have been arrested on the
German frontier on the charge of sending
plans of fortresses to the enemy.
The Paris journals call attention to the
fact that no contradiction had appeared of
the statement made that the French gov
eminent sought, through Lord Clarendon,
to effect general disarmament, which
Bismarck refused to accede to.
The Roman Question.
1t is said that the French troops will not
evacuate the Roman territory until Septem-
Der; and the Convention between Italy and
Fance for the protection and independence
of the Pope is re-established.
PARIS, July 3l-The French troops will !
evacuate Rome Immediately; the Emperor |
told the Papal nuncio that the evacuation !
would begin to- day,
Austria Aiming.
The Pdtrie says Austria is making formi- |
dable military preparations, as she fears /
Infringement of her neutrality by Bismarck |
The command of the Austrian army of OBJ
servation will be given to Arch Duke Al
brecht, whose sympathy for France is we'll
| known.
The passage in the Emperor's proclama-
ton to the army, predicting the war would
be long and arduous, produced depres-
sion and uneasiness. Tho campaign is
based upon a plan found among Marshal
Neil's papers.
HamburgSBIockaded
| A special correspondent at Hamburg
writes on Wednesday that that city is in a
| state of siege, and is expecting an attack
| from the French. Batteries are erected at
many points on the coast. Krupp's mon
ster gun at Wilhemshaven.
Two French spies were caught while in
the act of sounding the harbor.
Bismarck on the Secret Treaty.
BURLN, July 31.-The Anzeiger pub
fishes a circular addressed by Count Bis
mark on the Goth inst. to the representa-
tives of Prussia at the courts of the neutral
powers. The document gives the following
expose of the secret treaty negotiations
I
Danish war, says Count Bismarck. 'the !
French Legation at Berlin urged an ALI.
ance between France and Prussia for the |
purpose of mutual ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
France anticipated war with Austria as a !
consequence of the Danish war, and made
oyertures relative to the restoration of
Luxembourg and the frontier of 1914; the !
acquisition of Saarbruck and Landau,
while a-bToader settlement of the boundary !
question on the basis of language was not
to be excluded These instances, in May,
1866, took the form of q proposition for
an alliance, offensive and defensive In
the manuscript, the original of which is in
the Foreign Office here, The propositions
are as follows:
1. Should congress of powers assemble,
Italy is to have Venetia and Prussia the !
Duchies.
2. Should the Congresf disagree, an ALI
ance offensive and defensive will be made ,
between France and Prussia
3. Prussia is to open hostilities against
Austrio Within ten days after the Iies1fnffuu l
Of Congress.
4. Should no Congress meet, Prussia is
to attack Austria within thirty days after
the signature OF the present treaty,
5. Napoleon is to begin hostilities against
Austria as soon as Prussia begins, dispatch
ing 10000 men during the first month
across the Rhine
6. No separate treaty shall be made by
either power with Austria. When a joint
treaty is made the following are to be the
conditions:
1. Venetia is to go to Italy.
2. Prussia is to select German territory
at will for annexation, the number of in
habitants not to exceed eight millions of G
souls, the territory thus acquired to be- {
come part of the kingdom of Prussia I
without federal rights
3. France to have liberal share of the {
Rhine provinces.
4. A military maritime alliance is to be | Y
made between France and Prussia, to which v
Italy may be party should she desire. ]
This programme, the circular states,
was repealed in June 1866, in spite of the C
threatening urgency of France. The pro- v
posals were necessarily renewed with mod f
ifications sacrificing Belgium and South
Germany, but were never seriously enter
tanned by Prussia. For the sake of peace, Z
however, it was thought best to leave Ma A
poleon to his delusions. No word implying [
approval was returned. Time was counted 7
on to reVolutionize France and extinguish
the scheme, and hence the long delay and b
silence. a
The attempt against Luxembourg failing, Il
France repeated her former propositions il
making the specifications in regard to the fl
acquisition of Belgium by France and 8
South Germany by Prussia These last
propositions were formulated by Count 4
Benedith himself, and it is improbable f
that he wrote them without the authority s
of the Emperor, as they are the same U
which were made four years ago under the
threat of war as alternative of their refusal.
ANY unacquainted with the antecedents
must have known that had Prussia &C y =
guessed in the seizure of Belgium, France
would soon have found another Belgium in
Prussian territory.
Engagement at Saarbruck. I
SAAeBBUCK, July 31-Early this morning t
a large force of Bazaines division with C
four pieces of artillery advanced to this
position, apparently with a view of dis a
lodging the Prussians. They met force o
of volunteer guards who had a position a :,
mile and half from Saarbruck. The
Prussians attacked the enemy with vigor, :,
and after a sharp fight the enemy were re- =
pulsed and retreated, leaving one gun and
losing twenty men. The Prussians lost .
eight men. a
BERLIN, July 31-The report of fight :
at Saarbruck is confirmed.
Manifesto of King william.
King William, leaving for the army, a
issued a manifesto in which he declares he d
will go to fight for the honor of Germany, q
and calls upon the whole nation to rise as {,
one man. The King also granted full
amnesty for political crimes.
SkirmishIng. t.
BERLIN, July 31.-Hostilities having V
commenced on the Dist of July, a fusileer q
named Krous shot the first Frenchmsn {
killed in the war Continued skirmishing
hos baaD ooino nm since SATURDAY.