Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-22
PlalAOf the Rhine Campaign.
French Fleet Enters the Baltic
Turkey Ready to Hire out.
Italy Arranging Her Forces.
The Enthusiasm of Germany.
German ShipSin French Ports
GermanShipSin French Ports
200 French Taken Prisoners
plan s,he French Campaigu

Plan of the French Campaign.
LONDON, July 21.-The following sketch
of the French campaign has been obtained
| from reliable sources
The French army is concentrating In 6
| quadrilateral form by the towns of Nancy,
Thionville, Strasburg and Mayence, south
of Strasburg On the same meridian is
an entrenched camp at Belfont, where @
form the right of the French army. Anoth-
er corps will be entrenched at ChalOns SUI
| Morne
The entire army will be composed of
eight cOrps-each, three or four divisions
of infantry and from six to eight regi-
ments of cavalry. Each di yision will
have eight batteries of artillery, and one
company of engineers, and will be COM
posed of from 10000 TO 10000 men.
The army of Mozelle will be commanded
| by Marshal Bazaine and composed of the
second, third and fourth corps. Head
| quarters of the respective corps, will be
at st. Arnold, Metz and Thionville. The
army of the Rhine, which Marshal Nc
MahOn viii command, is composed of the
first fifth and seventh corps, with head
| quarters respectively at Strasburg, Betche
and Belfont. The corps under Gen. De-
| failly, posted around Betche, will unite
| two armies of the reserve corps in camp at
| Chalons on the Morne. That under
Marshal Canrobert will be composed of the
troops of the line reinforced from the Re-
serves of all kinds.
| Foreign AuxiIiaries.
Three hundred Hanoverians have volun
| teered for the French service.
Turkey offers France 100000 soldiers
| for pay.
PARIS, July 21.-The representatives Of
the foreign powers here have made another
united effort to-day to prevent war, but
were unsuccessful The Madrid journals
advise neutrality for Spain.
The French Enter the Baltic.
The French feet has passed through the
sound and entered the Baltic.
The steamers of the Liverpool and Bal
tic line have ceased running.
] PrusSLans Short of Ammunition.
LONDON. July 21.-It is believed here
that the Prussians are short of ammuni-
ton, that the French know it, and hence
the great activity of their movements. The
bitches around the forts at Mayence have
been filled with water, and the works at
| that place are considered impregnabIs.
The French government has been noti-
fed that the kingdom of Wurtemburg and
| Bavaria will join Prussia
The grand duchy of Hesse Darmstadt has
voted large war loan.
Berlin correspondence says, thanks to
her organization, Prussia will, in a few
hours, be equal to France at all points.
| The colleges and schools are closed, and
students thronging to recruiting offices.
| The same is true OF South Germany.
BERLIN, July 21.-The Reichstag voted
unanimously for loyal address in reply
to the Kings speech. On the reading OF
the address the members of the Reichstag,
spectators, including Bancroft, Prince
Leopold and other noble persons, arose and
remained standing with uncovered heads
until the reading was ended.
England Wants TO Make Sure OF Bel
gium.
The British government is considering
the question of dispatching troops across
the channel to preserve the neutrality oi
Belgium.
LONDON, July 21.-The statement made
yesterday that the English Government In
tends to dispatch body of troops to pro
| I6CJ DelBluDl ID Btu6ldlly ulSCACNu1Ch-
The last news this morning pronounces
the rumor false, and says that the battle
which was Yesterday reported to have oc
CURED near Forbach was merely an e1
change of shots by the sentinels of Gus
toms patrol.
The Wescr Closed.
BERLIN. July 21.-The mouth of tn,
river Weser has been closed with sunkel
hulks to prevent the entrance of the French
navy.
LONDON, July 81, Noon.-The Bank Of
England has Just announced an advance o
the rate of discount one half OF oneper cent
The minimum rate is now three per cent
An advance has been anticipated i'm monies
circles for several days, and 1t Is general!
supposed that the effect has been discount
ed. Freights for the Mediterranean ar
taken only at war rates.
Enthusiasm ON Both Sides
BERLIN, July 21.-Enthusiastic German
: in Illinois have sent cable kilograms T.
Count Won Bismarck, promising to give
5000 to the captor of the first French flag
The vote in the North German parlia
ment Yesterday for extraordinary credit o
one hundred and twenty millions wa
unanimous at first and second readings.
PARIS, July 21.-Madame Razio sang q
the grand opera last evening In the thir'
act of Marseillaise, she sang the Marseillais
in a scene of excitement aud enthusiasm
II was an occasion indescribable. tn
audience rose en- masse and joined in tn
song, which terminated amid deafenin
shouts of Vive La France.
Turkey Neutral, 100000 Strong.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 19.-The Le0Gn
Herald of to-day announces that the tir'
| class of reserves have been called unde
arms. This, with the regular force, make
the Turkish army 100000 strong. Th
policy of Turkey is absolute neutrality.
What bismarck Says
BERLIN, July 21-Bismarck informe
the North German Parliament yesterda
that the declaration of war was the first an
only official document received froI
France, proving conclusively that SUI
! prise was intended.
It is still believed here that Austri
i will maintain passive neutrality withoU
: arming. .
Patriotic PruSsians.
Upon the arrival of the steamship Can
Z bria at Havre on Saturday, on her regT
lar trip from Hamburg to New York, iv
hundredG Germans who had paid their passas
j to America, hearing of the declaration
a war, left the ship and returned to Prussi
S and enlisted in her army.
J. SOUTHAMPTON, July 2I.-The steamshi
Leipsic, for Maine and New York, will NJ
leave here until officially notified that it
safe to do so.
LONDON, July 21.-It is said that sti
q further rate of advance in the rate of il
terest in the Bank of England is cOnten
d plated.
h PARIS, July 2I.-One of the journals
e this city to-day accepts the war betwee
e France and Prussia, as Gods interventic
to check Professionalism.
AuSIria's Sincerity.
LONDON, July 21.-The fact that Austr
is ordering extended field manoeuvers
Hungary, is accepted sas proving the si
cerity of her neutrality.