The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-09-21
FRENCH ADvICEs.

IAhIS, OepI. lO-NOOH. lne rus
slams having captured a railroad train
at Senlis, travel in that direction stops
Immediately. 10000 Prussians are
at Joinyille.
PARIS, Sept. l6.-The city has been
declared in a state of siege, anil non
combatants are &c be expelled.
1t is reported the American ship
Queen has arrived at Toulon with five
hundred American volunteers and sew
en- thousand rifles.
The Prussians were. yesterday at
Joinvill seven miles from the city.
There have been no railroad trains
beyond Pont Wise since Wednesday
last. The forests around the city are
now utterly consumed.
Advices received by the Miniter of
war show that the sharpshooters and
free corps are capturing many Prus-
SLAMS i'm the suburbs.
Megy, who was condemned by the
High Court to a long imprisonment
I'm Ier the old regime, has been liber-
ated.
The Minister of War is in receipt
of dispatches from General Urich,
commandment at S rasburg. He re-
ports the bombardmeDt constant and
terrific. The city is badly damaged.
He has no dies of surrendering.
The railway between Paris and Ly-
ons has been cut by the French Au-
thorities.
Pietri, nephew of the Prefect, has
been a rested. M
1t is reported that whereas the
Prussians will demand guarantees in
case of peace, the provisional govern
ment is prepared to furnish them.
The military headquarters at Tours
are rapidly organizing a large army,
to be known as the army of the Loire.
1t will be formed of contingents from
western departments, and those Dor
dering on the Pyrenees. In the de.
partments of Bouches Du Rhone and
Card the volunteer. ~enrollments ex-
coed fifty thousand. In all France
over a million are enrolled. italian
volunteers in great numbers have ar
rived at Lyons.
Electric lights are placed on all
forts around the city, in order 10 re-
veal the enemy at night.
1t is reported that the Republican
government is in possession of cipher
correspondence between the Emperor
and Empress since the commence
ment of the war. The key to the CT
pher is also discovered, and startling
developments are expected.
The officers of the Bank of France
no longer make weekly returns of the
movements Of specie, etc.
Havre, Sept. 16.-The Journal is GER
tain that Paris is supplied with three
million kilogrammes of g%unpowder,
twice as much as was expended at Sc
bastopol. 1t also says the docks are
overtasked. Cotton, Coffee grain
and other goods. and ever Mahogany
are being loaded rapidly on French
vessels for shipment elsewhese. to save
| them from the Prussians
Paris, Sept. 16-11:00 A. MA
false alarm was raised last night,
which put the city into great excite
ment. The Mobiles ere on duty by
thousands in the quarters where they
lodged. Cries to arms were heard in
every street, sand women rushing to
the doors and windows, and flying
through the streets. The national
guards were running to the marines,
and Mobiles were dispensing them.
selves everywhere. 1t is reported
that the Prussians are attacking Vim
CHIMES and Clarendon. In the Rue
| Vivienne, at eleven o'clock, access to
the Place De La Bourse was stopped
by the Garde Mobile. The sewers
are being inspected, in consequence OF
a report that a quantity of petroleum
was thrown in, which is found to be
true. An attempt was made en- the
part OF the dangerous classes recently
expelled to re enter PARIS by force.
They found themselves wedged be-
tween the forts and the Prussian ad.
vance. The National Guard defeat
ed the attempt. Yesterday some six
hundred Prussians appeared at Cla-
mart, within gunshot of the fort oil
Vannes. They had crept in under
cover of the woods on the heights
These woods join those of Versailles,
by those of Menlon, sewers and Vir-
omplay. They were too green to
more than imperfectly burn. The
advanced guard of the enemy has al O
been signaled at Creteil, within shot
of Fort Charennes, four Kilometres
from Charentod. Barbados are be-
erected here by the Guarde Mobile.
The population has gone. Ten Prus-
SLAMS were brought to the Champs