The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-25
LATER NEWS
French Account Of Affairs.
Peace Impossible al Present.
The Crown Prince SHOfng
Toward Paris.

New YORK, August PA special
the Courier Des Etats Unls from Far
= saws: The sprightly element OF. th
Partisan people accommodates itse
with difficulty to the reign of silenc
which the Ministry imposes. SO man
hIunders were committed in the oper
: ing of the war. tits feared this chang
: in the policy efs Palikao only conceal
some new mistake. | saw to-day
part of a dispatch from Marshal Ba
zaine, which the Minister Of War CON
municated to the Corps Leeislatif. !
was couched in general terms, but
could never have come from a cor
auered man or one doubtful Of success
Bazaine wished to leave Metz, but h
was not able. The enemy on the othe
: hand wished to seize and cnt his com
munication viii, Paris, tut t"tl
efforts were foiled, and it wa
draw game. This is in two words
the situation and explanation of the re
} cent engagements. We have sustained
severe and heavy losses, ii is said, bu
those of the enemy have been enormous
and out Of all proportion TO the merel,
negative advantages which he ha'
gained We are sending forward rem
forcements constantly, but this is done
notwithstanding the defense of the cap
ital. Every day fifteen or twenty thous
aud conscripts set out for Champagne
This morning two battalions of the
Garde Mobile, from Butheany and Nor
mandy, left by the railroad for Ardennes
must admit that they are very poorly
armed Their guns were the old muz
zle leaders. and they were without uni
forms, but they were brave and stalwar'
fellows.
Here there is no abatement of patri
otism. While the work on the tortilica-
tions goes on the national guard and
even Young men from the schools and
lvceums drill in the manual of arms.
Every day 5000 men are drilled in a
field at Camp de Mars At the Corps
Legislatif there is nothing of great nm
portance. The action of the new Gre
ated committee of defence is, however,
reviewed and considerably criticised.
saw the Minister of Marine as he
came from today session he was silent
hike the others, nevertheless he gave
those around him to understand that he
expected very soon good news from the
fleet. 1t is time.
Prussian spies swarm upon US, es-
pecially in the semi-official world. 1t
follows that redoubled caution must he
exercised upon all dispatches sent
hence by way of England Belgium and
Switzerland. NJ. Chevrans own sigma
ture is necessary in order to send po-
litical dispatch to the United States.
1t is difficult to obtain accurate news OF
what has taken place at Chalons or in
its neighborhsod At the war depart
ment they peremptorily refuse TO say
ANYTHING on the subject, but some OF
the papers, the Patrs and Presss among
others, announce that the corps Of Nc
Mahon and Failly have succeeded in
reaching Ardennes and by q flank
march from that place will effect a
junction with Bazaine. 1t is believed
that some Of the troops lately encamped
at Chalons have gone thither but | can
affirm nothing certain.
am assured that the Prussian Prince
ROYAL has given over his direct march
on Paris, and that he waits for the
Prussian army before Metz to deliver a
great battle. Other dispatches say that
he is at Bar lie Due. Everything from
that direction is confused, and believe
that these reports are put iu circulation
bv the enemy to make the Parisians be,
lieYe that all immediate danger has
been dispelled. and TO calm their patri-
otic arder TO place the Capital in a
state of defense. .a o..
The Emperor is at Rhicms. He waits
the opportunity 10 victoriously break
;, tue silence.
Al the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ev,
erytning is quiet. There are certain mys,
terious rumors among the Diplomatic
CorJ,s, but there has been no PROPOSE
ton for preliminaries OF peace, which
I have read in some of the English
papers. know that Bismarck has in
directly informed De La Tour d Au'
vergue that Prussia will not treat for
peace until she can do it on conditions
which will make it impossible fol
France to take revenge hereafter II
is not then our abasement, but our de
struction, which the Prussian Minister
seeks. Force win answer him ID
Jspne ht1Ts.
Victor Hugo has returned to us
. The poet enters France in the uniform
of the Home Guards.
PARIS, August 24.-The PURE,
semi official organ, says that there ex
lists at Vienna Prussian party encour
aged and paid by Connt Won Bismarck
Ii is said those parties who played th'
odious role of 1866, have control o
some of the Vienna journals, and since
the recent successes of Prussia, have
endeavored to persuade Austria to ac
favorablv, making handle of the vel
known sympathy Of Hungary for France
The Austrian government, however, ha!
{ resisted these overtures thus far, ant
will no douht maintain a friendly neu
tralitv. The Pdtrfe denies the stor,
that hy Austria's Withdrawing her corp
of observation, Prussia has been en-
r abled TO use troops that she could no
2 otherwise have moved. .r.
? LONDON, August 24.-The Tines re
: cognlzes the fact that the determination
e of the French Corps Legislatif in favs
of self government will be irresistabl
\ hereafter, should the Emperor fail
n Prussia has sent TO Bavaria ten mil
: lions in gold as a subsidy t. ,I}
a Napoleon $ mission to Italy is ridi
. culed az untinely and profitless. Th
4 French blockading squadron at tn
Il mouth OF the Elbe has repairsi fror
4 acting upon the offensive. Cuxhaye