The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-12
WAR IN EUROPE!
Saturday Nights Dispatches
Excitement I'm Paris Continues.
THOUSANDS LEAVING THE CIFT.
Siege of Strasbouro Cantiauss with
Great FigOr.
Terrible Suffering of the CItiZens-
over TWO thousand Killed.
Refugees Within the Walls suffering
the TeFPOrs or BOmbardme8t
Pillaging and Destruction by the
RsbOle.
on The Verge Of
Starvation.
FRANCE.

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STRAsBoURa. Sept. 8, via London
Sept. 1O-The siege of Strasbourl
continues with great vigor, and the
Prussians are making the greatest eff
forts to secure its reduction. -Four
thousand Baden troops are working
day and night. In the third line o.
trenches, quite near the city, and un
der constant fire from the defenses
over two thousand citizens are being
killed.
The screams of shells can be heard
FIVE miles The beautiful cathedral
is partly destroyed. There are now
over FIVE hundred canon bearing up
on the citadel, and forty thousand
Baden troops ready to enter as soon
as the walls are broken. Over 10000
refugees are within the walls suffering
all the terrors of the bombardment.
The Notifications are slowly burning
The Germans captured have their
heads cut off and stuck on poles.
1000 Gemans. expelled. have been
killed between the fires of the two
armies.
The city is in flames in twenty diff
ferent places, and the rabbleare pillag-
ing houses and making destrN IN Of
everything they can lay hold of.
There are daily thunder storms, and
the Rhine has risen, driving the in
! habitants from the cellars.
The people are fighting for places
Ia the sewers 10 escape destruction
from the shells, poured by hundreds
into the streets.
Six hundred citizens have been
buried by falling buildings.
Every night the horizon is starred
for miles, ike O mimic sunset, with
the blaze of the Baden batteries.
Horse flesh is the only meat 10 be
obtained, and the inhabitants are on
the verge of starvation. Awful scenes
are witnessed. Many citizens are
killed in their beds. and the COM
mander shoots at once all who talk of
surrender.
The mob are rioting lightly. and
demanding a surrender. The city has
not fred gun since the 9th. 1t is
under fire from three directions.
The sluices which furnished the city
with water are destroyed, thereby ad
ding TO the suffering of the people.
It is known there are 200,0 900 chas-
sepots stored IN Strasbourg. An i'm
mediate sure nder is predicted as
there are only 1900 regular troops
now in the city.
Especial Cable to the Herald.l
NANCY, September 8. via LONDON,
September 10 Bazaine. in a recent
sally, inflicted heavy loss on the Sax
on Landwehr. at Pont-a- NJ Ousson.
The Prussians around StrasbouTg
have captured quantity of munitions
intended for the garrison.
PARIS, September 10. AIS PM
Prussian scouts appeared at Montmi-
| rail, aud various other places.
Two corps of 100000 men each are
advancing in that neighbOrhood.
The telegraph to scissors bas been
cut.
PARIS, September 10.-Banneville
has resigned the French Ambassador
ship at Rome.
The O6fcieI Journal to day pub
| fishes q letter to 'he Ministers, from
Italy and Switzerland, recognizing the
provincial government, and the an
swer of Jules Favre thereto.
PARIS, September 10 Light draft
! French gunboats are descending the
Rhine.
The Journal Desbots publishes ac-
counts of the excesses committed by
the Red Republicans at Toulouse and
Lyons.
All the railroad tunnels in the De-
partmeDt of the Seine-e ct Marne were
blown up by order of the military au.
thorities. The bridges. also, have
been destroyed.
i The journals announce the seizure
here of thirty thousand needle guns
to be distributed forthwith.
The Bank of France has been re
moved to Toulouse.
1t was announced that the Prus.
SLAMS were at La Ferte aud Sous
Jouace last night.
The Gdulois says that, after to.
morrow, the supply of gas will be cut
off from the city to avoid the danger
ofexplosious by the enemy's shells.
The citizens seem determined tC
avoid disorders.
Now all persons endeavoring to ex.
cite the populace will be arrested a
once.
1t is announced that large quanti
ty of Remington rifles have lately ar
rived here from England.
At the railroad depot a great nun
Der of Chassepots were found piled
in wagons. They had apparentl,
been forgotten three weeks ago. GooC
use will be made of them now.
Some journals having reported tha
PIerre Bonaparte wept when he me
the ex- Emperor, he writes letter de
: nying the story. and adding that boil
his trends and enemies know that b.
has more manly habits.
The citizens of Paris who have gon
. away are to be taxed in proportion {,
the rents paid for lodging the Gard
Mobile. When these Citizens refnr,
they will be called on for pavmen
, from this date.
It is noticed that the protestatiop
against violence, recently made by th
{ ultra journals, had the best effect upo
E the minds of the people, who are thu
4 made aware that the revolution doe
G not mean anarchy.
Advices fron Havre say that th
crowd of strangers there is so grea
that the hotels are overwhelmed
: Boats for Southampton refuse to car
4, ry passengers. Trains arrive at Havr
3 from Paris an hour behind tim,
heavily laden. The scenes at the ds
pot here are very effesting. Grea