The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-10-03
THE WAR in EUROPE.
, ~ FRANCE. ="
What the Paris IEronant Saw and
,4tn Did on his Balloon Trip. M!
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Tissander, the Pronant, has already ar
rived here from Paris. He publishes II
the Journal an interesting narration Q
his. balloon tfipand the situation OF affair
in Paris at the time he lett. &c 'startet
from tho city at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon. No Prussians were 10 bc seer
near Paris. Complete silence! reignet
about the CitYi There,were no people t
be seenintheF roads leading 70 the city, ant
no boats Of any kind on tho river. Or
nearing Versailles, the RrusSIans were OBJ
served In great numbers In camp. Tissan
der dropped among them great number!
of the pr0ClamatiOns Of the government
officers, which had been printed in the
German language for thOt express purpose
The Germans opened q sharp fire on tho
balloon, but the range was too long, and
no damage was done, On arriving oveI
Houdan, 15 miles northwest Of Nantes
the balloon began to fall, and Tfss3pdel
was obliged to throw out ballast. Fortu
nately he had several packages OF news.
papers, which answered the purpose, and
lie was not obliged to throw out his letters
or. sacrifice anything valuable The Dal.
loon fIlen rose rapidly and was carried
along to q point near Dreux, in the depart.
ment Of Eure.et- Loir, many miles west o.
the Prussian lines. Tissandcr descended
slowly until he. came within hailing dis
tancC Of few peasants, whom he now
saw for the first time. These assured him
that there was no danger Of capture, as no
Prtlssians had yet been seen In the neigh
borhood. Tissandcr therefore alighted on
reaching M. open spot favorable to his
project. The balloon was properly Sc
cured, and the letters, twenty-five thou.
sand in number, were placed In sacks and
taken to the post Office Of Drcux, whence
they will be forwarded In all directions
wherever lines Of communication .are not
interrupted. A special locomotive was
placed at the command Of Tissander at
Dreux, In which he came forward To
Tours with a large number Of dispatches
to the government relative TO matters III
Paris. T.0h .LE ..' -
Dis Description Of Paris.
lie says the city is admirably defended.
More than five hundred thousand soldiers
as,,,oS asn OS nMd S1;sc;nIincd Tho firing from
tLn % EHrts SoS hean so occnrate fiat the
Prussians have been b0ffled in their at-
tempts 10 erect batteries. The city Is
perfectly. tranquil. Nearly all the shops
"ro o OCn anCrn;oS ne % I,v troona roo witch are there
Jr;,,oJ JG JoIU nmG oxSrcieoJ Tho Ronlcvarils
atnc1 ',a,.t - M ,IIo CHrt;fcot,one md Camn lc
Mars Mar n The western nart OF the CITY,
have been given up 10 barracks for the
Garde Mobile. At ten o'clock in the. eve.
ming all Gales dre closed and a constant
watch is kept throughout the night. The
forts are supplied with electric lights,
which arc found to be admirably adapted
for guarding against surprises. There is
neither butter nor fruit to. DC had any,
where, in the city, and fresh meat VIII
soon be scarce. There is, however, no
lack Of sQlted provisions, and flour the
supply is sufficient for SIX months. .
Escape of a General from Metz.
- Npw Yopv October /
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a sPecHI from h0auoI says IInTtIt TaIaIt
B0uroaRi mas escaped rom Nic". 4, Lhc ~ Iels y
inc fortress anu inc c!Iy IN tnc sarD I'LL. ~ =
GlLlHcn; anu III sis uI1g ~ So Su.;Soi s =,
through the German lines ne arrived ,dd IN
tgS;n ~ cSEi Tssting. "l, on vist to IN En-.
nress It is believed that tho General is
bearcr Of tlispatches from Bazaine, and it
is certain lie will, now that hc isoutsidc
the fortress, have those notions dispelled
0s 10 tho nresent existence of tho Empire.
Ep iTaI 't'Hi" :" ,o1,SDor Octobor
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Ine tLussSians are a'PLSaGTH T,,n :. n4iI n;Ho
noniln inc aepartlnent VI Eute .L y nolLc; Hi'.;
Eomm9nticsa!lon petWeSn tuas glaGS aIu
yaEtres anq EeTiI m G,s s pSe., sooor11,, Sue y:
aestt9yeu. 1ne Uni uGstu AeScIy S;.lSy ~
mg aHty aL alarsG1Llcs nnEs u.sDanIcu
y Is though S w. eS HSs.Iso 1So JS ErSrD tL9
.Wort,, NJ 81 @ Gon%oT,iIIcrS % TbS ncnsants TLo
% fIod to p Paris m tho annroacG oi tLe Prus.
slams from the East, have asked pufnis-
sion to return to their homes. Tho Prus.
sian General has, refused on thcsground
That his object is. to starve out the city.
mic town Of ToHrnon is filed with Ger.
man wounded. Most of them participated
in the late unsuccessful attempt to capture
Charenton: G'Ss' ~, II ~ ,.r.G
Lyons Is perfectly quiet. -i ~. IA
a. g'.t yis'snaf ToURs, October2.
Advices from Paris state that on the
eOth ult,, the Prussian officer demanded
the surrender Of Fort D'Ivryon, southeast
ofthe city. The commandant promptly
refused a messenger 9! the aover9menE , N \
The Prpssians seem, dlsinclined to attack
the city Lhey SUI OCCUPY t9e M 4S.gaSs T..O .OS'
~ Fesectaoao ulStace lron .,,H .uc HLcnen y.
!olts. Mncnc'Gt ~; .ncS ~ s.a ,2,, .,,oI
Co G0nhoissanceS tucy UL'sH L'c Win i,',T s1!"y
Ans ye CTssFSc5S n S1SfgI's1cS1
sampa'1 cam ,,'1,Se SefSalns Saar,sra anu
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