Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-24

we publish the official report from
Marshal Bazaine, dated at Verdun on
Wednesday night. 1t thus appears
that the French have not fallen back
any farther, and from the reports that
the battle was renewed on Thursday
1t would appear that they either do
not wish TO or cannot continue their
retreat. While it is evident that in
the engagements which have taken
place from Sunday to Wednesday 1--WE
know nothing of the result of Thurs
days battle) fortune has favored the
French; we do not believe that the
army of Marshal Bazaine is yet abso-
lutely safe. If it is, then there is no
doubt that he does not wish to retreat,
and that he believes himself strong
enough to cope with the combined
armies of Prince Frederick Charles
and General Steinmetz.
It will be observed that in the re.
ports OF the several engagements
which have been fought, no mention
whatever is made of the army of the
Crown Prince. It is undoubtedly
moving on Chalons, and the question
now arises whether the French forces
there are strong enough to give battle.
Marshal McMahon's army has GER
tainly arrived there, and we are OF
opinion that the Marshal commands
the entire force, from the fact OF
General TrOchu having been relieved
and placed in command Of Paris.
McMahon'so old force consisted of what
remained of his old corps (the First
after the battle ef1WOerth, the Fifth,
under General de Failly, and the corps
of General Douay, recently stationed
near Belfort. In addition, he must
have the fourth battalions of each
regiment of the army which were in
depot when the invasion began, and
which were announced as %eOncentra-
ting at ChalOns. These are all troops
of the regular army, and must GER
tainly number at least 125, 600 men.
To these must be added such of the
Garde Mobile as have been organized.
1t is claimed by the French, before
| Mcmahon and Bazaine's armies were
| divided, that there We're 200, 900 men
as Chal0ns.. If this statement be cor
rect the army now under Mcmahon
must be very strong. 1t must be at
least as strong numerically as the
army of the Crown Prince, which is
stated at two hundred and fifty thou
sand. We are, therefore, inclined to
the opinion that Mcmahon will give
battle to the Crown Prince, though
not at ChalOns. 1t is altogether posi-
BILE that the French have already adj
vanced from that place to the fortress
of Vitry-le-FrancOis near the junction
of the Paris and Metz and Paris and
Basel railroads. But whether it be
there or not we ought certainly to
hear of the whereabouts of the Crown
Prince before Tuesday next. At
present his whereabouts are enyel-
oped in complete mystery. No re-
ports of his army come to us from
Paris and none from King Williams
headquarters. Any speculation as to
the probable route his forces are tax
ing would, under the circumstances,
be a mere waste of time. :
THE KINGS REPLY TO THE POPE.
LONDON, August -, 1S70.-King
Williams reply to the Pope is as fol-
lows:
Most august Pontf-I am not sur
prlsed, but profoundly moved at the
touching words traced by your hand.
They cause the voice of God and of
peace to be heard. How could my
heart refuse to listen to so powerful an
appeal?
"GOd witnesses that neither [ nor
my people devised or provoked war.
Obeying the sacred duties which God
imposes on sOvereigns and nations. we
take up the sword to defend the indie
pendence and honor of our country.
ready to lay it down the moment
those treasures are secure.
IF your Holiness could offer me
from him who so unexpectedly de-
clared war assurances of sincerely pa-
citc dispositions, and guarantees
against a similar attempt upon the
peace and tranquility of Europe, it
certainly Will not be | who will re-
fuse to receive them from your veneer
able hands, united as I ana with you
in bonds Of Christian charity and sim
cere friendship.
-=s WILLIAM"
OPINIONS OF THE NEW YORK FOR
EIGN JOURNALS UPON THE WAR.
We give the following from the
Courier DIES Flats UIiS of Saturday:
We continue to read attentively
the North German journals, and find
in them many interesting observa-
tions. We must recognize, and we do
SO with real satisfaction, that their
general tone, with the exception Of
some discOrdant variations, is now,
more than ii was at the beginning of
the var, worthy of two great, chiVal-
ro1s nations, which political events
have precipitated against each other.
without their ceasing TO mutually en-
terrain the respect dictated by recipro-
cal esteem. Let each fight under his
own hag-nothing better! But let US
fight with courteous arms, and on
whatever side victory alights, let us
act so that the unfortunate may be
able to say, as the great conquered one
of Pavia said, All is lOst-except
honOr.'n
The Stats Zeitung remarks upon
the pretended superiority of the Ger
army, and thinks that the French
army is still under the unfavorable
impression of last week. Then it
says. "As Frenchmen would not
show themselves merciful if they
were conquerors, they must expect, |
now that they are conquered, to lose
some of their provinces
NOV that they are conquered" is a
little audaeiOus and has a strong smell
Of the bear-skin. And now we sim
thank our colleague for the con-
solutions which he charitably sheds
upon anticipated tomb. "Let not
the Frenchmen," he says, ''be too
much troubled. They will have pur-
chased at this price a durable peace.
and will be henCeforth safe from all
attacks from Germany Great
thanks for your compassion, but we
do not wish for peace at that price.
We should prefer to conquer it with
ont undergoing such an amputation.
and if unfortunately we were obliged
10 submit to it, be IRE of one thing,
and that s,that like Jephtha's daugh-
ter (meaning, probably, RachelG. we
would not be cOmlOrted. Recoilect
the words of Moroccan, which we cited
the other day, "There is only one
thing that can console a FREEMAN for
l defeat, and that is a victory.n
The Net0 YORKER Dem0kTdt throws
cold water upon the enthusiastic con-
idence Of its colleagues. 1t saws:
= They have neen in too great a hurry
20 chant the song of triumph, to hail
he death of the Emperor, the revolu-
ion at Paris, the proclamation of the
'epublic, the end of the war, the fra
of peoples, and a multitude of
inc things, all that is possible. But
he war is not ended, nor nearly so.
ind the Prussians will do well to
haste if they wish to profit by
heir first advantages"
The Near Yorker Demokrdt is right,
is it not q curious thing to see
With what persistence people obsti-
lately regard as a wal of politics and
war of dynasty, a wal which, from
ENranoh nofpf oF uiauu s I. III