Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-30
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BERLIN, July 22.-The King Of.
Prussia recently notified the Bava-
rian Government that, according
TO the treaty, he intended to as
sumo command Of the latters ar
my, embodying it in the third
corps. Bavaria Immediately as
sented, and forwarded c~Ongratula-
tons to the Prussian King. A
patriotic exhortation to the army
was also issued.
PARIS, July 22-There is q re
port hal two French men-of-war
in the North Sea have exchanged
shots with q Prussian war steamer.
New YoRK, July ga special
dispatch to the World from Lon
don, says:
The Cologne Gazette reports a
combat which took place near San
abruck, between the Prussians and
French, in which the latter were
beaten and pursued.
LONDON, July 2l.-The follow
ing details of the affair at Forbach,
which has been variously report
ed rs q battle and a skirmish be-
tween the Customs patrol have
been published here: Two regi-
ments of French Huzzars and u
body of Urlaner German troop s,
commonly armed with lances, met
on the frontier. The French i'm.
mediately made preparations to
receive an attack. AT length one
ofthe Urlaners came forward. The
French allowed him to approach
regarding him as a descrtcr, OF
expecting a parley. On coming
near the Urlaner fired at the com
mander Of the French, but missed
his mark and turned and fed amid
q shower of bullets.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-The fol
lowing was t~elegraphed to oul
Minister at Paris:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, July l6.
To Hon. +. b. Washburne, Minis
ter at Paris:
The government and people o
the United States depend upoi
the German steamers between
Bremen and Hamburg and Nortorl
for postal communication with Eu
rope, under arrangement of th'
United States post-oiiice. Inquire
whether, in the event of a war
J with North Germany, those steam
ers will be exempt from capture.
Report by cable. Fish.
The following Is the reply to
Secretary Fish, Washington
THE Government refuses to ex-
empt North German steamers
from capture, except those at sea
ignorant of the war which may en-.
ter French ports.
Signed WAsHBURNE, Paris"
LONDON, July 22.-Large orders
have been issued by the British
Government this week for naval
supplies. Great activity at all ma
val stations. Several war vessels
have been ordered to concentrate
at Plymouth.
The Paris correspondent of the
Pail Mall Gazette says a foreign
legion is proposed, and four hun.
dred Americans have volunteered
to fight against Prussia. Other
Americans have subscribed liber-
ally to hospital funds.
BERLIN, July 22.-The North
German Lloyds to-day announce
the suspension Of steaiT service to
America. ''..
Austria is not arming:
PARIS, July 22.-E. d. Farms
worth, Grand Secretary Of Ameri-
can Odd Fellows, and Frank d.
Austin, Of California, arrived in
this city to-day. They are on
their way to Germany to establish
Odd Fellows lodges in that coun-
try. They were detained in
France on account of war with
Prussia.
The kingdom Of Denmark will
doubtless ally its fortune with that
of France, in the forthcoming
struggle. 1t has humiliating re.
collections Of Schleswig-Holstein
and Lauenburg in 1864, and
wrongs to avengc against Prussia
too deep to possess the national
heart in a passive neutrality. The
population of Denmark in 1860,
was l,G0S, COS.
1t IS rumored that n fillibster-
ing expedition is being fitted out
to capture aud plumber French
colonies of Tahite and New Gale
donia. The French Consul at San
Francisco is preparing for the
emergency.
The Prussian Government has
issued circulars to all Consuls of
North Germany in foreign States,
requiring them to forward imme
diately all Germans liable to mill
tary duty, paying their passage to
the fatherland, and to furnish
them with such articles as may be
necessary. They are also empow-
cred to forward on the same terms
all volunteers who may wish to
fight for Germany.
Sailors Of German ships-of.wa war
in English ports are returning to
Prussia to enlist in the army, and