The Portland daily press., 1870-09-20
The Prussian U;timatum.
France.

The Prussian U:timatum.
WEEKLY TAX IMPOSED.
PARIS, Sept. ia weekly tax has been inn
posed upon residents who have houses or
apartments here and have left the city.
AMBASSADORS TO STAY.
The Swiss, American and Belgian ambassa-
doris decline to quit Paris.
AFFAIRS IN PARIS.
| Yesterday there was grand. review Of the
Garde Mobile and National Guard. More than
100000 men are under arms. There is great
| enthusiasm among the troops with the excep-
ton of some regiments of of provisional Garde
| Mobile, who refused to cry Vive la Republic,
by order of their officers
Three thousand Prussian uniforms were dis
covered this morning in three differen: houses.
The people of Paris are generally dissatisfied
with the government, which failed to adopt
revolutionary measures.
A manifesto voted by twenty ACCOMPLISHMENTS
of Paris was presented day to the provision
al government and will be posted to morrow
on the walls of Paris. The manifesto requires
immediate envoy general commissioners in the
provinces. General Ciouseret will be desig.
mated by the people of Paris at request of the
people Of Lyons. 1t is doubtful whether the
government will yield under the double pres
sure.
The government is afraid the Prussaus sur
| rounded last night battalion of Partisan
Franc Tireurs at Meauy forest, therefore it
cannot be set on fire.
THE SITUATION IN PARIS.
EUening. city is quiet even to dullness
The Boullevards are crowded with soldiers
No indications of disturbance are observable.
JULES FAvRE GONE TO PRUssIAN HEADouAR-
TIERS.
LONDON, Sept 19.-Jules Fayre has gone to
Prussian headquarters. Fears were enter
| tanned that he would not be received; but he
| requested Bismarck for safe conduct at least,
and was answered tavorably. He set out inn
| mediately for Meaux, the present headquarters
OF the KING.
| THE PASSAGE OF THE MARINE TO BE DISPUTED.
A correspondent of the Times writing from
Paris 18th, says: Gen. Vinroy led 10000 troops
| of the line last night to Vincennes to dispute
the passage of the Marine.
| THE PROGRAMME FOR THE BoMBARDMENT OF
PARIS.
The advance of the enemy yesterday was not
great. Their troops are massed near the line,
ready to cross at any moment. The corps is
taking the course 1 Indicated in my late cor
| respondence, crossing the Siene at Vileneuve
and st. George. They will mass in the vcini-
ty of Longean, to rear'of Vincennes. Estab-
I'D t1oro %Loxr Il =
of Mendon to plant batteries on the heights Of
Claimant, and if the city is bombarded will
open fire upon Vanguard FIR I'm this point
they can greatly damage the city as far as the
Boullevards, Donhert and Mont Paransse. The
northern army is marching on St. Denis.
FRENCH INSTABILITY
The last two months has given better lew
of French instability than fifty years of peace
The rapid transition of public sentiment was
startling when NJ. Favre's first circular ap
peared. The unanimous cry was for war, and
there was renewed enthusiasm, which fell
away again. On the news of a Prussian victo.
~ and advance of the enemy, it again blazed
10 brightly. AT news from Laon for three
days there was not cry heard and no singing
of the Marseillaise. But their patriotism was
undergoing severe trial. AS danger draws
near their enthusiasm arises again, and sol.
ders march out jauntily and bravely to en-
counter the overwhelming force approaching
the city. To-day hope for peace has died out,
and the war enthusiasm is at its height. The
| men exhibit chivalric determination to fight
even to death.
WANT OF DISCIPLINE IN THE ARMY.
| Thu great fault in Tho Erat oh oroo,.
| ization, however, is want of discipline evr-
dentin everything now more than ever. The
fearful want of discipline in the National
Gardes and Garde Mobile is witnessed every
| where.
DANGER TO FOREIGNERS.
Foreigners are in great danger of being
treated as spies and passports are of little use.
Many Americans have been roughly handled
for their imprudence.
MARSHAL VALIANT MoBBED
Marshal Valiant narrowly escaped being
hanged by mob while visiting the fortifca-
tions.
SOCIALIST MEETING SUPPRESSED
An announcement that Socialist meeting
would be held, at which Victor Hugo, Ledru
Rolin, Jules Blanc and M. Pyatt would b.
present to protest against moderation of the
government. I ina, glue the meeting was sup
pressed, as it has not taken place. The "Reds"
are struggling for ascerdency. Since morning
the enemy has made slow progress.
DELAY IN PREPARATIONS FOR AN ASSAULT ON
sTRASBOURG.
LONDON, Sept. 19.-The Times CORES pond
| ent, writing from before Strasbourg, says that
preparations for an assault cannot be complet-
Ell in less than four weeks.
SUFFERING AT RHEIMS.
The Times correspondent, writing from the
headquarters of the King at Rheims on the
| 9Th, says upwards of thirty establishments
here manufacture clothes, employing 10 OOC
working people, and that all these are idle and
on the point of starvation. The full amount o.
misery cannot be realized as yet. The only
| remedy seems to be emigration. Hundreds of
| applications have been made for information
on the subject of emigration to the United
| States.
PRUssIAN PREPARATIONS TO ENTER PARIS.
do not apprehend any bloodshed at Paris
| 1 do not suppose the Parisians so barbarous as
| to attempt defence, or the Prussiaps so barbar.
| GUS as to proceed to extremities Nothing can
prevent the latter from going to Paris, nor will
there Every one seems bent on entering Paris
in pomp. All petty sovereigns in Germany
are making endeavors to be present, and it is
difficult to say what their vanity may lead
them to. 1t is hoped the good sense of the
King and Bismarck will put veto on these
proceedings. f
ARRIVAL OF M. THEIRS.
Tours, Sept. 19.-M. THEIRS arrived from
London last night.
| VILLAGE DESTROYED BY PRUssIANs.
LONDON, Sept. 19.-The village of Bazlilles
near Sedan was destroyed by Prussians be-
cause some of the wounded fugitives from the
German army were massacred in the streets
| VERSAILLES OCCUPIED BY UHLANs.
PARIS, Sept. 19.-It is reported that 400 Uh'
lans yesterday occupied Versailles. Postal
service has been suspended and service by
messengers is to be organized. Several Prus'
sian scouts were killed yesterday by the Gardes
Mobile and Franc Tireus in the neighborhood
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