The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-01

in this, Mcmahon will, it is thought,
strike tho Prussian limo of commune
cation at St. Avoid. This, it is be-
lieved, is the strategy which Count
Palikao limited at few days ago to
tho Corps Legislatiff.
Now York, August "a.
A Herald special says: a private
letter received in this city from Paris
expresses tho bcliof that committee
Of Public Safety has boon prepared,
which will seize tho government and
undertake the defense Of the capital
and formally dopose the Emperor.
Berlin, Aug q.
A note has boon addressed to on
yoys to Prussia in regard 10 flag of
truce sent to the French lines asking
cessation of hostilitios to bury the
dead which truce was refused and
the flag. insulted on thrce differ
emit occasions. Prussia declares it's
resolutions to offer no diplomatic
negotiations to tho French people
until the empire is declared ut an
end.
Paris, August "a.
The Moniteur to-day, says, the
Prussians wish to invest Paris, but.
France will invest il before them
Every department, acts without loss
OF an hour, and with that unanimity
which promises great results. An
important movement to tho place and
the order which saved us in la48
saves us to-day. IL is the safety of
our native land which rouses us all.
The country is degenerate, if in
less than forty-eight hours our enthu-
siasm does not mako itself widely
known, and the provinces do not send
to Paris at least fifty thousand do
tenders.
Paris, August 81.
The Constitutional says the idea to
call out for active service all former
soldiers, from the ages of twenty-five
to thirty-fivo, married or unmarried,
has created some uneasiness, and
adds that it were better to incorpor.
otto the garde mobile, consisting of
three hundred and fifty thousand
mon, in the regular army.
It says the Prussians act not only
against ordinary laws, but also those
of humanity. AT Strassburg they
have cruelty forced young mon to
work in the trenches, and in some
cases threatened them with death if
they refused.
Shots from tho ramparts ofthe be-
sieged city kill the laborers of tho
Prussian army, and tho French are
thus forced to kill their brethren.
Such acts arc unworthy tho age.
They give singular ideas Of Prussian
civilization. They only servo to
increase tho French hatred, and
augment our determination to punish.
Tho Constitutional says that Gam
beta, the Republican Deputy in the
Corps Legislatiff, and two distin.
guished lawyers, Savrier and Plague,
have already received twelve thou
sand workingmen, and requested to
have the defence of fort do Vicatrc,
on tho southern borders OF the city.
4 London, Aug. 26.
! According to French reports IS
900, and according to Prussian re-
ports 10000 French soldiers arc dis.
abled by hospital and typhus fever.
| The Prussians say that half tho
Tourney TO Paris is accomplished. All
distractions are now left behind.
| The international service is sadly
disorganized.
| French kilograms printed here to-
day, dated Tuesday, says the English
Government, while its militia and
volunteers are only ono. half armed,
ships 10000 rifles to the continent,
and at the Same time the English
people have sent lint and bandages
for tho wounded.
! The official report OF Bazaino sho ws
that the loss at Rczonville was %,
900.
| The representatives Of France, Eng
land and Prussia have signed the rat
| ification of the Belgian treaty.
| Gen. Montague, who was wounded,
was taken prisoner by the Prussiars.
| A Paris letter gays the Emperor is
actually suspended. His cabinet re-
mains in power only because It's chief
was thought to possess administers
tive capacity: The now governor,
| Gen. Trochu, and the Committee OF
Defense are now ruling France abso-
lutely. Gen. Trochu is capable of be-
coming another Automatic.
| Tho Prussians decline to send any
moro flags of truce to the French on
any account.
1 The Prussian force besieging Stras-
bourg is still engaged in turning the
course Of the river Ill, to shut off tho
supply water from the city.
| Berlin, Aug. 27-6 pm.
| Tho Prussian general headquarters
i are at st. Dizicr.
| At 8 o'clock this morning Metz
was completely invested. Bazaine
makes no effort to force passage.
Descrtcrs report great Generalization
of his army.
| OF the three new armies Just or
ganized in Germany, one will march
on Paris with Prince Royal, and the
others remain to protect the rear.
| Paris, Aug. 26.
| One OF the city journals this even
| ing has remarkable editorial. 1t
| says next to tho news of the hear
approach of the Prussians to the
walls Of Paris, that which most
| occupies the public is the possibility
of open rupture between the Govern.
ment and Gen. Trochu.
| 1t is reported that tho Empress
tdemands tho dismissal of Trochu
from the position of Governor Of
Paris, but wo can affirm nothing
positive.
| The Journal of Nancy gives a
| gloomy account of tho manner in
which the country is stripped by the
Prussians ofproyisions, Of every kind
of forage, and of fine horses Of tar.
mers for the uso OF artillery. 1t says
the difficulties Of tho entire year are
crowded into one moment. The
ruin is complete and unspeakable.
New York, Aug 26.
| A special to the Herald says A
letter from correspondent at