Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-05
EVENING STAR
THE WAR.
LAST NIGHTS KILOGRAMS.

PRUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE SAAR-
BkUChEN AFFAIR.
BTELTN, Aug THE Prussian government
Furnishes the following account more in detail,
OF the affair AT Saarbrucken: A feeble garrison
held Saarbrucken until the French deployed
and advanced in three columns. The Prussians
then retired 70 a position north Of the town to
observe the enemy. In spite Of the free use by
the French of the mitrailleuse. artillery and
chs>Sep0t>, our losses were only officers and 20
men. The loss of the French appeared to be
more serious. Our troops were admirably cool.
HARD GHTING-DESTRUCT OF
The EAILROADS-PRCSSI
SUCCESSES.
CAELsEUHE, Aug. $3.50 p. M.-There was
hard fighting at Weissenherg Yesterday.
To-day a large force of Prussians advanced
into French territory, driving the advanced
posts OF the enemy and destroying miles of the
railroad between Luxembourg and Strasbourg
IaTing 20 advance The French loss was heavy
including many prisoners.
1.-THE MARSEILLAISE,v &c.
PARIS, August THE GaaIois says that the
Emperor viii issue decree making the Mar
seillai>e henceforth the national air of France.
During the tight at Saa-bruck il was PLAYED by
the bands. The French hospital service has
twenty-fCur thousand beds ready for wounded
The Constitutional says that the agent OF Prince
Charles OF ROUmania in Paris took an active
part III procuring the remuneration of the throne
OF Spain hy his brother. Prince Leopold. The
Berlin government, irritated AT the conduct of
the agent, have dem nded his dismissal, but
Prince Charles refuses to yield to the demand.
LONDON, August 4-Ofenbach, the opera
boute composer, though a German, has pub
lished French war song entitled God Speed
the Emperor"
IL is rumOred that the Count de Cammont La
Force had arrived in London a special mes
senger from the Duke de Gramont TO assure
tins government that France will respect the
neutrality of Belgium, and il is added that he
has met with a cool reception.
1t is asserted that the bank rate was raised
for political effect and not from financial neces-
sIty.
SURVEYS AND CONJECTUREs.
SIRAsBURG, Aug. 4-Yesterday. after the
council of war, Marshal Mcmahon, with his
chief of staff, Gen. COulson, surveyed the Rhine
from kiehi bridge upwards. They visited Bru-
muth. twenty miles north OF here, where n cav
airy division, part OF the first division OF in
fantry, are encamped.
From these movements il is conjeetured Mar
shall Mcmahon. with the African army, Is about
to cross the Rhine and dash rapidly, by way OF
CaTsrhue and Heidelberg, TO Frankfort, and
that thence he will endeavOr to cut the railroad
communications between Berlin and the Rhine.
10 is believed that he will leave Mayence on his
left. while the main army pushes on through
the Lower Rhine provinces to Msyence and Co.
blentz; The forward movement, 1t Is rumored,
1t is reported thai the PruSsians are gathered
in force in the south, and that the Baden force
Il In the Black Forest.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT KNEW
NOTHING ABOUT THE SECRET
TREATI.
LONDON, Aug. 3.-The DAILY Neirs will pub
llSh an important contradiction to the state
ment OF the Paris Debdts respecting the secret
treaty. The DcJdts says that the treaty was not
secret, but, as project reduced to writing and
vaguely formulated, il was in the cOgnizance,
not only OF the governments of France and
Prussia. but OF the English and Belgian gov
erBmen;S- The text itself, it is said, was in the
hands of the English government from the very
beginning. To this the Dolly NesCS responds,
without any fear OF well-founded contradic-
ton :-'W take upon ourselves to assert tn at
our Partisan cOtemparary is misinformed. The
text of the projected treaty was never in the
hands OF the English government, and first came
under their eyes when it was published in the
Times The Wees suggests that any member
of Parliament who wishes to be officially assured
of the absolute ignorance of the Foreign Office,
has only 10 put the question TO elicit distinctly
negative answer.
A NEW CANDIDATE FOR THE SPAN
ISL CROWN.
LISBON, Aug. At is reported that Don Fer
nandO has accepted the prOfier of the crowz of
Spain Manifestations have recently been m ade
against the Duke dc Saldhanha in this city and
at OpOrtO.