The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-20
9yvAR ITEMS.

,ho hnwl;np and shouting were tremendous,
Tho ,,r;soners were insulted In the grossesf
.,,onnar and one individual, a bury drOyer,
atondine about six feet high, deliberately
str,,ck one of them with his fist. It's need.
less to add that the culprit was taken before
the provost marshal, who Immediately sent
him to prison.-Letter from Metz in Ne't
York Times.
PRUssIAN AND FRENCH OFFICERS.
NY American friend here considers the
war in Germany peoples war not war
of the aristocracy yet | see by the ofhcia
paper of Berlin that out of 220 appoint.
ments of officersin the army, 1gO-ail but
thirty-belong TO the nobility. That is Tar
more aristocratic than in England ana II,
France, as every one knows. officers OF an
grades, even to the malshals, rise from Tue
ranks. every soldier carries in bis KNAPP.
sack the baton Of marshal, nh a. t,i' !.
more democratic. and the French hnd II
more effective. None but French officers,
however. are allowed to serve in Inc
French army. The Emperor has had offers
on every side, especially from America, but
thew have all been declined with thanks
Letter from Spa, Belgium, in Neso YORK
The Bank of Frankfort had decided on
the 27th July to advance large sum on
limited States bonds to satisfy the require
| ments of holders. 1t is an exceptional con-
cession.
At Cologne, Bonn, Coblentz, Mavence.
and Mannheim, all the concert halls and
theatres are closed. Hotels are nearly
empty. In Frankfort the same is true oil
the hotels. but the theatres are still open.
ChSlons is not defensible position against
superior forces. being simply an immense
level plain, camp not intrenched, and Will
no works in construction.
WASHINGTON, August 18.-The larger
number Of the applicants at the Depart
ment of State for passports are Germans,
who propose returning to Prussia to enter
the army.
FRANKFORT, August 17.-General Sheri'
dan, with Consul-General Webster, has,
through the good offices of Minister Ban
! croft, been cheerfully accorded permission
by the military authorities to follow, the
campaign with the headquarters. OF the
King. He has arrived at the Kings mead
quarters at Pont a Mousson, andhas been
| received as the royal guest.
LoSb0N, August 1I.-Our special CORE
spondent writes from Berlin on Sunday
! that the attempt to raise national loan OF
| 100, 00O, 900 thalers has broken down. Up
| to Yesterday the subscriptions reached i've
| millions only, but this loan did not pretend
! to offer chance for favorable investment.
| OF this King william subscribed i've nun
dred thousand.
| TEN THOUSAND WOUNDED.
A special from Chalons writes on sunday !:
Ten thousand wounded are being brought
into camp. The town and camp. present
scenes of the nations disorder and dlsslpa-
! tion. Soldiers are shouting and drinking,
the Gales and streets are filled with proStl-
tutes, and there is no restraint OF order or
decency among officers or soldiers. Ii an
other battle is fought ii will be massacre;
| The disturbances in Paris have unsettieQ
the Garde Mobile, half of whom would
break away and return in case of revolu-
ton.
Tbe regular army is still true to the En-
peror, but nobody else.
.EErposITIoNS.
Rheims, to which point the Emperor IS
admitted to have retreated, is twenty-five
miles northwest OF Chalons, and nearly
ninety miles in the same direction from
Net. 1t is ninety miles from Paris, but
has no railroad connection with it except by
the crcuitous route uia Compei2ne. From
Rheims it is, however, short run by way
of the railroads to any of the sea ports on
the northern coast of France.
Mars la Tour, where the battle is said to
have been fought Oh Tuesday, is ten miles
directly west of Metz.
Verdun, which the Darls dispatches say
the French army has retreated TO. Is thirty
miles northwest Of Metz, on the direct road
to Chalons.
EFFORTS IN BEHALF OF PEACE.
A special dispatch from Berlin states that
another attempt has been made for peace
between France and Prussia. The Queens
arrived ut Berlin Yesterday WIN
proposals for peace from the EngllSh Canl-
net. The Emperor of the French expressed
his readiness to treat for peace, and propo-
sails are made through Lord Lyons. me
King of Prussia and Count Won Bismarck
have been telegraphed to ut headquarters.
The King replied that if Napoleon wished
for peace he must ask for an arlnlstlce in
the usual way. The issue must be decided
either by arbtrament or war.
NAVAL ACTION.
BERLIN, August 1S.-Adyices have just
been received here of Il naval engagement
off Ruyen, in the Baltic. One division of
The PrusSian fleet, consisting OF an aylso
-advice-boat], and the gun-boats Drache,
BlitZ, and Salamander, yesterday afternoon
encountered the French fleet, consisting OF
four armored frigates, corvette, and aYIso.
The PrusSians soon withdrew with but
slight loss. The French fleet is now off
Dornbusch.
THE FIGHTING AND RETREATING SINCE SUN
DAY.
PARIS, August 1S.-The different battles
around Metz were fought by the troops of
the third and fourth corps. About 10000
French troops were engaged. The Prus-
sian loss was very great, and is computed
Mt 10000. The French loss is comparatively
small, owing to the aid afforded by the cam
non Of the adjacent fortresses. The follow
ing are the results of the events since Sum
day last On that day the French army en-
gagged the Prussians before Metz. The
latter suffered heavy losses. The French
retreated on Verdun. On Monday the EN-
peror was ut Gravelotte with 10000 men.
occurred engagements at
Longueville, the French constantly fighting
and retreating, contrasting every step. On
Tuesday the Emperor passed through Yer
dun and reached Rheims, where he now is.
The officers OF the French fleet now in
the Baltic have received orders to claim ut
each commercial port of Prussia an indem-
nifty double the amount of each contribu-
ton exacted by the Prussians in those parts
of France now under their control.
The Temps of Thursday says that NJ.
Emile Olivier, the eX-prime minister, and
his wife have gone to Italy. His depar-
ture at such moment is severely COM
mented on. 1t is said, on other authority,
that he was hooted all the way.
The French authorities continue to send
away Germans who are considered suspi-
cious. The Journal Of France says in this
connection that even in the boudoirs ofgreat
ladies must research be made for the enc
mics of the country. The article creates
sensation.
The London Daily Neaos says, semi-ofi-
cially, that English hopes of a successful