The Portland daily press., 1870-11-15

Ths sDhs lf tbe launda.iot Is pievan niles
vide and eUkplstels eneircies Don1al. Over
Do 200 parsons will be made homeless " hen the
inunaations are completed. ..ss..
In the department. OF the north there are q
fortresses defended by over 5000 cannon, a
hundred and fifty officers and soldiers who es-
caped from Metz reached Lille yesterday.
VAN DER TAUN SERIOUSLY THREATENED.
Especial to N. Y. World. 1.-The movements
OF Gen. De Paladine are to Charities on one
Hank aud Pithvers on the other with the
view OF surrounding Van der Taun and Prince
Aiorecht before the arrival If the late army of
Me'z That portion of Paadines army which
defeated Van der TauE Wednesday is still fac
ing nm, but aenking movements are being
executed by new troops supported by artillery.
a lunctlon OF the right and left wings in the
rear OF the Bavarians will probably be COM
rleted to-day.
THE BATTLE OF ORLEANS.
TOURS, Nov. IA, evening.-The material ben.
EMS OF the battle at Couloniers are greater
than was at first supposed. Numbers of Ger
mans are now found hiding in thu woods and
outDuildings where they took refuge; also sew
erai small cannon were found which were
abandoned during the hasty retreat OF the enc
N.Y. Many horses were also taken. The
french general who neglected to surround the
WoOds as ordered, thus allowing 5000 Bavarians
10 escape who were ready to surrender, has
been dismissed from the army. On the field
numbers OF colonies were promoted to be gen
erals. On superior German officer who was
captured map was found Indicating the
towns to be occupied. Neither Tours or Blois
are mentioned, but Vierson, Bourges ami 9TH
ers are named as the strategetical points. On
Tue uaV OF the battle as the prisoners were
brooght into Orleans the mayor issued proc
iamatlon inviting the citizens in the name of
humanity to treat the prisoners well.
Lne government DEGREES the department of
Knone, Loire, Isere, Drome, Ardreche Cord,
Vouclnz, Bouches, DuhrOne and Heroult shall
unite for common defence and constitutes a
committee for that purpose. ..
THEIRS REPORT OF HIS MISSION.
LONDON Nov. 14-Thiers in his report on
MS armlstlce mission says he deems he owes to
the great powers who desired that the armis-
tl'e oe concluded, succinct account If the
grave negotiations which he consented TO uu-
dertake. he mentions the desolation of the
country through which he passed going from
orleans 10 Versailles, at which latter place he
stopped out moment. He proceeded forthwith
70 rarls, stopped at the ministry of foreign at
fairs to confer with the government and passed
the night in deliberation and next morning, the
first of November, went to meet Bismarck,
who was pefectly aware of the nature OF his
mission as he had received at the same time
Information that France had notice from the
powers that an armistce was desired to avoid
the eifusion OF blood and allow France through
the elections to form regular government
with which to treat effectually.
Ouba.
THE NAVAL DUEL OFF HAVANA
HAVANA, Nov. 14.-The officers having ar
ranged Tor the battle the Frenchman left on the
night Of the 9Th, waiting outside for the German
vessel,wbch was obliged by law to remain in
port twenty four hours later. On the coming out
of the "MeteOr" the "Bouvet" retired towards
the neutral line and opened the contest by 6r-
ing three shots, which the former promptly re-
II N ah AL.u
to board the Meteor, in which she was
unsuccessful. Her rigging became entangled,
carrying away the main and mizze mast and
the rigging falling with the masts became en-
tangled IN the Meteor's screw. At the same
moment the Meteor sent shell into the inside
OF the Bouet, smashing her steam pipes. The
Meteor by reason of the disabling of her screw
became manageable and the Bouvet, find
ing her quarters hot and capture certain if she
waited until the Meteor could disentapgle her
self, set sail rapidly and m ade for port, the Me-
teor continuing to fire. Meanwhile with fair
wind the BOuvet was enabled to cross into
Spanish water before the Meteor could olsen
tangle her screw.
nal and the combat closed. The German gun
boat was accorded the victory. Both vessels
are in port repairing damages. The Meteor
had three killed and one wounded; the Bouvet
bad only three wounded. The Germans in
Havana are much elated over tho affair, which
caused intense excitement. The two Prus.
slams, Carbonnier and Thomson, killed in the
engagement, were buried here on the 10th lnst
the German merchants attending the funeral
in an immense body. The German residents
are arranging grand banquet to the officers
of the Meteor.
THE ANTILLES CABLES.
Kingston, Jamaica, advces tn the 9th inst
report the return of the Panama and West H.
dia Company's steamer Dacia, short of coal
ana provisions aad with Chagres fever among
the fOur doofh he how n
efforts to recover the lost cable proved unsuc-
cessfnl, the weather being unfavorable. The
laying OF cable to Aspinwall has been aban-
tends to lay cable to St. Thomas aud Porto
RIco and afterwards to grapple for the Aspin-
wall line.
SURVEILLANCE OF SUSPECTED VESSELS,
: Caracas dates to the I'd inst. state that the
steamer Virginia and schooner Billy Butts
we're in Venezuela waters closely watched by
Spanish man.of-war. it being suspected they
had arms on board for the Cuban insurgents.