Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-09-08
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FOREIGN.

Prussian and French cavalry occurscd,
in which the French were routed......
Belgian troops are at the frontier to
prevent any infi,acticn of BIS rights
rs a neutral, by either Prussia or
France. ....A French position on the
heights between Vouziers and Al.
tigony, held by a body Of Turcos,
was taken by storm, on the 3Oth......
The. French navy has captured a
Prussian vessel aid brought it into
Dunkirk......A serious riot, in which
fire arms were freely used and many
persons on both sides killed and in
jured, occurred at Lisbon, Portugal,
on the 3Oth, between French and
German residents. 90. On the 3Oth,
while McMahon was near Sedan ad-
vancing to Montmedy, he was fu-
riously attacked by the Pruss;ans.-
The battle ragged holly until Wednes-
day forenoon when the French were
driven back with great loss, about
10000 Of the French officers and sol.
diers fled into Belgium where they
were captured by the Belgians and
deprived of their arms. The
French have retreated to Mexieres
...... The government of the island of
Porto Rico has modified its tariff
law by which all articles of ma.
chinery are now admitted into the
island free Of Duty. Hon. John A.
Logan was nominated for reelection
to Congress from the State at large
by the Republicans Of Illinois on the
LIST inst..... .On the I'd, the whole
French army OILS, OOO, underMcMahon
surrendered to the Prussian, Ma
poleon and the Prince Imperial gave
themselves up at the same time,
Mcmahon was wounded in the bat
tie Of Sedan, on the 3Oth. The En-
press hiss assurance from King Will.
liam that she will not be considered
a prisoner, and has gone to join her
husband and son who have been as.
signed residence in some German
fortress. Paris is in an intense state
of excitment and the Corps Legislaty
has voted unanimously to end the
Empire and has appointed Gen. Tro-
chu Dictator of Paris. The deter
mination Of the Franch, as gathered
from the news by Tuesdays mail, is
to continue the war. In addition to
the French troops who surrendered
under McMahon, twelve thousand,
with arms, cannon and horses, crossed
into Belgium and delivered them
selves up to the Belgian authorities
1.-THE people Of Paris are crying
for a Republic, tearing down the
Imperial arms and singing the Mar
seilleise. Hardly any disturbances or
dangerous demonstrations are made,
......A dispatch from Paris says that
the occupation Of Rome by Italian
troops is expected to take place inn
mediately...... Gold declined, in
New York, on Tuesday, to 1133.
LATER.-Ye Yesterdays mail reports
that the Republic is being proclaim,
ed in the several cities of France, and
that the Government of the United
States will probably recognize the
French Republic in q few days. The
new French Government has already |
made overtures to King William for
peace. Paris is quiet. Prussia does
not ask the Provinces of Alrace and
Lorraine, but will be satisfied with
the fortresses Of Metz and Strasbourg
as security for the future. In the
meantime Prussian army is marching
on Paris.
DOMESTIC.
On the 3lst Aug. it was discover
ed that the safe of the Methodist |
Book Concern, at New York, had |
been robbed Of money and bonds to
the amount of $4,000. No clue to
the robbers has been obtained, and
the officers of the Concern decline all |
assistance from the police in ferret
ing out the robbers. Chief Justice |
Chase has been stricken with para
lytic stroke, of SO serious nature as |
to alarm his fricnds..... On the Sd
the property lost by the robbery of
the Methodist Concern was returned
to the Office, but no clue was given
whence it came......The Missouri
State Republican Convention, which
met at Jefferson City, on the I'd
adopted q resolution in favor Of
tariff, but, in attempting to nominate
a Governor, the Convention divided,
one wing nominating B. Gratz Brown,
and the other renominating Governor
McClung......A severe drought is
prevailing in Connectlcut......Ch ica-
ga was visited by severe fire, on
Sunday evening, cntailing loss Of
not less than $4,000 900.
Political Speaking.