The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-23

Afternoon Dispatches.
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
Marshal Bazaine Still Insists on 81.
fence Relative TO the Bal
tie or Metz.
Marsha1 HICREahOn Reported
Surrounded.
The Army Of the Prince Royal
Marching on Paris.
Paris Preparing for "a
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Miscellaneous Foreign News.

NEW YORK, August 22.-M. Gail
leardts dispatch to this mornings
Courier Des Etds Unis says: ut is
with much difficulty that l can OBJ
tain positive information concerning
the situation in the neighborhood of
Metz. Marshal Bazaine still insists
on the necessity of silence. This is
wrong in my opinion, for the anxiety
which prevails in spite of the catagor
ic declaration of the Minister of War,
is preiudicial to tbs national cause.
The BOurgeoise is timid and dis
trustful. 1t thinks there would be no
motive to conceal other than unfa-
vorable news, and this discomfort is
fed by not very re-assuring dispatches
which reach US from Brussels and
London. I have myself seen the
latest dispatches from Bazaine, in
which he declares positively that he
is the victor, and that his strategic
movement has been accomplished
with success, but is attended with Sc
rious losses. Why not give publicity
to this dispatch and re- assure uuauiet
spirits? Surely the enemy could not
gain from them any useful informa.
ton.
TO sum up [ believe that the inces-
SAINT combats of the last seven DAYS
have been favorable to us. but that
they have not yet brought about de.
cisive results. One fact is certain
the army of the Prince Royal of Prus-
STA continues its march on Paris.
Yesterday it was at Vitry le Francois.
and If we may believe the report that
hos ooohaI 4
has the appearance of moving to turn
the corps at Chalons and fall upon
the capital.
The Emperor and Mcmahon are at
Chalons. They have too great a re-
venge to take to permit any movement
not likely to be successful.
The armament of the National
Guard is complete. Yesterday more
than fifty thousand guns were distri-
buted, and Chevreau declared to the
Chambers that in a few DAYS a hun
dred thousand of the National Guard
would be under arms.
Grain Is arriving In great quantities.
The city is provisioned for more than
eight months. This certainly indi.
Gates that if We are threatened with q
siege, we are certainly prepared to
sustain IT,
The people of Paris are in excellent
spirits, and full of patriotism. They
will rise IN this crisis to the height of
the situation.
PARIS, August 22.-Late adyices
from Erstein, town near Strasbourg.
says the Prussian army are bpsieginp
Strasbourg. It has caused the peonle
OF Ersteln to change the course of
the little river Ill, in that neigh
borhood, in order to stop the suDnIv
of water for the city. The Prussians
had appointed Mayor for Erstein.
and the General in command of Stras-
bourg had driven out of the defences
all who consumed army stores with
out affordiDg aid.
LONDON, Aug. 22.-The Garde Mo-
bile is returning to Paris from the
front, doubtless because 1t is unpro-
vided with arms.
The Prussians intend to surround
Metz with q circular railway.
BERLIN, Aug. 22.-Bismarck's reg
iment, which was reported totally an
initiated, has not yet been under Ere.
LONDON, Aug. 22.-It is said that
Bazaine is absolutely cut off from his
resources. The Prussians are be-
tween him and Chalons. Marshal
McMahon is also believed 70 be sur
rounded.