The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-20
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NOTES ABOUT THE WAR.

-C0lSlueEmg LI4AL Tue OpleCt VI FRANCE
in inGEingwAr upon Prussia was the seiz'
ure Of the Rhine provinces, It Is prepos'
ferrous in the Paris Constitutional to &c
cuse Germany of inagurating the !" policy
of spollation Of French territory" The
invasion OF France by Prussia is Tor the
purpose OF preventing French aggressions
upon Germany. In taking possession o.
Lorraine and Alsace tho Germans only do
as they would have been done by 1t the
fortunes of war had favored Napoleon In
stead Of Bismarck. .5,.
Tile trains passing from Belgium into
Prussia are nowunloRded atthe frontier,
as the lines are mined on the Belgium
side, and 1t Is feared that q violent shock
might cause IN explosion.
The SIR. tells a story Of q Conscript
who, the other day, asked his sergeant
how far It was to Berlin. "Berlln, CON
script, is $4,000 Prussians Oft" This
mode of measurement was not toreseen
In ii metrical system. rt aI,.
The Empress tclegraphcd To the En-
peror, saving that she desired to 60 to
Metz to SEQ him, 10 embrace her son, and
to show herself to the army, and cndeayor
TO increase the enthusiasm toF. the wal, as
it is apt TO be increased in such cases by
a woman's presence. :! The Emperor re-
piled, thanking her tor her wishes and In
tentions, but requesting her not to carry
these out, as heahpuld have leftMet2 be-
fore she could arrive there, and he was
unable to tell her where iShe could find
him. .,..,---.,-~, r...Ies
Ono M. Thomas published in the Paris
Figaro, some weeks since IN sofFer 70 bet
2O0, 900 francs to 100000 that Napoleon
would reach Berlin by August 10, Mon.
day last. Some gentleman in Berlin &C.
ceptcd the bet, and deposited the money
with RothschId, IN London but We have
not learned that n. Thomas has met
them with his money. A Berlin journal
is mot so much astonished at the bet OF
III! Thomas, for a great majority Of French
men firmly believe that Berlin Is on the
Rhine" rgrI
"A war in Europe would naturally, ut
any time, favor the agricultural interests
Of the United States, but in this particu'
lar war the time chosen Is especially DIS
astrous to the European crops. At the
outbreak the crops were nearly ready for
the sickle, and there was but 8canty
supply Of labOr-alm0st the, entire labor
Of harvesting was LEFT to .atfew women.
Tn tim r,0fNritv If tllR fields there have
been no signs Of the husbandman plying
his necessary taskss The farther short the
home crop the greater the demand Tor
breadstufIS from the United states. ln
the face Of an evident Euro depcten'
cy, and an Official estimate OF q snort
wheat crop in the United states VIC Jake
for granted that farmers Will be IN no
hurry To. market their new wheat
= 1t IL stated in a Paris paper that by
the first OF November France will have
3 100000 chasepots in store. The pro.
duction 1ias never slackencd for a mo-
ment > In July 10000 per week were
manufactured; in August the number non
will reach 47OOO; IN September 5*,OOO,
and in October 10000. : 4 tl
1t is evidently the policy Of Bismarck
to make the war short and decisive. The
Prussfans will suffer more from a long
war than the French. King William has
called out all the men IN to forty.tive
wears of arc, The reserve, first and sec
ond sections. the Landwchr, and even the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES guard for the defense
of The strong placcs-have been called to
arms, and ii Is BY this pressure Of the m.
tion that Prussia expects to attain the
cnornious figures OF 100000 combatants.
A complete DISCRIMINATION Of nil the
habitual conditions Of life Is already visi-
bic IN Germany. The Important com,
mcrCial houses stop their operations, and
there is general prostratton Of business.
In France it Is different. Business goes
on, much as usual, as happened in this
country during onrclvil war and suppos'
ing the French arms to sustain no crush
ing reverses, the nation could sustain q
war for considerable period without
great strain on her resources.
\ Gen. Mbltke, 1t appears, is another Of
the men who have learned how 10 set a
tbrflilc unon 'their:tourues, lie seldom
sneaks to ANYBODY, and never cOnyerses,
He knows seven languages. but It Is u
surerfluous, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. since he
never uses one of ihemAa man, III iact,
entirely after Mr. Carlyle's heart Just
6eioFe liz started Tor The war, great
snccrlatnr in stocks met him, and desiring
10 Cet n hint or two for future use, said
swell, General, low ara thinks getting
ONT" '"Thank you, sir" was the, replyj
amy rye crops are getting on Beautifully,
but, my pOtPtOes, are very backward"
Things have bccn'getting On better with
the General since then. :iiaar1
Our readers must have noticed how
much more careful and exact are the
Prussian accounts Of tho campaign than
th6Se If The French. This results from
Tie Prnssian system. which was exempll,
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