Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-15
FROM FRANCE.

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FROM FRANCE.
Ia The PrussIans i'm Full Retreat from
Paris-Indescribab Enthusiasm
of the Gay City.
NEW YORK, Oct. IA special to th,
q Evening Telegram from London says
! dispatch was received from Tours, datct
to- day, by the Provisional Government
via carrier pigeon, which states that the
Prussians are in full retreat from Paris
No particulars as to the cause of this hat
farrived when our dispatch left, but dis
<7patch was also received from Paris by
Sanother source, stating that the enthu
siasm in Paris consequent upon this unex
3pected event is indescribable.
Savage Warfare-A Body of Rava.
81 rians Hanged by the Peasantry.
A newspaper correspondent sends from
Tours dreadful accounts of the fury ex.
cited by the cruelty of Prussian detach
sments. Villages have been burned; the
Francs Tireurs shot in cold blood; women
outraged and murdered. At Menars
lie Chateau, small detachment of Bava.
Fians who had perpetrated great excuses
FIN the neighborhood, having been sur
Grounded. and forced to surrender, the sub.
&ialtern in command was logged to death
with sticks by the pessantry and the rest
sot the men were hanged one by one from
ia tree.
: The recruits iocking to the armies OF
Lyons and of the Loire are estimated at q
thousand day in the eastern section.
Prussians occupy EpInaI- The
Fighting ut Orleans.
Tours, Oct. IA. - Dispatches from
Epinsl, dated yesterday evening, an
hounce that the Prussians have entered
that place The citizens made stout de-
fense, but were not able to resist the ar
tillery. The town was considerably dam
sAged by cannonading.
1t is reported unofficially that the Prus-
slams seem to be falling back from this
Side of Orleans. They are no longer in
kOrangmey and Menneg. The troops
(which were sent forward to reinforce the
S15th corps, and subsequently participa-
tied in the actions near Orleans, are again
EARNING here. From the reports of their
sof1icers it seems the losses in the two days
action were not near 30 heavy as at first
reported.
kOrleans-ROmbaru of scissors
Begun.
Tours, Oct. 14-The following official
dispatches have been received at the Min
sistry:
Mer, Oct 14-No Prussians are at
5Bugenchy, but they have occupied Murg
/ in force.
ST. Quentin, Oct 1S. The Prussiaps
shave commenced to lombard Scissors.
fThe town is able and prepared to stand a.
4 siege.
Neufchdteau, Oct. ia force of
Prussians, 1000 strong, is at Epinal. Ten
trains, full of German troops, passed
Mace going to Paris.
Epe7ndy, Oct. 13.-There are 10000
4 Prussians in the hospital here. Many die|
daily.
Frequent Railroad Accidents.
Tours, Oct 14.-The invaders attribute
the frequent railroad accidents in their
1 rear to the i'll well of the inhabitants.
They make this pretence for treating the|
Scivil authorities with excessive severity,
and for levying enormous acquisitions.
The inhabitants of Aube and other
eastern departments are resolved on re-
distance.
Francs Tireurs are springing up every-|
swhere, oyerrunning the country, and do
ling much harm to the Prussians.
BOurbakL
TOURS, Oct. 14.-The news of the sue:
.cessful sortie of Parisians causes intenses
excitement. All the troops here left this|
evening to join the forces opposing the!
enemy near Orleans and Chateau Dun
Among these reinfucements are thes
French Lievaurs, from Bordeaux andI
south of France. AS they reached <theI
station they were met by Gen. Bourbaki, /
(who had just arrived, accompanied by M. |
SCremieux, and the soldiers and citizensE
ioinei impromptu ovations to the General
and Minister. The scene was most i'm /
|pressive.
Leaving Paris.
1t is reported that Keeratry left Paris
lin balloon and landed in safety on the
day of his departure.
The Danish Minister has arrived here3
from Paris. As soon as the bombsrdmentl
IDf the capital commences all the repre- /
|sentstives Of foreign powers will come to (
Tours.
Successful Sorties at Metz.
Tours, Oct. 14.-Nothing received to-
day from Orleans or Paris.
A dispatch from the Sub-Prefect of
|Pont Levergne yesterday, fully confirms
|the reports of successful sorties by Ba- i
|Esine. He had burnt five villages which
had given succor to the Prussians, dis
bodged the enemy from several positions,
and cut to pieces fsur regiments of caval-
'ry and several battalions. At the same
Rime Canrobert made a successful sortie
ION the left bank of the Moselle.
official Confirmation from Cam
BETA.
ToUEs, Oct. Minister Gambetta has
ISSUED the following proclamation:
Inhabitants of Tours: l announce to 5
you with inexpressible satisfaction that on
'the 18th inst the more than ever heroic I
people of Paris growing impatient behind 7
their ramparts determined to march for
ward against the enemy; here is the bul I
petin of their first victory.
ION the entire scene around the city
the Prussisns have been driven out of all 4
the positions they had been occupying for
three weeks. Towards st. Denis theyb
have been driven away beyond Stains,
|Pierreftte and Dugny. On the east sidef
Jouall, Creteil, Burnbigny and the Plateau
|of Anon, have been recaptured. They &
have been forced from Mundon and St. {
Cloud and thrown back on Versailles"
The enemy know now what a people +
will do who are determined to save their
institutions and their honor. invite the s
Provinces to do their duty as Paris has
done hers. Vive la Paris ViYe lsE
France Vive la Republiquei
Affairs at ChRteausDun.
Tours, Oct. IL, via London, Oct 14.@E
The aeronaut of the balloon LOUISE
Blanc arrived here this morning after the
delivery of important dispatches at Bou-
'vanges, in Belgium. A dispatch from
on the Loire, to-day, reports
that the Prussians lately at Villeaum-
plain are now moving toward Chateau
Dun, where the National Garde are ready
TO receive them. The rolling stock of the
railroad has been sent to Vendome.
|Sortte at Metz, 100 Head of stock 3
Captured.
Advices from Metz show that the Prus-
sians occupy Gordon of villages around
the city, but hold no position within a {
distance of twenty-five kilometers about
ten English miles, we believe of the
fort.
Bazaine made asortie Saturday in which
he captured 900 cattle and 500 sheep from
the enemy. The enemy maintain a
garrison in Nancy.
FROM BELGIUM.