The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-24
WAR IN EUROPE
Saturday Nights Dispatches
Papal NunciO Arrived at Tours.
SOrtie by Bazainy with SO,-
900 Men.
Sickness Increasing Among The Be.
siegers at Metz.
DeseFters from Metz Report Ba.
zalne Dead and CanPOb2Ft
In Command.
ENGLAND

ENGLAND
| LONDON, Oct. PA dispatch from Ami
| ems to-day, announces that The Prussians
are only three kiIometers distant. Every
/ preparation is made 10 defend the town.
/ Al special train, laden with munitions OF
/ war, passed through Amlens today from
i TdIle going TO Rouen. General BourbaEt
| Is exL ected to leave Lille to-day Tor the
/ same destination. He has 6OOOO men un-
uel ccn1SyTUssnondent of the Morning Standard
saws that the American ambulance corps
has 9een eSa siseai ~ aid II is not wanted:
A dispatch from Tours, on the 2lst at ten
O'Clock In the evening, says the PApal
Keratry has also arrived at Tours from
Madrid. His mission there was to ask ma
terial aid, but on the advice of friends he
only asked leave to import arms from
Spain and the Spanish colonies. This was,
however, refused.
The troops in camp at Tours are TO be re-
viewed once week. Rsinforcements are
constantly arriving.
The Pr1ssians now occupy sargean, near
Nearly the whole of the Departments of
Haut Seine is under control of the PTus-
SLAMS.
fused 10 answer repeated requisiti0ns OF
detachments of Prussians. II is under
stood the Prussian commander VIII sus-
tain the action of the people.
The Arc de Trtumphe at Paris Is now an
iron clad tort.
LONDON. October q. - The iron ship
| 'Hecuba, Captain Walker, commanding,
which left Calcutta ON the LIST OF July lasf,
for New York, with general cargo and
eighty thousand pounds sterling, found
cred on q sunken rock IN Struys Bay on
the 18th of September.
The Diamond fever at Cape Good Hope
is Increasing. Extraordinary gems have
been discovered.
LONDON, October 22.-Rismarck has re-
pudiaLed all the share ascribed TO him in
1he sorrows of w. h. RukseI, the news
paper correspondent, whom he asserts
had only corrected In material point
LONDONDERRY, October PA careful ex-
| animation. of the coast and waters tor
miles around the scene OF the Cambria s
cover any traces OF the missing boats from
the Cambria.
GREENocK, October 22.-CaptaIn Chem
noWorth, OF the steamer Ross, reports that
he passed through much wrecked matter
at the Northern coast of Ireland. Among
the debris were portions of the cargo OF
the Cambria, and fragments OF her small
boats.
LONDON, October 22.-The London papers
pubIish the reports made by deserters
from Metz, that Bazaine was dead, that
Canrobert was in command, and that
hunger and pestilence prevailed In the
city. The stories are generally dlscredited.
At Berlin, however, the capltulation OF
Bazaine is hourly expected,
| i now seems LilAb the OVEFIurSS recently
| made, looking to a surrender, referred
| oniy to the troops which had refuged at
| Meiz, and not to the garrison or city.
| Itis reported that the North German
| sovereisns have been convoked at Ver'
| saiIIese to desIaTe King William Emperor
of Germany
dated Tours, to-day, says; An armistice
| for one month has bsen agreed upon IN
order that the eie ctions may proceed.
LONDON, October 22.-Professor Moore
died at Edinburg to-day.
| LONDON, October PA dispatch from
| Lille. to-day, confirms the report OF the oc-
cupati0n of St Quentin by the Prussians
after q short cannonade.
| LONDON. October 22.-The evening edi-
/ or the Times contains q special telegram
] from Berlin, stating that Prussia mas re-
/ peated her willingness TO grant an arms arms
| lice il the princt pie OF the eeAston OF terri
| tory be conceded. The mere dlSmanGlng
of fortresses in Alsace and loITal1e uhuei
| Deserters from Metz are constantly at
/ KinS LEOPOLD has given fifty thousan5
1 francs in aid OF the German wounded.
! ,o~,ro,r C,ctober The authorities
| lataIy seized twenty-five barrels of powder
al q Feniau store house. They were taken
to WooIwich, opened, ana found 20 con
| tain lucifer matches and nails in consld
| erahle quantities mixed throughout the
| powder. The barrels, with the contents
were placed ON an old barge and sunk IL
the river.
LHeraId's Cable Special
| I,oNDoN. Oct. GA special Herald letter
dated Paris the l4th, says negotiations 10
| peace continue. bismarck sent IetLeI
Yesterday to Washburne and jules FaVTe
| rhey were OF a conctliatOry character. Al
| armlstice to allow the Constituent Asse m
bly TO be elected to decide definitely on
treaty of peace. was under discussion, tn
nrincipal conditions OF which are that tn
| military situation shall remain ~ Stct5'
Qlso. The members elected are TO be al
| lowed to enter and none else, AIsace an'
| lorraine not to vote, to which FaYre OBJ
fects very absurdly, as these provinces cal
, not vote while Occnpied by the Frussiai
armies. The solution OF the neutralty Q
Alsace and Lorraine is favored Dy BIS
Artillery is being manufactured in grea
{ abundance. At present the Prussians nav
! seven cannon to each thousand men
/. while the French have but three. Whel
this inequality is removed there will b
more fighting on larger and more Gdus
l The Reds are put down effectually.
Flourens Is under arrest, and will b
: | tried by Court Martial. Also another Re
leader, named Sappia. The journals al
! | patriotic and We'll conducted, except Nv
T. or three ultra Reds, which growl, but car
Meat is scarce, and no individual is no'
| allowed to buy more than a quarter of
I pound per day. The health of the Capits
Is good the small pox, however, is preys
lent: Out OF l4S3 deaths e fsI,a last , week, =
81 from typhus fever, So from bronch1t1
! and 60 from diarrhOea.
I The North Section of the old Commil
~ | sionary of Police has been abolished, an
$50 employees turned adrift.
q The principal papers are published /
}. pamphlet form, every two days.
: | Paris Is tremendously fortified, and car
u not be taken by assault The firing frOI
q the forts is admirable. The sailors all
0 with wonderful accuracy. The firing 0
> both sides is good. Yeste sday they aim 8
IS at two moving batteries, and blew thsi
f to pieces. One OF the forts did just th
|. | same to two threatening Prussian ba
Hugo and BlancOve have Just write
letters aQaist the Reds. Their only Ieace
- now are RlOnouila and Fend.
}. The gates OF Paris were opened at da,
70 light to-day and were closed at 2 p.
= Busses are not allowed to run after 10
~ p. NJ.
n There is no want OF pluck and patsen,
. but the situation is terribly disGFessin
U and there Is an enormous amount OF po
r erty and inattentton.
Washburne was very i'll yesterdy, but
better to-day.
= LONDON, October p = The cham
{, sonsdron have been ordered to embark
)r much provisions aS can oe slowed und
10 their hatcheS. -. : :.
% Odo Russell, the present Secretary Of I
IN Legation at Rome, wilt Ds replaced Dy
y The meeting or Catholics, to prct'
IS against the Italian annexation of Ron
n which was held In Geneva, was presid
over by Bishop Spaulding-