The sun., 1870-08-24

francs with the utmost raptdity. In few days the
Bsnk vii b able to furnish 900 Dor day ana aner
sept. b, 1000 per day. On July I, there wers in
circr'aon a766 600 bills OF the denomination Of 100
frsncs, Do,po Of tue denomIn ,tion OF 60 francs
since then $4,000 bills OF the iormer and 10000 Of
the istsr dissemination have been issued.
sEssAror IN rns coRrs LfoIsLArrr.
in ne corps Lsgislatf yesterday, when the Count
fa'ikso announced the receipts Of despatch giving
rcrssuring news, Deputy Kerasry demanded the
date, and also whether The despatch was from Mar
shai Dsssins himself The Count de riiikao, in re-
ply, said that The despatch was dated on the 10Th,
but the uproar Of the Deputies was 40 rrea, US to
drown the answer touching tho authorship OF tho
message
Deputy Ktratry then proposed that nine mem.
bsrr OF the Chambers be chosen to form part OF the
Committee ofDsfenee. The members Of the party
ofhe Len immediately Fsvs signs OF approval, bat
tho mstesity besitatsd. m. Keratry claimed that
ths state Of afsirs urgently demanded It. Some OF
the member OF the majority rose, a. approving, and
several more memben of tho Ler, which was &C.
eepted - establishing the urgency OF the case.
Ansf the usual tumult had subsidized, tho Count
de Pniikao said the Committee OF Defence was nu.
merous cnouzh az al present constituted. in the
name OF the whole Cabinet he repclled tile proposal
which had Just boon made. A question OF confidence
was thus established. and the deputies retired to
debate the matter. The AFFAIR has created a sensa.
ton, 40 II is considered attempt TO interfere with
the administration. Tho matter will bo decided 10.
morrow.
The Soir to-day says the despatch above alluded
10 was from Marshal B,zane, aud was brought TO
the Count de falikao BY messenger. 1t 1, nnder.
stood that the message contained much important
and favorable news, which has been Withheld from
the public. The So'r says further. that Count dc
Psikso Is certain that lie will be sustained by the
Corps Legisatif else he would not have been de-
cided 1T the meeting yesterday.
A COMMITTEE OF DRFESoH.
The Committee of the Corps Lerislatif appointed
yesterday 10 consider the proposition OF Deputy
ktsa.ry 10 form Committee OF Defence meets to.
day 10 confer with the Ministry. A compromise
will probably be effected.
COST or TIE DErENcE OF rAprs
Portions Of tie Bois de Boulogne have been laid
waste. and lie whole will be sacrificed II necessary
Tor the defence OF Paris. The city is provisioned
for two full months, with wine for six months.
LONDON, Aug. 23.-The London TINES exhorts the
French people to consider what the attempt to de-
fend Paris must cost, and urges them to consider
almost any alternative. Tho defence OF Paris cannot
seriously defer its capture.
Five millicLs Of Toncs have been distributed in
.aris among tie families OF the soldiers.
STARTLING REVELATIONS
It il reported tat Drcst the leader OF the ylllette
outbreak, who has been condemned to DEATH wishes
To make confession. and promises startling revela
uots. Three more men implicated 10 that affair
were tried and sentenced to-day by the Council Of
War.
DEGREES ore onlclally promulgated declaring tho
Departments OF Nioyre and Cher in state Of siege
CONTRADICTIONS.
The CoHsfi'Ut,opHi on semi onicii authority con.
radcs In the most positive terms tie report IN tic
Londnn T7ges that the Empress Eusonis sued for
the mediation ofQueen Victoria
Tie Archbishop OF Paris has directed the clergy TO
CO. t.det the report that tie Pope has fec!iated the
Mig OF Prussia.
FRENCH ASSURANCE TO rHs POPE.
A.sura1Ses n hays Sssn sent & from The French Gov
Of st arkns lioAs. Tie Papsl troops had been
wiihdr'wn hom campacna to defend the city.
Many arrests had been made.
The Great Bnttie-Fcagfni slaughter A
Battle Yield Twelve Hlilcs Long sirewn
win the Dead nnd Dying,
LONDON, Aug. 23-Midnlght.-The following de-
tailel account OF Thursdays great battle at Grave.
lotte, Aul Is, were received this morning in Lon
don from our special correspondent, who witnessed
the battle a. theo dqlarters, and stood by tie side
Of Bismarck and the King:
The first realization We had ct Pont-a Mousson,
where found myself on the nth. OF tae extent to
Which n-hting had been going on Tuesday and Sur
day last az the 'front.' was the coming In Of wounded
men. At 6rst It was tur.nised that those had been
wounded In sklrnishes, but tho 10th, late In the
evening, there were signs thlt the work was be.
coming warm,
On that evening soldiers with ghasty wound.
walked about the marketplacc in Pon,-a-H Hou son
surrounded by eager groups OF their newly arrived
and told a story Of disaster. Poor iel.
lows. It surely wss a disaster to them. borne away
rs they had been, from the ncld without having
heard Of any result
stood anon; these groups, and the narratives
Of tie ull amounted to their having been set %
confront a much larger force than their own, and
that their divisions had been cut up l wis struca
ty the fact that though there was some
suggested by their tone OF voice. |
heard no word uttered by the narrators, or listen.
eIs, Which accused any one. They dwet rather on
lie tact that they Lad dealt
HEAVY BLOW ON THE l4rH,
and that though tho Tenth Division bad, as an
available organization, been demolished. 1t had sold
lis life dear. On the l1th tie wounded IRON the
preceding day began to pour into Pont.a. .Mousscu.
They were brought ia in l,ag, uncovered grain
overlooked the main street and commanded also |
view OF the market place, cnuntel more than nine.
y Of these long carts, each boiling on an average
about ten men.
1t was strange to see them as they passed enid |
les OF French unable TO conceal their JOY on the one
hand, ana Prussia soldiers on the other. But now |
,ame the other side Of the account the streets be-
gau to swarm with other wagons with other wound. |
I'd, the welrers of red trousers; and now and then
,aRe hatch OF unwounded prisoners. At length |
arrived Z carriage with a French general 1t Was |
followed by
VAST CROWD OF FRENCH
md Tor little time It seemed ii there might be
collision between the inhabitants and the Prussians
so earnest wore the demonstrations OF the populace
5ut 1t now at least evident that the struggle was
very serious at the front. At midnight little after
he l7th all the trumpets for miles around began to
,ound.
This was the first time We had been startled by |
such wild muSlc. Trumpet answered to trumpet |
through ali the biyouacs around tho little city For
A .laVa giv had haa -