The Lincoln County herald., 1870-09-29
War Items.

country BY the European war seems to b
sbsting, and The fnal success of th
Prussians is quito generally acceded
Even the Republican has diminished tn
space for its cleaning and facetious head
lines, and assumes more interest in tb
political campaign of our State than !
has manifested for some time.
The siege Of Paris has commenced i
earnest. A fight occurred near tho cit
on the 10th. Gen Ducrot with 5O,0O'
men attempted to defend certain height
Of importance, and was badly defeated
he retired behind the forts. The Frencl
zouaves acted badly; without firing ,
shot they ran into Paris amid execration
and hoosings but the garde mobile
composed Of young men, all raw recruits
fought right valliantly. OF this battle
Louis Blame writes from Paris:
They have been fighting to day al
around Paris with alterations of success
and disadvantage. The city is full Of
| spirits yet. The calm national guard
has shown itself resolute and the garde
mobile coming from all parts Of the coun.
try display that careless gaiety SO char
acteris,ic in the French. We ore sad yet
hopeful. Don't suppose we expect to
escape from the consequences of q war
into which We have been dragged in spite
Of ourselves. We desire peace on equi-
table and honorable conditions if we
cannot have that, We are ready to accept
war to the knife.
The London Spectator estimates that
after the battles Of Gravelotte and Recon.
vile, there we're fifty thousand wounded
left on the ground-a number requiring
Eve hundred surgeons aud ten thousand
men. London, Birmingham, and Shelf
field have been stripped of surgical in
struments. The dead and dying of
wounds and sickness around Metz alone
are reckoned at 100000 men.
Large quantities of grain which had
been collected round Paris were burned
recently to prevent falling into the hands
Of the Prussians, who laugh at the idea OF
long seige.
Gen. Ulrich, commander Of tho be-
sieged city of Strasburg, is said to be
strongly inclined to surrender the city,
but is unanimously opposed by the
wounded soldiers and citizens.
A London telegram Of the 23d says
Telegrams are posted in the news rooms
here reporting that the theatre of Stras-
burg was set on fire by shell, and 200
persons who had taken refuge in the
building, the majority of them women,
burned to death.
The French have surrendered Toul, by
which over two thousand men, 1877 guns
and their small arms. have fallen into the
hands of the Prussians.
There are SIX hundred and fifty thou
sand German troops now on French soil.
1t is said they have commenced sending
mails out from Paris by balloons. The
city is said to be completely surrounded,
and this is the only means Of communica.
ton with the outside world. A mail
BALBOA will be sent out once q week.
Rioting is reported in the city Of Paris
Gen. Trochu is fighting the mob.
A dispatch from Madrid, Spain, says
Senior Orens left that place for Tours to
hold conference With the Freneh au-
,hori.ies, when be will return to orzani,e
battalion Of Spanish volunteers to aid
France. This sosnds . II,sIs strange,
coming from Spaia.
Special Dispatches to the Sev York
Herald saJ tia; burglary sad rsbtery are
committed With ixrunisy 10 Paris. A
gsrds mobile, while driEk;rg, exposed t.
30 .rsne piece. He vss followed, robbed
and murdered 10 broad daylight. These
reports no doubt are highly eoIored.
1t is reported that cellars are renting
in Paris at 1000 francs as places Of
refuge 10 case the city is bombarded.
All sttemps at peace have as yet faile d j..