The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-23
GheG1ttdEiQe1Ger.
THE WAR.
Further Dispatches OF Sunday.
Reported Victory OF the Crown
Prince ut ChaIOns. IF.

From our Exchanged o. yS'ttFday.
y srRAsBUIsG IN FLAMES, :,
Special to the Htrald. + =. 4 9TH "
. CARLsRUHE, August e.. 2
Strasburg is in flames. The French
have fired the surrounding villages They
make frequent sortics, which are constant
ly repulscd. Eight thousand Prussians
have arrived with Gtrain Of heavy siege
artillery. The city is surrounded by 30
900 men under Gen. Werder. The i'll
habitauts are demoralizcd, and disorder
everywhere prevails. Surrender is hourly
expected. ,lsY rt.
THE CRowN PRINCE WINS A GREAT
NEFI BATTLE.
The Crown Prince has won another
victory in great battle before ChalOnS.
The Prussians are victorious everywhere,
and'the French defeat complete. I'D
TIE EMPIRES SECURES SHELTER IN SPAIN.
Madrid, August 81.
Countess dc DIontiio has. received
telegram from the Empress Eugcni, in
which she processes 10 be resigned to any
fatc which may befall her. Regent Ser.
rano has tClcgraphcd TO Paris offering the
Empress shelter. Seventy heavy cases
arrived last week from Paris, addressed
to the Countess dc Montijo
BA3AINE MAKES AN IMPORTANT MOVE
MENT. e. &9G'
PARIS, Augusta.
It is reported that late yesterday Mar
shall Bazainc made q very important
movement. ..r
. Address TOsAILoRs AMI, MARINES,
Admiral Roncerics Inns addressed q
proclamation to the sailors and marines
charged with the defense Of Paris. lie
says they must be here what they were
nj Sebastopol, where their services were
SO great.
SENSIBLE.
The journals report that each German
soldier carries with him in the campaign
q little book containing simple French
and German phrases such US arc needed
to converse with the country people. All
German officers have most detailed maps
oil the FTelcn territory.
NOT ALLOWED TO INSPECT TIE DEFENCBs
The Minister of the Interior has issued
an order that the public must not, under
any circumstance, mount upon the ram
parts or inspect the de(cnses under penal
ty Of trial by Council Of War ut Cherbourg.
Civilians are not permitted TO enterarSe-
nails, forts, or navy, yards, even, under cs'
COrt Of IN officer.
CONsoLAToRY.
The C69.slituttonH6l publishes q note de-
signed to reassure the public. News
from the front muy be seldom given, but
it is not on that account untavorable. The
Commander. in.chief must speak Of moth
ing but accomplished facts.
The GauIOES relates tho adventures Of
the ambulance corps equipped here at the
expense Of Paris Journals, and sent to the
army. The Prussians captured it and
would not permit it 10 return To the
French camp, and It was only after mn
appeal to King William personally that
the ambulanccs were sent back into
France by way Of Belgium.
TILE .4RlNGE RO1AL SAID ~ liz SUN
ROUNDED.
THE Figure asserts that the camp AT
Chalons has been broken up, and the
troops lately there must now be close to
lhO corps Of the Prince Royal. II SO, the
Prtlssians now have around them Mar
shal BaZaine with his forces mASscd in
and about Metz, on one hand, and Nc.
Mahon with his own corps and the large
force which was at Chal0ns on the other
lie Public says the statement Of the n.
gGy0<is correct, anil q decisive battle
Imminent. lie PU5lic adds: All rumors
OF Bazainc's being surrounded are ialse.
AS result Of the fighting for the past
three days, he has changed his plans, rs
events will soon show. The project, Of
the Seine advises farmers and grain MGR.
chants to store their supplies In Govern.
mcnt warehouses, at the cost OF the Gov.
crnmcnt,so TINT in case Of need the stock
Of provisions will be so much greater,
CONDUCT OF BAZXrNE CAUSING GRAVE
49,. APPREHENSION IN, PARIS.
LONDON, Aug. 21-3PM.
'PGegrms' Of Saturday morning arc
lust received in Paris G0mthe scone-Of
war In and around Metz. The conduct
of BaZaiNe causes tho grDVest npprehen-
sion. 1t was previously understood that
he Mas so situated as to be able 10 march
without opposition on Metz or Vcrdun us
he preferred, and now he seems to lie in.
active, . 1t requires nineteen hours for Il
message to pass between him anil Nc
NLahon, and their communications nre
frequently interrupted altogether. Tic
French troops in the battle OF tho 18th
again found themselves without ammuni- !
"''.'" THE DEDIscrvE hattie.
q Paris now knows the Prussian Crown
Prince is ut Yitry lc Francois, and hat.
tie decisive Of the war Is hourly expected
between him and McMahon. The Prus.
sianshnvc made heavy acquisitions at
LunevillC.
g PFALZBURG CAPTTULATEs.
--PEalsburg, ,in-thG Xosges, ,capitulatcd
SaturilaytO the .WNatCmburg army. The
capture Of this fortress insurcs the Commu.
niCation Of the Grown Prince with his
basis Of supplies.
IT NAPOLEON AT ClIA1oNs.
$50 p. M-Thc Emperor and Prince
Imperial were ut sGtIalOns on Saturday.
Hc was in the saddle that day, and visit.
ed the different corps" The soldiers
crowded around him, clam0ring TO be led
into action. Nothing Inns been heard Of
tho general action anticipated near Cha.
Ions. Prussians assert that tho French on
ElfuBday fired on flag Of truce, and
killed trumpcter.
TIE OBJECT OF BAZAINR IN THE LATE
,r-f-1 4 ~ BATTLES. -r-,-.
Special 70 Tho Tribune.
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