New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-30

has safe conduct from the Prussians, and
will proceed to Paris.
1t is reported here that England desires q
congress of the great powers.
The journals here express great satsfac-
ton with the decree lately issued whereby
all otIenses against the press laws are here
after to be tried by jury.
Prince Polignae. who served as a Briga-
iier General i'll the confederate army, has
received an appointment to an Important
command in the army of Garibaldi. He de-
parts for the east at once.
The journals announce that General
Ccmbriel has been compelled to relinquish
his command in the army of the East, pc
cause Of the re-opening of wound received
at Sedan.
4 statement which has been extensively
published in the Prussian and English jour
mails. that the government of France desired
the French officers who have been captured
to break their'paroles, is pronounced cal-
umny.
The telegraph wires having been cut
mahciously, near Orleans, the Prussans
have exacted an additional tax upon the
town by way of punishment
In nearly all the departments now held by
the Prussians, the influential citizens are
compelled to ride on the locomotives. The
PruSsians have adopted this course, which
thcv say is the only way to prevent the
cSmbatants.
A large number of Prussian prisoners
We're brought here to-day.
lie Francdis expressly denounces all nego-
tiations for an arnistice as conceived and
carried forward III a spirit Of hostility to
France, or, at least, of subservance to
Prussia.
1t asserts that the sudden anxiety of
England TO bring about a cessation of active
operations has been inspired not by any
wish to see the French Republic firmly es-
tablished, but solely by desire to see Ger
many released from position which is fast
becoming untenable. 1t declares that all
evidence goes to show that Prussia abso-
luteiv needs peace; that her military or
ganization is imposing upon her greater bur-
dens, in long war, than her confederates
Of South Germany bear, and threatens her
with dispropol tionate amount of suffering
and loss.
France only desires honorable conditions
of peace, and those nothing can ensure her
but a prolongation of the contest: every
month adds 10 her organization for the
offensive and every month drifts Prussia
toward the defensive. Were Paris itself to-
be forced in TWO months time to surrender
it would only be after battles, which would
have so far broken the strength of the in
vesting army as to render it easier 10
for the forces which by that time
france Will nave III ule Heiu
to make it absolutely necessary for
| Germany to purchase peace at any price.
| lie Fr0facdis, therefore, exhorts the gov
| ernment to stand firm, and not to be caioled
| or influenced by neutrals. who have no en-
| larged or sympathetic regard either for the
| honor of France, or the permanent condi-
! tions of European peace 1t recommends
| that the election Sf members of the Cap-
| stituent Assembly be held on the thirteenth
! of November, and that a meeting OF the
same be called for the twentv-irst, and
winds up by citing the example of the first
Congress of the American Confederation,
the members Of which were chosen without
asking the permission of the British in
vadcrs OF the colonies, and who persevered
in their patriotic task, though the city OF
New York, the chief port and Philadel-
phia, the capital of the new republic, were
forced to succumb to the superior military.
skill and numbers of the British army
lie Fiuncais, in the article above quoted,
is understood to express the views of Mr..
Gambetta, and other leading members OF
the provisional government.
The influence of Gambetta and Generals
TrOcllu, from whom communications have
been recently received, is thrown strongly
in favor of the removal of the seat Of gov
ernment either to Bordeaux or Clermont
Ferrand. This is in view of the fact that
operations of the German army on the Lore
are expected to bring on a serious collision
with the French forces III q very short time,
and it is thought best that the government
should be out of reach of even a possible
DISASTER