The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-10-15

LONDON, Oct THE NouVeIles Ou Jour,
a Belgian paper, has an ingenious but doubt :
less imaginary account of an aerial combat
between Felix Tournachon Nader, the cele
brated French aeronaut and Prusian
aeronaut The former came off victorious
The great gun for Fort D livery Is nearly :
ready to be placed in position. It's range Is
eight kilometres, and it equires thirty five
Kilograms of powder for each discharge.
General Branchilsek has been appointed
military governor at Versailles.
The Bavarians besieging Bitsche occupy
wooden huts instead Of tents.
The Belgian papers intimate that the
Prusians are alarmed at the approach OF
winter, and are disposed to press the siege
at Paris
LONDON, Oct THE Prussian Guard is.
North OF Paris, between the casal De l. Ourcq!
and the Northern railway. On its right is
| stationed the Fourth corps, and on the leftE
the twelfth corps. To the pioneers of theI
| Prusian Guard has been assigned the task
Of diverting the waters Of the canal Del
! LOurcq into the Marine river The streamI
! falls into the Seine some miles below Paris
| Should the Prusiaus succeed in their designI
one source of the water supply of the bel
sieged will be cut off
| ToOEs, Oct 8.-News has been received
here that the Prussians have completed ali
ing Paris. Guns and mortars are in posi-
ton. The spirito the population, however,
Is undaunted. Advices received show thai
some time must eapse ere an offensive
movement can be made, so they use the
delay in drilling and arming the Mobiles.
Tours, Oct 8.-The battle which occurred
near the Chateau Grailand, on the 4th, has
been productive Of important results. The
Prussians were defeated and forced to
retreat The position taken by the French
was one that necessitated the evacuation OF
Poithiviers by the enemy. The PrussianS
abandoned that point with so much precipi
tation that many cattle and a large amount
of forage were left behind all of which fell
into the hands of the French
CIRCULAR FROM BISMARCK
The Tribune special correspondent a
Berlin telegraphs on the 9th the following
circular from Count Bismarck, dated Fer
rieres, October LIST: "From reports in the
public journals 1t appears that the delega
ton of the French Government in Tours
have officially announced that the under
signed had declared to NJ. Favre tina
Prussia would continue the war to reduce
France to the position Of a power Of the
second rank Although such expression,
could emily be intended to influence circle
unacquainted with the language used in the
international negotiations and ignorant o.
the geography Of France, still, the cIrcum
stances that the official announcement bear,
the signatures Of Messieurs Cremieux
Calais, Gizoin and Fourichon, gentlemen
belonging to the Government of u grea
European power, induces me to reques
your Excellency to put it in prop
er light in your official intercourse.
ain my interview With NJ FaVre the ques
ton of the conditions of peace was no
formally considered At his special request
, | communicated to the French Minister, il
general outline, the same views which
) formed the principal topic Of the circula
dated Meaux, September 10th. Demand
exceeding those therein contained hav
never yet in any way been made by me
The session of Strasbourg and Metz, which
: we seek in a territorial connection, implie
a reduction of the French territory equal i
f area to the increases through Savoy ant
= Nice, the popula ion of which provinces
obtained from Italy, was about three quar-
tiers Cf a million. When it is cOnsid ere
= that France, according to the sensus of 1856
numbered thirty-eight million inhabitant
s without Algeria, and with Algeria, nov
furnishing material part of the Frenc
] war forces, forty-two millions, it is palpabl
T. that decrease of three fourths of a mi
lion changes nothing in the Importance 0
= France Us against foreign countries, Will
we leave to this great Empire the sam
|. elements of power and possession whereo
r in the Oriental and Italian wars enabled
to exercise so decisive an influence on tn
4 destiny of Europe. These few points wi
4 suffice to successfully oppose the logic C
q events.
40 the examination of the proclamatio
of the oath of last month, l only did that /
q my communication with NJ Favre | exdres;
! ly directed attention to these views, an
d | need not assure your Excellency that
V refrained from every offensive allusion I
I the consequences Of the present war, c
r the future position of France as a grei
power of the world.
, BISMARCK"