Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-09-17

bes-eged city severed.
THE FRENCH DE~PONDE\r.
The people tfroughou; france are doS acsst
IN consequence Of the absence o. a" org mia
ton in both the miljtsry ard ciN.c departments.
There Is no public confidence in the clie.s =
departments. The universal sentiment = thst
IneSp sible hOpelesSness and yearning for a
constitutional head, wto shs1 bring them oas
OF this 'lr.ble cha into something like order.
NAPOLEON l. WANTED.
In the provinces generally there = an mpres-
sion that could leader be found IKE the mr.;
Napoleon, the Political and social cpn'tion o.
France could be specify relieved.
PEACE TALK.
Prom 'Dent amidst all this discus ssion there IS a
universal des re for peace.
IL is row known that Bismarck wall not con-
sent TO the signing of any treaties for peace
unle.s those treaties have the symp lth les and
confidence OF tie = pp'e OF France.
BELGIAN SYMPATHY FOR FRANCE.
The feeling in Belgium is strongly in favor
OF ,he French. Tbs is well known in France
and 1900 men would be found in Belgium TO
fight for the defence OF France, but there is no
one sufficiently influential and powerIal ID o.
ganize or lead their.
NO HOPE OF ENGLISH MEDIATION.
The negotiations for peace between Theirs
and the English government terminated without
any result favorable 10 peace. Earl Granville,
English foreign secretary, has Just informed
Theirs, on behalf Of her Nrjes, IS government,
that all interference having for its object terms
Of peaceful settlement between France aud
Prussia must be positively declined.
nj. Theirs expressed 10 Earl Granville his re-
gret at the unsatisfactory term nation OF the
negotiations, and rem 'rded the Foreign Secre-
tary of the continuous efforts manifested in their
several interviews when terms were proposed
TO be submitted TO each OF the beligerents by
which a ss, s.aci9IJ peace might possibly have
been scored.
Lord GRAM lie, wi'h the courtesy peculiarly
his own, rema'red firm ard irmovable in the
Po,il on he had taken in reference 10 peace
rego. ,s;iors.
ENGLISH NEUTRALITY.
Considerable excitement is manifested at the
Prussian embG y day IN cDrsequence o. a
well-founded tel'ef that large number o.
mpske:s have been Did 10 France since the
war bean.
Tbs is regarded BY the Prussiau m;pister as
an offence oil considerable ays.avation by a
neutral power, Iursprcn pc he has reason 10
believe that the mrskets were the properly .
the British government, and that the sale wss
affected by agent, orthe Crown.
FRENCH FOET BL OWN Up.
Tours, Sept. Il The 40, at V.rcernes was
blown np and destroye sterdsy by the French.
the ition beiug rnf .nab'e.
MORE FIGHTING.
II is understood that there were .everal en-
gagements of minor importance outside the TO- p
tihcators o? Psr's yesterday.
CHANGE OF BASE.
La Lib,Tte. lie COr'ttUt'5Rei, La Gdsetie u.
Frar-s, srd sore other journals, which have
hereio.ore been printed in Paris, win appear in
this city ai,er to-day.
ClkIL AND RFT IGIOCS.
NJ. Crem'euy, Mir'ster OF Jrstice. IS lodged
here a. e Tcs.den, o. re Abb shop. There
is Ie.. ct urte- stanf'Tg be. Scen them
which g cor >.dered as loreshadoN ,1g a union
OF 81 pi' Cal pf .'e3 .0r TIE national defence
FRENCH FNIGRATING
Advices received at the War Departmen; state
that l:eat nUmbeis Of the French are emi-
grating.
ENRoI MENTS.
Bordeaux te'egrah's state TIA. .e.s activity
ey'sts there. The Committee of Defense il en-
rolling large force, collected there and in tie
Grounding department..
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