Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-10-08

tired in good order, to the protection ol
The guns Of Forts Bicentre and D'Ivyy.
The mobiles behaved admirably. Our
losses were considerable. as we're also those
of the enemy. This dispatch was signed
by Gen. TrOchu."
LoNDON, Oct. 3.-Thc Prussians have
resolved to demand 100, 900 francs iudcm.
nifty in each Of the departments they now
occupy, from which Germans have been
killed by French.
Lacour, Project At Lyons, has been in.
vested with plsuipoteutiary powers to pre-
serve order.
A dispatch from Colona, on Sunday,
says another body of Germans have crossed
the Rhine, and are moving on Mulhause.
Another body is near SchIestadt and Ncuf.
chatehu. A body Of 100000 Germans
are now arriving at Toul. This force is
designated to operate against Lyons.
Captain johnson, Queens Messenger,
has at last been permitted to depart from
Paris with dispatches to the English Gov.
eminent. He left Paris on the 18th of
September, but was stopped by the Prus.
SLAMS. After long detention, the Prus.
sian commander suffered him to proceed.
with warning that similar messages would
be detained.
The Canal de Larcgue has been drained
by the Prussians, iu order to deprive Par.
isians of water.
Arrangements are making for Prussian
batteries at Vile Juif and St. Cloud to
lombard the city.
Gen. Wcrdcr, who commanded at Stras.
burg, has divided his army, part goes to
Lyons and part in Paris.
Tours, Oct. "a dispatch from Gen.
Trochu reports reconnaissance in force on
Saturday occupying Melville. Hoy, Thias
md Choissy Leroi, which had been occu.
pied by the Prussiaus in force. After a
short engagement, the French retired in
good order under the protection of the
guns Of the forts.
BERLIN, Oct. 3.-Bismarck has issued
a circular to the Prussian resident minis.
ters abroad. lie insists that the condi.
tions of the proposed armistice were mod.
crate. The French, he says, declined
them altogether, with the offered opportu.
nifty of an election to the Constituent As.
sembly in the Departments held by Prus-
slams, which the latter believed would have
favored peace.
LONDON, Oct. "a World special
says it is asserted to-day that the Prussian
Government has addressed final remon.
STRANGE to England on the subject Of her
refusal to prohibit the expectation of arms
FIR the supply of France. A letter from
Napoleon, dated September 10Th, to King
William says the time has arrived for him
to speak. The duel between Germany
and France can only terminate in com.
plctc ruin or II loyal reconciliation Of both
powers. The Emperor adduces his inter-
view with the King Of Prussia at Sedan ;
that it convinced him that the King would
prefer the alliance Of France to ruin.
Surely it only remains to indicate the
means Of accomplishing this object.
LONDON, Oct. Sat Cabinet Council
held to-day, it was decided that, as the
Chinese Government had refused to make
rcparation for the massacres Of Tictsin, as
demanded Of it by the French Rsprescn.
tativcs, aud as the Chinese Government is
obviously making preparations for gencr-
al war upon foreigners, England must join
the French in exacting full rcparation for
these outragcs aud other fresh outragcs.
1t is believed that Russia will act with the
other powers in the matter.
LYONS. Oct. From all rarts Of
France accounts now show that sharp
shooters are seriously annoying the enemy.
Tours, Oct. 1.-THE postal scrv ice con.
tinucs irregular and uncertain.
The Prussians arc concentrating at Toul
for a movement on Lyons. Energetic
measures are being made to defend the
city.
New YonK, Oct. "A special CORE.
spondent at Ostcnd. tclcgraphs that there
is great irritation at Berlin on account Of
what Prussians regard as a violation Of
neutrality by the United States, in per.
uniting shipments of munitions from New
York to French ports. 1t is stated that
Prussia has demanded explanations from
the American ministry.
a special correspondent at Boulogne
sends word from Tours that the southern
part of France is under arms. Great num-
bers Of troops havo arrived at Tours from
Marseilcs and Bordeaux. Towns on the
Loire, Anglers and Nantes arc crowded
with soldiers. The towns on the Rhine,
from Lyons to Aviguou aud Artes. have
assumed the aspect Of camps. Bogers is
10 the same condition. No thought of
peace seems to be entertained anywhere
LONDON, Oct. 3.-Gen. Burnside, Con.
Hazcn, and Col. Forbes, after much diplo-
macy, have obtained special permission
from the King Of Prussia to visit Paris.
They carry their ova Gag Of truce, and go
at their own risk
A good deal Of indignation was excited
here by the publication Of Count Won Bis
marck's statement, over his own signature,
charging Mr.. Russell with falsehood.
Tho matter will not be suffered to drop
here. 1t is understood that this is the
method to be adopted by the Prussian
Government for disavowing . number of