Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-10-14
WAR NOTES.

~ n Ia NOEEN.
All the villages around Metz have been de-
stroyed by the late cannonnade
From all parts Of France. accounts are coming
IN, showing that the sharpshooters are now seri-
ously annoying the enemy.
The magnificent instruments Of the Paris OBJ
seryatory have been dismounted and stored away
in the cellars of that establishment
Natives Of Alssce residing in this country, are
TO present sword to Gen. Ulrch, the defender
OF StrssbOurg.
4he inventor Of the Orsni bombs employs in
faris several thousand men in constructing in
fernal machines
Inc police at Calais, France, have been in
strucied to allow no Frenchman to embark,
with Or without passport.
Among the prisoners at Breslau are Robert
Mitchell, Of the Constitution sel Paul de Cas-
saignac' OF the Pays, and Carette and Froment
well-knoTn Partisan journalists.
Advices from Compiegne announce that the
. Prusssns have entirely stripped the Imperial
chateau, not even leaving the heavy furniture,
curtains or linen.
4 new army i forming near Freiburg ION
the railway of the right bank Of the Rhine about
midway between Kehl and Bale) to move arsinst
Lyons
Gen. Ulrich is now thought to be the coming
man " for France His heroic defence Of Stras-
bourg has made him very popular with the
French people He is regarded, next to Trocha,
rs their best man.
The Queens messenger from Paris was per
mittel to proceed through the Prussiau lines to
England on Friday. He was a1monishei, how
ever, that no more messengers would be allowed
to pass.
The b7m5arimeut Of Paris from the vest is
imminent. The books Of the great libraries have
been removed to the cellars. All windows have
been filed with bags Of earth, and watchmen
/ have been stationed on Notre-Dame to lock ont
for fires
/ In Brittany the clergy are taxing sn active
lead in measures for the national defence This
is also the case in good part Of the south Of
France The government is thus strengthened,
and q disposition TO respect the rights OF the
clergy is corresponlingy renewed
As it i known that portion Of Paris can he
reached by the enemy's FIRE without taking the
forts, the city Is diyiued into three zoner. pay
ing respectively /. >, and per cent insurance
against Losses by bombArdment.
The peasants who fed to Paris on the approach
OF the Prussians from the east, have asked per
mission TO return 20 their homes The Prussian
General has refused. on the ground that his OBJ
ject is % starve out be city.
The campaign in France is not now markell
by the rapidly succeeding important battles
which characterized it few weeks ago, ami in
the delrth Of ac;u4' sensations the channels 4
information are chokei with runors of al sorts
"hlcA 4H'rl "'tle 'n''''''a''oH anu 'ess s1''7
licAon-
50 unpopular sre all evidences Of Imperialism
in Paris, that gentlemen who wear wsxei nous
taches ia Ndp9ic9n ir Pant, become at once
an OBJECT OF susp''ion' and all Wearers OF such
-''s-'e apsel 'is's are ih u'nsef %, moo '''-
renee 'Ai si-i- on -he cum are under oAh
Since lhe tenn nation Of the Austrian war. not
a railroad car h.s been Constructed in Prussia or
any Of JIG dependencies in which the primary
idea cf Jos construction has not been military ca
pacity AMI utility, rather thsn passenger or
merchants So tratii,
An oi.-.l letter has b.sr s. .-,, sr,-r tbs Finch
Afi,is.e- of ,bs interior p, rho ,-ef.,t. ~ rba
Dsr,rt,.o,t. b., --f.rso.s -, the sie..-5rs ,,b..b
$50 ,b-- qs -...,ris The r-ta g. -,s-,b.rs n
the C.r.t..u,l, assembly. what the government
desires. ab.ve % dc. i perfect freedom in the
exercise of ta, elective franchise.
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l-e son % h-uef' houd-u' 'ne Ne..-Ano"n
"'-Aiu, .7'9r f''le' 'a'n IN 'he A'ua'es'
the BART tt'e-fe.i where Mcllahon's corps failed
'' Dear father. I hsve received ball in the
breast. the d.c.5r gives me over kiss YOU
all"
A Ae,rresnoul.rt s,etss that tLc Pry..i.D ie-
tails fo- taking c,rs n tbeir wounded b.re ~
iers 20 take care of the sIiebt1v woBn5ei s-,t
and q, leave the others IN m. lat A. The man
with 81 -ht wound can be cured. and thus able
TO Do more fighting for Kaiser and f.therl,nl
whereas. the severely wounded can he Of no more
service !, is incredible that = policy go inhu-
msn can prevail in the Prussisn se-yicc.
The French r,rsrs are xcer,'1v b-bir.i b,,5
In -e.tir, tb., -evs The r,irc;r.,l r,,s- ~
Lyons, on the strength Of some slight French
7---'''- '''i 'N4'v' f-'-'SA'- - 4--HAs-ast-' lt-
ports Ui The utter destruction Of the Prusslan
army, 'u ihe same day that ile Eng.ish and
Amercin l1urnsls appeared with the news o.;
the fall Of Sedan and the surrender of the En-
peror.
Letters from didereu, tlsces in France dwell
upon the shalaiul ooWariice Of the population.
"uo lefi1' lev Iruss'anS 20 strip them OF
VI '''"E, Ie ~ '-g Ie'Al'7 are s1@ic,E
1l'''y.e LL' pe'pe 1il'e A"Ay 'ae ~o'I'es
'-- ~ ~ 10 -sIeui ,''-"-
s'''.'-'' 'i'''7 VI iuS'''1s treat 'ue towns
No''e '"'N '''' l' Se' '''e'
Lf 81 alton, the French journal 10 London
which pub. shed the extraordinary manifesto Al
triouiei to Napoleon, and now SAID 10 be ioFs-
cry. was established about fortnight ago. Ii is
a small sheet, sold for one penny, and, avow-
eiiy an lmpeTialist organ. recognizing Sc no
e'neF ifeiim',e powers IN France out those con-
itiie1 pu tAe ulpltes heGtut - the Emperor.