New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-21
WHOLE NUMBER ll54.

merchandise, for the sake of tho cargo, hAs
been confirmed. The new rule which allows
the capture Of all French vessels will bo
enforced on and after February 9, 1871.
General Faidherbe announces that the
French army of the North continues Its
march 1t has reached COrbeil.
night. The inmates barely cscaped IN their
night clothes.
it is said that the Duke Of Mecklenburg
is marching OH Rennes via Magenus. with
the object Of getting at Chanzy's rear.
A dispatch from Versailles says BourbakI
was again repulsed on the seventeenth be-
fore Belfort, and commenced retreat
southwark. The repulse resulted in great
loss to the French.
The bombardment of Paris continued on
the eighteenth with increasing strength
Earl Granville accepts the indemnity
offered by Prussia for sinking vessels In
Seine.
French agents are in Ireland purchasing
all the available and serviceable horses.
LONDON. January l8.-It has becoms
known, from the publication of official dOcu-
mcnts that the Pope, i'll October last, com
municating by telegraph with the King OF
Prussia, requested his Majesty to secure his
THE POpe's) departure from Rome with due
honor in case he should conclude to leave
that city. King William replied affirm
atively. and telegraphed to King Victor
Emanuel to that effect.
Especial to the New York World.l
LONDON January l9.-BailoOn adyices
have been received from Paris to the SIX
teenti. The city was tranquil and firm.
Mr. Motley shortly proceeds to Holland.
Bourbaki. after two days fighting.
crossed the Lisaune six miles below Be-
fort.
Won Wcrder is receiving reinforcemcnts.
great battle was fought on the seven
teenth. which resulted in a decisive repulse
of the French, who are now retreatlng.
The German loss in the battle is 42OO; the
French 1900 No guns were captured by
the Germans, and bat few prisoners.
LONDON, January 19.-French official dis
patches confirm the news of the defeat o.
Bourbaki.
Fort Avron was bombarded until evacu-
ated by the enemy.
The few thousand troops remaining at
CherbOurg have been ordered to prepare to
take the field
King William, of Prussia, issued the fol.
lowing proclamation upon assuming the in-
perial crown:
"In consequence of the appeal Of the Ger.
| man provinces and the free towns to restors
the German Empire, after a lapse Of sixty
yoars, we deem it our duty to the Fathers
land to accept the imperial dignity Hence
| forth we and our successors Will bring 10
the title of Emperor Of Germany the hope
| NuOu Will VOuCuSsilc d UlSSlul AutuAo
| to the Fatherland, and that her an'
cient splendor may all be restored. We
partake OF the dignity, conscious OF
our duty to preserve, with German idel.
ity, the rights of the Empire. and
its members to maintain peace. and support
| and strengthen the independence OF Gers
many, in the hope that the German peopls
will reap lasting peace within our boundas
ries as the fruits of the bloody battles, ami
be safeguard against the renewal of French
attacks. God grant we and our successors
freedom and civilization"
There was a great military pageant at
Versailles in honor of the. restoration OF the
German Empire.
The ship Cordclia, from Newport Eng
land, for Mobile, is at HOlyhead with loss os
sails and deck load.
The ship Churchill, from Leghorn fot'
Philadelphia, is at Gibraltar leaking and
with loss Of sails.