Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-02-04
FOREIGN NEWS BY TnE CABLE
Demonstrations in Favor Of the Pope.
The rrsHeh People still Defiant,
An Honorable Peace or More Var.
MlScELLANY.
sEARvAFroN OF RoURsAKrs MEN.
Ter MiitienS Of French People Favor the
Restoration OF tho Erapire.
FRENCH NEWS.

New YORK, Feb. 3-Afanteuffel reports
that Just previous to the armistice, he cap
tured ten guns, seven mitrailleuses, four
thousand prisoners end two Generals. The
German loss was small.
y Herald special says the armistiee has
been accepted by all the departments ex-
cept Marsailles.
Favre confesseS &c have CVerStatei the
amount Of supplies in Paris, and appeals
70 the Emperor TO pity the city, and bring
supplies. In compliance with the request.
the Emperor has sent six million rations
and f teen thousand cattle.
The Prus5ians are dismOunting the guns
from the walls of Paris and strengthening
their positions, TO guard against the pos
sIble failure Of peace.
Bismarck said he feared that Gambetta
would be refractory. Favre replied that
Gambetta only held delegated powers from
the Governmental National Defense, and
doubted whether qie would act in opposi-
ton To the Paris Government. If Gam6etta
should prove refractory, his powers would
he revoked.
It is believed that great many OF the
delegates elected will favor peace on any
bearable terms.
4 special to the World says that ten
millions of the French people would vote
for a restoration of the Empire, II France
will refuse to continue the war.
The Mobiles arriving at Bordeaux shout,
F"ire y pEDlperclsr ~
Many thousands of Bourbakiis army
died from starvation in the Jura noun
tains, before reaching Switzerland.
BORDEAUX, Feb. 2.-Twelve opposition
papers protest against the decree excluding
certain persons from candidatures TO the
National Assembly.
A deputation from these journals waited
upon Jules Simon. stating verbally the
grounds of opposition. Simon, in reply,
declared that the Paris Government had
decreed, on the 2eth of January, the aboli-
ion Of all disqualifications for the Nation
al Assembly, and he would insistupon the
execution of the Paris decree.
AT q public meeting here to-day, Com
nittee of Public Safety was nominated
The Committee includes the names of
Gambetta, Louis Blame, Rochefort. and
Duportal.
Jules Favre telegraphs that the Germans
will forbid elections in Alsace.
ENGLISH NEWS,
LONDON, Feb. S-The Times, comment
ing upon the proposed Congressional re-
ception Of the Fenians, saws: "If serious.
it can only be regarded az an act of avow-
ed hostility"
LONDON, Feb. Passes from Paris are
required 10 secure admission into that city.
LONDON, Feb. 2.-Dispatches from all
parts of France concur in expressing the
determination OF the people to continue
the war, unless the terms proposed by
Germany are greatly ameliorated.
GERMAN NEWS.
LoNDoN, Feb. S.-A dispatch from Yer
sailles, dated January Slst, says that the
French evacuated the forts completely at
about fifteen minutes past three on Sun
day afternoon.
The Germans Of the fourth regiment in-
mediately took possession, and the colors
of the German Empire are floating over
all the forts.
Several batteries of field artillery enter
ed Mont Valerien, and the keys of the fort
were delivered by three French officers.
The Germans found the defenses in good
order, but tho barracks were dirty, and the
gardens and palaces of st. Cloud utterly
destroyed.
The whole country in front of Mont
Nalerien resembles a bowling wilderness.
BELGIAN NEWS.
BRUSSELS, Feb. 2.-The Independence
Beige reports, without expressing conf
dence in its truth, that Roupre is at Ver-
sailles, consulting with Bismarck.
New YORK, Feb. 2.--The Worlds spe-
'Ial Brussels dispatch says that the public
manifestat;J ;Jn= in favor of the temporal
power of tie Pope were magnificent. I'M
mense numbers Of pilgrims from all parts
of Belgium were singing htanies.