The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-31
TIE WAR IN EUROPE.
TIE CApITUL.iTION OF PARIS.

THE cAPITULATIoN OF PARIS OFFICIALLY AN
NoUSCED--ARMIsTlCE OF THREE WEEKS Bi
LAND AND SEA.
WASHINGTON, January 29.-Secretary Fish
has received the following telegram from
Mr. Moran, our Charge PAtlaires at Lon
don, dated London, Sunday morning, JAN
uary %:
'The German ambassador here has o1f-
cialIy informed ME that the capitulatlon OF
nil the Paris forts, and an armisticc of three
weeks by land and sea, was signed about s
o'clock last evening, mt Versailles, by Count
Bismarck and NJ. Jules Favre. The Army
of Paris remain prisoners of war in the city,
but it is not known whether they are to be
diSarmed or not. No details have yet been
received. Count BcrnStoG thinks it imp0r-
tant that the fact tnat the armi>tice extends
over the sea should be made known as WIDE
~ as possible"
FROM THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY TO THE En-
PREss-THE CArITULAT1oN.
LONDON, Sunday, 4:30 P. M.-The EN-
peror William has sent the following dis
patch to the Empress:
"Fersailles, . p. II. Sunday.-Last night
an urmistice for three weeks was signed.
The regulars and Mobiles are to be intcrned
in Paris as prisoners Of war. The National
Guard will undertake the maintenance OF
order. We occupy all the forts. Paris re-
mains invested, but Will be allowed to re-
victllal as soon rs the arms are surrendered.
The National Assembly is to be summoned
To meet at Bordeaux in fortnight. All
armies in the field will retain their respec-
tive positions, the ground between the op-
posing lines TO be neutral. This is the re-
ward of patriotism, 'heroiSm, and great
sacrifjces Thank God for this fresh mercy.
May peace soon follow.
[signed,] WILLIAM"
BERLIN IS REJOICING
to-day over the news from Versailles. No
confirmation OF the reports Of the capitula-
ton were received there last night, and it
was only this morning that the announce
nent OF the actual signing of terms was re-
ceived. The first official dispatch was read
in the churches. Paris has capitulated
but no negotiations for peace have been en-
tered into between Bismarck and Favre.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND
THEIR CONCLUSION.
January 2S.-BiSmarck on the oath visited
Favre, who had come to Versailles. An
hour afterwards 4 council of war was held,
at which the Emperor William, the Crown
Prince, Generals Moltke, Boyen. and Won
Room, and Count Bismarck were present.
At its conclusion another conference took
place between Bismarck and Fayre, and
The latter returned to Paris.
In the afternoon, after receiving confirm
alton of the news Of the disturbances III
The capital, Favre returned to Versailles,
and on the next day resumed negotiations
with Bismarck.
There has been no correspondence be-
tween Beust aud Bismarck in regard 10
prelminarleS OF peace.
The Times this morning publishes the
following dispatch:
10 p. IA dispatch has been received
1T he British Foreign Office confirming fully
the previous reports of the capitulation, and
adding that one division Of troops OF the
lme, besides the National Guard, will not
be required TO disarm, and that commune
cation with Paris is professionally restricted.
There Is no prospect now that Favre will
come to London, and no other person has
been accredited to represent France ut the
Conference.
Sunday, Jan. 20-5:3O p. MA Vcrsail-
les dispatch, just received, says: The 18th
Saxon corps. ut 10 o'clock this morning,
occupied Forts Romainville. Noisy, Ro>-
lly, and Nogent !; the Bavarians Clarendon,
M0ntrougc, and Nanyrcs, and the SileSian
corps AVry and Bicetre. Paris is to pay
two hundred millions of francs.
VERSAILLES, Jan. I.-An armisticc has
been agreed upon, which is to extend in-
was great agitation in Paris last night.
Beating of drums and shouts of the multi
tude within The walls were plainly heard.
VERSAILLES, Sunday, Jan. 29.-German
troops occupied the forts around Paris at
10 o'clock this morning. The entire sarri-
son of Paris, except the National Guard,
surrendered their arms. The armistice cX-
pircs on the 10Th of February.
LONDON, Jan. 2S.-1t is stated in diplO-
matte circles that the negotiations for the
capitulatiOn of Paris would have been con-
cluded earlier had not Bismarck insisted
on the acceptance of conditions OF peace.
Prince Frederick William will hereafter
be styled s. Imperial Iiiyhness and Crown
Prince of Germany"
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SENDING FOOD TO PARIS.
LONDON, January 2S.--At meeting
held ut the Mansion House, yesterday,
for the relief of the non-combatants Ill and
around Paris, the Lord Mayor read j note
from Granville, stating that Odo Russel had
been instructed to ask Count Bismarck to
designate a route by which conveys Of pro-
visions from England might be sent into
Paris, and to order that they be not inter-
ruptcd on the way.
MISCELLANEOUS CABLE NEWS.
LONDON, Jan. 29-6:30 4. MA special
telegram from Vienna to the Daily Ne,cS
represents that Turkey is opposed TO Aus
tria's introduction OF the Danubian ques-
ton in the conference.
The ObSerUer supp0ses the conference
will be adjourned Oh account of the capitu-
lation of Paris.
Gladstone, replying to the Bristol Cham
Der of Commerce, who urged the settle
ment of the Alabama claims, said that he
was assured that her Majesty Government
had given its assent to every allowable pro-
ceedng looking to Il settlement, and was
still so disposed, believing that the long,
unsettled state oil the controversy was dis
to both countries.
LONDON, Jan. 2S.-Perc Hyacinthe writes
to La Liberte denying the validity of the
pope's encycllcal and syllabus, and de-
nolincing generally the hierarchical preten-
sions of the See of Rome.
A revolt has broken out among the Tar
tars in China, and at last accounts it had
reached alarming proportions. The rebels
had seized many points of Importance.
LONDON, Jan. 2S.-1he smallpox has be-
come epidemic in London, and the rapid in
crease in mortality causes alarm. The
deaths from the disease, which in the first
week of january were seyenty-nine, Ill the
third week increased to one hundred and
BECK, Congressman, tells the following
:: good one" on himself: whilst crossing
the Kentucky river, on trip to Mercer
the wind blew violently, and our
not accustomed TO sea-lar-
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