Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-03-11
FROM EUROPE
RATIFICATION OF PEACE


BoRDEAux. March 2.-Ae envoy, bear
ing the vote of the Assembly accepting the
preliminary conditions of peace, viii reach
Paris at noon to-day. The ratications
will be exchanged without delay so, that
the German forces oasy withdraw rom the
city this evening
The employees of the Department of the |
Interior will return to Paris on Saturday, !
and il is believed the entire government |
will be transferred TO Paris again as speed |
ily as the execution of the peace convention
will permit
Generals Sheridan and Forsythe have |
gone TO Paris.
THE GERMAN TRtUMPnAL ENTREE-EM- |
PERoR WILLIAM REVIEWS THE TROOPS.
LONDON, March 2.--Advices from Paris
ofycsterday's date state that the Emperor
! William and staff reviewed the German
troops as they marched into the city. The
imperial group occupied commanding
position at the Hippodromc, where they
/ remained while the column marched past.
| The splendid appearance presented 10y
| the German troops contrastcd strangely
with the fniacry and desolation which char
actcrized the city during the march.
Such citizcns as were oa the streets at
the time were, to all appearance, peacefully
disposed, and evinced 20 inclination TO OPP
pose the passage Of the troops.
! BARRICADES BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND
GERMANS.
LONDON, March g. Reports from Paris,
to yesterday evening, state that the barri-
cades between the Germans and the French
were maintained. Immense crowds were
in the streets, sad and silent. No news
papers were published, and the shops were
closed. The National Guards, at one
time. threatened TO dsohcy orders, and
throw themselves on the Germans, but they
were dissuaded from the rash attempt.
The German force in occupied the north
western part of ,he city, and numbered 3d.
600 men, and were taken from the 10Th
Prussian and 1st Bavarian corps. The
dividing lines were guarded by Frenchand
German soldiers.
PARIS, March 7--Evcning, The Prus-
slams to-day delivered to She French all the
forts on the left bank of the Seine the
/, Emperor William and .his staff left Yer
sailles for Fcrreres to-day. The Prussians
are to completely EvacuatG Versailles by
the 18th. and the peighhorhoOd by the 10Th.
1t is hoped tlIat present difficulties in Paris
will pass over without serious disturbance.
| L0NDpN, March 1T is expected that
, a baronetcy will be conferred upon Samuel
Morley, the Liberal member of the House
of Commons from Bristol.
, LONDON, March S.--The Times, COM
I, menting upon its Philadelphia letter, eX-
|, presses msgivincs as to the result OF the
- High Commission, unless the American
! commissioners and Government show q
. Girer appreciation of the question than the
:, Senators. The Times says England repu
, dates the assumption ofherresponsibiitics
= for the deprcdatiOns of the Alabama, unit
= it is decided by an impartial arbitrator
> If the cesson Of territory is mooted, The
!, English commissioners will take care it i!
~ not mentioned twice. England will only
abandon her colonies upon the expressed
~ wish of the colonsts, or through war.
q LONDON, March S.-Certain diplomatic
4 correspondence is published which shows
" the party taken by England in negotiation
i for peace at Versailles. VI. BrogEe, VIII,
arrived in London on the 2ith ut., ad
dressed a note to the Foreign OLlice com
planning of the indifference exhibited b,
u England toward France, and asking Ear
u Granville to obtain prolongation Of tn
y armisticc and a reduction ofthc indemnit.
" from the onerous amount of six millard
> of francs. Darl Granville declined to inter
! fere as to the armstice, bot telegraph tn
same day 10 Versailles representing tina
% it was impossible for France to pay s
u great sum as six milliards Of francs.
u Odo Russell, British representative a
! Versailles, writes that he received the dies
!, patch too late to admit of his intcrpositio
~ in the negotiations, but expresses the belle
II that Count bismarck received a duplicat
- - of the despatch before the indemnity wa
10 finally settled at five milliards of frames.
~ LONDON, March S.-Thc Daily Ncr|
,o special correspondent ut Versailles tel'
" graphs that Bismarck has begun his home
W ward Journey. The Emperor and Crow
- Prince are to hold Il review of the Gcrma
II forces to the eastward of Paris, and wi
~ not return to Versailles. The cvacuatio
~ of the neighborhood of Versailles is prol
"a ably accelerated in order to enable til
Ne French National Assembly to meet there.
The National Guard of Paris are excite
% over fear that they are to be disbandec
" and have made a protest against the al
~ pointment Of General Palladines TO con
y, mand over them. Paris is otherwise cain
'' s.. -s-
~ TIE Montgomery (Ala.) STATE JOtUn,
~ argues that the result of the late election
~ that State Is nor an Indication of the end {
the mission ofthe Republican party in Al;
os bama. During the two yeaIs Of Rcpubl
=, can rulc the State prospcred ; its railroad
VA were cXtedcd in every direction and int
ne nal improvements of ali Einds were eilectC
at on almost every hand. The Republican
is. arc-now organizing all over the State,
-, central Republican club has been formed
," Montgomery, under the presidency
c1 judge Soflo.d, Of Selma, and auXilial
sc clubs are organized in almost every count
au What has been the good fortune of Alab
,- ma under Republican rule will be true
- every other Southern State. What Il
"' South Just now needs is the administrati'