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THE WAR.
Cable Despatches to tiie New
York Herald.
A Great Battle Supposed to
be Now Raging.
Sharp Skirmishing on the Line
of Outposta.
French, Prussian and English Reports
cf the Position.
Trine? Frederick Clistrles to
Pursue MacMahon.
BAZAM SAID TO BE ISOLATED.
"A Prussian Anny Wedge" Driven Between
Bazuine and MncMahon.
THE BGMBARDMcNT OF STRASBOURG.
Nnpoleou and the Prince
Imperial.
Paris Hopeful and Confident of
Triumph.
Preparing to Harass the Prussian
Retreat.
-tie French Naval lam XLochamleau
in ZtfZotion.
FRENCH REPORTS.
CABLE DESPATCH TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
The Hour o! Derisive Battle at Hand?Fighting
may bo on Now?Hopeful of the
Reooii?Let "No Urruiau Recroa* the
Rhine"?To Teach Prusain What Pranee
Ik?The Prussian Halt may be Fatal to
the Invaders? Event* of the CSreateet importance
Expected?City Kale In Parte?
Expuleion of tier ui ana?The Prtnee Imperial?lm
men ae, Line*?Preparing to 11a*
ram the (ierman Retreat?Arms and Confidence
on All .Sides.
Paris, August 30? Evening.
The Libert', of lb Ik city, says:?
The hour of the great battle has arrived. The
situation lias a new aspect The battle must now
take place In the valley of tbo Argentic, and per
liaps from there to Metz. The Prussians understand
how grave events have become tor them. Defeat is
Dual. We must soon know, as we have resson to
believe the battle Is raging now. If the Prussians
are repulsed they cannot march on Pans, but must
retreat benind the Moselle. Franco every niomeut
grows more formidable. She Is preparing new
armies. r;ven now a vast number or new regiments
are read; to take tlie tietu. Defeat cannot subdue
as.
Tne Opiiutm yatiotuile suys:
War, war to the last I Let not ouc German reaross
the Khlne' For centuries let Germany remember
that enemies may enter but cannot leave
P ranee.
The jonrnals say that in case or a siege the Ambassadors
from rorelgu countries will all reside in sotne
city of the provinces.
The fatrle to-day, In an editorial, says:?
Military events of the utmost importance are preparing.
Whatever may be the result at Paris France
luust redouble ber energy and create a third ana u
lourth army. The Germans are active, and we must
use all our efforts. The news iroui the army of Mursual
MacMahon continues excellent, lie has not
been for one instant deceived by the movements of
tne Prince Roval. Ho has understood that the
Prince meant to overreach his army, and he has
therefore kept ut advance of the Prussians. The
Parisians must not, however, cease piepuitng to
repulse the enemy in any event. We must be ready.
A correspondent of the Linerti writes that the
mure luiprrmi una gone to oiez.eres wuero DC will
remain until farther orders.
Mezieres 1b considered Impregnable, contains a
sirong garrison and an ample supply of munitions
and provisions.
Much couruslon has been created here by the
forced departure of the largo number of Uerinans.
The journals, however, felicitate the Governor upon
a measure which will Insure the retreat of inauy enemies
of the country.
The Bora de Boulogne has ncen closed to the public,
as it la Oiled with thousands or cattle.
Measures have been taken to blow up the bridges
and tear up the railways around I'arls promptly on
the approach of the enemy. It Is understood that
the diplomatic corps, in case the city Is besieged,
will go to Tours, which, owing to their presence,
will lie considered neutral and respected as such by
he belligerents.
Tht* f?nrt?M rtfirlalftHf ?ojtoriiuir i.A?nr? ??*? ?.?
r- ? I'Uat iuu IIIgency
ol the situation demanded two important
measures?
First, The formation of battalions from the Garde
Rationale, home guards and tiremen of each depart
went, who should be lightly equipped and socclally ,
designed to hang upon the march or the enemy, attacking
him at every opportunity. The second was
for the government to take at prices agreed on all
artna manufactured in France, cither for foreign or
private parties, and now ready for 11^0.
The Committee or Defence meets twice daily and
the measures It orders are promptly executed. It is
positively assured that Count Paiikuo will aunounce
this week to the Chambers that the work of preparing
Paris lor the siege Is entirely completed.
Nothing lias been received Trout the Trout except
rumors of engagements terminating favorably to
the French.
The country people arc now beginning to second
the French scouts lu giving precise information of
the movements of the enemy.
Officers and others who have arrived here from
the front insist upon It that a great battle was fought
ob Sunday, the 27th, and that Bazatne and UacW
all on had gained immense advantages. They say
that toe latter expected to tnoct by this ilmo the
army of tne Crown Prince, to which reinforcements
were constantly arriving.
There is no doubt but that a great and most lot
portant battle will take place at once. The condition
of the Kreuch troops Is excellent. MacMahon
has also received large reinforcements. An entire
corps, the Thirteenth, numbering 50,000 men, which j
was organized here, ha* been sent to him. Itazalne
has been abundantly supplied with provisions ana
munitions.
Paris l? now fully prepared to resist attack. The
authorities are exceedingly active. The workingmen
declare they wtu defend the city street by
street should It become necessary. The democratic
and republican Journals are as ardent as others in i
urging defence. Political differences arc forgotten !
in the presence of the enemy.
A private party, who had purchased 300,0*1 old 1
muskets from the ?- >
? .-.v.mucm, nan returned them,
and Hie; will be distributed at once.
The National Guard, armed with these weapons,
arc daily drilling tinder experienced omccrs; aud
they arc certain to uuko a goo t aland againat an
imsuiilt.
The b??t ol the rruenlans In their move on rarln
i'
NEW TOE
rives time for the arrival oi enormous reinforcements
now on the fray from tbe provinces. TUe
capture of the elly la considered Impossible now.
Advices received from all partB of the provinces
invaded show that tbe sharpshooters are becoming
very efficient. They capture numbers of Prussian
scouts and stragglers, and repei attacks on towns
and villages. The presenoe of the sharoehooters
and Mobile Uuards eucourage the country people,
who now pot on a bolder front. In some cases they
have attacked the enemy, killing and wounding
quit* a number, and at many places they resist attacks
before tamely submitted to.
| Should the Prussians be defeated tbelr retreating
columns will be terribly barrassed by these irregular
to.cos, who even now haug uoou tlie enemy's
line of march and Inflict daily losses.
Two of the leaders In the recent riotons affair of
the Boulevard de Villetes appeared before the council
of war to-day. They confessed the attack on the
station and thai they attempted vo excite (ho populace
to rise In open revolt. Two others, accuseu of
having In their possession stores of arms, also appeared
at the tnai. The name of Blanqui was
mentioned, and it transpired that he was here at
tne time of the riot, end lodging with one of the
active participants. The trial Is still in progress.
Tue Opinion Nafotuue demands that ua tne Prussians
shoot the country people France should teach
Prussia i hat if this practice continues she will take
no prisoners and lb.it Uie war will become one of
extermination.
Tbc population of the suburbs of Paris seemed
panic sir.i ken at the flrsi news of the rapid aj>prou<-h
of the Prussians, and crowds of the country
people living near rushed into the city with all their
effects. Calm reflection, however, soon succeeded,
and tbc same persons lately so terrified are now
energetically preparing the city for defence.
The President of the .Swiss Pederal Council, hearing
thai Prussian emissaries were seeking to bribe
cei lain journals m Switzerland, baa issued a circular
warninlng an parties that neutralltyimust be
strictly obser virfl.
An American auxiliary ambulance train, nnrter
the charge of Dr. afcUormick, set out for the Iront
troin Paris to,day.
The Mm r no I optcifl states that the blockade of the
German coast only became effective on the 19th inst..
u- Fiyaro reports that a leading banker In Paris
has received Irom America a telegram sayiDg that
twenty ships heavily armed have started from various
American ports; that they are manned by Germans
and are to prey on French commerce and onfended
ports on the French coasts, The report
creates a sensation.
Home journals to-day print a report that the Prusrinns
last night attacked a train on the Paris and
Gyons Hallway. There were some troops In the
cars and they made a defence. Alter several had
been killed or wounded the rest retreated.
, The. bombardment of Strasbourg Is becoming very
severe and much damage has already been done to
Mutineers arc leailng down buildings In the environs
01 Pans to give unobstructed range to tne
guns of the fortifications.
The administration of ParlH has established eighty
economical cooking furnaces for the use of the
poorer classes.
CALBE DESPATCH TO THE HEW YQ.1K HERALD.
Ifflvn'taut N'ewa Expected from the Front?
( olil Agnlo in Circulation?(dermann Dunlnhiril
from Parlo?Another American Ambnln
nee?Country People Streaming Into
Ports?Brittany Volunteering for the Army.
Paris, August 30 -Night.
It Is reported here, apparently by official authority,
that very Important uews from the armies may be
looked for to-morrow.
Gold is again circulating in Tarts.
All Germans still resident In the French capital
have been ordered to leave Purls within three days
from this morning.
Another field ambulance of the American pattern
left Paris for the front yesterday. Three ladles accompanied
It for the purpose of discharging the duties
of hospital attendants In the French army.
Brittany la sending hundreds of hardy volunteers,
es> elient soldiers and marksmen, for service In Napoleon's
armies. The number of volunteers from
mc ucj/ai uucub ui onitauj wnv are aireauy in 109
ranks Is considered an being quite Immense, having
due regard to the local population. There la a legion
of foreigners/ those not owing allegiance to Germany,
organizing here.
Thirty thousand persons who formerly resided In
the neighborhood of the ci'y of Paris sought shelter
within the barriers yesterday.
The members of the city police force of Parts have
been pressed Into regiments for mtltiary service If
needed.
countless wagon loads of household furniture,
the property or the peasantry residing in the different
villages near to Paris, arc pouring Into the
city.
AUSTRIAN REPORTS.
CABLE DESPATCH TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Pruaoian Report of an Imperial Anntrlan Armament?Tho
Armies of Prnncla Joseph
Being Made Ready for War?A Secret
Movement.
London, August 30?P. M.
A special telegram from Berlin, which was received
in this city to-day for the jews columns of
the Hekacd, reports that it is known in the Prussian
capital that Austria is secretly arming and that the
War Department in Vienna is, with the consent of
tlio Kniperor Francis Joseph, engaged In recalling
ail army furloughs, both from oflicera a d the mcu
Herring in tlte ranks.
The reserves contingents of the service are also
being called on for reports and returns, and orders
have been issued for a master by regular commission
of the strength of this force.
Contracts have been made bv the Austrian Commissariat
Department with the directors ami officers
of the different lines of railroad now working in
the A us ro-ilnngarlan empire for tlic transportation
of troops through the territory.
Sanitary measures for general military or actual
war purposes are also being taken and attended to
with considerable desnatch, and a great-degree of
earnestness prevails generally in every department
pertaining to the army.
The exact object or actual Intent of this policy of
the Austrian goveanmcnt Just now is entirely anknow
11 here.
BELGI *N REPORTS.
TABLE DESPATCH TO THE HEW YORK HERALO.
ttnc.llnhon to Make a Desperate Effort?
Hie Strategy for a Derisive Battle?The
Prussian Triangular Position?Napoleon's
I.nfct Cbanre?What Map Follow.
Condon, August 20?Night.
Brussels advices dated this evening, which have
i>een received in this city, state that It is known
from the seat of war that Marshal MacMahon is
about to make a desperate effort to force his way to
Sedan along the line or the Moutmldy and Thion.
vine Hauroaa.
The object or the French commander tn this movement
Is, as It Is alleged here, that of attacking from
the north whatever forces or the Prussian enemy he
may find massed or gathered In the triangle which Is
formed by the fortresses or Metz, Verdun and Toul,
regardless or the numbers of the enemy, and that
ho hopes for the co-operation of the garrisons of
these places In the execution of his movement.
The attempt is regarded as very bold and desperate,
as MacMahon will have no means of escape in
case of failure.
It Is believed that the Kmperor Napoleon and the
Prince Imperial of France will await the result of
MacMahon's striitegy at Sedan, tho Imperial party
keeping ready to cross at a point near to Hrouillon
irilY! RaWflmn In fhn nvanf. of a .lufa-it ? ? -
* - vi mo rrcut n
army.
CABLE DESPATCH N TH?NEW Y03K HERALD.
Itnllrnad Com muiilriulsn with Paris Suspended?
Kiglutng on the Pranco-Priisstiui
I.me?Sifting Strasbourg.
i:russkt,8, Aupnst nn?g p. m.
Communication with J'arU by railroad baa been
unpenned.
F'KiiUag commenced between the more udrancea
:K HERALD, WEDNESDAY
parties of the French and Prussian armlet along
the line of the railroad wnich amies Ifentmldy, Bodan
and Mundelsheim. yesterday, the SOih Instant.
Official Prussian despatches state Vhat a combined
force of the German infantry brigade opened t>atrallel
siege lines within six or eight hundred yards
Of ine fortress or Btrasbonrg yesterday without sustaining
any loss.
Indeed, tlie German# did not encounter any opposition
in the dlscn&rge of the doty.
Forty new guns have been placed in position by
the Prussians, malting ready for the bombardment
of Btrasbonrg.
The Belgian troops are hastening to the frontier
from all quarters, A great battle between the
French and Prussians is apparently Imminent, and
the services or the Belgian troops will no doubt be
necessary to proteet the country from invasion.
The Investment of Longwy by the Prussians, reported
yesterday, is dented.
Marshal MacMahon's headquarters are at Sedan.
A telegram, dated at Each, Luxembourg, to-day
reporta:?"Canuonadlug was beard this morning In
the direction of Audury. A squad of Prussian horse
subsequently appeared on the frontier, but refrained
rrorn crassmg it. They were attached by the Custom
House patrol, and one was killed and ten
wonnded.
Stcnay has been re occupied by the Prussians.
Belgian troops leit this morning for the French
frontier.
The Uonapaites are creeping on behind MarMahon.
PRUSSIAN REPORTS.
CABLE DESPATCH TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
French Clerical Mutilation?A Ftnsr of Trace
Suddenly Fired On?Bombardment of Mtraokavri
Bkkun, August 30?9 P. M.
The Gazelle, of Carlsruhe, reports the following:?
Last evening the Bishop of the city of Strasbourg,
actuated by a desire to stop the effusion of blood,
undertook to bring about some sort of a truce or
mediation. With this view he went to Schiellngheim,
and had an interview with Major Leczlnsky,
chief 01 the Prussian staff. He urged that the bombardment
was contrary to the laws of humanity
and modern warfare. The Inhabitants Dud been
denied leave to withdraw from the city. The Ulanop frhfutn.xl
?a tu-OMlL f, i.r hrd.ru? nouontinn rrf (ho liAnt.
bartlrnent, iu order to give the Oovernor of Strasbourg
an opportunity to negotiate.
'1 lie Governor was accordingly Invited to come out
and examtue tbu preparations wn;ch hud been made
by Hie Prussians lor continuing the siege. Ah Major
Lec/insky escorted tUe liiHhop bock to Strasbourg
Ids nag of truce was riddled wltb bullets.
The bombardment 01 the place continues with
guns o! the largest calibre, and the surrender of the
cny ta merely a mutter of time.
Forty-two Guns Fluttering Strasbourg.
Ukulin, August ;:o, 1H70.
An official despatch Just received from Mendelshedn
reports that the first parallel was opened
yesterday by the South German tiesleglug force at
700 paces from the walls of Strasbourg. At tins distance
a battery of forty-two heavy guns opened on
tb" city. The besiged maue no reply lioin the walls
or citadel.
Tbc No vol Movement*.
Mrmki,, Prussia, August 30, 1870.
American and British vessels arrive ut this port
and sail unmolested. No French cruisers are In
sight. The entrance to the river Cms and the port
Bememundc ure still open.
The Prussian liarka Brilliant anil Pcrlc have iwen
captured l>jr Trench cruisers lu the Mediterranean
and taken 10 orau, Algeria.
.
ENGLISH REPORTS.
.HoTinf Towards a Severe Flfclil?The Niiaaation
at Sedan?The Prince Imperial?Uu.ilroad
Communicnlioa Open to the French?
MaeMabon ut ny not Figbt lor Some Days?
Mutation In Paris.
IXiNDON, August 30, 1S70.
A special correspondent telegraphed ironi Verdun
Monday afternoon at five o'clock, and on Tuesday
morning at five o'clock his message was received tu
this city.
No news had been received there of a great battle
reported to have been fought.
Many Prussians are around Man/on, Dun und
Stenny.
Keitorts of canon and musketry were heard Sunday
In that direction, and an engagement, is b/. \ed
to have taken place near Uuzancr.
Five hundred Prussians attacked the railway station
at Chauveney, which was guarded bv Ally
French soldiers. The fight lasted one hour, daring
which time there were seven killed and Ave wounded.
The Prussians took twenty-eight prisoners and
burnt the station.
A special correspondent writes from Mezieres,
Sunday:?
I left Rethel yesterday morning, and was one day
on the road, (in rnv nriiv.il In-ro I f,.... .? I
j - HUU|.B
except the garrison, but the Prince Imperial has arrived
during tne day with an escort of Cent (lardes.
The Emperor Napoleon slept at Tourteron night tielore
la*t, and started yesterday Tor Lechsne, sending
the Prince Imperial hero at the same ume.
This morning the Prince and his escort started at
half-past t> n o'clock (or a secret destination, which
1 am privately told is Sedan, t.ius proving that the
Prussians have not, as reported, cut the railway
between Meiclere* ami Seuan. The Prince goes by
the road indeed, out he would not be sent forward
unless the neighborhood is clear of the enemy.
We start to-morrow 'or Moutmedy via Bedim.
To-day there arrived several hundred artillery
horses and some guus from Vlncennes for the ramparts
here.
It is certain that MacMahon does not mean to
flght for some days.
The National Guards here underarms are in uniforms
forty years old, and are wnolly undrilled, but
IUUUJ "? "U UUIIUrilJN HI ail,
but look soldierly. Tlio persecution of correspondents
continues. All have been expelled from KetUel
on wnom the authorities could lay their hands.
A special correspondent writes from the Crown
Prince's headquarters at Llgny on the 24tti:?
This is a great day in the campaign ot the Third
army. 'I he King, Moltke and Bismarck have arrived.
The streets have been choked with Bavarian
ti oops from morning until late this afternoon. Hie
word is "Forward to Pans!" Infantry, cavalry,
artillery, wagon trains and everything move ceaselessly
lorward. The troops are la excellent condition.
This same correspondent adds a sentence showing
that the Prussians knew a week hiiicc of the last
French movement.
The Fmperor Napoleon is reported to have gone
I from Chalons to Itbeims. Nome think lie will try to
return ami march to the northward of the Germans
to rescue the troops at Meu.
A special correspondent writes from Paris. Mon
day:?
More tlian fifty thousand people have moved into
Paris Irom the suburbs alouo since .Saturday
night. The confusion Is endless. The octroi
duties are no longer levied, it holng a sheer
impossibility to do so. There are still forty thousand
Herman here, of whom General Trocliu's ia.-t
order reaches thirty thousand lu the suburbs of
Lavlllette and Belleville alone. Provisions for the
siege arrive in enormous quantities. Three hundred
and fifty hundred weight of hour, and lf.0.000
hundred weight rice harve been Btored lu the r|ty;
100,000 oxen and half a million of sheep
are in the Bois ae Boulogne. Blxty millions
of rations of preserved meats, three months'
supply of salt, spices, sugar and coffee, and six
months' supply of wine and spirits nave been stored.
Private lamilies supply their own stores. Grocers
and other shops are surrounded by purchasers, and
l heir entrance is regulated by the police. The government
Invites farmers to bring all their supplies
to Paris, promising tbem fair prices for the same.
The French army under MacM&hon left Vouzlers
yesterday, as is supposed, ror Ketbel, in force estimated
at 180,000 men.
The Prussians reached Vouzlers shortly afterwards,
being the army of Prince Frederick Charles,
estimated now at 100,000 effectives. Stelnuietz is
thought to be following Prince Frederick Charles
with an army of 120,000 men. ?
The Impression in London Is that MacHahon hopes
to effect a Junction wltn B&zatne, who certainly is
Tree to operate to the north and west with at least
100,000 men, and to strike with him a decisive blow
upon Steinmetz and Prince Frederick Charles before
the Crown Prince can reach ihe latter with his
army, estimated at 160,000.
Advices from Belgium are to the effect that the
army of MacMahon has been completely rcorganl/..sl
and is In the highest state of efficiency, while the
Prussians have been exhausted and disorganized by
their excessive labors and long marches.
An Austrlau officer from the front, who arrived in
London yesterday, reports that a new army corps,
fifty thousand strong, is on Its way to Join MacMahon
from I'uris.
Wo have advices of a cavalry flglit on Friday, 114
Huvany, between six squadrons of Frencn Chasseurs
and tnc Third Saxon regiment of dragoons,
supported by a squadron of tho Eighteenth IhJuua, 1
*, AUGUST 31, 1870.?TKm
tn which the Prussians were defeated. The French
commander wu wounded an<l a battery of Prussian
artillery, the Zwtnker, captured.
It la belle red that In the recent battles the French
Generals Frownrd and Bonrbaltt, the latter the
commander of the Zouavea of the Guard, have been
wounded.
hwsw ? v ut*ui vuuiti tuvcn c?i ?no in n nsD rvjroi|(ii
Office between the Cnder Secretary, Mr. Henman,
and the representatives of Russia and of Austria. It
Ib reported that the North German Envoy at Ht.
reterabnrg has been instructed to attic of ihc Russian
government explanations as to the movements of
troops on the Polish frontier.
A despatch from Antwerp says the evident Increase
of the bitterness with which Prance and Germany
conduct the war Is deplored there, as It postpones
the hopes of peace, and meanwhile the depression
In all brunches of trade uud commerce continues.
The London Globe says unless the French achieve
something there will be a million German soldiers
on French soli within a fortnight.
The French authorities to-day stopped travel via
Calais to Paris, and the Boulogne route will probably
be closed to-morrow. Tho Channel steamboats are
already withdrawing.
A decree appears in the Journal Ofllclel dismissing
from office the Mayor or Epernuy for Issuing a
proclamation udvislug tho citizens to make no defence.
The Conncll of War at Tarls has condemned two
more of the Vllleite rioters to death, one to hard
labor for life and one to five years' Imprisonment.
Great preparations have bcon made at Charlevllle,
In the rear of MacMalion's position, for the accommodation
of the wounded.
Despatches from the Pn??iin nonarui
quarters da'ed Sunday noon declare that Marshal
llazalne's communications are completely cut otr,
and all telegrams priutcd In Paris as foni lilm must
have been manufactured there.
The Junction or MacMahou and Baaalne Is not
despaired of.
The squadrons of Chasseurs defeated at Bnzoncy
and nearly annihilated belonged to the Twelfth icglment.
They were commanded by Lieutenant
Colonel Laporte, who was wounded and captured
with many others.
Foreign families are leaving Paris. It Is said they
are not allowed to remove their carnages horses.
Three members of Parnnment, Sir C. W. Dllke and
Messrs. Arthur Ileroert and Henry Wlnterbotliuin,
ore serving In the hospital at Nancy.
CABLE DESPATCH TO THEJEW Y03K HERALD.
Skirmishing nt Ncdan? Napoleon's Sonillac.tlabon
Could Not Hencii Knznliie?
Pruwliin Armies "Wedged" between TUem?
Marqnlt do Cullil'ot In Hharp Action with
the Snxtuw?Kr. ni'H Hash and Victory.
London, August 31?P. M.
The special correspondent of the Herald who Is
on duty at Sedan, reporting by special telegram to I
this city, under date of the 2sth Instant, describes
the recent fighting which took place between the
French and Prussian soldiers nlonur the lino or nm
railroad wns not or an Important character, being
merely a skirmishing ou the pari of the advance of
the Prussian".
The Saxon troops hold possession of stenay and
tfonzon.
Tlie Kronen soldiers hold Sedan.
The Prince Imperial ol France arrived at Sedan ou
the 28th Inst., hut the special telegram does not report
the exact whereabouts of bis father, the
Kmperor, ou thai day.
The IIkram) special correspondent states abo In
his telegraph despatch that not only has MacMahon
tailed to eirect a junction or his troops with the army
under command of Marshal Bazalno. but that the
Prussians have driven a grand army wedge right between
the forces or MacMahon and Ua/.alne and that
this wedge has been made still larger, more heavy
and more powerful consequently than before.
There are two tier man armies now operating between
MacMahou and Buzalne Instead of one army,
as hitherto.
The Twenty-seventh regiment of the French Chasseurs
d'Afrlquc, under coinmaud of the well known
Marquis de Gallitet, attacked a Saxon regiment of
dragoons numbering twice the strength or the
French near Monfon and routed the Germans com
piciciy, wuiiuiunnui ooo meu uuui Mie one rcglment.
It la Billl believed in Prance, sn<l In some quarters
hern In England, that Marshal MacMnhon will hi 111
persevere In his endeavor to forco the road to Metz.
Tlio /'all Mall Oiufltf places no credit In me statement
made as to tb? numbers of the Prussian forces.
Those reports, it says, arc not of facts, but of what
General von Moltke wishes to be thought facts.
CABLE DESPATCH TO THE HEW YORK HERALD.
SkirmMiIng Tor n Terrible Battle?Fighting
on a Lengthy, Nlraggliug Line?Prince
Frederick ('barlea' Plan Altered? Watching
MarMalion and Bazaine?An Immense
Force of Prussians?King William's Rome
to Pari*?Looking Out for ilie (treat Batilo
Field?tJcrumn Fxodns from I'arln?Sertitr*
of tlie American Minister,
London, Anguat 30?8 P. M.
A Purls special despatch, dated in that city in the
forenoon, says a great battle Is Imminent.
There haa been more or leas lighting for fortyeight
hours, with serious losses on ootli aides. The
lighting, as near as can be learned, has been In a
woody region extending for many miles.
It was reported several days ago that Prince
Frederick Charlca would retarn and go In pursuit of
Marshal MucMahon. Tbia report seems to be gaining
strength. It Is supposed that the Prince has been
thus led to depart from the original plan of operations
because his line of communications would be
seriously endangered with so large au urmy in ins
rear.
The Loudon Titties this morning says:?
On the 27th Inst, hve German detachments ronred
tlx deuciHwmt* of Preach catabfr near Buuoey,
In the Liepurtmerit oi Ardennes. The Germans belonged
to me H onrtti army, which Is now scouring
the Kastern Department In order to prevent communication
between Marshal MacMahon and Bazaiue.
The Prussians say the Paris telegram* purporting
to coine from Da/.aine are fraudulent, as he is entirely
isolated.
The following news from the French War OOlce is
just (half-past one P. M.) received here:?
Nearly nine hundred thousand men are now in the
triangle formed by Hue running from Ithouus to
lt' litel and Vonzlers.
Ua/.alne Is not shut up. He has 120,000 men, and
MOcMahon la 180,000 strong. They are stealing two
marches 011 the Prince Ho.val, who is two days ahead
of Prince Frederick Charles. It Is hoped that the 1
latter cannot come up lu time.
Ftlty thousand men left Paris 011 Monday for the
vicinity of Retbel. It 1* said the Prussian force there
Is 60,000 strong.
The Prince Imperial waa at Sedan on Sunday night
where the Kmperor Napoleon was also expected.
A force of German Uhlans was at that time only
nlno miles fouth of that place.
The Prussians have eutcred Vonzlers on the heels
ui tuc robreHtiuy rreucu.
King William's rouie to Paris Is by the upper
Maine and the Meuse.
A French frigate, which had been in the harbor or
Lerwick, Scotland, sailed thence on Sunday, after
repairing her engines. She had received notice from
the British government to leave.
The Parisians of all ranks hate been enrolled for
the defence of the city.
The French say the district between Khenns,
Mezieres, Sedan and Moutmedy will oe the scene* of
the next general action.
The London Time* quite agrees with Prussia that
the French must lie tuugni to know the powet of (heir
nelghttors.
Mac.Mahon's extraordinary move may have delayed
the crown Prince's advance on Paris, hut it
has also made tnat advance at any tuno heieafler
easy.
The London papers are perfectly befogged as to
the position of the hostile armies, as our lHte war
telegrams nave made confusion muie confounded.
A STortli Herman schooner itoni UrarU JAiely put
into Londonderry for refuge.
A French frigate la cruising outside.
The army correspondents in France are failng
bally. Mr. Austin, of the Londtx: Times, is Imprisoned
at Rheims; Mr. Iiull, of the Grap/iic, is lm
prlsoucd at Nancy, and Mr. Holdsworih, of the Mttcs,
baa been escorted buck. to Paris under guard.
The expulsion ol Lei many from J'urlu cause* sad
dislrcss.
LK SHEET.
A correspondent of the TV h*jrui>h writing from
Paris Sunday, August 2d, gives the following lutelttgence:?
Mr. Waabbnrne, the American Minister, has a hard
time of tt. The Germans In Frame arc under bis
protection. Every German who la arrested under
the provisions or the recent proclamation of General
Truchu demands at once to t>e taken neiore Minister
Washburuc for ait examination of the case. No
American Has ret been captured ax a Prussian *py,
while teu out of every dozen Englishmen have been
arrested.
The Trlevraph adds that the Americans do not
travel like Englishmen, with a chest of plate. The
former carry their countless diamonds in their vest
pockets and chignons.
REPORTS FROM DENMARK.
CABLE DESPATCH TO THE HEW YORK HERALD.
The Creech Iron-Clad Fleet In the Waters ef
the Battle?The Dundertoers Off Frederlltahaven?A
French Assault en the Prussian
Baltic Fortresses Imminent.
LONUON, August 30?Night.
Telegrams, dated in Copenhagen to-day and forwarded
to this city for the nse of the Hkkald, state
that the French iron-olad fleet had arrived in the
northern WHters.
The huge French Iron ram llochatnbean, lately
the American vessel Dunderberg, anchored this
morning off Frederlkahaven, Jutland. An attack
on the Prussian forties sea of the Baltic coast by
tills formidable vessel, assisted by othera of the Imperial
navy, is expected to take place immediately.
ITALY.
CABLE DESPATCH TO THE HEW YORK HERALD.
In Kairnie with England.
LONIKIN, Augusj 30, 1870.
The JVaxUme, of Florence, sayB there Is a perfect
understanding between the Courts of England and
Half,
tONJlUAL IRFLLiCirr.
Kemarkuble Narrative ?f l.o vc, Frailty,
Elopement nod Petition for Divorrr.
[From the MeiuphlH Avalanche, August 27.]
A bill ot oouipLuui praying Tor a divorce was died
in the Second Chancery Court yesterduy, allowing
that on or about the 22d of June, i860. John Huber
led to the altar aud married a lady mimed Margaret
Elizabeth Cox, "the defendant hereiu," and that she
wan an interesting, beuuUlui aud innocent gill of
seventeen.
The bill also shows that these, then made one In
the holy bonds of matrimony, lived happily togethor
and hud become the parents of two children, now
respectively live ami tbreo years old. This happiness
com liiued until about eight months ago, when
(lie "defendant herein" took it Into her head to
go to a party on a certain evening when lier lieloved
lord was we?rv and much indisposed, and wUea
a certain person by the name of Cornelias Sparks
volunteered Ins services as an escort, which voluntary
oiler was freely accepted. On several occa
sioiis thereafter the said Sparks did solicit to be and
was accented as an escort to Margaret Elizabeth to
bulls and parties, and picnics and theatres. TUo
coinplaunim after tttis had no suspicious that one
whom he hud deemed ho eminently discreet and
pure could do anything wrong; "nor for an Instant
doubt the wile of his liosoiu was au.vtlilng erne than
what she hud t een In the days of her inuoreuce.
He was pushed- with the cares and business of life
mid at the same lime was unwilling that anything
should prove a bar to the enjoyment of his
wile. Vic therefore sutlered this Intercourse
between the said Sparks and his wire
to continue for month alter month without suspicion,
he feeling secure in the love and nudity of his
wife ail the lime, ullitough she wt;ni with Sparks to
balls and theatres and remained out to a very late
hour of the night.
About twelve weeks ago. however, the complainant
bee.ime suspicious, owing to the remarks and
Insinuations of hi- friends 10 the effect that the conduct
of tils wife was calculated to bring scandal on
turn and his children; besides this, outside rumors
of improper conduct oetween (Sparks and his wife
were common. These things led hun to remonstrate
with Ills wile, whereupon sue flew into a towering
passiou and struck litui such a severe blow in the
face us to make the blood flow freely, lie did not
reseat the attack, consoling himself with the thought
that it was the uulurai expression of injured innocence.
Since then, however, there has beeu no peace or
harmony or comfort 111 the family, tue lady having
been cross. Ill-natured anil petulant, often absenting
herself from home and remaining out late or
nights, and refusing upon uur return to give any
account of herself or who had been tier coin nan
Ion*.
The defendant continued In this manner until
about the I9i.li Inst., when she (leil from home, going
with said Cornelius Sparks, alias "Neal" hpai'K*.
She took with nor her two children ana all the hardearnod
money that she could tlnd unsquaudered
during her past degradation, and everything else of
value that could be conveniently carried away.
Tlie injured man was ho paralyzed by tills
evidence of infidelity and depravity that
he could do nothing until menus of his who
volunteered to act for him had a telegraph
sent to Grand Junction which halted the fugitives
at that point, whence they were shortly afterwards
conveyed back to Memphis. The children
were restored to their father, but the once virtuous
and pure wife of John Huber had ceased to exist.
Since then many persons have informed him of
certain sinful, disgraceful and adulterous acts of his
wife, running back through many mouths, mid he
has n<> doubt hut that she has been guilty of udultery
with said .Sparks on various occasions lu and about
the city oi Memphis.
The bill of complaint fn ther showeth that when
"the said Sparks first began to whisper honeyed
words of love lu her ear and toy with her curia it
was her duty ai once to spurn the serpent,
him know ttiut he was trampling upon tlii sacred
rights of a confiding friend, upon vlitue and morality.
How easy she could have repulsed the first advances
of the seducer l*t
The complainant further shows that there Is no.
thing wrong, per se, in a husband |lln mill gig lllu
wife to accompany a young gentleman to places of
amusement; "yet, was It nut the duty or defendant,
by words aud deeds, to so speak ami conduct licrseii
that not a bravo man even, much less the cowardly
seducer, dare make the llrsi approaches - Could nut
the defendant have repulsed the seducer with one
look of Indignation when he first fondled Willi her
hands and toyed with her curls?"
The ulll further shows that the defendant has wll
siti(i sparks; that die has descended from a pure
and virtuous wile. And further, that when captured
uud relumed, she openly and publicly declared that
she preterm! to be the mistress oi sparks rather
than nc the wife of John Hutier. Further, It shows
that Sparks occupied the same chamber with dtlendant
while at (bund Junction that niglu.
Therefore the complainant prays that the bonds
of matrimony be at once and forever dissolved t>etween
litin and Margaret Klizabcth. which was once
Cox, and that she shall not be allowed any dower
out of. nor nave aoy distributive portion out of the
estate of complainant, nor shall be entitled t<> any
alimony, nor nave control ol the children.
GLASS PICTURES-SCIENTIFIC EX?LANVTlON NEEDED.
TO TUB I-iDITOK Ol TUK II Kit A 1,1):?
Tae narrative of the window glass ghost In Lawrence,
Mass., reminds me or something similar that
J saw five years since in the Park Hotel, uaguerreotyped
on the lenses of a field glass owned by an
Indian ugeut, who was stopping there temporarily.
Others who saw the field glass will call it to mind.
One or the lenses was entirely obscured by impressions
of small leaves (such as grow ou the bushes on
the Plains, which 1 think he said were laurel). They
were disnnct. not one or winch run into the other;
the other leuse was partially covered. Leaves
ground upon gia-s could not have been more perfect
and beside, the surface was per lectlj smooth, so thai
the impressions were tuside of (he glass, the Indian
agent snowed it to me as a curiosity, uud gave a
narrative In this wise:?He said he ficipienily would
drive ahead of a tram that tie accompanied, some
times a in le or two in a nuggy, and lie usually huug
his tleld glass on the dashboard In trout or him; that
one day in using It he discovered a slight obacurai.ioii.
he cleaned it with his handkerchief, but
It availed uol, and that gradually Impressions
of leaves made their appearance In the process of
lormation. This went ou until one of the glasses
id came useless auu me omcr nearly so (said ne),
juhi as you nee it, and added, lie thought there waA
something for scii'titlttc men to oxidant. TDe impressions
were fac aitntiri of Uie leaved ot the
01 uah that grown* all aloug the name, which 1 think
lie culled laurel. Those who have travelled the
plain* will know as to the nauie of the shrub. be
thought it uiuai have been the revolt of the stale of
the atmosphere - heat, cold and moisture?beside
agencies ul a chemical nature, of wnich science
give* us as yet no deiluite Idea. However this may
be, there was the ciear outlined ol lbs leave* from
tins shrubbery on the Plains, deeply and perlcctiy
embedded In the lenses of Ills tieid glass, and the
surface unimpaired. Might not the matures ol the
deceased female In I.awience have been similarly
transferred to the pane ol glass In the window?
and simply wonderful because scleucc has not discovered
the laws by which such results are produced,
lis being seen just uiier her death would not be positive
evidence that it was riot ilieie ocfuie, uiiote
served.
A CHILD KILLED.
About Ave o'clock last evening a tittle ooy a^ed
three years, named John Lanton, r? siding with his
parents at 300 Kast Forty-second street, while at
play climbed upon the iron railing near the urea
way of the tenement houses southeast corner of
Forty second siiect and Second avenue. While
niMMi* IIJ.I1 .10 <111 I'tiuiim- miu pen it (llrflitllfC
ul lliteeu left Into tliu areaway. Miiklug upon tun
bead and receiving inturlea wldcli 11 m feared
will nrovo JutuL Jlo wua aitcuoi-u by tbo laxuiiy
5
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
The i ?ini-nt for timrnor la
hjilll In ibe lUdlcnl Party Inevitable.
St. Louis, August 30, 1870.
The Interest in the State Republican Convention,
which meets at Jefferson Cily lo-uiorrow, is quite
strong. The delegates are already arriving. Oov,
eraor McClurg ana Lieutenant Governor Stanart
have eetabllabea their headquarters, ana their
friends are working hard, a Gruts Brown's
I friends are also gathering. an<l the contest promises
to he bitter, it i* Htrouifly asserted that if MoClurg
Is nominated llrown will l*- an independent candidate
upon a hroad. llherHl, antl-proacrlpiion platform:
and lit* friends assort that he will be stronger
than the regular nominee of the pMr'v. Th issue in
the (mutest Is the euiranchiseuieui ol those disfranchised
for disloyalty.
f'ongre-atonal Nomination la Okie.
clivklanp, August 30. lt>70.
The Eighteenth District DemoeraticGongrest.lon.il
Convention, held here to-day, nominated J. M.
Oothn berry.
New York Rrpnblicaa state CoaveniloB.
OapENSBcna, August so, 1870,
The following delegates to the Hepabllcan State
Convention have been appointed: ?
First District-?A. B. Juiaos. N. M. Curtis, (1. M.
Olea-on and D. A. Moore.
Third District? K. A. Merritt, W. Bradford, A. 11.
Andrews and J. Thompson.
<h orge M. tikason was nominated for the Assembly
In ilie First district.
Vonk icrs, August 30, 1R70.
At the First Assembly District (Westchester
Comity) Kepubiiean convention, held to-day,
Jos.'pli L. Pro'eus, HIIhh I). Glfiord and John J.
limit were elected state delegates.
PemisyJvaala Congressional Nomlnatlnns.
PfltLADKI.I'HIA, August 30, 1870.
Congressional nominations were made to-day by
the democrat* in us??-ir? * *
... vwuuvr ui j* nawrence uew.;
by the republicans In the Seventeenth district at
John town of 1). J. Murrul, urnl bv the republican*
lu Cheater county of Washington lowpaeuU.
Republican K?nliail?m In Mlcblian.
DhTRoir, Mich., August 30, 1870.
The republican conventions for the Third ami
sixth Congressional districts were held to-day. In
the former Mr. Austin P. Illair wan renominated by
acclamation. The contest la the Sixth district?J.
F. Driggft, ex-RepreseiiuUve?was exceeding y exciting.
Sixteen ballots were had, with the same result
as the nrst, viz.:?Iirtggs. Sl\ Sirlckland, 18;
scattering, 24. Adjourned until tomorrow.
Politics in Trnoesarr.
OKNEKAL JOHN 0. BROWN AND THK SITt'ATIOH.
General John C. Brown, candtdule for the anil- #
radical nomination for Governor, has issued an
address to the people of the Stale, defining his position
and touching upon uat.oaul topics us follows:?
The political parties as they formerly existed in
the Southern States, perished with the l..te war,
and their names as well at their creeds belong now
to tiis ory. There are now but two uatlounl parties,
the one, the radical republt an party?fatituiliiiariari
In oriuciple, wasteful and partial in its disposition
of the pubic iloraalu, reckless in its expenditure of
the people's money, nartii-au uud prescriptive la lis
legislation, and utterly regardless of the sanguauiK
m the uonstltnUoti. The other, the natloual detnoriafie
pintv. battling lor constitutional rights,
economy in the uuiuiiustrailou of the government,
the reduction of taxes and t he restoration of the government
to its ancient l.in im irks, and Is composed
of all men by whatever name heretofore Known, ,
who seek to wrest the country from the dominant
lion er and save It from tit cr ruin. With one of inese
parlies every man lu Tenlp sse<\ who would cast his
vote and contribute his lullucnec lu the dirw tlou of
his political fuiih, must unite. Mo middle ground
can be occupied, and neutrality at this juueturo
would. In ray opiuiou. oe criminal. Kmertammir
biicu seuuuienis n is scarcely accessary for me lo mid
Itiac 1 :uu It full accord with tlio uutlou&l democratic
party, ami slam! in political faith where I <UU tu
April, ih?8, when 1 hml the honor, as chairman of the
committee, to report ihe resolution to the State Convention,
then i-lttiug at Nashville, and I wiiall earnestly
labor In the ranks or olsowhere in the great
battle which is being fought by Unit party for the principles
of coiiHtltutlonul liberty. 'Hie convention which
will soon assemble iu Nashville wHl be largely composed
of the intelligence or the State, and Its deliberation!!
wnl doubtless lie characterized by moderation
tiud patriotism. The executive committee has
invited till the cfeuieuts opposed to radicaliam to
be represented, and 1 am confident that
its deliberations will give harmony to
our ranks and produce unity both ot
purpose and actum; that while it will be lrreslstanlc,
It will restore our State to tranquillity and rcpeso.
And while t unhesilauugly announce myself
a democrat, yet to this convenuou of the people I
submit my claims, and I doubt nut Its wisdom will
find a way to harmqoize the action of ail tue true
lovers of constitutional freedom; and I will abide lis
action, believing, us I do, thai the bums of our organization
and political fuith must and will be
antagonistic to the radical despotism now In power.
In lay opinion ihe poiiiicul seuumeuts enumerated
in the platform of principles adopted by the Ohio
democracy, to which public attention in the State
lias been reoently directed, are In tbu main a platlorui
upon which we can and will unite. That platform,
1 might add, might probably be more specific
in declarlug that the live-twenty bonds should and
must be paid in the lawful ourrem-v ot ? ? n?o~.<
siiiies. This Is both la accordance wlui the act of
Congress authorizing then Ishuuqco and just lo an
over taxed people.
There are questions of .state and national policy
thai the limit of this communication will not allow
a reference to, but which, at the proper time, l will
cheerfully discuss beiore the people.
Respectfully, J NO. C. BROWN.
NasuviLLt, Tciin., Aug. no, 1870.
TUE GrRMN DclOCRiCY.
*Tlic Ward llrlviutri Of the German Societies
Spook on (be European War?A Political
Ma at Teal a.
' A meeting of the Cencral Committee of theOertuau
Lnlon democratic party, consisting of 350 delegates
from the different ward organizations, was
held at tlioTeuionla Assembly Rooms, In Third avenuo,
last night. Ureal enthusiasm prevailed and
the following argument was udvunced:?The poliucdaud
ethical history or nations proved Germany
an eminently peaceable Hi ate, an I the endeavor
10 make her responsible for the present wur
was a fruitless one. The crime* ot rulers are visited
upon the people they rule, and France must pay In
I present liuuillPy tor (lie arrogance and aggressions
j ol horn* XIV. ami the Bonaparte family. Ucrjnauy
has been made to suffer in the imsr. and should have
the sympathy of all honest men. and particularly of
Americans, in her effort to humble France. Millions
oi Hermans nave contributed to the pro>petlty
and power of. America, while France insulted
us In Iter Mexican expedition and her attempts to
aid the South in rebellion. The Hermans
are a great people, phvsh ally and intellectually.
Resolutions were adopted censuring the
mean and despicable course of uemoi ratio
utiwnwww uprcMa iJlttlMtlljr for Hie PrWMtL
it wiu also resolved tli.if Louis Napoleon was in tSa
liubii of hobnobbing wail the members or ttie Kn^iir-11
government uml didn't tare a lit; for Ireland,
ami tliiit tlie only correct iiuil proper course for
good people to pursue was 10 organize patriotic
(German) clubs ana subscriiie to the relief or tho
wounded of Hie war. Considering the fact that, there
were "many thousands or captured enemies ' 10
eharo the anticipate tl benefits, the last resolution
should receive the support of every one.
The above was soniame I in the address and en.
dnrtv d by tlio resolutions, both of wiitcu weio
adopted unanimously.
Political Note* anil Comments.
An Kastern paper says Horace Greeley la tha
"combing 10811'' In New York. Horace 18 not famous
for splitting hairs, especially his own.
Horton D. Walker, of Portsmouth, Is the most
ptomtuent candidate for the republican nomination
for Governor named In that section of New Hampshire.
In the RchylklU (Pa.) Congressional District John
W. Klllenger, of Lebanon, will be the republican
candidate, and Dr. Ulonluger tho democratic. Tho
district is close.
Charles Ready, of Murfrecsboro, hating been Invited
to become a candidate for Congress frotn the
Tennessee Fourth district, responds that he will
only consent to do so tdrougn the intervention of a
district nominating convention, He is then ready
to stand the fire.
11 s'-cms that General Schcnck has determined to
accept tne republican nomlnaiiou for Congress from
the Ohio Third district, provided the Inmates of the
Military Asylum be allowed to vote?a gystlon
about which the denio rats have been Involved In
J some doubt. ^
10 uo>'i m. j. wiiuam* declines to tie a candidate
for Congress from tlie Sclma (Ala.) district.
I.liiton Stephens (broiber of Alexander H.ilsfo
tie cti<i?en chairman of trie Executive Committee of
tne democratic party of Georgia. Tills is a h<-altby
sign for Hie democracy. %
Crkhi's ok New Hami'sijire.?In the ceiiMta repmis
oi Xctv Hampshire an luctease is shown m
i every town hut. one of Coos county. Some of the
finest farms iu the State n? witniu the couflues of
Coos county. Carroll county falls off in every town.
Merrimack about holds its otvn, a gain of twenty-tlvo
per cent appearing In Cnnoord. and larger in some
iiutiiufaettiriiig towns. Concord will have a population
of almost thirteen thousand according to tins
en t indication*

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