The New York Herald Newspaper, October 11, 1870, Page 3

ARIS. eennennnnnnnnnce: Report from Horald Diary, at Lyents trom thy Investment ; fo Thursday Last. OR re THE:QARRISON HALF A MILLION STRONE. (Red Republi itating Agains = the Authorities, A BATH EXPECTED NEAR The Gernians Moving on the ‘Amy OF Lyons, "ext of Gambetta’s Proclamation to the French, TOURY. M. Thiers with the Aus- trian) Emperor, THE GREAT SIEGE, A Special Letter from Paris—Diary of Events ‘of tho Blegg—Tho First DefeacConsterna- ep of the People—Juleh Favre's Mission— @yposition oy the Part of the Rede—Count Blewarel’s Terms Announced—[ntense Ex- ynemt-—The War Keeling Dominant—Kol- @lers: Shot ‘for Cownrdice—Firing from Second Sortfo and Hrench Ke pulse=The Prict of Provisions Going Up— Gevernment Regulating Prices—Red Repub- 4 Hoan Agitatione—Leaders of the Reds og the * Pay-Roll of the Empire—Genernl News of the Progress of the Siege. Lonvon, Oct, 10, 1810, Bpecial letters for the Nsw You« HRuALD, con- taipimg fall information, have just beeh received from Paris, bringing news from the city down to the 6th inst,@fA private notejsays that several attempts have been made by the HERALD correspondent to send messengers through the lines, bus all have Aalled, ? GENERAL MATTERS, ‘There are not more than three or four persona re- maining at the Grand Hotel, Provisious are getung ad and very scareé. Butter, milk, Vegetabies and other luxuries are most costly, and of a kind very unpalatable besides. It if almost an impossibility for a living soul to get out of Paris, Four several attempts within my own kuowledge have proved fatal wo the adventurers, Who were a shot. A bal- Joon, however, starts té-mofrow moruing at five o’clock, and I shall make anotuer effort to torward a watch of correspondence, DIARY OF THE SIEGE, Mospay, September 19.—Fighting began tik morning on the southwest of Parts. The Mobiles and regulars were engaged, and after three hours’ fighting the Zouaves broke and « retreat wns ordered, Tha soldiers fying into Paris spread great consternation among the people, who filled the strecta, The Prossians occupted the heights on the west. ‘The “reds” have prepared to avall themselves of tne fret serious defeat to sieze the government, This evening large crowds gathered tp front of the cal¢s, calling upon them to close and the occupants to turn out and aid in expelling all he public offcera, Galignant suspended to-day, w fitty-eix years’ uninterrupted publication. The government has ordered the incomes of all absentees heavily taxed. Some of the papers say that Bismarck complaing of the French government not making propodale of peace direct to Prussia. The telegraph wires to Brest aud New York have been cut, and Paris ts now completely isolated from the rest of the world. Many foreigners have been arrested, a number of them charged with being spice, Flags of all nations are fying from numerous houses, The weather to- aay is very fine. TUESDAY, September 20.—All cafe have been ordered to close at half-past ten o'clock every evening. it having been announced that Favre had gone to the headquarters of the King of Prussia, there was ® great sensation among the red republ- cans, Who are opposed to treating for peace. The National Guard of the “reds” districts went to the Hotel de Ville to-day to demand of the goverment it it favored peace. Great excitement was manifested, which was allayed, however, by the ministers giving a negative answer to all parties. The cry for war was mage by many who were secretly eager for peace, Great indignation was expressed at the cowardly conduct of the Zouaves in the ght of yesterday, and a court martial bas been ordered to investigate their behavior. An American officer undertook to attempt to con- vey despatches out of Paris for Minister Washburne, but fatied, Several foreigners have attempted to Yeave the city, but without success. The Champs Slysées and other ayenues are filled witl? troops ‘busy drilling, Cabs and carts only are to be seen. ‘There are no private carriages visible. Many of the shops are sbut and jewelry has entirely disappeared from the show windows and bazaars, After eleven o'clock in the night nobody is stirrmg. There are only thirty persons, including two american ladies, at the Grand Hotel to-day, Some of the regiments marched past my window, carrying their preaa tuck on the bayonets of their guns. The weather continues fine. _ WEDNESDAY, September 21.—This-1s the anni- wernazy of the deciuration of the republic of 1792, and ‘®# proclamation has been issued in honor of the day, Tuo National Guards had a parade in the Place de la Concorde. Rumors of an armistice have sent the funds up and Immense relief is evident in the pubuic. mind. An American ambulance corps, with one hondred and\stx beds lald under tents, has been or- * ganized. Dr. Awinburne, of the American army, 1s at ‘the head, All the towns ground Paris have been deserted. The town pf Sceaux, which contained elght thousand inhab! its, has only one man left, Ohatwnay has nota single inhabitant remaining. Marauders have broken loose and arefrobbing In every direction. Paris is engumbered with people miterly destitute of means tm consequence of tie Reoppege of all work, National Guards ip mpre- ‘vised uniforms patrol the streets. The Gardes Mobiles ofthe provinces, a fing, Kleady,vody of nen, have been entrusted with the daty of preserving order. The foree in Paris 1 have ascertained to be over half a million of men. There aré $00,000 national guarde, 150,000 of the Garde Mobile, 60,000 regulars, 10,000 sailors, 10,000 volunteers, 6,000 of the old police and 4,000 douanes, ‘Tho fortis aud ramparts are well manned, Men of wealth are serving in the ranks. The papers this afternoon publish Bismarck’s con- ditton, ‘The demgnd for dismemberment is received a8 incredible, Oartestures of the Emperor and Empress are veing circulated. Letters from the courtesan, Ballanger, to tbe Duo de Morny have been published. To-day General Trochu inspected the nes from Stonen to Bercy. Lard ts selling at two and a half francs per pound, The weather remains lovely, THURSDAY, September 22,--The prices of provisions have been raised. Milk, butver and vegetables are becoming scarce aud the price of fuel 18 enormous. People are calculating the distance of the Prussian batteties and trying to ascertain the extreme range Of their balls and bombs. The general belief is that Paris is Impreguable, Jules Favre bas returned and intense anxiety Is manifested to learn the result of bis mission, An official announcement has been made that the interview with Bismarck was unsatis- factory, full details are promised, All the news- papers are published on half sheets, A namber of red republican journals are cried upon the streets, but they do not seil. Sword canes, poignards and Knives are selting at wil the corners. No news has been received from outside of Parts since last San- day. Fine weather continues, Fuipay, Sepvember 28.—Paria was aronsed early morning by the ingessant roar of cannon from “) G8 north and south, “From five ull eleven o'clock 4# the morning the firing lasted. ‘The excitement on ue part of the people to ascertain the result was painfolly intense. Wild stories of the number killed and wounded were fying about, and the whole day the streets were filled by eager crowds. Towards evening an oMcial report was published, which stated that the forts north of the city had fired upon the Prassians, who were attemptiug to pland batteries, and drove them back, On the south side @ sortie was rnade under cover of the fire of the forts to recover the ground lost on Monday, The loss in killed and wounded was small, aud all in the olty were clated at the marked mprovement in dixcipiipe and behavjor dis- played by the troops. To-day Jwes Favre padlished an account of his mterview with Count Bismarck. The effect upon the people was prodi- gious, All thought of peace was abandoned, and a universal resolution Was expressed to die or drive out the invaders, The red republican party, which had been clamorous for coniinued war, was out- manwuvered by this event, Everybody was for War; no One dared to whisper of peace. The govern- ment continues popular. To-day the members of the diplowatic corps rematwng in Paris met in councll for the purpose of considering whether they should leave the city, Rumors are current this evening) that (he provinces were rising in force, and that the army of the Loire would be ready to take the field early in October, Balioans have been sent off from lere, bat tt is im- possible to get news from the outside world. To-day the streets Lave been swept for the first time in weeks, The boulevards were crowded tll ten o'clock Ww-night by excited people, Very little gas ix ured. Ab assurapee company against we risks of the siege bas been advertised; Americans are the projectors. ‘There is also a company whick in: incomes to the families of those killed, Geuera! Trochu has or- dered that the demonstrations before the staiue of Strasbonrg shall cease. At midnigbt Paris is as silil asa graveyard. The weather is splendid. SATURDAY, Septtember 24.—At a public meeting of the “reds,” neld to-dag, Victor Hugo, Louis Blanc, Gustave Flourens and Blanqguip declared tn favor of ceasing all opposition to the government. The erec- tion of barricades has been commenced at various points fo the city. Henri Rochefort 1s directing thelr constroction. Lois Blanc has published an address to the people exhorting them to union. He has been appointed Minister to England, but cannot get out of Paris. Viotlor Hugo has announced the republication of Les Chatimenis, at teu sous a copy. But few Americans remain in the city. Moui- ton and his wife are here, as is also M. Thiers’ daughter, Who Married Count Hertz- feldt, the secretary to Count Bisinarck. Harry Stone, Who represqnis the banking house Of Monroe, antl Mrav still bere, Foreign- ers dread the want of money, as they have no means of drawing funds, Ji ts said that Von Muitke was present at Jules Favre’ interview with Count Bismarck, he elections for members of the Con- siituent Assembly have been postponed, ernwent las appointed commissioners to forces in the provinces, but how they are to get there, except by means of balloons, nobody knows. The saloons of the Grand Hotei have been taken possession of for the ambulauce corpa; only one walter and two chambermaids ore Jeft in the place. The staine of Napoleon the First has been pulied down at Courbevole and thrown into the river. Sunpay, September 25,—-The first batch of impe rial correspondence has been published, but litile notice 1s taken of it. Military discipline is more strict than At any previous time. Several of the gunboats were aitacked by the Prussians to-day while passing Si. Cloud. The pavements have been removed from some of the streets to prevent unne- cessary loss of iife io the event of bombs falling in them. The president of the Court of Cassatton has been ordered to trial for complicity In the affair of Marguerite Bollanger. A system of electric lights has been organized for the ramparts. Many'of the monuments and trees in the cemetertes have been destroyed to factittate defensive measures. Many of the red republicans have been appotntea to oMce. The boulevards and Champs Blysées were filled with promenaders, for the first time fu many days, attracted, douvtiews, by the continued charming weather. MoNnDay, September 26,.—An attuck by the Prus- sians was expected last night. and pearly ail the People were up awaiting it to commence, but the night passed off quletly. Carrier plgeons were sent off Unis morning, and @ balloon Is advertised to leave to-night. The committee announce that there are fifty thousand poor from the environs now in the city, dependent upon charity. A spy was arrested to-day, the event creating inuch excitement, which, however, soon subsided, Sutter is elgbt frauca per pound to-day, and everything else ix rising in pro- portion. Twenty Prossian prisoners, captured be- fore the city, were brought In this evening. TURSDAY, September 27.—The government has taken the sales of meat into ite own hands and fixed the price which shall be charged. Five bundred beeves and 4,000 sheep are to be Kiiled daily. People are buying preserved food of all kinds. Nothing has been heard from we rrusstans since Friday last. ‘This morning immense columns of smoke rose up from the east of Parla, On inquiring I found that some stores filled with petroleum had been fired. Two hundred petsons were afrested on suspicion of being the Incendtaries, An immense sensation was created by the announcement that the first news from Tours, since the lavestment, had neen received, The American ambulance corps and Minister Wash- burne were loudly cheered op, the streets to-day. The crowd Was so dense that the new police appeared on the Champs Filyasdes ard opened a passage for the ambulances. A flag of trace hag been went out to ask permission for the passage of # courter from the Diplomatic vorps. Five Prussian batterles have been erected on the heights of Meudon, which can reach the city. Th heighta sbould have becn defended at a@ny cost, The weather is beautiful, WEpNesvAY, September 28,—Government urged Preozel, a German banker and naturatizea French citizen, to leave Paris, through fear of violence from the populace. He lert with a pass furnished nun by Minieter Washburne. The English courier, Captain Johnson, left to-day. There tg much excitement The among the butchers, who refuse to se!) then meat at the prices named by the govern- ment. They have been threatened with im- Privonment aod popular vengeance. The bakers and wine sellers have also heen forced to sell at fixed prices. Grocers charge such exorbitant prices that rots and plunder are fearea. The food 1s fall- Ing of sadly in quality, Poultry is strong, meat is tough and vegetables stale. A carrier Pigeon has Got into the city with short despatches from Toure. The dearth of news from the outer word is terrible. of what is gomg on onutaide the city, The utter im- ‘poasibility of getting out and in shows the thorough- hess of the investment, Qur isolated position seems meredible. The police guards have been doubled on the streets, THORSPAY, September 29.—A rumor is current that the tunnel at Severn has been blown up, thus cutting the russian communications, Two bal- loons were sent off to-day, but as enly the lightest of letters were taken the newspaper men here are in despair. Twenty soldiers were shot to-day for cowardice in the sortie of last week. ‘The aight was quite’sad and Impressive, but no sympathy was ex- pressed for the condemned men, A Jesuit convent has been pillaged by the soldiers. The new police uniform 1s of dark blue, with a@ tri-color star on the breast. Those restive “reds” are again becoming tronblesome, Ledru Rolliu has made an incendiary speech in which he declared in favor of @ red re- publican government. Any attempt at a pew rev- olution by the reds will fail, as the National Guards and the Gardes Mobile are against the reds, The pretext for the present agitators is the postponement of the municipal elections. It 1s plain that these revolutionary characters. must be put down by force sooner or jater, Rumors of a combat between them and the military are current, but if e' false now @ struggle may be looked for shortly. Soldiers are prohibited from lounging about the streets, The lower classes are suffering severely. A government placard has appeared on the streets stating that it has been found that loose women slip off to the enemy’s camp, and threaten- ing them with death if they are caught. A great number of cattle went through the boulevard this Morning. The poor animals were very thin and ap- parently worse off for food than the Parisians are aa yet. The Belgian Minister intends leaving the city, The environs of Paris have been so utterly destroyed that the next twenty or thirty years will be required to make them what they were when the war broke out. FPripay, September 30,—Ag ain were we woke up this morning by the roar of cannon. For five hours the firing was incessant. A sortie in force had been made, aud some strong positions taken, but afier- wards abandoned, the enemy being too pumergns to admit of their being held. Large numbers of wounded men were brought Into the city. The sight of them tended to depress the people, and to impress upon all a painiul fecling of the inferiority of the French forces, it 18 proposed that balloons returning to Parts shall drop parachutes with Jetiers and not try to iand, It has been announced that the gates of Paris will remain open frot seven o'clock In the morning till seven o'clock at night. ‘The autherities ciatm it has been discovered that Napoleon really invested many mj}ions In foreign fands, SaTURDAY, October 1.—The ambulances are basy bringing in the large number of men wounded yes- terday. J. Riggs, of New York, and Dr. Lamsen, the pastor of the American congregation m Paris, are quite active and useful in thelr endeavors to serve the woonded. Three huvared of the unfor tunate fellows are in the Palais d’industrie, All their wounds are bad. The Prussians kept the slightly wounded as prisoners of War. Nine of the men died on their way trom the walls to the bos- pitals, The Prussian surgeons dressed the woands ofthe French on the field, and had removed their own wounded before the French ambolances arrived. Some of the German officers told the American doctors that they would be in Paris soon. The French soidiers com- plain that they were badly led. Thetr eptrits are much depressed, A French geueral was killed and buried with military honors, Subsequently bis body was disinterred and sent in at the request of his family. The French forces started from their fortifications early in the morning In the hope of surprising the Prussians, but found them weil pre- pared and expecting the sort To-day the new opera house was opened for the distribation of food to the poor. Cards were issued for the dally aliow- ance and the people waited fer hours to get a scanty share. The government has ordered the silvet plate atthe Tuileries meited up and has advertsed that it wiliredeem for the poor ail articles of clothing and bedding pawned by them for not exceeding filteen Irancseach. Soldiers belonging to the Garde Mobiie had been ordered to be vaccinated, as the smallpox 18 rapidly increasing, thereby adding one more horror to the sidge. A bailoun has been advertised to leave Paris with passengers, the charge for each being four thonsand franca, The names of several red republican leaders have been found on the pay rolls of the empire and the proofs oftheir donbie dealing are to be pabditsned. All sub- ventions to the theatres and opera have been abolished and all the artists dismissed, AS @ consequence the managers are in a great siaie of excitement, which extends to theatri- cal circles generally. A slege insurance company, with a capital of one hundred millions of francs, bas announced itself complete and ready for business, M. Delesbaux, a judge under the empire and noto- rious for the severity of his sentences upon pojitival prisoners, committed suicide yesterday, He was impelied to the rash deed through terroy of prose. cation, Sunpay, October 2.—The news of the fall of Stras- bourg and Toul was brought in by General Burnside to-day, a8 also the information that the King of Prugata and Count Bismarck were at Ferrieres. We all believed them to be at Versailles. At the same time came the news that the provinces sre digsatis- fled with the republic and not anxious 10 reliéve Paris, and that the government at Tours repudi+ ates the government at Paris. A resolution has been adopted dismissing M. Cremieux from omtge, | fue horror of despalr seemed to geize everybody, and Paris seems surrounded by dungets ou every side, To add to the horror several dogs having been found in the streets dead of hunger, the dread of hydrophobia has been brought on, and every day witnesses new dangers and troubles. General Burnside tas been limited to thirty-six hours’ Klay ib the city. MONDayY, October 3.—The wildest hopes prevatied on Gen, Burnside’s vistt becoming geverully known, At noon an alde-de-camp of General ‘Trochu called to escort him to the French outposts, Mintater Washburneé acvompanied him, aud Mr. Borpes, who «arrived when he dia, returned with him. ‘The refusal of Count Bismarck to ailow diplo- matic messengers to enter Paris hag been received. He says that the diplomats ought to have left Paria before the investment. Minister Wash- burne has written an 6nergetic remonsirance. The news receivea from the gi ig SUI discourag- ing, and the government, Raw see their error in sending an aged lawyer like My Oremueux to repre- sent them in the great task of ralsifg the popular en- thusiasm in France. They frei that they are iroiated here. “The proper place for us ts Towra,’ said M, Gambetta. “Picard, muke an effort to ewcape If you can. We must make up our minds to venture out in a balloon, which is the only means of our getting ont.” What @ ludicrous position for the govern- ment of Frauce to be iv! Jn a balloon! Victor Hugo Iasued a stirring appeal to the Prussians. It 18 eloquent, but words pule before the realiptes of our terrible pesition. Torspay, October 4.—Five o'clock in the morning. It {sa lovely day. The sun is shining as brightly as at noon. For over two weeks we have been without adrop of rain, A balloon starts at seven o'clock, One geutieman of fortune goes for fun and carries with him a revolver, a pigeon and a package of lettvera, Good tuck to him, (Here the diary brought by one balloon closes, ‘The following Waa subsequentiy reveived:—) Wenwrspay, Oct, 5.—Last night @ great confagra- NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER Il, .1670.—TRIPLE SHERT. forge, who was pardoned by the Prince President tn 1862. the Hmperor, she ends by saying, “I have the to be, with the most profound respect, your very humble, obedient servant, Marie Capelle.” Duvenois, the editor of the Peuple Frangats, received five thousand france per day for the expenses of his paper, and, as & consequende, thé smaller his circulation the larger were hig profits. He is sald to have Dad a large quaptity, of blank paper stamped in or- Ger to make @ ahow of an enormous circulation, but that he sold the stamped paper to other journals, ‘There are also letiersy published from Miss Harard, who was created Countess Beauregard, showing that she received from the Emperor, from the 24th of March, 1853, to the ist of January, 1865, 5,499,000 francs, THE MILITARY OPERATIONS TELEGRAMS TQ THE NEW YORK HERALD. Carrier Pigeons Sent to ParieGambetta at Work=Successful Sorties From Metz—A Bottle Near Toury I ent—Minor Oper- ations—The People Organizing—Garibaldi on the Situation—A Brave Editor—Prassian Sples Shet—Bourbak! Expeeted in Tours. Tours, Oct. 10, 1870, ‘The carrier pigeons brought here by the balioontsts from Paris yesterday ywere sent back to that cily to-day with despatched from the Ministry here. M. GAMBEITA BARD AT WORK. It is reported that Gambetta, who is charged with the Ministry of War, is displaying great activity and energy tu his department. M. Gambetta refuses to accept an ovation which has been tendered him by the people of the city, In his reply he says the peo- ple must think first of the national defence, SUCCESSFUL SORTIES OF BAZAINE—PRINCE RICK CHARLES SICK. ‘The Libirle to-day publishes despa ing several successful sorties by Marshal Bazaine. In tts comments the Libérte says the success of these sorties forms the reason why the Prussian despatches have recentiy made no mention of affairs abMetz. Prince Frederick Charles ML fever, and has been obliged to Jeave the army. is said he Is now at Ferrieres. A BATTLE NBAR TOURY IMMINENT. It 18 understood here that a battle is imminent near Toury, The Prussians have returned there in force, and the French have sent 4 considerable army to meet them. FRENCH SUCCESSES AT DRECX. A despatch from Chartres, daved to-day, says that yesterday 200 Prussian horse, two guns and some in- fantry were encountered at Dreux, A skirmish en- sued and the Prussiaps were obliged to dixgorge thelr plunder, PRUSSIAN AND FRENCH MINOR OPERATIONS, Despatehes from Muintenon, Malesherbes, La Grange and Chartres announce the presence of the Prussians in those place Several eacounters bave taken place at Dreux, ‘The frane-tireurs have captured great quantities Of cattle lately that had been taken from tne people by the Prassians In thetr requisitions. THE PEOPLE ORGANIZING AGAINST THEIR ENEMY. The Sfecle has advices from the invaded depart- ments which show that the situation ts grave, owing to the enormous and repeated requisitions of the Prussians. ‘The habitants are forming companies of sharp- shooters, Those already organized nave obtained some marked successes against the Prussians. In many cases the siraggiers or small bodies of the enemy have been destroyed, 48 MILD MANNYRED MEN AS EVER KILLED PRUS- SIANS. A strong body of Franc-tireurs arrived here to-day from Marseilles. They are composed of gentlemen from the South of France, They carry the black flag. THE AMERICAN FLAG IN FRANCE, During the sitting of the government a crowd gathered in the courtyard of the Prefecture display- ing the French and American fags. GAKIBALDI ON THR SITUATION, } Garibaldi, on descending to the courtyard, was yorMeronsly CDeered, and made a speech in which he enfogized the volunteers and expressed his belint Dthe approaching redemption of France from the invader, He wore the Garibaldian costume and hat, aud looks healthy, though not sturdy. Ina subpe- quent address to the National Guard of Tours he sald he was to command all the volunteers in the French service, FREDR- hes announc- is with typhus it HEROISM OF AN EDITOR, Prefect Delafarge, who so energetically defended “St. Quentin with the National Guard, behind parri- | ¢ades, and repulsed the Prussians, had received no | military education, He was the editor of a Parts | journal. {russian aceNTS HooDWINKING THE PEOPLE. | The Monideur vo-day warns the public that nume- rous Prussian agents have lately come into France and are endeavoring to make contracts with the de- partments and towns desirous of purchasing arms. | The Montteur says this may cause dangerous delays in the pauonal arming. PRUSSIAN SPIES SHOT. Fourteen Prussian sples were recently appre- | bended near this city. ‘hey were trying to procure iniormation concerning the inhabitants with a view to make requisitions. They were promptly shor, GENERAL WAR NOTES. General Bowrbaki is expected in Tours, Tours ig fou of volunteers and conscripts from the south of France.‘ Gartbaidi ts to have the command of all the yolun- teer forces In the Kast. y with Prussian prisoners has arrived Generosity—The Prussian Works Around Paris—B: ine Fighting to Get Ini Forces Moving On the Army of Lyone—Burning of a French Town—General War Notes, Lonpon, Oct. 10, 1870, tion wus observed near St. Grattien, supposed to be cgused by the forage of the enemy barning. A person who escaped from Versailles says that much damage has been inflicted upon the palace and the pictures, Admiral Taissail make @ reconnolssance to-night from Fort de Bicetre, The butchers of Paris have been Informed that no more live cattle will be sold, only those killed by the government: the pork butchers have been informed to the same effect. Notice has also been given that only enough milk for chiidren and invalids will be sold, and all others are exhorted to abandon t's tise. Yesterday a balloon was fired at by the Irursians, but was not hit. The bank of France hax decided to keep in use only three millions of francs n Kpecte in Paris; the reat will be sent off, It is agreed, when the necessity arises, to destroy all bank notes THURSDAY, October 6.—A fresh batch of corres- pondence taken from the Tuiléties hax been pub- King William has relieved Versatiles from the pay- nent of 400,000 francs, which bad been levied by the Prassians, om PRUSSIANS WATCHING DEPARTING BALLOONS, Balloons are constantly leaving Parts They are always closely watched for miles by the Prussian hussars, Two balloons, containing @ great quantity of oMictal correspondence, have recently been cap- vared, GERMAN WORKS AROUND PARIS. The Prussians are pushing their works near Jerome's Park, near Meudon, and on Bimbarian Hill, near Sevres. When completed, the Prussian artillery will command: Aateutl, Pasay, Grenelie sud other parts of the west and southwest of Parts. WAR NEWS FROM PARIS—GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCE: NT OF HELH. A correspondent at Boulogne sends words that, by @ balloon letter received at Amiens to day, he has news from Paris to the 7th. The spirit of both the garrison and ot the population was excellent, ‘The succeasive repnises sf the Prussians at Villejuif, Vitry, and Mendon, had elated the Parisians greatly, and General Trochu has publicly thanked the troops engaged in the reconnoisances and sortier for their excellent conduct. The government at Paris officially announced in that city on the 6th that the three new armies already formed in the Provinces, the army of Rouen, the army pf Lyons and the Army of the Loire, now contain two hun- dred and forty thousand troops, fully armed and equipped, and made up of regwars of the line, vet- erans, volupieers and Gardes Mobile. The superior ravge sod weight of the guns in the fortresses around Faris dally inflict severe loss on the invest. Ing armies. CONS EQUENOR OF PARIS HOLDING OUT UNTIL STARVED. A note from the Prussian government !oforms the Powers that Paris threatens to hold out until it is starved, In that event two millions of peopie would be in the hands of the Prussians, who would be onable to furnish supplies for a single day, as there is nothing edible within several days march of Paris. Hence the people cannot abandon the city, The tnevitable consequence will be that handreds of thousands must starve. Tne those holding power in France are answerable for | General Bourbak! to England ts believed to have the results,’ AN ENGLISH ENGINEER ON “COMMANDING FORTS. The London Times this morning publishes a re- markable letter from a colonel tn the Royal Engt- neers in reply to a commanication from an amateur engineer. He says it is @ mistaken Idea to suppose that a fort is commanded by a neighboring nil beeagse the latter is a few yards higher, No fort can be commanded in @ military sense unless the interior of the | work 14 seen and exposed to fire. Few military engineers, he says, believe in the possibility of re- ducing Paris by a regular siege. ‘The Prussians, to do this, must construct regular approaches and breaching batteries to the very edge of the ditch of the enceinte, bat Buch works are not possible against ‘® garrigon of 400,000 men making continual sorties. There are only two modes, therefore, of reducing Paris. One 1s a slow but sure blockade, and the | other @ quick but barbarous bombardment from dis- BAZAINE FIORTING TO ORT TO BELGUM. A telegram from Berlin to the Manchester Arar ner pays that Bazaine is fighting for a path to gium, Heroic sorties are incessant at Metz. The Prua- sian commander has given orders for increased vigilance. The Prussian commissariat bas been re- moved to avold capture, LATER REPORTS OF BAZAINE'@ OF ERATIONS. Your correspondent at Ostand sends fuller par- ticulars of the operations #f Marshal Bazaine. The German army b¢fore Meta has been falling for soune time past into a deplorable condition, The removal of General Von Steinmetz burt the spirit and temper of the troops; the bad water, the insufficient supplie and the imeessant har assing sorties and demonstrations of the French, together with the change in the season, de- veloped diseases which fnally degenerated tnto a malignant sickness Of a peculiar type, which has filled the hospitals und overtaxed the taadequate surgical staf, The deaths from this pestilenee in { tant batteries. } | } its revenge throughout Lorraine and part of Chain- pagne, and ts seriously feared in the camps before the German camps have averagid for nearly three weeks 150 @ day. The catue of | the army and its norses have been dying | with the rinderpest, which has exten ed | been to assure the Empress, and through ner tne Emperor, that the army at Mets could not be relied om for the empire, and that it would be best for them to remove ao Obstacle in the way of the European recognition of the republio by a formal abdication, subject to a plebiscite, Om the return of General Bourbak! from Chiselhurst to Metz he stopped and spent half a day at Mons, which ts crowded with fugitive Impertalists, among them M. Granier de Cassagnac, who {# living there under the name of Destane, Immediately on the departure of General Bourbaki for Metz M. Granler de Cassoinac left Mons-for Wilhelmshohe. Prince- Napoleon lao returned to Mons from England after Visiting Empress Eugéne at Chiselhurst, The Imperialist faction at Mons are seeking to obtain » dynastic loan, and the pankers fercine, of Brassels, are now o¢ ied with the negotiations, It is be- Neveu ut Brussels that these are encouraged and ss sisted by the Prussian government, BISMARCK WANTS PEACE—-FRANCE FOR WAR, esponcent telegraphs:—The negotiations b¢> tween Count Bismarck aud M, Jules Favre, through General Burnside, are attracting much attention, As already tolegraphed to you, General Burnside re- turned to Paris from Versailies on the 8th with new Propositions of peace. They were submitted to M. Jales Favre, who dectined, for his own part and for his colleagues in Farts, to entertain them, bat ofered to send them to Tours for considera Uon If (he Prussians would give bis messenger A | @ safe conduct, Thus was immediavely conceded { by Count Bismarck, ‘These latest propositions are to suspend all military operations on both sides until after the elections shall be held for the Constituent Assembly. Your correspondent at Boulogne telegraphs thet the government at Tours refuses to entertain them. The voloe of France is unanimous for war until the foreign princes are expelled from Erance, and the presept attitude of the Prussian government 1s regarded as plainly in- dicating that the strain upon the German resources | Js beginning to be severely felt. A WILD PLAN OF PRACE. A correspondent at Ostend sends me a plan just | mace public at Dusseldorf for the restoration of the Emperor Napoleon on the condition of his making peace. The plan is sald to be actively going om Paris. It has only been kept out of Belgium by a rigid quarantine, and 1t has crept acros» the fron- tier at Saarbrucken into Rheni: Prussia, This being the state of affairs before Metz, and the army of Lyons being pronounced ready to take the fleid on the 6th ins Marshal Bazaine, py a previ- ously concerted arrangement, made tremendous demonstrations In his front, on both sides of the Moseile. He followed up this assault on three successive days—the [th, sth and #h— defeating the Germans and infictmg heavy losses upon them on each day. On the eth the co-operat- ing advaoce of the Army of Lyons, as already tele- graphed, assailed the Baden troops moving npon the siege of Strasbourg to Nancy, checked their march and engaged them in a series of actions be- tween Dieux and Lunneville, of only one of which, that of Raon I'Etape, we yet have details, The attacks of Bazaine have greatly demoralized and shattered the German army before Metz, ana put in peril the whole line of communteation be- tween the armies before Paris and the German fron- tiere. The French losses eo far have been sight. After the second of Buzaine’s attacks on the 7th Oc tober the Germans burriedly evacuated Courcelles- Chaussy, Ofteen miles from Metz on the Forbach road, whore they bad accumulated large supoites, burning what they could pot carry of They were not too soon. The Freuch cavalry cut off lielr tast teams at Raviile and Koulyney. THE GERMANS MOVING ON THE ARMY OF LYONS. A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian telegraphs that General Von Werder, at the head of the forces lately besieging Strasbourg, vancing on the French army of Lyons, now holding a post: tion vetween Belfort and Langeres, GREAT THINGS EXPECTED FaoM GARIBALDL. Some how an impression has been created here that the arrival of Gambetta and Garibaici at Tours is about to give a new direction to the military for- tunes of France. Before the war Gambetta was con- sidered one of the most promising men as an orator and statesman of the young deputies, Since nis ace cession to office he has managed to create a high opinion among the public for great administrative powers and untiring energy among the tiaperiailst subordinates in the Ministry of the Interior. T know from daily visits to the bureau {hat all are loud in praise of his capacity, business tact and sense of Justice, This man pow takes the direction of affairs at Tours with almost absolute powers. For guerilla werfare and infusing spirit in the demoralized masses Garibaldi ts believed here by many to be just the man wanted, The great partizan lewler may do much co retrieve the tll fortunes which have persistently attended the Prench military efforts, A TOWN BURNED BY THB PRUSSIANS, A squad of Prussian husears was attacked on the night of the 7th, through the treachery of the in- habitants of the village of Abilis, This town was aiterwards burned by the Prugsianx as a puniah- ment. Numerous bodies of French have stice been Oispersed in that neighborhood, MORE ABOUT VON MOLTKR'S ASSASSINATION, A letter fom the Tours correspondent of the London Telegraph revives the strange story of Von Moltke’s agsasstnotion, and addaves clroumstances to show its probability. if GERMAN RRAMEN HELD AS PRISONRRS AT ORAN, The Untted States Consul at Oran ia trying, pat thus far vainly, to mitigate the oguelty to crews of German vesels, illegally detained ax prisouers of war. GAMBETTA AND SEVERAL WAR NOTRS. ‘The vintage has commenced in Champagne. The workmen are protected by the Prussians, & The lack of good regimental officers delays the organization of the French '. A large Bavarian force ts pe. of Etampes. The village oh the north of Paris, which were deserted on the approach of the Germans, baye been repeopled again. Heavy guns have been brought to bear upon Pfaisburg. The bombardment will soon be opened, The German press ridicules the idea of a French levee en masse a8 mere bombash to cover their failure. The Ronen deputation has been warnily received in Italy. They were banqueted at Pisa and Plo- rence, The Prussians have preserved Fontainebleau from. pillage. The Germans evacnated Mulhouse on Sunday and proceeded towards New Brisach and Schiestadt, The truce at Mezieres ended to-day. The Duke of Mecklenburg’s corps 18 marching on Paris- Specie has vanished from France. The towns of Norinandy are preparing to issue paper currency, THE POLITICAL QUESTION. TELEGRAM TQ TRE NEW YORK HERALO, Preparing the Brench People for nm Lows of Territory—M. Gambetta’s Proclamatiop— Prussian Does Not Object to the Electiqn— Bourbon Papers Opposed Ita Postpones ment—M,. Thiers with Francis Joseph—More Denlals Regarding Imperial Correspond- ence—Varioas News Items, _— Loxpox, Oct, 18, 155% The Toure government la beginning to prepare the public mind, throng’ the medium of the preas, for tue cession of French territory to Germanys The Liberté consents to “a slight rectification of the froxt- Uer near Welssenbourg.¥ © ** NO RESTORATION OF THE BONAT ARE A telegram of to-day's date says that the fol statement is official:-+ The government of Pru«sia, onable menine the actual government of France, wUl not reto the Bonapartes, ' Lonpon, Oct, 10, 1970. | wig to re BOURBAKI'S MISSION TO THE REPRESS, Your correspondent at Ostend sends word that Parle MAF ap well be Jn the moyp for all ope bears | Wabed, Among them wp letter from Madame La . Germans, pevertheless, must prosecute we War, and | gt Broyelg the object of tke recent mission of 1 povees with the full Knowledge and connivance of Coun6 Bismarck. It is said that hia agents have been consulting the captured French officers interned at Wesel, Cologne and Shreubreitstern and the staf officers of General Zastr®w report that terms of capitulation will soon be agreed on with Marshal Bazaine, by which Metz, Phalsburg | and Verdun will be surrendered. The army of Mar- shal Bazaine ts to march out with all the honors of war, wit all its arms and provisions, and reinforced by all the French prisoners in Germany, to march on Paris and summon the city to surrender in the name of the Emperor. BISMAROK DENIES HAVING ANY PARTY IN THR PLAN, A correspondent at Boulogne sends a forma! atate- ment by Count Bismarck in reistion to the Dusel- dorf plan for the restoration of the Emperor Napo- leon, He aciemnly protests he never sandtioned any such propositions, Connt Bismarck also denies oficlally that the German troops before Paris are growing Ured, mutinons gud anxious for the end of the war. ». al M. GAMBETTA’S PROCLAMATION TO THE PROPLEL Atelegram from Tours says that M. Gambetta, the Secretary of the Luterior, who has just arrived there from Paris, in his proclamation to the people of the several departments, has the following rela- tive to affairs Lo that city :— | “By the order of the republican government T have left Parts to transmit to you the hopes of the Parisians and others of those who are seeking to deliver France from foreigners. Paris, invested for seventeen days, presents the spectacie of 2,000,000 men forgetting thelr differences to with= stand the invader, who expected civ discord. The revolution found Parts without gone or urms of any kid. Four hundred thousand of the National Guard are now armed, and 100,000 mobiles and 69,000 regulura aro assembled. Tha foundries are casting cannon, The women are making @ million cartridges dally. Each battalion of Nationals have two mitrattieuses and Meld pieces, and are preparing forsortles. The forts are manned { by the marines, and are eupplied with artiliery of | the greatest excellence, and served by gunners tha | first in the world. Hitherto thelr fire has kept tne enemy from erecting the smatlest work. The enceing on the 4th had only 500 cannef; now It has 3,600, with 490 rounds for exeh. very defence hae tis | then at thelr posts, ‘The Nadhyaia’ drill constanty, Behind the encetnie is the turd line of defence—the barricades, which are adapted to the genius of the Parisians. This nas all been achieved calmly and orderly, amid general patriotism, The impregna., | bility of Paris 1s no ilinsion. It cannot pe captured | or surprised, and there Is no danger of sedition or starvation, which the Prassians have been count. ing on. The provisions in Parts are good for many | long months. This situation tmpases great dunes onthe French peopie; first, to make the war one! only of occupation, and second, to accept the re- republic. Men are abundant. What lacks are reno-! lution and the execution of plans After Sedan our arms failed, the Emperor having sent all to the frontier. Arms are now coming In from every quare ter of the glove and workmen and money are forth- coming. The provinces must resist torper and panic. All partisans must aid the republic. Soom the winter rains will come, finding the Prussians far from home, decimated by french arms, by hunger and by nature. France shall never lose ita place in the world through the invasion of half a million men. Paris gives the watchword—Vive the repube: Ue, one and fadivisibie, PRUSSIA DOBBS NOT OBJECT TO THE RLRCTIONS. Count Von Bismarck recently miormed the Mayor of Versailles that Prussia bad 0 objections to the elections for @ national assembly, bot that the Tours government bad countermanded them. BOURBON TAPERS Sgrosmp TO POSTPONING THE ECTION, ‘ } A despatch from Toura says that the journals known to be of Orleanist or legitimat proclivities condemn the adjournment of the elections, while the other journals appland the measure. All the papers enlogize the courage and enterprise of Mr. Gambetta in leaving the Capitol as he did, M, THIERS WITH FRANCIS JOSEPH. A telegram from Vienna dated to-day reports that M. Thiers bad an interview with the Austrian. Emperor, Sunday at noon, which Is said to have beem satisfactory. MOKE DENIALS REGARDING THE IMPERIAL CORRES+ PONDBNCR. Cont!, secretary of the Emperor Napoleon, writes toa journal as tollows:—~ “My name has been associated with the publica- tion of two documents, alleged to have been found in the Tuileries. I sabmit, in Ca anger oeen note about Belgium rej be in fo 6 Emperor never dictated ruch iengenge bo ine ‘The paper le, doudth such la fe to me, r is, doubtiess, one, or Spuseent from irresponsible parties datly sub- ror. Jecker brought bis letter ta, inttted to the Em) me; I read Bo as I found it was a demand for money, a’ ed by threats of publishing scandalous’ pers, I ordered him en el, office. Permit ma By add that the reputed manifesto ot the Emperor in, the English papera lg apocryphal.” TROUBLE IN SOUTH GERMANY. ' A correspondent at Munich writes me that things! are growing serioos in South Germany. A Munch! paper publishes with derisive comments the Reriim} accounts of the clvilities lavished by Queen Augusta snd the “roast goose burghers of Berlin” upon tho Bavarian troops who recently, escorted to that elty @ train of woundoa prisoners! and trophies, The feeling against annexation in. creases instead of diminishing. The patriotic’? party pubdiish dreadful lists of Bavartan killed and. wounded mince Sedan, and ask what they have been. fighting for, At the Hofiran last week there was an impromptu demonstration gotten ap in faver of peace, and loud cheers were given for Austria, | PLOT AGAINST AUSTRIA. a ‘Theve ts great anxiety in gevaria ag to the Inten-' uons of Russta, It ts rumored theré that Russia: hus wade a secret treaty italy by which the’ ‘yrol is to be handed over t the lower Power. ‘ AS TO THB CITY UF THE PaRig ‘here are great doubts as to the authenticity of (ie uecree of the government ef Paris maintaining. the adjournment, of; the elections to the Constitue; eut Assembly Until they can be carried on through- gut the republic, ‘This document, stated w CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE,