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Show LIGHTNING FLASHES. All is quiet at Metz. Garibaldi has 25,000 men in his command. com-mand. Thionville is being vigorously bombarded. bom-barded. Skirmishes are reported from various parts of France. There is intense indignation at Lyons against Bazaine. The people of Alsace cry "Peace;" and curse the Bepublic. The armistice has hee-n m .terl V. the government in Paris. The "Red" flag was pulled down at Marseilles by the citizens. War pieparations continue in Paris, though peace is hoped for. The conduct of Trochu iu the late Paris riot is highly praised. The national guard of Marseilles has refused Cluseret as a Generr.1. The election of a king for Spain by the Cortes, is fixed for the 16th. There were riots at Grenoble, Nimes and Toulouse, but quiet is restored. Citizens of Metz attacking Prussian , soldiers will be punished with death. The armistice in France commenced on the 4th, and will terminate on the 2Sth. Bonapartist developments may be looked for soon; their agents are busily at work. Galveston was draped iu mourning on Friday, for the citizens lost on the Varuna. Bazaine is at Wilhelmshohe, and Madame Bazaine is on her way to joiu him there. There is great distress iu the villages villa-ges around Metz, though food is plenty in the city. England has withdrawn her opposition opposi-tion to the cession of French territory to Germany. No person will be allowed to enter Paris during the armistice without a Prussian pass. The Germans are confident the rrench cannot break out in any great force from Paris. Cluseret nominated George Francis Train asGenoral-in-chief of the national guard at Marseilles. Telegraphic communication between Marseilles and the north of France is temporarily suspended. Two freight traini collided near Blue Lanon, on the C. P. It. It., on Thursday Thurs-day night, and one man was killed. Seventy thousand Germans lately belore .Melz are halfway to Paris: f,o 00o more are marching on Garibaldi. ' There would have been a battle between be-tween the French and Prussians at Or-, leans, but for 'I'hicrx' minion to Versailles; Ver-sailles; nleoiir, Uif otlir-cr who lunkes the i-harff of treachorr against JWaino, has received the cross of the Legion of Honor. A general "Bed" movement is expected ex-pected through the south of France and in the principal large cities at the election. The New York Evening Post has a rumor thit Boutwell will soon leave ihe Treasury department and be sue ceeded by Delano. The Paris elections on the question of retaining the present government of that city, resulted in an overwhelming majority in its favor. England does not leel well at Germany Ger-many treating her with less courtesy than the United States, in the matter of neutrality infringement. The Prussian system of field works around Paris is very complete, especially especi-ally on the wen and south from Fort Valerien to Fort C'haicuton. Frankfort bankers offer an advance of money to the French towns to bear the expenses of the war, which the Prussian government approves. The readiness of the Prussians to resume negotiations is said to be due to the fact that Paris is better provisioned pro-visioned than they had'supposed. Captain Tourtellotte is relieved from duty as Superintendent of Indian affairs af-fairs for Utah. Scveial other military officers are also similarly relieved. During the late riots in Paris, unarmed un-armed bands of national guards bore banners inscribed "Live the Bepublic!" ''Resistance to death!" "No Armistice Armis-tice ! ' ' The Paris rioters ou the foreDoou of Monday shouted lustily "Live the Communes!" In the evening they were shouting "Down with the Communes!" Com-munes!" The houses and stone-walls iu the environs of Paris have been destroyed by the Prussians, and the debris converted con-verted into loop-holed covers for their sharp-shooters. A special correspondent says Europe Eur-ope will soon be startled bv a scheme of Bismarck's, hidden under the armistice armis-tice which he has granted with 6uch advantageous terms to the French. A man named Crittenden, who had just met his family in San Francisco, after a long separation, was shot on Thursday, by a Mrs. Fair, with whom he had been living in an immoral connection. con-nection. He died on Friday. |