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Show THE AR. Ths Battles of Tuesday and Wednesday a Surprise. The French Panic-Stricken and Badly Beaten. Violation of Belgian Neutrality Neutral-ity Imminent. Party of Prussians Driven into in-to Luxemhourg, Disarmed and Obliged to Remain. FOREIGN. Cable special to the Times : Paris, 1. The combined more of Bazaine and McMahon has been most successful. success-ful. The strategic plans have been well devised and prom ply executed, and directed to all the weak points of the enemy. The vistory of the French at Courcelles was important, as maintaining main-taining prestige against numbers. Confidence Con-fidence is entirely restored. A dispatch was received to-day from one of the correspondents of the New York Times on the Prussian side which represents discouragement on the increase. in-crease. The cry of on to Paris is becoming be-coming daily fainter, and deaths from exposure and disease are making fearful fear-ful havoc in the Prussian ranks. Cable special to the World: London, Lon-don, 1. Private telegrams from Paris this morning show that Paris does not believe in the complete defeat of Mc Mahon. The opinion in London is that nothiog can now prevent the seige of Paris. The French cause is desperate. desper-ate. Associated press cable: London. 1. Paris is airaiii accessible from this city by way of Brussels. Paris, Sept. 1. The commander at Strasburg has published a determination determina-tion of the people to burn the city rather than surrender. The Prussians have refused an appeal lately made hy the Orleanists to spare the dwelling part of the city, on the ground it would thus deter the capitulation. The same olject has dictated their officials offi-cials to permit the departure of women and children. London, 1. A letter from Paris, August 31st, is just received here, of which the following is an extract : The peoole of Paris are perfectly calm, sedate se-date and united. This is actually the condition, morally, of the capital, and there is not the least appearance of alarm or distress. Of course, an early attack by a large Prussian aruiy is ex pected, which causes secret uneasiness and anxiety, but there is no outward expression either in words or acts for the past four days. There has been constant removals into the city of furniture fur-niture and other property from the sur-r sur-r junding villages likely to be qecupie 1 by the Prusssians, in spite of inconvenience inconve-nience and loss which these removals occasion. There is no complaining or grumbling, but everybody submits readily to the pressure of the occasion and abides calmly the return of pleas-antcr pleas-antcr days. The appearance of wagons and carts conveying moveables and the constant passage of heavy loads of hay arid forage of various kinds look singular, singu-lar, otherwise there is nothing in the aspect of Paris which would impress a stranger as unusual, or give any idea that "a great calamity was impended over the capital. Whatever is thought of the situation, or its probable dancers, dan-cers, there is certainly nothing in the physiognomy of this lovely city that L'iv'es it a me'.anchuly look. There ia no manifested fear of the danger at hand tVom a foreign foe; eery thing coes on as u-ual. and the shops are ail open and gaily decked. Busine.-3 appears ap-pears to be lively, though, of course, such is not the ease, for the departure of thousands of strangers has given a severe cheek to trade. Tins is not apparent ap-parent to the mere observer, lor loungers loun-gers fill the streets and frequent the ?afes at night, as uuaL Crowd-throng Crowd-throng -he "boulevards, ,-i;;ing an 1 talking as in former times. True, there is less gaiety and animation and conversation con-versation is mure Krk-us and carnet. but all talk and discus as before. Paris, Sept. 1. 1 he Mon,tur declares de-clares nositivtiy that the hau.e ol C. ureelles was a Jeei l- d vi.-:..ry 1-t Baziine ,. The .V-i.'fT 1 u.ii-he- a .:-; l firm L.i;-. Au.'u-i :.y.i... ;.; i'rinee Imp-iial -rr.v.-d :.t , - ,-y ;, ty r.v. - ;: .. ::. cer.- u:.'! :1 i t . ! e;: . .. r. . ' -r.v; .i,. le w.i. r. r. i .... ;i;a;l'':.- the -: - determined to man and vigorously de-1 fend the walls. The same spirit is . -hown at Avesnes, Cambrai, Pouai, I Dunkerkue. Valenciennes and Grave-lines, Grave-lines, where the memories of 17l' are revivine. , Li Public says the government has ' received no official di.-patches to-day, ; in consequence of the cessation of telegraphic tele-graphic communication between Sedan and Mezieres, but it is certain that battles were fought on Tuesday and Wednesday. The tight was a surprise, which resulted in a partial panic in the corps of Gen. Failly who, awaiting his arrival of Gen. Wimpffen, his successor, succes-sor, still commanded. There were also separate and detached conflicts in which our troops displayed great heroism, hero-ism, but there was a want of unity during the engagement and the Prussians Prus-sians claim the victory; but in the battle of yesterday there is no question ques-tion but that McMahon had a great success against the troops of both the Prussian princes. Bazaine was not engaged yesterday, but it is known that he to-day continues the work so energetically begun by McMahon. ine corps ot inory, winch a lew days ago passed through Paris, reached the battle-field yesterday and is doubtless fighting now. Paris. Sept. 1. Eentes closed at 60 francs. Cable special to the Tribune: London, Lon-don, 1. The special correspondent of the Tribune writes from Paris on Wednesday that provisions of all kinds are already reaching famine prices. Butter, salt and potatoes are double and meat triple the usual cost. Tradesmen Trades-men are requested to sell only limited quantities. Preparations are being made on a vast scale for the wounded. Colleges, lyceums, schools and convents are converted into hospitals by order of the government. The palaces of Versailles, Ver-sailles, Trianon, St. Cloud, Mendon, St. Germain and Bamboil'et are to be immediately prepared for the same purpose. Many private houses have been given up. The rich offer their country seats and the poor single rooms. The omnibus company have given several depots. A special correspondent writes from Paris, Wednesday, that the distrust between the government and the people peo-ple still exists, but is greatly diminished. diminish-ed. Time is a great French ally. A week since the Crown Prince might have ridden into Paris; to-day they are stronger, the morale of the defenders defend-ers still more improved, and it only needs the trust of the people to make Paris and France sale. London, 1. A special dispatch to the Simulant, dated Thionville.Thurs-day Thionville.Thurs-day morning, says the French have just been badly beaten on the Sedan road. The Prussians have entered Carig-nan. Carig-nan. There was furious fighting all day Wednesday between Aruiigny and Donzy. Brussels, 1. Violations of Belgian territory by one or the other of the hostile armies in France is imminent, immi-nent, and reinforcements have been dispatched to Count Flanders, at Phil- lipsville. London, 1. On Wednesday the Grand Puke of Meeklinberg Schwerein was at Vonziers with hie army and the Crown Prince of Saxony has parsed through Volny near St. Menehould with 100,000 men. The army under General Von Falkstein is already at Benzonville, on railroad between For-baeh For-baeh and Thionville. A French army reported 100,000 strong is hourly expected ex-pected at Epernay, and the Prussians are withdrawing from the neighborhood neighbor-hood of Kheimsl The French are repairing re-pairing the railroads destroyed by the enemy. Paris, La J'atrir says semi officially : the misrepresentations of foreign journals jour-nals under Prussian influence render it necessary to make a cle.-.r statement of the facts on recent military event-'. Marshal McMahon in carrying out his movements has 1m l several engagements engage-ments with the enemy, in ;el of whieh he has been sueees-tul. He eSectod the crossing of Mouse, safely. At Lomrway we gained a victory, mei rus-sians rus-sians being deleated after a desperate strugL'le, 'took refiiL-c on territory of Luxemburg where they are to b- disarmed dis-armed and obh'-'el to r-nnin. This iiil'.inuati'-n, j'i-t re -eived here, comes from the ' French representative at Luxemburg. The jourii.il d it is plain from the it jutin of Loni'way. Thionville and Mcu that the pi m- ol McMahon have -o far been -nee -t j ,y executed. Berlin. The North G-nmn C-i-z-fr professes to be n-und from the best sources that Fnel.-b opitio.n Is reconciled re-conciled to the lii.e of the o-j - or even nl'th M !.ea-thc- !-.inr l-.iin- darv 1-t'.Te n ..nnat.y an i 1 f-'inc. w:lii a 1 ho. i-in in i.. I'ii t : ;.-e-- intlii nity tor ti.e st-"- ''. w;,r- I .. .- i. - .. ' '' ' " i;-'t MeM. 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