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Show ! LIGHTNING FLASHES. The great Franco-Prussian war is to go on. De Rodas is stiil Captain-General of Cuba. Elba is not designed for Napoleon's residence. The price for a balloon passage out of Paris is $400. The investment of Bolfort by the Germans is confirmed. President Grant has ordered a new census of Philadelphia. Fifteen hundred more soldiers have arrived at Cuba from Spain. The news of the armistice was enthusiastically enthu-siastically received in London. The Paris government now holds its sittings at a private residence. The Italian army is to be reconstructed recon-structed on the Prussian principle. The German parliament is expected to be called to meet at Versailles. Rochefort has resigned his position on the Paris committee of defense. It is reported that Garibaldi is taken prisoner with thirty Italian officers. The French troops la'ely have displayed dis-played more discipline and great valor. July 1st, 1871, is fixed for the transfer of the Italian capital to Rome. Jules Favre has again said France would not cede a foot of territory for a peace. Five millions of cartridges are being made at Springfield, Mas.)., for France. -Encounters between the citizens of France and the Germans are of daily occurrence. The Prussians have lost 28,000 men since Octeber 20th, in killed, wounded and prisoners. A seventy-five thousand majority is expected for Governor Hoffman to-iay in New York.- Most of Parker's Landing, Penm, was burned on Friday night, with a loss of $100,000. The election in Paris resulted in 471,-000 471,-000 "ayes" for the government to 80,-000 80,-000 voting "no." Count de Chambord, aspirant for the throne of France, his reached France incognito. The people of France show a more determined spirit than over in their resistance to the Germans. The Paris provisional government has rejected the protocol agreed upon between Thiers and Bismarck. The guns from the forts around Paris are very successful in preventing the Prussians erecting batteries. The late election law of Congress is being vigorously enforced in the Eastern East-ern States, where elections arc to be held to-day. Castellar, the eloquent Spanish republican re-publican leader, says a republic exists in Spain de facto. He don't want a King. General Gabriel Fortuna, a leading man in the Cuban insurrection, and 150 others have been captured and killed. One Paris firm has made rifled cannon since the siege commenced, and another factory has turned out 30,CHXl chassepots. At a fire in Albany, on Saturday night, a ladder broke with ten or twelve firemen on it, and six were hurt, one seriously. During the armistice, Paris is to receive re-ceive one day's provisions daily, and war preparations are to be continued on both sides. Paris has bread and wine to last till March, with immense quantities of salt meat, preserved vegetables and other piovisbns. A balloon left Paris on the 4th, but descended near Chancres so closo to the Prussian lines that only one tack of correspondence could be saved. Fifteen thousand names are said to have been found on the registration lists of New York, unknown at the houses where they said they reside. New Orleans is not to have a Democratic Dem-ocratic procession, but leading Democrats Demo-crats there are indignant at'the City Council for forbidding it by special ordinance. King William was expected to return to Berlin on the 1th, the armistico being looked upon as certain, and great preparations were being made to receive re-ceive him as Emperor of Germany. Fifty-three eagles, 841 field guns, sixty-six mctrailleursj 300, X)0 rifles and sabres, 2000 military carriage ammunition for eighty-five batteries and a powder factory were captured at MetK. The provisional government of I ranee arc said to be playing a double game. Publicly they have declared against the cession of any French territory; terri-tory; privately, it is alleged, they are willing to accede to it. Keratry has a strong fbrce well entrenched and supplied with heavy naval guns. The New York Deuiocruey have issued a caution against belief being placed in bogus dispatches of disorders occurring in that city during the election elec-tion to-day. |