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Show LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH LAST NIGHT. Thiers to Negotiate at Versailles. Ver-sailles. Pruian-i Ovderinsr French Official to Act in the TVnuie. of IVnpoleon. A victory over the Prussians Prus-sians by Garibaldi. Bismarck on the situation. A NEW JOAN OF ARC IN FRANCE. Terms of an Armistice Accepted by the French. German Successes. GENERAL NEWS. Concentration of Troop at View Vork for the Election. FOREIGN. Tours, L'5. The following dispatch is received : La Loupe, 24. A large force of Prussians was at Courville today, to-day, but in the evening they returned to Charteros,af.er blowing up the bridge at Laudeller. Fifteen members of the national guard were shot by the enemy at Jouy. Besancon, 124. The iuvaders are retreating re-treating from Chatillon le Due, taking seventeen wagon loads of wounded. They left a large number of dead on the held, among them a colonel of the Baden cavalry. Loudon, 2o. Thiers is now negotiating negotia-ting at Versailles, and the Empress Eugenie is awaiting the result. . The London press abandon hopes of peace, but the cabinet is confident of success. Among the signs of peace is the fact that the superintendent of the Prussian army has refused to renew contracts for provisions expiring on the 20th. The Paris Journal Official of the 18th promises that there will be ready by the end of the month 271 niitrail-leurs, niitrail-leurs, 57 mortars, and 300 rifl d cannon. can-non. A dispat-Ji from Tours says the removal re-moval of the government is discussed there. G:mbetta wants to go to Clermont, Cler-mont, but is opposed by the others. London, 2o. A detachment of Germans, Ger-mans, 2,000 strong, reached Lemmes-den Lemmes-den on Monday. Great uneasiness is felt by the Prussian garrison of Sedan. The village of Mesziers, near Metz, has been compelled to furnish 500 teams for the transportation of siege mater ial to Montniedy and Verdun. The Czar has sent the order of St. Ge-.rge to the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Meck-lenburg Schwcrein, with earnest aspirations aspir-ations for peace. Tours, 25. The journals received from the provinces continue to express a lack of confidence in the action of England. All of them see Prussianin-fluence Prussianin-fluence in it. Military operations are going on satisfactory. Some journals demand that the government repulse the offer of mediation, and continue, a "war to' the death " The Prussian safe-conduct for Thiers has not arrived A delegate of the government has concluded in London a loan of. two hundred i and 6fty million f'ran!s. ,-hares to be issued by Frano at $..'. bearing six per cent, interest, payable in M years at p.ir. The Prussians have menaced Uour-gcs. Uour-gcs. All the foundries, cannon and material will be removed. According to the orders of Gainbetta, companies of telegraphers are appointed to the sniiios, with a mission to keep the government instructed of all movements. move-ments. The men are to be armed. The .journals of Rouen relate that the Prussians at Laon ordered the authorities au-thorities of the town to render justice in the name of Napoleon, as Prussia did uot recognize the Republic The French auihorities refused, and ceased to exercise their functions. Two spies have been brought to Tours. One of them is said to be the nephew of Bismarck. They were officers offi-cers in di.-gaisc. It is n ported that Garibaldi has defeated de-feated the Prussians captuiliK- two metrailleurs and 1,0 horses. It is assured as-sured that Garibaldi has made an effective effec-tive disposal of a large force.proteetiug Lyons from the advance of the Prus sians. His command is daily increasing in importance. The Prussians withdrew all the troops they had sent beyond Orleans, aod are apparently expecting an attack thers. A large number of Remington guns were distributed to-day. In trial the troops pronounce them supcriur to the chasscpois, because they can le urcd faster. More companies of Franc-tireurs Franc-tireurs left to-day for the fiont. The mobile have come here to procure breech-loaders; they wiii out tomorrow to-morrow ad well aimed. I Herald s cable, Lmdon. '-' V A cor- ' respondent at the Prussian head.juar-! ters, at ersaiiles, writes as loliows : Oct. 10. I had an opportunity to day to hear Bismarck's opinion regarding ' the political and military aiiuari n. Lie declares that the position of Prussia ' has never changed from ;iu;hourofi the declaration of war f ; Fnace to i the preheat. Compelled u .i.iliiut-ly to draw the sword, he d.-iared, they , would never sheath it until Germany j was tafe from future cruel assaults of ambition and the insults of her unprincipled neighbor. He make--1 the same declaration now: and i say- the Prussian nation can hope ! for no full security without reclaiming those territories wrenched from Ger-I Ger-I many tor purposes of aggression and conque.-t. Prussia desires peace, but I only a peace which will give full seen rity for the future In reply to the question, whether Germany is able to : stand a long campaign, he said: We I have large resources at hand; the hard-I hard-I est work is over; while we are anxious for peace, we have no fear for the future. Regarding an armistiej. he -aid the ! chances of war complicated nezotia-tions nezotia-tions for peace. Prussia is wiliins: to listen to proposals, seeking the end of the war, from any quarter likely to lead to practical results, in view of the disorganized state of France, no matter whether it comes from the ex-empire or the present provisional government; but an armistice is useless until Biade subordinate to peace. It has been decided that Frauc-rir-eurs shall be treated as soldiers when wearing military dress. London, 20. Dispatches from Tours announce that a young girl of that city is creating the most intense excitement by imitating the example i if Joan of Are. Hundreds of enthusiastic enthusi-astic persons have joined her standard. Her appeals for recruits are said to be singularly patriotic and eloquent. St. Petersburg, 2o The Journal hopes a discussion of the conditions of peace will not be mixed up with the discussions of an armistice. The constituent con-stituent assemblj is the onlycompetent p ower to decide that question. The Pal' Mall Gazette announces that a meeting between Thiers and Bismarck has been arranged; the government gov-ernment at Tours having accepted the principles of the armistice. Trochu made another attempt to force an outiet near Issy on Monday, but was repulsed. Tours, 20. An extra edition of the Moniteur appeared last evening, containing con-taining a decree for the issue of a loan of two hunded and fifty millions, on fhursday, the 27th inst, under the title of "A loan for the national defense." de-fense." It is confirmed that Garibaldi successfully suc-cessfully attacked the Prussiaus. Advices from Marseilles show that disoider is still prevaleut there. The authority of Esquiros is now denied. At Lyons all is quiet. The natioua guards have greatly assisted the loca officers in preserving order. It was rumored last evening that the Prussians Prus-sians were evacuating Orleans. Carlsruhe, 20. The Gazette of this city, last eveniug, published a dispatch from Gen. Boyers (?i to the Duke of Baden, containing the following intelligence: intel-ligence: On Saturday, 22nd, several victorious engagements occurred on the river Ageuon at Voiry, Cussey, Ausson and Geueville. 1 he French losses were severe. Battalions of the 1st, 3rd, 4th and Oth Baden regiments took part in the actions. The German losses were generally insignificant. The following fol-lowing is a complete list of the eausal-ties eausal-ties suffered by the Baden troops: killed 7, wounded 3S; captured, officers 12, rank and file 200. London, 26. The Germans ou their westward march gutted the city of Besancon. Bes-ancon. They took 37 carriages filled with wounded French soldiers. The German troops are apparently concentrating concen-trating at Ttheims. The French commander at Verdun has sent a defiant nessage to the Prussians. Prus-sians. The Germans retrain from attacking at-tacking Amiens. Their troops at Beau-vis Beau-vis and Soissons are retiring towards Mezicres. The town of Chatteau-dun has been literally destroyed by the Prussians. Berlin. 25, via London, 20. The German negotiations with Bazaine for ihe capitulation of his army continue, notwithstanding the disapproval of the French government. Tho military authorities before Paris have successfully examined the defenses defen-ses of that city by means of balloons. The Paris and Orleans railway has been nearly destroyed. The Prussians refuse further paroles to captured French officers, because it has been ascertained that many thus released have resumed service in the French army. |