| Show f M A ff ty f JR TO uhe thi abib deserea ln f pee par telegraph ilio geral genal enral GEry drat BRAT cairis afif headquarters of the german army writes arites on the that the saxons at artinsy Sr Seve velan latu latt and other points around the forest of bendeau Bend yau yan are aro kept alert siert night and day and a al Chat eaury and nava bava ilan rians sare bare are v nightly disturbed by shell fall ing around thenn them the besiegers have not yet et replied with a single cannon notice la Is made of the fact that they do not intend to commence until they have brought enough of heavy guns into position to bom bona barel bard effectually A num nuin berof guns have been brought up by slow and painful process having been dragged 0 ver over the common roads roada guns of a larger calibre cannot be moved in that way but must wait until the obstructions of the tunnel if f Nant Yant eriel eniel have been cleared and tho the bridge over the marne at dagoy lagoy has been rebuilt the latter work ia nearly completed but bat the former is not when the guns gans are brought up no one here has the alight est doubt of tha the result still the men mea are getting impatient im patient of delay there are various reports of the strength of the army at lyons it ia is believed here it does not amount to any importance and can bo be readily disposed of but tho the germans are beginning to fall into te grievous error of despising and under underrating their enemy A special to the tha world from london ondon Ii on the says great annoyance and uneasiness is caused in the minds of the english ml ministry by the guard ea buk but absolute refusal of russia to take any part in the tha recent recant english attempts at negotiating for peace As chief of the cabinet the russian chancellor after passing three days at brussels went to toung toura at the beginning of last week and Is expected in london tonight to night it is feared that russia is quietly negotiating omber on her own ovva account with a view to isolating great britain on oil the eastern question both bolh from france franca and germany mali maii y the attitude of the austrian government too though at first regarded as decided and encouraging to eng lands proposition Is now pronounced to ba ae unsatisfactory ia in a high degree the steps taken by the tha english government arg are felt to iha hava va reial resulted ted only in mortification Gladstone for and the ministry and in expressing the weakness of the influence of england in continental affairs without in any way contributing to advance the prospects of a settlement A cable caule to the from london says a private letter from paris on the 1803 1801 says that all is ii going on comfortably at present there ia no nb starvation nor bombardment the city is perfect ly tranquil the mobile are gradually becoming soldiers bismarck seems dispo disposed seo to allow alloy the american delegation to send and receive a weekly bag through the prussian lines but absolutely refused to allow P a messenger 1 I look upon paris as impregnable to assaults until one ono or niora forts ara are taken no great danger ia Is anticipated anticipate dl froix from bombardment famine is all am w have to fear that it is sap supposed posed nosed wilt will begin to pinch cinch cruelly towards december about two thirds of the americans here wan waa want t to leave they are tired tined of the situation the tho prussians wh wilt let leb them go di the french interpose objections being afraid of the it would have on the population nevy NENY NE A YORI 27 A berlin berlia letter dated tha thel says the uppermost feel ieng ingin in berlin at present is an in tense longing for peace especially among the lower classes whose desire destro ia Is emphasized pha sized more strongly atron gly dy day after day they feel the la inclemency clemency oft of the hese bese season agoa and picture to themselves the suffer sum suf feringa meringa inge lage of their friends inthe lathe in the field their last penny has been int iny invested ested in W woolen odlen underclothing lunder under clothing and socks to be sent bent taa to the army they loudly clamor for a 3 termination af ofine mhd ipar war A single bat battaglion battal tallion llon ilon of the landwher under general rummer mummer at metz in repelling ba Bs eaines raines sortie on eth lost over four hundred fathers orfa offa of families rallies leaving aa as many ciany bereaved widows and orphans in the suburbs of berlin the shops of the smaller iner merchants chants are closed so aia ato thosa those of the small email butchers but bat cherb chers and biters and artisans arti arli who are all gone to the front so it itt I 1 is written on pia pla pl cards on the doors boons of shops and lodgings these and other evidences of distress have aroused the feelings of the people in favor of immediate peace dissatisfaction M i ri eal cal ler r elesin th this 13 id by ivy the govern government nien relative td the negotiations na for thee ern states into the german confederation the only information to be vouchsafed cornea from versailles and represents bavaria ana and esger esgen rush heedless heed leed lebs leas dato the armb arms of the confederation while it Is well known knon that the tha liberals of munich mula Muia iob lob stuttgart land lind other places openly demand a german parliament and lind a new revised the tho position of the prussian leaders la is by no means the same now as at aft the tb e opening of the war when everybody approved the tho situation and aad was waa willing to make any sacrifice in behalf of the country NOW they are tired of war satisfied with the victories and unwilling togo logo further for the purposes of ambition and aggrandizement dizer diz ement rient ST pr louis louls 27 the eastern bound hound express train on the ohio and mississippi railroad on tuesday evening collided with a coal train near shoats station about midnight the fireman ot the express train a woman and a girl in the first passenger car names unknown were killed and about a dozen persons persona injured none zone seriously AV washington ASHINGTON 27 so much of the order from the war department as its directed the superintendent general of the recruiting service at new york to forward two hundred recruits to the fourth infantry in the department of the platte is revoked onders orders are ara issued to assign to the eighth Iti ibi infantry fantry upon arrival at davids island all the recruits now at that post and a sufficient number from fort columbus until the total assignment numbers four hundred and fifty fl aty RICHMOND VA vai 1 27 in la the city court this na morning orning ex mayor alayor george calhoun was convicted of forgery and his bis punishment was placed at four years in la the state prison the case was one in which the prisoner with others had bad by a forged note defrauded the state of the value of an es cheated estate calhoun eil Cil houn was appointed to the position of mayor by uen ven schofield three yeara years ago be he was a candidate for the same office at the municipal election his counsel will ask for a new trial there was much excitement la fil the court room roon when w hen the verdict way waa announced sax bax bas B AK francisco 27 ny Y C Q senny benny ler ier j of albany new yorki botki waa was either murdered accidentally drowned or be he committed suicide a few days since his body wab was recovered there thero have been heavy rains in la the southern portion of ortho the tha state ten tea inches of snow fell in Virgin virginia la nevada yesterday batir BATH an accident occurred this pm on the tho portland and kennebec Kenn renn ebee ebeo rall rali railroad road near brunswick Brunsw lek lck an empty platform car attached to the tender of a EL passenger train was thrown from the track crack down a steep embankment tabing with it the baggage cars and throw ing log the rear end of the forward passenger pas sen car from the track and tip tipping the rear passenger car over on its side the cond conductor actor at the moment of the acci den dent t sprang to the break and was after wards warda found dead beneath the car no person persons in the pa stanger passenger cars were much injured though about ten were wounded iu wayt WAVA the correspondent of the tribune tribute before metz telegraphs on the that five duyff ngo ago gen conf Coff lnier commander arof of the etty city and fortress of meic meiz in for ined If arshal bazine comman commanding ding the army encamped outside that tut he could supply no mere were provis provisions lons ions and they rant nawt nawl shift for themselves whereupon B zaine ordered his bis outposts to cease on the pruss prussian ian laa pickets and allo nilo alloyed alloy ed his meia men to deceit in grou groups ps of at i dozen or two who were accepted by the prussian outposts out posts posta aa as prisoners prisoner 1 larger bodies were refused on oa the tho afternoon of the trustworthy information came from frona metz by a ci civilian villani a soy spy that an hn outbreak en naud name would be made d aring the night toward gravel lotte lotto as az atnes alnes othera to capitulate with wibb with his bis army alone had been repeatedly ref ret refused used ased the outbreak was waa to be made without the hope of saving any portion of the organization zulon of troops but simply to enable these superfluous mouths months to get behind the german lines to force the germans Gerr dans daus to taito aske them prisoners whereby the fortress might inight hold out a little longer with a small email garrison but at seven in the evening bazaine had bad succeeded in la convincing gen that the bloodshed consequent cons equen t upon lupon bue sue buch such li an attempt would be too dear a it price to be paid for a few fow days prolongation of resistance A m messenger i was sent to prince frederick frederiek fre Pre deriek derick charles intimating g the intention of the fortress to capitulate this thih was tue tuo first apropo abade eincig dinga the K fortress ortre s and the tho bu batilde tilde arki arpi armat ay iy Accoe accordingly at Pius prussian sidn had bad ti towards dwards gra bellotte vel lotte received orders to retire to camp catap at 10 yesterday after noon general arrived and open an hourwich hour with the prince prineo and departed much disturbed disturb etl eil saying baying no won der tho the prince was sp bevere revere by ahe the he arrangement of this mb meeting eting general col von chief of staff and the tho quartermaster general of the princes ermy rode to chalen I 1 three miles south of metz j ast within tho prussian line lines whither the two french commanders with the second in command in the fortress had been brought by a prussian mid field post chaise the meeting lasted from six till seven in the evening and resulted only at parting partin in an agreement that the disputed points should be discussed at noon today to day matters bt however wever were so 60 far advanced that the second second corps received orders to march for paris yesterday at noon and started early in the evening while the other troops concentrated at the nearest attainable points to metz melz last night to prevent a desertion en magle masse the worlds TV london special says oar correspondent at ostend telegraphs a statement state moat meat received from meroy mercy ie haut hauft to the effect that upon the reception of a formal declaration signed by the empress that bhe ahe was unwilling to sign a treaty luv involving the cession of french to territory or t to be a party to any scheme involving ing a a probable outbreak of civil war in infranco france bazaine exclaimed he would take all the necessary responsibility hinn hira himself seif self this was wednesday night bazaine nazaine immediately sent a message through his lines to prince frederick charles at pont a mousson the prince came up during the night to chateau tie de Pre saty where this ibis morning early stipulations ions were signed for the surrender of the army of bf bazaine and the fortress of metz the report adds general de connier com Cof finier commandant of the garrison of metz offered a written protest against the surrender declaring he was able to protract the defense into the winter that the recent defeat defeats of the germans had made it filipos impossible tible fon for them to td imperil the possession of or the place that provisions were in abundance both for the army and the p people eople and that since the of october the inhabitants had received daily rations of four hundred grammes of bread for adults two hundred grammes of bread for children and a hundred grammes for infants your tour correspondent at ostend says saya the total loss of the army of prince frederick charles from the beginning of the siege is estimate dat men by battle and disease the army of frederick charles consist edon the of October of the lit ath jtb oth and loth army corps with two divisions of the landwehr attached to the h army corps making a total of men artillery and cavalry in eluded the surrender of Baz bazaine alne aine itis it is stated has been made upon a full understanding der standing with the prussian government that the occupation of metz and strasbourg Stas bourg shall be accepted as an adequate base for the withdrawing the german armies from france and concluding a peace the republicans in london loudly declare the marshal is a traitor that he concerted his bis action with prince napoleon the empress and king william liam llam and that the government at paris and doirs to ins ira will repudiate any peace prepared or signed by him in spite of the rumors about the surrender of metz bletz the french loan has advanced in price all day M lourier is arranging for the expenditure of a large amount of the loan in the purchase of arms at birmingham NEW YORK 28 A cable dispatch says that among the extraordinary documents which were unearthed at the Tuille ries rles with the general correspondence and private letters of napoleon wag waa one showing the fortune of the emperors mistress this paper presented the form of a legal document detailing the marriage settlement of elizabeth ann of Beauregar dof chateau beauregard near Versaille versailles a better known as miss or mistress howard the deed was mado made out on casion caslon of the union by marriage of this lady with clarence in may 1854 two schedules which are attached to the papers make known that the countess possessed pounds sterling in english and other foreign securities agibe the sum of in ila pennsylvania united states R ballway it wa y debentures and dollars in sc st louis louig and cincinnati bonds besides another and additional sum of sterling which is described as other stocks fundor tin and add uis vis ois aate aatu ands she ehe llad ad besides divers shares add securities s jewels and oilier other personal estate and landed property in france during the latter iatter years of her life her fortune exceeded in value the united wealth of madame de pompadour and countess dubarry NEW YORK yore 28 29 information is received that a cyclone almost equal equal 1 in violence to that which swept over the eastern portion of cuba on the stated va the tho western portion of the Is I 1 lan ian aldand dand nineteen or twenty towns and villages have been leveled with the ground are destroyed and immense damage is done to property reports of loss of life and shipping are coming in telegraph communication muni cation and travel with the bestis west we stis yet suspended SCRANTON 27 an extensive fire occurred in wyoming co this morning which destroyed some twenty tyrenty buildings belonging to renshaw benshaw billinga billings and phillips and the railroad stores and many of the principal houses the estimated loss is HUNTIN huntington olton CITON 27 A locomotive on the huntington and broad top railroad exploded this evening jerry wertz engineer was blown to pieces and |
