Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1870 — Weekly News Summary. [ARTICLE]

Weekly News Summary.

FOREIGN. ' ' There was fighting all day on the 18th near Mars-le-Tour, One account claims a great victory for the Prussians. Bazaine’s corps had been driven behind tho fortifications at Metz, and his communications with Chalons were destroyed. Preparations were making in Paris in anticipation of a doss siege. The latest French dispatches received in London on the 19th were fill) of expressions of confidence of victory. In the Corps Legislatif Count de Palikao stated that it was certain the Prussians had suffered severely in the lato engagements. Their centre had been especially crippled. They had tried to retreat to Bt. Michael, but wero unable to effect a junction with the Prinee Royal. The Count dwelt upon the fact that a dispatch from a Prussian source made no mention of the Freri eh victories. Pans was more quiet Prussia had refusod a proposition recently made looking to an armistice. She would discuss no proposition outside of Paris. The London Morning Post of the 19i h says the Government was satisfied that France would not treat until she had done retreating. Ail turned on tho capture of Paris.'

Cable dispat cheffon the 21st confirm the reports of Prussian victories. Tho French forces at Metz had attempted to break through the Prussian line, but were driven back with great slaughter, and their communications with Paris werei enti rely cut off. Strasbourg was reported in flames, and the French had fired the surrounding villages. The city was surrounded by 80,000 mesa, and its surrender was hourly expected. The French were badly defeated at Rezonville. Large losses in the several battles are reported on both sides, one account putting the French loss during the week ending the 30th, at 60,000 killed, wounded and missing, and another account placing the Prussiafiloss at 90,000. The Prussians won the day at Rezonville at a fearful cost, the French mitrailleuse doing terrible execution. General Sheridan was a witness of the battle. Trochu had announced that Paris would have to stand a siege. The Qonslituticnei of the 21st says England, Russia and Italy had agreed to act together to insure peace. The Emperor and Prince Imperial were at Chalons on the 20th.

A destructive Are was raging in the woods near Ottawa, Canada, on the 22d. The Governor’s residence was in danger; mills were closed, and all hands were fighting the fire. . Cable dispatches of the 22d state that Prince Napoleon had arrived at Florence with a view of soliciting a mediation of Italy, with the concurrence of other friendly powers, in favor of France. Conflicting reports were made as to the situation of affairs on the battle fields. It was claimed at Paris that Bazaine was full of confidence, which feeling was shared by the Minister of War. Paris was preparing for a desperate defense. The reported flight of Ollivicr is contradicted. He was still in Paris. Profound enthusiasm was produced by the passage through the streets of Paris of American ambu-

lances going to the front Everyone remarked the completeness and perfection of all their arrangements. The French Journal Offlciel of the 22d believed Bazaine’s plans wore baffled. Specials gave | reports at Paris that Russia, Italy and Spain had expressed their willingness to join Fraiice, fearful of the growing power of Prussia, and that England was on the eve of siding with Prussia. It waa thought in London that the march, of the Prussians could not be arrested before reaching Paris. The Prussian official accounts of the battles of the 14!h, 16th, and 18th, state that the French suffered a loss of 15,000 killed alone, while their loss in killed and wounded exceeded 50,000. The Prussians took over 80,000 prisoners, many of whom were officers, of all grades, including General Pembier, who was also captured. A dispatch from Meiieres, occupied by the Prussians, on the 22d, says» the loss of the Prussians in the last battle was fearful. More than 40,000 wounded remained oh the field of battle without assistance.

Gold was selling in Paris on the 22d at per cent premium. A few days before it had sold for 5 percent; Paris dispatches of the 23d state that McMahon had joined Bazaine with a large number of troops. The Emperor’s headquarters were at Rhelms. The bombardment of Strasbourg so far had done little damage. Tho French in Strasbourg, however, had shelled Eehl, on the other side of the Rhine, With effect The place had been set on fire and destroyed. The Opinions Nationals, under the caption “ Keep Cool,” predicts the defeat of the Prussians as the result of the pending combinations/ The Archbishop of Paris had directed the clergy to contradict the report that the Pope fcjicitated the King of Prussia.

According to German dispatches received on the 23d .the fortress of Metz was enclosed on all sides. Communications between Chalons and Paris were cut off. The head quarters of the Crown Prince were at Bar le Due. Mac Mahon j and Failly were still retreating to eover Paris. ** A Berlin dispatch of the 23d says the German forces in France had undergone a partial reorganization. The grand total was 620.000 men, divided Into sixteen army corps, backed up hf a reserve of 300,000. A New York dispatch of the 23d says: " The situation, so far as can be learned or conjectured, appears m*ro favorable to , the French arms than it has for the past

fortnight. The Prussian losses are reported to have been dreadfal—over two hundred thousand killed and wounded since Saarbrucken. It is believed by the French that the Prussians have suffered more than themselves.” Contradictory reports as to the whereabouts of Bazaine and McMahon were received on the 24th. One report stated that Bazaine was still at Metz, that Metz was isolated, and that McMahon was still at Chalons, and had not gone to reinforce Bazaiue. A special to the New York World says the military opinion in London was that McMahon and the Crown Prince were moving on parallel lines and maneuvering for position, and that Bazaine was in communication With McMahon, and manesurering to combine with him in ah attack on the Crown Prince. The Paris Journal V Public of the 24th says there had been no serious engagement since the 19th. Leading citizens of Berlin held an audience with the Queen on the 24tb, and congratulated her on the recent victories.

Recent information from 'Cuba, which has reached the sympathizers with the revolutionary cause in New York, repre sents the situation as favorable to the insurgents, who are said to be still holding their ground. There was a report in Paris on the evening of the 25th that the Prussian army under Prince Charles had been defeated on that day, between Verdun and Chalons. A Berlin dispatch of the 25th says the headquarters of the first and second armies were near Metz, while the other corps continued its march on Paris. Chalons had been evacuated by the French, and the Prussian column was west of Chalons, advancing rapidly. A London dispatch of the 35th says that Trochu had notified Napoleon that the will of the people was that he should not return to Paris; that his dynasty was at an end; and another dispatch of the same date declares that the feeling in favor of the EmperCf was growing in France, in consequence of the Prussian demand for his abdication.

Prince Felix Salm Salm, a Major in the Prussian Guard, distinguished for services in tho American and Mexican wars, was killed in the battle of the 18th at Gravelotte. . A Prussian Colonel has written to Emile" Girardin oflering a wager that he would be in Paris by the 15th of September. Girardin has published the letter, and announces that he has accepted the wages. Advices from China up to the 35th state that tie French negotiations at Tientsin for satisfaction for the recent outrages were suspended. The French demanded that three mandarins Implicated in the massacre be given up to be' shot, but the Chinese were willing to surrender only one. ■' ' • -

DOMESTIC. Gold closed in New York on the 25th at 117. Ex-President Fillmore has issued a call for the Southern Commercial Convention to convene in Cincinnati October 4. The basis of representation is the same as adopted at the Memphis convention. A Grand German celebration of the recent Prussian victories was held in New York city on the 19th, and was attended by over thirty thousand people. The Comptroller of the Currency on the-19th authorized the establishment of a national bank at Richmond, Ky., and one at New Orleans, under the fifty-four million clause of the Currency act. A Nashville, Tenn., dispatch of the 19th says the Texas cattle disease was raging in the vicinity of Knoxville. Numbers of beeves were dying daily. A New York special of the 21st says the effect of the Prussian victories had been to lower gold; but the belief was gaining ground that Prussian, as well as French victories, mean a long war, for, now that the whole French nation is aroused, the loss of Paris is not likely to bring the people to submission. A Washington dispatch of the 21staays: “ Baron Gerolt, In answer to numerous letters, states that he has no authority to aid persons desiring to serve in the Prussian army, and will avoid any infraction of the neutrality, laws. v He and the French Minister have received but lew telegrams from their governments, and those relate only to business matters.” A Raleigh, N. 0., dispatch of the 30th says all the prisoners but five had been released, no evidence being adduced to hold them. Col. Kirk made affidavit that ahe believed the five prisoners still held were guilty of murder. Writs were in the hands of the United States Marshal for the arrest of Kirk and Bergen. Official notification has been given that navigation will be suspended on the Illinois and Michigan Canal on and after October 8. , .

The first frost of the season was noticed in the low lands near Hartford, Conn., on the morning es the 23d. Several bales of the new cotton crop were received at Memphis on the 23d, from Mississippi and Arkansas. At Raleigh, N. C., on the 23d, Justice Brooks had discharged eighteen more prisoners on habtwt corjnu. Kirk’s sol* diers wero expelled from court by order of the Judge. Lieut. Col Bergen was under arrest for not observing his bail. " "A New York special to the Chicago Tribune of the 25th says it was beginning to be the settled feeling of Wall street that tho'European war would last several per haps a year. “It is : a fflcult to understand on what basis a | peace satisfactory to either party can be 1 negotiated now. The enthusiasm with i which, in One day, tin French people have taken up the new war loan, shows ■tfre spirit animating that nation. They

are in no disposition to’ listen'to any humiliating terms. On the other hand, the Prussians will not consent, after their great victories, to march out of Franoe without substantial reparation for the past and security for the future. At present there can be no peace.” The Neutrality Proclamation of President Grant, In view of the war now raging in Europe, is in the common form. He proclaims that — “The statutes of the United States and the law of nations alike require that no person within the territory and Jurisdiction of the United States shall take part, directly or indirectly, in the said war, but shall remain at peace with each of the said belligerents, and shall maintain a strict and Impartial neutrality, and that whatever privileges shall be accorded to ’one belligerent within the ports of the 'United States shall be in like manner accorded to the other.” > Heavy fires werer raging in the woods along the boundary of New Brunswick ana Maine, on the 24th. Customs receipts for week ending August 20, $4,593,790. Specimens of a very dangerous counterfeit S2O bill on tho Shoe & Leather National Bank, of New York, have been recently received at the United States Treasury in Washington. It was thought considerable quantities had been sent West. The engraving and tinting are all good, and the printing of the face is excellent. The shading of the figures in the picture upon the back is much darker than in the genuine, and this is the best feature by which to detect the counterfeit. _ The State Treasurer and Governor’s Paymaster of North Carolina have been enjoined from paying Holden’s soldiers, by Judge Mitchell, of the Superior Court. PERSONAL. A duel was fought ou the morning of the 19th, near Savannah, Ga., between Richard Aiken and Ludlow Cohn. They exchanged five rounds. Cohn was mortally wounded and Aiken unhurt.

Knoivilk, Tenn., papers of the 19th state that Non. R. H. Butler had been arrested on a charge of forgery, and had given bail for his appearance at Bristol on the 26th. Census returns of ten parishes in Louisiana show a population of 94,095, a decrease since 1860 of 2,151. The Germans of the city of Chicago have issued an address to their fellow-citi-zens of American birth, asking material aid in behalf of their wounded, sick, and orphaned countrymen, in the present struggle in Europe. President Grant issued a proclamation of neutrality on the 22d. The Irish National Convention met at Cincinnati on the 23d. About 100 delegates were present, representing organizations in various points in the Union. The Convention would sit with closed doors. The President has appointed John Healey, of Ohio, agent of the Sacs and Foxes, vice Miller, resigned. Colonel Hazird is relieved from duty as Superintendent of Indian affairs for the Southern Superintended cy. Judge L. L. Towelt, oi Boone county, Ky., was brought before United States Commissioner Bl&ckbarae, at Covington, Ky., on the 28d, charged with refusing to allow negroes to vote at the recent election at Walton, Ky. The Illinois Press Association arrived at Montreal on the morning of the 24th, and were received by the Mayor and adeputation of the City Council. At the Irish National Congress, In Cincinnati, on the 24th, James W. Fitzgerald, of Ohio, was elected permanent President ; P. W. Dunne, Vico President; J. J. Harrington and J. W. Goff, of New York, and J. C. Boyce, of Pennsylvania, Secretaries.

Vice Admiral Porter has been appointed Admiral On the 25th Treasurer Spinner received from 8k Louis a draft on New York for $29,645 conscience money. Major Powell Is at Salt Lake City, arranging for another expedition down Colorado river. Ex-Secretary Seward reached San Francisco on the 25th. According to news from the Big Horn party, received at Cheyenne, on the 25th, the expedition had been a failure in every respect, as at no place were paying prospects found after the party left the Sweetwater. >

POLITICALS lieutenant-Governor M. M. Walden has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Fourth lows District The Democratic Convention of the Eleventh Illinois District has nominated Hon. S. S. Marshall for Congress. The Labor Reform League of Nebraska held s meeting at Omaha on the 30th, and adopted a platform and nominated a State ticket for the foil election. It has been decided to call the next Republican State Convention of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, on the 10th of next March. The Democratic State Convention of Illinois has bfeen called to meet at Springfield on the 11th of September. At Republican Conventions held on the 83d, Samuel Shellabarger was nominated for Congress in the Seventh, and J. A. Ambler in the Seventeenth Ohio Districts. The Wyoming Democratic Territorial Convention has nominated Colonel John Wanless, of Laramie City, for Delegate to Congress. Acting Secretary Kichardsos has decided thKthe clerks in the Treasury Department at Washington, living in the Western States, shall have twelve days’

IoATe of absence, and those living in Ik# Northern State* eight days—to go hone and rote at the coming election*. Hon. 0. W. Ollllllan ha* been renominated for CJongre** by the RepabUcaa* of the Twentieth Pennsylvania District The New York State Colored Carnation, at Saratoga on the 24th, elected William P. Butler, of New York, Pr**lJent/ and Invited all peraon* present, without distinction of raes or color, to take part in the proceedings. Congressional nominations on the 94th: Republican—Fourteenth Ohio, James Monroe; Fourth Illinois, John B. Hawley. Democratic—Eleventh Ohio, Ralph Lute; Sixteenth Ohio, Robert E. Chambers ; Fourth Wisconsin, Oharlee A. Eldridge. William Brown, of Jessamine county, is the Republican candidate for Congress in the Seventh Kentucky District. All Republican incumbents of seats la Congress from Vermont have been re- • nominated. Congressional nominations on the 29th: Republican—William S. Donnan, Third lowa District; 0. D. Conger, Fifth Michigan ; Charles G. Brown, Twelfth Ohio; W. N. Jones, Delegate from Wyoming. Prohibitionist—T. B. Ives, Fifth Illinois.