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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. i THE WAR IN EUROPE. jLsr/rc WAITING FOB TBS FIRST K BLOW. I THE POSITION OF ENGLAND. FRENCH HOSTILrr? ON THE HIGH SEAS. ?C, A.C., &C. The Position of England-EMrWanr??tt- ! trality- Secret. Inntracttent to tit? j French Army. LONDON, Mon Say, July IS. Private letters from Paris -represent, - that i there is prospect ol seri?os trouble ? eetween France and Great Britain. 8*e Frewoh. Gov? ernment is fiunous at the tone of the Bnglteti journals, and strong representations have'-al? ready been made through diplomatic chanm?s. It is threatened that all applications from En? glishmen foFarmy passes will'be refused. A meeting* afcertain members ?*r the-Hfcuse ot Commons was held to-day to consult a: to the propriety of holding a crr*tt meeting to express sympathy with Prussic, and I- have been shown letters Irom prominent aretabers approving tbe project. The werkln gown par pose holding a meeting for the samexibject. The feeling here against France ls ?inversai and intense. . It tsnow thought that the troops trecently called "borne tr o m the English colonies have been concentrated here in anticipatten of the present war. -Great Britain has Mw at her borne-depots 96,080 regular?, and >?by calling ont the- reserves, she could muster nearly sooioto men. There is~great act*: ty in the navy. ' ? ." lt ls reported that- secret instnMtlons have i neeci-given td the Trench officers that the ; troops shall divide all"the land they conquer. TBSTERJJJrT*a DISPATCHES. ! Th?; Forbach Rarmor- England and Bel- ? glum-DUronnt RA te Raised. - L~ LOJWON, July 21, The battle yesterday Teponted to havel .occurred at Forbach was merely an exchange .or ehots by sentinels and customs patrol. The statement made yesterday afternoon Ohat the English -Government intends to dls .patch troops to . protect Belgiern ls generally 'discredited. The Daily News cf this morning pronounces tharumor false.. The officers of the ?Bank off England have ?ast announced an advance in the rut* of dis? count of one-half of one per cent The mini ?mum rate is now three and a talf. War rates .areSiow charged on freights to the Medlter Tanean. Decllrj*?g to Venture Acrosi. " SOOTHAMFTO.V, Jnly 21. The. steamships Leipzig, Main bud New "fork, of tte German Une, are still here. En.tb.u8ta*m at Paris. PARIS, July 21. At the Gr&cd Opera last night the audience joined Madame Sass in ringing the Marsell- ] lalee hymn, which was terminated amid deaf -eaing shoe ts of ;"Vive;la France." Blocking op the Wecer. ' ' - BEKIJN, July 21. The mouth-of the7rlver Weser j has; been <jlo?ed wtth sunken hulks to prevent the en irance;of^he-Tessels.cC?ie:French navy. . " * The PoiHionofTnrkry. / CONSTANTINOPLE, July 2?. The ar my ls now three 'hundred thousand strong. The policy of Turkey ix absolute neu-1 trallty. . ' SSs---' '. .THE LATEST. The Rate of Interest (ititi Rising-The , SeutraUty ot Austritt. "LONDON, July 21. It is said that a further advance in the rate of interest is contemplated. The fact 'that Austria is ordering extended field manouvres in Hungary, ls accepted as a j proofer the sincerity' of her neutrality. A Religious View of the Wu. * - - . PARIS, July 21. One joornal of-this eity to-day accepts the | war between France and .Prussia as "God's intervention to check Protestantism." . The Chech. to German Immigration, . BERLIN', July 21. The estimated decline lo the number of Ger? man ?migrant? to Amerba this year will reach fully two hundred thousand on account of the war. No Fighting as Yet. 1 ' ' IjONjxtN,^ury21-3 o'clock. The war news is unimportant. The intelli? gence from Paris to noon report no fighting. The Times eloquently' deplores the death of j Paradol. ** - An Unrelenting.Policy. WASBWOTON, July 21. Official dispatches received- here state that the French Government. rei uses to exempt North German steamers from capture, except those at sea ignorant of war, which may enter French ports. THE FRENCH MARSHALS. The Nature o?" their Services-The Eventful Periods In their Live?. The African campaigns which formed the firsfrfleld ol active military dnty for Marshals McMahon and Canrobert, Bazaine, Vaillant, Forjjy, Bandon, Changarnier. Le Bouf and Count Palikac, followed the descent on Al? giers by the French, caused like the present war by an affront to the French Minister. A new generation has arisen since the wars of j the First Empire, and the young soldiers wei- j corned the field of adventure which Africa presented. -The French occupation of Algiers met with little effective opposition from the Turks, but it aroused the fierce, independent -spirit of the native tribes, resulting, for a time, on the part of the-French, in the shed? ding of rivers of blood and the spending of mlllons of treasure, without securing little more of the soil than their own garrisons. In I 1831 the officers who are now the veterans of | the French army found themselves confronted by the daring chieftain, Abd-el-Kader, and for .seventeen years this extraordinary man de? fended with -resolute bravery and masterly ?skill his native land against the invaders. The nature.of the campaigns In which the officers named,-as well as others destined to be emi? nent before the close of hostilities, may be realized from some of the leading incidents. Marshal Chausel was sent, after some years of Tery Indecisive.fighting, with instructions to crush the Emir at one blow, who, on his part, folly ?lire to ail teat was going on, was not slow to meet ute enemies. He promulgated the most terribie denunciations against all who should be found, siding with. the French or supplying them arith provisions; the conse? quence of which waa that the French garri? sons and outposts . were almost starved, and could not obtain food except by foray, ra which friend and joe were ties ted precisely- alike. The Emir mustered upwards of 50,000. men, and *y-his manet av rvs succeeded in postpon? ing the Trench ad vanee .until die wet season. It wat not: until November ' that the French \ arrived at Onrn, on their nyirch against Mat cara. Mostavanem and Arzend were Btroniy garrisoned, -and Cnausel advanced into the enemy's country with 13,000 reen. After seve? ral days ot constant fighting, he succeeded ia "reachltg Mascara, and avenged himself ca Abd^l-Kader by reducing it to a heap of rains. This wretched exploit achieved, the 5?ench*were obliged to retreat again. They next tfcok Tlemcen in January, 1836, and gar? risoned lt, and then returned to Oran. But al? though they defeated the Kabyles in a battle, the Indefatigable Emir harrassed their retreat, which they only effected after severe losses. Thia murderous and savage mode of warfare, which was nothing more than a system ol forays, was without .practical result to the French. As soon as the army bad retired, the Inhabitants ol Ttenfecn rose upon the French garrison, their convoys were cut off, and Gen? eral Arlanges, the ?BOOnd In command, was .ordered to establish a fortified can? on the Taina, for the purpose of covering Tlemcen and keeping open the communications be? tween that post ana the districts favorable to the French. In'(his advance he was attacked by the Emir and-70,000 Arabs, and driven back on his fortified camp, where he was shut up and compelled to remain until relieved by Bugeaud at the head of-4000 men. Soon after Bugeaud gained an Important victory over the Emir,] which fora time repressed his efforts against I the. Invaders. -In warfare like this, the presen* F leading generals in the l"rench army com-; mencexl their- Active military career. It was: calculated to-"accustom them to the horrors df war, to make them equal to trying emergen? cies, and to reader them capable of enduring all the 'fatigue attendant on fighting in a moun? tainous country and under a barning sun. The ?Crimean campaign neut called to the field the veterans of the French army. The armies of the allies effected a landing at the Bay of Eviratonia, September 14, 1654. On their sontbward maren toward Sebastopol, they encountered the Russian fbrcea,tcom-, mondeo* by Prince Men tc hlk on*, on the banks bf theJUma. A boody battle was fought Septem; ber 20, io* which the Russians were compelled! to retrod.:. On September 25, the Srltisu! forces seised Balaklava, and on October 9, the regular-siege of the southern portion or Sebas? tapol commenced, the Russians baviug-suok ves6els4n the entrance to the harbor, and t?ius rendered the city unassailable by mari? time force. On October 26 and Novembers, ?be Rosdans vainly attempted to annihilate the besieging force in the battles of Balaklava and:Inkermann, but afterwards confined them ?selves-mainl v to the defence; their lrequent .sorites-being Intended mora to barraes and re? tard the siege than to relieve the place defi? nitely. At Inkermann, where Canrobertwon Special distinction, the Russians lost In tilled 3011, and wounded 39<J7; the English ,-i!G2 killed, and 2143 wounded; the French, J89 killed, and 1337 wounded. Among the-sartles which marked the further progress-of the Biege, some assumed almost the character of regular field battles; for Instance, an unsuccessful at? tack of the French upon a new redoubt: their first assault upon tne Malakoff and Redau ( June 18, 1855,) and the battle of the Tc her? cule (August 16,) in which the Russians, numbering 50,008. infantry and -6000 cavalry made a last effort to break the aggressive force of the enemy. The tranches having been driven so near the Russian deienslve works that another assault could be ventured, the final bombardment was opened September 5, and lasted for three days. On September 8 .tile'Malakoff and Redan were stormed and ta? ken by the allies after a desperate struggle, and the-siege was virtually ended. In this cam? paign tne present leading French officers first engaged In war on a large scale, conducted with all the resources which the ablest engi? neers and inventors could afford, and de? manding the most desperate valor in order to insure success. The Italian war offered the French army em? ployment on the historic field of Napoleon's campaigns. The first engagement with the Austrian forces was near Montebello, where their leit wing waa defeated. The atlles being ou the point of outflanking their right wing (battles of Palestro, May 31 and June 1) they recrossed the Tlclno, and were routed in the great open battle of Magenta, June 4. With? out risking a defence of the Unes ol the Od da and Ogllo Rivers, they retreated to therine of the M?nelo. There, in the great battle of Sol? ferino, they were defeated June 24, and peace soon followed. This was, with the exception -of the Mexican campaign, in which Marshal Bazaine was conspicuous, the last conflict in which the French marshals had an opportuni? ty cf engaging in warfare on an extensive scale. . : ME PRUSSIAN COMMANDERS. . ? General Von Aloltlte. . Fl General Yon Moltke. the chief of s'aff of tte Prussian forces, was boin in Mecklenburg, in the year 18001 His farber was an army officer. He waa educated at tho military school of Co? penhagen, and entered into tbo service of Dan mark. But afterward when the annexation of Schjeswig-HolBtem, where his tither owned property, was under consideration, he accepted the German Bide of the dispute and look ser? vice with Prussia io 1822, gradually rising to a position in the staff ten years later. Shortly afterward hevjsited Turkey, and was invited by the Sultan to as?iat in the efforts that mon? arch was then making to improve the military standing of the Turkish army by the intrndati tdon of European reforms. He soe JOB t<> have been engaged in rho service of diffsreut States for several years subsequently. It was nc. until 1858 that he acquited his present position in Prussia. Hs published a report of toe An?? tro-I'alian war of 1859, with reference to a plan of an cxoedition whiofe ho had projected; but he states tbitttue rapid! movemeuts of the French Emperor, Who had an army that ''bo could rely on," rondered tua plan nugatory. Wnen a*, length the Schleswig-Holstein ques? tion dove'oped into a war lin iervices under Priucj Ftederick Charles, commanding tue allies against Denmark. were ol the greatest serv.c2. H'S hiebest abilities wore, however, not exhibited until the breaking out of war ba tween Prussia and Austria. His knowledge of technical detail and the science ot war enabled him ta take part in drawing up with Bismarck the plan of that wonderfully successful cam? paign, and be expressed himself as never for a j !uo-n?nt lacking confidence in it. He took a personal Dart in the battle of Sadowa, and ar? ranged the 5ub3oqu9ot negotiations nbica re eo!t;d ia peace. Pms ia bas thorouga coufl det?C3 in his abilities, and he shires with her freat War Minister a hold on t ie popular eart, although personally reserved almost to taciturnity, and devoted to tte study or bet favorite science, his writings upon wliicn aro of great and recognized value. General Von Roon. General Albrecht Yon Roon, born in 1803 in Pomerania, is regarded as the father of tbo present military system of Prussia. He en? c?nate red extraordinary difficulties in creating a military people and a s'rong army from what w aa left af er the T; ar J of tho First Nipoleon. It is to his skill tbat tho changes are duo to which are attributed tho present status of thc Prussian soldiers, BO incomparably superior to those who were vanquished at Jena. He is a martinet ia manners and appearance, a-irt bis a repnarion a? a writer, chiefly io the prepara? tion of military min jato and ''band-books for Office?." Crown Prince Frederick William. I P/incs Frederick William iB.inspectorol tiie 'First Division of the arm",Ttad holds other military appointments. On the 25. b of Janu? ary, 1858 ha mimed fha Priacess Victoria, eldes. daughter of Q iee J Victoria. - Having been ma<ie a generalin 1831 be com? manded tba Prussians in the campaign against the Danes, and proved by bis strategical oper? ations and before the intreachnienta of D?ppel that, with advancing years, be had learned to control the rashness of his temper by prudence and artful combination, and not only to mike a brave attack, bot aUo patiently to prepare its success. Doti ag the last war, in command of three army cort's forming Hie first ar.ny. ha marched on the 231 cf Jnieiaio *<axon?, pushed on into Bohemia, won, on th ? 23 h. the day at Mncnengritz, took part on ibo 3d of. July at Sadowa, after the first skirmish occupied Saar Bruennoo the. 12th, too* on the 16ih ??nder? bare as commander of the advance, want on the 17th into Hungary, aud was at Pres burg only prevented by tbe conclusion of the armis? tice from taking prisoners a wbo'.e army corps. Gt-n. Edwin Hans Charles MantcnfTel. General Manteuff.T almost equally woll known bj tbe title of baron, was also bira in the early part of toe present century, and is now 61 years old. He na? passed a !ifo-:inw "in military employment, haviug bogun ss a dragoon at an early age, and receiving the next grade shortly .afterward. He bscamo aid-de? camp io theeing io 1848L an 1 pince then ha? risen rdpidly. -He was made tbe civil and mil? itary Governor ofSnnawly, and led tho Pru?? . s'ao troops, while ino Austrian G-?vernor of EMstein nnaaeceearnlly defended the claims di Austria. He af ber ward had the command of | % division ander M?nerai Vesrel de Fa'kenstem. tn 1866 General Mani enfiel took command of | the army of tbe Main and directed operations against the German States of the Sooth. H9. was charged witfa demanding from the viilace ?f Frankfort the payment ot a war levy cf 60,-1 300,000 of francs, which the m ag?s trate refused. to furnish, fie has since tbat war bean.er/-: gaged in a foreign mission. 7TWO STATESMEN. Emil? 'C'ilivier. Prime Mintoter of | Prance. OEvler Emile Ol?ivier, Prime Minister of | France ender the newest imperial reglmetaac tloaed bi- the Pleitee ?ic, is the sen of Demos? thenes Qllivler, a merchant of Marseilles, re-1 ne wned for his 'eloquence and for hisserais- | tent-radicalism. He was always in opposition, and-efter the coup d'etat his antipathy io Louis Napoleon, both es President ?nd -HBmperor, was-se unappeasable that he was arree ted and had so leave France, to which bedi'd not re? turn until I860. His son, the object of this notice, has been no less remarkable for his ad-1 heston to the broadest Demecratlo principles, j Although under the mollifying influence of re- j cent concessions to the canee of freedom by! the French Government, he 'has felt at: liberty to ?Epouse the policy of the Em-! pire, and nils the unsatisfactory position' of being btnmed by his o?d friends for! desertion, -and not being - implicitly trust? ed by the -new until more -perfect acquaio tambe, although it ls fair to assume that at this moment he-must have the personal confidence of the Empfcror. He ls forty-five years of age,, end was called to the Paris bar-in 1847, and lu: 5848 was appointed (jommissajy-general of the; new Republic in Marseiiles. Hi- first public duty was the repression <of the Marseilles, riots, and for his il rm ness to toe cause of law: and order was praised hy the solid men; lt was. not viewed eo favorably hythe Reds. How-1 ever, Caraiguac sustained foin action, and ap? pointed fclra prefect. Aftertho tall of the Rev public he retired from politics, and took his; place again at the bar, where his brilliant ora? tor? soon brought him into reputation, and he.' was engaged in many snHx, both political and; pecuniary, and was esteemed one ol' the orna-' men ts ol the French bar. < In 1857 he was re* moved to the Assembly for one of the electoral districts of thc Seine. In the Chambers he was one of the five eminent members of the op? position, and opposed the Public Safety law of '58, the Italian expedition of '59, and the con? trol of the Press law in '60. In 1863 M. 0111 vler was re-elected, and during this session he recognized the Impolicy of continuous opposi? tion to. the government for mere party pur? poses, and on several occasions took the side of the ministry when lt seemed for the public benefit that he should do BO. This uncertain action continued until the Imperial declara- j tion of liberal Intentions, and the large con? cessions of popular freedom determined him, and he formally joined the Imperial party, making lils protession of faith and Justifying: his procedure in a pamphlet entitled "The 10th of January." In the following election Jie was thrown out of his old parliamentary seat by a Radical opponent, but. having been nomi-' | nated for another district--the Var-he was returned in that division. He became a personage of the highest importance in the Chamber, and the pivot around which all the parliamentary movements of the old and new parties concentrated. The famous liberal re? forms which were to consolidate the personal and dynastic authority of the Emperor on the basis of enlarged popular rights, led to the ap pointaient Of a ministry on the new basis of parliamentary rule and ministerial responsi? bility. M. Olllvler was the individual selected by the Emperor for this very responsible and honorable post. The situation has not been without Immense difficulties. The angry as? saults of his old comrades of the Left have ; made his premiership anything but a bed of roses. He has shown both independence and honorable feeling In his recall ol Ledra Rollin, while his Impartial administration ot jus? tice was shown In the conduct of the pros? ecutions arising ont of the Victor 'Noir affair, and the popular demonstrations that have taken place since his appointment. His first wlte was daughter of the renowed com? poser Liszt; his second, a daughter of a Mnr sellles merchant, has made herself conspicu? ous by her support ol dress reform in Paris in contradistinction to the sumptuous profusion of the Empress Eugenie and the court ladies. It has been rumored, but on very Insufficient grounds, that M. Olllvler ls opposed to the Prussian war, and has even had dissension with the Emperor on the subject. M. Olllvler was suspended for too free expression of poli? tical opinions in the trial of M. Vacherot, and he was challeged by Grenier de Cassognac for expressions that wonnded the feelings of the Left-a natural consequence sf his change of opinion. Count von Bismarck, Prime Minister of | Freust?. Otho, Count von Blsmarck-Schonhauaen, Prime Minister ot Prussia, and, with the sole exception of Napoleon III, the most famous man of the present age, is the descendant of a long line of petty nobility, whose origin is lost in the remotest antiquity. Frederick the Great, commencing Hie with almost puerile tastes, and In a condition of abject domestic subjection to the will of a crack-brained, ec? centric father, built up the Prussian monarchy a century and a half ago. Bismarck, who, bv his eccentricity and Irregular (not vicious) habits, earned for hlmsell the derisive appella? tion of Mad Bismarck, has outlived the depre? ciatory opinions of lils youthful critics, and has, by the strength of his will and the force Of his political "geuius, torn the prestige of j German leadership from. Austria, raised Pms-j sia to rivalry with Franco for the premiership of Europe, and realized the dream of a great German Empire by the consolidation of all the German States under the guidance of Prussia To Bismarck's towering abilities, and to the immense strength of lil?, political combina? tions, ls owing more than to any other single or personal cause the present war. The tra? dition of French diplomacy will not admit of n superior or even of an equal In the political equilibrium or Europe. Napoleon has found himself equalled, If not dominated, by Bis? marck's political manoeuvres, and neither the ambition of the Emperor nor the genius of the French nation can tolerate such an attaint on the national honor. Bismarck's moral courage and consummate tact have made Prussia what she is in this generation, and in the accom? plishment of hts high objects lt ls more than doubtful whether he did not countermine Napoleon's own plans. Certain it is tbat his position of armed neutrality after Solferino precipitated the Imperfect and unsatisfactory termination ot the Italian question, and his subsequent splendid triumphs at Konigsgratz and Sadowa, were a humiliating counterpoise to the imperial blunders in Mexico; while at home the consolidation ol Prussian supremacy has been a painful contrast to the concessions ol' imperialism to liberal institutions for the sake of assuring Itself an extended lease of I power. Bismarck's predilections, both per? sonal and ancestral, led him to identify himself | with the cause of kingly mle in Prussia. He ideutlrled the weal of the nation with the per? sonal government by a King. He is monarch? ic^ by instinct, and each concession made to liberalism has been wrung from him as a de? parture from the true principles of all govern? ment, and as an attack upon tile people's own happiness. Tbe theory of his foreign policy was that Austrian preponderance was inimical to the welfare ol' Germany, and that the the general interests of the Teutonic race would be promoted by the elevation of| Prussia to the first place in German councils. His antipathy to Democracy was increased by the events of 18*8, and in 1851 he became a member of the Prussian Parliament, where his speeches on the new constitution and his aris? tocratic loyalism, attracted tho attention of the court. While on his wedding tour he acci? dentally encountered tho King at Venice, and personal intercourse so confirmed the Impres? sion lie had created that very soon afterwards he was appointed Prussian representative at the Frankton Diet. There is, perhaps, no man in Europe of whom better stories are told than of Bismarck. Among others, one is told of this ?(articular epoch, showing his sense of his own dignity, and of the respect due to him as repre? sentative of Prussia. The young minister paie: a ceremonial visit to Count Thun, the Austrian minister and president ot the Diet. Count Thun did not ask him to take a seat, but continued smoking. Bismarck, nothing disconcerted, took out his "cigar cas;>, and drawing bis chair for? ward, asked the President for a light, and fairly smoked him Into civility. In 1859 he was recalled from Frankfort, Rad sent ambas? sador to St. Petersburg. In 1862 he was placed in charge of the Ministry o? Foreign Attain. The Whole course of Prussian politics was at thl3 time a constant protest at every point by the Liberals and the Democratic party against the crown and its authority. Tho op? position to every ministerial plan was viru? lent, and no successor at home or abroad modified the hostility of the opposition. Even Prussian successes in the Schleswig-Holstein affair brought no peace to the councils of the nation. The general tendencies of Europe were toward an expansion ol' liberalism. Bis? marck and the King believed that the national welfare lay la the consolidation ot the royal power, in the control of the press, and in the increase ot the standing army. The dispute with Austria sprang oat of the increasing prepon derance of Prussia InaM-qtiestions-touching the commea interests of Germany. The German principalities were being rapld% mediatized into Prussian dependencies. The question of armaments wr.s a new jealousy, and her -alli? ance, offensive and defensive, between Prus? sia ?nd the new Kine dom of -italy, led to the warlike movements by Austria for the purpose of defending her Venetian dependencies, ?which led te Napoleon's -appearance on the scene and to the expulsion of Austria .from Italian soil. Thesuddea close of the Italian campaign at Solferino leaving Victor Emanuel's .position only half assured, and transferring Savoy to? France, was hardly satisfactory to Prussia,' -It is generally believed that,-in Interviews whioh Bismarck bad at Biarritzvrtth Napoleon about! Ahls time, the Prussian favored the Napoleonic alabas, to a -Rhine frontier as a set-off to Prus ?sia's loogiugs for Schleswig-Holstein and Bal? tic ports. Austria now expressed her disap? proval of Prussia's aggrandizing views on the Duchies; but to these protests Bismarck: paid no - attention, and the battles of Sadowa -and Konlgagratz -affirmed Prussian rights and silenced Austrian remonstrance. Af? ter the Austrian defeats Prussia 'con? solidated Che North German States, and brought them all under her control, subsidiz? ing- their princes and granting them pensions and allowances in place of their; Independent .revenues. Arrangements were also made -with Southern German States by which they -retained their nominal independence, but Prussia was made commander-in-chief of- the Joint-army and head of the Customs Union, >and the line of the territorial demarcation completely excluded Austria from all participa? tion In the newJBund. The Luxembourg affair, lt villi be remembered, originated from an at? tempt by Prussia to get possession from Hol? land of that fortress by purchase. This was objectionable to Fiance, and the fortress was eventually dismantled and the territory neu? tralized. At this moment, owing to the con? solidation of Germanic powers to the suprema? cy of Prussia and to the powers'. granted Von .Bismarck as Chancellor, of the Federated States, he ls the most powerful minister in . Europe, having personal Influence and weight , more analogous to that of Richelieu ' or Kau? nitz than to that ol any modern minister. In person, Von Bismarck ls tall, well-formed, fair haired, blue eyed, and ol great vigor. He is aa hearty .and Joyous as he ls energetic and determined. Hie tastes are simple aud popu? lar,, as a proof of which the national beer, both white, bock and lager, in great silver tankards and foaming goblets, is a leature ot his enter? tainments. He has been once shot at, but though slightly wounded, arrested the assassin ? witil nls own strong hand, and the offender subsequently killed himself in prison. Of his personal views, M. de Vllbort, a Pari? sian Journalist, reports an interview. In which these "words were uttered by Bismarck : "Sixteen years ago I was living as a country gentleman, when the King appointed me En? voy of Prussia at the Frankfort Diet. I had been brought up In the admiration, I might almost say the worship, of the Austrian policy. Much lime, however, was not needed lo dispel my youthful illusions. The humiliation of my country, Germany, sacrificed to the Interests of a foreign nation, a crafty and perfidious line of policy, these were not things calculated to give me satisfaction. * * * I con? ceived the idea of snatching Germany from Austrian oppression-at least that part ol' Ger? many whose tone of thought, religion, man? ners and interests Identify her destinies with Prussia-Northern Germany." . Of French pretensions to territorial aggran? dizement, the same gentleman, reports Bis? marck as saying: "Ere a fortnight ls past, wc shall have war on the Rhine, il France insists on her territo? rial demands. She asks of us what we nei ther can nor will give. Prussia will not cede an inch of German soil. We can not do so with? out raising the whole ol Germany against us, and, if lt be necessary, let lt rise against France rather than ourselves.-' Herr von Bismarck Is married and has three children. His private life ls of the happiest, and his wife Is said to be a most efficient help? meet, and his very best secretary and amanu? ensis. To his sister be is most.tenderly and devotedly attached, and their mutual affection ls a bright spot on the history of a great life. He Is 56 years ot age. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON*, July 21. The United States war steamers Narragan? sett and California are ordered to be fitted for sea with all possible dispatch. The internal revenue department decides that Weiss beer Is a fermenting liquor. The President and family have departed. The President will return at a stated time, but will have a special office at one of the Long Branch hotels, where he will transact Executive business. THE GROWING CROPS. WASUINOTON, July 21. The agricultural report for the month says tlie increased acreage in cotton ls calculated by the returns from county correspondentp, and averages twelve per cent., and aggregates nearly one million acres. It is almost literally true that the people devote all their energies to the culture of cotton. The condition of the crop so far ls favorable for a good yield, and will be fully an average in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkausas; will be slightly below ?n aver? age in the Carolinas, Florida, Mississippi, Tex? as and Tennessee. North Carolina had a sur? plus of rain in June, which, in places, has oe casioned Injury, especially In thc counties of Martin, Carteret, Edgecomb, Hertford, Beau? fort, Greene, Rowan and Mecklenburg. Th e plant is late and small lu pms o! South Caro? lina, but thrifty and growing rapidly in the recent favorable weather. To defec? tive seed, or drought in planting time, the bad stand is attributed lu many places, and the growth has been retarded by excessive rain. Heavy rains In Giorgia have done some damage. In Clayton and Spaulding Counties the fields have been badly infested with lice, which threaten a failure in some instances. To the Influence of commercial fertilizers is attributed the promising ap? pearance of the plant In many fields. In Alabama the crop Is generally flourishing, though local reports are quito variable. Complaints ol' injury from hail or rain storms are reported in Dallas, Macon, Etowah; and from lice, in Sumter and Ran? dolph. While tho crop ls reported backward in some counties, lt is two weeks in advance ol last season in Conecuh. In Mississippi heavy rains and cool nights have proved un? favorable to the Counties of Neahoba, W?ish ington, DeSoto, Yallabusha and Lafayette. Lice are reported in DeSoto and Lafayette. Heavy rains, more favorable for the growth ol grass than of cottou. and obstructive of clean " cotton, have been injurious in Arkansas. lu tho Rod River re? gion of Texas, cotton ls generally flourishing, with some injury from lice. Neither cater? pillar nor boll warm ha3 appeared, and there are lew drawbacks which a few weeks ol' favorable weather cannot repair. With an average season the present acreage should give nearly three and a half million bales. With one of the extraordinary length of the last, the prodnct would be little 8hortof four millions, which was of so remark? able a character for continued growth a:id late picking that our October estimate, a rea? sonable one at the lime, or -2,700,000 balea, was advanced at tho close ?rf the season to three millions. -_ LATEST FROM CUBA. HAVANA, July i l. DeRedas, in -view of the decrease of Che re? bellion, abolishes .drumhead court-martials, except in extraordinary cases. The troops bave been ordered not te bring families forci? bly/rom insurrectionary districts. Only those wishing to come, withnneans of support, will heljroughtto the towna. ' The Havana market is unsettled. Spanish br uk-notet are quoted at five and six discount. Humber Twelve, Dutch standard, firm at 9L reals. Freights dull. Shippers refuse to charter,-owing to the unsettled markets: A BIO MISTAKE. NEW YORK, July 21. The following fe an explanation of the blun? der tn the noon cotton quotation from Liver? pool to-day : The noon quotation at Liverpool for cotton was aaerely nominal, and a repeti tlon-ofthe old price before the panic, during which the Liverpool market went to pieces. The 1:30 P.M. price, 8"d. for uplands, Is the first regular quotation we have liad since that affair, and ls confirmed by the 5 P. M. report Just received. Yesterday and the day before thc Liverpool market was in Buch confusion that quotations could only be considered nomi nr.l. ^ FATAL COLLISION AT SEA. BOSTOK, July 21. The ship Bengal, from Cardiff, collided with ?he British bark Berkshire, sinking the Berk? shire. The Berkshire's captain, his sister and ive others werelost. The Bengal reached Rio Janeiro lor repairs. TEE GERMANS IN NEW ORLEANS. NEW ORLEANS, July 21. There was an enthusiastic German mass meeting held here last night, which passed resolutions endorsing the coarse of Prussia, and resolved to make weekly contributions for. charitable purposes in connection with the war. A CLEAR CASE. . RICHMOND. July 21. Hayward, who killed Lindsey for the seduc? tion of his daughter, was examined before a magistrate at Chester, this P. M., and dis? charged from custody. THE GEORGIA COLORED PEOPLE. ATLANTA, July 24. The Young Mer.'s Republican Club met here to-day. Every county was reported as repre? sented. Some three hundred delegates were present. A. W. Stone acted as temporary president, S. R. Darnell as permane.it presi? dent. Resolutions endorsing the prolongation ot the General Assembly; urging an equal di? vision of the patronage of the State Road and other public institutions between the two races, and requesting the superintendent of the State Road to furnish first-class coaches for colored persons were adopted. Between two and three thousand negroes celebrated the Fifteenth amendment here to? day. _ AFFAIRS IN EDGEFIELD. [PROM OCH OWN CORRKSI'ONDENT.J EDGEFIELD. July 19. Tlie July term ol the Circuit Conrt was ter? minated yesterday by adjournment. This may be said to be the first term of Judge Melton and Mr. Solicitor Talley at this place. From time immemorial, Edgefield has been in the circuit with Barnwell, Colleton and Beaufort, formerly known as the Southern Cir? cuit, but more recently, and under the new regime, as the Second Judicial Circuit. In March last, at the time ot the adoption ol' the Code, and, as a part of that Instrument, Edge field wa3 transferred to the Fifth Circuit, in? cluding Kershaw, Richland and Lexington. The first regular term, under that arrange? ment, came in March, Immediately upon the passage of the law changing the circuits. Judge Melton came here then, but, owing to the short notice allowed by the act, and the further fact that an extra term had been held here In January, by Judge-Orr, and the regular term in February, by Judge Platt, little or no business was done. The uew judie presides with cass and digni? ty, and while he ts cour'ooas and uffible in his bearing towards the members of the bar and officers of the court, be, at the same time, pats into c )mmendab1e prac ica that no less impor? tant judicial virtue, firmness and decision. The ability and inpartiality displayed by him in the discharge of his duties on the bench, commendod hi n to tho Rood people of Edge? field, and gave general satisfaction. Tho business of this session of tho c jurt was da voted mainly, and almost exclusively, to the trial of criminal causes, several of which were for murder and some of which were very inter? esting, first among these assigned for trial was the coso of tho State vs. Jo au W. Hatcher, for tbe murder of a odored man. Toe defen? dant was in attendance on the court for several days -waiting his trial, but at the eleventh hour and wheu all the preliminaries were com ' plete, he took leg ball and is now in the moon tams of He ps ?dam or other regions unknown to bia sureties and the sheriff. Next in order was the eise of the State, vs. Thomas B. Lanier, for murder. During the progresa of the trial a fliw was discovered in the indict? ment, and tbe solicitor entered a noJ?epros?oui. He was defended by Messrs. Butler k lon? ni ms, and Messrs. Gary & Giry. His counsel moved for his discharge on tho ground that the nolle prosegu? after tho jury h?i b?en charged with the case amounted ro an acquit? tal. His discharge was ref uso J by the court, and be waa remanded to the custody of the sheriff. Then followed the case of the State vs. Benjamin Lanham, colored, for the murder of John Bett is a colored man. Tbere were many aggravating circumstances connected with the case, but tho defence was ably and ski.ful ly c J:Iducted by the Messrs. Gary, and tho result was a verdict of acquittal." The most atrocious ard innaman homicide that wa a tried at tho present term, and, inded, ooo which is seldom equalled in tbe annale of criminal investira'ions was that of the State vs. Robert McNory and Dick Pope, both colorid, for the murder of Ftaok Means, also a colored man. On a Monday, about the middle of last Juue, the deceased was at work with a Mr. Mrnick, near .Mount Willing, in this county. The pris? oners went to Ali nick'd house and asked for Frank Meaos. They told Ml nick that they bad come to put him through-!, e., kill him. Minick remonstrated with tbsm, and endea? vored to get them to carry the offender to Kdgefield Courthouse, and hive him dealt wirh according to law. But his intervention did not avail as subs?quent events proved. They en? tered the premises, took deceased to the road in front of Mmick's irate, and thero tied bim with a plough line. They then told him to tell the pjople good-bye, for be would not sea them again. Deceased asked for his boots, but they refused to get them, and told him he w^u!d hav i no further use for boote. it would Bosm from tbe srencral character of the teatimooy, that Mioicliand such other per? sons aa were present thought they only intend? ed to intimidate deceased, and that they would carry him to the courthouse, and besides they wero no1; armed and prisoners were well armed, l'he prisoners then carried him about a quarter of a mile and tied him to a tree by the '.oad aid*, then stepped off a few paces and coolly tod deliberately an i lelatirely shot bim fit 3 tarnee, and until be wad dead, fie begged for mercy and screamed for belp, bat no friendly band came to the rescue. The evidence all showed that the deceased was ar man of very bad character, but no canse of provokion wae m evidence except some threats be had mode 3 gain s t. the lives of each of the prisoners. Ma? jor John E. Bacon and H. W. Addison, E - q , were assigned by the court to defend the pn0 oners, a duty which they performed ably, zeal? ously and with astounding success as the se? quel showd. The verdict was manslaughter, and the sentence ten years in the penitentiary. Tbe roll of murder wis concluded by the edi of the case of the State ve. William Murrell for th" killing of James Ramsay, at Edgefleld Conrtbouso, m last December.' This was an exciting and interesting case. The Solicitor was assisted in the prosecution hy General M. W. Garv. The counsel for the defence were Messrs. Butler end Yoamans. Griffin and Clark. The evidence ran pretty heavy against tbe prisoner, and the task of bia counsel was one of no ordinary moment. Mr. Yoemans made a herculean effort in hts behalf in a masterly and exhaustive argument of tbree boms' du? ration. The verdict was manslaughter, and tbe sentence ten years in the penitentiary. Tbeie were some other cases of minor grade tried during the sitting, of tbe orari. The State was well and faithfully represented by Mr. Solicitor Talley, who im Dress* d our peo? ple as a gentleman accomplished in his pro? fession, and high-toned, honorable and faur dealing ia the discbarge of the duties of bis office. On Saturday last the Republicans in Edge field hold a county convention to nominate delegates to the Republican State Convention in Columbia. I learn from parties who were present, that the proceedings were very bois? terous, and there was much wrangling and no little dissatisfaction at. the result. B. B. Elli? ott was present, working vigorously, laying the foundation of his congressional nomination. Although it was a county convention, and Elli? ott is the adjutant general of the Slate and lives in Columbi J, still he was proposed os chairman ot the convention. Objection was made for the reason that he was not a delegate, and be IB said lo hare pitched into those par? ties who raised tbe objection with ungloved hands, claiming that he was entitled to preside on the cTOund that he is a Grand Mogul of the Uoion Leagae. Be carried tbe dav, presided as chairman of the convention, and as a part of the proceedings a resolution was passed in? structing the delegates to vote fur the nomina? tion of Elliott for Congress. Tho call for this convention stated that one of its objecta was to nominate tbe county tickets, Dat instructions came from headquarters not to nominate the county ticket till ten days before the election. They apprehend a breach, and this breach will most certainly come. It will be all the better for the Reform party for it to take place jost ten days before tho e ection, for then they will not have tima to heal it, and tbe disaffected and discontented will not hesitate to go luto the Reform party. In the meantime tbe Re? form barty ought to put ali ita candidates in the field and press the work vigorously till election day. Little if anytbiog can be gained oy waiting, the movements ol the opposing forces. lhe crops in mout parts of Edgefield are generally reported to bc good. The eaasons bave been very favors ble except in a few places where they are now beginning to auller a little from dry weather. S. THE UNION REFORM CANVASS. Free ?nd t"mliackollod. [From thc Edgefleld Advertiser.] We are glad to announce that the political disabilities of two citizens of Edgefield, now prominently before tho public, have been re? moved by Congress within the past week General M. C. Butler, candidate of the Union Reform party, for Lleutcnant-Governor of Soutli Carolina, and Major John E. Bacon, candidate for representative for Congress from this Congressional District. The removal ot the disabilities of General Butler will reasonably give fresh life and Impe? tus to the Reform movement throughout thc State. The hundreds of citizens who in view of the Simpson-Wallace and H?ge-Reed cases, had doubtless sworn never again to vote for any ineligible cam) ?date,are now at fullest liberty to conscientiously support General Butler, and, though him, the party who are honestly and conscientiously striving for the disenthral ment ot our unfortunate State. And now we call upon each and every true man In Edgefleld District to rally with redou? bled vigor and action to the cause of Reform, determined to do all in his power towards our triumph in October next. State Issues. [From the Barnwell Journal ] Onr citizens should remember that In the present campaign there arises no question of national politics. The great aim of the Uhion Reform party ls to devote excludive attention to State Interests. Wc are not especially con? cerned in national politics just now, as the condition ot things in our own State engrosses our entire time and attention. We are groan? ing under heavy taxation, and under the pres? ent administration things will grow worse and worse, and there is no hope for the people until we have a different administration and a Legis? lature of a different complexion. The interests involved in the present contest arc of such a character as to appeal loudly to every true South Carolinian for prompt support. If we differ about other political Issues, we can all certainly agree os to the necessity of bringing about a new order of things in our State gov? ernment. Let ns all for once forget our past differences, and unite cordially In an honest effort to rid our people from the galling yoke of an extreme and sel&sh Radicalism. A QIC ANTIC OCEAN FERRY. How Passengers twill Cron from Eng? land to France. [From Chambers's Journal.] Tile boats will be no less than 450 feet long -the largest ships ia the world except the Great Eastern: nearly sixty . feet beam, and more than eighty-five feet across the paddle boxes. Two complete railway trains-one for passengers and one for goods-can be accom? modated on board each ship by a most Ingeni? ous arrangement. The stem and stern will be made to open, to admit the entrance and exit of trains, of carriages and wagons. The pas? senger train will run upon a platform occupy? ing the whole length ot* the vessel, on Its main deck, and protected from the weather over? head by the upper deck. The goods train will descend au Incline to a lower platform, just under the passenger train. Dining saloons, ladles' cabins, smoking-rooms, customhouse rooms, Ac, will be situated on the main deck, on either side of the platform on which' the pas? senger train rests. By this most convenient arrangement, passengers may either remain In the carriages, or, as most of them would as? suredly do, may alight and take their ease In the saloons during the sea passage-supping, breakfasting, dining, or otherwise refreshing the inner man before resuming their Journey on French ground. Thc idea is, that the en? tire voyage from coast to coast shall be made in about an hour; and the constructional and steaming qualities of the vessel are to be con- j duclve to this end. As lt is part ot the bargain (In which Neptune is supposed to be concern? ed,) that there is to be scarcely any pitching or rolling, nothing is likely to prevent the big ferry-ship from making a rapid transit. The passengers would secure the self-same seats in the sell-same carriages all the way from London to Paris. The luggage and the mails, also, would be undisturbed." It is in this saving of time, by avoiding th? necessity ol transhipping passen? gers lu""Uge and mails, that tho shortening ol the Journey will be mostly effected. The rails on the quay, on the hydraulic holst and on the platforms in the ship, will, of course, be on the same gauge, and will be properly connected by points, sidings, ?c. At high-water, the passenger platform in the ship will be about on a level with the quay: at other states of the tide, a descent of the hydraulic holst will easily accommodate itself to the differ? ence in level. Marine engines ot first-rate character, and all the best appliances of ma? chinery, are, of course, to be looked for; If done at all, tbe thing must be done well. Ad? miral Ommaney has so far indorsed this plan as to indicate what the size of the great steam ferry-ship might be, according to the depth of water whlclv the harbors would ac? commodate-400 iect long with a draft of thir? teen feet, 360 with one of ten feet, and 300 with one of seven feet. OFFICIAI.. LIST OF LETTERS remaining In the Postofllce at Charleston, for the week ending Jaly 21, 1870, and printed officially in THE DAILY NEWS, as the newspaper having the largest circulation in the City of Charleston. ' ?-Persons calling for Letters Advertised, should state that they are "Advertised." **~ Office hours from 8 A. M. to 6)? P. M. On Sundays, from 5# to SK P. M. STANLEY 0. TROTT. Postmaster.' WOMEN'S LIST. Abrams, Mrs A Hampton, Miss Parker, Mrs El Aftson, MrsE JE len Balley, Miss Hardy. MrsThos Panks, Miss Bella " Hampleton,Mlss Charlo tt Ball, Mrs Peggy F Phillipe, Miss . 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