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VOT-??1VTF. X.-NUMBER 143S. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR SO BATTLE YET! RUMORS OF A FIGHT AT F ORR AC H. BISMARCK AGAIN EXPLAINS HIMSELF. Austria, Sweden and Denmark Arming. KING WILLIAM GOES TO, THE FRONT. ? _ I THE BRITISH LION GROWLING ABOUT BELGIUM. No Battle Known to have been Fought. PAMS, August 1-3 P. M. Up to this hoar there has not been any se? rious engagement LONDON, August 1-5 P. M. No battle ls known to have been fought, but the streets are full of rumors. It ls not be? lieved that the French fleet has attacked the defences at Hamburg. Jp" PRUSSIAN REPORTS. All Civilians Ordered ont of Berlin-The Old Capital of Poland Thoroughly Prussian In Sentiment-The Prussian Army to Take the Offensive-A Vol? unteer Navy for Prussia. LONDON, Friday, July 29. The correspondent o? the Tribune, under date of 27th, writes from Frankfort that all civilians In Berlin are obliged to decide either to leave on Saturday or to remain.till farther orders for a fortnight at least after Saturday. All railway transportation, except that for mil? itary purposes, reached Frankfort with the greatest difficulty, thirty-six hours bein? re? quired instead of eleven. The whole country is occupied with war preparations. In journeying by the military train, our cor . respondent found the Polish soldiers conspicu? ous by their patriotic manifestations and vehe? ment hatred of the French. The people of Posen are thoroughly Prussian. Only the landed proprietors and priests are hostile. No outbreak is possible In Polish Prussia without the concurrence of Russian and' Austrian Poles. France need hope for no assistance thence. Everywhere on the road was ardor shown, and soldiers were cheered and feted. The beginning of strategic movements ls at hand. The German programme is not inaction nor mere expectation. The army will speedily assume the offensive. A great battle is immi? nent on French soil. Two thousand mea have begn continuously strengthening the fortiflca tlcds of Mayence dally since war was declared. These fortifications were Incapable of resisting a sodden attack a fort nig! it ago, but now they could stand a long siege, and may serve as a base for offensive operations. The report that the King of Prussia would make Frankfort his headquarters seems Improbable. The correspondent of the Tribune Ul Berlin writes on the 27th that a volunteer naval ser? vice ls organizing to protect coast vessels, and the men are enrolled in the Federal navy. Premiums are offered for destroying. French war vessels.* The correspondent of the Tribune at Brus? sels writes on the -28th that the citadel of Ghent ls arming. The Belgian army is again' In motion. The Liberal party, has published an address declaring that the present Cabinet ls Incapable, and must be replaced by another sympathizing, with the popular resolution to preserve independence. The correspondent of the Tribune at Munich writes on the 26th that the town is full of Prussian soldiers. There are enthusiastic demonstrations. AB the houses are lodgings fortroops. FRENCH REPORTS. Hopes of Peace Declining-American Feeling Misrepresented-Precautions Against Prince Napoleon. ' LONDON, Friday, July 20.. The special correspondent of the Daily News In i^ris partially contradicts his peace minors of yesterday. All hopes are postponed until after a battle. The "American Volunteer Le? gion1' scarcely exists except o? paper and In the police journals. General Sheridan is re? ported as having intended coming from Ameri? ca, but was refused leave to accompany the army. American feeling ls misrepresented. No French journal dares to republish the long telegram of the Daily News from the JJnlted States* dealing the general sympathy with Prussia It ls reported that Prince Napoleon is obliged to accompany the Emperor as a precaution against his possible disloyalty after a defeat An independent command was denied him. Le Bouf positively refused-to give him a divi? sion. Dan te marre, commanding Paris during the Emperor's absence, has full power to de? clare martial law, if needed. Dr. Evans, aa American resident of Paris, bas been authorized to reject the offer of Gen? eral P. H. Sheridan and other Americans, who were said to have been anxious to serve against Prussia The French wanted General Sheridan authorized to go as a professional spectator merely, bot this, too, has been re? jected by the government. ENGLAND'S ATTITUDE IN THE WAE. Further Caution would be Timidity Disraeli's Policy will Force .England to Protect Belgium-Unanimity of all Parties In England. h. LONDON, Friday, June 29. The assurances of the Marquis de. La Valette,, the Ambassador of France in England, to Eari Granville, in reply to Bismarck's dispatch, were received in Parliament with general dis? trust. There is' no doubt whatever that Mon? day's debate lu the Commons will reveal Eng? land in the attitude of resolute hostility to de? signs from every quarter affecting Bel? gium. The caution of the government cannot be maintained much longer with? out being regarded as timidity. Its sup? porters will compel straightforward decla? rations. Disraeli's purpose is known in ad? vance to be to commit the country to a policy which shall force France to let Belgium ..'.lone or confront England. But no party lines will be drawn on this question at the present crisis. The Dally News of to-morrow will say: 'There will be no longer an opposition. A unanimous Parliament will recognize but one party-that of Ihe country. Without distrust? ing the good-will either of Franco or Prussia, it does not do to depend upon either. England must depend on herself." Reports from Berlin. BERLIN, August 1. The King went to the iront-last ?vening. The Queen left him at the cars. The people were very enthusiastic. Futren loaded ships are moored in the Elba, below Hamburg, ready to be sunk upon the appro ach of the French fteet. Bismarck bas issued a circular to diplomats at neutral courts, wherein, among other things, he says: Napoleon has constantly tempted Prussia. Prussia remained honest, but ihr the sake of peace lt was thought best to encourage Napoleon in his delusions, and a [.note implying approval was returned. Time was counted on to revolutionize France and extinguish the scheme, hence the long delay and silence. The Prussians have mined the banks of the Rhine. There are rumors of fighting near Forbach. Reports from Paris. PAMS, August 1 The Mediterranean fleet has arrived at Brest, and will go north to join the Baltic fleet. Prince Napoleon.departs shortly lor the Baltic. The French will remain at Borne until Sep tember. Austria is organizing a formidable army. The Archduke Albrecht, whose sympathy with France is notorious, is in supreme command. Sweden is arming, and will co-operate with Denmark. The Bank of France has raised the rate of discount to five per cent. Reports from Landon. LoxnoN, August 1. It Is certain that England will take action to defend Belgium. The Times says Lord Gladstone's speech at the Mayor's dinner proves that he recognizes the war and is ready to meet it The French squadron is still cruising off the coast of Scotland. Jt is reported that England intends occupying Antwerp. - The Affair at Saarbr?cken. WASHINGTON, August 1. A special to the New York Herald says the French lost twenty, the Prussians eight at Saar brncken. The French Government now requires pass? ports from all persons entering or leaving France. Hungary Making Ready. PESTH, August 1. The Lower Chamber of the Hungarian Diet has voted five millions, and authorized the mobilization of next year's contingent. Brutal Treatment of French Citizens in Baden-The Belgian Question. PARIS, Angust II In addition to the passports required of all persons, the subjects of States at war with France must have a special permission from the minister of the interior to enter, leave or travel through France. The French citizens found in Baden were conducted to the frontier in chains, and were made to pay for the piares wherein they were locked up to save them from the violence of the people. The Libert? says that the occupation of Bel? gium by Engiand would unsettle that king dom, wound France, and, probably, draw Rus? sia into the war. The Belgian army of observation occupes the line between Liege and Alx-la-Chapelle. A volunteer artillery force for the defence of Paris, if necessary, will be formed at once. England Still Hold? Off. LONDON-, August 1. . The British troops do not occupy Antwerp. Prussian Reasons for Napoleon** Delay. BERLIK, August 1. The hesitation of the French in commencing hostilities, and the delay in issuing the Impe? rial declaration of war, ls ascribed here to the consciousness on the part of Napoleon that the war would be long and painful, owing to the superiority of the needle gun over the Cbasse pot, which has already been demonstrated in the encounters between the skirmishers of the two armies. WAR TOPICS. Thc Special Corps of the French Army. Besides the zouaves, of which a description has lately been given, the French army con? tains the following special corps: THE ZEPHYRS. They resemble the zouaves in their uni? forms, arms and equipment, and their organi? zation and drill are almost the same; but while the zouaves are a proud corps, and believe in military honors, such ls by no means the case with the zephyrs. They are simply & corps of culprits and jail-birds. If a soldier of the French army commits a vulgar and dishonor? ing crime, that ls, if he robs, steals, cheats, or proves to be a coward, he is condemned to serve ou the galleys; but If he only commits what might be termed a genteel crime, that is; if he commits manslaughter, or ravishes a woman, or is insubordinate, then he ls condemned to serve in the corps of the zephyrs. They are permanently sta tioned in Africa, and the discipline among these rather dangerous and desperate characters is terribly severe. Every officer has the right to kill a zephyr on the spot should he show the least sign of insubor? dination, and to this circumstance they owe their name, which they have adopted them selves, to express thereby of how little value their lives are, which at any time might die out like a zephyr. Their official appellation ls Corps ol Punishment, and they now number several thousand men. They paint themselves with blue Ink all over their bodies in the most fantastical manner, and e v?n the hardest pun? ishment could not put a stop to this singular amusement, to which they seem to have taken, because they are not permitted to have cats, and get no pay. When General Pelissler was offered the command in the Crimea he accept? ed lt only under the condition that the zephyrs would accompany him there, and that it they should behave well, they were to be pardoned aad permitted to return to their regiments. They were sent there and their success was complete. In the battle near Traktir the Russians had formed a square which the Sardinian cavalry had vainly attacked, when General Bosquet, who then commanded them, advanced the ze? phyrs. borne English officers requested him not to sacrifice his men uselessly, but General Bos? quet made them a speech which commenced, "You sons of hell." and closed with "forward to the attack." with tho war-cry, Vive la Mort, Instead of Vive VEtnpereur, they swept Into and over the Russian bayonets like a whirlwind, and soon their yataghans had made such terrible havoc in the Russian lines that the most desperate exertions of the Russian tffiivors were unable to avert defeat. THU CHASSEURS D'AFSIQI'E. These are a cavalry corps consisting of four regiments. They carry a long rifle, two re? volvers, and a sword, and are all mounted on select horses of the best Barbary blood. Their continuous service in Africa amongst and against thc Bedouins, has made them superb riders, and they perform all the feats on horse b'-?k in which the sons ot the desert excel; and will ride at full gallop, turn in the saddle, and fire to the rear with precision. They also dis? tinguished themselves during the Crimeun war. General Allonvlly, who commanded a corps of 1500 Chasseurs d'Afrique, attacked with them 12,000 Russian dragoons, tho favor? ite cavalry corps of the Emperor Nicholas, on the plain of Simferopol, and defeated them so completely that their commander. General Corn*, committed suicide from shame. THE TURCOS AND 8PAUIS. These are native African or Algerian corps, and consist exclusively of volunteers. The Turcos are light mfantry, and come more par? ticularly from the mountain regions of Al? geria. T,he Spahis are a cavalry corps, and are re? cruited amongst the Bedouins. Both the Tur? cos and Spahis are Mahomedans, but their offi- ? cers are mostly Frenchmen. But they are not e at all prohibited, on religious ground, from ad- ( \ancing to the highest military positions, and one of them, General Jussuff, now occupies a high position in the French army. There are three regiments of Turcos, or about 10,500 men, ana three regiments ol' Spahis, or about 3600 men. TUE FOREIGN LEGION*. There is at present but one regiment in ex? istence containing representatives of all na? tionalities. The words of command are given in French. The officers are half French, half from other European nationalities. In their contracts with the French Government, it ie distinctly understood that they are not obliged to serve outside of Algeria, and particularly not against their respective native countries. But they fought, nevertheless, in the Crimea, in Lombardy, and in Mexico. New Inventions In Arms. It becomes daily more evident that not only France, but also Prussia, bas for a number of years silently but steadily made the most ac? tive preparations for the great struggle for European supremacy which has just now com? menced between themv This ls not only indicated by a thorough re? organization of both the French and the Ger? man armies, but also by the strenuous efforts of each to produce weapons more improved and of greater destructiveness than possessed by the other. It is claimed by the French that the Chasse potlsan improvement on the Zundnadelge wehr, and, as long as the latter served them as a model, they are probably all right there. Besides that, they have introduced into their artillery service a light field-piece, a kind of revolving cannon, called the mitrailleuse, said to be most effective against infantry ana cav? alry. . All of a sudden one hears, however, of seve? ral new Inventions qulety introduced by Prus? sia, an i first amongst them a gun which can be fired twenty-two times a minute with ease, and Bald to be a decided improvement on both the Zundnadelgewehr and the Chassepot. In connection with this they have an improved arrangement for carrying 200 rounds of ammu? nition. The superiority ot this new gun becomes at once self-evident, inasmuch as the present needle gun can only be fired off about ten or twelve times a minute, and a soldier carries only sixty rounds of ammunition. It ls, therefore, at least twice as effective as their present style of needle gua, and a con? siderable number of them have already been manufactured and ls ready to be distributed among the army. Another new invention of which the Prussians seem to think much ot, is a kind of heavy and very large rifle with a cast-steel barrel four and a bali leet long, and mounted on two light wheciB very much like a piece of artillery. It is named the wallbuechse or wall rifle, probably because a similar very heavy and long rifle has been in use daring the middle ages for the defence of the walls and turrets of can? tiles and other fortifications. The -wall rifle bas been distributed exclusively among the In lantry, every battalion of which has now a number of them. It ls aimed and fired off by a soldier kneeling >>ehlnd it and catching the recoil, in order to steady the aim, by means of a padded cushion or saddle. The distance at which this new gun carries ls very great, the same as that of the heaviest artil? lery. It shoots with great precision, and seems to be more particularly destined to be used against the enemy's artillery, for the killing of the men serving the guns, their horses and the explosion of ammunition chests, although lt may also be used against inlantry and cavalry. The projectile ls two and a halt inches long, of cast-iron, hollow, and filled with a highly explosive substance. It explodes, however, only when lt strikes wit li its point, which is furnished with a slight? ly projecting knob pressing a needle into the charge, and thus causing an Immediate explo? sion. Besides these new inventions, numerous Im? provements bave been introduced, particular y In the artillery of both nations, and most of ;nem of such a destructiveness to lile and limb bat this war will probably become the blood est on record. A Fearful Weapon. The mltrallleure, which Is as yet untried In iractlcal warfare, is considered by the Frencli is the most destructive ratltary weapon mown. Recently, three hundred wretched horses, dready condemned to the poleaxe, were pur? chased at the rate of lour or five francs each, md ranged at a considerable distance. Two mitrallleures were brought to play on them, md In three minutes ofter two dlsrnarges, not Dne of the animals remained standing. Ona second occasion, five hundred horses were brought down at a Bingle trial. This formi? dable weapon is constructed as follows: It Is a light thirty-seven-barrel gun, arranged that its barrels may be discharged simul? taneously, or consecutively. The thirty-seven cartridges, Intended for one charge, are con? tained In a small box. A steel plate, with ?orrespondlng holes, ls placed on the open box, which ls then reversed, and the cart? ridges fall polat foremost into their respective holes. They are prevented from falling through by the rims at their bases. The loaded plate is then introduced into the breech-slot, and when the breech is closed by a lever, a num? ber of steel pins, pressed by spiral springs, are only prevented irom striking the percussion arrangement in the cartridges by a plate In Iront ol them. When this case is moved ?lowly by a handle, the cartridges are fired one by one. If the plate be withdrawn rapidly, they follow each other so quickly that their ilscharge is all but simultaneous. The Inven? tion seems very well adapted for use in forts jr other permanent places of defence or jffence, but its carriage and management in :ue field would present many and insuperable obstacles to its general use. THE MURDER OF MR. NATHANS. NEW TOBE, August 1. It has been ascertained that the murderer of tfr. Nathans secured $60,000. Three wealthy Israelites have offered a hun ired thousand dollars, if necessary, to bring to mnishmentthe author of an article in a Sun lay paper accusing Washington Nathans, the ion of the murdered man, of themurder. THE OUTFLOW OF SPECIE. WASHINGTON, August 1. The public debt statement Bhows a coin de? cease of over $17,000,000. The amount in the xeasury is $103,000,600, of which $38,000,000 ire in currency. KIRK'S' LAMBS. RALEIGH, Aug lot 1. Tue m irs hil of the Supremi Court has not retretunieJ from Yauoyville, where he went >n Saturday to serva tho writs lssaacl by Chiel luetice Pearson. The airest of thirty mora c',tiz3U3of Alla nance is canSrmed. Bargen, (K rk'e lieu cmnt-colonel ) hung Mr. Patton three turna, md tied up soveral others by the thu nt?, to nalte them confess they were Eu-Elux. The Governor (says ho ie supported by thc Probident, and tU; couria givo no relier, but :be people have made DO resistance. Threa companies ot United States tromps ar ivedbero yesttnliy. It i> s .id thattwo com? ?anles will go to Yance v ille. .?-V INDIAN FIQUV IN TEXAS. WASHINGTON, August 1. Official advices from Fort Richardson repre leat that a part of Texas is infested with indians, who aro armed with revolvers and .ide carbines and are well mounted and slothed. Captain McClellan, with fifty-fivo nen, fought them ia Biylor Coauty, losing two nen and killing fifteen. It ta believed that be eo-callel Indians aro renegade soldiers rom Now Mexioo to whom the contrabinl raders on tbe border supply arms. The yacht America, now owned by the Unit id States, will take part In the race for the Queen's cup. LOOK TO TOUS BEARINGS. TO Ti IE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. It is a striking and significant fact that the Charleston Radical sheet-Scott's own special organ, that is the head and front of the Radi? cal party of the State-now quotes, weekly, in aid and comfort (approvingly) from the edito? rial columns of the Sumter News. The Hst ol papers opposed to Reform, which were published in the Sumter News, with its own name In a fancy square, under the style of "The Grecian Phalanx," has dwindled down to one little hebdomadal, the Sumter News. And as Its self-assumed title of "The Grecian Phalanx" ls evidently a misnomer, it is recom? mended to adopt the much more appropriate and equally classical name of "The Trojan Horse." Let it be borne in mind, at the same time, that the only newspapers In the State opposed to the Union Reform party are the Sumter News and the Radical Scott organ, (said to he published in Charleston.) During the few years since it was first pub? lished, has it not changed front repeatedly without changing its publishers ? Did it not at one time lose nearly ali Its subscribers on account of Its Radical leanings ? And what was the hitch which broke off the trade when lt was about to become Radical out-and-out ! Did not a Democratic editor dissolve his con? nection witli the Sumter News because Its pro? prietors objected to the Democratic cast of his editorials ? Is it not a substantial supporter of Scott and Moses, while boasting that it ls ttie only Dem? ocratic ( ? ) paper in the State, its columns being filled with abuse of Carpenter and Butler and the Reform party ? Why dont it advocate Scott openly, and fall into line with those who pronounce lt their "best ally ?" Its circulation may be small, but its offence is a grave one, when, under the name ol De? mocracy, it substantially aids those who are crushing the State, and who are seeking to faBten upon us for two years more a set of rulers who are a stench in the nostrils of de? cency every where. The people begin to see this, and they haw too much at stake to look on with indifference. CRAYON. SOUTH CAROLINA BAPTIST STATE CONTENTION. Second Day. [KKOM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] G BEEN-VILLE, S. C., July 23. Last night Bev. Dr. Beynolds, of Columbia, delivered an historical address, to a very large audience. He traced tbe early history of Biptists in South Carolina, and cave aa inter? esting account of the trials and experiences of the great pioneers of this denomination. Ac? cording te his statements, Rev. Wm. Screven was the first Baptist minister who located in. South Carolina. This was about tbe year 1G75. Georgetown was the scene of his first 'ibors, but in a few years be removed to Charleston and founded the First Baptist Church of tbat city, about the year 1683. Dr. Beynolds paid a beautiful and deserving tribute to Rev. Dr. Richard F arman, whose memory ie still so much cherished not only io yonr city, but throughout the entire State. The address of Dr. Reynolds was well received^aad displayed that elegant diction and classic finish for which the learned divine is so well-known. To-day the delegation lo the convention was considerably increased by fresh arrivals, and it is now estimated tbat the convention is larger than any held since the war. Resolutions were adopted recommending to the cordial support of the Baptists of the State, the "Working Christian," a religious paper, which is now published in Charleston. Several prominent members of the convention deliver? ed adlresBes in supporl of this en ter pris?. Bev. Dr. Teasdale, of Memphis. Tennessee, addressed the convention in behalf of the Sun - dav-Bchool Board of the Southern Baptist Con? vention, and secured contributions to aid in establishing Sunday-schools in the South and West, and in circulating a religions literature. The time of holding the annual conventions W8B changed, by resolution to-ua.v, frjm July to the last Thursday in November of each year. To-nigbt tbe important subject ol State and Domestic Missions will be discussed before a large mass meeting, and addressee are eject? ed iroui Rev. Dr. Bumner, of Alabama: Rev. Dr. Oargan, ot Darlington; Rev. John G. Wil? liams, ot coileton; Rev. J. F. Morral!, of New? berry, and Rev. T. R. Gaines, of Charleston, i bo sessions of tbe convention have been quite harmonious and lntereotine. The number of persoun from the town and country a'tendiuT the convention wad nit so lar-,e this morniug, as crowds gathered at au early hear to hear the speeched or Judge Carpenter aod General Butler, Beform candidates for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor. *** TBE VIBQIN1A SPRINGS. Masquerade Ball at the White Sulphur. IPROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] GREESBRIER WHITE SCLFHUR SPRINGS. ) VIRGINIA, July 28. ' \ Last night the first taney dress and masque? rade ball of the season was given, and though not quite so decided a success as the first fancy ball of last year, lt was a very beau tllul and enjoyable affair. At nine o'clock the ball room was thrown open. Soon the crowd began to gather. At ten o'clock the room was full, and presented a scene ol rich and?plcturesque beauty. It was so "gay, so brilliant, so sparkling. All was joy, brightness and happiness. How can wc select from this brilliant throng and particularize ? We must, and here goes. Miss Beck, of Kentucky, as Queen Elizabeth, wa9 as stately but more beautiful than her haughty prototype. The lovely Miss Taylor, of Georgetown. D. C., by her grace, beauty and loveliness, represented in all perfection a lady of the Cuurt of Queen Mario Antoinette; her dress was a brocaded silk ol' ashes of rose-col or, with court train, flowing sleeves, the whole beautifully embroidered in wood leaves in th e rich glow ol' autumn; her wit fascinated Uic wise, while lier dnnciug delighted tn* young. Mrs. J. B Tinsley, of Virginia, as thc Eveuing Star, was sweet and charming. Miss Merri? field, ot Baltimore, as Night, attracted much attention by her dark, rich costume-. Interspersed in the gay throng were tr.e usual number ol gypsies, knights, Spanish la? dies, cavaliers, newsboys, negroes, sailors, clowns, hunte rs, flower giris, court ladies, In? dians, &c. Mr. James P. Cowardin, of the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch, affurded much amusement by his personation of Sambo, with the plantation jig, and Shoo Fly in tho best style of thc min? strel!. About one hundred and fifty masks were on the floor, and live hundred others in evening dress. Every one was delighted, and the whole thing wa3 a brilliant commencement of the gay season-at White Sulphur. ^ LEMOINE. -Thc Saturday Review bas a severe condom natory article on thc Hie of Dickens, and the morality of his later work?. THE RADICAL NOMINATIONS. "What is to he Done with Whittemore. THE SITUATION IN THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, Augast 1. Toe smoke of battle is beginning to lift irom the field where tbe Anti-Reformers have been fighting among themselves for nearly a week. The State nominations-Scott and Hausier - have not produced any surprise. N" obody talks of them. Bat the Congressional nominations are far different. The feeling evolved in these con? tests is raging still. Curses both loud and deep are still to be heard. In the First District it is understood that nothing short of the District Attorney's arrest or Whittemore can keep him out of the nomi? nation on the 16th, at Florence. Sinca the New York Tribune's editorial on the subject of Whittemoro and his crimes, there is some talk here of forcing the District Attorney to the performance of the unpleasant duty of pro? ceeding against Whittemore fer cadetship selUng. In yonr Second Distri rt the nomination of both DeLarge and Bowen, by their respective factions, bas left but little excitement here in Columbia, because of ths remoteness of the field. It is coronen ted on as a straw, showing that while the negroes are Republican enough to prefer a thorough party man, they are ready to Jet the carpet-b?g^er dlide-if they can. Bowen declines to slide; and he is something like the mon in the fable of the horse and the stag. Bat the caneas work was bitter in the extreme, and mutual denunciations were wrathful and ominous. In the Third'tD.strict, the nomination of Elliott over H?ge has made a lively stir, which has not all quieted yet. Our entire communi? ty will vote for Elliott if H?ge dare to carry out his threat of running without the nomination, and the issue be between the two. But H?ge 's threat is probably mere bravado to ease down his f ill. As far as intelligent mon of his party can see, Hose's r?le is played one. Tbe Gov? ernor had quite set his heart on Hoge's suc? cess; but now, since be is defeated, what use has the Govcrror for him ? There is probably no place which his Excellency has not already promised timo and again to his numerous frionds. Our people, both white and black, look npon H?ge jost now very much as the English may look upon a convict about to be banish; d to Yan Dieman's Land, with a feeling ol pity, but no desire to interfere with hiB sen? tence or his departure. But it was in the Fourth District that there was the highest ron of excitement and mu? tual lecriminatioo. Wallace and Tomiinsoa and Pfifer were the contestants fer the nomi? nation; and here, os in some other issues, the carpet-baggers were worsted. But, if we aro to take the Bince-published testimony of Wim basb, Cook, Barber, Duncan, and representa? tives from two other coun .ies, Wallace's nomi? nation was not regular. Their testimony will have the effect of fettling, perhaps, both the question and Wallace too. Another conven vention in the Fourth is to bo called, when, if signs are to be trusted, a colored candidate will be nominated. The disorders of the fac? tions in the sessions here last week were dis? graceful in the highest degree. Upon the whole, tho carpet-baggers are badly worsted and tho anti c ir pet-bag feeling grows stronger every day, The meeting of the Richland County Con? vention on Saturday-the bolters from the former convention-indicated a decided ten? dency to rebuke the corrupt officials and rep? r?sentatives of Richland who rushed them? selves into nomination irregularly at the former convention. The discussions were temperate, earnest and well-timed. They ad? journed without offering another ticket, but have taken steps to prepare one, and it will be an improvement on the other no doubt. The shooting affiir on Friday does not pos? sess any interest. It was merely one boy trying a new revolver on another-Mooney (son of a Radical Alderman) shooting a de? formed beggar named Holloway. Both about fourteen years old. Seegera'B icc factory ie rapidly approaching completion._ _ CORSAIR. CURIOSITIES OF CRIME. Taney, who was stabbed at Augusta, on Sa? turday night, died soon afterward. James White has been arrested as the mur? derer of a boy named DeKrll, aged fourteen, who was run over in New Orleans and lils foot cut off. The Ceorgla Senate has preferred charges ot corruption against a Radical named Merritt. A negro desperado at Memphis shot his wife, and a Mrs. Martin with whom his wife lived, and escaped to the woods. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The steamer Dan Abel is burned. Loss $400,000. The stern-wheeler Silver Spray blew up yes? terday at a point twenty-five miles above Mem? phis. The negroes voted without molestation In Louisville, Ky., yesterday. Another detachment of the French army has sailed from Clvita Vecchla for Marseilles. THE "WHITTEMORE PA ?TT." [From the Philadelphia Le.lger.] When such a man as Whittemore is not only reelected to the place in Congress which he dis? graced by his corruption, but ls made the prominent figure in a State Convention of his party, lt is not hard to see that a dangerous class of politicians and a debased condition of political morals are again uppermost in South Carolina. No lair-minded, intelligent Ameri? can, whatever his party leanings may be, can have any other feeling than that of disgust lor the political chicanery that leads to such Im miliatlii!; results, nor should lie have any other language for them than unqualified condemna? tion. [From Hie New York World.] It appears that the cadet-broker Whittemore took entire charge ol' the Republican state Convention on Thurs lay iast. It was Whitte? more who decided which of the delegates were duly elected; Whittemore who framed the pint form "indorsing President Grant's admistra tion," and Whittemore who nominated the candidates for the coming race. In one word, from Its head to its tall, the whole Republi? can party in South Carolina was incarnated In this convicted and twice-branded cadet selling, carpet-bag Congressravn; and so decided a prominence on the heels of lils sec? ond rejection by the House seems to indicate that, just in proportion as any man becomes degraded in general estimation, just in that proportion does he rise ia the estimation of those rice-field suffragans, who form, with some Whltteraore-lsh white men, the Republi? can party of South Carolina. This fellow was driven from the House for plain theft, and his constituents sent him back; the House spurned him from Its threshold, and, lo ! he rises Btill higher in South Carolina Republicanism, and from the simple Congressman becomes the great head-centre ol the party throughout the j State. 1 WINCHESTER RIFLE LAW. Attempts of the Ring to Excite the Negroes. [From the LaurensvlUe Herald.] On Saturday last, at au early hour, our Til lace began to be thronged with negroes from allparts of the county. It had been industri? ously circulated that scott would be a speaker. About 10 o'clock the drums beat through the streets, and a procession was formed, com? posed of about fire hundred able-bodied field hands, while probably an equal number of stragglers, ancient Africans, men and women and hoys, filled the sidewalks. A hali dozen rand marshals, mounted on the horses of the tate constabulary, Joseph Crews and Nathan? iel Freeman, gallopped to and fro the streets of the little village. At the head ol' the procession, composed probably of about five hundred men, marched a company of about sixty negroes in full uni? form, armed and equipped according to Win? chester or Springfleld'rifle iaw, with fixed bay? onets, cartridge boxes, and all the accoutre? ments of war. The remainder of tue negroes were armed with every pattern of firearm known to modern warfare-shot guns, single and double; pistols lu belts, old squirrel rifles, bludgeons, sticks, stones, ?c., and every fash? ion of sabre and sword since Nimrod. They paraded every nook and corner of the town for several hours, the bayonets of the escort com? pany bristling terror to the half dozen white men occupying the fronts of their business hoares. About 12 M., they moved to a deep ravine near the town, and listened to harangues from the miserable scalawags, Y. J. P. uwens, Jos. Crews, one Fifer, from Newberry, and two or three negroes. Owens and Crews made Incendiary speeches, and talked of nothing but the arms in the hands of the negroes, the ballot box and the cartridge box going hand In hand, &c. Fifer, who came, we believe, lrom Newberry, spoke in the same warlike tone, only bia strain was doubly bloodthirsty. In contrast with these speakers, the negro orators made no allusion to arms and blood. Owens and Crews never move with the ne? groes in procession through the streets, but sneak off when they have delivered their in? cendiary harangues. Delegates were appoint? ed to the Republican Convention. The sense of the Scott militia was taken, and lt appeared that Scott and Hausier are the favorites for Governor and Lieutenant-Go vernor. The negroes are evidently vain oi their uni? forms and their bayonets, but peaceably In? clined, while Owens, Crews and Scott, (through his agents, the constabulary,) are determined to have them used on the white people._ THE "SINEWS OF WAR." The Rothschild* and their Sympathie? -An Important Ally for France. In the Juden Strasse, in Frankfort, is a tall, ramshackle old house, which strangers, par? ticularly such as have a commercial tendency or education, find a peculiar Interest In exam? ining. It is the birthplace of the Rothschilds, the financial magnates, who have propped up more thrones and monarchs than any bankers since the days of the Florentine Petruzzl, who once stiffened the financial legs of Europe, but whoso vast fortune, dissipated by worth? less heirs, is, like its founders, well-nigh for? gotten. In all these years since Anselm's time in 1743, or thereabouts, the fami? ly has been amassing riches by loans, purchases and other regular methods, and meeting with no reverses save those of 1848, when the revolutionary whirlwind swept away values and despots indiscriminately. Some two score million would cover that par? ticular damage, an amount which was soon recovered. Every nation In Europe has tested the Rothschilds' purse. England drew upon lt to the extent o? $200,000,000, Austria some ?5?,000,000, France over $60,000,000, and Na? ples, Russia, Tuscany and Bmaller States found ks help in their times of need. Even Prussia discovered $40,000,000 in the Juden Strasse when she could have procured it nowhere else, and as fop private enterprises-railways, steamboats, canals and so on-there was hard? ly one, where the security was even passable, that failed to obtain the cash resources essen? tial to development and success. When thc head of the house in Paris died, not long since, lt required months even to es? timate his wealth, it was of such vast extent and so varied in its character; and since his death equally able management has further increased the value of the whole, until the ac? cumulation attains a figure almost beyond the possibility of comprehension. With their wealth, loo, has come to the Rothschilds a reputation for integrity based upon that well known transaction with the fugitive Elector of Hesse Cassel, whose $5,000,000 in silver, hur? riedly deposited, was returned to him swollen with the eight years' interest they paid for Its safe and lucrative keeping. The Paris house has taken tho control of all the branches ol' the firm within the past ten years, the original one at Frankfort becoming, like those of Vienna, London and Naples, a subordinate. So vast ac last has grown this concentrated power, and so judicious is its ap? plication, that Rothschild's influence now ex? tends to all the bourses and exchanges of Eu? rope, and Rothschild's operations supply a barometer for the guidance of banking houses the world over. As the Rothschilds move, so do monled men in London, Sun Francisco and New York move, their facilities for informa? tion and the never-falling shrewdnees that points their action being universally acknowl? edge. Such a power, it may be Imagined, is pro? digious. Although flying no banners and beating no drums, it is superior to au army, however numerous. Needle-guns and Chasse pots cannot resist the subtle force of a cheque. Despotism and Imperialism are powerless to coerce the credit willingly accorded by this firm's asking. Consequently, there is a sig? nificance lu the resignation by Alfonzo Roths? child of the Prussian consulate at Paris, which will be readily comprehended in counting houses in various parts of the world. The of? fice was conferred to palliate the injuries in? flicted upon the Rothschilds and other banking houses when Frankfort was absorbed by Prus? sia-that lively period succeeding Sadowa, when free cities and free provinces were swal? lowed without so much as a by your leave; when German potentates fled to Paris and Vienna, and sustained lawsuits In Loudon and insults and humiliation everywhere, from Stuttgart to Stralsund. AU Franklort was wroth at Prussia's exactions. The levies madu by Bismarck exceeded the worst anticipations, and naturally engendered the bitterest hostili? ty against the kingdom he represented. The abrupt relinquishment ol' his official hon? or is an unequivocal proof of Rothschilds' me? mories aud a decided expression of the Roths? child sympathies, lt means aid to France as the house has before aided her; and it also in? dicates a belief that she is worth (arther aid? ing. This antagonism ol' finance may prove formidable to Prussia, whose exchequer ls not so plentiful as rumor pretends. To the Roths? childs will go the possessions and Aiuds of all who seek a safe deposit for them, and their resources will tams swell into an unparalleled magnitude. As France contains so much I hat makes the Rothschilds' wealth, anil, as we have said, loans having already been made her. the Emperor will .Iud whatever additional ac? commodation he may need. His empire re? presents payment in lull: his downfall repudia? tion. Such an alliance ls better for him than that of any kingdom. It means supplies and arms, and a cupacity to prolong the war Inde? finitely. The fliiaucial soundness of the Roths? childs being Involved in the security of France, they will hardly fail to use all their efforts to secure both-their efforts, it being understood, comprising the efforts of all the great bankers with whom they are BO closely and indissolu? bly allied._ M. Edmund About, who so vigorously as? saulted Napoleon III the other day, now de? mands unrelenting war. He says that the true enemy of the French is not the German people, but "the Court of Prussia, Bismarck, and a gang of generals and clique of inter? ra oddlers." NEW TOBE GOSSIP. The European War and tue Fall Trade-The Radicals and the Germans -A Coming Scand a 1-Terrible Torridity. NEW YORK, July 28. One effect of the loreign "unpleasantness" ls a lively start to the fall trade. Ordinarily there ls scarcely anything done by the wholesale houses before the middle of August, but this season they find customers dropping In three weeks ahead. The certainty of high prices tor foreign goods, If the war stretches out for any time, Ss the cause of the little activity noticea? ble during the past week, and more noticeable the present. Holders,- however, are not over inclined to sell. The German Importers, es? pecially, are stiff, though dealers In French goods are tightening up, too. It is, of course, quite reasonable to anticipate some higher values for foreign fabrics if production falls off, as lt certainly will io the event of a long war; and the Impression that the war win be .-short, sharp and d?cisive" Is wear? ing off. It is now believed that neither side will give way while it bas strength to fight, that other powers will become Involved, de? spite their professions and probably their pur? pose of neutrality, and that the mass of the lighting material of Europe will be employed at the trade ol slaughtering before the end of the conflict appears. Should this expectation prove correct, of course production for the American market will almost cease, and prices will necessarily go up. Yet it Is possible that parties buying largely at present rates, In an? ticipation of a further rise, will find themselves In tight places. The war may be over In a few months s-^er all. The safest plan Is to buy moderately, Just enough* to keep stocks wefi assorted, and this is what the majority of deal? ers are likely to do. It will take several months to exhaust the stock of French and German goods on hand and coming when Na? poleon and Bismarck determined to let slip the dogs of war. AFTER THE GERMAN VOTE. The Tribune takes the World and Express to task for saying that the Union League had come out for Prussia with a view to catching German votes, or, rather, of recovering those its party had lost. The Tribune is partly right. It was the Radical general committee, not the Union League, that held a meeting to sympa? thize with Prussia. But It amounts to pretty much the same thing. Both concerns aro pre? cisely the same In spirit. What the one does the other approves, and the two always work together for the same end. The German Radi? cal vote In New York has fallen off greatly In the past three years, and its recovery ls extremely desirable to the party. This Is the sum and substance of the motive for Radical expressions of sympathy for Prus? sia. Speaking to a gentleman on this sub? ject the other day, he said : --Every? body knows that it ls because the Germans are a great political power in this country that sympathy goes to the Prussian side, Just as the Fenians have been allowed to keep up an illegal organization, because they are a political power." Sift the whole matter down, and you will probably find this view correct At any rate, the Radicals are determined to make all they can out of the present opportunity. They never had so good a one to court the German vote. It ls absurd to suppose that sentiment has anything to do with starling their sympa? thy. It Is interest from top to bottom-the interest of office. Their efforts to trammel naturalization show their real feelings to? wards Germans as well as other foreigners. Their sympathy meetings and newspaper articles in favor of Prussia are bids for German assistance in recovering the power they have lost-merely this, and nothing more. And I think the average German understands the whole matter, and knows Just what sort of bar? gain the sympathizers desire to make. * THE NEXT SOCIAL SCANDAL. The prurient prudes of first-class society are eager tor the beginning of the suit for divorce soon to be commenced by the daughter of Colonel Lasalle, of the Courier des Etats Unis. It ls expected to interest and gratify scandal hunting tastes beyond any similar case tried in New York for many years. The plaintiff is still young and almost as captivat? ing as at the time of her marriage, a few years ago, when she waa one of the belles of Gotham. The ground of divorce Is-well, marital in? constancy sounds better than the shorter term. The offence began, it ie said, soon after the wed? ding, and was continued recklessly and in a promiscuous sort of way. Before her marriage the plaintiff wast one of the most popular and beautiful young ladles in New York society. Her husband is a naval officer, I believe, and their wedding was one of the chief fashionable events of the day. The suit for divorce will be commenced in a few weeks, and the social standing of the plaintiff promises to give lt an interest that is not often attained by cases of this class. As I have said, the prurient prudes are already on the qui vive for what are called spicy developments. THE HOT WEATHER. There never was such a month for scorching people and promoting the undertaking busi? ness as this has been. New York has suffered terribly-more, I think, than any other part of the country. The death-rate has been fearful? ly increased. Over a hundred persons have been struck dead in the streets in the past two weeks, and ten times a hundred have either died of exhaustion, or been so debilitated that they can never again be strong. Yet, Intense as the heat has been, and many as are the seeds of epidemic scattered through the city, thanks to the activity of the health board, not even a sign of epidemic disease has appeared this season. The fashionable quarters are almost deserted, and thc fashionable resorts out of town are crowd? ed. A better season for the country boarding? houses and watering-place hotels has not oc? curred In many years. Long Branch is a Jam, Saratoga ls packed, the mountains are swarm? ing with city folk, and the fresh-air hunters are still moving countryward. Orily the drudg? es remain In town, and these practice the philosophy of making the best of the situation. And though the hegira has been going on for six weeks, the streets are Just as bustling and crowded as though not one New Yorker had left the city. _ _ THE QUEEN'S CUP. The ?nut International Tacht Race to Come off in August. The regatta for the priz9 of the Qaeen's cap, of which the ocean race between the Dauntless and Cambria was but a preliminary incident, will take place as econ as arrangements can be made by the New York Yacht Club. The primary object of the owner of the Cambria in bringing his yacht to America, is is generally known, was to compete for this prize, whioh was won by the yacht America, in English I waters, nineteen years ago, and is now held ! in trust by the New York Yacht Club as a chal? lenge cup for tho yachts of all nations. In ac? cepting the challenge, Mr. Ashbury, the owner .jt the Cambria, said : Before my yachting time, your schooner America, in 1851. had tbs honor of Winning thc cup preecr.^d Dy hor Majesty to the Royal Yacht Squadron, and I am led to believe the New York Yiicht Club (or the winner) have, In tho most friendly and courteous manner, offerod the cup in question, to be sailed tor in >ew York waters, to any English yacht which will compete for it. It is au esteemed honor for any Englishman to win at any timo "the" Queen's pnzo; but I venture to think none wonld ba so much valued as the on i so tri? am obantly taken away in 1851 by the America, and eubject to conditions which I bope wul be deemed equitable and responsible to all con? cerned 1 now have the pleasure to ask yon to kindlv state to your committee that lam disposed to challenge all America for the pos? session of the cup in question. The regatta for the cup will probably take place abou 11 he middle of August. The course wi'l bo the same ss hat usually run in regat? tas n\ the New York Ya^bt (Hub-from Owl's H?autotbe lightship off Sandy Hook and re? turn. As haB been previously stated, the vaclit America, which originally won the cup, ?nd which is uow owned by the United States Government, will again run for the prize, and for that purpose she bas been rigged ont by the Navy Department, in precisely the same style-masts, sails, and everything-as when she won the cup nineteen years ago.