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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. THE VERY LATEST. MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES. NO FURTHER FIGSTING. STRASBOURG CZOSEZT INFESTED BT- TILE PRUSSIANS. HOPES OF STARVING OUT THE GARRISON. A "Scene" in the French Chambers. THE NEWS OF TIE PRUSSIAN VICTORIES IN MADRID. The Corp? L?gislatif and the War. PARIS, August ll. The following are the conclusions of the pro? ceedings of the Corps L?gislatif yesterday; "{fules Favre said the Cabinet need but meet to decide, bat not retard the action of ibe Chambers. The commission must give a re? port and we must deliberate at once. Jerome David said the government had made known Its opinion. Jules Favre said this Chamber must decide. Thiers rose to speak, but could hardly be heard. He advocated an immediate decision upon the question. "Remember," said Favre, "how significant ltwill be to the nation if you put off deliberation. We place upon you the responsibility." Minister David replied : "You may assume it, members of the Left." Jules Favre answered : "Think of toe effect of delay. Remember that the ministry had promised to invade the territory of the enemy, and now they are on ours.'' {Here tao tnmult became extreme.] Deputy Gambetta mounted the tribune, but could not be heard. At last the corps became calmer and Gambetta said: "The Minister of Public Works bas changed the question. The Chamber will vote under a wrong impression. The members of the Left asked for arms for a patriotic purpose." Minister David said: "Let us suppose the demand for arms was only to trouble the pub? lic peaoe. The Chamber must know what lt votes for; there must be no equivocation" At last it was decided by a vote of 170 to 79 that the question ol reorganizing the National Guard go over until to-morrow. The presi? dent expressed a desire to close the meeting, but Deputy Estandan insisted upon a vote on a motion that the Chambers be in permanent session as long as the war continues. The Chamber, by a vote of 177 to 17, refused this. Ferry renewed the confusion by demanding to know why the state of siege ls continued as against enemies in the City of Paris. A voice answered ; but it was Impossible to hear more. Investment of Strasbourg. .LONDON, August ll. Our latest advices from the seat of war re? pon no renewal of. the fighting. Strasbourg is closely invested-the Prussian s hold the railroads. The garrison was Bum' moued to surrender, but the commandant re? fused. It is stated that the citadel is scantily provisioned. .The garrison is composed of one regiment of the Une and the National Guard of the place. The War Newt in Bladrid. MADRID, August ll. There was a violent scene between the president of the Spanish Council and Prim. The news of the Prussian vlct-orles was joy? fully received by the Radicals. THE OED NORTH STATE. "Redeemed, Regenerated, Disenthrall? ed"-What the Victorious Reformers tn Vorth Carolina Klean to Do for the Colored People. * ' WrLSfTXGTON, August 11. The grandest political demonstration ever witnessed here, Is now in progress, in honor of the recent Conrervatlve victory in this State. The railroads and steamboats brought In bnndreds of persons from other counties this evening. There is a grand illumination, torch? light procession and bonfires; the whole city is alive with excitement, canons are firing and a display of - fireworks is taking place. Thou? sands of persons are in the procession and on the streets, but good order and feeling univer? sally prevail. Tl ere are no mottoes, devices ? or transparencies to give offence to the defeated party, and everything was conducted in the most dignified and conciliatory manner. Among the speakers was Colonel Waddell, Con? servative Congressman elect His speech was considered Important, as foreshadowing to some ext?nt the future policy of the Conserva? tive party with regard to the negroes. The following ls an extract : "Without presuming to dictate to others, I will express the hope that one of the first acts qt the next Legislature, xohich will be largely Conservative, will be a formal declaration0/ their intention not to disturb the black man in the enjoyment of any right guaranteed to him by law. They will restore, if possible, the school lund, of which he, in common with his white fellow-cltfc&ns, bas been robbed, and will pay the debt ol universal education which is due from the State, not as the Republicans have done In the promise unfulfilled, but favor? ably and to the last farthing of the means at their command, and their whole course will <?blbit them as reformers and not as revolu? tionists." THE NEW TORE OOZD AND BOND MARKET. NEW YORK, August ll. Money easy, prime discount 7 to 8 per cent. Exchange nominally firm. Gold opened at 15 j, advanced to 174, declined to 16J, finally rallied to 17i, during evening fell to 16B3, but closed strong at 17jal7|. Governments openedstrong and higher, during the evening was dull and lower, closing rather weak; sixes 81; coupons 14g; sixty-twos ll j; lours 10?; sixty-sevens $?; sixty-eights 9?; forties 7J. Southern securi? ties opened quiet and firm; during evening de? cidedly stronger, with marked improvement, but closed dull. Tenne?sees 63^; new C2?. Vir 60; new 63. Louisianas 73; new 65; levee sixes 71; eights ()2. .Alabama eights 9?; fives 70. Georgia sixes 83; sevens 9M. North Car? olinas 4?J; new 30. South Carolinas 69: new 70. ZONDON MONET MARKET. LONDON, August ll. The bullion In the Bank of England has in? creased ?310,000. Consols 90J. Bonde steady at. 86*. Stocks steady. Tallow 44s. to 46s. Sugar afloat dull. ^-English Spiritualists say that Charles Dickens has been received into the spirit world, and introduced by Prince Albert to the society which makes up that sphere. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. A meeting of this society was held at Market Hall, yesterday evening, at 8 o'clock, Mr. W. M. Lawton In the chair. The following permanent officers were elect? ed: Hon. Charles Macbeth, president; Messrs. W. M. Lawton, J. J. Mikell, Ephraim M. Clark, and Drs. Sanford W. Barker and A. B. Rose, vice-presidents; Roswell T. Logan, recording secretary and treasurer; Professor John Mc C?ady, corresponding secretary. Executive committee-W. G. Yardell, chairman; J. T. Dill, John F. O'Neill, Stephen Thomas, Jr., H. W. Kinsman, Elias Venning, A. Baron Holmes, George H. Moffett, James Price, Dr. A. B. Rose, T. P. Mikell, J. Stoney Porcher, E. L. Roche, W. A. Clarke and Dr. H. B. Horl beck. The chairman, with a few forcible remarks, offered the following preamble and resolu? tions, which were unanimously adopted : The very high price at which corn has been ruling for some years in these Southern Cotton States, as well as other provisions necessary for general consumption, has been a subject of serious and repeated comments and disquisi? tions^ the press, pointing to the evil of rely? ing on cotton culture alone. Experienced and thoughtful minds have again and again advised more attention to the culture of cereals and breeding of stock in the South. These warnings, it is apparent, have been disregarded, or very little needed by farmers generally, under a mistaken idea that cotton growing was to be most renume ratlve, venturing their all, and often the means of others, on large yield and fanciful prices. The direful calamity of war between two for? midable powers In Europe has suddenly Hash? ed upon ns. What proportions it may assume, and extent of Its duration, is beyond the pow? er of .the human intellect to determine. But certain it ls, that already breadstuff's, bacon and other articles of lood have advanced in value, and are likely to be further stimulated by Increased foreign demand to supply the Immense armies in the field, while the price of cotton bas declined la Liverpool more than 20 per cent, in the past few weeks. If the war continues beyond the 1st January next, or other powers become involved, ira S'ne the painful position of the cotton-grower, o is without grain or meat to supply family wants, workmen and animals. These facts and reflections should admonish the members of this association, and every far? mer, far and near, to be watchful, and to use all due economy In using and securing the food products of their labor, so as to guard against contingencies. The well-being of all classes of. people and communities, especially commercial and manu factnring, must necessarily and mainly depend on the agricultural pursuits of that country in which they have^een cast, for the elements of subsistence. Incompetent legislative bodies, dishonest and profligate officials, Idle anet selfish leagues, unscrupulous pollcal aspirants, deluding the thoughtless with promises, never to be per? formed, assuredly will not increase, or buy food or rai mont for the working portion of our population, watte or black, In times of hard? ship and distress. The following resolutions are submitted for the consideration and such action of this asso? ciation as may be deemed proper: Resolved, That the members of this society are duly impressed with the threatening diffi? culties and exigencies likely to interfere with the leading staples ol the South, suddenly arising out of thc war between France and Prussia, and that lt is a wise measure of pre? caution to adopt proper means to secure UK substantial articles ot food. Resolved. That philanthropic calls for time? ly efforts, and that the special welfare of the work people and mauy impoverished and needy persons in this county and State are de? pendent for their dally living on the moderate price of corn, bacon, beef, nour and potatoes. Resolved, That this association of farmers respectfully advise and recommend that the members of this society should use every means to sow extensive winter crops ot wheat, oats, rye, barley, <tc, and that, individually and collectively, steps be taken to induce farm? ers throughout the State to adopt this course. Resolved, That the raising and increasing the stocks of hogs, beef and milk cattle, sheep anti domestic poultry, promise the planters on the seaboard of South. Carolina certain and most lucrative returns. Resolved, That the members of the / ^?cultu? ral Society of South Carolina have noticed with gratification and deep interest the call for an Agricultural Congress of the Cotton States, to assemble In the City of Augusta, to be con? vened on the 25th of October next. Contem [dating the vast advantages to result from an ntercnange of views of those who are laboring to promote the industrial resources of thc South, and to harmonize in inducing emi? grants to settle among us, we cordially ap Srove of the movement, and request the presl ent to appoint fifteen members, who will at? tend, to represent this society in that assem? bly. Mr. R. Ewing Brown gave notice that at the next meeting he would introduce resolutions to thoroughly revise the constitution. On motion of Mr. E. L. Roche, thc society then adjourned. REWS FROM WASHINGTON. WASUIXCITOX. August ll. The currency balance in the Treasury amounts to forty millions, which is unusually heavy. There have been two hundred applications for national banks under the new law. The customs for the week ending on ihe Clo, were over three and a half millions. The Hon. R. R. Butler, member of Conr/ress from Tennessee, has been brought here for trial for alleged pension frauds. Butler's partner, brother-in-law and son are implicated. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The New York Herald says the progress of the Nathan inquest entirely'exculpates the sons. Farragut ls very ill at Portsmouth, N. H. Commodore J. J. Boyle, on the retired list of the United States navy, died to-day at the Naval Hospital. Norfolk The body will be temporarily interred in the hospital cemetery. In Spain aa amnesty has been declared, in? cluding all crimes against the country. Hotel Arrivals-August ll. CHARLESTON HOTEL. W. Craig, Bath; J. A. Thomas, Cir;innati: ? Colonel P. Wise, T. O'Meara, Apalachicola; J. D. Cottrell, Washington; G. R. Shultz, Newark; G. Sellers, Marysville. PAVILION 1I0T?L. G. Pettit, Cincinnati; J. H. Thompson, Salt? ers; J. S. Latimor, Virginia. MILLS HOUSE. H. L-Hcy, Sew Orleans: H. T. Terlu, Texas; W. Richardson, South Carolim; W. Mowat!, New York; J. N. Collins, S. L. Harris, Beau? fort, -Mr. Spurgeon made remarks at '.he laying of a ecrner-sioae of a B^ptis; chapel, in Eng? land, a week or two since, in which he said : k,It--akes me sick at heart to find out the great seers who have been telling us we are getting near thc millennium. It seems to me they are something like the Irishman who could foresee backwards. I wish these kings of the earth would do their own righting, in? stead of setting their soldiers to fight for them. It would not be a bad idea if Napoleon and the King of Prussia would come over to England and fight it out. I am <i>iirc sure the police would wink at t'se mutter, and for my own part I would be quite willing to hold their coats, and I would cheer each one on, and say, 'Hit him h"?; ? think he d?;-?rves it :' '? ALL QUIET AT METZ. WHEREABOUTS OF YOUNO LOU I Sj THE ' INVISIBLE PRINCE." THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY. TUE CORPS LEGISLATIF AND THE NA TIONAL DEFENCE. SUMMARY OP WAR NEWS. Details of Saturday's Battle. PARIS, August li. The Journal Officiel has advices from Metz to 4:30 yesterday evening. Details of the bat? tle of Frosschweiller are still meagre. Mar? shal McMahon had his horse killed under him. A brigade of cavalry of the reserve, corps and one division ol the corps of General Failly ar? rived on the field at the close of the day and covered the retreat. The pursuit of the enemy was vigorous at first, but soon became a mere reconnoissance. McMahon, after being twen? ty-five hours in the saddle, passed the day at Saverne, which was abandoned on Sunday and occupied by the Prussians. Some of their ad? vance pickets came up with our rear guard, but were driven back without much difficulty. Prussian News from the Front. LONDON*, August ll. Advices Irom the Prussian front to ten o'clock Wednesday night, state that the French army was falling back to the linc of the Mo? selle, harassed by the Prussian cavalry, which had already passed Saar Union, Faul quemont and Les Etanges. Stores of all kinds and railway trains had fallen into the hands ol the Prussians. They had taken the small for? tress of Hutzelstein in the Vosges, which the French had evacuated, leaving guns and pro? visions. [Saar Union, Faulquemont and Les Etanges lie between Hagenau and Metz, from which place Les Etanges is less than ten miles dis? tant.] The Corps L?gislatif and the Public De? fence-Announcement of a Mew Minis, try. PARIS, August 10. In the Corp3 L?gislatif, to-day, the credit of four million francs for the families of the Mo? bile Garde was increased to twenly-five mil? lions. Cremleux submitted a proposition that commercial contracts falling due between the present date and the 30th of August be pro? longed for one month. Jules Brame protested against the measure, and Cremieux and Jules Simon insisted upon its necessity, saying that to defend the country the public mind must be free of care. The project was voted. Circula? tion around the hall outside was by tills time stopped by the crowd, and several detach? ments of troops surrounded the building. The masses, however, were not disorderly. The project of a law for national defence was adopted unanimously amid prolonged ap? plause. In the excitement, a voice was heard exclaiming: "Now let Prussia look us in the race/' Count Palikao announced a new ministry, and read the names as follows: Count Palikao, Minister of War; LaTour D'Auvergne, Foreign Affairs; Henry Cherrean, Interior; Grandper ret, Justice ; DeGenoullly, Marine ; Pierre -Tagne, Finances ; Jerome David, Public Works; Jules Brame, Instruction : Clement Duvernois, Commerce; Billatid, President o? the Council ol State. Only six votes were cast against a censure ofOlllvier's ministry. Reports from Paris-Flight of the Prince Imperial from Metz Denied. PARIS, August ll. There is great activity at Cherbourg. A dispatch from Metz says the Prlr.ee Im? perial ls still there, where the Emperor will certainly make a stand. The Prince dc Joinville and Due t'Aumale are at Welsbaden. The Count de Pr.ris is in England. Admiral Rodnlcier de Noury will command the Parisian defences with eight thousand navy cannoniers. The lelt wing of the army is at Saverne. The Radical journals Reveille and Rappel have been suppressed. Thc last official act of De Grammont was signing the Belgian neutrality treaty. Feeble attempts to proclaim the Republic at Marseilles and Toulouse were easily sup? pressed. It is feared that the Bois de Bologne must be sacrificed to the defence ol Paris. Reports from London-Thc Presence of thc Prince in London again Asserted. LONDON, August ll. The Pall Mall Gazette reaffirms thc presence ol the Prince Imperial, and the Imperial jew? els in London. Telegrams from Metz give assurance that Bazaine is the real commander-in-chief ol the French army. Two corps are now at Metz. The others are under McMahon. At the battle ol Wourth the French charged the Prussians eleven times. McMahon was fifteen hours in the saddle without food, and fell from Ms horse iainting into a ditch, but was accidentally discovered, and recovered sufficiently to direct the retreat of his shatter? ed army on loot. There was no horse left. The City Council of Brussels have voted thanks to England for asserting Belgian neu? trally. The leading houses at Antwerp de? cline to transact business. Earl Derby, In a public speech, strongly urged non-intervention. A half million sterling is coming from Bom? bay. The Bank ol England has reduced the rate of interest to 5A per cent. War Legislation. Pu:;*, August ll. The Senate adopted the project of law tend? ing to arming the nation. In the Corps L?gis? latif itere were very stormy tumults, which Interrupted business. The president, worn out with the toil of the proceedings, ceased efforts to maintain order, and the meeting slowly dispersed. , The Recent Monty Seizure In Paris. LoxiJON, August 6. The 14,000,000 irancs seized by the police of Paris, last week, belonged to Rothschilds, Haset, Raphael, Rischoffshcirc, and other Jew? ish bankers, ?t is asserted that tho seizure was suggested by tho authorities of the Bank of France. The financial circles of Europe are much iucenseci at wnat is deemed a great out? rage on some of their members. Ah Alarm for Rome. PARIS, August 7. L'Univers, ultramontane organ, sounds an alarm for Rome. It predicts an early invasion of Papal territory by Italy. It doubts the : power of tho Italian Government to resist thc pressure, even if it wished to. and it does not even moderate it. The people at present in power say the conquest of Rome can alone ?rastain the falling throne of Victor-Emanuel, and restore ?.he finances now bordering on bankruptcy. IQ thia crisis, when military events are multiplying all around us, it seems not snperfious to think of the personal securi? ty ol the Pope, and it would be well that a ves? sel should be sent to the waters ot Civita V?c? enla that Plus IX could find shelter. Details of the Battle of Welssenburg. LONDON, August 8. - A special correspondent seat irom Nancy on Friday morning the following account of the battle of Wiessemburg from the French side: While General Douay's division, composed of tbe 74th and 50th reniments of the line, the lGth regiment of Chasseurs on foot, one regi? ment of Turcos, and one regiment of mounted Chasseurs were busy in the vicinity of Wels? senburg, they were actually startled bv a tre? mendous discharge of artillery. As patrols, which had been posted all along the frontier, had not signalled the presence of any Prus? sian troops, the men believed for the moment that they were surrounded by the enemv. This was not the case, but the Prussians, in great force and well supplied with artillery, appeared on the heights of Schwergen, occu? pying the whole of the country near the small Bavarian village. General Douay ordered his troops to advance before the enemy, keeping as much as possible behind Welssenburg, which lay just between them and the Prussian forces, but this precaution proved quite use? less, because guns were pouring a tremen? dous fire upon them, and troops were falling in great numbers in the Village of Weissen burg itself. The Frencli retired from their former posi? tion and commenced marching on the right side of the village. The Prussian guns were firing at a tremendous rate, and three rounds fell equally in Weissenburg and in the midst of the troops. Several houses were set on fire, and a large number ot soldiers lay dead and wounded. At about ll o'clock, as General Vohcan"s division was commencing to retire, however, a new attack was ordered. Thc Turcos led thc way. and. bayonets in hand, threw themselves"on one of the Prussian bat? teries of artillery. All proved to be useless. Had the French* insisted on attacking the ene? my any longer, there would not have been one of them left alive on tbe ground. As soon asTlio baire was left of, General Douay's forces bi'tran retiring; the Prussian artillery was after them. It wits about 12 o'clock when General Douay fell a victim to Prussian artillery. The troops commenced running without order, crossing roads and vineyards, until again reaching the farthest point of Welssenburg. The number of dead and wounded must be~very large. The remaining troops are eager to avenge the death of "their general. The country people seem to be In great consternation. The roads which lead to Hagenau are covered with pea? sants carryinsr their goods and cattle with them, nwi'crylng over the sad fate reserved for their humble cottages. The Frencli Eulletin (Imperial organ) asserts that at tiie battle near Wourtli,on Saturday last, Marshal McMahon, with only 33,000 French troops, opposed 140.000 Prussians. The Battle at Saarbrucken-Details of the Affair-Effect of the Mitrailleurs. A special correspondent of the New York Tribune, with the French forces, gives the fol? lowing account of the affair at Saarbr?cken : On the 2d instant, at ?5 A. M . more troops were expected at the railway station. .Marshal LeBoeut" had just passed toward General Frois sard's headquarters on the way to the heights of Spleheren A French officer gave our cor? respondent a place in his carriage. He reach? ed the advanced posts as the men of die 07th Regiment of tile !iue were busy buckling on their knapsacks. They only knew that the order was -lfor ward." At 10 o'clock the videttes of Cartoul's brigade were sent to the front, the infantry steadily advancing under cover of the wood, following the road In -parallel lines, artillery and all descending the hill. On reaching the plain Hie infantry rapidly deployed, skirmish? ers were thrown well out, and the battalions were massed. In the rear, additional artillen was placed In position on thc heights. The skirmish line then traversed the valley, fol? lowed by the battalions, and keeping the same distance. The heights on the other side of the valley, which overlook Saarbr?cken, were reached without serious opposition. The artillery now opened lire at once, the Prussian batteries on the other side of thc river replying vigorously. The division of General Bataille, massed upon the road from Forbach to Saarbr?cken, moved up, and the attack began in earnest. At 12 o'clock the Emperor arrived, and the cannonade was brisk all along the line. A Prussian battery, at the entrance of a wood, near the village ol' Arneval, finding the French fire too hot, lim? bered up and moved to the rear, while a bat? talion of Prussian inlantry retired at the same time in good order by way of the Saar. On this battalion the first experiment was made with mitrailleurs and with decided ef? fect, for tiie battalion was soon broken, and disappeared in disorder behind the nearest cover. At 2 o'clock the French again advanc? ed, and the ground just held by the Prussians was occupied without further resistance. Here and there were a few Prussians dead and many wounded. Thc?e was cannonading toward Saarlouis during tile engagement, but it gradu? ally grew weaker. Another correspondent writes from Metz, on the evening of the 2d, that the French had six I killed and 170 wounded. The Prussian loss Is not known; it is reckoned at 250. In a traiu with the correspondent from Saarbr?cken, there came fourteen prisoners, and among them a son of the ex-Grand Chamberlain ot th?; Duke ol' Nassau. A staff officer, sent by the Emperor, arrived from Forbach to question . prisoners, and with orders that they shall bc Kindly treated. At nine o'clock strong columns of infantry, with cavalry and artillery, leaving Splkren, took a position between the village of Arneval, thi? Hahlberg and the slopes of Saarbr?cken. This movement was sustained on the left In front of Forbach, by the first division of the Second corps, other divisions supporting the right, thc whole body numbering 25.000 men. The sixty-seventh regiment, forming the head of the column ol the second division, opened fire in skirmishing order on the enemy, who were very well posted In the upper part of the vallev. When the French had deployed the struggle was brief. Within twenty minutes the Prussian infantry was ia full retreat. The enemy's artillery, posted at the edge of the wood'ln the rear of Saarbr?cken, opened on the French troops, who advanced under its fire and established several batteries on the heights above the Saar. The cannonade then stretched along the entire linc from Ludwigwald, a mile and a half to the right of Saarbr?cken, to the extremity of the forest ol Arneval. In the rear of the village ol the same name, firing contintieil with violence until half-past twelve. The ene? my's fire gradually diminished and their forces fefi back*. The French, advancing, picked up two dead and seven wounded men. During the action the bridges over the Saar wereJblOwn up. The French aro now repair? ing them. Tiie Prussian forces numbered G00O. There was a sharo cannonade heard toward the village of GroasbUttersdorf, which wa? oc? cupied by the third division. THE PRUSSIAN VICTORIES. Review of the Field of Opevuiions Plans Of the French Destroyed-Their Combinations Drohen .? Their Beat Generals Beuten. Thc two great struggles Of Saturday, at dif? ferent points on the French frontier, have completely altered the relative positions of the hostile armies, as well as the prospects ol'the combatants. A writer ia one ol' the New York paper?, who lias evidently studied the situa? tion and is familiar with military movements, says: It appears to have been thc purpose of the Emperor to hurl an enormous army upon the (ronlier before his adversary could get ready to meet it; but Prussia, who had surprised Europe by her promptness in 18CG. surprised every oue again by the celerity ol' her move? ments in tiie face ot this threatened iuvasion, and, before Napoleon could reucb tho Uno ol the Saar, every mile ol' the boundary bristled with bayonets and frowned with batteries. The question of an advance naw became a problem or no small difficulty. There were but three or four routes on which au luvasiou was practicable. The French may bo suki to have held a line describing roughly two sides of a square. The north side ran from Metz to the Rhine, the east side followed the course of the river, through Strasbourg to Belfort; the angle of the two sides was near Weissen bnrg. . From the numerous difficulties that would attend any other method ot advance, a move? ment from the right wing seems to have been considered thc most practicable, as presenting the least formidable opposition. This part of the army, occupying the broad anti beautiful valley which Iles between the Vosges moun? tains and the Rhine, was under the command of the Emperor's greatest marshal, and em? braced the flower o? Iiis troops. If he had thrown them across the river, either at Stras? bourg or some point between that place and Rast?dl. and so moved upon Stutlgardt, he would nave had a strongly fortified place to reduce before he could cross, and then the dif? ficult march through the defiles of the Black Forest would lie before him. A movement northward through Hagenau and Wei?sen bnrg led him upon Landau and Manheim, and Involved the masking o? Rastadt, but lt was In in many respects the best, and exposed the in? terior of France less than any other, since to a Prussian force invading from the Baden side the Vosges formed a natural barrier which a comparatively small army could defend. Whether this movement ol' McMahon's was to be the main attack, or only a diversion on a large scale, Is doubtful. The indications are that the principal advance was to be by way of Saarbr?cken, while the lett wing moved across the Lauter, and pushed forward to Landau. Thus the two halves of the army would be operating on conversing lines. The Prussians adopted a strategy "almost identical with the French, but, with the same boldness which re? sulted for them so fortunately at Sadowa, they allowed their two converging armies to disre? gard any connection with each other, and moved up at once to attack the French at the two points upon which the Emperor lind appa? rently designed to make the attack himself. Thc first movement was a Prussian raid npon tho railway by which McMahon communicated with the French centre and left. The next was the affair at .Saarbr?cken last Tuesday, when General Froissard seized the railway connect? ing the forces of the Crown Prince with the Prussian centre and right. That no attempt had been made to defend this lire, and no anxiety was manifested to recover lt. showed that the Crown Prince was confident in his own strength to conduct an independent campaign. Marshal McMahon, meanwhile, had moved down from Strasbourg and established his headquarters at Ungenau, while two of his divisions occupied the lorti iied town ol Weissenbnrg, situated directly on the frontier, at the foot ol' the east spur ol' thc Vosges. As he was rein torced during the re? cent battle by portions ol' Canrobert's corps from so far back as Chalons, lt is probable Hutt thc troops had already been ordered to join him In view of an immediate adrance. Thus at the beginning of the grear battle, which raged from Thursday until Saturday night, we find McMahon willi a powerful corps ot picked men at the tingle of the two lines which termed the French position, threatening lwo avenues of approach into Germany, and covering the whole valley in his rear. Ou Thursday, the Crown Prince, with portions o? the Fifth and Eleventh Prussian Corps, and a corps of Bavarians, lei! upon McMahon's front, carried Weissenbnrg by assault, carried rLo heights of Geisburg In the rear, drove in the two advanced divisions, and moved several miles into the French Hues, tearing up the road in the direction ol' Hagenau, and compelling McMahon lo move hurriedly to the left and concentrate in the neighborhood of Bllsche. By this brilliant operation the an?le ol the French lines was driven In. and not only wa? McMahon's position turned, but Hie Crown Prince threatened to take Hie whole French rlylit and centre In Hank and rear and roll them np. Both parties during the night con? centrated for a decisive battle. McMahon drew five divisions from General de Fallly's filth corps, at Bitsche, and the next morning, with a force reported by the French at 150, 000, made a furious attack at Wourth. a -Utile village a few miles northwest ol' Hagenau. The battle la?red until nightfall, wa? resumed on Saturday, and ended late In the afternoon, with a complete Prussian victory, and Sunday beheld the greatest ol the French marshals In lilli retreat across the Vosires. striving lo recover his connection with the main body ol' the army, and at the same time to cover the Important city ol Nancy. Simultaneously with McMahon's al tack at Wourth. on Friday morning, General Froissard attempted a forward movement from Saar? br?cken with the second corps, but was at once assailed by a portion of the Prussian centre, under Steinmetz, and after a sharp engagement, with heavy losses on both sides, was defeated almost as signally as his com? rade on the right. Thus", with the right wing turned and cut oil", the centre driven in and the rear in Imminent danger of at? tack, the entire French array was, and per? haps Is, In a most critical situation. For two days McMahon was.entirely unable to commu? nicate with headquarters. The Emperor had no choice but to fall back, and swing his line around toward Nancy, so that it ls now, supposing this manouvre to have been successfully executed, nearly per? pendicular to its former position. The Prus? sians, on their part, are pressing forward. Their right has moved from Tr?ves toward Saar? br?cken, and ls close up with the centre, ready for a movement southward alon?- the western slope of the Vosges lo intercept McMahon, while the Crown Prince is still lu thc beaten French? man's rear, and the troops ol Baden are pour? ing across the river into the valley "'rom which McMahon lias just been driven. W-4.lt TOPICS. France ut Bay. These ore the dark-bt days France h? been called upon to pass through ?mee 1631. Fear and anxiety hang over every household in Parie. A few days afro the majority of the Fi euch people believed that their armies would never be uprooted from German soil until Prussia Buea for pa.?c3. With atarthntr sud? denness, tho whole prospect hue been chanced, lr is a question not of marching to Berlin, bat of savins Paris. The Emperor bas fl?d to Chalona, apparently in the desperate hope of stemming the tide of invasion should it pene? trate be.voud Metz. Tho disaster is too vast to bo dj-jfiuised. The French Ministry, in? stead of announcing triumphs, can only be fjee:h the people to po forth to thc defence of their native laud. Those who hive eeen in thia war only a qtiesiiou between Napoleon end BIsmai ck, between despotism and freedom, betweeu one man and tbo ascendency of liberal ideas, would natural!y suppose Hi it this aopeal for fresh armies would bj unheeded. They leave out of consideration the fact thai, when a proud nation sees ita existence threatened, it will gcucrally push all political differences aside, and strike for the pr?servation of its honor. It Napoleon perished to-morrow this war would go on. Already the National Guard are clamoring to bo led to tho front. The love ol'""Fatherland," w?ich wo praise iu the Germana, is not txtiuct in thc French, and we mav assume for the preae.it that the inva? sion of their toil by a foretell army will co: be a subject of rejoicing with thom. France und Prussia Compared. Ibe eonfl.ct between France and Prussia makes it iuiereatiii',' to comparo the relative roiotircea of the two countries. Franceis con? siderably larcer than the Coufederatiou. not only in territory but in population, f >r the last census gave Lh? numbers as 38 00.1 OOO Fresh? men against 20 000,000 Pru-s.ana. lu France, however, th-? uorino-l rate of ni.\e.ise in popu? lation ts very slow. 160 years D.:ng the time occupied i:i doubling the numb. r, while Prus? sia takes but forty-two years. Ia financial matters tho advautajrc is on the eido of Prus? sia, whose BtiJiiet has never bacn very heavy. Th. incidercoof taxitio:1 in Prussia mav bc put down as uliout one pound a head, while in France it is nearly twn pouude. Tho national debt ol' Prussia ia" barely two Donnas a head, while France has to pay interest on fif e-u pounds a hcid. In ono e ise Hie interest is ?2.000,000; in tho oilier it is no L-ss than ?21, OJOOOO. France excels Prussia tu lier econo? mic pe-ilion. Tho commerce of France is ?rea er tbau that of Prussia, and it has been COM..mied that while tho aunuat ?neume of each Prussian is ?22 per head, that of the Fr?nenlo iu is ?27. Prussia, however, is in ad? vance cr France, and in fact of all the Euiopoan States, as fia' as edjcuiou is concerned. The Prussian Commander-in-Chief. Hie .'rown Prince o? Pinswa having ora muuicatod to tho South (jermau sovereigns bis appointment as coaimauder-iu-cbief of their armies, has received from each or them a coo gra'u.arorv me-saro expressing their satisfac? tion. Tho Kiue of Bavaria is "very happy," and thaulra ibe Prince for bis attention. The King of ^urtercburg rejoices, "in our German affaira,'to have tue opportunity of saluting bis Loyal Highness, and beers tbe Prince to notify his arrival. Tiie Grand Dake of Baden sayB the nomination of the Prince fillB bim and his troops with joy. and they hope to Ram his Boyal Highness's confidence by their fidelitv and bravery. Tbe Grand Dake thnB concludes": "Wo await with j jy the arrival of your Royal Highness. Long live the King-long live the Fatherland." THE PE AIN TRUTH. Carpet-Bag Governments Breaking Up. [From the New York Sun.] The overwhelming defeat of General Grant's administration in North Carolina foreshadows its downfall iu all the former slaveholding States. For a time after the .war the rule of the c lrpet-baggers in the South waa a matter of .lecessity. The old dominant class did not take kindly to the new order of things which sprang from the success ot tho Uoion arms. The inroad of a governing element from the North was the natural result; and that it should bring in its train a body of adven-.are ra was almost a thing of course. The folly of the late . insurgen te in listening to the advice of Andrew Jobn?on, and arraying themselves in political hostility to tbe Republican porty and its plan of reconstruction, gave tbess adventurers the vantage ground from tho very start, and soon opened the door for the more unscrupulous among them to become plunderers and rob? bers. Tbe fruits of the carpet-bag reign of the last five years are what might ha?e been expected. The world may be searched in vain for govern? ments so immoral, so shamelessly corrupt, so hopelessly rotten, as those now prevailing in the South. Politically they may be changed; but this cannot enro ono of the sorest of tbe evils already inflicted. These scamps have run the States they rule ruinously into debt. The Leg? islatures controlled by them have pledged iho Sb tes to I he discharge of pecuniary obligations of crushing weight, to tho future redemption of an enormous aununt of bonds, and to the imposition of ou oro us taxas through aseries of year?. This hue been done in furtherance ot ell torts of sobernas whereby the authors reap present wealth and anticipate larger gains in tho immediate future. These burdens have uheady seriously embarrassed ail of these states, und well nigh bankrupted some ot them; and to save them from ruin, the reign of tho carpet-bag robbers must bo speedily brought +o ao end. lhere would $~im to bono good rc-ason why the honest men in those sorely plundered States should not band together, irrespective of past political differences, and wrest (hem out of the hands of the thieves that despoil them. All the issues which made their advent even a possibility have been settled. Lot the better class of old citizens accept tbe situa ion in good faith, and assure tbe no-roes that there is uo disposition to deprive them ot their new born privileges, and there will be an up? rising of the people that will drive out these ravenous villains, and res'ore to the States what they have not bad since they plunged into rebellion niue years ago-stable, thrifty, respectable goverumeots. Ihese corrupt carpet-bag usurpations are tbe ontlyi g supports of General Grant's ad? ministration. J hey sustain bim by their votes, sud he maintained them by his bayonets. Their dowufill will herald his overthrow. But let those who invoke a chang) repudiate ali idea of reporting to violence, it was "the threat of the Tammany Presidential Cjnvention of W'fi that their caudidate, if elected, would break up these governments by torce, which made his defeat both a necessity and a C3itaiu ty. The people will tolerate no Buch slogau now, any more than then. Orderly proceed? ings through the ballot-box will prove to be thc efficient, ns they aro tbe only tolerable, mode ol' effecting this reform. THE CAVE AT BELLAMAR. A Cuban Wonder. Tbe apecial correspondent of Ihe Cleveland Loader writes from Matanzas, Cuba, an inter? esting Rccouut of his visit to thc Cave of Bella mar, near .Matanzas. ihe cave is the property of Signor Manuel Santos Pargo, and was accidentally discovered about ten years ago by one of hie workmen who, while breaking limestone for a kiln near by, found his lever sinking through a hole which proved to be the entrance to an immenso cavern. Signor Parga at once set bis mea at work to explore the place, and witb such suc? cess that within a yeer he offered to the public view the wonders of tbe sub; en anean domain. A polite guide was io readiness, and as bia Rug lieu was about a match for my Spanish, we got along famously together, neither of UB ben.g able to monopolize tbe conversation. No prep? aration is required, as the ground is dry, ex? cept to remove any superfluous clothing, as the temperature in the cave is about 8U de? grees. Ihe guide lit a large wax candle, two inch? es iu diameter and.made with four wicks.so as to give a very bright light, and we descended the stairs with less trepidation than wheD I made my first underground expedition A descent of about 150 feel brought us to tbe first and largest hall, called the "Gothic Temple," of irregular shape, averaging perhaps 200 feet wide and GO feet high. In giza this room bears no comparison with many in the Mam? moth Cave, but m beauty the Palace ot Aladdin conld uot surpass it. As the guide held up his torch we could eee the high vaulted arch, stud? ded with stalactites of every size and form, all of the purest .vimc. while the walls were lined with i nmensc columns, where the stalac? tites pendaut from above had united with the stalagmites which had grown up to meet them beiow. Ono of the largest of these pillars is called "Columbua's Hantle," about fifty feet high and ranging from eight to twenty feet in width. Its capacious white folds might easily envelope a giaut. At its foot ore several pro? jections, line mon lying upon the ground, or prostrate iu deep adoration. Opposite this magnificeut column a large niche represents the "altar," decorated with stalagmites uot un? like images shaped oy aa awkward hand in the primitive state of art. At the foot of tue ultar oo a promiuent stone, a rude statue, "The Guardian cf the Cave" rises, its solemn head turned towards the outrance. FURY LAND. Passing through this grand temple along an irregular pathway a few hundred feet, we came to a hall varying i:i width and height from ten to thirty feet, and several hundred feet long, the sides of which presented an exact imitation of banks of snow. In somo places the water trickled dowD the sides like miniature glaciers, while the ceiling was covered with a network of pendants, some of thc purest white and others tinted with a delicate rose or straw olor, aud all setm-transparcut when the torch was held behind them, ihese were of every imaginable size and shape, some so frail and gossamer-like that it seemed as it a breath would melt them away, like the delicate tracery of icicle which sometimes covers our tre?B on a winter's morning. In other places they hung so low ibit u waa ntcessary to stoop in pass? ing under them. Nor were they so very fragile, Jor nome sprays SB largo as apipe stem I was unable to break off. others of larger size whon struck with my cane, ring with a clear, long vibration like a bell. Several of different sizes when struck in succession gave all rhe ton'-softhe music scale. A little further on we cara; lo* room when: the pendants took thc tom of lal go tropical leaves and clusters of plants, some very broad thin, and at the tip of each pendant was a minute drop of wa ter. showiug that the work of cryathlization is still gOJU ' on. Still further na was a room, perhaps twenty feet m size, which s emed c'.oselv Ini'ig with bsets and curr?te, with all their fibrous roots attached, and lacking only the color to make thc r.l'usion complete, for ihese root-: seemedpetriaedin alabaster. "The Hall iif the B;]irdic.:o:i,"so called because on his visit to the cavo the archoishup blessed it ma fit ol enthusiasm, is a chamber ol sur passing beauty. lots about forty ieet loug aud thirty m width and height. The flioi, walls and ceiling are of dazzling white, aud stalactites covered with small crystalizatious .angfiomth'j vault, above whicu are orna? mented with graceful alabaster curtains, la this bull is the most beautiful single object in ibis wouilerful fairy palace; it is called "Tbc Mantle of the Virgin." a Isrge mass which fails like a traospar^nt cascade, with a beauti? ful irregular border reni-mbliug fringe or lace work. The surface is slightly undulated, and tue sqoare facets of tue crystals glitter as it it were studded w;th diamonds. If th;s eave was the proparty of Barnum aud located ao} where in the Uuite;; States, he might very properly call it the "Cave of the Dimond V fer in many placea me crystals axr; us peueui us ii urmeu o? alum, and reflect the rajs of light like preci?os 8 tones. We followed oar guide for over a mile through rooms and passages like these ? have attempt? ed to describe, and exhausted mr vocabulary in expressing our wonder and admiration. I can onlymention "The Gallery of Statuary," the "Organ" and the '-Snow Drift," either of which would be a fortune to a showman if it could only be removed to a more accessible locality. We were in this beautiful cave for about two hours, returning to-the "Gothic Temple" by a different route, as this is directly under the building which covers the entrance. As an evidence of the enterprise on the part of the proprietor, which the owners of the Mam? moth Cave might profit by, we found this hall surrounded by a double row of iras burners, supplied from a gasoline machine in the build inc- overhead, which I found bore the stamp of a New York maoufactui er. A PROBLEM SOLVED. How to Keep House on One Thousand Dollars a Year and Save Money. A correspondent of the New York Evening Post writes: The publication in the Evening Post, a few days since, of the experience ol a bachelor liv? ing on six dollars a week, suggests to me to send you Borne experience of a man and wife living on a thousand a year, with something to spare against that' inevitable "rainy day" which, sooner or later, overtakes all who do not provide against it. When I married 1 had a salary of $20 per week. My wife is a neat body who .tad, perhaps unwisely, consented to take me foi batter or for worse. TWO BOOSIS EN O COB. Weongaged two rooms, unfurnished, and on I ? plaster finished, in a new house just built in Eleventh street, iu which there was a grate, ample closet-room and running water, at (?15 per month (too cheap.) The cost of papering cheaply was $3; a box to hold half a ton of coal, $2 50; carpets, $54; a sofa, bureau, bed? steads, utnall table, three chairs, and bookcase, $94; chinaware, Ac, $15 25; and frying-pan, stew-pan, boiler, and some little things, $3 80; the bed linen, towels, Ac, were in the posses? sion of my wife; also, some few little trinkets, ornaments and pictures, all of which added to tue appearance of the two rooms without fur? ther coBt. The gasman put in a motor with? out expense, further than pay i IR for gas a month in advance, $5; liatf a ton of coal, $3 50. This wto considered furnishing the two rooms. Total for the year, covering lig'it and fuel, $888 05. A further item of $5 for a refrigerator, sod $8 for a gas stove and connections made up the first yoar'8 expenses thus far at $401, a p >rtion of which would be on hand for several other coming years. THE COST OP LIVING. The marketing was generally done by my? self, and th i folio wie g table "will show the amount of weekly and yearly expenses: Per week. Per year. Three pounds or beef, 35c.$1 05 $62 60 Three pounds of lamb, 2?c. Go 34 32 Fish, eggs, oysters, Ac.1 oo 52 oo Butter. 25 13 00 Bread, &c. 75 39 00 Milk. 60 26 00 Vegetables and rm it. 75 39 00 Incidentals. 50 26 oo Total.$5 46 $28192 Previous total. 7 69 400,00 Por the year.$13 15 $681 oo These are actual figures for the first year. The second year saw us beginning with $128 saved from tue salary of $1000, after exponaos ot clothing, Ac, and ooly a crib and baby clothes to buy for a little incidental, which soon after made its appearance. Crib, Ac., $6; clothes, $24 84; and the cost of light and fire was $40; aome additional furniture. $38: house rent, $180, and living expenses, $313 25; mak? ing a total for the second year of $603 09. This included clothing, washing, and every cent of expense paid out during the year, leaving to the next year's account $654 91, wbich was the $128 left over from the last year; and my em? ployers, hearing of the "incidental" addition, advanced my salary to $25 per week for the last six months of the time, with $21 secured from interest. Two years and a few months have since passed, and the balance in favor of the rainy day now in the Manhattan Savings Bank stands $211528, upon which they have just credited me a dividend of seven per cent. This is the item of living. The fine arts of cooking, washing the dishes, and saving the doctor's bills, consists in living simply, buying your provisions fresh and in but email quantities, and never spending over three-fourths of an hour in all the preparations and clearing away of breakfast, dinner and supper. Were there space, the little details of preparing food daily, with the marketing, Ac, might be furnished the reader, but these facts are all that the hundred thousand young wo? men of this city waiting to be made bappy beads ol households need to be told. THE A OXO CR ATS OF THE HP RISQU. Saratoga Waiters and their Fee*-A Splendid System. A correspondent of the Detroit Tribune, writing from Saratoga, describes the co? operation system which he asserts prevails among the hotel waiters at that famous watering place : There is less red tape at a Saratoga hotel than at any other hostelry in America. But there are more negroes. You will have no (rouble with anybody if you make it right with the blacks. This year they have it all their own way, and have reduced their system to the most perfect working order. It is the old and time-honored system of gratuities, but it is put upon a new and singularly exact basis ot co-operation. There is a uominal sum charged at all the first class hotels, say five dollars a d y, for board, but this is a mere bagatelle; the real expense is the gratuities. Fill one of these hotels as full as you can get it with guests, and then there will still be three negroes to every one of them. Every negro expects to make enough in the three months' Sara toga campaign to keep bim all the rest of the yewin affluence, and* he geuerally min? ages it. He extorts m< ney from his victims at thc rafe of twenty-five cents an hour. It is a worse tyranny than the trades unions. The black hydra cannot be reached-you are com? pletely at his mercy. His fundamental theory is that the average American would rather be swindled out ot his eye teeth than thought poor or parsimonious. It is in the dining rooms that be bas tue American completely at a disadvantage. Fail to give bim fifty cents at your first meal, artd when you come again your chair is turned over, and he w.ives you on with a lordly gestara. Tbatgeafure iscon ternptous and telegraphic So far as voa are concerned it means: "You cao't come to this table, old boy; ihe ec-ats are engaged." Ho far as the o ber negro SS are concerned, it nuans: .'Look out for that fellow, he doesn't pay." They then will guar J their tables from you scrupu louslv until yon get to theboitom ol the room, to a place reserved for delinquents and cele? brated for the corrugated cuaracler of its steaks and the billiard-ball consistency of its biscuits. Tbe only way to escape from this purga.orv is to ku .el at once to the first waiter vos ean Qadj acknowledge you error and pay him a dollar, i ins done the fact will be tele? graphed to cv.oT black in the room, and yon will be allowed to bo euduiea. I found nothing new io this but the admirable system of it, which is another evidence of the influence of trade co-ooerauon. Last se taon a shrewd New York fellow con cieved the idea ol paying these fellows off in their own com, and came provided with a sup? ply ol coonterfait s amps. His liberality Ihted to h ive killed bim tue first day, for be over? rated himself, and could not move a foot with? out having a relay of m-gioea ou to bim with broom brushe=. On the third day matters dunged. His chair was turned over, his bed was bard, his boots were spoded, his cjat got a secret mark from some nigger's broom brush, ne was a doomed mau; he saw that he waa the subject of sneers andjibee. and all tbe black ana ol' tuc tribe. Finally, jn despair he went down to the Iodine spring with the suicidal intent of drinking hiinseU ?uto idiocy, wheo two d u ii fellows m wuue aprons pointed him out to a coratibie. "Dat'a him saul" and he was arrested for u tearing couuterfeit money. He is a terrible example of tryiug to resist this invincible battalion of dark rascals.