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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES. THE DEFENCE OF PARIS ANOTHER BATTLE REPORTED TO HATE TAXER PLACE OR MORD A I\ THE SPIRITS. AND TONE OF THE PARI? SIANS IMPROVING. THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE NA. TIO.VAL GUARD WITH THJS ARMY. HOW THBFRENCH EXPLAIN THE HOSTILITY OF THE THUNDERER. Latest from Parla. PARIS, Wednesday Night, August 24. Telegraphic communication with all points In tho departments of Aube and Coted'or is cutoff. The minister of the Interior authorizes the statement that. additional advices of a j favorable character have been received from the armies In the field, bnt info rm at ion ls pur? posely withheld from the public, as some of tbe Journals Indiscreetly give details which should be kept back. , Tbe Constitutionnel, answering the state? ment of the London Times that the French are ina desperate condition, shows that that! Journal draws conclusions without walting for complete or authentic reports of recent events, and denes lt to decide who new ls in the best military position, Bazaine or King William. It adds that the hostility of the London Times ls accounted for by tbe fact that the proprie- j tor's son married the daughter of the Prussian Ambassador at London. Some persons say, in addition, that the ?paper bas been heavily subsidized by Bismarck. It 1B reported that a Prussian spy near Rheims, mistaking a general officer for Mar? shal McMahon, fired at bim twice, missed'him. but dangerously wounded an officer at his side. The spy was secured. The Journal Officiel Bays that^he amonnt of | the national loans taken yesterday ls 620,000, 000 ?a?os, when tbe lists were closed. Crowd3 were Bent away. ' The loan was quoted in open market at 60, the same figure as rentes. > The press generally condemns the conduct I of the deputies of the Left in the session of J yesterday. Gambetta's attacks aro condemned as Ill-timed. , The Constitutionnel says, officially, that with? out going Into details, we may affirm that work on the fortifications of tbe capital is pro? gressing with wonderful rapidity, and the elan ls Immense. The Prussian papers repre? sent that Paris ls not the Paris of the period between 1792.-?and 1815. They will discover their mistake. The capital proves now as ever that she ls the heart of France. She ls ready to receive'the enemy. Neither spies nor battalions can break down the walls of defence which ber danger has cemented. Should the Prussians advance to the rampart? of Paris, tbey will find this out, The process of Incorporating the National Guard with the regular army has commenced. Latest from London. liOSDOK, August 24-Night. . Count Von Izlitz Pietz, the Prussian Minister - of Commerce, lost a son at Gravelotte. Letters from Parts state that bureauocracy and red tape Interfere sadly with every branch of the French service. The Constitutionnel reports another battle on Monday, the 22d Instant, resulting- favora? bly to the French, but gives no further par? ticulars. * A battalion of sharpshooters passing through Paris last night created great enthusiasm. The rtone of the city is vasily improved., is no moro singing or shouting, but more volunteering. All of the citizens are providing themselves with arms. The wound? ed who retara receive ovations. It ls rumored that a well known lady ol high position, arrested on a charge of communi? cating information to the enemy, is now im? prisoned at Vincennes. Numbers ot farmers are bringing grain to the government storehouse. AFFAIRS IR COLUMBIA. Doll Times-A "Political Meeting-The . t Canal-Riehland Bolters-A Chance for "The Power Behind the Throne.1 [FROM OCR PWM CO KR E SPON DENT. ] COLUMBIA, August 24. There ls almost a dearth of news here. Many of our merchants and lawyers have gone off; some to recruit at tbe springs, others to es? cape the heated term, others still on business. Closed offices, and streets almost deserted, give. Columbia a rather melancholy ap? pearance. Tbe wax news by. telegram from Europe wakes those of us. who are deprived of j sylvan retreats, cool 'shades, ?c., for a little while, and supplies food tor conversation, which ls rather a Godsend, There was quite a large and enthusiastic meeting of the Union Reform party'held at gadsden on Monday last. The good work goes bravely on. There were several good 'and efficient speakers, and they were cheered heartily at each hit that was made at the Ring. Mr. Sprague, through his agent, Colonel Pearce, will soon have an effective force on the canal pushing forward his work. This I am inclined to believe will not take place, however, before cool weather, as the Northern ' mechanics and workmen generally dread the "pestilential miasmas of our swamps and rivers. The bolters of this district have at last made a nomination. Picket is nominated for the Senate, and will soon take the fiVJ against "Nash. Picket has been a freeman all of bis Ufe, and ls a very respectable man, carries great influence among the negroes. Sebastian Kraits, (white,) and Esoo Goodwin, (colored,) are nominated for the House of Representa? tives. Heart, the Governor's secretary, has the nomination for judge of probate against Wigg, but whether he will accept or not is another Suestion. One would think it beneath his iguity to accept so small an office. However, time will show, and we may have cause to ex? claim, "How are the mighty fallen !" There isa Radical meeting here to-nlghc. Mr. Purvis led off in a speech of about two hours in length. * ash was to have spoken, but was sick and begged to be.excused. Pur? vis took his place,and travelleorover the whole ground, laying particular stress on hisdclence of carpet-baggers, claiming Jesus Christ as a carpet-bagger, Columbus as another, and then Marion. Sumter, as more of tbe stripe, and daims that there was no great man who was not one ot tbe same lraternlty. He praised Generals Kershaw and Butler, but abused Carpenter, and says he has out-carpet-bagged toe whole ol'tbem. He was followed by Wigg, nominee for judge of probate, but Purvis had covered the ground so thoroughly, that Wigg had nothing much to say. poor fellow ! except to elaborately explain the finance ol the Scott Ring, which he did most satisfactorily to himself. He put in a word for himself by telling the people that they should put only "t.'<e tried and trusted^, Into office. Elliott followed in a harangue so lone that lt waxed towards the "wee small, hours," and your reporter left. LARA. THE Q IBU ALTAR OF THE RING. Light on a Dark Subject-A Local Ring and Its Tricks and Manners-How Political Movements are Engineered tn Beaufort County, dec. [FROH AS OCCASIONAL CORRSSPOSDEST. 1 BEAUFORT COUNTY, August, 1870. You and your readers hear so little lrom this Gibraltar of Radicalism, this county which numbers eight thousand votes or more, seven? ty-two hundred of which are cost solid in the interest of Ignorance and profligacy, L e., for the continuance of the power and patronage of the Radical "Ring," that yolanda large portion of the State as well, may be unaware of many of the personal schemes and political manoeuvrings that are pushed just now under the cover of the State and local contest upon which we have entered. Notwithstanding lt has been sc torten charged, and perhaps with truth, that the seeds which germinated into the gigantic war recently terminated, were cast into the soil of this same Radical county, where lived the Rhetts, Barnwell?, Elliotts and others who believed in, and actually fought to sustain, the doctrine di State Rights, yet to-day we are practically cut of! and insolated. from, the great body of the State, as If some not easily crossed desert intervened between us and our neighbors. To show i haft his ls true, you have but to look over your own flies, and t hose of the Courier or ot any other South Carolina newspaper for a year past, and you shall find, perhaps once in a twelve-month, some Incidental mention of the old Town of Beaufort, or that cotton on the sea Islands in that county ls a failure But of the Hie. the political currents, the strife for ?irecedence, the corrupt bargaining and secret ugglery, you can know very little, mainly be-1 cause we nave no paper of our own or other J vehicle of general. inlQrmatlon. Certainly we have a few copies, Irregularly sent into the county, of what is called the "Beaufort" edi? tion of the Ring Organ, which no one need look at but once to recognize as a mere re? print ot the Charleston sheet ot the same name, having often not a line of reference to us or our county, save In the column or two ol free advertising, repeated weekly for a year. If ever a locality, needed the dissemi? nation ol light, and the influence brought to bear upon the masses, by the free, open dis? cussion ofjpolltlcal truth, and the great princi? ples of sucn a government as curs, and at such a time as this, by the publications of an un tramelled, outspoken press, lt is this. But we seem to be .doomed. Either, like the mouse, we are too ipslgniflcant to be noticed, or we are esteemed lions, whom lt 1B unsafe to ap? proach, and so the Ring central committee ap? point but one meeting for all the fall campaign, and that .at an extremity of the county; and the Reform party do likewise. Other planets besides Saturn have "Rings," and you may already have learned that the "Scott Ring," although a State institution, is not destitute ot Imitators on a more narrow and local scale. Beaufort County has its own "Ring," the advisory board of which ls not unknown to fame, or to those familiar with the faces ot those who began to figure in con? vention affairs at Charleston, and have fol? lowed a lucrative- If not honorable path through three sessions of the Legislature since. It is almost surprising that men and members of the advisory board, who. until 1868, never cast a single vote, should now be able in effect to deposit seven thousand; and it would be marvellous on the supposition that such control ls obtained solely through personal popularity, or even as a result of par? tisan, unquestioning faith. But in fact this end Is obtained through deep, studied chicanery by the use of means as bold and vicious as those devised and controlled by life-long dem? agogues at Albany or elsewhere. Verily th# progress ot the Beaufort "Ring," in corrupt and demoralizing practices,!3 in inverse ratio to their progress in the direction of any good. Their lust ot power and place is as insatiable as if they had been born to walkupon the necks of subject masses. Instead of being so recently of the same degraded pattern and instincts. But to be more particular. The chairman of the county committee, (long does he purpose to reign.) aspires to the dignity of the highest county office to be filled at tho comlng-?lec tlon, to wit: To be State senator, In the place of Judge Wright, promoted to the bench of the Supreme Court. In a straight forward day? light canvass he would undoubtedly be elected to fill the coveted position, even though he has played h ide-and-seek in the matter ol'Con? gressional nominations, swearing to-day by the God of Bowen, and to-morrow by the Devil of DeLarge, a transfer of allegiance more amusing and neutral under the circumstances than honest or polite. The watchword, or catchword In the contest ls, "color must not be? regarded." Ergo, "my friends you must. vote lor DeLarge," and lest the people, the seven thousand voters aforesaid, should have a voice in deciding certain preliminaries or In claiming certain rights, they are kept from knowing that they have either voices or rights, and cajoled into believing that the dictum of the countv chairman is their highest good that he ls their Moses, u n d that he only can work out their salvation, which they need pay him nothing for doing, except to obey his bid? ding, and give him power and authority. -Such political legerdemain to be successful must be practiced In the dark, anti hence the "Ring"-the chairman thereof in particular take especial pains to keep any notices of their intended gatherings or proceedings from be? ing brought to public attention. If a meeting to elect delegates to a county convention is to be held at Gardiner's Corner, a message goes out in substance as follows: "Get Bill, and John, and Peter, to meet you Saturday evening, and elect yourself and Peter and John the dele? gates, to come to Beaufort on the 12th Sep? tember. Don't say anything about it to any? body else, and lt will be all right, you.know, for I shall have you nominateed as one of the representatives." Think of the Influence ol twen? ty-five such circulars Benito twenty-five ambiti? ous local magnates. A lew ot the better class of men In view of these things shrug the should? ers aid remark, "Oh, well ! such deviltry will wear Itself out after awhile." It will not "wear Itself out;" the evil grows, and the corruption extends, and lt will continue to enlarge aad expand until the light of intelligence is dif? fused. It is a huge ball of human energy, welded together by the flux of ignorance and superstiti?r, and kept In Its blind track aa lt rolls by the "Ring," which Is its atmosphere, so to speak, and through this medium it re? ceives just as much light and warmth as the said "Ring" sees flt to communicate. Through such a medium the Reformer, doubless, ap? pears blacker (or whiter ?) than one was ever before painted, while our party and our (ste ?) principles have a halo of glory. * Here I will close this first chapter, reserving further comment upon the doings ol "Ye Beaufort Ring" for some of the expected de? velopments of the next fortnight. THORN. THE WAR IN CUBA. HAVANA, August 24. La'Gaceta officially reports the capture and execution of General Pedro Figueredo, assis? tant secretary of war, General Roderigo Ta maga and his son, General Dugal Figneredo and Colonel Femendlz. * SPARKS FROS! THE WIRES. The laying of the ocean cable between the West Indies and Panama progresses well. The case of the suspended Brooklyn City Bank turns out worse than was expected. De? positors lose 25 per cent., and stockholders the full nominal value of their stock. From Washington we hear that a large num? ber of assistant assessors in the South and West have been dismissed. . George Wood, chief of the navigation divi? sion in the Treasury Department at Washing? ton, is dead. NO HOPE OF PEACE. THE QUEEN OF FEUSSXA 8AYS THE WA H MUST OO ON. FRANCE DECLARES PEACE IMPOSSIBLE . WHILE THE INVADERS TREAD HER SOIL. ENORMOUS ESTIMATE OF THE PRUSSIAN LOSSES. THE ISOLATION OFMETZ. THE CROWN PRINCE REPORTED FALL? ING BACK. RUSSIA IN A DILEMMA. Peace Impossible While the Prussians are In France. PARIS, August 24. The Prussians attacked and killed some Ba? varian soldiers on the frontier. - The Presse says the Great Powers have been officially informed that peace is impossi? ble while a Prussian soldier treads French soil. The Figaro wants electric lights on the ram t parts of Paris. .. A dispatch from? Mezleres . yesterday says Bazalne's small force prevented- the Prussian advance until :. McMahon's preparations were complete. McMahon and Bazaine are now ready to assume the offensive. La Liberte says the Crown Prince had not passed St. Dizier, but had fallen back. Metz is entirely isolated. General Failly, who commanded at Chalons, ls superseded by new combinations. The Liberte knows from a reliable (?) source that the Prussian loss is 35,000 killed and 85, 000 wounded. McMahon is* strongly posted on the plains ' before Chalons, with heavy detachments -at St, Menehould, Verdun and Rheims. He com? mands 170,000 men fully supplied with every? thing. Sharpshooters are hastening to Chalons. The Temper of the London Market. . LONDON, August 24. News of a French victory would cause a panic in the stock market here. Obscurity surrounds McMahon's movements. The Times correcting itself, says that Mad? ame Canrobert and her family are not in Lon? don. Victor Hago tn France. NEW YORK, August 24. Thc correspondent of the Courrier Des Etats Unis thus concludes his telegram: ''Victor Hu? go has been returned to us. The poet re-en? ters France In the uniform ol the Home Guards." The French Fleet In the Baltic, SWIXEMCNDE, AUgUBt 24. The French fleet in the Baltic have an Eng? lish captain and a Danish skipper. They have also secured pilots by promises of splendid re? wards. The Spirit of the Germans. BERLIN, Wednesday, August 24. The citizens to-day congratulated the Queen on the recent victories. The Queen replied that she earnestly desired peace, but letters from the field stated ttut the army had unani? mously decided that substantial guarantees must be given for future peace before the war closes. Reports from London. LONDON, August 24. Prussian officers in the Held do not believe that Paris will resist. They expect that in? surrection will follow their approach, resulting in the displacement of the present authorities, when peace will speedily follow. Count Reanord, a noted writer on political economy and finance, has been appolnte'd Gov? ernor of Alsace. The Times recognizes the fact that the de? termination ol' the French Corps L?gislatif for self-government will be irresistible should Na? poleon fail. Pnissia has sent to Bavaria a subsidy of ten millions in gold. Figaro's electric light proposition meets with much favor In military circles. It '.i claimed that the glare will perplex the besieg? ers and aid the besieged. m The Orleans party are hope ful. The princes have watched events closely. They have an agent of great skill and experience at Paris, advising them of every event affecting their Interests. The transportation of the Prussian wounded is assuming an embarrasing aspect. Holland refuses them passage. Belgium replies that consent would be construed by France as an act of hostility. The Spirit in France. PARIS, Wednesday, August 24. La Patrie says that should the Prussians de? feat the great army confronting them at Cha? lons, Uley will have to vanquish another before reaching Paris. Besides, they will find Paris itself amply prepared. It is noticeable that the people are growing calmer and more con? fident, upon learning the immense measures of defanc? that are in progress throughout tbe country. The false dispatches to the London Times cause intense indignation, and the effect is to lucrease the determination of the French to fight to the death. La Liberte says that Senators Melinei and Behie have been appointed on the committee of defence. The journals continue to blame Prince Napo? leon for his absence at such a time. A meeting ol the National Guard resolved that no proposition of peace should be enter? tained while the Prussians were on French territory. Yesterday's session of the Corps L?gislatif was unusually turbulent. The ministry, in answering interpellations, assured the Cham? bers that Varia wus abundantly provisioned. The other answers ol* the ministry were equal, ly satisfactory, bm the excitement continued. Jules Simon proposed to send from the city all of the population unable to bear arms. [Applause.] Others proposed sending the wounded away. Simon objected. Tachard created a tumult by saying that there was a scarcity of arms in certain quar? ters. The majority protested. Minister Braine said that arms would be duly distributed, and called the attention of deputies to the fact that such a questiou should not be discussed too much. Gambetta, much excited, made fume re? marks so harsh in their character that the majority refused to hear them, and the session ended tumultuously. A large number of Prussian prisoners have arrived at Soissons, and more are coming. The journals unanimously oppose pen sion being granted to carry the Prus: wounded through Belgium. Three more of the Vlllette rioters ii been condemned to death. * The Position of Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, August 2 The official journal denies that Russia le c mitted against the dismemberment of Frar She is, however, unfavorable to that meast Russia is seriously alarmed at Polish affa Great agitation prevails In Poland In favoi France, and many Poles are leaving to engl in the French service. On the other ham movement is on loot in the Russiau-Ba provinces for annexation to the North Gern Confederation. Thus Russia is placed betw< the horns of a.dilemma, and it ls believed t in self-defence she will be compelled to pa cipate In the war. Additional Dispatches. We glean the following from the North< papers: ' THE BATTLE OF GRAVELOTTE. The New York Tribune's Bpeclal at the Pr sian headquarters sends the following accoi of Thursday's battle: The battle fought to-day, August 18th, call to-night the battle of Gravelotte. It gan at IO o'clock in the morning and las! until after 9 in the evening. UntiT noon it v an artillery duel. The French lines stretched along the hi covering the two roads leading from Metz Verdun, having on their right dank a fat house, known as La Vlllette, with a wal farden, which they held In great force. A si en road led straight from Gravelotte to f centre of their position. OIL, the French 1 the road wound over the crest of a hill, which twelve earthworks had been thrown i Eight mitrailleurs, besides artillery, wi posted to command every approach to t strong position, and their guns swept t crowning hills, along which the French Ht ran, and up the valley reach, from Gr?velo eastward, by which the Prussians had to a vance. Behind this line of strong- defence 1 Forts St. Quentin and Conaeras, a position apparently Impregnable strength, and co pfetely protecting the French rear. The po tion at tirst held by the Prussians was to t east of the French, facing towards Metz, oct pylng the southernmost road from Metz Verdun, and reaching over the chain of hi lyini between Gravelotte and Rezonvllle. T result of the artillery contest was to comr the French to abandon their most advanc position, and the line by which they hep? to cover both roads was pierced and drlv< back. . . * 1 At noon the Prussians were able to pu forward their artillery, the French fludli their guns unable to resist the weight of tl Prussian dre, and the Prussian batteries shoi ly after noon were In position on either side Gravelotte, so that neither of the roads whli at that pojnt branched on" to Verdun, noe and southwesterly, were any longer open the French army. I reached the Held Just the lorward movement of the Prussians ht been accomplished. The ground was favor ble for a good view of both positions, and was apparent at a glance that the French ht already relinquished a line of defence Impo tant to them tactically as well as strateglcall By two o'clock the" French batterie? cove ing the Verdun road from the north and ea were silenced, and the Prussians had a vanced so far from south ofthat road as lo o< cupy a farmhouse at Malmaison, a little nor tl .west from Gravelotte. Twenty minutes lat< the French dre so slackened and wavered thi the Pni8?lan batteries were pushed lor war and took a newjiosltlon In front of Gravelott At twenty minutes past three thu Prussic cavalry went Into action, and they proceed? capitally under a hot Ure from the Frene gun?. The attack was made in consideran! force by the uhlans, cuirassiers and hussar bat they were at tlrst wlthoc?- Infantry suj port, and could make no serious impression o a position naturally strong and still he) in force by all the army of the Frencl But half an hour later, it being now near] lour o'clock in the afternoon, a portion < the Third Prussian Corps had come upon th ground. Infantry regiments were formed a fast as they came, Into a position from wblc a serious attack was to be expected upon wht appeared the key ol the French lines. A' o'clock the 33d regiment of the Prussian i In was launched against the same position wblc the cavalry had failed to reach. It moved foi ward with the utmost determination; but b this time the French had reinforced their de fence more strongly that the Prussians had th attack, and they still outnumbered their ossa! ants aud steadily maintained the second lin which they had occupied. As different div! slons ol the Prussian army came into positlo; they attacked successively; but were re peatedly driven back with heavy loss. Tb ptruggle lasted with varying fortunes on dlffei ent portions of the lines until 8 o'clock. U| to that hour the French held their ground At 8 o'clock the Prussians, massing heav, forces on their left, attacked and carried Li Villette, a hamlet covering the French right This, once in Prussian hands, enabled them ti enfilade thc French lines* and take in rev?rsi some of their outworks. The ground thi French had held so obstinately and so gallant!; during nine hours they were compelled t< abnmlorn .ind at O o'ciock were driven bael upou Metz, and, under cover of Its outlyin;. forts, their last hold upon the Verdun road "wai abandoned,thelr communications destroyed U the east and lo the west, and the French 'Arm1 of the Rhine," after losing three pitched bat? tles since Sunday, was shut up in the fortres! which they had chosen for the base of theil op?rations for the invasion of Germsuy. I believe a strong Prussian force is moving to-?ight to the north ol' Metz, to cut off al cominunlcatlbn with Thlonvllle also. King William was present throughout the battle The Prussian lorces engaged were under Geu eral Steinmetz's command, and personally di? rected by him. Marshal Bazaine command?e iu person on tho French side. The Eighth Prussian Corps, numbering with other divisions, over 50 OOO men, bort the brunt of the battle. The Second and Third Corps were partly engaged. Four 'housanc Fren? h prisoners were taken. The Prussiar. loss in killed, wounded and missing ls esti? mated to-night at nofless than 10,000. Of the French losses no estimate can yet be formed, but their defeat is complete, and it ls believed they are no longer In condition to make any further attempts at escape. The Prussian army, spite ot all its losses, ls In the highest spirits. Rumors of peace are already circu? lated in thc* camps, and the hardest work ol the campaign is thought by the soldiers to be over. ? TUE BATTLE UNDECIDED. LONDON, August 21. The battle at Rezonvllle (Gravelotte) was without a decisive result. It1s claimed by the Prussians, but the French fell back to Metz In good order, their ammunition having given out. The losses of the Prussians greatly ex? ceeded those of the French, the former losing 40,000 men on Thursday alone, Steinmetz's whole army being literally cut to pieces, and his magnificent cavalry no longer exists. NEUTRALITY AND MEDIATION. PARIS, August 22. The Constitutionnel has an editorial, evi? dently inspired by thc government, reviewin" the conduct ol the neutral powers. It says Austria and Italy, at the breaking out of the war, uuited in watchful neutrality, which, ac? cording to circumstances, might be transform? ed iuto intervention. Lately England entered the sceue by proposing the formation of a neu? tral league, with au obligation on each mem? ber not to act without advising the others. The propopal met with some difficulty, as Italy had already entered into an engagement with Austria. The Cabinet of Vienna then in? formed the Government of Florence that it might consider itself released from its prom? ises, and Ilalv hastened to make the fact known and to accept the proposals of England. Russia also accepted them, whereupon France advised Austria to do the same. It is not known what action thc latter power has taken, "but," concludes the writer, "all these nego? tiations ure of secondary importance. Let us happily terminale the war. There will be time enough tix-n to think of neutral powers." A decree in the Journal Officiel prohibits the exportai ion of grain, cattle or forage along the land from ?er from Dunkerque to Lauselbourg, and on tim maritime Hue from St. Vallery to Dunkerque. A CALL TO ARMS. The Constitutionnel publishes a circular from the Minister of the Interior to the prefects of departments, announcing that orders have ' been given for the distribution of arms to the people from the arsenals. The minister con? tinues: "Arm ! arm ! without delay.- We are In a crisis, when all must come forward for the defence of the country. Influence the young men by your patriotism, and use every means to make soldiers of them." AMBULANCE SERVICE. Profound enthusiasm was produced yester? day by the passage through the streets of American ambulances going to the front. Every one remarked the completeness and perfection of all the arrangements. HARD TIMES IN PARIS. There is no exaggeration in saying that we mn a risk' of being starved already. The Si?cle recommends that private families should lay in a stock of salt, meat, Ash and flour, pre? served vegetables, potatoes and pulse. The Bank ol France pays neither gold nor silver, and it is practicably impossible to chango a thousand or five hundred franc note for hundred or fifty franc notes. Bankers cannot get them for their own use. Edmund About writes to his journal, the Soir, praising the grave self-devotion of all classes. Paris ls preparing for a desperate de? fence. The Journal Officiel publishes a decree to? day for the creation of a new cavalry regiment [ for the Imperial Guard. In some of the French provinces people have attacked Innocent per? sons who were supposed to be Prussian spies. The government will take measures immedi? ately to prevent these outrages hereafter. Tho quarters of Jaumont, mentioned by Count Pallkao In his statement to the Corps L?gislatif ol'the defeat of the Prince Royal on the 18th, have been In existence for over six centuries. They are extensive, and have been worked to a great depth. Remnants of regiments of cavalry, culras Biers and lancers, sc* terrible cut up in the late battles, arrived bore last night aud were re? ceived with great enthusiasm. . The fortress of Toul was bombarded by the Prussians on the loth, but was not seriously damaged. WAK ITEMS BY WAY OF LONDON. ? LONDON, August 22. The Times this morning has a special tele Eam from Berlin, containing the following ons: England would no doubt prefer to have the old German Provinces of Alsace and Lorraine established into an independent and neutral State. Subscriptions as small as three francs are re? ceived at Paris to the new national war loan of | one thousand million of francs. It is said that Prince Napoleon, after accompanying bis family to a place of safety in Italy, has re? turned to France. The Paris correspondent ol the Standard t-ays the French, 'notwithstanding their enor? mous losses in the recent week o' battles, will continue to fight for weeks, and even months to come. . Minister Washburnc continues to act as dip? lomatic t peut for the Prussian Government at Paris. M?HC DI6TUBANCES IN PARIS. LONDON August 22. A dispatch received here from Paris states tint au alarming demonstration by the people took place m Paris Saturday evening, occa? sioned by the report that Marshal Bazaine had been de fea1 ed. The disturbance was only Snelled by a bold declaration by Palikao that azaine had not beeo defeated, which state? ment nau posted on walls throughout the citv, an had'bo effect of quieting thc people. It wis feared that a reaction would take pince. MINING THE RAILROADS. Every railroad leading lo tbe capital baa been undermined, and the mines charged with pyrites ol potassium. OBLEAKB RESTORATION. It is questioned whether a popular rejoicing will taka place, tboucr'n many intelligent peo? ple expect one in a few days. No one thinks of the Emperor. Trochu is privately prepar? ing the way for a return of the Orleans family to power A LETTER FROM LOUIS BLANC Lonis Blanc, replying to tho appeals of maru fri ends, publishes to-morrow a letter reviewing the situation of France, declaring it is time for the nation to choose between i he empire and thc nation; that nevertheless civil dissensions would iehver France to her enemies, and that for himself he delays re? turning to Paris only for fear that bis pres? ence ni ght be the signal lor a revolution, and that tbe republic ought not to be declared at the mom3ut when it mnst assume the respon? sibilities which would be devolved upon it by the incapability of the Emperor. He advues France resuming the control of ber destinies, and should sav to Germany and the world, '-this is a war between two men, and not two nations." NAPOLEON HISSED BY UIS SOLDIERS-TUE LA VILLETTE AFFAIR-PARIS PROVISIONED FOR A SIEOE. A correspondent at Paris wrlt?s on Friday I'ulght, 19th : The Emperor, when at Chalons, was hissed and hooted at by the soldiery. Nu? merous letters from Gardes Mobiles mention this. We are on the eve of an abdication-of course in favor of Louis, with the Empress as Regent. Then the crisis will come. r>obody believes thc dynasty can last-bourgeoisie, Or? ganists, workingmen, nor Republicans. The riot at La Vlllette occasioned the arrest of eighty-six persons. Nineteen have been liberated. The remainder are in the military prison. Thc charges are investigated by civil not military authorities. Tho military "tribu? nal meets this evening. No doubt exists thal there is an extensive secret organization, of ] which those arrested are but a small section. The police have discovered numerous deposi? tories of arms. Twenty persons in no way connected with the La Vlllette affair have been arrested. The city swarms with Prussian spies. ? The measures against German residents im? pose onerous duties on the- American Lega? tion, the doors of which are constantly be? sieged by German applicants, and the street ls blocked up. Paris Is already amply victualed for a two months' siege, but a siege cannot lost a fort? night. VICTORIA ASSAILED BY NEWSPAPERS.. The Daily News . copies, with approval, the Economist's article concerning the Queen's perpetual absence from the seat of govern? ment, even In a crisis like the present. The Dailv News goes still further, and says Premier Gladstone, instead of losing his valuable time vibrating at the Queen's pleasure between the extremists of Ireland, be made at once Re? gent, with power to perform th? duties which she so persistently deserts, though so enor? mously paid to perform.. Complaints are fre? quent that it takes more'than twelve hours iur telegrams from the front to reach London. PRUSSIA AND ROME. The North German Gazette categorically de? nies the rumor circulating through Italy thal Prussia bas offered to send a garrison to Rome to replace the French troops lately withdrawn. CUIN A. Advices from Hong Kong ol' August 4 state that the French and English fleets are al Che Fong, where they await orders. RUSSIAN NEUTRALITY. ST. PETERSHURO, August 21. The Russian declaration of neutrality is sin? cere, and ls to be more effectually observed because Russia is not ready for war, and can? not quickly get ready.-New York? Tribune Special. STRASBOURG IN FLAMES. CARLSRUHE, August 21. Strasbourg is in flames. The French have fired the surrounding villages. They make frequent sorties, which arc constantly repuls? ed. Eight thousand Prussians have arrived with a train of heavy siege artillery. The city is surrounded by 30,000 men, under General Werder. The 'inhabitants are demoralized, and disorder everywhere prevails. A surren? der is hourly expected.-Special to the New York Herald. THE PRUSSIANS AT MEZIERER. BERLIN. August 22. The Prussians have occupied Meziere.*. which would Indicate a inovemenl toward* Rheims. TUE NORTH UEUMAN STEAMERS. BREMEN, August 22. The North German Lloyds announce that in consequence of the success ol the Germans tbeir steamers will be able to resume their trips to America, and a time table for their de? parture will soon be lssused. A ruffian met Mrs. Caroline Welling yester? day, while crossing the Elysian Fields, Hobo? ken, New Jersey, and outraged her, after first killing her little child, by dashing it against a WAR TORIOS. The Prompt Movements of the Prussian Army-Interesting Statements. Mr. Kapp, formerly of New York, who, by the convention of the delegates from the varions German aid societies In this country, was de? signated as their representative at Berlin, has written home an interesting letter. In ordi? nary times a passenger from Cologne ls convey? ed to Berlin in fourteen hours. Mr. Kapp and his family had to travel sixty hours with? out a drop of cold water, sleeping cars, and no chance for any sort ol comfort. He says in his letter to the Chicago Staatszeltu?g that tho movement of the North-"German army waa conducted with the regularity of clock work. From the 23d of July every forty-five minutes a train was started on the four principal rail? ways, traversing Germany from east to west, with a battalion of infantry or cavalry. He counted during day lime sixty three military trains on the Journey to Berlin, and adds : Imitating the Americans during the last war, arrangements were made by tie citizens at every station to furnish the troops with eat? ables, wine and beer. Young ladies ol the best families served as walters, and every? thing helped to maintain the spirits of the troops, who would otherwise have greatly suffered from the very oppressive heat. On the 22d of June 100,000 men were announced td the military authorities as passing through the fortress. In the afternoon of the 23d an entirely new pontoon bridge was completed across the Rhine, so that the soldiers marched simultaneously cflrar three bridges towards the Palatinate. The reason why we were ready sooner- than the French is that the French marched their regiments, incomplete as they were, to the frontier, and ordered those ' who were on leave, or who belonged to their reserves, to Join their regiments singly as well au they could. These men were scattered all over France, whilst, according to the Prussian sys? tem, every regiment is raised In a certain dis? trict, where the reserves and those on leave of absence can be called In a few hours. When a Prussian regiment reacher the place of its destination, it ls complete and ready to fight, whilst it ls very difficult In Frnuce and other States of Europe to reach the normal war strength of the various regiments. In all cases more men were ready for service In every Prussian regiment, than were required to make them complete. AB much as possible, the married Landwebrmen were refused, be? cause a sufficient number of single men offer? ed themselves. Those Landwehrmen, who distinguished themselves in the war of I3G6,? are assigned to the fortresses, in order to give to the younger ones an opportunity to serve In in the front. Paris vs. Richmond. The Cincinnati Enquirer remarks : The loss of a battle in which but a single wing of an Immense army was engaged, say 40,000 ont of 250.000 men, two hundred miles off, has thrown Paris, a city of two millions of souls, Into apparent consternation. An easy promenade there by thePrusslajsln the course of a few weeks is anticipated by many Journals In this country and In Great Britain. If such an event is realized it will strongly contras1: the American with the French style of light? ing. In 1661 the United States called out as large an army to conquer the South, which did not exceed six millions of white people, os the Prussians have to overthrow the Empire of France, with its forty millions of people. The objective point was Richmond, the Southern capital. It was but one hundred and twenty miles from Washington. Hardly any regular fort ideations existed until the confines of Rich? mond were approached. Yet, with over one million men in arms, we failed to capture Richmond for four long years. Army after army was launched against it, commanded by our ablest officers. They were repeatedly beaten and turned back. Such was the way I ri which the American citizens in the South, who were opposed to the government, contended for their capital. Unlike Paris, lt did not have In its own population men sufficient to combat an army of hundreds ol thousands. But the. Southern people were desperately in earnest, and fought In that spirit. If Paris Is taken in a short time it will be because the French nation are not united, and will not rally in be? half of the government. They have resources enough to keep all Europe at bay for years, if they were united among themselves. Thc Movements of thc Armies. [From the Kew York World.] It ls becoming more sure lrom day to day that we have been perfectly correct In assum? ing that it is the determination of Marshal Ba? zaine to hold the line between Metz and Ver? dun, and equally BO the determination of King William to break through Bazalne's army; therefore without it, the Crown Prince's contin? ued advance towards Chalons and Paris is not for a moment safe or to be thought of. For Uris purpose all the terrific fighting has taken place which hos been lately reported near Mars-la Tour, Rezonvllle and Gravelotte. and the fight? ing will be kept up until eitler Bazaine is driven on lo Chalons or into Metz, or until the German armies in the plains south of him have been defeated and driven hack across the Moselle. The Crown Prince's movements are as much a puzzle as those ot Marshal McMa? hon, and all wu know Is that while the Crown Prince is supposed to march on to Paris, com? paratively unmolested, General McMahon is somewhere near Chalons, but entirely used up, so far os the soldiers under his command are concerned. Now, neither the one nor the other can well be there. It is all folly to sup? pose that the Crown Prince can, or would dare to move on before his advance was secured from a defeating attack ot Bazaine; and as to McMuhon, although he has been very badly used, h? is, by this time, most probably, ready again to take his share in the final contest. To sum up the situation, we would say: First. That thc attack of the Germans on Bazaine's position in the north, between Ver? dun and Metz, for the purpose ol dislodging him, and driving him either into Metz or to? wards Verdun, has been unsuccessful. Second. That the advance ol' the Crown Prince has been checked, and that he has fal? len back lrom St. Michel In order to effect a Junction and concentration of all the German forces near and between the cities of Metz, Pont-a-MousBon, Nancy and neighboring vil? lages. Finally. That the fighting has been terrible on both sides is not to be doubted, neither is thore any doubt of good generalship on both ?ides; but as to the question who will finally wlu, that is open yet for many a discussion. 'Mio Prussian Soldiers. [Bellin Correspondence London Standard.] Il Is Impossible to conceive finer bodies of men limn those which daily arrive in Prussia to join their regiments. They belong to the first reserve, and all between the ages of 23 and 28. A very large number of them wear the decoration they wore in the Austrian war, and all are trained soldiers. As the trains ar? rive they are met by a small party ol soldiers, and the men are escorted to the barracks of the corps to which they belong. Here they are furnished with their uniforms, kits and arms, andar? ready in half an hour to take their place in the ranks. Nothing can exceed the order and regularity with which every? thing proceeds. To the great credit of the Prussian soldier, I can state that since my ar? rival in the country I have not seen a single man in uniform the worse for liquor. Glory indirectly makes a man more thirsty than does patriotism. It is at a crisis like the present that the full value of the Prussian military system is evident. The whole of the regiments belong to various localities, from which they are exclusively raised. Each regiment ol' the Hue has a r?giment of reserve composed exclusive? ly of thc men who have served their time In that regiment. Consequently when the re? serve is, as al present, called in, every man finds himself among friends. By his side is his younger brother, around him are his neigh? bors." He is at home at once, and has besides every incentive to distinguish himself in ac? tion, for he knows that his neighbors are look? ing un, and that every deed ol' daring will be noted and told at home. It would be difficult to imagine any system so calculated to make heroes. In regiments raised like those of England, the local connection exists only in name, and a soldier can scarcely hope that his deeds ot bravery in the field will become the common talk of his neighbors and townspeo? ple, and that the girl he loves wlil look with pride upon him as i he acknowledged hereof the locality. Of cou rsc, under our present vol? untary system, this could not be carried out in England; but when the time comes that our long-talked of reserve is to become a reality, lt ls to be hoped that this important feat ure ol the Prussian system will not be lost sight ol'. 1 t RETRIBUTION AT LAST. HALEIGH, August 24. Josiah Turner, editor of the 8entlnel, John. Ireland and James Scott, some of those recent? ly arrested by Holden, sued out ball writs fu the United States Circuit Court against Kirk and his lieutenant, Bergen. In default ol tbe required bail, Bergen was placed in the com? mon jail this afternoon, by United States Mar 8hal Carrow. Kirk is now at the Companj shops on matters connected with the Caswell and Alamance prisoners, who are still under examination In the United States Circuit Coart and Slate Supreme Court THE GOLD BOOL IR NEW YORK. NEW YORK, August 24-6 P. M. The excitement regarding the gold pool is the general topic of talk here, the war for the moment having lost its interest TRO HU AND RABIS. Thc New Commander of Paris-Hr ts Virtual Dictator of the Capital-a Sketch ofhls Career. Whatever may be the truth about the state ci affairs at the seat of war in France, there can be no doubt that Paris has found a tower of strength for the nation's need In the calm, high-souled and resolute bearing of her new military commander, General Trochu. One of the recent dispatches states that the people already regard him as the virtual dicta? tor, and that he ls talked of as the prospective Consul ot the Republic. Still more definite than this ls the Information that in his proc? lamation to the people of Paris both the Empe? ror and Empress were Ignored, for which ex Minlster of the Interior Pinard wished to call him to account In the Chambers, and was wita, difficulty restrained from doing so. It ls also rumored that Trochu, when recently urged to take the Ministry ot War, refused to do so, ex? cept at the bidding of the Corps Le<r!slatil,whicu was rather significant for ar. officer of "the personal government,'' but is not altogether inexplicable If lt be true that he is an Organist in his proclivities. If he .is really disaffected towards the Emperor, he probably sees plainly enough that changes are at band, which, if he takes a proper advantage of the rapidly ad? vancing waves of revolution, will bear him on to fortune. As lhere are Indications that Gen? eral Trochu ls one of the coming men, if not. the coming man in France, a sketch of his ca? reer will not be uninteresting. Louis Jules Trochu was born In 1815, and he is now In thc full vigor of his faculties. He en? tered the military school of St. Cyr In 1835. and, like most of che young French officers at that time, he engaged In the war for the con? quest ot Algeria, md bad attained the rank of captain in 1843, when he took part in the bat? tle of Sldl Yusef, in which he ha* his uniform pierced In four places by rifle balls. He dis? tinguished himself at the battle of Isly by the bravery he displayed, and was on that occa? sion selected by the successful and aile com? mander, Marshal Bugeaud, as his aid-de-camp. He became colonel in 1853; was placed on the staff of Marshal St, Arnaud, and served during the Crimean war. His brilliant conduct at the assault on Sebastopol secured him a deco? ration. Klngslake represents him as the master miad of the French army during the Crimean war, and call') attention to the tact that in al1 the conlerences with Lord Raglan, Trochu, rather than St. Arnaud or Canrobert, was the spokes? man. Ia 1859 he was made general of divi? sion, and served with distinction in the Italian war, and In 1866, alter the success ot Prussia at Sadowa, he was charged with the prepa? ration of a plan for the reorganization of the French army, and 18G7 he produced an essay upon organization entitled "VArmee Fran? caise,- which ran through ten editions. He was one of Hie first to foresee the inevitable contest between France and Prussia, and in a recent pamphlet he gave the results of an in? tense study of thc Rhenish frontier as a fight? ing field. By many of the French military men General Trochu is esteemed to be the most brilliant strategist in their anny, and it bas been claimed that he is the equal, if not the superior, of the Prussian veteran, Von Mollkc. In personal appearance he ls described as being of middle size, elegant in figure, but stroog and sinewy. He has a pleasing counte? nance, full of Intelligence, and his address is quick, almost warm. He has a broad, thought? ful forehead, slightly bald; small eyes, but so brilliant and sparkling that they constitute a re? markable leam re. His hand is nervous though small, and while his whole aspect is that of a soldier, there ls such absence of pretension that one is not obliged to address him always as M. lc General. His army predilections have not hardened his heart, though they may have given him stronger views of duty. His broth? er having died and left nine children unpro? vided lor, Trochu took charge of them aO, and for tbclr sakes he has remained ? single man. Ho is not a man of extended populari? ty, but Iiis merits are known to the Judicious few, and by then set at an exceedingly high value. He ls neither n Republican nor a Royalist. The people ol' Paris look upon him In the pres? ent crisis of the nation and the government as they looked upon Cavaignac in June, 1848, when a provisional government, far weaker and more incapable than the government ol Napoleon, trembled and hesitated before an enemy more terrible than many Crown Prin? ces and King Williams. In the event of new disasters to the French army, Trochu may pass from the military government of Paris to the head of the nation. Meanwhile his com? mand of Paris assures to Bazaine tbe most per? sistent reinforcement of his armies. JAMES L. ORR.-We admire the cdftdor ot Hon. James L Orr, of South Carolina, who, without circumlocution, avows that he intends to act with the Republican party because lt ls so strong that lt will inevitably rule that State for years to come ! There are a number of patriots of tills sort In Virginia as well as in each of the other States. 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