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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES. STIRRING NEWS. MYSTERIOUS HISTS REQA.RBISG THE FRENCH PXkjW AXD STRATEGY. PROFOUND SECRECY AS TO MCMAHON'S MOVEMENTS. THE PRUSSIANS TO REACH PARIS IV SIX DATS. THE BRITISH LION SHAKING HIS MANE. The French Military Policy-The In va deni to be Destroyed ,tn some mysteri? ous manner. NEW YORK, August 26. A special telegram lrom Paris to the New York Times, received to-aight, says : "Do not expect specific intelligence from this side for several days. A great strategic movement is in progress, the importance of which is to be Judged of by the reserve of the generals and authorities. AH communications for the army are stopped, and correspondents are impri? soned. Place no faith In the lying Prussian organsin London, or in journals courting Prussian patronage in New York. The mill' tary prospects of . France are now clearer andi more certain than at any time sin ce the com-, mencement of the campaign. The French strategic combinations can scarcely lail to sxmieve decisive results. They regard the de? struction of the invading army." Latest front Paris. PARIS, August 26. Several hundred arrests have been made, among them a number of strang?) women, who were well supplied with money, for which they could give no satisfactory account. They are said to be spies paid to create trouble along the Faubourg Montmartre and adjoin? ing streets. The total number of arrests -un? der Trochu's order expelling dangerous per? sons ls said to be 2000. Le Public Bays that important dispatches were received to-day by the government, giv? ing information concerning the posions, numbers and movements ot the enemy. The cor)? of Frederick Charles, and a portion of the King's army, are undoubtedly marching on Paris, while Steinmetz is left to "hold Ba? zaine in check. The enemy may reach Paris in six days, should there be no change in their plans. The Senate and Corps L?gislatif were to be notified of 'these facts to-day. - The Corps L?gislatif held a secret session as a committee o? the chele last night, when am? ple explanations were made by the govern? ment in regard to thc defence ol the capital. There was a similar session to-day. GeneraT Trocbu did not attend the sitting of lost night, as the Minister of War, his superior officer, was present. The deputies ol the Lett inter viewed Count Pallkao. The Interview was re? ported as perfectly satisfactory to all. , Latest from London. - LovnqN, August 20 McMahon ls trying to reach Bazaine via Mezleres, Montmedy and ThionT??e, but the Prussians have cut through Yarennes and Dun. There ls fighting between Dun, Buza ney and Mouzay. In all probability there will be an Important action soon near Montmedy. Immense quantities of meats have been ship? ped from Liverpool to France. There 1B great activity in the British armies and navy-yards. It ls rumored that the Brit? ish artillery have been ordered from Plymouth to Antwerp. It is stated that J. J. Weiss, who succeeded Paradbl in the Chair Laborative of AIx, and who'Vounded the Journal de Paris, will be ap? pointed French Minister to Washington. The French law enrolling all from twenty to thirty forbids substitutes. THE GOLD Ayn BOS I) MARKET. NEW YORE, August 2C-Evening. Money easy> discounts 7a9. Cold opened at 16J and advanced to 16J; during the altern?os was steady, and nearly all business was at closing rates. Governments, no featiire ol in? terest; sixty-twos 12; fours Hi; fives 114; new Oj;sevens 9{;eights 10?;fortys 8?; Southerns opened steady, but dull; during the afternoon firm, without much business, und closed very dull. ? . . LOKDOK, August 26-Bvenlne. Consols 91 ?s Bonds 87j. Stocks dull. ' FRANKFORT, August 26. Bonds steady at 91.;. PARIS, August 26. Bourse dull. Rentes coi 75c. THE SPRAGVE SCHEME. Watering Colombia-Wigg Ear-wig* tho Radicals-The Post Band. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, August 26. There is great indignation heft on account of the contract between the City Council and Sprs^rue. The Council have entered into an agreement with Sprague, to pay him sixteen thousand dollars a year for twenty years, he, m consideration of that modest sum, to furnish the .city with water-the money to be paid in quarterly. Instalments of four thousand dollars, and with a saving clause that if tbe in stalments are not paid within thirty days after they become due the whol? works to become the .property of Sprague. Nash, Wilder and others are furious about it, and swear they will Sit an Injunction to stay the Council. Wigg, e late Republican nominee tor re-election to the probate judgeship of this county, voted for this measure. Apropos of Wigg,the statistics on finance that he made use of the other night in his speech were not hts own, but were taken from Chamberlain's speech at Chester, and he did not even give Chamberlain the credit-usurped it himself. The only things original in bia statements were the mis? takes he made in his arithmetic. To steal a confrere's ideas is "the most unkindest cut of all. He said he bad the statements In figures in his pocket, but owingto tbe scarcity of light was unable to read them. No one blamed bim for using some or Purvis's arguments, for that gentleman ventilated the doctrine thoroughly, and Wigg- was compelled to use his ideas, or say not tu ny. The Post Band played in the Park yesterday evening. Very few persons were out, how? ever. LARA. -Mark Twain thinks one great calamity.Hol? lowing the death of Dickens is the fact that the nation is to be lectured to death and read to death all next winter by Tom, Dick and Harry, with poor, lamented Dickens for a pre? text Ail- the vagabonds who can spell win affllct-the people with "readings "from Pick? wick and Copperfield, ic. THE WAH IX CUBA. ^?EW YORK, August 26. Cuban advices to the Evening Post state that a Spanish column had a recent engage? ment with the insurgents in the jurisdiction of Santa Perita. The Spanish loss was COO killed, wounded and missing. The Voz de Cuba con? fesses that a detachment of forty Spaniards were surprised and twenty killed. Some ac? counts state that only five escaped. The Diario says that the District of Sagna Is Invaded by the Insurgents under General Ledra. The court of appeals, the office of col? lector of taxes and the schools at Puerto Prin? cipe have been closed. This is supposed to be a step toward th? Spanish evacuation. Coast? ing steamers from north and south arrive daily at Havana with sick and wounded. The yellow fever Is very prevalent, and fighting is Incessant throughout the island. A FF A IRS IS QB BERTILLE. United Stat?? Court-Effects of Moun? tain Air-Personnel of the Greenville Bar- Greenville Enterprises. &c. [7E0M OUR OWN CORRESP' DENr.] GREENVILLE, S. C., August 24. The United States Court, Judge Bryan pre? siding, is stlllin session at this place. The criminal docket wm be finished to-morrow, and the civil business then taken'up. The court will doubtless be in session here at least two weeks longer. Judge Bryan has had a laborious se?slon, sitting nearly every day un?1 four, and sometimes to five o'clock in the afternoon. The death of the Hon. J. P. Ken? nedy deeply affected the Jud^e, both of them having been bosom friends, and the last sur v io ra of a circle .of intimate friends and co laborers of the distinguished Whig leader, Henry Clay. One of the Judged sons, a young man of brilliant, promise, ls named after the late Mr. Kennedy. I The,oth^r officers of the court appear to en? joy the salubrity of this mountain region, ana bear the most telling evidence of the care and good things they receive at the hands of mine host of the Mansion House, Mr. J. L. Sothern, than whom no ose knows better how to keep a first-class hotel. This it is which has no doubt given rise to the report that Mr. Daniel Horlbeck, clerk ot court, and his assistant, Mr. J. H. Schreiner, are about to leave their present state of single blessedness, and that the near approach of this pleasant change has had a marked effect on their personal appear? ance. The bar have had a busy season in defend? ing the numerous parties indicted tor distill? ing liquor without paying special tax. In most of the cases verdicts ol guilty have been ren? dered. Greenville has quite a number of dis ? tinguished legal characters-General William K.Easley, E. P. Jones, William E. Earle, and Messre. Arthur, Blythe, ex-Governor Perry, and others. Among the visitors are General W. D. Simpson, Hon, C. P. Sullivan, and Wil? liam H. Tre8cot, Esq. Greenville has ?Iso be? come quite a popular resort for health and pleasure-seekers, and also for business mon having a lookoat for trade on the gathering of the colton crop this season. Some of the more enterprising of our Charleston merchants are making the best of their time while here with their families, In forming new acquaintances among planters and engaging new customers.' One of the most Interesting and attractive places to visit ls the extensive carriage and wagon establishment ot Messrs. Gower, Cox & Markley. Your correspondent is under obliga? tions to Mr. Thos. C. Markley for showing him through the various workshop?. The buildings cover an area of about half an acre of ground. Th? establishment is nearly a ha'.f century old, and one of the most Important and useful, not only to ttie upper part ot South Carolina, but' to the adjoining States of North Carolina and. Georgia. The machinery of the company, which ls all of the latest and moot improved patterns, ls worked by water power, the estab? lishment having a fine location on Reedy Elver. Between seventy-five and one hundred workmen are employed, several of whom', have been connected with it from their youth: and grown gray In the service. The beau til ul vehicles turned out here are In great demand; while the orders lor wagons keep far in ad? vance of the ability to supply. The factory, in addition to the beautifully finished carriages, buggies, and other lighter vehicles which It turns out, makes annually about three hun? dred large and substantial country wagons, specially adapted to the Southern country. A vast amount ot the best seasoned lumber is re? quired tor the business. The reputation of the company for s .?verlor workmanship in the manufacture of /chicles of all kinds 1B such that their eui: J mers extend as far south as Alabama and Mississippi. The establishment Is about to be enlarged to meet the demands that dally pour In upon the company. Governor Sco't to-day left Columbia for Wal? halla. .On the same train were State Auditor Torah* nson, Congressman Wallace, Secretary of State Car?ozo, General Worthington, Assis? tant Private Secretary W. F. Hay fte, all en route for Walhalla, where a Republican mass meeting is to be held to-morrow and address? ed by the . speakers above indicated. The Governor is simply on a visit to his family re? siding during the warm weather at Walhalla. The Governor, I learn, will not speak nor take the stump in this campaign. The hotel at Williams!ou Springs, under the management of Mrs. Mays, a lew miles below Greenville, ls doing a "very successiul busi? ness this season. Tho property belongs to a Greenville company, who have recently put lt In thorough repair. Many ol the guests who went there invalids have been perfectly re? stored to health, and are unsparing in their praises of the medicinal properties and effects of the springs. VISITOR. SIB AT SHOTS. THE FALSE MAN OP THE PERIOD. [From the Edgeneld. A ivenlser.] The false man is ex-Governor Orr. His cold, selfish, unpatriotic, sophistical, danger? ous letter may be found on another page ol this week's Issue. We earnestly hope he will not get The place for which he has sold him? self. ORR'S GREAT POPULARITY". [Fr -rn tuc . arhugton Oem erat.] But it was not our purpose to reler to these points in this connection. We only intended to repel the Idea th-.: Orr's recusancy will In? fluence any number of respectable men in the State. The Radicals are made glad by his de? clared allegiance-his popularity, they insist will bring numbers into their ranks, orr'* | great popularity ! Where ls the evidence ot of It ? He ran, without opposition, for Gover? nor once, and was actuary defeated. Tim ha9 not been long ago. either. Only so long a^o as 1866. When the votes were counted before tte two houses of the Legislature, the districts were called alphabetically, and their votes counted-when York, the last on the list, was reached, General Hampton, who was no can? didate, was three hundred and forty votes ahead of the popular (?) Orr. York saved him. The "scattering" ballots made him Governor by a plurality of votes only, DEFEAT, THE TEST OF MERIT. [From the Sumter Watchman.] Judge Orr has long since forfeited the con? fidence of the good people of this State. He discovered this clearly when he came so near being (and some say actually was; beaten lor Governor by the very people whose represen? tatives and leaders nominated him for that office; The people regarded him with so much distrust, that they spontaneously gave t heir votes for Wade Hampton, who waa no candi? date, and who publicly said so. With no other candidate in tbe field, lt became a very close question whether Orr was really elected. ROBBER ARRESTED_Oa Tuesday last, Mr. J. M. LeGraad took out a search warrant to search tho premises of one Berry Larey, a colored njHQ. tor tome watchem tbat bad been stolen ?;im him. Upon sows into the premi? ers, a B.ockof gooes was found which would suf? fice to ei art a couutry 8torcupon. and loid to an independent fortune. There wera wntdies. fin eer and car ringe, knives, needles pies, thread, lol ta- of alpaca cloth, laid, tobacco both chewiue and smoking, hams, smoked beef, tape, braid, awjat aoap, boona andeyea candy, sc. ?cc.; in all ?bout two hundred aud fifty to three hundred bollare' woitu. Laney was arrested and lodged in jul. Camden Journal. THE WAR IN FRANCE. THE BHUSSIAK COZUJirSS PRESS? ING O.V TO BASIS. WHAT TROCHU IS DOING. THE LONDON TIMES ON THE MILI TAB Y SITUATION. POPULAR ANXIETY IN BERLIN. THE BOMBARDMENT OF STRASBOURG. Tbe Ul lian near Peil?-Exjl alston of the Disaffected Destltnt' -\ Shooter Shot. LoND( JJ, August 26. The German uhlans are momentarily expect? ed in the neighborhood of Paris. PatrolB are stationed everywhere to an? nounce the event. The TlmeB closes an article on the situation by stating that the French throughout avoid fight. The Prussians are now within a short march of Paris, where, perhaps, some slight additional resistance will be met. Private dispatches from Paris state that thc enemy marches slowly but surely on the city. This is undeniable. Prince Salm-Salm was killed at Gravelotte. Trochu has decreed that individuals devoid of means of subsistence, and whose presence threatens public order, be expelled from the city. Twelve hundred have been arrested already under this decree-. The Opinion Nationale sayB that a new army ls forming behind the Loire. The person who attempted to shoot Mc? Mahon was shot to-day. Another Prussian Victory-The French Wounded. Baron Darnlm, Prussian Minister at Rome, is created Count as a reward for keeping the States quiet. The Standard has a special irora Vlrton, Bel? gium, stating that a sharp engagement took Dlace on Thursday at Stenay, near Montmedy, In which the Prussians were successful. Many French wounded are at Montmedy. Movements of the Prussian Army-The Peasantry in Arms. PARIS, August 20. The couriers of the enemy have been seen at Brlenne. Uhlans appeared at Langre, but soon fell back to the northward on the corpB d'armee, whish was marching towards Chal ions. The Crown Prince was reported to be at St. Dizier on the 23d. Half the troops lately al Toni have marched to Nancy. The garrison at Toni defends the place heroically. The enemy ls marching towards Varennee, sixteen miles west of Verdun. The people on the outskirts, between Ver? dun and Mezieres, are defending themselves gallantly against raids, and Inflict considera? ble damage cn the enemy. Trochu vainly demanded the displacement of Pie trie, the prefect of police. Favorable News from the Pre nc h Army Rest' ig the Raiders. The environs of Metz have been inundated by order ol the French authorities. At a council of ministers yesterday, favora? ble news was communicated from both armies. No fighting yesterday. The army of the Prince Royal retrograded. Orders have been given to mount'.he gen? darmes to resist raids of the uhlans. Keratry's proposition adding nine deputies to the committee of delence was defeated by a large majority. A Cheerful Correspondent-Thc Dec!. sive Battle Imminent-Some Talk of Peace. NEW YORK, August 26. A special dispatch to the Courrier Des Etats Unis Irom Paris, August 24th, says : We cannot speak of the movements of Mc? Mahon, on whom rests to-day all the hopes of the country-silence ls both our security and our duty. We share these hopes, aud believe that Cognor at Woerth will gain brilliant re? venge. A great battle ls Imminent, not because we seek it, but because the enemy is in a position making battle necessary to his success/ There ls some talk of peace in diplomatic circles, but, except under crushing-defeat, the French will hear nothing of It while Prussians are on their soil. Dannerguy has said this, the press unanimously approves. A corps of the Prussian army occupies thc Department of Aube. The march on the capital continues, but with evident hesitation. A Diplomatic Fiasco. FLORENCE, August 26.' It ls certain that Prince Napoleon's mission to Italy ls a failure. Thc Prussians "Marching On." BERLIN, August 26. One corps still confronts Bazaine, while the remainder of the Prussians are marching to? wards Paris. A fourth army corps, under the Prince Roy tl ot'Saxony, ls forming to co-operate with the :hlrd army corps in the movements on Paris. Co'ouel Vurdy, the bearer o? a flag of truce, was tired on as he approached Metz. The Colonel and a trumpeter were wounded. Accounts irom Strasbourg state that thc Paubourg Nationel has suffered severely. The Cathedral has been slightly damaged. Kuhl, jn the German side of the Rhine, has been nearly razed by the French bombs. Bombardment of Strasbourg. CARLSRI'UE, August 26. The bombardment of Strasbourg continued all Wednesday night. A large part ol' the cita? del and the arsenal has been destroyed. Many fires have broken out in the city. The Fight at Stenay. CARLSRUHE, August 26. Heavy fighting commenced at Stenay last night, ten miles Irom Montmedy, In the direc? tion of Bonsiers. The Prussians cut the road between Clamantes and Lamonelly. The gates of Montmedy were closed, but an aseault was momentarily expected. Latent Reports from Paris. PARIS, August 26. The bakeries were visited yesterday to see if they had a legal amount of flour ou hand uamely, forty days' supply. The engineers have marked the bridges over the Marne that are to be destroyed when the enemy approaches. The committee of the Corps L?gislatif p?o poses to enroll all between thc ages uf 20 and J6. In the Corps to-day Montpayeux proposed ;he incorporation of the Garde Mobile Into the regular army. This would give fae regular army at least one hundred new regiments. The proposition was sent to the committee and will doubtless be adopted. The government has taken measures to ar j rest the transportation of either munitions of j 1 war or wounded Prussians through Belgium. A letter to the Univers (ultramontane or? gan) says : "A cry of horror rings throughout Alsatia. The magnificent cathedral at Marien? thal no longer exists. The Prussians burned it after profaning the statue ol the Virgin by covering it with mud.:' . Anxiety of tue People in Berlin. BERLIN, Augusts There was a large demonstration yesterday I before the palace. The crowds demanded the news, but the Queen could give them nothing I later, and they dispersed slowly, uiconvinced I and dlcsatisfled. Tbe Siege of Strasbourg. MEN'DELHEIM, August 26. The bombardment of Strasbourg has been Incessant since Tuesday. The walls are terri. Wy battered, and several magazines have ex ploded in the city and forts. Fires have aleo occurred in different places. The Prussian loss has been trifling. Their advanced posts, with the siege train, are within 600 yards of the walls. Tbe Frencb Pupal Legion. ROME, August 26. Thc conduct of the French Legion on de? manding their return to France was so menac? ing that the Pope dismissed them. A Big Frencb Iron-clad Ram. DOVER, August 26. A formidable Iron-clad ram, carrying two enormous guns, and sailing under the French flag, steamed eastward to-day. Later News via London. LONDON, August 26. The Times has the following : "King Wil? liam has left a sufficient force before Metz, where the siege works rise like exhalations from the earth, and has joined the Crown Prince, who is marching on Paris. " McMahon's movements begin to be Intel!! glble. A fugitive from Woerth and avoiding Metz, he passed through the Vosges to Chal? ons, where he was relnlorced by the Guard Mobile and recruits. His obvious aim Is to check the Crown Prince in his march on Paris. ?Affecting a disregard for McMahon, the Crown Prince passed Chalons, moving on Mc? Mahon's flank and offering him battle, which was declined by McMahon, who retreated to Rheims, leaving Chalons to the Prussian?. Since then Rheim3 lt .f was abandoned, the obvious motive throughout being to avoid a 2ght. Tbe Prussians UBO the railroad Irom I Lunneville to a point near Strasbourg for the transportation of their wounded. McMahon and Bazaine are still without communication with Paris. The Prussian cavalry occupy Doulrant, and their cuirasseurs are encamped at Strleng. Advices from Madrid state that three Repub? lican special deputies have gone to Paris to watch events, and will open communications with the French Republicans, with the view of establishing a mutual course of action in the two countries. The conscription at Paris occurs on pie 29th. The call ls for 140,000 mounted volunteer?. The gunboats lor the.defence of the city have arrived. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. The Northern papers have the following ad ditlonal dispatches : French Account?. THE REIGN OP SILENCE-TUE SITUATION TWO WORDS-A GENERAL STATEMENT. PARIS August 23. A special dispatch to the Courrier des Etats Unis says : The sprightly element of Parisian people ac commodates itself with difficulty to the reign ot silence which the ministry imposes on us. 8o many blunders were committed in the openlBg of this war that it is feared this change in tho policy of Count Palikao only conceals some new mistake. It would be easy to dissipate this impression, but lt would not be right, and no one wishes to do lt I saw to? day part ol'a dispatch from Bazaine, which the Minister of War communicated to the Corps Legislalit. It was couched in general terms, but could never have come from a conquered man, or one doubtful of success. Bazaine wishes to leave Metz, but he was not able. On his side, the enemy, in return, wished to seize and cut his communications with Paris, nor did he succeed any belter. This is in two words the situation and ex planation of the recent engagements. We have sustained severe and heavy loBses. it is said, but those of the enemy have been enor? mous and out of all proportion to the merely negative advantage which he has gained. We are sending forward reinforcements constant? ly, but this ?B done without weakening the de? fence of the capital. Every day 15,000 or 20, 000 conscripts set out for Champagne. 1 bis morning two battalions of the Garde Mobile, from Brittany and Normaudy, lett by railroad for Ardennes. I must admit that they are very poorly armed. Their guns were the old muzzle loaders and they were without uni? forms, hut they were brave and Btalwart fel? lows. Here there is no abatement ot patrlotr ism, willie the work on the fortifications goes on. The National Guard, and even young men from the schools and lyceums, drill In the manual ot arms. Every day 15,000 men are drilled in field evolutions :n the Champ dc Mars. At the Corps Legislatli there is nothing of great importance. The action of the newly created committee of defence Is, however, re? viewed and considerably criticised. I saw the Minister ol Marine as he came from to-day's session. He is silent like the others, neverthe? less he gave thone around him to understand that ho expected very soon to hear good news from the fleet. It ls time. Prussian spies swarm upon us, especially In the semi-official world. It follows that redoubled caution must bo exercised upon all dispatches sent here by way of England, Belgium and Switzerland. Chevreau's own signature is necessary in or? der to send political dispatches to the United r>tates. It is difficult to obtain accurate news of what has taken plate at Chalons or in its neighborhood. At the War Department they peremptorily refuse to say anything on thesub Ject,but some of the papers, the Pattie and Pr*"ss among others, announce that the corps of Marshal McMahon and General Failly have suc? ceeded in reaching Ardennes, and by a flank march from that place will effect a junction with Bazaine. I believe some of the troops lately encamped at Chalons have gone thither. buM can arlina nothing certain. I am assured that the Prussian Prince Royal has given over his direct mareil on Paris, and that he waits for the Prussian army before Metz to deliver a great battle. Other dispatches say he is at Bar le Due. Everything from that direction is confused, and I believe that these reports are put In circulation by the enemy to make Parisians believe that all immediate danger has been dispelled, and to calm their patriotic ardor to place the capital in a state of defence. Tu; Emperor is ut Rheims. He waits oppor? tunity to victoriously break silence. At Hie Ministry of Foreign Affairs every? thing is quiet. There are cerium mysterious rumors among the Diplomatic Corps, but there h s been no propositions for preliminaries of peace, as I have read lu some of tiie Kuglish papers. I know that Count Bismarck Ima in? formed l>e Lu. Tour ?vt Auvergne th ut Prussia will nor tre vt for peace until she can cl? it on such conditions which will make it impossible tor Frito ce to lake revenge hereafter, lt is not then our abasement, but our deatruclion, which ine Prussian Mlnktei seeks. Our force will answer him. AUSTRIAN NEUTRAL!TT. The Patrie denles the story that by Austina's withdrawing her corps of observation Prussia has been enabled to move troops that she could not otherwise have moved. THE NATIONAL LOAN-ZEAL IN SUBSCRIBING. _, PARIS, August 24. The Journal Officiel says the amount of the national loan taken yesterday as heard from was 620,000,030 francs; and when the lists were closed last night at least 5000 persons waiting to subscribe were sent away. Returns from Marseilles, Bordeaux and several other lar->e cities had not been received. The lists were reopened this morning, and crowds are press? ing to subscribe. The loan is quoted In open market at CO Irancs 80 centimes, the same az? ure as rentes. VIOLATIONS OP BELGIAN NEUTRALITY. A dispatch from Aslon, a frontier town of Belgium, sixteen miles from Luxembourg Bays that violations of Belgian territory by the Prussians ore of irequent occurence. It ls re? ported that the Prussians attack Belgian sol? diers who enter Belgium and Luxembourg with provisions for their army, and transport their wounded through sections of neutral ter? ritory. These acts lead to the fear that the position of Belgium as a neutral power may be seriously compromised. A PRUSSIAN PARTY AT VIENNA. The.Pairie, semi-official organ, says there ?xlsts In Vienna a Prussian party, encouraged and paid by Von Bismarck. It is said the par? ties who played the odious role of 1866 have control of some of the Vienna journals, and since the recent successes of Prussia have en? deavored to persuade Austria to act favorably, making a handle of the well known sympathy of Hungary for France. The Austrian Govern? ment, however, bas resisted these overtures, thus far, and will, no doubt, maintain a friend? ly neutrality. ARRIVAL OF PRUSSIAN PRISONERS. A convoy escorting a large number ol' Prus? sian prisoners has arrived at Solsson. Another ls expected here to-day. English Accounts. A GREAT POPULAR MOVEMENT ON FOOT. LONDON, August 24. A special from Berlin says a great popular movement is on foot to secure for the Liberal party an Influential voice in the settlement of the terms of peace, and to convene the Ger man Parliament to give expression to the feel? ing of the people, to whose energy and patriot? ism everything is due. ALL A MISTAKE-SELF-GOVERNMENT. Charlvoi, a Belgian Journal, explains that the Prussians, near the frontier fired on some Belgian troops, mistaking them tor French soldiers. It also states that the Prussian de tachment undoubtedly trespassed unawares on Belgian soil, but they left on receiving warn? ing. The Times recognizes the fact that the deter? mination of the French Corps L?gislatif in fa? vor of self-government will be irresisti? ble hereafter, should the Emperor fail. War Notes and Gossip. Km? William says be lias pretty much made up his mind to sign peaca with the Count de Paris. The peace forre of a Prussian corps ?'arinee is tu round numbers 25,000 men; on a war looiinp, 00,000, and with the landwehr in 100, 000. ' The Prussians bavo in arsenal a spare bran new ZuudDadelgewebr, needle gun, tor ererv soldier in the army of the North German Con? federation. The Red Hussars are thc diudies of the Prussian army; next aro Bismarck? Whito Cuirassiers. Cardinal Callen orders, by letter from Rome, that prayers be offered in the Catholic church? es of Ireland tor the success of the French arms. When the ?'OWS reached Dublin tbo bauda playid the ' Marseillaise'' and "Garry Owen." When tho Ninth Cuirassiers charced at Woerth, Lieutenant Billet, tho colonel's BOD, charged tour times.sfter hw ja vbone had been broken by a ball. U IB father had bim c ir ned ?ff the field by force at the fifth charge, he bunseif being Lilied m the same. Changaroier'd first advice, after his services were accepted, is said to have been, ''Artillery I Artillery ! 1 Artillery 11 !" At ReicbsboflVu, on the Ctn of August, the Btation matter, Mr. Kossman, saw a convoy of menu ions coming up by the train which would bave filien into the hands of the Prussians. In the midst ot' the rain of bullers, tne station? master rushed forward and signalized tho com? i?? tram jest in time to enable it to reverse ?ngiues. The train was saved, but poor Koss man fell riddled with rifle bullets. TSE BATTLE OF ORA FELO TTE. Pull and Detailed Account-Vivid De? scription by a Tribune Correspondent who Witnessed it Throughout-One of the Greatest Battles of Modern Times. The following detailed account of the great >att!e of '.?ravelotte, on Thursday, August 18, vas telegraphed via London by the correspon lent of the New York Tribune, who witnessed he battle at headquarters, and stood by the ?Ide ol Bismarck and King William : THE WOUNDED AT PONT-A-MOD880N. Tue first realization wo had at Pont-a-Mous >on-where I found myself on the 17th-et the ixtent to which fighting had been going on at he front, on Sunday and Tuesday, was from he coming in of wounded men. At first lt vos surmised that these had been wounded ir ?kirmlshes. But on the ICtta. late in the eve llng, there were signs that the work was be? soming warm. Ou that evening soldiers with rhastly wounds walked about the market? place in Pont-a-Mous8on, surrounded by eager troups of their newly-arrived comrades, and old a story of disaster. Poor fellows ! lt ?urely was disaster to them, borne away as hey had been from the field without having leard of any result. I stood among these rroups, and the narratives of the men all imounted to this: That they had been sent to ?onfront a much larger force than their own, md that their division had been cu: up. I was itnick by the fact that, though there was some, lissailsfactlon suggested by their tone of ] joice, I heard no word uttered by narrators or lsteners which accused any OD e. They dwelt .ather on thc fact that they had dealt a heavy )low, on the 14tb, and that the Tenth Divi? dion, though lt had as an available organiza ion been demolished, had sold its life dearly. On the 17th the wounded of the preceding lay began to pour into Pont-a-Mousson. They vere brought iu In long, uncovered graln sarts, lying upon hay. From my window, vhlch overlooked the main street and also ?ommanded a view of the market-place, I :ountcd more than ninety of these long carts, :ach holding on an average about ten men. It vas strange to see them as they passed be ween files of French citizens unable to con? ical their joy, on the one hand, and Prussian fidlers on the other. But now came the other ilde of the account. The streets began to iwarm with other wagons with other wound ;d, wearers of red trousers. Now and then ?ame a batch ol unwounded prisoners. At englh there arrived a carriage with a French jeneral. It was followed by a vast crowd of drench, and for a little time it seemed as If herc might be a collision between the inhal? ants and Prussians, so earnest were the de no nstrationB of the populace. But it was now it least evident that ihe struggle was very Berl? ins at the front. At midnight ot the 17th, or i little alter, all the trumpets for miles around ?egan to sound. This was the first time we lad been startled by such wild music. Trumpet mswered to trumpet through all lue bivomca iround the little city. MARCHING TO THE FRONT. The troops had been passing through almost :ontinually for several days previously; but low the tramp through every street and by ray made between midnight and dawn a per letual roar. Hastily dressing, i ran out into he darkness, and managed to get a seat on a vagon that was going in the direction of the ront, now understood to be a mile or to be 'ond the village ot' Gorze, some twelve miles mm Pont-a-Mousson. On our way we met a ionsidenible batch of French prisoners, who Fere looked upon with considerable curiosity ?y the continuous line of German soldiers irtth whom we advanced, but only one or two ?ffensive cries toward the prisoners were icard. The way was so blocked with wagons that I ti nally con elua ed I could letter do the six or seven miles re naining on loot. So I" got out of my wagon 11 ind began to walk and run swiftly ahead. At iouvieut on the Moselle, about half way to letz. I lound vast bodies ol cavalry-uhlans md hussars-crossing the river by a pontoon irldge, and hurrying at the top of their speed J oward Gorze. Quickening my own steps, I < Irst heard the thunder of the cannonade, seem- J ngly coming from the heart of a range of hills on the right. Passing through the village ? ascending the high plain beyond,. I lound t self suddenly in a battle fleld,'.strewn thiel as far as my eye could reach, with dead bodl In one or two parts of the field companies wi still burying the dead, chiefly the* Prussia The French, being necessarily burled la were still lying in va3t numbers on the groui A few or those that I saw were not yet dead As I hurried on, a splendid regiment o? ct airy came up from behind me, and when tb reached the brow ol the hill they all broke c with a wild hurrah and dashed forward, few raore steps and I gained the summit, ai saw the scene whlchhad evoked their cry, ai seemed to thrill even their horses. THE BATTLE-FIELD. It would be difficult to Imagine a grand battle-field. From the MIL lo wMch I hi been directed by good authority to come, tl entire sweep ot the Prussian and French ce tres could be seen, and a considerable part their wings. The spot where I stood w fearful. It was amid ghastly corpses, and tl air was burdened with the stench or dei horses, of which'there were great numbers was standing on the battle-field of the 16th the Prussian side thereof. On the left etretc ed like a silver thread the road to Verdun to Parte, also-for the possession of wb'n this seiles of battles had begun. It w between the lines of poplars whl< Btocd against the horizon on my lett; and o as far as the eye could reach, toward Met with military regularity, strung on this rot like oeads, were the pretty villages, each wi Its church tower, all of which are really on a hundred yards apart, although they ha' separate names-Mars-La-Tour, Flavigny, llttlt south of the road, Vionvllle, Bezonvll and Gravelotte, which ls divided into Great ai Little Gravelotte. On my right were the thick] wooded hills behind which lies the most li Eortant village of the neighborhood, which ad just left-Gorze. So environed was tl foreground ot the battle, which should, oi would say, be called the Battle of Gravelott for lt was mainly over and around that devon little town that it raged. The area I have 1 dlcated ls perhaps four miles square. SPECTATORS OP THE BATTLE. I arrived Just as the battle waxed warm, was about noon of the lSlh. The headquarte ot the King of Prussia were then at the sp which I have described. The great represei tative men of Prussia, soldiers and statesmei were standing on the ground watching tl conflict Just begun. Among them I recognize the King, Bismarck, Gen. Von Moltke, Print Frederick Charles, Prince Carl, Prince Ada bert and Adjutant Kranski. Lieutenant-Gem ral Sheridan, of the United States army, wi also present. At the moment the French wet making a most desperate effort to hold on t the last blt of the Verdun road-that betwee Rezonville and Gravelotte, or the part of Gravt lotte which in some maps 1B called St. Maree! The struggle was desperate, but unavailing, fo every one man in the French army had two t cope with, and their line was already beglnninj to waver. Soon lt was plain that this wing the French right was withdrawing to a nev position.. This was swiftly taken up unde cover of a continuous fire of their artiller from the heights beyond the village. Th< movement was made In good order, and th? position, which was reached at 1 o'clock anc thirty minutes, would, I believe, have beer pronounced, impregnable by nine out of ter military men. When once this movement hac been effected, the French retreating from tht pressure of tho Prussian artillery fire, and th< Prussians as rapidly advancing, the battle-flelc was no longer about Rezonvlile, but had beer transferred and pushed forward to Gravelotte, the Junction of the two branching roads tc Verdun. The fields in front of that villagi were completely covered by the Prussian re? serves, and Interminable lines of soldiers wer? steadily marching onward, disappearing Inte thc village, and emerging on the other side ol lt with flaming volleys. .. THIS SECOND BATTLE-FIELD was less extensive than the first, and brough! the opposing forces into fearfully close quar? ters. The peculiarity of it is that it consists o two heights," intersected by a deep ravine This woody ravine ls over one hundred feel deep, and at the top some three hundred yard* wide. The side of the chasm next to Grave lot:e, where the Prussians stood, is much lower than the other side, which gradually ascends toa great height. From their commanding eminence the French held their enemies fairly beneath them, and poured upon them scorch? ing fire. The French guns were in position far up by the Metz road, hidden and covered among the trees. There was not an instant's cessation of the roar. Easily distinguishable amid all was the curious grunting roll of the mitrailleur. The Prussian artillery was post? ed to the north and south of the village, the guns on the latter side being necessarily raised tor an awkward half vertical fire. . * TUE CARNAGE. The French stood their ground and died the Prussians stood their ground and died both by hundreds, I had almost said thousands. This, foran hour or two that seemed ages, so constant was the slaughter. The hill where I siood commanded chiefly the conflict behind the village and to the south of lt. The Prus? sian reinforcements, coming up on their right, flied out of the Hols des Ognons; and it was at that point as they inarched ou to the field that one could perhaps get the best idea of the magnitude of this invading army now In tile heart of France. There was no break whatever for four hour? In the march of men out of thal wood. It seemed almost as If all the killed and wounded revived and came back and marched forth again. Birnam Wood advancing to Dunsinane Hill was not a more ominous sight to Macbeth than these men of General Goeben's army to Bazaine, shielded as they were by the woods till they were lairly within range and reach of their enemies' guns. So the French must have felt; for between i md 5 o'clock, they concentrated upon that Bpot their heaviest tire, massing all available ?tins, and shelling the woods unremittingly. The fire reached the Prussian lineB and tore through them;and though the men were steady, it was a test to which no general cares to sub? ject lils troops long. They presently swerved i little from that line of advance, and there was no longer a continuous column of infantry pouring out of those woods. THE PRCSSIANS RECEIVE A CHECK. The attack of the Prussians In the centre ?vas clearly checked. About 5 o'clock, how? ever, a brigade of fresh infantry was again formed in the wood and emerged from HB :over. Once out from under the trees, they ulvanced at double quick. I watched their movement. The French guns had not lost the range ol the wood, nor of the ground in front. 3een at a distance, through a powerful glass, the brigade was a huge serpent bending with the undulation of the field. But it left a dark track behind lt. and the glass resolved the lark track Into tailing and dying and dead nen. As the horrid significance of that path, 50 traced, came upon me, I gazed on more in? tently. Many of those who had fallen leaped jp again and ran forward a little way, striving nill to go on with their comrades. Of those ivho went backward instead of forward there ?.ere few, though maDy fell as they painfully ?ndeavored to tollow the advance. I do not know whether, alter the vain effort it that brigade, another movement was at? tempted from within the wood. But half an liour afterward great numbers of troops began to march over the hill where I was si anding, md moved forward toward the field where so lard a strgglc had been so long protracted. These also were, I think, a portion of General Goeben's troops, who hod been directed upon i less dangerous route. TIMELY ARRIVAL OK STEINMETZ. The battle from tub point on the Prussian lett became so fierce that lt was soon lost to is, or nearly lost, by reason of the smoke. Now and then the thick cloud would open a .it-tie and drift away on the wind, and then ,ve could see the French sorely tried. To get i better view of this part ot the field, I went "orward about haifa mile, and lrom this new itand-polnr. found myself not tar from Mal nalson. The French line on the hills was Hill unbroken, and to all appearances tbey were having the best of the battle. But thia ippearance'was due, perhaps, to the fact that .he French were more clearly visible In their iroad height, and fighting with such singular obstinacy. They plainly silenced a Prussian jotter? uow and then. Bur the Prussian line Uso was strengthened by degree* on this lorihern point. Infantry and artillery were nought up, and from far in the rear, away leemiugly In the direction ol Verneville, shot ind shell began reaching the French ranks. : rhese were the men and these were the guns i }f Stelumelz, who there and then effected his unction with the army of Prince Frederick Charles, and completed the investment of tietz to the northwest. ' With reinforcements for the Prussians thus continually arriving on both sides of the the battle grew more and more ob?iin??' There could be no doubt that the French WPU understood the meanlDg of the new move merits of the Prussians, and of .the gradual de? velopment of their line to the north. ? THE FRENCH OUTFLANKED. Steinmetz was able to extend his line grad nally further and further until the French were outflanked and began to be threatened, as lt appeared, with an attack on the rear of their extreme right wing. So long as the smoke from the Prussian guns hovered only over their front, the French clung to their position. The distance from headquarters to where the, Prussian flank attack stretched forward was great, and, to add to the difficulty of clearly seeing the battle the darkness was coming on. I know not how long the French held out, nor at what precise moment.the Prussian onset became irresistible. What I saw was this: The pun's of smoke from the French guns mlngl?d with the flashes, brightening os the darkness increased; receded gradually. ? The pillars of cloud : nd flame from the north as gradually and st :adiiv approached. With that advance the French fire every moment grew more slack. It was not lar from 9 o'clock when the ground was yielded finally on the north, and the last shots fired on that'terrible evening were heard In that direction. 1 ANXIETT AT HEADQUARTERS. But to go back now to the movements ol the King and those with him at headquarters. The King's face, as he stood gazing upon the battie-fleld, had something almost plaintive In lt He hardly said a word, but I noticed that hu attention was divided between the exciting scenes In the distance and the dismal scene nearer his feet, where they were just begin? ning what must yet be a long task-to bury the French who fell In Tuesday's battle. On them he gazed silently and, I thought, sadly. Count Bismarck could hot conceal bis ex ??tem-fDt and aQX,ety. If lt had not been for tne King, the Count would clearly have gone forward where the ?gbtlng was. His tower? ing form was always a little in advance of the rest. When the French completely gave up their hold upon the road " up to Gravelotle, the horses of the headquarters' partv were hastily called, and the er.tlre party mounting, with the King at their head, dashed down to a point not very far from the .village. Then shouts and cheers arose, and followed them wherever they passed. A CAVALRY CHAROE. A little af;er i o'clock a strange episode oc? curred.- From the region where Steinmetz was supposed to be a magnificent regiment?! cav? alry galloped out. They paused a moment at the point where the Confiana road Joins that to Metz. Then they dashed up the road to? ward Metz. This road between Gravelotte and St. Huberts ls cut through the hill, and on each side ol it rise cliffs from forty to sixty feet high, except at the point where it traverses the deep ravine behind the village. When lt ls remembered that at the time the culmina? ting point to which that road ascends was held by the French, lt will not be wondered at that only half that regiment survived. What the survivors accomplished I do not know, nor could I learn the name and number of that regiment which seemed to meet its fate under the eyes ol the King. The situation hardly ad? mitted asking many questions, but they plunge Into that deep cut on the hillside, where next day I saw many of them and their horses ly? ing, was ol that brave, unhesitating, unfalter? ing kind which is so characteristic of German ^soldiers, among whom stragglers and desert? ers seem to be absolutely unknown. MTSTERIOVS REINFORCEMENTS. I must record also what seemed an inexpli? cable thing. The army of Prince Frederick Charles was fighting hard, and suffering, lt was only too plain, heavily. From this army, division after division had been taken andi vainly sent against the French centre. A por? tion of the Prince's numerous reserves had been diminished to an important extent in the engagements of the uta and 16th Instants. Moreover, a considerable part of his army re? quired rest, and two divisions-one certainly were In need of reorganization before they could again become efficient on a field of bat- ' tie. Yet, at one time, it seemed that every division and brigade and regiment was likely to be called .into action. The looses in the centre and . the massing of great forces for a fresh attack on the French right flank, left the Verdun road itself at one time almost uncovered-the very road for possession of which the Prussians were fighting. At a moment that for these reasons seemed critical, there appeared on the nek!, occupying ground before held by a por? tion ot the forces of Prince Frederick Charles, & large body of troops. They moved Into posi? tion under tho eyes ol the King, yet neither the King nor any of his staff could account for their appearance. They passed the point which in the morning had been the royal headquar? ters. Their march was begun at thc time I have mentioned, and their advance did not cease till dark. But the mystery that hung over them was hot dispelled. Whose was this new army ? Whence did lt come ? The staff Insisted that at the point whence lt moved there were, or at any rate ought to be, no troops of the armies of either Steinmetz or or Prince Frederick Charles. The rumor began and spread among .he group ol men who surrounded the King that this fresh, m3-sterioua force was a part ol the army of the Crown Prince, and that a new ?unction had been expected. I know of no reason to suppose tills true. Doubtless the staff soon cleared up the matter to their own satisfaction, but It happened that I was away In another part ol the field before the riddle ?vas solved. That there ever could have been my doubt about the identity of so great a body of men arriving on so great a battle Geld, Illustrates the difficulty with which even Lhe most eminent officers follow the move? ment? ot forces over broken and wooded ground. I no longer wondered that to me the same task was almost an impossibility. In any event it cannot be doubted that the presence ol that large body of men made itseli felt upon the lor tunes of the field. They were risible to the French a? well as to us. Here ?vas another example of the moral effect that maytieand so often ls exerted In battle by mass? es ol men whose presence ls known to the enemy, but who may not fire a shot in the ac :ual conflict. From their line of march, lt ls :lear that the divisions were fluidly posted a ittle In the rear and ou the le? ot the Prus? sian centre at the time when the attacks so Ong directed against the key of the French ines had ceased-in fact had failed for the i me. lt was possible that the French, having suffered far lens in holding their ground than ,he Prussians in attacking, might have ad? vanced in their turn and have undertaken a rigorous offensive movement. It they had my such purpose, lt Is uot unlikely that they ibandoned it on sight of the Prussian rein brcements. Instead of advancing, the FreBch now con ented themselves with the mere occupation of he ground to which earlier In the day they lad been driven back. At no time did they seriously strive to regain the westernmost line if hill* which had been theirs in the morning. U no time did they recover or seek to recover >y any vigorous forward movement to the unction of the roads at Gravelotte. From 7 0 8 thc weight ot the battle tended more and nore to the north of the road. There was a ull, the meaning ot which the French failed ipparently to Interpret. By 7 they may have lelieved themselves partly victorious. They vere still perhaps iu condition to renew on the norrow the struggle that had gone on all day 'or that lated road from Metz to Verdun. If hey had not gained the road or the battle, hey had not clearly lost the latter. Two hours, ater, they had lost both. A BLAZING; HOUSE ILLUMINES THE FINALE. A little before 8 a largo white house on the leiarht beyond Gravelotte caught lire. It seem? ed thiODgn thc -loom to be a cnurcb. Its .pire grew into flinns, and a vist bla."k clond >f smoke arose, contrasting etran?ely with me white smoke of the battle. More and more picturesque grew the whole field. Ae ?veniug tell the movements of the troops :ould be followed now by the lioe^ ot fire that rau flickering aloag tho front of a regiment as it weat into actiou. i on?ues of fire pierced through and illuminated the smoke out of the jinn ms' months, and tue fus-eea of the ?belle eft ioug trains of fire like falling s'ars. No jouerai likes fighting by night in ordinary cir ;U^?M IUICV?9, f >r ch *uee takes tuen the place of skill; hui tlie fl*uhiu? movement ou the Frencb right had beeu resolved on by daylight, and i: ?v s the ueceaauy of moving troops to a great jistance over difficult ground which delayed ts execution and brought about what seemed 1 renewal of the battle after tho day was done. A NIGHT ATTACK. To leave the French m their positions darin? he night, would rave been to imperil the plan ? [Continued on Fourth Page.]