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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1465. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1870. S?X DOLLARS A YKAH. THE \w mm. LMIDNIGHI DISPATCHES. HUMED DOWN. OFFICIAL F.EPORT OF M'MABQN'S DEFEAT. THE PRUSSIANS CAPTURE TWELVE GUNS AND SOME THOUSAND PRISONERS. STRATEGIC MOVEMFSTSOF THE GER .VAX ARMIES. McMahon's Defeat- V Bulletin from King William. i BRUSSELS, August 31, I Vu LONDON, September 1,12:30 A. M. j The King of Prussia has sent the following dispatch to the Queen: * "VARENNES, August 30. "Tte Crown Prince has been in action with the 4th, 12th and 17th corps, and the 14th (Ba? varian) corps. McMahon was beaten and driven beyond the Meuse. Twelve guns, some thousand prisoners and material o? war were captured." r Hunting Dawn McMahon-Movement* Of the Prussian Armies. LONDON, August 31. The Prussians, conceiving that McMahon's aim was to gain the frontier and effect a junc? tion with Bazaine, they advanced on three Unes. The Crown Prince marched via Com mercy, Bar-Le-Duc, St. Dizier and Vitry. The Fourth Army, under the Prince Royal of Saxony, keeping north of Pont-a-Mousson, moved towards Chalons, at the same Urne observing Metz, while Steinmetz, re? inforced, proceeded through Verdun to Rheims, his right sweeping the Belgian frontier, in hope of meeting McMahon. The German advance thus covered the country from Belgium, along the Meuse, to Aube, and rendered it impossible for McMahon to reach Metz. A dispatch from Carignan says that cannorw ading was heard south of that place all day yesterday and late to-night. The result was unknown. The Emperor has certainly left Carignan for ..Sedan. Carignan ls a few miles northeast of Beaumont. An Ominous Silence*in Paris-Before - the Battle. PARIS, August 31-N'glit. No official news from the seat of war i.' made public to-day. The Constitutionnel says that assurances ol' an unofficial character were given in the Chambers yesterday that McMahon had cross? ed the Meuse without opposition, and that the Minister of Foreign Affairs had received, Irom the French Ambassador at Brussels, news that Bazaine, on the 2Gtu and 'the 27th, had disen? gaged bia right, after a successful encounter with the enemy. Other journals here continue to give news from pr?vale ?ources of French successes in minor engagements. REFORM MEETING AT SUMTER. THE RADICALS VAINLY ATTEMPT TO CREATE A DISTURBANCE. A Highly Successful Meeting. ?SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOE NEWS.] SUMTER, August 31. There was a great gathering of the people here to-day, the majority of the perseus pres? ent being colored. Judge Carpenter and Gen? erals Butler and Kershaw addressed the meet? ing atg? aroused its enthusiasm. The colored peopie were notably warm in their demonstra? tions of satisfaction. Feriter and some other scalawags attempt? ed to raise a row, and did interrupt the speak, ere, bvtt there was no serious disturbance. *THE GOLD AND BOND MARKET. NEW YORK, August 31-Evening. Goid opened at 16{, and advanced to 10:a 16?. and rose suddenly in the afternoon to 171, attributed to a report ot a Frcuch victory. Through Gold Pool talk, there was renewed activity, and closed active. Sixty-twos 12|; sixty-fours 11?; sixty-lives Iii; new 10; sixty sevens 10J; sLxty-cights 10.J; forties 9. South? erns strong during the afternoon, and bidding prices higher in some-cases, but market de? void of any special feature. The Scotia took $329.000 !n gold. LONDON, August 31-Evening. Consols 92?. Bonds Soi. THE WAR IN CUBA. NEW YORK, August 31. Official news from the Cuban insurgent ar? my states that 800 rifles of the Upton's first car? go are now in the hands of the rebels. There is good reaeon to believe they saved the great? er portion of the second cargo. Cespedes's gov? ernment, now at Orientezon, will remove to Comiguay. PA PA L INF ALLIS I LITT. NEW YORK, August 31. Archbishop McCloskey lus given a formal and imposing reception at St. Patrick's Cathe? dral to-day. He responded to welcome by the clergy and laity in an address sustaining the lnlalUbllity dogma, defending its manner of discussion and adoption in the Ocumenical Council, and predicted that instead of creating dissensions, it would harmonize and consoli? date th? cliurch. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The revenue receipts for August are 515.000. 000. Commissioner Delano has broken his arm. The Loudon courts decide that thc Inman steamer City of Boston was not overloaded and was seaworthy when she left port. Eight soldiers were killed and alteen wound? ed by an accident on the Des Monies Railroad yesterday. Montgomery is crowded with delegates to the Alabama Democratic Convention which meets there to-day. Abous 100 bales cf new crop cotton h3ve been r^eived at Montgomfry. AFFAIRS IN COZVMBIA. Facts and Gossip. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT] CoLtraiBii, August 30. We have just been blessed with sn old faBhioned thunder shower, which has relieved the intense beat of the last f?w days. Slr. Wallace, internal revenus collector an d member of the City Council, has opposed the contract of the City Council with S.orague, but had to leave the city on business. Before going, he pledged the majority of the City Council to oppose thc adoption of the contrae1, but daring his absence some most potent levers were applied, and the contract was adopted. Mr. Wigg not only voted for it, but was most efficient in engineering it through. There was a meeting of the colorid citiz?ns o? Ward 1 last night, which condemned in the bitterest terms the action of the City Council in this matter. Their eyes are being opened to the frauds practiced on t bern. A meeting was called last night for the pur? pose of organizing a Union Beform Club in Ward 1. The club waa f irui3?i under tho on 8pices of tho efficient stcrotaiy of the execu? tive committee, Colonel Seibeh, who address? ed the meeting in bis usual happy and grace? ful style. Captain Press. Brown w*8 elected president, andour talented young lawyer, John T. Sloan, Jr., vice-president; Mr. Ainsley Mon? teith, secretary. Captain Brown and Mr. Sloan then addressed the meeting, returning thanks for the honor conferred upon them, and urged the people to push forward the good woik vigorously. Ther? will be other clubs formed in each ward of the city. Our citizens ?vere cheered this morning by Colonel Pearca^n advertisement for two huu c red hands to work on the canal at once. This looks like businees, and settles the question abjut Spraguo's intentions. We understand there will be two hundred more ad'L-d in Oe tober next. The courts of .trial just::es were largely taken up with cases of thc United Slates soldiers to-day. All of taose coarte seemed busy. LASA. ANOTHER BAD ?CAL P.JtEAK-DOWN. A MISERABLE ATTEMPT AI A MEETING. Ma ri boro Right for Reform. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.] BENJTETTSVILLE, August 30 Just as 1 take up my pen to write yon, the drum, (a very poor one, ) beats the departure for heme of the freedmen of our county, after a day of attempted display on the part of the Radical party. Last night the champicus of the Scott Ring Rainey, Ransier, and oue General (?) Wor? thington, who, as 1 am inform ?d by one of his party, comes from Charleston, formerly from Obio or Maryland, and was among Sherman's raiders-reached our little villige. This morning, about half-past 10 o'clock, Rainey mounted the hustings to address about lour hundred colored men, women and children. Be began at the beginning of the Radical sov ernment of South Carolina, 'vent over their legislative acte, ic, and made them oat perfect, lauded Governor Scott nud tbe admin? istration to the skies, and r.onnd up with au indirect eulogy upon himself. Ransier suc? ceeded bim, and went over the same beaten track. He was so slow in getting to bis points that we could not keep the thread of bis would be arguments. The freedmen soon became tired, and began to stalk about and gather ia squads and talk. The noble (?) Worthington followed next. He was quite vociferous-tried to defend Scott against General Butler's charges-related sev? eral dirty anecdotes, ate a quantity ot fire and sat dowD. One John P. Green, a colored law student, living at this place, next arose "to say some? thing for Hon. Mr. Maxwell, who had to be carried to bis bouse on account of fever." He, as usual, endeavored to be witty, bat his wit was like some men's philosophy-so deep that tue point could Dot bo see >. One Jones, a candidate from this county to the last Legislature, closed the scene with a drunken harangue about 3 o'clock. Upon the whole, their speeches were very poor. Barney related an anecdote which I saw sometime ago in THE CHARLESTON NEWS. When Butler and Carpenter come on tbe 9th proximo wt'll tell them a diff?rent tale. We are all right for Reform herc. Many of our colored people wilt vote the R?forro tio-et. All the speakers were very moderate except Worthing? ton: he abused Judge Carpenter shamefully. BRO ra. (j ERM AX Y AND THE WAK. The Principle? Represented by Prance and Prassla. The convention of the German Patriotic Aid Societies of the Union, held a few days ago lu Chicago, has published a long address to the people, of the United Stales. The address ls severe upon the Napoleonic dynasty, styling its system an immeasurable lie, and asserting that military glory is thc only basis upon which, it can rest. The Napoleon'!.', idea was to crash Germany that France 'might dictate laws to Europe. France, however, the address asserts, is torn within itself; it is the Emperor who goes to battle, and his cause is accursed, for he wages a most groundless and aggressive war simply and solely for the purpose of patching up his crumbling throne for his son with the blood ol the German nation. Upon the German side alone battles a peo? ple-a people united and determined-and its cause is Just, for it defends its honor and Its soil. In this war the King of Prassla is mere? ly the leader, the unanimously recognized leader of the nation. Ever since Napoleon's declaration of war. united Germany sprung into life, recognizing but one party In this cause, -the German pam ." Whatever reck? onings individuals or parlies mav have scored up as between themselves or against their rulers, the settlement has been postponed un? til the grand purpose is accomplished to pre? vent the grasping hands o? the emperor of France from seizing the relus ot Europe. Tlie question of the Spanish crown was onlv an empty pretext for the war. The real cause lies in the results of the battle of Sadowa. France was no longer the first power in Eu rope.and Napoleon feared the Increasing power of Prassla. Germany battles for the Identical principles which form the basis of American institutions. Not one circumstance exists on account of which America should now desert these principles, while the most weighty rea? sons bespeak her unstinted und energetic sym? pathy, so far as the same can be extended without infringement of the neutrality laws. The agricultural and commercial interests of the United States demand a speedy and com lete success of the German arms Germany as sent ns. until now, about 100,000 emigrants per year. This emigration, which was princi? pally instrumental in transforming the wilds ol the West into blooming landscape, ceases entirely during the war. What an immense capital in labor and money is withheld from the United States simply because Napoleon saw fit to interrupt the" natural progress of events. And only il* Germany is "victorious, will this capital again direct its steady dow to this Republic. II she is conquered and beaten in this straggle, then for many, many years, but a meagre stream of German money and of German labor will tend toward these snores. The above is the substance of the address. General Douay, ol' the French armv, was burled at Welssenburg the dav alter the Ger? mans captured that town, with tull military hone: s. His body was lollowed to the grave by an entire regiment of infantry and a batte? ry of artillery, and th?- last salute was fired by a whole company. OL the way to the church? yard the band played tbe French national nymn. and, returning utU :. the burla', th? pocu^r song. "Ule Wach: ute Rheia.*' A PRUSSIAN VICTORY. H'M AEON DECISIVELY DEFEATED. THE FRENCH CAMPS, GUNS AND PROVI? SIONS CAPTURED BY THE PRUSSIANS. A GERMAS PROTEST AGAINST IN? TERVENTION. KING WILLIAM WILL MAKE PEACE. BOWZANEY, August 31, via LONDON. The Prussians attacked McMahon's army to? day, near Beaumont, defeated it and drove lt back upon the Belgian frontier. The French camp fell into the hands of the Prussians. The pursuit waa continued tor several miles, and was interrupted by night. A number of cannon and a quantity of provisions were taken. The extent of the battle-field ls so vast, that it is impossible to obtain further de? tails at this moment. McMahon's March. Pms, August 30-Midnight-(Offlclal.) The march of the Prussians on Paris seem s arrested. McMahon continues his movement. No serious engagement yet. Chalons has been abandoned by the Prussians. Trains go freely as far as Rheims. Persons from Strasbourg, on Saturday, say that part of the town has suffered much. The garrison is well supplied. The citizens are de? termined to resist to the ia?t. A Battle on Saturday-The Effects of Forced Marches. PARIS, August 31. In the Corps L?gislatif, answering an inter? pellation regarding Protestants, the Minister of the Interior said he would cause publication in every commune of France, of the senti? ment that the first religion now is Patriotism. The Moniteur says persons from Mezieres affirm that a battle occurred on Saturday. Its informants say that the Prusstans are re? treating. The Public says that McMahon is entirely free in his movements, and has perfect com? munication with Bazaine. To-day both must be fighting. The forced marches of the Crown Prince used up many ol his men. Many ol' them are foot-sore and transported in carts. Thousands are left behind. Letters from the departments of Aisne and Yonne say the Prussians are overrunning the environs of Troyes and Tonralne, cutting rail? roads, telegraphs, A-c. Army Movements. NEW YORK, August 31. A special dispatch to the Courrier des Etats Uris says: "McMahon lias an effective force of probably two hundred thousand of the elite ol France. Everything is in suspense, await? ing tlie Issue of the battle in Ardennes, or alor?g the Mense. Paris is fully prepared. AU her men and youths are ready for arms. The Prussian army advancing on Paris by the valleys of the Aube and the Reine are nothing bat landwehr. The rest have turned north. The peasants along the line are seriously annoying the invaders." Bazaine Still Cooped Vp. Bau SHE i.s. August 31. Bazaine Is still cooped up. The Prussians have been ordered to camp as far as possible from recent battle-fields, on account of the poisonous exhalations. The Emperor ls expected at Coragnon; the Prince Imperial at Avesnes. The Siege of Strasbourg. BERLIN, August 31. The Prussians are sending street locomo? tives, and placing heavy siege guns before Strasbourg. An Expected Battle. LONDON, August 31. Paris advices state that McMahon has sepa? rated the forces of his opponents, and will deliver battle probably to-day, with coufldent hopes of success. English Report?. LONDON, August 31-Evening. The passenger travel between England and Calais is stopped. The splendid library at Strasbourg is de? stroyed by. the bombardment. A dispatch from Varennes reports officially that the Twelfth Prussian Army Corps and a portion of the Fifth French Army Corps have been engaged near Nouart. No details. The raliway between Mezieres and Thlonville is cut at two points by the Prussians. The Times says that McMahon Is attempting to retreat upon Soissons, having ia?ed to re? lieve Bazaine. The malls are carried only between Paris and London. There ls great excitement in the French de? partments regarding the alleged sympathy of the French Protestants with the Prussians. Sportsmen, jockies, horses and school girls are arriving in great numbers from France. Troops are leaving Paris all day for the North. The Emperor is reported to be ill at Sedan. The Prussians will find McMahon very strong. The Prussians only stopped small detachments of the reinforcements sent him. He perse? veres in lue attempt to attack the besiegers at Metz. Strasbourg will probably capitulate within three days. The fortifications are manned daily to accustom the soldiers to the situation. Thirty thousand French sick and wounded have returned from the front. Four hundred French Arabs, who were captured (at Woerth) and taken to Germany, have escaped and re? turned to France. Telegrams from Paris are exultant, claiming that the Crown Prince is thirty-six hours be? hind the calculations of the Prussian com? mander. He canno: arrive in time to form a ?unction with Frederick diaries. Pi i in li Reports, PARIS, August 31. The Minislers of the Interior, of Agriculture 1 and of Commerce, have officially examined the 1 warehouses. A committee of defence is formed at Havre. ? A late Turin paper says that Prince Nape- i leon is residing there. i The French clergy are moving actively in j defence of the city. A scarcity of water for a ? few days is apprehended in case it becomes i necessary to fill the Paris moat. The Pays says that the nephew of Bismarck, J who wanted to raise a French Hanoverian Ie- i glon, has been arrested as a spy. 1 Versailles, though an open town, is organ iz- j ing for defence. < The Moniteur says that many of the Germans i who were expelled were actually plotting J against France. Prussian uniforms have been | lonni! in the houses ol suspected persons. The ! expelled Germans have given ialse accounts of their hardships. - The Moniteur is authorized to contradict the statement that armed ships are leaving the American ports in the Interest of Prussia. There has been a battle between Dun and Stenay without Important results. Prussian Reports. BERLIN-, August 31. The National Gazettte has the following : '.The neutral powers are corresponding ac? tively on the result so far reached. Each power must keep the others advised of its movements. It ls evident that intervention is contemplated, although the Prussians re? gard the movement as too late. This intentio n of intervention is announced almost offensively from Vienna and Florence. Prussia objects em? phatically to the course of Italy. Italy is threatened with complications requiring that slie be forced to fight or accept great sacrifi? ces. Rather than let the neutral powers profit by our troubles, all the powers of Europe shall not stop us halfway In a war of self-preBerva tion. England also has broached an intention to Intervene, but never meant an armed in? tervention. The interests of Europe demand the cessation of all such attempts." A meeting of the notables has adopted an address to the King protesting against inter? vention. Germany Is willing to confide all to King William in establishing a peace. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. [From the Northern papers.] DISPOSITION OP THE GERMAN ARMIES. BERLIN, August 28. The disposition of the different German ar? mies ls as follows: There are 18 corps d'armee, containing 40,000 men each. The fl ret army, under Stelnmaiz, has the 1st, 7th and 6th corps, at Metz. The second, under Prince Frederick: Charles, has the 2d, 3d, 9th and 10th, at Metz. The third army, under the Prussian Crown Prince, has the 5th, 6th and 11th corps, and two Bavarian corps, marching on Paris. The fourth army, under the Crown Prince of Saxo? ny, has the 4th aud 12th corps and the Saxon and Prussian Guards. The fifth army, under General Werder, has the Wurtemburg and Ba? den divisions, and ls engaged in the siege of Strasbourg. The sixth army, under the Grand Duke oi Mecklenburg, is on the Rhine, and the seventh array, under Generals Von Con steen and Loewenfeld, ls at Berlin. Three of these armies are in reserve. PRUSSIA'S DEMANDS. A Tribune special at Frankfort, on Thurs? day, writes: "Intelligence confirms the state? ment in the semi-official Journal that Bismarck will insist on the restitution by France of all territory forcibly abstracted from Germany, but tha't neither Alsace nor Lorraine will be annexed to Prussia. The larger part will go to Baden and the rest to Bavaria. Russia is already protesting, and Englandalso." THE DEFENCE OK PARIS -LARiJE BCPPMES OF FOOD. The Minister ol War announces that he eau arm an immense force of the National Guard in addition to those already under arms, with guns now in reserve at the depot. The Minis? ter ol Agriculture and Commerce ls wonder? fully active, lils estimated that the bakers have lllteen days' subsistence; besides this, the Minister has collected al Paris 250,000 quintals ol flour, 150,000 quintals of rice, nn Immense amount of potatoes and fresh vegetables of all sorts. There have also been collected 100,000 beeves, 500,000 sheep, and all the grain and forage necessary for (heir temporary keeping. 5alLs, spices, coffee and sugar, and other wt leles of that nature, are stored in sufficient quantities for the subsistence of Paris during ?We months, making more than 60,000,000 of .allons. At the entrepots are stored great mantilles of salt pork and salted fish, lo jether with straw, oats ann hay lor the neces? sary subsistence ol horses, as well those of ;he army as of private parties. The munitions )f war are also plenty. THE ENGLISH CHA33?P0T SPECULATION. Count Palikao'8 statement that he had bou cht 10 000rifles in England is but a ?radi pert of :be truth. Several hundred, thousand chas jcpots are manufactured in London tv thc French Government. There ia much anxiety lest Germany should resent tins, sines tba British Government bas the power of prevent hg such exportations. Tho Daily News in? sists that it shall exercise this power, and de Qounc e the men who imperil the chantry for private greed. It compares th's to the Ala? bama case, and sa vs no one will balicvo we are Joins the atmo3t to pr?S2rve our neutrality if we allow this trade. NOTES OE THE WAE. MARSHAL BAZAINE ON THE FRENCH DEFENCES. A Paris journal publishes the following speech, addressed by Marshal Bazaine to about one hundred troopers, when he went to Inspect the cantonments: ''Soldiers-I have but one fault to reproach you with-you fire too fast. At Welssenburg. where your ammunition failed, you had what would 'have lasted the Prussians three days. Let us reason together a little. Where are we ? Full on our Hue of defence. From Thlon viUe to Metz, and from Metz to Nancy, we hold the ground. Behind this line what have we ? Another line, that of the Meuse. Behind the Meuse what have we ? The Champagne, a battle-field that we know, do we not ? After the Champagne what have we still ? The Ar? gonne. Do you remember the Argonne ? Do you remember Valmy ? Tiie Prussians re? member it, and that is all I need tell you. And after the Argonne, what do we find ? The net work of rivers rendered illustrious by the campaign of 1314, all the country intersected by the Aisne, the Marne, the Aube, the Seine, and even the Yonne and the Armencon. Well, this ls not all, for behind Metz, behind the Meuse, behind the Argonne, behind the Cham? pagne, behind our valleys of the Marne there is Paris, and behind Paris France. France, that ls to say, four million armed citizens, a patriot heart in every breast, and a thousand millions In the treasury. Sambleu ! lt seems hardly necessary to put on so many thickness? es of stuff. Let ns advance gaily, without hurrying ourselves; we have plenty of time." This harangue was received with enthu? siasm. All tried to shake the Marshal's hand. He took that of the colonel, shook it vigo? rously, and continued the Inspection. THE PRUSSIAN UNIFORM. The uniform of the Prussian infantry, both line and guards, ls helmet with a spike on top, dark blue tunic, white belt, and black pants with a red stripe. The knapsack ls brown un iressed cowhide. The artillery differ from the line only In having black belts Instead of white, and In the color ol their blankets, which are irreen and carried in a roll over the shoulder. The infantry arm is the long needle gun rifle with a straight bayonet; the artillery small irm, a short rifle with sword bayonet. The chasseurs wear a dark green, and are armed with a short rifle and short straight bayonet. The Hessian uniform ls the same as the Prus? sian line, with the exception ol' light blue racings: the Bavarian, green with red facings. The cavalry uniforms arc very gay. The dra? goon regiments are either dark or light blue, i'he hussars ure red. black, green, yellow and light blue. They wear shakoes ol' miniver fur ind braided jackets. The Uhlans are princi? pally light or dark blue, with lancer caps, and ire the heaviest cavalry ol' the Prussian army, with the exception of the four cuirassier reg'i oaents. who wear white uniforms, with steel oreast aud back plates and helmets, with high miff leather boots and gauntlets. GERMAN ARMV BREAD. From the experience gained in the war of l8Cu", a thorough reform ol the commissariat iepartment bas taken place in the German irmies. One of the principal causes of t' complaint was that the loaves of bread sad? dled to the soldiers would not keep long, but s?came not only stale, but mildewed ia a few lays. The usual commissariat bread is, there ore, no longer served out to the troops, but las been replaced bv a species of biscuit made 3f two parts of wheat flour and one part of rye. and not much harder to bite than rusks, ??hile like them, it is easily soluble In wine, coffee, beer, water, or any other liquid at land. It has also the advantage of being iasily and quickly distributed to the men. and s more portable than commissariat bread, ?ations of which would only become un? pleasantly hard nnd dry in a few hours, while ;he soldiers can conveniently carry a con? siderable number ol the biscuits in their linen pouches or wallets, and infinitely prefer t to the old black bread of former wars, millers and bakers of Berlin are among contractors for this sort of food for the ai and every morning large special goods tr filled with these new rusk biscuits arc ;en from the railway station In different direct! ARMY WEDDINGS. So many stories are told of the fatherly which Prussia takes of Its subjects, that following may pass unquestioned, as perl the ulterior object of the action taken in premises may be to repeople Prussia sb< the war draw too heavily on its male pop tlon. The story goes there is now a large n ber of marriages taking place in the army, that on the 31st ultimo, by express permis of the King, many military weddings v celebrated at Berlin, Altona and other plac tho standing order that the banns must be j lished three times being relaxed. Those1 believe in the fatherhood of the King say i the object ls that husbands, though necessa separated from their wives, "it may be years, and it may be forever," will have satisfaction of feeling that, should they fal battle, their widows will be adequately pro ed for by a grateful country. Un doubt? there must now be great speculation for 1 bands, and the pr!cc must have risen; what will be the feelings of those women i have thus taken to the market if t heir 1 bands should return alive and well ? T will have had their labor for their pains : not a sign of pension. A CPTBEKV CORRESPONDENT. An Irishman, sent as correspondent Prance of a London newspaper, and unabb get a pass to go to the front, made bold to tftlon the French Prince Imperial, and di thus: "May it please your Imperial Highu? I am very impudent. It ls the privilege Irishmen to be impudent. Into th? bargali am a correspondent of the only Journal of L don which is friends with France. I cam? Metz to follow the Quartier-General of French army. I am not permitted to do When one ls thirsty, one seeks pure wal Therefore, so I seek your Imperial Hlghn for permission to follow the anny-because, the source the water is purest. Recoil? Highness, every war must have Its hlstoi grapher. Casar's exploits would not be well known had we not Ca sar'- Commentari On three grounds I base .my request. First am an Irishman, my countrymen have soil their blood under tho lilies and bees. Thi was an Irish brigade at Fontenoy. There v an Irish legion in 1815-the only foreign coi to which your Illustrions grand uncle gave t eagles. Now, I am representative of the oi paper which ls just to France. And, lastly am a hero worshipper, and yon arc a Naj leon. Trusting you will pardon this unacc tomed Intrusion, I have the honor to sign n self your Imperial Highness' most devoted a humble servant." MCMAHON'S FIGHTING. Although the Prince Imperial has not be sent to London, the Prince Achille Murat b Just been here, bringing his wife and childre whom he left herc, ont returning himself wll out delay to France. The Prince belongs Marshal McMahon's staff, and was with t Marshal at the battle of Woerlh. The Print during ids very brief stay in London, relat to a friend thc incidents ot the battle. At I close. Marshal McMahon, ordering his staff remain where they were, threw himself at tl head ot the last, charge. His staff, ol' cours, disobey jd the order they hod received, ai rushed on with him. General Colson, M. < Vogue, and many other officers were sh down, but the Marshal, who has been so oft? under the holiest, fire, and who has neverbe? wounded, again escaped without a scratc Alter this last effort he calmly lighted a cigi and personally super!mended the disastroi retreat. The story about his lulling falnlir in a ditch is not true. A Paris letter In tho Gaze'.:-' Lansani says: "I have seen an accoun*. of tho batt of Relchshoffen, written by Marshal McMahc to his wife. Il is in the language ot a her He relates tho immense efforts lie had to mal to maintain his position. Hie masses of tl enemy which surrounded him. and the herols; of his soldiers. Ile says that. In despair i finding himself abandoned and without an munition, ho sought lor death, but the bulle would not touch him. He estimates his lo: at 10,500 men killed, wounded or prisoner but believes that he put -..'7,009 of the Prusslar hors de combat." THE ROAD TO PARIS. The knowledge of the French illstrici shown by the staff of the German army Is cot 8idered wonderful. They Dot only know wher every village lles,bnt they can tell at once th amount of stabling to be found in lt, whethe there is a large church or echool-room I which men or horses can be quartered. The are well informed as to the accommodation to be got in France, and the staff can say n once how many horses can be stabled in ever village from the frontier to Paris. CAMPAIGNS ON PAPER. There is a room in Hamburg where a certai privileged number of bankers and capitalist meet dally und follow thc movements of th different Prussian army corps with considero ble exactness from Information they recelv privately. They calculate the chances of th conflict with a degree of confidence truly sui prising; while the funds and exchanges ar marvellously Influenced by the problems whicl are there presented and solved. A serles c maps on a very largo scale are spread upoi tables, and the different positions of each corp de army, marked by their respective flags, an changed from time to time as advices come t< hand. THE RIVAL GUNS. It seems to be generally supposed that th< battles already fought have demonstrated th? superiority of the chassepot to the needle-gui in range and destructive fires; and that th? successes of the Prussians, while they ma] owe something to the simpler construction o; their needle-gun, which is harder lo disordei and easier to restore, are chiefly due to the personal qualities of their troops. Their supe? rior self-command, their orderly line of march, their constant and faithful attention to com? mands, and their heavy and unflinching charges with the bayonet, get the better very olten of the Impetuous but somewhat reckless and disorderly bravery of the French. NAPOLEON AND CHANGARNIER. The Paris Journals give a theatrical account of the reception which General Changarnler met with from the Emperor at Metz; how an old man in shabby clothes presented himself at headquarters, and was snubbed bv ushers and orderly officers, HU at last the Emperor ordered that General Changarnler should be at once admitted to the presence; and how. after a two hours' audience, the Emperor cried out, "Get the general some dinner." and even lent him a clean shirt, of which he stood in much need. General Changarnler had not spoken lo the Emperor for nineteen years. MISCELLANEOUS. General Failly's removal was ordered be? cause he four times disobeyed McMahon's or? ders lo reinforce him before Woerth, sayincr he had the Emperor's orders to the contrary. A London telegram, of August 26th, says: "The Prussian force left at Metz, or within supporting distance. Is computed at 253,000, after deducting 100,000 sent to reinforce the Crown Prince." The Queen of Prussia lias forwarded two gold medals to Coblentz, to be handed over to the author and the composer ot the song ot the "Guard on the Rhine," which has become the great war song on the German side. Letters from Paris from persons about the Empress, describe her Majesty as painfully changed and worn. She has scarcely slept for two fours at a time, and is unremitting in her attention to public affairs. Her attendants have the strictest orders to wake her on the receipt of every telegram. The Baroness J. de Rothschild has written to the French Minister of War to say that she has provided, on her property at Boulogne sur-Seine, a building which can receive a per? manent ambulance of twenty beds, and anoth? er on lier property at FerrieresSeine-et-Marne of thirty beds, to be supported at her expense. Be.lorc the battle of Weiesenbnrg, some of the German troops had only a three hours' rest after a seven hours' march, before going into action. Before the battle of Woertb, when the alarm came at midnight, they had to march until ll A. M. At this time, without pause, they joined the fight. No friendly con? veyance eased th?m of a single ounce weight of the load they had to bear. The German armies in France occupy at least seven departments of the Empire, viz : Lower Rhine, Vosges, Moselle, Meurthe, Meuse, Haut Marne, Aube, and at least one half of the department of Marne. These de? partments are peopled by at least three and a half millions of Inhabitants. Their occupation by an enemy Is of about the same relative im? portance as if an Invading army at war with the United States occupied the entire State of Pennsylvania. THE STATE DEBT. A REVIEW OF MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S DEFENCE OF THE SCOTT AD? MINISTRA TION. The Bonds EssTxed for the Relief of the Treasury and for Other Purposes. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SE'vTS. Having shown that Mr. Chamberlain has failed to prove his first proposition, v'viz : "That the deot ol' $1,250,000 of bonds issued to fund the old bills of the Bank of the State o? South Carolina has not added one dollar to the public debt ot the State,") in that he has not proved that the bills redeemed by said bonds have in fact been destroyed, and do not form a part of the bills ol that bank now afloat, we pro? ceed to examine his second proposition, which ls that "The bonds issued to pay accrued inter? est on Ute debt of the State, of which $650.000 have been used thus far, have not added to the public debt" The act under which these bonds wore issued authorizes the Governor to "borrow, on coupon bonds, a sum not exceeding $1,000,000. to pay interest on the puolic debt." There is no limitation as to the number of bonds to be issued. The Governor ls author? ized to borrow, on coupon bonds, a "sum not to exceed $1,000,000." To eiTect this loan, he is authorized to issue and sell any number of bonds that may be necessary to raise $1,000,000; the only restriction being that the bonds shall "be sold at the highest market price, and for not less than a sum to be fixed by the Governor, attorney-general and treas? urer. Mr. Chamberlain does not tell us the "highest market price" at which the bonds were sold; he merely states that only "$650,000 of the bonds have been Issued thus far." Is it not evident that if the bonds were sold at less than par. (and undoubtedly this was the case,) the public funded debt "has in part been added to?" Say the accrued Interest to be paid amounted to $487,500, and the bonds sold at 75 cents in the dollar, in that event. In order to "change the form" of the debt, (which Mr. C. claims was the only effect ol the operation.) the debt has necessarily been increased from $487,500 to $650,000. and $163,500 has been "added to the public funded debt of the State." We perceive, then, that even assuming that Mr. Chamberlain's statement ls correct, and that only "$650.000 or these bonds have been Issued thus tar," there has been, nevertheless, an increase of the debt. He does not pretend to assert that the bonds sold at par ; and un? less they were thus soid, there must have been something added to the debt in changing its form. But we go further, and assert that he has not proved that only "$650,000 of these bonds have been issued thus far." He takes his figures from the "record." and until he proves that the record ls true, his argument falls to prove anything. Does .Mr. Chamberlain know, of lils own knowledge, that only "$C50,000!: of fuese bonds have been Issued ? The act does not limit the issue ? The bonds to be Issued are "coupon bonds." payable to bearer. If it should be discovered hereafter that more than $650,000 of these bonds are in circulation, upon whom will the loss fall ? Third. Mr. Chamberlain's next proposition is, the public debt has not been added to by "the bonds issued to redeem the "bills re? ceivable" of the Slate, ot which $370,000 have been needed to retire the entire circulation." His argument here again ls, that this opera? tion di l not increase the debi ; that the debt re? mained the same-the uJormr only was chang? ed. To effect this chamre. of form, he says : "We authorized an issue o! $500,000 ol' bonds, to fund these bills, If so ranch should bo neces? sary." And he adds that, "owins: to the risc of State credit, only about $370,000 of these bonds have been needed to retiro the entire circulation." He does not Inform us, however, what was thc "entire circulation" thus retired. Upon referring to thc act. ure find that Mr. C's statement is not entirely accurate. Tne act does uot authorize the issue of "$500,000 of bonds," but authorizes thc Governor to "bor? row," "on coupon bonds," "? stan not exceed? ing $500,000." The number of bonds is not limi? ted. The Governor ls authorized to issue as many bonds as might be needed to "borrow a sum not exceeding $500,000. And to effect this loan, he is further authorized to sell the bonds, "at the highest market pr'.ce, by the financial agent of the State in the City of New York, and hot less than lor a sum to be fixed by the Governor, attorney-general and treasurer. Mr. C., as we have said, has not Imformed us ol the amount of the "entire circulation.of the bills receivable," retired by tho "sum thus borrowed; nor has he given us the "highest price" for which the bonds were sold. We are only informed that $370,000 of bonds have been needed to retire the entire clrclatloo ol' the bills receivable of the State. We assume, however, that the bonds sold for seventy-five cents on the dollar. In that event, the "sum" realized was $277,500, and this latter sum re? presents the amount of bills receivable in cir? culation, retired by the $370,000 of bonds. The difference between these two sums, viz, $02,500, represents, therefore, the number ol dollars a.uled to *lO>e publie funded debt," In "changing .he form" of the debt So much for Mr. C's argument on this point, assuming his "record" to be true. Here, again, however, we ask whether he knows, ot his knowledge, that $370,000 were needed to "retire the entire circula? tion ?" Does he know the "highest price" re? ceived by the financial agent for the bonds in question ? If it s li on ld appear hereafter that the bonds were, in fact, sold at higher prices than the "figures" given in the "record," would not less than $370,000 of bonds have been needed to "retire the entire circula? tion ?" Again. Mr. C. asserts: "We authorized the is? sue of $500,000 of bonds.-" These were cou? pon bonds, payable to bearer. Does Mr. C. know of his own knowledge that only $370,000 are in circulation ? If lt should appear hereafter that $130.000 of bonds, lu addition to the $370, 000 needed to "retire the entire circu? lation of the bills receivable" are in circu? lation, upon whom will the loss fall ? We submit that Mr. Chamberlain has failed to prove his second and third propositions, as well as his first. Fourth. His last proposition is, that "the bonds, $1,000,000, Issued for the 'rellel of the treasury.' have not added to the public debt." We turn again to the statute book, and find that here, likewise, Mr. C. is Inaccurate in his statement. After Informing us of the causes which Induced the administration "to go to New York and borrow money,"' he adds, "lt became necessary to anticipate the taxes of the coming year. For this purpose the Issue of $1,000.000 of bonds for the'relief of the trea? sury' was authorized. These bonds are now in New York, used as collaterals for State loans, to be repaid out of the taxes ot the present year. Not a dollar of them is a public debt unless you fall to do your duty as good citizens in paying your taxes." We say this statement is not entirely accu? rate. The act does not in terms authorize the issue of $1.000.000 of bonds, but authorizes the Governor to borrow, -on coupon bonds," a "sum not exceeding $1.000,000." He ls authorized to "borrow $1,000,000," no matter how many bonds might be needed to effect the loan. The act further provides that "said bonds may be used aj collateral security for loans by the financial agent, in accordance with the" direction ol'the Governor, attorney general, comptroller-general and treasurer of Ibis Slate, who may also authorize the finan? cial agent to sell said bonds at the highest market price.'1 Here, then, we have the limit to the powers conferred on the Governor and the financial agent in respect to the issue and disposition to be made of these bonds. Bonds to any amount necessary to borrow $1,000,000 may be issued, and these bonds may be "used as collateral security," or they may be "sold at the highest market price." Mr. Chamberlain informs us that they "have been used as col? laterals." Does he speak of his own knowl? edge, or does he derive his information from another? If used as collaterals, who holds them ? Are the holders responsible parties ? Can Mr. C. answer these questions? and,if so, upon whose authority does he speak ? He assures us that "not one dollar of them is a public debt, unless we lall to do our duty as good citizens, in paying our taxes." Can he vouch for the money-lenders whe bold these bonds ? Is he sure that the bonds can be Dro duced when the taxes have been paid ? That none have been sold ? Until he has satisfied us on these points, we submit that he has failed to prove that "not one dollar of them i? a public debt." ms argument rests, men, noe upon tae "figures" he asks us to "examine," but upon the honesty pf the "financial agent;" and not alone npon the financial agent's honesty, but upon the responsibility of the money lenders who hold the bonds as "collateral security." Our object, Hr. Editor. Iras been not to dis? cuss the policy of the Scott administration; not to argue whether It was expedient or Inexpe? dient to fund the bills of the Bank ot the State, and the bills receivable of the State; nor whether it was the part of wisdom to pay the "accrued interest on the State debt" by Belling ?650,000 of bonds, and to "relieve the treas sury" by "borrowing money" on "collateral security." "We have not attempted to argue' these questions. Mr. Chamberlain undertook to "prove," and he asserts that he has proved, that "not one dollar bas been added to the State debt since the inauguration of the ad? ministration of Governor Scott," except the $700,000 Issued for the purposes of the land commission." We undertook to show that he has not proved such to be the case. He has not proved that the $1,250,000 of bills of the Bank ol the State of South Carolina, re? deemed by the Issue nf the same amount of bonde, have been destroyed, and that they do not form a part ot the bills of that bank now afloat. And unless he makes proof of this, he has failed to prove that the State debt has not been added to by such an issue. Ile bas not proved thut. the $G50,O)0 of bonds sold to pay the accrued Utterest on the State debt did not add to that debt. The amount ol accrued Interest actually due represented the State debt, on that account, and this amount was less than $G50,000-the difference between $650,000 and the amount of this inter? est, ls the measure of the increase ol the pub? lic funded debt. He has not proved that the $370,000 of bonds, sold to retire the bills receivable of the State, did not add to the State debt. The difference between $370,000 and the "entire circulation of the bills receivable," is the measure of the increase of the public funded debt. He has not proved that the $1,000,000 of bonds issued for the relief of the treasury do not constitute a "public debt." He has lalled to show us the "enm borrowed" upon said bonds as "collateral security," and he has failed to prove that these collaterals can be re? deemed when the debts they eecure shall have been paid. Failing in this, he has lalled to prove that "not a dollar of these bonds Is a public debt." We therefore submit, Mr. Editor, that we have "made good" our promise to expose the fallacy of Mr. Chamberlain's argument, which he bas put forth with so much seeming confi? dence, and uttered with such affected candor. _ ? _JPKICS. HUMORS OF THE WAR. General Grant Interviewed by a Chica? go Reporter. [From the Chicago Times.] The views of General Grant on tae conduct of the European war are something which all the world has an Interest in knowing. The 1 enterprise of the Times was exhibited during the late visit of his Excellency, by obtaining, at some length, the General's opinion of mat? ters on the Rhenish frontier. The General, in response to a question as lo his opinion of matters between France and Prussia, said that neither party understands war as he understands it. Here the reporter of the Times ventured ro assert a cordial endorsement of the remarks of lils Excellency. "Permit me, General," said Mr. Scammon, "to ask you to point out what you conceive to be the chief blunders of the campaigns thus for ?" ..France,'1 said the General, as lie lighted a fresh cigar, "made a blunder in commencing war upon a people of equal size and strength, Tie true way to make war ls to always have three to your enemy's one. An Illustration of the fact was given at Shiloh. The enemy there was within a third as large as my own loree. Hence, the disaster which befell me." . "But, General," said the reporter, "have you no faith In manouverlng or in strategy, whereby inferiority in point of numbers can be equalled by superiority of brains ?" "None whatever. Sherman played that out in his mardi io th? ooo. .y ou ?oa,. tiuiC^urod eracy was only a shell, and that is why he met with such success. He had no opposition. My own experience proves this. In all cases where I attempted any of these new-fangled opera? tions, I was beaten." Here Mr. Colfax, with a sweet smile, inqulr- - ed as to what the General thought should be done by Napoleon. "My Idea," said the General, "ls that he should get Butler and Banks to command army corps In the Prussian forces. Then he - should conscript every Frenchman that can carry a musket, and send him In. Prussia has only 30,000,000 Inhabitants, while France has 40,000,000. This ls a clear difference In favor of France of 10,000,000. Now let Napoleon ktep hammering away at the Prussians, II it takes all summer. I am of the opinion that the superior activity of the French, aided by their chassepot, their elan, their traditions ana their superior navy, will enable them* to kill a Prussian as often as they can a Frenchman. Hence lt ls a clear case that lt Napoleon ham? mers away till all the Prussians are killed off he will have 10.000,000 left In other words, his cat's tall ls the longest." ..What is Your opinion of Napoleon, person? ally ?"' asked Mr. Joseph Medlll. "He ls a great man He smokes always and ' never says anything. He was once in humble circumstances. He was never, however, in the hide business except, perhaps, so tar as hiding himself ls concerned." Here General Dent broke into uproarious laughter. He afterwards remarked.to our re? porter that he was hired to laugh at Grant's Jokes; and, he added, he flattered himself he was doing a very extensive business on a very limited capital. General Grant puffed stoically until Dent had finished laughing, and he resumed : "Napoleon is my model. I nave stood be? fore his portrait by the hour, trying to mould my countenance into the stony inexpressive? ness that characterizes his. J. am not certain but that I sball imitate his coup d'etat He rose from obscurity to be a President. So did I. He rose from President to Emperor; and If I don't follow suit it will be because Congress took the trump out of my hand when it reduc? ed the army." "Well, now, General, tell us what you think of the Prussians," said Mr. Greenebaum. "Don't like 'em," he responded, senten? tiously. "Why not, your Excellency ?" The Gen?, -al proceeded to comment on Prussian strategy. He did not like lt he said. They were In loo much of a hurry. Here now in less than a month, they have hardly a million of men in the field, which was a shorter time, he said, than he required to move his army from Fort Henry to Oonelson, a distance ut only thirty miles. Tills celerity, he remarked, ls destruc? tive of all precedent. The Prussians have' gone further In ten days than he went in ten months when moving un Richmond. He further thougnt the Prussian move a blunder. In place of going forward to Paris by way of Metz, they ought to crosB James River and go round by way of Petersburg. There is neither dignity nor sense in this way ofru8hing straight at Paris with a big army. The Prussian leaders ought to hold on and Bee who ls going to be the next President. This making war for war's sake was not, in his opinion, the true principle of warfare. All wars should have the high and beautiful object of returning the men of one's party to Con? gress, and the election of one's candidate, to the Presidency. At this moment it was announced that lunch was ready, and the party broke up. The French corresoondents appear to be sharing very largely l? the dangers they re? cord. Katrow, of the Gaulois, was wounded; Cardon, of the Figaro, and Chabrillat, of the Gaulois, were taken nrlsoners, and owe the good treatment they received to the Duke o! Saxe-Coburg. Claretie and About narrowly escaped the Prussian rifle-balls, and it Is feared that D'Avlan de Piolant, of the Fran?ais, is a Erisoner. The New York correspondents, in oth armies, have, as their reports show, ex? perienced similar dangers. After the battle of Woerth the sufferings ex? perienced by the wounded, the want of fresh meat and ot medical or surgical appliances, and the number ot dead bodies s.Ul remaining unburied scattered about the fields and pois? oning the atmosphere were horrible.. French and Prussians, Bavarians and Badenser, all sustained heavy losses; and, the action having been fought over a large tract of country, lt was a work ot great difficultv and labor to col? lect the corpses. One Prussian regiment lost eight officers - killed and twenty-three wounded.