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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1465. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1870. S?X DOLLARS A YKAH. MDNIGHT DISPATCHES. THE FRENCH REVERSE. FURTHER PARTICULARS. STRASBOURG TO BE BURNED BEFORE IT IS SURRENDERED. SPIRIT OF THE FRENCH. Engl uh Report?t LONDON, September 1. The Standard special, dated Florenville, Bel? gium, Thursday morning, says: "The French have Just been badly beaten on the Sedan road. The Prussians have entered Carignan. two miles southeast of Florenville. There was fu? rious fighting all day Wednesday between Ar megpey and Douzy." The French frigate off Plymouth. after cap? turing the Julius, was seen on Wednesday at twilight in pursuit of a large German ship, which was making every effort to ea cape. Paris is again accessible ixom this city via Brussels. On Wednesday the Grand Duke ol' Mecklen? burg Schwerin was at Vouziers with his army. The Crown Prince of Saxony passed throngh Yalmy, near St. Minehould, with one hundred thousand men. General Von Falke nstein is already at Bouzonville, on the railroad, be? tween Forbach and Thlonville. FrtHch Reports. PARIS, September 1. Strasbourg letters continue to complain o? the Prussians for firing on houses. Inhabi? tants clamor for death rather than surrender. ' The besiegers employ prisoners in the trench? es. Strasbourg, its citizens and garrison are the theme of praise everywhere. The bishops have urged the garrison to hoid out till the last- prayer Is uttered, then retire to the cita? del, raze the city rather than le; in the enemy. It is said that 200.000 Prussians have been killed and disabled since the war be?un. The commander of Strasbourg has announ c ed the determination of the people to burn the city, rather than surrender it. The Prus? sians have refused the appeal lately made by the citizens to spare dwellings, on tn* ground that it would defer caoitulatioa. Tue same object dictated the refusal to permit the departure of women and children. . G?nerai Malterngo, distinguished in the Crimea and Italy, has been appointed to com? mand the Parisian National Guard, in place of General de Tranmarre. The officials and citizens of Liile have deter? mined to defend the walis, and the same spirit is exhibited at Avesnes. Cambria, Douay, Dun? kirk, Vailenciennes and Grave?nes, where the memories of '92 are reviving. The Moniteur demands that municipal offi? cers abandoning their posts be punished. Le Liberte says the government received no official dispatches in consequence o? the interruption of the telegraph between Sedan and Mezierea, but certain battles were fought on Tuesday and Wednesday. The first was a surprise, which resulted in a partial panic in the corpB d'armee of General Faiily, who still commanded. There were separate and detach? ed conflicts of troops, displaying great heroism, but there was unity during the en? gagement, and the Prussians claim the vic? tory. In the battle of yesterday there is no question that McMahon had great success against the troops of both Princes. Bazaine wae not engaged yesterday, but lt is known that Bazaine continues the work to? day begun by McMahon. Vinery s corpa passed through Paris and reached the battle-field yesterday, and is doubtless fighting now. Spirit of the French. NEW YORK, September 17. The Tribune's special from Paris, on Wed? nesday^ says the distrust between the govern? ment and people is much diminished. Time is the great ally ot the French. A week since thc Crown Prince might have ridden into Paris. To-day the defences are stronger, and the moral condition of the defenders is still more improved. Tt only needs ne trust of the peo? ple to make Pails and France sale. Enforcing Neutrality. BRUSSELS, September 1. Reinforcements have been dispatched to the frontier to guard neutrality. THE GOLD AND BOND MARKET. NEW YORK, Sep.ember 1-Evening. Gold opened at declined to 16j, rallied to l6j, finally settled to ic*; quiet during the afternoon. At the close there was gossip about the New York Gold Pool, and vague rumors about gold being locked up were not I authenticated. Governments opened strong, ! but closed quiet and steady; sixty-twos 13. LONDON, September 1-Evening. i Consols 91 ?. Sixty-twos 88|. Sugar firm. 1 PARIS, September 1-Evening. ? Rentes CO francs. ? i POLITICS IN VIRGINIA. 1 _ 1 RICHMOND, September L j The Republican State Executive Committee , held a meeting here to-day, at which it was i .decided to call a convention of the party to ] meet ?a this city on the 22d instant for the j purpose of effecting a thorough organiza lion l prior to the Congressional election ia Novem- 1 ber. J Franklin Stearns resigned the chairmanship j of the executive committee, to which Judge * Alexander Rives was then elected. Senator c Lewis attended the meeting. j DEMOCRACY IN GEORGIA. - . \ ATLANTA, September 1. i The Democratic Executive Committee elect- Jj ed Linton Stephens chairman, and passed re? solutions recommending the people to nomi? nate candidates for Congress and the Legisla tere who might be eligible under existing laws. They will certainly be permuted to kike their seats. Akerman addressed a Republican meeting at ?Teat length last night. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. A. H. Galloway, colored State senator and notorious Republican politician, died at Wil? mington yesterday. In St. Louis, yesterday, Gallagher whipped Meeker in eleven rounds. Time, ten and a half minutes. A tenement house In Brooklyn aa\1 a woman and two children were burned. The llrthodist book conce/n was robbed ol 115.000 AID FOR THE WOUNDED-PLACIDA ON THE WAR PATH. SAN FRANCISCO, September 1. The French remitted ten thousand dollars to-day for the wounded. The total amount sent thus far ls forty thoaand dollars. The monthly subscriptions amount to six thous? and dollars. There were two slight earthquakes in Shasta County. Mexican advices state that Placida Viga had organized another expedition. He demands one hundred thousand and immunity-irom ar? rest for young Mejia, otherwise he threatens to kill him. THE PUBLIC DEBT. WASHINGTON, September 1. Th? debi statement shows a decrease ol thirteen and a hall millions. Coln in the treas* ury one hundred and two and a half millions; . currency, OTer thirty-seven millions. Customs for the week ending the 27th, four and a quar? ter millions. ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE. NEW ORLEANS, September 1. . The Hon. J. Willis Menard, colored, who contested the seat of Bailey, from the Second Louisiana District, in Congress, was yesterday sent before the Criminal Court, and held in five thousand dollars bond, charged with at? tempting to outrage the person of Amelia Kay, a quadroon girl, living with his family. Menard's wife is charged with being accessory to the outrage. _ A HIDEOUS DEED. An Improved Mode of Decapitation How Hanging is Performed In the British Dominions. [DuUin Correspondence of London Times.] Andrew Carr, the discharged soldier of tbe Ihirty-sevecth Regiment who was convicted, upon his own confessioj, of the murder of a woman io Bull lane, was executed yesterday morning in Richmond, Bridewell, lt was the first occasion on which the sentence of capital punishment bas been carried ont within the walls of a Dublin prison, and if the public were allowed to decid: the matter IQ tbe present etat? of feeling, it would be (be last execution ia this city, by some extraordinary misman? agement the sentence of the law was literally not carried out, for the wretched man was not hung by tbe neck until he died, but was put to deatL fey a more saeady though barbarous process. He was disposed of, m fact, just as a wounded pigeon m a battue is put ont of pain, only that the neck of the poor bird is wrung off I instantaneously by tbe Sogen of an exoert executioner, and Carr's bead was torn off by a rope. It is a novel mode of dispatch? ing criminals, combining the revolting cir? cumstances of decapitation and hanging. Jj the law should "lake its course' auch a wiv again, the transition will ba easy to the adoption ot the guillotine. Since bis sentence Carr has mtnifested gre.; penitence. He seemed quite resigned to his fate, and expressed no desire to be respited, although eome benevolent persons were using ali their influence to obtain a remission of the capital punishment, and tbe jury had recom? mended him to mercy, bnt stated no grounds for doing to. After the receipt ot tbe answer to the memorial in bis behalf, he was informed of the result by the governor ot the jail, and heard the intelligence with composure, observ? ing that the sentence was just. He wae very diligent in hie attention to the ministrations of the Roman Catholic chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Anthony, who zealously and kindly remained with him to the last, and since Saturday wats assieted by the Very Rev. Monsignor ^leaguer. He retired to rest at ll o'clock on Wednesday night, and at 4:39 o'clock arosa and resumed bis devotions. He expressed to his solicitor bis grateful sense of the kind treatment he had re? ceived from Captain Boyd, the governor, and the other officers of the prison. He declined to take any breakfast. At 7:45 o'clock he was led from the gallery of the chapel up a flight of stone steps to the place of execution. The scaffold was erected outside one of the win? dows, on the third story, at % height of about SO feet, overlooking a long digged yard at thc back of the hospital. He betrayed uo sympto m of flinching wbenoonfronted with the execution? er, who wore a black mask. He submitted calm? ly to the usual preparation*; aBceuded the steps with a firm traad, and stood on tbe platform as erect as il' "dressed up'' for review. The spa it of the soldier never forsook him. About a dozen persons were present when he issued forth, attended by the clergyman, and took his place upon the platform, having been given over to the charge of the eub-sheriff. He bade farewell to thone about him; the cap wae drawn over his face, and the spectators awaited the fatal signal in terrible suspensa, it was bnt for a moment. The bolt was drawn, tbe wretch? ed, man fell, and tb9u a horrid epectacle WAS witnessed. A drop of fourteen feet bad been arranged, in deference to the opiniou cf a lear? ned professor, who prescribed this length as necessary in order to produce instantaneous death by dislocating tbe neck. The truth of the theory was indeed established, and the experi? ment proved successful beyond expectation. The bodv fell to the full extent ot the rope, and thea with a sudden snap the bead WOB wrench? ed off and fiune a distance of se ver J 1 iee! to one side of the yard, while the trunk dropped to the other side,a ghastly mass, with the nerves triic.ijg convulsively from the violence ol the shock. The fragments of humanity were quickly gathered up and placed in a coffin to await the inquest, which was held at 12 o'clock. Captain Bojd deposed that he became aware of what had happened by the sudden recoil of the ropo and hearing the sound of the body failing into the yard. Every precaution had been taken to execute the 890tence as humanely as possi? ble. The rope was sound, and the whole appa? ratus in perfect order. The height ol the drer had been fully discussed, and many considered fourteen feet too great a fall-an opinion in which he concurred himse f, behoving eight feet enough; bul the aurgeou ot the prison, being anxious to lessan the sufferings of the :onvict, thought that length necessary to pro? duce instantaneous death. Dr. Humphrey Mm sbin, tbe prison officer, deposed that ali the parts were divided completely across and the rertebre fractured, which alone would canee immediate death. He could not account for !he decapitation on ordinary principles, for the Tall was less in proportion than that of Kilkelly, ;be last executed prisoner in Klmainham jail. Some of the force of the fall is usually expend? ed in tightening tho noose, but he feared that u the present case the noose was tightened aeforeband. The Rev. Mr. Anthony elated that ?tore the prisoner went on the drop he heard lim complain that the ropo was choking him >efore the lim?. Other witnessej bore te3ti- ., nony to the hnmane conduct of the offiriale. | ! rhe jury fonnd that the decapitation was the csult of accident, for which the prison offici 1s were not to blame, and that Carr was duly xecuted. He was list. 7Jb. in weight. A lomradr who served with him in India, and ras alco a prisoner, was among those who vie teJ bim in prison and showed mach Cancern >t his fate. About 150 people assembled in tbe ielda. and eome on ihe roofs of houses from vhich a view of the prison could bc obtained, n hope of witnessing the execution, but the loibting of a b'ak flag was the only sig i of leath wbicb they could see. SOUTHERN LIFE, MEMPHIS.-We have not . abored in vain. Our remonstrances have at 1 engin produced a gratifying effect on the in- e urance companies o: the South. They are a'- r eady beginning to rival Eastern companies in * Waining that solidity of oasis indispensable o every public financial institution. The F Southern Life, of Memphis, is taking the lead a n the movement, and its stock is now all paid ip. which presents a handsome total of a 240,000. te officers contemplate a gradual extension * il their business throughout the State, so as to r mng within its scope and compass that ample average which renders the mortality of a life hf?? an? we -f^l bound to cheer s ?{wm c-n, aa they have only to persevere in his direction to finally achieve comjletesui P nnntpHtSR?ecr^tarytIlie ^eialigable andu - ? ?????VVaj' ^ has recently been in his city, and seems to be quite elated with the mproyed prospects sud condition of the South- 11 rn Ufe.-Fram th? Insurance Times. August " Vumber, 18,0. ? MCMAHON^ DEFEAT. TWO DATS OF DESPERATE FIGHT? ING . FRIGHTFUL SLAUGHTER. TUE PRUSSIANS CAPTURE TEN THOUSAND PRISONERS. SOON DISPATCHES. The Great Battle. BOUILLON, Belgium, August 31-7 P. M. A fearful battle was fought yesterday and to-day. Yesterday morning McMahon Com? menced a general movement toward Mont medy. He was attacked near Beaumont, and, after a stubborn resistance, driven toward the Belgian frontier. The Prussians captured a large amount of camp stores, and drove the French from position to position until night. The battle was renewed early next morning, and continued all day. During the night, large French reinforcements came up. but failed to turn the scale cf victor)*. The Prussians also were reinforced largely, and attacked in over? whelming numbers. McMahon retreated to Sedan with the remnant of his forces. The slaughter was immense. It is impossible to estimate the losses. The Prince Imperial is said to be ic belgium. The population is flying in great terror. BOUILLON, September 1-8 A. M. Last night, after dark, McMahon withdrew toward Sedan, and is concentrating his forces in a 6troDg position. During the fight on Tues? day the Crown Prince of Saxony captured ten thousand prisoners. A number ot French sol? diers escaped Into Belgium, and were prompt? ly disarmed. It ls rumored that Bazaine attacked Stein? metz on Tuesday. The result is unknown. French War Reports. PARIS, August 31. No news has reached here of a decisive bat? tle, nor is lt believed that one hos been fought. McMahon simply telegraphs that h-r has cross? ed the Meuse without harassment. Other accounts say there has been heavy fighting by detached parties of McMahon'e and Prince Charles's armies, with alternate advantages. The Garde Mobile, under the new requisi? tion, one hundred thousand strong, are hurry? ing to the defence ot the capital. Minister Washburne contradicts the rumor of vessels leaving United States ports to prey on French commerce. PAMS, September 1. The Public says there was no lighting yes? terday. The government, however, has good news McMahon's march has been undisturb? ed. Palikao warns newspapers againet pub? lishing Important pending movements. Ba? zaine has won several small engagements. La Liberte says that Austria pledged herself to move on Prussia simultaneously with France li 'subsidized, by Ollivier, then Minister of Franoe. The money was not paid. Austria pressed the matter on France, when Olllvler said, "Go ; we fight vlthout you." Prussian War Reports. BERLIN, September 1. The telegraph lines are still in inextricable confusion. Dates from the seat of war, parti? cularly those from Beaumont, require verifi? cation. English War Reporta. LONDON, September 1-Noon. No additional details of McMahon's defeat have been received yet. LONDON, September 1. The press of Paris admits the spuriousness of Bazaine's dispatches. Should the French Emperor cross the Bel? gian frontier, the Belgians will demand his sword. Other severe orders have been issued, with tbe purpose of guaranteeing Belgian neutrality. The B?.rarians are returning home disband? ed. A mutiny occurred among the Bavarian landwehr. The Independence Beige, of Brussels, yes? terday, says: While McMahoa was on the heights ot Vaux on Tuesday, advancing on Montmedy, he was attacked by the Germans, fleeing back with dreadful carnage. That re? gion ol country is absolutely depopulated. This corresponds with the Prussian account of the action near Beaumont, reported last night. There is an unofficial rumor that McMahon is crossing the Meuse at Stenay and pushing for Montmedy. He has six hundred guns. A collision between him and Frederick Charles is expected. [This was evidently before the battle ol Tuesday and Wednesday.] The Garde Mobile, upon anew requisition lor 100,000 men, are hurrying io the delence of the capital. A Vienna telegram denies that Bazaine was ever caged ia at Metz. Another battle is reported to have taken pl?.ce at Armegruy on Tuesday. No particu lai s or report, of the result. NIGHT DISPATCHES. A Dispatch from King William. WASHINGTON. September 1. There is nothing official from the seat of war since King William's dispatch, the full text of which is as follows : "VARENNES. August 30. "We had yesterday a victorious engage? ment. The fourth, twelfth and one Bavarian i'orps were engaged. McMahon was beaten md driveD from Beaumont across the Meuse ;o Manson. Twelve guns, several thousand prisoners and much material are in our hands. I repair to the battle-field to pursue the routes )f victory. Gold help us further. (Signed) WILLIAM.'' ! French Reports. PARIS, September I. The importation ol grain is forbidden imper- . ttlvely. At Marseilles a legion oi 4C00 naturalized i Jermans has been formed to join the army. j Marseiiles has sent Paris immense quantities | ?f provisions. i The Diplomatic Coros have no idea of leav- ! . i og Paris with the other members ol the gov- , minent, as tbe Empress remains, and neutral i owers must acknowledge the regency. ' A dispatch from Arion, Belgium, to-day, re- j lorts serious fighting between Armlguey and ? nd Doenze. The Prussians entered Carignan 110 o'clock yesterday. The Journal- des D?bats says that some wagons and filly-nine horses belonging to the ] 'rown Prince were captured near Chalons. The combined movements of Bazaine and ] IcMahon have been most successful. The c trategic plans have been well devised, ' rompUy executed, and directed to all the [ reak points ol the ene my. , The victory of the French at Conclevetles is s nportant, as maintaining prestige against ? umbers. Confidence is entirely restored, r nd the siege ridiculed. t. A dispatch received to-day on the Prussian Bide represents discouragement on the in? crease. The cry ot on to Paris is becoming daily fainter. Death from exposure and dis? ease is making fearful havo; in the Prussian ranks. Tbe Corps L?gislatif is engaged in lenounc ing Prussian barbarities and lauding Pren ch endurance at Strasbourg. The Moniteur declares positively that the battle of Concievelles was a decided victory for Bazaine. The Prince Imperial remains at Avesnes. The Gaulois says last night Marshal Baraguay D'Hilliers assured the club that a battle occurr? ed at Concievelles, resulting In a great French victory-thirty thousand Prussians Jiors de combat. A large convoy cf prisoners and bag? gage was captured by the French English Reports. LONDON*, September 1. It is said that McMahon disobeyed Napoleon's order to detach 30,000 men to protect the Prince Imperial. The siege of Strasbourg continues with great slaughter, occasioned by the" vigorous bombardment. A large body of French Mobiles passed the "hine near Bellengen, twenty miles below Basic, cut the telegraph and retired. The Prussians have taken precautions to guard against stich enterprises herealter. It ls reported that three army corps have en? tered France from. Baden. The war costs Prussia ten and a half millions of francs dally. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. We take the following lrom the Northern papers : THE PRUSSIAN ADVANCE ON PARIS-CAUSE OP THE DELAY AT NANCY -NO '"HORRORS OF WAR" ON THE ROUTE. LONDON, Monday, August 2D. The special correspondent ot the Tribune at the Crown Prince's headqiiar?,?rs, writes from Naacy on the 19th : While Steinmetz and Prince Frederick Charles have done so well In their conflicts with the main French army, the Crown Prince has occupied a more and more threatening po? sition, as rega??s the entire French situation Unless General DeFallly can quickly muster sufficient force to cover Central and Southern France, the Empire will be exposed to immi? nent danger in regions Quite unprepared for defence. Once relieved from the possibility or a movement from the northward, the Crown Prince can do very mach as he llKes in other quarters. True, masses of National Guard and French reserves will soon be marching against him; but without proper equipment, abd nany of them without breech-loaders! tbeymuBtgo down before the well-equipped German armies. The situation near Metz cannot be better summed up than by saying that the French army ls mbre than matched by the first and second Prussian armies, and that ii these arrales should win, though only by a hair? breadth, the Prussians and their Southern .allies in the third army can do what they please with Central France. The smaller French for? tresses are making a gallant resistance. Pfals burg is already famous for holding out obsti? nately. Toul has just successfully repelled a some? what serious attack, which seems to have been made under a misapprehension as to the con? dition of the place for def-nce. Yesterday morning's attack was met with the greatest vigor by the French garrison. They did not venture on a sortie to follow up their advan? tage, but they inflicted a loss on their assail? ants with, 60 far as we know, very little loss to themselves. France does not suffer what is technically called the "horrors ot war." Young girls stand at the cottage doors in the villages or street corners to see the soldiers pass, and are not harmed by them. The shops open In the towns are not plundered. Peaceable citizens go about their business without fear for life or Rmb. It is essentially civilized war in these respects. Bat fruit and vegetables are taken along the way side; horses are pressed into the service, eoldlers are quartered on the people, and large supplies of food are demanded from the local authorities; The same correspondent writes on the 21st from the Crown Prince's headquarters of Van conleurs (eleven miles southwest of Toul:) wi J ile there seemed a chance that Napoleon might win near Metz, it was necessary to hold the third army In readiness to march north? ward, and so while battles were raging near Metz this army lay about Nancy and Laneville, half expecting to be ordered up to support the other German armle9. Then came news of the deieat of the French by Steinmetz and Prince Frederick Charles. There was no longer any need to hesitate about invading Central France, and the march wa3 begun of which yon will soon hear the results. There is a straight and rapid march west? ward ot the third army, supported by other troops. Without giving details ot the move? ment, it is to be said that more than 150,000 men, full of confidence, flushed with victory and splendidly organized, are about to "beat up the quarters'1 ol the French. Three or four columns marc;: abreast on some roads. Two co by the main road itself, and sometimes two" more move through the fields on the right and left; at least one other column makes the adjoining fields; though a little out of order, serve the purpose ol the moment. Sometimes there are great block? ings and crushes of the moving forces, but, on the whole, it is remarkable how well the col? umns are directed, and how carefully their routes are chosen through the invaded pro? vince. Like Pfalsbnrg, Toul is a point ol gallant re? sistance, but not a rallying point for the sur? rounding people. The fortress is held, and the enemy passes on without troubling him? self to take it. The affairs at Ptalsburg and at Toni are mere experimental attacks, which, however, have given the garrisons opportuni? ties ol obtaining distinction. Toe French au? thorities seem disposed to avoid unnecessary destruction of property by merely blowing up and knocking down to hinder the Germans. There are no traces ol attempts at petty war? fare. So far as I have yet seen, the French simply go out of reach when they do not mean to Ugh tin earnest, and leave open towns and villages to be quietly occupied by the advanc? ing foe. The eame special correspondent of the Tri? bune writes from the same place on the 22d: Everything will turn upon what the French recruits can do. No time will be given to train them. There is rapid concentration of troops under the Crown Prince moving on Chalons. There is ample force to watch Metz. Masses ol Lanwehr are marching by every road be? tween the Rhine and Meuse. Ptalsburg will be left tu the Landwehr to besiege; BO also will Bitsche ana probably Strasbourg, and the whole active armv of Germany will therefore be available to " blockade Metz and capture Paris. WHAT is tioixo ox IN PARIS. A speeiai correspondent ot the Tribune writes from Paris on Monday : More than 50,000 people have moved into Pans from tbe suburbs alone ?nee Saturday night. The octroi iluties are ?<", longer levied, it being a sheer impossibility io do so. There are still -10.000 German? here, of wr.om General Trochu's last order reached 30.000. In the suburbs of La viliette and Belleville alone provisions arrive in enormous quantities. Private famiiies sup? ply their own stores. Grocers and other shops ire surrounded by purchasers, and the en? trance is regulated" by the police. The govern? ment invites families to bring al] the supplies .hey can to Paris, promising fair prices lor the ?ame. NOTES OE THE WAS. ?OW TUE PRUSSIANS MEAN TO GET INTO TARIS. A lieutenant-colonel of the Prussian staff tays that tnree armies are in full march on Paris, bv way of the Moselle, of the Vosges md of Belfort. The German strategist brings hese armies, badly cut up, but still very itrong, to our very walls. They mean to find heir way in at all hazards. But Paris is a rast intrenched camp, lt is not an ordinary ?trong place, it is defended by half a million >f men, and protected by an enceinte of twen y-eigflt kilometres (seventeen and a half niles) in circumference, strengthened by ntne y-three bastions, and fortified thoroughly These walte are still further protected by teen detached forts provided with sei great external works, whose ares cr antf form a second enceinte, whose gi can crush everything around them. Pa is further guarded by the Seine, l Mame, and with an internal circular n way. Such a place cannot be invested in I regular way; lt must be assailed at some v nerable point. Now, which is Lie vulneral point ? The eastern forts, Romainville, Noll Rosny, Nogent, Vincennes, are advnntageoi ]y on a plateau covered by the Marne, ana tb form such a strong line that our Prussian ? mits it would be imprudent to attack on tt ..dde. Theri, again, it wouldn't do to attack Cbarentoa, "for alter carrying that place th must cross the fires of Vincennes, Ivry ai the ramparts. On the southwest. the atta would be against Charenton. Ivry and t BIcetre-decidedly unadvlsable. Then, t southern forts, Montrouge, Vanves and 1st on the steep heights between Sceaux ai Versailles, are very Impracticable. Mo Valerien ls the only work on the west: b then Paris ls behind the Seine, which makes double curve. The banks here are hilly ai covered with wood, furnishing abundant sh? ter to the defenders. The besiegers, then, a limited to St. Denis. The Pruseian colon say 6: "The points Of attack are naturally on tl north ?.nd northeast. They are the wet sides: the eastern fronts are "partly covered 1 the Marne: the south and west are strong, at their attack might compromise the besiege: line of retreat. On the north the Paris ar Strasbourg Railway would serve for transpo from the Rhine. Admitting that the Prussic army must be stronger than the French arm and that the French In the field, being kept i a distance, cannot annoy the besieging fore St. Denis should be the first point of attacl We might then advance on Montmartre wit! out the risk of a flanking fire from the lort We should attack simultaneously the thr< forts of St. Denis and that of Aubeivillier and then make a feint on the east. The sle? would resemble that of Sebastopol. St. Den is on the right bank of the Seine, whic leaves a tongue of land that must be seized h the besieging force. The besiegers will th? observe the citadel of Mont Valerien; they wi cut railways on the left bank of the Seini and throw a bridge across lo communical with the troops on the right bank." To accomplish this the Prussian officer arrangements are simple. He setB 60,000 rae against the three lorts ol St. Denis and on th tongue of land between St. Denis and Moi Vul?rlen, 20,000 on the north of St. Denh 20,000 more in Iront of Aubervilllers; and a these covered by the forest of Bondy an other points of resistance in that direct lor could maintain themselves against any fore 6ent to dislodge them. Thirty thousand a Nenilly.could operate against the Rosny fori but their main use would be to secure the lin of retreat. Place before St. Denis 50,000, no? of St. Denis 20.000, In the forest of Bond 30,000, at Bouyet 20,000, at Neuilly 30.00C between Neuilly and Villeneuve 30,000-toti 180.000, -which would form the sieg< But these would not be enough; to prc tect the besiegers an army of observatlo would be needed. This conld be done bv th army of the Upper Rhine, 120,000 strong, an another army ought, to enter by way ol Swli zerland, without paying any attention to th neutrality ol that petty nation. In this wa, there would be an effective loree of 400,00 men. The duty of the lust mentioned arm would be to intercept convoys and cut off ral] road communications between the province: and the capital. This plan was formed and prc mulgated some seven or eight years ago; but,ii conclusion, we must allow the author to speal for himself: "A defeat of the besiegers mlgh attain the most disastrous proportions, if tin population should take an active part In th war, and should join the garrisons in cutting off the convoys of the Invading army.'' HYACINTHE TO THE FRONT. The following ls Father Hyacinthe's lette asking to be assigned to duty in the defencei of Paris: "Monsieur le Maire-The spirit and law o the church forbid a priest trom taking up arm: except in moments of extreme danger to th? country. That danger, if France should not b< spared from it, will certainly find all thos* who are not bound by any obligations, sacr?e to their office, faithful to their duty as eltizeni upon the ramparts. In the meantime there i< no reason why we should not assist in the na? tional defence, by the use o? pick and shovel, Please to direct me to what place I must go, in order to lake part in the earthworks and fortifications now proceeding lor the defence of Paris. From to-morrow-after mass-I hold myself at your orders." THE DEFENCES OK PARIS. The work of defence at all the gates of the ramparts round Paris is being carried on with great activity. There are about one hundred entrances in that girdle of fortification, 38,000 metres (nearly twenty-lour miles) round. At each of them not only a large body of work? men is employed, but all the materials for con? structing the retaining wall are on the spot. With respect to the two wide bnys formed by the Seine at each extremity ol Paris-below ihe viaduct bridge at Auteuil and above the Pont Napoleon at Berey-the epaulements of the rampart are carried Into the shal? low water of the rlv<?r, the channel In the centre of which will be defended by piles. The seven hundred or eight hundred embrasures for the cannon in the parapet all around the enceinte remain to be made, but willi the number of engineers and laborers employed, that work will be terminated in a few days. All the platforms for the gunners are in good condition, as well os the refuges for men In the gorges of the ninety-eight bas? tions. Baron Haussman, the last prefect, as with a presentiment of what ls now taking place, had constructed Inside the ramparts about thirty barrack ports and houses for the octroi men, and which may become admirable quarters for the defenders. THE NEW FRENCH LEVIES. The old soldiers called to service by the cir? cular of the Minister of War, of August 12, respond with ardor to the appeal made. Ac? cording to the official dispatches, more than 600 presented themselves on Monday in Paris and in some neighboring departments. The number ot soldiers liberated from the age of twenty-five to lorty exceeds the figures of a million. They will be armed and equipped on their arrival at the chief town of the depart? ment. This new reinforcement will very shortly become an accomplished tact. Six thousand customhouse officers have arrived in Paris from the shores of the North. They are lodged in the Magaslno Reuni?. Place du Prince Eugene. The iotal number in France is 22.000, enrolled in regiments and subjected to military discipline. They are all old sol? diers inured to fatigue. CONSTITUTION" OF THE PRUSSIAN ARMV. Prussia requires that every man capable of bearing arms shall receive military Instruction and enter the army for a certain number of years. There are some few exceptions, though ho substitution whatever is allowed. Each Pmssian subject is enrolled as a soldier as soon as h? has completed lils twentieth year. His tenn of service is seven years-the tlrst three in the regular army, and the remaining four in the army of reserve. He then (being twenty-seven rears of auej enters the "Landwehr." or militia, for nine years, with liability to be called upon lor an? nual practice and to be incorporated in the regular array in time ot war. At the age of thirty-six he leaves the ..Landwehr." and is ?nallv enrolled, until ihe age of fifty, in the "Landsturm," which body ls only called upon for service within the lrontiers of the country, :n case oi invasion. Persons enabled and willing to pay for t?eir own equipment, and can pass a light examination, need only serve, however, one year, instead of three, l? the regular army, but their liability to serve in the reserve, Ac. is not thereby obviated. With few exceptions, the whole male popula? tion of the Kingdom may be said to be trained for warfare. The strength oi tee Prussian army upon i peace footing ls about 13,000 officers and 300,000 rank and file, with 73.300 horses. On a war footing these numbers are raised to 700,000 men. The war strength, effected by the calling in for service, or the "mobilization" of the reserve troops, can be consummated in about two weeks time. When entering upon the campaign of 18ti6 it required jess than fourteen days to bring the whole regular armv, together with the first levy ol the 1 ..Landwehr," into the field; and the force now collected on the Rhine has been gathered j together with equal celerity. THE pYMPATmX? OF ALSACE. ? A Bavarian officer who fought in the battle 1 ot Wiessenbnrc, writes to the Presse o? V-en- j na that the Alsatians have not the blichest re- i collection of navinp; at one time been Germans. 1 One would have thought that they would have 11 preserved something more trota tbe time when their country wae one ol' tbs most oeantifu) of Germany than ihe nae of the Gierman lan? guage, which, moreover, they speak as badly as French, ?very trace of German customs and loyalty has disappeared aiiong them. They are completely Gallicised, and are more fanatical than the French themselves, as their present con duct proves. Du ri ag the assault on Wiessenburg they seconded the F^eoch, who deiended themselves bravely by firing through garret windows on our troops. .:* * . Even the women took part in the battle; they poured boiling oil and water on onr conqnering soldiers. A writer in the National Zeitung, on the other hand, declares that both Alsace and the greater part of Lorraine are thoroughly German in language and customs aa well as m race. Probably the truth lies somewhere be? tween these two estremes. SOUTH GERM AK TROOPS. The number of troops furnished by the lour South German Sutes, for the prosecution of the war against France, is as follows : Bavaria.117.450 Wnrwrnburg. 34,953 Baden. 42.703 Ducal Hesse.14,218 Total South German troops.202,324 These do not embrace the Landwehr, who are now being called out, but only the first line. Perhaps 150,000 South Germans are serving with the left wing, under the Crown Prince-the remainder being engaged in the siege of Strasbourg, and in performing garrison duly. FRANCE AND THE REPUBLIC. The Paris correspondent ol the London Times writes, August ll : "It seems almost beyond a doubt that the news of a great battle lost would be the signal for the Chamber of Deputies to -declare the throne vacant, per? haps, by a unanimous vote; for there is sad detection among many who pass tor staunch adherents. Nobody doubts that we are on the high road to a republic; and what alter that ? is the question asked: for past experience of a re? public in France bas not inspired the bulk of the nation either with love for that torm o? government or with a belief in its duration. The Orleans family* ls the usual reply. Alto? gether, the tone of the newspapers and of con? versation in Paris at the present moment is not cheering for the Imperial dynasty. One hears very Attie of 'Vive, la Empereur r but a good deal of 1 Vive la France P There must no longer be toy other cry,' says a paper to? day." MOLTKE. The Armv and Navy Journal tells the follow? ing anecdote: -Two years ago a distinguished American soldier called upon General von Moltke at the war office in Berlin, where be found the great Prussian Rti-ategist poring over his maps of the Rhine frontier. 'If you will permit me. General von Moltke,' said our friend. -I should like to ask an impertinent question, which you must answer or not as you think best.' 'Certainly,' replied the gene? ral; 'ask lt.' Laying his hand upon the open map with a significant gesture, he inquired: 'Are you ready ?' 'Yes,' was the answer, 'only we cannot, in case of a war with France, hope tor such good fortune as attended us in the campaign against Austria. The great difficulty ls that'our King cannot be persuaded to declare war. and thus give us the benefit of the initia? tive.' " HORRIBLE INCIDENTS. It is a terrible thing to hear of a woman's being shot in cold blood, by military authority, and yet such a fate ls reported to have over? taken a French vivandi?re lately at Mayence. A private letter written to London, and print? ed in a newspaper of that city, says that this woman was passing some German soldiers who were mortally wounded, and who besought her for water. Terrible to relate-and, for the honor of human nature, we must add difficult to believe-she gave the dying wretches boll? ing oil : She was subsequently captured and shot. If such things as this can be, we have little cause, indeed, to boast of the civilization of the nineteenth century, and -yet the same mail that brings this dismal story tells us, on the authority of L'Opinion Nationale, that a nun, in succoring a wounded soldier, had both legs taken off by a cannon shot. The last story is more probable than the first, for, on a battle-field, where could a vivandi?re, or anybody else, get bolling oil to pour down sol? diers' throats ? MISCELLANEOUS. A Paris bookseller having applied to a Ber? lin publisher of lithograph ic prints for a great number of copies of the portraits of the more illustrious Prussian generals, received the re? ply : "There are no copies left; we send yon the originale." lt ie said that the Piussiau infantry seek par? ticularly to pick off the enemy's officers, for whom toar practiced marksmen to tbe right of each Prussian platoon aro specially instructed to reserve their fire. . General Fully bas been deprived of his com? mand because he overlooked and left at Cha? lons one hundred cannon, which would have fallen into the hands of the enemy had not Count Pdlikao taken precautions tb have the c*mp inspected after its evacuation. Engineers are tearing down bnildings in the environs of Pans to give unobstructed range to the guns of thc fortifications. The admin? istration of Paris have established eighty economical furnaces for U89 of the poorer glasses. General Decaen ?B kind to his men, but in? flexible on the point of discipline. In his dividion there are, ol course, some loafers and laggards who drop their guns m the first ditch, and after tbe action quietly report with a cool : "I have lost my arms." Now, these fellows reckon it up : "The loss of a musket; well, that means one or two years in prison. The war will last all that time. Better be in prison and save mv skin. ' General Decaen went one bet? ter, fie issued tn order of the day : "Every soldier losing his musket will be sent to the advance post without arms. No issue of arms shall be made to bim until he brings in a full equipment from the enemy." J bree or four men were actually sent to tbe front, bot no one reports loss of arms now. Fanny Lewald, a German girl, writes to ber oonotrywomen, through the Cologne Gazette, in this warlike style : "Will you, while your Bons stand before the French cannon, and thousands among them ahed their noble young hearts' blood tor the independence of Germaoy, will jou still run about wearing towering, in? sane-looking Frei<ch chignons, and will yon still allow your clothes to be made according to bold French fashions ?" THE LATE BA TAL B VEL NEAR MEM? PHIS, TENNESSEE. It has already been stated that a duel was "ought a few miles from Memphis, at sunrise jn Saturday la?t, between Major Ed. Freeman iud Mr. Ed. L. Ham'.in, in which the latter ;vas shot through tbe body and died in a few ninutes afterward. The causea of the uufor :unate affair were of a private and personal aature. The Memphis Appeal, after stating hat they fought with duelling pistols at fifteen paces, adds: Both parties were promptly on ;he field, and mt little time was lost in preliminaries. On lessing tor the word, it wae won by Major Scales, (one of the seconds,) which gave the choice ot position to Major Freeman, and ?bortlv arter the SUD rose the two gentlemen :00k their stands, ilaior Scales gave th? word, and both fired between tbe words one ind two, so nearly together that it is impos? able to eav which fired first. It is generally $aid, however, that Mr. Hamlin did. Mr. B. ivas seen to reel and fall, aud when nis surgeon ind friends got to him he wa found to be shot through the body, the ball passing brough the liver and other vital portiouB m te terrible route. His surgeon, Dr. Dudley Saunders, aud Dr. J. H. Erskine, Major Free nau's surgeon, dressed the wound, and made i litter on which the sufferer was immeliately ?emoved to the house of Mr. Joiner, where he lied in the course of a very few minutes. We learn that Mr. Hamlin spoke after being mot, to the friends ?round him. To one be >aid: "Tell my father that I die as I have ived-a gentleman." He expressed himself gnorant of having committed an offence which .hruld be expiated with his life. Mr. Hamlin was quite a youog man-from ippearances we ehonld Bay not over twenty ive or six. He was the eldest BOO of Mr. W. i. Hamlin, one of the oldest and best citizens ii Memphis. He was a member of General Harcus J. Wright's staff during the war, and nade a good soldier. On hts return borne he vent to college, after which be read law, and or the past two years had been a regalar practitioner at the bar. THE STATE CANVASS, REFORM Iii SUMTER. Efforts of thc Rad foals to Create a. Dis? turbance Defeated. [FROM otm OWN CORRESPONDENT.] SUMTER, August 31. The County of Sumter ls regarded by the Scot ..Bing" as their main fortress, the garri? son of which they expect will play an impor? tant part in the victory which they confidently anticipate, but will not secure. Yet with all of their confidence the leaders were unwilling that the colored people should hear the Re? form speakers on Wednesday, the day appoint? ed for them to address the people at Sumter. Accordingly the Radical leaders sent run? ners throughout the country to instruct the colored people not to attend. But their instructions were unheeded. Beiore 9 o'clock Wednesday morning there were about three thousand colored persons present See? ing this, their leaders made a virtue of neces? sity, and advised them to attend the meeting. There had been numerous threats made by the Radicals that Judge Carpenter should not speak, and several of the threats were traced to State Senator Johnson, colored; but from the courthouse steps, this morning, he denied that he had made any threats, and stated that he was the last one to do so. At ll o'clock, about four thousand persons, a large majority of whom were colored, as? sembled on the Courthouse green, where the stand was erected. A colorea band from Wil? mington was present, and discoursed excellent music. Colonel J. D. Blandlng called the meeting to order, and, after Beating that as the origin of the Reform movement was due to the press of the State, It was proper that one ol its representatives Bhould preside. He invited Mr. A. A. Gilbert, of the Sumter Watchman, to take the chair. On taking the chair, Mr. Gilbert expressed his pratt flea tl on for the honor conferred, gave a brief history of the movement, and then introduced General Butler. AB many of this section had raised a great hue and cry about ''Democratic principles," the General devoted a few moment? of hie time to this class. He alluded to the cry of the Democrats of the North to walt for the re? vulsion of feeling in the North, which was to eweep Radicalism and its corruption out of ex- ' latence : but the only effect, said he, of tale waiting, was to see ourselves swept further and further from prosperity. As for himself, he intended to look out for himself and his State. He was tired of being at the beck and call ol' the Northern Democrats, who, more than the Re? publicans, had caused the subjugation of the South. The General, af.er showing what ab? surdity it was for the people to hope for any relief from the Democratic part}', commenced, in his earnest, eloquent way, to show up the corruptions of the "Ring," during which he was interrupted several times by one or two ? low white men, but they were made to cease by the colored men, who told them to stop, and called out to the General1 to go on; they had' come to hear' him Bpeak and didn't intend that he should be interrupted. After this episode, one of scott's minions, a State constable, asked the General if he would eat at the same table with a colored man, to which the General replied that he done BO at the barbecue; be could not Invite everybody to eat with him; lor instance, be would not invite the interrupter, as be. looked too sheepish, and too much like a vaga? bond. The reply of the General took with the colored people, who Jeered the constable until he slunk away. JUDGE CARPENTER, who was next introduced by Colonel Bland? lng, was interrupted every few minutes. Prominent among these interrupters was one Ferlter, representative from Sumter, who during the last session of the L?gislature en- 2 deavored to ride both the Radical and Demo? cratic horse at the same time. Another of the Interrupters was S. J. Lee, colored, the friend of Whitemore, and F. J. Moses, Jr. Judge Carpenter answered their questions so quickly, and conclusively, that they were fain to seek in flight shelter from the laughter and Jeers ot the colored people. During the Judge's re- ' marks, a white man and one of the interrupt? ers, had a little set-to, and but for the timely interference of the police, a dangerous riot would have ensued. GENERAL KER3HAW reached Sumter from Camden about the time - Judge Carpenter finished, and being introduc? ed, made an excellent speech, lull of good advice to the colored and white people alike. At the conclusion of his remarks the meeting, was dismissed. The effect of the speeches, BO far as we could' learn, has been to open the eyes of the colore 1 people, and to convince the white people who clamored for Democratic principles that their safety and prosperity lay in the success of the Reform movement. There are not a few who are satisfied that the Reform party will carry this county, despite the odds at present against iL AFFAIRS IN OCONEE. What is Thought of Orr's Letter-A Grand Radical Blunder. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT. ] WALHALLA, August 29. The following will serve to let you know what Is thought of Jud":? Orr here, where he . was once the most popular man in the State: On the night of the 25th, some person or persons got an old pair of pants and aa old shirt, and stuffed it, and by some means made a head to it. In his hand was a piece of paste- - board, upon which was in large letters: "Died, a traitor, J. L. Orr." This was tied up to a horse-rack, In the middle of the street, and then fired. Some of his Radical brethren that night were very ashy about it, one of them saying that those d-d rascals had burnt Judge Orr. The next morning he repeated it, when a young man stepped up and said he was one, and struck Rad. In the face, when he (Rad.) attempted to draw bis pistol, but the young man was too quick for him, and got his first. After a little quarrel, the breakfast beU rang, and some of the party went Into break? fast, and left a few Radicals outside. Judge Orr was always suspected ol belong? ing to the Scott Ring: but since he wrote that letter, every one is down upon him. As I said . before, he was once the most popular man in the up-country, but the people lost 'aU confi? dence in him since 1862. When he ran for Gov? ernor some years back, but very very few of hie regiment even voted tor him. Out of Oconee, then Plckens County, he had four companies in his regiment; and when he left It to take his seat in the Confederate Congress, the whole regiment had their doubts about him. It was reported that he said If the regiment would elect him colonel, he would always stay with the retriment; that should he be promoted, he would keep it with him. The Radical party miss the mark when they ihink that Jud^e Orr will bring recruits into their ranks from the upper counties. It is the best thing that could be done to help the Re? form party, as I heard men say that if nothing else would keep them from turning Radical that would. They would not belong to a party that he belonged to. The Reform movement is gaining ground in Oconee. You will hear from us in October. Crops are splendid. More corn will be made this year than there has been in twenty years before. It ls supposed ' that the corn trade will open this fall at lorty cents per bushel. HOPE. AN AWFUL MISTAKE.-It seems that Gover? nor Orr, of South Carolina, fs likely to be re? pudiated by his old friends. The Anderson IntelllEencer, the Keowee Courier, the Abbe? ville Pre66 and Banner, the Greenville Enter? prise, the Laurensville Herald, to say nothing of other journals more removed from the seat of Judge Orr's supposed strength, all repudiate his recent letter and ita extraordinary senti? ments. The Columbia Phoenix Bays: "The people that formerly stood by Judge Orr stand by him no longer. His political influence in the up-country fi. gone." Governor Orr appears to have made an awful mistake In this bus? iness, so far as his personal popularity and friendships are concerned, but how far it will affect his political interests remains to .e seen."-Nexo York Herald.