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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1465. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1870. S?X DOLLARS A YKAH. LAST NIGHT'S DISPATCHES. DEFIANCE FROM PARIS. HOW THU NEWS or THE SURREN? DER WAS RECEIVED. PROCLAMATION OF THE MINISTRY. SPIRIT OF THE CHAMBERS. UcJfA RON'S LAST'STRUGGLE. * A CIRCLE 01 DEATH. Official Adrices of the German Victory. WASHINGTON, September 4. Minister Jones, at Brussels, telegraphs to t?)? State Department a full confirmation of yesterday's news. Mr. Washburne telegraphs from Paris to the State Department, that they had heard of Mc? Mahon's defeat and the capture of Sedan; but did not know whether the Emperor was a prisoner or In Belgium. Proclamation or tbe Frenrh Ministry. PARIS, September 4. The counc'l of ministers have issued the following proclamation: "2o the French People-Great mhfortune has come upon our country. After three days of heroic struggles, sustained by Hie army of Marshal McMahon against three hundred thous? and ot the enemy, forty thousand men have been made prisoners. General De Wimpfen, who took command of the army iu place-ol Marshal McMahon, who was badly wounded, has signed a capitulation. - .?This cruel reverse will not shake our cour? age. Paris is to-day In a complete state of defence. The military forces of the country will be organized in a few days. A new army will be under the walls of Paris. Another army is forming on the banks ol the Loire. Your patriotism, your unioD, your enerby will save France. The Emperor has bean made a prisoner in the struggle. The government, in aecord with public powers which have been entrusted to it, will take ail needful measures. (Signed) DE PALIKAO CHE^REU, REGNAULT DE GEKOUILI.Y, JULES BROME, T DE LA TOCK D'AUVERGNE, GRANDE PERRET, CLEMENT DU YERNOIS, P. MAONE, Busses BILLACLT, JEROME DAVID, Of the CQUDCU of Ministers." The Disaster Announced In the Senate. In the Senate, yesterday, the Minister of War said : uWe have learned, through various unof? ficial channels, that Marshal - Bazaine failed in his recent attempt to free himself from the hostile armies which held him shut up around .Metz. His efforts were heroic. The King of Prussia could not help rendering justice to the valor of our soldiers. McMahon, after endea? voring to join Bazaine in the direction of the north, was obliged to retire to the environs of Sedan. There were several days of fighting, with alternations of success and reverse; b?t we contended against an enemy numerically our superior, and, in spite ot the most ener? getic efforts, the attempt seems to have termi? nated in an unfortunate manner for our arms. "Other advices, of Prussian origin, are still more unfavorable, but do not appear to us wort'ay of credit in all cases, and the govern? ment is not willing to .give them an appear? ance of authenticity by communicating them to the public. Our reverses afflict us. It is impossible for us to witness without deep emo tioUjSO much courage and so much devotion renuerod unavailing; but this spectacle, far from taking away our energy, augments and redoubles it. .'Since the present cabinet came into power it has drawn from France new armies, and theystUl remain so 6trong that, with energy and trie heb of the nation, we may yet have the iast word. Let us hope that God will help us out, and drive the enemy from our soil." Jerome David added to the above a state? ment that the delences of the capital were now in the bes', condition, and, according to com? petent judges, well capable of resisting all efforts ol the enemy. Let us defend Paris, he said, on t.ie walls and in the streets, and, if it must be. ve will bury ourselves under its ruins ! In the Corps L?gislatif, a statement of the situation similar to that made in the Senate was given. Jules Favre declared : "We are unanimous for defence untU death. [Great applause.] It is time that compliances should cease, ii* we wish to repair our disasters." He concluded by attacking the Imperial power and proposing to place extraordinary powers in the hands ol '.enera! Trocha. Against this course Count dt Palikao and the Chamber pro? tested. Farther Accounts from Sedan. NEW YORK, September 4. The Tribune correspondent, writing from King William's headquarters, eight miles from Sedan, on Thursday night, alter the deleat says:* "OrA'he 30th and 31st the French retreated en masse on Sedan, and encamped around it. The French prisoners sty it was believed that the road to Mezieres was open, and in case of another defeat, a retreat could be easily accomplished. On Wednesday evening, a Prus? sian corps, from Frederick Charles' army and the Crown Prince's army, were making a lorced march in the direction ol Douchery and Mezieres to shut in McMahon's army in the west and drive them against the Belgian fron? tier. While this was going on, the Saxons and Guards, 60,000 strong, composing the Prussian right, under Prince Albert, ol Saxony, were marching rapidly to close on the French on the right bank of the Meuse, which "they had crossed on Tuesday, the GOt h. at Remely, in the direction of La Chapelle. On Thurs Jay morning, at half-past seven o'clock. King William btarted for the battle? field". Cannonading was then goiDg on. The King drove in an open carriage to Chcrange. three and a half miles south of Sedan. The French had flooded the low meadow in the. valley bet?re coming to the raiiway bridge at Bazille, to stop the Germans from advancing on the town in that direction, but the French had failed to mine the bridge at Bazille, and it was ol immense service to the Prussians throughout the battle, who threw up earth? works on the bridge itself to protect it from the Freneh, who mere than once attempted to storm it, lu the hopo ol breaking the Bavarian Communications between the left and right bank Oi the Meuse. On the projecting spurs of the hill, the Bavarians posted two batteries of breech-loading steel Krupp guns, which kept up a duel till the very end of the day with the siege guns of Sedan. Across the Meuse, still further to the right flank, was an undulating plain above the. vil? lage of Bazllle, terminating about a mile anda half from Sedan, at the woods near Bu? llecourt! Midway there is a ravine, watered by a tiny brook, which was the scene of the most desperate struggle and frightful slaughter of the whole battle. Between this wood and the town were several French camps, where were sheltered huge masses of troops, which were never used. Separated from them by a wooded ravine was a long bare hill, where occurred some of the hardest fighting of the da?, and which form? ed one o? the keys of the positions of the French army. When once in the hands Of the Prussians, the whole town of Sedan was at the mercy of the German guns. Farther to the lett lay the Village of Olley, which was seton fire early in the day by the French shells. Above the railway bridge, on the line to Mezieres, was a wooded hill, where the Crown Prince and his staff stood during the day, having a more extensive view than ours, where stood the Klng,BismF.rck, War Minister, Moltke and Generals Sheridan and Forsyth. The object of toe Prussian generals was to close a crescent ol troops, with which they began Into a circle, by a junction between the Saxon corps on the right and the Prussians on the left. This took place at noon, near the village of Olley, on the Bazille ravine, behind Sedan. This terrible circle once formed, grew steadily smaller, till at last the fortifications ot Sedan itself were closed. THE NORTH CAROLIN J. O CTR A GES. RALEIGH, September 3. In the case of J. Turner against Governor Holden, Colonel Kirk, Lieutenant-Colonel Bur gen and Alexander Ruflin, Judge Dick, for himself, and Judge Settle, decided: That a warrant cannot be Issued against a Governor for any excess of authority in discharging the functions of his executive office. Thc court holds that bench warrants cannot run to the counties of Alamaace and Caswell while they are In a state of insurrection against military officers acting under orders from che Gover? nor, but warrants will be issued for the arrest o* Kirk, Bargen and Ruffin, to be executed anywhere In the State, except in those counties. The court holds that a court of impeachment is the proper form for abuse of executive authority.; also that the subordi? nate agents of the Governor arc not free from arrest for any abuse of authority, when out? side ot the insurrectionary districts. Warrants were accordingly Issued to Hie sheriff ot Wake Countv for the arrest o? Kirk, Burgen (now in jail) and Ruffin, wherever found outside of A ?amanee and Caswell. Kirk is In Alamacoe, and is likely to remain there. United States Circuit Judge Bond, sent for by Holden, arrived this morning. The object ol his mission Is not yet known. GOLD ANH . BOND MARKET. UBW YORK, SeptemberA. The bar' statementshows a continued loss in reser but is more favorable than was generr expected. Little currency is going Into tl - Interior. Loans decreased two and three quarter millions. Specie decrease over one million and a quarter. Circulation de? creased a trifle. Deposits decreased a million and a quarter. Legal tenders increased three quarters of a million. Gold active, excited, and very weak; opened at 15?, and reach? ed 14 on the news of the surrender of Bazaine, and large sales of long gold for account ot parties recently prominent bulls in the market. Late in the day it advanced to 14 ?j on a rumor that Trocha had proclaimed a republic in France; closed at I4jnl4j. Sixty twos 13i; lours 11J; fives 12A; new 10;; sevens 10i; eights 10?: forties OJ; Tennessees 62?f; new U7; eights, Virginias, C7.J; new Ci*; North Carolinas 5U; new 31; others not quoted. LONDON'. September 3- Evening. Continental securities, except French, tend strongly upwards. At Liverpool everything is unsettled, but generally tending up. Con? sols 92il. Bonds 89^. Sugar firm, both on the spot and afloat. Tullow 44s Gd. WEEKLY COTTON STATEMENT. NEW YORK, September 4. The cotton year ended Wednesday lust. Week's receipts at all ports GSCS bales, against 5434 bales last week, 5287 bales previous week, and 5517 bales three weeks ago. Week's ex? ports from all ports 8702 bales, against 2977 bales last week, and 2099 bales the same week last year. Stock at all ports 64,355'bales. against 19,573 bales last year. Stocks in in? terior townB 14,629 bales, against 16,720 bales last week, and 718 this date last year. Stock in Liverpool 494,000 bales, against 418,000 bales last year. Amount of American cotton in Great Britain 26,000 bales, against 11,000 bales last year. Indian cotton afloat for Europe 4C2,770 bales, against 607,133 last year. The market In New York was firmer In response to im? provement in Liverpool,, though the actual advance in prices was slight. The chief fea? ture ol'the week was the settlement for Au? gust contracts, settlers of which were forced to settle at 14^144 cents, a nominal quotation for spot cotton. LAND JOBBING. A Card from Secretary Car;lozo. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. Gentlemen-On my return home yesterday afternoon my attention was cailed to an edi? torial article in your issue of the 31st, headed "Information Wanted," in which you state that certain lands in Georgetown and on John's Island were sold to the Land Commission at my urgent solicitation, and ask, "Is he now willing for ail the facts a ad figures to be given to the public ?" The question seens to me entirely super? fluous, tor if you had any tacts and figures to give, you would glac1 y publish them: but since you are so considerate as to ask my consent. I give you iud liberl) to publish any facts and figures concerning uny ol my official relions that you possess, or in ?y !>..; able to obtain. With regard lo tay prim:", affairs. I do not feel called upon to saiuly aa impertinent curiosity. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, 4c, P. L. C.VKDUZO, Secretary of State. Mr. Campbell's mission to England results in giving Canada a voice in the future regula? tion o? the fisheries, and in placing the Cana? dian claims for compensation for the Fenian raids upon the same looting as the Alabama claims. _ The Missouri Radicals have nominated McClungfor Governor. The liberal Republi? cans, who withdrew, nominated Gratz Brown. LET IIS Ml PUCE. iii l'.VP JET OF GERMANY. SURRENDER OF MCMAHON AND BAZAINE. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON A PRI? SONER OP WAR. THE PRINCE IMPERIAL A FUGITIVE IN BELGIUM. THE EXCITEMENT IN ENGLAND A N.D AMERICA. COTTON GOES UP AND GOLD COMES DOWN. SATURDAY'S DISPATCHES. Prussian" War Reports. BRUSSELS. September 3-P. M. Yesterday McMahon was completely beaten 'and shut up in Sedan, with his eastern road to Paris cut. Bazaine has been completely beaten before Metz by Prince Frederick Charles. BEKORE SEDAN. FRANCE, ) K Friday, September 2-1 P. M.'f, From the King of Prussia to the Queen: "A capitulation, whereby the whole army at Se? dan are prisoners of war. has just been con? cluded with General Wimpfen, commanding, instead of Marshal McMahon, who is wounded. "The Emperor surrendered hi rusel i to me, as he has no command, and left everything to the Regent at Paris. His residence I shall ap? point after an interview with iiim at a rendez? vous to be fixed immediately. "What a course event0, with God's guidance, have taken."' General Fallly was shot. One account says, by hie own soldiers; another, by order ot' McMahon. The Empress ordered Prince Napoleon to re? turn to Paris. He refused. A decree was then issued stripping him of his rank ol Prince and senator. The Etoile of this city says the French have been utterly defeated, and McMahon and Hie Emperor taken prisoners. Tile French soldiers massacre their own officers. Many officers escaped into Belgium. The Prussians who entered Belgium surren? dered. The officers ol' both armies are set at liberty on parole. The Prince Imperial of France has arrived at Chimay, a town of Belgium, thirty-two miles southeast of Mons. He has been lodged at the palace of the Prince of Chimay. The French in Belgium number about 10:000, with 400 artillery wagons, 2 guns and 1000 horses. Three thousand French, including one gene? ral officer and two officers of the Imperial etaff, crossed the border and surrendered. BERLIN. September 3. The news of the capitulation of the Emperor and McMahon was received with prodigious enthusiasm. Thousands of people throng the streets, moving in ranks with linked arms, and singing patriotic songs, shouting and exhibiting every other sign of enthusiastic joy. A singing crowd assembled before the palace, when, in response to the cheering, the Queen appeared and made a short address. All the schools are closed. The monument to Frederick ll ls literally buried witta Hags. De? monstrations have been made in front of the residences of Bismarck. Von Moltke. and the Minister of War. The stores are closed and the day ls given up to festivities. Particulars of the battle of Thursday are still deficient, although at Paris it is thought to liave terminated favorably to the French. The Emperor Napoleon certainly made a de? mand for a truce; tim by letter, and then came ia personally and surrendered. A Metz letter of the 2d says thal since the battle of Gravelotte, twelve days passed with? out giving the French an opportunity to leave the saddie. Tiie French were unable to pre? vent the Germans from seizing the chosen positions. The garrison, including the citizens, and refugees, must number 200.000. MUNDELSHEIM, September 3. The Prussians captured an officer and foui chasseurs in the French sortie from Stras bourg. The second parallel is nearly finished. The guns of Strasbourg opened a violent fire this morning and made a sortie, which was re pulsed. MBUNCOURT. September 5. The troops which finally drove Bazaine back to Metz were the First and Second army corps and the Landwehr. The conflicts took plac? around Sereguey and Nourseville. American War Reports. NEW YORK, September 3-Evening. Dispatches have been received from Paris via the French cable, but the Paris agent o: the Associated Press is silent, whence it ia in? ferred that the censor forbids the transmission of political news. The capitulation of the French causes in? tense excitement in the Northern cities. A special dispatch to the New York Tele, gram says : "Bazaine, at Metz, surrendered when he heard of the disasters of the Emperoi and McMahon."' A special to the Tribune, dated Thionville, September 3, says: "Two bloody but decisive battles begun yesterday, at 5 A. M.. and lasted until 3 PM. McMahon was driven across the Meuse. His surrender is confirmed by a mes? senger and by a number of Germans. The enemy is in force near the frontier. Special dispatches to the Telegram lrom the seat of war report brilliant Prussian successes. Twenty thousand French iay dead and wound? ed on Hie field. From conflicting telegrams we gather the following : McMahon was movie- to thc relief ol' Metz, when he wa? encountered and driven back by the Germans; who pursued closely. The pur? suit Involved aseries of conflicts and serious work ai Sedan on Tuesday, when McMahon was perched on the heights of Vaux, near Carigaan, whither the Emperor came. On that day 30,000 of McMahon's troops were attack? ed between Mouzon and Monliers. This waB the battle of Beaumont. The French were driven over the Meuse to Mouzon. The en? counter on the other bank resulted iu drivlDg McMahon from Vaux. McMahon then faced about. On Wednesday, between Dousy and Bazelles, a severe engagement took place, when the Prussians turned the French right, necessitating a retirement on Sedan, before which place the fight was again renewed on Thursday, when the French were driven into the fortress at Sedan. WASHINGTON, September 3. The Secretary of State has a dispatch from Minister Motley announcing the surrender of the whole French army at Sedan, with the Emperor. Minister Bancroft telegraphs from Berlin that Napoleon, In hl3 surrender, stipulated that it should be without prejudice to the Paris Regency. LONDON, September 3. The Tribune has the following special from ..he King's headquarters at Vendres, "near Se? dan, under date of Frida)- : ..The battle of Sedan began at 6 A. M. on September 1 (Thursday.) Two Prussian corps were in position on the west of Sedan, having got there by long forced marches to cut off the French retreat to Mezieres. On the south of Sedan was thc First Bavarian Corps, and on the east, across the Meuse, was the Second Bavarian'Corps. The Saxons were on, fne northeast with the guards, I was with the King throughout the day, on a hill above the Meuse, commanding a splendid view of the valley of that river and the field of battle* After a tremendous battle, the Prussians hav? ing entered the fortifications of Sedan, the Emperor capitulated. This was at five P. M. In his letter to the King of Prussia, the Empe? ror said : ilAs I cannot die at the head of my army, I lay my sword at the ' feet of your Majesty." Napoleon left Sedan for the Prussian head? quarters at Vendres at seven o'clock A. IL On September 2 (Friday) McMahon's whole army, comprising a hundred thousand prison? ers, surrendered without conditions. The Prussians had 2-10,000 men, engaged or in re? serve. The French had 120,009. Another special to the Tribune, dated* at Adon, Belgium, Friday afternoon, says: Every hotel here is filled with French refugees from acrosd the frontier. The fron? tier villages are crowded, and lt is difficult to obtain anything to eat. A hundred and fifty French and one hun? dred German soldiers, while trespassing on Belgian territory, were made prisoners,. and conduoted to Namur. To-night I also saw Paris refugees on the train. They are not Germans, but Luxem? bourgers, expelled from Paris on account of their poverty. The Parisians are preparing for a famine by expelling all foreigners not possessed of "means of support. The poor French are retained, if able-bodied, for mili? tary service; if not able-bodied, they are sent into the country. The fortifications ot Paris are completed. Trocha is virtually dictator. My Informants leit Paris on the 2d inst. To-day ls the last day of grace. RICHMOND, September 2. The city is greatly excited by the war news. The North German flag Is floating 'from ma..,, windows, and there have been as many fights. English War Reports. LONDON, September 3. The Germans are urging King William to declare himself Emperor ol'Germany. The great and pacific news gives universal relief. The effect is visible In nearly every countenance. Transactions and prices ex? hibit a new impulse. There ls great excitement and anxiety to learn whether the surrender Involves the ces? sation of hostilities and the unresisted occupa? tion of Paris. The Paris Journal Officiel, this morning, rep? resents every event of the campaign as a suc? cess for the Emperor. A dispatch from Berlin says : "Since Wed? nesday last Bazaine sought to escape to the north, but was lrustrated in every attempt. It is really believed In Paris that McMahon, acting on the offensive, on Thursday destroyed the Prussian left, driving the Crown Prince back of the hills of Ardennes. Paris telegrams conti aue to say that McMa? hon may hold out under shelter of the for? tresses, and that Bazaine, who lacks neither men nor provisions, is in a good position. Martial law has been declared la Algeria. Tlie Russian press is a unit in its sympathy with Prussia. French War Reports. PARIS, September 3. Then; is nothing official from the armies of the northeast. The battles ol' thc past few days are considered indecisive, although the losses have been very heavy. The Journals consider an ai tack upon Paris impossible now. The Prussians are not able to leave McMahon and Bazaine In their rear. It ls well under? stood in Germany that Paris, Instead of making peace, will defend itself to the last ex? tremity. The enrollment of men between the ages of 25 and 35 will give, in a few days, an addition ol' 300.000 men to the National armies. The entrance ol' a French army corps into Baden, cutting the telegraph and railroad lines in all directions, ls confirmed. Ail the cattle from the Bois de Boulogne have been brought Into the city. The French grape crop promises an unusual yield. The journals state the reported insanity of the King of Prussia is confirmed. ADDITIONAL DIS JP A TC BE 8. The following, from the Northern papers, may throw some light upon the later tele? grams given above : FAILURE TO RESCUE METZ. VARENNES, September 1, via Berlin. McMahon's efforts to rescue Metz have en? tirely failed, In consequence of the defeat he sustained on Tuesday, when he lost twenty guns. The French losses were Immense, a's compared with those ol the Prussians. The Uhlans and dismounted hussars took, near Sedan, two strong positions, in spite ot the de? termined resistance of the French. DEFEAT OF TUE FRENCH NEAR METZ. LONDON. September 2. Dispatches from private sources announce That on Wednesday, August 31st, Bazaine un? dertook to cut his way out from the shelter of the fortifications ot Metz. The battle lasted all that dav and the next evening, when on Thursday morning he was again driven within the walls. The losses were extremely severe on both sides. METZ TO BE DOM BARDED. A correspondent with the first Prussian armv corps writes yesterday: The second army lent the Crown Prince two and a half corps ten days ago. These have been return? ed, as the plan has been changed from starv? ing out Metz to bombardment. Heavy artil? lery has been mounted against Forts St. Quen? tin and Plappeuville. PREVALENCE OK SICKNESS. The dysentery and typhus lever prevails in Metz. A while 'flag was sent oat on the 30th for waler, surgeons and medicine?. The water in the Moselle is unwholesome. The same correspondent telegraphs to-day Irom .Saar louis : "There is no enemy this side of the Meuse. Twenty thousand landwehr went hence yesterday. Dysentery is depopulating Saar? br?cken. A heavy sortie was made eastward yesterday from Metz, and repulsed. Heavy cannonading at Metz was heard here this morning."' KIN? WILLIAM UNDER /IRE. LONDON, September 1. A Prussian correspondent, describing a scene at the battle ol the 17th, near Metz, says for ten hours the King was exposed to the enemy's fire. He had taken a seat near a garden wall, cUse to Rezonville. A worsted spinning factory, on fire near by, Illuminated the royal headquarters. A ladder, one end resting on a pair of scales, the other on a dead horse, furnished a seat for his Majesty. He was accompanied by Prince Charles, the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, Count Bismarck, and the Minister of War, Von Roon. The deepest silence reigned, when suddenly General Von Moltke, grasping for breath, approached and cried, "Your Majesty, we have conquered !" A hurrah was the response, and the party, all life now, began a frugal supper of soldier's brown bread and whiskey. . SLAUGHTER OF PRUSSIANS AT JAUMONT. A writer in the Figaro says Bazaine, in one of the battles around Metz, entrapped the Prussians, some 25,000 strong, Into the Jau mont quarries by aid of spies disguised as peasants. His cavalry then fell on their rear, and, unable to wheel, the Prussians were cut down and suffered terribly. Bazaine, how? ever, is greatly mortified that this should have been reported at Paris a victory. THE BATTLE OF CARIGNAN, Whether the battles of Beaumont and Carig nan were fought on the same day or succes? sive days seems doubtful. McMahon has been caught with his army outside the Meuse, and attacked by superior forces on both sides and beaten. He was all ready lo retreat, finding the enemy at his flank, and his communica? tions were threatened by the Germans. Ho wasted no time, but attacked whenever he could reach the enemv. The country above Etain and Verd?mes fill? ed with troops. The Crown Prince of Saxony held the right bank of the Meuse, while three Saxon and Bavarian corps advanced on Buzan cy. The battle of Carlguan, official details of which are wanting, was apparently a most Important one. It was fought under the Em Eeror'seye, McMahon commanding in person, efeat was followed by rout^and apparently a hot Prussian pursuit. McMahon could only fall back-on Sedan, fugitive's from other battles accompanying him. "Wie 'Belgian frontier is only a few miles off. Strong delatchmenls were expected from the Crown Prince near Rheims to complete the environment of Mc? Mahon's remaining forces. ~ > French official accounts ,n*resent McMahon retiring either on Sedan or-Brezlers, to occupy the enemy, whom it is no longer sate to en? gage at a distance from his stronghold. FIGHTING AT LOXOWY. A correspondent telegraphs from Luxem? bourg Thursday: There was lighting at Long wy this morning. All the heights are covered with smoke, but if there are any French troops at Longwy they can only be routed troops flying belore the Saxon Crown Prince, in such a positltlon that it would be impossible that the French could have uccepted, except at the last extremity. Communications between London and Paris by rail and telegraph are uninterrupted. TUE EMPEROR'S HEALTH. A medical Journal Bays it is assured that the statement as to the debilitated and doubtful state of the Emperor's health Is well founded. Dr. Prescott Hewitt, ot Saint George's Hospi? tal, visited the Emperor professionally. Pain lui and wearing vesaical and prostatic affec? tions, added to recent fatigue, bodily and men? tal, have been such that any moment a start? ling announcement may be made. PROTEST AGAINST PRUSSIAN* CRUELTIES Al STRASHOUO". PARIS, September 1. The Alsatians in Paris held a meeting to? day, which was well attended. Speeches were made, and the following protest drawn up and signed: "The Alsatians at present in Paris protest against the cruelties of which Strasbourg isa glorious victim. To pour red hot shot and pe? troleum bombs into a city ol' 100,000 inhabi? tants, to burn private property, 'o destroy cathedrals and museums, to refuse to allow women and children to leave, to force men to work in open ditches against their own count? rymen, are violatious of war which must "oe denounced to the indignation of the civilized world. We ask the Corps L?gislatif to decree that Strasbourg has' deserved well of the country? and pronounce with power on the urgency ol sending assistance into Alsace tc prevent the complete ruin and the surrender ofa strong place, which constitutes the princi? pal rampart of France." PRUSSSIAN VIOLATION'S OK LAWS OF WAR. PARIS, September 1. In the Senate to-day the minister of Foreign Affairs announced that he had sent dispatches to foreign courts denouncing the conduct of the Prussians in firing on ambulances, and threatening to renounce the convention ol Genevan the practice continues, and declar? ing If Prussia persists in her refusal to consid? er ail soldiers of France as belonging to the regular army, and to treat them as such. France will retaliate on the members of the Landwehr and Landsturm. lu the Corps L?gislatif Jules Favre presented a petltiou signed by 2000 Prussians, protesting against tile savage conduct ot the German be? siegers ol Strasbourg, and demanding that immediate relief be sent KEJ MONOS IN BAVARIA, MUNICH, September 2. There is Intense delight among all classes ol people at the prowess exhibited by the Bava? rian corps, in the German army, in the buttles near Beaumont. Fiags are flying from the nubile buildings and "elsewhere, and citizens have paraded the streets with bands of music, banners and transparencies. The government authorities were enthusiastically cheered yes? terday. There was a reunion of the liberal deputies in the chambers, to respond to the convocation of notables who were In session at Berlin. King Louis was duly notified. A congratulatory telegram was sent to King Wil? liam as well as the Berlin meeting. The King. In reply to the felicitations, expresse:1 his Joy and thanks for the confidence of Bavaria, and assures the deputies that the combat of the giants would result to the honor of Bavaria and Germany. ? WAR MISCELLANY. Among the stores taken by the Prussians at Forbach were several railway vans full of con? fectionery. It ls mentioned as a most curious fact, that Baron Von Moltke. in his long Hie of war, has never commanded a regiment In the field. The Constitutionnel says that the diplomatic corps will not leave Paris. Thc Empress has signified her Intention to remain, even In case of a siege. The military career of King Winiam I,- of Prussia, extends over a period of fifty-five years. His Majesty, who was born in 1797, was present at the battle ot Warterloo, and was then but eighteen years of age. Scientific and other special publications to the'number of at least a dozen have been sus? pended in Paris; the cause in two, if not more cases, was the voluntary departure of writers for the army. All the workshops of Lyons and Rouen have been Invited to furnish large quantities of silk gauze for the manufacture ot cartridges, the preparation cf which has not slackened, not? withstanding the supply ol 123.000,000 now in store. It is said the Prince and Princess of Wales are unusually harmonious in their almost open sympathy with the French. The Prince's feel? ings is believed to rest in his great dislike of his brother-in-law. the Crown Prince of Prussia. It ls related that at the battle of Woerth an officer of cuirassiers had his head carried oil by a ball. Notwithstanding, the body remain? ed upright tor a short time, and for about one huudred metres the decapitated horseman ap? peared as if he was charging thc enemy. In addition to the present defences ol Paris, a vast fortification is contemplated, to be built beyond the Bois de Boulogne, with the object of protecting Neullly. .--hould it be made, what remain of thc trees ol' the wood may yet escape in the event of an advance on the city. The North German Gazette professes to be assured, from the best source, that Euglish opinion is reconciled to the Une of the Vosges, even of the Moselle, as thc future boundary between Germany and France, with a thous? and million francs as indemnity for the ex? penses oi the war. These we sha!! have, God willing. Gustave Pore has executed a picture de? signed to illustrate the horrors of war. It shows a burning village, with the corpses of soldiers heaped np In Its streets, with disman? tled houses and perishing cattle; over this scene of ruin and distress rises a. lurid moon. He has also drawn one portraying the blessings of peace. One .of the Masonic lodges at Cologne has opened an immense kitchen io the suburbs of that town for the support and relief of the wives and families ol those who have obeyed their country's call. Each woman can get a good dinner lor six cents, and enough for one child can be had lor a third ot mat sum. The women who have visited this establishment speak highly ol the quality of the food. A private letter from Gottlngen says that "last week about 20,000 French prisoners of war were marched through this city, and among the number were some of these so called Turcos, who took more like wild beasts than human beings/' , The writer states fur? ther that business Is suspended altogether; that one ot the largest wholesale houses in Hamburg, out of twenty clerks, has sent eigh? teen to the army. The French papers are filled with wonderful accounts of the mysterious agencies which either are, or are supposed to be, set at work by the Prussians upon French soil. According to the Patrie, "agente and money were sent to Africa, and a vessel was also dispatched laden with arms intended to be distributed to any of the natives who seemed willing to fight the French. For a short time these agents assum? ed the character of priests, and preached a holy war," Edmund About, corresponding with the Parisian journal, Le Solr, amid the sad details of French defeat, chronicles one Joke. Itap ?ears that the Prussians soldiers use no tents, o a French soldier somebody proffered the consolation: "You at least have tents ?" Vouzavez des tentes. Now the word tente ls pronounced the same as the word tante, which means an aunt. This similarity prompts the reply of the soldier, who says, or is made to say: "Tames (aunts), indeed; it ls the uncle we want." Such la the hit of the French sol? dier, or the French journalist, at the nephew of his uncle. A special correspondent writes from Paris, on Wednesday, that provisions ot all kinds are already reaching famine prices. Butter, salt potatoes are double the usual cost, and meat triple. Tradesmen refuse to sell except in lim? ited quantities. Preparations are being made on a vast scale for the wounded. Colleges, lyceums, schools and convents are oonverted into hospitals by order ot the government. The palaces of Versailles, Trlanor, St. Cloud, Mendon, St. Germain and Ramboullet are to be Immediately prepared for the same pur? pose. Many private houses have been given up. The rich offer their country seats, and the poor single rooms'* An oraniSns company has given several depots. Distrust between the government and the people still exists, but it ls much diminished. Time has been agr?ai French ally. Ot the rapid marching of the Crown Prince's army toward's Paris, tue London Times' cor respondent writes: "There was a company 01 two of the 581h regiment in advance of th< Crown Prince's Btarf7 and in rear of his escor ol lancers, Just Co make all safe against an; evil-dealing from the dense woods whicl ? flanked our route. The usual walking pace o a good horse is, we all know, considerably ? faster than that ol an ordinary march. Th* staff never checked that pace ot their horses Mile after mile that body of infantry, carrying , knapsacks, coats, cooking tins, Ac, In th? I very heaviest, and, to my mind, most tryln? marching order, went on in front of tbi ; horses In that six hours' march, mostly np ? series of ascents, and they never halted once except for half an hour in the middle of th? [ day. In ali that march only five men fell out [ and two of these I saw running afterwards t< pick up their places in the ranks. This is : company which lost all Its office: except ? lieutenant, at Wlssenburg." THE BOOMED EMPEROR. He IM no Match for Blnmartk and Vor Moltkc - Gross Mismanagement ant Want of Nerve. The subjoined extracts are from a letter da ted Paris, August 14, from a gentleman for merly very intimately acquainted with the Em peror of the French: * / The result of the Prussian war has astonish I ed every one here, friends and foes, the Igno i rant, and the best Informed. I use the word "asloulshed" advisedly, and mean to convey i by lt astonishment of a stunning character ' Even those who knew or suspected, as Trocla did, that much of the pretended efficiency o the French army was superficial, were no lest taken aback than thc most devout believers ic the invincibility ot French arms and in the star of the. Napoleons, at this utter collapse at the beginning ot a campalgu. To the few men who were as well acquainted with him as you and I before he rose to power, and who knew that, with a spirit adventurous enough to get him Into any difficulty, he was ' singularly deficient in resolution aad personal pluck when actually iace to face with danger, this state of things is inexplicable, without the strange concatenation ot circumstances which brought it about, and which from u distance lt is hardly possible that'you should realize. Space and time only permit me to give them with suggestive brevity. Firstly. Bismarck and von Moltke, who were really prepared, moved at the right time with the utmost strategic, logistic and tactical skill. Our quondam friend, L. N., was really unprepared, stood still, and when he moved, moved like an ass. He was directlug every? thing, and our generals under him, depending on him, were like men fighting in the dark. 1 wish to detract nothing irom the merits ot thc Prussians, but give un accomplished iencer, oi chess player or billiard player, and oppose*him to an udversary who does not parry, who does not make a combination in defence, who does not make a point, then-your accomplished fencer or player may go astonishingly fast and far. Secondly. Where L. N. thought that he was about to handle a beautifully organized military machine, it turned out to be all dis jointed'and out of gear. The subsistence, the quartermaster's and ordinance departments, were, in fact, in a disgraceful state ot Ineffi? ciency. They were all rotten. Things were only on paper. The extravagance and cor? ruption ol' which he gave the example, or was obliged to wink at, had spread far and wide. Underlings had naturally followed the exam? ple ol' their chiefs, and all had been interested and successful In covering up their tracks. It was the old story of the Emperor Nicholas in the Crimean war, and of Jeff. Davis m y oui war. Certainly he had gained five days on the Prussians, probably ten; that ls to say he had more men at the iront. Was he paralyzed at the discovery of the real state of things, oi by that constitutional want of courage whee lace to face with a real danger ? ' Or had hi* body or his mind given way? Probably lt ww a combination o? all these causes; otherwise where promptitude of action was advisable before, precipitation became then his onlj chance of safety. The extent and effect of these reverses wat staggering; so much so, as to have disarrang? ed all the plans of the more violent and hope? ful of the Ked Republicans. Men of ali parties for a while did not feel sure but what the "round they stood on would op.-n under theil Feet. But this panic is past. All France is ID for a long and bloody war, and It must be re? membered that this Is not the France of 1814 15. exhausted by a struggle of twenty-two years. She has had no war to hurt her for half s century. Men already are accustoming them? selves "to the Idea or a contest beyond anc without Paris, as against the English in the middle atjes. CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE STI??(:KE> WITH PARALYSIS. The New York Sun, of Friday, says: We have just learned with deep regret thai Chiel Justice Chase has been for some time pas been suffering lrom a paralytic stroke, which, without entirely destroyinc the use of his iimbs. incapacitates him "for" walking without help, and seriously affects his mind. His re? covery is desired rather than confidently ex? pected: indeed, il is considered donbttu whether he will again be able to resume the arduous labors of the bench, although it wil be remembered that Judge Grier remained on the bench lor several years after he be? came partially paralyzed. The Chief Jus lice is now at ike country seat of Senatoi ?prague, his son-in-law, on Narraganset: Bay, where he has the best medical attend ance that the country can afford. This Intelli gence will be received with great distress b] the whole country. The Ohler Justice is on< of our greatest public men, and citizens ot al parties will deplore the probability that w< may be deprived of abilities so eminent Those also who have believed that he woult be elected President in 1872, will now looi about with more anxiety than hope to fine another man to whom they may give the samt confidence which they have learned to giv< to Judge Chase. The Chiel Justice is but six? ty-two years old, waving been born in Corn isb, N. H., on January ll, 1808. For the lasl thirty years, he has figured conspicuously ir our political affairs. REFORM MEETING AT BLACK OAK. A Good Omen for the Friends of Honest. Government. In respo ase to a call from a previous meeting held in the village of Pineopolls, on the 23d August, there was a large and eathualaa?o meeting of the citizens of 8t John's Berkeley held at Black Oak, on Wednesday, August 31, the colored population largely predominating. The meeting was called to order by the chairman, Mr. William H. Cain, who stated the object of this* meeting to be the formation of a Union Beform club. The committee pre vlously appointed to draft a constitution for a Reform club, through their chairman,' Mr. 0. J. Macbeth, after reading the platform of the Union Reform party of South Carolina, sub* milted the following resolutions: Resolved, That we must cordially approve of and endorse the platform of the Union Be? lora party, aid its nominees for Governor and Lleutenant-Governor. m Resolved, That the inhabitants of St. John's Berkeley, without regard to color or previous political faith, do forthwith organize them? selves into a club for promoting and sustaining the said platform, and that the name of the said club shall be the "St. John's Central Re? form Club." , ' Resolved, That the officers of the club shall 'consist of a president, three vice-presidenta and a secretary and treasurer. Resolved, That the president be instructed to appoint an executive committee, consisting of a chairman and ten members, and that the president and chairman so appointed shall di? rect and control all future operations of the club. .' The resolutions were adopted, and the fol? lowing permanent officers were- then unani? mously elected: J. C. Cain, president; Messrs. T. W. Easterllng, Frank C. Ferguson and J. E. Dubose,vice-presidents; Thomas P. Ravenel, secretary and treasurer. The president, after thanking the meeting for the honor conferred on bim, In & few ap? propriate remarks urged the necessity of re? form in the government of our State, and call? ed on all honest citizens to join in putting out of office the horde of plunderers wno are en? riching themselves on the hard earned support of our people. The president then Introduced the following gentlemen from Charleston : Messrs. J. N. Na? thans, W. G. Rout, Aaron Harper. J. B. Cohen, and William Black, who delivered stirring and able addresses, exposing the swindles of the Scott Ring In its varied departments; the land commission embezzlement: the defiant warn? ing and threat ot Cern m issioner Leslie, when his report was demanded, that he would, li forced upon him, expose Governor Scott and all. concerned_ in that swindle, and many others; the fraudulent receipts given for double the amount paid for land, the Commission thereby pocketing hali the amount that the State was charged with; the poor lands bought at one and two dollars per acre, and sold to freedmen at eight and ten dollars per acre in plain terms, the stealing of nearly $600,000 appropriated by the Legislature for the pur? chase of land. The freedmen were caliea on to say who had received lands, or been aided in the purchase, to which they Indignantly re- . piled, "No one had received an acre or a dol? lar. Nothing but promises." The school fund, raised partly by the direct'tax o? the colored men, 1. e., poll tax, like the land money, had been stolen, or paid out to various, idle and useless officials, commissioners, trus? tees, Ac; nothing left to establish schools or pay teachers unto Just before the election, no doubt to be closed soon alter. The Phosohate bill, with its odious distinctions in favor of the Ring and the venality of all parties con? cerned, from the Governor to the lowest offi? cial. Banks, railroad bonds, Ac., no? thing that could be turned to ? money account escaped the avarice of the great Ohio' speculator. Asking the significant question, How has Comptroller-General Neagle, Trea? surer Parker, Attorney-General Chamberlain and the horde .of others become wealthy on salaries that formerly gave but) a comfortable support ? The besetting sin of the age and the ruling partj "peculation." The apparent ab? horrence ol having a South Carolinian or Southern man in any office of trust or profit. And when consistency forced lt upon, them that a colored man should fill any office, from where are. they brought ? Massachusetts or Ohio must furnish the fortunate mao. But when labor or any dirty work is to be done, then the colored man of Carolina is favored*. Governor Scott was the great friend of the colored man in Carolina, but when in Ohio he did not deign to know them, and.boasted when there that he owned 72,000 negroes in South Carolina. Who pays the taxes for the support of this corrupt State Government ? Every man colored-ana white, not only the land-owner, but the tax is paid on every pound of cotton sold, and every arti? cle of clothing and food and Implement of husbandry is taxed, which, of course, is paid eventually by the consumer. Corruption and extravagance had ruined our State under the party now in power; called upon her citizens, colored and white, to rise in their might and rid thc State of dis? honest and corrupt rulers, and Join the ranks of the Reform party and support Judge R. B.' Carpenter, who had fought for years In the Federal army, was a tried friend to the colored man and a Republican, and for whose endorse? ment as a man of high-toned integrity, the voice ot "well done" from the bar of South. Carolina is sufficient; and General M. C. Bat? ter, one of oar own men, who has never been found wanting when right and justice to all classes required his support. Messrs. Frank Ferguson and T. W. Easter ling also addressed the meeting in a few forcible remarks, showing forth the Irrever? sible equality of aU races in all the political rights and privileges of freemen, as guaran? teed to them forever by the constitution of the SUte and the United States: urging the neces? sity of reform and retrenchment by dlsplao lug the plunderers now in office, and filling their places with honest men. The following resolution was then adopted : Resolved. That the proceedings of tlus meet? ing be published in THIS DAILY News and Courier. J. C. CAIN, Chairman. Tam P. RAVENEL, Secretary. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The revenue on Saturday was $1,250,000. National banks have been authorized at Nor? folk, Va., at Rome, Ga., and at Pulaski. The property stolen from the Methodist Book Concern was returned on Saturday. The ship-house of the polar expedition was crushed by the ice on the 10th of October. The crew were saved. jyR. 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