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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1475. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13. 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR EVERY LATEST. MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES. I ARMISTICE DEMANDED. THE EXPLOSION AT LAON. THE POSITION OF THE UNTIED STATES AS VIEWED BY EUROPE. AN OUTBREAK IN ITALY, ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE OCCUPATION OF ITALY COMPLETED. Prussian Reports. BRUSSELS, September 12-4 o'clock. Itstfy, Austria and Russia hat e agreed and authorized Russia to ask Prussia for an armis? tice. A dispatch to this effect has been sent to Berlin. There has been no answer yet. Lord Lyons has resigned the ta9k of mediat? ing between France and Prussia in favor of Olozaga, the'Spanish Minister. - WASHINGTON*, September 12. A dispatch received at Berlin from the King to the Queen on Sunday night, says: "The citadel at Laon exploded after the surrender, just as the PrussUns were preparing to enter. Three hundred and fifty men were killed, in? cluding two hundred Garde Mobile. Many were shockingly mutilated. There must have been treason." English Reports. LONDON, September 12. An outbreak is reported at Viterbo. The people surrounded the Papal zouaves at Viter? bo, Monteiescone and Valentino, and threat? ened to attack them. Order was restored in the name ol the King of Italy. The Daily News has a dispatch that the ar? rangement for the occupation of the Papal States has been concluded. Pleblscitum ls taken whether the people de? sire the Pope or the King as their civil ruler, the decision binding both parties. In the meantime, Italian troops hold the Roman ter? ritory. If the result should be adverse to the King, he will withdraw. Naples urges the King not to hesitate to make Rome the capital ot the nation. The Official Journal at Florence Justifies the <x Ration as being as necessary for the Pope as for Italy. The Journal hopes that the Pon? tiff will accept the guardianship of the Italian Government. The Position or th? United States. NEW YORK, September 12. It is believed here, from telegrams received i rom Europe, that the position ol the United States is not understood in Europe. The only official dispatch from this government relative to the war was sent on Friday, addressed to Mr. Bancroft, with copies to Mr. Washburne and Mr. Motley, the effect of which, as ascer- , tai ned from a reliable source, was: "While we cannot act in connection with other na? tions, yet If our good offices are requested by ? both belligerents, we should be happy to ex? tend them with a view of bringing about peace between two great powers with which we have traditional friendship. This government will scrupulously abstain from Interfering in the affairs of foreign nations, if for no other reason because it would set an example or al? ford a pretext for interference hereafter with our own. Hence it expresses no opinion as to the rueritsof the war." The dispatch to Ban? croft was so carefully worded as to leave no doubt of our carefully abstaining from foreign alliance as to the belligerents, while we are always ready to exercise offices of friendship when specially desired to do so by the nations at war. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. V OMINOUS BTXM0B8 F?O? THE EAST. LONDON, September 9. Extremo agitation reigns in Constantinople, wbeie it is alleged to have bean ascertained that Russia and Anstria are negotiating with a view to the partition of Eaatern Europe and of the Turkish Empire. The Russian fleet in the Black Sea exceeds the limits set by the treaty i of Paris, and there ts tbe greatest activity in the Austrian dock-yards at Pola and Trieste. WHAT FRANCS WIIX AOCEPT. It is the impression bete in nigh official circles that France will accept any terms snort of the dismemberment of ber terri* ?ry, in re? fusing which she is supported by Russia, lt is believed the Republican government will con? sent to pay a large iudemnity, to dismantle tbe frontier foi tresses, and largely to reduce tbe standing army. The latter, indeed, ehe will be bonn lin any .event to do, iu order tore cover the finances of Fran :e. More tban this, I am assured io the highest quarters, will not for a moment be conceded. If Prassia sbonld insist on the cession of Alsace and of Lorraine, or even of Metz and Strasbourg, the war will assume a new and most terrible character. ?The general feelin- in London is that Germany bas a military right to demand the expenses of the war, with reasonable guarantees for her future security; but that she has no right to attempt to degrade and humiliate France. It is quite certain that if she attempts to do this sbr will be met by one of the most formidible European coalition? ever formed, and tbat no nun can predict the issues of the conflict. My special talesr; ma from Berlin inform me that King William has given strict orders to all civil and military authorities TO treat tbe Em per >r Napoleon in ail respects as the ruling sovereign of France. The meaning of these orders i* that the King of Prussia, wbo began nie career by suppressing tbe republic in Ger m?&y. hates tbe republ'c in France. It is even alleged that his Majesty has informed Count Bismarck peremptorily tbat he will permit nothing to be said to bim about treating with the Republican government. i WHAT KINO WILLIAM DEMANDS. From the same source 1 am assured that King William treats with utter contempt the notion set abon? by the German press that 1 Prussia will demand A'sice and Lorraine. Tbe King has made up his mind, it is said, to j insist only on ample security for the payment of the expenses of the war, and upon tbe res- 1 toration of the Imperial government. It is be- 1 lieved '.bat a great impression has been made j npon ije mind of the King by the decided language of the Russian government. WHAT OFFICIAL ENGLAND THINKS. The belief here in official qa irtera is that Pans will surrender apon the first, summons after tue investment is even partially comple- . ted. Private teJeerams here assure us that the well-to-do popula i- J are fearfully alarmed 1 by tne attitude of thc more dangerous clashes, i and tbat thousands of the bourgeoisie axe ? ready to make peace on almost anv term*, in order to avoid the poasibiiity of popular out- 1 breaKS within ihe walls. I am bound to Bay that I bave seen no confirmation of all this in the appearance of Paris. THE TEMPER CF PAHI8. PAEIS, September 9. , There is much alarm among the holders of i property in Paris as to possible disorders in case of a siege. The attitude of the lower classes is thongbt very threatening. Never? theless, the preparations of General Trocha for a siege go on with tho most unremitting r.etivity. ' Enormous supplies of ammunition have been received and distributed to i be vari onfffortressee. withio the pae? week. The fotts. at St. Debis,J Romaiov?le. and Aubervillierf are thorougblv equippo I. and it ia said the* fortificauonaojr tho capital axe ?ntlrely ?endy .tor a three mouthe' defence. COLOREO DELEGATES AT A DEMO? CRATIC COXVEXTIOX. NEW ORLEANS, September 12. The Democratic Stito Convention met to? day. Governor Vorher was elected president. The only question of interest turned on the admission of oolored delegates, of whom som? twenty were present. A motion that the ques? tion of admitting colored delegates be aep erated from that admitting white was, afte; a sharp discussion, rejected. The question on adopting the report of the committee on cre? dentials, admitting them on the same footing as whites, will come np to-morrow. The im? pression is that it will b3 adopted by an o ver - whelming majority. GOLD AXD BOXD MARKET. NEW YORK, September 13-Evening. Business ls Intensely dull and unequalled for months. The settlement ot the European war seems the only escape from apathy and dullness in speculation or the markets. There was no new features in gold, except Intense dullness. Sixty-twos 12j; sixty-fours ll}; sixty-fives 11{; new 10$; eights 10*; forties 6?. Tennesses Clj; new GO?. Virginias C5. Louisianas 71; new 65; levees 74; eights sty. Alabamas 101 : fives 68. Georgias 83; sevens 91. North Carolinas 51; new 29. South Carolinas 80; new 68 J. LONDON', September 12-Evening. Consols 92?. Bonds 89J. Tallow firm, but not higher. SOUTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS. NEW YOKE, September 12. South American news by to-day's steamer is unimportant. The new ministry at Chili have lurther discontinued the prosecution ol the An ran can i an war. The Bolivian troops along the Peruvian frontier have been reinforced, and have had several skirmishes with maraud? ing parties of Indians. The Argrntinc Repub lie has contracted for asubmr .ine telegraph to Brazil, which is to be completed in eigh? teen months. The Republic of Salvador hos just concluded a commercial treaty with Prus? sia. UXITED STATES FINANCIAL AF? FAIRS. WASHINGTON, September 12. 5 Solicitor Barefield has gone to Boston to consult with Boutwell about unexpended bal? ar ces. The Revenue receipts from the first of July to date show an increase of nearly six and a half millions over the same time last year. CHOLERA ON THE INCREASE IX HAVANA. HAVANA, September 12. The Panama and West India cable was open? ed ibis evening. Cholera Is increasing in this city. DeRodas arrived here to-night. RAILROAD SMA8H UP. ALLENTOWN, PA., September 12. A train on the Lehigh and Susquehnnnah Railroad ran over a cow to-day. The rear car was thrown over the embankment, and a number of passengers, mostly Philadelphians, were hurt. _ ARRIVAL OF SPECIE. NEW YORK, September 12. The steamship Arizona has arrived from As pinwall with $69,000 in specie. COMMITTED SUICIDE. BOSTON, September 12. Edward Bradley, indicted for wife murder, hung himself in jail. MARIXE ITEMS. FORTRESS MONROK, September 12. The brig Red Wing, from Rio de Janerio, has passed in. She experienced a violent hurricane, lasting thirteen hours, on the 1st instant, and lost her mainsail, and sustained other damage. The bark J. H. Leverson arrived lrom Rio, for New York, short of provisions. YELLOW FEVER IX NEW ORLEAXS. WASHINGTON, September 12. Congressman Sheldon, who left New Or? kans on the 8th, contradicts the statements of the prevalence of yellow lever in that city. Only a lew sporadic case3 existed. The last case reported was over two weeks ago, and there were not more than five or six cases pre? viously._ REFORM IX RICHLAXD. Sam Dickerson and Carpet-Baggers. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, September ll. Since tbe alight efiarvesceace in the Park, at tte Republican meeting on last Friday evening, ttings are unusually dull. The Radicals held another meeting on Friday, night, in lien of the failure in the Park. Rauaier bad his go, and fired away regardless of cinseqnences. Major Dickerson, colored, of your city, ad? dressed the meeting, an 1 hit the carpet-bag? gers and acikwaga heavily. Ho said the colored people in 1868 were williag to let by-goues ba by-gones, and they invite:! the gen? tlemen of South Carolina to join them, but they complacently folded their arms and held aloof. Wbeu they could not get the gentle? men they sent into the highways and byways md Kot the carpet-baggers and scalawags. Hurrah for the Maj )r ! Colonel Mc Master ad? dressed a meeting at Garner's Ferry yesterday, and formed a Union Raforoi CInb, ab jut fifty oolored mea joining it. Colonel Mcilaster and Mr. Barnwell will address the Union Re? form Club here to-morrow night. Weather clear, cool and delightful. LARA. NEWSPAPER PROPERT?-WHAT Ir Is.-The St. Louis Democrat, a few days alter the destruc? tion of the Republican newspaper establish? ment by fire in that eily, made som? comments in reference to the value of the good will of i newspaper, which may be interesting to tbe public. Ic says : Tho Missouri Republican ia Wurth over half a million of dollars, but all the property be? longing to tbe cs.ablishment which fire can destroy is worth scarcely more thin one hun? dred thousand dollar*." If. there was not a cent of insurance, and if all that could bi des-royed woro a total loaa, tbe paper w mid nyverthebas be ?smad again in a iew days, w'th the same circulation, ihe same revenue, the same influence, and would be worth just as much cionpy aa before, the only loss bom" the sum required to replace the building tuc! material. What other property ia so impreg? nable ? What other institution caa lose everything visible aod tangible b.-ionaing to it and et i ll be worth aa mach ns before ? There is something here worthy of reflection. THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC REVOLUTIONARY MEETINGS IN LONDON. QUEEN VICTORIA DENOUNCED BY THE PEOPLE. " THREE GROAN'S FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES !" KING WILLIAM DENOUNCED FOR IN? CONSISTENCY. PRUSSIAN REPULSES AT MONTMEDY AVD TOUL.' THE PRUSSIAN ADVANCE NINE MILES FROM PARIS. NEW INTERVENTION RUMORS. THE PRUSSIANS HALT TWENTY-FIVE" MILES FROM PARIS. PROItABILITY OF AX ARMISTICE. NOON DISPATCHES. Revolutionary Meetings in London. . LONDON, September 12. There were formidable popular demonstra? tions here to-day in favor of the French Re? public, and against monarchy at borne and abroad. One meeting was in Hyde Part, and one at St. James's Hall. The imbecility of the British Government was strongly denounced, and thc Queen was charged by name with encouraging the King of Prussia in his march on Paris for the pur? pose ol destroying the young Republic. The proposition to suppress the Queen's name was received with a tempest of hisses. A voice in the crowd cried ' Three groans for j the Prince of Wales !" The response was universal and passionate. The aspect of the crowd at one time was really appalling. The better class of people assembled in St. James's Hall. The resolutions adopted denounce King Wil? liam's inconsistency in continuing his advance upon Paris after his announcement that the war was against the Empire, and not upon the French people. The speakers said (bat the English Govern? ment was hostile to France, not because lt loves Germany, but because it hates Re? publicanism and fears it. The Gov? ern ment ol England has not recog? nized the Republic In France, but the day Is at hand when the French Republic will be called upon to recognize the Republic of England. Prussian Repulses. PARIS, September 12. The ministry publish the following: The Prussians attacked Toul on Saturday, at 5 o'clock in the morning, and persisted till 9 at night. They were constantly repulsed, and many of their guns were dismounted. More than 10,000 Prussians were put hors de combat. Verdun still holds out. The garrison of Montmedy repulsed a Prus? sian attack in splendid style on Thursday. The Prussians have surrounded Meaux, twenty-five miles from Paris, and are in force at Crecy, about the same distance. They are approaching Noissy le Grand, which is only nine miles from Paris. New Intervention Ramon. PARIS, September 12. It is rumored that Russia insists upon an armistice. It is again said that the United States has sent three decided dispatches to Berlin, and that the Prussian advance has been halted in consequence. LONDON, September 12. The British journals urge English interven? tion as a duty and a right, the neglect of which would involve dishonor. Advices regarding the Emperor's treatment state that he seems rather an honored guest than a prisoner. Is it a Religions War ! BERLIN, September 12. The Archbishop ol Guesen and Posen denles that the war on the part of Prussia ls anti Catholic. Advices from Florence say that the Italian troops enter Rome to-day. Italy's ultimatum virtually strips the Pope of his temporal power, but Italy professes her willingness to concnr with any power In guar- | anteelng the independence of the Pontiff. The French Bonrse. PARIS, September 13. ? The French successes at Toul and Montme- ( dy, with the reported halt ol the Prussian ad- 1 vance, strengthen the Bourse, and there have ! been considerable purchases on speculation. ; The departure of certain members of tbe I French Government Irom Paris for Tours bas 1 been indefinitely postponed. i The Prussian IIa.lt. < LONDON, September 12. ; The Prussian army has halted twenty-five ? miles from Paris at the request of Bism arck to i consider the proposition of Russia and Austria for an armistice. NIGHT DISPATCHES. French Reports. PARIS, September 12. It ls officially announced that Thiers departs for London, St. Petersburg and Vienna on a secret mission. The Prussians were at Niedun last night. The rumors of an armistice Increase. Orders have been issued for the fortifica? tions of Havre, Marseilles, Dunkirk and other ports to be placed in a state of defence, and all French men-of-war are to be fully manned, and held ready for service. The diplomatic corps defer their departure from Hie city. MARSEILLES, September 12. Twenty thousand volun*eere have left here for Paris. English Reports. LONDON, September 12. ' Telegrams irom the seat of war in the pa? pers here are a perfect chaos, with contradic? tory statements. The reports forwarded to the New Yorh pa? pers are mainly correct. Privar- telegrams are refused lo Parta. The Times says teat France baa been cured j of lt* desire for military dictators. The Times' Paris correspondent says the i stubborn defence of Paris Is certain if be sieged. Garibaldi is expected at Paris. Prassinn Reports. BERLET, September 12. There is great sensation about a dispatch from the American Government to Bancroft, United States Minister to Prussia, expressing the hope that there would now be a cessation ot war, in view of the fact that its aim fo the dethronement of Napoleon had been ac compllshed. The dispatch was sent to King William by a special messenger. Spanish Reports. MADRID, September 12. Demonstrations of sympathy for the French continue in the northern provinces. The Republicans here have signed an ad? dress demanding a convocation of the Cortes. HOW THE FRENCH CAME TO EE O VTNUMBER E2>. Cheating in the Imperial Army Lists. A Boulogne letter to the London News de? tails a dialogue between two Frenchmen, affording an explanation why France has been so much outnumbered in the present war. "We quote : "But, monsieur, we have a revenge to take; and the war ended, we shall take Itv' continu? ed the vendor of 3000 Eheep to beleaguered Paris. France has been betrajvd; France.has been cheated. You remember. that, fourteen or fifteen years ego, private officers, individual speculators, bought substitutes for the young men who were able to afford them. The price has risen since I drew lots, but this is not what we complain of. Everything has become dear? er: human flesh, yon see, as well as meat Say the yoong man wno has drawn an unlucky number doesn't wish to bea soldier. Well, bis parents go to the government office appointed within the last fifteen years for that purpose, and pay, say, two thousand francs. Their dear boy 19 exonerated. Now, lt ls understood that witb the two thousand francs a Substitute? a rempla?ant, shall be bought. This is the bar? gain between (1) the exonerated boy, (J) the government, and (3) the nation. "Les voleurs?1* the cattle dealer's friend In? terjected at this point. Well, what has been done ? While the trai? ne in men was in the bands of private compa? nies the government took care to have their substitutes, since they had no Interest in sup? pressing them. But, turned dealers them? selves, their Interest lay at once in a different direction. Well, they have Just done this : taken the money from the pockets of families and put lt into their own, and buttoned them carefully up. The substitute money has not bought a substitute. Just observe, monsieur, the effect of this. The right number ol men have been put upon paper. To the public, who knew nothing ol the dishonest transac? tion, the companies ol our regiments were a hundred strong; and consequently the regi? ments, they believed, had each 3000 men under the flag. But what was the actual truth? Why I can give you any number of Instances where the actual available men were not more thaii thirty to the company. Regiments that upon paper were at their full strength would barely muster eighteen hundred fighting men, and some even les? than this. This ls our de? feat ! This ls the k-ey to the disasters which redden the brow of every Frenchman. Les gredhis.". The speaker wrenched the end o? his cigar off with his teeth, folded his arms, glared first at me then, and then at his friend, and asked what form of cruel punishment was severe enough for the rascals who had sold the honor of their country in this way. "They will pay dearly," said the other. "What ls the result to us ? Wiry, ruin. In my pays no less than twenty-two beet-root mills were to have been set in motion this year. They are built, they are ready, but we have no workmen, and no coals. The young men who were exonerated, and who had drawn good numbers; who bad, in short, settled to Indus? trious lives, thinking that the State had no further military claims upon them, are drafted off, absolutely like les moutons de monsieur ? Confirming the above, a Paris correspondent of the New York Tribune telegraphs under date of Tuesday last: DRILLING) TUE HOME GUARD. 1 went ont yesterday to see the Garde Na? tionale S?dentaire go through their exercises. It ls composed ot the married men who, on one plea or another, have escaped the con? scription and the Garde Mobile, among the middle classes. Some of them had full uni? forms, but most of them had only either a mil? itary cap or a red stripe down their trowsers. They drill in squads in all the open places morning and evening. When the drill is over, they stack their armB, which are carried away. Each man appeared to mo to be brimming over with good intentions, but to have some private theory of ?19 own as to how arms are to be handled. The squads I Baw are in every sense of the word awkward squads. Citizens cannot be converted into soldiers in a dav, and France is now paying the penalty "ot that distrust on the part of her ruler, who has for so many years forbidden the use of arms to his subject1}. M. Guizot once aptly described his countrymen as a race ol administrator*" and administered. So long as uti organized loree can hold the field France will be able to resist, but oyce let the organ? ized forces ol the country be completely van? quished there ls not the slightest chance of I what is called the nation rising as one man. The walls of Paris will be the last ditch. M. Haussmao, In his report to the Senate, puts down the number ol regular troops at "00,000, and to this he adds 170,000 recruits or thc con? scription of 1870; allowing for losses in the Held, I should be glad to know where except on paper these warriors are. A story ls cur? rent in Paris which would account for the dif? ference between the paper and the effective force of thc army, and which to a certain ex? tent explains why the Emperor rushed into war, although he knew that he was unpre? pared for lt. WHY THE A RUT WAS DEFICIENT. Of late years his civil list has not bean largo enough to provide fir tbe lavi9b expense of his oourt, his largesse to his adherents, and the secret servios monev which was required to keep DP tho. love of Imperialism am mg his subjects. A bout ?3 000,000 sterling were there? fore yearly taken irom the Ministry or War and | ? banded over to bim; the larceny was concealed by stores figurine; ou the account? which never had bean bought, and "looting" tho money which was paid into the military Treasury by those who were drawn for tho cot.scription to enable thc government to buy substitutes. Regiments nominally 2000 strone only had an effective toroa of 15?0. The money for the substitute an 1 (he supposed yearly cost or a substitute wore appropriated to the civil list. When the Euperor was obliged, a fe w months ago, to yield to tba cry for Pirlia nentary gov? ernment, he ltuew tntt tic n xt L?gislatif As? sembly would contain so nun? Constitution? alists that CVUJ if there were still au imperial majoritv the scandalous irani would bc brought to light. Hi? only chance, therefore, was to wage war. A successful campaign camed might put off Parliamentary govern? ment, or if that were impossible, the falling off in men and stores might be ascribed to the wai-. .Marshal Lebceat and the personal ad? herents or ti e Emperor were iu the secret, but thev werp all tarred with the same bruah, Bud they felt thar they must sink or swim with their m?etcr, and that for themselves, as well os for him, tli9 ouU chane-0 of ioipuuity was in a vickory. But when tho chief robs, the subor? dinate will lob too. The Emperor and his MiuiBter of War found they could notwjll count oh the men and stores which they im? agined1 they possessed. Food and ammnni lion were round to bs wanting for a movement across the ."routier; hence tho dela.v to attack, and the subsequent disasters. [ givo. the story as I liavo heard it from per?ons in a position to koo*/ what has passed behi id the curtain. What confirms rt, to my mind is that almost all the personal adherents of the Em? peror who have ocoupied official positions had not private -fortunes before the Empire, noto? riously anent dou!>M t?eir ealarie? and are now the owners of home*,' catates and other equa' ly solid icveetments. -At present there are thirty-two circuses and menageries tn the United States. Of this number, ten are cl rous- and menagerie com? bined; three menageries without tue circus, mid nineteen circuses without the menagerie**. BELEAGUERED PARIS. THE PROSPECT IN THE EVENT OF A SIEGE. The Fortifications of the City-I tx Ca? pacity for Sustaining a Long Siege Food Supplies-The Chances. The accomplished Paris correspondent of | the New York Times, In the course of a very Interesting letter upon the present critical condition of the French capital, says : New armies will spring up in the South; and to show another resource I may mention the fact that two Ca?ds arrived yesterday from Algeria, who come to offer the government twenty thousand Kabyles, cavalry, to be mounted and equipped at their expense. With a little time new armies will spring up on all | sides, and lt is for time that the French are struggling. And the Crown Prince would never dare brave this gathering storm il he did not ieel that bis army waa irresistible, and that he could either carry Paris by storm or end toe war by diplomatic settlement beneath Its walls. THE FORTIFICATIONS. The failure io carry the fortifications of Paris at once must, lt seems to me, prove highly dis? astrous. The French capital ls a fort ??led city of the first order. Every means known to tbe science of engineering, ali thc aids which ex? perience could give and the skill ol clever generals suggest, have been applied to tho works arounci Parla-works which have been shown with pride for some years past. Yet, in modern warfare, it is still an open and disputed question how far, if at alli t-he best I devised fortifications, the finest system of bas Hons, salients and curtains are superior to the earth-works which may be thrown np in a few weeks' time. Eren the strongest lorr tresses have lallen again and again. "Here, Sire," said Vauban, handing the keys of j Verdun to the King, "ls a fortress which J all my art would not suffice to take ;" 1 yet Vauban lived to see that very fortress taken three times. It was this.. same Vauban who first conceived the Idea" of surrounding Paris with a double fortified enc?inte, and to make it play an Important part in the defence of the country. Thus we see that during and stace the reign ol" Louis XV the state of things which exists to-day was not only conceived but freely discussed. Louis XV reiused to grant the money necessary for the commencement of the plans proposed by Vauban, and (twas only Ter1833 that a system of permanent fortifi? cations was begun. In that year Marshal Soult demanded from the Chamber of Depu? ties a credit of thirty-five millions for the pur? pose of putting Paris lu a state of defence. After much trouble the money was granted, and seventeen pentagonal forts were establish? ed, eleven upon, the right bank of the Seine and six upon the left. These were the ordina? ry detached casemate forts, ol no manner of use ac the present day, and cast aside as early as the year 1840 for the present perfected system. This consists of two hne6 of fortifications sur? rounding the city; the first a series of detach? ed works, capable of being provisioned and of being used for the purpose ol retarding the enemy; thc second, the most complete line of | works, around the entire city, which ever re? sulted irom engineering skill. The fortifica? tions of this second line are all bastioned, and comprise, first, the zone ol* fire, of about three hundred yards, cleared of all things which could shelter an enemy, and within which no means are lett for the construction of earth? works by night; second, the military ground, or'zone ol .fortification proper, embracing counterscarp, fosse, escarp, the glacis and bouquette, with almost every other term em? ployed In engineering. The line ls a zigzag, with sharp salient angles; it connects the strong bastions with each other, and forms an unbroken line round the greater part_ of tbe city. Anything more formidable than these works would be difficult to imagine. Necessarily the line ls broken at the points where the public roads diverge, but here the line is doubly strength? ened by a series ol outworks, mounted with heavy cannon, the approaches to which are covered by both casemate and barbette guns. The bastions are really fully armed and equip? ped forts, with casemates and loopholes for musketry; and upon the whole line guns are mounted en barbelte, and there are broad gla? cis where batteries of howitzers, field guns or of the deadly mitrailleur could be used with terrible effect. The ditch is nearly twenty leet in width; the walls of the scarp, on an average, along the curtain, ten feet in height and four feet in thickness-the bastions, of j course, being higher, thicker, stronger and more heavily armed than the rest. Thus we see that the zigzag allows of a double fire upon any given point Tn the zone, while the same point ls swept by two or more of the bastions. With some experience In the matter of fortifi? cations, I am free to confess that this line of | works seems to be utterly beyond escalade, and when once beneath the walls, (If he ever il oes get there,) I do not think that the Crown Prince would be nish enough to order an assault. Upon this lormidable line of works ?runs of all calibre are mounted, the heavy can? non sweeping the approaches to the town. To attempt a siege within the radius covered by these guns would be simply murderous. To establish a complete blockade beyond their range- would require a million of mun. There would be a line of eighteen miles to maintain, placing the besieging army beyond the sphere of action Irom these forts, and to attempt such i feat ls simply absurd. The most that could be done would be to concentrate the force upon the principal avenues leading Irom thc :lty. And here, again, the besiegers would be it great disadvantage. Running entirely ?round the city, anti sufficiently protected, Is a :lrcular railway, by which the French couM throw large bodies of men upon any given point In a very short space of time, and with Its aid the effect of sudden sallies, nearly dways successful for the time, is greatly in? creased. CAN PARIS BE BOMBARDED ? It ls an Interesting question to consider how aear the enemy may come, and what defensive wlvantages may be'gained by the series of de? tached forts beyond the circle ot fortlcatlons proper. No one of these forts could hold out, perhaps. If a very large force was massed Sa'tnst lt; but no one of these could be taken thout terrible loss. Even when one of them ivas silenced or taken, the position would be aardly tenable, for the guns from tho inner ine would cover every foot of the ground, and jweep the field around with fatal effect. These Torts silenced, the serious work would begin. Vau ban's obiect was to make forts something ike Martello's towers, for the sole purpose of ?mbrrasslng and retarding an enemy; and no >ne can deny that they ore admirably adapted or this purpose, although not proof against nodern artillery. The battered and crumbling ivalls of Fort Sumter showed that while such 'ortltlcatons could be destroyed and taken, :nev yet have great powers of resls ance. In connection with this topic lt viii be interesting to consider how icar thc enemy can come, and to calcu ate as to how far his fire will effect the valu ible public buildings o? Paris. It is said that me or two shots were thrown into Petersburg 'rom a distance of very near five miles; but such shots must be exceptional, and only from ?stabllshed works. The Germans can hardly ilt down here to build batteries, and they have io field-guns which can do execution over .bree English miles. Well, the Tuileries, the Louvre, the Palais Royal and most of the nher public buildings, are that distance with B the fortifications'. The Prussians could not iring their artillery closer to the outer forts ;ban twelve or sixteen hundred yards; and ;ven supposing these forts taken, they could lardly maintain a battery within the zone of ire from the fortifications. This would give Ive good miles from the centre ol thc city, jven If all the French troops were within the ines ol' circumvallation. No one need lear, herefore. that these buildings will be destroy? ed by a bombardment. One or 'wu, perhaps, Ike the Pantheon, situated upon a height, might be liable to get a lew shots. AN HISTORICAL FACT. There is one historical fact which I desire to meutlon. It was admitted then, and official napers sustain the admission, that had the Paris of 1815 been able to resist the allied ar? mies for a period ol' only eight days, the siege would have been raised. Considering tho difficulties of surrounding a city so large and BO well defended; considering thc great loss Inflicted by sudden sallie's upon unprotected points; and considering, also, the rapid de? cease of an army put down before a great town, in a hostile county, we cannot wonder that even eight days would have ruined the allied armies of that date. The Paris ol to-dav can sustain a siege of-let us put it at the very lowest figure-at least eight weeks. Be? fore the end ol even that time the Immense Prussian forces would melt away like snow In rain. With this historical warning before his eyes, what can the Crown Prince mean ? I believe that he yet hopes to see diplomacy make peace when h? has planted his first bat? tery against the French capital. But he mis? takes the temper .o? this people if bethinks that. Once here, he must attack or retreat to his line beyond the Moselle; and If he does at? tack, it is my belief that be will shatter his army in a single fight, and receive a blow from which be cannot. recover this side .ot the Rhine. He is playing a bold and perilous game. ' EXPULSION OF INHABITANTS. I have said that certain measures have been taken to strengthen the city for the expected siege, and one oi these is the expulsion of les bouches inutiles-the useless mouths which con? sume without rendering any kind ol aid in the defence. Under this comprehensive phrase are embraced the fugitlr.es /rom Justice, the vagabonds,,,hostile, strangers, women of the street, beggars, and all persons who are con? sidered as dangerous to either person or property. AU individu?is, also, who have no regular means of existence-persons whose presence in Paris might constitute a danger to the public peace ; in tact, all those who can render no service, and' who might be open to the bribes of the- enemy's agents. The commander,of the city has authority to expel? all such persona and'ne has begun" the work at once... Some two thousand were arrested yesterday. In one cale two hundred were taken during the day, and some of them proved to be Prussians, or strangers strongly suspected of being Bples. Some women were arrested, and as they passed through the streets, there was a sad though disgusting scene. Borne were in tears, and appealed to the jeer-, lng crowd for relief. Some hurled oaths and insults at the men along the route. Heaven alone knows what, will become of these mis? erable creatures when sent beyond the limits of Paris. It is a hard case, bat the public safety dominates over all other things, even the feelings of pity and of mercy. :. THE RAZING OF THE BOIS. The razing of the Bois de Boulogne has been abandoned. From the first. I could but regard this as a useless, or worse than useless meas? ure. If the wood might be used for an attack, it might also be used for defence, and, with a little o? the energy which characterized some of the officers ot the Potomac, lt might. be made very formidable. A line of earthworks \ thrown up around' this'wood, In triple lines, like those of Gettysburg, would, il properly manned, prove as strong as any fort or stone and mortar. With the loree at hand, very strong earthworks could be thrown up belore the enemy could reach the city; and If the : French engineer officers do not avail them- j selves of the experience gained during the American war, they will show an old fogylsm entirely be h I nd tbe age. The Bois de Bou? logne, in three days' time, ought to be made almost Impregnable. Gettysburg was fortified In a single night. Work upon the fortifications goes on with rapidity, and heavy guns have been brought In from Brest*and Toulon: Some two thousand Douaniers, men noted for the accuracy of their artillery lire, have arrived to man these huge guns. When we remember that each gun will have a service of expe? rienced and competent men, we.can add con? siderable to the estimated strength of the city. And another point, which I have al? ready mentioned, must not be forgotten. The circular railway runs entirely around Paris, and can carry troops to any one point in a few moments. Of course cars will always be In readiness for this purpose, and, running from the veiy door of the abattoir, lt will give fresh meat to all ot the garrisons without hav? ing it spoiled by transportation In carts for miles lu the hot sun. FRESH TROOPS. Yesterday there arrived in Paris, to be arm? ed with the chassepot, a battalion ol the 'gendarmerie-by all odds the finest body of men that I ever saw. As the French police system ls entirely military, and the appoint? ments given for important service, one can imagine that the gendarmerie will form a strong and intelligent corps. Regiments of Franc-Tireurs are forming dally, andar? being drilled in the courts of the Tuileries or Louvre. These volunteers are equloped by public sub? scription. They are young, but they will do splendid service, so long as liiere ls no heavy marching to break them down. Behind forti? fications young men are better than men ol maturer years. New regiments ol Edaireurs de VArmee are forming, and these are chiefly composed of men who have already made two or three campaigns, and are accustomed to the fatigues of war. Their encampment at Longchamp was very neat and simple. They had no tents, and made a bivouac merely, when they might have made a camp. RECEIPT OF PROVISIONS. It is almost Impossible to speak with ac? curacy ot the amount of provisions arriving in the city, but I can say that the officers of the commissariat are very active. The farmers have been informed that by bringing their grain to Paris they can have it stored free of cost, that they can find a market for their cat? tle, while If left upon their places the groin will be destroyed to prevent it from falling Into the hands of the enemy, and the cattle Belzed or driven away. One can imagine, i after this, that provisions are pouring Into Paris, especially from the strip of country lying in the route of the enemy. There must 1 be many dayB yet before the gates will be i closed, and in a week Paris will be well supplied , with stores. I am confident there is enough for many months-enough to keep the city and its garrison from want until armies from without could arise to harass the besieging anny, cut off its communication, and force lt to maintain a concentration which would be fatal. The provisioning of the city bas not been forgotten, and vast buildings for the re? ception ol' commissary stores have risen with the military works. These are being now Ulled with grain; and, following the advice of the authorities, the country people are bring- 1 lng their produce into the city to be stowed In the public or private warehouses, free of ex- ? pense. There is flour enough for one year. The annual consumption ot meat takes about 110,000 head of cattle, and care is being taken 1 to have more than a year's supply on hand. 1 The preparation of meat ls well conducted. : All of the old butchering establishments have been suppressed, and one large and splendid abattoir erected at La Vilette. It ls in a thin? ly Inhabited section, near the St. Denis j canal, and close to the clrcnlar railroad men- . tioned above. In connection with this public establishment there are buildings for the stock and a market capable ol holding rive thousand ' oxen and 30,000 sheep ata time. Upon these i wo important points Paris is ready: and as for j water, the Seine nins through the very heart ' ot the city. Wine is a very important part of ! the French commissariat, and'is as necessary 1 Lo the soldiers as meat or bread. Deprived of 1 wine, the public health would suffer, and the [ public spirit tail; hence it becomes a question of necessity to see that there is a supply. The average annual consumption of wine In Paris is about 3,154,414 hectolitres, or nearly seventy millions ol'gallons; but in private cel? lars alone there is this amount ot wine, and the public storehouse, comprising eight large buildings, is well supplied. SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE. Io addition to this I Hod the spirit of the people admirable-a fine thing in case of a siege. The Prussian militai y writers them? selves acknowledge the great strength of Paris, but t hey count upon the Republicans as allies a dependence wnicli will fail them in the hour ol need. 1 behove that Paris is, or will be when necessary, iu a perfect state of defence. Looking at it wirb a milhary eye, .lam per? fectly convinced tbat. after the 1st day of Septernb r next, Manee could mike her best fi;,rbt npon tbe banks of the Seine. -Apropos ol ? stranger v Utting the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga. Don Platt writes: "About him scrape and bow the dusky sons of Africa, waving little brooms. Behind an elaborately carved table stand gorgeous clerks, slaves cf the quill and diamond,.who look down with contempt on the. miserable way? farer in a duster, who feels thatrhe encumbers the earth and is a wretch; The wayfarer hum? bly records his insignificant name, and mut? ters something about a room that nobody lis? tens to. As soon as his name is recorded in the book of fate, a violent son of Al rica seizes his satchel and umbrella; another son of Africa strips him of the duster, and taps him violent? ly on tender parts with a:whisk broom; a third takes his number, and motions him to ascend the magnificent stairway of the palace. To each of these three sons of Africa the be-' wUdered and frightened wayfarer pays divera i slims of money, and ascends." A WAIL,OF HFSFAIR. A Napoleon 1st Journal on the ?Preach'. Defeat. ? ' The Courrier des Etas Unis admits that the defeat Is final. It says: It ia useless to disguise the truth. The anny whlch has not surrendered, but has been sur? rendered to the enemy, waa the flower of our military population. With McMahon destroy? ed and Bazaine helpless, France has left count less masses, fanatical with patriotism, ready to throw themselves .blindly upon the mouths of the Prussian carmon; but she has no tonger ' an armyr ' r." - . . . New masses, however full of confidence, are helpless against..military science, discipline, and above all, against modern arms Once lt was men who made, war; bravery supplement? ed numbers; enthusiasm made heroes." -Now it ls rifled cannons and perfected musketry that fight: the man Is no longer more than the attendant of the'weapon; he counts but for one. and courage without-numbers only make victims. ._ AU France, with her three millions of young men from twenty, to thirty years of age, rising: as one, extemporized into soldiers, and hurled In full career upon the solid, intelligent, well armed, disciplined mass of .the victorious:. Prussians, would throw itself on butchery, and' would not drive one step the wall of steel be? fore her. : No doubt France will receive with a cry of fierce wrath, like the' lion fallen into a ditch, the story of the surrender signed in her name; and that the first movement will be al?wy of '? the whole people and a leap towards new com? bats. But this first frenzy over, cool reflection will come to throw an icy shroud on this hero? ism, and we doubt if any man can be found to take the lead in bringing on new conflicts, that ls to say, the responsibility of new disas? ters. The people of Paris, and the commanders of the besieged places, nay, every manly heart that has Tts hand on a flagstaff, may refuse to submit and determine rather to ale than to Buffer the Prussian flag to stand on the ram? parts they guard; but there will be no one to organize 'the resistance, which would be sui? cidal; no political party which will risk, on this bloody resort, toe future before lt; no one who does not know that France has no right - to commit suicide; that ehe belongs to the world, to civilization, to humanity, and that at least one chance of success would be neces? sary to justify the horrors which would result from continuing a war that could no longer be aught but an unbroken series of ravages, waste, slaughter and min.. We cannot tell wbat counsels wilt prevail hr the fearful embarrassments Into which France 'la plunged. Not, to-day nor to-morrow will calm and reflection come ont ol this chaos. Some days must be allowed to appease the hot fever of this hour. Then will come the time of great resolves. Who will take them ?" Doubtless the natural representative of the country, the assembled Chambers, who will And In their patriotism the solution of the Im? mense problem of re-establishing peace on th? least sad conditions for the pride and the In? terest of France that can be obtained. The fate of the empire ls sealed. Our first", defeats were the signal for its fall. Napoleon ni is no longer more than a phantom, and bis dynasty dies with him. What will succeed him is the secret of the future. , Nor ls lt our part to predict at a glance what' changes these great events will bring to the political, morai and material condition of Eu? rope. One prominent fact, however, seems to? us to be fixed; it ls that thin atrocious butchery, this frightful spectacle given to a trembling, world, this accursed holocaust will put an ena to war. Prussia takes up 'the sceptre of mili? tary greatness fallen from the hands of France,, but it is a broken sceptre. No longer the em? blem of anght but a dead power: of glory,. Indeed, but glory that does, not shine on the : future. No longer is it arms that shall give - supremacy to nations, and Germany, united by the victory of Prussia, will hereafter be neither greater nor more powerful than yester- - - day, if her aggrandisement ls not the signal for a liberal progress of humanity. Her flag will not be more glorious, If lt ls only to con tinue to shelter effete Institutions. The struggle henceforth is no longer be? tween the material forces ot the nation; it Is in their moral development, their civilization and their liberties. Thus FranceKeveh mutll latod, lfit muat be so, will still" remain, we hope, the great leading and glorious nation. The day when, by the fated march of event?, a day, doubtless, not far distant, the destiny of the people will no longer be left to the chances of battle; the day when a less barbarous justice will settle the disputes among men; the day when armies cease to consume the brightest ? resources and energies of the nation, to put at risk the equilibrium of public forces, the genius of France will recover in moral power what she has lost in material power. Conn- 4 tries will no longer be measured by the extent of their territory and the number of their peo Ele, but by the worth of the progresa they ave achieved and the liberties they have conquered'on that day France, cnred ot her wounds, will again, in spite of the cruel way in wblcli she ls torn, take the place of honor which belongs to her, in the front of civilized nations.* These words are the more impressive since they show that the French themselves begin to understand what the rest of the world al? ready knows, that the crushing of the Imperial-, system, and of the military strength which has tempted France to trouble other nations, Is Europe's best hope for an advancing civiliza- ' tlon. :_ _ _ A COLORED M A IT'8 OPINION OF RADICAL CARPET-BA O OERS. The following is an extract from the speech: of Henry Boyd, a colored man, delivered at Carlton, Mississippi. He has been called the "Black Demosthenes," and is evidently a maa of good bard sense: And now the cirpet-baggers come here and* Loll ns they are oar friends and the Southern people enemies. They tell us they"v<? set us ' Tree. O, yes. they've done it al], no doubt. They set aa free about like they set the mules free; Ben Butler set the spoons free. [Im? mense laughter and applause.] . They done it ?ll to help the Yankee and Southern man. ' Ihey can t fool this nigger. I kaow who br orig ht, the nigcrer to this country in tbe first place. The Northern man brought aa hera;., md when they began to loose money on the nigger they pat the nigger in their pocket sold him down8outh; and thon, to keep tho South m the Union to wake her pay taxes,..; they tarn around and get the nigger and the ? mules and the ppoons tree; and they would not. set any thins: free (except the spoons) if they could have got tbe Soutb back into the Union -. without iu They promised bim the forty acres and the mule. I know five niggers thai starved plum to death waiting for mat male and tony acres. [Laughter.] I'd like to Know where the carpet-b&gner got bia forty acres? Ton all know tbe devil took the Lord up into a high mountain, and promised if he would fall down and serve bim he'd give him tho whole world, and tbs old scoundrel knew al) the time that be didn't own a foot of land' on the continent. [Great laughter.] The" carp* t-baegers ask me to cast my vote to keep the wbtta iolks down. Now, all 1 ever. wanted waa to get on a level with the white man; I never wanted to get above him. They say that a nigger ia better tban a white mau im Cincinnati. Well, that mvy be true in Cincin? nati, but it aint true down here. It is. my in- . cerest to stand bv the Sontheim "mah, and it's my wish too. Whatever law fa made to affect the white man's plantation also affecta my little- cotton patch in the same way. T/bey wane to disfranchise the white man, and make 1 niggers put them into office that they have taxes and things tb-ir ona wav. They-;: never would have passed a law allowing nig? gers to vote if they hatln't thought the megara would vote the Republican ticket. Severl- - neverl never I Who believe otherwise? Not tbis nigger, certain. Tue Yankees brought tho nigger here from Africa for aelflsh purpo ee? set him nree for selfish purposes.-and nOW they want to vote bim f<>r selfish pai-posea." Q j. SC H LE PEG-BELL, SO. 37 LINE STREET. BETWEEN KINO AND ST. PHILIP. LUMBER of every description and BUILDING L MATERIAL, L?ne and Plastering Laths, Paints,. Oils, Glasses, Shingles; also Groove and Tongue Boards, Ac., constantly on hand at the lowes?, market prices; also, Vegetable Boxes' oem mtuslyr