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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1465. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1870. S?X DOLLARS A YKAH. T E ? LAST OTGHrS DISPATCHES. PARIS AT BAY. A BRIEF ARMISTICE EFFECTED. THE PRUSSIANS DRIVEN BACK ACROSS THE SEINE. THE POPE AN1> THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS LOCKED VP IV CASTLE ANGELO. THE FOREIGN MINISTERS FLED FROM PARIS. Prussian Reports. i MENDELSHEIM, September 18. It Is officially reported that at Strasbourg the works facing lunettes Nos. 52 and ?3 have been completed. The garrison have exploded mines destroy? ing earthworks, which protected the besieg? ers. The works have since been repaired. ( Colmar and Mulhause have been occupied by the Baden troops. Telegrams from Prussian headquarters makes a great reduction in the reported num? ber of prisoners captured at Sedan. The num? ber was only 30,000; killed and wounded 50,000. Italian Reports. FLORENCE, September 18. Official dispatches from Montoraturdo, on; Saturday, say that Baron Von Arnier came to General Cadornas's quarters by order of the Pope to explain that, for the moment, foreign military ruled Rome, and that he was unable to prevent resistance. He Insisted upon know? ing what course General Cadornas intended to pursue, to which the General replied that his purpose was fully set lorth in the royal pro? clamation, but the King's patience was tried by resistance on the part ot the foreign troops. The Baron aiked for twenty-four hours de? lay, in order that he might bring additional In? fluence to bear on the Pope. The general yielded so far as consenting not to attaok Rome within twenty-four hours, but reserved the right to move his troops from Encircle to Rome, Later Paris advices say that the Pope and the Diplomatie Corps have taken refuge in the Cos&e St. Angelo. The capitulation of the city is hourly looked lor. Advices from Toura, now the actual seat of the French Government, complain of in ter rup" tionof mail and telegraphic connection with Paris and England. Mercier, French Minister at Madrid, has an? nounced his recall, and has taken formal leav e of the regent. Frenen Reporta. PAMS, September 17. The Prussians are In front of Colmar and Mulhause, and are moving towards Lyons. They even have crossed the Seine at Athis, but were beaten back Friday night. Can? nonading is now heard ld that direction. RTSTBICE, September 18. The King refuses to recognize the Pro? visional Government, and declares that he will only recognize the Emperor or Bazaine. A committee ot German workmen have made a protest against the continuance of the war. The cattle-plague has attacked the cattle of the Prussian army. ."' The ministers of England, Austria, Italy and Turkey have left Paris. PARIS. September 18. The garrison are calmly waiting for the enemy. Fort Vincennes lias been evacuated, and its guns brought within the walls of Paris. TOURS, September 18. The^Departments arrived here to-day. A great number ot volunteers passed north? ward this morning. It is reported that General Durot occupies the woods of Clamont and Manloen with 80,000 troops. Yesterday there was a fight between the enemy and three regiments of the line, some battalions of the Garde Mobile, and a battery of artillery, which resulted in the Prussians re? tiring. The diplomats being informed that a heavy attack was to be made on Paris, left hastily last night. There was hard fighting yesterday and to? day around Paris. English Reports. LONDON, September 18.9 General Vlneroy made areconnoissance, and found 30,000 Prussians at Cretril. They skir? mished a while, with a loss to the French of fifteen killed and thirty wounded. Two hours of cannonading followed. Cannonading has ' been Leard to-day in the* direction of Forts Jovy and Cbaremon. The French Institute, in the same of civiliza-, (ion. protesta against the destruction by bom? bardment o? the libraries, observatories, museums and galleries of Part?. The Observer in official type Bays that the prospecta for peace are cow better than at any time since the war begun. Lord Lyons, who is conducting the negotiations between Favre and Bismarck, has said that a brief armistice has be^n already arranged. Recruits for France. NEW YORK, September 18. Tte steamship Brooklyn, on her last trip, carried 150 recruits for France. Baron H. Rivere, who figured here beiore the war, was killed at Metz. The French steamer Lafayette is detained here for having supplies lor the French army. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. TROCHD INSPECTING THE DEFENCES OF TARIS TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN IN LINE. PARIS, September 14. An immense military pageant has been wit? nessed to-day. The occasion was the review of the troops of the garrison of Paris. The avenues contiguous to the scene were over? poweringly crowded with spectators. The troops were in position upon the Rue dc Ri? voli, lrom the Place de la Bastile to the Arc de Triomphe. They were composed or the citi? zen-soldiery, the Garde Nationale S?dentaire, the Garde Mobile, and the detached volun? teer corpa The troops displayed admirable disciDline. Major-General Trocho, with a brll liant'staffof the military, and accompanied by the Ministry, reviewed the troops in defiling before the Palace of the Tuileries. Afterwards, accompanied by his staff, he rode along the immense line and personally inspected the condition of the soldiery. The Grand Avenue ? ol the Rivoli was a mass of soldiers, whose numbars are computed at 200,000. They main? tained a martial bearing, and were splendidly armed, Geserai Trochu was lionized by Ihe1 soldiers. He was saluted by enthusiastic t; and was everywhere received warmly, review was a success. ITALY AND THE POPE. LONDON, September A correspondent, writing from the 1 quarters ol the Italian army, at Terni, 01 10th, says: Senor Martino passed thr< that city, returning from Rome, taking an autograph letter from the King to the tiff, in which the King simply stated that 8iderlng the Important events that hac curred, he had thought it his duty to oe the Papal territory, promising to the Pt iree exercise or bis spiritual office. Accor to General Cadorna's information, Senor tino had been received by the Pope, who 'When the King's troop's enter, I will dei myself a prisoner.' General Cadonia bell the Pope ordered the troops not to reals Italian Government, and that be ardent!' sires to avoid bloodshed. Colonel Char commander of the Papal forces, notwithst log the Pope's order, threatens to oppos* Italians. His force is concentrated near M Fdcone, where defensive works arethrowi The Papal force amounts to 17,000 well-ar and equipped soldiers, having Remington i kets and several mitrailleurs. The zou threaten to massacre the people If a ri si ni curs. Cadorna told me that ff any act of tal tty is committed, they will kill the for troops to the last man, but natives wi treated os brothers. Three divisions of Italian army are encamped near Tern asked Cadorna ll there were any chane? their now abandoning the enterprise, stared and exclaimed: "Don't you see spirit of the army and people ? To drawl now would be to ruin the government.'' TUT ANSWER. OT THE POPE ILLEGIBLE. A correspondent at Florence, the 11th, i the an?wer sent by 8 .VJ Martino [rom the I proves to be utterly illegible. The C*b vainly endeavored to decipher it. The patch ia believed to b3 a trick of Cardinal tonalli to gain time. So the fear is exprei that he is now at Ci vi ta Vfccbia for Antw but it is more generally believed that he retire to Villa caa; el Gondotfo. The popular patience :s daily increasing. It is affin that Favre opposes. the march, to Rome, i sideling the September Comention still b iog. TROCHU rf EARNEST. Your correspondent bad an Interview i General Trochu yesterday on the subj? : communicating with the outer world. G< ral Trochu was kind and liberal in tone, verv firm as to the absolute necessity ot bidding all such communications. He allu to the annoyance and the losses which wt be thus inflicted upon many innocent pet in many parts of the world, but spoke of tl as cruel necessities like all the necessltle war. He spoke with some bitterness of tone in which certain English journals hat hided to the defence of Paris as be io z a po cal feint. '-Look." he said, "at the calm termination with which we are now devas ingsome of the loveliest suburbs and rr valuable dependencies ot Paris, laying wt beautiful parks, burning up forests, the w ol centuries, levelling line buildings with ground. He asked If these facts did not sp loudly enough for the resolution which Pi had taken to fight to the last hour against invaders.'' ANOTHER INTERVIEW VITH VICTOR HUGO. The Herald correspondent dined last ni with Victor Hugo and lamily. His two ec with their young wives, were present. Th< lustrlous writer, In reply to some remar said some striking things. He said be I come to Paris to share the perils of the c zens; ne had no public role to AU; but his pi ence on the ramparts might be useful, would so daily unarmed, and stimulate words the ardor of tbe patriotic defender? the city. He regards the attack on Pa absurd as well as cruel, as the war was beg against the Emperor. Now that he a prisoner, the King of Prussia 6er him a retinue of servants, and set us, who never provoked this war, bon shells. Never was there an act so atrocious history. "I don't know," continued he. ai cloud overspread his face, "what part may 1 to my lot to play before the awlul drama clos but Paris has a choice of a determined < fence or a cowardly surrender. If lt ehou though lt seems Impossible to decide upon t latter course, I can return in exile to my ( retreat at Guernsey. If lt ?elects the form' I trust tc ?*e e^ery quarter ot Paris, one afi another, blown to atoms by the enemy; corp after corpse, battalion alter battalion, buri In the same grave with my resolute iellow-ci zens. In that way Paris must perish. Wh the spectacle may horrify the world, lt will followed by a resurrection of the De m ocra of France and Germany, who will avenge t terrible catastrophe." PUNISHMENT FOR EXACTION. Visitors to Paris will remember Cottes's ri taurant. on the corner of the Rue Royale ai Rue St. Honore. As I left Place de la Co corde crowds were gazing at the closed shi tera ol the restaurant, on which was w ri tte in large letters, in chalk, "Closed In cons sequence of robbery; forty centimes eight sot charged for a small loaf worth two sous, ac one franc seventy centimes lor bock bee Justice has been done. Closed, by order i the sovereign people, until the end ol tr. war." THE ENTHUSIASM OK THE INHABITANTS of Paris, and their determination to defen the city, may be realized somewhat by the fat that one of the Rothschilds, a young membe of the eminent banking Arm. bas shouldere his chassepot, and is now dally doing duty o the ramparts of the city alongside the laborer; THE SIEGE OF STRASBOURG-HEAVT BOMBARI MENT-SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE. LONDON, September IC. A dispatch from Burmath, eleven mile north-northwest lrom Strasbourg, from special correspondent, who came lrom th front at Strasbourg yesterday, says that I heavy fire continued all day lrom th guns of the third parallel, causing grea destruction to the walls and citadel. Ai effort to carry the fortifications by store I will doubtless be made to-morrow. Severa fires had broken ont in the oity from th' I ceaseless bombardment. Early yesterda morning a flag of truce was displayed by thi French, and lt was hoped that lt meant an o? fer of capitulation. Firing ceased, and ai officer ana guard advanced toward the Pms stan lines, asking, in the name of Genera Ulric, a cessation of firing, to enable a partj of females and a few wounded civilians, wat had hitherto persisted in remaining, to leave the city. The request was granted. Some o the fugitives stated that the "sufferings or the people were intense. Provisions are served out in very limited quantities. The mortality and sickness caused by deprivations continu?e to be very great. On the 14th the citizens made another appeal to General Ulric tc yield to inevitable destiny. The commandei replied that his position was most painful, bul he must, at all hazards, discharge his duty tc bis country. The fall ol the fortress cannoi long be decayed. ARMS AND AMMUNITION FOR FRANCE. LONDON, September 15. The French are ordering immense quanti? ties of arms and ammunition from England. 'AGAINST INTERVENTION. Mr. Lowe, Chancellor ol the Exchequer, in a speech this afternoon at Elgin, pronounced in the strongest manner against intervention and mediation between France and Prussia in any form whatever. Intervention means aban? donment of neutrality, but we have no desire whatever to be drawn into a quarrel not ol our owu seeking. I seo no reason whatever to apprehend that we shall be. Mediation we tried before the war, but when you come to speak of mediation after the sword has been drawn you get a totally different set of considerations. It is no longer a question of the rights of parties, but a question relative to power. The sword is au evil me? diation, but does its work decisively, and if after the parties have called the sword in we were to begin to mediate, then we should be wearing our neutrality exceedingly thin. Con? flicting nations know their own strength and what they require for security. If a third na? tion tries to Interpose between them, what? ever advice it may give, it must take sides with either one or tho other, and so cease to be neutral. Should we advise Prussia to. be content with less than she demands we should be actually toking the part ot France against Prussia and throwing our moral weight into the scale in favor of France. If, on the other hand, we advise France to accept terms she deemed inconsistent with national dignity, we should be taking the part ot Prussia. That is exactly what, m my judgment, we ought to avoi I. WARM WORK AT PARIS. THE PRUSSIANS CLOSING JN ON EVERT SIDE. ORGANIZATION OF A NEW. FRENCH ARMY FOR EXTERIOR OPERATIONS. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE EX EMPEROR NAPOLEON. BAVARIA REPUDIATES THE NORTH GER? MAN CONFEDERATION. BISMARCK BENT ON TERRITORIAL AGGRANDIZEMENT. A PRESSURE ON THE PRESS. SATURDAY'S NOON DISPATCHES. The Prussian? Around Paris. PARIS, September 17-9 P. M. An engagement took place this morning on the road from Melun to Brlecontebert, be? tween the French sharpshooters and the Prus? sians. The result ls unknowD. tut many were wounded. 1 The Garde Mobile are burning hay and wheat stacks abandoned by the farmers, and all clumps, ot trees on the plains. The railroad employees have been armed. Immense quantities of grain and fodder have been taken irom the railroad stations and stored in the centre of the city. Six himdred Prussians appeared within gun? shot of the fort of Vannes, having crept up under cover of the woods on the heights. The advance guard of the enemy have been signalled at Creteil, within range of Fort Cbaronne, and four kilometres from Charen ton. Reports from London. , LONDON", September 17. General Vlnroy is at the head of the new French army, the organization of which has been begun with a view to military operations outside of Paris. It is understood that he will manouvre so as to prevent the invasion of the departments where the enemy can seize pro? visions for the supply of the besieging army. Two corps are nearly ready for the west and western provinces. The Constitutionnel says the Prussians will occupy Havre and Cherbourg, and cut off all communications between Paris and England. Galignanl says that in order to stop the lat? est advance at Neuiliy Sur Marne, on the northeast, and on the south, at Cretal. a corps o? Franc-tireurs successfully attacked the Prussians near Guidues. The Prussians Under the Wall?. PARIS. September 17. The Prussians are at several points almost within cannon shot of the walls ol Paris. A number of prisoners were taken yesterday by the Prussian cavalry and sharpshooters, and several convoys of munitions of war and provisions were also captured. The Prussians now occupy the small woods around Paris, which were too green to burn. There was cannonading and musketry firing all day yesterday In the direction of Bourge. Many Prussian spies were arrested yester? day in and around Paris. Twenty-two thousand of the Garde Mobile arrived at Paris yesterday. Eighty thousand workmen are under arms, and over two hundred thousand Gardes Mobile and National Guards, composing a new army are organizing in the South of France. One hundred and thirty thousand guns have been distributed during the last ten days. Marshal Vaillant has been arrested amid hos? tile demonstrations. The Prussians are numerous near Villeneuve, Dammartin and Laplessers. Three thousand occupy Vlllieurs and Catterets, and ten thou? sand are at Na?tteull. % Attempt to Assassinate Napoleon. BERLIN, September 17. A German apprentice at Wilhelmshoh? at? tempted to assassinate the ex-Emperor of the French. He was arrested and a loaded pistol lound on his person. He declared that the bullet was designed for Napoleon. Bavaria and North Germany-What Bismarck Says. ' LONDON, September 17. Bavaria repudiates any desire to enter the North German Confederation. The Berlin correspondent of the Standard gives the substance of a recent conversation with Bismarck, in which thc latter affirmed that Prussia would prosecute the war indefi? nitely, rather than abandon the idea oi terri? torial aggrandizement. A Pressure on the Press. PARIS, September 17. The scarcity of printing paper seems to be most seriously felt. Galignani's Messenger, ' which was recently reduced in size from this cause, announces to-day the suspension of its I publication in a few days. SATURDAY'S NIGHT DISPATCHES. Acounta from Paris, via London. LONDON, September 17. The news from Paris is meagre and contra? dictory. The usual lines are interrupted. The Northern railroad from Arlons to Paris is cut about eight miles south of Paris, where the Germans have planted a battery. Heavy firing was heard in that direction. No de? tails. I Heavy fighting occurred at Riox, another small town on the Orleans Railroad. The railroad to Laon is abandoned to the Prussiaas. The grain ai the various stations was removed to the city before Prussian occu? pation. It ls said the Prussian siege train is still aground ir, the Canal de la Marne. Many of the old ' Parisian police have been arrester!, charged with implication in the Bon? aparte plot. The nephew of the ex-Prefect of Seine, recently arrested, is believed to be the head o? the conspiracy. Interest on French treasury bonds is fixed at ?? ??er cent. Frequent interviews between Favre and Olozaga are attracting much attention. The latter lelt for Madrid last night. It is evident the King of Prussia hopes for assistance within the walls ol Paris, thus car? rying out his old military trick. Within the last lew days a great many Uhlans have been captured, all of whom pretend to have lost their horses. Two were taken on Tuesday a great distance from their corps. It is a curious fact that nil these prisoners speak French per? fectly. It is regarded as imprudent to keep Prussian prisoners In the city when the fight beg'os. Minister Washburne advises American? re maining in Paris during the siege tc in their houses, but to be sure and k American flag flying from the roofs dows. The Americans, accordingly, t siege coolly. The Journal Officiel publishes a dei morning fixing the price ot butcher; for the best, at 21 sous. The prefecto has Issued an order that all wines an sions found In the Imperial palaces i distributed to the ambulances. A more hopelul feeling prevails in P day, from the announcement that Lore has gone to Prussian headquarters, ai elections for the Constitutional Assem take place on the 2d Instead of the October. All aoeounts from Paris desci French as eager for peace. A correspondent of the Globe, writir Paris, says the Bed Republicans now at dangerous to the safety of the city th Prussians. Some are already-urging tl tion of the guillotine. The French iron-clads have been r from the Baltic and the North Sea to ] Cherbourg, Havre and other ports frot ture by the Prussians. Fourcheon, minister of Marine, is at There was a grand Republican dem tion recently at Marseilles. Esquires i strong discourse In honor ol the United asserting that the Empire was the Irl the Southern rebellion, and that the R cans of France lavored the Union. American Consul, also made a speech, s thiztng with the new government. French Accounts. Toons, Septcmbe The following news ls promulgated th the office ot the French Secretary ot t terlor: All service of the Northern R is suspended. The -Prussians have fire passing trains at Ablon and burned the < They have crossed the Seine with fifty ca Prussian cavalry now Isolate Soissons Parts and Tours. A dispatch from the sub-prefect at Mul announces that the enemy have occuplei town and Cernay, and seem io be seek new route to Paris. It is reported that the advance guard c Prussians have been defeated between j hause and Cebmar. "D?monstrations have been made In deaux in favor of the Republic. The A can Consul was loudly cheered. The French Fleet. LONDON, September Accounts from the French fleet say tht sailors express much satisfaction at the peet of the raining ol the blockade and return to-some point where active servie be possible. When the fleet- left Cherbi the Minister of Marine made to Admiral llanruz a positive promise that not t should several iron-clad -ships follow hi brief intervals, eut, what was of the flrsi portance, that the 'fleet transports w speedily Join him, conveying a force of ti or forty thousand troops 1er land operati TUo promise has been '.broken' in instances, and the fleet left to its unaided resources, which have been bi sufficient to maintain the blockade of enemy's porte. Much of the service is OUR and unsatisfactory. Our equation h dangerous waters, abounding in hidden r and shallows. No friendly lights to give w lng In the night, no bioys te serve as mi for guide" by day, while we are compelled i s tan tl y to guard against'surprises by the i my, with small means for retaliation. We forbidden to attack fortresses, and could do so with the slightest prospect ot success the heavy lron-clads draw from twenty-tl to twenty-eight feet of water, with the ex? tion of the Rochambeau, which comblnt formidable armament with comparant small draught. But little can be done wil single ship; we might attack and k;ll, but what purpose ? The forts commanding entrance are situated so high that lt wo be almost impossible to elevate the gt sufficiently to eifict anything, while l ships would be exposed to a destruct downward fire, escaping which they wot encounter more formidable obstacles in I bay, which is filled with torpedoes and mn unfavorable by the sinking of vessels c?nne ed with chain cable?, leaving only a narr and tortuous channel through which only t smaller crafts manage to pick their wi Under such circumstance.', it would be mi ness to attempt to penetrate far enough bombard the town by a lew wooden men war. It would have been a piece of senseh temerity, and probably resulting in anoth German, triumph. Hence the complete a disastrous failure of the French fleet in t hour of danger. Notwithstanding the nea coBt to the country, there should have been fleet here, or one four times as powerful. The Siege of Strasbourg. PARIS, September 17. General Ulric telegraphs to the War D partment that the situation of the city of St? bourg is growing desperate, necessitating i early capitulai io n. COLOGNE, September 17. The Gazette ol this city, to-day, gives t following statistics of particulars : There a now before Strasbourg 18 batteries, morta and rifled cannon; these fire collectively mo than seventy thousand shots into the city dall The Gazette shows the immense expense besieging Paris, and that five times the amoui of the above resources must be exhausted. The Movement against Rome. ROME, September 17. The inhabitants cf the city have received flag of truce from General Cadorna. in co r mand of the Italian troops, who have arrive very close to the city. The truce was received b the people with great demonstrations of favor and they will not permit the Papal Zouaves ti resist the entry of the Italian troops. FLORENCE, September 17. The Italians are quietly but rapidly occupy? ing the Pontifical Territory. General Ranze 1er, commanier-in-chief of the Pontifica force.0, refused to surren 1er Rome. Bi, marck Aficr Belgium. LONDJN, September 17. It is said that Blemvek his asked an fx planation lrom the Belgian Government for havini; allowed 12.03D French soldiers to cross her territory nncieckeJ. Tbe Indep2ndence Beige, in tr is connection, says it fears Belgium has already leaned too sharply to Prueeia. Miscellaneous War Item?. LONDON, September 17. One hundred and tif:y caskB of naptha have been picked up off thc English coast. No par? ticulars. All but the ultra Catholic press ia Spaia are delighted vr'ubLru e:iJ of the Popejs temporal power. Tho Crowo P. ince of Prussia his addressed a circular to the Gprman people, urging thc creation of a fund for the sick and wound?d. The commandaat of the fortress of Laoa bas been exonerated of the charges of blowing up the citadel. The work was done by the guard of the magazine. . The Esonomist has's stron? article in favor I of peace. It Bays tbe very object of the war ! was to sustain the principle of German unity j against tho objects of France. That object is now attained, and mankind shonld interpose to eave Parin, and then agree that hereafter no great city shall be fortified. - '. Turkey has mastered the reserves of the entire Empire. THE CREAM OE TBE WAR NEWS. The German Logaeg. The war correspondent of the New York World says : At last I have obtained what 'purports to be a correct statement of the losses 1 of the Prussian army in killed, wounded, miss? ing and prisoners from the commencement of the campaign up to the 18th ot August. My information comes from a private source in Berlin; and although I cannot affirm .that lt is infallibly correct, I have reason for believing that it ls not very ihr out of the way.- I may add that the information was not sent 'for po? litical effect at all, but was transmitted from a medical man in Berlin, connected with .the , medical service of the army, to a fellow-aor-J geon in London. The statement.ls as follows: Killed, prisoners and mls'sltia:. Wounded. Wissenburg....t. 4?260 7,174 Relchshoffen.11,083 14,516 Eorbn-m and Spichern._16,461 23,040 Borny. .13^52 1^320 Gravelotte, Mars-la-Tour and Rezonvllle..28.049 39,000 Total.73,605 97,060 Te this awful total of 170,655 killed, captur? ed, missing and wounded, mnst be added the losses suffered by the army through disease, and the killed and wounded In the numberless skirmishes and little fights that have occurred. The army has suffered from dysentery ever 9lnce the invasion commenced, and mv Infor? mant believes that to the above total should be added at least 10,000 or 12.000 for those who have died of this and other diseases, or who are now lying sick in the hospitals. This makes, In round numbers, 180,000 men to be deducted from the German force which march? ed into France. If this force was 500,000 men, lt ls now reduced to 330,000 plus the relajbrce m?nts that have arrived during the last eight days. On the other side are Bazaine, with 110,000, McMahon with 200,000. anf. the new army raised at Lyoks and the South, r f which we were Informed ea Saturday, of 200.000 men -In all ?40,000 men. BUraarck on tkc Prospect of German Unity. A correspondent at It leims, on the 6th, de? scribes a conversation with Bismarck, who be? gan by expressing high regard for General Sheridan, and gratitude to the United States for their sympathy with Germany. To a re? mark concerning the prospect of German unity, Bismarok- replied that there was no strenger friend of unity than himself, but care was required In accomplishing the work. South Germany having fought by our side, her wishes must be considered. Her inclinations cannot now fee compelled. We must obtain tlie consent of those States to join us. In Ba vtrla lt seems Impossible to agree on any form of union, even among those who favor union. At Baden things look better. No doubt there is an opening. News of the French Republic had lust been I received, ou .which Bismarck said: We shall not interfere with their domestic affair?. To a suggestion that there must'be somesettlcu governmenuto give Prussia a 6ecore guaran? tee for the payment of the war expenses and indemnity, Bismarck replied enly by repeat? ing: We do not want to Interfere with the domestic affairs of France. Cur people think we munt luv? thoa? Oerm?n pro. fnccs PtaLntx* took from us many years ago. We must, at least, render France powerless .-to menace HF by the same road. Metz and Strasbourg we must have, and we ask no more than is neces? sary to our own safety. We are a very patient people. They have been telling us that If we would not fight they would compel us. Well, we are like the father ol a family., who, after enduring many InBults, at last consents to fight a duel, but only on condition that the strug? gle shall be decisive and shall be fina1. Bazaine'* Fighting at Metz. Mr. Halstead, of the Cincinnati Commercial, In his last letter from Pont-a-Mousson, speak? ing of the fight, with Bazaine west of Metz, has the following comment?: No one here knew anything about the battle except through King William's dispatch. That tells the truth as he saw lt, but I do not agree wfth him that the French were "completely defeated," In the strong sense of that term. Bazaine was not complet-ly defeated, as McMahon was and as Froseard was. He was not put to route. He could not have had more than 150,000 men to begin with, while the Prussians had at least 270, 000. I have good authority for the state? ment that the Prussians had 240,000 men on the field at Gravelotte. Now, when Bazaine, with his inferior force, was only beaten back eight or nine miles in three days, and kept his army in order, Inflicting immense losses upon his enemy, he cannot be said to be completely defeated. But we will not dwell upon that toe long; for the object of the Prus? sians, next to the annihilation of the French army, was to place themselves firmly between it and Paris, and that they did. lt must be ad? mitted, however, that If Bazaine, with his ninety or one hundred thousand effectives, after the series of battles terminating on the 18th, gives employment in the neighborhood of Metz to thc armies of Steinmetz and Prince Frederick Citarles, who outnumber him more than two to one, he ls doing his country good service. The Prussian Spy System. A war correspondent of the New York Tri? bune writes: I suppose that, all things con? sidered, one ought not to be too hard upon the French for their panic about Prussian spies. Charles Harth, who was shot the other day in the court-yard of the Military 8chool, confessed himself a spy when taken, and never really denied it afterward; and there are facts enough to prove that King William has studied well In old Frederick's book, who Bald that the French had one spy and twenty cooks, while he had one cook and twenty spies. For lt is plain that the Prussian system of espion? age has been long reduced to great perfection. ? For several years Prussians have been resid? ing, under one pretext or another, in all the boroer towns and villages, making them? selves thoroughly acquainted with the topog? raphy, studying military positions. fining their maps and memories with the roads, lanes and foot-paths, and also making themselves familiar with the means and resources ot the inhabitants. Clerks in counting-houses, ser? vante in Inns, men In breweries, students who passed the summer in wandering over the hills sketching the scenery, companies of scientific men with hammers and baskets, bent on geolo? gical picnics, all these are recognized to-day In the persons of Prussian officers entering the French border towns and villages at the head of scouting parties or with victorious troops. It ls sahl, and I see no reason to doubt it, that one Prussian general has visited, during the last year, all the towns and villages likely to be attacked in case or war, in the disguise of an old beggar match-seller. Another story Is of a Prussian officer, who, disguised as a French admiral, visited one of the forts near Paris, was received with all the honors, shown over all the works, and in paning made a speech full of patriotic sentiments to the sol? diers, which was received with great applause. The cheat was not discovered until some days afterward, when one of the officers happened to mention the matter to the Minister of Marine ! In another case the Prussian spy was not as successful. Dressed as a French officer, he visited a tent a^ some general's head? quarters and dined with his brother (?) offi? cers. Something excited suspicion-ne was arrested, tried, and shot. Tiie Prussians do not, however, rely entirely on spies for in? formation-they gel it in every way. The Siege of Strasbourg-Horror* of the Bombardment-Scene in the French Chambers. Tbe Paris (September 1) correspondent of the New York Tribune writeB : In the absence of positive news concerning the movements of the contending forces, the sensation of the hour has been created by the accounts of the bombardment ol Strasbourg, as given yesterday by M. Keller in the Corps L?gislatif. The facts are already known, and M. Keller's purpose was to obtain their con? demnation at the hands of the Assembly. The Governor of Strasbourg d?clares that be will rather blow the whole place up than surrender it. Tb' - Bishop, anxious to save lite, sought an interviev.- with tne commander of the besieg? ing forces, a Badois Lieutenant-Colonel Les zlnaki, and submitted to him that the bom? bardment was contrary to the usages of war. Thia allegation having oeen denied, he asked permission for the Inhabitants to leave the city. This request was rejected. He next so? licited aa armistice of twenty-four hours, which was granted, on condition that within an hour the Governor of Strasbourg should' offer terms of negotiation. This the Governor would not consent to do, and the bombard? ment was resumed. M. Keller read the follow? ing passages from a letter he had received In the morning : "We shall soon be bete nothing but a heap ot nilns. For eight days now, we nave been bombarded eight and nine hours successively every day. A fourth part of the city is already burnt. The point aimed at ls the cathedral, which ls also burnt. The whole ol the roof ls destroyed. The platform has no longer any balustrade, and the spire ls seriously damaged. The new temple and the library are Only a heap ol ashes. Even the hospital has not been respecWl; a part 1B burnt, I do not speak of the suburbs; they are nearly destroy? ed. The population ls reduced to hiding away In the sewers ol the cit]-. What I here declare is I he simple, unexagge rated truth. The Bish? op endeavored to obt&ln a cessation of the bombardment. He repaired alone to head? quarters. The answer was that there was no time to besiege the city In form, and that they would force it to surrender from terror. The Bishop then asked leave for the women and children to quit. This request. Was refused. Strasbourg has no casemates for the popula? tion, hence the city munt surrender to prevent the whole of the inhabitants from butchery. Not a cannon has-yet been fired against the ramparts. The Prussians know we have no garrison for sallies." Tlie honorable deputy was several times in? terrupted by loud shouts of indignation, and cries of "It IB atrocious ! This is odious ! This, ls abominable !" M. Keller continued : "Thus, gentlemen, you see thal; it ls atralnst the popu? lation that this bombardment is directed; against women and children who do not know where to seek refuge, while the men are on the ramparts and extinguishing the fire. I denounce these facts and hold them up to the execration of civilized Europe. I have to add another monstrosity, greater still, perhaps. It' is that the enemy employs French peasants to construct the batteries and trenches around Strasbourg, and thus our own citizens are struck down by French bullets-citizens who could not obtain guns to make war with our soldiers. This act on the part of the Prus? sians ls one I especially denounce to the indig? nation of Europe. Well, do you know what was the reply of the population after the step taken by the Bishop? Men, women, chil? dren, all declared that they refused to sur? render, and would rather be burled alive under the ruins of the city. I demaod a unanimous vote of the Chambers that the heroic popula? tion of Strasbourg has deserved well of the country, and that never-Msten to what I say-never shall that city cease to be French." Amid a burst of acclamation, which was seve? ral times renewed, the entire house rose, and M. Schneider declared M. Keller's proposition carried unanimously. Th? honorable deputy then made another statement to the effect that roving bauds of Badots peasants and regular soldiers were scouring the department of the Lower Rhine, and the herders of that ol the Upper Shine, laying every village, hamlet and town under contribution, and that the 'Badois peasants who were thus pillaging the popula? tions bad not even gun s er uniforms, but were merely armed with swords. M. Keller insisted energetically upon the culpable course of the government In not arm? ing the populations or Alsace and Lorraine, and the other departments exposed to these irruptions, and the House was visibly moved in favor of a preposition which ; submitted for the Immediate appointment of a com? mission to' hear the explanations of the gov? ernment upon the position of the Department of the Upper Rhine, and that, in conjunction ?with one to be nominaued bx the government, and duly invested with tau powers, lt should forthwith visit the Departments of the Upper' and the Lower Rhine, and, while encouraging tlie people to rise .against the Invaders, should seek Hie means of alleviating their miseries. The proposition-the final con? sideration of which w is taken up In the even? ing sitting-was not adopted, the vote of urgency upon lt having- been rejected. The Minister of War declared that the government had the matter airead}' under care, and that i these repeated attempts to appoint commis? sions of this nature were so many proofs of ' the desire of their originators to excite a dis? trust of the government, which, however, would continue to do Its duty irrespective of these attacks. The minister also announced he could affirm, upon the authority of the Prussians themselves, that since their entry Into France they bad lost at least 200,000 men In the different battles which have been deliv? ered; and that the dall}' cost to Prussia of the war amounted to 2,800,000 tbalers, or 10,500,000 francs. ALL ABOUT THE STATE. Mr. Wm. Murchison, one of the most promi? nent merchants of Bennettsville, died in New York, on the 14th Instant. Mr. Willis Wallace, an old and highly re? spected citizen ol Laurens District, died sud? denly last week. Mr. Richard Johnson met with a painful ac? cident on Monday evening last, by the acci ! dental discharge of a pistol in his pocket, ! while riding out. The ball entered his thigh and passed down nearly to the knee. The wound, t hough not dangerous, is very painful. Major John Leland, president of the Lan rensville Female College, was robbed of $175 during last week. Major Leland's clothes were extracted from the room lu which he slept by an open window, the pockets rifled, ano the clothes returned to the chamber. It is reported from Spartanburg that Mr. James W. Thompson received a challenge from one of the winsmith family to settle a point of offended honor, but the authorities interfered and prevented the affair. Mr. Win smith, it ls furthermore stated, is a recent convert to Radicalism, and a candidate for a judgeship, ir the law is enforced, it will upset lils calculations, the penalty being disfranchise? ment and a fine of 1500. The Winnsboro' Newa says: "Milly Jack? son, a negro girl In the employ of a colored man, as nurse, on the plantation of Mr. John Cameron, about eight miles north of this place, having committed some misdemeanor, was chastised by the said colored man. her emplover. Shortly after the employer left the house," the negro girl, through revenge, built a fire in the cradle containing a colored child and burnt lt to death, after which she set dre to the house, consuming it and the child. The child was only seven months old. This is one of the most horrible murders that has ever oc? curred In this county, and she should suffer the extreme penaity of the law. The negro girl Is now In Jail In this place." The tournament at Glenn's Springs, on the 15th, passed off pleasantly, and was a decided success, notwithstanding the unfavorable state of the weather. The following were the suc? cessful knights: Dr. William Smith, "Lost Knight,"' who crowned Miss Rawlinson as Queen of Love and Beauty; J. W. Thompson, "Saladin," who selected the first maid of honor; James H. Rodgers obtained the third ?rlze. and selected the second maid of bonor; L L. Davis, "Red Gauntlet," obtained the fourth prize, and selected the third maid of honor. The costume ball was a brilliant affair, and was largely attended. Williamston Springs will be the next point of attraction-a gi-and ball coming off cn the 20th. to be fol? lowed, on the 30th, by another at Rock Hill. Columbia will lollow suit, during the Agricul? tural Fair.. -A New York letter of Thursday, to the Philadelphia Ledger, says: "The German bankers are buying gold to-day-which means that they have private advices by the cable, rendering it even more certain than the pub? lished dispatches that tte talk about peace and mediation has collapsed, and that nothing now is to be looked for but a vigorous prosecution of the war. Should King William obtain pos? session of Paris, the same parties who are buy? ing gold to-day will probably be sellers then, on the accepted theory that Prussian successes up to that Doint must dispose the French to accede to terms. Wall street looks upon Paris as the 'Richmond' of the war, and when .Rich? mond is captured the last ditch ls supposed to have been reached. Outside of the Gold Room and Stock Exchange, however, these views are not accepted, without much qualification. There are many who believe that the Germans will be beaten back front. Paris, and there are others who think that even If they capture lt, France will keep on fighting as resolutely,^ before. Merchants and business men engaged in regular trade are greatly perplexed by these conflicting opinions, and this induces them to abstain from embarking ID new enterprises or making new investments, until daylight is visible." , NEW TO BK COTTON STATEMENT. ' : NEW YORK, September 18.. The'cotton movements show largely in? creased receipts. Receipts at all ports 17,900 bales; last week 11,000- bales; previous week 6800 bales. Exports 3800 bales; last week' 3700 bales; this week last year 2600 bales; only 27 bales exported irom New York ,this week. Exports from all ports since Sfptember1st 11,000 bales, against 2500 bales last year.. Stock at all ports 55^200 bales, against-' 30,600 bales; Interior 13,200 balesrfagalnst .13,600 bales last week, and 6800 boles last year. Stock at Liver? pool 490,000 bales, against 46,000 bales last year. American cotton afloat 17,000 bales, against 6000 bales. ' East Indian cotton afloat' 447,000 bales,' against 583,000 bales. ^The'mar ket here was heavy during the week, ifjth a disposition by holders to meet buyers and re? duce stock. SAILING OF 1MB BROOKLYN. FORTRESS MONROE, September 18. The United States steamer Brooklyn arrived here to-day from Norfolk, and wiU sall as soon as the storm abates for Portsmouth Sf. H.: A heavy northeast storm prevails, and the roads are full of shipping., ' ? *" - FEVER AMONG UNITED STATES TROOPS. NEW YORE, December 18... The disease among the troops at Governor's Island is bilious and not yellow fever. Twenty seven deaths have already occurred, and there are nine soldiers down with the disease now. The brig H. G. Perry, just arrived, from Havana, lost her captain from cholera and a seaman irom yellow fever. Two cases ot fever are now on board.... VOMITO. AT BARCELONA. MADRID, September 18. Ten persons, Including the health officer,. have died of vomito at Barceipna. Simellanioaa._ JJA VIS 4 MILLER'S FLAVORING 'EXTRACTS IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES,. QUALITY STILL FURTHER IMPROVED. We beg leave respectfully to can the attention . the public^to our Supenor Flavoring Extracts. 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