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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1465. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1870. S?X DOLLARS A YKAH. E VERY LATEST. SIDXIGlir DISPATCHES. ROME AND PARIS. ?*9TH CITIES IN A BAD WAT. WHAT BISMARCK THINKS OF THE SITUATION. TUB LATE EH PIRK CONFINED IN THE WALLS OF METZ. Prussian Reports. BERLIN, September 20. The North German Gazette Bays that Bis? marck consents to see Favre, but says that Gerrc?iv to not disposed to intermeddle with the Internal af tl rs of France. The German provinces are rea?j to recognize'the Republic when they are sure :hat the French people prefer that form of government, but to protect military operations it is necessary to recognize in the territory actually occupied the au? thorities left fey the Empire. Moreover, it is unknown whether Bazaine recognizes the Be- j public and the government a: Paris. Indeed, it is reported that he expressly disavows both. English Reports. LONDON, September 20. Rumors circulated here in regard to local (uprisings in France against the Prussians are .not believed. The Journals of to-day have no news what? ever iro m Paris. A dispatch was received to? night from Paris, dated at 4 o'clock this morn? ing, simply reporting a collision of trains near Tours. JTo be found elsewhere.] Thiers has arrived at Tours. Italian Reports. FLORENCE, September 20. The siege o? Rome has commenced. Fire .divisions under Cadoraas invest the city. Re? sistance ls a matter of form, and a surrender .te expected to-day. Retara ot Expelled Americans. NEW YORK, September 20. The-steamer '-Ville de Paris, which arrived "from Havre, to-day, has many Americans on board who have been driven from France and Germany by the war. GOLD AND BOND MARKET. NEW YORK, September 20-Evening. Gold opened dull and continued so through? out the day; nothing dom; since 3 o'clock. Sixty-twos 12j; sixty-fours llg; sixty-fives 12; new 102; sixty-sevens 10f; sLxty-eights 10$; fours 6?. ?LONDON, September 20-Evening. Consols 02?. Bonds 90?. THE LOYAL LEAGUE. NEW YORK, September 20. - The National Executive Committee of the Union League of America met at the St. Ni? cholas Hotel to-day, Governor Geary, of Penn . sylvania, in the chair. The reports made irom several States in regard to the coming elec? tions were regarded as satisfactory. Certain details of a secret nature were perfected which were designed to give effect to legislation in behalf of fair elections, recently enacted by Congress. The contest in Pennsylvania is re? ported to be progressing satisfactorily, and promising a good Union majority. New Jer? sey, Delaware, Maryland, with other States further South, are reported :o be In a satisfac? tory condition. A new State Council was au? thorized for the West. Virginia and Texas matters were fully discussed and importan: .astion taten thereon, after which the commit ? tee adjourned, to meet in Philadelphia- a month hence. TEX BI VLB RAILROAD ACCIDENT. -f~ _ TOURS, September 20. Two trains collided near here. Eleven were killed, including M. Duval, editor of the Jour? nal des Depots, and twenty-five were hurt. THE MASSACRE IN CHINA. HONG KONG, September 1, via London. The feeling in China against foreigners is intense, and a fresh outbreak of violence on the part of the natives is feared. Wade, the secretary o? the British Legation, is still at Pekin. The Frenen Ambassador threatened to retire unless the Mandarins imp Heated in 4he Tientsin massacre were executed before the 31st of August. THE CHOLERA IN HAVANA. HAVANA, September 20. j There were 123 deaths Irom cholera in this ! city yesterday. RETURNING TO WORK. WASHINGTON, September 20. Two hundred recruits have been ordered to New Orleans from Cincinnati. Creswell has returned, and Belknap will be back lo-morrow. Boutwell will return in ten days, and the full Cabinet will be here in a month. TE ?LOW FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS. NEW ORLEANS, September 20. There were eight death? from yellow fever for twenty-four hours, to ? P. M. yesterday. Four were natives of Italy, two of France, one of Nova Scotia, and one unknown. ELECTION IN OREGON. SAN FRANCISCO. September 1. The Oregon Legislature has elected Colonel J. K. Kelly, Democrat, United States senator, vice Williams, Radical. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. BALTIMORE, September 20. The Grand Lodge of Oda Fellows elected the following officers: Fred. D. Stewart, of Washington, D. C., grand secretary; J. L. Bidgely, of Maryland, grand corresponding and recording secretary; Joshua Vansant. of Maryland, grand treasurer. RA VA GES OF THE TELZ OW FE VER IN HAVANA. NEW YORK, September 20. Private dispatches from Havana state that the aggregate number of deaths from yellow feveTln that city, for the week ending on Sa? turday last, was Ave hundred and Bixty. MORE WEECES. LIVERPOOL, September 20. The American bark Harvester is ashore on the Arabian coast. The stern of a vessel has washed ashore on the Irish roast, which was marked "Domi? no Dirgio Nos.*' LONDON, September 19. A vessel was run down by a steamer a -few days siace in Yarmouth Roads, which proves tobe the schooner Annie Kersine. Thc crew were saved. END OF A STRIKE. WHEELING, VA., September 20. The long protracted strike of the iron-work? ers ended to-day, the managers makin g no concessions. THE CITT ET THE SEA. Charleston as the Seaport or thc Cotton Belt. [From the Selma Times and Messenger, Sept. 16.] The revolution in inland commerce wrought by the railroad system ol Alabama in the last three years has "set the tide ol cotton ship? ments "directly North and East lrom almost everv interior town ' and city. The Alabama and Bigbee Rivers formerly sufficed to carry to the sea the en?re crop of South and Middle and Northwestern Alabama. Unfortunately for the planter in those sections, these rivers flowed in the opposite direction from the spinner. Hence the herculean efforts of capitalists and railroad men to complete the connection be? tween the West and the East, the South and tho North. This consummation bas been real? ized, and Charleston is within easy reach ol Sel? ma by the Selma, Rome and Dalton, and by the railroad abojt completed from Selma to Mont? gomery, and onward. The "consideration of two competing lines from Selma to the spinner insures low rates of transportation, and works greatly to the inter? est of the planter as wt?M as to the buyer. To the planter because it is manifest that the most direct line to the spinner, at che lowest freight rates, enables him to realize larger net profits on his crop by Increasing the number ol markets at his control, and by reducing the cost of reaching said markets. To the buyer, lor the reason that his field of operations is en? larged, and he can fill his orders In less time and at less charges. In view of these general principles and acknowledged facts, if becomes a serious ques? tion with Selma, as a cotton centre, to what points merchants and planters should look to obtain the material aid necessary to facilitate the movement of cotton along the only natu? ral channel, that is to say from the gin house to the spinner. Heretofore, as above intimat? ed, cotton has taken the back track and gone from this section to Mobile aud New Orleans, to be sold there and shipped North, East, and to Europe. Now very little cotton goeb to Mobile from this section, because it would have to come back over the same line or some other line and pay extra the cost of transporta? tion to Mobile or New Orleans from any of our contiguous inland points. The enterprise ol Northern capitalists has offered Inducements to buyers at Selma, and consequently all bills for purchasers here are made on New York houses. This business might as well be controlled by Charleston, as that city has the same advantage of the Euro? pean trade that New York hos. But Charleston has ?rreat'y the advantage of Mobile as a cotton market, as is apparent trom a comparison of the Mobile and Charleston quotations for the colton year past to tho first ol September, 1870. In the past, the Charles? ton market for the same grades has been from a quarter to three-fourths of a cent higher than the Mobile market, averaging a naif cent higher through every season. This, however, is natural, as Charleston ls several hundred miles nearer the spinner than Mobile, without; the loss ol time and heavy Insurance of a voy? age around the Florida reefs. Now, the ques? tion presents itself ot the diffence in cost of transportation from Selma to Mobile and to Charleston in connection with the difference In the price of cotton at the two seaports. Take two bales of cotton of rive hundred pounds at twenty cents at Selma; they cost the buyer $100 each; he sends one to Mobile and one to Charleston : Freight.$l 00 Insurance.1 25 Wharfage. 10 Drayage. 15 Storage. 50 .scalcage- six pounds per bale. 1 23 Commissions on gross sale, at 20}?e. 2 ?6-$ 6 TS Proceeds or a bale o' cotton of 500 pounds, at 20>?C. 102 50 Net proceeds to planter. $S5 :i CHARGES ON CHARLESTON BALE. Freight.$5 00 Insurance. - Wharfage. - Drayage. 15 Storage... 50 Commissions on gross sale, at 2lc... 2 62-$ s 27 Proceeds of a bale of cotton of '00 pounds, at 2lc. 105 00 Net proceeds to planter. $96 73 RECAPITULATION. Net proceeds of Charleston sale. $96 73 Net proceeds of Mobile sale. 95 71 Difference la favor of Charleston. $ 102 So stand these facts, as any one can prove by reference to the account of sales from these two seaports, with thia exception, however, that there is often a difference of full one cent in favor of Charleston. In the latter case, Charleston would have a ranrgin of $S 52 per bale over Mobile. Now, the manifest -duty and Interest of merchants of Charleston, is to avail themselves of the current of trade and the interest of the planter by making Selma their strategic point of operations. They may do this by advancing to planters trading at Selma, or by filling orders here. Mobile con? trolled cotton here in the past; New York is now controlling it, and Savannah is attempt? ing it in the same way. Indeed, Savannah, backed by the Georgia Railroad interest look? ing to the completion of the road from Selma to Montgomery, has been putting out her money with planters within fifteen miles cf Selma, but Charleston bas the advance of from i to J in insurance on cargoes to the North and East. Let Charleston arouse herself to a Bense of her interest and opportu? nities in connection with Selma, and she will increase her trade and profits largely. Selma will soon have six railroads dlver?infr into every section of the cotton be!:. She invites Charleston to a close alliance with a view to a mutual profit. Hotel Arrivals-September 30. PAVILION HOTEL. J. P. Carson, Norfolk; Jno. B. Neal, Thom? son, Ga.;B. J. Burnett, Sumter; R. s. Booker. Barnwell; J. L. McCollough, D. S. McCollough, Honea Path, W. W. Rawls, V. Smith. Ridge! ville; N. C. McDaffie, Nlcbo?s; M. J. David, Clarendon; S. B. Woodberry; Barnwell^ S. H. Cooke, Arkansas; S. H. Harris, Friendship; W. J. Blanton, Barnwell; J. R. Bryan. Mrs. A. Bryan, Salters; P. J. Clements, S. E. Walford, Darlington; A. B. Coburn, Coosawhatchic; Joe H. Mack, Agent Skiff ? Gaylord's Minstrel?: James W. Clarke, Sumter. CHARLESTON HOTEL. J. S. Saflbld, SSimn; George D. Gilchrist, Florida; Nile Hatch, Savannah; Eugene Evins, Philadelphia; William Smith, Wilming? ton; J. J. Green. George H. Lounsbery, H. Camps, New York; A. J. Cooper, Opelika: Alfred Booker, wife and two daughters, Wey? mouth, England; Antonio Marti, Cuba; R. Bickiord, Seneca Falls; A. Matheson, Che raw; Mrs. Gibson, S. A. Woods, Darlington; A. B. Noyes, Florida, MILLS HOUSE. L. P. Smith, Christ Church Parish; A. Lewis, Boston; J. C. Bailey, Enterprise, Greenville; Henry B. Bunting, Philadelphia; W. K. Chad? wick, Boston; E. C. Clayton, M. C. Barkley, steamship Maryland; D. D. Wright, New York; A. F. Walker and wile, Florida; John GaineB and wife, steamship Champion. NO SURRENDER ! STRASBOURG TO BE DEFENDED TO THE LAST. THE PRUSSIANS CLOSING IN ON PARIS. ROME NOT YET OCCUPIED BY THE ITALIAN TROOPS. BARRICADING PARIS. THE ARMY OP LYONS ABOUT TO TAKE THE FIELD. FAVRE TO BE RECEIVED, I GERMAN OFFICERS BUSHWHACKED i BY THE FRENCH PEASANTRY. THE PRUSSIANS REPULSED AT SOISSONS. HOPES OF PEACE NOT ABANDONED. THE CZAR COMPLIMENTS THE PRUS? SIAN SOLDIERY. NOON DISPATCHES. Th? Siege of Paris and Strasbourg. LONDON, September 20. Th?re has been a Ekirmish near near Juery and Chatillon, on the outskirts of Paris. The Prussians nov occupy Clamart, Murdon. Ville Neuve, Vannes and Fontenay. The Crown Prince ls near Fontainebleau. The Prussians crossed thc Seine a few miles above its conflu? ence with the Marne. Advices from Strasbourg up to Monday re? port that the cannon of the besieged had been almost silenced. General Ulric has been badly wounded. His headquarters have been removed to a cel? lar. ? The people of thc city have voted by a large majority to continue the defence to the last. Latest from Rome. LONDON, September 20. Italian advices are meagre, but a.. the last accounts Rome had not yet been occupied by the Italian troops. A Napoleonic Precedent. LONDON, September 20. The Prussians cite the conduct of Napoleon as a precedent and an authority for employing prisoners on public works. Movements of the Forces-King Wil? liam and Mediation. TOCKS, September 20. The Ministry pnblish the following : "The enemy are moving to Bernhclm and Evesheim." Official advices from Paris up to the evening of the 13th report that the Prussians had made a reconnoissance near Joinvllle. An engage? ment took place with the French sharpshoot? ers on the opposite bank of the Marne, and the Prussians were driven off. The German Uhlan9 have occupied Ver? sailles. It is understood that Versailles will be the permanent headquarters of the Prussians. The Garde Mobile are killing many German scouts around Paris. The government has decided to erect a com? plete system ol barricades in Paris. Rocheiort has the work in charge. The army at Lyons is incorporating African recruits, and the organization is progressing rapidly. This army ls Intended to operate in the departments of the East. Detachments have already gone forward to Besancon and Vorges. The Prussians threaten death to those re? pairing railroads which they destroy. The Constitutionnel gives the following an? swer from King William to the efforts to bring about mediation. "Whereas, The Great Powers did not suc? ceed in preventing France from declaring war against Prussia. Prussia now demands her right to treat directly with France for peace, but a6 France has no regular government. Prussia can have no guarantee that the condi? tion of a treaty will be fulfilled.'' To settle thi9 point, Jules Favre himself has gone to the King's headquarters. Around Metz. LONDON, September 20. The postal service between Paris and Tours is conducted entirely by messengers. The correspondent of the Times writes from Saarbr?cken, on Monday, that a sortie from Metz was ordered, but subsequently counter? manded. The French peasants in that neigh? borhood continue to murder the German offi? cers by picking them off with rifles. They have also inflicted some damage on the Prus? sians by cutting telegraphs. The Eternal City. LONDON, September 20. The negotiations for delay at Borne have failed, and the Italian troops are about forcing the gates of the Eternal City. Only a feeble resistance ls anticipated. The Polish Volunte ern. LONDON, September 20. In order to avoid complications with other nations, France has declined the services of the Polish Volunteer Legion. NIGHT DISPATCHES. English Reports. LONDON, September 20. Pietrie, formerly prefect of police at Paris, writes from Wilbelmshohe, that it was impos? sible lor the Emperor to conceal the Court ex? travagance by a reinforcement ot the civil list. lt is also untrue that tne Emperor has ten million dollars safely invested at Amster? dam, and that the Emperor borrowed two thousand thalers at Sedan. Pi-trie adds that his master's misfortunes should protect h'm ! from such outrageous publications. I Granville's messengor to Lord Lyons was 1 obliged to travel in a post chaise from Rouen < The mail service irom Paris ia cut in all direc- ' Mon?. j Prussia is intensely disgusted with England, 1 especially because or Rs publication of confl- 1 dential memoranda. The French have constructed earthworks near St. Denis and Clamart. Steinmetz has been relieved to leave Frede? rick Charles the sole credit ol reducing Metz. Steinmetz has been appointed Governor ol Holstein, in Silesia. The Prussians have a large police force throughout Alsace and Lorraine. The outbreaks at Nice and Mentone were en? tirely suppressed. The latest Berlin advices state that King William will receive Favre at Rheims to mor? row and hear his peace propositions. Prussian Reports. BERLIN, September 20. The North German Government officially no? tifies the Great Powers that though the block? ade has been raised the navigation of the North and Baltic Seas are dangerous on account of | the absence of lights and buoys. The Czar writes to the Prussian Queen ex? tolling ike wonderful ability and soldierly qualities of the Prussians, and congratulates the Queen on the victories. It is denied that William will only treat with Napoleon, but he will hold all conquered terri? tory until a stable government guarantees a treaty. A letter from Bismarck says : "Best satis? fied that the safety of Garmany is being prop? erly secured, and the peace of the world as? sured. No obstacle will be placed, on the part of Germany, in the way of the termination of | the war Into which she was unwillingly drawn, but from which she will never retire until the legitimate aspirations of her children are secured, and the integrity of the Father? land secured, and the people of Germany ren? dered sale from future cruel and unnecessary conflicts and slaughter resulting, which we cannot look upon without horror." A private letter from Cassel says that Napo? leon formally revoked the decree by which Eugenie assumed the regency. French Reports. TOURS, September 20. It is reported that the result of the meeting of Favre and the King ls that the hope of a speedy peace ls not abandoned. Prussia is in? disposed to an armistice, and li there is peace at all, lt must be settled Immediately. Thiers left here tins afternoon, after an in? terview with Crimleux. England received Thiers's explanations favorably, and is prepared to act with Russia and Austria If they also ac? cept Thiers's propositions. Advices from Orleans attach great Impor? tance to the action at Soissons yesterday. The Prussians Buffered much from artillery hidden ia the woods. The battle lasted nearly J all day, when the Prussians were compelled to retire. It Is reported that the Prussian:} were badly repulsed In an attempt to storm Fort Mont Valerien, on the west side of Paris. An enormous quantity of stores and muni? tions gathered here have been ordered farther 60Uth. ItiMan Report*. FLORENCE, September 20. Herr Arnim writes from Cardenas an? nouncing his failure lo prevent resistance to Itallanoccupatlon, and says that the foreign leglonaires defy the Pope's wishes. The italians must take the city by force. It cannot bc ob? tained by diplomacy. The Italians are in loree on all sides ot the city, except eastward. The preparations for delence provide zs far as possible for the protection ot property, lor venerable monuments and the lives of non? combatants. Spirit or the French-Detention or th? Lafayette. NEW YORK, September 20. A special from London to the press here says that great spirit animates the soldiers on the Paris ramparts, and sorties are made every day. One hundred and twenty volunteers for the French army were arrested on the steamer Lafayette on a United States warrant, issued upon the complaint ot the North German Con? sul. The steamer was on the point of sailing when the arrests were made. The steamer will await the result of the examination to-mor morrow. NICE, September 20. Contrary to Prussian reports, Nice and Man tone are perfectly tranquil. Holland for Peace. HAGUE, September 20. The King opened the Chambers, assuring the Deputies of the maintenance of peace, and the finances of the Kingdom were in every respect satisfactory. -* STRASBOURG AND PARIS. A German Military Writer on their | | Powers of Resistance. The lollowlng extract from a letter of the well-known military witter, Julius Von Wick? ede, has a special interest in connection with the news from Strasbourg and Paris : We are now besieging and bombarding Strasbourg and Metz, beyond all doubt the two strongest fortresses of France. These im? mense strongholds huve menaced the peace 1 and security of Germany, particularly the former, and lt ls therefore deemed of the high? est importance that they should bo. captured and remain in our permanent possession A fair number of heavy siege-guns have already ? arrived belore Strasbourg. The Prussian ' 24-pounders are excellent and very effec- ? live; they have a wide runge, and as soon 1 as the distance has been correctly ascertained ' ( which ls generally the case after two or three I trial shots,; their fire ls as accurate and tellln" < as can be reasonably desired. In regard to < Strasbourg, it would not be wise to calculate 1 upon an immediate capitulation. General ' Ulric, the commander of the fortress was ? formerly in the Imperial Guard, and'?3 an ? officer ol the highest military ability-one who < will do his duty to the last, and without any I particular regard for the inhabitants of the l city he ls called upon to delend. I became < Greonally acquainted with him at Varna, dur- l j the Crimean war, when we passed our leis- I ure time in conversing about military matters 1 drinking a glass of light Brussa wine, and I playing a game of dominoes. I remember well 1 enough that we repeatedly touched on the possl- 1 bility ofour confronting each other as enemies ' The brave general did not then imagine that the { 8tromrest army which the Second Empire ' could'bring into the field would be repeatedly I beaten by us within a fortnight, and that we 1 could so soon commence the siege of the two * most important French fortresses. The idea I that, the Germans would carry the war into < the French territory seemed too preposterous 1 to the French, who thought it au easy task to 1 drive the Prussians beyond the Rhine, and ( never expected to meet any serious resistance ( until they would reach Mayence and Coblentz. * AH their preparations show that this was their < preconceived plan. s But to return to the siege of Strasbourg, t Although the commander Is a man of uudoubt- ' ed talent, energy and bravery, and although 1 the garrison is composed of select troops, who will fight and delend the city to tin: last. I do not believe this fortress will prove mother Sebastopol. The numerous popula? tion ol'the city, amouotiog to more thau S0. D00 Inhabitants, will be a serious check to the powers ol' resistance and endurance ol'the t garrison, and will necessitate a speedier capit- t illation than could otherwise be anticipated, i lt is more than probable that our repeatedly < sxpressed opinion that large and populous ? sities are not fit places for fortresses will ob- I iain additional confirmation ere long. Theprin- ? cipal objection against them ls the difficulty, J or rather impossibility, of provisioning them i for a long siege. Of what use are the strong- < est walls ano: a great number of guns when J once famine, with its appalling consequences, ' spreads among^a population of 80,000 souls ? 1 and how can the most energetic commander 1 prevent it, and protect his army against its ' Bible0 lDS influence ? It is utterly lmpos- j m^':J1?ve,/eati many reports about the im- < n?.^?^0?tl?catloaa "round Paris, and had an 1 viflro examine these strongholds a few I L^.rfW and we readily confess that they are I iormidable, and were so previous to the i numerous additions and improvements which have recently been made. But what of that ? If what we have said above holds good with a city ol 80,000 people, how much more so in re? gard to a capital ol nearly 2,000,000 Inhabi? tants, and composed ol such dangerous and heterogeneous elements as the population of Paris ? Some of the Paris newspapers contain an account of the quantities of provisions which are said to be stored in that city, and pretend tb&t the place ls fully prepared for a siege of four months. We feel inclined to think that the figures on paper will not correspond with the amount ol stores actually on hand, and we should not be at all surprised to And these state? ments equal in exaggeration and want of truth to the reports circulated about the strength of the French army, Its armament, equipment and fitness for field service. We think that by the time the three Immense col? umns of the German army shall appear before Parlo, all the braggadocio about the defence of that city to the last will have been silenced by Bounder counsel and cooler judgment. lt would be the climax of madness to attempt a defence of Paris under the existing circum? stances. TRO CRU OS WAR. The French Commander'? View? of the Mis?ton of the Trac Soldier. Now that the approach of the German ar? mies to Paris brings with each day into greater prominence the.name of Trochu, the general whom the French Empire rejected, but upon whom the Republic has Imposed Its greatest task, lt will be Interesting to see Just what manner of man he ls, and in what spirit he ls likely to administer one of the most solemn and trying trusts ever confided to a soldier. In a remarkable passage of his very remark? able book on the French army-a book which, In the light of recent events, assumes an al? most prophetic character-Trochu thus speaks of the temper In which wax must be viewed by soldiers who are also citizens: "I must bear my witness," he says, "to a truth with w hlch my own experience has deeply Impressed me, when I declare that nothing less resembles war and battle than the common descriptions of both. War, which imposes so many sacri? fices in men and money on the people who en? gage In lt, and upon the armies which make it BO many trials and efforts, breeds, especially In the countries over which it ls waged, most In? evitable misery and disorder. Those of old time always degenerated, and in our own times oiten still degenerate Into outrage, violence and devastation, wreaked upon the Innocent and habitually Inoffensive populations which are trampled under foot by the contending hosts. Here are the real, wide-spread, terrible evils of war. They are little spoken of, if they are spoken of at all, for the cry of these ruined people ls mined by the emotions of the battle-field and of politics. But the spectacle of 1 these dumb and helpless Buffetings ls heart? breaking to every soldier who possesses the least magnanimity. AU such soldiers are amazed that modern civilization, which ls so proud of having supplanted force Jn the deal? ings of man with man by principles and by the law, should still be attempting to settle in? ternational disputes by letting loose the scourges of war. The souls of such soldiers sicken with scorn at the aspect of the carpet knights who invoke war. and celebrate Its glories In a conventional Jargon which betrays their vanity, their Ignorance, their ambition and their pretension. Bur, at the same time, the duties and the responsibilities ol high com mand cannot fall to elevate the sentiments ot all such men. To lead, then, troops, by the authority of character and of example, Into adopting the habits and accepting the rules of discipline; to dispose them to consideration and kindness towards non-combatant popula? tions; to Inspire the soldier with respect for himself, with respect lor the mission confided to him by lils country, and with such devotion to the high interests represented by his coun? try's flag as shall make lt easy for him to lay down his Hie in their behalf-what work can be more worthy than this of the noblest heart and the loftiest spirit? From this point of view, I firmly believe that wars which bear the double stamp ot right and of necessity ex lit the temper of a nation, snatch a com? munity from the enervating enjoyments ot a long peace, and reconstruct its manhood by tempering anew in the ordeal of peril and of endurance Its character and Its soul.'' These are the words, and this ls the spirit of DO ordinary captain, and there can be little ioubt that, under such a commander, the de? fence of Paris and ol France, whether lt be successful or unsuccessful, will at least be worthy of a great people and of a civilized ?ge. TBE TERRIBLE UHLAXS. Captain Jeannerod, the correspondent of Le Temps, writing from Mezleres-Charlevllle, after the battle at Metz, of the conduct of the Ger? man troops, says that the reports of the Prus? sian doings are necessarily much exaggerated, out that Isolated, acts of violence have occur? red, to which the alarm felt ls In some degree traceable. Here ls an Incident which he relates Illustrative of these exaggerations: A Prussian soldier was lying on the ground in a field; a doctor, near at hand, bandaged his wounds, and, having finished, was about to mount his horse, when a Uhlan came up and shot him through the bead with a pistol. Enormous as this seems, it muBt be true, for everywhere I have heard the same story. One ol' my informants was an old dragoon of the Guard, one of the rare survivors of his regi? ment, which was annihilated In the battle of the ltiib. "We have been crushed," he said, "but each one of ns had struck down three, md now, since they have fired upon the doc? tors, no more quarter I I met one this morn? ing lost In a wood. He bad thrown away his ifn, crying, 'Friend, friend !' 'No friend,11 replied, and ran my sword through his body." Some Chasseurs d'Afrique have also declared n my presence, "No more quarter." * * * Evidently the war between the two armies is ?ssumlng a character of fury and of extermln itlon. * * * Tim Uhlan will deserve, after :hls war, to hold the same rank In the Prus ilan army as the zouave does with us. "The [Jhlans are everywhere," said a young peasant o me. Mounted upon excellent horses, four ir five of thom arrive in a village, and the whole ?anton knows that evening that the Prussians iave arrived, though the corps tfarmee may )e Aileen kilometres off. But that ls unknown, md hence the dread of firing upon these bur or five Uhlans, lest, for a single ;nemy thus dispatched, a whole commune iii "ht be put to Are and sword. So much for ;htTterror produced by Prussian arms; but hey also know how to caress the people. In he environs of Metz, nothing ls spoken of but ne Prussian organization, and the facility vlth which lt adapts itself, for the moment, to .he local customs of the country that is in? vaded. They have even gone so far as to )roraise to the employees of the Sarregue nines Railroad to maintain them on their pre? sent footing, though this ls very superior to he condition of similar employees In Rhenish Prussia. In the town, small and large, wherever their conduct will be talked of. the tame dexterous handling is shown. Half from loltcy, half from natural Inclination, the con luct of the enemy In certain localities has left ?oihiug to be complained or. As against the rillages burnt on the hills of Gravelotte, other lases are cited where the Inhabitants were mlokly reassured. A.young peasant girl said lefore me that it was very wrong to be trlght ;ned; that the enemy had been very gentle md considerate; had taken nothing, but con ;enied themselves with asking tor what they vanted, and paying what vas asked. And he peasant girl added one thing which was rery sail, but whlcu ought to be made known: .Our owu soldiers did a great deal more mis ihlef." The Cologne Gazette savs: "Make peace for told ! As tho Times suggests, redeem with a kousand millions the blood of the children of Germany. Away with the thought ! France nust be humllitated-she must be so brought lown thr.t in the future she will be unable to :ause MS any disquietude. Conclusion-To Paris "' Tlie Voss Zeitung, usually calm In its itatements, exclaims: "We will not give up Usace and Lorraine, which a proud conqueror ormerly stole from the Fatherland;" whilst the >fficlal organ ot Bismarck, the Allgemeine .ford Deutsche Zeitung, repeats: "From com iat to combat-from victory to victory-unt? ?ve plant the German flag opon the Imperial Palace of the Tuileries. Thus, then, the con jollng idea of seeing the waters of the Moselle ugain blue, Paris resume Its gayety, and Ber? lin Its industry, of seeing peace and commer? cial intercourse once mora established, ls de? nied us. Not a man In Germany, In this Ger? many, so peaceful, humane and Intelligent, In the coan try of Goethe, Schiller, Kent and Les? sing, cries 'hold, enough P " I BLOODY WORK BHG?N. DISTURBANCES IN LAUBES S AND NEWBEBBT. THE NEGROES ARMED WITH GUNS, CLUBS A"ND SCYTHEBLADE3. A COLLISION BETWEEN TEE WEITES AND BL A OKS MOMENTARIL Y . EXPECTED. THE WHITES UNDER ARDIS. OFFERS OF HELP FROM NORTH CARO . LINA AND GALLANT EDGEFIELD. TWO COLORED MEN REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED. CITIZENS OF CLINTON CALLED TO THE DE? FENCE OF THEIR HOMES. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, September 20. The people of Newberry Courthouse, Ninety six and Clinton are intensely excited over complications growing out of the wounding of a colored man by Chappel on Saturday last. After the affair the wildest rumors spread over the country, and a large number ot arm? ed colored men collected and threatened to lynch Chappel.* The whites have also prepared themselves for any emergency. It is reported that during a fracas at Clinton, in Laurens County, two colored men were killed and a number wounded. Rumor has lt that Ave hundred whl te and fifteen hundred colored men are Under arms. Passengers who arrived here to-day by the Greenville and Columbia Road saw a large body of negroes armed with guns, clubs and scythe-blades; also a company of white men mounted. Citizens of Clinton who were on the train were called upon by couriers to return home and protect their families. There is no news direct from Clinton to-day, but a collision there was momentarily ex? pected. The whites are thoroughly organized for de? fence. Couriers have been sent to the scene of the difficulty from Charlotte, N. C., and from Edgefleld County, offering assistance to the whites. Chief Constable Hubbard, who was sent up to Newberry by the Governor, returned to Co? lumbia to-day. The readiness of the whites, coupled with their lorbearance, has prevented a serious col? lision thus far. [Clinton ls thc village which was fired into by the colored militia, under Joe Crews, a few weeks ago. It will be remembered also that Joe Crews has told the negroes In his speeches, again and again, that they have a right to take what food they want, and that if the whites do not do them Justice, the negroes must,burn them out of house and home.] The following dispatch is printed in the Ring Organ: COLUMBIA, S. C., September 20, 1870. Serious disturbances have occurred In Lau? rens. Five colored men have been shot, two seriously. On Sunday an armed body of about twenty white men tired into the colored people at? tending a funeral, near the line ol Newberry County. From information received at a late hour last night, we learn that nearly a thousand white men, mounted and armed, are lying In ambush ready to seize the State arms at Clin? ton. The Governor has been appealed to to quiet the disturbances. Hubbard wem to Newberry this morning._ TEE NEGRO MUST DIE TMAT THE CARPET-BAGGER MATPROSPER. THE SECRET COUNCIL OP THE UNION LEAGUE ISSUE THEIR EDICT. THE MYSTERY OF RANDOLPH'S DEATH UNEARTHED. MURDER MUST BE COMMITTED TO AT? TAIN PARTY ENDS. THE REFORMERS TO BE CHARGED WITH THE MURDERS. COPY OF A LETTER PICKED UP IN UNION VILLE. DEPOSITIONS OF THE FINDERS. We publish below a circular purporting to be from the Secret Council of the Union League, which, for inhumanity and villany, surpasses anything that we have ever heard of, or read, in the history of mankind. .White men, read the paper and learn the character of the scoundrels against whom you have to contend. Colored men of South Carolina, read it, and circulate it among your race. You can see now why Ran? dolph was murdered, and why the murderer Tolbert was not brought to public trial, but secretly killed to shut out all chances of fu? ture disclosures. The original circular and the affidavits of McNeace, Meng and McKis sick are in the possession of the Executive Committee of the Union Reform party. On the morning after the following circular was picked up, several Radicals of Un ion ville were discovered carefully and anxiously searching lor something in the neighborhood ol the Cen? tral Hotel. Yesterday was assigned for the sacrifice ol some of the prominent colored lenders. The loss of the circular may proba? bly have frightened the assassins from the exe? cution of their diabolical scheme, but we warn our people In time to be on their guard. If any colored man be slain at any time daring the present election, let every exertion be im? mediately made to seize the murderer and bring him to speedy trial Never let Tolbert'a role be repeated in our midst : Confidential Circular. Comrades : The Radical canse ls In danger. The Reform party ls gaining rapidly. Our party Is being divided In different' sections. Nothing but a tremendous effort, with the whole Radical party malted as one man, can save the party from defeat. We must gain the elections this fal], or our party ls Irrevocably annihilated. We must save our cause, al though we may be called upon to sacriflce'. the. Jives of'some ot cor best men to'carry the point Remember Randolph, the martyr of his own party. It was his foul murder being chargea'' to the Democrats that saved the State for General Scott two years ago. We must win again, il we have to sacri? fice the lives of a score of our pro mine nt lead? ers. The question naturally presents itself; how we shall determine who to offer up. I know of no better plan than this: Let all the Leagues in each county appoint five delegates from each League to meet at some central point in the coun? ty, and let ic be the duty of these delegates to select one prominent colored man of the party io the county for a SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT PURPOSE, to be made known to him by the Governor at the proper time. Let the name of each man thus se? lected be reported to the Governor, whose duty lt shall be to take the necessary steps, through the constabulary fo-ce, to have them put to death In some secret place, and let the crime be charged to tho Re? form party. This plan will unite the negroes lor the . Radicals, and the day will be ours. This pian will be made known to our prominent white members ol the Union League party in each county, and it is .expect? ed that the greatest caution and. secrecy will be observed, and that the plan will be carried out about the 20th of September. Thia plan meets the entire approval of the Secret Coun? cil, and ls signed by the initials ol the commit? tee appointed to write this circular. H. G. P. B. P. W. . J. L. N. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLKA, l UNION COUNTY, J Personally appeared before me Andrew McNeace, and makesioath that the foregoing is atnie copy of a paper picked up by him at UnlonvUle, in front of the Central Hotel on the 1st day ol September, 1870. Sworn to before me this 15th September, 1870. A. D. SPEARS, Clerk and ex officio Magistrate. A. MCNEACE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,) UNI?N COUNTY, J J. Edward Meng and John P. McKlssick make oath that the foregoing ls a true copy of a paper picked up by Andrew McNeace, In their presence, in front of the Central Hotel In Unionvllle, on the 1st of September, 1870. A.-D. SPEARS, Clerk and ex officio Magistrate. J. E. MENO. , JOHN P. MCKISS??K, Printiitfl. JJEFORM! REFORM!! Having recently made extensive additions to oar stock of PAPERS, Ac, for the printing of BILL HEADS, MONTHLY STATEMENTS, LETTER HEADS, NOTE HEADS, ENVELOPES, CARDS, CIRCULARS, DRAY RECEIPTS, LABELS, Ac Also, in NEW MACHINERY and other Printlaf material, We are prepared to execute al orders for JOB PRINTING AT THE LOWEST NEW YORK RATES. Call at THE NEWS JOB OFFICE and examine Specimens and prices. sogt Business (Eards. DAM$ DAMON ? 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