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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1465. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1870. S?X DOLLARS A YKAH. t UJJL .HU UM* - i 1 v MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES. FALL OF ROME. PARIS SMUT OFF FROM THE WORLD. STRASBOURG TO BE ENTIRELY DESTROY? ED UNLESS SURRENDERED. A PARISTAS REDOUBT CAPTURED. THE NORD DEUTSCHE BU2?D. FRANKFORT ..TO BE THE CAPITAL. Italian Reports. J VILLS ALBARRY, September 21. The Italian troops entered Rome to-day through Parta Ria, firing on the mercenaries as they advanced. At last the Pope ordered the white flag to be hoisted, and hostilities ceased. The national forces then quietly occu? pied the city. French Reports. EPERNAY, September 21. Tonl has been again unsuccessfully attacked. GIEN, September 21, Reports arc coming In that the Prussians in? vesting Paris nave been defeated on the plains of Hendon and Sernes with heavy loss.: - .' TOCKS, September 31. The government have ordered troops from .ll points of the country to converge towards Paris. It ls rumored that the Prussians have enteret; Orleans. COLMAR. September 21. The Prussian's have completely evacuated Haut Rhin. French 'conscription has been resumed. AU is quiet at M?lhausen. Should the Prussians return the population are pre? pared to resist. English Reports. LONDON, September 2J. The German forces have occupied Nemours. It Is said that General Werden threatens to .entirely destroy the City of Strasbourg if lt does not surrender. A dispatch from Mendelsheim. states that on Tuesday, lunette No. 53, before the WAUS of Strasbourg, was taken by the landwehr, notwithstanding a galling rifle fire. The Freemasons in the German and French armies have given earnest evidence of their brotherhood and humanity during the war. The City ol Paris ls entirely shut in. and all avenues of communication are cut of except by the way of Berlin. An official dispatch received there from the Prussian headquarters before Paris reports that a redoubt with seven guns has been cap? tured by the German troops. Another dispatch from the King to the Queen, dated Tuesday, says "that the French abandoned their position near PierrfiUey, north of Fort St. Denis, at the same time the Prusso-Bavarian troops, crossing the Seine near VlUenem ?, attacked three divisions un? der command ot Yinoy, on the heights of | Sceaux, and captured seven guns and many men. Fritz directed the movements. The weather ls superb." Professional German politicians have ma? tured plans for the government of thecew German Confederation, which will be called the Nord Deutsche Bund. Herr Delbrouck will be president. The Council of Bonn called at headquarters, and the Baden and Wurtemberg Governments are busily engaged in regard to their political fxure. Herr Lascar, a National Liberal deputy, ls going to stump the North German States. It is proposed that Frankfort shall be declar? ed neutral, and at the same time the capital of j the new Confederation. Thus it will hold to the npw government the same position that Washington and the District of Columbia do to the United States. Th! : is the first step to? wards what has long been the dream of Ger? man patriota, not merely a German Union, but a German Union of allied Republics. Spanish Reports. MADRID, September 2L The Spanish towns on the Mediterranean coast are suffering from vomito. The disease bas not appeared here. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. SHERIDAN ON THE WAR. LONDON, September 19? A Tribune corre, oon?ent at Berlin sends the following extract of a letter from ' General Sheridan, dated Rheims, the 8th instant: "There seems little of the war left, except , the siege of Paris, and that will not save France. It ls possible that the French troops have not dont so well as I think they might have done on one or two occasions which I witnessed, from the fact that the poor fellows found them? selves 80 badly handled by their commanders that they could see no equivalent to be ob? tained by the sacrifice o? their lives. A soldier wants success where many lives have to be sacrificed, but French generalship put this out of the question In every battle which I have witnessed." THE PLAN OF OPERATIONS AGAINST PARIS is that the French being unable to oppose the Germans with any considerable army in the field, the Seine will be crossed by successive divisions to attack the weakest part of the for? tifications-those on the south iront Eleva tions^xlst on that side from which effective fire can be opened on the French posts. Dur? ing tie first few days after their arrival the Germans will be occupied in preparing their cantonments and in reconnoitering. Invest? ment, so far as practicable, will follow imme? diately. Communications on the north are already cut off, and those on all sides will ?oon be. There wm be no delay down to the mo? ment when peace or an armistice is actually signed, which is not anticipated belore the city tails. SUFFERINGS OF WORK PEOPLE AT RHEIMS. LONDON, September 19. The Times German correspondent Lupus, writing from the headquarters of the King at Rheims, on the 8tb, says: Upwards of thirty establishments hore manufacture woollen cloths, employing 10,000 work people. All of these are Idle and on the point of starvation. The full amount of misery cannot be realized. As yet, the only remedy seems emigration. The American Consul informed me that hun? dreds of applications had been made for infor? mation on tho subject of emigration to tte United States. PREPARATIONS FOR A GRAND ENTREE INTO PAUIS. I do not apprehend any bloodshed at Paris, nor suppose the Parisians are so unwise as to attempt defence, or the Prussians so barbar? ous as to proceed to extremities. Nothing can prevent the latter going to Paris, nor will they suffer the King to enter the city with the army. Every one seems bent on entering Paris in pomp. All the petty sovereigns ol Germany are making endeavors to be present, and It ie difficult to say what their vanity may lead them to. It is to be hoped that the* good ?ease of the King and Bismarck will put a veto on thjaae proceedings. * - R CAPTURE OK A KAIL BALLOON. LONDON, September 19.5 The Post of to-day says a balloon with 50,000 letters from Metz was captured at Neutchatel. In one of them Bazaine says bis army is well supplied with everything. The French were victorious in every fight up to the 31st of August. PARIS, September 18. The Prefect of Neufchatel telegraphed yes? terday morning that a small balloon had been found the previous evening, which contained a package of soldiers' letters, dated September 16, addressed to the soldiers' families. There was also a slip of paper, signed by General CofEnieree, commandant of Metz, which stat? ed that the troops in that city were in good condition, and their health excellent. The blockade established by the Prussians was ad? mitted to be effective, and their only means of communication with the outside world was by balloons. This balloon was the second they had sent out. THE AMERICAS VOLUNTEERS. LONDON, September 19. " General Trochu on the 17th received the ad? vance guard of the American volunteers. So says Gallgnani's Messeneer, referring possi? bly to the ambulance corps and the passengers who arrived from. America in thc ship Queen to enlist in the army. THE GOLD AND BO SD MARKET. NEW YORK, September 21-Evening. Wall street was very quiet, and fluctuations were slight and unimportant. Gold remained uniform throughout the day. Eighty-sevens 14; sixty-twos 12$; forties 11J; lives 12'; new loj; sevens 10$; eights 10J. Freights on cot? ton by steam to Liverpool jdajd; wheat, by steam, SJd.*^ LONDON, September 21-Evening. Consols 92?a92i. Bonds quiet at 904. Sugar quiet. CAPTURE OF AMMUNITION AND PRISONERS. HAVANA, September 21. The schooner Guahhana from Nassau, with arms aud munitions, has been captured off Cayo Romano. The schooner Magaret in bal? last from Nassau, with five passengers, was captured at Cayo Cruse. A number of prisoners arrived here this morning from Manzanillo. Among them are persons belonging to the families of Figuerdo. Verela, Advarde, Acha and Dilfin. FEARFUL DISASTER IN THE AMAZON. NEW YORK, September 21. The steamer Merrimac, from Rio Janeiro,' brings details of the disastrous collision be? tween the steamers Paris and Arary, in the Amazon. The Paris was- sunk, and 131 lives were lost. Both pilots are reported to have been drunk. INDIAS RAVAGES IN ARIZONA. SAN FRANCISCO, September 21. Late advices from Arizoua report the capi? tal of the Territory In a state of siege A dozen citizens have been killed and a number of Mexicans, teamsters and mall drivers, slaughtered. The mail stations and wagon trains have been destroyel. The farmers were abandoning tbeir ranches and thc Indians were left absolutely free to depredate. TOBACCO STAMPS. WASHINGTON, September 21. Thc Revenue Bureau directs that tobacco stamps are at the risk of owners or under? writers, and the government will not replace stamps soiled or defaced. SPARKS FROM THE WIRE*. The Emperor of Brazil is expected at Vienna. The schooner D. E. Richardson put into Norfolk yesterday with her rigging badly damaged. There were twenty-lour deaths from yellow fever in New Orleans yesterday. THE TIENTSIN MASSACRE. Condolence of the Protestant MtMion ,arlee for the Martyred Catholics. an extra supplement to the China Mail, ot July 13, which furnishes us with the first de? tailed intelligence about the fearful massacre of Christians at Tientsin last June, states that the Protestant missionaries of Shanghai, im? mediately after the massacre, sent to the sur? viving Jesuits the following LETTER OF CONDOLENCE. We, the undersigned Protestant clergymen and missionaries residing at Shanghai, lose no time in writing Lo assure yon of our profound and sincere sympathy on the present occasion. At a time like this one unanimous feeling of common sorrow fills our hearts. The loss ol the devoted men and women, who have been 60 barbarously sacrificed at Tientsin, is a loss to all Christendom. Deep and terrible, how? ever as is the calamity, we cling to the pro? mise of our Lord Jesus Christ, that He will he with His people to the end o? the world, and we are comforted by the teaching of ecclesias? tical history, which assures us that "the blood of martyrs is the seed ol the church/' We pray that full reparation for the past and bet? ter protection ior the iuture may be secured for those engaged In the spread of the religion of Christ throughout the Chinese Empire. Shanghai, July 5, 1870. Thomas McClatchle, M. A., Canon of St. John's Cathedral, Hon? Kong, and Missionary of the Christian Missionary Society; Charles Henry Butcher, M. A., Canon of St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong, British Consu? lar Chaplain, Shanghai; William M ur head. George S. Owen, James Thomas, members of the London Mission; J. W. Lambuth. Young I. Allen, member of the Wesleyan Episcopal Church Mission, U. S. A.; J. W. M. Farnham, American Presbyterian Mission; Karl Kreyer, Robert Nelson. Presbyter, American Protestant Episcopal Mission. Shanghai; E. W. Seyle, Seamen's Chaplain; John Wherry, American Presbyterian Mis? sion. Shanghai. REPLT. To the Clergymen and Members of ih-e Proust ant Missions Residing at Shanghai : GENTLEMEN-In reply to the letter which you i lave had the goodness to address to us jointly, , rest erelay, we have the honor to inform you bow far we have been moved by the token of your 1 sympathy, and how far again we have appre? ciated the high sentiments on your part tliat prompted it. Your mark of sympathy has seen a double pleasure tto us, since we had aeon palnlully grieved by some correspon? dence published Tn the papers, the character Di which is not less to be deplored for the falseness of the recital than for the ill-will dis? played and for the insinuations contained. We might have immediately re-established the truth against perversion, and Justified inno? cence over calumny; but trusting to the sound commonsense of the public, and feeling sure that truth must come out under any circumstances, we had preferred keeping silence, however bitter is our sorrow, yet it Is no small consolation for us when we reflect that God, who ever knows how to bring good out of evil, knows also how to change for his greatest glory those present lamentable occur? rences so saddening to every heart. No doubt the blood of so many innocent victims, so bar? barously shed, must rise up to the Altar ot the Lamb, and cry loud on our behalf, till it ob .alns for us the soie vengeance we wish for, viz. : The better spread of the true light on these people now living under the shadow of death; the greater freedom for the better exer? cise of works of charity towards the suffering, and principally towards the little ones who were, for our Divine isaviour, objects of such singular affection. A, ATMERi, petre Lazariste. H. BASUUN, S. J. EL LBMONNIER, Procurator of Missions Etrang?res. ASPECTS OF THE WAR. ACTIVITY OF THE PARISIANS. A SIGNIFICANT LETTER FROM BISMARCK. OCCUPATION OP ROME BY THE ITALIANS. CHARACTER OF THE REVOLUTIONS AT PARIS AND AT LYONS. THE FRENCH DEFEATED NEAR; PARIS. REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVING IN FRANCE. The Next Phase of the War. LONDON, September 21. A letter from Bismarck, dated September ll, says: "The next phase of the war will be the Investment, and, in time, it is hoped, the oc? cupation of Paris. Then-peace ! Those in power will certainly not desire further slaugh? ter, when the sole requirements will be an ab? solute guarantee that the peace of Europe will not again be disturbed." Bismarck characterises the statements in ttfe newspapers on the subject ol Prussian de? mands as mainly romance. He says that when the gentlemen of the press approach him. he gives them civil answers, and their imagination does the rest. Reports from London.' LONDON., September 2L The City of Florence is cover?d with flags to-day over the expected news of the occepa tion of Rome. The French are marvellously active around Paris, throwing up earthworks. Russia is ?aoving large codies.of troops into Poland. The Times says that thc revolution at Paris is recognized as Republican, while that at Lyons, where the Red Flag has been unfurled, is a Socialist affair. Reports from Tours. Tocas, September 21. The repulse ci the Prussians at Orleans is confirmed. The Iron-dads for the defence ol' Paris have commenced operations. Floating batteries have been constructed to defend the en? trances to the French rivers. General R. S. Ripley, formerly of the Con? federate army, and who ls now In Paris, has tendered his services to the Committee ot Public Defence. A large number of troops and volunteers have reported at Lille. It ls expected that these and the troops now In the Eastern De? partment will soon create a diversion. The members of the French Government at Tours have been visited by the Foreign Am? bassadors who have arrived from Paris. The Paris Constitutionnel says that M. Thiers ls perfectly satisfied with the attitude of Eng? land, and now goes to Vienna to receive Aus? trian co-operation. . Bloodless Occupation of Rm?e. FLORENCE, September 21. The City of Rome has been occupied by the Italian troops. There was no bloodshed, which is altogether attributed to the tender? ness of the Pope, who forbade any resistance. The Romans received the Italians with great enthusiasm. A Comfortable Income. LONDON, September 21. . The Paris papers represent the joint Income of the Empress and Emperor at two hundred million franos. The English journals are irritated at Prus? sian Implacability. The Timeg says that Prus? sia can afford to be generous. Thc French Defeated Under the Wallu of Pans. LAONT, September 20-Evening. A sharp battle occurred between Ville Neuve and Mont Range, near Paris. The French forces consisted of three divisions, command? ed by General Vinroy, supported by a strong redoubt. The French, nevertheless, were de? feated. Thc French Iron-Clads. COPENHAGEN, September 21. Six French iron-clads and two corvettes, a part ci the Baltic fleet, passed the Belt yester? day afternoon, going northward. Spanish Reports. MADRID. September 21. It appears now that Olozaga was instruct? ed to recognize the Republic when England did, but acted without waiting for England's recognition. English Reports. LONDON, September 21. The Papal organ here says that the following men will constitute the Italian Cabinet under the new government: Mazaine, President; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carrolla; Minister of tbs Interior, Cemuschi; Minister of Finance, Forhrize? Minister of War, Porta; Minister ol Public Works, Flrrari; Minister of Education, Karim; Minister of Justice, Mussi; Minister of Agriculture ario1 Commerce, Garibaldi. Prussian Reports. MUNICH, September 21. The Bavarian Minister is informed that on yesterday the garrison of Strasbourg made a eortle, but were driven back with heavy loss. In the battle between Villeneuve and Ne orthrange, near Paris, on the 19th, the second Bavarian corps, supported by the Prussians, 3ustained the Franch attack. The Bavarians took seven guns, over one thousand prisoners, and drove the enemy into their entrench? ments. French Reports. TOULON, September 21. Transports landed here to-day six thousand zouaves and twenty thousand chasseurs a che? val. The Marseilles municipal council voted a war loan often million francs. THE CU KA M OF THE WAR NEWS. Under Paris-Its Wonderful Subterra? nean Works as a Means of Defence. The Paris correspondent of the London Daily News writes: You know the stage traps in pantomime time, up which the guards of "the Depraved Demon of Dumbledownderry" comes up, armed cap-a-pie, thirsting for the abduction ol maidens and the blood ol the innocent You have seeu, too, mysterious men, clad as divers or colliers, in huge stiff boots and blue Jer? seys, emerge from the London pavements, white-faced and mephitlc, and have Bald to yourself, placidly, "sewers." Combine these excellences, as Count Smorltork did "Chi? nese" and "metaphysics,'' and you will arrive at something far more practical than he. What think you of the enemy entering a modern city by its subterranean ways, and, at a given sig? nai, appearing above ground ? The chance of the Prussians attempting this lu Paris la actu? ally b"ing canvassed, and the few people who have been at the pains to ascerta themselves, and bj nauseous personal riehce, what the sewers of a well-dralne( tal are like, what lt is to walk in them i follow their coorse, will admit the poss of a vast force Anding its way below g to any portion of a city. For example, street in the city of London has its t counterpart below. The sewer map of tl gineer to the corporation, Mr. Hayward compl?te in its general outline as a map city itself, and beneath all the larger thor fares men can walk erect, and in ma them three or four abreast. The subtern works of Paris are more wonderful atll are admitted to surpass those'of ancient I From the suburb of Asnleres to the Pla la Concorde, an enormous subway runs,1 is sixteen feet and a half high, elgbteet broad, and more than three miles long, sides this *are below the city spacious galleries running on each of the Seine, the whole being vlded with air-traps at regular Intervale lighted with oil lamps. Descend Into eitl these, and you find them to be as well bt those beneath the city of London, and ' facilities for* cleansing them which an tremely suggestive of their value for s gleal purposes. The subterranean drain galleries, are furnished with iron tran along which small carts run, which are pt by three men, and furnished with a drop-] which fits exactly into the drain and p the mud before it as it advances. On th< bid waters of the great collector, bet Asnleres and the Place de la Concorde, a | sized boat is navigated, and the wildest BI are abroad respecting its possible us< the enemy. Most of these may be dlsm as idle, but I am in a position to s that a careful inspection of these subt nean works has been made,.aud that is preparing Itself, down even to waters under the earth, for the possible n tlon ol its foe. If gunpowder will bio' iron traps, water will spoil gunpowder, the sanitary rite known as flushing the se would effectually dispose of an intruding ? The catacombs, again, into which sevens feront staircases lead, and which extend merely under the Faubourgs St. Germait Jacques and St, Marcel, but under such in tant buildings as the Palace of the Lu: bourg and the Pantheon, have had mor tentlon paid them within the lost two than has been the case for years. Their under contingencies which it is inexpedie; name, their size and value as repositories, all canvassed eagerly, and nothing shows 1 plainly the anticipations of the people of E than the keen Interest they display in topics as these. The Siege of Parts. Sl.ould the armistice not he effected, probabilities are that we shall -hear, from to day, of pretty sharp fighting outside walls of Paris. If Trochu has 200,000 tn at Paris he will, doubtless, essay to use tl against the Prussians by sorties at dlffe points on tte immensely long circuit of Prussian besieging lines. Some of-the scenes of the attack on Pari the allies fifty-six years ago will, doubtless reproduced. Paris then, with a force of al 20,006 mea, and scarcely anything deser the name of fortifications, 'undertook to pose the assault of the allies having an a of80,000. The attempt wes futile, butti was some pretty obstinate fighting be the city surrendered. The plan of the lies was to make a general assault al the whole line or defence. ?The Prince Boys Wurtemberg was to attack the extreme ri of the French in the woods of Vincennes, d: them from the banks ot -the Marne and village of Charenton, and thus turn the heit, of Belleville on the right. The Russians, der Rayefski, were to make a flank mover? to attack the important heights or Bellet and Kom?lnviIle. The Russian ann Frost bc?y-guard were to attack the French cen posted upon the Canal de POurcq, the reser of which occupied the commanding eralne; of Montmartre. Blucher, with the army Silesia, was to assail the '.uti of the Frei line, ts the end of turning and carrying 1 heights of Montmartre from the northeast. The attempt of the Russians to gain heights of Romalnvlle was arrested by a het fire ot'artillery from the French, who, In tu became the assailants, aud they drove bu the Russians, taking possession of the villa of Panda, a place since made too. orlous tn the wholesale murders characterized as I Pantin massacre. The Russians, after he lighting, -repossessed themselves of the ~\ l?ge, but the heights were defended with much obstinacy, and especially by the boys the Polytechnic school, that the Russian get ral ordered a suspension of the attack un the operations of the Allies elsewhere shou make ? di version in their favor. The Fren again made a dash and repohses?ed themselv of the village of Pantin. Blucher also encountered formidable oppo tlon in carrying out his part of the programa The French, strongly entrenched and prote< ed by heavy batteries, made u determined 1 sl8tance, and the attacking columns suffer severely. The reserves of tiw Silesian arm commanded by Prince William cf Prussi came to the support of the attack .upon tl French centre, but the ilefeuJera concentr?t* themselves on the strong post of La Viliett and continued to unVr a desperate reslstanc Upon the left wing ol the allies the Prusslt Guards and LhiMO of Baden made a dashing a sault for the recapture of the village of Pat tin, and earned lt nt the point of the bayone Meanwhile the Prince Royal of Wurtemberi on the extreme left, had forced his way to Vii cenne3 and co-operated with the Russians I a fresh attack upon the. heights of Rotnali ville from which they had previously been r< pulsed. The attack was now successful, an the victors, following up their advantage, pos sewed themselves successively of the village of Belleville, Mesnllmontant, the Butte de Si Cbamsont, and the heavy artillery which de fended this line. The vlliage of Charonne, on the right ex tremity of the heights, was also carried, ant the whole line of defence occupied by th right wing of the French fell into the posses sion of the Allies. The centre of the Prend army, stationed on the Canal de L'Ourcq, wa .now catrled by assault and the defender driven back to Paris. The whole line of th< French defences hud now been carried except lng the heights of Montmartre, which wen turned, and on the point of being stormed when a flag of truce appeared to demand t cessation of hostilities, and the next day th? Allies entered Paris. The style ot attack by the Prussians thu time wlll'be more In the nature of regular siege operations than was the attack of the Allies in 1814, but It is not improbable that we shall hear ot righting at many of the points* made hlstorlcaloy the previous defence of Paris. Scenes In Strasbourg. Berthold Auerbach, the German novelist, writes a series of letters about the siege ol Strasbourg, from which we make the follow? ing extract. It shows what is the daily his? tory : AUGUST 25.-Before Strasbourg-morning_ Strasbourg burns ! In this word are crowded all the horrors, terrors, anguish of heart, we experienced In the past night. My eyes yet smarts from the firefllashes, my hand trembles still. So was lt to be ! Again is there a night of St. Bartholomew-for such was the one Just passed-with detestation to be graven in his? tory, but not through fault of ours. On those who must needs deck their heads with glory, on their heads alone lies the blame. The worst Injury an enemy can inflict upon a man, upon a people, Is to force them to acts from which they recoil with aversion, w e are in the posi? tion of a man who declines a duel, and yet Is compelled to shoot down his adversary. Unhappily, it must be done. But yes? terday we made offers to the commandant of Strasbourg to come out, or send a trusty offi? cer, to convince himself that resistance was in vain, amt that we could only with the utmost pain bring ourselves to fire even apart of Strasbourc. He replied-an inspection of our position" would be construed as the first probability of his surrendering the fortress. He had, however, resolved to defend it to the last maa and the last cartridge. It was said yesterday that the broad pillars of smoke testi? fied that Kehl was again set on fire by the French. We kept quiet until the break of evening. The columns ot flame in Kehl flared up wide, mounting heavenward, and inces? santly were fire-balls hurled thither from the citadel. Now began on our side the Are-flash for flash, blow for blow. They were returned with interest. There, the citadel blazes up; the fast-falling night revealed every fire-flame. Bomb3 soared aloft and de I scend?d Now, the city was on ^re north irom the cathedral. It must have f?llen on inflammable material, for instantly thc flames [ shot heavenward. From this point, who could paint the scene ? Here and there it blazed up; we Baw four, five conflagrations, two united, and presented a vast roaring fur? nace. The wind blew from the west and fan? ned the flames; they dar.'ed up forked tongues of Ure. A spectator cried out, "See there now the cathedral towers aloft above the clouds of smoke, how venerable, as If mutely threaten? ing and reproving the men who hurl reckless flames against each other." "If the cathedral does but remain unharmed," was the cry that ran from mouth to mouth, and meanwhile feelings ol deep compassion were expressed for those within the city. In spirit we are transported among those now wailing in vaulted cellars, as they heard the thunder of the guns, ignorant where the fires were raging, perhaps even their own homes. And in the streets the fires must bo left to rage unchecked. Who could strive to quench them while each minute further dis? charges are falling ? How many cry out to their own dear ones, seek them, and are like beings bewildered in their own homes. What shrieking, what misery 1 If one could but compress together the heart-throbs of the peo? ple, far louder, quicker, mightier must be the stioke than the deep roar of the guns, which, incessantly discharged, lit up the gloom here there till the eye could no longer follow. Mid? night had set in before we decided to go home. We could see each other as In foll moonlight. The fields, the vineyards, were Ht up; the church o? Mundelsheim, with its white gravestones; suddenly tire light grows still brighter. Now that we had not seen the flames for a time, they appeared broader, stronger, more vora? cious. It was difficult to tear oneself away from the fearfully grand spectacle, and yet it must be. The villagers we met professed to know which part of the city would be saved from the flames. We strove to believe their assurances that the precincts of the cathedral, above all, Itself, would remain uninjured. And yet for a moment lt had seemad to us that the cathedral terrace, which had been the observ? atory ol the enemy, was on Are. It was, how? ever, an Illusion. The flames illuminated our homeward way. The sky was overspread with light clouds of a blood red. The fire must have been visible beyond the Rhine, far back Into the Black Forest. Balloons Sn the War, A New York Times correspondent writes : The question of balloon service has again come up, and the aeronauts who have been trying to get servlceln this war are preparing their gas. The Germans, also, are not going to be behind In the matter of -balloons, and Welles has received a letter from Count Bis? marck, saying that his offer of services will be accepted. Ou this side, we have two of the best balloonists in the world-men of ex? perience in their line, and thoroughly scien? tific. M. Nadar Iras offered to organize a bal? loon service, with the help of MM. Dartote and Durnof, and place it at the disposition o? ?he commandant at Paris. & will be remem? bered that lt was these three experienced ssro .nauts who made the ascension in the "G?ant," .-when they visited Lyons, Brussels and Am? sterdam. M. Nadar has three powerful bal? loons on hand, which he will Immediately put upon a war footing. Further, upon the left bank of the Seine we have M. Godard, whose name will also be familiar to American maga? zine readers, the aeronaut to the Emperor. He, too, will organize a service of balloons, but the two services, although having the same end and aim, are to be separate and dis? tinct organizations. -It is because military au? thority fails to heal the wounds of professional Jealousy and envy ? 'Of the value of this ser? vice there caa hardly be a doubt, for, except in the very centre of the city, there are no high points for observation, the towers of Notre Dame being only about two hundred and fifty feet in height. There are very few buildings which could really be used as obser? vatories In case ot a siege, and balloons would seem to be most useful on this side." Carrier Pigeons tn th? Spy Service. One of our French correspondents writes: The last discovery ls that the means of com? munication between spies and their directing bureau are carrier pigeons. One of these birds was picked up in the town of Glsors a short time ago. The poor thing had fallen from ex? haustion, and being very handsome, was eared for by his captor, who on handling him found beneath one wing an inscription in German characters traced with indeilible ink on the feathers, which, when translated Into French, read: CHAL. 160. EMP. RET. The pigeon was retained, and the authorities have put a ?top to those matches which were formerly so common between Belgium and the southern provinces of France. When we bear in mind that there are ten thousand of these trained birds which could convey intelligence In six hours from Paris to any ot the frontier towns of Belgium, lhere can be little surprise felt at the French prohi? bition of the sport. In America, few persons have any idea of the fervor with which these pigeon races are kept un. Contests from the extreme southern provinces to Brussels, in which one thousand or fifteen hundren pigeons are sent off, and lr. which the first prize is a [ servie; of plate given by the Belgian King, are cot uncommon; and minor races of three hundred or four hundred miles are of dally oc? currence during the' season. So, although partridge shooting ls forbidden In the Department of the Seine, it is perfectly admissible to exterminate any ot the feathered tribe, which bears the slightest resemblance to a pigeon, be it wild or tame. According to French law, the shooting season is regularly opened by an edict signed by tbe prefect, who makes it coincide with the gathering in of the crops; but although lt was published as usual this year, an afterthought told M. Cheveau that it would be better to save all the powder for the Prussians, and a second decree sus? pended the execution of the first until France was freed from her enemies, whereupon a wag wrote under the heading of the original pro? clamation, which was Ouvurture de la Chasse, the words .4tte Prussiens. IMPORTANT TO MARINERS. WASHINGTON, September 21. The Lighthouse Board gives notice that the fixed white light ol' the fourth order, varied by white fla??he3 every thirty seconds, will be exhibited alter the 1st of October from the screw pile lighthouse on Wolftrap Shoals, between the mouths of the Rappabannook and York Rivers. The light-vessel there will be removed. The new light will be visible eleven and a half miles. The fog-bell will be rung every ten seconds. The Stingray Point light, fixed red, bears north by west three quarters west, distant ten and three-quarters nautical miles. The new Point Comfort light, fixed white, bears southwest half (south, distant six and three-quarter nautical miles. Vessels drawing over twenty-five feet should avoid the eastern side of the lighthouse by half of a mile; those drawing eighteen feet may approach on the north or south side with? in a mile and a quarter; those drawing over six feet should not attempt to pa?s between the lighthouse and the main land. NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC CON? VENTION. ROCHESTER, September 21. At the Democratic State Convention held here to-day. Wm. T. Odell was elected perma? nent president. The following resolutions were adopted: First, a general indictment against the Republican party; second, favor? ing free trade; third, reform in internal reve? nue matters; fourth, denouncing the Congres? sional Naturalization act; filth, rejoicing at the downfall of Imperialism in France, and the establishment of the French Republic, also the establishment of German unity; sixth, sympathizing with the people of Ireland and Cuba, and all others who are struggling for liberty; seventh, calling for an extension of clemency to prisoners arrested for violating the neutrality laws; eighth, endorsing the Canal Funding bill; ninth, endorsing the adminis? tration of Governor Hoffman. John T. Hoff? man was unanimously renominated for Gov? ernor by acclamation. SAILING OE THE LAFAYETTE. NEW YORK, September 21. The steamship Lafayette sailed with a num? ber of passengers. The alleged French volun? teers who were arrested on board ot her have been discharged, hut too late to take passage. THE KNIFE AND TOUCH. ATTEMPT OF THE COLORED MEN TO FUT INTO PBACTICE IRE TEACHINGS OF SCOTT ANE- CREWS. FULL PARTICULARS OF THE TROUBLES IS NEWBERRY. TWE.VTT-THREE OP THE COLORED OUTLAWS GIVEN UP TO THE SHERIPF. THE BULLY HUBBARD TALKS OF MAR? TIAL LAW. [8ECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NESTS.] COLUMBIA, September 21. The following particulars of the late difficulty in Laurenfl and Newberry Counties have been at last received, and are as follows : Last week, near Belmont, in Newberry County, James Chappell, by request of Mr. Moses Anderson, attempted to get a colored man off ot his (Mr. Anderson's) plantation. A wrangle ensued, during which Chappell wounded the colored man with a kn if e. The matter was arranged satisfactorily, lt seemed, to ail parties. But not so. On Sunday a large number of colored men met In the neighborhood of the scene of the difficulty, and swore to kill Chap? pell and burn his house. After a long deliberation, sixty of the crowd went to Anderson's place, where Chappell, Sattewblte and three other white men were, and told Sa tte white they intended to kill Chappell. The five white men armed themselves and advanced on the colored men, who moved off to another party of their race who were near by Hearing that the colored men were under arms and making threats to kill the white men, they turned out In large numbers. Both par? ties bivouacked within two miles of each other. Sheriff Pay8lnger was with the whites. Monday' morning the sheriff started back to Newberry, taking Chappell and one Hender? son with him as prisoners. Near Longshore's store, the sheriff was stopped by a company ot armed colored men, who at fl rot. threatened the sheriff and his prisoner but finally let them proceed. Returning Monday to Belmont, the sheriff met the State constabulary-force, with ft large number of colored men also, on their way to the same place. The sheriff sent these men forward with or? ders to disperse the colored men at Belmont. He followed. On the way they met reight hundred white men, well armed and* mounted, who stated that they had gathered to disperse Joe Crews's militia, whom they had learned were on the way from Laurens to reinforce the colored men at Belmont. The sheriff then went to the colored men at Belmont and asked them what they wanted. They replied that they wanted Justice. The sheriff said that they should have jus? tice, but they must give up the sixty men who had threatened to kill Chappell. They agreed to do this, but only twenty three of the sixty were surrendered. With these the sheriff ptarted for Newberry. On the way 'ao was met by a terge number ol colored men '.'rom the town, led by a colored man who was wounded, and who swore that one of the sheriff's posse had shot him. One shot was then fired at the sheriff's party by the colored men, but no one was hurt The twenty-three prisoners were then car? ried into town and kept under guard until they gave bonds to appear for trial before the court, which is now in session. The white men, after the arrest of the pris? oners, marched toward Edgefleld County, to prevent the large force ot colored men re? ported near the Saluda River from committing any depredations. The Newberry Herald says: "The negroes were wholly in the wrong. Ii Mr. Chappell committed an offence against the law in strik? ing a man whs grappled with him, to the law recourse should have been had. But this seems not the advice ot party or of the Radi? cal leaders. Their purpose evidently is to bring on a collision, and the colored people are foolish enough to be led in the trap. We don't want this fight. We deprecate it, and will go to all reasonable lengths to prevent lt." Citizens came to Columbia from Maybinton to see the Governor about the threats of one John Henderson, trial justice, colored, who said that he and his colored friends would kili the women and children if any negroes were killed. The Governor was civil to the citizens, but di l nothing except to write a letter to Hen? derson. He. however, said that thus far he bad only heard rumors, but a9 900n as he could get the facts officially, he would submit them to the Secretary of War for orders. He hos ordered the militia of Newberry to drill only once a month hereafter. Hubbard, who has been flying back and forth between Newberry and Columbia for the last few days, said to-day that martial law might be declared, and if it be, things will be woree than when Sherman passed through. RA DIC Alls M IN .ALABAMA. SELMA, September 21. The Radical Convention to-day nominated Ben Turner, colored, for Congress, defeating the two carpet-bagger candidates. The color? ed people are jubilant. The white Radicals desire to hold another convention. MORE DEEDS OF BLOOD. THE MURDEROUS^.jrAV&'lOF'tH^,. "CONFIDENTIAL CIRCULAR" - ... -' '.'C **' -iii ?.? ? i ?94?! THE RADICAL POLICY/ IN BARNWELL COUNTY. Two Colored Men Assassinated toy the League. On Tuesday afternoon-a gentleman i'roaj Barnwell County arrived in Augusta, bringing Intelligence of two horrible murders which had been committed rh that county during the night previous. It appears that on last Mon-' day night, about halt-past Beven o'clock, two colored;desperadoes named LewisMcCreery and Juba Johnson, and armed to the teeth, visited the house of a negro man living near Windsor, a station on the South Caro? lina Railroad, in Barnwell County, and distant about twenty-five miles from Augusta city. ' Stopping a short distance from the cabin they called the inmate by name, and asked bim to come ont as they wished to see him on business. Upon his* appearance, the; asked bim to supply the m. wi th a chew of to? bacco, which he furnished. They then asked him if he did not have a good, gun, to which he responded in the affirmative, and at their instance produced the Weapon. As soon as he came to where McCreery and John-JD rwere standing, they engaged him in conversation,, and one of them asked permission to examine i the firearm. Without waiting for a reply, he snatched the gun away, and the two assassins commenced firing upon the victim with their revolvers. He-must have "been- mortally wounded or killed by the first two or taree shots, but the ruffians continued firing until no less than fourteen shots had pierced bis body. . With their appetite for blood.seemingly only; whetted by this Inhuman outrage, they rode' off in quest of other victims of their hellish vengeance. Proceedin&abonfc. a mile and a half, the fiends arri ved at the residence of Mr. Josiah Keadle, an aged white man, whom they called out Keadle went to bis door, torch in hand, when the negroes fired a volley of four or five shots, one of which took effect in one of his legs. He, too, in ail probability, would have been murdered but for the valor of a sav? age dog, which compelled the murderers to move on. From this point the negroes rodo to the farm of Mr. John Redd, about five miles dis? tant, and called out a colored man named July Owens, asking him for a chew of tobacco. Receiving the tobacco, they proceeded to in? terrogate Owens as to whether Mr. Redd was at home, and how many others resided bn the place. They also desired to know Whether times were peaceable, and received assurance that everything was quiet; they replied that "times should no longer be peaceable," upon which they simultaneously drew their pistols and fired, shooting Owens down iu his trucks, and continued firing until four or five shots were expended, only one ef which took effect. At this house the ruffians seem to have be? come surfeited with blood, and determined to suspend their murderous operations. Owens ' was shot through and through the breast, and survived through the night, but no hopeswere entertained of his life at daylight yesterday morning, the honr at which our informant, saw bim. In the meantime Information of the first murder Was circulated among the people of the settlement In which lt-had been commit? ted, and a strong and well-armed party of white men and negroes organized and started ' in pursuit of the assassins. Guided by torch? lights, they succeeded in tracking the villains from the house where the negro was killed until they ?ame to the residence of the white man whom they had wounded. They found the white man still entrenched In his house, with his arms by his side, ready for use if another attack upon him should be threatened. When he saw the posse approaching his house he thought that his former assailants had re? turned, and came near firing upon one of the party-a Mr. Burnett-before he could be convinced that he was mistaken. From this place the murderers were traced to the house of the second negro who bad been killed, and from there the trail was followed' undi the Edlsto River was reached. At this point lt was discovered that the assassins had gone np the river in the direction of the Charlotte, Co? lumbia and Augusta Railroad. While the main body of the pursuers followed up the trail through the country, one ol their number Mr. John A. Burnett-got on the cars at the j nearest station and came to this city that he might post the Augusta police and have the negroes arrested if they came to that city by railroad. Lewis McCreery ls described as a ' large, heavy-built and Very black negro; Juba Johnson ls rather short and stout. The negroes killed are said to have been quiet and ' harmless, and no cause for their death can be assigned, unless it be the fulfil? ment of the plan proposed by the confidential circular picked up atUulon Courthouse, pro? posing that the Leagues, in order to establish the supremacy of the Radicals In the ensuing State election, should, on the 20th instant, commence the slaughter of colored men, charging their crimes to the Reform party. It ls to be hoped that speedy Justice will over? take these fiendish murderers. ORIGINAL UNION MEN OF IBIS SOUIB WANTED. RICHMOND, September 21. Hon. George W. Booker, Congressman from Virginia, and A. J. Hamilton, Congressman from Texas, have issued a cali for a convention of the Southerners who were original Union men, to be held at Knoxville on the 1st of No? vember. The subjects to be brought before the convention will be the acceptance of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments as the final status of the African race; universal. amnesty and restoration to every man of "ail . civil and political rights enjoyed before the war; compensation to the loyal Union men lor property taken during the war; a fair dis- . trlbution of the banking capital in the South and West; the aboliton of the iron-clad oath; the giving of citizens' rights to all from whom duties of citizens are required, and the pay? ment of the public debt according to contract. The call states that the convention will not be of a political character. TBE BIBLE AND THOSE WHO WIBB TO IMPROVE IT. LONDON, September ai. The Times of to-day ridicules the protest ef Bishop Cox against the proposed mode of re? vising the Bible, and says his arguments O' pose any retieion whatever.