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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1465. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1870. S?X DOLLARS A YKAH. THE im mm. MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES. PEACE AFAR OFF. -. KINO WILLIAM AND BISMARCK INTER VIEWED. TBE FIGHT NOT FOR AGGRANDIZEMENT, BUT FOR SECURITY ANOTHER AND A GREATER WAR PREDICTED BY THEN. BAZAINE REINFORCED. King William and Bismarck Intcr * Interviewed. NEW YORK, September 20. A special telegram to the Tribune says : "AtMeaux, on the ISth irstant, King Wil? liam and Bismarck had an interview, during which I asked King William if there was any truth in the report that there were English representatives here. He answered : The English have asked me .it we will treat with Favre, and I replied that we would if his gov? ernment would guarantee to us the possession of Metz and Strasbourg. This he could not do. In^this war we are influenced, said Bis? marck, by no motive ot aggrandizement what? ever. We have no purpose in view but our own security. Consequently we must provide for the next war, which is sure to come. France ls now without allies, but may SOO? succeed in procuring them, and it is sure to commence another war under better auspices. Tluc is why we demand these fortresses, but the present government in Paris dare not agree to the cession of French territory, nor propably will the nest government. But our purpose is fixed, and, if necessary, we are ready to stay all winter at Paris. I said that the general impression is that France is too much weakened to begin another war for many years. That is not the case, said Bismarck. France is a very wealthy country, and will remain so after the war. Within flvi- years she will have so recovered as to be able to recommence hostilities. For that reason we must have the fortresses; but as the Government at Paris is not disposed to deliver them up, and probably have no command over them, peace ls not very near, and we must wail until we can reduce them. We hear that the garrisons are already eating their horses. Then the question of peace, I said, reduces itself to one for the possession ol Metz und Strasbourg ? He answered, Yes, that is it, precisely. Belgian Reports. BRCS3ELS, September 26. Immediate publication of a manifesto from Napoleon, In reply to the last proclamation of the government at Tours, is promised. M. Conts, priv?te secretary of the Emperor, is said to be the writer ot the document. English Reports. LONDON, September 26. Fighting all day Friday near Paris is re? ported from Tours, but the accounts are con? tradictory. The English journals refuse to publish them. The inhabitants ot Strasbourg are still kept in ignorance ot events outside of the city. They believe that the French have been vic? torious and that the army is advancing to the relief of the city. The English press compares the war move? ments in France with those of the late Ameri? can contest, especially the campaigns of Gen? eral Grant against Vicksburg and Richmond. French Reports. TOURS, September 26. Several engagements have occurred in the ?pen country, between Paris and Blois, with no serio'is results, however. The government here denies the statement of the Berlin correspondent of the London Times that Bazaine had made proposals for surrender. The garrison has been reinforced and received a large number of mitrailleurs. The place is now fully prepared to resist an attack. A great many of the prelects are organizing for a general uprising of the people. Several of the journals here dwell upon the lact that the government allows disorders to continue like those at Lyons. General Cheseret is there now, and his influence is said to be pernicious, his purpose seemingly being to ex? alte serious disturbances. GOLD. AND BOND MARKET. LONDON, September 26-Evening. Consols 92*. Bonds 90 L NEW YORK, September 26-Evening. Discounts 7a9. Sterling unsettled, owing to ftee offerings. Gold closed strong. Govern nents dull and lower, closed very dull; sixty twos 12$; sixty-fours 114; sixty-fives ll j; new, 10^; sixty-sevens 10*; sixty-eights 10?: for? ties c?. AFFAIRS IN FORTH CAROLINA. RALEIGH, September 2C. The Rev. Charles Phillips, D. D., of David eon College, an accompr jd scholar, will .de? liver an address at the State Fair to be hei? here on the 18th of October. All is quiet in political circles. There is a strong expression among the Conservatives and Democrats to call a convention to amend the constitution relative to judiciary courts and county government. There is no disposi? tion to disturb the present status of the negro, or to interfere with the req'?rements ot the Reconstruction acts. SFARKS FROM THE WIRES. Judge Robert C. Grier died at Philadelphia yesterday. Admiral Porter asks to be relieved from further duty on account ol falling health. The New England press have renewed their contract with the New York Associated Press. The Jamaica cable, laid yesterday, works well. It will be continued to Aspiuwall. There were ten deaths from yellow fever in New Orleans Sunday. The daughter of Mr. A. N. Walker, of New Orleans, waa Instantly killed yesterday by fall? ing from a house. ? -The colored people gave a grand ball at Cooper Institute, New York, Thursday night, in honor ol Hon. Ebenezer D. Bassett, of Phil? adelphia, the Mluister to Haytl, whole now so? journing In New York. THE LOW COUNTRY MOVISG. _. Important Electing in Colleton - Speeches from Carpenter. Ratler. Youmang anti other?-Enthusiasm of the Colored People for Reform-The Good Work Going Steadily Onward. ?FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WALTEREOBO', September 25. Colleton lias spoken for Re'orm. On Friday last, the leiderj of the Union Reform party un? furled the ample folds of their banner to the good people of the county. Tho canvassing party, consisting of Ju Ige Carpenter, General Butler, Hon. L. F. Youmins.and Mr. Tborue, a colored speaker from your city, accompanied by Fordham's Ref irm band, arrived in our lit? tle ''Aubura" about sunrise ou the morning of the 233 inst. They were amply cared for by mine Lost Sauls of the "Vogler House,'and many thanks are due him by the committee of arrangements for his kind attention on this oc cosiou. The living throng soon began to pour into thc village. The several roads lead ing to the town were alive with footmen and horsemen. The "creaking wain,' sulkies, buggies and carriages soon filled the court' house square, and by ll o'clock, near twelve hundred persons, according to the keen eyes of one of the speakers, surrounded the stand, which had beeu erected in a grove on the south side of our stately old courthouse. Represen? tative meu from all sections were present, giv ing their stable support to tue movement. We uotued in the great throng such meu as the Warrens, tho Varos, tho Bells, the Heywards, Willis, Williams, Sanders, Ltrisey, Tro wei. Rem ly, and many such men, who have an influence well worthy of our good cause. The stase was occupied by prominent white and colored men The meeting wa * organized by om1 active conn ty chairman, J. J. Fox, Esq.," who moved that ?. P. Williams, Esq-, the senior member of the Colleton Bar, should preside. Mr. Williams, in a few pert inent and eloquent rem irks, wei* corned our standard bearers, and called upon his feJIow-citizsns. white and colored, to unite in order to redeem our benighted mother. He then introduced him whose official discharge of his duty in days gone by and whose entire I life bas rendered hi9 name, among us, xyn 11 ony m PMS with honor and integrity, Hon. Leroy F. Youmaos. .Ur. Yonmins for more than an hour entertained the andi'u-e. He dem? onstrated plainly by figures and f<cts how, in South Carolina, the threo constituent elements of a republic, the legislative, the judiciary and executive departments, had been used hy Scott A Co. to impoveri?h the pi-cple and ag? grandize themselves. Ho handled thc cor? ruptions of the laud com nitrion ?>nd the school fund, and took his scat amid a perfect burst of applause from white and blicks. Next . came the Judge; and though much impaired in ' voice by his onerous labors, the old veteran. I * inspired by f he holiness of the cinse, took his place beton.- th? people bnt to bc greeted by their enthusiastic outbursts. In eloquent and scathing terms he arraigned tbe Scott admin? istration; be bad not come to war against Re publican- and their principles, for he was one in name and feeling. Passing trou the Colum? bia Ring, he paid his respects to the Colleton finis. beaded by Goorge F. McIntyre. His re? marks were telling, and opened the eyes of the peoDle to the tyranny u-ider which thev lived. He closed with an eloquent address, first to thc colored people, then to the whites, anil re? tired amid fhreo cheers for Julgo Carpenter. Next came the hero Butler, the veteran in war and peace; his presence was enough to make the welkin ring, but as he raised his clarion voice the enthusiasm becamo so immense in tho crowd that you could imwine you were around some Grecian Maru' Hill anda DOM osthenes was speaking. He warmed with lits subject; soon tbe stick ou which he rested was laid aside, and thc glance ot hie eagle oyo re vealed that he was supported by inspiration He waa conservative, yet imposing, and ho suc? ceeded in his object. Old Democrats who had . turned their backs on the movement now |1 favored it. and meu who had become Repub? licans look him bv the band. I will never for get bis closing effort ; he had not canvassed the State for the petty office of Lieutenant Governor, but it was his bleeding, dying moth er, whom he was trying to raise from her death bsd; bis a nbition would be satisfied, when from the ripling rills of the Blue Ridge to the | ' heave of old ocean, he could eeo the white and colored races in peace aud harmony, loaming the arte of peace. He appealed to the women of the land, (for we were f tvored with a large attendance of the f?r sex, j to pray fbi the cause; come out, Boid be. sturdy yeoman and do your duty and we may yet live in peace. Arter the General retired, Mr. Thorne addressed the meeting, and though interrupted by some vagabonds, succeeded in making a telhdg speech. Charles Heape, a colored man who deserves the protection of every honest citizen, was now introduced and mads an address well worthy of bis honest self. He bad acquired ? property, and hs told his friends that the burden of Uxitiou had tau/ht him tbat safety | c alone could bo found in Reform. He is ? member of tho Central Executive Committee , for the county, and his activity ie fas* showing itseif. Neai-the close or the meeting, Jame J T Fraser, Trial Justice Holmes and Probate f Judge Craig. Radicals, w ;re allowed to speak. c Holmes U3ed most indecorous aud slanderous language ag.unst Jud .re Catpenter, and a row became immiuent, which was soon stopped bv t timely intervention. Craig spoke iu the same ? style, but the Judge replied with most telling . sarcasm, and thes3 libellers were eoou com pelted to seek a hiding place from the jccrB of c the people. i Thu? ended this very successful mass meet- n ing. That night the lovers of the "dance" en? joyed a happy trip on the tip-toe of excitement. ' The Judge and Uenoral were both present. 1 At daybreak the word was ' forward." and, attended by a caravan of citizens, they were off tor White Hali, sixteen miles distant. AB we arrived at the depot, the road WAS moving with ? the multitude of blacks, win cams from thc c Combabee, Ashepoo and Edfeto. Trains of , cirs had brought maiv Iruu different points of thc Sxvau?Kh and O.i.n-.rston Road. On motion of Mr. Gil? G. i rali J, a prominent color- | f ed Rniorujor ?:>" ?. omoA^eo. Mr. Joel Larisev, preaiduJ. Mfluiyro, we ware told, had freely distributed whit-key on the day previous, in or d?*r that the meeting should bo or .ken up. With groat difficulty order was procured. The crowd had been told not to listen; but when . Youmans, Carpenter and Butler had spoken, ' many, very many, of the sensible pledged c themselves for Reform. Here is the place th*11 we must work. The good seed has boen sown:, active gardeners wdl till the soil, and we will |1 reap a good hai vest iu October. Be assured that the people of Colleton will give their en-1 <\ tire energy to our good ciuse; for we all be? lieve that, emphatically, "lhere is Lue iu the Old Land vet." Colonel Rutted re will address the county at Walterboro' on the 1st Monday in October. More anon. D. S. H. c A GOOD yOMUTATIOH. Hon. C. W. Dudley, the nominee of the Florence Convention, is a native of Marlboro' District, and has occupied, with honor to him? self, and s&tistactioQ to his people, all the honors which his district could confer upon him. Ia a life runniog over three score years, the foul breath ot doubt or suspicion as to the purity of his private character-the honor, honesty and integrity of his motives or the boldness of his political coures, bas never d ired to assail him. Kia ability as a lawyer and a statesmau, and his purity and integrity as a man arc so well-k'iown, that none out a fool would question tne first, and it would bo hird to find one so debased and corrupt, even in these corrupt times, to question thc latter. His ability, honor, honesty, integrity and purity of character, stand stove question or reproach, and his tlectioo would go v-ry far to wipe out the foul blot nude bv the great carpet-bagaer, who has made his name im? mortal by the iufaray ana corruption which marked his bnet career ia tho Nitional L?gis? lature. Colonel Dudley's letter or acceptant ot the nomination will ba found elsewhere in our columns to day, which wo commend to the cartful perusal of our readers, [Georgetown Tinxts. -There is an "Academy of Tonsorial Art? in New York. The pupils practice on shavlnc the nnd ol watermelons without damaging ihe Interior, and when that feat is accompli^ ed thev graduate. BAZAINE BAFFLED. HIS FORCES AGAIN DRIVEN INTO METZ. RUINS OF THE FAMOUS STRASBOURG CATHEDRAL. AUSTRIA'S REPLY TO THE OVER? TURES OP FRANCE. THIERS TO OFFER IMPORTANT CONCES? SIONS IN THE EAST TO THE CZAR. CADORNA'S ADDRESS IV THE NEW CAPITAL OF ITALY. THE BELGIAN PRESS ON THE PRUSSIAN EXACTIONS. BELGKAN SYMPATHY FOR FRANCE ALLIANCE BETWEEN PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. BALLOONS AS MAIL CARRIERS. SOON DISPATCHES. Bazaine Malees an Unsuccessful Attempt to Escape. LONDOX, September 2G. A special dispatch to the Times, dated Saar brncken, September 24, says : "Bazaine made ai'eintonthe side of Mercy-la-Hant and at? tempted to escape by Thionvllle. There was a heavy cannonade for several hours, and a sharp fight at Moulin, seven miles from Metz. The French were driven back with serious loss. Bazaine released his prisoners.^ A heavy force of Bavarians are penetrating the country towards Lyons. The Strasbourg Cathedral Irreparably Injured. LONDON, September 2G. The Cathedral of Strasbourg has been Irre? parably injured by the bombardment, but the istronomlcal clock is still going. France, Austria and Russia. . LONDON, September 20. Von Beust, the Austrian Premier, is said to lave given M. Thiers assurances of his deepest sympathy, but told him that Intervention was inpossible. It is now said that Thiers will jfler thc Czar ol Russia important concessions n the East. Thc Situation in Tours. TOURS, September 2G. The city Is crowded with strangers from nil ^Harter.?, and many persons are sleeping in :\w streets. A ?evy en masse ls hourly expected. Tue Baltic fleet has been ordered to cut the ?able between Germany and Sweden. Attitude of Belgium. BRUSSELS, September 26. The Belgian press unanimously denounce he arrogant demands of Prussia. Cadorna at Rome. FLORENCE, September 26. General Cadorna, '.n his address to the pro? visional government at Rome, which he hlm ?elt had created, said: "Your task is a sublime mc. The 20th of September works an era in roar histor}', for lt makes Rome again the capital of the Kingdom ol Italy. Among the political prisoners released at Rome was Petrous, after seventeen years' Im? prisonment. NIGHT DISPATCHES. French Report*. Tor/RS, September 26. The Moniteur publishes a proclamation from he Provisional Government at Paris, dated September 20, reaffirming that the policy of ^unce id to not cede an Inch of soil or a stone ?f her fctlflcatlons. A message from Versaihes says that the ?russians have undertaken nothing impor ant; that the gunboats on the Seine are ready or action, and that entrenchments and barri? cades are going up everywhere. Letters received by balloons from Paris give he following account ol the battle of the 19th nstant: General Ducrot, who occupied the leights from Ville Juif to Mendon, made a re ?onnolssauce and encountered the Prussians vith heavy cannon concealed in the woods. The French attacked vigorously, and the .'russians retrected, but reformed on thc leights of Cbatalon and opened a tremendous irtillery fire, and compelled Ducrot to seek helter In Fort Devantes. His artillery was veil served by the Garde Mobile, who were ?ol and resolute. Ducrot finally withdrew nto Paris. The Prussians suffered severely. A large number ot official messengers, hence br Tari?, have returned. The omnibus horses of Paris have been selz ;d by the government for transportation. The Journal Officiel publishes decrees in reoslng the number of regiments and con? ferring extraordinary powers upon the general lifiee-'. A division of cavalry has reached here from he south of France. A large force of Garde Mobiles passed through Tours going towards Orleans. Martial law in Algeria has been suspended. The Prussian dragoons are at Medon. The Prussians are in force atBongivale, Real ind Monierne, and near Chatillon. Skirmishes occurred at Ville Juif, La Hage, "hevilly and elsewhere. The Prussians have apparently abandoned St. Denis. Their movements indicate an attack on sceaux. Later information places the Prussians at Jourget and St. Cloud. English Reports. LONDON, September 27. Communication between Paris and Tours. >y balloon?, continues. The prelects of the western departments, iccordlng to the proclamation of the mluistry, ire appealing to the people to risc e.? masse ind overwhelm the invaders. Three million francs for the defence have icen voted by Calais. Belgium is grieved and alarmed at the fall? ir? of the peace negotiations. The Patrie, a semi-official Journal under the ?ld r?gime, now published at RlcMere, is en husiaetic for the Republic. A treaty between Belgium and Prussia for he release of the wounded In the Belgian hos? pitals has been signed. Dispatches from Orleans report that Prus ilan cavalry are at Bazachcs and Auternay. Prince Albert, with a large force, ls reported :o be near .the lormer place. The Prussians are reconstructing the forti? fications o? Laon. Belgium Iii ports. BRUSSELS, September 27. Yesterday bands of workmen paraded through the streets singing the Marsellaise and shouting "Vira la France." The majority of the people here do not favor the annexation ol' Alsace and Lorraine. Spanish Reports. MADRID, September 26. The Government has Informed De Rodas that his resignation, if pressed, will be accepted. Alliance Between Prussia and Austria. NEW YORK, September 26. A special telegram from Berlin mentions that there is a fair prospect of an alliance between Prussia and Austria. Holland opposes it. BISMARCK'S CIRCULAS. The Document In Full-His Views Con? cerning the Means and Conditions of Peace-The Frenen Government Be. lieved to be Insincere lu lu EiTorts 2for Peace-Prussia Demands only What is Net'ess a ry for lier Fut ure De. fence. The following is the (nil text (received by cable) of thc important circular letter from Bismarck concerning the means and con? ditions ol peace addressed to the North Ger? man representatives abroad: MEAUX, Friday, September 16. Your Excellency is iamiliar with the circular which M. Jules Favre has addressed to the loreign representatives of France in the name of the men at present holding power in Paris, and who call themselves "Le Gouvernement de la Defence National." I have learned simul? taneously that M. Thiers has entered upon a confidential mission to the foreign courts, and I may presume that he will endeavor on the one side to create a bellefin the love for peace of the present Parisian government, and on Hie other side will request the intervention of the neutral powers in favor of a peace which shall deprive Germany of the fruits of her vic? tories, and for the purpose of preventing every basis of peace which would make the next .at? tack of France on Germany more difficult. We cannot believe in the sincerity ot the present Parisian government to make peace so long as it continues by its language and its acts at home to excite the passions of the peo? ple and to increase the hatred and bitterness ol a population stung by the sufferings ol'war, and to repudiate in advance every basis ac? ceptable to Germany as unacceptable ;by France. By sucha course it becomes Impossi? ble to make peace. The people should be pre? pared for peace by calm words and In terms corresponding to the gravity of the situation. If we are to believe that negotiations with us for peace are honestly intended, thc de? mand that we should conclude an armistice without any guarantees for our conditions of peace could be meant seriously only on the supposition that wc lack military or political Judgment, or are indifferent to the interests of Germany. Moreover, the hope entertained by the present rulers in Paris ol a diplomatic or material intervention ol thc neutral powers In favor ot France prevents the French na? tion Irom seeing the necessity of peace. When the French nation become convinced that as they have wantonly conjured up the war alone, and Germany hos had to light lt out alone, they must also settle their account with Ger? many alone, they will soon put an end to their resistance, now surely unavailing. It would be an act of cruelty to the French people by the neutral powers to permit the Parisian "government to nourish among the people hopes ot intervention that cannot be realized, and thereby lengthen the contest. We arc (ar (rom any Inclination to mix in the internal affairs of France. It ls immaterial to us what kind of a government tho French people shall formally establish for themselves. The government of tho Emperor Napoleon has hitherto been the only one recognized by us. Our conditions of peace, with whatever gov? ernment, legislating lor the purpose we may have to negotiate with, are wholly independent of the question how or by whom the French nation is governed. They are prescribed to us by the nature of things, and by the law of self defence against a violent and hostile neighbor. The unanimous voice of the Germanic Gov? ernments and the German people demands that Germany shall be protected by better boundaries than we have hitherto had against the dangers and violence we have experienced from all French Governments lor centuries. So long as France remains in possession of Strasbourg and Metz, so long ls Its offensive strategically stronger than our defensive so far as all South Germany and North Germany on the left bank of the Rhino are concerned. Strasbourg in the possession of France is a gate wide open for an attack on South Ger? many. In the hands of Germany, Strasbourg and Metz obtain a delcnslvc character. In more than twenty wars we have never been the aggressors on France; and: we de? mand of the latter nothing else than our safe? ty in our own land, so often threatened by lt. France, on the other hand, will regard any peace that may be made now ns an armistice only, and, in order to avenge the present de? feat, will attack us in the same quarrelsome and wanton manner as this year, as soon as lt feels strong enough in its own resources or in foreign alliances. In rendering lt difficult for France, from whose initiative alone hitherto the disturb? ances of Europe have resulted, to resume the offensive, we at the same time act la the inter? est ol Europe, which is that of peace. From Germany no disturbance ol the European peace ls to be (eared. Although France bad been trying to force the war upon us for four years, we. oy our care and by restraining the feelings cf our natioaai self-respect so inces? santly outraged by France, liad prevented its occurrence. We mean now for our future safetv to demand the price of our mighty ef? forts." We shall demand only that which we must have for our defence. Nobody will be able to accuse us of want ot moderation if we Insist upon this just ami equitable demand. Your Excellency will make these views your own, and advocate them in discussions. _ BISMARCK. THR SICK MAR'S ACTIVITY. Preparing to Resist Silent, bat Certain A Constantinople letter, of September 2, to the London Times says: Although I believe the Turkish. Government has changed its mind as regards Minding a squadron of its magnificent lron-clud fleet into the Mediterranean, yet the most active pre? parations are guinn on to put all the ves-vl.-? in a position lo go to sea at a moment's notice. I have good reasons for stating that Uh* crews are in splendid condition, well trained in -run. nery, and would be sure to do excellent "ser? vice if required for action. They are ult. k?yt well In hand, and are under exc?dent liUcl piine. All who know anything m'Ottoman history are well aware thai, excellent sailors have always been lound in lin* Turkish navy men ready lo Karin LI? ih - lust.thungo frequent? ly very liuuiihWnliy irained. They have the aauid cia?* of men now that (ought at Navarin?, willi this difference, however that f h-'v arc at present carefully Instructed in all the net-..ii' modern naval warfare, and tue next naval engagement in which the Turkish ? ivy takes part will hu certain to have a very dur?rent termination from that of either Sinope or Nuvnriuo. Under the able and assiduou > attention o! Hobart Pasha, aided, I understand in every possible way by the highest authori? ties connected with the navy, not even ex? cepting the Sultan himself, the officers are un? dergoing n scientific course ot instruction while the Juniors and the naval cadets are be? ing trained at the naval school at Halki in a manner which will in a short time Insure to the Turkish navy quite a new class ot officers equal In every respect to those of any other country, only excepting perhaps the officers of our own and the French navies. As regards the anny, it is being steadily increased lu numbers by the Redlfs, cr reserve, who are arriving in large numbera, vnd being placed in the various barracks around the capital, where they are now dally to be seen at drill I am told that they are very fine fellows, and Fears of Turkey the Costa? It Activity. that they go through the various movements in which they are trained with very commend? able steadiness and precision. These various preparations are being made without the least demonstration or excitement. Only last weet, when I was going up the Bosphorus, a large steamer passed by crowded to excess by Re difs. They were as thick as bees lu ahlve, or locusts clustering around the columns and eaveB of a house, yet not a sound nor a murmur was heard either from the ship or the shore. An English ship pass? ing under similar circumstances up the Thames would have been saluted by vocifer? ous cheers from the crowds on the banks, nor would they have been left unresponded to for In these demonstrative matters we are all equally ready to join. Very different are the Turks; Indeed, all Oriental people are alike. In this respect, for there Is nothing more re? markable about large crowds of people assem? bled together In any part of the East than the extraordinary repose and quietness, and even gravity, that usually prevail. And as the peo? ple are, so are the Turkish Government: Their preparations are going on without a sign being made or a sound being heard; but they are not the less effectually pro? gressing in the attainment of their object. It ls known that Russia ls assem? bling considerable forces In Bessarabia; and it the Prussians succeed in driving the French army back on Paris-an event which seems highly probable Just now-people are beginning to think here that Russia will be tempted to demand compensation In this quar? ter. The aggrandizement of Prussia, or the establishment of a German Empire with the King of Prussia as Emperor, might well sup? ply a pretext to the Czar for taking possession of the Danubian Principalities. These, lt ls true, are only speculations; but the said specu? lations have been extended even to greater lengths. Still, Just now, all people here are. asking If the war ls going to spread, and If Russia will be tempted by the present state of affairs to carry out the policy in which she was defeated at the time of the Crimean war. I do not profess to offer an opinion on so frave a question; but under the circumstances submit there can be only one opinion as to the wisdom of the Turkish, government, not only In maintaining an armed, but strict neu? trality, and preparing for what might possibly occur, but also In abstaining in every possible way from drawing on Itself the very danger that ls to be apprehended. Some of the local papers, that set themselves up os advisers of the public In general, and the Porte in particu? lar, and notably an English print published at Pera, urged the Turkish Government en what ls called the "morrow of the war"-whatever that may mean-to send two great armies across the Balking, one Into Servia and the other to the Danube-the whereabouts were not mentioned-In order, ol course, to attract offensive movements on the other side, for that could be the only result of such an ill judged measure. I have since heard that a very hich personage belonging to the Turkish Government has observed that lt is a great pity that prudent men should not be editors of newspapers. Instead ol men utterly without discretion or Judgment, who are fitted only to be firebrands. The remark ls a good one, und might possibly suit some people nearer home as well as the person for whom It was specially Intended. RUSSIA XAK ISO READY. Preparations for Wai- National Feel? ing Toward Prussia and France. A letter ?a the Baltic Gazette, written In Warsaw, on the 29th of August, says: In Russia military preparations are actively progressing, though at the same time quietly. A great many bonuM, Intended to complete the artillery stud, have already been purchas? ed, and M. Hofmark, a merchant at St. Peters? burg, has just completed a contract for the de? livery of 200,000 pondes (a pondes is a weight equal to about forty-five pounds avoirdupois.) M. Nobet's factory at St. Petersburg, has re? ceived an order lor 800 mitrailleurs ?o_de de? livered on the 1st of October. The Ultra-Russian journals expect that Prus? sia will demand the cession ot Alsace and Lor? raine as the condition of peace, and they de? clare themselves opposed In principle to any aggrandizement ol .Germany, but they foresee that neutral powers will not be able to' prevent the giving back of provinces once German. In the event of that retrocession being made, they demand a suitable compensation for Rus? sia, without indicating in any distinct way what they mean by that. In order more effec? tually to insist upon such a claim, the Russian army ought to be mobilized promptly. The letter states that the German victories have produced great depression among the Polish nobility, whose sympathies are altogether de? voted to France. TURRET AND RUSSIA-THE COMING WAR. In the Crimean war the Integrity ol Turkey was felt to be ot euch Importance, firstly, as maintaining the balance of power in Europe; Becondl}-, as preventing Russian Interference in the Mediterranean, and especially In Egypt, to the endangerment of French and British in? terests, that France and Great Britain combin? ed to uphold Turkey as they baa with Russia combined to prostrute her In the war of Greek independence-a fatal concession to Russian policy and statecraft. I":.mee and Prussia now have their hands mons i .ian lull. Italy ls probably In alliance with Russia. The ouly powers really to be considered In the matter arc Austria and England. Great Britain has shown herself conspicu? ously Indifferent. If not supine, In the Franco Prussian war. Whether she can be stirred into action on behalf of Turkey remains to be seen. Her standing army ls the constant theme of ridicule to her own press. The chief iuterest of England In un Eastern war would be in the short road to her Indian possessions by the Black Sea, the Dardanelles and the Isthmus of Suez. Hardly less direct ls her anxiety about Russian encroachments on her prestige among the tribes of Central Asia to che north of the Himalaya and the Hlndu-Kush. Austria was apparently neutral in the Cri? mean war. That really hostile neutrality was felt at the lime keenly by the Emperor Nicho? las, who had promptly rendered services* to Austria In her hour ol need, when she was hard beset with Hungary and Bohemia. A motive for Austrian Interference now either for or against Russia might be found either in her desire ot aggrandizement at the expense of her dangerous German neighbor, or In her fear of a disturbed balance of power In the East. But she ls busy, under tfye prudent and sagacious statesmanship of Von Beust In the work of consolidation. Sadowa did not break her power, but lt revealed her necessities. Like England, she has no desire to interfere unless compelled, and her action would probably hang on the course of Prussia and Italy; but she is nearest to the seat ot war, and would be roused at once to an armed neutrality. Her military strength and her financial position fluctuates a little under the internal changes taking place, but her army expenditure ls about thirty-seven millions of dollars; her army on the peace foot? ing being 209,000 men ol' all classes, of which 102,000 are intanlry, 10,000 cavalry, 40,000 ar? tillery and engineers, and the remainder gen? darmerie and Irregulars; on the war footing It exceeds 000.OOO. The Austrian navy consists ot thirty-nine steamers, with 63? guns, of which seven are Iron-clads, carrying a total of 176 guns. The Austrian difficulty ls financial. Her finances have long been In a vexatious condition, her expenditure exceeding her in? come, and the whole debt being nearly six hundred and fifty milllous of dollars. Her population ol' Ihirty-flve millions is heteroge? neous; but lt Includes some ot the most warlike and energetic races of the Old World. Nor can any man say what marvellous opportuni? ties ol' unexpected action on the field ot his? tory an Eastern war, breaking out while France and Germany are bleeding to death, tnlirht open to the "Eastern Empire" of the Hapsburg, as well as to the Asiatic Empire ol the Romanoff. TEE CHEAM OF THE WAR SEWS. How Long Can Paris Hold Out. The Revue des Deux Mondes, of Paris, Sep? tember C, publishes an article from Xavier Raymond on the probable conditions of a siege of Paris. We extract the principal por? tions: The possible duration of resistance Increases in proportion to the size of the place. Sebas? topol was defended for eleven months against an army ol 200.000 mea, and an artillery which, at the end of the operations, amounted to more than 800 pieces. Why tnat long de ?ence ? Because the fortress was not block? aded, because it could constantly renew its troops and its munitions. The French capital would be still more difficult to block up; Its continuous enceinte is about thirty-six kilome? tres (about live-eighths of a mlle each) in cir? cumference, and the line of the torts more than 100 kilometres. To Invest it would re? quire a vastly superior army than the one the Prussians can bring before the walls. The great extent ot the fortifications moreover pre? sents a considerable advantage. What Inflicts most Injury on besieged places is the con? vergence of the enemy's fire. The town being ordinarily of no great extent the concentric lines with which the besieger surrounds it causes the missiles to cross, and, ably directed on a few selected points, they could do the greatest mischief; during that time the forts reply by fires necessarily divergent, so that, for an equal expenditure of ammunition, its guns can only have a very Inferior effect. At Paris the case is very different, the considera? ble extent ol' the works sensibly diminishes the curve ol the linea and the convergence of the enemy's fire; the attack and defence must therefore be considered parallel, and conse? quently if the artillery of the besieged is better served than that of its assailants lc may have the advantage. On the other hand, owing to the long range of the cannon, the forts protect each other, and at least three of them would have to be taken before an enemy could arrive at thc fortifications. As to these latter they are so constructed that each advanced bas? tion ls protected by the four others to the right and as many to the lett. However the Prussians have Bhown at Strasbourg that they count less'on th J evil they can do the ram? parts and the garrison thau on the disasters they can inflict on the unfortunate population. In the capital that odious calculation would be foiled. The German batteries, If established outside tlic torts, could not reach the city, if they were brought to the walls thev could hard? ly send their projectiles beyond the old octroi barrier. A large space, all the old Paris of Louis Philippe, would, therefore, be a shelter for the population. But we have supposed the siege regularly commenced; could that be so easdy accomplished ? M. Raymond calculates that at Sebastopol the allies had the sea and their war ships to bring their heavy guns. At the attack on Antwerp the French had before the citadel ninety pieces, which required 10,000 horses to draw the carriages. Thus, then, more than fifty thousand would be necessary to bring to the capital the artillery which assailed the Russian fortress. Those animals are not to be thought of. but Prussia doubtless counts on replacing them by road locomotives. French Opinion of the Germans-TV h at M. Aboat Say? of Prussia. In an article in the Soir, of August 25, enti? tled "A Holy Wrath," M. Edmund About writes in terms of extraordinary bitterness against the Germans. He says: We did not know our enemies. We were Innocent enough to believe them almost like ourselves. In the Intoxication of success they have been unmasked, and we may read Into their very souls. * * * What they wish for i Is now known. They wish to take and carry away everything that we possess. They have as yet ruined only two provinces; they now march upon Paris in the hope of striking a great blow. * * * What difference Is there between King William and n brigand like Possatore or Takos Arvanltakis ? The difference that there is between a rob? ber and a petty thief. Their mode of action is Identical; night marches, ma? nouvres concealed by the shade ot forests, tricks on all occasions, attacks when the pro? portion of the two opponents ls as five to one. aosaeslnation, conflagration and pillage. Of all this France ls not Ignorant. We know with what a race of rascals.we have to do. An anger -an honorable and holy anger-has soon suc? ceeded to the surprise ol tue first days. At the first we were astonished, we did not under? stand; a town of thirty thousand souls allowed Itseli to be conquered by five Uhlans because the thing appeared to be so inprobable. When our purse or our life has been >> seriously de? manded of us lt is seriously l hat wo must set about destroying first the Prunian army, then Prussia, The companions of King William who have entered France will never leave it. If they have poured upon our territory their entire population, as they boast, so much the better for ns. We shall then go to Berlin to crush in pieces in its nest this barbarism, tit ls stupid feudalism. All the roads will be covered, but I hope we shall choose by preference the Grand Duchy of Ba? den. Wurtemberg and Bavaria. These are three smali monarchies which owe their existence to us, for it was we who spontaneously created them at the begin? ning of the century. And the Bavarians have become the valets d'ann?e- of Prussia ! And the Wurtembergers do themselves the plea? sure of invading us in their train. And the tavern-keepers, the ruffians, the smugglers of Baden and of Kehl-the miserable creatures who would clean our boots with their mous? taches If we were to spend or lose our money with them-have loaded their carriages with the booty of the noble French people; they are the ravens of the enemy ! You will repay all that with usury, unclean rascals. We did not wish any evil to the German race; whose fault is It if we have bes?me its enemies, and if France can save civilization only by destroy? ing all this Teutonic vermin ? It is necessary that the 1st of January, 1871, should see all Europe purged from all these Hohenzollern, from all these petty country squires, from all these feudalists, from all these Jesuits In hel? mets. It is necessary that we should have upon our eastern irontler a Germany divided, ruined, and muzzled for a century. Mc Mu hon Facing Death-Teaching Kings and Princes-The Marshal's Last Battle. A French officer who escaped to Belgium writes : To relate what McMahon did is impossible steel, fire, melted metal, explosive balls, and I don't know what other infernal mixturen the Prnesains there made use of for the first time, appeared to stream off or to rebonnd from him like hail from a roof. He went to the front seeking death. "Leive me. my friends," he said to us al!; who soutrut to prevent him from gointr forward, "let me show those Kings, those Princes, who hide behind their masses of men, that a marshal of France knows how to fight, and, when beaten, how to die." And be emited upon us a sad smile, which made us weep, and reionbled our rage. Ah, miserable 1 We kill, we massacre, sud the living appear to spring np from the dead, wbicb we heap around us. We climbed a little mountain of dead bodies that we might reekoa bow long the butchery would last. Mvytbre, broken and reeking, fell from my bands when I saw what masses we had still to deal with. Tho plain, the horizon, was black with dust. We were but aute in a large ant-hill. "Mar shal,'' I said, "we have at least 200.000 men beforp ns." "No," be replied, gently, "300,000." At that moment a cloud passed before my eyes aod we went mad. We regained our seuse? only ^ hen we found ourselves beyond tho hotdes of Uhlans who attacked us. We had been fortunate encgh to reach the Bel? gian froutier. Wo were safe, bat at what a sacrifice. ^_ _ RR SUTOR ULTRA CREPIDAM. Among the many virtues or distinctive char? acteristics of a people in whom there is much that is good, with some exceptions, which are common to frail humanity, lt is rather sur? prising what a desire Jie new-fledged Import? ed rulers ol South Carolina have of "showing up the superior civilization of the North, and the unprogret .? I veness of the unfortunate Southern people. Senator Sawyer, in a recent letter to the New York Lodger, dwells upon national resources of the South and ol South Carolina in particular; but lakes care to make us out a very ignorant people in the science ol' agricul? ture, stating that the overseers who formerly scourged i he slaves, knew less of agriculture than the slaves, Ac. Since the war we have beard of many Northern capitalists com? ing South, each desiring, to use their own lan? guage, of running a cotton plantation. They have used the labor Senator Sawyer eulogizes as so intelligent. Many of them were hard task masters, and retired atter losing thou? sands of dollars, their superior agricultural knowledge being ot no avail, and their high estimate of the intelligent labor of the south being decidedly changed by sad exnsrlence. Why will Northern writers, who afe really strangers to the manners and customs of oar people, continue to misrepresent us ? It is just such language, made in the spirit of wll x? 11 prejudice, that has contributed much to briug about the four years 'bloodv drama. But lt ls bard for the politician to make room for truth and justice. THE CHARLESTON NEWS has given Mr. Sawyer a ventilation which he richly de? serves, and has faithfully vlnd-cated our peo? ple lrom bis ioul misrepresentation- George? town Times. 1 DISASTER AT SEA. NEW YORK, September 26. The steamer Sarah Fish, of Maine, was abandoned at sea In a sinking condition. Her crew have been brought here by the New Or? leans steamship Metropolis. TBE NATHAN MURDER. NEW YORK, September 25. Kepllng was arrested near Beading, Pa.i . charged with implication with the Nathan murder. He was in New York when the mur? der occurred. His arrest was caused by his extravagant accounts o? bis exploits. WILL Wosrex VOTE ?- Che recent ?leot?on in Wyoming Territory may be taken a? pretty conclusive answer to the questiun whether Western women will vote in case they are per? mitted to do so. Two ladies wera nominated on the Republican ticket,'one for county clerk and the other for school superintendent of one of the counties in the Territory, and although they were not elected, yet they ran ahead of the gentlemen npon the same ticket. The ladies almost universally voted. Thc scene at the polls in Cheyenne is thus described by an Iowa pape;- : The ladies, with a few excepticpns, "were brought to the polls in carriage and omni? buses, deposited their ballots and immediate? ly stepped in again and were driven home. One inotdent of the day waa worth relating. The oldest woman- perhaps the^ojdesl person-in Cheyenne, 80 years of ago, wont to the nolls and voted her firet ballot. When she alighted from the baggy the whole crowd surrounding tho polls. Republicans and Democrat, took off their hats while she marched through and de-, posited her vote. When she turned to go away, three cheers were called for, and given so rousmgly that they were heard tit several squares. She'll be likely to remember her mat billot while she liveB. The ladies didnfc all vote one way by o ny moana. Bat both parties had ruoners ont with boggies, from morning till sundown^ gatheriog up all th? ladies that could be found, lt waa a fine illus? tration of that respect and reverence which the men of America have for females, that not even a drunken rough was beard to offer an insult. This may have been partly owing to. the fact that both parties were courting them. - fiailrca?s. > NORTHEASTERN RAILBO.AD. Trains leave Charleston dally at -0.30 A. M., (Sundays excepted,) and 6.30 P. IL Arrive at Charleston 7.30 A &L, (Mondays ex? cepted,) and 5 p. M. Train leaving at 9:30 A. M.. makes ttirough con? nection to New York via Richmond and A quia Creek only-going through in 42 hoars, and with? out detention on Sunday. Train leaving at 0:30 P. M., have choice of route via Richmond and Washington, or Bay route via Portsmouth and Baltimore. Passengers leaving: Friday by this train lay over on Sunday In Balti? more ; those leaving on Saturday remain Sunday in Wilmington, N. C. This is the cheapest, quickest and most pleasant route to Cincinnati, Chicago and other points West and Northwest, both trains making close connections st Washington with Western trains of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. S. S. SOLOMONS, Engineer and Superintendent. P. L. CLEAPORr.Seneral Ticket Agent. septo_' ?REDUCTION OF FREIGHTS. e SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, ) NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COUPANT, I CHARLESTON, S. C., Aug. 7.6.1870. j The attention of the pobdu ls respectfully called to the following REDHOED RATES OF FREIGHT between Charleston and Stations on the Wilming? ton and Manchester Railroad, to go into operation on the 20th of August : 1st 2d 3d 4th 0th Class. Class. Class. Class. Class, To Sumter. $1.16 90 80 65 36 ToMayesvllle, To Lynchburg, ToTimm'svllie, To Mars Binn*, To Peedee, To Marlon, In order to show the extent of this redaction, the following OLD RATES are appended: lat 2d sd 4th 6th Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. To Sumter. $1.80 1.40 1.20 76 47 ToMayesvllle, To Lynchburg, ToTimm'svllie, To Mars Bluff, ToPedee, To Marlon, J 1.10 90 76 60 1.70 1.40 1.16 70 46 . MCI . M m i S S. S. SOLOMONS, Superintendent Northeastern Railroad, auglfl-tnths._ OUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. ll GENERAL SUPERlNTtNDK.N l> Or FICE, 1 CHARLESTON S. C.. to ky ll, 1870. j On and after Sunday. Mav .sth, the Passenger Trains upon ' tic Sonta -'.'?'oana Railroad wm nm as follows: FOB AUGCBTA. Leave Charleston..*..8.S0 A M. Arrive at Augusta.4.26 P. M. FOB COLUMBIA. Leave Charleston.8.80 A. M. Arrive at Columbia.4.10 P. M. FOB CHARLESTON. Leave Augusta.8.00 A. M. Leave Columbia.7.46 A. K. Arrive at Charleston.aso P. M. AUGUSTA NIGHT EXPRESS. (Sundays excepted.) Leave Charleston.-8.80 p. M. Leave Angosta..6.co P. IL Arrive at Augusta.7.06 A. M. Arrive at Charleston.6.40 A IL COLUMBIA MIGHT EX PR SSS, (Sundays excepted.) Leave Charie-uou....7.80P.M. ..eave OOlUltHH*.7.60 P. IL Arrive at columbia.e.00 A IL un ve at Charleston.6.46 A M. -. SUMMERVILLE TB ALU. Leave Charleston.5.20 P. M. Arrive at Summerville..6.40 P. M, Leave Summerville..7.10 A. M Arrive at Charleston.8.26 A. M. CAMDEN BRANCH. Camden and Columbia Passenger Trains on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and SATtmoATS, and be? tween Camden and Ringville dally, (Sun<u-\ya ox? cepted,) connects with op and down Day Pas? sengers at Ringville. Leave Camden.0.8? A. IL Arrive at Columbia.11.00 A M. Leave Columbia.1.00 P. IL Arrive at Camden.6.40 P. M. H. T. PEAKE, maj 13 General Superintendent. Miscellaneous. .J^TAILS, NAILS, Ofthebest brands, Including Parker Mills and CAMERON, BARKLEY A CO.'S unequalled "Ne Plus Ultra" CUT NAILS. ALSO, A faU Stock of Wrought and Cut SPIKES. For sale by CAMERON, BARKLEY ? CO., Corner Meeting and Cumberland streets, mch24 arno_Charleston, & a .g E L T I N G . A large Stock of Leather and Rubber BELTING and RUBBER GOODS, including Manhole and Handhole Gaskets, (all sizes.) Hose, Sheet Rub? ber for packing, Pare Vulcanized Gum for vt J ves,, Ac. ALSO, "Regulation" LEATHER HOSE, double-riveted and of approved manufacture. For sale by CAMERON, BARKLEY A CO., Corner Meeting and Cumberland streets, mch34 smo_. Charleston, 8. O. PROFESSOR BERGER'S-BED-BUG DESTROYER. Oostar'B INSECT POWDER Glentworth's Roach Exterminator Cos tar's Rat Poison Isaacs en's Sure Pop-Death io MusqoJtoea. For sale by Da. H. BARR, julys f ?..'' Meeting imet.