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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1465. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1870. S?X DOLLARS A YKAH. THE VERY LATEST. LAST SIGHTS DISPATCHES. HONORS TO ULRIC. THE POP E DECLINES TO QUITE03IE THE BESIEGERS RECEIVING THEIR SIEGE GUNS. PACIFIC INTENTION OP THE CZAR. KING WILLIAM CONTRIBUTES MONEY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE CITIZENS OF STRASBOURG. FINANCE NOT TO BE MADF A SECOND-RATE POWER BY PRUSSIA. Italian War Reports. ROME, October 2. ThePope declines to quit Rome. He will re? main for the present at Castle Angelo. His health is excellent. The civil affairs of Rome are conducted by a commission of eighteen ministers, with Gal tane presiding. The political exiles are coming in from ail quarters. LONDON-, October 2. I; is reported that the Pope advises his ad? herents to abstain from voting on the plebi? scite. French War Reports. TOURS, October 1. A fight is now progressing near St. Germain. A dispatch from Toul reports heavy fighting in the direction of Metz. It is reported thai General Bourkoe made a sortie from Metz, inflicting a heavy loss on the Prussians. The National Guard will protect Metz if Ba? zaine succeeds in cutting his way out. It was reported at Eureux, yesterday, that Montes was occupied by four thousand Prus? sians. The commander of Fort DTssy declares he will not surrender his post upon any terms. The National Guard now on active duty in PB?S numbers 375,000. A richly decorated coffin, escorted by many of the Mecklenburg rro?ps, passed Toni on the 29th. Two similarly decorated coffins followed next day. Tte government proclamation explaining the delay in the election for the Constituent Assembly, says that it was for the purpose of facilitating negotiations ior an armistice. * The government hopes that the couraga of the defenders of Paris, aided by events out? side, may bring dcuverance before the elec? tion; but should the situation remain unchang? ed, the Assembly will inspire the army and na? tion with fresh hope and courage. Dispatches from prefects of departments, and other officials, show that the circular of Jules Favre, regarding the failure of peace negotiations, produced as good an effect throughout France as abroad. General Ulric was received at the gates of Tours by the ministers and an immense crowd and conducted to the Archbishop's palace and installed as the nation's guest. English War Reports. LONDON, October 3. The besiegers before Paris are probably re? ceiving their siege guns to-day. The guns used at Toul are not going to Parl6; they have been sent elsewhere. The bridges and tunnels on the German line o? communication have been repaired. The Royal headquarters will soon be moved nearer to Paris. The King of Prussia sent five thousand tha lers to the relief of the inhabitants oi Stras bourg. Echo du Nord, of Lille, says that the Francs Tireurs killed the Duke of Nassau and lils secretary. The siege of Solssons continues. All sorties have been repulsed. The French asked for a truce to bury their dead. The German loss is trifling. There are no official advices of the Duke of Nassau's death. Bismarck denies that the disposition ol Prus? sia is to make France a second-rate power. Russian War Reports. ST. PETERSBURG, October 2. The Budget for 1S71 shows no deficit. This indicates pacific intentions on the part ol' the Czar. Prussian War Reports. BERLIN, October 2. By royal decree, occupied French territory outside ot Alsace, add Loraine has been placed under the governorship of the Duke oi Mecklenburg. CHISA PEEP A EISO EOE WAE. LITERPOOL, October 1. Chinese advices via Bombay represent that the Chinese have refused the idtimatum ol the French, and are preparing for war. The French await orders from home before pro? ceeding to extremities. RESCUE AI SEA. BOSTON, October 1. ?.The captain of the British brig Nancy, from Cow Bay for New York, picked up from a plank, after thirty-six hours' exposure at sea. a captain's wife and child. the crew, and a lady with seven children, who were passen? gers on board a lost ship. WHAT WILL SOT BE TAXED HERE? AFTER. WASHINGTON. October 1. The new internal revenue law. repealing all taxes on gross receipts and sales, except of to? bacco, snuff, cigars and spirits, and abolishing the use of stamps on all receipts for money and on promissory notes of less denomination than 8100, ou billiards, and also all taxes im posed by schedule A of June 30th, I8W, take effect to-day, and hereatter no taxes are to be collected on any of the above named articles. Schedule A, which censed to exist yesterday, required taxes to be paid on carriages, gold watches, billiard tables, gild and silver plate, Ac. The Texan brokers' sales are not repealed by law. as was erroneously stated. INCREASE OF THE VOMITO MADRID, October 1. Th?'vomito is increasing on th?- Mediter? ranean coast. Fifty more new cases and forty nine deaths occurred at Barcelona on Fiiday. It is said that a revolution, projected by the Duke de Montpelier, has been discovered. TBE BLUE BIEGE BAILEO AB B O X D S . Are They a Direct Liability and Bona Fide Debt ? Mr. Attorney-General Chamberlain, whose malignity of spirit pervades even the dull statistics o? his garrled and sophistical state? ments of the public debt, says: "I do now make this charge, that the including of the Blue Ridge bonds in the statement of our pub? lic debt Is a trick, a subterfuge unworthy ol serious men seeking office at the hands of their fellow-citizens; a gToss and palpable at? tempt to deceive and mislead their political lriends and the public." Messrs. F. J. Moses, Jr., and others, commit? tee ol the so-called Republican Convention, in their recent address, wherein the said hero of Fort Sumter and ex-Confederate Colonel R. F. Graham descend 60 low in the scale ol de? pravity as to denounce as unworthy of confi? dence all who were sincere in their devotion to the pure principles of constitutional liberty, involved in that memorable "Lost Cause," among whose supporters they were so impos? ingly conspicuous, who were either lalse then, or false now, or lalse now and then-these "honorable" men, in said address, declare "the attempt (to include these bonds among the debts ol the State,) too transparently unjust to need comment." '.'Veritas* [lucitsa non lucendo,) Dr. Hicks's sympathizing anti-Reform friend, says: "At most, it can only be counted a contingent lia? bility, not a lomfiilii debt." I shall show that they constitute an immedi? ate and present debt to the State, as to the in? terest, and a debt as to the principal, from which the State cannot extricate herself but by the expenditure of another sum of four mil? lion dollars. Governor Orr, a friend of the administra? tion, a friend of the Blue Ridge Road, and fa? vorable to the issue of the bonds, in his mes? sage of July, 1S68, says of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, "The present bonded debt o? the Company, for which a mortgage has been executed, amounts to about $230,000. But as the road terminates upon the edge of the mountains, stops short of any connecting lines, and is dependent alone upon a small tract o? country between Anderson and Wal? halla, ti has not yielded a sufficient income to pay even the interest upon the .first mortgage bondi.'- The italics are our own. He recom. mended the State to take up these bonds by its guarantee to prevent the sale of the road under foreclosure. Howie Journal, 1S68, pp. 23, 24. Mr. Harrison, president of the company, in his report at that time, says, "All that is ex? pected of the State ls that she shall guarantee the bonds of the company for, say, three mil? lions of dollars, to be issued in such sums, and at such times, as the progress of the work may require ; and that (he State shall provide for the payment of the interest on the bonds rehile the ruad is being built" House Journal, 1SC8, p. 67. And Governor Scott adds. "So that by in expenditure of four hundred and twenty thousanddollars, to be raised by taxation in :nree years, this enterprise would be secured. The State would have ample security for her marantee.*1 Under the manipulations of the two Gover? nors and President Harrison, the Legislature luthorized the endorsement by the State o? the bonds o? the company to the amount of tour million dollars, pledging the faith and funds o? the State to the punctual payment et "both the principal and Interest." The inter? est was limited at seven per cent., the first mortgage was required to be redeemed, and the State reserved a first mortgage to secure the bonds. A. A.,1SGS, p. 20. In his message of November 24th, 186'.', Governor Scott says on this subject that a new survey and estimate had been made, and adds : "It was then as? certained that the great increase o? the cost of such work over the original estimates made it apparent that the four millions of first mort? gage bonds provided for, fell far short of the means necessary to complete ir, and that it would requite about eight millions of dollars lo put the road in running order. * * * It must bc apparent to every member of the Senenii Assembly that the first mortgage, :overing the entire property ot the company, iud the work but little more than half com? pleted, the whole investment must remain as lead capital until the means are provided to inish the road. * * * * It would be add ng to a direct investment already made of a nilllon and a half of four millions ol dollars, wittier of which can bo made to meet the ac - :rulng interest without the expenditure of more capital for the completion of the road. One ol two- plans should be adopted at once. The first is to abandon the whole scheme of a [lirect railroad route to the West, * * * re? peal the act of September, la?S, whereby four million dollars-.more of bonds, guaranteed by he State, woiddbe sunk and made valueless, or issist the company in their efforts to complete he work," ?-c. Message aral Documents, 1869, :>. 8. We have proven by these extracts. Governor Drr being the witness, that the Blue Ridge Road, until it crosses the mountains, cannot pay the Interest accruing annually on ??;?0,000. President Harrison being the witness that the state would have to pay the interest on .bree million dollars which ?IL- estimated to be .uflicient to complete the road; and Governor ?cott being the witness that unless the Stale .voukl go on and furnish four million dollars nore to finish the road, the Jour million dollars A bonds endorsed under the act o? September I5t>$, ''would be sunk and made valueless.'' I vould therefore state this as a liability on the ian ol the State to pay tho interest on the montis, what time they have io nm. ami to pay ;he principal at maturity, it being deitiou;t:-? ,ed that the company can pay neither. It is 30 answer to say that the State may make the lebt good by sending another four millions liter the S5,soo.000 already sunk in that trans? lation. Who now is the trickster, iel honest people decide. CENSOR. MARINE DI^ASTEK.-The Savannah Republi :an. of yesterday, has the following : The French brig "Michel et Anna." of Port Cendres, loaded with a cargo o? ?tit, arrived it this port yesterday morning in charge of Hr. Gibson, tile mate, and lour men belonging 0 the American bark "Addie McAdams." of S'ew York. Captain Gibson reports that when n latitude twenty-four degrees north, longi ude sixty-three degrees aud thirty minutes vest, the captalu of lite brig hailed the Addie McAdams and slated that his vessel was full of vater and sinking-foretop-gallantmast and , nainmast curried away, and he wished to be aken off. tie and the crow were taken on : ward, but the captain o? the McAdams, thiuk- . ng ail was nut right, sent Captain Gibson and bur men tc attempt to take the vessel in port, ["hey lound live feet o? water in the hold and ilso discovered that the vessel had been scut- 1 led by auger hole? being bored In her bottom. , .aptain Gibson p!ii2&'?"I the?? holes and the . essel has made no water since. He and the our men have been on the wreck twenty-eight uvs. and attempted to make the port of Key Vest, bat was carried northward hythe Gaff (ream, and finally succeeded in arriving here, j II food being used up and water all gone. A FRENCH VICTOR!. REPORTED DEFEAT OF TSE CRO VTX P P.IS'CE NEA R PARIS. FEARFUL LOSSES OF THE GERMANS. THE: BADEV TROOPS .HITISY oy THE FIELD. PURSUIT ONLY STOPPED BY NIGHT. THE FRENCH CAPTURE 5000 PRIS? ONERS AND FIFTY GUNS. THE FRENCH REOCCUPY VERSAILLES. THE ROAD TO TOURS AND ORLEANS NOW OPEN. EXCITEMENT IN ENGLAND AND ON THE CONTINENT. SATURDAY'S NOOX DISPATCHES. A French Victory at Vincennes. LONDON. October 1. A war bulletin, signed by GambettOj an? nounces that the Prussians have been routed at Vincennes, and Versailles, with GOOO prison? ers and much artillery. Communication betweeu Paris had been re? established. The dispatch is generally thought to be spurious. It is reported that the bridge at Kiel gave way under the weight of the Pmssian artillery, and many lives were lost. The elections for the French Constituent As? sembly will take place on October ll. A balloon, with mails Iroin Paris, descended at Dreux, and was pushed iorward for Tours. A Flat Contradiction. LONDON, October I. The reports of fighting before Paris on Wed nesday and Thursday are false. Another Account. OSTEND, September 30. Intense excitement has been caused bore by the arrival of a messeuger from Valenciennes, with the news of a great battle fought on the Seine, on Tuesday, the 27th, which resulted In the complete defeat ol the Crown Prince of Prussia, under thc guns of Mont Valerien. The victory wa3 followed by the evacuation by thc Prussians of Versailles and Rambouil? let, and the rupture of the Prussian lines ot in? vestment. The Crown Prince at last accounts was retreating rapidly northward upon thc army of King William at Meatix and Soissons. Still .More or the Battle. LONDON, October 1. An unofficial dispatch from Berlin contra? dicts the news of the defeat ol' the Crown Prince, but it is certain that communication between Paris, Amiens and Valenciennes has been partially reopened. An unofficial proclamation of the French victory has been received In Valenciennes. A ."?lore Detailed Report. BOULOGNE, October l. [Special to the New York World.]-Exciting news has been received from Rouen of the crowning defeat of the Prussians south of Paris by General Ducerat on Tuesday, the 27th. The French forces which had driven the Prussians from Claremont-la-Roche, Chatillon and other places, as previously reported, were strongly reinforced on Monday night by Trochu, and advanced upon the German posi? tion at Mooreville and Versailles. Early Tuesday the battle began at VleFopay and Velisy, the Gormans contesting the French advance with desperate energy until assailed by Iresh columns from under the guns of Mont Valerien. The Prussians were gradually driven back through St. Cloud, the Bois de France and Vaucresson, where a number of regiments ol the Baden troops mutinied on the battle-field and refused to go under fire. Nearly a hundred of these troops were shot by order of the German commander, hut Hie rest still held back, many throwing down their arms, and dispersed through the forest. The Crown Prince was finally compelled to retreat, abandoning Versailles to the victorious French. . The German column which attempted the ' passage of the Seine Bougival was kept nuder a terrible fire from Fort .Mont Valerien, which converted the retreat into a rout The Prus? sians were driven In confusion beyond St. Germain, and ui^ht alone put a stop to the pursuit. The Germans iost 5000 prisoners, among whom were many ofilcers of tue staff ol' the Crown Prince. The Freuen also captured upwards of fifty cannon and mitrailleurs. ? The ro.ul to Orleans and Tours is cleared of the enemy. 1 Latest from Paris. lunts, October ll. A balloon messenger has arrived here who left Paris at 2 P. M. yesterday. No Prussians ' were visible near Paris. Complete silence 1 reigned around the city. No people were seen at the roads leading to l the city, aud no boals uu the rivets. Tile bal? looner observed, while over Versailles. Prus? sians encamped in great numbers. He dropped among them a number of government procla- \ mations in tbe German langnage, whea they , opened a sharp fire on the balloon. On arriv? ing over Hotidon, the balloon began to descend, when the ballooner threw , overboard large packages of paper, but saved the letters and other valua? bles. Thus lightened, the balloou again rose, and lauded many miles west ul the Prussian lines. Twenty-five thousand letters were brought safely to the postofflce at Dreux, whence they will come to Tours. A special locomotive was placed ai the dis- > posai ol' the ballooner, who is named Tissan- : der, in whlcii lu come tu Tours with govern? ment dispatches. He says Paris is admirably d?fende-'!. Hall of a million of soldiers arc be- 1 hind the walls, well armed and disciplined. Firing from the torts is so accurate that the Prussians are bathed m their attempts tu erect batteries. The city is perfectly tranquil; nearly a!l the shops are open; troops occupy Lhe 5C?nares and Boulevards for drill, aud at 10 o'clock in the evening all the cares are ciosed. Electric lights afford admirable protection against surprises. Neither butter, fruit nor fresh meat will soon be scarce in the city. Iuere is pieuty of salt meats and breadstufls for six months. The Roman Plebiscite. ' ROME, October J. The plebiscite will bc voted on to-moi-: o w. The following ls on the ballots : -Is a Uni with the Kingdom of Italy under the const! tional rule of King Victor Emanuel desirable (Yes ! or no .') The King awaits the result at Florence. I recommended you the other day to pla no reliance on the statements that Russia TV arming. GortschakoiTs policy is to keep Ri sla out of the war at present. We have n( an official contradiction of the statement tl she is preparing for war. The rumor of the purchase by Russia ci i Iron-clad from the United States is denied. The Moniteur, replying to the Prussian i ports about the insubordination of the Gar Mobile, publishes stories of mutinies arno: Baden regiments at Versailles, and thc shot ing of German soldiers. The reports ol' French successes in the neig borhood o? Fails are flatly contradicted by t Prussian organs. A Rome correspondent, writing on the 24t says that the torin of the plebiscite adopted 1 the Junta leaves the action of the Italian Go eminent in regard to the Pope unfettered. J parties, even the most extreme, are desiro of seeing the head of the church handsome provided for. Emile De Giradin has published a plan for campaign, recommending the establishment two vast training camps and two armies ol c version, .destined to seriously harass the b siegers ol Paris and Metz. The French armies are reported to have cot menced moving in the departments, btu I a afraid their evolutions arc confined to pape The Red Republican movement at Marseill is gaining head. The New York Telegram's special from Lo don says that General Balrbach escaped fro Metz and has arrived in England with ill patches lor the Empress from Bazaine. The steamer Ville de Paris for Havre, whit sailed to-day for Europe, is detained uni Monday to carry out military stores. She wi take two hundred recruits for the Frene army, Including the French General Paul Fevre. SATURDAY'S SIGHT DISPATCHES French War Reports. TOURS, October 1. It is stated that the Prussians surroundin Paris have orders to keen out of the range < the French gnus. The French are clamoring to be led in sortie. The second publication of the Emperor's coi respondeuce has been given to the publh Dispatches to thc Empress show that the En peror intended to return to Paris after th second defeat of the French army. The Provincial Government has ordered th< arrest of Grand Perret and Conneau. Our lute Paris advices say that the Prussian have demanded the surrender ol Fort D'Issj south ol Paris, but the commandant refuse compliance. The government messenger from Tours sue ceeded In entering Purls. The Prussians seem disinclined to attack thi city, and still occupy the heights at respecta ble distances. They have constructed an en trenched camp at Versailles, and seem to hav< gone Into winter quarters. The Prussians oe cupy Pltheviliers. The citizens of Rouen have barricaded the streets, and will resist the enemy. An encasement occurred near Rouen oe Thursday between French sharpshooters and Prussian scouts, in which the Prussians were driven oft Beauvais has been occupied by the Prus? sians. A balloon from Paris passed over Erreos on Friday. The official Journal of the Republic to-night publishes a decree fixing the time lor the election ol the Constituent Assembly, and prescribing the manner In which the election shall be held. The total number o? represent? atives will be seven hundred and fifty. These are to be elected by France alone. There ls no provision thus far for Algeria or other colo? nies. Representatives are to be apportioned on the basis of the population. All Frenchmen resident six months in any commune, and whose names may be inscribed in the Hst of electors, will be entitled to vote. Prefects and secretaries-general, actually In office, may be re-elected. The electors will vote for chlei of place of canton. Prefects ol'departments may, under certain circumstances given at length in the original document, divide the cantons Into two or more electoral districts, the voting to begin on the morning of October 26th, and to end on the 27th, at evening. The ballots will be counted the same evening by a committee ol at least two persons, who are tobe named hereafter. PARIS, October 1. The daily distribution to the inhabitants is five hundred beeves and four thousand sheep, to be sold by butchers on account of the go v ernment at fixed prices. An official decree institutes a couucil of war for the Garde National as well as for the army. Troclui has issued a proclamation on the subject of violai lng domiciliary rights. Courts martial have been established at Vin? cennes and St. Denis. Thieving Is summarily punished. HAVRE, October 1. The French frigate Impregnable has arrived here. She will be stationed here permanently lor the delence of the harbor and city. The Protectories is cruising in the channel in the neighborhood. English War Reports. LONDON, October 1. It is said that the Luxembourg officials at Lhe Hague are negotiating for the transfer ol the Duchy lo Prussia. Prussian dispatches reassert that a brisk combat occurred before Paris on the 24 th and 25th. The bark Pacha arrived without obstacle from Hamburg. Pi-aasin.il War Reports. BEIU.IX, October 1. The termination ol the blockade of the Bai? lie and North Seas is officially announced. The prennent says that all haste will be made to restore the lights, buoys and other facilities for foreign traders. A dispatch from the King to the Queen, dated Ferrleres, Friday A. M., says that early this afternoon the French attacked thc Si xth Prussian corps, while the filth corps was at? tacked by three battalion^ ami at the same lime a brigade made a demonstration against the eleventh corps. At the end of a two ho urs' fight the French took shelter under the guns of the torts. The Crown Prince commanded the Prussians. Italian "War Reports. FLOBENCB, October 1. The Italian papers publish the address of the Roman Jews to King Victor Emanuel, exulting in their release from Papal rule. It was Intimated to-day that the plebiscitum (Viii be postponed. ,Ji Sir Bulwtr'i Opinion of England'? Policy-The Pope and the Plebiscite -Bazaine Sends Dispatches to th? Empress. NEW YORK, October 1. The Times' special lrom London says the result of rhe Cabinet council yesterday, accord? ing to the London Times, is the further post? ponement of action by the Ministry in regard to mediation. This delay cannot be of long duration. The tone of the Times yesterday shows that the government must yield to pub? lic sentiment. Another letter from Bulwer this morning to the Times, on the duty of England in this crisis, declares as historical facts that if, when the Emperor Nicholas told Sir Hamilton Sey? mour that he meditated marching his troops to the Danubian principalities, England had firm? ly protested against it, he would never have taken that step; and that if she had protested against Napoleon's undertaking this war, in the same manner, he would never have com? menced it. Sir Henry, therefore, deprecates the ministerial policy of waiting for good op? portunities. The weak points of the defences of Paris which the Germans rely upon carrying prompt? ly are from the heights of Sceaux, which ap? proach the forts within four thousand paces, the distance between the forts and the city be? ing only one thousand five hundred paces more, and so on the western side, north and south of Mont Valerien. THE CREAM OF TBE WAR NEWS. Why De WlmplTen surrendered-His Plan to Escape Countermanded by the Emperor. An officer who had not quitted General De Winipffen all the morning of the 1st, writes as follows to the Paris D?bats : On that morning the Prussians, having ter? minated their movement, attacked us on our right, in order to drive us on the fresh troops, who awaited our descent Irora the plateau, be? fore deploying all their forces. For a moment. General de Wimpffen was deluded, and be? lieved in a victory, not as yet knowing that he had belore him moro than 150.000 enemies. Tn Hie evening he resolved to open a passage for his troops to the Belgian territory, or to march upon Carignan. He would doubtless have succeeded, as the enemy, half disorganized by Hie comest, had remained In position on the field of battle, but the Emperor, who still held <k facto the chief command, prevented him, and paralyzed his beet efforts by calling up the Prussians with a white flag, and by addressing a letter to the King. General de Wimpffen, after a warm altercation with the Emperor anti his suite on the subjeot, returned to his quarters and gave In his resignation. Napo? leon refused to accept lt. and wrote to him the lollowlug note: ''?General- You cannot resign at the moment when the army may be still saved by an hon? orable capitulation. Yon have done your duty all dav; clo lt still. You will render a great service to the country. The Klug has accepted the armistice, and I am walting tor his propo? sitions. Believe in my friendship. '.NAPOLEON.' The General, being then persnaded that only one course was open; that In retiring alone, us he could still clo, ne might avoid personal cap? tivity, but would abandon thc gallant soldiers who'had braved death under lils orders during the whole day; seeing also that in so acting he would ill perform the lunctlons of genertu-ln chief placed In his hands by the fortune of war, decided lo remain at the head of the army, to share the lot of all, and to set his name to' the capitulation-that terrible act which closes by an Immense disaster, by an unforeseen catas? trophe, one of the most brilliant of military careers. General Peile also refused to adhere to the capitulation. A letter addressed by him to his wife suys : "I am prisoner ol war with the whole army. Never has any peonle had to undergo such an affront. Tell your brother that lt he reads the report of the council of war held for the sur? render of the army, he will see that two gene? rals relused to submit. They were not named, but the world should know that the dissenti? ents were Generals Peile and and Carre de Bel lemare." Napoleon1! Conduct at Sedan. The officers of the personal staff of Napoleon have published a letter, In which they give a relation of the course ol the late Emperor In the battles belore Sedan. The letter has a cu? rious interest as showing the confidence which must have prevailed among the French in the last hours ol' the great series of battles before Sedan : The letter which appeared In the Patrie on the nth of September, and which is attributed to an oillcer of the staff of General Wimpffen, implicates in so grave and so unjust n mann-T Hie responsibility of the Emperor In the catas? trophe at Sedan, that the officers who had the honor to remain with lils Majesty cannot allow such assertions to be made without slating the true facts ol' the case. When the different commanders ol army corps cume to warn the Emperor that their troops were repulsed, dis? persed, and in part driven back Into the town, the Emperor sent them to the commander-in chief, In order that he might ascertain lrom them the actual situation. At the same time the commauder-ln-chlef sent to the Emperor two officers of his staff with a letter, In which he proposed to Iiis Majesty not to save the army, but to save his person, by plac-1 . iug 'him in the midst of a strong column, ' ' with which he said an attempt might be made to reach Carignan. The Empe-1 ? ror refused to sacrifice a large number of soldiers In order to save himself; "besides," said he. "Carignan Is occupied by the Prus? sians; but if the General thinks he can save some portion of the army let him do so.'' At the same time that the reply of the Emperor reached the commander-in-chief, the latter Imparted to Geuerttl Lebrun, the commander ol the Twelilh Corps, his project to collect 2000 or 3000 men, to put himself at their head, and to make a gap in the Prussian lines. General Lebrun answered him, "You will cause three thousaud more men to be killed, and you will not succeed, but If you wish to try it I will wil? lingly go there with you." They lelt each other, indeed, and less than a half hour after? ward General Wimpffen was convinced that his attempt was Impracticable, and no other course was open to him except laying down arms. General Wimpffen went back to Sedan, iud considering that lt was hard for him, who had only taken the couunand od interim, to affix his signature to a capitulation, he sent his resignation to the Emperor in the following terms: ".Sire-i shall never forget the marks of kindness which you have accorded to me, and I should have been happy, for the sake both of France and of yourself, to have been able to terminate to-day's engagement by a glorious success. I have not been able to bring about Hie result, and I t'iink I shall do well iii leave to others the duty of leading our armies. "Under these circumstances I deem it my duty to resign my post of commander-in-chief, and to ask that i'may be allowed to retire. "I am, &c. DE WJHPFFENV The Emperor refused to accept the resigna? tion. It was necessary, indeed, that he who had had the honor ol the command during the ??attie should secure, as far as possible, the safety ol what remained ol' the army. The General understood these reasons, and with? drew his resignation. It was then ?I o'clock in the evening, and the firing had ceased at nightfall. It is entirely luise to say that the General was opposed by thu Emperor In his Ideas and in the orders he was able to give, for his Majesty only met him lor a moment on the field ul' battle, between 0 and 10 o'clock. The General was coming from Balan, and the Emperor asked him how the battle was pro? ceeding un that side. The General replied: ..Sire, tilings are going on as well as possible, and we are gaining ground." To the observation which his Majesty made that an officer had just warned him lhat a con? siderable corps ol the enemy was outflanking our left, the General replied : ..Very well, so much the better. It is neces? sary to let them do so; we will drive them into the Meuse and we shall gain the victory." These are the only relations which the Em? peror had with General Wimpffen during the action, ajd it is equally false to say that there was the slightest altercation between^the Em peror and the General. When they separated the Emperor embraced the Genera! most affec? tionately. PRINCE DE LA MOSEOWA. DE WADBERT, CASTELNAU, COUNT REILLE, . VISCOUNT PAJOI., General Alds-de-Camp of the Emperor. Napoleon In Retirement? A letter from Wllhelmshohe to the New York Times gives the following In regard to the Em? peror Napoleon's residence at that place : In the trae sense of the word. Napoleon HI b as ret ired int J pii vate life; he keeps hi s boars of of risine,luuching,dioing, walking and sleeping as ragularly as an old pensioner at Greenwich. From Napoleon's behavior at table nothing would convey the idea of his being a prisoner; be converses freely with every one. Tbe Em? peror, us seen on a recent promenade, appear? ed, as usual, in his undress uniform-a black coat, red trousers, with blackretnpes, and the red cap nf a general, wearing on his breast tbe grand cordon ot the Legion of Honor and four other orders. He walked quire slowly, his steps not reminding one in any way of that firmness he exhibited on the evening of his*ar rtval. His hands were folded on his back, and remained so until be returned to the palace, half an hour after his exit, lt onght to be re? marked that Dr. Conneau did not leave his side, though there was a continual cbaoge of generals on the other side. There were about one hundred and thirty persons in attendance upon the Emperor on his arrival, and be carried along with bim eighty-five horses, his own property aod that of his generals; but now he is ''doing it cheaper," as the gunners say. All bis own and his generals' horses hare been sold but twenty-two. Alsace and Lorraine-What Germany Means to div with Them. The North German Correspondent (semi? official, ) says : We are informed, from a good source, that when peace has beeu once signed with Franco on the basis of the cession of Elsaas and Lothringen-an event which, in spite of French gasconading cannot be far distant-it has been decided that these two appendages of the old Germau Empire, ' instead of being Voken up and apportioned among different States, are to form a border territory, covering and protected by Germany in pc .ral, and governed, as far as possible, in a judicial-and economical point of view, according io their existing customs and Institutions. Tbe for? tresses of Metz ?nd Strasbourg will, naturally, bo garrisoned by German troop?, but the pop? ulation ol the two provinces will, for the pres? ent, be dispensed from service in the German army, nor will they be represented in the Reichstag. The formation of a German out? lying territory, as a protection against the fili? bustering designs of Fr ince, is of course only a provisional measure, intended to romain in force till the inhabitants, mindful of their old history and 'ineage, have again heartily thrown in their lot with German kinsmen. Ibis plan is based ou the national and political interests of Germany, which is resolved to put a stop, ouce for all, to French aggression, and termi? nate the lone-continued efforts of France to impeso her "protectorate ' on the South Ger? man States-in other words, to make them her vassals. SALES OF GOLD. WASHINGTON, October 2. The government will sell a million of gold every Wednesday, and will purchase two mil? lions of bonds every Thursday during the pre? sent month. The government will also antici? pate the payment of the four per cent, bonds due January 1st, 1871, upon the adjustment of Interest at six per cent. These bonds were Issued under the act of June 22d, 1860, and amount to seven millions of dollars. SFAI?KS FROM THE WIRES. The debt statement shows a decrease of nine millions. The amount of coin in the United States Treasury ls $96,000,000; currency $37,000,000. The Cincinnati Fair ls a continued success. There was a grand banquet last night In honor of the Green Line excursionists. C. W. Row? land presided. The steamer Rita, for Havana, has been damaged, and Is now at Milford Harbor, Eng? land, repairing. Thc revenue ior September amounts to near? ly $13,000,000. The treasury disbursements for the month were $17,250,000, the largest Item being $6,580, 000 for Indians and pensions. Governor's Island has been placed In quar? antine in consequence of the existence of yel? low fever there. The same disease Is in New York City. The President has arrived at Washington. Thc United States Supreme Court has abol? ished thc ride requiring :ts lawyers to take the iron-cltid oath. The total number of deaths from yellow fever up to date at Galveston was three, with one new case reported. The city is still quarantin ?d against New Orleans. A severe northeast storm is prevailing at Fortress Monroe. The Roads are full of ship? ping. There were eleven deaths in New Orleans 'rora yellow fever on Saturday. The Spanish Government has been officially ulvised of the Cuban emancipation proclama? tion. United States bor.d3 In Franki ort are quoted lt 94?. The yellow fever pat ents on Governor's island, New York, have been removed to the limrantlne hospital. TUE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOVERNOR. [From the Abbeville Press.] The proclamation of the Governor against lawlessness and violence in the counties of | Newberry nnd Laurens, though general in its terms, seems to be especially directed against white armed military organizations. The col? ored have been organized and armed under the authority of the Governor, and hence, we suppose, do not come within the purview of his proclamation. Rut when white men arm themselves to protect their lives and property -tho sanctltv of their homes and the safety of their minifies-that act is unauthorized, and they reuder themselves ameuable to the pains and penalties ot the act of March 13,1SG9-to Imprlsouino-nt and hard labor in the peniten? tiary. Surely the whites have some lights which Governor Scott is "hound to protect.'1 Il not protected by State authority, they must protect themselves. Self-defence Is one ot the Inalienable rights. In the late troubles in Newberrv and Laurens, the whites seemed to have acted purely on the defensive. In New? berry they funned the posse ol the sheriflr, and acted strictlv under his orders. When the necessity which called them together was over, they 'juicily dispersed. ALL ARO UT THE STATE. Mr. Edward W. Davis, of Ridgeway, is (lead. .The Abbeville'Press says that Mr. Oliver Spence, residing in the neighborhood of Brad? ley's Mills, was called out of his house on Mon? day night last and severely whipped-for what cause we have not heard. Juba Johnson, accused of being one of the party who murdered the two colored men in the upper portion of Barnwell County, last week, was lodged in Jail on Monday last. Peter H. Scott, agent of the Southern Ex? press, tried October, 1869, for robbing the safe of the company In lils charge, was discharged on Tuesday last. He was sentenced to twelve months in the penitentiary, his Imprisonment (having failed to give bail) In Jail to be com? puted, and pending an appeal to the Supreme Court, the prisoner serves out hi? sentence. THE VIRGINIA FRESHET, Property to the Amount of Pour MU? Hom of Dollars Destroyed - Crop?, Houses, Mills, Railroad and Toll Bridges Swept Array - Portions of Richmond and Lynchburg Sub? merged. WHEELING, October L Harper's Ferry adrices of the great flood Ia the Shenandoah River says that the lower part of the city ia flooded; many substantial build? ings have fallen, and others are crumbling; fifty lives have been lost, and manyare Inperil beyond aid. RICHMOND, October L The water here ls still rising at 1-30 o'clock, and nearly four hundred stores are In seven feet of water between Fifteenth and Eighteenth streets. The street cars plied till noon, when, the water coming m at the windows, the Una was stopped, and a ferry is new ron on all the main streets from Fifteenth to Eighteenth. Just at noon the Manchester end of Mayo's Bridge gave way and half of the bridge floated down the stream. All the wharves are far un? der water, and the Tork River Railroad depot is completely submerged. Several small manufacturing establishments along the river bank are swept off. All day the river bas been dotted over with small houses and wrecks bf houses, fencing, dead cattle, &c, drilling down. The gas works are submerged. The first waves from the Lynchburg freshet struck here at 5 o'clock this morning, and the river commenced rising with much greater ra? pidity than before, when it was only swollen by t' e overflow. In three hours the lower end oi uhe city, known as Rockets, was under water, and the scene there beggars descrip? tion ; two or three small stores were swept off, with all their contents. Families who had remained In their houses, hoping that the flood would subside, com? menced crying from the upper windows for help, when boats were brought and they were) saved, but the larger portion of the furniture was lost. Two hundred families itt that por? tion of the city are houseless to-night, and are camping out on the neighboring hills. About noon, the street cars on Main street, which had been running through the flood with water up to the seats, gave lt up, and connec? tion between up-town and down-town was kept up by ferries. At this time a portion of Mayo's passenger bridge, built by the United States military alter the evacuation, was swept orr, and was soon followed by the whole structure. The bridge was three-quarters of a mlle long. The water then entered Mayo's tobacco warehouse, thirty-five feet above low water mark. All teams in the city were impressed to save the tobacco, much of which ls for the French and German Governments. With the exception of about one hundred and eighty hogsheads, the tobacco was saved. Just here it was found that all ol the upper portion of the city was in danger from the overflow of the canal, down which an lm> menee body of water was rushing and spread? ing above the banks. The canal was cut two miles above the city, and the danger abated. In the lower portion of the city the street lamps are under water, and the streets are In j darkness to-night. The gasworks are being ? submerged. The loss by merchants Is greater than lt would have been If the telegrams from Lynchburg announcing the flood had been heeded. It Is probably $200,000. Persons well acquainted with the Bectl?n of the State flooded say that, Including railroad losses, the loss in the State ls four millions of dollars. To-night the bridge of the Richmond and Danville Railroad still stands, but as the river 1B now (nine o'clock) still rising, lt la hardly believed lt can stand much longer. At Morris's large sugar refinery the water burst up the floors, dropping ail the machinery into the basement. All the large cotton, iron and flour mills, employing two thousand hands, have been lorced by the flood to stop operations. The city waterworks have also been stopped, being so damaged that they cannot be repaired In two weeks. The reservoir only contains five days' supply for the city. All the Ice houses in the city are on the river bank and are twenty feet under water. The water Is seven feet higher .han ever knowp before. A 'llspatch from Lynchburg says that the river there ls rising again. RICHMOND, October 2. LATER.-The flood on the Rivanna River is the highest experienced since 1807. The families of Mr. Jennings and of another miller on the river were washed away, In all five persons. Mr. Jennings is supposed to have been drowned. His wife and two children are known to have perished. A young lady of the family clung to a tree forty-eight hours, and was wash? ed off and at last drowned. Har death was witnessed by a crowd on t,he other bank of the river, but there were no boats near, by which she might have been rescued. On the Manassas Railroad the bridges across the North and South Shenandoah Rivers are gone. There is no information from beyond Strasburg. Many lives, says a telegram to the Dispatch containing these particulars, aro known to have been lost. Tlie Baltimore and Ohio Railroad above Harper's Ferry has been swept away. Scotts ville, in Albermarle County, has been Inun? dated, ami the destruction of property was very great. Eighteen lives were lost. Trains are running regularly between Alexandria and Richmond. A dispatch from Lynchburg this morning estimates the loss there by the flood at $100, 000; loss to the Orange and Alexandria Rail? road ??OO.ooO; loss to canal ?250,000, and ios8 to South Side Road 5500,000. On Thursday, while the water was rising in the James River, Mr. Ramson, his daughter and a servant girl, Robert Whitley and his wife and three children, anda colored wont an, with her two children, were standing on an abut? ment of the canal bridge at Lynchburg wait? ing for a boat to take them off, when a dredg? ing machine broke loose from above and drift? ed against the abutment, which carried it away willi all on it, and the whole party were drowned. WASHINGTON, October L The Potomac River, the caual and the adja? cent streams are all flooded. The Long Bridge is under water. Provision has been made to avoid delaying mails and passengers. The weather is clear but very hot. The chain bridge has been washed away. The loss of the Orange and Alexandria Rail? road Is roughly estimated at S500.C?O. A span of the chain bridge is now lodged against the Long Bridge. Experts say that both will go.. The only communication between here and Alexandria is by boat.