The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, October 05, 1870, Image 1

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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1465. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1870. S?X DOLLARS A YKAH. E VERY LATEST MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES. ES YOU MOLTKU DEAD ? THE POPE FLEABING WITH KING WILLIAM FOR FE ACE. A BATTLE NEAR PARIS-THE FRENCH FORCED TO RETIRE. TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE IN? HABITANTS OF BITSCHE. Latest from London. LOXDON', October 4. Advices from Bitsche represent the condi? tion of the town as distressing:. Before the bombardment, the mob plundered the shops, and the population taking refuge in the cel? lars, were either -suffocated or burned to death. The Pope has made a new appeal to the Kin, cf Prussia In favor ol peace. Little faith ls placed lu the authenticity of a long manifesto purporting to have been writ? ten by Napoleon and printed in La Situation here. From Lyons it is stated that Mazara, the ite Governor, has been arrested for supin?? is.: aud insubordination. The associates ot General Cluseret have been imprisoned. It is reported that the people of Metz are suffering for the want of salt. Garibaldi denies any intention ol servin, under t'" . French Republic. The barracks at Rheims have been burned, it ls said, by accident. O'Sullivan and O'Reilly, understood to be from the United States, have been arrested at Cork as Fenians. A uniform, revolver and ammunition were found at their lodgings. Prince Caraman has been named as Gov? ernor of Hainault, Belgium. Tfie bishops have united in a protest against the events at Rome. Rumored Death, of General von Moltke. # NEUFCHATEAO, October 4. It is rumored that the body of Von Moltke was in the lead coffin which lately passed through Toul. Von Moltke was a native of Mecklenburg, and Ute real German command? er-in-chief. - * A Battle near Parla. TOURS, October 4. The following particulars have been received of the bartie near Paris ou the 30th: Firing was constant at Ville Juif for three hours; it, then ceased suddenly. The Prussians were at first worsted, but brought a large force of artil? lery from Moultbay, when the French retreat? ed, but were not pursued. Many cart loads ot wounded Prussians had arrived at Massey. Movement or War Material. NEW YORK, October 4. The steamship Ville de Paris has on board ro hundred thousand rifles, three and a half million cartridges and other war material. She had not sailed at sunset. The Bremen steamship Westphalia sailed to day with one hundred passengers. THE TRAVEL OF THE FUTURE. A Rapid .lourney to India. In a recent number of the Madras Times we find this sketch of a tour to bo taken in January, 1890, by au impatient traveller, from London to Madras: 1ST JAXUABX, 1893.-Arri vs;! here yesterday after a rather rapid pasage fr_.ni Loudon of five days. Left Loudon on the 26th December tor the Christmas holidays, in tie hope that a scamper through India would prove beneficial to my health. Was advised to proceed by rail f overland by way of the Euphrates Vallev, but j considered that route too slow and fatiguing for my purposes. Preferred a s'ia voyage ateo under mcftical advice. Took a berth on bo ir J the Cam?!a,a magnificent vessel of sovcu thou? sand tons burden, one of the ships of the Great 1 India and Oriental Company. Paid ?5 for first class passage via Egyptian canal to Suez. Was ?shamefully delated ten minutes at Gravesend, while weich was got upon thcCamilla br means of her donkey olectrieal engine- (Mem. to complain to the company on this point. ) Ooce under weigh, engine put out of gear ard the I Camilla proceeded on ber voyage, ber s.z pair of paddle-wheels worked by her motion tl rough ik the water. Slow work at first, but speed with j each mile faster and taster. - . Passed across the Bay of Biscay at the rate L of from one hundred to two hundred kuota an , Bthour. In the evening some one said, " there's f* Malta." Looked up from a book I was reading, but was told the island was already one hun? dred and fifty miles astern. Beautiful moon? light night in thc .Mediterranean. Conversa , lion with the captain. Observed upon' the velocity of our speed, noticing thal although our vessel was heavily laden her keel only skimmed, the water as a consequence of our tremendous r-jugress. The skipper declared tbere wag-no danger, and explained the beauti? ful but complicated electrical contrivance bv which the vessel can be stopped almost instan? taneously. Next morning entered the Egyptian Canal, the ship going one thousand knots an hour. Could see uothiogof K as we were at Suez io an instant of time. Was to!d that tbe canal ten miles broad and three hundred fe? t deep. Pit? poor old Les6ep3 could not have lived to tins day to see the success of that pro? ject at which an incredulous world' laughed twenty years ago. Stopped at Suez without difficulty, but the dizziness produced by tba > ship turning for half and hour on a pivot with < extreme rapidity very disagreeable. To avoid tbe notorious heat of the Red Set, took a bcijtu on board the Submarine Com- 1 pany's vessel Albecore, tbreo thousand ions \ burden. This ship is chaped upon i'ne lines of a fish, and beare a stinkin.' resemblance to an enormous dolphin, abe locomotive power 1 is in the tail, which is worked in precisely the ^.same manner as a fish tad. by electricity.' She c Wha.3 electrical fine, also of wrought iron, and . I her speed is about one hundred and fifty ' knots an hour. All tho passengers on board t the Albecore were suuk ten fathoms beneath - 1 the water, w?en we got underway without more ado. Verv cool, but no daylight. As the ship was splendidly ht with the electric light, this, however, did not much matter, c Felt rather nervous at the idea of collisions in r tbis crowded sea, but was assured there was no danger. H At Aden in the afternoon. Anxious to se? e Abyssinia where twenty years ago we bad an s expensive kind of little war, took a sott on the African Atmospheric Railway to Magdala, aud 0 arrived ttiere the same night. Passed the next u day at Magdala. Greatly pleased with his ? Highness of Abyssinia. Bsturaed by atoa JS- , phene rail to Adeu, aDd took a berth in thc 1 electrical jEnal Mail Balloon which sails to all a parts of tue Last every ten minutes. Fouud j the accommodation very superior, only ninety passengers Desides myself. Rose seven thous? and feet above the earth to get clear of foul s winds, then brought our electrical engines into t play, when the enormous fans worked boauti- : fa i iv, driving us through space at the rate of t [vu tum Ire 1 Bulee an hour. Over Cevlon in ( the evening, where wo descended to transfer passengers. At Gaile took anoi ?anal mail lo Madras, where I landed yeste-^v evcuing, much pleased with the rapidity of my trip from London. ^ ^ Tae TSouthern Commercial Convention as t 'sembled yesterday at Cincinnati. Mr. Pendle- r lon delivered the reception address. A com- t mltlec of one from each State was appointed s on permanent organization. s THE HEALTH OF GENERAL LEE. A Gratifying Statement-The First Re? port of his'Illness a Gross Exaggera? tion. Later dispatches from Virginia modify, in a very material degree, the sad report which was published yesterday in regard to the sud? den illness of the great Southern chieftain. We now have the grat Tying information that General Lee has not suffered from any symp? tom of apoplexy or paralysis, but merely from torpor, the result of unusual fatigue In his pro? fessional capacity and participation in an ex? citing meeting of the vestry of the Episcopal Church. He has not been deprived ol the use of his bodily power, and is able to speak as oc Cu3ion requires. His .speedy restoration is confidently predicted by his physicians. This assurance will remove a mountain of sorrow created by the first dispatch. THE ORANGEE VEG LAND CASE. A Card from Mr. Jamison. BKANCH VILLE, October 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. The certificates of Judge Andrews, publish? ed In your paper of September 30th, if left un answered, would imply that he was a sinless martyr to the cause of Radicalism, and that I had furnished you, maliciously or otherwise, with an incorrect statement in asserting that he, T. C. Andrews, probate judge and deputy land commissioner, had bought lands for $G06 and executed titles therefor for $1200. The fact of Andrews having so acted, was as bald 'n this community as the light of day. and it was only to add lustre to the already embla? zoned shield, of Radicalism (the badge and synonym of vlllany.) that I attached Mr. Andrewo's hame and deeds to the roll where it can justly hold place for duplicity and wrong-doing. Had-the im? maculate Judge Andrews been silent, then his little self had been saved publicity; but since he has seen flt openly to refute my state? ment, and asperse me with falsehood, I will show up this one of the "Ali Baba-' fraternity, and respectfully commend to your readers the following certificates, which show the cunning of the Judge In paying $1200, but conditionally that the half of it should be returned; and it is to be regretted that Mr. Collier should give a certificate which severely questions his sense of right, in stating that he did receive $1200 from Andrews, but. at the same time neglect? ing to state that he returned the hall to An? drews as per previous agreement. Rnt let the matter go with the charitable conviction "Humanuni est errare" and Radicals by Intui? tion. S. G. JAMISON. CERTIFICATES. We certify that Mr. L. P. Collier stated i Lo following facts to us, In reference to the sale ot the tract of land purchased for the State b; T. C. Andrews, judge of probate : That he (L." P. Collier) sold the tract to T. C. Andrews for $600, to be paid on the 1st November, 18G?). At expiration of the time allowed, he called on Andrews, who put him off until 1st January 1370, at which time Andrews would allow $650 for the land if Collier would pay expenses of conveyance ; that Collier consented to this; that Andrews paid Collier 11200, and that, as per agreement, Collier returned to Andrews $565, being the amount last agreed upon, less fifteen dollars for conveyance; and tbat Col? lier executed to Andrews papers for a tract of land sold for $1200. (Signed bv) J. L. MOOKER, M. N. RILEY, L. E. D. BOWMAN. I certify that io a conversation with L. P. Collier, some Lime in the spring of this year, with regard to a certain traue In land, that he (Collier) owned a certain tract of land, which he authorized Mr. Thad. C. Andrews to sell for him for the sum of $000, and that he (Andrews) was to receive all of the amount he might ob? tain ?ver the sum of $000; and that he (Collier) gave a title In favor of the State calling for $1200. (Signed) J. H. O'CALN. I hereby certify that in a speech at Jamison's Turnout, in Orangebnrg County, S. C., I first brought before the public the Andrews-Collier land transaction, und subsequently in a con? versation with Mr. Andrews, in ihe presence of other gentlemen, in regard to the ignoring afthe "Fork" delegation to the Republican dominating Convention at. Orangebnrg, Mr. Andrews made the following assertion: 'I can vc- y well explain the nominating mat? er, it was rather illegal, but I was looking for t nomination, and. therefore, as A mattel ot .ourse, I would say nothing; but that lam? com nission case I cannot explain so <?W." (Signet!) L. P.. BECKWITH. COLUMBIA. .'HE REFORM MASS MEETING ON MONDAY. Opening of the Educational Season. | ? i . [FROM OCH OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COL.VMP.IA, October 3. The Reform meeting to-day was well attend, d by citizeus from the country. Governor rance failed to come up to time; and the peaking wan, in consequence, limited to the ither speaker announced-Colonel James M. laxter, of Newberry. Mr. Pelham, of the Guardian, presided, and irthur C. Moore, Esq., acted as secretary; and he meeting was held In the courthouse. Colonel Baxter's speech was able, temperate nd earnest. We have had few more telliug peeche* delivered to our citizens during the ampaign. Free from all rhetorical flourish, here was an earnestness and, directness that rent home to his hearers. Representative Purvis made an interruption, ras answered, and subsided. At the close ol Colonel Baxter's speech, a olored citizen moved that Representative 'urvls have a hearing. This was not agreed o, ami appears to have bo?n aide-with a lew to create a diversion in his favor-to reate a prejudice by having it not agreed to. The first Monday ia October i-S the grand day t opening for almost all the schools, acade? mes, and other institutions ol learning in Co imbia. As the first week is usually consiitn d In organizing Lhe classes, details are re erved for a few days. The State University pens with less than the usual gossip about iegroes about to enter. Our colored citizens eem to have arrived at the conclusion that heir application for admission would work no dvantage to them, an.l might do injury to the nstitution. The general condition of the city schools eeuxs to be decidedly better than at any Go? ober 3lnce the war, if we may venture to udge (rom the indications of to-day's turn-out >f students. Sales-day turned out nothing noteworthy. _ _CORSAIR. -Horrible revelations come up from Jersey Sty about the manufacture of sausages. The vorst apprehensions ol timid bon vivants are ealized. It is now certain that dogs, cats, torses and diseased hogs are chopped np for aasage-meat in a large establishment in that ubnrb. THE BLACK FLAG ?SO QUARTES*' THE CRT OE THE CONTENDING HOSTS AT PARIS. BISMARCK REFUSES TO GIVE NOTICE OF THE APPROACHING BOMBARDMENT. A NEW VERSION OF HIS INTERVIEW WITH JULES FAVRE. DESTRUCTION OF THE FRENCH VIL? LAGES AROUND METZ. A BOGUS MANIFESTO FROM NAPOLEON. PARIS GETTING READY FOR THE BOMBARDMENT. THE PRUSSIAN FORCES MASSING WEST OF PARIS. NOON DISPATCHES. Bismarck on Bombardment. LONDON", October 4. Bismarck replies lo Jules Favre that a pre? liminary notice of the bombardment would be unmilltary. Bismarck also insists that the terms upon which the Prussians agreed to grant an armistice to Jules Favre were very moderate. No Quarter. BERLIN, October 4. The Parisian authorities having ordered that no prisoners be taken because they consume supplies, the Prussian commanders hencefor? ward will allow no prisoners to be taken. All of the Tillages around Metz have been de? stroyed by tiie late cannonade. The navigation of the Baltic will doubtless be sale before the steamers which started last week from America can arrive. A Bog us Napoleonic Manifesto. LONDON, October 4. A manifesto purporting to be signed by the ex-Emperor Louis Napoleon, was published herc this morning. The document was un? doubtedly bogus. Fun s Preparing for Bomb?. LONDON, October 4. Letters received Irom Paris to-day say that the Prussians were threatening Pont du Jour. The bombardment of the city from the West was considered imminent. The books of the great libraries bad been placed In cellars. Watchmen ha%*e been stationed on Hie towers ul' Not;-.* Dame to look out for fires. Reports from Tours. . TOURS, October 4. An encounter recently occurred between a reconnoitering party of French and a force of Germans, north of Puris. No particulars have been received. The commandants ol the forts south of Paris report that large masses .of Prussians were pasMng westward towards Versailles on the 2Slh. On the same day no Prussians were visi? ble from the town of Vincennes. NIGHT DISPATCHES. A Sortie from Metz Repulsed. FERRJERES, October 3. via Berlin. Nothing Interesting lias occurred around Tafis since the last dispatch. There was a sor? tie Irom Metz On Thursday, which was repuls? ed by General Kummer, with heavy loss to the French. Austrian Feeling Towards Russia. VIENNA, October 4. The Austrian Government again disclaims any anxiety about Russian designs on the Danubian Principalities. Tours Threatened. Touns, October 4. An officer of the late Pontifical army is here urganizing a corps of Iree rifles. General Dlmndron will command the Fllteenth Corps low organizing here and at Bourges. Tliev Sarde Mobile received six thousand chassepots :o-day. The Prussian force which recently crossed ;he Rhine near Mulhaus have arrived at Chals nan. A Prussian detachment was driven out jfOrlenay yesterday. There ls a movement ?vidently on foot to attack Tours. lu Brittany the clergy are taking active measures for the national defence, and the ? tame Is the case in good part throughout Southern Fiance. The government ls thus ireatly strengthened, and the disposition to .espect the rights of the clergy correspond ngly renewed. Accounts from all parts ol 1 ?"rance show that sharp-shooters are seriously < innoying Hie enemy. The postal service is ! rery Irregular and uncertain. 1 There are many corps of mobile and sharp tbooters arriving here for chassepots-the gov- ' ?rnment having a large supply. . ? Advices have been received here that the i "Tuesians are concentrating at Toni for a move- ! neut on Lyons. Energetic measures are pro- ; tressing to defend Lyons. The employees of the postofflce department ' lave been absolved from military duly. 1 An Indifferent Yankee. LONDON, October 4. , An American writer in the Standard says i he news of Prussian victories now falls dead 1 ntlie United Slates, and even at Berlin peo- J )le are indifferent. Bismarck Explains. I BERLIN, October 4. 1 A fuller synopsis of Bismarck's circular says , hat Favre's representation ol' what passed al he interview may not have been intentionally ivrong. The conversation was long, and 1 nany questions were discussed. Bismarck j lld say that the new Moselle District would je certainly protected, and, Including the ar- 1 roudissements of Saarbr?cken, Chateau Salins, saargetnund, Metz and Tlilonvllle, would be i lemanded by Prussia, but he took pains to say that this might not be all the territory ex? acted. Favre said thar. Strasbourg was the key to the house, not explaining whether a German jr French house. Favre, in a previous cor .espondenee, said he-was willing to pay aa the trice of peace all the money France has; but .efused to lisien to any proposition for territo? rial surrender. He said If such cession was an ndispensable requirement ol Prussia, negotia lious was useless, as lt Involved France In dis lonor. Bismarck reminded Favre that they were arms such as France had forced on Italy and sxacted from Germany, even-without previous ivar, and that the honor of France was not ieener than that ol other people. Favre declined to recognize these prece ?ents, or to see how little the honor ot France was concerned with the preservation ot i he territorial thefts of Louis XIV, or the Republic, jr the first Empire. Bismarck continue?: "The questior armistice was only discussed at Ferrien statement, therefore, that I had reftisei mlsllce at the preceding interview ls fai was agreed at Ferrleres that an an would be possible Ii France would git ala guarantees against delay, and agaii 8troylng the advantages of position s 'earned in the war. These guarantees In the retention of the fortresses on the ll communication, and handing over the cations of Paris during the negotiations, a commanding fort near Paris. It wouli been impossible for Prussia to allow Par Intercourse with the country, as lt mig! have received supplies and reinforce! Favre refused the terms, but promised t snit his colleagues in Paris. The progr which he carried back Included an am of fUJeen or twenty days to permit the: Wing of a Conslltuent Assembly, the tenanoe of the military status before the continuation of hostilities under c limitations, the surrender of Strasbourg and Kitsche. The refusal of these must convince mankind that the French ernment believed that their acceptance i produce peace, which was not desire them." Freneh War Items. LONDON, Octobe Prince Napoleon advertises his vii Prangnls for sale. Jules Favre ls walting an answer to thi ond letter to King William, before dec how to act. Calais Is filled with National Guards, ai connoitering parties have been sent 01 wards Arron. RotTEN, Octobei The . Prussians are in force at Manie Marne, and have also approached Rollesbt TUE CREAIT OE IRE WAR NEU Prussian Seizure of Bazaine'* Coi pondence. The Bund, of Berne, gives an account o capture by the Prussians of a correspond between Marshal Bazaine and the Comt Pallkao. It says: On the night of the 24th of August, Ger Steinmetz received Information that a mes ger would leave Metz the next inorninu Paris with letters irom Marshal Bazaine, that the bearer would be disguised as a F ciscan monk and wear the sign of the Get Convention, to justify an alleged expedirlo remove the wounded around the city. Et precaution was adopted to insure the cap of this pretended monk. Tue sentinels n ordered to arrest every suspicious-looking : son without distinction o? garb, and Ca'pi Potsl, of the Thirteenth Regiment Uhlans, with half a squadron, was senl make a reconnaissance. At last four Ians came upon a Franciscan friar n the wood ot Bonley, who exactly answered the description llmt had been given, and v was visiting the houses where wounded n were lying. He was arrested and taken tore Captain Polsl, to whom he complained having been Interfered with In the exercise his sacred mission. The captain expr?s regret that his men should cot have been t ter able to appreciate that sacred mission, i asked the prisoner whether he was unawi that a monk of his order had been hung bu few days bet?re as a spy ? The friar beca: disconcerted and asked permission to proc* to the discharge of his duties. "Certainl replied the captain, "but first oe kl ad enou to hand the letters over from Marshal Bazal which you were to deliver in Jhria." Af being threatened with^ThstanlTexecutlon t Franciscan, completely disheartened, point to his sandals, which were at once cut open, a between the double soles were found three 1 tera-one for General Trocho, one. lor t Comte de Pallkao, and the third for Mars! McMahon. Those letters went to show that Marshal Bazaine be not relieved within t days he would be driven to an a^t of despei tlon. "The troops are wanting In everytnir. and our provisions are exhausted." In tl letter addressed to the Comte de Pallkao wt this significant phrase: "Prevent orders proclamations from his Majesty from belt published. I have appealed to my soldiers the name of the country." The plan whli Bazaine suggested to McMahon lor the rell of the army of Metz showed how little he kne of the real position ol' affairs, for he advls< him to remain at Chalons to await the arrlv of fresh troops from Paris, and then to man by Clermont. Dun ami Brley, upon Metz. Tl spy was sent to Spandau. Marshal Bazaine and the Empire. The idea is strongly advocated that the sir render of Strasbourg Is likely to produce complete change In the war. It ls said Bi zaine ls now willlug to capitulate upon th oller by Prussia to restore the imperial go\ ernment and order, and auree to peace. Thl meets the support of thc Imperialistic soldlei and a majority of the bourgeois anti peasants Well-informed persons express thu convlctio. timi Napoleon or his son, under the regency c the Empress, will be reseated on the throne Wjlhelmshohefs the rendezvous ol distingu?s! ed guests of the Emperor, who is In perfec health, who makes daily excursions on foo and In bis carnage, accompanied by severu adjutants on horseback. The French Spoils of War. The number of French prisoners in Germa ny is not short of 190.000. Of this numbe 110.000 are within the bounds of Prussia, ?0,001 in the forts, anti the others In open camps The Cabinet Council has decided that prison ars may be employed by persons not connect sd with the military department, and theil wages will be prescribed by the district au thorllies. The daily labor of such prisoners if not to exceed ten hours, and the work to be voluntary. The total number ol trophies ol ivar omi prisoners, exclusive of those taken at Strasbourg, ls 1 marshal, 39 generala, 381C nfflcers. ana 123.990 men, not Inciudlng 140C wounded at Sedan, 15,400 horses, 57 eagles 137 small standards, 887 guns, 102 mitrailleurs1 too wagons, and an Incalculable number ol weapons, munitions, Ac. Thc published ta? bles of Prussian casualties show 1C90 officers ind 39,157 men killed and wounded. Napoleon's Private Papers. Among the papera discovered In the Tuile? ries isa letter Irom the Queen of Holland, who tells Napoleon thar. If he does not interfere In Germany his dynasty will suffer. A note of the Emperor, without date, says: "ff France boldly places itself on the terrace of nationali? ties, it is necessary to prove that Belgian na? tionality does not exist. The cabinet at Ber? lin seems ready to enter into negotiations. It would be well to negotiate a secret act which would justify both parties. This act would prove the double advantage of compromising Prussia and ol being for her a pledge of thc sincerity of the Emperor." The note then lioes on io say that lt is necessary to dissipate the apprehensions of Prussia. An act Is wanted, it continues, and one which would consist of the regulation ol' the ulterior fate of Belgium In concert with Prussia, which would prove at Berlin that tue Emperor desires an extension os necessary to France. Since events which have taken place in Germany, lt ls at least relatively certain that the Prussian Gov? ernment would not object to our aggrandize? ment towards the North. Horrors of the Battlefield-Burning the Dead. A war correspondent of the London Times writes: Around Douzy andiCarignao, the lusses were about equal, arid here for the second and third days after the battles thee orpses laid iu heaps. The Prussian grave-diggers use no cer? emony in their operations.but the dead were too many for them. The corpses, In great num? bers, remained unburied. They putride d quickly, and the air became tainted with the fearful odor. The battles took place on Friday: on Monday the fields were still covered with unburied bodies of men and horses, and the stench was intolerable.' During Sunday and Monday, since the dead could not be buried quickly enough, a new plan was adopted to dispose of them. They were consumed by ?re. The plan adopted tor the accomplishment of this wholesale cremation was curious. In vari? ous pluces In the field a deep trench In the form ol a cross was dug; a fire was made In the centre ol this trench, and Hie cur? rents of air coming Irom the four arms of the cross-shaped trench gave to the flames a fierce intensity. Then upon the fierce fire were piled the bodies of the dead, German and French together, and these were left to burn while the grave-diggers went on with their work ol burying the other dead Ia shal? low pits, with only a few inches ot earth thrown over mern. For the living it would have been far better had all the dead been burned: for from all these thousands of shallow graves a pestilential stench is now arising and filling the air with the seeds of death. I might fill columns with descriptions ot the awlul scenes on this battle field, which covers a space often miles. Among the dead were many peasants, and even some women. How they came to be among the soldiers no one knows, but there were their corpses. As for the wounded and their sufferings during the days Immediately after the battle, I have not the courage to speak. Their moans, shrieks. Impre? cations and prayers ring in my ears even now. Starvation, in the Track or the Armies. The same letter says : To pestilence, and to the horrors of the field and the hospital, must be added starvation. I have carefully refrain? ed from using exaggerated language-no lan? guage can exaggerate the truth-but I must say that at Sedan there is ABSOLUTE STARVATION". It ls still worse at Douzy, where even the wounded men In the hospitals are dying by scores for the want of something to eat. Med? icine they have, and surgeons, such as they are, are not wanting; but food, especially such food as men suffering irom exhaustion and pain require, is almost Impossible to obtain. Several of these surceons have told me that liundredB of their patients have died from starvation, who could have been saved had they been supplied with food that they could eat. Imagine 50,000 sick and wounded men, reduced by loss of blood and want of sleep, and with no food save coarse bread and wretched coffee ! What chance Is there of saving their lives? Buf if it ls bad in the hospitals, it is worse yet in the town, and worst o? all in the country round about. Had I not seen what I am describing, I should not have believed It possible; but the villagers and the peasants, who were thriv? ing and prosperous a lew weeks ago, are dving tor want of food. Everything has been taken from them. An Englishman who came here to aid In taking care of the wounded, and lor that purpose had provided himself with a little stock ol'delicale food for them, told me, with tears standing in his eyes, and a voice tremb? ling with emotion, that when he reached thc hospital to which his credentials carried him he was empty-handed, having given all his stores away to starving women and children. Thc supply service of the Prussian army has been extolled to the skies for Its perfection, and in truth lt has done wonders; but lt is no secret now that the strain upon it has been too great, and that lt has broken down. The whole Prussian force, from this point to Its farthest advance, Is suffering desperately for provisions. The rule has been to forward first, the men; second, the ammunition; and third, the provisions. Immense trains of the latter are continually going to the front, and the army has also "lived upon the country" and swept into its clutches every bushel of grain and pound of meat within its reach. But, despite all this, there has not been enough, and'lhls matter ol supplies daily grows more and more embarrassing. And if the army, which takes everything, suffers trom want, what must be the condition of the peasants ? GOLD AND BOND MARKET. NEW YORK, October 4. Prime discount 7a9 per cent Gold opened heavy and lower, ranging from 13al3J, dur? ing the afternoon was steady. Governments opened heavy and lower. Slx<y-twos 12$; Ten? nessees 62^, new G0?; Virginias GO; Louisianas 70$, new 65J; levees 75J;eights 87; Alabamas 100;flves70; Georglas 82;seveus 90; North Caro lnas 50, new 27?; South Carolinas 83, new 68.'J ITEMS EEO M WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, October 4. * The Increase in the Bale of postage stamps this year over last year has amounted to a million and a half dollars. There was a Cabinet meeting to-day, but no? thing Important transpired. An order ol the court has been issued con? signing Mrs. E. A. Pollard to the Insane asy? lum. ' Persons having used blank receipts with the revenue stamp of two cents thereon, the tax on which was repealed by the act of July I, 1870, upon returning them to the revenue office, Iree of expense, may receive other stamps of equal value for which they have uses. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. A railroad collision took place yesterday at Crewe, England, in which several persons were hurt. The North China Herald mentions a treaty between China and Japan, for the exclusion ol foreigners. Steamers arriving at Glasgow from Quebec report learrul weather last week. The deaths irom yellow fever in New Or? leans, yesterday, numbered 13._ QUotr-mg ano irnrnisrjing C?oobs. ? W STOKE! NEW GOODS! EVERYTHING NEW ! J. H. LAWTON & CO., SCCCKSSOBS TO MAGULLAR. WILLIAMS A PARKER, Have opened their NEW STORE in the ACAD? EMY OF MUSIC BUILDING, with an entirely New Stock of GENTS' READY-MADE CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS, Of every description. The finest Stock of Goods ever offered in this market. mw* Come and see. J. n. LAWTON A CO. OCt5_ Spool QEotton. Q OT O-BB B , 1 8 7 0. J. ?fe P. COATS' BEST SIX-CORD . IS NOW THE ONLY Thread put np for the American market which ls SIX-CORD IN ALL NUMBERS. From No. S to No. 100 Inclusive. FOR HAND AND MACHINE. JOHN & HUGH AUCHINCLOSS, Sole Agents in New York for J. A P. COATS, of octa-lmo ' Paisley, Scotland. FHAM'S ANTIDOTE FOR STROM G DRINK. A SURE CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS. One Dollar a Bottle. Sent by mau, postage paid, on receipt of price. The Antidote 1B the best remedy that can be administered in. Manla-a-Potu, and also for all nervous affections. For Bale by Dr. H. BAER. No. 131 Meeting stree:, OC'.O Agent for Sonto, carolina. iFnneriil iVotices. JEB- THE RELATIVE*, FRIENDS AND Acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Moore, and of their daughter, MARGARET CATHERINE, are invited tq attend the Funeral of the latter, at their residence, "Belvidere Farm," Tnis J)AT, at 10 o'i lock._ . oct5* .SIMMOi'S.- Died, In this city, on the 4th In? stant, Dr. WILLIAM HAYNE SIMMONS, la the 86th year of his age. pS'TEE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, and those of Mrs- Susan Keith, and of Mr. and Mrs. James B. and Wm. Henry Hey ward, are re-' spectftilly invited to attend bis Funeral Services at the residence of Mr. James B. Hey ward, No. 14 Meeting street, THIS DAY, at l o'clock P. M. octa-* Special Statues. ^?"MESSRS. EDITORS-PLEASE AN? NOUNCE LOUIS OUNNEMAN as a candidate for County Commissioner for Charleston County, and oblige 0Ct5-??_ MANY VOTERS. p&* IN THIS CHANGEABLE CLIMATE of our.3 a cold ls easily taken, and without due care another will be contracted on top or lt-one cold thus running Into another, until the accom? panying Cough becomes settled, and confirmed, straining and racking .the lungs, and ultimately stimulating thc production of tubercles; yet, not? withstanding a majority of existing cases of clearly denned Pulmonary Disease may thus be accounted for, thousands are now carelessly al? lowing themselves to drift through the prelimi? nary symptoms, under "the fatal delusion that they arc troubled with "Nothing but a Cold." How oovious ls it, therefore, that a Cold should be carefully cared for from Its incipiency, and every exertion used to rid the system of Its ef? fects? Coughs and Colds, Pulmonary, Bronchial and Asthmatic Affections, are readily cured by that standard preparation, Dr. D. JAYNE'S EX? PECTORANT, and by promptly resorting to lt. all fears of dangerous results will soon be dissipated. Sold everywhere. GOODRICH, WINEMAN A CO., Wholesale Druggists, Charleston, S. C. oct?-wfm3'_j_ pS* "THEY CURE!"-WHAT CURES? AVER'S CHERRY PECTORAL for a Cough. AVER'S PILLS for a purgative, and AYER'S SARSAPARILLA for the complaints that require an alterative medicine._octa-mwfe pm* FIVE CENTS ADDITIONAL WILL buy Shoes with silver or copper tips, which will save the buyer the price of a new pair of shoes. Compared with ragged toes and dirty stockings, they are beautiful, to say the least. Parents, try it. _ sep7-w83mos pS' BEAK IN MIND.-WHEN THE disease has undermined the health, and thc phy? sical s.rstem has become prostrated, a stimulant that will not only strengthen, bnt remove the canoe, should be Immediately resorted to. Men? tal u.stress is also a fruitful source of the break-, lng down of the constitution, and the ravages of J this enemy to health are truly alarming. For all such maladies HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BIT? TERS have been found unsurpassed. By acting directly upon the digestive organs, they remove the heavy, disagreeable feeling after eating, se often complained of by persons or a delicate temperament. As soon as digestion ls restored, Hie patient Ands his strength Increasing, and hie i general health improved. Thousands of persons certify that it may be relied on In all coses of weakness or nervous debimy attendant upon sedentary habits. The generality of Bitters are so disagreeable to the taste that they are objectionable to a weak stomach. This ls not the case with Hostetter'a Bitters, which will be found mild and extremely, pleasant. Balsamic plants, barks and roots con? tribute their restorative juices to render lt sooth? ing and strengthening. Its basis ls the only pure stimulant which has ever been produced, con? taining no fusil oil. or any other deleterious ele? ment.' iThe most careful and skilful chemists have analyzed thc Bitters, and pronounce them harmless. This ls scientific testimony; but the testimony of the hundreds of thousands who have experienced the preventive and curative effects of the Qreat Vegetable Tonic and Altera? tive of modern times ls still more conclusive. In Fever and Ague, Dyspepsia, Biliousness! Nervous Complaints, Chronic Complaints and General De? bility, it ls as nearly infallible as anything In this fallible world can be._octl-n&c? pm* A WELCOME DISH AT THE TA?LB, AND AT THE COUCH OF THE INVA? LID.-The countless ways in which the SEA MOSS FARINE may be utilized In cookery, the Immense number of dishes-some plain and sim? ple, others of the most delicate and delicious na? ture-to which it Imparts not only all that ls desir? able in quality, but a wonderful Increase of quan? tity, are among Its strongest recommendations. There is no kind of farinaceous preparations, no kind of soup or gravy in which lt may not be used to advautage; and the blanc mange, pud? dings, custards, creams, jellies, gruels, Ac., made from it,are not only unsurpassed, but, in our opin? ion, uaequalled. Invalids whose stomachs are so sensitive as to reject all ordinary preparations for the sick-room, find no difficulty in retaining and digesting the light and nourishing food of which this article forms thc basis. On thc score of economy, the SEA MOSS FARINE ls certainly Infinitely preferable to any of the starches, farinas, gelatines, Ac, made from the cereals or from malse. We are assured that a package of it.costing only twenty-five cents will produce no tess than sixteen quarts of blanc mange, Jelly, custard, or Moss Farlue Cream. The quantity seems almost incredible, but the statement ls made on good culinary authority, and our readers can easily test Its accuracy for themselves. octc-mwf3D*c pm* SEA MOSS FARINE FOR SALE, Wholesale and Retah, at CORWIN'S Grocery, No. 27? King street._aug26-fmw pm* GETTING MARRIED. -ESSAYS for Young Men on Social Evils, and the propriety or Impropriety of getting Married, with sanitary help for those who feel unfitted for matrimonial happiness. Sent free, in ?ealed envelopes. Ad? dress Howard Association, Box P, Philadelphia, Pa. sept "-.irnos ^.9-BATCHELOR'S HALE DYE.-THIS SPLENDID HAIR DYE ls the best In the world harmless, reliable, Instantaneous, does not con tain lead, nor any vitalic poison to produce par? alysis or death. Avoid the vaunted and delusive preparations boasting virtues they do not possess. The genuine W. A. BATCHELORS HAIR DYE has had thirty years' untarnished reputation to uphold Us Integrity as the only perfect Hair Dye, Black or Brown. Sold by all Drugglste. Applied at No. 16 Bond street, New York. nov26 fmwlyr_ ^LIPPMAN'S GREAT GERMAN BIT? TERS, an old German Tonic._ .pST LIPPMAN'S GREAT GERMAN BIT? TERS, the most delightful and eirectlve In the world. _ pgr LIPPMAN'S GREAT GERMAN BIT? TERS si rcngthens the debilitated. par LIPPMAN'S GREAT GERMANUTT TE RS cures female complaints. par LIPPMAN'S GREAT GERMAN BIT TERS cures "never well" people. ^LIPPMAN'S GREAT GERMAN BIT? TERS will give an appetite. jnnio-fmw pm* AWAY WITH UNCOMFORTABLE TK?SSE3.-Comfort and Care for the Ruptured. Sent postpaid on receipt of io cents. Address Dr. E. B. FOOTE, No. 120 Lexington avenue, New York. decl? Special XotUes. pS* CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP' J. w. EVERMA?, from Philadelphia, are notified? that she will discharge cargo To-Dar ac Brown's' . Wharf. Goods uncalled for at sunset will remata on wharr at owner's rlsfc and expense. ' ft '?.> ? OCtS-l_WM. A. COURTENAY, Agent. ' K pSS* NATIONAL FREEDMAN'S SAV? INGS AND TRUST COMPANY, No/74 BROAD STREET-ESTABLISHED BY ACT OP CON? GRESS.-Deposits of Five Cents, and np wards, re-', ceived. Interest compounded March, July and November. Depositors -securedby United states Bonds. Deposits can be. withdrawn without notice. R.E. DERK BF, Chairman bf Advisory Committee. F. O. D?STBRNEY; Secretary* 0Ct6-3_NATHAN RITTER, Cashier. pS* CITIZENS' SAVINGS BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA-CHARLESTON BRANCH. AU Money deposited in this Bank on br before the FIFTH DAT or eaeh Calendar Month will bear In? terest (6 per cent.) for that month the same aa r deposited on first Instant. D. RAVENEL, JB., ocU-2_AislBtant Cashier. ?S* NOTICE-ALL PERSONS ARE hereby cautioned against crediting any of the Crew of the Brig JENNIE MOODY, as no debts of their contracting will be paid by the Captain, or oct4-3_HENRY CARD. Agent. pS* TO THE PUBLIC.-W. R. FORD? HAM'S REFORM BRASS AND STRING BAND, In support el the War (CARPENTER and BUT? LER) Campaign. Latest style of Music for danc? ing parties. Orders left at my residence, No. 212 Meeting street, two doors above John street, op? posite Arnold's Grain Store, will -meet with prompt dispatch. * W. R. FORDHAM^ or Reform Band. N. B_Country orders promptly attended to. oct3_;_ H i ^FOR EDISTO, ENTERPRISE, 4c? The Steamer "ARGO" now leaves Sootn Atlantic Wharf on TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS Instead of Mondays and Thursdays. See time-table adver Used In another column. _sep80 ps* OFFICE CHARLESTON GAS? LIGHT COMPANY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1870.-The Board of Directors of this Company having de- . dared a Dividend of Fifty Cents per Share on the * Capital Stock, the same wm be paid to Stock-' holders on and after MONDAY, 3d October. The Transfer Books will be closed from this date until the 3d October. W. J. HERIOT, sep22_Secretary and Treasurer. pS* UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT-SOUTH CAROLINA DISTRICT.-IN BX THE LAURENS RAILROAD COMPANY, BANK? RUPTS.-IN BANKRUPTCY.-The creditors of the LaurenB Railroad Company, Bankrupts, are re? quired, by order of t he Court, dated August 28, 1870, to render and establish their respective liens, before C. G. JAEGER, Registrar, at New? berry, South Carolina, within thirty days from the publication hereof, or they wul be precluded from any distribution of the assets of the said. Bankrupt. JAMES M. BAXTER, Assignee. Newberry, S. C., September 0,1870. sepS-lmo_;_ ps* TO ARCHTTEGTS AND CON? TRACTORS.-Estimates will be received np to . the 20th of October for the building or a Masonic Temple, in rear of the present Had, on Went? worth street, according to the plans and specifi? cations In the office of the Grand Secretary. The committee reserves the right to accept any. estimate, althongh not the lowest. The contractor will be required to give bondi with approved sureties, for the faithful perform? ance of the contract. Additional plans and sp?cifications, with esti? mates, for the-erection or a building in rear of the present Hall, on Wentworth street, will be received by the Committee up to the Both of October. As soon thereafter as practicable, the Committee will decide upon the plan and allot the contr .ct. All plans and estimates must be delivered to the Grand Secretary. Any further information needed can be had on application to the Committee. JAMES CONNER, Grand Master, And Chairman of Building Committee. sepifr-emwre_ pS* AWAY WITH SPECTACLES.-OLD Eyea made new, easily, without doctor or medi? cines. Sent postpaid on receipt of 10 cents. Ad? dress Dr. E. B. FOOTE, No. 120 Lexington avenue, Sew York. dec?a Orri ?coos, &c. V R . STILLMAN'S DRY GOODS HOUSE?.. NO. 281 KLNO' STREET, FOURTH DOOR BSLOW WBSTVOSTH STBUT, OFSNINO OF EARLY FALL DRESS GOODS. The Attention of the LadleB ls invited to A Small Lot of JAPANESE, in Fall Colors, suita? ble for October Wear, In Pretty Plaids, at 25c. A Job Lot of MODE ALPACAS, in au Shades, at 25c, and very cheap. Striped and Figured MOUSSELINE DE LAINES. PLAIN DELAINES, all Colors, at 20o. POPLINS, Chene and Embroidered. WHITE PIQUAS. A Fresh Lot to sell-20c and 26c-at A . " R . STILLMAN'S,' No. 2 8-1 KING STREET. oct3-mw2 Gr REAT BARGAINS. INDUCEMENT TO WHOLESALE BUYERS. J. K . VANCE, SnccF?soB TO STRAUSS A VANOH No. 13 HAYNE STKBBT, . . Offers his Stock of Goods, consisting of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, FANCY ARTICLES AND YANKEE NOTIONS,! HOSIERY, WOOLLENS, WHITE GOODS, AC Considerably below New York prices, for cash, good city acceptances, or approved nous?. Purchasers will find lt to their Interest to ex? amine the Stock before buying. j. K. VANCE, 8CP13-DAC No. 13 Hayne Street. iHliUiiurtJ, jfoncg ?ooog, &t. MMES. LTJZIER ET MALONE, (De Paris,) No. 297 KINO STREET, (Above tke Dollar Store.) OORSETIERES ET COUTURIERES FRANCAISIS, The latest styles In Dresses Cloaks and corsets. Dresses cut and fitted, and Patterns sold at low? est rates. Country Orders promptly attended to.. sep2:-lmo