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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1465. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1870. S?X DOLLARS A YKAH. MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES. PROGRESS OF THE WAR. RUSSIA MOBILIZING HEB TROOPS ASH DECLARING HER PEACE? FUL PUBPOSES. DIVISIONS IN THE FRENCH MINISTRY. A PLAN FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OP GERMANY. THE ARMY OF STRASBOURG STREAMING OVER FR INCE. N? SIGNS OF THE NEW FRENCH AR? MIES. THE EXPECTED MEETING OF THE CON? STITUENT ASSEMBLY. Tbc State or Political Parties-A Batch of Gossip. TOCRP, October 5. Aa thc elections for the Constituent Assem? bly approach, the old partier seem to be reviv? ing. The different organs apparently think more of parties than of the danger of the country. Minister Creinieux, upon arriving at the ad interim Ministry of War, issued a note urging haste in the organization and equipment, of the Garde Mobile and Garde Nationale. ; It is reported that the Constituent Assem? bly will meet here after thc elections. General Ulric has'written a letter thanking the people of Tours for their enthnsiastlc re? ception of him. Thiers is expected here soon. It is reported that the City of Lyons demands the right of coinage and the establishment of a mint in that city. Movements of the Ex-Queen of Spain. BORDEAUX, October3, (via Tours.) The ex-Queen Isabella, of Spain, has passed through this city on her way to Switzerland, where site will reside. . , G ra vc Difference of Opinion in thc French Ministry. LONDON, October 5. The Manchester Examiner has a balloon dis? patch from Paris, stating that at a meeting of the Council of Ministers, held on September 29th. both Favre and Arago protested against continuing the war without a consultation with the people. Keratry, Trochu and Roche fort dissented. The defence of Bitsche has, thus far, been successful. The Prussians have plauted around Metz thc cannon captured at Strasbourg. The latest reports from Epernon show that the National Guard and Mobiles are doing good service at bush fighting. A Sharp Skirmish. FONTAINEBLEAU, October 5, via Tours. The Francs-Tireurs have driven -back to Challly a strong force ot Prussian horse and footmen who were threatening this place. Sixty of the enemy were disabled. ? No American Mediation. LONDON, October 5. The story that thc American General Burn? side hus been engaged in an attempt to me? diate between the French and the Prussians ls discussed by thc press and generally discred? ited. The Roman Pl?biscitant-Thiers Inter *. viewing thc Italians. LONDON, October 5. The returns from the outer districts ol tho Pontifical States . increase the majority for Viibr Emanuel. The rumor is still circulated that Thiers has arrived at Florence lo consult with the Italian Government. Prorogation of the Bohemian Diet. VIENNA, October 5. The prorogation of the Diet of Bohemia has been decided upon. The Belligerents in Japanese "Waters More Assassinations hy thc Chinese. LONDON, October 5. Advices' from Yokohama on September 5 say that the Japanese authorities have mude arrangements io prevent collisions in Japan? ese waters, between the French and Prussian corvettes, which are cruising in the vicinity. It is also stated that they had decided lo at? tack Corro. Later advices from Hong Kong report fur? ther assassinations of foreigners by the Chin? ese. It was reported that the Chinese troops were being collected between Tientsin and Pekin, nominally lor the protection of foreign? ers. Strong doubts are expressed as to that being the intention of the movement. The Germans Making Ready to Swarm over France-The Reconstruction of Germany. BERLIN, October 5. The Provincial Correspondence says that the troops from Strasbourg and the reserves from Freeburg have been detailed :o occupy Upper Alsace, including the cities of Mulhaus, Colman, and the surrounding country, aud to cloture Bel fort, Schestadc and New Bey sack. When this ls accomplished they will march "into the interior of France. There are no signs of the creation of .urther French armies. Herr Delbr?ck will soon pay a visit to King William's headquarters, bearing with him a plan for the reconstruction of Gerniauy. The complete failure of Thiers's' mission to Russin is certain, the Cabinet of St. Petersburg having assured the powers of its peaceful in? tentions. The seat of government of Alsace lias been restored to Strasbourg. The King's headquar? ters are at Versailles. The Rust?an War Preparations. LONDON, October 5. j lt is stated that Russia has in preparation a plan to accelerate the embodiment of retired soldiers, and of those on leave. A Cossack force has been sent forward Irom the Don, and active preparations axe making for the cotn 'mencement of operations in the Western Cau? casus. The Governmentof Odessa denies that there is any concentration of troops near Hie. Turkish frontier. The Pont ? Ii? xl Debt. LON'DON. October 5. IC is thought that King Victor Emanuel will guara>ntee the Pontifical debt. Garibaldi Unchained. * GENOA, October.5. A newspaper of this city asserts that Gari? baldi has zertft&uj ?eft the Island of Caprera., TB,JE CONDITION OF GENERAL ZEE. STAUNTON, VA., October 3. Colonel Christian, just frcm Lexine ton, re? ports that on the evening of the 28:h Septem? ber General Lee, after presiding over au uuusually large meeting of the faculty, of Washington College, attended a protracted and exciting meeting of the Episcopal Church. On returning to bis residence ho fainted from the extraordinary fatigue, and was placed in abed, where he has since remained under the advice of his physicians. He had no symptoms of apoplexy or paralysis, only torpor. He has had full use of bis bodily powers, and speaks as occaeiou requires. His physicians confidently expect his recovery in a day or two. At noon to-day {. Monday) be was cheerful, and his family and physicians confident of his speedy restoration. Colonel Christian ?eft General Lee's house at twelve o'clock to-day. This is reliable. LEXINGTON, VA., VIA STAUNTON,i October 5. J General Lee continues to improve, and ls quite cheerful and communicative. GOLD AND BOND MARKET. LONDON. October 5-Evening. Consols !)2?a92|i. Bonds 91?. FRANKFORT, October 5-Evening. United States bouds advanced, and quoted at 9-Ma94|. NEW YORK, October 5-Evening. Gold steady all day. Governments opened firm, but clo?ed dull. Sixty-twos 12?; sixty fours 111; sixty-fives nj; new 10j; sixty-sevens same; sixty-eights 10}; forties Ci. Tennessees 62J; new 60j. Virginias G3$;"new 64. Louisi? anas TOi; new 66. Levees T6; eights 86. Alabama's 99i; fives 70. Georgias 82; sevens 90. North Carolinas 50; new 27i. South Carolinas SO; new 67?. BOW IN A RADICAL CONTENTION. MEMPHIS. October 5. The Republican mass meeting held here last night, to elect delegates to the Congressional Convention, was very disorderly. Pistols and knives Were freely drawn, and in the melee Charles Morrison, white, was latally cut with a razor. ' _ CONNECTICUT ELECTIONS. OXFORD, October 5. In tho municipal elections In Connecticut, the Republicans have carried niue towns and the Democrats three, while eight are equally divided. The Democrats carry New Haven aud Wallingford. NORWICH, October 5. The Democrats gain 300 in this county, but elect only the first selectman. There are De? mocratic gains in Colchester, Ledyard, Ston? ington and Lyme. TUE CINCINNATI CONTENTION. CINCINNATI, October 5. A large amount of business bas been intro? duced and referred to committees. A com? mittee upon a trans-continental railroad was created. A resolution In favor of the interven? tion of the Uuited States to secure a speedy peace between France and Prussia was tabled, but finally referred to a select committee of five. TELLOW FEVER IN NEW TORK. NEW YORK, October 5. No further cases of yellow fever have oc? curred in the city, though some additional ones are reported on Governor*? Islaod. A COAL MINE DISASTER. ST. Lons. October 5. It ls reported that a coal mine at Caseyville, UL, caved in, burying thirty-five men. AN ARRIVAL OF PIGTAILS. NEW ORLEANS, October 5. Tho bark Charles Auguste, 1S-1 days from Hong Kong, has arrived, bringing 220 Immi? grants, IC of whom died on the passage. There wore nine deaths from yellow fever yesterday. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. A temperance convention at Fond-du-Lnc (Wis.) has nominated a candidate for Con? gress. John W Garrett has beeu elected permanent president of ?lie Southern Cotutn.'rcia! Con venlion, at Cincinnati. Seven vessels have arrived at New York within a week with yellow fever aboard. Two of them had clean bills ot health. The health oilicer urges the utmost care lo prevent the further Introduction of the disease by vessels avoiding quarantine. Minister Morton sails for London on the 1st of November. The D.tnish budget, which was laid before the Chambers at Copenhagen?- on Tuesday, is very satislactory. EDUCATION. Satisfactory Condition of the Howard School. [FBOSI OfK OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, ociobor ?. Ol tho educational Institutions in Columbia which open the pr?sent week, noae does so with finer prospocta of suecea?. than the Howard School for colored children. The number of pupils is largely abovo that of tho opening day hst year. Lae", year the first day had onlv about two hundred; while this year hid three hundred and fifty one. Tho scco-id day has nm up tho number to about fourhuudroi. These figures iudtcite a prospect of something like six hun? dred beforo tas session is old. The teachers when all shall have arrived-will uuniber twelve; of whom eight are Northern-white and foar are Southam colored. Thu latter f mr arc alumno of tho school. All the classes are fahy organized at the outset this year. The eenool has hitherto boe;i supporiod mainly by Northern charities. Io is now among tho free schools of tin State, ander supervision of the State superinteudous'ot* education; and the oxpauses are defrayed from the county treasury. With this chantre oonie3 another-tho adoption of tho text-b' oka chosen by State authorities last wiutor. It is reasona? ble to doubt that thia chance of text-books will benefit the a mool as much as it will some of the asents concerned in the margins. The Columbia Male Academy, Captain Hugh S. Thompson, has opeued with tho largest nnmberof students that have attended any opening since the war. General Butler failed to maet his appoint I ment to speak in Columbia to-night, the.cause being a ruc ellon the railroad below. COBSAIB, THE SIEGE OF PARIS. SHARP FIGHTING AT' VARIOUS POINTS AROUND THE CITY. FURTHER EEPORTS OF THE DEATH OF GENERAL YON MOLTKE. THE LONDON TELEGRAPH CREDITS THE MOURNFUL NEWS. ADDRESS OF THE BERLINE5E TO KING WILLIAM. THE KING DECLARES THAT HE WILL NOT RE TORN MJNTIL THE WAR IS OVER. NOON DISPATCHES. Heavy Firing-Thiers's Minston to Rus? sia. . LONDON, October 5. Continuous flrlug was beard yesterday on the heights ol Epernay and around Cain Douillet. .M. Thiers says that his representations to Russia were confined to placing the Tours gov? ernment in the most favorable light, and showing the danger of tolerating the policy of Prussian aggrandizement. He made no prop? ositions whatever. Strasbourg Settling Doun. BEIILIN*, October 5. Ailairs at Strasbourg have resumed their or? dinary course so promptly, that lt is difficult to realize the late events of the siege. .Sorties from Metz. SAARBR?CKEN, October i-P. M. Sorties from Metz take place every day, without important results. The French are always driven back with loss. Bazaine adheres to the cause of the Em? peror. The garrison is constantly'sending up balloons. Moving Up. LONDON*, October 5. The Foreign Legion has left Touis. Its des? tination is unknown. A Change of Master?. MADAID, October 5. General Cardona Is to succeed DeHodas as Spanteh commandant in Cuba. The Berllncse anti King William. BERLIN, October 3, A large number of citizens have petitioned the King not to espose his life during the siege of Paris. King William, in his reply, declares he will not return io Berlin until tne war is over. Couriers between the English and Russian governments pass dally. The Defence of Paris. LONDON, October 5. A large cavalry brigade has gone to Tours. Paris ls BurruusdcJ by trenches, rifle pits, barricades and other temporary defences. The villas and cottages in the suburbs are loopholed for riflemen. Fighting- Around Paris. LONDON, October 5. A dispatch lrora Bellegarde states that there was a Bharp fight at Chamb?n yesterday, but no result was given. There was also a serious engagement in the forest of Fontainebleau, near Challly, yester? day. The Death of Von Molt kc. LONDON, October 5. The Londou Telegraph has numerous dis? patches relative to the reported death of Gene? ral Von Moltke. The editor, in his comments upon these dispatches, expresses the opinion that the lead coffin , which passed Chalons and Toni contained Von Moltke's body. * i NIGHT DISPATCHES. English War Report*. LONDON, October 5. It is believed that England and Russia are actively engaged in negotiating an nrmistice. Reports are current that both Mecklenburgs are to be incorporated with Prussia. The Grand Dukes are to be compensated by the cession to them ot Alsace and Lorraine. Smith Leeds, a banker well known for his munificent charities, was killed yesterday by a fall from his horse. The French army In Algeria, 37,000 strong, demands to be recalled to resist the Prussians. M. Lamon, tho editor ol the Paris Pays, has been arrested. Thc charges against him have not transpired. French War Report*. TOURS, September 5. It ls announced that a governmental delega? tion will be sent from here to bo established in Lille, in casu of any greater Interruption of the lines ol' communication. No serious engagement has taken place near Paris except those already reported. The government receives intelligence from Paris with tolerable regularity every day. The journals here notice the manifesto of Napoleon lately published lu London. The authorities have not yet been apprised of the fact that the manifesto is mos!; probably a forgery. . The reporter of the Gazette dc France says that unfortunately for the Bonapartes, they publish their manifestoes separately. Rouher, addressing the Emperor on the morning ol the declaration of war, said : "I am animated by a calm hope and confidence in the true force of the Empire. You know how to wait, but in the past four years you have perfected the armament of thu soldiers, and raised to the highest pitch the organization of our military forces. Thauks to your cate, Sire, France ls ready." The Gazette adds that utter this it is idle to declare that Napoleon is not responsi? ble for the war. Dispatches lending still further to establish the lact of Ihe death of Von .Moltko are pub? lished to-day. It is reported that the Franc3-T'reurs re? cently blew up and destroyed th? railway for a long distance near Saverne, and that the Prussian communications are in consequence badly interrupted. Lutz, one ol* the members of the Committee of National Defence ami a delegate of tho gov? ernment, has been arrested by the Gui de Mo? bile at Besancon. The nature of thc charges against him is unknown. Fighting is reported to-day near Orleans. A dispatch from Belfont says that the Francs Tlreurs defeated a detachment of the new Prussian army, whieh recently crossed the Rhine near Colmar. CIIARTRES, October 5. The Prussians gained some advantages near Epernon yesterday, which opens the place to them. They bombarded Epernon for some time. The Garde Mobile and Francs-Tireurs fought bravely, but were unable to stand the enemy's artillery. FONTAINEBLEAU, October 4. A detachment of Prussians, several hun? dred strong, atta:ked a . body of Francs Tireurs near here to-day, but were hand? somely repidsed. The Prussians retreated towards Challly. Prussian War Reports. BERLIN, October 5. The official manifesto signed by Napoleon i and dated from Wilhelmshohe is unknown here and ls doubtless apocryphal. A large meeting of the German Catholic aristocracy is about to occur at Fulda to con? sider infallibility. ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES. Important Sermon of Archbishop Man? muir on thc Roman and War Ques? tions-Spread of the Revolutionary ! Feeling Throughout Europe. LoKDos, October 2. A great Bermon ww preached to-day ia the Roman Catholic; Cathedral of Westminster by Archbishop Planning on the present aspect of the Komar. question. The Cathedral was filled with an immense audience, comprising marty persons eminent in poli;icil and: literary life. The Prusnian Ambassador, Count Bernstorff, was present, Mr. Lowe, the Am iricaa Minister, Mr. Motley, Mr, Henry Bruce, Lord Lytou, and many others. Tue Archbishop waa elo? quent an'd earnest. He declared that Borne w.is to-day in the hands of a mob, upbraided England tor har iudiffjronco .to tho fate of Rome, which waa tho fate ot Christianity and of civil order, and also praised the steadfast? ness of persecuted Ireland. He alluded to the rapid crowtb of tho faith in Americs,. He said the Roman question had not endad; it 'had only begun; aud warned siateemen that tho revolutionary feeling of which already Loudon bad witnessed the lund dawn'in her streets aud squnres was spreading over s.ll Europo, and would in all countries take, the life of pub? lic order by these sum; means which England approved when they triumphed in Rome. The world miffbt seem for a time to overcome the church; but the world endured for a day, the church'forever, and the ireful day of reckoning would surely and terribly coma. The sermon made a groat impression, and is everywhere talked of to-uieht. ' Religious Services In thc Army at -St ru sh o u ry. CAHLSBUHE. October S. Yesterday was devoted to religious services in the army which baa just occupied Stras? bourg. The anny which bad assembled at Saint Mauri aid Sti asbaurc, organizad im? mense open air congregations, and were earnestly exhorted by tho chaplains of tho Catholic and Protestant faiths. Too whole army then ofl:red thinks for tue victory, the Protestant regiments on one side aud ibo Carbolic ou tho other. At the Protestant ser? vices the clergy assured General Warder of the lova! devotion of a majority of (he Straabourg ers tu t?c German nation, aud their intense I desire to be once more resting within tho pro ? tection of the Fatherland. Tho ceromonies attracted thousands of citizens of Strasbourg, and even many from this city. Since the uccupaucy of Ibo city an opportu? nity bas bj en supplied to estimate tho ruin and devastation caused by the fire ol'the Prus? sian artdlery, which towards the last was thees- - saut and terribly destructive. General Woider in bis report upon th? condition of tho eily says that the Prussian fire was ch'iraclcnzjJ by ils extremo accuracy and precision. Every prominent structure m Strasbourg against which shell or shot, were directed is either destroyed outright along with the adjoining buildings, or rendered irreparably ruined. THE CHEAM OF TUE fr AU NEWS. Spirit and Steadiness of the German Troops. A correspondent ol the Independence Beige gives the following account of the German troop:! after the terrible fights from August 29th to September 2d, resulting In the anrreackw-ef Marshal McMahon's army: No trace of the terrible part which this army had Just acted. Soldiers descended to the next brook to. fetch water for their horse". Fires had been kindled, over which the soup was al? ready bolling. Here and there quiet groups, soldiers who brushed their uniforms, mended their clothes and sewed on buttons. It ls won? derful ! This peaceful care for regularity and neatness, these domestic trilles un the mo..*ow of a bloody tragedy, this common order after the murderous license, this petty domestic life, which at once succeeds the dreadful blows of the war, this powerful contrast has moved UB deeply. This ls the Prussian character and the Prussian leinperatnenL These men certalnlyare heroic, but they have not the passionateness and excited imagination which this heroism woulu lead you to suppose. They are very strung, and they are very well governed. They are very courageous and very quiet. Carefully and methodically stationed, they ex? ecute their tusk with great circumspection, risiting'.heir .'Ives In cold blood. They never forget their discipline, and you might Bay that even the horses observe theirs. Yes, their horses also respect the rules, and do not evince a useless ardor In the wrong p ace. Wc have seen long rows of horses restlr.g and ut liberty; they remained in hue handsomely, and observed Hie regulation-distances on the pas? ture and while feuding. As lo the picturesque? ness ot the Prussian army, I lind it striking enough In this mixture of citizen-like simpli? city and inflexible resoluteness. Imagine to yourself Leonidas In a brown coat and with spectacles, and you nearly.have the Prussian army. You might make a statue of it. But the Germans only seek German unity and greatness, not the posture* and groups of Greece. These men, a French officer told rae, have a steadiness and confidence that cannot, be shaken. You would think that they cua Blder themselves the executors of divine or? ders. Ono does not feel degraded, added the same officer, when beulen by such a people. The-Prussian Field Gani. As so much has been said of the merits of the Prussian field guns. It will be well to quote (ron the letter of the experienced German correspondent respecting the superiority of the fire on his own side, as observed at Spicho ren, Metz and Beaumont, which makes no al? lusion to the breech-loading question proper, but ascribes tl c ndvantage to the percussion fuse solely: "On ?very side the French shells, Btrlklng olteu hardly teu feel from one anoth? er, made large, deep holes in the ground, burning the earth all round In that hollow, and leaving lt of a brassy color. Td do this Is the nature bf time fuses. I have never seen any of these mnrks made by our Prussian shells; they strike and explode at once, smash? ing everything around them. In the second camp captured at Beaumont I saw a group of Freuch corpses, three of which had their heads actually cut off by a shell bursting, while the fourth, struck in the back, was altogether burnedup.*' Nltro-Glycerinc in the War. The surrender ol Strasbourg has saved it from a great peril. It has been declared on so good au authority as that of Hie Manchester Guardian that two balloons, held in mw b y suitable lines, were to be sent up over the b e Sleged town to a height of oue thousand Tee c. Thence they were to drop nitro-glycerine bombs into the powder magazine. A man named Walter is said lo have been the inven? tor and the intending operator of this pretty Infernal machine, which would certainly have been tried in a lew days hail not General Ulric surrendered. Powder magasines are usually protected by casemates, or something like them, and the chance of a balfuuii, at the height or only three hundred yards, escaping a rain of chassepot bullets would appear to be but small. However, lr. ls qultu as well that the experiment in question was not tried. Wu rfu rc on the Modern Pian. Oue of the first military writers of the day -Liententant-Oolonel Chesney, author of - The Military Resources of Prussia and France" -has lately set forth. In a surprising way, how little the principles of tactics aud Btrat'jgy are influenced by modern improvements in weap? ons. AU that these do, he affirms, is to dis? pense with the old styles of field manouvres, which are not practicable now In the lace of an enemy, because of the greater range and accuracy of the new arms. But masses, he says, are as strong as ever, and the bayonet at close quarters, still beats either the needle gun or the chassepot. Campaigns must now e short and sharp. Railways and telegraphs Increase facility of movement. Concealment of men until the last moment, and rapid con? centration of overwhelming numbers, are still, as In the time of the first Napoleon, the main elemente of success. This ls what the French commanders, In the present campaign, have neglected, and what their German oppo? nents have thoroughly understood and put into practice. Probabilities, that Napoleon will be Re? instated. A letter in the New York Post says: The probability of Napoleon returning to France, and being reinstated on the throne, grows stronger daily. The German press look with suspicion upon imperial honors still being paid to the prisoner at WU helmshohe. The Prussian official Staats Anzeiger announces thai it is true that Napoleon sought death in the lighting on the 1st ol September, and fought on foot from 8 o'clock In the morning until 3 in the afternoon, and we all know that nothing can gain the sympathy of the world lor an expiring man ilke bravery shown. The feeling ol hate once shown in Germany against Napoleon has turned to pity, and in many cases to amusement. The rumors currently reported and believed by the people, are to the effect that Napoleon will only remain at Wilhelmsbohe until the German army shall have entered Paris; that then he will return thither, and. according as circumstances permit, either seize the reins of government himself, or abdicate in lavor ol his son. Only when the whole government machinery is tairly In working order will peace be concluded. Prussia will not, these reports say, recognize the Republic, and so tar the lat? ter's addresses have fallen cold upon Germany. The King ol' Prussia, it is said, still acknowl? edges the legality ol' the plebiscite, by virtue of which, the voice of the people, Napoleon ls still Emperor of the French. Nothing else can explain the honors paid to Napoleon on his Journey to Wilhelmsbohe. He was received at Cassel by a company of sol? diers, who presented arms just as to royally, the drums bealing. The same honors"were paid lo him on arriving et the castle, where the Queen of Prussia had already sent down some ol her own servants. The civil authori? ties or Cassel met arid were presented tn him in the usual manner of royalty. He brought with him a large retinue ol' lackeys and ser? vants, and tio less than fourteen carriages hnd eighty-five horses. Some forty ol the latter, however, have since been sold for ready cash, a material ol which Napoleon does not appear to have much about him, since it is said that the Prussian General Boyen, who accompanied him, hail to lend him ten thousand francs on the way from sedan to Cassel. His residence at Wilhelmsbohe. which is one of Hie most beautiful palatial residences In Cermany, np pears to be very agreeable, and he has ex? pressed his admiration ot' the little paradise In which he bas been placed. Il' Eugenie and Lulu were willi him he would, In all proba? bility, consider hlmselt in an Eden. Paul Lindau describes, in a Vienna paper, the fallen Emperor's present appearance as an .'old decaying man; spare, gray hair, which lay on Hie crown as If rumpled by despair. The curl before bis ears had disappeared, and the historical moustache, with the impudent wax ends, hung loosely down over tiie corners ol the mouin. Hair and beard were even the only things which gave character to Napo? leon's l ace ; they gave him, in their best condi? tion, a certain fulness of expression. And now they are wild. Think for a moment ot a well-known beauty whom you find ugain as a reduced watering-place coquette. A similar feeling overcame me, only somewhat more tragical. Napoleon's physiognomy is either capable of suppressing the expression of every feeling, or what is more probable, it is no longer capable ot the expression of feeling. Not a line of his face was altered as lie return? ed the military greeting. He looked vacantly now to the right and now to the left; what or whom he saw could not be said. His face re? mained leaden and stiff as if every human feel? ing had long lelt his soul. It bore an expres? sion of the greatest apathy, al must to terror. It produced an icy cold In me. He thanked the lew who met bim mechanically, automati? cally; his movements were as llteless as the muscles of lils face." This picture refers to the day alter his arrival at Wllhelmshohe. The same writer mentions a conversation which he had with one of the French officials connected with the palace. "And how," .asked Lindau, "do you think thia gat gUl cud ? Do you think that the Emperor will ever see Paris again ?" The answer was: "If we had not believed this the Emperor would certainly never have surrendered. The Re? publicans will get the benefit of the Prussian bombs if they create any disturbance. Prus? sia will bring about order if lt is disturbed, and take care that she concludes peace with a properly organized government. When we give Prussia Alsace atid Lorraine, 3he can at least give us back our Emperor." This must be taken, however, only as the saying of a French Imperial official. Nevertheless, it Is the view very generally accepted In Germany, and with a variety of feeling. I think, however, that a feeling of dissatisfac? tion would be manifested throughout Germa? ny .should the Napoleonic dynasiy be reins slated, and the very man who commenced the war be placed upon his lost throne by Prussia. Count Bismarck, In his report Lo the Klug of the* surrender al Sedan, published in the Staats Anzeiger, says In one place: "The Em? peror complained of the misfortunes of Hie war, and declared that he did not wish for war himself, but, that he was driven lo lt by the pressure ol' public opinion in France." If this be so, says a German paper, then Hie Em? peror should not bc deserted in lils misfor? tunes. A Gilded Cage. The Emperor Napoleon eau pass a lusurions lifo at Wilhelmsliolio ff bu ia so disposed. His prison is called tho Versailles of Cassel, .md i's ba*.'.'- moro costly and splendid than those of told. In tho brat place, it is iu the most delightful situation, being on the oaafc slope of Hie Habitcbswald Mountains. It has hot-lnusus, waterfalls, pbcasa n trios and lakes. It has temples of ?pillo and .Merjury, and a ChineHe villago. lt bas a noble fountain. I bald to be tho liireest iu ibo world, hoing 190 feet higb and 12 feet in tbiekuu-s. It ban a colossal copy of the Farueso Hercules, eo huge that nine people eau sit ou the statue's club. The furniture, carria.'i a, servants, and other appointments are worthy of their sump? tuous surroundings. Here tho "Prisoned Eagle" baa everything on earth-but liberty. Miscellaneous War Notes. .The expenses of the war to Prussia are reckoned bv Dr. G. Hirth ns follows: Cost of tho military action. 1,250 00J.000 of francs; direct looses, 1.230,000 0)0; indirect losses, 2,250 000.000; war compensation for the re? conquered Lc ni tory, Alsace and Lorraine, es? pecially Strasbourg, 200.000,030. Total, 4,930, 000,000 franca. WU AT TUE IEOS fi O VST 8 ATS. A Co ?-re TH a Hon with Bismarck-Hi* Opinion of German Troops-Paris not to bc Attacked-Starve thc Besieged Prospects of Peace-Prance to bu Ren' dered HarmlcM. A correspondent ot the London Standard, j writing from King William's headquarters at Rheims, under date of September 13, gives the following interview with Bismarck : To my opening observation that wc had not gone as fast as, when I tlrst had the pleasure ol seeing him, lie had jocularly promised I henceforth should, lils Excellency replied thal few people had any idea of the difficulty of transporting an army of three hundred thou? sand men. "And remember,"' said he, "drat they fronted the west; then they turned and fronted Hie north; Iben the northeast; and aller Sedau, besides seeing alter 100,000 prison? ers, they liad to wheel righi, round and mareil southwest ::gain." .' The German troops march well," he added; ?.they have actually made their thirty English miles In a day, with, of course, a rest afterwards; but len miles a day continuously, is Hie most lliat can be counted ou.': PARIS TO BE STAltVKD OUT. I asked if he thought tho French would de lend Paris. "We shall not attack lt," he ans? wered. "What will you do, then !" I asked. "We shall enter it without attacking lt. We shall starve it out." I urged that it would re? quire 1,200.000 men to invest Paris. He ex? plained Hut it would not be invested in that sense. "But," he said, "we shall post our ar? mies around it, according ns is thought best, and we have 50,000 cavalry who will ans wei for the rest. They will perpetually sweep and scour the parts not actually occupied by our troops, and NOT A jfORSEL Of T^tt WILL BS ABLE TO EN TKU PARIS. I Why should we i '.tack, and undergo freei sacrifices gratuitously ? There are ngnung persons Ja Paris, who might give us trouble the first and possibly the second day if we at? tacked. The third day, if we leave them alone, they will be more troublesome to Paris ltBelf, food becoming scarce. We will begin with the third day. Why run our heads against a wall V He spoke with the utmost confidence of this system, and I leave his views just as they were stated. When I suggested that, while Paris was being thus starved into submission time would be given for the formation of a new French army south of the Loire, he replied: "Not an army; only numbers ot armed people. We took 1500 of such near St. Menehould with [ a single squadron of dragoons. It is possible that the Frenchman may be made a good sol? dier ld three months, but we shall not give [ him three months, and in any case the so-call , ed army will be without officers deserving the Dame. If they insist on fighting, well and good. They will be slaughtered: But it is a pity." PEACE PROSPECTS. Touching upon the prospects of peace, he inquired-"With whom ? Through whom ? With the gentlemen of the -pavement and their representatives ? When I saw the Empe? ror," he went on, "after his surrendering him? self a prisoner, I asked him li he was disposed to put forward any request for peace. The Emperor replied that he was not in a position to do so, for he had left a regular government in Paris, with the Empress at Its head." OXLT THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT. "It is plain, therefore," continued Count Bismarck, "that if France possesses any gov? ernment at all it is still the government of the Empress as Regent or ol the Emperor." When 1 asked If the flight of the Empress and of the Prince Imperial might not be regarded as an abdication he said, very positively, "he could not so construe lt. The Empress had been forced to go by the gentlemen of the pave? ment, the Corps L?gislatif bad been obliged to suspend its sltilngs; but the action of the gentlemen of the pavement was not legal. They could not make a government. The question was1-Whom does the fleet still obey ? Whom does the army shut up in Metz Billi obey ? Perhaps BAZAINE STILL RECOGNIZES THE EMPEROR. If so, and we choose to let him go to Paris, he and his army would be worth considerably more than the gentlemen of the pavement and the so-called government. We do not wish to dictate to France her lorm of government; we have nolhlna to say to it. That ls lier affair." I pointed out that it would be extremely diffi? cult for the French people at the present mo? ment even to employ the means necessary lor ascertaining thf national will. "That is their lookout," replied his Excellency. "We know what we want, and that ls enough for us." GERMAN CONDITIONS OP PEACE. This observation led us to what Germany will consider Indispensable conditions of peace. Count Bismarck disclaimed all. desire ol in? crease of territory or population for mere in? crease sake, and it was a nuisance to have German subjects who speak French. "But," he continued, "the present is the twenty-fifth time In the space of a hundred years that Franco has mode war on (io rm any on some pretext or other. Now, at least, our terrible disease ol divided unity being cured, we have contrived, by the help of the hand of God, to beat ber down. It ls idle to hope to propitiate her. She would never forgive ns for beating her, even If we offered the easiest terms in the world, and iorebore from asking for the expenses of the war." FRANCE TO BE RENDERED HARMLESS. "She could not forgive you for Waterloo, and it was only by accident that she did not make war upon you on account of lt. She could not forgive Sadowa, though lt was not fought against her, and she will never forgive Sedun. She must, therefore, be made harmless. We must have Strasbourg, and we must have Metz, even if In tho latter case we hold merely the garrison, and whatever else ls necessary to improve our strategic position against attack hom her. We do not want the territory as territory., but as a glacis between her and us. At the commencement of this war, had the Emperor displayed energy, he might have at? tacked Southern Germany before we could hay?; done anything, Why he. did not do it we do not know to this day. He had an army ol 150,000 men ready to be moved In a day. We cannot do that-we are too poor. But France can afford lt, and having missed doing the energetic and daring thing once, she would know better next time, ana would do lt lt we do not take precautions, and make it Im? possible by Improving our frontier. Had the attack been made at once on South Germany wc should have lost hs assistance, not because the South Germans are not well disposed, but because they would have been crushed. The late King ot Wurtemberg said to me one day, 'You nre always very frank with me; I will be frank with you. If the French were to pounce upon my people, and I were ealing a soldier's bread In your camp, how should I feel f My peoph', oppressed with exactions, would beg ol' me lo come home and make terms with the conquerors. The ?hlrt ls nearer to the skin than the coat, and I should have to do lt.' These were the words of the late King ol' Wurtemberg to me, and they describe the situation such as lt must always remain If we do not make ourselves strong against French attack on that side. That is why we must have Strasbourg, and au improved frontier. We will light ten years sooner than not obtain this necessary security." JULES FAYRE'S COMMUNICATIONS. I asked lt he had received any communica? tions from M. Jules Favre. "Not directly," he answered, "but through Lord Granville, and Indeed also through Vienna. M. Favre ls anx? ious to know If I shall receive communications from him, and If it will be possible to open ne? gotiations for peace ou the basis of the integ? rity ol' the French territory. To the first ques? tion, I can only say that everything that comes Irom or through Lord Granville will receive my best attention, though I cannot ut present recognize M. Jules Favre as Minister of For? eign Affairs for France, or as capable of bind? ing the nation; and as to the second question, I am only surprised that lie did not ask If Ger< many would not defray all the expenses of the war. The position of the French ls worse than ever. Had the Emperor still been at the bead of affairs he and bis system had friends lo Austria, in Italy, even In Russia. All are afraid to catch the contagion of Republican? ism, and consequently the Republic, if it is tc be, will be without friends." THE VOMITO. MADRID, October 5. The vomito has spread to the City of All cante. The citizens are leaving the town. Olozaga's resignation as minister to Franc? has been formally accepted. Heavy rains have fallen In Valencia recently, and the streams are swollen to an unusua size, by which much damage has been done. ALMOST A GENERAL EIGHT. [From the Marlon Star.] Our citizens wero on thc very verge of i general ficht last Monday. The cause wai politics, and had it resulted in a fight it woulc have been general and Woody. The dispute as we aro informed, arose between' Senatoi Ha y ne and a wmtc man who charged him witl cheating a colored man out of one hundret dollars in a laud transactisu. We have neve: witnessed just such a scone ia our irr?els, am we nerer want to witness ju3t su-'h another We fear blood.sb.eu mar b ; tho result or auoihei such dibturbanoe. Wu beg all, both while ant colored, to desist from all aud every act cal eulated to stir up strife between the two noes And wc here assert that there is no dispoaitici on the part of our wiiito citizens to eugendei utrife, but if forced upoa them, they will no be fouud unprepared for any emergency. We warn thc few who may desire and coud a difficulty bot ween the races that the ?ns ti gators wili be the sufferers. Th-re are but i very few wno would involve our people in ! deadly contest, and those few ate ahead] marked, and will be the first to suffer for theil folly. Let.the contest come when it may. thi leaders will be the first to receive the fata blow. We speak earnestly, candidly and knew ingly, that disappointed political aspirant! may know their doom, if they persevere ii bunging abont a disruption between thi wm tos and blacks. We ask ar.d beg our whit? citizens to bear much and b?ar it long, and wi at tue same time counsel them to be pr?par?e for any emergency for self-defence, and for th? defence of their families. We repeat that, ir case of a difficulty, the ringleaders will be thi first, and probably the only ones, that ?il suffer. Difficulties of the Reform Canvass? Good and Substantial Progress; [moa OUR .OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CAMDEN. October 4. On yesterday we liad the great pleasure ol hearing fromjpne of Charleston's distinguished and gifted sons, General James Conner. No one else spoke, but the truthful utterances of the speaker had in them that which they might carry home and reflect upon deeply and long. One old man came to 'your correspondent after the speaking, and asked him to write the name of the gentleman that had spoken, in clear, round hand for him. I asked him what he wanted with lt. He replied, "His words were so much like truth, that I don't want to forget his name." I am convinced that much good has been effected by General Conner's presence and ad? dress. And now that I have paid my respecta to the General, permit me to add something in relation to things generally in this neigh? borhood. We have two -'malicious" companies already organized in town, one of which has been armed and supplied with several thousand rounds of ammunition. But the captain will not give them out only during drill, so that the Reformers have not begun te tremble yet And If all the men are like their chieftain, there ls but little danger that they will have cause to. i -*~??H Our people are thoroughly posted in this, campaign, and will tu rn'ont largely on the day of election. The only fault that can be found ls that they don't work hard enough. Your correspondent feels that Incessant labor would not be too much to apply in this effort to save our State from utter ruin. There is no doubt that those who are at work have a more thor? ough appreciation of its necessity than ever bet?re in our history as a people, and no atone is left unturned by either party which can as? sist in the triumph of either. The chief diffi? culty we have to contend with ls the want of education in the colored people. By this they are, many of them, unable to appreciate the portion In which we are. They regard lt .as the tail-end of that same old contest between the Democracy and Republicanism of two years ago. And most studiously do their speakers avoid lifting the veil of the present. Their sole object is to keep the colored people In a state of ignorance. Need I say how com? pletely this ls illustrated by the following Inci? dent? A colored man asked the question whether, if Carpenter and Butler were elected, they would not turn Congress out and "pur the colored people back into slavery ? The only way of influencing the mass of them is through their leaders, whom they have confidence In, and will follow implicitly, be? lieving that whatever they do ls right. Their leaders are generally intelligent men, who know that the old, old story of slavery, lashes, Black Code and all that is forever buried with the dead past. They see that the country ls not prosperous, and when the foul dealings ot (he --Scott Ring" are pointed out to them, they trace the effect back to the cause, and desire to go with the Reform party. But a despotic -'petticoat government," aided and abetted by other fire-eaters, at the very first indication of an Inclination to come with us, choke it down, and rather than be in an eternal hubbub with their wives, or suffer social ostracism, the poor seekers after good government subside into the quiet and unos? tentatious shades of mild Republicanism. Bot there are notable exceptions, who are masters in their own establishments, and independent enojgh to think for themselves, and .what strikingly shows that the Reform principles are correct, they are Almost without excep? tion among the most honest and intelligent 0? them. The "Scott Ring" have assiduously taught them that we are fighting Republicanism, and they have endeavored to draw the party lines precisely where they were*drawn In 1868, but we invariably stagger them by referring to the manner In which we place Republicans upon our tickets, and ask for nothing in our candi? dates but honesty and intelligence. But to leave the arena of politics. Our community was perfectly convulsed, (it is a way old and rheumatic communities have, you know,) by the discovery ot a newly-born colored infant, which had been left by its in? human mother to perish. Great was the excitement, and infernal the clatter of tongues. Babel was rehearsed: strange chimerical theories were ventilated: deep the exclamations of horror at the moth? er's inhumanity; many the tears of pity and compassion. But all ended v. nen the county commissioners took charge of the stranger.. The town resumed its usual aspect, and every? body went home to breaklast The "oldest inhabitant" could not recall a parallel case. I have heard of some fever and pore-eyes since the above happened, no doubt originating from the excitement and tears of compassion. They suffer in the line of duty (may be.) And, while upon the subject of duty, I will close by saying that when you next hear from me I hope that we will have struck a noble blow for Reform in old KERSHAW. A RADICAL TRICK. The Augusta Chronicle ol' yesterday says : In view of ihe approaching Reform political meeting, to take place at Beach Island on Sat? urday next; according to the appointments of Judge Carpenter and General Butler, the Rad? icals have sought to alarm the negroes of that neighborhood by the wildest tales, calculated to excite fear and create alarm. These newly-made citizens of chivalry have been told that their lives and liberties are threatened by an Inva? sion of Ku-Klux from Georgia and Tennessee. This Invading force, they were told, were to cross at Sandbar Ferry, and to kill and slay and burn, a la Sheridan. The negroes believed this idle tale and organized themselves. .On Sunday night they established pickets on the roads leading from the ferry, posted sentinels, challenged passers-by, and fired off signal guns from dark to daylight. No enemy ap? pearing, they retired during the day to recover from the fatigues of the night.1 Monday after? noon they held a conclave, at which the-wiser suggested that their Saarbr?cken might be taken In flank by a movement across the bridge at Augusta and down the Horse Creek road. Accordingly pickets were thrown ont to cover this approach, and the Beach Island Winchester Riflemen, performed the weary watches of war for a second night But lt was all for no purpose. No enemy appeared, and the only sounds that disturbed the stillness of the night were the signal guns fired at Intervals by the alert riflemen. Last night, according to the latest Information received, they asserted that the Georgia and Tennessee Ku-Klux were to appear in tull loree, and that the mulattoes had Joined with them because they side with the white race, by blood, and this Beach Island affair would certainly "come off," and '-'the thing be over with." Bnt again they will find that their weary nights are tor naught. No* enemy will appear. Beyond doubt this needless and cruel alarm has been excited by Scott's partisans, with a view to perfect control, and to prevent the at> tendance of a< many as may be controlledfrom. the Reform political meeting on Saturday next. These scenes will be repeated until the meet? ing shall have taken place. ; > .financial. Q.REENYTLLE AND COLUMBIA RAIL? ROAD BONDS WANTS D. The Second Mortgage and the Non-Mortgage BONDS of the above Road wanted. Apply to L. QAMBRILL, oct5_3? No. 7 Broad street -g B L T I N G. A large Stock of Leather and Rabber BELTING! and RUBBER GOODS, including Manhole and Handhole Gaskets, (au shies.) Hose, Sheet Rub? ber for packing, Pure Vulcanized Gum for vartea, Ac ALSO, ..Regulation" LEATHER HOSE, rtonble-rtvetSd and of approved manufacture. For sale by CAMERON, BARKLEY A CO., j Corner Meeting and Cumberland street*, meow arno Charleston) S..O.